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Hjort, Farmington, Minn., in February 2017. // A girl, Makenna, was born to Shane and Kayla (Wald) Howard, Rochester, Minn., in April. // A boy, Wesley, was born to Kevin and Lisa (Gutsche) Muellerleile, Maple Grove, Minn., in August 2016. // A boy, Jaxson, was born to Erik and Danielle (Smedley) Mullen, Moorhead, in July. // A boy, Eli, was born to Julie (Miller) and Nicholas Myran, Albertville, Minn., in December 2016. // A boy, Jerome, was born to Timothy and Jennifer (Bremser) Rankin, South St. Paul, Minn., in October 2016. // A girl, Margaret, was born to Kristin (Almjeld) and Aaron Schmeling, Vermillion, S.D., in May 2016. // Michelle Urberg, Seattle, earned a doctorate in music history from the U of Chicago and a Master of Science degree in library and information science from the U of Illinois; she is a metadata librarian for ExLibris (ProQuest). // Julie (Hagen) Wilson, Moorhead, is director of children and family ministry for Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.
2006 Rachel (Willgohs) Bollerud, Canby, Minn., is a mental health professional for Woodland Centers, Dawson. // Derek Holt, Hallock, Minn., earned American Federal Bank Sales Star recognition for 2016 in the ag and business banking division. // A boy, Ethan, was born to Sam and Brittany (Lowe) Jacobson, Watertown, S.D., in September 2016. // A girl, Maya, was born to Sangam ’05 and Chelsea (Sapa) Napit, Signal Hill, Calif., in July 2016. // A boy, Soren, was born to Bjorn and Chasity Odden Heide, Fargo,
in April. // A girl, Eliana, was born to Angie Pfeiffer Bedard and Louis Bedard, St. Cloud, Minn., in August 2016. // A boy, Henry, was born to Tom and Katie (Kluver) Rentschler, Alexandria, Minn., in September 2016. // A girl, Cora, was born to Martin and Julie (Tickle) Schwartz, Northfield, Minn., in December 2016. // Lyle Stutzman, Elnora, Ind., won first place in Wichita Chamber Chorale’s Kansas Choral Composition Prize for his piece “I Am the Lord.” // A girl, Alyssa, was born to Carla (Larsen) and Joseph Turner, Buffalo, Minn., in August 2016. // Dena (Hammond) Weinberger, Murray, Ky., is assistant professor of biological sciences at Murray State U. // A boy, Gabriel, was born to Christopher and Amanda (Gades) Wurtz, West Fargo, N.D., in July.
2007 A girl, Grace, was born to Jonathan and Meghan (Arveson) Anderson, Lakeville, Minn., in May. // A girl, Claire, was born to Erika (Blanck) and Reece Bierman, Rock Rapids, Iowa, in August 2016. // A girl, Macy, was born to Josh and Marie (Flagstad) Brewers, Burnsville, Minn., in April. // A girl, Emerson, was born to Katy (Nelson) and Dan Dahle, Golden Valley, Minn., in September 2016. // A girl, Adele, was born to Casey and Christine (Otis) DeLanghe, Menomonie, Wis., in December 2016. // A boy, Benjamin, was born to Thomas and Jackie (Erickson) Friend, Decatur, Ill., in August 2016; Jackie is a nuclear medicine technologist for Decatur Memorial Hospital. // A boy, Nicholas was born to Angelo and Krista (Olson) Naccarato, Canonsburg, Pa.,
in February 2017. // A boy, William, was born to Aaron ’06 and Stephanie (Parezo) Schumacher, Zumbrota, Minn., in March. // A girl, Kally, was born to Reid and Becky (Duehn) Strand, Worthington, Minn., in October 2016.
2008 Maureen (Munt) Bartelt, Fargo, is a licensed realtor for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Premier Properties. // A boy, Baxter, was born to Tyler ’07 and Corene (Knutson) Freeman, Fargo, in April. // Kari Kalway married Timothy Buck, Seattle, in October 2016. // Zackary Kenz, Durham, N.C., is a postdoctoral fellow for DILIsym Services. // A boy, Rhett, was born to Megan and Brent Moen, Glyndon, Minn., in September 2016. // A boy, Milo, was born to Amanda (Simon) and Joshua Smith, Maple Grove, Minn., in April. // Grant Weller married Rita Hurd, Minneapolis, in September 2016.
2009 A girl, Valentine, was born to Tyler and Jennifer (Froemming) Braathen, Grand Forks, N.D., in November 2016. // Elizabeth Ellens, Moorhead, is a biomanufacturing operator for Aldevron, Fargo. // A boy, Luke, was born to Scott and Kaitlyn (Ferguson) Forster, Medina, Minn., in October 2016. // A girl, Nora, was born to Scott and Kristin (Reding) Franks, Black River Falls, Wis., in March. // Rachel (Biessener) Granholm, Bloomington, Minn., is a kindergarten teacher for Pilgrim Lutheran School, Minneapolis. // A girl, Grace, was born to Kayte (McGuire) ’10 and Peter Haagenson, Medina, Minn., in February 2017. // A girl, Joella, was born to Benjamin and Maren Jystad-Spar, Fargo, in July; sisters Mara and Quinn were placed with them in June 2016 and the adoptions were finalized in December 2016. // A girl, Josephine, was
celebration of life and love Doug Brekke ’80 and Kristi Bummer ’87, Big Timber, Mont., were married in June with nearly 30 Cobbers in attendance. This was a first marriage for both. Doug had terminal cancer and passed away in October. Photo includes: Joel Westby ’79, Diane Beirwagen ’79, Lori (Kolodejchuk) Rohrich ’87, Vicki (Manternach) Fredrikson ’72, Lorna (Ringdahl) Halaas ’79, Rhea (Blaiotta) Gorseth ’98, Mary Helen (Brenden) Halaas ’49, Mark Halaas ’73, Eric Brenden ’97, Paul Bummer ’89, Philip Bummer ’93, DiAnn (Vollmers) Jacobson ’66, Steve Tjeltveit ’80, Rebecca (Nelson) Hulden ’80, John Halaas Hulden ’81, Lois (Brenden) Gorseth ’66, Anne (Keeley) Christensen ’07, Lisa Johnson ’79, Carol (Brenden) Nadlonek ’77, Carol (Rein) ’63 and John ’63 Brenden, John Pierce ’65, Carol (Barness) ’62 and Neil ’60 Overby, Beth Halaas ’86, and Gayle (Brenden) ’57 and Curtis ’52 Bummer
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