School: Colby H.S. (Multi-class Reunion 1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Surnames: Flynn, Costello, Kruas (Kraus), Umhoefer, Thorn, Will, Hafemann, Zillman, Guenther, Miller, Gries, Hemmy, Smith, Velek, Zulke, Shorer, Herrmann, Sonnemann, Strathman, Weller, Becker, Gabriel, Chermak, Reel, Frane, Krepsky, Sukup, Friday, Laabs, Bergstrom, Runzheimer, Richard, Kersten, Farley, Kesler, Untiedt, Reis, Schulte, Johnson, Kobs, Frome, Lamont, Cattanach, Gray, Ludwig, Tesmer, Davis, Archambo, Wiesig, Frook, Franz, Beechel, Rasmussen, Fleischauer, Fonstad, Steinke, Foster, Butler, Kademan, Krepsky, Neck, Wallace, Wiegman, Olson, Reil, Lake, Meske, Becker, Tennis, Witte, Fitzel, Billmann, Loos, Peden, Soderberg, Wilde, Fitzgibbons, Winkel, Schauer, Riplinger, Harvey, Passehl, Jacques, Beyerl, Meyer, Steinwand, Cook, Schmidt, Orth

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (23 July 1983)

Colby H.S. Reunions 1932, 1933, 1934

COLBY -- More than 50 members of the Colby High School classes of 1932, 1933 and 1934 gathered for a reunion Saturday at the Redwood Supper Club, Unity.

Dinner was served to 14 members of the Class of 1932, 21 members of the Class of 1933 and 17 members of the Class of 1934 and their spouses. Delores Flynn, Wausau, and Ruth Costello, Fond du Lac, both former teachers, were guests.

Class Photos and souvenirs were displayed. A memorial honored deceased class members: Catherine Kruas (Kraus?), Paul Umhoefer, James Umhoefer, Clara Thorn, Jerome will, Willis Hafemann, Marie Zillmann, Erma Guenther, Harold Miller, Vilas Gries, Class of 1932; Bud Hemmy, Robert Smith, John Velek, Wilbert Miller, Willard Zulke of 1933 and Walter Schorer, Berneita Herrmann, Lester Sonnemann, Margaret Strathman and Clarence Well, of 1934.

Wilbur Becker was emcee. Letters from absent teachers and classmates were read by Bernadette Gabriel.

A memorial Mass in St. Mary's Catholic Church, celebrated by the Very Rev. Raymond J. Pedretti, preceded the dinner. Packages of cheese were given to those sending in the first reservations from each class: Viola Chermak, Ted Reel and Virgil Frane.

Guests were George Krepsky, Savage, Minnesota, and Rose Sukup, Milwaukee.

Those attending were: Class of 1932 -- Viola (Friday) and Otto Chermak, Chaska, Minnesota; Anita (Laabs) and Edward Bergstrom, Eagle River; Olga (Runzheimer) Richards, Wauwatosa; Genevieve (Kersten) and James Farley and Anita (Kesler) Untiedt, all of Milwaukee; Dale Reis and Alice Reis and Dorothy (Schulte) Johnson, all of Abbotsford; Harold and Alice Kobs, Madison; Willard and Gladys Frome, Marshfield; Katherine (Lamont) and Bert Cattanach, and Myrl (Gray) Ludwig, all of Owen; Regina (Tesmer) Davis, Wausau; Mercedes (Frome) Archambo, Hoyt Lake, Minnesota; and Evelyn (Wiersig) and Norman Kobs, both of Colby.

Class of 1933 -- Ted and Dollie Reel, Payson, Arizona; Alice (Orth) Frook, Fond du Lac; Margaret (Franz) and Keith Beechel, Seattle; Willgert and Frances Rasmussen, Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Grace (Fleischauer) Fonstad, Waunakee; Amelia (Sukup) Steinke, Berwyn, Illinois; C.J. Foster and Rita Foster, Butler; Leona (Kademan) and Delos Kobs, Mount Horeb; Genevieve (Krepsky) Neck, Prior Lake, Minnesota; Francis Wallace, Scottsdale, Arizona; Clarence and Ruby Wiegman, Waukegan, Illinois; Anita (Runzheimer) and Erwin Weller, Marshfield; Edith (Olson) and Ben Reil, Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lake, Elgin, Illinois; Emma (Billmann) and Milton Meske, Abbotsford; Wilbur and Margaret Becker, Mary (Umhoefer) Tennis, Ione (Witte) and Adam Fitzel, Bernadette (Kraus) and Alois Gabriel, and Clinton Loos, all of Colby; and Lois (Peden) Soderberg, Green Bay.

Class of 1934: Bill Wilde, Las Vegas; Erma (Wiesig) Johnson, Greenwood; Delores (Will) Fitzgibbons, Skokie, Illinois; Leonard Winkel and Nettie Winkel, Winter Haven, Florida; Bertha (Dins) and Walter Schauer, Spencer; Virgil Frane and Pearl Frane, Plymouth; Grace (Riplinger) and Ray Harvey, Sewanee, Tennessee; June (Tessmer) Passehl, Whittier, California; Viola (Gries) and Peter Jacques, Cherry Valley, California; Laura (Beyerl) and Ervin Meyer, Leona (Steinwand) and Rod Cook and Selma Kobs, all of Colby; and Ray and Louise Schmidt, Webster.