Travels to Waseca » Reunion

Boyd Fuller, Harlan Homquist honored by alumni group

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:58:32 +0000

WASECA, Minn. — Boyd Fuller has received the Personal Service Award from the University of Minnesota, Waseca and Southern School of Agriculture Alumni Association. The association also gave its Minnesota Ag Award to Harlan Holmquist, the retired executive director of Farmamerica.

Fuller and Homlquist will be honored Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. during a ceremony on the Farmamerca grounds in Waseca.

The WHS Class of 1959 50 Year Reunion is history

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:31:55 +0000

I spent last weekend in Waseca with my WHS59 classmates celebrating our 50 year reunion. Many of us arrived on Friday and lunched and socialized at the Boat House in the afternoon and had dinner at the Starfire Grill at the Miller Armstrong Building.

Saturday we again met at the Boat House for lunch. Early in the afternoon classmate Sharon Connolley Batt mustered a crew to create floral bouquets for the tables from flowers she donated. Later in the afternoon, Supt. Rottke led our classmates on a tour through Central School where he gave us souvenir pieces of the stair railing. Following the tour, we met up with Mrs. Elaine Fox (nee Biese), our kindergarten teacher, and had our photo taken on the steps of the main entrance. The photo replicated our 1947 kindergarten graduation photo.

Saturday evening we had our reunion dinner at the Miller Armstrong banquet room on 3rd floor. (I’d highly recommend the facility for smallish reunions and other events.) Forty-three classmates of our 66 living classmates attended, plus many spouses and companions. Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Elaine Fox were honored guests. Dick Sommerstad, class vice president, was master of ceremonies and speakers included Bruce Dowlin, class president; Larry Olson, class speaker; Knut Gerlach, our German foreign exchange student and the first AFS student at Waseca High School. Mrs. Fox spoke and distributed our Kindergarten Graduation Program to kindergarten graduates.

Sunday morning we met for brunch at the Starfire Grill before parting company. It was great to see all my classmates.

Waseca Central High School Class of 1959 50 Year Reunion

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:29:01 +0000

I’ll be traveling to Waseca on Friday to attend my Waseca Central High School Class of 1959 50 Year Reunion. I’m looking forward to seeing and visiting with my classmates again.

Trowbridge Park Reunion

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:42:36 +0000

One of the highlights of the All-School Reunion weekend for me was the Trowbridge Park Reunion. The reunion was the brain-child of Judy Loomer Giese and anyone who considered themselves part of the Trowbridge Park neighborhood was invited.

Trowbridge Park Reunion on Saturday, July 5, 2008, during the All-School Reunion (l to r): Donna Lutgens Hansen, John Bendix, Chuck Lucas, Korrinne Kanne, Vernon Ferch, Jane Lucas, Dale Paulson, Jane Ferch Kroeger, Carol ‘Cookie’ Olson Rausch, Mike McLoone, Karen Kanne Kolas, Stephanie Crawford Kadrie, Jerry McLoone, Susan Hackett James, Betty Guyer Rafferty, Sharon Guyer Weckwerth, Bob Koehler, Judy Loomer Giese, Tom Engel, Don Loomer, Dale Lucas, Steve McLoone. Others from the neighborhood who I know came to the park during the gathering but weren’t in the photo were Carol Powell Wobschall, Rachel Wobschall, and Jim Geraghty. Other Wasecans who came to the park from outside the neighborhood were Dennis Anderson, Jim Torbert, Roger Volkmann. And, of course, there were spouses.

Carol ‘Cookie’ Olson Rausch and Don Loomer chat at the Trowbridge Park Reunion.

Carol Powell Wobschall tries to ’splain something to someone while daughter Rachel Wobschall talks to someone at the Trowbridge Park Reunion.

Three McLoones at the Trowbridge Park Reunion: Steve, Mike, and Jerry.

Bob Koehler, Vernon Ferch, Dale Lucas, Dennis Anderson, and Jane Ferch Kroeger at the Trowbridge Park Reunion.

Here’s an idea! Schedule a neighborhood reunion during the 2008 All-School Reunion!

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:23:38 +0000

Judy Loomer Giese has scheduled a reunion during the Waseca 2008 All-School Reunion for anyone who considers the Trowbridge Park neighborhood their neighborhood. How about scheduling a reunion for your neighborhood! If you do, let us know and we’ll add it to the schedule of Reunion activities we’ll be posting.

The Trowbridge Park Neighborhood Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, July 5, 2008, at 2 p.m. We’ll meet at the Bandstand.

Chuck

Waseca High School’s Missing Graduates, 1950-1974

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:55:22 +0000

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

Missing exchange students

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:46:59 +0000

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

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:38:43 +0000

If your Waseca class can’t find a place in Waseca to hold a reunion during the Waseca 2008 All-School, All-Class reunion you could try the recently opened (December 2, 2007) Willows restaurant on Highway 13 in New Richland:

The Willows
100 State Highway 13
New Richland
507-463-1000

You might remember The Willows under one of its former names, Jerry’s Inn, Fox Inn or Horn Inn. I remember my family going there in the 1950s occasionally for special occasions.

The owners, Jim and Beth Blake, were the owners and operators of the Boat House Restaurant in Waseca for 15 years. Their son Travis will help operate the restaurant.

Blake classifies his restaurant as upscale, family dining. The menu offers choices of steak, ribs, pasta, seafood, wraps, sandwiches, a salad bar, a wide assortment of appetizers, burgers, beer and wine by the glass or bottle.

Waseca High School’s Missing Graduates, 1921-1949

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:05:48 +0000

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

2008 All-School, All-Year Reunion registration packet

Chuck Lucas WHS 1959 — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:19:16 +0000

I received my Waseca 2008 All-School, All-Year Reunion registration materials in yesterday’s mail. If you are an alumnus of a Waseca school and don’t receive your registration packet soon, contact me to be mailed or emailed a packet or download the registration forms that I’ve posted on the Waseca Alums site at www.WasecaAlums.com.