Travels to Waseca

I received the following note from Emily Westphal concerning her grandfather, John Spillane, SHHS 1936: 

John J. Spillane was my maternal granfather.  I was doing a search on his father, actually, and found my grandfather’s name on a list of missing Waseca alums.  The reason the attempt to contact him came back to you is because my grandparents weren’t living at the listed address at the time of your letter.  My grandfather died a number of years ago, in February of 2002.  It’s a shame because he would have loved coming to the reunion.  Those were good times in his life.
-Emily Westphal

The following graduates of Waseca High School are currently missing. If you have current contact information on any of them or if you know if any of them have died, please contact us at WasecaAlums.com.

1950
Wilda Krampitz Stolberg

1951
NA

1952
Eddie Bergland
Maxilee Moon Nydegger

1953
Raymond Bartz

1954
Hugh Miller
Shirley Mittelstaedt
Barbara Ferry Park
Gladys Kelm Rice

1955
Marlys Weyhrauch Kauffman

1956
Donald Klinger

1957
Pat Lindsay Johnson

1958
Sharon Calcut Bethke
Donwin Molle

1959
NA

1960
Richard Carlson
Jerry Freseman
Carol Harding Jenson
Judy Meyer Power
Lorna Gerdts Rowdon

1961
Roger Brown

1962
Bonnie Clayton Carson
Judy Caswell Pahl

1963
Michael Sheeran
C Michael Olson
Kathleen Ostendorf Schultz
Betty Wick Spooner
Terrance Wilkowski

1964
David Marsh
Frey Reinecke Tripp
John VonRuden

1965
David Briggeman
James Deno
Michael Erickson
Jaime Mac-Veigh – exchange student from Spain
Mary Freundl Pettik

1966
Michael Edwards
Diane Vogt Erickson
Ardith Graham
Judy Parker
Dominique Richard – exchange student from France
Ronald Spies
Bob Summer
Linda Weiland Wilson

1967
Gunnar Anderson

1968
Barbara Karolevitz Olson
Laviere O’Riley

1969
Deborah Schmitz Blowers
David Brown
Lorna Christenson
Edgar Eaton
Jane Hager Weiske
Pam Jewison
Karen Peterson Klinger
Paul Miller
Cheryl Wobschall Neid
David Nichtern
Raymond Peterson
Carmen Blowers Roemhildt
Sheila Ruedy
Stuart Sanbeck
Craig Schroeder
Jackie Selvik Senne
Shirley Singlestad Wagner
Jeanette Weber
Vickie Bjork Yungerberg

1970
Timothy Anderson
Randy Buker
Dan Elias
Judy Klinger Howard
Donald Mackie
Jim Madigan
Gary Mueller
Vararak Addy Ruenguisesh
Randy Scarbrough – Exchange student
Rebecca Schmiedeberg
Joanne Volkmann
Elizabeth Zorraquin – Exchange student

1971
Kathy Tobin Anderson
Dan Dardis
Luann Reinhartz Meyer
Michael Powell
Minh Quang Le – Exchange student

1972
Brent Amundson
Betty Behsmann
Hans Buege – Exchange student
Diane Coffin
Debra Berg Cook
James Deichen
Sherri Rupp Guy
Mark Harris
Shari Heuberger
Paula (or Pamela) Hunt
Lydia Jebe
Marcella Klamke
Michael Miller
Lynn Mueller
William Musel
Laurie Naseth
Michael Nelson
Terri Pinto – Exchange student
Susan Reinhardt
Charmaine Sandness
Eddie Strobel
Steve Smith
Dean Swenson
Tom Tews
Jim Trubenbach
Dan West
Steven Wolff

1973
LeeAnn Krough Aldrich
Kika Aros – Exchange student
Janet Benjamin
Renee Coy
Brian Draeger
Pam Edwards
Lane Gilbert
Kathy Henry
Pam Johansen
Myra Goettl Janbloedt
Jane Mittelsteadt
Michael Root
Linda K Schmahl
Linda Simacek
Sachiko Takahashi – Exchange student
Kathy Thompson
Cindy Turley Swenson
Kathy Weaver

1974

Juan Ramon Bilbao – Exchange student
Susan Dahl Buker
Nancy Lande Cassellius
Joe Gleason
Debbie Jenson
David Kanne
Anna Katz
Leena Laine – Exchange student
Jean Buker Lindquist
Steven Miller
Becky Polinski
Gail Grothe Soderquist
James Spaulding
Alan Steinke

As I work on the mailing list for the Waseca 2008 All-School, All-Class Reunion, I’m struck by the number of classes who’ve lost track of their foreign exchange students.

If you were a foreign exchange student in a Waseca school, contact me to make sure we have your correct contact information. And, if you were a host family or friend of a foreign exchange student and you have contact information for a foreign exchange student, contact me to make sure we have current contact information for the student in our lists.

Here’s a list of the missing exchange students I’m aware of:

1965 – Jaime Mac-Veigh (Spain)
1966 – Dominique Richard (France)
1970 – Randy Scarbrough, Elizabeth Zorraquin
1971 – Minh Quang Le
1972 – Hans Buege, Terri Pinto
1973 – Kika Aros, Sachiko Takahashi
1974 – Juan Ramon Bilbao, Leena Laine

The following graduates of Waseca High School are currently missing. If you have current contact information on any of them or if you know if any of them have died, please contact us at WasecaAlums.com.

1921
Emma Bjorklund Adams

1922
Marian Cropsey Latham
Lorna Dunn
Stanley Graben
Agnes Karsten Wasbotton
Ella Kujath
Ruth Litzheim Maxham
Herbert Mahler
Emma Miller
Marshall Pickett
Emma Robinson Knutson
Fred Roesler
Nina Sewall Ruhnow
Helen Well Erickson
Kenneth Zetterburg

1923
Delores Ziemke Harter
Magdalen Larson

1924
Allene Lehmann Allen
Esther Trahms Brune

1925
Leonora Minges Bethke
Olivia Veien Fischer
Helen Schaukessel Gleason
Florence Day Sathre

1926
Hazel Bethke
Leona Bork
Evelyn Larson Hasner
Mary Dorn McDonald
Murette Johnson Rudeen

1927
Jeanette Flora
Annette Gehring Johnson
Myrtle Esklund Johnson
Hazel Johnson Miller
Esther Hedin Peterson
Margaret Wolters Taylor

1928
Helen Sheldon Gray
Harlan Larson
Glen Myers
Jeanette Tollefson Lorenz

1929
Georgia Pulver Iverson
Lucille Scholljegerdes Proechel
Irene Somers Remund

1930
Edna Johnson Boshnyak
Ivan Howery
Leroy Juhnke
Nevina Olson

1931
Adeline Blowers Biese
Myrtle Matson Locke

1932
Lucille Davidson
Darold Farrell
Joseph Greeney
Benjamin Lund
Marguerite McGrath
Floyd Nelson
Fern Wilker Zopfi

1933
Helen Mikolas Bunnell
Dagmar Johnson Gustafson

1934
Dorothy Johnson Gleason

1935
Leona Runnerstrom Kasper
Loris Fretham Stoner

1936
Mark Moore

1938
Norma Schlicht Malloy
Duane Myers
Nora Blowers Peterson
Dilys Green Wagner

1940
Harriet McMartin Goding
Quentin Kubicek

1941
Goldie Wilson

1942
Frances Johansen Berner
Betty Liggett Leider
Dorothy Greene Miller
Bernice Murphy Messall

1943
Esther Stenvik

1944
Luverne Krueger Mattson
Mildred Nelson Thorson
William Vogt

1946
Leonard Olson

1947
Milan Broughton
James Brown
Cleone Wobschall Caron
Roger Cox
Donald Fredrickson
Jeanne Wetzstein Momson
Darrol Perkins
Fielding Phelps
Richard Quitney
Calvin Roesler
Charles Schwartzkoff
Delores Chesney Smith
Andy Sotebeer
Donald Strand
Mary Lou Boje Westerlund
Lois Senske Woolridge

Mailings recently sent to the following Waseca Sacred Heart High School graduates at the listed addresses were returned as not deliverable. If you have current contact information on any of them, please contact us at WasecaAlums.com.

1931
McGowan, Catherine (Conway) Box 426, Fonda IA 50540, 1931

1934
Baumgartner, Marie (Gallagher) Box 253, Bird Island MN 55310, 1934
Brisbane, Helen  7609 NW 3rd, Vancouver WA 98665, 1934

1935
Ernst, Marianne (Zimmerman) 1742 Woodland, Fayetteville AR 72701, 1935
Nelson, Edna (Kuehnel) 609 15th St SE, Owatonna MN 55060 1935

1936
Davis, Irene (Conway)  4323 Girard Ave N, Minneapolis MN 55412, 1936
Hambley, Margaret (Gurnett) 6660 E Dodge St, Mesa AZ 85205, 1936
Spillane, John 6729 1st Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55401, 1936

1940
Hawkins, Vera  406 S. 3rd St., Stillwater MN 55082, 1940

1945
Weber, Donald  5643 Green Circle Dr, Minnetonka MN 55343, 1945

1947
McLoone, James W326 N6898 N Lake Dr, Hartland WI 53029, 1947

1950
Judd, Clara  117 E. Paquin #110, Waterville, MN 56096, 1950

1954
Simon, Margaret  1240 Leawood Dr, Elgin IL 60210, 1954

1955
Gerdts, Michael  715 Preston Ln, Hopkins MN 55343, 1955

1957
Hilton, Helen (Hayes)  8045 Xerxes Ave S #206, Bloomington MN 55431, 1957

1961
Gallagher, Jack  17105 T St, Omaha NE 68135, 1961
Smith, Shirley (Powell)  Route 1, Medford MN 55049, 1961

1962
Jewison, Gerald  1766 Fm 1778, Nevada TX 75173, 1962
Myers, Sharon  1921 Menomonie St, Eau Claire WI 54703, 1962

1963
Sylvester, Catherine (Stirens)  1235 Roma Ave, Roseville MN 55113, 1963

1964
O’Grady, Tim  708 9th Ave NW, Waseca MN 56093, 1964

1965
McCarthy, Gary 3022 Placer Circle, Eagle River AK 99577, 1965

1966 
Gallagher, Gary 3701 Lynbrook Dr NE, Cedar Rapids IA 52402, 1966
O’Brien, Margaret  2624 N 54th Place, Phoenix AZ 85008, 1966

1968
Netjes, Lois (McShane)  1138 N 9th St, Payette ID 83661, 1968

1971
Wilker, Sharon (Wheelock)  26151 128th St, New Richland MN 56072, 1971

No graduation year listed
Cottingham, Shirley  PO Box 60297, Palo Alto CA 94306
Danielson, Rita, Rt 2 Box 2, Sheimo SD 57060
Donahue, Patricia  73 Harbor Dr #415, Stanford CT 06902
Malling, Betty (Tollefson)  1976 N. Lemontree Ln, Chandler AZ 85224  
Miscka, Joanie  300 3rd St SE, Waseca MN 56093

The following graduates of Sacred Heart High School are currently missing. If you have current contact information on any of them, please contact us at WasecaAlums.com.

1919
Kaiser, Genevire – Sr. M. Fiato
Kramer, Leslie (Plummer)

1923
Mulcahy, Mary (Campion)

1932
Waples, Cecelia (Reycraft)

1935
Blackwood, Gerald
Feudner, Ruth (Kiely)

1942
De Lucctti, Suzanne (Brozik)

1943
Arp, Dorothy (Webber)

1948
Yess, Paul

1951
Emard, Carol

1954
Pantzar, Phyllis (Pfieffer)
Simondson, Joan (Sheeran)

1956
Blue, Rita (Gerdts)
Farnand, Shelia
Larson, Mary

1957
Brozik, Martin

1958
Bentley, Sharon (Josephes)
Gehring, Yvonne (Malecha)

1959
Kaiser, James
Miller, Lawrence
Zimny, Norbert

1961
Noe, Marie (Evans)
Josephes, Kathy
Moore, Sharon (Pfiefer)
Morgan, Joseph
Tollefson, Arvid

1963
Flores, Rafael
Gwin, Susan
Pomijie, Henry Bill
Schimek, Carol
Thompson, Betty

1964
Venecheik, Nickolas

1965
Ahern, Patrick

1966
Braughten, Mary (Kukuczka)
Hunt, Katherine (Turnacliff)
Leononsaco, Colleen (Cahill)
Mettler, Galen
Pomije, John

1967
Gabiou, Chris
Gilbert, Nancy (Gerdts)
Tollefson, Gary

1968
McLoone, Pat

1969
Mettler, Allen
Oliver, Theresa (Coulombe)
Pomije, Moira
Shuttleworth, Janet (Klein)

1970
Carter, Debra (Albert)
Klein, Patricia (Hanson)
Meyer, Robert
O’Grady, Robert

No graduation year listed
Brixius, Mary
Bryndilson, Gladys 
Cahill, Janet 
Degan, Ellen 
Holland, George 

If you’re preparing for a reunion for your class, here are a few tips on collecting contact information:

• Collect phone numbers and email addresses when you collect your contact information. (Here’s a MS Excel form you’re welcome to use for your class list. MS Excel format document for collecting contact information on classmates)
• If you’re just getting started and don’t have a current list of classmates, get a copy of the list from your last reunion or contact the Waseca All-School Reunion Committee for their 1998 list of classmates.
• Contact known family and friends. Ask others if they know of family or friends who may remain in contact.
• Do a Google search for the classmate at their last known address, e.g., firstname + lastname + city + state abbreviation. If unsuccessful, search on the last name and consider contacting people on the list to see if they have contact information for the person.
• Use TheUltimates to search.
• Post a list of your missing classmates on this blog and on People Search at WasecaAlums.com.
• As you go along, distribute your list of classmates to the classmates who have email so they can keep in contact and perhaps get motivated to help locate still missing classmates.

When you’re done, distribute your list of classmates to all classmates so they can keep in contact.

I’m certain the Waseca 2008 All-School Reunion Committee will also appreciate receiving a copy of your list of classmates as they prepare for the 2008 All-School Reunion.

The Waseca Central High School Class of 1962 will hold their 45th class reunion Saturday, July 21, 2007, in Waseca. Larry Lutgens has asked for help in locating missing classmates from the Waseca High School Class of 1962 so they can be invited to the reunion. According to Lutgens, the following are among the missing: John Anderson, Nancy Campbell, Curtis Fritz (last address in Chandler AZ), Naomi Hanson Gray (last address in Verona WI), Judy Krause Kuhns, Bob Krenke (last address Green Bay WI), Margaret Krueger O’Rourke, Sharon Kruger Lewer, Linda Lowery Cierpiszewski (last address Bainbridge Island, WA), Marigail Lundberg Ragan, Dennis Quickstad (last address Van Werth OH), Kathy Ruedy Benson, Larry Torgerson, and Cheryl Volling Larsen.

If you have current contact information, or clues, on any of the missing classmates, please send me an email or send Larry an email. Thanks.