ADAMS Jean, Scottsdale, AZ
EMAIL: jean@kelleher-associates.com
PHONE: (W) 480-948-7800, (H) 480-699-0043, (C) 602-570-0043
NEWS: I’m a professional matchmaker for upscale professionals with my own offices in Scottsdale and Las Vegas. I work as part of the Kelleher & Associates group founded by Jill Kelleher. We have served for over 20 years as the premier matchmaking service in the U.S. with clients representing all fields of endeavor, including entertainers, doctors, attorneys, celebrities, key executives and entrepreneurs. We also have key offices in San Francisco, Beverly Hills, and Chicago, as well as a National Accounts office.
You may have seen us on television or in the news or as commentary on The Bachelor or Dr. Phil. We were on the Donny Deutsch show on CNBC last week [in May]. I’m very successful and have a very high success rate for relationships and marriage. Although all the other offices nationally are owned by Jill Kelleher and her daughter, I worked with Jill for nine years before I moved to Scottsdale five years ago to open my own offices here and in Las Vegas – we all still work together as a team, and I’m part of the management team.
My personal stats: SINGLE! Hmmmm ……. go figure! I have a girlfriend who went to her 35th high school reunion last year in Wisconsin, reconnected with someone, and is now happily married to him. Isn’t that everyone’s fantasy? Well, since I’m not going to make it back to the 35th reunion, maybe it’ll happen at the 40th!!
No human children – only two canine types.
Had breast cancer and was the first person in the country with 100% resolvement!! (I’m a poster child :) Did the chemo, surgeries, radiation – the whole thing – but never empowered it – and kept a great sense of humor through it!!
Would love to hear from anyone and catch up – I’m so sorry I have to miss this one!! Have a great time and here’s to all of you!! I wish you all love and happiness!
[Kelleher & Associates’ website is www.kelleher-associates.com; click on “Scottsdale” or “Las Vegas” for Jean’s subsites.]
ADAMS, Jon, Manhattan, KS
ADAMS, Phil, Garden City, KS
ALBRACHT, Steve, Dayton, OH
EMAIL: stevea21@infinet.com
FAMILY: Wife, Virginia Lynn; daughter, Stephanie Lynn; son, James Lea.
(ALBRIGHT), Debbie Hale, Manhattan, KS
(ALEXANDER), Lori Borger, Chesterfield, MO
EMAIL: bborger01@earthlink.net
NEWS: My parents are still in Manhattan. We’re still living in the St. Louis area ... My whole family works in music and/or theatre. Husband, Bill, works for The Muny, the country’s oldest and largest outdoor theatre (seats 11,000!). Daughter Brianna (26) is in her first Broadway-produced show, touring Asia with The King and I as Anna. (Her fun website with travel blog, for theatre junkies or those with an interest in China/Asia, is www.briannaborger.com). Son Tom (22) is a playwright /actor /director and aspiring screenwriter. I’m still working in music and drama ministry at a large United Methodist church. Loving life and trying to cherish every moment as we “keep on truckin’” along”! Love to hear from long-lost pals!
(ANDERSON) Audrey Clowers, Manhattan, KS
EMAIL: queenofthekaw@yahoo.com
PHONE: 785-537-4107
FAMILY: Husband, Chris Clowers.
CAREER: Assistant manager of People’s Grocery, Manhattan’s natural food store. It had a big expansion two years ago, so I’m also a buyer for several departments and in charge of human resources.
(ANDERSON) Carol Rousey, Kansas City, MO
ANDERSON Jon, Humboldt, KS
ANDRES Roger, Alma, KS
AREA Steve, Topeka, KS
BAILEY Dawayne, Las Vegas, NV
EMAIL: oozlet@yahoo.com
PHONE: 702-351-4247
WEBSITES: www.dawaynebailey.com, www.myspace.com/dawaynebailey
Cheers to all!
BAILEY Daryl, Columbus, MS
BAKER Ray, Wylie, TX
BARK Steve
BARKYOUMB Steve, Madison, WI
BARR Rodney, Manhattan, KS
BARRY David, Manhattan, KS
BATES Bernard, Manhattan, KS
(BAUGHER) Marsha Field, Stillwater, OK
EMAIL: field4@sbcglobal.net
FAMILY: My husband Harry and I have been married since 1976. He is an associate professor at Oklahoma State in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, with agricultural mechanics his specific area of specialty. We moved to Stillwater in 1987.
We have two sons: Alex, born in 1985, is studying hotel and restaurant administration here at OSU, and he works part time during the school year, more during the summer. Paul, born in 1988, just graduated from high school and will attend OSU in the fall. He has declared a major in mechanical engineering technology, but is basically undecided. He is an Eagle Scout and is working the month of June at a Boy Scout camp about 50 miles north east of Stillwater.
CAREER: I am assistant librarian and media assistant at Stillwater Junior High School. I have degrees in horticulture (KSU) and adult education (University of Nebraska).
(BEAUDET) Libbie Richards, Ballston Spa, NY
EMAIL: libbie.richards@gmail.com
PHONE: 518-885-5588
FAMILY: Husband, Bob; two dogs, Babbie and Binnie
CAREER: Semi-retired – restoring historic house (1872) in NY. I worked at Walt Disney World for 28 years in the media relations department as a special events manager before moving to NY in 2002. The change has been great for me. The scenery is gorgeous!
OTHER NEWS: My husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in November 2006.
(BECHTEL) Terry Kientz, Raymore, MO
BEEM Tom, Wamego, KS
BENNETT Clark
(BENNETT) Claire Oxtoby, Claremont, CA
EMAIL: claire.oxtoby@pomona.edu
NEWS: We moved from Chicago to Claremont, Calif., in August 2003 when my husband, David, became president of Pomona College. It was a year of many transitions: Our oldest daughter graduated from Vassar College, our son started at Harvard, and our youngest daughter spent her senior year with us and graduated from the Vivian Webb School. This year (2007) Mary Christina, 25, returns to Chicago after traveling and working in China and New Zealand; John, 22, our most recent graduate, is working for the Barack Obama presidential campaign in New Hampshire, and Laura, 20, will return to Carleton College in the fall after a summer internship in Washington, D.C. I work on behalf of Pomona College, and in addition, I volunteer for several community organizations that serve children (library and after-school tutoring program). David and I will have been married 30 years this December.
(BERBER) Mary Jo Nelson, St. George, KS
EMAIL: mjwr@wamego.net
Dave (class of ‘72) is a broker with Edward Jones Investments. He is also a land developer and cattle rancher. (His heart is still with the land, although he is mostly a gentleman rancher now.) I quit teaching at MHS three years ago to become a ranch woman, travel with Dave, and also do volunteer work. Our two daughters got married this fall and our son is also a broker with Edward Jones. No grandchildren yet, but lots of grand-dogs. : - )
BERGERHOUSE Philip, Rockwall, TX
BEST, Pete, Somerville, NJ
(BIERBAUM) Gayle Stockwell, Riley, KS
EMAIL: bierwell@yahoo.com
PHONE: 785-485-2780
FAMILY: In the past five years, I have had both of my daughters get married. On April 14, 2005, Haley Nicole was born, making me a proud grandma.
(BISWELL) Julie Osborn, Topeka, KS
BLY, David
(BOESE) Mary Rank, Mountain View, CA
EMAIL: mary@anrconsultants.com
PHONE: (H) 650-969-0327, (C) 650-224-1222
CAREER: Senior account manager, ANR Consultants (www.anrconsultants.com)
BOLAN Jeb, Manhattan, KS
EMAIL: brotherjeb@hotmail.com
BROOKS Gary, Wamego, KS
EMAIL: crappie_ commando@yahoo.com
PHONE: 785-456-9727
FAMILY: Marsha, FACS and culinary arts instructor for USD 320 – Wamego; Melissa, 2003 graduate of KSU majoring in food science, employed the Nestle Co. in Jonesboro, Ark.; Megan, attending KSU in pre-pharmacy, will attend Creighton University or KU next fall; Jared, freshman at KSU, majoring in biological and agricultural engineering.
CAREER: Manager, Walnut Grove Mobile Home Park, Brooks Subdivision, and Brooks Self-Storage
(BROWN) Cathy Lykens, Fairway, KS
EMAIL: clykens@kc.rr.com
PHONE: 913-384-3611
FAMILY: Husband, Dave, works at Hallmark Cards; daughter Emily, 21, is a junior at KU; son Andrew, 16, is a sophomore in high school.
CAREER: Currently teach part-time at Johnson County Community College.
(BRUBAKER) Connie English, Topeka, KS
FAMILY: I have been married to Jack English for 15 years. He is retired. I have two stepsons, Jeremy and Bret, who are both engineers. I have five grandchildren: Jeremy and his wife, Stacey, have three, Elizabeth, Elena and Nicholas. Bret and his wife, Lisa, have one daughter, Alexandra.
CAREER: Watercolorist and poet. My art is currently in all 50 states. I have been in national and international shows in about 20 states.
BRUNS Lorena
BURKE Jack, Lawrence, KS
(BURKHARD) Vicki Nurre, Bothell, WA
EMAIL: vickinurre@hotmail.com
FAMILY: Pat and I celebrated our 25th anniversary with a trip to Alaska in 2005 (if you live this far north, it is a crime not to go there!) We are almost empty nesters now, except that our youngest is living at home while doing the college thing. Our oldest daughter has married, and we are grandparents! Along with all you other new grandparents, we say, where did it all go?! Our son is trying to make it in music, and is quite good on guitar.
CAREER: Still doing the same kind of thing that I was doing the last time I saw most of you: professional accompanying, private lessons, some composing, some arranging. I spent quite a bit of time in the studio last year working on a musical that I did most of the arranging for. I am also in the process of writing a (very short!) handbook on the art of accompanying a children’s choir. A side benefit of the accompanying stuff … I get to go to Italy this summer with my choir! Yay!
OTHER NEWS: Pat and I have started a new business based on his longtime hobby, geology. So my house is now overrun with rocks. Lots of rocks. If you would like to get the overview, go to our website, NorthwestRockAndFossil.com. He specializes in geology curricula and polished thundereggs. If you don’t know what a thunderegg is, then you owe it to yourself to visit the site!
The last update, we had just moved to Seattle to start a new church (Christian) here. We love the people we have met by doing this, and our lives are richer for it.
On the political front (never too far from my view!), our daughter is involved in a lawsuit with our school district. For you lawyers out there (Ellen!), we file all our documents this week [late April] for summary judgment with the federal court in Seattle. This will be a case that is likely to end up on the steps of the Supreme Court, but, of course, they don’t have to hear it. We’ll see. Rather than go into all the details here, you can go to www.TheSeattleTimes.com, and type in “Kathryn Nurre” and “Ave Maria.” If you want more details than are there, feel free to email us. It is a pretty fair story, but, of course, they could not cover every aspect of it.
BURNS Cherie, Rutherfordton, NC
EMAIL: cherieburns@windstream.net
PHONE: 828-863-1316
FAMILY: Nine dogs, three horses, one cat and two handfuls of good friends.
CAREER: Still dabble in the horse business and ride for pleasure.
OTHER NEWS: Moved to a farm in North Carolina, situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Life is good!
BUSSET Gary, Lawrence, KS
(CAINE) Candy Rouse
CAMPBELL Eddie, Manhattan, KS
(CAMPBELL) Susie Heddens, Shawnee Mission, KS
EMAIL: sheddens@kc.rr.com
PHONE: 913-362-7807
FAMILY: Husband, Spence; Ellie, 17; John, 15; David, 11.
CAREER: Worked as a dental hygienist for several years, then pursued a graduate degree in exercise physiology and worked in health promotion at a hospital until our first child was born. I have been a stay-at-home mom since!
CANNON Mark, Rowlett, TX
EMAIL: mcannon@mesquiteisd.org
PHONE: 972-412-7915
FAMILY: Wife, Rita, married 22 years; son Matt, 20, junior at Texas Tech; daughter Kaci, 18, freshman at Texas Tech; son Steven, 17, senior in high school.
CAREER: Teacher and football coach, and now school counselor.
OTHER NEWS: Finished my second masters degree in May ‘06 and moved into administration and school counseling.
CARLSON Debbie
CARLSON Gary
CARRENDER Roger, Manhattan, KS
CERCLE Steve, Shreveport, LA
CHATELAIN Dan, Weatherford, OK
CHRISTENSEN Jon
CLARK Greg, Kansas City, MO
EMAIL: Greg.Clark@univarusa.com
PHONE (H) 816-455-6218, (C) 816-769-7441
(COLEMAN) Debbie Hughes, North Las Vegas, NV
COOK, James (deceased)
COOL Rod, Shawnee Mission, KS
EMAIL: rcool@everestkc.net
PHONE: 913-962-1259
FAMILY: Wife, Debbie; two sons graduating K-State this May. Jared, 23, is going to San Diego to work for a general contract, and Travis, 21, is married to Jacglyn, going to work for Cerner in Kansas City.
CAREER: Work for Munters (they do dehumidifying!!)
COONROD Keith
COURTNEY Karen
CRAIN Lynn, Salt Lake City, UT
(CRAMER) Karin Levy, Lincoln, MA
EMAIL: kklevy54@hotmail.com
CROOK Tom, Grapevine, TX
EMAIL: tomrcrook@hotmail.com
CROSBY Scott, Manhattan, KS
(CROSS) Deanne Norton, Carbondale, KS
EMAIL: WNorton180@aol.com
FAMILY: My husband, Pat, and I have been married for 26 wonderful years! We live in Carbondale, which is several miles south of Topeka. Pat has been an officer for the Kansas Army National Guard for over 35 years. He was deployed in 2005 to Iraq and is now still activated until the war is over. We are very proud of him! We have a daughter, Adriene, who has graduated from college and is now working and living in Lawrence. While growing up, she rode, trained and owned several horses.
CAREER: I became a nurse and worked at Topeka hospitals for over 10 years, then changed careers after having our daughter. I am now an office manager for Compass Group and have been there over 20 years now. Will be retiring as soon as my husband does!!!
CROSS Terri
CURRIE Ralph, Lexington, KY
PHONE: 859-268-1986
EMAIL: rcurrrieiii@aol.com
FAMILY: Wife, Diane; daughter, Rhys, 24; sons Cameron, 22, and Alex, 19. All three will be attending the University of Kentucky in the fall, two in grad school and Alex will be a sophomore.
NEWS: Life is good because we are almost empty nesters. The problem is they keep coming back. Rhys is engaged to a guy she met in college. He plays baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates system. Cam is currently at the University of Miami, graduating in May. He dates a young lady from Louisville, Ky. Strange that he spent four years in Miami and dates someone from his home state. Alex is living large during his freshman year at UK. He just got back from spring break and only made one trip to the hospital. He considers that a success.
DAILEY James, Stillwater, OK
DANIELSON Eric, Manhattan, KS
EMAIL: eld@ksu.edu
DANNAT Norbert, Colorado Springs, CO
DAVIDSON Steve, Lawrence KS
EMAIL: sdavidso@ksu.edu
PHONE: 785-841-3746
NEWS: Teaches interior architecture and product design at KSU; married to Jane Faubion (Class of ‘73), who is community development director for the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved in Topeka. Son, Will, is graduating from Bishop Seabury Academy over Memorial Day weekend, and he probably will attend KSU in theater design. Daughter, Julia, is a high school sophomore, who enjoys dancing and acting. She also is a student columnist with The Lawrence Journal World.
(DAVIS) Mary Sue Roller, Woodbine, KS
DAVIS Sallie, Bethesda, MD
EMAIL: salliekd@aol.com
FAMILY: My older daughter, Katie, will be a high school senior next year, so we are discovering how much has changed since we went through college applications ourselves! Younger daughter, Ginny, is 15. Between our jobs, our active daughters – who are not yet driving – and our musical avocations, my husband, Bill Whitman, and I are busy.
CAREER: Still general surgeon for Kaiser Mid-Atlantic Medical Group (Washington, D.C., metro area) although now I’m “team leader.”
Best to everyone!
DAY Dale
DEAM Billie, Kansas City, MO
(DEBEY) Evelyn Dukes, Douglass, KS
(DEITZ) Jill Stephens
(DELEHANTY) Alice Hagan, Columbus, OH
EMAIL: ahagan@fuse.net
I live just up the street from my brother Daniel and his family, and two hours from my sister Julia and her son in Cincinnati. I like being part of their families, and especially being unt to Daniel’s daughters, Maggie and Kelsey, 9 and 11 years. My cairn terriers are thrilled to have little ones around the house again, which completely compensates for uprooting them (and me) from our home in the Northwest.
My elder son Luke, 25, has been a product designer for Ximedica in Providence, R.I., since graduating Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. He’s getting married in October to longtime love Liz Bartley, a patho-biologist and Ph.D. candidate at Brown University (and, selfishly, the perfect “daughter I never had”).
His brother Samuel, 23, graduated last year from Occidental College in business economics and is a financial analyst with CountryWide Corporate offices in L.A. Only Luke and I call him Samuel; to the rest of the world he’s Sam.
The boys are very good to me and we see each other whenever possible, but it’s not often enough and I do miss them like crazy.
(DENNEY) Joan Holmes, San Antonio, TX
DENNEY Jean, Fairborn, OH
EMAIL: jean.denney@wright.edu
DENNING Gary, Salina, KS
DENNIS Rodney (deceased)
DETERS David, Post Falls, ID
EMAIL: David.Deters@purinamills.com
FAMILY: My wife, Cheri, and I will be married 30 years in July. Our older son, Levi, will graduate from the University of Washington School of Medicine in early June and then begin residency at Dartmouth in New Hampshire later that month. Younger son, Ian, is 18 years old.
CAREER: The company I have been working for since 1978, Purina, was purchased by Land O Lakes. I am a retail development manager.
DODGE Jim, Topeka, KS
EMAIL: jwdodge@yahoo.com
PHONE: 785-845-8306
FAMILY: Daughter Stephanie, 25, and son Matthew, 16.
CAREER: School administrator, Topeka. I plan to take an early retirement in the next 24 months and start phase two of life.
DODSON Mary, Poplar Bluff, MO
DRAGSDORF Roger, Canyon Country, CA
DUNN Joyce
DUNNE Pat, Coppell, TX
EMAIL: Pat_J_Dunne7@hotmail.com
PHONE: 972-393-0757
FAMILY: Married 27 years to Elia. She works at Coppell High School. Son, Patrick Jr., 19, is a student at Texas A&M University. Daughter, Laura, 17, is a junior in high school. She is considering K-State as one of her two top choices for college.
CAREER: JP Morgan Chase Bank last 23 years. Have worked and lived in Texas since 1978.
OTHER NEWS: Not a grandparent yet, I am too young.
DURKEE Ellen, Takoma Park, MD
EMAIL: ellen.durkee@usdoj.gov
PHONE: 301-589-4090
FAMILY: Denise Cunningham, Lily, 11, and June, 8
CAREER: 20+ years as an attorney handling appellate cases involving environmental, natural resource, and native American issues at the U.S. Department of Justice.
EATON Paul, Raytown, MO
EATON Mark, North Rogersville, MO
(EDMUNDS) Terry Olson, Manhattan, KS
EMAIL: terryolson@cox.net
PHONE: 785-539-7281
FAMILY: Husband, Mike; “yours, mine, and ours” kids = Lari Lynn (39), Ryan (30), Evan (29), Carla (22), Mary (19). Assorted grandchildren, a half-dozen and counting.
CAREER: 31 years in fruit marketing at Eastside and Westside Markets here in Manhattan.
OTHER NEWS: Starting to travel more and question why I didn’t spend the past 30+ years closer to an ocean. Also finally made my first trip to NYC.
ELMORE Roger, Wichita, KS
(ENGLER) Janet Stephens, Overland Park, KS
(ENSLEY) Pat Yurk
ERNST Jack, Manhattan, KS
EWING Bruce, Manhattan, KS
FAIR Rex, Wamego, KS
FAIRBURN Bob, Leavenworth, KS
(FAITH) Coco Wallace, Emporia, KS
EMAIL: walls@cableone.net
NEWS: Chuck and I are still married! 30-some years – Chuck is stil in the embroidery-machine business, as well as sewing machines. My son, B.J., and I opened a small furniture store in Emporia three years ago, and we are having a good time. Daughter, Sarah, spent the past three years working at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and thankfully decided to come back to Kansas in December. She works at the Hilton President in Kansas City now, so if any of you have weddings to plan in KC, Sarah may be the one you need to talk to!!
FALLON Greg, Topeka, KS
EMAIL: dgfallon@cox.net
FALLON, Steve (deceased)
(FAULKNER) Lynn Simon, Buena Vista, CO
EMAIL: CLF7623@yahoo.com
PHONE: (H) 719-395-2840, (C) 719-239-1901
FAMILY: Husband, Bill; sons Brian (25) and Michael (22), daughters Ritchey (21) and Jenny (20).
CAREER: I previously was employed at Town and Country Bank in Leawood, Kansas, where I was head teller and ambassador/representative. For the past seven months, I have enjoyed “retirement,” but am ready to go back in the workforce. On April 4, I began my new career at Collegiate Peaks Bank.
OTHER NEWS: Bill and I were married Aug. 26, 2006. We have known each other since we were 10 years old! My dad was his Little League baseball coach in Wichita. We remained friends through the years. I always had that special attraction for him, never knowing it was mutual. Everything fell into place Christmas 2005, and the rest is history! Life couldn’t be better – little girls’ dreams really come true. We live in a town of 2,000 people, a far cry from Kansas City! It is a wonderful community surrounded by the mountains, a sight to behold, and I am right at home.
I wish I could be at the reunion this year, but will plan on 2012. Have a great time!
FELDHAUSEN Lynn, Frankfort, KS
(FELTNER) Shari Parent, Ashland, OR
FINA Glen, Phoenix, AZ
(FINNEY) Karen Owen, Fort Scott, KS
(FISER) Carol Cannon, Plano, TX
EMAIL: Carol.Cannon@intervoice.com
FAMILY: Married to John Cannon. His daughter just graduated from K-State this spring.
CAREER: Director, compensation and benefits, Intervoice Inc.
(FISK) Tami Harris, Ogden, KS
EMAIL: busybumblebeegirl@sbcglobal.net
PHONE: 785-539-6156
As you know Don Harris, fellow classmate, and I are married. It’s so great being married to my childhood sweetheart. I get such a chuckle thinking I chased that boy all through school. We’ll be celebrating our 32nd anniversary come this September. That’s an amazing accomplishment these days.
He and I (mostly him, though) built our own home. Yeah, we lived there quite awhile before we had an address. Pursuing the township to come up with a name for the road for the “911” emergency system was high priority with having children, so they named it Harris Road. Isn’t that something?!? We have three wonderful children who don’t know what they think of their ol’ hippie parents. And what I think is so cool is that they graduated from Manhattan High, too. It was so weird when we would have to speak to the principal, who just happened to be the very one we had, Rezac! Then followed by Mr. Benson. Gees Louise! The flashbacks would come flooding back and I’d get a little intimidated sitting in front of the old principal, then I’d remember I wasn’t the kid who was in trouble! Teehee. When my kids were little, I got such a thrill when I found out that the mom of one of our fellow classmates, Mrs. Fallon, was going to teach them when they started school.
Don still works for the same company that back then was called KPL but now is known as Kansas Gas Service and will be retiring in the near future (he’s been there over 30 years), and I still work at home. We are now blessed with having two beautiful grandkids, and I wonder at times if they will be going to Manhattan High, too? Wow, that would be three generations of Harris’. Wonder if the ol’ high school could take it? Haha! We still keep on truckin’, as we love to travel, go Harley bike-riding, and white-water rafting. It’s amazing how you still keep learning!
We won’t be able to make the reunion this time because we will be visiting our oldest son who lives in Raleigh, N.C. It’s kinda funny but we didn’t actually make the last one either because of the same son ... He was having his wedding reception downstairs from the class reunion!
Well, this has been wonderful going down memory lane with you! We’ll miss seeing everyone and hopefully we’ll make the next one.
FOSHA Jay, Dallas, TX
(FRAKES) Linda Ackerman, Garden City, KS
(FRANK) Jacquie Matthiesen, St. George, KS
FREY Russell, Garden City, KS
EMAIL: frey@kcoe.com
PHONE: 620-275-2291
FAMILY: wife, Lisa (Payne, Class of ’73), married 27 years. Daughter Amber, 25, graduated from Washburn University and is a social worker in Denver. Daughter Macie, 23, student teaches this fall, then will be a first-grade teacher. Son Walker, 20, plays on the golf team for Fort Hays State and is engaged to a Garden City girl. Grandson Braxton, 2, is already playing basketball.
CAREER: CPA with Kennedy and Coe, LCC.
OTHER NEWS: Had a mini-reunion in Garden City in April 2007 with Oliver Jones and Phil Adams for three hours at Double D Tavern.
FRIEDMANN Jon, West Orange, NJ
FRITZ Michael
(FULKERSON) Debbi Berry-Belay
FULLER Sara
FURNEY Mark
FRYBARGER, Diane (deceased)
(GAETKE) Mary Carlson
GAGE Walter, Kansas City, MO
GALLAHER Joanne, Tucson, AZ
EMAIL: jegallaher@earthlink.net
NEWS: I am writing this from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where I’ve come in a last, desperate attempt to lose weight before the reunion. Kidding, of course … I am really here to attend a dryland watershed management conference and then see the incredible prehistoric sites in the northern part of the country.
Since our last reunion, I’ve scaled back my landscape architecture practice to accommodate my return to graduate school where I began working on a Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona in 2003. Thanks to a team of supporters (Cindy, Karen, Debbie, Nancy, Coco, Chuck – thank you!), I have completed my coursework, as well as my written and oral exams, and am now in the middle of my field research. I am studying dryland sustainable development and am working with a national park in Costa Rica (yes, there is a dry area!) and the surrounding communities. If any of my numerous grant proposals are successful, I hope to extend the research to include the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the southern Flint Hills of Kansas.
Everyone is doing great in my family. My oldest grandson graduated from high school last May (!) and is now attending college in Washington. The other five grandkids are still living in Washington and Arizona and are now 8 to 13 years old. My mom is turning 90 this August! She still lives in the same place and is currently bird-sitting my African Grey parrot while I am traveling around so much. I have also made her home my temporary base of operation while my house in Tucson is being repaired/remodeled. My mom is then planning to move to Tucson with me when that project is completed next year.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you in Manhattan!
GATES Galen, Palatine, IL
(GELLINGER) Mary Jo Ragan
GIER Kenneth, Kansas City, KS
GOODRIDGE Lynn
(GOTT) Robin Beckley, Atwood, KS
GOULD Charles, Manhattan, KS
GOWDY David, Alpine, UT
EMAIL: jdgowdy@gmail.com
FAMILY: Wife, Norlene Morrill (Class of ‘77), seven children (three married), five grandchildren.
CAREER: Graduated from KSU, B.S., 1979; BYU Law School, J.D. 1982; practiced law in Texas and California; currently employed as president of Freedom Oil & Gas, Inc., in Salt Lake City.
NON-PROFIT: The Washington, Jefferson & Madison Institute, www.wjmi.org
(GRAY) Cathy Davis
(GREEN) Dani Spain, Bethel, CT
EMAIL: BSpain6720@aol.com
PHONE: (H) 203-798-6582, (C) 203-470-0545
FAMILY: Husband of 25 years, Brendan, owner of Hat City Paper and Supply Co. (a paper and janitorial supply distribution center.) Brendan Jr., 23, graduated from Holy Cross in 2003 and is a stockbroker in New York;
Ian, 21, graduates from UConn this year and will pursue banking for at least one year while deciding if he’ll go to law school; Connor, 19, a sophomore at the University of Scranton, studying international relations. He just returned from a semester abroad studying in Ecuador and will return next fall or go to Spain to continue his Spanish language study.
CAREER: After working very part-time while raising the boys (X-ray tech and pre-school music teacher), I went back to school after our youngest son entered college and became a MRI technologist. I work for a private radiology group with four offices in the area. I’m fortunate to be working on a state-of-the-art MRI machine. I work too many hours, so now I can justify not cooking or cleaning!
OTHER NEWS: We celebrated our 25th anniversary by taking a family trip to the Galapagos Islands. I had dreamed of going ever since being inspired by Mr. Conway in high school biology. The timing was perfect since our son Connor was in Ecuador studying. I was in touch with Mr. Conway before the trip. (Yea, Google!) He said to send to his best to the class of ‘72.
GREIG Jim, New Palestine, IN
GRIGGS Roy (deceased)
(GRITTON) Vicki Shank, Hutchinson, KS
EMAIL: vickis313@yahoo.com
PHONE: 620-665-0027
FAMILY: Husband of 32 years, Cliff. He is owner/general manager of Ad Astra Per Aspera Broadcasting. Son Chris 26, head football coach and social studies teacher at Hill City High School. Married to Jessica, elementary music teacher at Hill City. Chris and Jessica have one son, Calvin, 2, and one daughter, Juliette, born May 15. Daughter Stefanie, 24,
graduated from Kansas City Art Institute and is currently working as an illustrator for Moxie Sozo in Boulder, Colo. Son Jon, 21, is currently in Prague, Czech Republic attending Charles University. Should graduate in December 07 from Kansas State.
CAREER: Teacher, fifth and sixth grade, Title 1 reading and math, Buhler Grade School.
GROSS John, Houston, TX
(GULLEY) Brenda Seglum
GUTANA Maria Cecilia, Canoga Park, CA
EMAIL:
cngutana@aol.com
PHONE: 818-648-7923
FAMILY: One son, Gabriel, 18.
CAREER: Still with Kaiser Permanente (20 years).
OTHER NEWS: No news, which is good. I love to travel when I can.
HADLE Gary
HAFFENER Greg, Manhattan, KS
HAFFENER, Teresa (deceased)
HALE Debbie
(HALL) Kathy Newton, Montesano, WA
(HANSEN) Kristen Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, ID
HARKEY Jerry, Bloomfield Hills, MI
EMAIL: jerhark@aol.com
PHONE: 248-851-8295
FAMILY: Still married to my first wife, Rebecca (Becki). A Detroit area native, she is a part-time seamstress and dressmaker. As she would say when asked to describe our family: “we have two cats, no kids.”
CAREER: I have almost 29 years with DaimlerChrysler, which may be once again just “Chrysler” by the time you read this. I am currently working on the design of a next-generation engine. It’s been an interesting 29 years in a business that goes beyond cyclical to manic-depressive, but there never is a dull moment!
OTHER NEWS: I had hip-implant surgery in 2003 and can now walk much better than I could in the 2002 reunion. We are just finishing (hopefully) what has been a very long construction project – essentially rebuilding and doubling the size of our home. After consuming much of our cash and patience over four years, it is finally looking close to being completed. Becki has lived with the project so long, she is considering getting a builder’s license!
HARRIS Lee, Leawood, KS
EMAIL: lharris@cohenesrey.com
PHONE: 913-642-3996
FAMILY: Married to Barb (Edwards, Class of ‘73) since Jan. 5, 1974. She works part-time as an RN at Children’s Mercy
Hospital, where she’s been for 28 years. Daughter Crystal (26) lives in Lenexa with her son Dalton (9 months) and teaches school in Lawrence. Daughter Charity (23) lives in Kansas City with her husband, Scott.
CAREER: President and CEO of Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services, LLC, a group of Kansas City-based companies involved
in commercial real estate, construction, development and finance. Started with the firm in 1975.
OTHER NEWS: Vice-chairman of the Executive Committee for the Kansas State University Foundation Board of Trustees.
HARRIS Chris (Christy)
EMAIL: chatelains@hughes.net
FAMILY: married 24 years to Mark Chatelain; three kids, 23, 20, and 17; one foster son, 12
CAREER: fourth-grade teacher
HARRIS Don, Ogden, KS
See (FISK) Tami Harris
HARRIS Rusty, Vista, CA
EMAIL: RHarris@nctimes.com
NEWS: All is well in my life at my version of “Vista” (the city, not the place). My partner, Bill Adams, and I continue with life’s adventures and opportunities.
We have a new member of our household, Bill’s mother, Merele, who moved in with us in March 2006 after spending a few years with Bill’s three sisters in Madison, Wisc.
The biggest highlight is that we are still here. During our 30th class reunion weekend in 2002, I was in the local hospital watching hair fall out by the handfuls. The docs had given me the first of six months’ worth of chemotherapy to battle Hodgkin’s lymphoma and apparently things were dicey then, Bill tells me now, but I’m still here.
Somewhere after chemo finished, fuzzy stuff started to grow on my head and I’ve let it keep on growin’, so to speak. My new hair is now longer than my old pre-chemo hair ever was.
March 2003 saw me return to work full time with the North County Times as managing editor, a title I’ve held since 1992. This May marks my 20th anniversary with the NCT and 20th year as a Californian. But I still miss the Flint Hills (P.S.: For a look at “home,” out-of-staters should check out the National Geographic’s spread on the Hills in the April 2007 edition).
In August 2005, work had settled down enough for me to write an occasional local-issues column, which I called Keep On Truckin’ (www.nctimes.com/opinion/harris/) – I mean really, what else could I call it? It is on “temporary hold,” but plans are to resume.
March 2006 saw me facing another health threat with colon cancer. Luckily, surgery was all it took to banish that beast, and I’m still here. I resumed working full time in June 2006 and have been working non-stop ever since.
At home, we managing to stay busy with all sorts of things at the house, as well as with the United Methodist Church of Vista and a local AIDS hospice.
HARRISON John, Richboro, PA
HAYES Steve, Lake City, FL
HEBERT Damien, White City, KS
HEDKE Mike, Manhattan, KS
HEDRICK Jim, Dubuque, IA
EMAIL: jhedrick@logondubuque.net
NEWS: I live in Dubuque, Iowa, with LeeAnn, my wife of 30 great years. For those who know nothing about my post-MHS days, I have 3 children (28, 26, 17) and am now a grandfather (13 months), and I have been the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church for six years. School is still a priority with me as I have been adjunct professor of religion for four years now at the University of Dubuque. I have run into only two ‘72 classmates in 30 years, Alan Tilley and Cathy Hollomon. It would be great to see the old JVband members, mediocre academics (like myself) and varied historical personalities, but I already had a trip in June planned for Topeka. My folks have lived in the big capital city since 1980. Grace and peace to all the reunion gang.
(HENTON) Deanna McKenzie, Blue Springs, MO
(HENTON) Pam Goracke, Hope, KS
EMAIL: pgoracke@usd481.org (during school year); dynamo@tctelco.net (summer)
PHONE: (H) 785-366-7759, (C) 785-366-0807
NEWS: My husband Larry still works for the Postal Service and works on computers. I am in charge of our school library. I love being with the students and doing library classes. Larry and I have been married 26 years. Heather is 32 and is a teacher. She has a little girl Gracie, who is 2, and a set of twins, Tristen and Alleigh, who are 1 (a boy and girl). She is taking a leave of absence right now and working part time as the Hope City clerk. I love being a grandmother!! Her husband is gone with his work a lot, so Larry and I help out every chance we get. Kyle is 22 and is working for the City of Manhattan now and going back to K-State to finish the degree he started at Doane. He had three bad concussions and had to quit football at Doane. Whitney is 20 and is a massage therapist. She works five months at Breckenridge County, Colo., at a spa and then is home doing massages and working part time at Trendy with a Twist in Aggieville. My mom is doing great! My sister Lana is still in California with her husband and two daughters and my sister Devan’s husband, Ryan, is a director at the Duluth, Minn., zoo but has accepted a job in San Antonio as the zoo’s assistant director. It has been really hard not seeing her boys all the time. If anyone would like to chat, you can call my home or email me.
HESS, Lu Ann (deceased)
HEYLIN Joanie
HIGGINSON Marcia, Lenexa, KS
EMAIL: marciahigginson@hotmail.com
PHONE: 913-322-0496
FAMILY: Husband, Hannes Zacharias, is deputy manager of Johnson County. Daughter, Lydia, 18, graduates from Shawnee Mission Northwest this spring and will attend Butler University in Indianapolis in the fall. Son, Kurt, 15, is a sophomore at SMNW, and daughter, Isabel, 13, is a seventh-grader. Our kids are involved in band, choir, Scouts, theater, tennis, and heavy-duty socializing.
CAREER: I’ve taught 4-year-olds at a friend’s preschool the past two years. I was a music sub in the Shawnee Mission District before that. I’m an assistant director for the Allegro Community Children’s Choirs, and I sing with the Kansas City Festival Singers and my church choir.
OTHER NEWS: We’ve enjoyed family trips to Germany and England since our last reunion. I treated myself and sang in Ireland and England with Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir last summer. Hannes and I are now officially the older generation, having lost both his parents and my mother and grandmother in the past three years. Lots of transitions! Although there are things we miss about smaller towns, we’re enjoying life in the KC Metro area, and our kids have thrived here.
HILEMAN Billy, Rifle, CO
HILL Billy, Manhattan, KS
PHONE: 785-537-1241
HILLS Darrell, Manhattan, KS
(HOEFLER) Marcia Roets, Manhattan, KS
(HOERMAN) Connie Vickroy, San Francisco, CA
EMAIL: vickroyc@juno.com
NEWS: When I moved to San Francisco almost 30 years ago, I had no idea it would become my permanent home. Next year my son will graduate from the same high school his father attended 40 years ago. We are a golfing family. With the good weather and great golf courses in the Bay Area, I play at least twice a week. Fore!
(HOERNER) Betty Brown, Sioux City, IA
(HOLLOMON) Cathy Russell, Richardson, TX
EMAIL: (W) crussell@sandllc.com, (H) russelldc@tx.rr.com
PHONE: (H) 972-644-0509, (C) 214-642-3164, (W) 972-404-1636
FAMILY: Husband, Dennis, son Ryan, 16, and daughter Nicole, 14.
CAREER: Working as a tax CPA (still!) for Steven J. Sanders & Co., LLC, in Dallas.
HONSTEAD, Mary Lou, Saint Louis Park, MN
(HOLTMAN) Gail Putman, Phoenix, AZ
(HOOVER) Jane Bartlett, Orchard Park, NY
EMAIL: jabart5@verizon.net
Bob and I will be married 34 years this June – my how time does fly by! We have three boys, Brian, 26, Clay, 23, and Mikey, 20. Brian and Clay are both through college (at last!). Brian is a project manager (living at home temporarily) for Marker Systems here in Buffalo. Brian’s adventures post-college took him first to Panama, where he managed a marina at an all inclusive resort … then to St. Louis for a year, and he is now back in Buffalo (where he said he would NEVER live). Clay has just completed a management development program for Manufacturers and Traders Bank and was recently promoted within the bank – he lives in Buffalo. We’re all counting on his ambition and drive to launch him into a very successful career. Mikey is a sophomore at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania … majoring in sports marketing. He was a high school All American in lacrosse.
Bob will be retiring from a 28-year career with General Mills this fall and is looking forward to launching a “new” career, which means doing something adventurous for the next decade! I am a project manager for a construction consulting firm. Continue to coach downhill ski racing in the winters … This year my racing program had 130 children participating! Great fun!
After a 7+ year break, the boys and I are planning on hiking another section of the Long Trail (extension of the Appalachian Trail going through Vermont) this June. I have put them on notice that I am old enough to qualify for not having to carry a frame backpack! They have warned me to pack lightly.
[JUNE 2007 UPDATE: Jane was unable to attend the reunion because her son Mikey was playing in the NCAA Division II championships over Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore. Afterward she wrote: “The weekend was a great experience for Mikey … His team lost with one second left in the game – someone has to lose! The team played well … quite an experience for a sophomore to start in a championship game before a crowd of 23,000.”]
HOOVER Edward
HOPKINS Gail, Burbank, CA
EMAIL: gailhopkins@msn.com
PHONE: 818-843-4998
FAMILY: My dad and stepmother live in Manhattan near Tuttle Creek Dam. My brother teaches advanced math at Rosehill High School in Wichita, and my sister is a research librarian in North Carolina. I also have a stepbrother, two stepsisters and six neices and nephews.
CAREER: I am the head of the Hair and Makeup Department at Day of Our Lives at NBC in Burbank. I’ve been with the show for 23 years.
HORBER Kathjoy (Kathrin), Bad Zurzach, Switzerland
EMAIL: khorber@freesurf.ch
PHONE: 0041 56 249 02 33
NEWS: I’ve been living for seven years with my partner, Erich Deiss, who is natural scientist, in the same flat with a nice garden and two cats. I teach English as a foreign language in Switzerland to adults.
HOWE Donald, Miami, OK
HSU Edward, Anacortes, WA
HUBBARD Bev
HUBER Daniel, Topeka, KS
HULBERT Steven, East Moriches, NY
EMAIL: hulbert@bnl.gov
FAMILY: My wife, Louise, and I met at work and were married in 1988. We have two children, Colleen, 14, and Gregory, 10.
CAREER: After MHS, I went to Haverford College (in Pennsylvania), then the University of Illinois for graduate school (physics), then moved to Brookhaven National Laboratory in late 1983. I have worked at Brookhaven ever since, first in the physics department, then for the National Synchrotron Light Source, an electron accelerator facility that generates intense x-rays for studying all sorts of things, from physics to biology to geology, etc. etc.
(HUMPHREY) Diann Riehm