
Home Reunion Schedule Contacts Alumni In Memoriam Registration Form Send us your bio and a recent picture	Debbie (Bender) Ussery Spouse/partner: Larry Children: Johnathan (19) and Christopher (16) After high school, I attended NMSU and graduated with an Associates Degree in Secretarial Administration. I remained in Las Cruces for a few years and worked for a real estate firm, then in late summer of 1982 I cancelled my upcoming wedding and chose to return to Los Alamos to be close to my family. In the fall of 1982 I worked at Bank of Los Alamos (Community Bank) and then in the fall of 1983 I accepted a job in the personnel department of LANL and I met my husband, Larry. Larry and I married during the summer of 1984, and I stayed in personnel for a year and then moved to TA-55 where I worked for three years as a group secretary for a great bunch of people. I quit the lab at the end of 1987 to become a full time Mom to my son, Jon, who was born in the spring of 1988, and then I had another son, Chris, in 1991. Larry and I lived in White Rock for 14 years however, when the boys were beginning 4th and 7th grade, we chose to move back to the “hill” purchasing a home in a new subdivision, Quemazon, where we remain today. In the spring of 2001 I began working as a part-time assistant for the real estate broker that represented a portion of our neighborhood. I was a real estate assistant for three years, until the project was completed, and in the spring of 2003 I obtained my real estate license and began to work as a real estate agent for RE/MAX of Los Alamos. I was affiliated with RE/MAX from August 2003 to September 2006, when I left real estate to resume being a stay at home Mom. My son Jon is now entering his Sophomore year at NM Tech and Chris will be a Junior at LAHS where he is active in cross-country and track. It has been great to raise the boys here, however it is odd that they walk the same halls as I did, and Chris even had class in my 4th grade classroom! Our class pictures hang in the A-wing at the high school, which my kids find weird, and my boys have even managed to get lockers with my picture peering over their shoulders. I think that it is funny, however, the boys don’t find it as amusing! Currently, in addition to being a Mom and Wife, I enjoy sewing, quilting, gardening, and walking 15-20 miles per week around my neighborhood and the pipeline area of North Community. Back to Alumni

Debbie (Bender) Ussery

Spouse/partner: Larry

Children: Johnathan (19) and Christopher (16)

After high school, I attended NMSU and graduated with an Associates Degree in Secretarial Administration. I remained in Las Cruces for a few years and worked for a real estate firm, then in late summer of 1982 I cancelled my upcoming wedding and chose to return to Los Alamos to be close to my family.

In the fall of 1982 I worked at Bank of Los Alamos (Community Bank) and then in the fall of 1983 I accepted a job in the personnel department of LANL and I met my husband, Larry.

Larry and I married during the summer of 1984, and I stayed in personnel for a year and then moved to TA-55 where I worked for three years as a group secretary for a great bunch of people. I quit the lab at the end of 1987 to become a full time Mom to my son, Jon, who was born in the spring of 1988, and then I had another son, Chris, in 1991.

Larry and I lived in White Rock for 14 years however, when the boys were beginning 4th and 7th grade, we chose to move back to the “hill” purchasing a home in a new subdivision, Quemazon, where we remain today.

In the spring of 2001 I began working as a part-time assistant for the real estate broker that represented a portion of our neighborhood. I was a real estate assistant for three years, until the project was completed, and in the spring of 2003 I obtained my real estate license and began to work as a real estate agent for RE/MAX of Los Alamos. I was affiliated with RE/MAX from August 2003 to September 2006, when I left real estate to resume being a stay at home Mom.

My son Jon is now entering his Sophomore year at NM Tech and Chris will be a Junior at LAHS where he is active in cross-country and track. It has been great to raise the boys here, however it is odd that they walk the same halls as I did, and Chris even had class in my 4th grade classroom! Our class pictures hang in the A-wing at the high school, which my kids find weird, and my boys have even managed to get lockers with my picture peering over their shoulders. I think that it is funny, however, the boys don’t find it as amusing! Currently, in addition to being a Mom and Wife, I enjoy sewing, quilting, gardening, and walking 15-20 miles per week around my neighborhood and the pipeline area of North Community.

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