Madison West High School Class of 1958

Dear class members,

As usual, our class is interested in staying in touch.  What a great group!

My thanks to all committee members, as well as others who gave generously of their time and ideas and to Bill Lautz who was so hospitable to us.

Dick Anderson, we missed you and wish Cathy the best.  Please convey to her.

Sincerely,

Ellen Cline Sperling

Joanne, please pass on.  Thanks!

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Comment below added 9/18//13)

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From: (address deleted)

Date: Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 7:08 PM

Subject: Re: West High 1958 – from Ellen Sperling

To: (address deleted)

 what a great comment!  I had a call from Judy Danca who filled me in on some of the things I missed.  Sure hated to miss it, but after 31/2 weeks on a road trip another 13 hours seemed too much.  I really appreciate you Joann for taking care of the connections that you have kept going on!  In deed it does make one feel connected .  I hope we can make the next one..the good lord willing.  Again as Ellen mentioned thanks to all of you who made it all possible!-   too please forward this as Ellen mentioned.  Thanks- Linda ——–

Jean Verthein and Katrina Mohlburg

Lori Larson, Marsha Clinard, Maria Messina, Joanne Tortorice

Katrina Mohlberg and Karen VanderHeiden Wallander

Marsha Clinard and Gary Schultz

Lori Larson, Marsha Clinard, Maria Messina, Joanne Tortorice

• Bakken, Jim and wife Hope Dahle
  
• Brown, Gene and wife Hilda
  
• Cavanaugh, Elaine Ninneman and husband Ron
  
• Clinard, Marsha and husband Charlie Boast
  
• Cline, Ellen Sperling and husband Keith
  
• Dahle, Hope and husband Jim Bakken
  
• Dornfeld, Judy Danca and husband Vince
  
• Fellman, Laura
  
• Friedman, JoAnn Salin
  
• Gerson, Sharon Glass
  
• Gordon, Stu
  
• Grosshandler, Nancy Rane and husband Phil
  
• Helsabeck, Dennis
  
• Kaeser, Bill
  
• Kahl, Karen Roberts and Arden Shumaker
  
• Klatt, Rich and wife Nancy Siegert
  
• Larson, Lori Honold-Peterson
  
• Lautz, Bill and Natalie Paalu
  
• Lorimer, John and Pam Brandon
  
• McKenna, John and wife Mary Ann Webster
  
• McLeod, John and wife Donna
  
• Messina, Maria Ritacca and husband Vincent
  
• Mintz, Phyllis Eisenberg
  
• Moberg, Katarina  Hohwu-Christensen and husband
  
• Mott, Sue Fitzgibbon
  
• Muckenhirn, Joan Kincaid
  
• Nordness, Natalie Yelinek and husband Keith
  
• Oosterhaus, George and wife Judy Wyngaard
  
• Plaenert, Judy Olson
  
• Raffill, Dennis and wife Cindy
  
• Ragatz, John and wife Nancy
  
• Reynolds, Jim
  
• Risley, Robert and wife Audrey
  
• Schaefer, Tim and wife Karen
  
• Schneider, Patty Hoffman
  
• Schultz, Gary
  
• Seivers, Jill Elver
  
• Stone, KK Anderson and husband Ed Kolner
  
• Swanson, Frank
  
• Thielen, Nancy-France Ohmann
  
• Thomsen, Tommy and wife Kit
  
• Torrance, Susan  Walters
  
• Tortorice, Joanne Baker and husband John
  
• Trewartha, Sue Papanic
  
• Vanderheiden, Karen Wallander
  
• Verberkimoes, Mary Connery
  
• Vlack, Verne and wife Sharon
  
• Walsh, John and wife Kathy
  
• Ward, Virginia O’Brien
  
• Washa, Craig
  
• Watts, Barb Poeltz
  
• Mary Ann Webster and husband McKenna, John
  
• Wittwer, Jerry and wife Elizabeth
  
• Wyngaard, Judy and husband Oosterhaus, George

Dear Classmates,

What a great reunion!! It seemed like everyone had a wonderful time.

And I have to tell you that Phyllis Mintz Eisenberg should have been in sales – she would have made millions.  I say this because at the reunion she mentioned how much she missed Chuck Radke’s wonderful website of our class and talked me into creating one.

I agreed, but it will be simple and won’t be anywhere near as fabulous as Chuck’s. The purpose will be a chance for us to stay connected and share news and photos, etc.  Right now the site only has the names and a few photos of people at the 55th reunion and the obituary for Janet Oldenburg.

And so, I am going to depend on you to send me information for the website.  The more information you send me, the more there will be on the site —  birth of a “great-great” grandchild, travels to perhaps John Ragatz’s Mt. Kilamanjaro lodge, or hitting a hole-in-one, or anything else you would like to share  ;-).

Please start by sending me any photos you took at the reunion, your comments about the reunion, etc.  By the way, I hope you will understand and please forgive me for typing maiden names only – it’s much easier that way.

I also want to mention that I plan to create a directory of our classmates, postal addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers that I will email to everyone. But it will take me awhile, so please be patient.

The address for the class website I created is

        1958.homestead.com

“Homestead” is the web hosting company I use.

Thanks,

JoAnn