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
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
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.....
Jim and Pam (married 43 years) live in St. Charles, MO, and are both retired. Prior to retiring in 2012, Jim served for 25 years as President and CEO of Youth In Need, a regional nonprofit providing social and mental health services to at-risk children, youth and their families. Jim received his BA from Valparaiso University and Masters in Social Work from St. Louis University. He spent his early career as a child and family counselor at a community mental health center, where he transitioned to a management focus in 1982. Jim and Pam have two married sons that are both university professors, and four beautiful grandchildren. In August 2015, Jim was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer, and stopped working in his part- time "encore career" as a nonprofit management consultant. He and Pam are focused on battling his disease, maximizing quality of life, and celebrating with gratitude a blessed and rewarding life together.
Jim and Pam Braun
##### Robert Braun John Breen 4507 Conleth Dr St Louis, MO 63129-3738 (314) 892-4960 [email protected]
John shares with us:
John Breen Glenna Breen (wife) Adriene Breen (daughter)
I graduated from Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois. I moved back to St. Louis and was a elementary and middle school principal in the Ritenour School District for 30 years and retired in 2001. I went to work at Washington University for 5 years. Since then I have been an administratiave and educational consultant for a charter school in the city of St. Louis. I enjoy working with young people and have no immediate plans to retire again. I met my wife on a golf course. She is in the catering business and we hav been marriage for 30 years. Our daughter is a high school teacher in the Hannibal, MO area. Playing golf still remains my number one hobby. We enjoy travel, sports, trout fishing and the outdoors.
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Mark J. Bremer 1919 Lanchester Ct Chesterfield, MO 63017-7906 (636) 256-7916 [email protected]
Marks writes.....
Ingrid and I still live in Chesterfield. We have three children and four grandchildren so far. I remain fully engaged in the practice of law, focusing on business litigation, employment law and education law (http://www.shandselbert.com). Years ago Ingrid retired from her position of Director of Admission at Visitation Academy, her alma mater. This year her class too is celebrating its 50th reunion.
Son Sean Casey owns Thunder Electric, an electrical contracting business (http:// www.thunderelectricinc.com). He lives in Eureka with his wife Anna and children Atticus (12) and Adin (10).
Daughter Shannon Falkenstein lives with her family in San Salvador, El Salvador. She is a professional “life coach” and has also just opened Acton Academy (http:// www.actonacademyelsalvador.com), a project based learning school from 1st grade through 12th. Her husband David established the country’s first microbrewery (http:// www.cervezacadejo.com). Their children are Arthur (7) and Ingrid Elena (5).
Son Jonathan married Lisa last June. They live in a rehabbed condo in the historic Marquette Building on Broadway in downtown St Louis. Jonathan walks three blocks to work as a lawyer at Thompson Coburn in the US Bank Building. His office on the 25th floor is one floor above where mine used to be before our firm moved to Clayton. Lisa is an MBA consultant working for PriceWaterhouseCooper.
Ingrid and I enjoy spending time with family and friends and traveling quite a bit. We do all of our own yard work including vegetable gardening. She plays bridge and tennis and volunteers for various causes. Apart from my law practice, I am currently very busy serving as president of the St. Louis Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society (http://www.fed-soc.org). I also make periodic treks to Valpo as a member of the National Council of the Valparaiso University School of Law.
An avid amateur astronomer since I was a kid, I am the designated astronomer for the St. Louis area to make a 2½-minute high-resolution digital movie of the Sun’s corona during the total eclipse that will occur here on August 21, 2017. I am doing this as a participant in a nation-wide grant funded scientific research project (https://sites.google.com/site/ citizencateexperiment/). I have enlisted and head-up a team of professional physicist- astronomers and educators at Jefferson College to perform the science and to conduct public educational outreach. The College is in Hillsboro, down the road from LHSS on Hwy 21. Thousands are expected to be drawn to that location, which will be very near the centerline of the path of totality.
Enough of the nerdy stuff. Here’s a shot of the clan -- all cleaned up -- at Jonathan’s wedding last year, with daughter Shannon’s family on the left and son Sean’s on the right.
Mark and Ingrid Bremer & Family
##### Dr Glen Bruenjes 2034 Crystal Downs Dr Katy, TX 77450-8667 (281) 395-5331 [email protected]
Glen shares with us.....
Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. 1970 UMKC Dental School, Kansas City, Mo. 1974 Veterans Administration Residency, Houston, Tx, 1975 Houston, Texas Married to Kim (Simmons) of Kansas City 1971 Private practice General Dentistry since 1976 Children: Courtney 1975 Weston 2004 Milo 2006 Penelope 2015 Colin 1980
Church Affiliation: Memorial Drive United Methodist, Houston, Tx.
Interests: Photography and Videography. Swimmer and Golfer
Involved with Mission Dentistry in Guatemala since 2003.
Glen and Kim Bruenjes
##### Randall Clark 10158 Havelock Ct St Louis, MO 63123-5911
[email protected] David and Phyllis (Schaubert) Collier 5834 Princess Margaret Dr Lincoln, NE 68516 (636) 227-8261 [email protected]
David and Phyllis share with us.....
David and I have been married for 48 years and now reside in Lincoln, Nebraska. We are the parents of three grown children, Paul, Tiffany, Amy (husband Jeramie) and three grandsons, Jacob (17), David (14) and Andrew (10). In 2011, David retired as the President/Owner of Sage Contracting and we relocated from St. Louis to Lincoln to live closer to our grandchildren. Our grandsons are a constant source of joy for us and we enjoy attending their various sporting and extracurricular events. We are active members of Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln where I also serve as a Wedding Coordinator for the church. David has always enjoyed fishing and hunting and has passed on some of the love of the outdoors to his grandsons. In my spare time I still enjoy sewing, English smocking, and quilting. We remain avid St. Louis Cardinals fans and also cheer for the Nebraska Huskers during football season. The color red works well as we support both teams!
David and Phylis Colier
##### Melvin Cottom 1544 Bowfin Ct Key West, FL 33040
Randall Damerow 2116 Cardinal Dr Glendale Heights, IL 60139-1812 (630) 980-2562 [email protected]
Karen Danko Martin 42917 Normandy Ln Lancaster, CA 93536-4838 (661) 943-3611 [email protected] Charlotte Davis Watchinski 5612 Bartholow Rd Sykesville, MD 21784-8808
Charlotte writes...
Over the past 50 years I have had several careers…a research assistant in the governor’s office under Kit Bond, a systems engineer for IBM (which moved us out to Maryland— permanently), a director for an assisted living community, a Mary Kay consultant (for 26 years now) and, my favorite “career”, raising my three children. I was fortunate to spend 10 years at home helping them grow and become responsible, independent, and loving adults.
Karin, the oldest, lives near me with her husband, Aaron, and their two children, Riley-104, and Keegan-11. Marc with his wife, Sara, live about an hour away. Both have successful careers with running and Spartan events as hobbies. Carmen, the youngest, graduated from MU in 2015 as a veterinarian. She works as a large and small animal vet in a clinic in Mountain View, MO.
I “retired” in May 2015 and am enjoying getting up without an alarm, drinking m coffee leisurely, walking, gardening, seeing my friends frequently, and traveling. It is a happy time.
Charlote Watchinski
##### Kathleen Day Koch 3813 Forest Grove Dr Annandale, VA 22003-1959 (703) 256-4285 [email protected]
Kathy shares with us..... went to college, got married, finished college at U.M. St. Louis, went to Germany for a year...; continued education at U. of Chicago Law School and moved to Washington, D.C. after having 2nd child and passing the Bar (at the same time)...; started an eventful government career and had the third child...; got divorced...; was appointed to White House Counsel office, then was appointed by the President with Senate confirmation to lead two agencies. I served 4 years as a senior official at the FBI and finally was appointed Deputy General Counsel at U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. In the meantime I raised the kids, coached soccer and basketball teams and learned howto brew beer(ten gallons at a time.) Now I enjoying retirement, traveling, brewing beer and playing with my grandson. I live in a close-in D.C. suburb, Annandale, VA
Katy Koch
##### Karen Eggers Gummersheimer 1734 San Martin Ct Fenton, MO 63026-2304 (636) 343-7708 [email protected] L. Susan Eigel 3717 Diamond Head Dr St Louis, MO 63125-4330 (314) 487-6143 [email protected]
Susan writes....
Retirement has not lost its charm. I'm volunteering one day a week at Petsmart caring for adoptable cats from St. Louis Pet Rescue. Two days a week I volunteer in the library at Green Park Lutheran School where I can continue doing the fun parts of librarianship without the not so fun parts. Other activities include a home Bible study, church choir, a very small writing group, and helping to facilitate a Grief Share program at our church. My sisters, both nurses, are beginning to think about retirement and Cousin George Eigel (Class of '68) retired and became a grandfather for the first time last year, so there's a lot more family time in the future.
Susan Eigel
##### John Engelhardt 2733 N Blue Ridge Ct Bloomington, IN 47408-1028 (812) 333-8263 [email protected]
Robert Etherton 2706 La Golondrina St Carlsbad, CA 92009-4324 Dianne Fick Bingel 4168 Robert Koch Hospital Rd St Louis, MO 63129 (314) 706-1688 [email protected]
Dianne shares with us.....
Family: Spouse - Leonard, married 45 years Daughter - Alicia, CPA - Principal at a St Louis accounting firm Son - Ken, Pyxis/Pharm Tech Specialist at SLU Hospital Daughter-in-Law - Kelly, Counselor at Seckman High School Grandson - Carter, 8 years old (the joy of my life)
Education: RN (69) from Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing; BSN (83) and MSN (97) from SLU
Career: 35 years in nursing with 32.5 at VA Medical Center in various medical areas as staff nurse, nurse manager and nurse executive; retired in 2004
Vacations since retirement: Alaska cruise/land tour; Germany; western states in Rocky Mountain area; (hoping to do many more states)
Activities/hobbies: Volunteer at church office (Faith Lutheran in Oakville, MO); line dancing; crocheting, some quilting; gardening; fishing/camping
Blessings to all --- Class of 1966!
Dianne and Leonard Bingel & grandson Cartr
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Dale Fiehler
Dale shares with us.....
The Life of Dale Fiehler (In 300 Words or Less)
After high school, I received a BS degree, was drafted and spent time in Vietnam as a medic, went back to college with round two at San Jose State in California and received a second BS degree, this time in accounting. I worked in public accounting as a CPA for 30 years, initially in California and ultimately in St. Louis. For the last 20 of those years I owned a CPA practice with another individual. In 2004 I decided I wanted to do something different and sold my part of the firm to my partner and bought a cattle ranch about an hour outside of St. Louis. In December of 2015, I sold the ranch and now am exploring the world with my wife. I married a fellow Lutheran High grad, Barb Kaiser, and we had two sons. We divorced many years ago and my current wife, Sharon, and I have been together about 25 years. My sons, Ryan and Tagg, are both married. Ryan is a PhD molecular geneticist involved in cancer research in Cambridge, England; his wife is from Istanbul Turkey and also has a PhD in molecular genetics. They have two children, ages 4 and 6. My second son, Tagg, married three years ago and his wife has two teenage children so I also have two step-grandchildren. Tagg lives in the St. Louis area and is in the wine business; his wife works in the legal profession. I have been actively involved with the Sheldon Arts Foundation in St. Louis for a number of years, having been Chairman of the Board and now a Vice Chairman. I also served as a docent at the St. Louis Zoo for 10 years and on the Board of COCA (Center of Creative Arts). Sharon and I have been avid supporters of the St. Louis Zoo, Missouri Botanical Garden, Junior Achievement, University of Missouri Scholarship Program, and Cardinal baseball having been season ticket holders since 1988. Sharon and I exited St. Louis this past year and we now live between our homes in Scottsdale, Arizona and Lake Tahoe, California. We travel extensively both in the US and internationally; we are avid golfers, hikers, bike riders and snow skiers. And every autumn, I look forward to an annual poker weekend with Bill, Bob, Jeff, Rick and Tom. Life is Good.
Dale and Sharon Fiehler & grandchildren
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Eric Fogg 13156 Pinecrest Ln Clive, IA 50325-8700
Eric share with us.....
After LHSS, I attended the University of Missouri at Columbia, graduating from the School of Journalism in June, 1970. That same month my college sweetheart, Jane, and I were married. After a year and a half of graduate school, I enlisted in the US Army and served three years as a public information officer at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. After that I worked in marketing and communications positions for a number of interesting and progressive companies and organizations, first in St. Louis and later in Des Moines. I retired in 2013.
Jane and I have two children. Bryan is a senior vice president for Ralph Lauren in New York City. Karen works for the State Department as the maternal and child health care coordinator for sub-Saharan Africa. She is married and has a daughter, Betsy – our first grandchild!
Eric and Jane Fogg
##### Dan Frentzel 2281 Mercer St Baldwinsville, NY 13027-1015
Jolene Gaines Risley 1268 West Acres Ln Greenville, NC 27834 (252) 756-1412 [email protected]
Paul Gast 1400 Woodcrest Manor Ct Apt B Ballwin, MO 63021-8446
[email protected] Sharon Gausling Engle 505 Treetop Trail Dr Ballwin, MO 63021 (636) 207-1924 [email protected]
Sharon shares with us.....
I got married in 1969 to Bill Thompson and have 2 beautiful children, a daughter and a son. That marriage ended in divorce in 1987. I remarried in 1996 to Darrell Engle and also have 2 step daughters.
I was a financial analyst for most of career and worked for 3 different companies. In 2004 I was forcefully retired and decided that I was done with the corporate world. I opened my own successful cleaning business and did mortgage loans for a friend. In 2010 I fully retired and enjoy every minute of it.
My husband and I stay very busy with our 7 grandchildren (my daughter has 3 children and my son has 4 children ) volunteer work and some traveling. We are both active in our church and enjoy walks in the park. Sharon added “We have one special angel for a granddaughter. She was my daughter’s third child.”
Sharon and Darrel Engle
##### Nancy Gelner Bauman 45 Lords Way Andrews, NC 28901-7025 (828) 321-9851 [email protected]
James Graul 7168 S Quince St Centennial, CO 80112-1725 (303) 694-2238 Richard Graul 6415 Jamieson Ave Apt 204 St Louis, MO 63109-3306
Stanley Green [email protected] Ted & Linda (Preusser) Greenwald 113 Paragon Ct Lakeway, TX 78734-4655 (512) 261-5582 [email protected] - Ted [email protected] - Linda
Ted and Linda share with us.....
After graduating from LHSS, Linda attended Concordia University in Seward, NE for 3 years while Ted attended Mizzou. In 1969 we married and while Ted finished getting his BSCE and MSCE at Mizzou, Linda also completed her BSEd.
We then went south to Houston, TX where Ted worked for Brown and Root initially until they became KBR (Kellogg-Brown & Root). Ted’s position took us from Houston; to Bahrain; back to Houston; to Korea; back to Bahrain; and finally back to Houston. While traveling we were able to see places like London, Amsterdam, Frankfort, Bangkok, Singapore, Traipei, and Hawaii.
We also started a family, having two children: a daughter, Dori, who now lives in Monrovia, CA with her husband, Eric and our beautiful grand-daughters, Caroline and Kinley. Our son, Michael, now lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Nicole and our 3rd grand-daughter, Emerson and our 1st grand-son Hudson.
Along our journey, Linda completed her colloquy program at Concordia University - Texas and became a certified member of the LCMS. She served over 20 years as a Called Worker at our church in Houston, before taking a call in 2008 to Concordia University - Texas in Austin where she currently served as Executive Administrative Assistant for the Dean of the College of Business. While Linda is still working, Tex retired as a Project Manager from KBR in 2013 and joined Linda at our new home in the west Austin Hill Country.
Ted and Linda Greenwald
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Ellen Grimm Sedlak 5613 Baybrook Ave Orlando, FL 32819-7137 (407) 363-5989 [email protected]
Linda Groerich Paul 9574 Cinnabar Dr St Louis, MO 63126-3306 (314) 843-0578 [email protected]
Linda writes.....
WOW--50 years since we walked the halls of LHSS. Many of us have been successful and others have suffered hardships, but one thing we have in common is our Christian upbringing and faith our parents passed along to us with the Christian education we received at South.
I am thankful for the 38 years I spent with my husband Rick. Although our life together ended quickly in 2008 I am still blessed with my children Christine and Timothy. Chris lives in Thousand Oaks CA with her children Ellie age 9 and Owen and Grace age 6 who attend Wildwood Elementary. Chris is the Director of Residence Life and Student Conduct at California Lutheran University where she has been for 15 years. In June of 2016 she received her EdD Educational Leadership Program from UCLA. Tim and his wife Laura live in St. Peter's MO with Brandon 7 and Jenna 5. Both children attend Messiah Lutheran School in Weldon Springs. Tim is the Assistant VP of Merchant Services at PNC Bank and Laura is a 1st grade teacher at Mid Rivers Elementary School in the Ft Zumwalt school district.
I retired last December from Edward Jones after 21 years of service. In my spare time I work part time for Edward Jones, travel, keep up with the 5 grandchildren, play handbells and sing in the parish Choir at Salem Lutheran Church in Affton. I also enjoy my volunteer work in the church office on Friday mornings.
May God continue to guide and bless each of you as you reflect and share memories with your fellow classmates.
Linda Paul & Family
##### Janice Growcock Wendland
(414) 347-0686
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Carol Hacker Eggers 2743 N 15th Pl Fort Dodge, IA 50501-7224 (573) 880-2549 [email protected]
Carol shares with us....
Bob and I have been married for 45 years. We've been blessed with 4 children and 8 grandchildren living in Virginia, Colorado, and Ft. Dodge, Iowa near us. I enjoyed teaching in Lutheran schools in Iowa and Missouri. Bob retired from the Lutheran ministry 3 years ago. I have many good memories of friends, teachers and experiences at LHSS and thank God for my time there.
Carol and Bob Eggers
##### Janet Hartman Peters 4800 La Villa Marina Unit A Marina Del Rey, CA 90292-7083
[email protected] Barbara Hartmann Alena 4712 Goddard St Shawnee, KS 66203-1159 (913) 631-0398 [email protected]
Barb writes.....
Since high school, I graduated from University of Central Missouri, moved to Lawrence, Kansas then settled in Shawnee, Kansas where I still reside. I lost my husband 17 years ago and since our last reunion I have retired from working as a Sr. Mental Health Counselor. To keep busy, I now work in a grade school cafeteria, keeps me on my toes. My grandson, whom I have been raising, will be a freshmen in college this fall and will be playing football. Several years ago, after much searching, we found my stepdaughter, she and her husband live in Utah. To my seven grandchildren from my three children, I have added an additional 5 step grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and another on the way. If you are ever in the Kansas City area, give me a call.
Barb Alena
& Grandson Rees Alena
##### Patricia Hartmeister Borgman N53 W35748 Hillview Ct Oconomowoc, WI 53066-3238 (262) 567-7131 [email protected]
Pat shares with us.....
After graduating, I attended and graduated from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing and St. Louis University. I was married to Paul Borgman in May 1972 and we went to MN where we lived for 10 years. Paul was pastor of two congregations and during that time and our three sons, Michael, Joel and Stephen were born. From MN we come to Oconomowoc, WI in 1982. I continued working at our local hospital while attending Grad. School at the University of WI- Milwaukee. I graduated in Dec. 1988 and worked at a Continuing Care Community, Shorehaven, as Asst. Dir. Of Nursing/Geriatric CNS and Occupational Health Nurse. In March 2015, I retired from Shorehaven. I have been very involved in the WI Nurses Association, serving on various committees, and as Secretary, Treasurer and President. In retirement, I work to enjoy my passions…Paul and I travel when we are able. We have been to various places in Europe and the Americas. I want to travel Route 66 with a growing group of girlfriends and would like to go to all the National Parks before I die. I began doing genealogical research after our first son was born in 1973 and continue to dig for dead relatives. However, the finding of living ones is much more enjoyable and now I am working with cousins to finish the various family trees and share the information about my Saxon and Hanoverian German ancestors in Missouri through presentations at conferences and online. Our sons live close to us and we have 4 wonderful grandchildren with whom I spend as much time as I can. We travel the state of Wisconsin to see the beautiful and interesting places we have here and to enjoy experiences that are unique to WI. I have sung in our church choir since 1982, regularly play my trombone for worship, and play in our handbell choir. I served as Chair of the History Committee for our congregation’s 150th Anniversary in 2015 and wrote our congregation’s history along with a friend. We produced 170 pages of work which was submitted to the Concordia Historical Institute for consideration in their annual awards program. I translated and transcribed our church records from 1865-1896 and have completed an Index of the baptisms. We are working on the marriages and deaths and burials Index and plan to post it on our St. Paul’s website. I have lived a very blessed life and pray that I have been a blessing to others. I look forward to spending time with you, my classmates, in Sept.
Paticia Borgman
##### Alan Hempelmann 1184 W 124th Ct Denver, CO 80234-1760
Al writes.... After high school I graduated from Southwest Missouri State with a BS in Marketing. I also was commissioned in the US Army Reserve and retired as a Captain after eight years of Reserves. My wife Sande and I moved to Colorado and I have spent 42 years calling on retail and mostly hospital pharmacies. We will celebrate our 46th anniversary this July. The company I worked for provides pharmaceuticals, automated dispensing cabinets, and other management tools to pharmacies. We have two sons who are both college graduates and are both decorated police officers in the area where we live. We also have 7 grandchildren ages 16 to 8, 4 boys 3 girls, that keeps us busy as we are both retired.
Al and Sande Hempelmann
##### Dorothy Hodge Neuf 1017 Reunion Dr Chattanooga, TN 37421 (901) 569-3837 [email protected]
Dottie shares with us..... Dorothy (Dottie) Neuf is a Senior Program Manager for Verizon responsible for a buying consortium of 63 companies. Prior to joining MCI in 2002 (which was later acquired by Verizon in 2006), she spent 2 years as Director of Hospitality Marketing at Qwest, 4 years as Hospitality Sales Overlay at MCI, 6 years as National Account Manager at Sprint Hospitality Group, and 11 years at AT&T as client executive, sales manager, and National Account Manager. Dottie graduated with an MBA in Management from University of Memphis in 1994 and B.S.Ed. from Southeast Missouri University. She married Alan Neuf, a 1965 graduate of Lutheran South, in 1971, who obtained his EE degree from University of Memphis, worked for General Electric Medical Systems, but died prematurely in a plane crash in 2003. Together they had two daughters, Christi, who graduated with her masters in Elementary Ed from the University of Memphis, is a Lutheran teacher, married to Mark McCrory, Pastor of Desert of the Foothills Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, AZ, and has a 12 year old daughter and 7 year old son; and Carrie who attended Auburn University, is a Neonatal ICU nurse in Atlanta, GA, and enjoys fitness and serving on medical mission trips with Hands of Love to Uganda, Africa. 2016 will be her 5th year in a row. Dottie lived in Memphis, TN, after graduating from Southeast Missouri University until June of 2014, currently resides in Chattanooga, TN, and attends First Lutheran. She enjoys cycling, swimming, reading, her Border Collie Penny, and cheering on the St. Louis Cardinals, University of Memphis, and Auburn football.
Doroty Neuf
##### Joan Hoehle 13411 Possum Rock San Antonio, TX 78232-4763 (210) 490-3474 [email protected]
Karen Houts 6219 Pointview St Louis, MO 63123-1735 (314) 353-8923
Coy Jacob
941-266-0800 [email protected]
Note from Coy on 9/15/16....
Sorry I couldn’t make it, but was trying desperately to include it with a trip back to STL to pick up a plane-a Mooney aircraft, as I am a dealer. I got in a week late, but did manage to take in Ted Drews-not that I needed to, mind you.
I moved to SW Costal Flordia in ’81, and not looked back to gray skies and dirty snow much since. I do however get back occasionally for business either flying myself in a Mooney, or commercially. Last weekend I drove through Ellisville and Ballwin and didn’t recognize the place-what with running water, inside johns, and electricity!
Amazingly at my age I find myself being a single (custodial) parent of a high school senior (boy-Chase), and besides flying, I enjoy motocycles and (of course) boating. While I still don’t understand how it happened, I find myself with 5 kids and 4 grandkids. Had I known how much fun grandkids were, I would have had them first!
While I don’t do social media much, I do have a page on Facebook, but feel free to email me anytime, and drop in if you ever find yourself in SW Florida as I have a spare bedroom, BBQ, pool/hot tub, and normally great weather!
Please keep in touch, and I promise I will see you all in 5 years!
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Kent Kelly 6539 Gray Fox Curve Chanhassen, MN 55317-9247 (952) 934-5534 [email protected] Carol Kieninger Catletter
(573) 442-8262
Dennis Kitrel 8935 Black Pool Dr St Louis, MO 63123 (314) 631-8636 [email protected]
Dennis retired in 2009 after working 42 years for the U.S. Postal Service. He is a father, step-father, and grandfather.
##### Susan Kitrel 7426 Greenport Dr St Louis, MO 63136-1121 (314) 389-3090 [email protected]
Susan share with us.... After high school, I worked for a year for the Civil Service Commission as a typist/transcriber of FBI investigations of all government employees. Then I worked at Lutheran Hospital as a Surgical Pathology Secretary for a few years. In 1973, I decided to join my brother, Dennis ('66S), my sister, Linda ('68S), and my father, working for the U.S. Postal Service, and I stayed there until I retired in 2007 due to ill health. In 2011, I had a hysterectomy due to Ovarian Cancer; and just 2 weeks before our 50th LHSS Reunion, by the grace of God, I celebrated my 5th anniversary being cancer-free.
Since retirement, I work as an Election Official at the polls for all elections. I started bowling again in the Postal Service Ladies League. I am a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Maryland Hgts., MO 63043, and sing in the choir as an Alto. As a hobby, I enjoy making and sending cards to my friends, neighbors, and family for any and all occasions. If I can make someone smile, it makes my day!! I am still single; do not have any children, but I love animals and have rescued many stray dogs and cats; and I presently have 6 cats.
Susan Kitel
##### Karen Knapp Tegeler 4501 Eli Dr Unit E St Louis, MO 63128-2363 (314) 892-2097 [email protected]
John Kraushaar 1708 198th St SW Lynnwood, WA 98036-7056 (425) 774-9817 [email protected]
John writes...
Bachelors from SLU-MBA from Oregon. Currently manage a number of income properties in Seattle. Wife Melinda, son Max. When I can, hide out in Twisp, ski some, play some golf and cheat death, flying with Coy and riding my Harley. Always ready for a new adventure.
##### John Kriegshauser 1058 W 34th Pl Chicago, IL 60608-6519 (312) 567-3259 [email protected]
John writes.....
It’s been a checkered but interesting career. After college at the University of Missouri I hitchhiked and hoboed around for a time, taught junior high school, apprenticed to a woodwork/furniture designer, supervised the workshops at the Kansas City Art Institute and ran my own custom furniture business in Kansas City before moving to Chicago to teach architectural modeling and furniture design at the Illinois Institute of Technology where I continue to work. Along the way I got married, divorced (no children) and found a long term girlfriend. I enjoy traveling, reading, canoeing, hiking and making things.
John Kriegshauser
##### Judith Kuechenmeister Bellew 13514 Charter Church Rd Festus, MO 63028-4954 (636) 937-3430
Kathleen Kuecker Wenger 2310 11th St S Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494-6305 (715) 423-7821 [email protected]
Kathy shares with us.....
In the fall of 1966 I attended Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1969. At that time I began working at Lutheran Hospital and married a Seminary student, Timothy Wenger. After his year at graduate school, we moved to Wisconsin Rapids, WI to begin pastoral ministry at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. During Tim's 40 years in the full time ministry, I worked at our local hospital for a few years.
During many of the years that our children were growing, I took time off from nursing and spent the time as room mother, car pool mom, baseball and basketball mom, etc. I also became assistant teacher at our church preschool, eventually spending 29 years as director.
When the boys were in college, I returned to nursing and spent 23 years in long term and rehab nursing, retiring one year ago. Now we enjoy our family and lots of their activities, as well as church activities.
Our children are Eric (a pastor) and his wife Carrie (a teacher). They have 4 children, 11-17 years old. Christopher (contractor) and his fiance' Lisa (a nursing assistant). Her daughter is 8 years old. Elisa (mortgage processor) and husband Jake (a counselor for jobless and homeless Vets). Their children are 18 and 14 years old. Angela (pizza cook and manager) and husband Wesley (diesel mechanic). Her son is 17 years old.
The family is active and family times are important. We have been very blessed through good times and some difficult times, and thank the Lord for the life He has given us.
##### Donald Kuessner 5645 Nantasket Ct St Louis, MO 63128-3369 (314) 842-1777 [email protected]
Don shares with us.....
Following high school, Donald attended Rankin Technical College, worked for one year and was drafted into the Army for two years. In 1969 he married Patricia and they soon started their family with son, Christopher. In time they divorced and Donald met and married his current wife, Connie. They will be celebrating their 38th year together in October. Donald has worked as a Tool and Die Maker over the years at Tuell Tool, Wagner Electric, Emerson Electric and in 1981 started at Clayton Corporation. In December of 2014, Donald retired after 33 years at Clayton. There are two grandchildren Jackie (22) and Sophie (8) plus a brand new great grandson, Michael born in July. Donald and Connie reside in South County and enjoy traveling, mostly to Las Vegas and the Caribbean.
Don and Connie Kuessner
##### F Mark Kuhlmann 1711 Stone Ridge Trails Dr Kirkwood, MO 63122-3546 (314) 821-4833 (314) 313-7961 (cell) [email protected]
Mark shares with us.....
I graduated from Washington University in 1970 and Harvard Law School in 1973. In 1967 I met Barbara Nierman who was a member at Concordia Kirkwood, and we were married in 1970.
After about two years in private practice at the Stolar Partnership in St. Louis, I joined the Law Department at McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) in 1975. Most of my time at MDC was in the legal area with the last six years as Sr. VP & General Counsel; I also spent four years running their commercial information systems businesses. I left MDC after the merger with Boeing and became President of Systems Service Enterprises (SSE), an information systems business specializing in network services and eLearning development. While I still do limited legal work for SSE, I’m basically retired at this point.
Barb attended Valpo for one year, but then graduated from Webster University with a major in art. She taught art in the Boston area while I was in Law School and then for a few more years in St. Louis before our children were born. She returned to teach art at St. Paul’s, Des Peres, where we are members, when our children were in 6th-8th grades.
Barb and I love spending time at our summer home in Arcadia on Lake Michigan. We also enjoy reading travel, bridge and golf. Barb is also an avid knitter, seamstress and water color artist.
I’ve had the privilege of serving on many Boards in St. Louis, including the Lutheran High School Association, which I chaired for five years. I’ve also served on the Boards of Grace Place Wellness Ministries, the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, Lutheran Medical Center, what is now Lutheran Senior Services, Concordia Plan Services at the LCMS and United Way. I am currently on the Boards for Thrivent Financial headquartered in Minneapolis and the Municipal Theater Association of St. Louis (the MUNY). I have enjoyed a couple of terms as President of St. Paul’s, Des Peres.
Our son, F. Matthew Kuhlmann, was born in 1976 and attended Lutheran South and Emory University for both undergraduate and medical school. He is now an MD specializing in infectious disease at Washington University and Barnes Hospital. He and his wife Anne have two children, Caitlin (10) and Andrew (8). Anne is an Assistant Professor in Public Health at St. Louis University.
Our daughter, Sarah, was born in 1978 and attended Lutheran South and Vanderbilt University where she met her husband, David Morgan. They live in Carmel, Indiana, and have three sons, Blake (12), Graham (10) and Henry (6). David owns a senior home care business in Indianapolis and Florida, while Sarah is home-schooling their three sons.
F. Mark and Barb Kuhlmann & Family
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Roger Landvatter 2668 Spring Valley Rd Pacific, MO 63069-2732 (636) 271-3201 [email protected] Paulette Langewisch Winship P O Box 618 Washington, MO 63090-0618
Diane Leard Bamberger 310 Olive St Washington, MO 63090-2214 (636) 390-2204
Steven Maulin 7282 Bruno Ave St Louis, MO 63143-2312
Fredricka Mayer Thompson 4735 Thomas Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55410-1835 (612) 927-9138 [email protected]
Terry McDermott
Sandra McDonald Whitaker 765 N Low View Dr Fenton, MO 63026-6247 (636) 305-9870 Janet Meader Rohner 622 E 6th St West Liberty, IA 52776-1211 (319) 627-4574 [email protected]
Gloria Metz Eberhart 6049 Cedar Glen Dr Cedar Hill, MO 63016-2105
Kenneth Meyer 401 Cattleman Ct Lawrence, KS 66049-2242 (785) 832-1025 [email protected] Marilyn Miklas Henstock 903 Spring Rd Charleston, WV 25314-1122 (304) 343-0907 [email protected]
Marilyn shares with us.....
I am still living in Charleston, West Virginia, with my husband Bill, of almost 40 years. The musical scene in Charleston is lively, and provided me with the opportunity to sing in a community women’s chorus called womanSong, from 1999 to 2014. I toured with the choir in Italy in 2014, and sang at the Cantate Adriatica Music Festival. I held the position of organist at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church for some 12 years, until 2010. I am now officially retired from all musical positions, although I have served in various church offices at Redeemer Lutheran Church, which put my education degree to use. My library degree came from the University of Illinois, and I continue to work as a substitute reference librarian in the Kanawha County Public Library system.
Marilyn and Bil Henstck
##### John Frederick Moore 3204 Longfellow Blvd St Louis, MO 63104-1627 (314) 664-9687 [email protected]
Stephen Muchow 11923 Harrison Rd Huntley, IL 60142-7865 (847) 429-1903 [email protected]
David Mueller 223 Double Arrow Rd Santa Fe, NM 87505-8142 (505) 988-2957 [email protected] Cathy Neubauer 131 Terrace Ln Washington, MO 63090-6201 (314) 961-4087 [email protected]
Paul Nickel 12500 Ledges Dr Louisville, KY 40243-2177 (502) 458-7826 [email protected]
Kathy Nieburg Komorech 6519 Greycliff Heights Dr St Louis, MO 63129-5077 (314) 293-0491 [email protected] Linda Niedringhaus Teske 4220 SE Iowa Ave Topeka, KS 66609 (785) 393-1004 [email protected]
Linda writes.....
I received my bachelor’s degree in education from Concordia Teachers’ College, Seward Nebraska and taught for two years at Salem, Affton. My pastor husband Gary accepted a call to the mission field in Papua New Guinea where we served for nine years. We returned to the States in 1983 and spent three years in Indianapolis, 15 in Great Bend, Ks and 11 in Lawrence, Ks before retiring in Topeka, KS. We enjoy our three daughters and their families as well as many of Gary’s immediate and extended family who live in the area. We try to stay active and not run to the doctor with every “little” ache and pain. As someone said, after 65 it’s patch, patch, patch. God has been faithful and we trust that he will remain so as we march (hobble) into the future.
With fond memories, Linda Niedringhaus Teske
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John Olsen 4103 Gaston Ct Belleville, IL 62226-7907 (618) 234-0564 Linda O’Neal Ramsey 16800 Sunset Dr Houston, MO 65483 (417) 967-2011 [email protected]
Linda writes..... Fifty years, Wow! I married Jim Nuttmann right after graduation and had two wonderful sons. Chuck who has been working for the St Louis police department since his graduation from Lutheran South (1988), and Quentin who is currently pastor of St Peter Lutheran Church in St Johns, MI, (LHSS class of 1990). Jim and I were married for 44 years when I lost him to an illnesses due to agent orange. I had multiple occupations during this time. The last was a supervisor in collections for MOHELA. I retired in 2013 and met a wonderful man Dr. Everett Ramsey DD, THD, CLD. He is a semi retired minister and we live in Houston MO. He currently has a national ministry where he records sermons, writes lessens and a newsletter. We mail this out once a month. I help him with the printing, and recording of the lessons. He even has me write an article each month for the newsletter. We travel extensively across the US where he is asked to speak and he can meet with members of his church. We host a luncheon and Bible Study in our home once a month. We also have an orchard where I have learned to make apple butter, pear butter, pear jelly and grape jelly. We also have peach, cherry and plum trees. We plant a garden and can during the summer months. Our ministry center currently is comprised of two buildings and we have plans to enlarge in the near future. I have been able to stay in touch with several of my friends from school. Who said retirement is a time to rest, I am busier than ever and love every minute of it.
Linda Ramsey
##### Joyce Ott Johnson 3201 Patterson Place Dr Apt 208 St Louis, MO 63129-7026 (314) 416-4923 [email protected]
Joyce shares with us.....
I have three adult children (all graduates of Lutheran South, my youngest son went to school with Linda Paul's son) and four lovely grandchildren and one more on the way. Life is good and God has taken good care of me, along with my children and my most wonderful grandchildren. Grandchildren are truly a special gift. It's hard to believe we have gotten this old so quickly. God's Blessings to all my Classmates!!
###### Donald Paine 416 Fairington Ln Canton, GA 30115-4180 (770) 345-0173 [email protected]
Don shares with us.....
Graduated in 1970 with B.S. in Agriculture Economics from University of Missouri (Columbia). Employed by Ralston Purina, Pepsico, H.T.Hackney. Married to Melonie and have 3 children Kristie, Sharon, Ron. We have 4 grandkids Courtney, Camden, Conner, Ansley. Have lived in Georgia for 40 years and have a home in Canton,GA 30 miles north of Atlanta. I retired in 2013 but am working part-time for NAPA. Love to spend time with the grandkids, they keep you young!
Don Paine & Grandchildren
##### Bob & Karen (Nolting) Paul 3045 Strawberry Ridge Dr Arnold, MO 63010 314-846-4814 [email protected] - Bob [email protected] - Karen
Bob and Karen share with us.....
After graduation from South Bob attended Ranken Trade School for two years and received his Industrial Electricity/Electronics Associates Degree, and later attended Washington University where he received his BT degree in Electrical Power Technology. In his 44 years in “Telecommunications” employment he has worked for Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, SBC, and then again for AT&T. He retired from Lucent Technologies in March, 1998 and then worked for an International Long Distance company from August 1998 to October 2000 where he travelled to six different countries during that time. He then did consulting work for Southwestern Bell/SBC/AT&T for a year, and then hired on full time and continued working until March 2013 when he retired. Since retirement Bob has worked as an usher for the St. Louis Cardinals working at Ball Park Village... AT&T Rooftop.
After graduating from South, Karen worked as a secretary at the International Lutheran Laymen’s League until 1972 and was then able to be a stay at home “housewife” followed with being a stay at home “Mom”. In 2000, Karen began working at Concordia Seminary as an Administrative Assistant for several Profs. She retired from CSL in November 2014.
Bob and Karen were married in May 1969 and their marriage has been blessed with two sons, Ryan (S’96) and Nathan (S’00). Ryan is married to Kara (S’96) and have three daughters, Lauren (S’16), Elise who is 11 and Lily who is 10. Ryan and Kara both work at Washington University in their IT department. Nathan is married to Kristina and have two children, Jackson who is 4 and Claire 9 months. Nathan works at CPH as their Web Designer and Kris is a Deaconess at Salem Lutheran Church in Affton, MO.
We are blessed to have both our sons and their families in the St. Louis area with us which gives us many, many opportunities to attend our grandchildren’s school events, sport events and “spoiling” them!! We also enjoy traveling with family and friends. Bob and Karen Paul & Family
##### Ronald Pawlitz 4613 Pioneer Rd Hillsboro, MO 63050-3532 (314) 605-9154 [email protected]
Ron shares with us....
My career as a Lutheran educator spanned a variety of demographic and geographic settings: a classroom teacher at urban schools in Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis; a Director of Christian Education for rural and suburban congregations in Iowa, Oklahoma, and New York; an administrator at several urban and suburban schools in Missouri. Along the way I found myself involved in music, athletics, and other responsibilities I hadn’t foreseen. Although retired in 2014, I’m currently serving part-time as an Intentional Interim Principal for Lutheran schools.
This past July, Gail and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary. She also served many years as a Lutheran teacher and as a curriculum development editor at Concordia Publishing House. Together we enjoy landscaping/gardening and hosting family gatherings at our semi- rural home for our five children and seven grandchildren—six of whom live nearby, attend Christ Community Lutheran School (Kirkwood/Webster), and may well be attending Lutheran South in the coming years.
Ron and Gail Pawlitz
##### Jack Pfitzer 5279 Brass Lantern St Louis, MO 63128 (314) 894-3433 [email protected]
Jack writes.....
Family Life: married to Cindy Koth since 1970; 3 children, 7 grandchildren.
Post High School Life: University of Missouri, School of Journalism; emphasis on business communication.
Favorite quote: “The problem with communication is the illusion that is has been accomplished.” – G. B. Shaw
2nd Favorite Quote: “Making friends is our business.” – Gussie Busch
Three words that describe me: Seasoned. Objective. Moderate.
When not working, you could find me: Tending my herb garden; composting; observing birds; jogging; fishing; journaling.
Favorite source for communications: NPR (KWMU St. Louis and WPR Wisconsin).
Biggest communications challenge faced: Communicating with my Mom, the world’s greatest communicator, following her stroke in 2009.
Most important communications lesson learned: Listen intently as you ask, “Tell me more.”
Resources I recommend to others: Roget’s Thesaurus and AP Stylebook
Career lowlight: Victim of down-sizing at A-B in 2001.
Career highlights: First post-MU job - teaching communications at Winona State University; 8 years with the Veterans Administration; 20 years marketing the King of Beers and 42 other A- B brands; after losing my position at A-B, learning to be independent as an LLC; rediscovering corporate life and specializing in communicating employee benefits and pensions for LCMS’ Concordia Plan Services from 2006-2014; learning to rewire, not retire; volunteering as communications and marketing director for Wittenberg English Ministry, Wittenberg, Germany.
Contact me: [email protected] Connect with me on Facebook. Support my favorite non-profit: Wittenberg English Ministry (WEM) www.WittenbergEnglishMinistry.com and like WEM on Facebook
Jack Pfitzer
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Nancy Phillips Kittelberger 5520 Riverbanks Rd Grants Pass, OR 97527-9765 (956) 944-2387 Marion Poellot 1628 S Park St Red Wing, MN 55066-3644 (651) 388-6305 Helga Reinhoffer Williams 4611 Woods Tower Dr Newburgh, IN 47630-8777 (812) 853-8244 [email protected]
Helga writes.....
Well, let’s see, what have I done since I graduated from Lutheran South approximately 18,000+ days ago? I went to college, got a Bachelor’s Degree in teaching, got married to my best friend, Joe, taught school, had a daughter, Erika, got a Master’s Degree in teaching, and taught in seven different schools. We lived in five different states and three foreign countries. I have been fortunate to have seen and experienced much.
Now, in retirement, most of our time is spent at our three grandsons’ baseball and basketball games, with lots of tournaments. We enjoy traveling to Florida in the winter and also have a passion for mission trips to Guatemala. I enjoy gardening, walking, yoga and pilates.
I do want to add that as I reflect on my high school education, I am really thankful that I had the opportunity to attend Lutheran South. I think back on the wonderful, caring teachers that helped prepare me for life and the friendships that helped mold me.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone! It doesn’t feel like it can actually be our 50th reunion!!!! We can’t really be that old!!!!!!! REALLY???????
Helga and Joe Wiliams & grandsons
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Kathy Reinhoffer Hebenstreit 6717 Red Oak Dr Shawnee Mission, KS 66217-9585 913-268-4737 [email protected] The Rev. John Roach PO Box 359 Bourbon, MO 65441-0359 [email protected]
John shares with us..... I completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Missouri St. Louis. My course of study was pre-law, history and education. After college I married my high school sweetheart, Joyce Williams. I served in the United States Army Security Agency at Vint Hill Farms Virginia as a code breaker. Upon returning from military service, I worked for the Lutheran Laymen’s League as a Development Counselor and the Lutheran Altenheim Society as the Director of Development. I moved from St. Louis to Owensville, Mo where I served as a Lay Minister through the Missouri District at Zion Lutheran Church. I enrolled at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and served my vicarage at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Purdy, MO where I was then called to be their pastor. I also served at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Boonville, MO. As I considered retiring and moving closer to family, I received a Call to serve Concordia Lutheran Church in Bourbon, MO. So I have the best of both worlds. I am retired but still serve our Lord and I am closer to our grandchildren. Joyce and I were blessed with two boys and four grandchildren. I’ve had the privilege to baptize all four grandchildren and this summer I was honored with marrying our granddaughter. God has blessed me over and over.
John and Joyce Roach
##### Joyce Roberts Bohlmann 2637 Sunrise Dr Eureka, MO 63025 (636) 938-5639 Byron Roche 819 Madison St Evanston, IL 60202 (773) 465-6852 [email protected]
Byron writes.....
After high school, I attended Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, IL for a couple of years, 1967-68. I was in the U S Navy from 1968-72, was stationed in the Philippines and Vietnam, and later served on a couple of ships. I played clubs in Manila on my off time and had a great time in the PI. After I got out of the Navy, I came back to St Louis and played music with Jeremy Vajda. I moved to Chicago in 1974, played clubs and the college circuit, and later worked for an entertainment agency called Blytham Ltd. We booked all different kinds of acts in the college market and I continued to perform myself. I became interested in fine art and worked as an art consultant for an art gallery in Chicago from 1984-93. I opened my own gallery, Byron Roche Gallery, in the River North gallery area in Chicago and operated it from 1993-2010. We specialized in contemporary paintings and also featured many concerts in the gallery, www.byronroche.com. My wife Paula and I have twin daughters that are 14 years old and they are just starting high school this year. These days besides driving the girls around, I work as a private art dealer and still play music. Listen to a couple tunes if you want to: www.reverbnation.com/byronroche/songs
Byron Roche Family
##### Mary Rode Erickson 6N015 River Dr St Charles, IL 60175 630-377-6798 [email protected]
Joan Roesel Ramshur 9454 Tealridge Dr St Louis, MO 63126-3121 (314) 843-6274 [email protected] Ronald Romay 9 Summerset Ct St Charles, MO 63304-7672
Ron shares with us.....
Came back to St Louis in 1968 after graduating from UEI in Louisville, KY as a Electronic Technician. Attended night school at Washington University's while working part time in the computer lab. This led to a great relationship with a professor who mentored me. He actually helped me secure my first job as a Developer in IT. Over the years, I wrote code in three languages and designed systems for several companies. The last fifteen years of my career resulted in traveling over 2.2 million air miles managing IT projects in Sydney, Australia; Chenai, India; Toronto, Canada; and numerous major cities in the US. During that time, I was a Project Manager and Director for Cap Gemini America, and MasterCard International. I retired at fifty five and have enjoyed my retirement with my wife Marie of 44 years, my daughter Jennifer and her husband Tim and our granddaughter Maddie. I now spend most of my time with my granddaughter, playing golf, fishing, and traveling.
##### Paula Rueter Storck 371 Lignite Ln Marble Hill, MO 63764 (573) 243-7037 [email protected]
Paula shares with us....
My husband, Jim, and I married in 1969. We have 3 children, Jimmy, Michelle, and Jonathan. Each has two children, all boys except for one girl who is the first born. Their ages range from 1 yr to 15. Jimmy & Michelle live near us in the Cape Girardeau area. Our youngest, Jonathan, lives in Brunswick, GA.
I was a stay at home Mom until 1986 when I attended SEMO University, getting an RN degree in 1990. I have worked Oncology, Med-Surg, and Hospice in the past but now work part time at an Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Eight years ago, we bought property 20 miles west of Cape Girardeau and built our home. We live at the end of a lane where we enjoy nature and its tranquility.
Paula and Jim Strck & family
##### Ronald Rueter 6308 Ashbury Dr St Louis, MO 63123-1512 314-832-3308 [email protected]
Barbara Ruple McDermott
Penny Ryan Miles 5 N Henderson St Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-5435 573-335-7052 [email protected] Karen Schade Lyons 97 Walnut Creek Trail Defiance, MO 63341-2214 (636) 798-2380 [email protected]
Karen writes.....
In 1971 I graduated from UMSL with an Elementary Teaching degree. I taught Kindergarden and First Grade until 1977. From 1977 to 2014 my main occupation was wife and mother. Along with that, I worked part-time doing long term substitute teaching, tutoring, and homebound education. Starting in 1992 until the present, I have been the “ofce person” for a neighbor who has a carpentry business. John and I enjoy being grandparents, traveling – especially to visit family, and the relaxing pace of retirement. Less family commitment has allowed me more time to be blessed being active in women’s Bible Study and mission groups at Zion Lutheran in Harvester, MO. Also, during the last ten years I have worked with several organic farmers and enjoy learning about and practicing sustainable and non-chemical gardening. God has truly been with me during the last 50 years and I’m thankful for His grace and blessings to my family and myself. The Christian education from LHSS is part of those blessings.
Karen Lyons
##### Robert Schaefer 12003 6th Avenue Ct E Tacoma, WA 98445
[email protected] Priscilla Scherer 2942 Buckingham Rd Durham, NC 27707-4631
Pris writes.....
I became a Registered Nurse in 1971 and worked at Missouri Baptist Hospital until moving to New York City in 1974. There, I worked as a neurology nurse and then as a Research Associate specializing in stroke and coma. In 1981, I graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Literature and Writing. Since then, I’ve been an editor for nursing and medical journals, and a freelance medical writer and editor until retiring in 2014. Along the way, I also did some AIDS research and public health nursing for an HIV/AIDS advocacy group, published a novel, Half Life, and articles about international adoption, learning differences, and ADHD. I adopted my daughter Liz in 1994, married Oscar Schaedle in 1996, and moved to Durham, North Carolina, in 2006, where I keep busy with gardening and pottery.
Priscila Scherer
##### James Schlimpert 6807 E 68th Stillwater, OK 74074-8455 405-372-6648 [email protected]
Kathleen Schmich Herring 9145 Country Rd 418 Hannibal, MO 63401 573-221-8974
Margaret Schmidt Phillips 4842 Fremont Ave N Minneapolis, MN 66430-3519 608-257-9815 [email protected] Jeff Schmid 7005 Shamrock Rd Unit 107 Lincoln, NE 68506-2980 (314) 961-2531 [email protected]
Jeff writes.....
Jeff graduated from Mizzou in 1971 with a BA in history. He worked part-time in the summers for the Frisco Railroad while in college, and went full-time after graduation pending a call from Uncle Sam. Jeff returned to the railroad and was promoted to locomotive engineer in 1974.
In 1979, Jeff met Judy Koepke and they were married September 10, 1980. Judy is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a degree in journalism. Judy worked for the Washington University Medical School Department of Psychiatry until her retirement in 2003.
After several years working as a locomotive engineer, and also working on various temporary special assignments, Jeff took a management position with the BNSF railroad in 1997 and retired in 2009, but continues to do contract work for the railroad, working on special passenger trains.
We lived in Webster Groves, MO for 35 years, but after the death of Jeff’s mom in 2013 there wasn’t much keeping us in St. Louis, so in December 2014 we moved to Lincoln, NE to be closer to Judy’s family. We live in a nice retirement community and enjoy traveling and socializing with friends and family.
Jeff Schmid and Judy Koepke
##### Jo Schnell Meadows 116 Dawn Dr Boerne, TX 78006 (210) 912-9661 [email protected]
Jo shares with us.....
I met Grant Meadows in 2011, after retiring from teaching and coaching from Concordia Lutheran School in San Antonio. We married in 2014. Grant is retired from the Texas National Guard where he was responsible for BlackHawk helicopters. I sing in the church choir and am involved with women's Bible study at our church. Grant is a Chaplain for the VFW Post 688 in Boerne, TX. Grant is my organic farmer. I am lucky enough to experiment with wonderful recipes from the produce.
Both of my daughters are owners of my grand-dogs. Grant's sons and their families live in Texas.
We have 6 grandchildren under the age of 7.
Jo and Grant Meadows
##### The Rev. Dennis Schwab 125 Fort Sumter Way St Charles, MO 63303-6147 (636) 928-7994 [email protected]
Dennis writes.....
How not to make this sound like a Christmas letter or a rap sheet?
After South I attended various Concordia’s and taught at a Lutheran school in Memphis until '75. I attended Concordia Seminary and served for nine years as a pastor in Arkansas and Tennessee. We moved to Zion in St. Charles in 1986, retired as Senior Pastor in 2010 and continue part-time as an Associate Pastor. I married my wife Sally in 1970. We both taught in Lutheran schools. She left teaching to raise our two children, Sarah and Matthew. Sarah lives 1 mile from us with her high school sweetheart Matt, a G.I., our three grandchildren ages 16,14 and 11, 2 horses,15 chickens, 1 dog and 1 rabbit. Son Matt met wife Cristiana at law school and they live in Alexandria,VA, both with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Granddaughter Ava is nearly 2 and busy preparing for a term on the Supreme Court.
Sally and I are very happy in St.Charles with many good friends, opportunities for travel and summers in Canada. God's peace to all of you!
Dennis Schwab
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William Siegel 1164 NW Vivion Rd Kansas City, MO 64118-4528 (816) 914-4407 [email protected]
Jeannie Soeldner Weber 18 N Ridge Ave Mount Prospect, IL 60056-2463 (847) 394-0976 [email protected]
Jeannie writes.....
My husband Les and I lived in Atlanta for 22 years and now have lived in the Chicago suburbs for 20 years. Les was a parish pastor, then worked at the ELCA churchwide office.
We have two adult sons who are married and live in the city of Chicago. One son is an environmental educator. The other works for the Chicago Symphony. Our grandson, Simon, is eight years old.
Professionally, I was a classroom teacher for a few years, then got a Masters in library, and was a school librarian for the remainder of my career. It was a fun job, working with all the students and teachers, buying books for the library, then adding computers, ebooks, and ipads.
I have been retired for four years. I love to garden, volunteer at a greenhouse in our suburb, and belong to the garden club. Les and I are active at our church, travel a bit, and read as much as possible.
Jeannie Weber
##### Deborah Spitz Thies 6013 Sharpsburg Dr Madison, WI 53718-3018 (608) 271-5935 [email protected]
Deb shares with us.....
After graduating from South, I attended Valparaiso for 3 semesters. During that time Larry and I grew closer and more committed to each other and so, we were married on August 31, 1968. I had begun doing hospital work as a nursing assistant before our marriage and continued that while Larry attended Valpo and throughout Larry’s seminary days.
It was when Larry did vicarage in Denver, Colorado that our son Todd was born. Larry’s first call was to Colorado Springs, Colorado and there our second son Matthew was born. When Larry accepted a call to Peoria, Illinois – yes, one more time – we added our daughter Amanda to our family.
I had begun attending a community college in Peoria, one course at a time, thanks to a dear member of our congregation that cared for the children, spoiling them like a grandma. When Larry accepted a call to Madison, Wisconsin and we were settled in our home, I began a state- licensed family childcare and loved caring for three infants and one toddler. The time became right in our family for me to return to college in 1986; I was thrilled that all of my Valpo and my community college credits transferred to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Go, Badgers!
With a Master’s degree in social work in 1989 I gained a job with United Cerebral Palsy as a program director. Until August 2015 when I retired, I oversaw the activities of staff who worked with parents and their children under the age of 3 who had developmental delays and disabilities. The arrival of our grandchildren, Henry (14) and Ellie (11) to Todd and Mandi, and Joseph (12) to Matt blessed our family during those years. Amanda and her husband, Chris, became foster parents last year and have had our foster-granddaughter Isana (2) with them for the past seven months. We also have two step-grandchildren, Katlyn (17) and Justin (15), children of Matt’s wife Kelly.
P.S. Larry and I both love to travel, and we love being retired.
Deb Ties
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The Rev. Kenneth Storck 3374 Applewood Ln Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 639-9612 [email protected]
Kenn shares with us....
Pastor Kenn is a 1974 graduate of Concordia Seminary in Exile. He holds a Master of Divinity Degree accredited by three seminaries: Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, St. Louis University Divinity School [Roman Catholic], and Eden Seminary [United Church of Christ]. Kenn is a trained Stephen Ministry leader and holds a certificate in Spiritual Formation from Grace Institute. He was ordained into the holy ministry of the church catholic on August 25, 1974. Pastor Kenn has served congregations in all the predecessor bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Pastor Kenn is married to Ellen and has three adult daughters: Sarah, Elizabeth, and Rachel and a granddaughter – Kira. pastorkennsstudy.blogspot.com
Kenn Strck
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Robert Sutton 1506 Drifting Ln Wentzville, MO 63385-3129 (636) 327-3951 [email protected] Alan A. Urban 1209 Kelly St Joliet, IL 60435-4250 (815) 722-7646 [email protected]
Jeremy (Jerry) Vajda 605 Dover Pl St Louis, MO 63111-2341 (314) 752-1113 [email protected]
To all my fellow classmates:
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens." Epictetus
Go Lancers!!
Jerry Vajda
##### Stephen Vendt 1515 Sproule Ave St Louis, MO 63139-3005 (314) 781-0089 [email protected]
Sandra Webster Scribner 932 Timber Glen Ln Ballwin, MO 63021-6068 (636) 207-7689 [email protected]
Joseph Wentzel Carol Wesemann Niemeier 7317 Hurst Ct St Louis, MO 63116-3029 (314) 352-8680 [email protected]
Paul Westhoff 1536 W 12th #14 Vancouver BC Canada
John (Jack) Whittle 9776 Fall Ridge Trail St Louis, MO 63127-1508 (314) 842-4333 [email protected]
Ray Williams 3515 Antonia Ct Imperial, MO 63052 (636) 942-1116 The Rev. James Wind 1300 Red Hawk Cir Reston, VA 20194-1040 (703) 736-0535 [email protected]
Jim shares with us.....
Following graduation from LHSS in 1966, I followed the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's prescribed pre-ministerial path - first to Concordia Lutheran Junior College, Ann Arbor, MI; then to Concordia Senior College, Ft. Wayne, IN; and then to Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. Two major interruptions changed my life's path. First, at Concordia, Ann Arbor I met a girl, Kathleen Buuck, who became my wife. A teacher, musician, and magazine editor, she added more grace notes to my life than I can count. We married in 1971. In 1973, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod declared the majority of faculty members at Concordia Seminary to be guilty of teaching doctrine "not to be tolerated in the church of God." As a seminarian in my final year of studies, I supported the condemned faculty majority and worked with them to form Concordia Seminary in Exile (Seminex) from which I graduated with an MDiv in 1974. I received a second master's (STM) in 1981 from the same faculty, then organized as Christ Seminary-Seminex. In 1975 Kathleen and I moved to Chicago, IL where I began studies in a Ph.D program at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and Kathleen began work at The Christian Century magazine. I was ordained into the Holy Ministry at Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest, IL, where I served as assistant pastor from 1978-81 (full time), 1981-90 (part-time). During those Chicago years I completed my Ph.D in in the History of Christianity (1983), worked as Director of Research and Publications at the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics (1984-90), and directed two national research projects on America's religious congregations (churches, synagogues, and mosques) at the Divinity School's Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion. Our two children, Joshua (now a neurosurgeon practicing in Washington, DC) and Rachel (now a director of philanthropy at a major youth serving organization in Chicago) were born in 1980 and 1984. In 1990 our young family moved to Indianapolis where I began work as Program Director in the Religion Division of Lilly Endowment, Inc., one of our nation's largest foundations. There I directed three grant making programs: American Congregations, Theological Education and Spiritual Formation of the People of God, and Religion and Public Life. In 1995, the Alban Institute, a major resource provider for American congregations, called me to serve as its president, a post I held for the next 19 years. In order to play that role our family moved to the Washington, DC, area (Reston, VA), where Kathleen and I still reside. During those Washington years, I authored numerous publications and also served on several governing boards: Children's Chorus of Washington, the Indianapolis Center for Congregations (created by the Alban Institute and the Lilly Endowment), Partners for Sacred Places, Odyssey Networks (an interfaith media company), Washington National Cathedral, The Board of Commissioners of the Association of Theological Schools, and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. After retiring from the Alban Institute in 2014, I became Director of the Large Church Leadership Project at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, where I currently serve as Visiting Distinguished Professor. Favorite activities include: doting on four grandchildren (Anna, Nora, Hugh, and Louisa), traveling as much as possible, regularly visiting the wineries of Virginia, and taking in as much of the cultural life of Washington, DC as we can.
Jim Wind
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Linda Wind Blake 2130 Buck Run Cir Osage Beach, MO 65065 (573) 348-4494 [email protected]
Linda shares with us.....
I graduated from UMSL with a B.S. in Elementary Education, Early Childhood. I taught school in St. Louis County and Columbia, Missouri. Gaynor and I married after college and have two sons. Gordon and Christian have wives, mortgages, dogs , cats and lawn mowers. They have shared with us five grandchildren, two boys and three girls. Living close by our home at The Lake of the Ozarks, Osage Beach, the sons are very good friends and we often share time together with lake recreation activities.
Gaynor and I have built and sold several businesses over the years. I've played the role of Granny Nanny as Gaynor has built a defense industry business in Alton, Illinois. We now split our time between the Lake, Alton, and travel when we can. Gaynor still is employed full time as CEO of Hanley Industries.
Linda Blake
##### Robert Wolf 6588 Saddlehorn Dr Rocky Mount, NC 27803-8365 (252)442-4311 [email protected]
Robert Wolk 4904 Backtrail Dr Austin, TX 78731-2601 (512) 372-9494 [email protected]
Janette Wyatt 2622 Union Rd Apt B St Louis, MO 63125-3404 Phillip Ziebol 6455 Bradley St Louis, MO 63139-2203 (314) 781-9290 [email protected]
Phil shares with us.....
After graduation at LHSS I attended Southeast Missouri State College that fall and graduated with a BS in Secondary Education in the spring of 1970. My major was Biology and minored in History. After failing to secure a teaching position in St. Louis because of a teachers strike, I began working to a small window and door supplier, Pella Products of St. Louis.
In the fall of 1971 I married Marty Gygax. Marty is a 1968 graduate of Principia High School and we are still happily married. When we met, Marty was no longer a practicing Christian Scientist and converted to the Lutheran faith after we were married. We began attending Timothy Lutheran where we are still members. We have two children and four grandchildren.
Our older child Judy is married with three children and lives in Spokane Washington. Our second child Phil lives in St. Louis and has one child. I continued to work at Pella Products and Pella Windows and Doors in various positions from operations manager, service manager, retail replacement sales and still work 32 hours a week as a showroom sale specialist and sales trainer. My wife worked as an executive secretary, then in education with Special Lutheran, The St. Michael School and Southwest Baptist before retiring in 2012.
We enjoy traveling, nature, sports (me) and our grandchildren.
Phil and Mart Ziebol and Family
##### In memory and honor of tose in God’s Hands......
Linda Das Nickel (Deceased)
Donna Fehlig Navarrette (Deceased)
Jack Grant (Deceased)
Nancy Grau (Deceased) Bill Guse (Deceased)
Linda Heinks Anderson (Deceased)
Barbara Kaiser Matthews (Deceased)
Lawrence Lottman (Deceased) Richard (Rick) Paul (Deceased)
Margaret Schneider Gill (Deceased)
Arthur Smith (Deceased)
William (Ranzy) Spurgeon (Deceased) Thanks to Ted Greenwald for sharing these with us.
Class Prophesy -- “66
All South St. Louis students are now driving 70 miles a day to attend the new Lutheran High School founded by Alana Althage in Pevely, MO
Carol Kieninger is the first woman principal at Alana's high school
Jim Andrews is now climbing mountains in Austria with his cousin Julie Andrews
Don Bachman is now the editor of the Sunday School Monthly
Jim Graul is the photographer for the Monthly
Bob Sutton is now choosing the Sunday School Girl of the Month
Terry McDermott and Jim Schlimpert are now as siting Mr. Schlie in the Inner City Mission
Jerry Bagy is now in charge of the new plastic bag company called "Jerries".
Dick Bailey is now the 'lil ol' Wine Maker
Mark Bartels is in court paying a fine for going through a red stop light
Charlene Behnke is a municipal dog catcher
John Benz is now South's band leader and has introduced as new instruments to the band a harp and piccolo
Elmer Binder is now president of the Teamster's Union
Ken Blake has been selected as one of the ten best dressed men in the United States Army
Dolores Bode is in charge of the new George Washington Ice Cream Parlor
Norm Bohlmann is the Democratic candidate for President supporting Medicare and pacifism in Viet Nam
Muriel Bopp has replaced Edie Adams on the Muriel Panatella Cigar ads Bob Bosko has entered the art field and his latest works are April Drought, August Snowstorm, May Smog, and Chronic Pneumonia
Jim Braun is the first male soprano to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
Bob Braun is now pin boy at Redbird Bowling Lanes
In all probability John Breen is now a professional Boy Scout who moonlights as a golf pro
Mark Bremer and John Kriegshauser are now lost in the stratosphere in their plastic hydrogen balloon
Glen Bruenjes is now the janitor at All Nations
Randy Clark is now a strolling trumpeter at Howard Johnson's
Dave Collier and Phyllis Schaubert are now living on a South Sea Island and are raising coconuts
Mel Cottom is in a wheel chair suffering from arthritis
Randy Damerow and Ron Reuter are professional ushers for the Mo. Synod
Karen Danko and Ellen Grimm are now the office secretaries at LHSS
And now we see Charlotte Davis--at least we're trying to see her behind her thirty foot diameter dress
Kathy Day is now in charge of the Lance, Troubador, Student Council, Talent Bureau, Bookstore, Choir ticket sales, Chess Nuts, and the administration
Karen Eggers and Karen Nolting are coaching little league basketball while Dave Mueller and Bob Paul are preparing refreshments for after practice
Sue Eigel now speaks and writes 840 different languages and 20,000 dialects
John Engelhardt is now president of the Throttlebottom tissue and Toilet Paper Company
Bob Etherton is lost in a Fogg John Roach is now 7' 10" tall
Donna Fehlig has become the Superior Mother of the First Lutheran convent
Dianne Fick and Kathy Nieburg are practicing their injections at Lutheran Hospital
Dale Fiehler has come up with a new soft-weave Kaiser Aluminum Foil
Linda Heinks is now in charge of speech production work on this
We can hear Eric Fogg, but we can't see him
Dan Frentzel is now a talkative GTO salesman
Jolene Gaines is still going with Norman…would you believe John, or Mark, or Doug, or Dave, or Jerry, or Ken, or Al . . .
Paul Gast is a mild manner report in Pris Scherer's newspaper The Daily Planet
Sharon Gausling is still trying to prove that Goose is not her brother
Nancy Gelner is cheering for Terry Wilhelm, the pro basketball star
Jack Grant is now attendance counselor at LHSS
Carol Weseman is collecting attendance sheets for Jack
Rick Graul has been labeled a reactionary in the Lutheran Reporter for opposing Medicare
Ken Storck is leading the Conservative wing of the Mo. Synod
Nancy Grau was kind enough to make the 25' high cake you see standing in the center of the room. If you look towards the back of the scone tier, you can see where she was last seen putting on roses before her sudden disappearance. We're hoping to hear from her with the next slice
Stan Green is in charge of all the greens on the Forest Park Golf Course
Ted Greenwald finally ended up with Jolene Gaines
Linda Groerich has amnesia and has forgotten the names of all her relatives Jan Growcock is the newest name in fashions from Paris
Bobbie Ruple is now a brunette
Bill Guse is pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals, a minor league ball club
Carol Hacker has become as soft-spoken as her sister, Marilyn
Jan Hartman is still trying to figure out Mr. Engelhardt's filing system
Barb Hartmann is Mr. Toepper's personal secretary
Pat Hartmeister is running a school for prospective section leaders
Al Hempelmann and Joan Roesel are still going steady
Dotty Hodge is the new football coach at South
Joan Hoehle--only her hairdresser knows for sure
Karen Houts is now LHSS's librarian.
Coy Jacobs is driving a Rolls Royce
Kenton "Kent" Kelly now signs his name KKK
Sue Kitrel becomes the first com an Attorney General
Dennis Kitrel is the first person to be convicted by the first woman Attorney General
Karen Knapp is making catnip
John Kraushaar is running the city's auto grave yard
Judy Kuechenmeister is dancing ballet to Swan Lake
Don Kuessner teaches public speaking at South
Roger Landvatter is now president of the city division of IBM
Paulette Langewische is driving a shuttle bus to LHSS
Diane Leard has finished her book on classroom etiquette Larry Lottman is now teacher of Ekklesia at South Steve Maulin is the sole survivor of the now extinct species of the All-American boy
Fredericka Mayer, Jan, and Bryon Atherton Jr. are now in Hollywood filming a new Bat Man series
Sandy McDonald has become a diamond cutter
Jan Meader is still her mother's little princess
Gloria Metz is in charge of a new pest control agency whose slogan is "Metz Gets 'em"
Ken Meyer is still professing to be in the dark
Marilyn Miklas has her hands insured for $20,000
John Moore is captain of the Green Berets
Steve Muchow has designed a coffin for people over 6' 6" tall
Cathy Neubauer is selling pale blue contact lenses
Paul Nickel is still selling soles
Linda Rose Niedringhaus is the mother of three little stooges
John Olsen is president of the Metaphysical, Amalgamated, Esteric Branch of the Sonar Detecting Agency of the Mesomorphis Glanular Systems of Anheuser-Busch. No experience necessary
Linda O'Neal has a boy in every port
Joyce Ott is just lying around in the Muchow Mortuary
Don Paine is leading the LHSS tennis team to its first state championship
Rick Paul is a wild man in a side show
Ron Pawlitz is writing questions for the National Merit Scholarship tests
Jack Pfitzer has published a new play, "How to Succeed in Student Council Without Really Trying" Nancy Phillips is hanging around a long, tall Texan
Marion Poellet is critiquing art exhibits at the South County Bank
Linda Preusser is keeping her eye on Ted Greenwald and Jolene Gaines
Helga and Kathy Reinhoffer have become identical twins
Joyce Roberts is starring in the broadway production of the "Littlest Angel"
Mary Rode is the new guidance counselor at South
Ron Romay is unprophsiable
Paula Reuter is handing out candy on a street corner
Penny Ryan has perfected a new method of straightening hair
Karen Schade has finally donated the blackout shades at South
Bob Schafer is now chaplain at LHSS
Kathy Schmich is giving out zeroes as a Latin teacher
Jeff Schmid is a Corvair salesman
Margaret Schmidt is the greatest singing sensation since Barbara Streisand
Margaret Schneider is still trying to learn the auction scene from the operetta
Jo Schnell is the professional lab assistant for Miss Gerken
Dennis Schwab is a pastor?
Bill Siebel and Ranzy Spurgeon are co-directors of the AUA04 Driving School
Gary Smith never has cleaned out his locker
Deb Spitz is the world champion wrestler
Al Urban is driving his Bonneville to the picnic tomorrow Jerry Vajda is curly headed, bow-legged and pretty as a picture
Steve Vendt is athletic director at South
Sandy Webster is still trying to get funds to pay for the 1966 Lance
Jack Whittle is an Arthur Murray Dance instructor
Paul Westhoff is mass-producing Prom scenery
Ray Williams has invented a reclining desk to prevent back strain during class time naps
Jim Wind is the first Mo. Synod president with bangs
Linda Wind has finally become related to Jim Wind
Bob Wolf is a sheep in Wolf's clothing
Bob Wolk is still on the football field looking for his contact lenses
Kathy Kuecker is now coaching our cross country team
Janette Wyatt has teamed up with Phyllis Diller
Phil Ziebel is living in an attic in Greenwich Village
Linda Das has just received her Oscar for the best supporting laugh
Jeannie Soeldner and Fred Kuhlmann are still prophesying about their future
+++++++++++++++++ Lutheran Lancers Loyal to Thee
Onward, Onward to Victory
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Black and Gold We’ll Always Defend
Faithful We Will Ever be
Come on Boys to Victory,
All Cheer for Lutheran South
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Lutheran Lancers Loyal to Thee
Onward, Onward to Victory
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Always True to Dear Lutheran South
Let Her Colors Now Unfold
Yea Black! Yea Gold!
Lead on to Victory.
Hey! Rah! Rah!