Alumni News
Kevin Frey ’79 was recently chosen to serve a three year term on the Child Abuse Prevention Advisory Board for the State of Iowa. Kevin is the senior pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hampton, and his wife, Val, is in her 24th year of teaching elementary school in Denver, Iowa. They have three children; Josh is a teacher and boys basketball coach, Andy recently received a commission in the US Navy and is training to be a Naval Aviator in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Emma is a senior at Denver High School.
1980s Julie Johnson ’80 is the author of The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900 (Purdue University Press, 2012) (http://www. thepress.purdue.edu/titles/ format/9781557536136). It is the first book in English on women artists in Vienna 1900. Its primary purpose is to tell the stories of the forgotten women artists of its subtitle, and to explain how they came to be left out of the dominant histories of the period. Julie is an associate professor of art history at the University of Texas in San Antonio. She is married and has one daughter, Isabel. Kathi Diehl Divine ’81 recently received her Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Evangel University in Springfield, Mo. Kathi is employed at the Assemblies of God Leadership & Resource Center as project coordinator for the chief operating officer and the AGTrust in Springfield. Brenda Barinsky Puckett ’83 is a secretary at Middle Tennessee State University and her husband, Mike, is a mechanic.They live in Murfreesboro, Tenn. and have two children. Email: brenda.puckett@mtsu.edu Mary Jo Hanni Severson ’83 is an elementary teacher at Minnehaha Academy and her husband, Galen, is retired. Rick Stufflebean ’83 is creative director at Monarch Home Entertainment. Paul Tjostem ’83 recently became engaged and moved from Bismarck, N.D. to
Redondo Beach, Calif. Email: paultjos@gmail.com Jeffrey Gremmer ’87 married Michelle on October 19, 2013. Jeff is in the process of obtaining a degree in Christian Ministries and Michelle is an occupational therapy assistant/team leader. They live in Garner, Iowa. Email: thesliders.jeff@hotmail.com Kevin Mettler ’87 has been married for 22 years and has three daughters. He has coached football at Mankato Loyola since 1991, taking over the head coaching position three years ago. He is also the youth minister at his church, and works for the State of Minnesota coordinating three Drug Courts for the 5th Judicial District. Christine Sproul Weber ’87 and her husband, Clint, live in Waterloo, Iowa. Email: webersracing@yahoo.com Mark Ingram ’88 is a teacher in the Bartonville Public School District 66. He lives in Bartonville, Ill. Email: wadefunk@ hotmail.com Karen Ostermeyer Krueger ’89 and her husband, Kelly, live in Sioux City, Iowa. Kelly is a senior systems engineer. Email: kkrueger@cableone.net Melissa Shaw Woosley ’89 is the director at Twin Rivers Senior Campus in Cannon Falls, Minn. She and her husband live in Hastings, Minn.
1990s Julie Wright ’91 graduated from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities with a Master of Divinity in May 2013. In September, she accepted a position as chaplain at Augustana Health Center in Minneapolis. Anthony Nielsen ’94 and wife Erin welcomed Kaiden Marshall born June 6, 2013. Anthony works at Lincoln Park Zoo as the lead keeper of the Lion House and Seal Pool, and Erin is a school teacher with Chicago Public Schools. They live in Chicago, Ill. Email: zooboyanthony@aol.com
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Namupa Kafidi Nengola ’96 received the Distinguished Service Award from Luther College at homecoming, October 2013. Lazaro Nyalandu ’96 has been appointed minister of natural resources and tourism for the United Republic of Tanzania. Casey Hallett ’98 welcomed daughter Harper born January 6, 2014. She joins brother, Wray, 3. Tim “Teeg” ’98 and Amy Ruter Stouffer ’99 welcomed son Goodwin James born August 9, 2013. Rochelle O’Brien ’99 is employed in human services and lives in Rochester, Minn. Email: missobrien@hotmail.com Justin Hawley ’99 is a marketing director at EEI. His wife, Katie, is a sales representative. Email: Justin@justinhawley.com
2000s Zach Raulie ’00 has relocated to the Northwest in his position of district sales manager for Winnebago Industries. Zach is responsible for sales of the Company’s Winnebago, Itasca and Winnebago Touring Coach motorhomes, as well as dealer development and training for dealers in the states of Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, Montana, Alaska and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Samuel Harris ’01 is making plans to return to his native Liberia to serve as a medical doctor. Rhiannon Zrostlik Lillquist ’01 and husband Michael welcomed daughter Josette Elyse born August 11, 2013. Rhiannon is a business teacher and cheer coach at Central Springs High School in Manly, Iowa, and Mike is a police sergeant with the Mason City Police department in Mason City, Iowa. Rebecca Bodurtha ’02 is a freelance costume designer and professor at Fordham University.