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William T Heil (St. Mary 62)

Hi Sara, on behalf of St. Mary's class of '62 we wish to thank you and all the commitee members for putting on a great reunion and letting St. Mary's be a part of it. Also thanks for letting us be a part of this website we truly appreciate this opportunity. I'll be looking forward to seeing Steve Hatfield at our 75th. William Heil

Steve Hatfield

Inhale, exhale; repeat!

Susan Abrahamson (Vaughn Harris)

Bill, It was so wonderful to see you at the reunion - my neighbor for many years, who spent many hours with my brother Jim and me in the backyard and Elks Playground. Drove by our neighborhood. Was glad to hear from someone the playground is going to be refurbished. You have a beautiful family. Thanks for letting me know you were there. Yes, they should have acknowledged that St. Mary's class was there. I was going to try to attach a photo of my brother and me when he came to visit after the reunion but can't figure out how to do it!.

Sue Abrahamson (Vaughn Harris) 

Sara Neve (Kurth)

Thank you Bill for the nice message.  We have always been so grateful that the St. Mary's class was willing to be included in our reunions.  So glad you could come & that you enjoyed yourself.

Betty Cartwright (Bruce)

Thank all of your committee who worked so hard on the reunion!  We(Rod and I) had a great time before the Country Club festivities and our little social happy hours at our hotel!  Made it back to Palm Springs on Tuesday and I went back to my patients yesterday and today!  

Patricia Ann Blum (St. Mary 62) (Ikan)

Many thanks to the Committee for making the 60th Class Reunion for SMHS and MHS a wonderful weekend! I didn't know that many people from the Classes of 1963 or 1964 but was happy to re-connect with Sara Jaconson!!

Later. Love, Pat Blum Ikan

Sara Neve (Kurth)

Thanks for the messages from everyone that said they enjoyed the reunion.  We were so pleased that so many of our classmates were able to come back.  Thank you to everyone who made the trip to Marshalltown for the reunion.  

Richard Stanley

Job well done, ye reunion organizers. Thanks for your oh so  successful efforts.

Rich

Sara Neve (Kurth)

I thought maybe the classmates would like to read this article that was in the TR on September 18.  It was written by Susan Abrahamson Vaugh from the "Class of '63" after she attended our 60th Reunion.  It is a nice article about Marshalltown & what she enjoyed at the reunion.  Thanks for writing the article, Susan.

Neal Houtz (Class Of 62) Moved Away

Just returned from a trip to Marshalltown to vist my folks and brother in Riverside Cemetery. Driving around town and stopping for a Maid-Rite brought back all kinds of good memories. I miss Marshalltown but don't miss the winters.

Jane Middleton

Hi,

Looks like I didn't miss much. For the last six months all of my messages for this website have been going to SPAM.

Well, I didn't die and hope none of you did either. I did get a new e-mail.

Middletonjane207@gmail.com

Jane Middleton

I just discovered all of thank yous for the reunion. I missed all of them. I too, thank everyone who put on the reunion for all of us. It was fun to see the other class, classmates. jane

Mary Turpin (White)

I was just checking on the obituaries on the TR as I had not seen any posted on Facebook recently and was so sad to see that we lost another classmate.  Susie Boyle Spears passed away in Fremont Nebraska last week.  She was 80 years old.  I had not seen Susie for several years but probably 15 years ago we were visiting friends in Kimberling City, MO and had the opportunity to visit Susie and her husband at their beautiful home in Branson.  We stayed in touch on Facebook and she wasn't on very much any more.  Sure will be missed by her family and friends.

Sara Neve (Kurth)

Thought maybe classmates would like to see how some classmates got to welcome Rich Stanley back to M'town for a visit.  We met for lunch and had a really good time reminiscing about old times and when we were in school.  Since it was planned with fairly short notice, we would like to have seen more classmates there but quite a few were not able to come because of other commitments.  We were just pleased to see the people who were able to come.  The left side of the table included Nancy Kerr Wunn, Joan Coughlin Studts, Ginger Mahnke Eich and John Eich.  The right side of the table classmates were Sharon Rose Knox, Mary Kay Mason Middlekoop, Rich Stanley, Sara Neve Kurth & Tom Kurth.

If anyone is planning a visit to town, please let someone know because we would love to get together with you when you are in town.

Betty Cartwright (Bruce)

Looks like fun!  I wanted to drive back this fall but didn't happen!  We've had visitors here!  You're welcome to come visit us anytime!!

Richard Stanley

To The MHS /St. Mary's Classes of  '62, '61, '63 , and '64 on Valentine's Day, 2025

Rich Stanley, MHS '62

William T Heil (St. Mary 62)

Thanks Richard for the great Valentine's day post. If  more people in our country were like you, the world would certainly be a better place.  Bill

Betty Cartwright (Bruce)

We all need some good news and fun!  I need more sunshine, since it's been raining for a week!  We do have some beautiful pink buds showing up on the dogwood!