Varney, Vicky

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Vicky was a member of the Bradford High class of 1988, and was at the 10th year reunion. She was a cheerleader in High School and "one of the popular girls who was always dating and having a good time". She was good friends with Emily Jones in High School, a friendship that continued afterwards. Vicky dated John Engler at least once^HT18 and worked washing dishes at the Chicago Inn during her senior year.^HT01 Vicky was invited to the 1988 Woodstock High prom, which Shae Kirkendahl and Denis Riley, as Eve, went with Paul and John Mclellan. While she recognized Shae, she looked at Eve several times without realizing who she was really looking at.

Vicky went to Central Michigan University on graduation, as did Dayna Berkshire, and Vicky was a conduit for gossip from CMU back to Bradford.^HT13. Her roommate was named Melissa. For her 21st birthday, Dayna set her up for something a bit outrageous.^HT17

In June 1992, Vicky married Augie Pabst from Detroit. Both lived and worked in the northern suburbs of Detroit.^HT21 In 1994-95, when Dayna was touring solo, Vicky was among those that would spend a week or so being temporary roadies.^HT23

It was Vicky that helped rescue Sandy Buehler from her abusive husband in April 1995. Even at this time, Vicky was having her own marital troubles.^HT27 By the time of the reunion in 1998, She introduced herself as "it was Pabst for a while, but I lost that two hundred pounds of ugly fat by divorcing him . . .".^MC26

It was noted that she'd been close to becoming an alcoholic before swearing off it; that was no secret.

In late 1999 (Nov. or Dec.) she was elected mayor of Bradford by the town council^HS27.