Sweethome, OR

Sanborn Allen, Sally

Burns, OR

2001
Springfield, OR

Eugene, OR

2001
40 years now!
Where does time go, I won't be able to make it this time. We are
expecting our fourth grandchild, a little girl, Madalynn Grace. We have eight all together, four inherited by marriage and four natural.  Six girls, two boys.  We love them all, they are the joy of our lives. As you can tell this aspect of my life is full of fun and pure joy.

Schley, Jim

Bothell, WA

Cornelius, OR

2001
CURRENT ACTIVITIES:    I work three days a week at a small software company in Beaverton (have been there since it¹s inception 6 years ago). It¹s been fun but I¹m ready for a change. I¹m hoping to quit this coming year and do volunteer work, hopefully something with environmental or ecological organizations and with the elderly. I¹m an avid gardener and also enjoy traveling, reading, movies and outdoor recreation in my spare time.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS:
I¹m fortunate and increasingly grateful for the blessings of the past forty years. ³Highlights² include (1) having two fine children who survived and thrived despite their mother¹s mistakes;

(2) meeting and marrying a man who has been a constant support and adventurous companion.. one who asked me to join him in climbing mountains, skiing (both alpine and Nordic), backpacking, hiking and flights in his small plane--all things I may not have tried without his presence in my life; (3) building our house on 2 1/2 acres of prime view property in 1990 when the land was still affordable; (4) traveling: Europe in 1994, back East to visit Pat Page Smythe several times, vacations in Yellowstone, Yosemite, Canadian Rockies and many areas in the Northwest; (5) having the good fortune to live, work and play in this beautiful state; (6) remaining close friendships with a few SH gals who have remained a source of love, hugs and laughs throughout the years. Our weekends at the beach have been an annual highlight!

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11-2006   Life is a little different for us now that we have two long-awaited grandchildren.  We are now officially one of the many who are part of the “Sandwich Generation”; sandwiched between very young grandchildren who need babysitting care and elderly parents who also need care. 

We squeeze in a weekend of rest and fun when we can.  We still do a little hiking, biking and skiing (not much) and take Don’s plane out for a flight now and then.  We continue to live in the country outside Cornelius, Oregon where I garden and occasionally check in on my guestroom/hobby room to assess how many half finished projects are awaiting me.  Two-three days a week are spent babysitting grandchildren who are my top priority right now. 

 

 I spend waaaaay too much time in the car, but real traveling is on my wish list.   It will have to wait until my husband at least semi-retires.   In the meantime good books, good wine, good friends and family suffice just fine.  Thanks for some special memories, classmates! 

2011
50^tth reunion??  No way!!  I’m sure it was just a couple of years ago that I was sitting in the old SHS gym with tears in my eyes, hope in my heart and dreams in my head, waiting to clutch my diploma to my gown-clad bosom and head off into the ‘FUTURE’.

FAST FORWARD 50 YEARS:  Somehow the future managed to plop me down on a hilltop overlooking Hillsboro, Oregon – with the unlikely address of Cornelius.  Cornelius???  Who knew?  My two children and Don’s two live relatively nearby and we finally were blessed with two granddaughters in 2005 and 2006.  I continue to babysit three days a week, but the girls are now four and five and soon my “Nana” role will change.  On my “free” days I spend time just catching up and gardening, etc.  I still occasionally do some, hiking, skiing, sewing, reading and a little writing for pleasure.  I belong to an awesome monthly book group and partake of the arts and entertainment Portland provides when time allows. 

I make frequent trips to Springfield to see my 92 year-old mother, my sister and brother and their families, and a few friends who live in the area.  Some of my closest friends are still the gals I hung with in high school.

My workaholic husband has not yet retired (I keep waiting) so our travel time is limited.  We have been to Europe once, to many National Parks and took our first cruise this past summer (to Alaska).  We have a travel “bucket list” and I hope we can start checking off some of those destinations before we’re too old to walk!

At the moment my health is good and I am active, so SOME days I’m tricked into believing I’m still eighteen.  Then I walk by a mirror and think “who’s THAT, and what happened to my neck!!.”

Thanks, Class of ’61 for helping make my high school years happy ones.  A Good Fiftieth to us all.

Scott Hunter, Betty

Springfield, OR

Auburn, WA

Bend, OR

Seibold Blankenship,
Janice (Jan)

Cottage Grove, OR

2011
We are planning a cruise for our 50th anniversary.  That would be a cruise (in our own boat) of Odell Lake to fish for Kokanee.  We have three children who we are very proud of.  They all have college 
educations and good jobs.  They have families so we have eight grandchildren.  Our only regret is that they live in Arizona, Connecticut and Virginia which are all too far away to drop over for coffee.
 
We used to see Dave Love at the UO football games and will miss him this year.  We have season tickets so we attend most of the home games.  It was part of our game tradition to say hi to Dave who sat near us in the stadium.

2011
   The last 50 years have flown by so quickly, it's hard to remember all that has happened.   I'm now living the "single" life, and rather enjoying it.  My daughter and I have done some fun traveling, the last 10 years.  The highlight trip was to Egypt!  That was a lifelong dream, and I loved every minute of it, wish I could go back. 

   My son and his wife have blessed me with 7 grandchildren!  The oldest is 10, all the rest are 5 and under (triplets, twins and a spare).   Keeps my life busy, to say the least.

   I have several crafts that keep me busy, in the "spare"?? time.  So many things to do, and just not enough time in the day to get them all done.  
   I'm looking forward to the reunion, and  seeing my classmates again. 

   Here's to good health, and a FUN time for all...

2001
CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Working as a dental hygienist 3 days a week.
 

Vancouver, WA
 

2001
CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Care giver for 95 year old mother (Beatrice Sischo). In home music teacher, ward choir director, artist -- wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and homemaker.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: Private piano, violin, organ teacher (32 years), professional accompanist, concertmistress of Salt Lake Opera Theatre Orchestra, Founder/conductor of the Northwest LDS Symphony, Composer, arranger, organist, church choir director, choir director for the dedication of the Portland, Oregon Temple, substitute school teacher, missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, memorial counselor, artist, co-founder of Hearthglow Art and Cards, Columbia Music Store and Natural Healing Arts Clinic.

Been married to Danial for 21 years.  Together we have 5 children, 12 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild.  I keep busy sharing my gifts and talents through music and art with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the community.  I am a missionary for the Lord.  I have  directed many church choirs, pit orchestras for plays, and continue to teach piano and violin lessons. (42 years)  I founded and directed the NW LDS Symphony, was the President of The Society of  Wash. Artists, and am a non-professional care giver and counselor to many.  Nature in all of it's glory beckons me and photography is a relaxing hobby.  I have written a few books including my own personal history.  I also love genealogy and found out that my third great grandma died at 107 years old and had 17 kids! 

Being given away at 3 years old and later adopted by my aunt & uncle, I reconnected with my birth family (3 sisters and a brother) on a trip back to Wisconsin in 2005!  That was fun!  My husband and I are active in politics and learning much.  I love our country and appreciate the freedom we still enjoy.

Simmons, Larry

Missing Classmate

Bend, OR
 

2011
OMG!!

Our 50^th class reunion.  It is really hard to think back to 1961 but then it really seems like yesterday.  

The best is first. Sharon and I have been together for 28 years. Neither of us could ask for anything more.  My oldest son has given us a granddaughter (Misha) and grandson (Micah) Then we just found out that our shared son Brok and wife Shannon will bless us with another grandchild come November.  Sharon was shocked at first and then elated.

We retired on April Fools Day 2006.  Wow, what fun to not have to answer that bell each day. We bought a motor home just a month earlier and have been going to the Southwest each year thereafter. We are mostly in Arizona and spend about 8 months each year finding great hikes, bike rides and anything else in the outdoors to visit and follow the sun. We have been blessed to visit many Native American cliff dwellings and just saw the Wupatki(Navajo) & Homolovi(Hopi) Ruins last week (N.AZ.). They were amazing. Take time to look them up on the web and see what we mean. We have also spent much time visiting with other classmates that live in the area plus getting to know their friends in our visits. In June of 09, we bought a plot of bare land west of Tucson and hope to sell our Bend home—anyone interested just give us a call. We will then build our last resting abode

(maybe). I think I have said that one more that once but, HEY, we just keep trying to get it right. One of your new neighbors- to- be said that he works on the cheap. It was for beer, I think. Thanks Jim Pedersen cause I will need all the help I can get.

Sharon & I also greatly enjoy the annual events that have evolved from our Class of 61. The Campout, The Fishing Trip, The Ladies Gatherings and the Southwest Shindig at the Pedersen’s have been a blast as well as developing warm relationships with many of our classmates. It has been really fun! We especially enjoy when new blood joins us at these functions.

We are looking forward to seeing one and all this August. See you then!

Alford, FL

Smith Bettsworth, Connie
 

Bend, OR
2001

2011
            I still live in Bend, and have for the last 34 years.  It’s just me and my 7 year old Papillon, Dolly.  I lost my husband, Scott, 13 years ago to prostate cancer.  We had 33 wonderful years together.

            My oldest daughter, Shelly Scheafer, lives in Bend with her husband Marty and their two sons.  Matthew is 14 and Andrew is 10.  Both boys are active in wakeboarding, snowboarding, skiing and football.  Shelly is a teacher at one of the elementary schools in Bend and Marty owns his own door business.
            My youngest daughter, Tracy Gosnell, lives in Killeen, Texas with her husband Jim and their four children, Scott 18, Renae 16, Ryan 13 and James 9.  They are all involved in music.  Scott plays guitar, Renae sings and plays saxophone, Ryan the drums and James the piano.  Tracy is a stay-at-home mom and very active in their church.  She is their youth pastor and great with the kids.  Jim is also a pastor, but works on Ft. Hood Army Base in charge of helicopter maintenance.

            Myself, I am retired but try to stay busy.  I enjoy reading, long walks with Dolly and time spent with friends.  My greatest joy is spending time with my grandchildren.  They keep Grandma young.

Smith, Jim

Springfield, OR

Kirkwood, MO

2001
Spouse:  Gary
Children/Grandchildren:  Evan (Mary), Logan & Jill;  Liz (Koby), Claire & Caroline;  Chris (Elizabeth); Jon (Julie)
CURRENT ACTIVITIES:   Library work, writing, weekend farm.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST 40 YEARS:  Books, writing, obscure foreign films, finding a good psychiatrist, discovering women's history and becoming a lefty, decent, grown-up children, celebrating 50, when I stopped doing things I don't want to do, the place in the country.

Update 8-25-02: "Here's an update and request.  I would like to hear from people about gardening.   A couple mornings a week I volunteer at the Green Center, an environmental and nature study center in a park a 15 min walk from my house. I weed in the experimental prairie garden and day lily beds before it gets too hot.  I don't have a garden where I live, and love learning the prairie grasses and wild flowers, and the weeds.  I'm interested in native plants, and habitat restoration at our place in the country.  I'm new to this, it's thrilling and satisfying, and if there are any knowledgeable gardeners in the class, I'd like to hear from you. 

Sneddon, Jim
McCleary, WA

2001

"I had lunch with Bob sometime in 1985 or 1986, I believe.  A few months later I called his home and Bob's wife told me that he had died, two months earlier, of a massive heart attack.  Bob was a fascinating man!  He had a Law degree and an accounting degree.  He was an arbitrator who presented and closed transportation business deals to school districts for a large bus company.  Very much a business man but still a lot of fun to be around (great sense of humor)". ... " Bob was a very articulate man who handled himself with a great deal of confidence.  Bob got over his stuttering while in College.  He was determined that if he was to become an Attorney he had to stop stuttering!"  -  Mike Ayers

Spores, Carolyn

Springfield, OR

Oakridge, OR

2011
I worked for Timber Cutters Inc. summer of ‘61, Pope & Talbot sawmill, Oakridge for 28 years.  Note: The owl got us!  Willamette Pass Ski Pass for 16 years,  winter security Davidson Const., Willamette Hatchery (fin clipping) Retired at 62.

I keep busy with metal recycle (snitzer) fishing, hunting bow and  rifle, wood cutting, home maintenance, husband mentoring:  youth and adults, distributor for Even Pure Heaters, helping some people financially, goading USFS about road closures in our forests.

Wallowa, OR

2001
CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Flying, hunting, fishing, camping

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: Married 38 years, 4 grandchildren, A&P Aircraft mechanic, licensed pilot, certified welder, journeyman sheetmetal worker, Oregon State Mechanical Inspector. Lived and worked in various parts of the country, including Alaska.

2011    
    It’s crazy how the time has gone by.  I’ve been in Wallowa, OR. for 23 years.  I am still backpacking, hunting, fishing, camping and doing some traveling.;

     I’ve got grandkids in college at UFO and OSU.  My youngest grandchild will graduate from high school in 2 years and my oldest is getting married this summer.

     I do get to see some of our classmates occasionally at the yearly men’s fishing trips and at the class campouts. 

     I wish all of you the best!

Richard R. Staven of Pleasant Hill died April 21,2002 of complications from diabetes. He was 58.

Staven was born Nov. 16, 1943, in Superior, Wis., to Palmer and Celestine Armitage Staven.

He moved to the area in 1955 and graduated from Spring field High School in 1961. Staven attended Southern Oregon University and Oregon State University. He worked as a security guard at the federal building in Eugene, the Red Lion and the Hult Center. He enjoyed fishing, making lures, rock polishing and making gems. He was a member of the Springfield Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his mother of Pleasant Hill.

Fleetwood, North Carolina 

2008



2011

Updated 12-31-08

As I travel life's road without my friend, companion and love, I find I have much to do  before my road ends.  I have family to love, new friends to enjoy, places to see. My son will be having his first Grandson in April. I hope I can go back to Missouri and hold and love this baby by next summer.
I have been training in Auricular Therapy and find it very rewarding. I will always be leaning in this field but I now have completed my training and able to help others with putting their bodies back in harmony and balance. If you would like to know more, visit my website:
http://www.home.comcast.net/~ears4health/
I still love to read but now I read more books on Chinese Medicine than I do mysteries. I still like to sit down with my crochet needle and some yarn. Or pick up a paint brush and paint a new painting.  Sometimes watching a movie with friends and a bowl of popcorn are what I need.

2011
When I lost my husband of nearly 20 years in 2008 to cancer, I felt as though my life was over, but then I picked myself up and made a new life for myself.

WOW! I can't believe it but life just keeps getting better. I have more on my agenda than I ever did. Now, I wonder how I ever found time to hold down a full time job. In addition to Auricular Therapy, I hold a certificate in Therapeutic Touch, I have studied and practice Emotion Code for release of past emotional blockages, and practice many other modalities.

I bought a small motorhome and got a tattoo for my 66th birthday. My Jack Russell, Scooter, and I have done a lot of traveling and have plans for a lot more.

For my 67th birthday, I flew to Las Vegas where I met my sister-in-law and we drove home in her motorhome.  We made many new friends there and along the way home. I toured most of Oregon last summer and made several trips to Lake Tahoe and Arizona.  My 68th birthday is near and I am wondering what I can do to celebrate. Maybe I will head for Branson MO to see my Grandsons and my Great Grandson. The only thing I know for sure is that it won't be bungee jumping or sky diving.

Vancouver, WA

2001
CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Facilitator of Clark County MS self help group, blood bank chairperson for IOF, Advisory council for independent living Resource Service of SWWA, Moose member, Travel, gardening, crafts, bowling again - Yeah!, fishing and trips to beach
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: Married Dick Jones, 12/5/61 (eloped). Births of 2 sons, who are still a joy in our lives. The births of our 5 grandchildren that we love dearly. We love to travel, Hawaii, Las Vegas are favorite places. Have also taken numerous cruises - Alaska, Caribbean, Florida is another favorite spot. I love Key West! Canada is beautiful. Have met many friends on the internet, then in person. We all have MS. We have found there is a fun life even with a disability.

1-07    By the way, both of our sons are married and I failed to mention their wives in first bio David is married to Tammy for 23 yrs.   They have 3 children, Andrea age 21, Daniel age19 and Matthew age15. Andrea married Alexandro Ramos in June 2004, he is in the Air Force and has already been deployed to help with Katrina and was i n Iraq. They are expecting their first child in July. We are going to be Great Grandparents!

Darin is married to Roberta, they have 2 daughters Nicole will be 17 in about a week and Amy will be 16 in July, she is hoping the baby will be born on her birthday!

Daniel is in the Marine Corps, we all flew down in November to watch his graduation. It was very different from when Dick graduated from there 45 years ago at about the same time of year. We eloped when he came home on leave.

I am no longer leading the MS Support group, I am serving as a Peer Counselor. I also am the Treasurer on the Board of Directors for Disability Resources. Dick and I still love to travel and have several trips lined up for the year starting in February.

Our grandchildren are all grown up. The girls are in college. Nicole is attending Multnomah Bible University, she is a junior this year and a double major. She plans on being a Minister. Amy is a sophmore at Clark Community College and is studying Graphic Arts. Andrea lives in England, her husband is currently deployed. She should be home this Tues. Along with our great grandson who is a great joy to us. He is 3 1/2 yrs old and loves to take pictures and is surprisingly good at it.

The grandsons are job hunting which is hard, Matt still lives at home and Dan lives with us for the time being.

We are enjoying life and trying to stay healthy. Looking forward to seeing everyone

Foster, OR

       Not married and staying clear of that idea.    Spend a lot of time with church activities and helping others.

Sturgis, Richard

Springfield, OR

LaPine, OR

Sun City, AZ

Springfield, OR

Missing Classmate