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LEANNIA JERRELL owns The Rub, a massage therapy business, in Fallon, Nev., where she lives with her son. PATRICK RUNNING is a transfer specialist for Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, Minn. RYAN ZIEMANN is a buyer with Citigroup Financial in St. Paul, Minn. Ryan and his wife, Alexandra, have two daughters. 2000 JENNIE (DOPHEIDE) HASSE married Joe Hasse in Sept. 2006. She is a purchasing coordinator at The Schwan Food Co. in Marshall, Minn. AMANDA (SCHLAAK) INDRA is a Spanish teacher at Lewiston-Altura High School and lives in Winona with her husband, Casey. They had a daughter in April. AMANDA (CORBIN) PERSINGER is an accounting policy manager at US Bancorp. Amanda and her husband, Kevin, enjoy traveling and golfing. They live in Eagan, Minn. TRENT REDFIELD had a trio of poems published in “In the Shadow of the Bear Lodge: Writings from the Black Hills” anthology published by Mary Kites Press. He lives in West Yellowstone, Mont. 2001 SARAH (BAUMANN) HILPIPRE and her husband, Tom, welcomed a son in March 2007. They have two children. JOLENE (COOLEY) VANDEVEIRE married Brian VanDeVeire in June 2006. She teaches at Westbrook-Walnut
Grove Middle hear from her SMSU School. friends: fisher_kate@hotmail.com. SOON GUAN JENNIFER GOH is a (PICKERING) CARLEN purchasing married Corey Carlen in executive for October 2005. Jennifer Welcome New the Palam works for Russell Associates Mustangs! Le t us know about th Garden in LeSueur, Minn. e new additio n to your family an Golf Club, JANELL (POWERS) d receive a fre e Baby Mustang 101 Resort KASSEL MARRIED T-Shirt. Visit www.Southwes tAlumni.com in TYSON KASSEL (’02) in Malaysia. July 2006. Janell is attending Pacific University in Forest 2002 SARAH (SETNES) DALE Grove, Ore., in its optometry program. earned a master’s in English from Iowa Tyson is a food technologist for State University in May 2006. She lives Ajinonmoto Frozen Foods, Inc. with her husband, Rob, in West Des JENNIFER SEXTON recently Moines, Iowa. completed her master’s in chemistry at RYAN WALTER is a news reporter for Notre Dame and is employed at the Sioux Empire News in Sioux Falls, Chemical Abstract Services, a division S.D. Ryan welcomed a new son into of the American Chemical Society, the home in May 2007. where she is a market development representative. She lives in Columbus, 2003 DR. MARC AND AMANDA Ohio. (SMITH, ’02) FRITZ live in Garner, JULIE (SELLNER) WILSON married Iowa, where Marc is a chiropractor. husband Cory in May 2006. She works Amanda is an engineer for a Mason at SouthPoint Federal Credit Union in City, Iowa, cement company. New Ulm, Minn. They live on a dairy farm north of New Ulm. 2004 LARRY EVERS, JR., was recently promoted to Tax and 2005 AMLAN DAS is a business Insurance Manager for Winnebago analyst for Lockheed Martin and lives Industries in Forest City, Iowa. He in Baltimore, Md. “I miss SMSU a lot,” received his MBA from SMSU. Larry he writes. and his wife, Dena, live in Algona with SCOTT HERRICK married Tamara their son. Uhde in September 2006. He is a KATE FISHER is the marketing graphic designer in St. Paul, Minn. director for Salem Communication in Minneapolis, Minn. She would love to
2006 SETH BOERBOOM is an insurance agent for Southwest Insurance Services in Marshall, Minn. APRIL (DEVOS) THOMPSON works for Associated Bank in Byron, Minn. IN MEMORIAM JON K LILLEMOE ’71, formerly of Las Vegas, Nev. ELSIE P SEYMOUR ’76, formerly of Minneapolis, Minn. ROSS ZIRKLE ’78, a master printer and faculty member at the University of Kentucky, died March 12 after a battle with cancer. KURT GIGSTAD ’79, formerly of Moorhead, Minn. RUBY L. SORENSEN ’79. LORI FEHRMAN ’82, formerly of Lake Benton, Minn. DAVID L. ROSE ’88, formerly of Whitehall, Mont. PATRICIA HAY ’91, formerly of Walnut Grove, Minn. JENNIFER LYNN NELSON, ’94, formerly of St. Cloud, Minn. DONNA M. RATHJE ’00, formerly of Balaton, Minn. REV. WILLIAM GREEN, an anthropology professor for 27 years at SMSU, passed away March 16, 2007 at the age of 79. He lived in St. Paul, Minn. RICHARD WOLLIN, the first chairperson of the Education Department at Southwest Minnesota State College, passed away on Nov. 3, 2007. He was 82.
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