July 29, 2022
1 Year, 1 Month and 24 days since
our Reunion.
Racine
Racine
Summer 🌻 is here!

Please Note: 
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 A  2nd Page has been added to In Memoriam

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The 62nd Reunion/80th Birthday Celebration is over.
*Photos* are posted on the
***July 2022 Reunion page Look on Menu>>>

 
We all had a wonderful time!
And Missed All That Weren't There

Golf Scramble & Lunch, Pizza Party & Dinner

 
 
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Facebook's *private group* Park High Friends is for our “Class of 60” classmates only. 
Request to join.  Look for the Park High bench picture.  We have 103 members.

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*** If you have new email or mobil text # ***
***Please email***
Karen Manke Weiss jkweiss617@hotmail.com
Sheila Sipher LoPour at slopour@aol.com
or Skip Foster at flyerskip10@aol.com


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The pictures of the 3 class reunions have been moved
to 'Who Was There' with lists of the classmates attending.


Wow!!!   138306 Hits on 9/19/23


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Mark Stirle passed away Saturday August 5th 2023 in Redlands, CA. No obituary at this time. 
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Vernon Clare Spaulding, age 81, passed away peacefully at home in Kenosha early Thursday morning, June 15, 2023.  His obituary is posted on FB's Park High Friends.

 

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Robert Bokelman Jr. passed April 23, 2023 in Oshkosh.
His obituary can found in Racine's Journal Times. It is also posted on Facebook's Park High Friends.
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Don Davis passed away in January ? 2023 
No more information unfortunately.  
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Janice Balosky (Fornal) passed away Feb. 19, 2023 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Mealy Funeral Home,  Waterford. 

Janice is on the start of Page 2 of In Memoriam
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Delores Corbin (Henges)  passed away Nov. 25, 2022 in Summerfield, Florida.  Funeral services will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 3700 Washington Ave on Saturday, January 14, 2023.  Visitation is at 10 AM. No other info.
 
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Lon Putzer, 81, passed away November 27, 2022 in Wauwatosa.  No more info at this time.
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Karen Koeper Marquardt passed away at home November 28, 2022. Her obituary is posted in The Daniels Family Funeral Home in Burlington and is also on Park High Friends,
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Theodore 'Ted' James Petrakis  passed away Sept. 14, 2022 at Ascension All Saints Hospital..  He was 79. He came to our 62nd/80th Birthday Reunion just this last July.  We all were so happy that he was able to come to dinner!
His obituary is posted on Park High Friends. It is also posted on Legacy.com
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Kathy Storbeck (Nordstrom)passed away May, 31, 2022 at Seasons Hospice in Oak Creek, WI    Her obituary can be viewed at Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home.
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Mary Drewel Kohlmann passed away on the evening of Mar 21, 2022 at her home in Globe, AZ.  Her obituary is in the Racine Journal 5/24/22.  It is also posted on Facebook's Park High Friends.
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Wayne R. Schatzmann passed away May 6, 2022 at home in Sturtevant. His obituary is posted in the Journal, Sunday, May 8.
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Lois Cummings (Quilling)  passed away May 18, 2022 in Pleasant Prairie.  Obituary can be found at Schuette-Daniels Funeral Home.
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Michele 'Mickey' LaMeer passed away May 12, 2022.
Michele's obituary was just posted in The Journal May 20, 2022. 

 
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Susan Lynch Connors passed away July, 15, 2016 in Madison WI.
Her obituary was posted on FB's Park High Friends private group.
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Ken Mee passed away January 18, 2022.  He celebrated his 80th birthday Jan. 2nd.  There is no obituary, but his son is writing a tribute to Ken. 
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Mike Grayson passed away March 2,2022.  His obituary is in the Journal Times. 
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Joni Christensen Meehan passed away February 2, 2022 in Kenosha, WI.  https://www.bruchfuneralhome.net/obituary/joan-joni-meehan
 
'Class of 60' 
50th 
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Videos  of the 35th, 45 & 55th Reunions
Are at the bottom of this Welcome page!
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The 75th Birthday Reunion 2017

Skip, Our Golf Scramble Chairman Extraordinaire
& Ted, *Reunions Perfect Attendance*
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Art & Hugh
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Joni Christensen
and *hubby* Bud Meehan
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Kathy Foster - the golf teams photographer
Selfie by Sarah Williams
Hugh and Art photo bombed.....lol
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First Team Off
Skip's brother, Skip, Hugh & Art
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**Brent & Jeanne & Ted**
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Gene, Jerry, Dan
 
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Joni & Bud, Jacque & Ken
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Jim & Karen & Penny & James
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Just Before Our Picnic Lunch in
Johnson Park Club House


Ken, Sheila, Mary, Art, Monica & John
 
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Kathy & Harmony
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Marilyn & Judy

 
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Leo
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Penny
 
 

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Joni & Bud Meehan

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Sam & Mary Rogers
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Carl & Suzie
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Chuck, Skip, Lynn
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Karen, Sharon & Sheila
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Sam, Ken & Jacque
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Art & Jerry
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******Time for our Picnic Lunch******
 
Monica, Sheila, Judy
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Leo, Ted, Brent, Dan, Jerry, Penny
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Sam & Mary, Sarah & Hugh, Kathy & Skip
 
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Suzie & Carl, Joan, Marilyn, Jeanne, Karen, Jim, Art
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Penny & Skip's brother
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Chuck, Lynn, Jerry, Dan, Gene, John
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Kathy and her Yorkies
What are their name Kathy so I can change this?
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Judy & Karen
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Suzie & Carl, Joan, Marilyn, Jeanne, Jim, Art, Jane
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Getting ready to annouce the Winners!
Sam & Mary, Skip & Kathy
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Ken & Jacque
Sharon Burmeister
Joni & Bud
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Judy, Joan, Marilyn, Jeanne, Monica

2017
Pizza Party
at Mike & Angelo's Banquet Hall

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Many classmates were taking pictures.  If you would like any of them posted, send a copy to jk weiss 617 @ hotmail . com
delete the spaces though in the above address.
Thanks, Karen 

Click on the following pictures to ENLARGE
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Jeanne, Lynn, Skip
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Joan, Marilyn, Bill, Leo
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Ted, Gus, Brent, Hanne, Jay, Joni
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Leo & Vincent
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Ruth, Joan, Lynn, Gloria
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John & Marlyn Johnson, Vincent Savaglio
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Hanne Andersen, Kathy Olson & James Driskill, Vincent Savaglio, Leo Svitasky, Joni Christensen & Ted Christensen
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John Johnson & Marlyn are in the background
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Hanne Andersen & Jay Reopke (being silly),
James & Kathy Olson Driskill

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Sam & Sandy
Bill N., Jim W., John G.
Bill N., Jim W., John G.
Bill Nelson, Jim Weiss, John Gunther
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Joan Farrell & Marilyn Karlsen
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Karen & Tom Knaus, Barbara & Arnold Christensen
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Sandy Hansen & Bill Horvath

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Ellen Jensen & Karen Knaus
Joan 'Cork' Petersen is behind,
Barb Franke also in line for pizza.

 
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Vincent, Mary Jane Clausen & Dave Henry

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  Penny Naleid, Jeanne Jensen & Gene Kraning

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

 
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Barb, Karen, Monica
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John & Ted
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Vincent, Dale, Brent, Carol
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Dan Barb Judy  Jerry 
Gus, Tom, Mike
Gus, Tom, Mike

Gus Petrakis,
Tom Henrickson &
Mike Grayson




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Gene, Jeanne, Mary Jane, Dave Henry, Vincent

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                        Mary Jane, Dave
(holding Prom picture of MJ & D)
& Vincent
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Click to enlarge, click again for big picture of Golfers for the Scramble
Click to enlarge, click again for big picture of Golfers for the Scramble



Marilyn, Sam, Carl & Suzie, Ken, Mary
Dave & Gloria Davis Hess in background.

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Mary, Diane, Penny, Ken
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Diane & Ken Kehl,
Mary Rogers & Marilyn
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Sharon Burmeister (Franklin),
Toni Metz (Mitchell) & Kay Christensen (McKinley

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Marilyn Karlsen Peterson & Sandy Hansen Jensen

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Marilyn, Sam & Sandy

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Bill Horvath, Bill Nelson, Jay Roepke
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Ken, Gloria & Dave Hess
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Jeanne Jensen Murphy & Carol Jensen DeWeese
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Ted Petrakis, LaMonte Westmoreland, Sam Rogers
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Carl - LaMonte - Sam
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Kathy Olson, Mary Jane Clausen,Ruth Kohl

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Skip & Gus

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Brent & Ken
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Joan Petersen & Ruth Kohl
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Gene,
Sandy, Leo
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Monica, John, Donna
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Ellen, Shirley, Beverly
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Beverly Hodgins Costello, Bob Lehmann & Gwen Evans
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Jan Bill Tom Hanne
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James & Kathy, Marilyn & Joan
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Gwen Evans & Shirley Gulbrandson
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Gwen - Shirley - Sheila
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Kathy Foster, Ken, Diane
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Marilyn & Mary Jane
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Tom & Karen, Barb & Arnie
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Mike & Ken
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Jay & Brent

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Dinner at Infusino's Banquet Hall 9/16/2017
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MITCHELL JR HIGH Classmates

Sue Barna, Carol Jensen, Marla  Boring, Sheila Sipher, Barb Butler, Kay Gaidos, Peggy Herman, Gwen Evans, Sandy Hansen, Kathy Storbeck, Ted Christensen, Brent Kapellusch, Jerry Franke, Dale Weber, Gus Petrakis, Judy Spencer, Toni Metz, Jeanne Jensen,
Karen Monefeldt & Josephine Neff

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2017 Dinner Pictures
Jr High Classmates Lined Up
Mitchell Jr. High Won
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MCKINLEY JR HIGH Classmates

Russ Schroeder,Kay Christensen, Ellen Jensen, Tom Lange, Leo Svitavsky, Donna  Vaness, Monica Miller, Beverly Hodgins, John Gunther, Karen Manke, Frank Garski,  Marilyn Karlsen, Bill Nelson, Ken Boutell, Dan Amundsen, (Kathy Olson,Kate Speer are on picture below),
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FRANKLIN JR HIGH Classmates

Sam Rogers, Tom Kraus, Art Simmons, Lynn Bratley, Skip Foster, Jane Ozowski, Mike Grayson,
Jim Staudiger, Barb Mayfield, Ted Petrakis,
Ken Kehl & Sharon Burmeister.  
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Our Danish Layer
Birthday Cake
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*Dinner*
*Set up Committee*
Beverly, Karen, Barb, Jeanne,
Sheila, Toni, Ellen
**Jeanne Made Up All the Table Centerpieces**
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Brent, Dale & Claire, John,
*Greeting Gals*
Toni & Kay
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Ken & Jacque Boutell
 
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Josephine Neff & Sue Ellen Christman
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Frank Garski & Sue Fortier
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Gene Kraning & Russ Schroeder
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Gus & Jan Petrakis
 
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Monica, Barb, Ellen, Beverly, Donna
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Kathy, Marla, Monica, Barb, Ellen
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Ted, Bill, Marilyn
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Judy & Dale
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Jacque Boutell  & Barb Mayfield
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Sandy, Judy, Carol, Sue & David
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Beverly, Jane, Suzie & Carl, Mary
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Kay Gaidos,
Karen Monefeldt & Hubby Ron
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Kate & Mike
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Carol, Judy, Gwen, Kathy
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Karen & Jim
 
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Kate & Leo
 
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Just to Make Sure
 
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Marla
 
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Jeanne & Skip,
Bill, Ted, Sandy, Marilyn, Dave
in background

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Jerry & Barb, Judy & Dan

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Dan & Judy

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Mike, Dale, Sue,
Jacque, Ken, John

 
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Jane
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Art & Sue
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Art & Sue Again
:-)

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Franklin Jr. High Gathering
Not All Up There Yet !
Brent, Sam, Tom, Art, Jane,
Skip, Mike, Jim, Sharon

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Jeanne & Ted
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Kathy & James
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Peggy & Jim
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Tom & Gini
 
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Before Dinner is Served
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Dinner Time
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Brent, Dave, Sue, Ken, Jacque, Judy, Gwen, Barb
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Elvis Singing to Lynn & Chuck
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Elvis Singing to Jerry
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Tom & Gini Lange Watching
Elvis Make His Moves
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Sheila Dancing With Elvis
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Elvis was All Shook Up
Tom is Laughing
;-)
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Voice of Elvis - Jon Van Tiel
We All Had a Good Time Listening to Elvis
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*Songs We Remember*
 
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Sheila, Barb, Monica, Karen
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Great Time!
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Dancing to Elvis Singing

“Falling In Love With You”
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Gwen Evans and hubby Bob Lehmann
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Jeanne Jensen Murphy
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Sheila Sipher LoPour
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Karen Monefeldt Wampole
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Judy Amundsen
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Art & Lorraine Simmons
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Gus Petrakis with *Teddy from Elvis*
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Suzie Bown Brakensiek
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Judy with *Teddy from Elvis*
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Karen (Tom) Knaus
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Josephine Neff
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And Ken Kehl
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Claire (Dale) Weber
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Karen with
John VanTiel - Voice of Elvis
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Park High School, early photo.  Opened in 1928, replacing the old Racine High School.  It was built larger than Horlick, which opened in the same year, to accommodate larger population growth on the South and West side of Racine at the time.

Much of the history and memorabilia from Racine High School were moved to Park.  Joan of Arc (donated by the Racine HS Class of 1904), "The Beacon" school newspaper, and the yearbook, "Kipikawi" (Native American name for the Root River) all transfered to Park from Racine HS, the first public school in Wisconsin, 1852.  The "Panther" mascot was named by the class of 1949 after an American Indian mound that was thought to be in the shape of a panther.

Joan of Arc in the library to protect her.
Joan of Arc in the library to protect her.

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I just put in an article "Heroes & Refugees" which tells the story of some of our classmates and teachers during WW II.  Also, I reactivated the 4 pages of "Looking Back" a snapshot of our time at Park 1957-1960.  

​Click on the Menu right side of Welcome Page >>>

Check it out---Skip  

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*****History of Park High*****
This is an interesting Link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park_High_School
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**2010 50th Park High Reunion**

50th Reunion Photos Are Posted in Albums
Click on
Photos New & Old

In the menu on the right side>>>>>
 

The reunion photos posted below can also be viewed in the different photo albums.
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Jane Ozowski Marsolek's

55th reunion pictures are on a separate page.
Click on Pictures by JANE OZ in the menu on the right.
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Here are 2 out of 3 videos taken on Saturday night after dinner when the dancing started.
They are on YouTube. 


Park Class of 60 ~ 2015 ~ 55th Reunion ~ 1st Video - 9/26/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFdA2-bM2HE

Park Class of 60 ~ 2015 ~ 55th Reunion ~ 2nd Dance Video ~ 9/26/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po07hfCqAE4


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We were so young!
When you click on the links below will bring you to YouTube 
 3 Videos of the 35th Reunion - 1995
 
Submitted by Karen just so you know this safe!
 
The 3 videos in YouTube are of the
35th Class Reunion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KbO4a5QLqg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yMp8XyK22E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlzrsHpY40g

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