Lois Pulliam Tallarovic (Berwyn, IL) After high school, Lois attended Kent State University for four years graduating with a BS in Elementary Education. She then taught third grade at Cuyahoga Elementary school for one year. In July of 1965, Lois flew to Karachi, Pakistan to marry Jim Tallarovic ’57 who was supervising the construction and installation of the boilers at the power plant. Lois and Jim lived there for several months until the war with India forced all foreign workers to leave the country. They flew to Geneva, Switzerland and traveled through Northern Italy, Monaco, Southern France and Spain for several weeks.

Lois and Jim were then transferred to Chicago, Illinois and lived there for five years. During this time, their two sons were born. Lois spent her time at home with them while also doing "homebound teaching" which is tutoring children who are out of school due to a serious illness.

The family then moved to Medina County for a year and a half. Their third son was born in Medina. They had 16 acres and they were busy gardening and farming. After two years, they moved to a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Their sons started school and Lois was involved with PTA and scouting activities, along with taking them to their swim lessons and soccer games.

“We were then transferred back to the Chicago area in 1976 and have remained here. When our sons were older, I went back to school to obtain my Illinois teaching certificate and began substitute teaching. After a few years, I started teaching full-time, first in fourth grade and later in fifth grade, which I am still enjoying.”

Their sons are all grown, all engineers and all married. Two of their sons live close by in the Chicago area and their youngest son lives outside of St. Louis. They have two grandchildren; a
granddaughter who is fourteen years old and a grandson who is fourteen months old.