Elkhart High School Class of 1961
George E. Cartwright September 8, 1942 ~ September 21, 2019 (age 77) George Eugene Cartwright, 77, of Bristol, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019, with his family and friends by his side at Elkhart General Hospital. George was a lifelong resident of Elkhart, born on September 8, 1942, he was the son of Dolores and…
Moe Jacobsen has proposed having the EHS Class of 1961 sponsor a paver for the Wellfield Memorial Pathway. He has talked to several of our classmates, including, but not limited to : Jeff Wells, Don Pletcher, Dave and Phyllis Dygert, Phil Oyer, Marge Nickel(Flanders). If 40 of us each put up $25.00, we could have a…
1961 Classmate Dave Duthie has worked on the down box as part of the chain crew for Elkhart Central High School since the fall of 1972. Behind some help from Elkhart and Elkhart Central football coach Tom Kurth, Dave got the job on Friday nights. For 48 seasons, Dave has spotted the ball on every…
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When We Landed on the Moon In September 1967, I started working at NASA in Houston, at what was thencalled the Manned Spacecraft Center. I worked on Apollo missions. In November 1971, I left NASA and moved to Denver to work on the Viking Mars lander project at Martin Marietta Corporation. By the time I…
ELKHART — Larry Wayne Williams, 76, of Elkhart, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born July 20, 1942, in Danville, Illinois, to Newell and Opal (Collier) Williams. On Dec. 9, 1961, in Elkhart, he married Joyce A. Stewart. She survives along with five children, Todd Williams, Clay Edward Williams,…
1961 Classmate Sue Ann Cummins Reavis passed away May 11, 2019 at home following an extended illness. She is survived by her children, Doug (Jan Rinehard) Seal, Pam (Brian ) Seal, Lloyd and Rhonda Seal Miller, a brother, Steve Cummins, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Jan…
Classmate Marilyn Yoder Whetstone passed away Jan 7, 2019. Marilyn lost her battle with breast cancer after a long and courageous fight. She was employed by Miles for 10 years prior to moving to the Chicago area where she lived for more than 30 years. She lived in Goshen from 2002-2014. Marilyn married Robert Masingill…
Classmate David Dvorkin recently published a book called “Self Publishing Tools, Tips and Techniques” , which just appeared in both print and e-book editions. According to Dave, he and his wife have been helping authors self-publish for years now. They have around 30 clients, and the total number of books is getting close to 80. He…
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This picture and the description were provided by 1961 Classmate Dave Steede. The event was the spring choir concert during 8th grade year at North Side (spring of 1957). The story is such. In the “old” days the girls met in one class and the boys in another. In our class one day the boys…
Dr. Frank E. Cummins August 7, 1943 – December 18, 2017 Passed away peacefully on Monday, December 18th, 2017 in the presence of his loving wife, Marilyn, and family. He was born on Aug. 7th, 1943 in Elkhart, Indiana to Frank Daniel and Ellen (Erickson) Cummins. He will be forever remembered by his four children:…