HOMeCOMiNG 2009 Otterbein alumni returned to their alma mater to commemorate Homecoming 2009 by “Connecting Otterbein Pride One Decade at a Time.” It was estimated over 2,000 alumni and friends celebrated in the weekend activities. Members of Otterbein’s AFROTC and Angel Flight Program were invited to reunite at Old Bag of Nails in Westerville to remember the time they dedicated to the armed forces.
The Cardinal Marching Band debuted their new uniforms and featured a concert with past conductors in honor of their 100th anniversary. Otterbein Christian Fellowship celebrated their 25th reunion with a dinner and worship service. The game ball parachuted from a plane courtesy of the U.S. Army/ROTC, and the weekend ended with reunions for the classes of ’74, ’79, ’84 ’89, ’94, ’99 and ’04 at the Holiday Inn Worthington where over 300 dancing feet “danced through the decades.”
Class of 1974 - 35th reunion Seated: Mary Ellenberger Colombini, Nancy Harter, Pamela Pauley, Gay Hedding Beck, Deborah Coleman, Marsha Rice Scanlin. Standing: Ruth Glenfield Kinsey, David Finley, Pam Wright Toorock, Margi Stickney, Sibyl McCualsky Carr, Carol McClain Cosgrove, Patti McGhee Orders, Larry Schultz, Barb Hoffman, Sue Seiple Sabo, Marceia Purcell LeRoy, Elizabeth Lease Thompson, Kelley Heddleston Smith, Jill Gross Barrows, Barbara Haigler White.
Class of 1979 - 30th reunion Seated: Susan Cheney Bunting, Andrea Valvano Barton, Mary Kay Burns Incandela, Beth Grissinger Simpson, Susan Youmans Keller, Kim Bodell Coleman. Standing: Karen Miller McCafferty, Louise Rynd, Tina Fetherolf Wiggers, Mike Hartsock, Nancy Bocskor, Dick Smith, Nancy Case Struble, Tim Mercer, Annette Thompson Kurzawa, Bill Jones, Greg Steger, Jackie Krueger Steger, Bob Stoffers, Dale Lund, John Hill.
Class of 1980 Seated: Gretchen Smith Checkelsky, Martha Paul, Rachel Steele Christoff, Lori Moomaw Wood. Standing: Chris Clapp, Susan McDaniel Gable, Jeff Christoff, Susan Rush. (Join us October 23, 2010 for our 30th reunion with the classes of ’79 and ’81.)
Class of 1984 - 25th reunion Standing, front row: Scott James, Mary Beth Robinson, Betty Wolf Eldridge, Jodi Oder Goodroe, Chris Lawless. Standing, back row: Jerry Klingerman, Lori Wilson Whipple, Jenny Sorrell Bentley, Lianne Davidson Dickerson, Todd Rupp, Beth Myers Herbruck. 46
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