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Stacey Atkins Johnson • 1980-1984 5700 Shem Road, Loveland, CO Assistant Vice President/Branch Manager at Equitable Savings and Loan
Robin Austen • 1980-1981 Lincoln, NE raustenlove@yahoo.com Robin is working for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services as a child and family service specialist. She is an investigator worker for child abuse and neglect cases and works for the South East Service Area She has two great and beautiful daughters whose names are Molly and Angle. Even though they are not of the human species they are her family and the loves of her life. Her father Doyle Austen passed away on Jan. 3, 2011 and her brother Dennis Austen passed away Jan. 28, 2011. Her mother Georgia Lee Austen is currently in the Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth, NE. She has three nieces, one nephew, two great nieces and three great nephews. She is part of a group called B.A.C.A (Bikers Against Child abuse), she loves to scrapbook, spend time with friends, play with her girls and most of all support no kill animal shelters. Favorite High School Memories? In high school she loved being part of the marching bands and going to competitions. “Boy did they work our butt off but it paid off in the end.” She looks at marching bands today and just wants to yell out “line”! She also enjoyed being a part of booster club, the play “Our Town” along with the cast parties. Cruising the square, running across to the candy store from school both high school and junior high and she can’t forget the time she cut Denise Hoff’s hair during lunch hour for “bugging” her. She enjoyed breaking the girls discus record in 8th grade, running track and singing in chorus. She along with others (won’t mention the names) would sneak into the movies and she remembers watching the movie Binge four times. She enjoyed the Job Daughter dances and the sock hops BUT hated square dancing for PE.
Lisa Baloun Endacott • 1980-1984 Gibbon, NE lendecott@yahoo.com TR Truck Driver/ Office at Don Endecott Trucking LLC since 2009. Married to Donald D. Endecott.
Julie Banahan Ondrak • 1980-1984 1300 C St., Fairbury, NE Office Assistant at the Fairbury Chamber of Commerce.
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Alan Bernasek • 1980-1984 1600 W. Sewell, Lincoln, NE
Debbie Black Porath • 1980-1984 5116 Valley Forge Road, Lincoln, NE mdporath@gmail.com Deb works at Midlands Financial Benefits as an account manager. She has been married for 27 years to Marcus. Marcus is the Corporate HR/Safety director for VVS. They have three children. Matt graduated this May from Concordia University and is working for Verizon, while preparing his portfolio to enter a graduate program in conducting. Thomas is preparing to enter Nebraska Wesleyan this fall, majoring in economics. Michelle is a high school sophomore with a love for dance and team policy debate. Her family enjoys serving their church in a variety of ways including servant events involving construction projects. They love water sports and camping in the summer. Their school year revolves around speech and debate travel, dance and orchestra schedules. Favorite High School Memories? “There were many great moments, but one that sticks out is the band trip to Chicago.” She also has fond memories of after school hours in the journalism room, cutting and pasting! “How easy kids have it now! No more exacto knives gummed up with rubber cement!”
Robert Brockmeyer • 1980-1984 102 Jefferson, Daykin, NE LoriBrockmeyer@reinke.com Pictured are back row, left to right: Robert’s oldest daughter Eireson and her fiance’ Adam Pralle. She is a nurse for Washington County in Kansas and Adam is a Mechanic and helps on the family farm. They live in Hanover, KS and will marry Aug. 16, 2014. Next is Robert and his wife Lori. They both work for Reinke Manufacturing and live in Daykin. She is the MRO Buyer and Robert is in the Receiving office. Next is his youngest stepdaughter Kelli Schoenbeck and her Husband Andy of Western, NE. She is a CNA for Tabitha in Crete and Andy works for Saline County and helps with the family farm. They are expecting their first child in November. Front row is Robert’s stepson Kyle VanLaningham and his wife Becky of Beatrice, NE. They both work for BNSF Railroad in Lincoln. Next is Robert’s youngest daughter Jaci Brockmeyer of Independence, KS. She just graduated from Wayne State College with a business degree. Last is Robert’s oldest stepdaughter Katie VanLaningham of Daykin, NE. She is the quality coordinator at Reinke Manufacturing. Roberts likes golf, barbeque and just hang out with family and friends. He has been a volunteer firefighter and EMT-B for 16 years and serves as a Trustee for the village of Daykin.
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Kevin Broman • 1980-1984 David City, NE Studied at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center after high school and currently works for Cargill Meat Solutions in Schuyler. Married to Carmen Palensky and has a daughter, Ashley.
Gary Brown • 1980-1983 250 N. Beech, Wahoo, NE wahoobrown@gmail.com Gary teaches 8th grade science at Waverly Middle School. This will be his 27th year in education. In that time he has coached varsity football, basketball and boys/girls track, for 17 years. His wife, Terese, also teaches in Waverly and they have their home in Wahoo NE. Their daughter, Megan, teaches 2nd grade in North Platte and son, Casey, is a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pursuing a teaching degree in secondary science. Hobbies include running, spending time with his dogs, Dexter and Flash, and traveling with his “AWESOME family!!” Pictured are Gary and his wife Terese.
Angela Bryceson Fett • 1980-1984 Lincoln, NE fetta2000@hotmail.com Financial Administrator at Pediatric Dentistry P.C.
Quintin Buehler • 1980-1984 2003 S. 28th St., Lincoln, NE
Earl Busing • 1980-1984 703 12th St., Fairbury, NE ebusing@neb.rr.com
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Chris Catherall Criner • 1980-1984 1015 5th St., Fairbury, NE cjcriner@yahoo.com
James Cervantes • 1980-1984 15344 S. 57th St., Papillion, NE doccrvnts@jagwireless.net James received his medical degree from University of Nebraska College of Medicine and has been in practice for 22 years. Currently he is a family medicine physician with FP Associates, P.C. in Bellevue, NE. He is married to Amanda and they have three sons.
Lori Claeys Ehlers • 1980-1984 70421 565th Ave., Fairbury, NE lori.ehler@yahoo.com Nurse at Advanced Correctional Healthcare
Rachel Cummings Biery • 1981-1984 1102 West Hot Springs Court, Broken Arrow, OK
Cecelia Day Ackman • 1980-1983 Seward, NE ceceliaackman@hotmail.com Parts Manager at Production Sales Company
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Darcie DeBoer Dufoe • 1980-1984 31475 Jedidiah Smith, Temecula CA dprell@yahoo.com
Lori DeBoer Gaydusek • 1980-1984 1012 Arcade, Goodland, KS
Bill Doleman • 1980-1984 Houston, TX billdoleman@gmail.com Bill serves as the host of Houston Rockets studio programming on Comcast SportsNet Houston. He also hosts Saturday Tailgate Live in addition to other specialty programs. Doleman most recently worked as an anchor, host and play-by-play announcer at the Mountain West Sports Network. A veteran sportscaster, he has called games for ABC Sports, Fox Sports Net, the NCAA, CSTV, and ESPN networks and was a regular on ESPN’s regional coverage of Big 12 Conference men’s basketball for 15 seasons. In addition, Doleman has done extensive broadcast work with the Mountain West, Missouri Valley and other conferences and has covered football, basketball and baseball, as well as Olympic sports including volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling. An alumnus of the University of Nebraska, Bill began his career shortly before his college graduation by calling games for NETV and serving as its main sports announcer for more than ten years. He also served as the sports director at KTBU-TV in Houston where his television duties included play-by-play of football, basketball and baseball and host of University of Houston coaches’ shows. (Great link to an interview with Bill at http://www.csnhouston.com/video_content_type/ inside-green-room-bill-doleman) Bill has two daughters. Reagan Claire, who will be 11 in August, and Nora Grace, who will turn 7 in November. Bill doesn’t have much spare time (who does?). When he does get a couple of extra days each month, he goes to Colorado to visit his daughters. He loves going to Church and Bible Study. If his time and wallet would allow, he would golf and travel more and find new hobbies, but his work schedule is complicated. Despite being in a brutal business, he feels blessed to have a job that he really enjoys so spending extra time at the office is no big deal. “Strange to think on my off days that I look forward to getting back to the office. But then again, I watch and talk sports for a living.” Favorite Memories of Fairbury High? Playing sports and being a Jeff. I enjoyed playing basketball for Chuck Moore and Don Mahlman in the New Gym with its aroma of old popcorn, dim lights, the stage that crowded the court, the pictures and trophies of state championship teams, and the fact that opponents hated playing there. I remember being a part of the 1983 team, winning the district title, making two free throws in the first round of the state tournament, the night we beat Seward in front of a packed house at Pershing in the semi-finals, and, of course the disappointing loss in the state championship game. While our team the next year wasn’t as good or
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successful, we did get out to a 9-2 start that included a win over Lincoln Pius and the championship in the Columbus Holiday Tournament. We were even ranked in the Top 10 before reality hit and we ended up 10-9. Still it was a one of the great memories of my life. The fact that we didn’t win a football game, well, that’s another story. What else? I remember freshman initiation and being stuck in a tree with my shoes tied. Dave Ward coming into Renshaw’s English class with ‘81 painted on his chest and Gary Brown standing in the back of a pickup truck with a bottle stuck in underwear he had on outside his jeans. Also, I think that’s the only time I have ever facepainted that it wasn’t my choosing. I guess now I do it every day. I remember going across the street to The Little Store at lunch and then just hanging out between the Old and New buildings at lunch, on the wall, and hoods of cars. There were of course those who scattered to the East, North, and West Sides, too. Never did a small town high school have such territorial lines drawn to define cliques and cultures. I always liked Fridays because we could get Pizzawiches. I’m pretty sure I bought a Mountain Dew, Munchos, and Sprees every day. And, yeah Fisbeck, I still remember what you did on a hotdog day in the cafeteria. I thought our high school bands were pretty good, especially during that state tournament run in 1983. I remember thinking Stan Stewart had the straightest part in his hair that I have ever seen, even to this day. Don Weeks bringing up Raquel Welch in some way on a weekly basis. Keith Richardson standing outside his classroom between classes looking like he’d rather be anywhere but there. Gary Junker beginning every class with, “Ok, for today...”. Diane Schutt letting us get away with more than probably any teacher anywhere and yet she somehow treated us like adults. Larry Bornschegl and Ron Oswald were two of the best men that I ever met and they were administrators. Go figure. I remember thinking I got a helluva deal at my first keg party when Rod Griffin didn’t charge us basketball players $2 to get in the Friday after we got beat in districts. Turns out Kansas and its 18-year-old drinking age was much closer than it really should have been, especially for those who did not have a 7th period class. Yeah, I’m looking at you Todd. Still, loading up Royce’s van and heading south provided a ton of memories that I wish I could remember. Yeah, I’m looking at you again, Todd. I remember driving around the square... around and around... making sure to be on the clockwise path where I first learned that you can turn right on red... over and over. Stopping at Godfather’s loading up on pizza and pop, while unloading quarters in the video games. I remember winning the state sportswriting championship and the fact that our journalism class put together the best newspaper and yearbooks in the state. I still have the sports desk with all of its carvings, pen and sharpie graffiti, and candy stains. It’s a part of history. It’s priceless (because it’s not worth anything). And, it provides me a lot of great memories. That’s probably a lot more than anyone bargained for when they turned to my write-up, but had I been able to be there I’m sure all of this and more would have come up one way or another and more than once. I know this, I miss and cherish those days and am thankful to have been a member of the Class of ‘84 at Fairbury High.
Allen Duis • 1980-1984 3465 Hoofbeat Road, Peyton, CO
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Leni Dyer • 1980-1983 Clarksville, TN DyerL@apsu.edu Leni is an associate professor at Austin Peay State University along with the faculty costume designer. She designs the costumes for all of the plays produced in the theatre department and teaches all of the costume and makeup design courses. Before becoming a professor, she worked professionally and was able to do costumes on cruise ships for a number of years. She saw all of the islands and even got to go to Japan and China. She loves what she does and wakes up every day happy to go to work! Leni’s mother is retired from teaching theatre on the college level and is now adjunct teaching for a few|universities. She loves it! She has been divorced for about 15 years now. Leni’s family are “fur family” members. She has a dalmatian mix and a few cats! She has rescued all of them (some even bottle fed). She loves animals and would do anything to help them! Her free time is very precious! “I make jams and jellies from the fruit trees in my yard. I also like to scrapbook and spend time with my close friends.” Favorite High School Memories? “I did not graduate with you all. We moved to Lincoln and I finished there. I have some great memories of band, drill team, pep club and being in some of the plays.”
Debra Duitsman Poley • 1980-1984 708 7th St., Fairbury, NE
Barbie Elgert Geiger • 1980-1984 2031 Greenspire Dr., Lincoln, NE Barb.Geiger@alnmm.com Barbie is currently employed by ALN Medical Management in Lincoln, NE as their company controller and have been with ALN for the past 10 years. She also continues to maintain her CPA license and works as an independent auditor for the Nebraska Lottery as well as preparing many tax returns for friends and family members. She has four children; Chaise, Brittiny, Lexi and Trey; three grandchildren; Ella Mae, Beckett, and Emerson; and, one daughter-in-law, Jill. Her husband, Chad, and her have lived in Lincoln for the past 14 years. “I am very fortunate that my children all live within 30 miles of Lincoln so I am able to see them quite often.” Reading is probably her favorite ‘all-season’ hobby, but in the summer, she especially enjoys spending the majority of her time outdoors – working in my yard or floating in her pool are two of her favorite outdoor activities. She also enjoys going to movies and spending as much time as possible with her grandchildren. She runs a couple of days each week and has participated in three Lincoln half-marathons. Favorite High School Memories? Probably one of her favorite high school memories is driving round and round the square with Dawn Moore Schacht. “We giggled and laughed and I don’t really remember what was so funny, but we sure entertained ourselves.” She also enjoyed working at the concession stand in the City Park with her fellow cheerleaders which they did to raise money for all their cheerleading activities.
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Joann Endorf Cummings • 1980-1984 809 Foywood Ct., Euless, TX joannc726@gmail.com Joann works at the corporate offices of La Quinta as a purchasing manager. She has been employed by La Quinta for 14 years. He husband, Grady, works in the pipeline industry specifically in natural gas transmission. They have one son, Max. He is 17 and will graduate from high school in 2015. Max has aspirations of pursuing a petroleum engineering degree in college. Also, Max plays golf on the high school golf team. In the past her family enjoyed boating/skiing/wave runners on Lake Granbury in Texas. However since Texas has been in drought conditions for several years most of the lakes are dry and that fun has been put on hold. Therefore their current hobby is cruising around in their 1970 GTO and taking it to car shows around the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. “Every time we get in that car it brings back memories of driving around the square and seeing all the guys driving Chevelle’s, Nova’s, etc” Favorite High School Memories? “This isn’t really a memory but just an observation. Knowing what I know now, I feel blessed to have been a teenager in Fairbury, NE during the ‘80s. It is so different for teens today. I think we had less stress/pressures and were able to really enjoy our youth.”
Pictured from left - Joann, Grady and Max.
Laurie Fett Pyles • 1980-1984 113 Sioux Dr. Berthoud, CO Laurie lives Berthoud, CO and works as an RN in Ft Collins on a neurological unit. She loves and feels so blessed in her work. Her passions are anything done with her kids. Her son Andrew, 19, is a sophomore at Colorado State University studying computer science and she has a daughter Joanna, 17. All three of them are runners, even their dog, Hershey, runs with them. Her daughter plays varsity singles tennis and Laurie loves to play with her. They also love hiking. Individually, she plays the piano, watercolor paints, loves yoga (recently conquered the pose scorpion:), and enjoys perennial gardening, “it gives me joy to make my yard a beautiful place we can enjoy being in together.”
Randy Fisbeck • 1980-1984 10901 S, 63rd St., Lincoln, NE Fisbeck@aol.com
Mike Flanagan • 1980-1984 3327 N 125th St, Omaha, NE
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Doug Freitag • 1980-1984 611 N. 10th St., Beatrice, NE
Michele Friend Hill • 1980-1984 514 10th St., Fairbury, NE michelefriendhill@hotmail.com Michele works at Westin Packaged Meats. She has been married to Steve for 29 years. They have four daughters and no sons-in-law yet. She has been a mentor in the TeamMates mentoring program for the last six years.
Jon Gibson • 1980-1984 508 5th St., Fairbury, NE
Dianna Gilliland • 1980-1984 Lincoln, NE Buyer II at the Nebraska State Purchasing Bureau since 2008.
Kelli Grammar Bohlmeyer • 1980-1984 1013 Ash St., Fairbury, NE kelbo84@hotmail.com
Teri Hall Hill • 1980-1984 1103 16th St., Fairbury, NE georgesweezy@hotmail.com Works at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Lori Hendrickson Fredrickson • 1980-1984 9643 S. Moss Ross Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO fredlori@comcast.net Lori and her husband, Mike, own and operate their own business, Coactive Technology Solutions. In addition to Coactive, she is an Independent Distributor for Shaklee, a health and wellness company. Mike and Lori were married in 1998. They live in Denver, Colorado, and have three children: Thomas (15), Connor (12), and Kennedy (9). They all love to camp, hike and golf. Thomas participates in cross country, basketball and track at his high school. Connor enjoys playing basketball and football. Kennedy is currently waiting to see if she made the competition gymnastics team at her gym…tryouts were held this last weekend. With owning a business and raising three active children, Lori has very little free time. That said, she does try to make time for some sort of daily exercise to keep me sane—walking the dog, going for a run or attending a TaeBo class. She also enjoys women’s bible study and volunteering at their church. Last month, Lori and her son, Thomas, went on their first mission trip to Juarez, Mexico. They drove down a truck load of supplies and donations, helped build a house in just two half-day sessions providing a sweet family a warm, safe, home to raise their small family of four. They also did a food outreach at a local church and visited an orphanage where they played with the children, did crafts and gifted them Hula Hoops. The trip was a life-changing experience, and she can’t wait to go again! Favorite High School Memories? “There are so many fun, silly memories from high school…far too many to mention. However, just the other day—out of nowhere—a song popped in my head, and I began to sing it out loud to my daughter, Kennedy. She loved it and wanted me to teach it to her. If you were ever on the bus coming home from a volleyball game or track meet, you might remember it. It starts out “Hello. My name is Joe. And I work in a button factory…” And, of course, we can’t forget “Boom Chicka Boom!” Those poor coaches and bus drivers…we must have drove them absolutely crazy singing those songs over and over again.”
Bob Hermsmeier • 1980-1984 Reynolds, NE
Denise Hopf King • 1980-1984 5004 Southwood Circle, Lincoln, NE nieciek@alltell.net
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Jennipher Horky Barber • 1980-1984 506 31st. St., Fairbury, NE 68352 kjbarber@diodecom.net Jenny has been working at Barber Furniture for the past 18 years. Her and her husband, Kent, have three daughters. The oldest, Heather, just graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center with her Doctor’s Degree in Physical Therapy. She and her husband, Kyle, live in Lincoln. Miranda, their second, will be a senior at Creighton University in Omaha this fall. She will graduate with a BSN (Nursing) degree in May 2015. In June 2015, she is planning to marry Trent Pollman, son of Pam (Chappell) and Roger Pollman. Their youngest, Michaela, will begin her freshman year at Nebraska Wesleyan this fall. This brings Kent and her to an empty nest! In her free time she loves shopping, traveling and spending time with family. Favorite High School Memories? “Making friendships was the best memories from high school. Beating Norris who was rated 1st in volleyball our senior year was an awesome experience too.”
Brenda Hunt Krause • 1980-1984 12229 South Widmer, Olatha, KS rickbigred@outlook.com
Tammy Hynek Suey • 1980-1984 1411 Maple St., Fairbury, NE tammysuey@hotmail.com Tammy has worked just over five years for Region V Services. She is married to Mick, who is originally from Fremont. They have three children; Ryan and his wife, Andrea, RJ and Braden. They also have three grandchildren, Aubrie, Blaikley and Rorie. They keep them very busy. “I don’t seem to have a lot of free time, most of my time is spent at some type of event with one of our kids. They are active in many sports, and the two younger ones can’t drive yet - darn it - so the taxi is always on the go!” Favorite High School Memories? Cheerleading, being in any class that Michelle Friend Hill was in, and driving around the square.
Jim Janssen • 1980-1984 917 Lindell, Fairbury, NE
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Nancy Jensby Tapee • 1980-1984 1115 4th St., Fairbury, NE
Theresa Juhl Buchli • 1980-1984 Alexandria, NE tabuchli@yahoo.com Works at First National Bank in Fairbury.
Kenneth Kenning • 1980-1984 57524 703 Road, Endicott, NE
Kerianne Kluge • 1980-1984 583 142nd St., South Sioux City, NE
Michael Konz • 1980-1984 5613 Longhorn Circle, Lincoln, NE mkonz02@gmail.com
Eric Kudritzki • 1980-1984 Lives in North Miami Beach, Florida Married Ekatrina.
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Kelly Lautenschlager • 1980-1984 Passed Away Sept. 5, 2009
Todd Liesenfield • 1980-1982 Passed Away March 4, 2013 at his home in Tecumseh, NE. After attending Fairbury High School for three years, Todd graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1984. He attended Southeast Community College and graduated with his Associates Degree in 1986. He then attended the University of Nebraska-Kearney, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Theatre in 1995. Todd participated in the Study Abroad Program and spent a year at the University of Tampere in Finland. He also did post-graduate work at Kansas State University. Todd began working at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institute in May of 2005. Todd was a living history performer and an avid participant and actor in many renaissance festivals. Todd’s greatest joy came from the wonderful times he spent with his “Faire” family.
Nettie Lyons • 1980-1984 P.O. Box 125, Blue Hill, NE
Sharon Mahlman Peterson • 1980-1984 904 W. Grand, Carterville, IL sharonlpeterson@hotmail.com Dr. Sharon Peterson has been a registered dietitian for over 20 years and currently works at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Marion, IL. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed her Ph.D. in 1996 at The Pennsylvania State University. Prior to working at the Marion VAMC, she was an instructor and then assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and an instructor of nutrition at John A. Logan College in Carterville, IL.
Todd Mannschreck • 1980-1984 5709 NE Pearl Court, Lee’s Summit, MO Todd.Mannschreck@rtspecialty.com Todd is a wholesale insurance broker for R-T Specialty. It is just Lisa and him and he “hopes to keep it that way.” He loves boating, beaches and sporting events. “Basically anything that allows us to have a good time and not hurt anyone.” Favorite High School Memories? Baseball. Senior sneak/campout at Milford. Trashing Shawna Reid’s clutch (sorry about that).The music and concerts.
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Juan Martinez • 1983-1984 jcmapri@hotmail.com
Angela McAtee Johnson • 1980-1984 1124 SW Red Oaks Ct., Topeka, KS amcjohnson@live.com For the past 24 years Angie has worked at Southwest Publishing & Mailing Corp. in Topeka, KS. She is currently vice president of the company. She married Ric Johnson, an attorney and lifelong Topekan. Her family still lives in or near Endicott and she visits frequently. Her and Ric love to travel as well as golf, bicycle and play a lot of pickle ball.
Todd McBride • 1980-1984 210 S. 22nd St. #4, Beatrice, NE
Arlene McGinty Schmidt • 1980-1981 61076 723rd Road, Crab Orchard, NE Arlene assists and cares for people in their homes. Her responsibilities include cooking meals, cleaning, shopping, bathing and assisting them with transportation to appointments. She enjoys being around people. She has been married to husband Glen for 18 years. They live on a farm in the Crab Orchard area and have many animals. Her husband builds wood frame metal buildings and travels frequently for his job. They are very proud of their 23-year-old daughter, Victoria, who is a student at K-State in Manhattan, KS working toward an Animal Science Degree. Arlene is passionate about all animals. “I love spending time with the animals on my farm. And have raised and rescued dogs, horses, goats and lambs. And adopted many of them.” She also enjoys cooking and worked at the VFW Club for 14 years as a cook. Favorite High School Memory? Spending good times with all my good friends.
Andrea Medina Lantz • 1980-1984 620 H St., Fairbury, NE
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Steven Milius • 1980-1984 San Antonio, TX sjm68114@yahoo.com Steve has worked for Travel and Transport for 22 years. Currently he is the manager of training and development.
Dawn Moore Schacht • 1980-1984 304 S. 61st St., West Des Moines, IA dshot66@hotmail.com Dawn works as a court reporter for the State of Iowa in Des Moines. Basically she has been there since graduating from college. “I have heard more crazy stuff than you could ever believe. Wish I was someone that journaled so I could remember all the stores. Could have written a book and been retired by now I think :)” She has been married to Mark Schacht (class of ‘83) since November of 1984. They have three kids: Trent, 29, married; Hailey, 25, married; and Annie a junior in high school. She also has her first grandchild, Bennett. Mark and her love to travel and go places as often as they can. Her choice would always be a beach destination but Mark would prefer a more active vacation so they try to compromise. Also, her favorite thing to do has not changed since she was a kid, which is hanging out at their pool. She loves to socialize with friends and family. Hates to cook -- so they eat out tons and she is thrilled to live in a city with lots of choices. She is almost embarrassed to admit it but she also loves the Bravo channel, which includes every city of The Housewives. Also, she enjoy reading and just chilling. Favorite High School Memories? “I have a lot of great memories of high school, most of them revolve around sporting events and cheerleading. Also, just hanging with my friends, which included a ton of swimming in the summers and just driving around chasing boys -- which worked for me since I ended up marrying one of them. :). We were lucky to have grown up where we did!”
Royce Mosher • 1980-1984 56725 708 Road, Fairbury, NE
Anne Nimmich Itzen • 1980-1984 Fairbury, NE lymphedema_anne2003@yahoo.com I am a non-practicing Nurse Practitioner who gave up nursing (although my license is still current) to become a full time farm wife in May 2012. I love my new job as it is never ever boring and every day is a new adventure. My favorite jobs are swathing alfalfa and anything with the cattle. I have even helped build fence. I married Kurt Itzen (class of 1982) on February 2, 2013. We have two boys (Aaron and Justin) and a girl (Ashley). The boys are from his first marriage and the daughter is from my first marriage. Aaron is married to Krista and they have a daughter (almost 2) named Raegan. Justin is single. Both boys work with us on the farm. Ashley is 14 and will be a freshman at FHS this fall.
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Kurt and I love spending our free time enjoying the outdoors or on our bike. I love to plant flowers and watch them grow. We love spending time with our kids and our granddaughter. I also still love to read and I enjoy scrapbooking. In the winter we still Some of my favorite high school memories: cruising the square and everyone was riding around and talking. Working at the bakery with Donna Peterson and Tammy Griffin (class of 85). Football and basketball games and cheering on the teams. Lunch time at Sonic, A & W, Pizza Hut or McDonalds or the little store. Pasture parties or trips to Washington with a group of friends.
Doug Neeman • 1980-1984 Beatrice, NE
Christy Olberding Brown • 1980-1984 1205 B St., Fairbury, NE colberding@neb.rr.com Christy has been working at Gill Insurance in Fairbury since 1997. She is married to Roger Brown, has a wonderful step-daughter, Karenna, step son-in-law, Josh, and two of the best step-grandchildren, Ally and Drew. She loves anything outdoors: kayaking, camping, walking/hiking. And spending time with family and friends. Favorite High School Memories? Performing with the drill team at the boy’s state basketball game and just hanging with friends, plus lots and lots of other great memories . . .
Angie Oswald Morris • 1980-1984 9505 South Banner Ave., Roseland, NE angie.morris@live.com Angie works four days a week as a speech-language pathologist in the Below Age 5 program at Sandy Creek Public Schools in Fairfield, NE and loves having her Fridays off! More recently she joined Plexus Worldwide and is a distributor of their health/wellness products. On July 25th Greg and Angie will be celebrate their 27th wedding anniversary (well technically she will be celebrating alone at the reunion since Greg will be umping state softball). Greg works as team salesman in Central/Western Nebraska for Hauff’s Sports. Son, Connor, is 24 and in the furniture sales business in Omaha. Daughter, Bailey, is 21 and will be a senior at Concordia University in Seward majoring in sports management. Daughter, Rylee, is almost 18 and will be a senior at Sandy Creek High. Angie has recently retired for the second time from coaching volleyball so she can just be “mom” and sit in the stands, enjoying watching her daughter play her final season. Murphy is their spoiled little 8-year-old shih-tzu/maltese. Angie is the Huddle Leader for the Sandy Creek High Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Evidently she doesn’t get enough of 3-5 year olds at school so she also teaches the Preschool Sunday School class at Lifehouse Church. :) She enjoys hand-stamping jewelry, painting and refinishing furniture, gardening, her women’s bible study groups and working out. Favorite High School Memories? “Mr. Ward’s math classes…primarily because of Michele Friend Hill’s comments and/or expressions. Also, trying to stretch out our new white basketball uniforms before games because they fit like a second skin. That locker room scene was quite interesting.”
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Dianne Penner • 1980-1984 703 Wilken St., Hendersonville, NC diannepenner@yahoo.com Dianne is a home care director for Turning Point Services Inc. which is a home care agency serving adults and children in 10 counties of Western North Carolina. She has a 13 year old son, Caleb, who will enter 8th grade this year. He is a travel baseball player and football player. She is a 28 year NCAA and USA volleyball official. She volunteers for a number of organizations that serve senior citizens. She also started a bowling league for the blind in Asheville, NC. Favorite High School Memories? “My best memories are of marching band competitions with Mr. Barrett.”
Donna Peterson Hamre • 1980-1984 501 1st St SW, Watertown, SD hamredonna@gmail.com dhamre@personasigns.com After leaving the Fairbury area in 1991, Donna lived in Mobridge, SD for 22 years. While there she managed a non-profit organization and was in charge of the local thrift store and food pantry. Seeing the need for growth, she made the organization a federal non-profit and wrote grants to fully fund a new facility. They picked up a Representative Payee Service for Social Security clients who needed to have a payee. She was responsible for 32 clients paying all their monthly bills and giving them a weekly allowance. This proved somewhat stressful as all clients were court ordered or medically ordered to have a payee. They didn’t always like the idea of someone telling them how to spend their money. She continued to secure funding and expanded the food pantry and started a program giving 50 school age children a backpack every Friday filled with food for the weekends. She also started a sack lunch program feeding between 30-80 people a day who needed a meal and could not afford one or had no means of eating on a particular day. In 2013 she decided she needed a change so she packed up and moved to Watertown, SD. She now works as an account manager for Persona, a sign vending company that makes signs for McDonalds, Hotel/Motel Chains, Dominos, Taco Johns, Cherry Berry, Casey’s, Holiday Stations and several other companies. Donna has three children: Faren, 27, Tanner, 25, and Evan, 10, and one grandson who is 7. Most of her free time is spent doing family activities. She enjoys spending time at the lake and going to all the sporting events Evan is involved in. She enjoys dirt track racing and tries to get to at least one race every weekend during racing season. She usually takes in at least one twins game and one Vikings game a year. Her goal is to get to a NASCAR race someday!
Paula Pierce Friesen • 1980-1984 Former photographer in Fairbury, NE Passed away Feb. 27, 2003
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Elizabeth Reese Jordan • 1980-1984 2460 Spring Hill Road, Victoria, KS
Shawna Reid Horky • 1980-1984 1319 7th St., Fairbury, NE shorky66@hotmail.com Shawna is a nurse at Thayer County Health Services in Hebron, NE. She went back to school when she was nearing 40 and her oldest was going to be a senior in high school. “The best decision I’ve made, only regret is that I did not do this sooner.” Shawna married Jeff Horky (’82). They have three boys, Reid who is 26, Thomas who is 23, and Joseph who is 19. Woops, she almost forgot they have a girl now. Reid got married in 2012 to Cassandra Klaus. All are now graduates from good ole FHS. Shawna enjoys spending time with the kids and family. Favorite High School Memories? All of the trips to and from sports events. “I remember all taking numbers on who was going to have to wake Jennipher up as we were getting close to home. None one wanted to do this,” The band trip to Chicago was a wonderful time. Those lovely two-a-day practices in volleyball. And she can’t forget those wonderful runs in track practice with Mr. Moore.
David Rempel • 1980-1984 Passed Away
Brenda Riggle • 1980-1984 120 N. Simpson St., Endicott, NE
Kevin Roberts • 1980-1984 744 Banner Circle, Salina, KS
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Curtis Scheele • 1980-1981 72449 US Hwy 183, Holdrege, NE jocurscheele@yahoo.com Curtis is a water management specialist working for the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service in Holdrege, NE. For those not familiar, USDA is a federal agency that works with farmers in conserving natural resources by providing financial assistance to install conservation on the land such as terraces, erosion structures, etc. His current position with the agency has him working strictly with irrigators. He has worked for the agency for 27 years, in Holdrege for 16 of those. In fact, David Bedlan works for the same agency there in Fairbury. Curtis has been married to his wife, Jodie, for 20 years. She is a physician assistant working part time with Plains Radiology in Kearney, NE. They have four children, Trevor 13, Carson 10, Daylen 8, and Anika 6. Their free time is with kids activities. They are active in their church. They play golf 3-4 times a year and still play slow pitch softball in the summer. Otherwise, it’s work at the job, work at home and kids activities. Favorite High School Memories? Having only attended Fairbury his Freshman year, his memories are slim. Here is his effort. He remembers: • West siders, south siders, etc. I was a West Sider cause that is where I knew the folks from Steele City and my cousin drove me every day. • Wade Vernon cutting his finger nearly off on the table saw in shop class. I remember him holding his hand and everyone looking for his finger. After a little while and nobody finding a finger lying around, he showed his hand and his finger was there but only hanging by the skin. I remember this so well, at least I think I got it right, because I couldn’t stand the site of blood or pain so it hit me hard and I kind of hid in the wood storage room so I wouldn’t have to see anything, but yet act like I was helping. Sorry Wade. • Julie Schrock writing on the back of my jacket “kick me” and people did until I figured it out. She did it in Social Studies as she sat behind me. It wasn’t because she hated me, it was just ornery fun, at least I thought it was. She always picked on me in that class. • Current Events in Social Studies to start the class. The only time we never had class because current events took the entire time was when President Ronald Reagan was shot. I can’t remember the teachers name. I remember what he looked like. I want to say Keith Richards, but he’s a Rolling Stone. (Keith Richardson) • White painter pants and Gary Brown, who wore them a lot. • Discussing with classmates how cassettes were going to be the past and CD’s were taking over. • Because I graduated Odell, I will throw in three memories from there that has a tie to Fairbury. Early our sophomore year, I remember Darcie DeBoer attending Odell for a couple of weeks in the fall. To this day I don’t know why she did that or if she ever went back to Fairbury after that (she did). • The Odell basketball team would go to the state boys tournament on Friday to watch games all day. Our Junior year I remember watching Fairbury beat Seward in a hard fought game. I remember seeing some of you there. I believe your band was called the “Sound Machine”. Maybe it was just a playoff thing but I thought it was awesome! I remember listening on the radio to the heartbreaking loss to Elkhorn Mount Michael while in Fairbury at my cousin’s wrestling meet. • This memory relates more to a song in 1984. Maybe some of you did the same as I. So I only bring it up to see if any of you did the same thing. Because I liked loud music, on graduation day, as I drove from the school ceremony, I cranked up Van Halen’s song “1984” followed by “Jump” off their 1984 album. I think I repeated that all the way home for my family graduation party.
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Chris Schellhorn • 1980-1984 1003 6th St., Fairbury, NE Works at Farmers Cooperative. Loves riding his Harley Davidson.
Julie Schrock Gilg • 1980-1981 Cozad, NE jgilg91817@yahoo.com Julie is a police investigator for the City of Cozad. She has a total of five children, (2) bio (3) step, and four granddaughters. Her husband, Greg, is a road sergeant for the Dawson County Sheriff’s department. Together they also manage an apartment complex. She enjoys many things however, like most, has very little spare time.
Kimberly Schroeder Vernon • 1980-1984 915 7th St. Fairbury NE wvernon@neb.rr.com
Linda Schwab Bauer • 1980-1984 1619 I St., Fairbury, NE linda@schwabandbauer.com Linda has served as the Jefferson County Attorney for almost 18 years and practices law in Fairbury. Her husband Randy is operations manager at KGMT-KUTT Radio in Fairbury. Their daughter, Hannah, is about to start her senior year at Doane College and their son, Cole, is about to start his senior year at Fairbury High School.
Pictured from left - Randy, Hannah, Linda and Cole Bauer
In her free time she likes to hike with her spoiled dog, Jinx, and plan mini-excursions with family and friends. Favorite High School Memories? “All my high school memories are so random! But I enjoy seeing my former classmates whenever our paths cross.”
Tammy Schwisow • 1980-1984 1040 S. Wabash Ave. Apt. 216, Hastings, NE
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Mike Seggerman • 1980-1984 4834 Bradford Lane, Sioux City, IA michael.seggerman@takeda.com Mike work in sales out of his home office in Sioux City, IA. He has been married to my wife, Sue, for 14 years. They have two children, Mitchell who is almost 13 and Sydney who is almost 11. Mike’s family likes to spend time together. They enjoy activities with their Church. They also like to spend time with extended family. Their family also spends a lot of time with their Christian School. Sue teaches at the Christian School and the kids are very involved in activities there and they also volunteer and help support the school.
Belinda Siebe Cox • 1980-1984 70945 Hwy 15, Fairbury, NE
Kent Siebe • 1980-1984 1220 G St., Fairbury, NE Married to Linda Busing. Plays in the band Repeat Offenders.
Darrin Simpson • 1980-1981 Louisburg, KS Darrin works for the City of Louisburg’s water department. He has been married for 26 “awesome” years and has three kids and two grandchildren. Wishes he could have made it to the reunion but has to work. Hope you all have a great time.
Brenda Slater • 1980-1984 1128 H St. Apt. #17, Geneva, NE
Teresa Sleigh • 1980-1984 Passed Away July, 15, 1997.
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Scott Spilker • 1980-1984 3000 Whitlock Road, Lincoln, NE
Jodi Stelling Werner • 1980-1984 Carleton, NE Licensed cosmetologist at The Hair Shop and Kate’s Massage Therapy in Hebron, NE.
Heidi Stahmer Mason • 1980-1984 PO Box 224, Cortland, NE Heidi.mason.stry @statefarm.com
Russell Swett • 1980-1984 Passed away Aug. 5, 1987
Matt Taylor • 1980-1984 634 N. 8th St., Geneva, NE enforcer_451@hotmail.com
Michelle Thornburg Young • 1980-1981 108 E Saline, DeWitt, NE youngm42@hotmail.com Michelle is currently working at US Bank in Beatrice. She has benn married to her wonderful husband for almost 16 years. They have five children and 14 grandchildren (two of which went to be with Jesus). What does she do in her free time? “What free time :) Seriously, I love spending time with family.” Favorite High School Memories? “Sitting in class and Todd McBride was bothering me so I grab his shirt and pulled it causing him to fall on the floor. It made quite the noise. LOL. Taking Drivers Ed class with Mr. Coatman. That was an experience in itself.”
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Keith Trimm • 1980-1984 1015 F St., Fairbury, NE kt91311@windstream.net
Ernest Troxel • 1980-1984 etbeme@yahoo.com
Kristine Tynan Gerber • 1980-1984 9312 Leavenworth St., Omaha, NE jkgerber@cox.net Kris is executive director of Restoration Exchange Omaha, a preservation group formed in July 2013. Before that, she spent 10 years as owner of Eventive Marketing/Omaha Books a company that helped organizations with their event Pictured from left – Drew, Kris, planning and book publishing needs. She and Jared, an architect, Jared and Creighton Gerber will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in August. They have two sons, Creighton who is a senior studying archeology, German and music at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD and Drew who will be a freshman this fall at Carleton College in Northfield, MN and plans to study pre-medicine, languages and music. Jared and Kris love to travel with the family, get inside old houses (they are on the hunt now to purchase a pre-1945 house) and are both looking forward to being free from volunteering for numerous school activities and living the life of empty-nesters. Favorite High School Memories? Band, Show Choir and Jazz Band under the direction of Roland Barrett and Phil Rogge. Such talent. Both of her sons have played symphonic music written by Mr. Barrett, which she thought was pretty cool. The journalism and yearbook staffs winning numerous awards at state. Laying out The Blazer using rubber cement and border tape. Senior campout at Crystal Springs.
Mary Urich Feldkamp • 1980-1984 56920 708 Road, Fairbury, NE feldkamp2@hotmail.com Restorative Nursing Supervisor at HERITAGE care center
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Wade Vernon • 1980-1984 915 7th St., Fairbury, NE wvernon@neb.rr.com Technology Coordinator at Thayer Central Community Schools 2008 to present.
Ronda Walker Aken • 1980-1984 5415 N. 128th St., Omaha, NE raken36@gmail.com Ronda spent the last 18 years working at Roncalli Catholic High School as the technology coordinator, business teacher, head volleyball coach and FBLA adviser. This fall she will start at Bellevue East teaching computer programming and A++ Certification. Bruce and her just celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. Their oldest son, Bruce Jr., married his college sweetheart last August. He is working for a sub division of Ameritas as an investment adviser and Brook his wife works for OPPD as an economic development advisor. Their youngest son, Jake, is going to Metropolitan Community College studying wielding. He also has a full time job at Coke as a merchandiser. Both of their children live in Omaha. Bruce and Ronda like to go to movies, spend time with their kids and go to baseball games. They also love to spend time with their family and friends. Favorite High School Memories? One of Ronda’s highlights of high school was beating Norris in volleyball her senior year, which made Fairbury number one in the state. Going to Nationals in FBLA with Jenny Horky and getting first place in her Annual Business Report. Senior year camp outs at Crystal Springs and Wakefield!
Robin Waltke Anderson • 1983-1984 1216 Jane Way, Beatrice, NE missrobin66@gmail.com After being able to stay at home and raise her children, Robin currently works as an Office Manager/Optician for Adams Optical in Beatrice. Robin and her husband, Ron, just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. They have three sons, two daughter-in -laws, and one grandbaby on the way! Ron is still seeing Green and Yellow. He has been working for John Deere for 30+ years. Their oldest son Zach lives in Beatrice and is an engineer/draftsman for Exmark Mfg. He and his wife are expecting their first grandchild in January. Christopher, their middle son, is a small engine m echanic working on four-wheelers, jet skis and lawn mowers in Superior, NE. He is an EMT and both him and his wife are on the Superior Fire Department. Matthew just graduated from SCC in Milford with a computer programming degree and is working in Omaha in his field. Robin enjoys spending time working in her yard and gardens. “It seems like I am always changing things.” Weekends are always busy spending time with the kids and sitting around the fire pit with friends. Winter time brings out the crochet needles and new blankets to donate to different organizations. Spring, summer and fall
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gets her family out Geo-Caching around the country finding new places of interest to investigate. Tractor pulling is the highlight of their summer, they follow the Outlaw pullers and hit as many pulls as they can! She is currently the team captain for a MS Walk team. There are four of us on the team that have Multiple Sclerosis, and all in different stages. Their goal is to keep on moving and not let life slow them down! Favorite High School Memories? As far as High School memories, Robin said she wasn’t around long enough to have many but she made a lot of great friends!!!
David Ward • 1980-1984 Spencer, IA dward@Bank-Northwest.com Dave is executive vice president and chief credit officer at Northwest Bank in Spencer, IA. He is in charge of all credit/lending functions at the bank, which includes 24 locations in Northwest Iowa, Sioux City, Des Moines and Omaha. He has been with Northwest Bank since 2008. He is married to Mandi and they have two children, a son Grant, 7 and a daughter Isla, 5. He still plays golf when he gets the chance. Loves to travel involved in lots of kids activities. Favorite High School Memory? Attending all of the sporting events whether as a participant or in the crowd.
Mary Wasserman Wilson • 1980-1984 Beatrice, NE
Linda Wells Elwood • 1980-1984 210 Elm, Reynolds, NE
Robert Wiedergreen • 1980-1984 71965 573 Ave, Jansen, NE
Travis Wiegert • 1980-1984 56765 Hwy 4, Daykin, NE
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Jerry Zabokrtsky • 1980-1984 Scottsdale, AZ Jzabokrtsky@SHC.org Jerry is director of military partnership, emergency preparedness, forensic nurse examiners and the Medical Reserve Corp. at Scottsdale Healthcare System (SHC) in Scottsdale, AZ. He is a 21 year veteran of the United States Air Force working in security forces, anti-terrorism and intelligence on a global scale and has a master’s degree in leadership. Upon retirement, Jerry joined Headquarters Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington DC where he was responsible for the infrastructure protocols to streamline operations amongst 22 DHS agencies. Jerry joined the SHC team in 2010 and has been a driving force in the expansion of all departments under his control. Jerry has a son, Kyle, who is a senior at Mountain View high school and is currently being recruited to swim in college. His bride Deedra is a Colonel (select) in the United States Air Force and will be a new chief nurse at Lackland AFB in San Antonio TX. Jerry will stay in Arizona until Kyle graduates, so the family is currently in a three house situation with a lake cabin in Alaska. His free time is spent at his cabin in Alaska, watching Kyle swim at meets and hiking the mountains of Arizona. Favorite High School Memory? Ditching class to go hunting with friends.
Other Classmates Greg Beall • 1980-1981 11501 Tedford, Austin, TX
Mike Brown • 1980-1981 Barbie Bush Fry • 1980-1981 536 Eads Ave., Hebron, NE
Jon Empfield • 1980-1981 Michael Fryar • 1980-1982
Phil Luehring • 1981-1983 Jon Rockwell •1982-1983 Shannon Schmidt Snider • 1980-1983 1108 K St., Fairbury, NE
Cathy Schoen • 1980-1981 Laveta Wentz • 1980-1981
4127 East Hubbell, Phoenix, AZ Security Contractor at Security Consultants Group
Debbie Wilson Whitmore • 1980-1981
Rigoberto Garcia • 1981-1982
Stacey Witt Criner • 1980-1982
Jack Knight • 1980-1983
Married to Tim Whitmore
57110 708 Road, Endicott, NE
306 Kansas St., Jansen, NE Have additions or corrections that need to be made to the book? Send to Kris Tynan Gerber at jkgerber@cox.net
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