Pat Erler Nolan

 

Name when in high school yearbook:   Patricia Ann Erler

High School nickname:  Pat

Legal name today:  Patricia A. Nolan

What do people call you now:  Pat

 

5469 Windigo

Harbor Springs MI 49740

 

nolanpatricia1@gmail.com

 

231-838-4093

 

Current life situation:

Retired from 27 yrs. of teaching in Kent Intermediate School District and Lansing School District as a teacher of homebound and hospitalized.  Volunteering at Manna Food Pantry.  A member of several organizations.  After retirement we moved to Harbor Springs

 

Family History:

Married to Robert (Bob) Nolan for 37 yrs.  He passed away in April 2012.  No children of my own but have a step-daughter and step-grandson.  I also have my best friend, Buddy, a rescue golden retriever.  I should say he rescued me.  Update:  I lost my dog Buddy in 2020.  I rescued another Golden Retriever in 2021.  Her name is Tilly.

 

Current hobbies and interests:

I love to snowshoe, cross-country ski, bike and go to the gym for exercise.  I quilt (belong to a quilting guild), am an avid reader and do a lot of traveling.  In 2018, traveled out west in my motorhome.  Was gone for a month and visited several national parks.

 

Claim to fame:

None unless you want to count teacher of the month in the Lansing School District.

 

Education:

Michigan State University BA in Special Education for the Physically Handicap and Homebound and Hospitalized  1967

Michigan State University MA in Reading 1974

 

Work History:

Kent Intermediate School District as a homebound teacher 1967-1969

Lansing School District as a homebound teacher and taught in their program for pregnant teens 1967-1994

After moving to Harbor Springs I worked in several different retail shops for about 10 yrs.