The class of 1961 held their 50th class reunion at Tall Oaks Country Club, Saturday, July 2. The class originally included 48 members. Seven members of the class are deceased: Loren Handley, Dale Harms, Paul Hillenburg, Dennis Tjaden, Hazel (Paris) Bianchi and Howard Builta.

Classmates attended from Illinois, Arizona, Missouri and North Carolina. There were 28 class members in attendance with 41 in the total group.

The evening was spent enjoying a buffet meal and conversation with class members and their guests. The committee for the 55th Class Reunion are Stan & Janice Weber, Judy vonNordheim, Betty Tolan, Dorothy Roudebush and Dean Stimpert.

Pictured: 1st row: Sharon (Park) Stalter, Dorothy (Oyen) Schlomer, Keven Dahl, Larry vonNordheim, Jari Lynn Oncken, Barbara (Guinnee) Beavers

2nd row: Angela Louis, Crystal (Vissering) Lohr, Ida (Cirks) Weichman, Carolyn (Louis) Alaksiewicz, Janice (Rients) Weber, Verna ( Jennings) Gray, Judy ( McGough) von Nordheim, Betty ( Timmerman) Tolan

3rd row: Bob Fitzmaurice, Marvin Cremer, Dorothy ( Shelter) Roudebush, Jeri Sue (Barth) Johnson, James Hesselberth Doris (Dunham) Baxter, John Weistart, Stan Weber, Louis Gallup, John Osterman, Duane Sullivan, Dean Stimpert, Roger Wren, David Tucker.