Pam Thomas
Pamela "Pam" Jean Thomas (Maiden Name: Kalbacher) born October 25, 1965 in Tampa, Florida to Ruth Kalbacher and Paul S. Kalbacher, Sr.
Pam has three siblings: Pauline Suter, Penny A. Harman and Paul S. Kalbacher, Jr.
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Childhood
Pam grew up in Tampa, Florida and remained there until 1992. She is the youngest child in her family. There is a gap between she and her siblings and they have always viewed her as the baby of the family and treat her as such even to this day. Her parents worked all the time when she was a child, therefore, her oldest sister, Pauline took care of her and took her to lots of different places. A special place Pam still remembers, is she and her sister riding the train at Lowry Park Zoo. By the time Pam was eight years old, Pauline had already been in the military and had gotten married. Her other siblings, Penny and Paul, moved out by the time she was 10.
Growing up, Pam's family always had lots of dogs and they became her playmates. She was never allowed to go out and play with other kids in the neighborhood, so most times she stayed in the yard with her dogs. Her favorite was a german shepherd, Kimba, named after the cartoon "Kimba the White Lion". Kimba remained in the family over 12 years. Pam's Mother was always very protective over her and that is why she was never allowed to leave the yard. Pam had always wanted to join girl scouts, however, her Mother would not let her join because she was afraid Pam would be kidnapped from camping trips. Pam finds this logic to be very strange, because she can remember lots of times at the age of eight being left on her own for hours on end roaming the streets until her parents came home from work.
Pam went to a Catholic school, Most Holy Redeemer, from first to eighth grade. Her siblings before her attended this school and their Father worked there as well as a maintenance man. It was not fun because every time Pam got in trouble, the Nuns would be sure to tell her Father everything the very moment they saw him walking around the school. She then attended Adams Junior High School for ninth grade and then finished her high school years at Chamberlain High School. She was very shy growing up and very self-conscious. She had always had a weight problem and the boys in the Catholic school were very mean and made fun of her on a daily basis. To this day, she has very low self-esteem that can be traced back to all those years ago.
After her very sheltered existance in Catholic school, Pam ventured into the public school system. It was very different than a parochial school, however, she was free from the horrible uniforms they were forced to wear. She found the public school system to be much easier and made better grades, getting the honor roll most every time. She was always very quiet though and kept to herself. She hated labels and refused to be part of any clique, therefore, she seemed to hang around kids that were considered outcasts at school.
Education
- Attended a Catholic kindergarten, however it was optional in the early 70's and consisted mainly of playing.
- Attended another Catholic school for the next eight years, Most Holy Redeemer, Tampa, Florida.
- Ninth grade was at Adams Junior High School, Tampa, Florida.
- Attended high school at Chamberlain High School, Tampa, Florida, and graduated June of 1983.
- In 1988, started evening classes at Hillsborough Community College, Brandon, Florida. She chose general studies as her major and only took one class a semester.
- Also attended community college at Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL. She changed her studies to computer programming.
- Stopped her studies in 2000 and lacks anywhere from 20 to 30 credits, depending on her major, from receiving her AA.
Occupations
- In 1983 while Pam was a Senior in high school, she was in a program called Cooperative Business Education. She attended school the first part of the day, and worked as a Secretary for an engineering firm called Sprinkle Consulting Engineers, Inc. the second part of the day. She remained with them until 1985.
- January, 1986 to January, 1995 - worked at NCNB National Bank, which turned into NationsBank and then turned into Bank of America. She started as a Secretary in the Operations section of the bank. In 1989, she transferred to the Trust Deparment and became a Trust Associate.
- February, 1995 to September, 1997 - worked at Peek Traffic Transyt. She was first hired as an Accounts Payable Clerk and then transferred to the Stockroom in a supervisory position.
- September 1997 to April, 2000 - worked at Watts Mechanical, Inc. as a full fledged Bookkeeper.
- July, 2005 to Present - works as an Independent Contractor for varios work-at-home companies, such as LiveOps, West, Arise and ACD Direct. She has answered inbound customer service calls for Office Depot, Teleflora, 1800Flowers, Pizza Hut and for informercials you see on television.