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alumni news 1948 Charles Anderson and his wife, Rose, celebrated their fifty-fourth wedding anniversary on September 30, 2005. They both retired in 1985. They enjoy fishing, metal detecting, panning for gold, and traveling. Charles also enjoys playing a round of golf twice a week.
1955 Pauline Anunciacion Richter married William Huffman on August 26, 2005. After combining both of their families Pauline and William have seven children and nine grandchildren.
1957 Mildred Christenson married Russ Dickinson on July 18, 2004, on the shores
Karolyn (Klammer) Hanna is teaching nursing courses at Santa Barbara City College, California, and is very active in two national nursing organizations. On a trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in August 2005 Karolyn met with Jim Hall (’59 and ’61) and his wife Betty, Phil Teigen (’59 and ’61) and his wife Marlene.
1967 Kenneth Keat has been a chaplain at Arizona State Prison Complex in Douglas, Arizona, for fifteen years.
1951 Hazel (Knutson) Schweiger and her husband, Kenneth, have been residing in Wisconsin for over thirty years. They enjoy traveling to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to visit four of their children and two grandchildren. Each year they also spend three weeks at the home of their daughter, Cynthia and her husband George, in Danita Springs, Florida. Dick Bode attended his fiftieth year college reunion at Concordia University in 2005. Dick is working as an assistant track coach at Racine Lutheran High School and is the announcer for their football games. He and his wife, Doris, also recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They both stay active by attending school and church activities. They also enjoy traveling south for a month during the winter to visit two of their children.
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1976 Tychicus Landon retired from the United States Postal Service in Mankato, Minnesota, in November 2005.
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of Lake Bemidji in Minnesota with the Rev. Shawn Stafford (’94) officiating. Mildred and Russ are the oldest couple Rev. Stafford has married. Mildred has two daughters Darla (LaRoque) Haseltine (’80) and Wendy LaRoque (’84) and granddaughter, Michelle, who hopes to also attend Bethany.
Wayne Anderson was appointed the examiner of titles for the Second Judicial District after working as their deputy examiner since 2000. Wayne will marry Lita Playle on September 9, 2006, at the Chapel of St. Croix Lutheran High School in West St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Glen Mehrkens retired in 1998 from public education after thirty-four years
1954 Wayne Lee married Joan Schweim on January 15, 2005. They reside in Mankato, Minnesota.
Shelly (Anderson) Dritz resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her two sons Dalton (11) and Wyatt (6). Amy (Bergemann) Weseloh, her husband Matt (’85), and their two sons Joseph (14) and Isaac (10) reside in Watertown, South Dakota. Amy homeschools their two sons and teaches music in her free time. Matt continues to work from home for Electronic Data Systems.
1988 as a math teacher, computer coordinator, and athletic director. He and his wife, Millie, have been volunteering since 2003 at Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, Alaska. Glen is the director of facilities and Millie is the administrative assistant to the president of the college.
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Dale Kelm and his wife Jesi announce the birth of a baby girl, Claire Evelyn Kelm, on October 1, 2005.
1990 Ruth (Armstrong) Berglin and her husband Joel moved back Mankato, Minnesota, after being away for twelve years. Ruth homeschools their two 17