Class: 1934
Name: Olen D. Earnest
Date: June 23,1914-Sept. 19,2005
Comments: Lived in Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Newton, Illinois
 

Class: 1995
Name: Tennille D. Sharp ( our brown eyed girl
Date: Car accident
Comments: she is still thought about every second of every day and is loved and missed by many. Anyone she ever met was blessed.
 

Class: 1972
Name: Rick Groves
Date: July 8 2001,cancer
Comments: loved and missed by all his family and friends
 

Class: 1983
Name: David Bowers
Date: murdered
Comments: Remembering all of the good times camping at the river west of Hidalgo. Miss ya Dave
 

Class: 1959
Name: Lester Donald Richards, 65
Date: Lester Donald Richards, 65, of Newton, died at 3:17 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Visitation was from 1-3 p.m. Friday at Blake-Buchanan Funeral Home in Newton. Funeral services followed at 3 p.m.
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Class: Faculty
Name: Robert E. Stuckey
Date: Jan.24, 1927-April 9,2006
Comments: Mr Stuckey and his wife Ariel (deceased) were both faculty members at N.C.H.S. for a number of years beginning in the early 50`s. He leaves three daughters and several grandchildren.
 

Class: 1977
Name: Janice (Maples) Helm
Date: car accident-September 1993
Comments: She was a very sweet person. She was the secretary at the East Jr. High, Ste. Marie.
 

Class: 1970
Name: Gregory W. Scanlan
Date: Feb.20, 1952-January 6,2006 Had a long battle with cancer
Comments: WAS A HIGH HONORS STUDENT IN H.S. AND COLLEGE. OWNER OF FILMWORKS LAB. LEAVES A FAMILY AND IS BURIED AT FOREST LAWN CEMETERY IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS, CALIF.
 

Class: 1934
Name: Julia Margaret Mineo Beebe
Date: Sept.9,1916-April 6,2006
Comments: Julia lived in Newton area. Married James Beebe. She lives two children and seven grandchildren. She is buried in the Vanderhoof Cemetery in Jasper County.
 

Class: 1950
Name: Jack Pryor
Date: cancer Feb.17,1984
Comments: Jack lived in Decatur, Ill and is buried in the Boiling Springs Cemetery near Decatur. He was married to Joan Stark, a classmate, Besides his widow he left 3 children and a grandchild/
 

Class: 1985
Name: Joyce Ann MIller
Date: December 1985--died in a car accident with Jody Dorn class of 1985.
Comments: Buried in Mound Cemetery
 

Class: 1985
Name: Jody Dorn
Date: December 1985-car accident
Comments: Still fondly remembered by her friends and classmates. She was a beautiful girl and her life was cut short when just beginning. We miss you....
 

Class: 2007
Name: Bradley Stoltz
Date: May 21 2005 car accident
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Class: 1981
Name: Jay Conrad
Date:
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Class: 1981
Name: Bill Huffman
Date: July 1982
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Class: 1981
Name: Mary (Farris) Chapman
Date:
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Class: Faculty
Name: Cody Wilson
Date:
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Class: 1958
Name: Henry Deneen Johnson
Date: June 11, 2004 (Lung Cancer)
Comments: He is missed by his wife and three daughters and 5 grandsons Tanner, Dylan, Connor, Gage and Grant. "He will always be in our Hearts Forever"
 

Class: 1992
Name: Brian Ault
Date:
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Class: 1991
Name: Edward Finn
Date: fair week 1991-motorcycle accident
Comments: a tragic loss to the community. all who knew Ed, loved him dearly
 

Class: 1992
Name: Meagan Bradham
Date: early 1993
Comments: a beautiful young woman
 

Class: 1999
Name: Justin Griffith
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Noel Emmerich
Date: October 1994 Asthma attack
Comments: Great uncle who will not be forgotten
 

Class: 2005
Name: Maria Ruholl
Date: December 14, 2005 Car Accident
Comments: WE MISS YOU SO MUCH MARIA, WE LOVE YOU, AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!
 

Class: 2005
Name: Maria Ruholl
Date: 12-14-05 - car accident
Comments: Maria was a fun and bright person! She is missed very much!!!

Class: 1977
Name: GREG KLIER
Date: AUTO ACCIDENT
Comments: A GREAT FRIEND ALWAYS
 

Class: 2005
Name: Tim
Date: November 2005 Car Accident
Comments: Love you and Miss you!
 

Class: 2006
Name: Kyra Sidwell
Date: November 2004 car accident
Comments: we love you and miss you cery much Tink!
 

Class: 1968
Name: Deborah Ann Rohr
Date: July 16, 1950- December 15, 2005
Comments: Debbie was in her 33rd year teaching Art in Gurnee, Il. She had received many awards during her career. She is Buried At Mt Calvary Cemetery, Newton, Il.

Class: 1961
Name: James Haack
Date: 2004--Cause unknown
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Class: 1967
Name: Martha (Emmerich) Dhom
Date: Aug. 23, 1969, accident
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Class: 1964
Name: Milton Albright
Date:
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Class: 1955
Name: Evelyn Marie Chambers
Date: 12/11/1995 - colon cancer
Comments: missed by sister - Jeanette Chambers Staugh

Class: 1953
Name: Barbara (Bunton) Isbell
Date: May 23, 2005
Comments: Barbara resided in Smithville, Tennessee. Among her survivors are three children. Mrs Paul (Carol) Schafer of Newton is her sister.

Class: 1997
Name: Jackie Tarr
Date: February 2, sophomore year
Comments: you find your way into my dreams often, i look forward to more of those visits

Class: 1980
Name: James "Jim" Rich
Date: October 21, 2005 - Automobile accident
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Class: 1960
Name: IRENE KITCHEN CRAVENS
Date: July 15,2005 Cancer
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Class: 1987
Name: Sharon Dhom
Date: Spring of 1988 Car Accident
Comments: Great girl, missed very much

Class: 1965
Name: Lana Wilson
Date: January 15, 2005 - CJD
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Class: 1996
Name: Robert Meinhart
Date: July 4, 1997- 4-wheeler accident
Comments: thought about everyday, gone but never forgotten.

Class: 1951
Name: Louise"Boo"Ochs Leffler
Date: April 7, 1933- August 13, 2004
Comments: Survived by two sons and two grandchildren, a brother Don. Husband Sam preceded her in death. Buried at the Mound Cemetery in rural Jasper County.

Class: 1994
Name: Cassie Coleman
Date:
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Class: 1964
Name: Ina Kay (Benham) Fitts
Date:
Comments: March 21,1946 - Sept. 1,2005 Ina lived in Wendall, N.C. and passed away in Duke Hospital after a lengthy illness. In addition to her husband and three sons she leaves a brother and a sister and her Mother.

Class: 1990
Name: Grant James Fulton
Date: 8-9-02 Grant loved horses and was an outstanding team roper. He was married and lived in Lone Jack, MO
Comments: We miss you Cowboy

Class: 2006
Name: Kyra Sidwell
Date: car accident
Comments: I will never forget you, Beautiful

Class: 2004
Name: Kyle Wilson
Date: 5-3-02 Car crash
Comments: You will never be forgotten

Class: 2004
Name: Nick Volk
Date: 5-3-02 Car Crash
Comments: Loved but never forgoten.

Class: 2003
Name: Jeremy Welling
Date: 5-3-02 Car Crash
Comments: Loved but never forgoten.

Class: 1999
Name: Craig Frichtl
Date: Spring 1999 - 4 Wheeler Accident
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Class: 1950
Name: Arthur D. Sowers
Date:
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Class: 1995
Name: Denise Clark
Date: 1991
Comments: Taken too soon

Class: 1996
Name: Marisa Yockey
Date: December 23, 1992 - car accident
Comments: taken too soon

Class: 1997
Name: Jackie Tarr
Date:
Comments: Such a fun girl....so little time with her.

Class: 1966
Name: Johnny Johnson
Date: 196?, truck accident
Comments: A wonderful classmate and friend.

Class: 1967
Name: Jane Elizabeth Batman
Date: June, 1972 - Auto Accident
Comments: Jane had just graduated from Normal and had moved to her new apartment in Pana where she was going to teach the day she and her room mate were killed in a tragic freeway accident.

Class: 1956
Name: Kenneth Nees
Date: August18,2004
Comments: Ken lived in Decatur, Il. Among those who preceeded him in death was his sister Carolyn Nees Cole (Class of `54)

Class: 1952
Name: Beulah Roan Hurt Cozart
Date: October 10,1934-September 19,2002 Beulah was living in Tuscon, Ariz. at the time of her passing.
Comments: Beulah attended Newton High for two yrs. She is survived by 3 children, her Mother Estaline Roan and her two brothers, Bill and Warren.
 

Class: 1953
Name: William McCoy Cunningham
Date:
Comments: Bill is known to be deceased. No details have been available. Believed to have passed away and buried in another state
 

Class: 1964
Name: Dina (Walden) Reisner
Date: Friday, July 1, 2005. She was 58. Burial is in the Brooks Cemetery, rural Newton.
Comments: On June 5, 1964, Dina married Robert Reisner and he survives her. She owned and operated her own beauty shop called Dina's Place. Dina loved her family and friends, but her greatest love was of her grandchildren who knew her as their "Nana".
 

Class: 1954
Name: Calvin Chapman
Date: March 5,1934-October 15,2000
Comments: Burial in Dundas Cemetery, Richland County, Illinois
 

Class: 1952
Name: James Emery Mitchell
Date: November 12,1999
Comments: Born May 4,1934 He was a mathematics teacher in the Joliet, Ill school system for a number of years. He is buried in the Hunt Cemetery in Jasper County. Married to Carolyn Barkley, who preceeded him in death.
 

Class: 1954
Name: Shirley Brooks Watkins
Date: December 25,1999
Comments: Wife of Dean Watkins, mother of two daughters and grandmother to six. Buried at Westlawn Cemetery in Newton, Ill.
 

Class: Faculty
Name: Bobbie Davis
Date: Oct.,1967
Comments: Mrs. Davis taught American History a number of years at Newton High.
 

Class: 1952
Name: William Max "Bill" Hunt
Date: Cancer
Comments: March 1,1934-May25 2001 At time of his passing lived in Copperas Cove, Texas Lives a widow Jean, a daughter and three grandchildren and a brother Tony. He is buried at Restland Cemetery in Gatesville, Texas.
 

Class: 1954
Name: Larry G. McFarland
Date:
Comments: Passed away Sept.29, 2004 Buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Newton Ill.
 

Class: Faculty
Name: Marilynn Isley Hagebush
Date:
Comments: Taught English I . Passed away June 17th , 2005 at the age of 90. Buried at Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Il. She is survived by a daughter and four grandchildren.
 

Class: 1958
Name: Shirley Stone Crouse
Date:
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Class: 1958
Name: Norton Reis
Date: Accident during construction
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Class: 1965
Name: Betty Michl
Date:
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Class: 1952
Name: Frankie-Friend-Baker-Jenkins
Date: cancer
Comments: she had three great kids --and 4 grandkids and she is greatly missed by everyone family and friends
 

Class: 1958
Name: Deneen Johnson
Date: cancer
Comments: missed by his family and friends so very much
 

Class: 1950
Name: Noel Hase Friend
Date: heart
Comments: he is missed by his family and friends he had 2daughters and 1son
 

Class: 1958
Name: Kathleen Mattingly
Date:
Comments: great person greatly missed
 

Class: 1951
Name: Robert L. McComas
Date: October 12, 1984 Heart Attack
Comments: Bob was married and had 3 children, Becky, Teresa and Loyd
 

Class: 1981
Name: Ralph Lewis
Date: August 2000
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Class: 1981
Name: Eric Earnest
Date: July 1982
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Class: 1981
Name: Ithamar Drake
Date:
Comments: in memory of a great guy
 

Class: 1958
Name: Norma (Coon) Cummings
Date: October 22, 2004 - cancer
Comments: In loving memory of my mother-in-law
 

Class: 1964
Name: Fred Frohning
Date: Deceased November, 2004
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Class: 1961
Name: Danny Turner
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Lloyd Miller
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Sue Keller
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Robert Bruner
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Beatrice Woods
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Neal Weber
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Bill Stone
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Kenneth Noblit
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Dean Johnson
Date:
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Class: 1961
Name: Judy Fehrenbacher
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Class: 1961
Name: Sally Jo Bennett Long
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Dave Pickens
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Mike Robbins
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Jerry Ping
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: George Maxwell
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Tom Marshall
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Daniel Jones
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Kay Huddleston
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Judy Guerrettaz
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Herman Deimel
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Larry Crouse
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Larry Cox
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Ora Sue Bracket
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Janet Bigard
Date:
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Class: 1960
Name: Morris Bickers
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Francis Michl
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Otis Tuttle
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Walter Kitchen
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Marilyn Wolf
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Tom Thompson
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Dorothy Spiker Bower
Date: She died as a result of hereditary breast cancer. DOD: 11/02/87 She is buried in Haven Hill Cemetary in Olney, IL.
Comments: She is survived by her husband Norman and 3 daughters, Katherine, Patricia and Nancy. She is sadly missed by all.
 

Class: 1959
Name: Pam Neidigh
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Jim Martin
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: W.L. "Babe" Martin
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Ronald LeMay
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Mona Keller
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Larry Hudson
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Carol Henderson
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Noel Emmerich
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Jill Clark
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Jim Cast
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Bill Cailey
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Jackie Butler
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Class: 1959
Name: Wanda Brown
Date:
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Class: 1959
Name: Daniel Bierman
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Danny Whitehurst
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Jim Schwartz
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Howard Sparling
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Larry Morey
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Darvin Maxey
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Ed Martin
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Bob Lucas
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Sandra Kincade
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Keith Kidwell
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Bill Ervin
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Tom Donsbach
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Tim Colpits
Date:
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Class: 1957
Name: Elnora Bixler
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Gene Wigall
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Laverle Walden
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Ronnie VanFossan
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Jerome Stark
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Betty Roberts
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Kent Richards
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Kenneth Nees
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Delane Lake
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Larry Keach
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Ronnie Jourdan
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Class: 1956
Name: Dewain Hays
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Class: 1956
Name: Rosalie Greenwood
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: JoAnn Frichtl
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Larry French
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Cathy Bunton
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Class: 1956
Name: Helen Deimel
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Billy Bear
Date:
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Class: 1956
Name: Gladys Beals
Date:
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Class: 1964
Name: Fred Frohning
Date: Deceased November, 2004.
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