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Aubrey McElmeel is a children’s lead at Barnes and Noble in Madison, Wis.
Zena Fantaye works with Wells Fargo Card Services in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Noelia Pereira is an environmental engineer for Timor Gap in Dili, Timor-Leste.
Sarah Fox is a leasing consultant at Peak Campus in Minneapolis.
Evan Ruchotzke of Lowden, Iowa, is an E-4 in the U.S. Army. Erin Schmidt is a staff nurse at the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Neb.
Taylor Graydon is a rehabilitation counselor for Transitional Resources in Seattle through Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
Isaac Skelton is a web analytics analyst for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Marlon Henriquez is the kindergarten Spanish immersion teacher at Gage Elementary School in Rochester, Minn. He was named the Rochester Post-Bulletin’s teacher of the month for November.
Katherine Stremel teaches grades 4–8 music at Glendale (Ariz.) Elementary School.
Lonn Iwashita is a personal trainer at Fitness Together in Maple Grove and Edina, Minn.
Ashley Urspringer teaches English at Ecole Saint-Corentin in Quimper, France.
Amanda Johnson is an EBD teacher for the Rochester (Minn.) Public Schools.
Katie Van Winkle is an anatomy and pathology intern and master’s student at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, and a freelance artist and sculptor.
Sarah King is a PR account coordinator for Broadhead and Company in Minneapolis.
Sam Wettach is an operations program associate for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Madison. Matt Yan is editor of the Northbrook (Ill.) Tower Newspaper.
2015 Corinne Benzinger is
a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Claudia Calderon Machicado is a research and knowledge management consultant at Ashoka, an associate consultant at i-intelligence, and a global health policy intern at Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C.
Alex Kokkinen is a junior web developer at Media Junction in St. Paul, Minn. Brandon Lafferty is a psychiatric technician at Albertina Kerr Centers in Portland, Ore. Kaymi Lang is a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Andrea Malek is a teacher with the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Community Schools. Victoria Peters is a graduate student in management and library and information science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She works in technical services at the university’s Golda Meir Library.
John Werner is a development and policy associate for the Minnesota Housing Partnership in Minneapolis through Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Holly Williams of Burnsville, Minn., is a sales and marketing assistant at CytoSport. Margaret Yapp is a refugee resettlement case manager for Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, through Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
MARRIAGES As of March 2016
1976 Sandy Mayer and Jim Brown, March 19, 2016 1981 Carol Gustafson and Jim Hetrick III, April 14, 2014 Laurie Heyer and Kevin Waskow, Dec. 5, 2014
Mariah Levisen and Kyle Ewing, Oct. 18, 2014 Emily Lynch and Phillip Victory, May 3, 2014 Megan Meyer and Chris Mueller, July 18, 2015 Michelle Monson and Michael Klisanich, Aug. 28, 2015 Amanda Novak and Mark Miller, July 12, 2014
Laura Robinson and Erik Hall, Aug. 9, 2014
1991 Paul Blom and Bob White, Sept. 27, 2014
Matt Stensrud and Nathan Peyer, Dec. 13, 2014
1992 Eric Monson and Yuki Ip, Oct. 17, 2014
Brad Stuart and Brianna Eizenga, July 18, 2015
1996 Monica Peterson and Mike Rotsaert, Nov. 7, 2015
2007 Sarah Warner and Ty Warbuck, Oct. 24, 2015
1997 Karin Robeck and Travis Mayo, June 27, 2015
Allan Welter and Andrew Frost, May 31, 2014
2000 Chris Kjonaas and Tim Schoenmackers, May 30, 2015
Katherine Belcher, Oct. 11, 2015
Maggie Steinberg is a program fellow for Access to Justice in the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, in Baltimore, through Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
2003 Carissa Gordon and
Luther Alumni Magazine
Marc Kalin and Dawn Gaudenti, Nov. 1, 2014
1988 Kimberly Dieckman and Loren Huffaker Jr., May 2, 2015
Emily (Stoneking) Seiler is a certified athletic trainer for Mayo Clinic in Albert Lea, Minn.
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Phil Beske and Erin Kane, April 18, 2015
Jillian Riley and Lucas Gluesenkamp, Aug. 22, 2015
Jessica Dorsey is a foundation intern at Presence Health in Chicago.
Emily Stumpf is a communication and outreach associate for the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition through Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
2006 Heather Arneson and Gareth Roberts, June 13, 2015
1984 Kari Engebretson and Dave Esarey, Aug. 15, 2015
Scott Raftshol is a technical consultant for SAP America in Newtown Square, Pa.
Emily England is an independent collections contractor at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Wherry and Justin Malin ’99, Oct. 10, 2015
Jeff Kost and Samantha Houseman, Oct. 5, 2014
Rudie Desravines is an IT business analyst at Fastenal Company in Winona, Minn.
Sami Eilers is director of vocal music at Peet Junior High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Keli Offerman and Tyler Brown, Dec. 5, 2015
2008 Shallyn Duffy and Darren Chenong, Sept. 20, 2014
2001 Shaun Meinecke and
Drew Haefner and Heather Taylor, May 16, 2015
2002 Kelly Shinn and
Sebrinia Madsen and Ryan Welch, Sept. 19, 2015
Jaqueline Prieto, July 11, 2015
Laura Zamzow and John Lynch, Oct. 18, 2015 Michael Rozinka, Aug. 2, 2014
Josh Visser and Steve Kern, March 4, 2016
2005 Brandon Grimm and
Laura Fog, Aug. 1, 2015
Whittney Nordmeyer and Brandon Franke, Oct. 31, 2015 Becky Stiger and Kyle Williams, May 24, 2015 Hilary Young and Brendan Dolan ’02, Oct. 10, 2015
2009 Alison Douglas and Jared Brandell, Aug. 15, 2015