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Class Notes 1953 - 1970:

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Class Reunion June 13-15, 2003
Alfred R. Buehner has retired from his position as assistant to the bishop with the Southern Ohio Synod, E.L.C.A., and moved to Navarre, FL.

Milton S. Hunt was recently featured in the Spring 2002 issue of Voices of Congregational Life as the founder of the Bethlehem Inn, a rotating church homeless shelter program in Bend, OR.

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Lea Flanders Embree, West Kingston, RI, the former president and owner of Embree Design Management, IL, has retired from her career managing the design, production and installation of educational museum exhibits. She is a ceramic artist and has been represented in galleries in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and in the Smithsonian. A retired volunteer with Hospice in Illinois, she volunteers with the Literacy Volunteers of America, RI.

’56
Midge Lehman Roach, Mesa, AZ, is a retired owner of M.R. Resource.

’57
Roger F. Cooper, Emily, MN, has published poems written throughout the past 50 years in Impressions, 2002.

Daniel E. Detrick, a retired surgeon, lives in Tremont City, OH.

James K. Haucke, a retired civil service employee from Springfield, OH, volunteered in Seicdle, Poland, with Global Volunteers.

Jerry L. and Sue Browder Maxson ’59 live in New Bremen, OH. After 45 years in education, Jerry has retired as a teacher, basketball coach and bus driver from Lehman Catholic High School.

’58
Class Reunion June 13-15, 2003
Richard W. Evilsizor, Mansfield, OH, married Nancy J. Stanley, November 2001. He is retired as owner, manager and instructor of ABC Driving School.

H. Edward Hart, Huntsville, OH, is CEO of Hart Industries, Middletown, OH.

Donna Woods Parks, South Charleston, OH, a retired teacher, is the sole proprietor of Miss Tiggly’s Educational Supplies, Springfield, OH. She has been a church organist for 50 years.

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Charlene Jennings Morford, Cleveland, OH, is a retired kindergarten teacher. President Alumnae of Kappa Delta, she is involved in the Lakewood Historical Society and Pilgrim Church UCC.

Edward T. Winkler, Howard, OH, and his wife, Ruth, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, Aug. 23, 2002. Ed completed his goal of running 24,887.6 miles, a distance equaling the circumference of the earth, in November 2002.

’60
Barbara Searing Gilanyi has moved to Southampton, NJ.

Richard G. and Frances Bohlander Grieves ’59 live in Okeechobee, FL.

James E. and Diana Hudson Kunde ’61 live in Arlington, TX. Jim is an adjunct faculty member with the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Urban and Public Affairs. Diana is a freelance writer.

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Lois Beisecker Kennedy, Tallmadge, OH, is a retired teacher from the Wadsworth (OH) City Schools.

Lynn M. and Roberta Stickler Price ’60 live in Brevard, NC. Lynn is retired with the Carnation Co. Roberta, a retired English teacher, is a member of the AAUW, the Friends of the Library and has organized a book discussion group.

’62
Thomas R. and Patricia Brough Conrad live in Allentown, PA. Patricia is a visiting lecturer of French at Muhlenberg College.

Eugene L. and Janet Hedrick Haberman live in Ashland, OH. Gene is an associate vice president for development with Ashland (OH) University.

David B. Stacy is a pastor with Grace Lutheran Church, Chesapeake, VA.

Gerald L. Switzer, Stanwood, MI, retired as a pastor of Christ of the Lakes Lutheran Church in December 2001.

’63
Class Reunion June 13-15, 2003
Sharon Johnson Boggs, Hackettstown, NJ, teaches English as a second language with the Rockaway (NJ) Township Board of Education.

Billie Baker Brewer, Southgate, MI, is a claims representative with SSA, Dearborn, MI.

Patricia Campbell Reath, Easton, CT, an attorney, is in private practice in Bridgeport, CT.

G. Robert Sollars, Dunnellon, FL, is retired as a vice president but continues to serve as a part-time consultant for Consolidated Ceramic Products Inc. in Blanchester, OH.

Walter B. Stitt, South Bend, IN, published “Broken Date Leads to Altar,” a tribute to his relationship with his wife, in the “Anniversaries: Change of Plans” section of the May 26, 2002 Sunday Michigan Edition of the South Bend Tribune.

’64
Jerrold F. Zimmer is a senior project manager with URS Corp., Boulder, CO.

’65
Sharon Strawsburg Gardunia is a teacher at North High School, Springfield, OH. She received her M.Ed. in exceptional children from Northwest Nazarene University in 2001.

Marjorie Milne is an agent with American Family Insurance, Colorado Springs, CO.

Thomas T. Tschantz is a general agent with Tschantz Agency/ Ohio National Life, North Canton, OH.

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Karen Evans Garner, Brookville, OH, serves on the board of trustees for the Miami Valley Military Affairs Association and on the board of directors for the Trotwood Chamber of Commerce.

Larry J. Houff, Louisville, OH, a pastor at Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Canton (OH), celebrated the 30th anniversary of his ordination into the ministry, April 21, 2002.

Paul A. Williams, Minden, NV, is a town manager for Genoa, NV.

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Ted C. Randall, Bucksport, ME, is a chief advancement officer with the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME.

68
Class Reunion June 13-15, 2003
Bruce J. Evenson is the first American Episcopal priest to be appointed to the Anglican Episcopal Church of Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 30, 2002.

Barbara E. Irvine, a classical pianist and theatre music director who heads The Other Side of Broadway, was the pianist and music director for the company’s Songs of the Poets, an art song cabaret with poets’ texts set to music by theatrical composers.

Terry W. McDaniel, Volcano, CA, is a physicist in the research division of Seagate Technology, Fremont, CA.

’69
Mitchell E. and Katherine Hein Ayer live in Katy, TX. Mitchell is an attorney with Thompson & Knight, Houston, TX.

Barbara Kunkle Bell, Norton, OH, has retired as school psychologist with the Northwest Board of Education, Canal Fulton, OH.

Carl H. Fischer, Powell, OH, is a pastor with All Shepherds Lutheran Church, Lewis Center, OH.

David E. and Janice Spangler Moreland live in Franklin, OH. David is pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown, OH. Janice is a Title I Reading Resource teacher with Middletown (OH) City Schools.

Noreen Findlan Storch teaches fine arts lessons and is a secretary/treasurer with CIAS Inc., New York, NY.

’70
Thomas J. Reitz is a chemistry teacher, dorm adviser and volleyball coach with Choate Rosemary Hall School, Wallingford, CT.




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