CARL SCHURZ High School - Class of 1967

40th Year Class Reunion Program

In Loving Memory of our Classmates:
  • George Bensen
  • Maria Benteler
  • Patricia Bocock
  • Patrick Brady
  • Daniel Doody
  • Diane Gerlach
  • Vincent Salomone
  • David Steffensen
  • Christine Zalesny
  • And any others not mentioned here
Key to Maiden Names:
HIGH SCHOOL

Carol Alwart
Carol Anderson
Kathy Aufdengarten
Sophie Baraniecki
Joyce Bieschke
Karen Bird
Lorraine Chen
Charmaine DeBoer
Patricia Evarts
Sandra Franson
Diane Fredrickson
Pat Gast
Susan Greene
Kay Grobert
Rhoda Hornkohl
Judy Karis
Nancy Klepitsch
Dorothea Kubetz
Barbara Lastovich

NOW

Carol Alwart Schultz
Carol Anderson-Jorgensen
Kathy Mahon
Sophie Baranyk
Joyce Hixson
Karen Nielsen
Lorraine Chen West
Charmaine DeBoer Resh
Patricia Price
Sandra Mandik
Diane Erickson
Pat Lindemann
Susan Vela
Kay McCollom
Rhoda Barr
Judy Tupman
Nancy Klepitsch-Mergen
Dorothea Smith
Barbara King

HIGH SCHOOL

Carol Mancuso
Kathy Matlak
Annette Makris
Jeanne Murphy
Carol Nelson
Nancy Nilsson
Norma Palt
Mary Ann Penchar
Anka Popovich
Adrian Stanley
Jan Swietek
Elizabeth Taylor
Dorrie Tholke
Susan Vallone
Linda Weber
Susan Wheeler
Bonnie Windmeier

NOW

Carol Lorenzi Opsal
Kathy Matlak-Davidson
Annette Kois
Jeanne Kamin
Carol Nelson Benjamin
Nancy Lemont
Norma Di Silvio
Mary Ann Urbaszewski
Anka Popovich-Krstic
Adrian Stanley-Pfeffer
Jan Mason
Elizabeth (Beth) Pipes
Dorrie Rapp
Susan de Veer
Linda Thompson
Susan Schippits
Bonnie Roznowski

NAME Carol Alwart Schultz
ADDRESS 1375 Wentworth Drive (as of 9/07)
Volo, IL 60020
CELL PHONE 630-649-1777
E-MAIL ADDRESS carols71349@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Ray
MAIDEN NAME Alwart
EDUCATION High School
OCCUPATION Accounting for a home builder
CHILDREN Daughter Tracey age 34
GRANDCHILDREN Three girls: Vivien 9 yrs Emily 6 yrs Gianna 5 yrs
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Raising a great daughter who has given us the thrill of a lifetime with three little girls.Being at the birth for all three is priceless.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I belong to a Jitterbug dance club and have been dancing for over 20 years. Love to bowl, cook, bake, sew and love to play games and cards.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I enjoyed Schurz so much that I have too many great memories. I'd love to go back and relive those years.
NAME Carol Louise Anderson-Jorgensen
ADDRESS 4502 Dakota Dr.
Madison, WI 53704
HOME PHONE (608) 249-0278 CELL PHONE (608) 213-1511
E-MAIL ADDRESS cjorgensen49@hotmail.com
MARITAL STATUS widowed SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Randy
MAIDEN NAME Anderson
EDUCATION After Schurz, BA Psychology UICC
OCCUPATION 2 year olds’ preschool teacher
CHILDREN Timothy (32), Nate (29), both married as of Aug.25, 2007, Kevin (10), deceased 1991.
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Learning that God loves me greater than anything I could imagine and always gives me the best for my best. My happiest moments have been when I have recognized God in action and seen His wonderful gifts in my life.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I’m not much into sports, but enjoy games and cheering others on.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES The fun we had with our teachers in honors classes. BAND! Sitting in the lunch room with friends in various discussions.
NAME Susan Ankerholtz
ADDRESS 8 N. Seventh Ave.
Des Plaines, IL 60016
MARITAL STATUS Single
EDUCATION 3 yrs. At Northeastern Illinois University
OCCUPATION Account Receivables Clerk
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT I will be a great, great aunt in December when my great nephew and his wife have their first baby.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES FBLA floats for Homecoming and Prom.
NAME Sophie Baranyk
ADDRESS 125 Boardwalk Place
CITY Park Ridge, Il 60068
HOME PHONE 847-698-3623 CELL PHONE 312-405-1968
E-MAIL ADDRESS AbAr97@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Orest
MAIDEN NAME Baraniecki
EDUCATION BS.E U of I
OCCUPATION Federal Agent
CHILDREN - (NAMES & AGES) Alexandra 32 an attorney and Nathalie 28 who was an English teacher in Florence, Italy and is now working in Paris, France.
GRANDCHILDREN : Liliana 3 , Mark 6 months
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT
Getting back my friendship with Adi Stanley and spending time painting together in Florida. ANY OTHER INFORMATION My second career began after September 11, 2001 as a federal employee. I spent the better part of my life in airline management. I really miss the people I worked with and the travel. C’est la vie!
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Playing Twister, Chorus, Mr. Sanderson and the candy he passed around that had fuzz on it. The Drama Teacher who drank from her purse, the female algebra teacher who rode a Harley, Ms. Malato the Spanish teacher French kissing Mr. Hagey(?) the shop teacher at the train station, getting in trouble for wearing culottes, boys who were greasers freshman year and wore leather jackets who became dupers still wore the jackets the next year, watching the boys get all the National Geographic magazines in the library. Wearing angora on your boyfriend’s school ring to match your outfit of the day, wearing dimes in the oxblood loafers.
NAME Rhoda Barr
ADDRESS P.O. Box 2509
Breckenridge, CO 80424
HOME PHONE 970-547-8382 CELL PHONE 970-389-6428
E-MAIL ADDRESS rhodabarr@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS still with my 1st husband SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Bill
MAIDEN NAME Rhoda Hornkohl
EDUCATION BS, Mathematics, University of Illinois (Urbana) 1971MS, Computer Science, University of Illinois (Urbana) 1973
OCCUPATION former computer jock, former stay-at-home mom, currently church volunteer
CHILDREN James (26), taking his 3rd one year off before starting grad school, working retail here in CO, moved up to management in one year, but claims he won’t make it a career
Ron (22), snowboard instructor at Vail Resorts, youngest supervisor in corporate history
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Seeing Ron graduate from HS (there were times it was in doubt) and find his niche.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION After 30 years in the corporate rat race in New Jersey (and living way beneath our means), we left for the mountains of Colorado. We love having friends and family come to stay, and now you know how to reach us. We do lots of music – church choir, local choral society, Sweet Adelines (I’ve become an arranger) and a garage band (it’s never too late to fulfill a dream). Now that we have the time to travel, we’re making up for lost time. Breckenridge is pretty yucky in spring and fall, so we go elsewhere. We’re currently concentrating on the western USA and places we’ve never been – Hawaii, California, national parks.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES My mom forcing the administration to let me take Mechanical Drawing and give me my diploma – she’s gone now but she sure could make things happen.
NAME Sheila Carlson Jaszkowski
ADDRESS 21818 121st Place
Bristol, WI 53104
HOME PHONE 262-862-2185 CELL PHONE 630-817-2185
E-MAIL ADDRESS sheila1949@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Wally
MAIDEN NAME Carlson
EDUCATION 2 years NIU
OCCUPATION Assistant Vice President/Bank Manager-Loan Officer
CHILDREN Pamela 27, Ryan 24
STEP GRANDCHILDREN Zach, Eliott & Grant
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Raising two perfect kids and being very happily married the 2nd time around.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION (SPECIAL INTERESTS, HOBBIES, and TRAVELS)
We live on a small lake in SE Wisconsin and enjoy swimming, boating and fishing.
NAME Dale Condy
ADDRESS 7933 Calle San Felipe
Carlsbad, CA 92009
DAY PHONE 760-930-1200 CELL PHONE 760-310-1201
E-MAIL ADDRESS dcondy@sbcglobal.net
MARITAL STATUS Married (29 years) SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Linda
EDUCATION University of Illinois, Chicago Circle 3yrs
Gemological Institute of America, Graduate Gemologist
OCCUPATION Jewelry Store Owner ( www.gemsoflacosta.com )
CHILDREN Rob 26. Laura 22
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT Building a successful business after almost losing everything due to a recession that began in our first year after opening in 1989.
HAPPIEST MOMENTS The days that our two children were born.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION We enjoy taking long weekends traveling throughout California in our RV.
NAME Susan de Veer
ADDRESS 5709 Albright Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
HOME PHONE 757-479-0494 CELL PHONE 757-348-1218
E-MAIL ADDRESS laughinbasset@gmail.com
MARITAL STATUS Married for 32 years SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Stephen
MAIDEN NAME VALLONE
EDUCATION A.A. Foreign Language – Chicago City College, 1974, B.A. English - Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, 1992, M.A. English, Applied Linguistics – Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, 1995
OCCUPATION Education: International Student Advisor and Immigration Specialist
CHILDREN (NAMES AND AGES) Christopher de Veer, 31, Danielle de Veer-Bejarano, 28
GRANDCHILDREN Isabella Bejarano, 2
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT/HAPPIEST MOMENT Aside from my children, my life began in earnest after our 25th year class reunion. I had just completed a B.A. in English and entered graduate school. Since 1992, I completed an M.A. in Applied Linguistics, taught Freshman Composition and ESL Reading, became an International Student Advisor and immigration specialist in the Virginia’s Community College System and, most recently in 2005, was selected to participate in a short term Fulbright program in Germany for International Education Administrators! Although I consider fulfilling my life-long dream of a college degree and the Fulbright award as my greatest accomplishments, my happiest moment was assisting my daughter with the birth of her daughter, Isabella.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I love hiking in the mountains and traveling the globe, particularly to developing countries. Recent travels have taken me to Vietnam, Turkey, Spain, and most recently to Kyrgyzstan. I still enjoy reading when my eyes aren’t too tired from working on the computer all day. I try to keep up with technology, but am probably always behind!
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I still have painful memories of Ms. Karsh’s honor’s English class, though I pursued writing in spite of her. I didn’t appreciate Mr. Fortini’s history class and reading authentic texts until I took an Early American Literature class, which turned out to be the most enlightening course of my undergraduate degree and foundational in my understanding of the American psyche. Other memories are of Chem. class experiments that filled the halls with noxious odors during the lunch bells and ruined everyone’s appetite. And then there were the lunchroom fat-laden, sugar and peanut butter cookies that weighed a pound each and cost only 5 cents! Yeah!
Someone, still unnamed (though I have my suspicions) stole my violin from my locker at the beginning of Sophomore year. My mother was forced to pay the school for that violin, which was quite hardship at the time. Then, at the end of Senior year, just before graduation, I was helping to inventory the orchestra’s instruments and lo and behold! The unnamed thief had snuck the stolen violin back into the instrument storage room! Fortunately, my mother kept the receipts for the payments she made to Schurz and was refunded her money shortly after the school year ended.
NAME Norma Di Silvio
ADDRESS 1149 S. Perda Ln.
Des Plaines, IL 60016
HOME PHONE 847-956-0588
E-MAIL ADDRESS njdisilvio@yahoo.com
MARITAL STATUS Married 34 years SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Dominic
MAIDEN NAME Palt
EDUCATION A.A. Secretarial Practice, Loop College (now Harold Washington College)
OCCUPATION Sr. Administrative Asst. for a chemical company
CHILDREN Joseph, 30, Dorothy, 27
GRANDCHILDREN Tyler, 2, Coley 5 mo.
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Meeting and marrying my husband, our two wonderful children who became teachers, two fantastic grandchildren, leading a sales team to 2nd place in the U.S., working 25 yrs. at my current job, and putting together this Program!
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I like to scrapbook, bowl, and spend time with family and friends I traveled when I was in sales to many U.S. cities – our favorite was Boston.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES FBLA Conventions in Springfield and our terrific sponsor, Miss Albin, racing to classes in the triangle which always seemed to be at the furthest point, Girls Chorus, Bowling, buying tickets for my family and me to see Music Man and then finding out I had the German Measles and my family went without me, tagging along with the Saddlier’s Club, Homecomings and Proms and the infamous butter cookies!
NAME Ken Doody
ADDRESS 1025 S Home
Park Ridge, IL 60068
HOME PHONE 847-692-2123
E-MAIL ADDRESS kdoody@sbcglobal.net
MARITAL STATUS married SPOUSE’S NAME Joanne Modica
EDUCATION Bachelor’s in Chemistry at MacMurray College, Master’s in Psychology at Indiana State University, but I got all the education I needed at Schurz High School
OCCUPATION High School Teacher at Glenbrook South HS (Psychology and Chemistry)
CHILDREN Cassie (13 yrs old) and Craig (10 yrs old)
GRANDCHILDREN What? Are we that old already?
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Far and away, watching the birth of my two children was (were? Educated at Schurz) my happiest moment. I didn’t do much – it’s more my wife’s accomplishment. Yet, I felt proud and humbled by the experience (I cried – I hadn’t cried since 5 yrs old when Dumbo was separated from mother).
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I still love to play basketball and softball. I have a cabin up near the UP where I go for retreat. I quit my job at 40 and took a 3-week canoe trip north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES A prominent philosopher told me “Everything seemed so important then” I remember feeling so awed and self-conscious. Schurz was so big and everyone else seemed to know what they were doing. There were a couple of girls I was desperate to talk to, but couldn’t bring myself to say hello. I especially remember those who were friendly to me. I also remember how divided into groups people were: greasers, dupers, jocks, freaks. That all seems so superficial now. As that same philosopher said: “Then is then and now is now”
NAME Diane Erickson
ADDRESS 1825 W. Crescent Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
PHONE 847-823-9304
MARITAL STATUS Married for 28 years SPOUSE'S FIRST NAME Bruce
MAIDEN NAME Fredrickson
EDUCATION Nursing Diploma
OCCUPATIONS Currently substitute pre-school teacher; Lead pre-school teacher for 10 years; Church secretary for 2 years; Travel secretary/interpreter (deaf-blind) for 3 years; Missionary nurse for 2 years (Madagascar); Indian Health Service nurse for 1 year (Navaho reservation/Arizona); Hospital nurse (Lutheran General) for 2 years.
CHILDREN 3; two sons and a daughter, grown
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT/HAPPIEST MOMENT: Blooming where I'm planted/Whenever the "sun" shines on me! Other information: I enjoy swimming, adventure traveling, violining, volunteering, reading, working.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I have a lot of good ones, and a few bad ones. Nothing really worth sharing! I graduated in January, 67 just before the big snowstorm. Remember that?!!
NAME Richard Hill
ADDRESS 708 N Elm
Itasca, IL 60143
HOME PHONE 630 773 3891
E-MAIL ADDRESS rhill @ mwe.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Lynne
EDUCATION BS Civil Engineering Northwestern University, MS Mathematics Roosevelt University
OCCUPATION Team Lead Application Development – McDermott Will and Emery
CHILDREN Stephanie 29, Melissa 27
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Raising 2 wonderful girls and walking them up the aisle on their wedding day.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Played tuba in the DuPage Community Band (for past 28 years). Have camped with my family in 35 National Parks over the past 30 years.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Receiving an “S” in the city wide band competition as a member of the concert band. I will never forget playing in the orchestra as a sophomore for the Sound of Music. Almost winning the city wrestling championship (finished 2nd) – I wrestled at 138 pounds !!!! I am not quite 138 anymore. So many more ….
NAME Joyce Hixson
ADDRESS 2710 Bayview Circle
Algonquin, IL 60102
HOME PHONE 847-658-7214
E-MAIL ADDRESS HXN411@AOL.COM
MARITAL STATUS Widow
MAIDEN NAME Bieschke
EDUCATION Some college
OCCUPATION Retired
CHILDREN Stepchildren – Dave, Linda and Rob
GRANDCHILDREN Jennifer (12) Matthew (7)
NAME Jim Jastrzebski
ADDRESS 1190 Country Club rd
Elgin, IL 60123-1678
HOME PHONE 847 760 6041
E-MAIL ADDRESS insteboy@earthlink.net
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Irene
EDUCATION 4 yrs College
OCCUPATION Driver/Caregiver
CHILDREN Stan 26, Erin 24
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Finding True Love a Second Time
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Trains, Classic Films, Hiking, Faith, My Wife, the Outdoors
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Getting Suspended for Driving to Burger King
NAME Julie Jaworski Smith
ADDRESS 4509 83rd Street
Lubbock , TX 79424
HOME PHONE 806-794-7118 CELL PHONE 806-773-7266
E-MAIL ADDRESS julienjim@suddenlink.net or juliannemsmith@gmail.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Jim
MAIDEN NAME Julie Jaworski
EDUCATION B.S. Northwestern University, M.Ed. Auburn University
OCCUPATION School Librarian (Retired June, 2007); Storyteller
CHILDREN Jennifer – 34 ; Erich - 32
GRANDCHILDREN Sam – 3 (He’ll be 4 in October)
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Can’t think of any one thing in particular. I’m happy my life has turned out even better than I dreamed as a teen. No Pulitzer Prizes or Oscars (and lots of middle age bulges and wrinkles), but a wonderful family, satisfying career, lots of exciting experiences.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION (SPECIAL INTERESTS, HOBBIES, and TRAVELS) We travel a lot. (Our families are far from Lubbock!!) Have a vacation home outside of Taos, NM in the mountains. This summer, we traveled to NYC, Turkey, Phoenix, Nashville, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, and Yellowstone National Park/ Wyoming/ Montana. In the past years, we have been to Australia, Poland, Germany, Thailand (and the Mayamar border, scary), Taiwan, Panama, and throughout the US. Jim is a college professor, so I can accompany him on trips to conferences often. Lucky me.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Hearing about the JFK assassination after lunch in Science class at Beaubien Branch. Singing in girls’ and solo choruses, school plays especially Music Man and How to Succeed in Business. Wonderful, wonderful Miss Anne Rebek and cute Mr. Cohen. Working on the Schurz Times with Mr. Schiable. Lunch time butter cookies and “Tab” in the cafeteria, sophomore year during the height of Beatle mania. Those huge garage parties in the autumn before the cops came to break them up—loved the Schurz Boy bands. Tri-Hi-Y and after at SuperDawg for a coke. The BIG, BIG snowstorm senior year.
NAME Barbara King
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Bob
MAIDEN NAME Lastovich
EDUCATION B.A in Computer Science
OCCUPATION Technical Engineer, Galileo International
CHILDREN Jeffrey 27, Erin 26
GRANDCHILDREN None yet, first wedding is Sept 1st.
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT My greatest accomplishment and happiest moments would have to be having 2 children and watching them and their friends through elementary, high school and then graduation from Universities. (One will take the final examination next year to become an M.D.) Keeping a few, good, close friends from high school (Jean Murphy Kamin and Sue Greene Vela).
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Have visited New Zealand on 3 separate occasions and have lots of pictures and brochures if anyone is considering going down under. Hobbies include: golf, gardening, reading & promoting organic/sustainable agriculture.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I wish I remembered more; but probably killed too many brain cells in my youth. Most that does come to mind involves either gym classes or eating lunch outside at one of the local ‘hangouts’. There are also a few centered around pranks, such as stuffing people in lockers for a surprise opening or playing tricks in homeroom to Ms. Peters, the Home Economics teacher. Had some great homeroom classmates!
NAME Nancy Klepitsch-Mergen
ADDRESS 7162 N. McAlpin
Chicago, IL 60646
HOME PHONE 773-763-0986 CELL PHONE 773-502-0986
E-MAIL ADDRESS jpandme2@Yahoo.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME John
MAIDEN NAME Klepitsch
EDUCATION Master's Degree in Special Education
OCCUPATION Retired/ Special Ed. teacher
CHILDREN Nicholas 28
GRANDCHILDREN Kylee –5, Torin- 2 1/2
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Happiest Moment-- It's a tie...marrying John, holding our son and, of course, holding our granddaugters minutes after they were born!
Accomplishment Finishing a Master's Plus 30 hours while working full time.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Still enjoy playing co-ed volleyball several times a week.
Love to take short trips just about anywhere, although the most beautiful travel moment was standing with only 4 other people on top of a Glacier in Alaska...breath taking.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Too many to list... new friends, first loves, last laughs, homecomings, loud cheers, school song, chemistry mishaps, messy lockers, study(?) halls, ....
NAME Mike Koskiewicz
ADDRESS 5319 W Warwick, Chicago, IL 60641
PHONE 773-932-5206 or 773-794-0646
E-MAIL koskiewicz@sbcglobal.net
MARITAL STATUS Divorced/single
EDUCATION No formal education beyond Schurz. I am constantly learning new ideas and concepts. Emphasis on world history, anthropology, linguistics and graphic communications all self taught.
OCCUPATION Billing and Customer Relationship Manager with IBM Corporation
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT/HAPPIEST MOMENT No great accomplishments, and in hindsight, I really haven't had a truly happiest moment.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Journalism and photography are favored pastimes. If my name is 'googled' on the internet (koskiewicz, mike) you will see a cornucopia of my opinionated rants (mostly about Chicago and local politics).
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Shop classes, the triangle, sitting in Ms. Rothstein's English class immediately after the JFK assasination and watching that lady weep throughout the entire period. The cafeteria butter cookies....and to all my classmates who saw fit to give me the time of day...and, I guess to all others who really didn't know me. Special thanks to Mr. Malum (Print shop), Mr. Slepicka (Machine shop), Mr. Breen (English) and my all time favorite teacher, Mr. Wender (English).
NAME Lois M. Kubeczko
ADDRESS P.O. Box 1
Garden Prairie , IL 61038
HOME PHONE 815-597-5008
EMAIL lkubeczko@inisghtbb.com
MARITAL STATUS Divorced
MAIDEN NAME Kubeczko
EDUCATION High School
OCCUPATION Admin. Asst.
CHILDREN Bill Altman 36, Ken Altman 35, Craig Altman 32, Brian Altman 30
GRANDCHILDREN Macy 8 yrs, Abby 8 months, CJ 8 yrs, Chase 23 months
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS/HAPPIEST MOMENTS My 4 sons, who have grown up to be exceptional men and fathers. In fact, my oldest son who is a Special Education teacher came home one day telling me about his new teaching job at Schurz High School. I could not believe it. My son Bill taught Special Education, coached football and track at Schurz for several years and is now at CVS.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I like to crochet, read and love to cook and bake. Would like to travel more and maybe one of these days will get that chance.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Some of my best memories are of playing in the band for football games, one year we marched in the back to school parade. But, I feel high school was a great time of my life and the memories I have are and will always be very special.
NAME Nancy Lemont
ADDRESS 1516 Campana Street
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
HOME PHONE 310 379 8279 CELL PHONE 310 406 6312
E-MAIL ADDRESS n.lemont@hotmail.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE'S NAME Jim
MAIDEN NAME Nilsson
EDUCATION Some college
OCCUPATION I volunteer my time to Beach Cities Health District, working within their programs for the elderly.
CHILDREN Eric 39 years old
GRANDCHILDREN Tyler 7 years old and Olivia 4 years old
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT/ HAPPIEST MOMENT Driving alone in my Karman Ghia convertible in 1976 to California to start a new life for myself and my 8 year old son. It was the bravest and smartest thing I ever did.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION(SPECIAL INTEREST, HOBBIES, AND TRAVELS) I worked within the travel industry for 10 years. I love to travel. Only thing stopping me is time and money. I moved my parents to California in 2000 from Tennessee, where they had retired for 17 years, to help take care of them. My Mom is still alive and she keeps me very busy. We have been on 3 beautiful cruises since my Dad passed away in 2001.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I have fond memories of Beaubien where I spent my Freshman year. It was a wonderful opportunity to ease ones way into High School and to make lasting friendships that I cherish. When I got to Schurz I hated wearing my glasses and wouldn't. I was surprised when someone told me they thought I was stuck up because I wouldn't acknowledge them when they waved at me (I couldn't see them). I still hate wearing glasses, but have gotten used to it.
NAME Pat Lindemann
ADDRESS 370 Denton Lane
South Elgin, IL 60177
HOME PHONE 847-717-0284 CELL PHONE 630-330-1868
E-MAIL ADDRESS sales@expertonhomes.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Dick
MAIDEN NAME Gast
EDUCATION 12th grade
OCCUPATION Realtor & partners with son Chad in Chad’s Towing
CHILDREN Scott 34, Chad 32
GRANDCHILDREN 6
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Watching my children grow into fine young men and my grandchildren.
NAME Carol Lorenzi Opsal
ADDRESS 561 Farmhill Cir.
Wauconda, IL 60084
HOME PHONE 847 526-4087 CELL PHONE 847 212-0456
E-MAIL ADDRESS rropsal@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Ralph
MAIDEN NAME Mancuso
EDUCATION Bachelor degree in psychology, Master degree in library science
OCCUPATION Reference Librarian
CHILDREN John Lorenzi 30, Mike Opsal 24 Stepchildren Michelle Belline 36, Wendy Opsal 33
GRANDCHILDREN Alexandra Belline 7, baby Belline due Sept 26
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT This probably shouldn’t be a difficult question except for the indecisive. Being one of those, I’m going to give my list instead of just one: I’m proud of receiving my degrees and being honored for 20 yrs of service at the public library where I work. (Cook Memorial P L in Libertyville). My happiest moments have been the ones in which it strikes me, while watching them, that my kids are probably my finest accomplishment.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I love to travel and first started when in college & took a student tour of England, France, Brussels & Geneva. I love Hawaii, but we also enjoy Las Vegas, Mexico, Canada, Las Vegas, Niagara Falls, New Orleans, Las Vegas. We spent our 25th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas – where else? Gardening, sewing, crocheting, reading, collecting dolls and (not exactly antiques, but more accurately called) antique junque are my other passions. I also love animals, but Ralph only shares this to a certain extent so our house only holds our rescued shih tzu, a parakeet and some fish – not nearly the menagerie I would love to have. I regularly window-shop the ‘orphaned’ dog and cat sites on the internet.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I’m hoping some of you will have good ones that will trigger some for me. Mine are of enjoying chorus, football games, open parties, Tri Hi Y, bowling, proms, a sorority a few of us formed, and riding that Milwaukee Ave. bus everyday. Scratch ‘enjoying’ on the last one.
NAME Kathy Mahon
ADDRESS 32 Oakmont Dr.
Springfield, IL 62704
HOME PHONE 217-546-8077 CELL PHONE 217-494-8077
E-MAIL ADDRESS spike827@insightbb.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Patrick
MAIDEN NAME Aufdengarten
EDUCATION B.A., Psychology, DePaul University, 1971, M.A., Environmental Studies, Sangamon State University (now known as the University of Illinois, Springfield), 1980
OCCUPATION Retired from the Illinois Department of Transportation in 2004
CHILDREN Mark-27, Erika-22
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT I don’t know that I have accomplished anything special, but life has been very good.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Pat and I have been to games in all 30 of the current baseball parks and 46 ball parks in total.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Too much time has passed to remember specifics. All four years were enjoyable.
NAME Sandra Mandik
ADDRESS P O Box 214
Wayne, IL 60184
HOME PHONE 630-443-8679
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Peter
MAIDEN NAME Franson
EDUCATION Schurz
OCCUPATION Self- Employed
CHILDREN Peter (III) 37, Michael 30
GRANDCHILDREN Delia 5
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Being happily married for 38 years and having two wonderful sons.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I enjoy art and painting in watercolors. My husband is a private pilot and we like to fly around the country.
NAME Jan Mason
ADDRESS 12915 Jasmine Way
Thornton, CO 80602
HOME PHONE 303.255.1779 CELL PHONE 303.941.7265
E-MAIL ADDRESS Janzpoo@hotmail.com
MARITAL STATUS Widow
MAIDEN NAME Swietek
EDUCATION Some college
OCCUPATION Tech Support Manager
CHILDREN Brian (age 38); Laura (age 36)
GRANDCHILDREN Kira (age 7-1/2); Sari (age 5)
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT My happiest was my marriage to Lee Mason, sadly he passed away in May, 2002 (married 34 years).
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Traveled to Germany, Austria, England, Italy. Planning trip to Ireland in 2008
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Concert band all 4 years was the greatest! State and All-City competitions were a blast!
NAME Kathy Matlak – Davidson
ADDRESS 1124 S. Belmont Ave.
Arlington Hts., IL 60005
HOME PHONE 847-956-1615 CELL PHONE 224-578-1842
E-MAIL ADDRESS waldodavid@att.net
MARITAL STATUS Widow
MAIDEN NAME Matlak
EDUCATION Some College
OCCUPATION retired
CHILDREN Aaron-25, Nicole-20 Kristen-17 Andy (deceased)
GRANDCHILDREN Hailie-1
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Having my children and watching them grow up. Being able to be home with them. The birth of my first grandchild.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Renting a school bus and going to Cedar Lake . I also loved our senior trip.
NAME Kay McCollom
ADDRESS 5409 Johnson Ave.
Western Springs, IL 60558
HOME PHONE 708-246-9629 CELL PHONE 708-204-9629
E-MAIL ADDRESS kaymcollom@sbcglobal.net
MARITAL STATUS Married for 37 years SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Terry
MAIDEN NAME Grobert
EDUCATION BS in Education from Northern Illinois University (Physical Education)
OCCUPATION Comptroller of McCollom Realty, Ltd.
CHILDREN Terry, 35 years old, Major in USAF, married to Maggie for 10 years. Patrick, 33 years old, civil engineer, currently project manager of O’Hare’s North Runway, married to Loni for 10 years, Colleen, 30 years old, real estate broker with McCollom Realty, Ltd., married to Kevin for 6 years.
GRANDCHILDREN Terry’s kids: Caitlin (7 years old), Casey (4 years old) & Cara (2 years old)
Pat’s kids: Max (5 years old) & Ian (3 years old)
Colleen’s kids: Makaya (5 years old) & Jeremiah (3 years old)
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT My happiest moment was finding out that my son, Terry, survived when that plane crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. My best “surprise” moment was after taking my daughter to the hospital to give birth to her 1st child (3 weeks early), I get a call from my son telling me his wife just had a baby boy. She was due 2 weeks later. My two grandchildren were born 10 hours apart.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION My husband & I are avid golfers. Since our boys have lived all over, we have traveled to visit them. Last year, when Pat was working on the Guam runway we visited not only Guam, but China & Hong Kong. We have been to Australia twice, and Ireland/England.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Working on floats for homecoming. My dad had a red chevy convertible which I used & often picked up people to go work on the floats. I can remember kids sitting on the back with their legs on the seat. I remember Mr. Lamos & how he would point at the numbers on the board-we would all laugh. I remember bowling, volleyball & some game they called “Captain basketball.” My freshman year at Irving Park branch, I walked into my math class & there was my sister-in-law’s best friend, my teacher. I thought, oh boy, here’s an easy A. I never worked harder in my life to get an A. I can’t wait to go see the old school.
NAME Jim Mulbrandon
ADDRESS 112 Jenna Dr
Verona, Wi 53593
HOME PHONE (608) 848-7949
E-MAIL ADDRESS Mulb1108@Yahoo.Com
MARITAL STATUS Single
OCCUPATION Supervisor with Social Security Administration
CHILDREN Joel 25, Claire 23, & Sean 15
INTERESTS, HOBBIES, and TRAVELS Bridge, Texas Hold-em Tournaments Golf, Bicycling, and Hiking in the Mountains.
NAME Carol Nelson Benjamin
ADDRESS 1507 62nd St
Downers Grove. IL 60516
HOME PHONE 630 852 3115 CELL PHONE same
E-MAIL ADDRESS clb1507@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Bob
MAIDEN NAME Nelson
EDUCATION attended North Park College
OCCUPATION Analyst retired from LaSalle Bank after 22 years
CHILDREN Rob 37, Ryan 34, Brad 28
GRANDCHILDREN Nelson 2 years old
ANY OTHER INFORMATION We have a home in Tucson, Az where we spend the winters.
We love flea markets and we sold antique punchboards for a few years. We love to travel and this year we took an Alaskan cruise with 2 of our 3 children and their respective families. Soon after that we went to the Florida Keys with friends of ours. We have seen all but 3 states and hope to see them soon.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES The Washington trip when someone was “missing” and there was a pantless guy in the ice room. The Pep Club float we built senior year that resembled a sunken ship. Writing the word BEATLES with 3 pens at a time for some radio contest. Author Reports
NAME Karen (Bird) Nielsen
ADDRESS 8157 Grand Ct.
Niles,IL 60714
E-MAIL KNTWEETY@SBCGLOBAL.NET
MARITAL STATUS married, Harvey
MAIDEN NAME Bird, that’s why my nickname was tweety
EDUCATION After Schurz some college, then real estate school, then I got my GRI (Graduate of RealtorsIinstitute)
OCCUPATION I was the broker/manager of the top real estate office in Chicago in the 1990's Century 21 Stanmeyer. I managed 65 agents who were the top producing office in the whole reigon. I was even offered a job opportunity from Donald Trump in 1995. I am so sorry I didn't accept. After the owner sold to Coldwell Banker, and I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, I couldn't keep up with the pace, so, I decided to stop working for awhile. I am not the type to just stay at home, so, my daughter & I bought a bakery in 2000, the name was "Cake by Colleen" we were very successful. I loved it. we had great accounts. we did all the wedding cakes for "Maggianos' downtown. we even did special cakes for Oprah Winfrey. I have photos with me & the Donald, Oprah, Mayor Daley, Terri Garr, Rain Pryor,& other celebrities if you would like them.
CHILDREN Robin 39, Erik 28 Karri 26
MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT/HAPPIESTMOMENTS I have several,outside of the expected answer--my childrens’ birth. meeting & being a guest on "the OPRAH SHOW" she picked me to come on the show to talk about how the MS affected me & my family. I met her on another occasion where we took pictures & spent time together. It was great. Another GREAT moment was when I was getting an award at the Hilton & Towers and Donald Trump was a key speaker. We met with him upstairs in his suite after the dinner. After hearing my accomplishments with the C21 office & how we were the top office in Chicago 1995, he told me to send him my resume. That was one of the highlights of my life. My only regret was that I didn't do it. but, I still have the pictures to remember the night.
INTEREST, TRAVELS I have been very fortunate by being the Manager of C21 Stanmeyer, because, I had the opportunity to travel all over to many conventions & training sessions. We went to California (many times), Florida, Las Vegas, On my own we have traveled to the Caribbean on 5 cruises, one time with my H.S. girlfriends. 2 that are coming to the 40th Reunion, Edna (Deutsch) Sullivan &Rosemary (Borelli) Swarbrick. I went to Italy 2 times & I am looking forward to going back again soon. I went to Hawaii in 1971 and I always wanted to go back. I went to Mexico 3 times and to New York, I saw the World Trade Center in 2004. It was very moving to see after 911, So, I have been to Jamacia, St,Thomas, Barbados, Antigua,Catalina Island, so, like I say, I have been very fortunate before I got Multiple Sclerosis & Fibromyalgia.
High School MEMORIES I have so many GREAT HS Memories Mr. Irish the most loved teacher at Schurz, Mrs.English- the day my feet hurt & so, I made a pair of paper shoes while she kept teaching class. Then I remember Andy" the Sandwich Man" he always brought sandwiches to Mr. Morton’s class, another good class. Then there was the "Triangle" where we all hung out after school. I remember putting a big poster on everyone’s LOCKER for their birthday. I always made them. The Best was when I swung out of the window in the Music class & I think Belinda closed the window. I was stuck between the window & the screen. When the teacher came in, I jumped out over the bushes. When I came in the class my knees were bleeding, nylons running & the teacher asked what happened to me? I said I was Running To Class. The entire class broke up laughing. I got locked in my locker. We locked others in their lockers. Skipping school anytime it snowed. Skipping school & going to Lane or Prosser or Bowling
NAME Elizabeth (Beth) Pipes
ADDRESS 905 Upper Peachtree Rd
Murphy, NC 28906
HOME PHONE 828 837 6976 CELL PHONE 828 557 3229
E-MAIL ADDRESS greengenes@webworkz.com
MARITAL STATUS married SPOUSE´S FIRST NAME Alan
MAIDEN NAME Taylor
OCCUPATION my husband has a garage and I guess I'm the office manager and gopher!!
CHILDREN Sara 36, Emily 33, Ryan, stepson, 20
GRANDCHILDREN Rachel 16, Jonah 12, Corey 10
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT I guess my girls are my greatest accomplishment, they're both pretty amazing! My happiest moment, hmmmm, Hard to pin it down to just one, these days the happiest moments are seeing the country riding with my husband on the Harley. ANY OTHER INFORMATION Last year we finally rode out to the Grand Canyon on our '03 Road King, it was fantastic. Tried to see Carolyn on our way through NM but she wasn't home. Then headed up to Sturgis, SD for the rally and then home, the loop was 5000 miles, the most we've done on one trip. This year we had planned a trip out to California and up the coast to Washington and across Montana, ND and Minnesota, before heading home but my dad has been ill, so it's been put on hold until next year.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Mr Compton and solo chorus, his little reading glasses on the end of his nose; How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying and getting chocolate eclairs from the good humor man after rehearsals; senior year-- most of my teachers being out sick and I spent most of my time in the lunchroom cutting classes; being a HUGE Beatles fan!!!
NAME Ms. Anka G. Popovich-Krstic
ADDRESS 2001 N. Sherman Ave. #303
Evanston, IL 60201
HOME PHONE 847-328-8022 CELL PHONE 847-644-6959
E-MAIL ADDRESS ankapop@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S NAME C(h)edo Krstic(h)
MAIDEN NAME Popovich
EDUCATION B.S. from U. of I. 1972, M.A. from U. of I. 1973
OCCUPATION Speech-Language Pathologist
Step CHILDREN Ljubisa 24, Rada 27, Ljubica 28
Step GRANDCHILDREN Nicholas 1, Dragana 3, Njegos 10
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Besides the day that I met my present husband, the day that I got my MA in Speech and Hearing Science, my first day on the job as a Speech –Language Pathologist on the job, the day I got my first pension check from TRS on 08-01-07, and the day that I was hired by CPS 08-03-07, that would be the day that a parent of an ex-student stopped me on the street to thank me for helping her child overcome his aphasia and learning disability to become a computer programmer and help his mother financially. That was a youngster that presented a diagnostic puzzle at the age of 5 when he was only able to make a few sounds in order to communicate. When other professionals were giving the opinion that he should be sent to the school for trainably mentally handicapped students, I was strongly opposing this and informing them that he was able to draw all things in the speech room in their relative place and was improving in his ability to understand, imitate, and use speech. I was the SLP that did his entry evaluation his first day of kinder. Then I was his therapist when he came into a 1st grade developmental education special class and when he became part of a speech-language / learning disabilities class that I helped to establish. After being his therapist for 3 years I gave him free introductory Basic Programming Lessons at a tutoring center in Evanston, which I helped to establish. There were many other very interesting and rewarding experiences being an SLP in the Evanston Public Schools, but that was one of the best.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I LOVE my profession. I LOVE working and playing with children. I LOVE learning about Linguistics, Foreign Languages (esp. Spanish), Bee Keeping, Art Appreciation & History, and Alternative Medicine. I like visiting our home in Bosnia and relatives in Serbia often, relaxing on the beach in Cancun or on my balcony in Evanston, listening to beautiful music at Ravinia and the Lyric Opera, and singing in church.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I have fond memories of singing with my friends in Solo and Girl’s Chorus, Math classes with Mr. Lamos, Biology classes with Mr. Mogill, English classes with Ms. Connor, Karsh, and Inskeep and Mr. Schaible, watching Mr. Kondratowicz direct “The Sound of Music” and “How to Succeed in Business” while I waited for my turn to act, being a teacher’s aide in the Special Education Class, tutoring math to fellow students, working in the book room with Mr. Lamos, participating in “Saturnalia Fest” as part of the Latin Club, being encouraged by Carol Ramos to try out for majorettes even though I knew I was uncoordinated, working part- time after school with friends at Petrie’s Clothing Store on Milwaukee, Marshall Field’s on State Street, Children’s Memorial Hospital, and the Cinestage Theater on Dearborn. I have fond memories of wonderful people like Carolyn Fenrich (Agenlion), Charmaine De Boer (Resh), Linda Perkovich (Wade), Carole Ramos (Hays), Darlene Poloniak, Dawn Schultz (Decker), and many others with whom I spent less time, but whose company I nevertheless enjoyed. It was thrilling to be among such an admirable group of people at such a beautiful campus as Schurz High School.
NAME Dorrie Rapp
ADDRESS 527 Neal Rd.
White River Jct., VT 05001
HOME PHONE 802-295-1090
E-MAIL ADDRESS drdrapp@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Paul (Ferber)
MAIDEN NAME Tholke
EDUCATION B.A., U of I, Ph.D., Cambridge Univ., England
OCCUPATION Private Practice, clinical and forensic neuropsychology
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Obtaining Ph.D. at Cambridge Univ. Enjoying our forest land in VT and traveling the world with Paul Ferber.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I finally got to use the Russian from U of I while in St. Petersburg last summer. Off to 5 weeks in Asia this fall (sorry can’t attend the reunion because of this!) After 20 years of scuba diving and underwater photography, cruising the topside of the world is great too.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Marlowe Mogill’s CP Biology certainly made the greatest impression on me, and science fairs, chorus and musical productions. 1967 sure as a long time ago, but the many memories are quite clear and some friendships endearing.
NAME Charmaine DeBoer Resh
ADDRESS 3530 Carlisle Road
Dover, PA 17315
HOME PHONE 717 292-5690 CELL PHONE 717 870-0144
E-MAIL ADDRESS charmaineresh@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Michael
MAIDEN NAME DeBoer
EDUCATION Consolidated School of Business - Office Associate 1987
OCCUPATION Retired from County of York
CHILDREN Timothy Michael Resh age 34
GRANDCHILDREN Addison Michaela Resh age 5
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT My greatest accomplishment is staying married for 39 years. I have enjoyed being a homemaker for many of those years. My happiest moments are the birth of my son and my granddaughter. My faith, family and friends have carried me through many happy and sad times. I was able to retire early from my position in the Human Resources Department at the county of York after holding several other positions at the County for eight and a half years including 5 years of working in the Family Court Division as a courtroom clerk.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION My husband and I have done some travel within Canada and the United States through the years. We visit our son and his family in Georgia and my sisters in California and Arkansas. We also go to Florida each winter for a week to 10 days. We have taken several trips to Canada, West Virginia, Texas, Missouri, New York City and the Eastern shore in recent years. We are currently planning a trip to Alaska for our 40th wedding anniversary in 2008.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I remember riding the CTA buses each day and sometimes having to walk some winter days when the buses were too full to take on any more passengers. Juggling schoolbooks, homework assignments, gym suits and a brown bag lunch was always a challenge when you had to stand on the bus as it maneuvered in rush hour traffic. I enjoyed going to see the plays each year that the Drama Department would produce as well as going to my Junior and Senior Proms. I was not involved with many after school activities because I had a job taking care of children after school (those children are now Grandparents!) I do recall many late nights working on my term paper for Honors English with Miss Karsh. I also enjoyed doing the many projects for Home Management with Miss Scarvarda. And of course having Mr. Dabrowski as my Division Teacher for all four years was a rare treat. Can anyone forget those warm butter cookies from the cafeteria??????? Yummy.
NAME Thomas Micheal Rodkey
ADDRESS 619 Arrowhead Trail
Carol Stream, IL 60188
HOME PHONE (630) 690-4189 CELL PHONE (630) 263-4189
E-MAIL ADDRESS Trodkey1@Comcast.net
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Sharon
EDUCATION High school
OCCUPATION Industrial Mechanic
CHILDREN Thomas (37) Meagan (20)
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Being the father of two wonderful kids, and watching them grow up to be Healthy, happy, and successful adults. Christmas mornings and birthdays (not mine).
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I’ve been a licensed falconer for over twenty years.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES The Saddliers riding club rides. Dances and dates with special girls. I wish I could do it all over again!
NAME Bonnie Roznowski
ADDRESS 1201 Wells St., Apt. G
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
CELL PHONE 815-575-1383
E-MAIL ADDRESS cortkneesmom@aol.com or hotbonfire@yahoo.com
MARITAL STATUS Marriage Free
MAIDEN NAME Windmeier
EDUCATION A.A. Ornamental Horticulture, Floral Design, Greenhouse Management
OCCUPATION Artist, Freelance floral design
CHILDREN Courtney 39
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Selling my first piece of artwork in a shop in Portland, OR.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Gardening, creating mosaics and miniatures on a 1” scale.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Letting my long blonde hair hang down through my hands, and my hands against my cheeks with an open book pretending to read (as I was sleeping) until I got caught. The cold water in the pool!
NAME Susan (Sue) Schippits
ADDRESS 10274 Old Stage Road
Sister Bay, WI 54234
HOME PHONE 920-854-4969 CELL PHONE 920-495-4969
E-MAIL ADDRESS susieonq@dcwis.com (that’s SUSIE ON Q)
MARITAL STATUS Married and divorced 3 times. Have been living with my partner, Jack Deibel, for 19 years. (We’re not married.) MAIDEN NAME: Wheeler
EDUCATION Carl Schurz High School
OCCUPATION Currently, a real estate agent in Door County, Wisconsin. Spent 20 years in the paper manufacturing industry before that.
GRANDCHILDREN I’m “Grandma Susan” to Jack’s 11 grandchildren – the 12th is due in November.
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT/HAPPIEST MOMENT Surviving breast cancer. Sailing across Lake Superior in the Trans-Superior sailboat race.
OTHER INFORMATION I have lived in several suburbs of Chicago, on an island in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, in Dubois, Wyoming and several towns in Door County, Wisconsin. I’ve been to New Zealand 9 times, and to Australia 12 times. Have been to Scotland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Switzerland. We’ve just started traveling in a motorhome. I enjoy my friends, travel, reading, decorating and all things “crafty”.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Building a homecoming float in my parents’ garage. Those horrid blue gym suits we had to wear – and the bathing suits! My first boyfriend. “Honors Star” classes. Going to “socials”. Sleeping in brush rollers. Decorating our lockers. Posters and corsages on your birthday. Sleepovers. Dress-Up Day. Beatlemania! Going to Foster Beach on the last day of school. Most of all, having so many good times with so many good friends.
NAME Dorothea L. Smith (Kubetz)
ADDRESS 310 Maple Lane
Round Lake, IL 60073
HOME PHONE 847-546-3278 CELL PHONE 847-309-4472
E-MAIL ADDRESS dsmiith@sbcglobal.net
MARITAL STATUS Married 40years SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME John
MAIDEN NAME Kubetz
EDUCATION BA in Healthcare Administration from University of St. Francis – Joliet, IL
OCCUPATION Licensed Radiologic Technologist since the age of 18 – have been working for Medical Imaging Corporations for the past 30 years in a managerial capacity, but the last 10 years as a licensed MRI technologist and teaching MRI at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, IL, Triton College in River Grove, IL and Aquarius Institute of Computer Science in Des Plaines, IL.
CHILDREN Tracy Colleen Smith (Meal) (37)-Spouse: James Timothy Meal, Shawn Anthony Smith (34)
GRANDCHILDREN James Jacob Meal (8)
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT Our children and seeing them become caring and accomplished individuals. They are talented, creative and truly remarkable people.
HAPPIEST MOMENTS For many months our daughter and son-in-law discussed names for their baby and because their last name is Meal, we joked about naming him “Happy”. However, our daughter liked James Jacob Meal, but our son-in-law had reservations. Then luckily I was able to participate in the birth of our grandson at the hospital. To be able to caress our daughter moments after our grandson’s birth and to be holding his tiny hand when our son-in-law decided what his name would be. James Jacob Meal or as he now calls himself (just “JAKE”). Our son has participated since Junior High in many local rock bands, but has never really had the opportunity to pursue a career in music. When the band “FUEL” was looking for a new lead singer he sent in a demo for them to listen to and was chosen as one of the top thirty finalists to participate out in LA. Our son asked me to go along with him for the audition. For me to be able to see him perform with a well known group was the absolute greatest and even though he was their third choice and he didn’t make the number one spot, I knew he had finally arrived at a place, few people get to in their lives. God it was great.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION My husband and I spend our weekends at our summer home in the Wisconsin Dells with our grandson Jake and I would like to restore my 1988 Fiero (YES a FIERO!)
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Going to Schurz was a truly memorable experience. It certainly was different than grade school, different classes and good God the place seemed so huge. Going to Harry’s in the morning and at lunch to hang out with friends. When cutting a class, it was truly a great feat trying to avoid “Timmy” the cop so you wouldn’t get detention. Working in the main office with the secretaries was great, you got to see every one going into 120 for reprimands and detention assignments. Luckily I never got caught goofing off. Also bringing Mr. Olsen and Dr. Vandenberg coffee in the afternoon was one of the many glorious tasks you were assigned along with putting mail in the teacher’s mailboxes. But what I remember most of all was trying to get through the Triangle to make a class in four minutes, the only way you could accomplish this was to have multiple lockers throughout the school or carry every single book you needed all day long. (I sure had great biceps).
NAME Catherine Sorenson
ADDRESS 3454 N. Seeley Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
HOME PHONE 773-327-8888 CELL PHONE 312-480-1722
E-MAIL ADDRESS CathSoren@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Ronald
MAIDEN NAME Sorenson (kept my name)
EDUCATION BA and MA in mathematics
OCCUPATION math teacher for CPS
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Playing the part of Eulalie Mackeknie Shinn in a production of The Music Man last summer. ANY OTHER INFORMATION I perform in Community Theatre productions; my next one is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in early October with the North Riverside Community Theatre. I also do needlepoint and sing in the choir at my church.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Mr. White’s Civics class, Girl’s Chorus, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, my lunch tablemates, having Senior division in the Auditorium.
NAME Adrian Stanley - Pfeffer
ADDRESS 12540 Venicia Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33913
HOME PHONE 239-225-0195 CELL PHONE 239-823-8018
E-MAIL ADDRESS AMPfef80@comcast.net
MAIDEN NAME Stanley
EDUCATION College
OCCUPATION Aviation Consultant & Artist
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Finally, taking the time to be an artist. Moving to Florida/Every time I go to the beach. ANY OTHER INFORMATION Love to paint, sculpt. I’ve been all over the world working for the airlines.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I remember coming to Schurz in my sophomore year, as the school was so crowded we had to go to the Beaubien branch freshman year. I thought I’d never get used to the many hallways at Schurz. I remember being told that President Kennedy was assassinated in Spanish class by our teacher, and feeling shocked and afraid. I remember eating the delicious hot peanut butter cookies. You had to get them at 4th period lunch, as they were just out of the oven. If you got them after the 4th period, they were as hard as hockey pucks! There were several of us who used to eat lunch together every day….Vic Zwierk and Les Young, who were really nice guys, but I can’t remember them eating the cookies. I remember doing leg lifts suspended from the wooden bars along the gym walls. I think I did over 200, and had huge blisters on my hands. Oh!----and those lovely blue gym suits! I also remember playing volleyball---double court across the gym-- where I broke a finger on the net pole. I guess I had a lot of pain caused by gym, but I loved it. I remember art classes way up on the top floor with walls filled with shelving holding art supplies. I remember going steady with several guys who were always huge, and wearing their XL letterman’s sweaters which came to my knees! Oh, and the huge school rings, which I wrapped with angora so they would fit on my tiny fingers. I remember taking steno, and absolutely HATING the class and the teacher….Ms. Worm or something like that. I remember Junior U S History, and Mr. Lloyd, who was probably the best and fairest teacher I ever had. I remember being teachers’ aid for Mr. Breen, who never gave me anything to do. He loved puns. I remember being a ‘duper’ or ‘collegiate’ while others were ‘greasers’. I remember wearing penny loafers with knee socks to match my outfit, or white wool socks that became yellowed with washing with white sneakers (without being Nike or Reebok!). I remember wearing pleated wool skirts, or kilt skirts with a huge pin. Our skirts were supposed to reach the floor when kneeling, but we all wore them shorter with a coordinated sweater. I remember when others would pull the little half circle of fabric on the back of your madras shirt for good luck. I remember working after school at Commerce Clearing House, and taking the Pulaski bus to work. I remember belong to a sorority and some of the names of the gals who were in it with me. I remember my hair being brown, and putting streaks in it by using peroxide at the beach, then telling my dad, “The sun did it”. He was delighted with me over that one. I remember going to Foster Avenue Beach almost every day in the summer, and wearing a bikini! I remember graduation, and telling each other we would always be in touch, and feeling sad to be leaving that part of my life, while excited to go forward.
NAME Linda Thompson
ADDRESS 19228 Barred Owl Court
Land O Lakes, FL 34638
HOME PHONE 813-949-0004 CELL PHONE 813-298-4278
E-MAIL ADDRESS lethompson718@yahoo.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Glenn
MAIDEN NAME Weber
EDUCATION 1 year – Northeastern Illinois, Graduated Moser Business School - 1969
OCCUPATION Administrative Manager for Tripp Trademark Homes a residential contractor located in Tampa, Florida
CHILDREN Julie – 35, Joy – 33, Jason - 24
GRANDCHILDREN Reagan – 3, Veronica – 2, Madison – 1, Allyson – 6 months
NAME Judy (Karis) Tupman
ADDRESS 1516 Sunridge Dr.
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
E-MAIL ADDRESS JATupman@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married, 35 years in July SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Ken
MAIDEN NAME Karis
EDUCATION Assoc degree
OCCUPATION Was a hairdresser for many years
CHILDREN Daughter, Shannon
GRANDCHILDREN Paul-7, Mike 4
NAME Mary Ann Urbaszewski (Penchar)
ADDRESS 1425 Wilmot Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
HOME PHONE 847-945-2708
E-MAIL ADDRESS maurbaszewski@comcast.net
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Ken
MAIDEN NAME Penchar
EDUCATION some college and lots of art classes
OCCUPATION freelance artist
CHILDREN John, 28; Janine, 26
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Selling a painting to Judy Barr-Topinka, state treasurer of IL. ANY OTHER INFORMATION Certified Handwriting Analyst, photographing pictures for painting when traveling or just in the neighborhood; playing Mah Jongg; trying to get a children’s book published that I have illustrated.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES When Carol (Alwart) Schulz and I almost drowned each other learning how to swim. Hated that pool!
NAME Susan E. Vela
ADDRESS 4636 Pershing Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
HOME PHONE 630-719-0913 CELL PHONE 630-408-9485
E-MAIL ADDRESS sevela2@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Single (divorced)
MAIDEN NAME Greene
EDUCATION 2 yr. Wright Jr. College
OCCUPATION Administrative Asst./IL Licensing Security company
CHILDREN Amy 40, Tony 30, Angela 28
GRANDCHILDREN Maria 10, Wolfie 8 mos.
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Raising my children and watching my grandchildren’s births.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION I spent my 50th in Ixtapa, MX with a girlfriend which was a lovely place. In 2004 I took my daughter and granddaughter to Aruba. Every summer we go to Northern WI to fish.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES Can anyone remember getting to classes on time in the triangle?
NAME Lorraine Chen West
ADDRESS 33 Greenwich Avenue
New York, NY 10014
E-MAIL ADDRESS Chenski1@aol.com
MARITAL STATUS Married SPOUSE’S FIRST NAME Greg
MAIDEN NAME Chen
EDUCATION B.S. Education
OCCUPATION Retired Healthcare Consultant
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT Greatest Accomplishment: Managing my 1st husband’s business after his death.
HAPPIEST MOMENT Remarrying 19 years later.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION Sailing (cruising and racing), downhill skiing, theater, opera, fine food & wine, traveling and gardening.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I still remember my all time favorite instructor, Mr. Lloyd. How he used to sit on top of the desk, legs crossed, rocking back and forth as he lectured. World history was never so interesting.
NAME Patricia Kielczynski-Green
ADDRESS 4404 N. Opal Avenue
Norridge, IL ZIP 60706
HOME PHONE (708) 452-4927 CELL PHONE (708) 341-2376
E-MAIL ADDRESS pgreen@obbi.com
MAIDEN NAME Kielczynski
EDUCATION Some Triton College
OCCUPATION Accounts Payable Specialist for Apparel Manufacturer
CHILDREN S. Michael Green Jr. 35, Aimee D. Mateo 33, Samantha T. Gonzalez 23
GRANDCHILDREN S. Michael III will be 4 on 11/03/07, Aurora Elloine 2 on 06/06/07, Ysabella Victoria 1 on 05/21/07
YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT /HAPPIEST MOMENT I am fortunate to have a close family and many memorable moments. My family will be spending the Christmas holidays 2007 at Disney World in Orlando.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION (SPECIAL INTERESTS, HOBBIES, and TRAVELS) I enjoy playing cards, especially “Texas Hold-Em”. I enjoy traveling and do make a trip to Las Vegas every year with co-workers or family. Have gone on several cruises on Carnival and Royal Carribean.
HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES I was fortunate to have a “group” of friends that were from my neighborhood and school, that made my high school years fun-filled and memorable…It was such a different time……. from Riverview to Skip’s on North Avenue.
NAME Patricia R. Price (Evarts)
ADDRESS 10905 Glen Acres Dr. S. Unit A
Seattle, WA 98168
PHONE 206-762-6698
E-MAIL ADDRESS rprice3212@peoplepc.com
SPOUSE Robert
OCCUPATION Credit Analyst for a transportation & logistics co.
CHILDREN daughters: Christine 38, Cheryl 32
TRAVEL Recently to Maui, Hawaii & Washington, DC