alumni news In August 2006 Lou Ann will begin her seventeenth year at the Inver Hills Community College Learning Center. Mark owns and operates a painting and wall papering business. He also plays the organ, directs the choir, and supervises the Sunday school program at Grace Lutheran Church in South St. Paul, Minnesota
1991 MaryKate Perry and her husband, Don Chartock, announce the birth of a
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1970 Lynn (Schurke) and Nile (’68, ’70, ’77) Merseth recently moved to a small acreage near Somerset, Wisconsin. “No sirens, no trucks, no freeways, no airplanes—and the seven grandchildren love to visit.”
1985 Mary (Vanstrom) McCullough and her husband, Rick’s, daughter, Lauren, represented Minnesota as one of only four artistic gymnasts at the first Special Olympics National Games this summer in Ames, Iowa.
1990 James Bjornlund and his wife, Keri, hosted a birthday party for James’ parents,
baby girl, Margot Rose Perry Chartock, on April 10, 2006. MaryKate also has a three-and-one-half-year-old girl, Phoebe Frances.
1992 Becky (Marquardt) Palmer married Pat Palmer on April 5, 2006, in Mason City, Iowa. Becky is employed by IC System in the client services department and Pat is a store manager with Midwest Wireless and has a home-based computer repair business. Becky and Pat reside in Hampton, Iowa, with three “spoiled” cats. Becky would love to hear from her BLC friends. You can contact her at looneybin90@yahoo.com
1994 Jeremy Holmen is starting a new job in anesthesia in Watertown, South Dakota. He and his wife, Heather, have two daughters: Bryn (2) and Olivia (9 mos). Robert and Nancy (Bogeskov) Bjornlund (’66) in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, on May 13, 2006. Bethany alumni attending this “special event” were: Front row left to right: Norman Teigen (’60 and ’62), Judy (Tostenson) Teigen (’66), and John Branstad (’68). Middle row left to right: Laurel Severson (’67), Nancy (Bogeskov) Bjornlund (’66) and Wendy (Bogeskov) Branstad (’70). Back row left to right: James Bjornlund (’90) and Robert Bjornlund (’66).
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the birth of a baby girl, Sophia Marie Boettcher, born January 20, 2006. They reside in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
1995 Laura (Frederick) Albers announces the birth of a baby girl, Katherine Alice, born April 11, 2006.
1998 Kristy (Robinson) Langworthy and her husband, Patrick, announce the birth of a baby boy, Elijah Andrew Langworthy, on May 25, 2006, in Mankato, Minnesota.
1999 Daniel Boettcher married Sara Palmerscheim in June 2005. They announce
Paul Lowell Munson passed away June 15, 2006, at Oakwood Village in Madison, Wisconsin. Paul was born April 4, 1922, to Thomas W. and Anna (Robinson) Munson. He attended Bethany for one year in 1942 before transferring to the University of Iowa where he earned his B.A. degree. He then entered the United States Navy. In 1944, while on leave, he married Geraldine Anderson. After three years of service, Paul was discharged from the Navy and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. After twenty years of being employed in sales, he began working for Research Institute of America, retiring in 1987. Paul was a member of the Rotary Club in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and the Lion’s Club in Glendale, Wisconsin. He was a lifelong member of the American Legion and held various offices in the churches he attended during his lifetime.
1948 Lawrence E. Lillegard passed away July 9, 2006, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida. Lawrence was born May 4, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, to George Oliver and Agnes Bernice (Onstad) Lillegard. He graduated from Bethany Lutheran College in 1948. He later graduated from Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin, with a B.A. degree. After serving three years in the United States Army, he continued his theological studies at Oberursel, Germany. In 1958, Lawrence returned to the United States and earned his bachelor of Divinity degree at Wisconsin Lutheran 17