alumni news Mark Grossklaus is starting his third year of a four-year term on the Cottage Grove City Council.
1989 Anthony Pittenger has been a pastor in Port Orchard, Wash. since seminary
graduation in 1996. In 1997 he married Melissa Mantey, a member of the congregation. They have two children: Karalena (Lena, 6) and Micah (4). Their third child is due in February 2005.
1994 Joshua and Tracy (Gray ’95) Birkholz and their daughters, Zoe and Charis, are living in Somerset, Wisc. Josh and Tracy are expecting their third child in February 2005. Tracy is a Tupperware manager and community education teacher. Josh is a fundraising consultant for Bentz Whaley Flessner in Edina. Lisa (Diercks) Risse and her husband, John, welcomed their second daughter on
January 17, 2004. Jordyn Marie joins her big sister, Karsen Rae (3). Lisa continues to work as a public health nurse for Anoka County, Minn. The family resides in Coon Rapids, Minn.
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Gina Tetzloff is living in Burnsville, Minn., and spending time with her family, which includes her parents, nieces, nephews and one grandparent. She also enjoys visiting her friends when she is not working.
1995 Carissa Bode was married to Jerrel Flanagan in July 1999. They had their first child on October 9, 2003. His name is Keiryn Patrick. He has brought a lot of joy to their lives. Carrie received her BS degree in elementary education with a concentration in art in March 1998. She has recently started work as the visual arts coordinator at Lifeworks in Mankato, Minn. Bryce Eggert resides in New Brighton, Minn. He started a construction business called Eggert Contracting. He also coaches wrestling and baseball at Park Center High School. In the summer months you can find him playing baseball for the Arlington A’s amateur team. Emily (Luttman) Metcalfe and her husband, Joshua (’97), annouce the birth of Sylvia Grace on August 23, 2004. Emily will soon be completing her master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Minnesota. Julie (Westphal) and Ryan (’96) Freeberg announce the birth of their second daughter, Ella Ryan, on September 27, 2004. Their first daughter, Lydia Genevieve, turned two on September 7. The Freebergs continue to reside in Oakdale, Minn. Ryan is the head men’s basketball coach at Concordia College-St. Paul. Julie
works part-time at The Center for Reproductive Medicine. Simon Gaylord was married to Heather Winter on December 4, 2004, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sherburn, Minn. Alumni in the wedding were Gary Goetzke (’76) as best man, Michael Soost (’94) as groomsman, and Chris Johnson (’95) as videographer. Simon and Heather will make their home in Janesville, Minn.
1996 Melissa Westphal and Kent Knutson were married November 6, 2004 at Bethany’s
Trinity Chapel. Family members in the photo are Missy’s grandmother, Genevieve Westphal; parents of the bride, Art (’70) and Terri (Severson ’71) Westphal; Juli (Westphal ’95) Freeberg, sister of the bride, and her husband, Ryan (’96), with their children Lydia (2) and Ella (6 weeks); Elizabeth (Westphal ’01) Harrison, her husband, Neil (’98), and their children, Wynter (7), Izayah (3) and Kyreis (2). Missy works at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., as a social worker and Kent works at HealthPartners in Bloomington, Minn. Additional members in the wedding party included Allison Younge (’96) and Sheila Uecker (’96). report | winter 2004-05