In the 1940s when Tashia Morgridge – back then Tashia Frankwurth – was growing up in Wauwatosa, her fondest memories were of the carefree afternoons she and friends spent at the Hoyt Park swimming pool. She and her sister would roller skate to the park.
“It was just what you did during the day,” recalls Tashia. “It was a wonderful way to be outside, plunge into the cold water and then dry off on the hot cement around the pool.” And, she recalls, the afternoon would always be topped off with a treat, usually a Hostess Twinkie.
Even though it has been more than 50 years since Morgridge and her husband, John, the chairman emeritus of California-based Cisco Systems, have lived in the area, the pull the couple feels to the community that nurtured them is still strong.