School: Neillsville H. S. Class of 1962 Reunion (35th - 1997)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Krultz, Decorah, Galstad, Davis, Strangfeld, Schulist, Havlicek, Codron, Kuester, Quicker, Mathis, Schaub, Lukes, Braatz, Appleyard, Becker, McManus, Blum, Eicherl, Van Acker, Harr, Olson, Pflughoeft, Keller, Rayburn, Rugg, Schoengarth, Slone, Sykes, Thoma, Kesler, Thornton, Ylvisaker, Bieneck, Bemis, Gall, Hauri, Heck, Heimstad, Henning, Horehled, Krause, Iwaszczenko, Kapusta, Jensen, Kuhn, Lezotte, Oldham, Mohr, Overman, Smith, Spangler, Morehouse, Zickert, Buddenhagen, DeMert, Koepp, Dux, Holub, Hubing, McCarty, Nemitz, Kluckhohn, Opelt, Pagenkopf, Rychnovsky, Schultz, Stiemke, Zimmerman, Trachte, Kurth, Urlaub, Bryan.

----Sources: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, WI) September 17, 1997

NEILLSVILLE CLASS OF 1962 HOLDS REUNION (35th)

The Riviera Supper club was the setting for the 35th reunion of the Neillsville High School Class of 1962 on September 6, 1997.

Mike Krultz was the Master of Ceremonies. A moment of silence was observed in memory of deceased members, Gaylord Decorah, Kathleen Galstad, Mary (Davis) Strangfeld, Carol (Schulist) Havlicek, Shirley (Havlicek) Codron, Jeanette (Kuester) Quicker and Sylvia (Mathis) Schaub.

Honored guests were Henry Lukes and his wife, Charlotte, and Irene Braatz and her husband, Donald.

Present were the following classmates from out of state: Larry Appleyard, Addison, IL; Carol (Becker) McManus, Lombard, IL; Spencer Blum, St. Paul, MN; Shirley (Eicherl) Van Acker, Huntley, IL; Tom Harr, Carrollton, KY; Harlo Olson, St. Charles, MO; Pat (Pflughoeft) Keller, Bloomington, MN; Barbara (Rayburn) Rugg, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Lowell Schoengarth, Columbia, MO; Danny Slone, Steator, IL; Darrell Sykes, Inver Grove Heights, MN; Sandy (Thoma) Kesler, Zimmerman, MN; Gary Thornton, New Orleans, LA; and Joel Ylvisaker, Plymouth, MN.

Present from Wisconsin outside of Neillsville were; Iris (Bieneck) Bemis, Humbird; Thomas Gall, Waukesha; Jim Hauri, Merrillan; Sheldon Heck, Greenwood; Terry Heck, Greenwood; Ted Heimstad, Elk Mound; Robert Henning, Plymouth; Carol (Horehled) Krause, Markesan; John Iwaszczenko, Edgar; Bessie (Kapusta) Jensen, Cadott; Mike Krultz, Medford; James Kuhn, Cashton; Paulette (Lezotte) Oldham, Viroqua; George Mohr, Eau Claire; Roy Olson, Menasha; Jerry Overman, Black River Falls; Duane Smith, Racine; Kenneth Smith, Stevens Point; Rita (Spangler) Morehouse, LaCrosse; and Frank Zickert, Arpin.

Attending from Neillsville were: Byrl Buddenhagen; Karen (DeMert) Koepp; Doris Dux; Mike Holub; John Hubing; MaryAnn (McCarty) Gall; Kenneth Mohr; Herbert Nemitz; June (Oldham) Kluckhohn; Gordon Opelt; Ray Pagenkopf; Donna (Rychnovsky) Bryan; James Schultz; Verna (Stiemke) Zimmerman; Karen (Trachte) Kurth; and Beverly (Urlaub) Bryan.

Committee members for the reunion were Iris Bemis, Karen Koepp, Donna Bryan, Byrl Buddenhagen, James Schultz, Kenneth Mohr and John Hubing.