Dave Rosengren          Shirley (Holliday) Eilers

    Aug. 1st                       Aug. 7th

John Shumate                Sandi (Wisdom) Swanson

   Aug. 15th                          Aug. 20th

Randy Molander                    John Tuttle

  Aug.25th                                Aug. 26th

   Judy Tuttle;    Aug. 26th

A very special birthday wish to all of

you. Hope you all have a wonderful day

celebrating your speical day.  Happy,

Happy Birthday to one and all!!!

It's a 4th of July Party

Enjoy the Celebration!!

Happy 4th of July to everyone.

Have a safe and joyous holiday!!

Geri (Pixler) Hendren                  Sam Pagano

  July 5th                                         July 11th

Jerry Strand                 Jeannine (Sturgill) Gibson

  July 17th                         July 21st

John Calgaro                    Rita (Boothe) McGeary

  July 22nd                           July31st

Hope all of you have a wonderful day celebrating

your very special day.  Happy, Happy Birthday!!!

We say goodbye to another classmate

today. Jill Kinley-Acker died in Fontana,

Wi on June 15. Funeral arrangement are

being made for the middle of July. To

her family and friends, we send our

deepest sympathy.

Mike McGuire                         Ken Long

   June 1st                                  June 5th

Tony Choppi                            Steve Franklin

  June 8th                                   June 10th

Dorothy (Wirz) Brayton          Johnnie Haynes

    June 12th                                June 18th

Tom Burrows                       Tom Herschlag

   June 19th                             June 22nd

Mary (Lanning) Yeager       Chris (Ekard) Corey

   June 23rd                            June 25th

Here's wishing you all a very Happy

Birthday.  Hope you get your fondess

wish to come true.  Take care and

celebrate to the fullest!!

Let FREEDOM RING!  Hope all of you

have a happy and safe Memorial Day

weekend. Enjoy the celebration!!

We say farewell to another good friend

and classmate today.  Bill "Skip" Coad

passed away from cancer Thurs.

April 28th at 9 pm Calif. time.  We

send our heart filled love and condo-

lences to Bill's family. Anyone wishing

to send a card, flowers, etc. the

address is: 2213 W. Almond Ave.,

Orange, Ca. 92868.

Fred Petterson                      John Rutherford

   May 6th                                 May 7th

Bonnie (Summerville) Nygren     Dave Cumming

   May 11th                                   May 18th

Linda (Tegner) Blade        Marion (Ashman) Williams

  May 19th                           May 20th

Larry Dusavage           Cheryl (Peacock) Knighton

  May 27th                      May 29th

Hope everyone has a wonderful day

celebrating your special day.  Good

wishes go out to all of you.  Happy

Happy Birthday!!!

Cherry (Grimmitt) Blackmur     Judy (Baldwin)

    Apr. 10th                              Leopold;   Apr. 13th

  Richard Dowling   Apr. 15th

Happy Birthday to each of you.  Hope

you have a wonderful day celebrating

what ever you choose to do. 

                   Enjoy your day!!

Have a safe and wonderful time

celebrating with your family and

friends this Easter. Best wishes to

everyone!

March winds blow

to celebrate this

month's Birthdays

Carl Hayes                            Kurt Lange

  Mar. 1st                                 Mar. 7th

Gerry Gun            Rose (Rosinski) Thompson

   Mar. 7th                             Mar. 19th

Dennis Dahl                    Diane (Berg) Lewis

   Mar. 22nd                         Mar. 23rd

  Chuck Rudd;   Mar. 26th

Happy Birthday to all of you.  Hope you

have a wonderful day celebrating!  Eat,

drink, and be the merriest ever! Enjoy!!

It's a Valelntine

Month for Birthdays

Dave Nygren                        Dan Stubblefield

   Feb. 1st                                  Feb. 5th

Joyce (Arnold) Schaumann     Dick Newberg

  Feb. 5th                                    Feb. 12th

Preston Hufstedler              Dave Kerno

  Feb. 13th                              Feb. 23rd

Mary Ann (Kerno) Gagliano     Bill "Skip" Coad

   Feb. 23rd                                Feb. 26th

  Jim Jones -- Feb. 27th

Happy Birthday to all of you and

here's wishing you the best

birthday ever.  Enjoy your day!

Donna (Wenck) Fujikawa          Bob McGeachie

    Jan. 4th                                   Jan. 8th

Bob Kinney                             Jack Arfstrom

   Jan. 15th                                  Jan. 22nd

Larry Mathews                      Art Harriott

   Jan. 23rd                                Jan. 27th

  John Kenney    Jan. 27th

Happy Birthday to all of you and may this

be one of your best birthdays ever.  Have

a wonderful day celebrating!

HAPPY 2016!

Wishing Everyone the happiest

NEW YEAR Ever.  Here's hoping

you have a safe and properous new

 year.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

A very Merry Christmas to each and

everyone.  Hope you have a wonderful

and safe holiday season.  From our

house to yours, Have a very Merry

Christmas!

Dave Hurd                                Joe Musso

   Dec. 4th                                     Dec. 6th

Merialyce (Houston) Groves    Barb (Bost) Newcomb

   Dec. 12th                                  Dec. 19th

Diane (Bull) Cass                     Sandi (Ott) Kokas

   Dec. 23rd                                  Dec. 24th

Eltesia (Yarbrough) Williams

                              Dec. 29th

Happy Birthday to all of you and hope

you have a wonderful day celebrating.

May your every wish be granted.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Hope you all have a wonderful and

safe turkey day.  Enjoy!!!

We say goodbye to another classmate.

John Dimke

 Died: April 9, 2015 in Florida

We all send our deepest condolences to

John's family.Until we meet again, John!

A Big THANK YOU to all our VETS. for

giving your service to our country and

keeping us all safe and free. 

      GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU!!! 

Janet (Forbes) Myers             Diane (McClelland) Wieser

   Nov. 1st                                    Nov. 13th

Lonn Myers                               Lee Herdman

   Nov. 14th                                   Nov. 17th

Donald Martin                       Suzanne (Curry) Young

    Nov. 17th                              Nov. 23rd

  Gean Moore;    Nov. 26th

Hope you all have a wonderful Birthday

and a great Thanksgiving.  Enjoy your

special day!

Have a safe and ghostly Halloween

We say goodbye to yet two more

of our classmates

Ruth (Thompson) Kelley           Wayne Gault      

Died May 26th, 2015                               Died Oct. 7, 2015

in Rockford, IL                                           in Tulsa, Ok.   

We send our condolences to each of their

families.  We will miss them.                           

Roger Burt                        Helen (Foreman) Brewington

  Oct. 1st                              Oct. 7th

Richard Hoffman                  Jill (Kinley) Acker

   Oct. 10th                               Oct. 16th

Gene Long                                    Clinton Huff

   Oct. 23rd                                    Oct. 26th

  Becky (Curatolo) Berglund

                               Oct. 26th

Hope all of you have a very special Birthday.

Have fun and make a toast from all of us to

all of you.  Happy Birthday!!!

Hope everyone has a safe and joyous

Labor Day week-end. Eat, drink, & be

merry.

Barb (Stevens) Giolitto           Marty (Hobson) Stockton

    Sept. 1st                                  Sept. 5th

Jan (Budd) Karr              Anna (LaRocca) Williams

   Sept. 6th                         Sept. 7th

Rod Schwandt                      Diane (Dull) Holmquist

   Sept. 8th                               Sept. 15th

                          Ricky Pinnon

Ron Sisley                                      Sept. 19th

   Sept. 17th

Randy MacCloskey              Mary (Raddatz) Rudd

   Sept. 21st                           Sept. 30th

Happy Birthday to all of you.  Hope you have

a great day celebrating what ever you do.

Enjoy you special day!!!

Brings Aug.'s Birthdays

Dave Rosengren            Shirley (Holliday) Eilers

   Aug. 1st                              Aug. 7th

John Shumate          Sandi (Wisdom) Swanson

    Aug. 15th                  Aug. 20th

Randy Molander                    John Tuttle

   Aug. 25th                            Aug. 26th

Judy (Tuttle) Beedles     Sally (Wise) Cassaro

   Aug. 26th                         Aug. 26th

  Sandy (Harris) Eakes;   Aug. 31st

Happy, Happy Birthday to all of you.  Hope

 you have a wonderful day celebrating your

special day.

Happy 4th of July to everyone.  Hope you

have a great time whatever you do.  Be

safe and Enjoy the day with your friends

and family.  Love to All!!

Geri (Pixler) Hendren              Sam Pagano

    July 5th                                     July 11th

Jerry Strand                Jeannine (Sturgill) Gibson

     July 17th                        July 21st

John Calgaro                    Rita (Boothe) McGeary

    July 22nd                         July 31st

Here's hoping you all have the greatest of

Birthday's yet.  Have fun and ENJOY!!!             

Mike McGuire                            Ken Long

  June 1st                                      June 5th

Tony Choppi                            Steve Franklin

   June 8th                                June 10th

Dorothy (Wirz) Brayton          Johnnie Haynes

   June 12th                                June 18th

Tom Burrows                        Tom Herschlag

  June 19th                               June 22nd

Mary (Lanning) Yeager       Chris (Ekard) Corey

   June 23rd                          June 25th

Hope you all are enjoying the start of summer.

Have a wonderful Birthday; live it up and enjoy!

Happy Happy Birthday to all of you.

Fred Peterson                              John Rutherford

  May 6th                                 May 7th    

Bonnie (Summerville) Nygren       Dave Cumming 

 May 11th                                        May 18th 

Linda (Tegner) Blade        Marion (Ashman) Williams

 May 19th                              May 20th

Larry Dusavage                Cheryl (Peacock) Knighton

 May 27th                            May 29th

Have the most wonderful birthday

ever.  Eat, Drink, & be Merry!

Happy Birthday to you all!!!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter.  Hope

the Easter Bunny brings you lots of chocolate

eggs to munch on!  Enjoy your day!!

Cherry (Grimmitt) Blackmur       Judy (Baldwin) Leopold

   April 10th                                   April 13th

   Richard Dowling;   April 15th

Hope you guys have a great birthday!  Eat

a piece of cake for all of us.

Sandy Harris has asked if everyone who could would send

her mom a birthday card.  She's turning 90 on April 2nd.

Her address is:  Elizabeth Harris   

                                  941 Crystal Lake Dr. #204

                                  Pompano Beach, Fl.   33064

MARCH WINDS BLOWS IN

CLASSMATES' BIRTHDAYS

Kurt Lange                        Rose (Rosinski) Thompson

  Mar. 7th                              Mar. 19th

Dennis Dahl                         Chuck Rudd

   Mar. 22nd                               Mar. 26th

Eat, Drink, be Merry on this your special day.

Hope you have a great Birthday no matter

what you do!

To all of you who have ever loved or

hope to, hope this will be a great day

for you & all the ones you love.  

Have a wonderful Happy Valentine's

Day!!!

HEARTS & FLOWERS

FOR FEB. BIRTHDAYS

Dave Nygren                       Dan Stubblefield

    Feb. 1st                               Feb. 5th

Joyce (Arnold) Schaumann         Dick Newberg

   Feb. 5th                                        Feb. 12th

Preston Hufstedler                       Dave Kerno

   Feb. 13th                                     Feb. 23rd

Mary Ann (Kerno) Gagliano        Bill Coad

   Feb. 23rd                                    Feb. 26th

  Jim Jones;    Feb. 27th

Hope everyone has a wonderful Birthday. 

Enjoy!

Hi Gang,

The Class of '65 is giving us a list of their

classmates that they can't locate. If anyone

knows where any of these people are, please

e-mail Wes Morgan at rgsis@hotmail.com

and let him know. Click here for list:

Hope everyone is having a wonderful 2015 so far!

Donna (Wenck) Fujikawa              Bob McGeachie

     Jan. 4th                                      Jan. 8th

Bob Kinney                                Jack Arfstrom

    Jan. 15th                                    Jan. 22nd

Larry Mathews                          Art Harriott

   Jan. 23rd                                    Jan. 27th

   John Kenney     Jan. 27th

      Hope everyone has a wonderful birthday.  Enjoy

your day to the fullest!   Happy Birthday!!

We'd like to wish everyone a very Merry

Christmas and the Happiest of New Years.

Hope 2015 is a joyous, safe, and prosperous

time for everyone.

We'd like to send Condolences to Paul Brands

and his entire family for the loss of his wife, Barb.

Services will be held at 11 am on Tues. Dec.

16th in the SM & SF Club on Sandy Hollow Rd.

in Rockford.

Dave Hurd    Dec. 4th                          Joe Musso     Dec.6th

Merialyce (Houston) Groves           Diane (Bull) Cass   

     Dec. 12th                                           Dec. 23rd

Sandy (Ott) Kodas                    Eltesia (Yarbrough) Williams

     Dec. 24th                              Dec. 29th                               

Happy, Happy Birthday to you all and hope you have a wonderful

day celebrating.

 Hope everyone has a safe and joyous Thankgiving 

Heaven takes another classmate

home.

  Jim died Nov. 9th in

Swedish American Hospital. Visitation will be

held at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Wed.,

Nov. 12th, from 5-7pm and at 9-9:45am on

Thurs. Nov. 13th. Funeral mass will be held

at 10:00am, Thurs. Nov. 13th, at St. Bernadette

Catholic Church with burial following at

Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

Janet (Forbes) Myers    Diane McClelland

  Nov. 1st                              Nov. 13th

Lonn Myers                  Lee Herdman

  Nov. 14th                      Nov. 17th

Donald Martin        Suzanne (Curry) Young

   Nov. 17th                       Nov. 23rd

   Gene Moore   Nov. 26th

Hope you all have an "eatin" good Birthday!

Classmates:

   I'm writing to all of you asking for your

prayers and help.  Our classmate, Jim

Stroup, is fighting cancer and, at this time,

is not doing well.  Please let him know that

he's thought of by e-mailing him or sending

him get well wishes.  The address is:5926

Auburn St., Rockford, 61101.

Thanks and God Bless.

Trick or Treat with October's

Birthday Classmates

Roger Burt                      Helen (Foreman) Brewington

   Oct. 1st                               Oct. 7th

Richard Hollman                    Jill (Kinley) Acker

  Oct. 10th                                  Oct. 16th

Gene Long                                Clinton Huff

  Oct. 23rd                                 Oct. 26th

 Becky (Curatolo) Berglund

                                 Oct. 26th

Hope you all have a wonderful Birthday

and watch out for the ghosts of

Halloween.   ENJOY!!!!

Fall brings us September

Birthdays.

Barb (Stevens) Giolitto     Marty (Hobson)Stockton

   Sept. 1st                             Sept. 5th

Jan (Budd) Karr             Anna (LaRocca) Williams

   Sept. 6th                          Sept. 7th

Rod Schwandt                 Diane (Dull) Holmquist

   Sept. 8th                          Sept. 15th

Ron Sisley                            Ricky Pinnon

   Sept. 17th                               Sept. 19th

Randy MacCloskey         Mary (Raddatz) Rudd

    Sept. 21st                       Sept. 30th

Here's hoping you all have a great

Birthday.  Party Hardy!!!

The Auburn reunion committee would like to thank everyone for

sharing our 50th class reunion and walking down memory lane with us. 

We hope you had a wonderful time sharing memories and catching up on

friendships. We would like to extend an invitation to everyone to share

thoughts about the evening and suggestions for future reunions.  For those

who took pictures, we encourage you to put them on your web page.

We are always looking for new ideas so anyone who might like to take part

in the fun of planning our next reunion, please let us know.  Many class members

expressed their concern that this might be our last major event but nothing has

been decided on that issue. An event like Sat. night is much easier when the ef-

forts are shared by many so please, feel free to come and help.

Once again, a very special thanks to everyone who shared in making it a

Knight to Remember!

Leo roars for

Aug. Birthdays

Dave Rosengren    Shirley (Holliday) Eilers

   Aug. 1st                       Aug. 7th

John Shumate     Sandi (Wisdom)Swanson

  Aug. 15th                  Aug. 20th

Randy Molander           John Tuttle

   Aug. 25th                     Aug. 26th

Judy (Tuttle) Beedles   Sally (Wise)

                                          Cassaro

   Aug. 26th                       Aug.26th

         Sandy (Harris) Eakes    

              Aug. 31st

Hope everyone has a great

Birthday. Eat, Drink, and

be Merry!! Enjoy your day.

WE'RE HAVING

A PARTY!

YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO OUR

50TH CLASS REUNION, BASH

SAT.23 AT THE VENETIAN CLUB.

STILL TIME TO GET YOUR RESERVA-

TIONS IN FOR A NIGHT OF FUN &

FRIENDSHIP.  SEE YOU THERE!!!!

Hope everyone has a joyous and

safe 4th of July.  Let the

holiday begin!!!!  Enjoy the day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

A SALUTE TO JULY'S

BIRTHDAYS

Gerry (Pixler) Hendren       Sam Pagano

  July 5th                              July 11th

Jerry Strand          Jeannine (Sturgill) Gibson

   July 17th                    July 21st

John Calgaro          Rita (Boothe) McGeary

    July 22nd                July 31st

Hope you all have a wonderful

Birthday.  Enjoy what ever you

do!!!

Is only a blink away.  Come and

enjoy old friends, dinner, and

dancing on Sat. Aug. 23rd at

the Venetian Club.  Send your

reservation to Shirley ASAP.

See you there!!!!

JUNE BIRTHDAYS

START THE SUMMER OFF

HOT!

Mike McGuire                     Ken Long

    June 1st                             June 5th

Tony Choppi                  Steve Franklin

   June 8th                          June 10th

Dorothy (Wirz) Grayton   Johnnie Haynes

  June 12th                            June 18th

Tom Herschlag            Mary (Lanning) Yeager

   June 22nd                    June 23rd

Tom Burrows;               Chris (Ekard) Corey

     June 19th                     June 25th

Hope you all have one

heck of a wonderful

day!  ENJOY!!!

MAY'S BIRTHDAYS

WEREN'T FORGOTTEN.

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL DAY:

Fred Petterson - May 6th,

Bonnie Summerville - May 11th,

Dave Cumming - May 18th,

Linda Tegner - May 19th,

Larry Dusavage - May 27th, and

Cheryl Peacock - May 29th

Hope you all enjoy your day!

APRIL BRINGS

Cherry (Grimmitt) Blackmur      Judy (Baldwin) Leopold

    April 10th                                   April 13th

Hope you 2 have a wonderful

Birthday!

Let the Luck of the Irish be

with you on your March

Birthdays!  Here's to you!!!

Kurt Lange                    Rose (Rosinski) Thompson

   Mar. 7th                          Mar. 19th

Dennis Dahl                            Chuck Rudd

   Mar. 22nd                               Mar. 26th

Hope you all have a great Birthday!

Snow Flakes are fallin but FEB.

BIRTHDAYS bring Sunshine and

Warmth.

Dave Nygren                     Dan Stubblefield

    Feb. 1st                            Feb. 5th

Joyce (Arnold) Schaumann     Dick Newberg

   Feb. 5th                                Feb.12th

Preston Hufstedler                Jim Stroup

   Feb. 13th                              Feb. 17th

Dave Kerno                  Mary Ann (Kerno) Gagliano

   Feb. 23rd                               Feb. 23rd

                Bill (Skip) Coad

                    Feb. 26th

Hope you all have a great birthday!

Happy New Year to everyone!  Hope

you all have a wonderful, happy, &

healthy 2014.  See you all in Aug. at

our 50th Class Reunion.  Best wishes

to you all.

  We say goodbye to yet another

classmate.  Charles Gentry died Tues. Dec.

17, 2013 in Swedish American Hospital. A

Celebration of Life will be held for him at the

North Suburban Woman's Club, 6320 N.

2nd St., Loves Park on Sat. Jan. 4, 2014

from 12:00-4:00 pm. Our prayers go out to

Chuck's family.

    We'd like to send our condo-

lences and love to Bob Kinney and his

family at the passing of his mom, Emmi,

who was 96 years young. Visitation will

be held Mon.Dec. 23rd from10-10:45am

at Holy Family Catholic Church. Funeral/

Mass will follow at 11:00 am. 

From our home to yours, we wish you

all the Merriest Christmas season

ever.  May you all be blessed with

Joy, Health, and Happiness during

this Christmas season and the New

Year.  Peace on Earth to everyone!

         _________________

Great news! We have a brand new Classmate Profiles format on our class web site. The new format is much more dynamic and engaging and I think you'll really enjoy it.

Log into the site and click your "Edit Profile" link to see the changes. You can now do some new things like:

1. Upload a "Then" photo of how you looked in your high school years.
2. Upload a "Now" photo showing what you look like today. It's interesting seeing the Then & Now photos side by side.
3. Upload a "Yearbook" photo (if one has not already been provided)
4. Click the photo gallery icon in the upper right to add more Profile photos. It's now faster and easier to add any photos you want.
5. Click the videos tab then paste in a video link, such as a Youtube video link (just copy the web address of the video from your browser's address bar). Voila, the video has been added to your Profile!
6. Quickly toggle back and forth from Profile Edit view to Profile Preview view by clicking the button at the top of your Profile.

The Profile display now includes 2 new engaging features:

1. Classmates can make comments on various items throughout your Profile. Give it a look! If you prefer others not comment on your Profile items you can remove the ability to comment by clicking Edit Profile and turning off the Comments feature.
2. A "Latest Interactions" section is now included. This is an aggregation of interactions you have made around the web site. Note this new section is not displaying behavioral tracking. For instance where you go and what you do on the site is private, and not listed here. Latest Interactions only displays an aggregation of interactions already available on other areas of the web site.

Please log into the web site and take a look at both your Profile Edit screen and the Profile Display. I hope you enjoy these great new features!

Shirley (Holliday) Eilers

David Hurd                                        Joe Musso

  Dec. 4th                                             Dec. 6th

Merialyce Houston                           Sandy Ott

   Dec. 12th                                         Dec. 24th

Hope all of you have the happiest

Birthday ever!  Tis the season so

celebrate to the fullest!

May your Thanksgiving be filled

with warmth and joy at this special

time of year as we give thanks for

all our friends and family.  Hope

everyone has a wonderful

Thanksgiving.

Diane (McClelland)         Lee Herdman 

Wieser  Nov. 13th             Nov. 17th                  

Suzanne (Curry)              Gene Moore

Young   Nov. 23rd              Nov. 26th

Have a wonderful Happy Birthday and

enjoy all your cake and ice cream. 

Celebrate your entire month!!!

Hope Everyone has a safe and happy

Halloween!  Watch out for black cats!

Roger Burt               Helen (Foreman)

    Oct. 1st                     Brewington

                                        Oct. 7th

Richard Hoffman             Gene Long

   Oct. 10th                         Oct. 23rd

Clinton Huff                 Becky (Curatolo)

   Oct. 26th                       Berglund

                                         Oct. 26th

Hope you all have a wonderful and

magical time on your Birthday.Enjoy!!

We'd all like to wish our classmate,

Jim Stroup, a speedy recovery. 

Give him a call, 815-964-5711,

and say Hi!

Our 50th Class Reunion is

scheduled for Aug. 23, 2014  at the

Venetian Club in Rockford.  Mark your

calendars - you don't want to miss this

one!!  More information in the next few

months will follow.

Barb Stevens Giolitto       Marty Hobson Stockton     

    Sept. 1st                            Sept. 5th

Jan Budd Karr                    Ann LaRocca Williams

    Sept. 6th                               Sept. 7th

Rod Schwandt                    Ron Sisley

   Sept. 8th                               Sept. 17th

Ricky Pinnon                      Randy MacCloskey

    Sept. 19th                            Sept. 21st

                           Mary Raddatz Rudd

                        Sept. 30th

Hope you all have a great HAPPY BIRTHDAY what ever you do.  Eat, laught, and live healthy!  Happy Birthday to you all!!!

Our Love and Sympathy goes out to

Joe Musso & family as his mother passed away Thurs. Aug.15th. She was 93 years young.  Visitation will be held from 9:00-11:00 on Sat. Aug.17th at Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Riverside Chapel at 3910N.Rockton Ave., Rockford. Funeral will follow the visitation.

Dave Rosengren           Shirley (Holliday) Eilers

   Aug. 1st                          Aug. 7th

John Shumate            Sandi (Wisdom) Swanson

    Aug. 15th                      Aug. 20th

Randy Molander                   John Tuttle

    Aug. 25th                               Aug. 26th

Judy (Tuttle) Beedles        Sally (Wise) Cassaro

    Aug. 26th                              Aug. 26th

Sandy (Harris) Eakes

    Aug. 31st

Everyone have a wonderful birthday.  This time next year we'll be getting ready to celebrate our classes' 50th reunion.  What a celebration all of you will have then; 2ce the fun in August.

Geraldine Pixler (Hendren)           Sam Pagano

     July 5th                                       July 11th

Jerry Strand                    Jeannine Sturgill (Gibson)

     July 17th                                      July 21st.

John Calgaro                       Rita Boothe (McGeary)

     July 22nd                                      July 31st

Hope you all have a Bang of a Birthday!!!

Mike McGuire                               Ken Long

    June 1st                                       June 5th

Tony Choppi                                Steve Franklin

   June 8th                                        June 10th

Dorothy Wirz                                 Johnnie Haynes

  June 12th                                       June 18th

Tom Herschlag                              Mary Lanning

   June 22nd                                     June 23rd

It's summer so hope you're all out enjoying the nice weather. 

If you have a few min. wish our classmates a very Happy

Birthday.

Bonnie (Summerville) Nygren      Dave Cumming

  May 11th                                      May 18th

Linda (Tegner) Blade'                  Larry Dusavage

  May 19th                                      May 27th

  Cheryl (Peacock) Knighton

                                 May 29th

The April rain definately brought about May flowers and 5 classmates to celebrate their birthdays.  Hope all of you have a wonderful day celebrating.  Live it up!!!

Sally (Schleicher) Ross's husband, Tom, passed away Thurs. April 18, 2013.  Tom was 70 years young and he and Sally were married for 46 years.  Visitation will be Wed. from 5-8 pm at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home on S. Mulford  The funeral will be on Thurs. morning at 10:00 am at Mt. Olive Luthern Church on Alpine.  Our love and sympathy goes out to Sally and her family. 

OUR APRIL BIRTHDAYS

  Cherry Grimmitt -- April 10th

  Judy Baldwin -- April 13th

Hope you two have a wonderful day celebrating your special day.  Happy Happy Birthday to both of you.

Happy, Happy Easter to everyone.  Hope you have a healthy, happy, and warm day where ever you're at.  Enjoy the season!

One of our recent graduates, FRED VANFLEET, who helped bring the 3rd place state trophy to Auburn last year in basketball, is now playing for Witchita St.  As of this past Sat. night they made it into the NCAA sweet 16 tournament.  They will be playing this Thurs. night in Ca.  Fred helped defeat the #1 team so I'm sure this game well might be another barn-burner. Help us wish him well and enjoy the game. 

We say Goodbye to another classmate.

 Dennis Goomas died in his

home on Monday March 4, 2013. Our

sympathies go out to Dennis' family.

Kurt Lange ..  Mar. 7th                Rose Rosinski ...  Mar. 19th

Dennis Dahl ..  Mar. 22nd          Chuck Rudd  ...   Mar. 26th

What ever you do, Celebrate and have a great time doing it.

Happy Happy Birthday, guys!!!!!

       There are only 3 games left before tournament play starts.  Thought it would be fun to all get together on Sat. Feb. 23rd for the last game of the season against East.  The game will be held at RVC at 2:00 and afterwards we could all go out to eat.  Anyone interested, see you at the game.

Dave Nygren ... Feb. 1st                    Joyce Arnold ... Feb.5th

  Dan Stubblefield ... Feb. 5th

Dick Newberg ... Feb. 12th        Preston Hufstedler ...  Feb.13th

Jim Stroup ... Feb. 17th                     Dave Kerno ...  Feb.23rd

Mary Ann Kerno .. Feb. 23rd                 Bill "Skip" Coad .. Feb. 26th

Have a great one, everyone!

We send our sympathies and love out to Dave Hurd today.  Dave lost his brother, John, on Jan. 4, 2013.  John graduated from Auburn in 1963.  Our prayers go with you, Dave.

Donna Wenck .. Jan.4th                Bob McGeachie .. Jan. 8th

Bob Kinney .. Jan. 15th                Jack Arfstrom .. Jan. 22nd

Larry Mathews ..Jan. 23rd

Art Harriott .. Jan. 27th                   John Kenney .. Jan. 27th

Hope you all have a very Happy Birthday with a year filled with joy and good health.  Live it up!!!

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and joyous New Year.  Hopefully, it'll be filled daily with smiles and laughter.  Take care and stay safe until we all meet again.

New Year Wishes from your reunion committee

 We Say Goodbye:

Fri. Dec. 7, 2012, Coach Wm. Zavadil, former Auburn football coach, died.

He taught 33 years at Auburn, coming to us our senior year of 1964.  Coach Zavadil was 75 years young.  He'll be missed by all of us.

Hope this season finds everyone healthy, happy, and ready to ring in the New Year.

Happy Happy Dec. Birthdays!

 Dave Hurd .. Dec. 4th      Joe Musso . Dec.6th

 Merialyce Houston .. Dec. 12th;

    Neil Fischer  .. Dec. 22nd;

      Sandy Ott .... Dec. 24th. 

Hope all of you have a wonderful Birthday!

 Shirley wanted me to let everyone know   about the 50th-Year Reunion Cruise to Hawaii which will take place Jan 25th - Feb. 1, 2014, leaving from Hawaii. Click here for more information or e-mail Shirley at LoveTeachin@aol.com.  This is only part of the 50th year celebration.  More about the rest of it will come later when the time gets closer so keep checking back to get the latest info.

Happy Birthday, Gean

Happy Birthday, Ron Sisley
 

Happy Birthday Rod

Wednesday, 9-8-2010

Happy Birthday Barb

Sandy Harris is celebrating her birthday.

Randy Molander. Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Shirley.

Have a great birthday, Rita.

It's your flag.

Use it or lose it.

Steve Franklin's Birthday.

Happy Birthday Tony Choppi.

Dave Cumming. Birthday Boy.

Keep on Crusin' Big Al

Alan Stanbury's Funeral
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

This is what the world looks like when you have cataracts rated at 17 on the Richter Scale.

OK, I made that up. It's really our birthday boy's hot rod as seen through the bathroom window. Click the picture after midnight and see what it really looks like.

Hmmmm. I wonder what the weather's like in Rockford?

It pays to be nice.

One morning in December, you may have seen the video of my car flipping over on Guilford Road. If you missed it click here to re-live that exciting moment, we had about 9 inches of the heaviest, wettest snowfalls I've ever seen. Our friends called and asked if I'd clean their driveway. Of course I said yes. The "P-Man" thought I'd come over with some sort of plow or my snowblower. The snow was way too heavy so I did it by hand.

Lucky for me I have a bent-handle shovel so I'm not constantly bending over risking a heart attack. Anyway when I got done shoveling, having some coffee and eating apple pie, they gave me a Toro snowblower they hadn't used for several years.

Randy Molander's mother, Stella, passed away Monday.

Stella M. Molander, 91, of Rockford died Feb. 1, 2010, in Alden Park Strathmoor. Service at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, in Olson Funeral and Cremation Services Ltd., Fred C. Olson Chapel, 1001 Second Ave., with visitation from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the chapel; Pastor Sandi Olson Decker will officiate. Burial in Arlington Cemetery.

I just read Cheryl Peacock's tribute to her on the online guestbook.

Here's Cheryl's remembrances of Randy's mother.

"Stella was my second mother when I was in grade school. I remember the wonderful lunches she fixed - grilled cheese sandwiches, Swedish pancakes, and the yummy Christmas cookies with the red and green sugar sprinkles on the ends. Stella was one of my mom's best friends. Now Stella and mom will finally be able to enjoy a cup of tea and chat."

What a wonderful mother and lady she must have been. Our deepest condolences to you and your family.

Seth Miller, our friend and classmate. Funeral services Saturday, February 6, 2010

A celebration of life at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, in Allen Chapel AME Church, 3000 Rural St., with visitation from 9 a.m. to time of service. Arrangements completed by Collins and Stone Funeral Home, 3993 W. State St.

All year we bitch and moan about the government. Now's our chance to do something about it. Vote the bastards in. Vote the bastards out. Either way....vote. Remember those who gave so much to defend our right to vote.
 

Once upon a time I knew someone who always complained about the government. One election day a friend asked, "Did you vote."  The reply, "No, why should I?"  Well, there's a lot of people who'd love to trade places with you.

Thanks to Ron from Grand Island, Pete from Rockford, and Bill from the Left Coast. At our reunion we all agreed. Semper Fi, Buy American, and Vote.

And for those of you who live in Chicago, vote early and vote often.

Dave Nygren: Army veteran, husband, father, friend, meter reader, and birthday boy. The above flyover that knocked you out of bed wasn't meant for you. The Air Force had Col. Arthur You-know-who do a flyover for Bob Kinney's birthday. Only three problems: wrong day, wrong house, wrong guy. 

In government lingo it's called a SNAFU. "Situation Normal All Fouled Up"  All you have to do is reimburse the government for the planes and the jet fuel. That'll be $48,546.99 please. (Hey, someone's got to pay when the government screws up.)

 Happy Birthday Dave. Hopefully you'll come to the next reunion and see what really goes on. And thanks for reading our meter all those years.

Art Harriott, Top Gun.  Auburn graduate, 28 years in the Air Force serving our country, father, husband and all-around good guy. From spy planes to satellites; jet planes over Boznia, from Desert Storm to the Caribbean, Art's been there leading the way.

I'd suggest everyone read Art's profile....it's one of the most impressive I've ever seen. It impressed the hell out of me.

If you've got his number give him a call. If you've got a plane, give him a buzz. Happy

Birthday Top Gun.... and look to the skies.

Tim Legue, Friend and Classmate Died Last Thursday

Timothy W. Legue, age 64, died on Thursday, January 21, 2010. He's survived by his wife, Mary, one daughter, 3 sons, a sister, Norma, and brother Jeffrey. Tim also had 14 grandkids and 12 great-grandchildren. His sister is married to another of our classmates Dallas Boothe. A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 in Rock Church, 6732 Harrison Ave. in Rockford, Illinois.

On behalf of our class I'd like to extend our sincere sympathy to his wife and family. Classmates, please feel free to send any information about Tim you'd like to see posted here or on his "In Memory" page.

Hey Bob in case you forgot, today's your birthday. And to help celebrate it, your former wingmen sent me a movie from when you enlisted.

I heard Rod e-mailed his good friend, the President, and got him to order a flyby of F-15's over your house at 0600 Saturday morning in honor of your career.

Thanks for doing such a great job making the class reunion a big success.

Bob McGeachie... Husband, Father, Doctor, Friend and Grandpa? His life's work has been helping others and saving lives. He's a well-known Specialist in Radiology and Neuroradiology. His quest for knowledge never ends. All this because of two life-changing encounters: One with a Corvair and the other as a result of his friendship with John Shumate

If you've read his profile you'll know he's been studying "Hair Transplants for Dummies." He seems to be on the right track and he looks quite a bit younger.  WOW. I'm heading for Minnesota.

Dr. Bob, I hope you enjoyed your birthday, your new hair and Louie Louie. We gotta go.

Like music, this year will probably go from one extreme to another. Some of what happens we'll like and understand, and some of it we'll think "What the hell is that all about?" 

And hopefully we'll all be here to celebrate the next New Year.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Merry Christmas to One and All.

To read more about Joe click on his head.

Happy Birthday Joe. When we going to Kentucky again? Make sure you click on Joe's picture to read more about him.

David Hurd, MD
"Today's world owes a great debt of gratitude to medical pioneers who have been on the cutting edge of medical breakthroughs: Dr. Jonas Salk, Dr. Michael Debakey, Dr. Louis Pasteur and Dr. David Hurd." Yes, our own David Hurd, Class of '64.

He could have used that big hunk of grey matter to become a mega-banker; a sports agent; a real estate tycoon or a politician. Luckily for us and the rest of humanity David had a better idea... "To serve mankind."

I'm sure thousands of cancer patients have benefitted from David Hurd's research; his life's work may have saved you or me. In 2007 I had colon cancer surgery at Mayo Clinic and my doctors may have learned something from his hard work.

Click this link to read what I think are some of Dr. Hurd's published papers. It's pretty serious stuff. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what this link leads to.

Hopefully someone will call 1-555-HEY-DAVE and sing in his ear but it won't be me. Serenading Sue Curry's answering machine was enough excitement for me. Tequila works in strange ways.

Happy Birthday and Merry Caduceus to you and your family.

Thanks Dr. Hurd... I owe you one. We all owe you one.

Gean Moore celebrates the BIG ONE 
He turns 65 years old today and if you have his phone number call him right before midnight and sing him to sleep.  

Gean Moore: Auburn Graduate, Marine Corps Veteran, Deputy Sheriff: Happy Birthday to you and Thanksgiving couldn't have fallen on a better day for your whole family and friends to be thankful for you and for your life's work, not only as a Marine but as a policeman facing constant danger every day.

 Sue Curry, let's fly away
Where ever you are today I hope you have a very happy birthday. I wish you nothing but Blue Skies and CAVU.

Be ready for one surprise phone call serenading you today. Or maybe two or three or who knows. Call her at 1-555-FLY-GIRL. Embarass yourself and make her day.

 
Diane McClelland's list of things to do today.
1. Celebrate like it's my birthday. Don't ask.....
2. Take wonderful husband out to dinner.
3. Tell boss she can take this job and shove it.

Just one of these events in pretty scary. But to have all three at the same day? Wow. Happy Birthday.

Things to do next week. SLEEP LATE. SHOP. ENJOY LIFE.

Brigitte and Rod Schwandt at
LZ Peace Memorial, Rockford

Rod and Brigitte Schwandt spent part of this beautiful Veterans Day at the LZ Peace Memorial in Rockford, Illinois. Here's some pictures of what they saw. And while I'm not sure what they heard: whether it be the sounds of silence; Hueys coming in; or Angels' wings fluttering overhead, they heard something we all missed.

I want to thank my friends Roger Burt, "Skip" Coad and Randy MacCloskey for their inspiration. Your encouragement and support do make a difference.

Veterans Day has special memories for Randy MacCloskey. Here's what "Mouse" had to say. "For what it's worth...I was in the Seabees (CBMU 301) in Vietnam and spent a few days at Khe Sanh during the Tet offensive and from there I was transferred to the hospital in DaNang. This was early February '68. I stayed at the hospital until early or mid April (things were kinda foggy at the time) and then returned to the base at Dong Ha. Came back to Mudville in June '68 and then went to Kenitra, Morocco for 13 months before discharge. The Khe Sanh movie still brings goose bumps."

Lastly, I don't know any Air Force jargon so all I can say is "Rod and Brigitte, you be 'da man."  

Shhhhhh.... Listen....
Hueys over LZ Peace Memorial

Memorial Day 2009, Midway Village Rockford

LZ Peace Memorial, Memorial Day 2009. Midway Village, Rockford, Illinois    The sound of the helicopter flying overhead.

"Skip" Coad our Marine in Vietnam said:  There's no other sound like it. To us it meant, "We might get outta here alive" as opposed to, "We don't have a fucking chance." Pretty blunt language but he's a Marine. 

Here's the story of Dave Cumming which bears re-reading.  I hope everyone reads his profile. While serving in Vietnam, Dave went inside a burning airplane. A burning airplane. He risked his life to save another's. It could have been any of you Vietnam veterans. Or your brother, or your sister the nurse, your uncle or your aunt. Whoever Dave went in for could be someone you love. It could have been you and you don't even know it.

It might be that man with the burned face your kids always avoided. You just don't know. What kind of man goes into a burning hell? Someone like Hootenanny-loving Dave Cumming that's who. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. That's what they do.

When you get to the reunion look around at all the Vietnam Veterans; Some have scars you can see. Some have scars only they can see. They were young once and ran through their own burning hell.  Stand By Them. Stand By Them.  (written Sat., May 16, 2009. Revises Veterans Day 2009) 

Pride of America, Real American Heroes

top row: Tom Zander, Dave Kerno, Dave Nygren, David Hurd, Dennis Dahl  2nd row; Bill "Skip" Coad, Bob Kinney, Dave Cumming, Gean Moore, Gene Long. 3rd row: Jim Stroup, Joe Musso, Randy MacCloskey, Richard Hoffman, Roger Burt.  4th row: Ron Sisley, Sam Pagano, Tom Herschlag, Bob Kinney (again), Lee Herdman. 5th row: Old Glory, Fred Turner, Steve Holcomb, Jerry Strand, Wallis Patterson.

Do you ever wonder where your some of your old friends are? Some of them are still right here in Rockford. They're easy to find. Go out to Midway Village and visit the LZ Peace Memorial. Look at the Huey on the Hill. See the wall and all its names in hallowed glory.

Go ahead. Walk up to the wall. It ain't gonna bite. In fact it's been waiting for you. Find an old friend and run your hand over his name. "Hey buddy, I been lookin' all over for you. How ya doin'?  Man, we did some shit, huh? Now that I've found you I'll come back more often. Semper Fi." 

Shhhhh. Quiet.  If you listen real hard you might hear the sound of helicopters coming in. Or it could be the sound of angels.

How do we live? How do we ever survive?

Two weeks ago our friend Cheryl Peacock's husband, Karl, died. While I'm sure many of you have remained close friends with her and Karl, I'd never met him and except for the last class reunion I hadn't seen her for about ten years. However, several days before the class reunion Cheryl joked with me in an e-mail about teaching us all line dancing, our surgeries, and how we're both survivors.

I thought about the girl I remembered from high school and her husband, her passion for line dancing and the music that goes with it, and of how much she gave of herself at the reunion. That's when I found this song and its big question. How do we live and how do we survive?

Because of Cheryl about twenty dancers including Rita Boothe, Shirley, Kathy and Barb, Terry, Becky, and Sandy, Diane McClelland, and Bob Kinney all had a night they won't soon forget. Wendi and Tony Choppi and his cowboy boots may have danced a little bit too. Ron Eakes had me take pictures of Bob Kinney's crazy hat, and Bill Coad's free drinks were great but Cheryl and her line dancers were the biggest memory for a lot of us.

So give Cheryl a call, send her an email, or drop her a line. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Keep her in your life and keep her in your heart.

That's how we live. That's how we survive.

I moved much of the Home Page content to a new page entitled Home Page, Part 2. You can find the link on the left side or click the blue underline above. The Home Page will load much faster and help us keep our sanity. It was taking forever. Thanks to a friend for suggesting this.