« class notes
State Bank & Trust, Fargo. // Twin boys, Liam and Maxwell, were born to Megan (Bodley) and Blake Nyquist, Okemos, Mich., in June. // A girl, Willa, was born to Tashia Weisenburger Pomroy and Fred Pomroy, Minneapolis, in November.
2003
Krysten Edwards, Rosemount, Minn., in November.
Vanessa (Thompson) Jagim, Onalaska, Wis., in October.
A girl, Caroline, was born to Becky and Joseph Currier, West Fargo, N.D., in October.
2006
2008
Erika Bjerketvedt married Nathan Field in October; they live in Duluth, Minn. // A boy, Parker, was born to Carter and Stephanie (Tinjum) Fong, Dickinson, N.D., in September. // A boy, Grayson, was born to Joshua and Jill (Carlson) Fuller, Richfield, Minn., in January. // Megan Gauthier, St. Louis, is a clinical fellow in pediatric hematology and oncology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/ Washington U School of Medicine. // A boy, Peyton, was born to Brandon and Erin (Toppen) Kub, Kindred, N.D., in August. // Katherine Ledin married Daniel Harwood in September; they live in Stanley, N.D.
A boy, Elliot, was born to Jon ’06 and Liz (Carlson) Eisert, Fargo, N.D., in October. // Cassandra Lamb, Warner, S.D., is pastor for St. John Lutheran Church. // A girl, Lydia, was born to Shane and Amanda (Emery) Specht, Glenwood, Minn., in September. // A girl, Grace, was born to Amanda (Johnson) and Thomas Suchanek, Champlin, Minn., in October. // A boy, Odin, was born to Anna (Meier) and Kyle Svennungsen, Prairie du Chien, Wis., in July; Kyle is pastor for St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church.
2004 A girl, Celia, was born to Jessica (Walden) ’05 and
Kiersten ronning’s
love of clothing has taken her behind the scenes of film and television to her current role as head costume designer for the CBS TV show “Supergirl.” It’s not the 2001 alumna’s first job as a costume designer – she’s been in the business since 2002 – but it is the largest in terms of scope and budget. She shops for the characters who are wearing “civilian clothing” and creates the concepts for the superhero characters that are part of the DC Comics universe. ◊
2001 Willow Bousu, St. Paul, Minn., is executive assistant for Thrivent Financial. // A boy, Martin, was born to Michael and Martha (Spohr) Hanson, Morris, Minn., in May 2015. // Abigail Mayer married Ryan Vavra in April 2015; they live in Mendota Heights, Minn. // A girl, Grace, was born to Michelle and Mark Yohe, Fargo, N.D., in November.
2002 Christa (Heckman) Sadrzadeh, South Bend, Ind., is a CV surgery physician assistant for Beacon Health System. // Amanda (Hastad) Thompson, Willmar, Minn., is co-author in a clinical study published in the journal Renal Failure.
28
concordia magazine
Micah Heckman, Savage, Minn., in August. // A boy, Charles, was born to Dustin and Katherine (Meinz) Neibauer, Waconia, Minn., in October. // Micah Westby, Washington, D.C., received a Master of Education degree from the U of Minnesota; he is a visual arts teacher for District of Columbia Public Schools. // A girl, Madison, was born to Nathan and Angela (Bentley) Wood, Jordan, Minn., in September.
2005 A boy, Grady, was born to Angela Gradin-Peterson and Jon Fogel, Fargo, N.D., in January. // A girl, Caroline, was born to Jon and Kristin (Bjella) How, Bozeman, Mont., in January. // A boy, Elliot, was born to Derek Hughes and
2007 Matt Eidem, Moorhead, is director of museum operations for the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead. // Kelly Haagenson, Maple Grove, Minn., is a senior medical affairs specialist for Medtronic. // A girl, Remmy, was born to Andrew and
VISIONS OF CORNCOBS DANCED IN HER HEAD Grace, the daughter of Tom '08 and Amanda (Johnson) '08 Suchanek, models Cobber gear right down to her tiny toes.
ON MY WAY TO … CONCORDIA Future Cobber Selah (with friends) is the daughter of Matthew "Grant" '09 and Petra (Larson) '09 Vanderford, Moorhead.
2009 A girl, Ella, was born to Ben and Jennifer (Young) Bremer, Brooklyn Park, Minn., in January. // A boy, Beckham, was born to Scott and Kristin (Reding) Franks, Black River Falls, Wis., in October. // A boy, Beckett, was born to Katie (Quitney) and Luke Okland, Willmar, Minn., in March 2015. // A girl, Selah, was born to Matthew “Grant” and Petra (Larson) Vanderford, Moorhead, in July.