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Painting her World

AGGIE HAMBLY

by Daughter Karen Thetford

oving, artistic, fun, fabulous her father’s footsteps, becoming a
– these are four words that park ranger herself. She is married
Ldescribe Aggie Hambly with no children. Karen is a retired
perfectly. She has had a wonderful probation officer and has two
life – her story jam-packed with love children, Kristi and Jackie. Jackie is
and adventure. She was born Agnes a registered nurse and is engaged to
Christine Kurtnaker on October 1, Yusnier, a certified athletic trainer.
1930, in New York City. She was the Kristi is a teacher and is married
second of five children. Her parents to her musician husband, Dustin.
were immigrants from Yugoslavia. They have two beautiful children,
While her mother was caring for her Stevie and Lennon, making Aggie
children, Aggie’s father was a maître the proudest great-grandmother
d’ on a train. ever. Her grandchildren call her
GrandAggie, as they believe
Aggie attended Catholic schools she is the Grandest Aggie they
growing up and has always know. Aggie has stated many
had a strong Catholic faith. Her times that her new greatest joy in
family relocated to Chicago before life is watching her children and
ultimately settling down with their grandchildren grow and live their
fellow Croatian community in Los lives.
Angeles, CA. That is where Aggie
met her handsome husband, the
love of her life, Derek Hambly.

Derek swept Aggie off her feet, and
they were married in 1951. Derek
was an Army veteran, and Aggie
worked as a bookkeeper to put him
through college to become a park
ranger. Life was full of adventure for
the two lovebirds. Derek worked for
the National Park Service, leading
to many adventures traveling the
country for each new assignment.
The greatest joy in Aggie’s life was
the birth of her two daughters,
Karen and Kathi. Kathi followed in

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