Class of 1959 holds reunion
Sunday, August 16, 2009 - Posted 10:12:27 PM
On July 3, 2009, the MDR Class of 1959 kicked off its 50th Reunion at Capponi’s in Toluca with a cocktail hour followed by a multi-course family style dinner which began with hors d’oeuvres and concluded with ice cream and cake.
Thirty-three out of fifty-four class members attended: Jean (Ables) Yopp, Pat Arndt Franklin, Charlotte (Bannan) Rupe, Bill and Emily Bane, Jerry and Elaine Barth, Richard and Shirley Decker, Donna (Donaldson) Orsowy, Ken Drummet, Ron Durre, Tom and Linda (Ruestman) Ford (both class members), Judy (Gangister) and Barry Bennington, Tom and Lynda Guinee, Paul and Carolyn Hesselberth, Carolyn (Hock) and John Eikenmeyer, Elaine (Jury) and Jim Cinnamon, Gene and Marge Ketchmark, Larry and Lynn Kettwick, Leroy and Laura Klendworth, Margaret (Lawrence) Council, Dave Lindsay, John and Kay McKay, Dennis and Bonnie O’Brien, Jean (Paris) and Don Cook, Patty (Plue) Estes, Mary Jane Rossman, Sharon (Schramm) and Wayne Weichman, Bonnie (Seggerman) and Max Cottrel, Linda (Seifert) Zulz, Ron and Norma Smith, Edith (Timmerman) Arndt, Dave Uphoff and Judy Olsen, Dave and Eleanor Wilcox. Gloria Hobbs was a guest of Margaret (Lawrence) Council. In all fifty-four people attended the banquet.
Door prizes were won by Tom Guinee (hooded sweatshirt from the Dana Fire Department), Paul Hesselberth (box of Cunningham Candies), Linda (Ruestman) Ford and Tom Ford (atlas from Meyer-Jochums Agency and a yard stick from Tjaden Construction), John McKay ( bottle of wine from Capponi’s and bottle of salad dressing from Mona’s), and Judy (Gangister) Bennington (flower arrangement from Country Florist). In addition, every class member received a “goodie bag” filled with items donated from local businesses and Fieldcrest Unit #5.
The class shared some interesting statistics. This was the first class reunion that Bonnie (Seggerman) Cottrell had ever attended. Carolyn (Hock) Eikenmeyer and husband John traveled the farthest distance from California while Mary Jane Rossman, who lives in Toluca, traveled the shortest distance. Dave Uphoff and Ken Drummet had the least amount of hair. Jean (Ables) Yopp had the most body parts repaired/replaced.
Ten class members are deceased.
Pictured above first row left is Pat Arndt Franklin, Jean Paris Cook, Jean Abels Yopp, Judy Gangister Bennington. Second row - Carolyn Hock Eikenmeyer (face down), Margaret Lawrence Council, John McKay, Paul Hesselberth, Elaine Jury Cinnamon, Dennis O'Brien. Back row - David Wilcox, Tom Ford, Gene Ketchmark, Tom Guinee (hidden) Larry Kettwich, Ronald Smith (Far right).
First row left -Edith Timmerman Arndt, Bonnie Seggerman Cottrel, Mary Jane Rossman, Patty Plue Estes. Middle row - Bill Bane, Linda Seifert Zulz, Sharon Schramm Weichman, Donna Donaldson Orsowy. Last row - Ken Drummet, Richard Decker, Leroy Klendworth, Jerry Barth, Charlotte Bannon Rupe, David Lindsay, Linda Ruestman Ford, David Uphoff
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