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NORTHERN TODAY
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SPRING 2016
C L A S S NO T E S
ALUMNI
NEWS
1944
Adeline Zelmer
celebrated her 90th birthday on
Jan. 6, 2016.
1945
Rose (Elsen) Moerke
celebrated her 90th birthday on
May 28, 2016.
1948
Kathryn (Kahoe)
Compton
of Derby, Kan.,
celebrated her 90th birthday on
Jan. 11, 2016.
1949
Earl Grandpre
celebrated
his 90th birthday on Jan. 30, 2016.
1957
Natalie (Mallay) Lenihan
celebrated her 95th birthday on
June 18, 2016.
1958
Dale Fredrickson
and
Leann (Jones) Fredrickson ’65
celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary with friends and
family.
1959
Merle Klein
celebrated his
80th birthday on Nov. 23, 2015.
1960
Karen (Knecht) Siefkes
celebrated her 75th birthday on
Jan. 9, 2016.
Stacy Fischer
celebrated his 80th
birthday on Feb. 24, 2016.
1961
Lawrence “Larry”
Fischbach
celebrated his 50th
wedding anniversary with his
wife, Peggy, on April 28, 2016.
1963
Sharron Griffith
celebrated her 80th birthday on
April 19, 2016.
1965
Earl Martell
and his
wife, June, celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary.
1966
Sheila (Sauer) Rook
celebrated 50 years of marriage
with her husband, Russell, on
March 12, 2016.
Lyle Stabbe and Linda celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1970
Robert Milstead
and Una
celebrated their 65th wedding
anniversary on Nov. 28, 2015.
1971/1976
Arlene (Torguson)
Anderson
celebrated her 90th
birthday on Dec. 11, 2015.
1971/1975
Brian Liedtke
and
Linda will celebrate their first
wedding anniversary on Nov.
7, 2016. The couple is currently
residing in Golden Valley, Minn.
1972
Vera (Grosz) Lilly
celebrated her 90th birthday on
Feb. 6, 2016.
1972/1976
Robert Luce
and
Wilma celebrated 50 years of
marriage on Sept. 26, 2016.
C E L E BRA T I ONS
1972
Shirley (Nelson) Ocshner
celebrated her 80th birthday on
April 3, 2016.
1973
Sandra (Hermann)
Bistodeau
celebrated her 50th
wedding anniversary to her
husband, Harlan, on March 5,
2016.
Damon Milner
and his wife, Mary,
celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary on Oct. 25, 2015.
Tim Renelt
and Joan relocated to
1216 Settlers Creek Place, Rapid
City, S.D.
1982
Randy Lechner
celebrated
his 60th birthday with friends
and family on Jan. 30, 2016, in
Aberdeen, S.D.
1984
Bonnie (McNeil) Hicks
celebrated her 90th birthday on
April 9, 2016.
1985
Donna (Hoffman) Wilson
celebrated her 80th birthday on
Feb. 19, 2016.
1986
Randy Houdek
and Debra
celebrated 30 years of marriage on
March 1, 2016.
1990
Bryan Schmidt
married
Shannon (Heiser) Schmidt ’92
.
1991
Helen (German)
Lahammer
and her husband,
Laverne, celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary on Jan. 28,
2016.
1992
Stacy (Johnson) Bauer
and Bryan celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary on May 25,
2016.
1994
Chad Vetter
and his wife,
Angie, welcomed a son, Creighton
Steven Vetter, into the world on
April 1, 2016.
1999
Jason Forrest
married
Jamie Osborne ’03.
Lee Keller
and Christine
welcomed a baby boy, Silas Lee
Keller, on Dec. 29, 2015.
2000
Jon Kaufman
celebrated
his 40th birthday on Dec. 8, 2015.
2001
Brandon Christiansen
and
Rebecca (Stoller) Christiansen
’01
are thrilled to announce the
birth of daughter, Abigail Kathryn,
born Feb. 5, 2016.
2004
Scott Eisenbeisz
and
Sarah are the proud parents of
daughter, Emma Mary Eisenbeisz,
born on April 23, 2016.
2005
Carisa (Kirschenmann)
Hopfinger
and Scott were married
on July 12, 2014. The couple
currently resides in Aberdeen, S.D.
2007
Barbara Hegerfeld
and
her husband, Jackson, have two
sons and are expecting a third
child. Barbara received her MBA
from University of Sioux Falls in
spring 2015.
Christine Wallace
and
Josh celebrated their 10th
wedding anniversary this past
February.
Eliot Lucas
married
Nicole
(Christiansen) Lucas ’15
on April
16, 2016.
2008
Jenna (Fischer) Berreth
and her husband, Brandon, will
celebrate their first anniversary on
Sept. 12, 2016.
Stephanie (Schuelke) Folk
with
husband
Christopher Folk ’08
welcomed their second child,
Colsen, into the world on January
9, 2016. Their first child, Shayla,
was born on April 24, 2014.
Bryar Johnson
and wife, Cameron,
welcomed a son, Brooks Benjamin
Johnson, on Jan. 17, 2016.
Abby (Kroupa) Murano
married
Joel in July 2016 in Aberdeen, S.D.
2008/2011
Cassandra (Mooney)
Johnson
married Andrew Johnson
’09, ’12 on Nov. 24, 2012.
2009
Jenny (Baus) Steen
and husband
Trevor Steen ’09
welcomed a daughter named
Emery into the world on April 27,
2015.
2010
Katie (Vandenbos) Opp
and husband
Jared Opp ’10
are
the proud parents of their second
child, Bria Lee Opp, born on April
10, 2016.
Jennifer Dolejsi
is engaged to
marry Dale Thiel on Aug. 6, 2016
in Aberdeen, S.D. The couple is
planning to move to Milbank, S.D.,
after they are wed.
2011
Brianna (Woods) Geary
and
Zachary were married on June 4,
2016, in Groton, S.D.
2012
Lennon Elizabeth Bittner
was welcomed into the world
on March 20, 2016, by her loving
parents,
Lauren (Weaver) Bittner
’12
and
Nick Bittner ’13.
Brittany Huback
welcomed a son,
Fynn Charles Johnson, on March
26, 2016.
Meghan (Mehlhoff ) Sell
married
Daren on April 2, 2016.
2013
Brady Haar
married Lexy
(Bardondeau) on Sept. 5, 2015, in
Aberdeen.
Tyler Heiser,
of Aberdeen, married
Kelsie (Wahl) Heiser.
Nichole (Anderson) Markworth
married Gary of Jackson, Neb. The
wedding took place in Willmar,
Minn., on June 18, 2016.
2014
Kara (Alm) Miller
married
Curtis Miller ’13 on July 18, 2015, in
Deadwood, S.D.
Abby (Klumb) Hoselton
and Paul
celebrated their first wedding
anniversary on Aug. 8, 2015.
2016
Calvin Cramer
and
Katie
Wegleitner ’16
are engaged to
be married on Sept. 3, 2016, in
Aberdeen, S.D.
1968
Monty Nereim,
a first-time
author, published “Undiagnosed,
Unscrupulous and Unbeatable: The
Paul Haber Story.”
1969
Dr. Michael Bina, Ed.D.,
president of the Maryland School
for the Blind, was named a 2016
winner of the Migel Medal, the
highest honor in the blindness
field. He has served as president of
the Maryland School for the Blind
since 2008, where he is responsible
for statewide programs that serve
56 percent of Maryland students
who are blind or visually impaired.
1973
Tim Renelt
retired from
Avera St. Luke’s Hospital in
October 2014.
1977
Bob Olson,
former NSU
men’s basketball coach and athletic
director, was inducted into the
NSIC Hall of Fame.
1987
Col. Daniel Hubbard
returned home from deployment in
time to watch his daughter,
Haley
Hubbard ’16,
receive her diploma
at NSU’s Spring Commencement.
1998
Timothy Storly,
a staff
sergeant in the South Dakota Army
National Guard’s 147th Army Band,
was selected as the recipient of the
Col. Finley R. Hamilton Military
Outstanding Musician Award.
2002
Matt Sevareid
opened the
Barn Burner Academy for young
aspiring basketball players to train
at the Reede Barn.
Houston Reed
has been hired as
the head coach of men’s basketball
at Chadron State.
Steve Smiley
was named the
associate head coach of basketball
at the University of Northern
Colorado.
2006
Abigail Salmon
presented
at the annual conference for
Minnesota Music Educators in
February 2016. Currently, she is
serving on the board of directors