FORTY-FIFTH REUNION ROSTER

JULY 3, 2004

OLD MILL INN, NEWTON, ILLINOIS

On the following pages are names, addresses and parts of letters from classmates of the Class of 1959. If anyone is aware of any address corrections, please inform Joy Staley Bower, Sue Frohning Roth or Joanne Barker Buechler.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND ENJOY THE REUNION!

The following poem was sent in by Dianne Dayton Ganley.

FRIENDS

Friends are special people

Who accept the way you are.

They stand by you in trouble,

Or when you're swinging

On a star.

Your relatives and family

Are yours because of birth,

But friends you pick and choose

Because they're folks

Of special worth.

As we go through life we realize

Our friends become more dear,

We consider them our blessings

Each time we add a year.

Regina Racke

SANDRA BAILEY CLARK NICHOLS

11340 NORTH 800^TH STREET

ROBINSON, IL 62454

I remained at NCHS until 1999, on the teaching side of the desk. After 37 years I "retired," but continue to teach English and music, part-time, at Robinson HS and at Lincoln Trail College. I also retired as head softball coach at NCHS after 25 years. I was inducted into the IHSA Coaches' Hall of Fame. I am a church organist and choir director. My husband died in September of 2001. I have 3 children and 5 grandchildren.

JOANNE BARKER BUECHLER

19 MEDINAH COURT

MATTOON, IL 61938

Since the last reunion I've been blessed with a precious granddaughter from my older son and his wife. A grandson is due in Aug. I travel as much as possible both overseas and stateside. When at home I garden, read, volunteer, play bridge and cross-stitch.

GERALDINE BENHAM ROBINSON

45-3583 AUSTIN ROAD

GENEVA, OHIO 44041

JOAN BERGBOWER COLEMAN

493 BROOKS WOOLSEY ROAD FAYETTEVILLE, GA 30215

JOHN W. BERGBOWER 13705 E. 1025^th AVE NEWTON, IL 62448

BETTY BIERMAN HELMINK

175 COUNTY RD 150 N TEUTOPOLIS, IL 62467

.John and I have been married 42 years and have 3 sons and 3 daughters. We have 10 grandchildren. I have been driving a van for Teutopolis Unit #50 for 23 years and subbing for 6 years. We are looking forward to retiring to enjoy camping and traveling.

CLARICE BIERMAN PROBST

10782 N 1775^TH ROAD

EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

Melvin and I have been married 43 years. We have 5 children and 11 grandchildren (1 deceased). We are both retired but help out on the farm. We enjoy traveling.

BETTY JO BIGARD WHITE

293 COMMERCE LANDING

EDDYVILLE, KY 42038

YVONNE BIRK CAHOON RR1

MATTOON, IL 61938

ROBERT BLANK 1019 W. MAIN OLNEY, IL 62450

BERNARD BLOEMKER

RR 1, BOX 45

SIEGEL, IL 62462

ISABEL BOWER

RR6

OLNEY, IL 62450

NELLIE BOXLEY JOHNSON

7933 S. 72E AVE

TULSA, OK 74133

CAROLINE JOYCE CALVERT RUBSAM

19 JAMESTOWN FARM

FLORISSANT, MO 63034

JEANETTE CHAMBERS STAUGH

R.D. #: 1 BOX 573 C THOMPSON ROAD

CHICORA, PA 16025

Rick and I are both retired. We are musicians with 3 different bands. We have a daughter and 2 grandchildren.

DALE D. CHAPMAN

2608 S. GLENWOOD SPRINGFIELD, IL 62704

BEVERLY CHESTNUT MATSON

402 E. REYNOLDS

NEWTON, IL 62448

BONNIE JO CLARK FREEMAN

308 W. HYDRAULIC

YORKVILLE, IL 60560

MORRIS COLWELL

R.R. 1

NEWTON, IL 62448

JAMES L. COWGER 3200 W. OAK STREET BURBANK, CA 91505

Will try to make the reunion and would like to hear from classmates at email:

I still play all the woodwind instruments, mostly jazz whit bands. Anne and I have been married 23 years. We have a son and a granddaughter. I like to play golf.

GALE CROUSE

3351 WHISPERING PINES

BAU CLAIRE, WI 54701

CLIFFORD LEE DARRELL

3760 MARKET STREET NE #276 SALEM, OREGON

KEITH DAVIDSON R.R.6

NEWTON, IL 62448

KEITH EARNEST CLOVER COURT FEFNER, FL 33584

SHARON EARNEST LINDEN 1421 CONSTITUTION DRIVE CHATT ANOOGA, TN 37405

SANDRA EMBRY LEWIS

121 W. CLARK

HIDALGO, IL 62432

ARTHUR EUBANK

902 MONROE STREET EVANSTON, IL 60202

KENT FARLEY

P.O. BOX 357

NEWTON, IL 62448

JOAN FASNACHT REDENBAUGHH

P.O. BOX 4514

BEAUFORT, SC 29903

MARK KAY FEAR

101 LAKEVIEW CARLINVILLE, IL 62626

RITA FEHENBACHER MASSMANN

199 B2 GREGORY BLVD

EAST NORWALK, CT 06855

I've been married 43 years. I have a son and grandson. I earned a college degree in 1984 and worked as a paralegal. and am now semi-retired. I enjoy painting, cooking, tennis bicycling, boating and swimming.

JOANN FRIESNER PARENTI R.R. 1, BOX 220

OREANA, IL 62554

TOM FRICTL

3005 E. OAK ROAD URBANA, IL 61801

SUZANNE FROHNING ROTH 301 N. HICKORY DRIVE NEWTON, IL 62448

JOHN GANLEY

2505 NORTH 10^TH STREET WEST MONROE, LA 71291

I have 3 children I retired from Florida where I taught and coached. I like playing golf, walking, bicycling, traveling and volunteering for son's baseball team. Dianna and I have been married 5 years.

FRANCES GASSO GENTRY

BOX 633

GREENUP, IL 62428

KAREN GORRELL CALLAHAN

406 N.W. ELM STREET

P.O. BOX 704

ATLANTA, GA 61723

DOUGLAS GOSNELL

24305 E. LAVER CT

BROKEN ARROW, OK 74014

CHARLES GRIFFITH

RR

HIDALGO, IL 62432

I have been married to Diana (Eggers) since 1967. We have a son and a daughter.

I have farmed for the past 20 years. I enjoy reading and woodworking.

BILL HAACK

2325 MARSH AVE

YORKTOWN, IN 47396

KATHY HARPER McCOY RR4, BOX 269

ROBINSON, IL 62454

CAROL HENERSON LAKE RR4

NEWTON, IL 62448

BOB HOLM

9828 LEMONWOOD COURT BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33437

JOANN HUBBERT GOODWIN

ROBERT HUBER

BOX 845

RICHLAND, NC 28574

DAN HURDLE

2550 TOWNLINE ROAD GENEVA, NY 14456

Looking forward to the reunion. Dottie and I have lived in upstate NY since 1976.

Both of our sons have daughters. I still work in agriculture and hope to retire in a couple of years.

CAROLYN JACKSON JONES

1609 COOPER DR

DECATUR, IL 62526

(Freshman year only. Graduated from Eisenhower in Decatur.) Larry' and I have been married for 44 years, We have 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren. I was a secretary at A.E. Staley for 30 years. I now work at our church.

THOMAS JACKSON

1175 LITTLE WARRENSBURG ROAD MIDWAY, TN 37809

RAMONA JAMES CHAPMAN R.R. 1

YALE, IL 62481

DORIS JANSEN McDEVITT 811 EAST GROVE EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

JANICE JOHNSON GARRY 1210 JONATHAN DRIVE OLNEY, IL 62450

JANE KAPPER OCHS P.O. BOX 43

STE. MARIE, IL 62459

I've been married to Norb for 43 years. We have 2 daughters and 1 son and 10 grandchildren, I plan to work another year for South Eastern Special Education, enjoy traveling, fishing, gardening, reading and time with grandchildren,

LINDA KING LEE

3221 W. ELM STREET ST. CHARLES, MO 63301

WALTER KITCHEN R.R.3

WILLOW HILL, IL 62480

GLORIA KOCHER OCHES 14090 E. 600TH AVE NEWTON, IL 62448

Louis and I have been married since 1961, We own and operate the Chevrolet, Olds, Buick dealership in Newton. We have 3 children and 9 grandchildren. We enjoy traveling and gardening.

GERALDINE KOEBELE ALTHOFF

R.R. 3, BOX 153

EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

DONNA DALE LAMBIRD CLARK 3410 PRINCE GEORGE

 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78230

RETA LAMPKIN GARREN

2140 COPPLE ROAD

CENTRALIA, IL 62801

JOHN K. LEE 3221 W. ELM

ST. CHARLES, MO 63301

NEAL LETURNO

617 IRON STREET

ST. LOUIS, MO 63111

JANICE LINGAFELTER

NELDA LINTHICUM HUCHEL

V2-666 CIRCLEWOOD

VENICE, FL 34293

JEANNE LUSTIG COLLIGNON 6731 LaTOUR CIRCLE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46278

KENT MAPLES

244 W. HEIGHT MACON, IL 62544

LARRY MATSON

402 E. REYNOLDS NEWTON, IL 62448

Beverly and I are happily retired in Zapata, Texas from November through March" I pastor and we sing at the Lakefront Lodge in south Texas. We have 2 sons and 5 grandchildren. Beverly has the second hand variety, resale shop in Newton,

DONALD McCORMICK

4040 FAY AVE.

OLIVE BRANCH MS 38654

SHARON KAY McCOY WINTERROWD

49 BIG CHIEF DRIVE

BOURBONNAIS, IL 60941

I am sill working for Martin Implement Sales, Inc. I have 9 grandchildren. I enjoy watching Nascar racing.

WENDELL McFARLAND

R.R. 1

HIDALGO, IL 62432

CAROLYN MICHL WARFEL BOX 94

DRUMMUNS, TN 38023

CARL MEEKS

R.R.1, BOX 538 GASSVILLE, AR 72635

FRANCIS MICHL 113 JEFFERSON GENEVA, IL 60134

KENNY MITCHELL

7428 EDGEWATER LANE

LAS VEGAS, NV 89123

JOHN MORAN

7458 N 50QTH E GREENFIELD, IN 46140

JUDY NEESE CARTER R.R.3

CASEY, IL 62420

JOHN NEWLIN

432 HOLLY COURT DECATUR, IL 62526

Judy (Russell) and I have been married 44 years. We have 3 sons, 8 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. I am a millwright for Koehl Bros. I design and sell to grain elevators. I sill like to drag race.

BETTY OCHS BRUMMER

295 E. 180QTH AVE

WHEELER, IL 62479

George and I have been married for 42 years. We both work at St. Anthony Hospital in Effingham. We have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. I enjoy the grandchildren, reading, crocheting, flower gardening and yoga.

DOLORES OSBURN SHAMHART

1728 E. 850^TH

WHEELER, IL 62479

ROGER PAGEL R.R.4

NEWTON, IL 62448

DAVID PHILLIPS

421 SHAWNEE WOOD DRIVE BEDFORD, IN 47421

 STEPHEN PICKENS

224 S. FORESTVIEW COURT

WICHITA, KS 67235

In 2000 I retired as a senior structures engineer at Learjet Corp. I've taken up creative writing and hope to write a novel. Barbara Jean and I are selling our 70 agent real estate company. We have 2 daughters and two grandchildren.

 L. D. PICKENS

9 CLOVERDALE ROAD

NEWTON, IL 62468

After school and 3 years in the 101st Airborne, I followed the oil and gas pipelines.

We have 4 children and 4 grandchildren. I have retired and enjoy trap shooting and fishing. Marsha and I enjoy movies.

MARGARET PIERCEFIELD WILSON 309 S. WALNUT

NEWTON, IL 62468

KEITH POSTLEWAIT

WILLOW HILL, IL 62480

JOHN PROBST

11341 N 200^TH STREET

WHEELER, IL 62479

MAURICE RADKE

103 TENNESSEE WALKER WAY

ST. PETERS, MO 63376

GEORGE REED

2719 19^TH STREET COLUMBUS, NE 68601

KAREN REIS YOUNG

16635 SHORE LINE DRIVE BROOKFIELD, WI 53005

Retirement has kept me quite busy. Our two sons and granddaughter live in the area; we see them often. Jim will retire from his insurance business in a few years. Recently I joined an entertainment group called the Fun Luv'n Grannies. We perform for school groups and retirement homes.

JOYCE REISNER DOW

MYRNA REISNER BRITTON

13588 N 14 25^TH STREET

NEWTON, IL 62468

DON RICHARDS

204 ORCHARD DRIVE NEWTON, IL 62448

BOB RITZ

1900 12^TH CHARLESTON, IL 61920

RON RITZ

P.O. BOX 846 ASOTIN, WA 99403

l' m sorry that we won't be at the reunion. We may be in Illinois in late Sept. or Oct. Sandra and I would like any of you to come visit. I continue to volunteer with projects in Central America with Rotary and Common Hope.

JUDY ROHR WILSON

1675 N. NEWPORT ROAD HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL 60195

TED ROHR

9807 EAGLE HILL LANE SUNSET HILLS, MO 63127

Marilyn and I both retired from our jobs in education in 1999. I continue to work as a consultant in higher education. We have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. They all live within 15 minutes of our home.

DON RUBSAM

19 JAMESTOWN FARM FLORISSANT, MO 63034

THERESA RUDOLPHI LANE

303 W. HOLDEN

VERDEN, IL 62690

CARL RUSSELL

195 S. LINDEN DECATUR, IL 62522

JEAN SAVOY WILSON

37 W. 215 DEAN STREET

ST. CHARLES, IL 60175

CAROLYN SCHAFER ZUBER R.R.2

OLNEY, IL 62450

EDWARD SCHAFER

R.R.3

NEWTON, IL 62448

FRANCIS SCHMIDT

BOX 361

FAULKTON, SD 57438

BEATRICE SCOTT KIBLER

R.R.5

OLNEY, IL 62450

JAN SEIBERT MARSHALL

204 E. CURTIS

NEWTON, IL 62448

I earned my registered nursing degree in 1994 and worked as a home health nurse for 5 years. We enjoy gardening, computering and out pets.

RAYMOND L.SHEDLEBOWER R.R.2

WILLOW HILL, IL 62480

MARGARET SEIFERS QUICK MITCHELL

9183 E co. HWY 3

NEWTON, IL 62448

Richard and I have been married 18 years. I have 3 sons and 4 grandchildren.

We are both retired and enjoy family and church as well as 4- wheeler riding, mushroom hunting, fishing and traveling.

BARBARA SHEW GILL R.R.2, BOX 172

CISNE, IL 62823

Bob and I have been married 41 years. We have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.

We have retired from farming. My daughter and I make specialty cakes. I enjoy vegetable and flower gardening. My rheumatoid arthritis is controlled with medication.

RONALD SHOFFSTALL 313 N. 3^rd

EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

J .B. SIMMONS

LARRY SLACK 201 S. POPLAR PANA, IL 62557

In 2002 I sold the glass business to my daughter and son-in-law. We have 5 grandchildren and enjoy traveling.

ED SMITHENRY

STE. MARIE, IL

ALBERT SOWERS 7856 E. 2100^TH AVE JEWETT, IL 62436

Carolyn and I have been married for 42 years. We have 3 living sons and 9 grandchildren. I still work with our son Todd in our 8.&8. 8ervice Co. in Mattoon. enjoy fishing and time with family and grandkids.

JUDY SPRAGGINS HUTCHISON

P.O. BOX 534

LaCENTER, KY 42056

JOY STALEY BOWER

3227 E. DEER FARM LANE OLNEY, IL 62450-3907

Our two daughters, son and in-law children bring my husband, Eugene, and me much pleasure. We feel we are so lucky to have all of them healthy and smart. Of course we have an amazing and brilliant grandson, Jerry. We are still busy with our farms and active in our church. We are blessed.

JERRY STANLEY

BOX 33

INGRHAM, IL 62434

Martha and I have been married 41 years. We have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. I've worked at Ingraham Banking Center since 1963 and retired from farming two years ago.

RICHARD STEWART R.R.2, BOX 135 LYNN, IN 47355-9524

CAROL SWICK JONES 8200 HUNT ROAD SPRINGFIELD, IL 62707

We will be in Door County, WI at reunion time. We now have 6 grandchildren.

JEANNE TARR KIBLER

390 EAST 135^TH

PLAINFIELD, IL 60544

KENNY TATE

R.R.4

NEWTON, IL 62448

LINDA UHL STOLL

OLNEY, IL 63450

CAROL WALDEN RONEY

620 TEAL COVE CHAMPAIGN, IL 61826

WILMA WALKER BRADY

204 E. GROVE

EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

This summer 111 retire from Edward Jones in Effingham. I have 4 children and 8 grandchildren. I plan to spend more time with them, travel with my sisters and do some remodeling to my house;.

DOYLE WARFEL

BOX 94

DRUMMENS, TN 38023

KAREN WATTLEWORTH KRUZE 1431 ALTA AVE.

UPLAND, CA 91786

MAIRLYN WEBER ZUMBAHLEN 12546 N 750TH STREET NEWTON, IL 62448

 LOUIS WEISHAAR

906 LYNN DRIVE EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

Jo Faller and I have been married since 1965. We have 3 sons and 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters. I retired from selling country insurance after 27years in 2000. Jo and I both enjoy golfing.

KAREN WHITEHURST FINK

901 WEATHERS DRIVE MONTEZUMA, GA 30163

GLEN WILSON

206 N 2^ND AVE NEWTON, IL 62448

BRENDA WOODS MOSSMAN 1920 GREENTREE ROAD SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703-3336

CAROL WOODS RHODES

203 N. WALNUT, P.O. BOX 28 OAKLAND, IL 61943

Bob and I were married in April, 2002. I have 2 sons and Bob has 3 daughters.

We have 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. I manage Casual Corner store in Tuscola. Weare a perfect example that marriage the second time around can be wonderful.

PATTY WOODS KESTNER

225 TAFT

ARCOLA, IL 61910

.Jim and I have been married 43 years. We have a son and three grandsons. work for Mattoon Rural King Supply. I am a breast cancer survivor.

ED YAGER RR6

NEWTON, IL 62448

JANET YAGER NIX RR5

OLNEY, IL 62450

CAROLYN ZUBER RR2

OLNEY, IL 62450

MARIE ZUMBAHLEN DUST

504 W. EVERGREEN, P.O. BOX 831 EFFINGHAM, IL 62401

Nick and I were married in 1959. He passed away in March, 2000. We had 7 children. There are 20 grandchildren now. I keep busy with family, traveling and spending as much time as possible at my Naples, Florida condo. I am still playing tennis, trying to play golf, walking and baby sitting my grandchildren.