Alumnotes also loved flag football, basketball, and volleyball. Edward and Ruth have four children, Vaughn ’92, Lawana att., Jonathan ’01, and Richard ’01. Carol (Stafford) Maher ’67 and her husband, Tom att., reside in Hermiston, Ore. Carol is in her 33rd year of teaching elementary school for the Upper Columbia Conference. She enjoys baking different types of bread, and says it’s not with a bread machine—all homemade. When she was going to college she worked at the College Store and remembers her friends from the dormitory. Carol and Tom have two children, Patrick att. and Marty. Jack Wendell ’67 is living in Victor, Calif. He is the recreation coordinator for the city of Galt, Calif. He was a high school basketball referee for 25 years, and an umpire in the American Softball Association for 35 years. Jack also is a member of the Softball Hall of Fame and has worked in many National Softball Tournaments. He loves softball and golf. He has two children, Barbara and Brian. Charles Zacharias ’67 and his wife, “Jeri” Beverly (Lemon) att., are living in Calhoun, Ga. Charles is instrumental and keyboard director at Georgia-Cumberland Academy. He is in his 11th year at the academy where he also teaches band, string orchestras, and hand bells. He serves as an organist at the academy church as well as a Sunday church, and is an authorized dealer for Johannus Organs. With his love for music, he thoroughly enjoyed the religious services with Melvin West at the organ, especially loved Evensong.
1970s Sandra Bent ’72 is living in Saugus, Mass., where she is in her 40th year of teaching academy science. This is also her 32nd year teaching at the Greater Boston Academy. She likes gardening, photography, reading, and traveling. She plans to retire next fall in Maine. One of her favorite memories of WWU is summers at Rosario Beach and classes with Dr. Perry.
George Carpenter ’72 and his wife, Rose, make their home in Zephyrhills, Fla.
George has served in the Southern Union Conference as a pastor in the Kentucky/ Tennessee, Georgia Cumberland, and Florida conferences, and as an evangelist in the Mid-America Union. Currently he is serving as a chaplain at Adventist
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Jane (Fessler) Watt ’72 and her husband, Mike att., are living in Fresno, Ca-
lif. Jane enjoys photography, gardening, cooking, and cycling. She has completed three “century” rides for “Team in Training,” raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. She just started her 23rd year as an oncology nurse. Her husband, Mike, is a commercial real estate broker and has also joined her on the last two
Vello Martin ’72 is living in Washington, D.C. and enjoying retirement. Before retiring Vello worked as a registered nurse. She enjoys gardening, playing the piano, reading, and exercising. Her favorite memory at WWU is attending religious classes under the instruction of professor Gerald Winslow. She also enjoyed the friendly nursing instructors and the helpful classmates. Dale Messenger ’72 and his wife, Dorothy, are living in Knoxville, Iowa. He is a registered professional engineer in Oregon, Alabama, and Iowa. His hobbies include remodeling, motorcycling, water sports, and snow skiing. His favorite WWU memory was skiing up in the Blue Mountains and spending weekends with friends.
Row 1 Myrna (Esselbach) Noyes, Ken Edstrom, Jean (Ocheltree) Edstrom, Linda (Bakke) Joice, Jane (Voigt) Fund, Sharron (Schaber) Francisco, Patrick Francisco, Cindy (Kind) Brown, Gina (Butterfield) Lasher, Beckie (Nelson) Versteeg, Joy (Strickland) Turner, Marleen (Berg) McFee Row 2 Frances (Shearer) Morse, Sheron (Porter) Alvarez, Florence (Hall) Lacey, Toni Lynn (Van Stee) Steele, Karen (Kay) Tetz, Joy (Haynes) Hurst, Margie (Matheson) Ham, Clarence Goff, Kent Pierce Saxby III, Tamara Russell Row 3 Colleen (Walde) Tillay, Carol Koorenny, Hannacho Lam Yuen Lodge, Bruce Dixon, John Ham, Bill Marshall, Barb (Russell) Melvin, Ralph W. Perrin Row 4 Paul Christensen, Joan (Lamberton) Lester, Betsy (Saunders) Claridge, Lorna (Benwell) Johnson, Nancy (Jensen) Davis, Jerry Moore, Gene Jacobson Row 5 Fred Lenz, Stephen Lacey, Ed Schlittenhart, Ron Davis, Gordon Roth, Lester Atkins, Duane Meidinger Care Center where he lives in Florida. He enjoys landscaping. He is also a sports fanatic, cheering for the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Royals. He enjoys collecting sports cards and sports memorabilia. George and Rose have four children and four grandchildren. His favorite experiences from WWU were Saturday night Rook tournaments, ping-pong tournaments, and other social activities.
tours. He says, “It’s been a wonderful ministry through God’s blessing.” Randy and Donna have two children, Tim ’01 and Joel ’01. He enjoyed the Christian atmosphere and fellowship with his classmates from WWU.
century bike rides. They have three children, Ryan, Tyler, and Shelby. Randon “Randy” Hesgard ’72 and his wife, Donna (Brass) ’73, are living in Boise, Idaho. Upon graduating he spent a few years in the Oregon Conference as a pastor. From 1979 until now he has been working as Chaplain of the U.S. Air Force doing stateside and nationwide
Susan (Dornbush) Ojala ’72 and ’02 is living in Englewood, Colo. Currently she is the vice principal for finance at Mile High Academy. She enjoys traveling, home remodeling and landscaping, and needlework. She has two children, Greg ’02 and Randy att. Bruce Boyd ’76 and his wife, Loma (McCreery) ’76, are living in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. After being a pastor in Montana from 1977-1990 and working in British Columbia from 1990-2006, Bruce and Loma moved to Alberta where he is teaching in the religious studies department of Canadian University College. One of the hobbies the couple enjoys is bicycle touring. In August of 2005 they spent most of the month biking nearly 2,000 kilometers of British Columbia. They have three children, Benjamin ’02, Jeremiah ’05, and Jodi curr. att. Pat (Barza) Catlett ’77 is working and living in Yucaipa, Calif. She is a teacher for Fontana Unified School District. She is currently working on the house she bought almost two years ago. She still rides with Spring 2008 Westwind 33