
South Western Senior High School![]()
Class Of 1961

70th Birthday & Annual Picnics
Photos taken at our 63 Year Class Reunion
held Friday, November 8, 2024
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Sue & Gordy Stauffer, Ted & Joanne Myers Roush
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Linda Thoman Hershey, Joan Cool Unger, Johnnetta Bixler Miller & Larry Miller
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Leanna Fuhrman Bankert & Larry Bankert, Sonny Hershey & Linda Thoman Hershey
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Namcu & Len Bamlert. Leanna Fuhrman Bankert & Larry
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Gary & Gladys Starner, Larry Reindollar in between, Harold Coldren
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Bill Sterner, Carolyn & Larry Bollinger
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Elaine & Bob Forry
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Wayne Lippy, Joyce Wildasin Stauffer & Dick Stauffer
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Don Jackso, RayKlinedinst, Fred Gross
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Dawn Tasto Gross, Pat Klinedinst, Barb Barnhart Jackson
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Ben & Christa Laurence, Sally Zartman Gobrecht & Bill Gobrecht
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Larry & Carol Jones Reindollar, Linda Sterner
Photos taken at our 62 Year Class Reunion
held Friday, November 10, 2023

Cindy & Skip Markle

Ginny Murray & Phil Little
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Ginny & Phil

Bob & Elaine Forry

Mary Wherley Gibbons beside Cindy Markle

Johnnetta Bixer Miller & husband Larry

Ray & Pat Klinedinst

Barb Barnhart Jackson & husband Don

Christa Laurence, Ben's wife

Joan Cool Unger, Linda Thoman Hershey and husband Sonny

Dawn Tasto Gross & Kathy Feeser Krug

Sue Stauffer, Gordy's wife and Fred Gross, Dawn's husband
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Gordy & Sue Stauffer

Larry & Leanna Fuhrman Bankert

Dwight Resh and June Clapper

Joanne, Gary & Gladys Starner, June

Bill & Linda Sterner

Len Bankert, Joanne Myers Roush and husband Ted

Leanna Fuhrman Bankert, Nancy & Len Bankert

Cindy & Skip, Ginny & Phil

Dick Stauffer, Linda Thoman Hershey, Ben Laurence, Phil Little
behind Cindy & Skip

Joyce Wildasin Stauffer and husband Dick Stauffer, both classmates
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Ben Laurence and Harold Coldren

Gordy & Sue Stauffer, Fred & Dawn Tasto Gross

Dawn, Kathy, Joan and Linda - West Manheim Girls!

Joanne & Ted, Gary & Gladys, June

Linda & Sonny

Gladys Starner, Dwight Resh & his guest, June Clapper, Larry & Leanna

Leanna talking with Ben, Nancy & Len, Joanne

Cindy, Skip, Ginny & Phil
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Phil, Bob & Elaine, Joyce

Dick, Linda & Bill, Mary

Johnnetta, Larry, Ray & Pat

Barb & Don

Bill & Sally Zartman Gobrecht, Christa & Ben Laurence
Photos taken at our 61 Year Class Reunion
held Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Bay City Restaurant
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Linda & Bill Sterner, Jeff and Kathy Feeser Krug
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Cindy & Skip Markle, Gordy & Sue Stauffer
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Carol Jones Reindollar & husband Larry, Fran Smith & brother Steve
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Christa & Ben Laurence, Don & Barb Jackson
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Leanna Fuhrman Bankert & husband Larry, Gladys & Gary Starner
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Dwight Resh, Sonny & Linda Thoman Hershey, Joan Cool Unger
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Fran Smith & her brother Steve, Christa & Ben Laurence
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Phil Little with his lovely lady, Ginny Murray
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Mary Wherley Gibbons with Cindy & Skip Markle
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Bob & Elaine Forry
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Dick & Joyce Wildasin Stauffer. our newlyweds
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Sue & Gordy Stauffer
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Fred & Dawn Tasto Gross
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Ben & Christa Laurence
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Bill & Sally Zartman Gobrecht

Phil Little & Ginny Murray

Bob & Elaine Forry
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Dick & Joyce (Wildasin) Stauffer
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Joe Myers taking notes

Carol (Jones) & Larry Reindollar
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Don & Barb (Barnhart) Jackson

Gladys & Gary Starner
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Leanna (Fuhrman) & Larry Bankert

Joal (Cool) Unger

Gary Starner & Dwight Resh

Mary (Wherley) Gibbons with Cindy & Skip Markle
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Cindy & Skip talking with Linda (Thoman) Hershey

Bill Gobrecht & Fred Gross


Christa Laurence & Sally Gobrecht
with their husbands, Ben & Bill in the background

Jeff Krug & Joanne (Myers) Roush

The lovely Sue Stauffer

Bill Sterner talking with the Fuhrmans
Photos taken at our 60 Year Class Reunion
held on Saturday, September 25, 2021

Bill & I with Gordy Stauffer, my oldest (from Grade 1) friend.

Bill & I with Sue Ellen Stauffer, Gordy's lovely wife.
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Bill Gobrecht, Gordy & Sue Stauffer.
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Dawn & Fred Gross, Bill Sterner.
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Bill & Linda Sterner.
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John Lingg, Fran Smith and her brother (Tom?)
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Fran Smith, Jodi, Joe Myers talking to Wayne Lippy, Ted Roush.

Ted & Joanne Roush, Marge Jacoby-Lingg.
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Barb Garrett, Martha & Wayne Lippy, taking to Len Bankert.

Len & Nancy Bankert, Leanna Bankert
Leanna & Larry Bankert, Dwight & Barb Frock;
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Ty & Pat Deamer, Yvonne & Ted Stough

Poor Jim Kalkwarf - sitting alone while Barb "circulates"
Ray Klinedinst, Larry & Johnnetta Miller.
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Sonny & Linda Hershey, Joan Unger.

Larry & Johnnetta Miller

Pat & Ray Klinedinst
Dwight Resh, Harold Coldren

Gladys & Gary Starner
Larry & Carolyn Bollinger

Barb & Don Jackson
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Ginny Murray, Phil Little, talking to Fran Smith.

Barb & Jim Kalkwarf, together again.

Ben & Christa Laurence.

Sally & Bill Gobrecht.
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Photos taken at our 58 Year Class Reunion
held on Thursday, September 26, 2019

Leanna Fuhrman Bankert, Nancy & Leonard Bankert, Marlin & Gwen Wetzel

Marlin & Gwen Wetzel, Gary & Gladys Starner

Gladys Starner, Joan & Birnie Helwig, Larry Bankert

Margaret Stewart Jacoby-Lingg & John Lingg, Mary Wherley Gibbons, Ruthanne Hoffman Mavros

Judi Wildasin Sanders, Ted & Joanne Myers Roush, John Worley

John & Darlene Rohrbaugh Worley, Sally Hersey, Margaret Stewart Jacoby-Lingg

Dale & Darla Doll, Barb Garrett Frock & Dwight Frock

Sue McCroury Trimmer & Larry Trimmer, Dale Doll

Harold Coldren, Ted & Yvonne Deamer Stough, Ty Deamer

Ty & Pat Deamer, Dawn & Ned Sterner

Sue & Gordy Stauffer, Ben & Crista Laurence

Linda Thoman Hershey, Johnnetta Bixler Miller, Sonny Hershey, Larry Miller

Carol Jones Reindollar, Don & Barb Barnhart Jackson , Joal Cool Under

Sally Zartman Gobrecht & Bill Gobrecht, Richard & Dolores Reindollar Jones,
Dawn Tasto Gross & Fred Gross
Photos taken at our 57 Year Class Reunion
held on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Inn 94
Leanna Fuhrman Bankert & Larry Bankert, William Myers
Dolores Reindollar Jones, Glenn & Betty Fair Dubs
Johnnetta Bixler Miller, Irvin Bollinger, Joyce Wildasin Noble, John Lingg & Margaret Stewart Lingg
Ray Klinedinst, Larry & Johnnetta Miller, Irvin Bollinger
Sue Stauffer, Bill Sterner, Ben Laurence
Bill Sterner, Ben & Krista Laurence, Kathy Feeser Krug
Kathy & Jeff Krug, Dawn Tasto Gross
Birnie & Joan Helwig, Gladys & Gary Starner
Sally Zartman Gobrecht & Bill Gobrecht, Dolores Reindollar Jones
Dawn Gross, Barb Barnhart Jackson & Don Jackson
Larry Bankert, Phil Little, William Myers
Sally Hershey & Dolores Jones
Photos taken at our 56 Year Class Reunion
held on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Inn 94
Dawn (Tasto) Grose, Dolores (Reindollar) Jones & Richard Jones, Joal (Cool) Unger
Bill Gobrecht, Linda & Bill Sterner, Fred Gross
Sue & Gordy Stauffer, Sally Hershey, Darlene (Kneller) Wherley
Gerri & Bill Myers, Barb (Barnhart) Jackson
Clyde Stremmel, Betty (Fair) Dubs & Glenn Dubs, Carol (Jones) Reindollar
Joyce (Wildasin) Noble, Connie (Ernst) Oller (Joyce's guest) & Irvin Bollinger
Gordy Sager, Shirley Sager, Yvonne (Deamer) Stough & Ted Stough
Dwight Resh, Gordy Sager & Shirley Sager
Bob Forry, Harold Coldren, Dwight Resh
Right to Left - Birnie Helwig, Joan Helwig, Leanna (Fuhrman) Bankert, Larry Bankert, Marlin Wetzel
Birnie Helwig, Larry Miller, Johnnetta (Bixler) Miller
Gwen & Marlin Wetzel
Krista Laurence, Jeff Krug, Ben Laurence
Clyde Stremmel, Kathy (Feeser) Krug, Krista Laurence
Bob & Elaine Forry
Pat & Tyrone Deamer
Sally (Zartman) Gobrecht & Bill Gobrecht
Photos taken at our 55 Year Class Reunion
held on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Inn 94
Sonny & Linda (Thoman) Hershey. Johnnetta (Bixler) Miller & Larry Miller
Jeff & Kathy (Feeser) Krug, Gordy & Sue Stauffer
Vonnie (Deamer) Stough and Ted Stough, Leonard & Nancy Bankert
Margaret (Stewart) Jacoby-Lingg & John Lingg
Marlin & Gwen Wetzel, Carolyn & Larry Bollinger, Mary Wherley Gibbons (apologies to Mary - the other photo taken of her and her son was too blurry - operator errot).
Ray & Pat Klinedinst
Don Fields on left - Norm & Vicki Wildasin
Patsy (Hempfing) Fields & Don Fields, Norm Wildasin
Glenn & Betty (Fair Dubs, Patsy (Hempfing) Fields
Irvin Bollinger, Wayne Sentz (Littlestown HHS visitor)
Sorry, but I missed the table behind them - Sally Hershey back of Wayne, Darlene (Kneller) Wherley & John - Nevin Baumgardner and his wife Elaine were there as well, but had to leave early.
Bob Forry, Don Parr - their spouses - Eileen Parr & Elaine Forry
Smith Family - Steven, Fran & Froonie
Fronnie Smith & Phil Little
Gladys & Gary Starner, Harold Coldren
Carol (Jones) Reindollar & Larry Reindoller
Fred & Dawn (Tasto) Gross
Linda & Bill Sterner
Richard & Dolores (Reindollar) Jones
Sally (Zartman) Gobrecht & Bill Gobrecht
These photos were taken at our 2nd Annual Picnic
held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Bill & Linda Sterner's Picnic Woods.

Johnnetta Bixler Miller's husband, Larry, Irvin Bollinger & Sue Stauffer (Gordy's wife)

Sue Stauffer, Gordy's lovely wife!


I think this is Gordy Stauffer's back, and Dawn Gross's back, talking to Joe Myers

Shirley Sager on left, talking to Richard & Dolores (Reindollar) Jones & Gladys Starner (Gary's wife)

Dawn (Tasto) Gross talking to Kathy (Feeser) Krug and her husband, Jeff Krug, talking to Gordy Stauffer.

Elaine Forry (Bob's wife), Don Parr's back, Johnnetta (Bixler) Miller in green.
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John & Darlene (Kneller) Wherley, Sally Hershey

John Martz's wife and Don Parr's wife - need their first names.

Ray Klinedinst, Larry Miller & Fred Gross


Phil Little, Fran Smith, Linda (Thoman) Hershey, Johnnetta (Bixler) Miller, Bob Forry & Don Parr

Elaine Forry (Bob's wife) with Gary Starner and Dwight Resh.

Pat & Ty Deamer talking to John Martz

Yvonne (Deamer) Stough and her husband, Ted - across from Pat & Ty

Kathy (Feeser) Krug, Darlene (Kneller) Wherley & Sally Hershey

Irvin Bollinger, Joe Myers and Darlene Kneller's husband,

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Gordy Stauffer & Jeff Krug

Shirley & Gordy Sager, opposite Gladys Sterner (Gary's wife), Dolores (Reindollar) & Richard Jones

Dawn Gross, Gordy & Shirley Sager on left side of table, Pat Klinedinst on right - enjoying dinner.
These photos were taken at our 70th Birthday Celebration
held on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Bill & Linda Sterner's Picnic Woods.
Shirley & Gordy Sager, chatting with Dolores (Reindollar) & Richard Jones
Glenn and Betty (Fair) Dubs
Barb (Barnhart) Jackson and Dawn (Tasto) Gross
Darlene (Rohrbaugh) Worley, Bill & Linda Sterner (our gracious host & hostess!)
Darlene (Kneller) Wherley - her husband, George to the far left, Darlene Worley's husband in between.
John Martz and his wife, talking with Phil Little.
Joan (Cool) Unger and her husband, Larry, talking with Ed Spaide (Jane Teel's husband)
Don Parr, Ray Klinedinst and Fred Gross (Dawn Tasto's husband)
?Vonnie (Deamer) & her husband, Ted Stough
Pat & Ty Deamer
Steve Marchio, one of our website supporters, in memory of his wife and our classmate, Naomi Groft Marchio.
Sandy Hughes, our wonderful caterer! The food was delicious!!!
Bill Sterner, Fred Gross & Bill Gobrecht.
?Bill Sterner with Pat & Ray Klinedinst
Kathy (Feeser) Krug, Dick Trone talking to Fred Gross.
?Kathy (Feeser) Krug - with her husband, Jeff (back to camera)
?Harold Coldren and his girlfriend, Karen McDermitt.
Fran (Smith) Matheson, Phil Little and his wife, Janet, Don Parr and Sophronia Smith (Fran's sister).
Jane (Teal) Spaide, Dawn (Tasto) Gross, not sure of the couple with their heads turned.
Jane (Teal) & Ed Spaide, Fred Gross
Kathy (Feeser) & Jeff Krug, Dick & Edith Trone on opposite side of table.
Betty (Fair) Dubs, opposite John Martz and his wife.

Don & Barb (Barnhart) Jackson
Bill & Sally (Zartman) Gobrecht
Ruthann (Hoffman) Mavros chatting with Dolores (Reindollar) Jones. Ruthann's husband , Alex, is opposite her, and Don Parr and Ty Deamer are standing behind Ruthann.
These snapshots were taken the weekend of our 50-year anniversary.
This first group was taken during graduation, Friday, June 10, 2011 and at our get-together at the Elks after the ceremony. There were 316 graduates in 2011, compared to our 98 back in 1961. Here is the beginning procession.



Bill Sterner, our Class President, enters with the faculty.





Bill giving his presentation.

Changing their tassels!

Tossing their caps! - On to the Elks for us.

Bill & Sally (Zartman) Gobrecht

Dolores (Reindollar) & Richard Jones & Bill Gobrecht

Glenn & Betty (Fair) Dubs

Pam (Swartz) Hamaday, Babs (Unger) Kalkwarf, with Ben & Christa Laurence

Gordy Stauffer, Gerald & Pam (Swartz) Hamaday

Sue & Gordy Stauffer

Don & Barb (Barnhart) Jackson

Larry & Johnnetta (Bixler) Miller

Jack Stull and Sonny Hershey

Sonny & Linda (Thoman) Hershey with Phil Little

Sally Hershey, Dishy & Larry Marshall

Larry Marshall, Bob & Susan Brown

Bob & Susan Brown

Jim Kalkwarf & Jeff Krug (there wives are socializing!)

Terry Brillhart & Wayne Lippy

Carol & Terry Brillhart

Gladys & Gary Starner

Elaine & Bob Forry

Bill & Linda Sterner

Ray & Pat Klinedinst

(Poor Fred Gross) - Dawn (Tasto) Gross talking with Kathy (Feeser) Krug

Better shot of Dawn (with Fred running away)

Kathy (Feeser) Krug talking with Fran (Smith) Matheson
This next group of photos were taken during our dinner at Bay City Restaurant on Saturday, June 11, 2001


After Glenn Gobrecht finishes our "official" photo, it will be posted under the tab - Reunion photos.

Bill took these snapshots for me


Sally Hershey with Larry & Leanna (Fuhrman) Bankert

Joan & Birnie Helwig

Johnnetta (Bixler) & Larry Miller

Larry & Carol (Jones) Reindollar

Joan (Cool) & Larry Unger - Larry was a '61 graduate of Littlestown

Sonny & Linda (Thoman) Hershey

Carolyn & Larry Bollinger

George & Holly Zumbrum

Pauline & John Doll

Terry & Carol Brillhart

Gladys & Gary Starner

Dwight Resh & Harold Coldren

Betty Jean (Bentzel) & Allen Dutterer - she moved away after 8th grade but came to enjoy the evening with all of us.

Fran (Smith) Matheson, Phil Little & Fran's sister, Sophronia Kelly. Fran came from Florida.

Barb (Barnhart) & Don Jackson

Gerald & Pam (Swartz) Hamaday

Joanne (Myers) & Ted Roush - Ted was a member of Hanover's Class of '61

Kathy & Lee Schriver - they came from Washington State - the first reunion they ever attended. It was great to see Lee again after all these years.

Sue & Gordy Stauffer - who has NEVER missed a reunion!

Bernie & Carol Weaver - Bernie was a Littlestown Class of '61 graduate who came to see old friends.

Barb & Dick Mackley - Dick also is a Littlestown Class of '61 graduate who not only entertained us, but created the set of CDs with music from our high school years that we gave to all who attended as gifts. Great Job, Dick!!! Many thanks for all the hard work.

Jack Stull - who came from California, seated with Len & Nancy Bankert

Jeff & Kathy (Feeser) Krug with Babs (Unger) Kalkwarf

Dishy & Larry Marshall - they came from Florida

Susan & Bob Brown - they traveled from Arizona

Babs (Unger) & Jim Kalkwarf - they came from North Carolina

Dolores (Reindollar) & Richard Jones

Bob & Janice (Arter) Beaver

Betty (Fair) & Glenn Dubs with Irvin Bollinger

George & Darlene (Rohrbaugh) Worley

Darlene (Kneller) & John Wherley

Rose & Tom Becker

Darlene (Nace) & Barry Becker - both are classmates!

Cindy & Skip [Howard] Markle

Bill & Linda Sterner

Bob & Elaine Forry

Christa & Ben Laurence

Fred & Dawn (Tasto) Gross

Yvonne (Deamer) & Ted Stough

Ty & Pat Deamer

Pat & Ray Klinedinst

Clyde & June Stremmel

Martha & Wayne Lippy - Martha was a '61 graduate from Hanover High School

Mary (Wherley) Gibbons and Judi (Wildasin) Sanders

John & Kathy Giesey

Norma Nagy, retired English teacher and Ruth Lawler, retired librarian

Liz (Vanover) Webb, retired Spanish & English teacher with Martha (Detrich) Young, retired business teacher.

Lowell & Doris Fuhrman - Lowell taught a lot of business subjects and was a fantastic typing teacher (per Sally)

Marty Young with Loyola "Jack" Krepps, who taught English, Latin & Reading

Ruth Gordon Reeder, our retired Home Economics teacher

Bill & Sally (Zartman) Gobrecht - your website administrator.

Barry & Darlene (Nace) Becker - just as they were leaving. It's nice to see their smiles.
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