• 1921: Oct 17, Birth
• 1923: Brother Joe born
• 1929: Sister Evelyn dies at age 13
• 1929-1933: The Great Depression and Prohibition
• 1930: Brother Jake born
• 1938: September, Hurricane destroys home
• 1939: Move into new home
• 1939 - 1945: September, World War II
• 1943: April: BS from Connecticut State Teacher’s College
• 1943-1944: First teaching jobs
• 1944: Brother Joe dies at age 21
• 1944: Meets future husband Joseph (Joe) Sitkin at a dance
• 1945: April 22, I marry Joe
• 1946 Joe and I move to California
• 1946-1947: Kit Kraft begins
• 1947: Join Women for Legislative Action (WLA)
• 1950-1953: Korean War
• 1950: Daughter Ella born
• 1952: Son William James born (Bill, now B)
• 1954: Son Michael Sol born (Mike)
• 1964: Mother, Dora Paster, dies at age 75 of breast cancer
• 1970: April, General Teaching Credential. Started teaching at Colfax
• 1974: MA Elementary Administration
• 1976: Pupil personnel credential (enabled me to do counseling)
• 1978: Surgery to remove cancer from intestinal tract and remove appendix
• 1978-1999: Counseling in elementary schools –multiple schools, ending at Brentwood
• 1982: Marriage Family Therapist credential
• 1985: EdD in Educational Administration
• 1990: Awarded Outstanding Performance by Los Angeles School Counseling Association
• 1991-2019: Supervisor (volunteer) at Community Counseling Center at Temple Beth Hillel
• 1991: Certificate of Appreciation for voluntary supervisory services
• 1992: Father, Morris Paster dies at age 101 of natural causes
• 1992: Set up Morris Paster - Gussie Sitkin Foundation with money inherited from my dad
• 1996: Awarded Anne Upton Counselor of the Year
• 1996-1997: Field Supervisor for The School of Education at Loyola Marymount University
• 2006: Sister Esther dies at age 94 of breast cancer
• 2009: Sister Ceil dies at age 95 of breast cancer
• 2010: Brother Ike dies at age 92 of complications of open-heart surgery
• 2020: March – Global COVID-19 pandemic locks down the U.S.
• 2016: Brother Abe dies at age 96
• 2018: I have a stroke
• 2020: May 6, husband Joe dies at age 100-2/3
• 2021: Onward we go