50Th Year 1966 Class Reunion Book
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Lutheran High School South Class of 1966 50th year reunion September 2-4, 2016 Dear Classmates: A 50th anniversary is a major milestone and indeed a time to celebrate. It’s truly hard to believe that we graduated from Lutheran South 50 years ago. Much has transpired in each of our lives. We’ve lost twelve of our classmates. Some of us have had the privilege of seeing our children attend Lutheran South. Many/most of us have retired and are enjoying grandchildren. We enjoyed reading your biographies and trying to guess who was in the picture you sent. Lutheran South provided a great foundation for us – educationally, socially, and spiritually. For most of us, those four years bring back wonderful memories of dedicated teachers, close friends, extracurricular events and social gatherings. We hope many of you took the opportunity to tour Lutheran South and see the facility expansions. There’s actually an auditorium replacing the outhouse that mysteriously appeared on the front lawn prior to our graduation. We’re pleased that 49 of us were able to attend the Reunion Weekend. This represents almost 40% of our class. While we wish more of you could have attended, having that many of us at the Reunion is a testimony to our fond memories of Lutheran South. And, we were blessed to have nine faculty members from our years at South join us on Saturday night. If you haven’t done so already, please consider a gift to Lutheran South toward the Class of 1966 Reunion Gift. Gifts of any amount are appreciated. You can make a gift by check, credit card or contribution of stock. You can make a 3-year pledge for larger gifts. For specific information you can contact Cheryl Ehrhard at the Lutheran High School Association at [email protected]. We have targeted an outdoor eating area behind the cafeteria for students and other groups to enjoy, but at this point we are still far short of the amount needed to fund this project. So, please consider making a gift, directed to the LHSS Class of 1966 Reunion Gift, as soon as possible. Checks can be mailed to Lutheran High School Association, 5401 Lucas and Hunt Rd., St. Louis, MO 63121. We hope you enjoy browsing through this “Digital Reunion Book,” and reading about all the different paths we have followed since graduating from Lutheran South. We enjoyed getting back together to plan the Reunion, but even more enjoyed being able to reminisce with so many of you about our times together at Lutheran South. May God bless you in the years to come, and may He grant us the opportunity to reunite in the future at another Lutheran South Reunion. Yours in Christ, Mark Bremer Fred Mark Kuhlmann Bob Paul Karen Nolting Paul Linda Groerich Paul Jack Pfitzer Reunion Schedule: Friday Evening Event, September 2 6:00 p.m. -- private room at Mike Duffy’s in Kirkwood, 124 W. Jefferson. $30/person includes drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres. (Depending on how long everyone stays, it could convert to a cash bar at some point.) This is very casual (polo shirt and slacks or shorts for guys) and perfect for mingling. Saturday Morning Event, September 3 10:00 a.m. -- Tour of Lutheran South Saturday Evening Event 6:00 p.m. -- cocktail hour and sit-down dinner at Orlando’s Event Center, 2050 Dorsett Village, Maryland Heights. $60/person gives us a full bar and deluxe buffet. We expect this will be a special evening to commemorate our 50th. Sport coat suggested but not required. Sunday Morning Event, September 4 9:30 a.m. -- Opportunity to join in a church service together at 9:30 at St. Paul’s Lutheran at 12345 Manchester Rd. in Des Peres (on the NE corner of Manchester and Ballas Roads). Facult atending Reunion Elaine Eggerding Tom and Adrienne Johnson Carol (Hrivnak) Kohlmeier Richard and Gaylene LaBore Anne (Stietr) and Ken Mangelsdorf Herman and Pati Meyer Richard and Carol Oto Roy and Nancy Pfnd Art and Judy Schroeder Elizabet (Marring) and David Spencer Robert Toepper Alana Althage [email protected] James Andrews 202 Sunset Villa Cir O’Fallon, MO 63366-2281 (573) 646-5270 [email protected] Donald Bachmann 55 Glen Rd St Louis, MO 63119-2428 (314) 968-0817 [email protected] Jerry Bagy 3155 Olde Post Rd St Louis, MO 63129-3991 (314) 832-0521 F. Richard Bailey PO Box 737 Osage Beach, MO 65065-0737 The Rev Mark Bartels 3 Chandler Rd East Sandwich, MA 02537-1729 (973) 586-1968 [email protected] Mark writes.... After LHSS graduation I went to Concordia Colleges and eventually Concordia Seminary St. Louis graduating from Christ Seminary (Seminex) in 1974. I married my wife Joan in 1976 who I met in my first Parish and have two children Jason and our daughter Jacqueline who will be married the same week as the reunion. I served as pastor of 3 Lutheran congregations all in New Jersey retiring from King of Kings Lutheran Church and school after 40 years in the ministry. In 2014 Joan and I retired to Cape Cod, Massachusetts in a town called Sandwich. I am grateful for my LHSS experience and the many teachers who inspired me. Mark and Joan Bartls ##### Charlene Behnke Aldridge 619 Blackthorn Cv Fort Wayne, IN 46804-3546 (260) 459-2382 [email protected] John Benz 2147 Lone Wolf Dr Cuba, MO 65453-9619 (573) 885-4104 Elmer Binder 32 River Street Arlington, MA 02474 [email protected] Bill shares with us.... My wife, Michele and I recently moved to Boston, MA, where she is managing a biotech startup company. It’s been a hectic move, but a lot of fun so far. I have enjoyed adjusting to urban living, but I miss the St. Louis Cardinals…hard to catch a game on TV in Boston. After high school, I attended the University of Missouri at Rolla and graduated with a degree in engineering. I spent my career as a consultant in the areas of operations, R&D, business strategy and engineering, which gave me the opportunity to work in a wide range of businesses including automotive industry, aerospace, defense, and electronics. I also was an adjunct professor at Webster University for 11 years teaching in the management department. My wife and I have four children, with our youngest, Sam, a freshman at SMU and our daughter, Molly, a senior in the nursing program at Baylor. Our oldest son, Bill, is married to Sarah and the store manager at HH Gregg in Fenton. One other son, David, married to Heather, is a lawyer in Decatur, IL. Bil and Michele Binder ##### Kenneth Blake 4556 Butler Hill Rd St Louis, MO 63128-3522 (314) 487-7618 [email protected] Ken writes.... I’ve been working in the hunting and fishing industry for 37 years. More recently as a Manufacture Representative for many manufactures for past 30 years. Married for 43 years, 3 children and three granddaughters. I continue to work although my wife has been retired for 12 years after teaching for 32 years. Life is Great! Ken Blake ##### Dolores Bode Kesel 438 Kathy Ln Pacific, MO 63069-1006 [email protected] Dolores writes..... I graduated from UMSL in 1970 with a BS in Elementary Education and taught in Lutheran schools thirty-four years, first at Salem-Affton and then St. Mark's Eureka. I was married in 1982 to Dan Kesel. I have two children, both graduates of LHSS, Joshua, class of 2004, and Jennifer, 2008. Josh has substituted and coached at South. I have three grandchildren, Natalee, 10, Madison, 7, and Carson, 4. They are the children of Josh and his wife, Ashleigh Beckman Kesel, also a graduate of South. I currently am the part-time assistant to the director of the Schnucks Cooking School, work at Timothy Lutheran Mother's Day Out and sub at St. Paul, Des Peres and Christ Memorial Early Childhood Centers. Dolores Kesel and Grandchildren ##### (Norman) Bo Bohlmann 12405 Devonshire Ln Rolla, MO 65401 (573) 201-9962 [email protected] Bo writes.... Life is a tightly wound ball of paradoxes wrapped in a conundrum. Bo Bohlmann, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Bo Bohlmann ##### Muriel Bopp Root (408) 733-3653 [email protected] Muriel shares with us..... After graduating from LHSS I went on to earn an A.A. degree at St. Paul’s College, Concordia, MO and a B.S. degree at Southeast Missouri State University. My first job out of college was teaching business courses at Lutheran High School, Los Angeles. I worked my way to Assistant Operations Officer at Santa Monica Bank. Because of my knowledge of accounting, I was hired as a court clerk after a major embezzlement at the City of North Kansas City Municipal Court. I taught part time at Austin (TX) Community College. I’ve held a Top Secret security clearance while working 23 years for Lockheed Martin in corporate finance and in administrative security. During this time I married Tom Root and had a son Matthew Root who is a student at San Francisco State University. In 2015 I changed jobs and am now employed full time at Raytheon. I’ve come to enjoy travel. Some of the countries I’ve visited are Japan, India (3X), Italy, Germany (many times), East Germany when it was under Communist rule (2X), Denmark, and Sweden. I’ll be taking a trip to Germany returning a week before the reunion. It will be great to see everyone at the reunion. Muriel Root ##### Robert Bosko 1751 Kiowa Trail Elizabeth, CO 80107-8435 (303) 646-8986 James (Jim) Braun 3316 Woodsview Dr St Charles, MO 63303-6644 (636) 939-1668 [email protected] Jim writes....