Elkhart High School Class of 1961
Class of 1961 graduate Sharon "Sherry" Fisher Baldwin died Wednesday in her home in Elkhart. She is survived by her husband Terry B. Baldwin whom she married on September 29, 2001 in Goshen. She is also survived by three children, Joddi ( Ronald) Thompson of Elkhart, Julie K.L. Foreman of Lexington, Kentucky and…
EHS 1961 classmate David Dvorkin’s latest novel, Time and the Soldier, is now available as a Kindle ebook via Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Time-and-the-Soldier-ebook/dp/B0047T7E36/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287530937&sr=1-6 It’s also available in other formats on other sites.; but Amazon is the "biggie". David currently resides in Denver, Colorado and also has a website http://www.dvorkin.com and a Blog http://eyeblister.blogspot.com If…
Congratulations are in order for Myron and Hannah (Regnier) Rose and Dave and Phyllis ( Pauley ) Dygert. Both have recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The following write-ups appeared in The Elkhart Truth.
The Class of 1961 – and 1959 – has been invited to attend a mixer for the Class of 1960. Friday, August 20th, 2010 – Mixer party at High Dive Pavilion, 500 E. Beardsley St. This will be from 6:30 PM until 11:00 PM. Classmates from both ’59 and ’61 are invited to attend…
EHS 1961 class member Laurali Chester Smith passed away August 10, 2010 after a brief illness. After graduating from EHS, Laurali graduated from North Central College in Naperville, IL in 1965 with a degree in secondary education but put off a career in teaching to raise her children. She was an instructor for…
EHS Class of 1961 reunion committee recently toured the Lerner Theatre which is under construction. For those of you who are not up-to-date on Elkhart happenings, the Lerner Theatre is the old Elco plus the addition of land on the corner of Franklin and Main …and it is being restored into a…
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Class of 1961 member Richard A. Pedler passed away on June 23, 2010. Richard attended Purdue University and graduated from Bethel College with a degree in social work in 2006. He served with the First Infantry Division in Lai Khe, South Vietnam from 1968-1969. Rich was president and co-founder of Recovery Journey, an addictions…
Class of EHS 1961 class member Cinnann Freel Taylor passed away on June 16th, 2010 at Elkhart General Hospital. Cinnann is survived by her husband Terry, also a 1961 class member; of Elkhart; her mother, Bettie Freel of Elkhart:; a daughter , Kim ( Don ) Hilligoss of Elkhart;, a son , Mark ( Susan…
EHS 1961 Classmate James Pettit passed away Monday, June 14, 2010. Jim was also a graduate of Tri State College, and was employed beginning in 1965 at First National Bank in Elkhart, serving as senior vice president until 1990. In 1991, Jim founded J.P. Industries, Inc. with divisions of J.P. Engraving, Keline Manufacturing, A-One…
Toni R. VanPatten, a EHS class of 1961 graduate , passed away May 11, 2010 at her home in Mishawaka, Indiana. Toni graduated from the Purdue University School of Pharmacy in 1966 and was formerly employed at Newman’s Pharmacy, Alick’s Drug Stores and the Pharmacy at Elkhart General Hospital. She also worked in the pharmacy…