How Many of the Missing Can You Find?

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How Many of the Missing Can You Find?The following is a list of all St. Matthew’s missing alumni from 1961–1980. The list is organizedalphabetically by the year they graduated. You’ll also find some tips for how to go about locating alumni,as well as the stories of a few alumni who’ve taken on the challenge of finding their missing classmates,why they did it and how they went about it. Information can be sent in three ways: email [email protected]; use the enclosed envelope, or call the parish center at 651-224-9793.Note: Married women are listed alphabetically by their baptismal name with their married name in parentheses.

1961Rosemary AllieDonald AltendorferDavid AndersonRichard AugeGerald AugstDolores BeacomDennis BeisselMary (Skarda) BrielDonald BurthJoseph BurthJohn CorriganLinda (Hansen) DrudeJames DuerscherlEllen (Gordon) EastmanDarlene FibuchDiane (Wineman) GabrielJames GriffinRoy W. HaasDonna (Westpha)l Haffely

Marjorie (Spinner) HallJudith (Kelly) HavigKaren (Kunzman) KellyElizabeth KeonenCheryl A. (Bierbrauer)

LorchKathleen McCannRefugio MendezWilliam MichaelsenJohn MoonayDennis MooreBarbara (Ashton)

O’ConnorBruce PetersonRobert PlantenbergSusan (Zaske) RamirezCapt. Edw. ReuterHoward RockwoodSusanne RoellerThomas Ruberto

Harold SchulteSylvester SchwartzMargharet (Colbert)

SchweickertMary (Legrid) SoukupTheresa (Lindeke) SpeikerJudith (Horwath) StelterElizabeth (Hall) SwiderskaAlice (Zamora) TriviskiLynn (Boettcher) Winter

1962Lawrence AbelPhillip AdamJanice AhlmanRobert AllieKathryn AndersonJerome AstermanCharles BaurerJay Benello

Edward BenoeElizabeth BlissenbachSandra BoehmerJohn BootonDwayne BronkMarilyn (Kawakami) BukreyMichael BurnsPaul BurthBarbara ClancyPatricia CrismanMichael DKathleen DarlowDiane DelmontMary DiedrichJames GabrielPatricia GroganStephen GrossGary GuldbergConrad HouseTina IsaacJames JohnsRichard JorgensenMarilyn KischMichael KollerLinda KorsellRobert KukackaLinda LekoJames LotzerThomas LundgrenMartin MadsenAnne MarxerJane MeyerRobert MichaelsonPatricia MonsourGary MosbergerPeter NasseffValerie NeveuGerald NutzmanJerome OstermanMary Jo Pagel

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Jeanne Marie (Troge)Peterson

Steven PetersonMary Ellen ReuterJoan A. (Isher)

RosenbergerLeo RubertoCarol SchaeferThomas SchmidtThomas SeidlLaureen SeivertPatrick ShanleyGerald ShomionKathleen SkadskiRichard T. SoutorMargaret SullivanRudy ThellRichard ThillWilliam UhlenkottDiane ValenMichael VallantStephen VeseyCarolyn WaldoKathleen WarnerWilliam WiblishauserPeter ZarateJohn Zasada

1963Daniel AchmanJohn AdamsSandra Alfveby

Richard AndersonSusanne AngloAlfred BaumanTimothy BellowsDavid BlomgrenPatricia BossartSharon BrisseTheresa BurdashMario Casa De CalvoVera DenysiukCarol DiazGerald FaehnrichJohn FishbackPeter FrankJohn GrecoJames GroganDiane (Emerson) GrossJames GuegalJohn HeilmanRobert HillThomas HueffmeierMary JosephRobert KaneMary KarlenDiane KervinJanice KofoidMichael KolbBarbara LancetteDonald LancetteJohn LandsbergerMary LotzerFaith MacDonald

Sharon MarxChristine MelbyeRobert MeyerTerrence MichelConstance MonsourMary MoranMary MorinPatricia MoschnerDiane MoyerDiane (Salmon) MrozinskiMary Mueller

James NutzmanMargaret PhillippiDavid ProkopDonald ProkopKenneth ProwJames QuirkKathryn (Wicke)

SchadeggWilliam SchreinerJudith SteckmeyerGregory Tackaberry

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MIKE KOSEL (’57)“I saw it as a challenge.”Mike volunteered to help find people for their 50-year class reunion.

“I thought, somebody’s going to have to do this or it’s going to be a thin crowd. I managed to find about25 members of our class. I talked to most of them myself. Some of them were really excited about it — manyof them came to the reunion. I found out two guys from Florida live right near each other and didn’t evenknow it. Then there was the gal from California we found by writing to her brother in Wisconsin the weekbefore the reunion. He got the letter to her just in time and she came. Another woman was found the nightbefore the reunion. She was in town visiting her mother so she came too.”

“One guy — he was one of the smartest kid in our class — I was just determined to find him. He couldn’tcome to the reunion but he invited me to lunch at his house. He was extremely fascinating. He’d been incharge of Burlington Northern Railroad’s Chicago operation and in his basement he’d built a model ofdowntown Chicago with all the buildings and rail lines.”

To find people, Mike often used a phone book, “In some cases, I just looked up last names. One time,I found two names that were the same. I called one of the guys and he said, ‘No, it’s not me, but if you findthat other guy let me know because he had a bill at Sears and I had to pay it!’” Later, Mike adds, “When Ifound the right guy, I never brought it up.”

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Kay TakoTheresa ThillChristine ThulLouise ThurnKathleen TigerMark TriviskiBeverly VerdouwLaura WaldoDonna WaldochBarbara WallaceLinda WhiteDavid WilmesRonald WylieBarbara Zaun

1964Cheryl BatemanDiane BauerBernadette BobickMarilyn CasalendaLinda DuerscherlCarol (Nelson) DuFourDiane EngenCarol HaasRobert HaffelyMichael LichtenbergGregory J. LorchGregory PadelfordMichael PatrickRichard PatrickWilliam PeterChristine (Sanders) QuehlRosemarie RahnRichard SellnerTimothy TaborPaula (Rude) VerdouwEdward ViktoraGail Zaun

1965Samuel AchmanLawrence AdamsSylvia (Santos) AguirreSteven AlfvebyLinda AllieRobert AngloBeverly BachelBarbara BellowsPatrick BergMary BittermanDon BossartGary BrownBarbara BurnsJoseph CardenasRobert Cruz

James DiederichStephen DuerscherlMary EhrenbergAlfred EinbergerJudith EngenLinda FrameMary FrankJeffrey GebhardtVirginia GreeneDavid GrossGail GutzmerEleanor HandwerkJeffry HeutmakerGary HinzeDeborah (Boullt) KaminskiElaine (Haberkorn) KrakerCavan LaschLenny LingofeltGregory LothenbachSusan MaherShanna McCannKevin McMonigalSusan MeyerJean MichalskiTheresa (Thompson) MillerJanice (Hawkes) MrozinskiMary Ann NasseffStephen PetersenJane PirklJames PlantenbergRichard PotzmanSandra ReilandDennis RingMark RoellerMichael Santori

Patrick SchmidtSteve SchuellerPat ScottKathleen SeidlMichael ShanleyGerald StahnkeDonna ThellenDaniel TriviskiMark TrojeMary WangerKathleen WardJane WazlawikJohn WenkerDenise WesselJames WilmesPetra ZarateJeanne Zimmerman

1966Richard AdamsJohn AguirreElizabeth ArgoWendy BachelRichard BandholzDoris BarnesRobert BehanMarianne BenoePatricia BredehoftDenise BrownCharles ChaikaCatherine ClancyThomas CruzGregory DaltonJoann DanmeierDeborah DuerscherlMary Jo Fibuch

Lucy (Maloney) FrancisRaymond GanglSharon GebhardtDeborah GeninSharon GonsoirMary Jean HaasJanet HeutmakerMary Ann HinzeFrank JackAmelia JosephJeffrey KelzerDiane KischDorothy KolbRita E. KoselDaniel LancetteMichael LeahyKathleen LothenbachMargaret MaherJohn MillanSusan MishlerMichael Moszer

ClassmatesGet Together

If you graduated during the years1961-1980, plan a get together witha few or your St. Matt’s classmates

and brainstorm. Where did themissing graduates live? Who werethey friends with? Where did they

work? Who did they marry? Pool yourinformation until you have some

good leads. This is a fun, sociableway to tackle the challenge.

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Larry NehringAnthony PalumboClaudia PaquetteDaniel E. PattonShirley (Mattson) PattonCatherine (Garvey) PavlakAnnamarie PeterDiane ProkopMary Ann RascherRobert ReuterDavid RobinetteJohn SchaeferThomas SchmahlStephen SchmittStephen SchreiberPatricia SchwabJulie (Hurt) StefaniakMichael SteinStephen TackaberryPamela ThulPaul TriviskiCharles VillaumeDavid WangerCarol WestbrookJames WhebbeJoyce Wilmes

1967Anna AguirreGerald AllersWarren AndersonAlvin BachelMary BeaudetteJeanne BeckerVirginia BergMarilyn BobickDavid BukowskiBarbara BurdashDeborah DaltonMary DuffyGeoffrey S EwaldKaren FaehnrichThomas FrankRussell HagerSteven HammerSteven HayesDenise HeiningerThomas HeiningerCarmen HunterCharles KaiserRoxanne KaufholdPatricia KellyCharles KetchmarkYvonne Korman

David KrejciMark KrullJames LeachSandra J. LorchSandra MartinRichard MarzSandra MathisPatrick McCauleyDavid MillerLynne (Overlie) MillerTerrence O’BrienThomas PaquettePaul PatientRobert PeterkaMary Lou PlantenbergKathleen PreussMichael ProwKevin RobinettePatricia (Orth) SchadeggColeen ScheradoDiane SchowalterTimothy SchreiberRosanne SchuellerRuthanne SchuellerSheila ShaughnessyClaire St. SauverPhilip StehrJoann StodolaRichard StrausGerald SussnerThomas Tabor

Jeffrey ThulPhyllis VeseyPaul WardJanice ZasadaCarol Zimmerman

1968Patricia AchmanRonald AguirreRita AmonJean BehanJoseph BehanJoseph BeisselJudith BengstonBarbara BittermanAlison (Forester) BoehmerVictoria BucheteMargaret BukowskiKatharine CurranGary DanmeierAnn (McDonough)

Del VecchioPeter ExleyMary Beth (Cubus) HaasVeronica KachelMichaell KaessGregory KaufholdKathleen (Kuntz) KellyBonita KelzerDiane KetchmarkCynthia Klein

James KleinBarbara KolbLori (Reif) KrullSteven LandsbergerJames LeahyLinda LingofeltJoan LivingstoneDiane MarxGary MeyerJoseph NielsenGina (Quinn) PalumboVictoria (Baker) PetschauerMontell PierceBarbara (Tackaberry) PirklDebby (Carlson) PotzmannFrancisco RamirezPatricia (Petschauer)

RasmussenNancy ReevesKeith ReilandGeorge SchadeggThomas SchwabBarbara St SaueverJoseph ThulDonald WalkerDiana WallnerDeborah (Williams)

WazlawikJonette WazlawikJean WenkerTimothy Zeurk

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KATHY CHAPDELAINE (’64)“There are so many people who know each other.”Kathy, along with Donna Duffy McCarthy helped organize a 45th Class Reunionlast Spring as part of Reunion Sunday. They set up a website to help organizethe event.

“We had been to our high school reunion (Humboldt) in the fall and decidedwe should do it for our grade school class. We went thru the list (of missingalumni) and put together a letter that said we were looking for these people.We asked if anyone had names and addresses. We found at least half of themthat way. It was a very good response.”

“We did it in such a short period of time. We started in January and had thereunion in May. We were so excited we found everybody. The response was sogreat. The farthest someone came was from Las Vegas.”

“The website is very easy to do. We put all the information about the reunionon the website and people could email their addresses. There are so manypeople who know each other. With email and the internet — stuff like this isgetting easier.”

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1969Angela AdamsKarolyn AndersonVicki ArgoBenjamin BagleyDiane BatemanRichard BauerWilliam BengstonCarleen BergJudith (Cocchiarella)

BlissenbachConstance BossartPatricia BryskyMichael CasalendaPatricia CassidyMary CruzSue DaltonJames Del VecchioNancy DeustermannRobert FischbachDiane GrantMichael GubashJim HafizBarbara Hager

Valorie HueyMatthew IsaacDouglas KaiserBeverly KelzerPatricia (Meyer) KolbDavid KrullVincent LangevinTony LarsonJim LetourneauThomas MaherThomas MillanJeanine MoeVirginia MorinLynn NehringMargaret O’BrienLinda PiringerDebra ProkopDenice RoeringLaura (Lafaver) RowanDavid ScherbelLaureen SieberSteven TaborMary TodoraRobert Tonda

Mary VasterlingMike Vesey

1970Diana BagleyGregory BauerStephen BlaschkaPamela BredehoftHarvey BuchiteGregory BurgRoseanne (Arnold)

CardenasCatherine CunninghamJanice DwuznikChristopher ExleyJames ExleyMark FischbachBarbara FretschelKathleen GieselSandra GonsoirCatherine GubashJeanne (Bann) HaasMary Jo HagerJames Halligan

Deborah HayesLaureen HeiningerPatricia IsaacTimothy JackJeffrey JennigesRebecca (Peterson) KaessTed LancetteNicholas LardaniThomas LeahyEd LeClairJoseph LetourneauWilliam McElmuryKathleen McInnisScott NortonLeonard NoyolaRosa NoyolaAnna Odegaard

TONI BLOECHL ’72“For me, it’s about reconnecting.”Toni is just getting started on planning a reunion for her class next fall. She’ll bedoing it all long distance.

“I live in Santa Cruz, California. I’ve been here for 36 years. I’m the youngest offive — all of us went through St. Matt’s. My dad is Virgil Bloechl, he’s 88-years old andgraduated in ’37. He was the fire captain at Station #6. He retired at 52 (due to job relatedinjuries.) My three older brothers were out in California already so we moved too. I was 15 when we moved —it was pretty traumatic. My life was really disrupted.”

“I put together a reunion in the ‘90’s. We met at Cherokee Park and had about 10-12 people come. It wasan interesting cross section who showed up, the class brain, the class trouble maker — it was fun seeing howpeople had changed.”

When the newsletter asked people to submit their memories about the church fire, Toni shared hers,“When I wrote about the fire, a classmate saw my name and wrote to me. We’ve been corresponding. I figureif a few of us can put our heads together, we can really get things going.”

Toni points out that when she organized the reunion in the ‘90’s, it was without the aid of computers. Thestrategy this time combines old-fashioned legwork with modern day social networking. “There were 90 kids inour class and we probably have 25 names. We’re using Facebook. When we find somebody we find out whothey might know and get a chain going. One guy (who’s helping) works for an insurance company — he seemsto have a way of finding people.”

They’re planning the event for next October, which will make it the 38th anniversary — not a year everyonecelebrates, but Toni doesn’t mind, “For me personally, it’s about reconnecting. I’ve always been a person whodoesn’t like to lose people. It goes back to how and when I left Minnesota. It’s important to reconnect withmy roots.”

Check YourHigh SchoolAlumni List

High schools have a much bettertrack record for staying in touchwith their graduates. Check withthe person who’s keeping track

of your h.s. classmates andsee if any missing

St. Matt’s alumni are listed.


Stephen PaquetteThomas PlantenburgPatrice QuehlPaul RamirezElizabeth ReicherMark SantoriTheresa (Grovum)

SchadeggBeverly SchaeferMichael SchaeferSusan ScherbelEllen SchwartzMichael ScornovaccoPamela SieberBarbara SimonesBruce SmithJames StuhlmanRichard ThulMary VondrasekKathleen WallnerKathryn WeismanMary Ann WesselBarbara Wilberg

1971Raymond AchmanGeorge AltendorferRobert AugeDeborah BachelJames BenoeJoan BergDeborah BirchConnie BlaschkaPaul Boehmer

Paul BredehoftDenise BurgSheila CassidyStella CastilloPatricia ChapdelainePatricia ClancyShannon ConlinJanice (Tribbett) CooperTom CybyskeLinda DiederichMary Lou GieselPatricia HalliganDonald HepplemanMichael HossallaArlene LetendreKathy MarxKenneth MeyerJudy MichaelsenAnn MoserMichael NiemanJohn NoyolaMark OhmannTed PageJulieanne PalacioPaul PaquetteThomas PattonLaura PeltierDeborah ProwKatherine ReicherPam (Verdeja) RoeringKim (Emerson) RowanGlen SchlichteGreg SchmidtDavid SchmittWallace SieberCarolyn Smith

Kathleen (Sarageno)Smith

Greg SteinMadonna TackaberryMary ThomasSuzanne TodoraJames WangerJoanne WaschekCynthia WestbrookDonna WilbergJane Zimmerman

1972Michael BestmanAnne BudziszewskiStephen CruzDaniel DuncansonMike EastmanPeter FischbachMary HuxleyMichelle JosephMargaret LangevinDavid LongbeinMary (Revoir) OhmannMark PatrickRoberta ScherbelRoberta (Young)

ScherberSusan SeakenMary StaplesRose Mary (Charles)

TondaMichael UagerDiane VandenboschDavid Wilberg

1973Jeff BlaschkaMary BudziszewskiJane BukowskiRita ClancyPatrick CybyskeDebra DokkaDonna FischbachSteve FollmerKathy (Schiltz) HughesJoseph KarasMike KubiszewskiSteven LonningPamela MosbergerEd PalacioDiane PlantenbergTimothy RochonAnthony SantosRichard SmithDavid StefaniakRandy Straus

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Interestingstories?

If you’ve got one to shareabout tracking down your

classmates let us know and we’llinclude them in the newsletter.

Contact us:[email protected].


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Robert StraussLaurie TackaberryTeresa TopritzhoferPhilip VailBarbara WesselJohn YanezLisa Yanez

1974George AkinSteven AndersenDebra BagleyThomas BlaschkaJeanne M. (Gravem)

BrunzelJohn BudziszewskiJoseph BuseThomas CostelloJerome CubusLaurie DuncansonDenise EricksonAnita FollmerCarl FolsomDebra GentleLaura GillilandChristine GubashLisa HaverlandLeonard HeiningerElizabeth HernandezGeorge HernandezDavid HillJoyce Jahnke

Teresa JosephHarlen LafontaineAndrea LancetteLaurie (Jarvis) LeachJeffrey LetourneauMargaret McNamaraTimothy MeyerKathryn OdegardJessica RamirezGregory SanftPatricia ScherblCary SchmidtCraig SchmidtMark SchwartzMary Lou (Lagerstrom)

SmithMaureen TackaberryBrenda (Armstrong) TondaAnne TosnsyRoger VerduzcoCatherine WangerNancy WenkerCynthia WennerMaribeth (Rice) Wilmes

1975Eve AckermannThomas AdamsSheila AndersenSteven BadeDonna BenolkenJulie BlaschkaKevin BoehmerPaul Budziszewski

Mark BurgTheresa (Maher) BuseChristine CalifanoMary ClancyMark CruzStanley CunninghamAnn CybyskeChristopher DelaoThomas N. DoyleMary Jo FretschelEdward FriasDonna GrossGilbert HernandezTimothy HughesKathleen HurleyPatrick JaskowiakSandra JosephManfred Krug

Suzanne KuntzeDenise (Munos) LerczakPhillip MauricioBernadette MonsourJohn MorganRobert MunozMichael OstrowskiTimothy J. PattonDavid PoechmannRobert PotzmannPatrick QuinlanPatricia RainesAnn RenteriaAnthony RenteriaAnita RuizGlorina SaucedoJoseph St. SauverJames Staples

1973, continuedCheck the Web

The Internet is a powerful toolfor finding people, particularly

those who’ve moved out of state.1. Try setting up a website for your

class where alumni can easily exchangeinformation.

2. Visit some social networking siteslike Facebook, for names of

missing classmates.3. Google Class Reunion and you’llfind a host of free sites designed to

help people reconnect. One ofthem may work

for you.


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Eva SteinhasuerAnn SteinhoffPamela SwensonJames TietzMaureen (Berends)

TraynorJeffrey WenkerColleen WenzelSusan YanezGene Zieman

1976Monica AckermanJerry AdamsPerry AltendorferMargo BachelAnn BadeJim BehanRichard BoldtSue BrownBrian BrunnerJim BuseJim CastorKaren CostelloGregory CubusAnnette DelaoKurt EricksonGary M. EwaldLeoncio FernandezMichele GabrielAngela (Neuman) GanglDiana Goubash

Juanita HernandezMark HernandezJulie HerzogTimothy HurleyStephanie (Norton) LangerMary LeahyRobert McHollandDennis McNaughtonThomas MedinaVickie MeisingerJoseph MooneyJoseph MorinWilliam O’DonnellMargaret O’NeillPatti OhmannConnie PelacioAaron RamirezPeter RenteriaTimothy RogersShawn SchmidtWalter SchoumakerLori SingerCindy StaggsCynthia StaggsJohn SteinhauerMark StellmachThomas TondaBruce UhlerPaul WennerKathy WillmesElizabeth WolfElvira Yanez

1977Dan BrunzelAnthony BukowskiTom BuseAnnie DelgadoJohn DeutschTimothy GarciaSusan (Hendrickson)

HernandezLisa HughesMichelle JahnkeKim JennigesKelly JosephsLori JusticeJohn KleinKathy KubiszewskiPam LerczakGeraldine LopezJohn MarsonColleen McHollandMona Mendoza

Jackie MeyerMike MontourRobin MoserTim OsborneMary E. (Korby) PattonSheryl PedersonTony PirklKaren PotzmannLydia RangelPatricia RenteriaDave SchoumakerScott SchwartzSharon SissonRandy SmithRob SteinhoffMike SuraMark SwardGina TorresPat (Kinderman) TosneyNorman VailGordon WangerScott Weisman

1978Michael W. AbbottBruce G. AlfvebyMary Ellen (Jeffers)

AmbroseKathleen Jean Benedict

Katherine M. (Pamperin)Brengman

Alan M. BrunnerThomas M. BurthSusan A. CalifanoMark S. DamonThomas P. DeutschJose Manuel GarciaMatthew G. GubashStephen M. HernandezPatricia L. HurleyJulie A. KarelsCatherine LangevinRobert LeachAnn M. LeahyKimberley A. LerczakJane E. McNamaraMark G. MeyersAnthony J. MichalekRobert L. MontourMarie Therese NasseffAnn T. NehringJames M. OhmannMatthew J. OhmannJane F. OpineChristopher D. PirklLaura Ann RangelMichael F. RenteriaVicky Rodriguez

NANCY RIEHLE BURKE (’59)“Much more fun thanI expected.”Nancy attended a 50th anniversary gathering ofher class at Reunion Sunday last May.

“It was great. Everybody was warm andfriendly and talking to each other. Who wouldthink that a Sunday brunch would be such fun?It was just lovely!”

To track down missing people, Nancy says theyused high school lists, “I furnished the names ofpeople who went to OLP.”

“I had not seen most of these people sinceI left St. Matthew’s in ’59.” Even so, she was ableidentify almost all 100 classmates in their 8thgrade class photo. As for recognizing her fellowalumni 50 years later, “Most of us needed thename tags to identify each other — I know I didand I think people were looking at mine.”

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Roman J. SaucedoMartin J. ScherbelMichelle M. ScherbelWard L. StellmachLynne M. SwardJudith Y. SwensonJoanne M. TaylorMichael R. TraynorRichard Wayne TylerRamon ValdezKevin WalkerPatrick J. WennerCheryl WenzelSusan M. WolfJames R. Zimmerman

1979Ann M. AdamsMary B. BukowskiMatthew L. CunninghamMary Jo CybyskeMaureen A. (Smith)

DeutschJacquelin A. HagerSusan M. (Connor)

HammerJulie A. KelzerJoseph Paul KruegerBridget Ann LannonLisa Mary LeachMargaret M. (Nielsen)

MarsollekEileen M. O’NeillLeonard J. PattonKathleen A. PedersenMia L. RamirezSteve ScherbelCatherine E. SzlaiusRose M. VetterMary A. WennerRobert William Wolf

1980Thomas M. BenedictDarren L. BergstromCorinne BudziszewskiLena Grace DiazMary B. FollmerKenneth Robert GoersAlicia R. HainsVentura B. HernandezMichael JehnkeTamera K. JennigesJody L. KnopsMaureen A. Meyers

Lisa A. MichalekScott E MillerWilliam E. MoserTheresa A. OhmannThomas OpineMark F. OsborneCheryl A. ProkopSusan M. RedingSteven RiversPatrick J. RogersBrad A. RongitschDavid W. SamuelsonLionel J. SanchezTheodore SanftJoseph SchmidtBrenda L. SchultzMichael R. ShaughnessyGina R. VerduzcoAmy T. WennerRobert E. Zimmerman

KAREN ROBINETTE THOMPSON (’59)“Just Be Persistent”

“Our graduates went to several different high schools. If the high schoolhad a reunion, we started there.”

“We sent a letter out to people and we got a response from that – friendswho kept in touch, relatives from the parish. The hardest part is findingwomen (because of the name changes.) In those cases, we try to find someonein the family.”

“For me, it was more fun finding people and talking with them. When youdo talk with people, you find out what they’ve accomplished is phenomenal.We share common values and experiences. We share stories that over theyears have become legends.”

“Everyone has succeeded and has a lot to be proud of, and it goes back toour roots, going to Catholic School.”

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”“Even though students

graduate and many leavethe area to further their

education... St. Matthew’sremains a kind

of “home.”

FR. STEVE ADRIAN


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