Jeff Kublin

Updated August 2025

Time marches on. I know we all have the same question of where have all the years gone. Sixty years ago we marched across the stage of the now demolished Sharon High to receive our diplomas. There were just over two hundred of us. We were teenagers about to embark on our life’s journey. With very little exception, most of us had no idea what the coming years would hold.

There is little that I can add to what I wrote on this page in 2019. I continue to live in The Villages in central Florida. My hobbies have changed somewhat since then, but I am still busy most of the time. My biggest passion is magic, a hobby that I began twelve years ago. It’s hard for me to believe that I am now a performing magician having put on shows for several dozen social clubs, neighborhood groups and private parties. I have the privilege of serving as president of our local magic club of approximately 100 members. I attend magic conventions and retreats all over the U.S. and foreign countries.

I’m also active in Red Sox Nation, a dedicated group of diehard Red Sox fans. With about 600 members, we have the largest chapter of that organization in the U.S. outside of New England. I took on the role of VP a couple of years ago. One of the perks of being on the Board is meeting and dining with some of the former players that we remember from our high school days.

In family news, my Dad passed away in 2023, just a few weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday. He was the last member of his family of seven siblings. He lived a good life, was successful in business and maintained good health until the end. My brother Stan and his wife live in AZ. My sister Amy and her husband live in AZ most of the year, but live in Sharon in the summer in the same house on Massapoag Ave. where we grew up, inheriting it from our Dad. My older son Scott lives in GA. He has three married daughters (ages 28-22 as of this writing) , all living in GA. His oldest daughter has two children. Yes, that makes me a great grandfather! My younger son Brad lives in AZ with his wife. They have two sons (27-23), one living in NYC and the other one in San Francisco. My partner Elena and I have been together for twelve years.

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Updated 2019:

I finished my 43-year professional career in the field of computers at the end of 2012, and have been retired since then. I began in that field back before it was seemingly the place to be. In fact, I believe Bill Gates was just starting high school at the time. From what I understand, however, he seems to have done a bit better than I did over the years. So did Steve Jobs – at least until a few years ago. Beginning as a systems representative for a couple of major computer manufacturing and marketing companies, my career path included several years as a college computer center director, a professor of computer science and the founder of two different computer-related companies – one a computer consulting business, the other a website design business. My current job as a professional retiree is my favorite, by far.

I find it remarkable that at this stage of my life, I am having the best time ever. Retirement definitely agrees with me. Having lived in Massachusetts for the first 21 years of my life, followed by 27 years in upstate NY and 15 years near Savannah, GA, I moved to The Villages in central Florida in 2011. The Villages is an incredible 55+ community. However, if you are envisioning a bunch of senior citizens with one foot in the grave, you couldn't be more wrong. People come here to live, not to die. I have never been so busy with fun activities – activities that I never would have envisioned as being a part of my life. It is impossible to describe this place to anyone. They have to experience it.

Since moving here, I have played in a softball league, played pickleball (yes, that is really a game), and gone to clown school and become a clown. I also play water volleyball, play billiards, go hiking and bicycling. I am a member of the Apple Users Group, Red Sox Nation, and The Villages Magic Club. Magic has become a passion of mine as I have attended many magic conventions and have even performed for clubs, birthday parties, house parties and have done walk-around magic at restaurants. I have also become involved in theater production from backstage to onstage. I go occasionally to state parks, museums, race tracks, Red Sox games when they play Tampa, and many concerts. I play golf once or twice a week. I have a trivia team that completes once or twice a month. I've also managed to do some traveling, having ventured to Russia, Cuba, Australia and New Zealand. My typical day has two or more activities. Other than that, I just hang around. Life is good!

I have two sons and five grandchildren. My older son, Scott, lives in Savannah, GA. He has three daughters, ages 22, 20 and 16 this year. My younger son, Brad, lives in Tucson, AZ with his wife and two sons. His boys are 21 and 17. I have no idea how I have grandchildren that old!

As for the rest of the family, my Dad is still doing very well at 95. He lives in Delray Beach, FL in the winter and in Sharon during the summer. In fact, he still has the same house on Massapoag Ave, as when I lived there. Sadly, my Mom passed away in 1968 while I was still in college. My brother Stan and his wife Donna live in Anthem, AZ. My sister Amy and her husband Steve and their three children live in Tucson, just a few miles from where my son Brad lives.

My life partner, Elena, and I have been together for over six years. A native of Russia, she has lived in The Villages for more than 10 years. She's pretty good at English. I'm pretty bad at Russian, although I did take a course in it through our local College of Lifelong Learning.

I do keep in touch with some of our fellow classmates. It's one of the perks of locating “missing” classmates and handling the communication and website. It's always a kick to successfully track down people who I haven't seen or heard from in decades.

I try to squeeze in a trip the Northeast for a couple of weeks each summer since moving to the South. It's a nice respite from the heat and humidity and gives me to opportunity to visit with a few of our classmates. I also travel to the small town in upstate NY where I lived for so many years so that I can visit friends there.

With so much of my family now living in Arizona, it has become a tradition to travel there each year for a Thanksgiving celebration.

It's been 50 years since I left Sharon, but I enjoyed my many years there and appreciate the high-quality education that the school system provided.