Alumni News
1962
JERRY AAKER published The Spirituality of Service,
1964
BOB NIEDRINGHAUS is retired in Duluth, Minn.
1966
HAROLD DAHLSTRAND is executive in residence and a full-time teacher in the business department at Elmhurst (Ill.) College.
Clarie (Renslo) Streng Broste ’55, Hanska, Minn., and Buda,Texas; Solveig Otte ’56, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; and Paul Thompson ’53 and Kristi (Hendrickson) Thompson ’56, Mankato, Minn., gathered in the Thompson home July 8, and enjoyed reminiscing about Luther experiences.
which is based on his 40 years of experience in international development and relief work with faith-based organizations. He is retired in Sheridan, Mont. KLAUS DAHLKE is retired in Springfield, Va. JOHN NESSET was featured in the Taunton Press’s Fine Woodworking magazine. He is a furniture designer and builder in Minneapolis. LAVONNE SHARP retired in 2004 and moved back to Decorah. She volunteers for the Winneshiek County Historical Society.
1963
At his trip blog at http://paddlepilgrim.blogspot.com, David Ellingson ’69, left, writes: “Because we learn best by ‘doing,’ I decided to ‘do’ a (Mississippi River) paddling trip with the river as my ‘laboratory’ so that I might learn about water, soil, and creatures (including humans).” He met with Luther pastor Mike Blair at an ELCA youth gathering in New Orleans.
CHRISTINA (VIGNEC) WINCH is CEO of Winch Financial in Appleton, Wis. She and her fiancé, John Nienhaus, started a mini farm with a large garden, fruit trees, grape arbor, chickens, and ducks. They are long supporters of the farm-totable food movement and also build their farm’s main structures out of recycled materials.
DAVID ROSHEIM published the book A Pictorial Bibliography of Cities and Towns in the State of Iowa. He is also owner of Timber City Books in Maquoketa, Iowa, where he buys and sells used and rare collectible books.
1967
ROSANNE BLISS published Pitching My Way through WWII: Letters Home to North Dakota, which discusses her uncle’s World War II experiences. She lives in Minneapolis. SUSAN (THORSEN) SLETTEN teaches kindergarten in the Robbinsdale School District in New Hope, Minn.
1968
DAVID HANFORD is a self-employed life coach in Columbia, S.C.
1969
DAVID ELLINGSON is professor of children, youth, and family studies at Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Wash. In May, he launched a three-month kayak adventure down the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to New Orleans, La. (Photo far left)
Ode ’63 authors second Iowa book, this time on celebrations
Luther alumni gathered at the Austin (Minn.) Symphony’s 55-year anniversary concert in April. (Left to right) Glenn Monson ’78, John Metcalfe ’71, Amy (Nordin) Duma ’81, George Feuerhelm ’64, Janet (Rawson) Metcalfe ’73, Benjamin Yates ’08, Ann Flisrand ’66, Laverne Walheim ’58, and Jim Knutson ’81.
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If you want to know how to enjoy yourself in Iowa, ask Carson Ode ’63 of Des Moines. Over the course of two years, he attended 103 festivals and other events throughout the state. It was all research for his new book, Celebrate Iowa, which has more than 2,000 photos and descriptions of festivities. Six pages detail Decorah’s Nordic Fest. Celebrate Iowa is a sequel to Ode’s book Iowa Spaces, Places, Faces, which has sold more than 8,000 copies. Both books are available at www.carsonode.com.