Patty Jean Grosskopf Caldwell Portenier

Background

Portenier, Patty Jean Grosskopf Caldwell was born on September 28, 1937 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Bernhard August and Leontine Virginia (Carver) Grosskopf.

Education

Bachelor, State University Iowa, 1959.

Career

2d grade teacher D.B. Hoffman School, East Moline, Illinois, 1959—1960. 3d grade teacher McKinley School, Moline, 1963—1966. K-6 subordinate teacher, special education teacher, 1970—1984.

Hearing officer Illinois State Board Education, Springfield, 1979-1991, Appellate Court, 1986-1991. President, board director Tri-County Association Children With Learning Disabilities, Moline, Illinois, 1972-1979, advisory volunteer, Iowa and Illinois, 1979-1991. Member advisory council Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., Rock Island, Illinois, 1984-1991.

Member professional services committee United Cerebral Palsy Northwest Illinois, Rock Island, 1986-1988. Arbitrator American Arbitration Association, Chicago, 1986-1991, Better Business Bureau, Davenport, 1986-1991.

Achievements

• Patty Jean Grosskopf Caldwell Portenier has been listed as a noteworthy advocate, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, president Quad Cities Diabetes Association, Moline, 1969-1972, board director, 1973-1991. Member committee Moline International Year Disabled, 1981. Member Association for Retarded Citizens, Rock Island, 1987.

Member volunteer Council on Children at Risk, Moline, 1988-1991. Reader for the blind Station WVIK, Rock Island, 1989-1991. Board directors First United Methodist Church Nursery School, Santa Monica, 1997-1999.

Docent Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, 1997-2002. Member Illinois Association Children with Learning Disabilities (board director, advisory 1980-1983), Collier ESE Reform (advocacy, co founder).

Interests

• Travel, reading, crocheting.

Connections

Married Donald Eugene Caldwell March 29, 1956 (deceased February 1985). Children: John Alan, Jennifer Lynn Caldwell. Married Walter J. Portenier, October 3, 1992.

Father:

Bernhard August Grosskopf

Mother:

Leontine Virginia (Carver) Grosskopf

Spouse:

Walter J. Portenier

Spouse:

Donald Eugene Caldwell March 29

child:

Jennifer Lynn Caldwell Portenier

child:

John Alan Portenier