Granton Multi-Class Reunion
Held August 2, 2014

Alumni of Granton High School classes 1932 through 1965 gathered at the American Legion Hall in Neillsville Aug. 2, 2014.  Alvin Spaete served as emcee and Bob Barth gave the invocation.  John Richmond spoke on behalf of the newly formed “Granton Area School Foundation,” which facilitates and over sees philanthropic operations benefitting the school.

Those attending were:

Class of 1937 - Orville Evanson,

Class of 1939 - Harold Behnke,

Class of 1940 - Warren Cattanach and Anna (Haines) Liebzeit,

Class of 1941 - Theresa (Moeller) Mallory,

Class of 1942 - Louie Rosandich,

Class of 1943 - Helen (Rosandich) Schultz, Jenni (Johnson) Drollinger and Wanda (Fergusson) Polar,

Class of 1944 - Gene Haines, Shirley (Kayser) Freeburg and Fay (Quicker) Opelt,

Class of 1946 - Delores (Storm) Gaier,

Class of 1947 - Duane Anding, Evelyn (Smith) Nimmer and Beverly (Turner) Eggleston,

Class of 1948 - Harlan Bartsch, Jane (Crothers) Bartsch, Mary (Jennings) Crum and Susan (Moeller) Troemner,

Class of 1949 - Jeanette (Guk) Schlinsog, Bonnie (Spry) Hill, Emily (McHone) Winstead and Erlin Dahl,

Class of 1950 - Gene Cattanach and Betty (Seltrecht) Lautenbach,

Class of 1951 - Irene (Keuer) Dahl, Jerome Smith, Lavern and Grace (Scholz) Schier, Jeanette (Hales) Steiner and Herbert Nickel,

Class of 1952 - Norman Wesenberg and Joe and Alice Jennings) Kirk,

Class of 1953 - Everett Roehl, Al Spaete, Jerry Schmitz, Walt Stauffacher, Don and Lavon (Garbisch) Bartsch,

Class of 1954 - Ronnie Garbisch, Margie (Galbreath) Barth, LeRoy Thiemke, Carol Jean (Garbisch) Wesenberg, Patty (Sternitzky) Farnsworth, Eleanor (Mareck) Arneson and Alice (Erickson) Schlinsog,

Class of 1955 - Eugene Coyle and Kenneth Jennings,

Class of 1956 - Betty (Sternitzky) Baxter, Mary (Howard) Zieroth, Ronald Nelson, Jeanette (Pusheck) Gruetzmacher, Velda (Levanduski) Greeler and Allen Sternitzky,

Class of 1957 - Don Rowe and Esther (Koran) Cruz,

Class of 1958 - Ginny (Winter) Meier,

Class of 1959 - Carol (Kohel) Hillert, William Neville Jr., Howard Rand and Jerald Roehl,

Class of 1960 - David Hillert, Allen Montgomery, Brenda (Neville) Garagiola, Peter Schreiber, Janice (Roehl) McKearn, Donna (Hasz) Swicke and Delores Dankemyer,

Class of 1961 - Olive (Coyle) McKearn, Ed Schumacher, Ken Thiede, Donna (Tonkins) Vine, Fern (Vine) Rowe, Barbara (Sternitzky) Teter, Richard Cain and Joyce (Garbisch) Opelt,

Class of 1962 - Betty (Garbisch) Mellon, Sharon (Drescher) Fitzmaurice and Peggy (Schreiber) Scott,

Class of 1963 - Robert Vine, Allen Thiede and Richard Smith,

Class of 1964 - Bob Barth, Gene Roehl, Judy (Howard) Ahlburg, Gene Smith and Ray Mullins,

Class of 1965 - Eugene Walter, Gary Thiede, Larry Thiede and Margo (Houpt) Young,

The next reunion will be held in August of 2016 and the classes of 1966 and 1967 will be added.

Clark County Press, Neillsville, WI

August 20, 2014

Transcribed by Dolores M. Kenyon, August 25, 2014.

Web page by James W. Sternitzky PhD, August 26, 2014. 

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