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NORTHERN TODAY 18 FALL 2017 ALUMNI NEWS We want to hear from you! Send us your class note at nsualumni@northern.edu . 1951 Bob Eaton celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary with wife, Gerry, on June 8, 2017. 1957 Roger Pries celebrated his 60th wedding anniver- sary with wife, Suzanne, (Henkins), 1957 and 1974 on May 3, 2017. 1967 Dean Karlen celebrated his 75th birthday on May 13, 2017. Joan (Schmidt) Haak celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with husband, Robert, on June 30, 2017. Marjean (Van Soest) Waldow celebrated her 42nd wedding anniversary with husband, Arlin, in July 2017. 1973 Dean Schumacher celebrated his 40th wedding anniversary with wife, Bonnie. 1998 Chad Opp married Katrina Ackerman. 2005 Carisa (Kirschenmann) Hopfinger, with husband, Scott, welcomed their son, Hamilton Jay, into the world on Dec. 1, 2016. 2008 Jenna (Fischer) Berreth, with husband, Brandon, welcomed a baby girl, Rylie Marie, on April 8, 2017. Jessica Luebeck married Michael Connelly. 2009 Kevin Ratzsch married Morgan Schaap on Sept. 16, 2017. Megan Wetenkamp married Dylan Cavanaugh. 2011 Cory Niles married Jacque Scoby. Bobbi (Yellow) Piasecki celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary with her husband, Chris, on July 25, 2017. 2013 Amy (Wietgrefe) Marron, Stafford, Va., with husband, Shawn, celebrated the birth of their first child, Anna Louise, on Sept. 22, C E L E BRA T I ONS 2017, and also started working at The Way Church in Fredericksburg, Va. Nicole Rausch married Austin Hieb. Shawn Schnabel married Katrina Brown (2012) on Nov. 12, 2016. 2014 Ashley Ewalt married Craig Baumgarn on Sept. 24, 2016, in Webster, S.D. Logan Fanhorst married Ashley LaFave (2014). Joseph Locken married Jamie Hart. Jeff Rieger married Rachel Krogman (2015). 2015 Dakota Muldoon married Kyle Murphy. 2016 Kristen Bain married Trevor Ottenbacher. 1971 Linda Hausvik retired after 45 years with the state of South Dakota on June 8, 2017. 1977 Terry Johnson retired in 2017 after working 17 years at Roseville Area High School in Minnesota. 1999 Melissa (Smith) Simanek recently accepted the position of senior director of client relations for Inceptia, division of NSLP (National Student Loan Program). 2015 Menno Schukking earned his Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa in May 2017. 1937/1941 Oscar Huber, Bowdle, S.D., on Sept. 14, 2017. 1937 Ethel Hunstad, Aberdeen, , S.D., Sept. 30, 2017. 1938 Lorraine (Wilson) Boyle Montgomery, Aberdeen, , S.D., on April 21, 2017. 1939 Pauline (Gerber) Lloyd-Davies, Aberdeen, S.D., on July 22, 2017. 1940 Dorothy (Nelson) Schwab, Aberdeen, S.D., on July 25, 2017. 1941 Grace (Behnke) Dunkel, Aberdeen, S.D., on Aug. 13, 2017. 1942 Rita (Feuerstein) Peters, Ronan, Mont., on June 4, 2017. 1947 Donna Wilgers, Britton, S.D., on April 19, 2017. 1949 Alger Roseth, Mesa, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2017. 1950 Wesley Knebel, Rapid City, S.D., on June 26, 2017. 1951 Barbara (Evans) Healy, Richfield, Minn., on Jan. 4, 2016. 1952 Gordon Diedtrich, Maricopa, Ariz., former South Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction and NSU Professor Emeritus, passed away on Aug. 20, 2017. Dr. Diedtrich held numerous positions while at Northern, including Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Education and Professor Emeritus. Lavonne (Nesheim) Marshall, Huron, S.D., on Oct. 16, 2016. 1955 Joan (Quinby) Ness, Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sep. 24, 2016. 1956 Eugene Broom, Mundelein, Ill., on Dec. 22, 2016. Marion (Clark) Guhin, Aberdeen, S.D., on Aug. 16, 2017. Marlene (Ryckman) Powers, Ames, Iowa, on April 16, 2017. 1957 Elsie Gelling, Upland, Calif., on April 21, 2017. 1958 Joyce (Simpson) Hazeltine, Custer, S.D., on Sept. 30, 2016. Elaine (Hanson) Maynard, Watertown, S.D., on May 2, 2017. Robert Schoepp, Watertown, S.D., on Oct. 20, 2016. 1959 Alice (Viola) Hieb, Denver, Colo., on May 30, 2017. Doris (Hauck) Townsend, Andover, S.D., on Aug. 7, 2017. 1960 Frank Bach, Faulkton, S.D., Sept. 16, 2017. Henry Nikolas, Aberdeen, S.D., on July 3, 2017. 1961 Louise (Truax) Hester, Rapid City, S.D., on Jan. 20, 2017. Richard Larson, Slaton, Texas, on July 12, 2017. Charles Skatvold, Aberdeen, S.D., on Aug. 11, 2017. 1962 Barbara (Harstad) Rogers, Fridley, Minn., on June 12, 2017. Tom Tyrrell, Garretson, S.D., on July 13, 2017. 1963 Donald A. Grote, Sioux Falls, S.D., on April 20, 2017. 1964 Violet (Hoff) Lindeman, Pierre, S.D., on Feb. 19, 2017. 1965 John Berger, Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 14, 2013. Donald Fenelon, Baltimore, M.D., on June 4, 2017. Jane (Herman) Scheef, Racine, Wis., on April 26, 2017. George “Jeff” Taylor, Aberdeen, S.D., on Aug. 3, 2017. Theodore Van Kempen, Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 17, 2017. 1966 Duane Backous, Sioux Falls, S.D., on Jan. 17, 2015. Evelyn (Wirth) Evans, Sioux Falls, S.D., June 5, 2016. C L A S S NO T E S I N MEMO R I AM