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Bill
Gunlock
(Maple Grove,
MN)
After graduation I went to
Graceland University on the Iowa/Missouri border off of I-35.
From there, I went to University of Central Missouri and got my
M.A. in English/Language Arts and began my teaching career.
Can you believe all these
years I have taught English and English as a Second Language
from kindergarten all the way through the first two years of
college. What a trip.
I did take off 10 years,
from '76 through '85 to teach ESL in Taiwan, some of the
happiest years of my life. I married a fine Chinese lady there
and we have two children. The oldest is now working at a Twin
Cities' pharmaceutical company and the boy is now in his junior
year majoring in math and physics at Marharishi Vedic University
in Fairfield, Iowa.
I refuse to retire--I'm doing
good things, enjoying it, and still paying my bills. At an
adult education school in my school district, I prepare high
school dropouts and international students for success in their
writing and reading skills for the GED and college entrance
exams. Then a couple nights a week, I teach parenting skills to
male and female inmates at a county jail.
Retirement comes when the head
rests on the desk for the last time.
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JIM
BROWN
(St. Peter, MN)
Name: Jim and Marlene Brown
Following generations: Daughter – Christine, Grandkids – Sarah and
Michael, GGrandkid – CeeJay (Don't ask why this name, Ha)
After SHS:
1. Went to South Dakota State for 5 quarters.
2. Joined the Navy in January, 1961. Served as an Electronics
Technician for 8 years on a couple of submarines.
3. Married my wonderful wife in 1962.
4. Upon discharge from the Navy went to work for Univac in Minnesota
maintaining and installing Main Frame Computer Systems.
5. After 22 years at Univac/Unisys worked as a technician for a
dealer of small business equipment.
6. Retired from all real work in February of 1999.
7. Been just enjoying life and spending our winters in, mainly,
Arizona.
Memorable times:
1. Getting married to the most wonderful person I know.
2. The birth of our daughter in 1963.
3. My time spent in the Navy was, disregarding the above, the most
rewarding time in my life. I would repeat it in a heartbeat.
Things to keep me busy and, hopefully, out of trouble:
1. Amateur Radio.
2. Playing with computers.
3. Some woodworking.
4. Genealogy
Interesting meeting of classmate:
When I was in the Navy, about 1965, I was riding a Ferry across the
Firth of Clyde in Scotland when Cathy Schummer Duffy and I crossed paths.
Cathy was the one who figured out who I was. I thought she looked familiar but
who would expect to see a classmate in such a place. I spent the evening with
her and her husband as they were leaving for the States in the morning as I was
also after completing my 5th deterrent patrol on the submarine I was attached
to.
“Th-th-that's all folks”
By the way, James Brown still lives and I don't sing or play
football!
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Jim Brown in
1942 Knoxville,
IA (Before all of you even knew me!)
Jim Brown and Marlene Heck, 1961
Jim and Marlene Brown, 1962
Navy Chapel at NOB in
Norfolk, VA
L. Jim's grandson Michael, wife Marlene
and Jim Brown, 2006.
L: Jim Brown's daughter Christine with
her son Michael.
Jim's grandchildren, Michael and Sarah;
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KAY SIMONS INGALLS
(Mud Butte, SD)
Howard and I will celebrate
our 50th Wedding Anniversary June 1, 2008. We were
married just a couple weeks from high school graduation day.
We had dated for 3 years while I finished my high school
days. We were married in Sturgis by Rev. Donald Duly, a
classmates dad. After our honeymoon we came to
the ranch and have been here since and have had the greatest
married life together.
May 1959 our daughter Rita
was born in Sturgis. In 1978 she married Roch Bestgen and
they moved north of Sturgis and have had 13 children, 12
still living. Karen, Dirk, Paul, Luke, John, Mauri, Mark,
Adam, Juliana, Andrew, Kaylene, and Loman; Blase is
the son they lost to crib death. They now operate a large
sod farm called Northern Hills Sod Farm about 7 miles north
of Sturgis. Three of the children are married, thus our 7
great-grandkids, Blase, Stephen, Shelby, Cormac, Rex, Taylor
and Sarah.
In 1961 we had our first son,
Rodney who was born in Sturgis. In 1985 he married Tracy
Richardson and they have lived on the ranch and worked with
us since. In 1986 they had a still born son, Ryan, then in
1987 another healthy son, Nathan was born. In
1990 son Jason came along and in 1993 son Justin was born.
In 1972 our youngest son
Robert was also born in Sturgis and delivered like the rest
from wonderful old Dr. Massa. In 1991 he married JoDee
Fowlkes and they also joined our operation here on the
ranch. They have 8 children of their own, Amanda, Laura,
James, Sarah, Joanna, Timmy, MaryBeth, and Sammy. They also
have adopted 5 children (to date as of January 08 and in
February they plan to bring home adopted baby #6).
Four of the 5 are special needs children. They are Matthew,
Robby, Jessica, Elijah, and Joey.
In counting the numbers then
we have 23 natural grandkids, 5 adopted ones, and the 7
great-grandkids.
Howard has always been a rancher
and in 1968 I was appointed postmaster for our rural post
office here at Opal. I had the job for 32 years and 2
months retiring in 2000 so I could be available to enjoy my
growing family and help out where ever needed. We have done
some traveling, nothing major, as Howard is a devoted
rancher and loves every minute of being home and working. I
have jarred him loose for some camping time and other travel
nevertheless. We usually always take in the yearly Ingalls
reunion gathering as he is a distant relative of the famous
author, Laura Ingalls Wilder .
Howard and I love the Lord Jesus
Christ and live our lives to the best of our ability to
please and serve Him and that is a full time job as well.
The big difference with that job and our earthly work will
be a much better reward. Our children ll know the
Lord as well and their families are being guided in the same
way. We have been truly blessed.
As this story goes you will
plainly see we are lifetime South Dakota kids and our
children have been the same. Now grandkids, that will be a
different story as one already lives in Michigan with her
husband and children.
Looking forward to the reunion
2008 to see classmates and also remember the ones that have
already passed on.
Kay (Simons) and Howard Ingalls 1958
Youngest Son and Family.
The girl in the plaid shirt holding the little
boy, is our Daughter.
There have been two more
little
girls added to this family since this was taken in
2006.
Our Oldest Son's Family
Howard and Kay Ingalls 2007
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MILLER DENNIS
(Fairbanks, AK)
After May 1958 graduation,
three of us from SHS (Joy Olson, Patty Corum and I) went
immediately to Denver and began business college. When finished,
I worked for an auto import company and then for Martin Marietta
(Titan Missiles) under contract to the Air Force.
I met my husband Don at my
18th birthday party, married him two years later, and feel so
blessed that God chose to send that gentle giant my way. He is a
quiet and reserved, God-loving man who still treats me like a
new bride, and we have had such a happy, rather unconventional life.
We have four children - oldest son (born 1961), computer
engineer; middle son (1963) manages a hotel/resort; our only
girl (1965) is a music teacher; and our youngest son (1971) who
lives with his children on our property is a pastor and website
developer. We have 10 grandchildren..........isn't it fun to be
grandparents!!!!!
Don still (since 1967) manages a semi-pro baseball team in Fairbanks, AK and
some of our most fun summers have been barnstorming across the
US, driving vans full of ballplayers, playing games from town to
town. Tom Seaver, Dave Winfield, Graig Nettles, Jason Giambi and
a couple hundred others in the majors started out as college
players with this team. We have held sports tournaments in
several states and in Hawaii; the experiences with foreign teams
that have come to Alaska have been a hoot! The whole family
worked at the ballpark and all the kids grew up as ballpark
rats.
We have lived in Colorado, Alaska, Arizona and California. I
never wanted a "career", but was a stay-at-home mom for our
four kids and several other kids who lived with us for varying
periods of time. I made pottery, gave clay classes, worked short term
jobs here and there, and did a lot of
church and volunteer work. After my children were
grown I worked for an airline, sold real estate in Phoenix, and
continued making and painting tile and pottery.
We love driving and long
trips (especially when someone else
is buying the $6 gas through Canada) and have driven
vehicles to Fairbanks for different companies several times,
just for the experiences. Our longest was driving
new school buses from the factory in Little Rock, Arkansas;
another time
we drove used buses from Chicago including one that caught fire and was left
in the burrowpit somewhere in Eastern South Dakota... it took
nearly a year to get it trucked to AK. It is such fun to hook up radios
so we can chat back and forth, and roll down the road for days
and days! Don loves backroads and new
territory, and men don't use maps. Ah, the adventures!
Every spring
we drive from our home 20 miles from the Mexican border, to
Fairbanks, a 7,314 mile round trip. We usually make it a
lot longer by visiting our mothers in SD and CO each way and my
two sisters in SD. We spend 5-6 months in Alaska,
and then live in rural San Diego in the winter.
The highlights of my high
school were BAND, in all forms,
and journalism; and, Col. Brown - a couple times trying to
pass an excuse signed with my dad's name after a day of shopping in Rapid.
Marvin Harwood wrote one and Ron Pfleger wrote one. Score:
Ann 1 - Detention 1.
Life has been good and our blessings are many. I hope the same
is true for everyone from 1958.
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Marriage MiddleYears
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Four Children and Ten Grandchildren
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CATHY SCHUMMER
DUFFY
(Fargo, ND)
Fifty years,
where does the time go! Seems like yesterday I was
leaving for college at the University of South Dakota in
Vermillion, a million miles away from Sturgis on those two lane
roads. I graduated with a 2-year secretarial
degree from the Business School. I went back to try
for a business degree but after a semester in the Business
School decided that wasn't for me and moved back to Rapid City
where I worked at the Rapid City Medical Center as a
Medical Secretary.
In December
1961 I married Joe Duffy from Rapid City. Joe was in the
navy at the time and so the adventure begins. The
first move was to Connecticut, then on to the country of
Scotland where our first two children were born, then back to
Illinois and finally to Hawaii.
Joe was
discharged from the navy in 1966 and we moved to Minneapolis,
MN. He was on the road installing turbine generators
for power plants so I was a stay-at-home Mom.
Two more children joined us there and then Joe went into power
plant construction and the adventure continued. The
next moves were to Iowa, Michigan, Illinois again, South Dakota
(Watertown), Ohio, North Dakota (Beulah), New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Our children
are Joe, Patty, Sheila and John. Joe and Jane with
their children Megan and Alex live in Rosemount, MN.
Patty and Bob Roers with their children Danielle, Caitlin and
Annika live in Moorhead, MN, across the river from me.
Sheila and Brian Johnson and children Charlotte, Abigale and
Levi live in Pelican Rapids, MN, 45 minutes east of me.
John and Cindy are in Steamboat Springs, CO.
My whole adult
life has been an adventure and I have wonderful memories of
every place I've been. Since "B" for Brown comes before
either "D" for Duffy or "S" for Schummer, you will already have
read about meeting James Brown on the Ferry in Scotland.
What a great memory for me too; I think of it often.
My husband Joe
died in August of 1991 in an airplane crash in the mountains of
Pennsylvania. I moved to Fargo in November 1991 and
have been here since. My kids tell me I finally have
"roots" again. I keep busy with volunteer work
at the local hospital, at church and with a widowed social group
that a friend and I started in 1993.
I have done a
lot of traveling with members of the widowed group, to the
Caribbean, Ancient Ruins of Mexico, East German countries,
Alaska, Switzerland, Mediterranean countries, Panama, and United
Kingdom countries (we were in London on 9/11). I
toured Ireland with my son Joe and his wife Jane. And, I
have toured states within the US borders.
Six of my
grandchildren live nearby, ranging in age from 16 years to 18
months. I help play taxi for them at times and babysit
when needed.
So............let the adventure continue and see what the next
fifty years bring.
Joe and Cathy (Schummer)
Duffy Wedding 1961
25th Anniversary
1986
L: Sheila, John, Cathy
Schummer Duffy,
Patty and Joe
September 2007
From Left: Annika, Levi,
Abby, Charlotte and Caitlin,
Alex, Megan and Danielle
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BETTY DODSON TESCH
(Rapid City, SD)
This is a busy time of year for me since I am a "People" at H &
R Block. This will be short and sweet.
I spent 25 tumultuous years married to a wanderer who moved me
to Washington state, Oregon, Wyoming, North Dakota and back home
again. After I became "single again" I was determined to stay
in one place. This was not to be.
I was working for a savings and loan as department head when
they went down and I was unemployed for 11 months. I then moved
to Universal City, TX, where my daughter Debra was a teacher and
found work immediately in an insurance office.
I stayed there until my Dad was ill, then moved back to spend
time with him. I once again found a great job in a financial
institution and stayed there until 1996 when once again, I moved
to Texas to be with my daughter to give her courage and support
in her battle against Breast Cancer. We moved back home again
and her fight ended in 2003.
Now, I volunteer for Relay for Life, work during the tax season
almost full time hours, and chase after three
grandchildren, children of my youngest son, Terry.
They live only a couple of blocks away. Terry lives with
one foot in the danger zone, driving a logging truck. His
wife Connie is a nurse. The grandchildren are:
Miranda 13, who is in Children's Chorus.
We will travel to
Nashville this July so she can sing with the National Children's
Chorus. She also plays the cello and insists on going to the
symphony especially on New Year's Eve. Gotta love her. She also
plays in the ASA softball league so busy all summer.
Jakob is five and a real go getter. He is in gymnastics, socker,
t-ball and basketball.
Kaylea keeps me running as she is 2 and into everything. When
I'm not being a "people" I babysit so they are keeping me young.
My son Allan and his wife Karen live in
Douglas, WY. He works for the railroad and is on call 24/7
so we don't see them very much. He has a stepson and two
stepdaughters and four little boys who call him Grandpa.
I have completed a family history for my Dad's family and am
working on Mom's family right now. I also dabbled in real
estate while it was still a good thing to do. Am now in a small
cottage on the west side of Rapid City, where I share my flowers
and veggies with the deer and the bunnies. I am also working on
a children's book which Jake is sure his teacher already has it
is so good. Too bad he isn't the publisher huh!
I see or talk to Ginnie occasionally and we are planning to
attend the reunion together. I crossed paths with Dick and
Patty Symonds when we lived in Belle Fourche and I babysat
two of their boys when our kids were all young together. Small
World After All.
Betty and Jakob
Jakob and Kaylea, front; Terry and Connie;
Miranda, back left.
Christmas 2006
Jakob and Kaylea, June 2007
L: Karen, my sister Verla and Allan
The kids playing
Miranda
Verla and Allan
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MARLYS (MARTY) ISAACS COBURN
(Wichita, KS)
LIVING CHILDREN: GARY
- 46 WORKS FOR AT&T SELLING YELLOW PAGE ADS
GRANDDAUGHTER: TORI (GARY’S DAUGHTER) - 23 ATTENDING
CULINARY COLLEGE IN TEXAS
I WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT FOR 46 YEARS AT MCCONNELL
AFB KS (WHERE I WAS CALLED “MARTY“ BECAUSE MY BOSS
COULDN‘T REMEMBER MY GIVEN NAME.) RETIRED IN
SEPTEMBER 2006. I AM INVOLVED WITH MY CHURCH AND I PLAY
LOTS OF BRIDGE. I AM A MEMBER OF A RED HAT
UNIT (TOTO-ALLY OZ-SOMES) AND TRAVEL HERE AND THERE WITH
THEM - MEXICO IN FEB 2007.
A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS EXERCISING AT OUR LOCAL CURVES
AND THIS GAL KEPT LOOKING AT ME AND I LOOKED AT HER AND
AFTER ABOUT 15 TIMES OF DOING THIS, I ASKED HER “HOW DO
I KNOW YOU?” AND SHE COULDN’T THINK - AND ABOUT THE TIME
WE WERE TALKING, ANOTHER GAL SAID “MARTY, AREN’T YOU
FROM SOUTH DAKOTA?” AND THEN THIS OTHER LADY SAID, “I’M
LORETTA STETLER, WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER”. WE
HAD MANY GOOD VISITS EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS STRICKEN WITH
RECURRING CANCER AND DID PASS ON TO BE WITH OUR LORD
SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
I’VE BROUGHT A LOT OF FRIENDS HOME WITH ME OVER THE
YEARS AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME SHOWING OFF OUR BEAUTIFUL
BLACK HILLS. SOMETIME BACK MY MOM WAS VERY ILL AND MY
SON DROVE ME HOME BECAUSE WE THOUGHT MAMA MIGHT PASS
AWAY - WHEN WE GOT THERE I CALLED JACK CROWSER AND ASKED
HIM IF HE WOULD PLAY HOST TO MY SON AND DRIVE HIM
THROUGH THE HILLS, WHICH HE DID, AND HE DID IT UP RIGHT.
GARY HAD A TREMENDOUS TIME THAT DAY AND GOOD MEMORIES.
MY MOM DID PASS AWAY IN 2004 AND MY LITTLE SISTER IS IN
RON ANDERSON’S ASSISTED LIVING THERE IN STURGIS. A SIDE
NOTE: MR. WEIMER, WHO HAD THE WONDERFUL WEIMER BAKERY,
WAS AT RON ANDERSON’S ALSO. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS
FRESH FRIED CINNAMON ROLLS.
I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REUNION. AND, THANK YOU
ALL WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS FOR THE REST OF US - MANY
MANY THANKS!!!
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Marlys Issacs (Marty Coburn) at Red Hat
Convention
Christmas 2007
Marlys' son and his sweetheart, Christmas 07
Tori, Precious Granddaughter
Marlys' extended family
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JERRY FENNER
(Red Bluff, CA)
After graduation I enlisted - USMC July 1958 to April 1962.
My duty included Hawaii, Japan, Okinawa, Formosa, the
Philippines, Korea, California and others.
I was married in October 1962 - Divorced in October 2006. We
have two children, John (1964) and Shelly (1965).
I worked for 40 years in Civil Engineering positions.
I retired in 2002, had a heart attack in 2004, divorced in 2006
and moved from Santa Barbara (Southern California) to Red Bluff
(Northern California).
I attended Santa Barbara City College part time for several
years - no degree.
I don't own a computer, don't E-mail or fax either. I have a
cell phone, but only use it when traveling. It collects dust
most of the time. I read mostly history books and travel when
the mood strikes me. I collect old coins and paper money for a
hobby.
There are deer, turkeys, fox, quail, raccoons, hawks and an
occasional bobcat 30 feet from the patio (not all on the same
day).
Favorite memories - Throwing test tubes and beakers from Bauer's
chemistry class the last day of school; Mrs. Anderson's
vocabulary lists and Monday night National Guard meetings.
I haven't stayed in contact with many classmates. I've
seen Joe DesJarlais 4-5 times in the past 50 years so he is my
source of information.
I've never been arrested - I have three parking tickets in 53+
years of driving.
I served on two Grand Juries in 2000-01 and 2001-02 and met some
interesting people. We wrote many reports with great
recommendations for the County Departments to use.
I'll see you in September!
Jerry Fenner, Maui Nov 2006
Jerry, San Francisco Oct 2006
Jerry, Iowa, July 2007
Jerry Fenner's Grandchildren, Dec 2007
Ben, 10;Emily, 7; Sarah, 5
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Bud Mathison
(Sheridan, WY)
Bud has lived in Colorado, Wyoming, Illinois, South Dakota and
is living in Sheridan, WY now.
He worked for Wheeler's in Whitewood for awhile, but his life's
work has been as a technician/engineer working on television
towers and equipment for Duhamel Enterprises in Rapid City.
Bud is retired now and enjoying his motorcycles and computer.
His niece married Kay Simons Ingall's son.
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JACK CROWSER
(Sturgis, SD)
After high school I
enlisted in the Navy and served 4 years.
After my discharge in
May of 1962, I came back to Sturgis and started painting
with my Dad and that is what I ended up doing for 35 years.
I married Marlyn
Dahlquist from Newell in 1965. We have 2 sons and 4
grandchildren. Our son, Judd and his two daughters, Kamber
and KaSandra, and our other son Coy, his wife Shelly and
their children, Daniel and Taya all live here in Sturgis.
So we have lots of contact with family.
Life has been good and
we've been well blessed.
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