Elkhart ’61 Blog
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Frank Cummins & Mike Bibler

Jill & John Peckham, Dave Erne and Mike Bibler

The above pictures were submitted by Mike Bibler .  For more  50th reunion pictures and also a video , check out the web site of our DJ for the  Saturday evening  banquet.   http://buddyking.net

Mrs. Brown’s 1st grade girls modeling their home-made hats at Roosevelt Elementary School.

1st row: Kay Robison, Gale Hatfield, Sandy Cooper, Marge Hooley

2nd row: Ann Prugh, ??, Patty Eads, ??,??,??

3rd row: Eleanor Heiliger, Karen Hollopeter, Ruth Ann Kennell, Vicki Elmore, Ellen Chrispyn, Barbara Carter

The above picture was contributed by Kay Robison Tekker

1961 EHS classmate Margaret Sue Perry passed away August 13, 2011 at her home in Elkhart.  Margaret attended Elkhart Dental College after graduation and married George W. Perry,  an EHS 1959 graduate.   She is survived by her husband,  two sons, Steven Perry of Elkhart, and Mark ( Lara ) Perry  of St Claires, MI ;  a daughter, Tina (Steve) Helvey of Elkhart,  four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Sue was a 30 year employee of The Elkhart Truth as a carrier,  a member of the Women of the Moose Chapter 73, and her sorority, Nu Chapter Beta Chi. She loved to cook, enjoyed traveling, and was an avid Notre Dame fan, a Cubs and Bears fan, and most of all, a fan of  the Elkhart Express  who adopted  her  and affectionately named her  ”Team Grandmother ”

Online condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.wmzfh.com . Our  sincere condolences to the family.

Does anyone recognize any of these students from Monger ??  This picture was contributed by Sandra Linton Leakey.

Barbara Brandchick Krier furnished this info:

Top picture :  Row 1 – June Wilson, Dennis McCarty, ??, Phil Oyer, Patty Baker, Marion Haines, Rachel Shook   Row 2 – Steven Jones, Allen Mechling, Sandy Linton, Steven Stoner, Loretta Beiker, Bobby Hoak, Susan Wilcox, ??    Row 3 – ??,  Janet Marks, Jim Stiver, Barbara Brandchick, Robert Yoder, Jean Kiefer, Dean Sourbaugh, ??

The following pictures were sent by Sandy Linton Leakey

1st picture :   Jerry Carpenter, Dawn Osbourne, Barb Hewitt, Pete ?? , Louie Rodino, Sandy Linton

2nd picture :  Jerry Carpenter, Pete ??, Louie Rodino

The picture below was furnished by Diane Maas Ficarelli.

1st Row : Janet Sinton, Don Kidder, Sharon Strange

Middle Row : Dave Cowdrey ( Teacher ), Lynn Brewer, Pam Wells, Chuck Bower

Back Row: (hidden), Jackie S., Eva Rader

The following pictures of Rice School  2nd,  3rd, and  4th Grades were contributed by Janet Mansfield Cannon.  Do you recognize anyone ?

Row 1 – Jeff ??, ??, ??, Earl Avery, Terry Stahly

Row 2 – ??

Row 3 – Doris Warren, ??, ??, Howard Alm, ??, Terry ?, ??, Randall Holdeman

Row 4 – ??,??, Megan Chester, Karen Strom, ??,??,??,??, Sharo ?

Row 5 – Miss Miles, Jeff Wells, ?, Erik ?, ??,??,??,Jerrold Ringenberg

Row 1 – Jeff ?, ??,??, Earl Avery, ??,??,??, Doris Warren

Row 2 – ??,??,??,??,??,??, Jerrold Ringenberg, Randall Holdeman

Row e – Jeff Wells, ??, Howard Alm, ??,??,??, Megan Chester, Sharon ?

Row 4 – ??,??,??,??,??,??,??, Erik ?

Doris Warren furnished some of the names for Grades 3 and 4.

Janet Mansfield is the 3rd from left in the 2nd row.

Janet Mansfield Cannon is in the middle of the front row and her sister, Pamela Mansfield, is in the 2nd row, 2nd girl.