alumni news somatic psychology master’s program in San Francisco. Lenora would love to reconnect with old classmates. You can reach her at lenoralemke@hotmail.com.
2002 Aaron Ferkenstad was married to Djemelyn Dasco on May 8, 2010, in
1995 Amy Pfarr Walker serves as the Associate Director of Development and External Relations for Washburn Center for Children, a nonprofit in Minneapolis, Minn., which provides children’s mental health services.
1997 Scott and Summer (Anderson) Bielke were blessed with a second son, William Reese, on November 4, 2009. He is welcomed home by big brother Owen Scott (3). The Bielke family resides in Rosemount, Minn.
1998 Milan and Britt (Sagedal) Devusic were blessed with a baby boy, Cal Petar, on October 6, 2009. Nate Menges and Edie (Groebner) Menges were blessed with their fourth child (and first boy!), William David, on July 16, 2009.
a ceremony at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chesapeake, Va. Aaron’s family, Craig (’74), Teresa (Kletscher ’78), Seth (’09), Elsa (’04), and Bethany (Lau ’09), as well as John Moldstad (’02), Amanda (Willitz ’04) Moldstad, Jeff Merseth (’03), Megan (Armbrecht ’03) Merseth, and Heidi (Woller ’99) Paulsen were in attendance. Aaron and Djem both work as training instructors for Navy Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach. Tom and Janice (Merschman) Hawkins welcomed Taya Lyn Hawkins
1999 Lance Johnson was married to Cassandra Scherer (’09) on May 22,
into their family on December 7, 2009. Janice has resigned from teaching to stay at home with Taya while Tom runs their family business, Hawkins Sawmill. The family resides in Isle, Minnesota.
2004 2010, at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minn. The ceremony was officiated by Bethany Chaplain Donald Moldstad (’78).
education that lasts beyond a lifetime
Rick Kobylinski and Ronda (Green) Kobylinski (’06) were married on July 7, 2007, at St. Paul’s in St. James, Minn. They were blessed with healthy twin girls on January 5, 2010, Elise Luella and Myra Joy. Rick works as a packaging engineer for the Schwan Food Co. in Marshall, Minn., and Ronda is a stay
at home mom. They reside in Ghent, Minn., where they recently purchased their first house. Aleigha Nystuen was married to John Tousingant on May 15, 2010. They are happily residing in Elko, Minn. Aleigha is currently working at Rasmussen College in Eden Prairie, Minn. John works as a special physical education teacher in Eagan.
2005 Ryan and Angela (Krueger) Gehrke were blessed with a baby girl, Kenley Grace, who was born on March 5, 2010. She was 17.5 inches long and weighed 4.5 lbs. She was 7 weeks early and spent 3 weeks in the hospital, but is now growing and doing well. Joshua Norton and Candace (Mackey) Norton announce the arrival of their baby girl, Lydia Belle Norton, on February 4, 2010. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz and was 20 inches. She was welcomed home by her 4-year-old brother Gabriel.
2006 Brittany Bowman and Kurt Kanz were married on July 25, 2010, in North Mankato, Minnesota. Catherine (Peterson ’04) Cortese and Savannah Klockziem, daughter of Bethany professor 13