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Dean Schroeder

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Lawrence W. Hanson

Dean,

Larry Hanson here. I knew we were quite prescient when we elected you Class President! You probably didn't know that your duties would last for half and century, and hopefully much more. I am very much looking forward to the Reunion. I hope this finds you well. Actually, we are rather distant neighbors along I-25.

Best regards, Larry

P.S. I remember your parents with great respect and fondness.

Bonnita Shire Kauffman

Hi Dean,

Bonnie Shire checking in. Received the notice of our next reunion and hope to make it.

This is a wonderful site and I am truly impressed! I was so glad to finally see an obit on a couple of old friends that have left us forever, miss them all.

This site is way better than "Classmates" and I will be checking in on a regular basis.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Bonnie

Dean Schroeder

Jon Holt wrote the following:

Hello to all ...



Am looking forward to attending the reunion.

Just a quick note to say that I have just survived an aortic heart valve transplant and a bypass to my heart. In the hospital for 6 days, jusy home today.

Best wishes to all,

Jon

Dean Schroeder

Gordon Robinson wrote to Dean Schroeder about attending the reunion:

Dean,

I have not yet responded to the comment you recently made to me about our class reunion in 2010. I would dearly love to attend the reunion, but I'm afraid I will have to rule it out. There are two reasons for this:

(1) My wife is in very poor health. She would be unable to travel with me to Grand Forks, and it would be impossible for me to leave her alone in Connecticut while I traveled to Grand Forks on my own. I am not able to leave her alone for more than a few hours at a time. She is very dependent on me to manage the many little details of her daily life.

(2) I have a profound loss of hearing and this has gotten to be a severe handicap. This is in spite of wearing a hearing aid in the one of my two ears that can still detect sounds. In the reunion setting (i.e., a large room full of people, with lots of noise), I would find it impossible to hear what anyone was saying to me. It would be a very bad scene for me, and anyone trying to talk to me would find it very frustrating. I would probably not be able to hear a word that anyone was saying to me!

So I'm afraid I will have to enjoy the reunion vicariously on the basis of the reports that I receive from those of you who are there.


Best wishes,
Gordie

Anyone wanting to correspond with Gordie should write him at gordon3412@yahoo.com

Judie Kraemer Day

Hi Dean,

You are to be commended for the wonderful job you have done as our class President throughout the years. All of the work you have done on class reunions since graduation is absolutely stupendous and now this excellent web-site. Thank-You so much for everything you have been doing and are still doing for us.

I look forward to seeing you and all of our classmates in September, 2010,

Judie Day

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Rita LeRoux O'Brien

Hello from Virginia...Blue Ridge, to be exact.

Jerry and I are anxious to visit with everyone again, and we agree, Dean, that you have done a great job of keeping us all informed and up to date on all the reunion events.

Jerry and I will be there "God Willing!", and hope to see everyone again. Have emailed with Dan Blue and wife Lori, and they are planning on coming as well.

If the reunion is anything like the last ones we have attended, it will be great! I love being able to use this website to stay in touch with everyone!

Thanks again Dean, and also to all the hard workers on the 50th Reunion Committee!!

I don't remember how many of us in the class of 1960, ended up married to a classmate, but Jerry and I are enjoying life to the fullest and will celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary in Dec.

Jerry & Rita (LeRoux) O'Brien

Ardelle Wilken Gottschalk

The information for Darolyn Rude Nichols is incorrect on this Website. She doesn't live in Tewksbury, Maine or Massachusetts as listed and the phone is also incorrect. If you have new information, please relay this to Central High School and me, Ardelle Gottschalk.

Dean Schroeder

We have sent several post cards and they were not returned to us. If anyone out there has information on Dee, please notify us and we will add new address on the website.

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date.

Dean

Sheila Miller Osuch

Dean,
I am so excited to find out about this website.
I think about our many classmates and wonder where they are and how they are doing. Hope to make the reunion. You have done a terrific job! Seeing the picture of Central High School is a warm and fuzy feeling, of course that could be a result of the cataract surgery I had this week!? Just kidding.

Sheila Miller Osuch

Darolyn "Dee" Rude Nicholls

Hi, this is Darolyn Rude Nicholls checking in. Harriet Wilkins Esslinger contacted me & told me about this website. It is Awesome! I'm alive & well in Hamburg, NY, a suburb of Buffalo, NY where we have lived for the last 20 years. So Ardelle if you are watching this site, I have officially checked in! Dean, my most vivid memory of GFHS is the senior party in the field, just as you have stated in your profile. I don't think we will be able to make the reunion in Sept. but look forward to viewing all of your pictures & comments that I hope will hit this site. I'll keep watching for more updates.

Kay Nelson Smith-Dechenne

Hi, Dean, My husband and I are looking forward to visiting in Grand Forks in September. My best girlfriend, Alayne (Waxvik) Nelson ("59) lives in Crookston and we try to get-together as often as we can. Do you remember my cousin, Arnie Nelson, who used to be your neighbor? He is enjoying winters in Arizona as a "snowbird." He still plays hockey, believe it or not.

I will miss seeing Andy Hoghaug at this reunion. At previous reunions, he always was one of the first to greet me. This year will be a real challenge recognizing former classmates.... See you in September!!! Kay (Nelson) Smith-Dechenne

Renee Loomer Anderson

 Hi to everyone!

This is such a wonderful website. I heard from Rita after so many years and also from Patti.  Only three years since we saw each other at the Mpls. reunion.  What fun that was.  

Sept. will be a wonderful time to see all of you.  I hope we will have a great turn out.  The older we get the more important memories become - and those that made them with us!

Renee Loomer Anderson