GUSTAVUS ALUMNI Our freshman Homecoming king,
Peterson from Superior, WI; 64 Jim queen, Joanna Kuehn Lundgren
from Edina; and president pro tem, John Johnson from Princeton, were featured on the first page of the Gustavian Weekly many years ago. Jim, who moved from the presidency of the Minnesota Science Museum to the presidency of Gustavus, is now retired. It was Queen Joanna, who after meeting Jim thought he would be a good match for her cousin, Susan Pepin Peterson ’65, and the rest is history. Jim and Susan now reside in Minneapolis and Joanna is making her permanent residence among that great enclave of Gusties on Sand Lake, near Moose Lake. Joanna was among eleven Gustie gal friends who celebrated their 70th birthdays at Cove Point Lodge on Lake Superior’s North Shore in September. Celebrants included Nicky Kerpen Bredeson, Minneapolis; Kirsten LeVander Dawson, Arden Hills; Joanell Sletta Dyrstad, Red Wing; Cathy Moe Dietz, West Lake Village, CA; Beaty Fritz Graves, Anchorage AK; Donna Olsenius Hammer, Oak Grove; Mary Zimmerman Magnuson, Maple Plain; Lyn Ostebo Peterson, Colorado Springs, CO; Joanna Carlson Swanson, Edina; and Linda Hammarberg Willette, Shakopee. Also mentioned on the front page of that Weekly was queen candidate Penny Johnson, who hailed from Hopkins but now is happily retired and living in Ramsey with her physician husband, Bill Rodman ’63. Penny devotes much of her time to her eight grandchildren, especially important because Penny and Bill’s son succumbed to cancer leaving two young boys, who live near enough to benefit from the extra help and love grandparents can provide. Penny also is a quilter, working with the quilt ministry at Lord of Life Church and making prayer and baby quilts, the latter for charitable organizations. Also queen candidates were Sharon Hansen, fresh from New Richland, now in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, with husband Bill Johnson ’65, Sharon Rajala, then of Effie, now living with her husband Ed Reese in Chandler, AZ, and two Gusties we have lost track of, Joni Vold from International Falls and Barbara Wicks from St. Louis Park. Joni was my sectionmate and the last I knew she was living in Jacksonville, FL. Even if someone did not graduate with us, they are still part of our class, so if anyone knows how to reach these two and the following king candidates who are also lost to us, we’d love to have them back in the fold. The rest of the king’s court included: Douglas Barton, then from Richfield; Paul Chermak then from Minneapolis, and Ted Rogers then from Edina. We do know the whereabouts of two other members of the
s 1964 birthday reunion Classmates from the Class of 1964 celebrated birthdays last August on a cruise of coastal Canada and New England. Pictured front row from left are Mary Fahden McIlrath, Marilynn Lawson Tammi, Linda Newman Meyer, Carole Onstrom Gerk, and Liz Proeschel Wold. In the second row are Nicky Kerpen Bredeson, Diane Ness Andersen, Sharon Johnson Corl, and Susan Fenske Anderson. In the back row are Susan Hill Jones, Ina Street Sickels, Maxine Holm, Sharon Rajala Reese, and Kathy Felsted Matson.
s Classmates from 1954 enjoy annual fall lunch. Friends from the Class of 1954 have been meeting for a fall lunch for many years, including an annual meeting at Whiskey River in St. Peter in September. Dessert included a cake with a picture of Old Main and the words “Happy Birthday to the Class of 1954.” Pictured from left are Sylvia Johnson, Gloria Brouillette Strom, Marlys Setterholm Gamm, Betty Lundgren Schlotthauer, Mary Lundgren Hauck, Shirley Lund Flom, Nancy Pringle Ellingson, Marliyn Peterson Reaser, Jean Kovac Larson, and Phyllis Anderson Erickson.
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