Alumni Updates
Laura (Utech) Statza (‘55) and husband, Ken, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 27, 2021. They have a WLHS lineage starting with their children Ken Statza (‘80), Mark Statza (‘81) and Lauree (Statza) Madson (‘95), through grandchildren Alex Statza (‘04) and Carly (Statza) Hauser (‘08), and finally great-grandchildren Owen Charnon (‘20) and Victoria Charnon (attended).
All six Schiebel siblings graduated from WLHS and are now happily retired, with the last brother retiring this year. The siblings are Bonnie (Schiebel) Verhalen (’67), Mike Schiebel (’69), Barb (Schiebel) Weiss (’70), Bev (Schiebel) Stein (’71), Tom Schiebel (’74), and Phil Schiebel (’76). Cheryl (Kittler) Gospodarek (’70) and husband, Dennis, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on June 19, 2021. The Gospodarek family resides in South Carolina.
Steve Reinhardt (’79) celebrated his 60th birthday on May 25, 2021, surrounded by WLHS friends and family whose graduation dates spanned forty years, from 1979 to 2019. Patti (Breitigam) Wenzel (’83) recently completed courses in Fashion Industry Practices from the Parson School of Design in New York. She currently serves as a teacher in the FACE department at WLHS.
James Flegel (‘89) accepted a call to serve Wisconsin Lutheran College as Director of Cultural Diversity effective fall 2021. After serving 17 years as Assistant Coach for the WLC Women’s Softball team, James completed his second season in spring 2021 as Head Coach. 14
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Lindsay (Smith) Zimpelmann (‘98) and husband, Adam, welcomed a son, Noah, on January 19, 2021. Noah joins big brothers Asher (5) and Ezra (4). The Zimplemann family resides in Fond du Lac.
Dr. Melissa Plamann (‘99) was promoted to Professor of Music at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, effective August 1, 2021, where she also serves as the Coordinator of Graduate Studies. Melissa has served at Oklahoma City University since 2010 and has the esteemed title of University Organist. Lumpree Brown III (’01) and wife, Mallory, welcomed baby boy, Lumpree Brown IV, on November 1, 2019. He was officially adopted on their “Forever Ours Day” on May 21, 2020. The family resides in West Allis.
Sheena (Faherty) Scruggs (‘03) and husband, Paul, launched their passion project, a company called Solid Roots, on Earth Day, April 22, 2021. Their company helps people ditch the plastic bottles in their shower by switching to solid shampoo and conditioner bars.
Bill Dittman (‘06) completed the inaugural Cocodona 250, a 257 mile trail race in Arizona in the spring of 2021. The daily temperatures reached over 90 degrees, and Bill slept only eight total hours during the race, which he started on a Monday and finished on Friday. Bill is a National Account Manager at Nuun Hydration. He is pictured with his wife, Ana.
