Welcome to the
Ladue High School Class of '58
website
Where is Paul Joenk these days? See Family Photos!
The Ram Belles met for lunch. See photos below.
If you would like information on Ladue
High and all the other classes, go to:
It is the official Alumni site.
Do you know someone who is an "OCCUPY"
protester? Yes, you do.....**(see below)
Ram Belle Luncheon on May 18th!
Getting ready for lunch. No one can outdo Marcia....
Marvina McCowen Kastner
Joan Rothaus O'Brien and hostess Marcia
Francine brought a copy of the 1958 MADEMOISELLE August college issue. Bonnie
Frederich Halls is prepared to look at it.
Pat Peeper Klein and Marilyn Ham Coffman
Marcia, Betty Lee Jacob Burkhardt and Barb Russell Harry. Betty Lee is planning a
two month trip with her sister this summer to the Northeast and Nova Scotia. We were thrilled
to have Barb join us as she has begun lymphoma treatments.
Marilyn, Pat and Janice Quin
Joan and Francine
Helen Ziercher just back from a 50th college reunion.
A welcome drop in guest: Kenzie Pass, Marcia's older granddaughter, a senior at
Ladue and a gifted potter.
April 11th Breakfast Club
John Camie was not in attendance; he had a knee replacement
the day before.
We always start with Mike Freund!
Newest member, John Gast
Good to see Steve looking so well; wife Elaine
Morty Gelber and Jim Portmann
Paul Ware
Robert Pass
Bill Reisse looking good after a recent small heart attack.
Jerry Krug
Tom Taggart
Frank Adam
and lastly, Howard Handelman, our ongoing reunions treasurer.
**The OCCUPY protester is Barb Hatcher Boelling.
She and husband Mack are retired in Port
Townsend, Washington. They have two children
and five granddaughters who live in Portland, OR.
She does church volunteer work. She and Mack are
celebrating their 50th in July.
Family Photos
Paul Joenk and his granddaughters Ellery and Emerson in his and wife Chris's home
in Longmeadow, MA. The Joenks left long time home in Arizona to be near the
grandkids. He says it is very hard to get used to the cold and wet weather, but it
is worth it to be near family.
Sandy Smith Kilbride visiting Cleveland from her home in Florida to celebrate her
two year old Granddaughter's birthday.
Tom Chused holding new twin grandson David.
Judy Chused holding Elspeth, David's twin. The babies live in New York
and Tom and Judy live in Washington, D.C.
Here are Judy Morse Harrington and husband John in
Buenos Aires. Judy was on a performing tour with the
Long Island Symphonic Choral Association.
Here they are in Mexico with daughter Christy; 4 year old grandson Antonio
took the picture. Judy and John met at the University of Illinois in 1958 and were
married within a year. They now live in upstate New York.
Traveling to Verona and then Tuscany.
Marguerite Gisburne Likes and her youngest grandchild.
Pictured below are her others. Marguerite lives in St. Louis
County.
Here's Rob Samuels and wife Ann in Yellowstone this winter (it was winter
somewhere this year!?); his first trip there. On the way there they stopped
at the Badlands in South Dakota.
Enjoying winter in southern California: Jay Handelman, Bonnie Hirsch Hurwitz,
Francine Friedman Cohn, Bonnie's husband Howard and Marc Cohn.
Pensive Sylvan Goldberg.....
Adventurous Sylvan and "Blue Elvis" touring Redwoods, not far from his northern
California home. Sylvan is retired and lives with wife Kathey in El Cerrito, CA.
Gary Taryle on vacation in February in Hawaii. He came to our reunion
in September, his first and he said he would definitely attend the next.
Gary and family live in suburban St. Louis.
Bonnie Frederich Halls. Is she playing a role at a recent
Mystery Party OR is this Bonnie on her way to the grocery store?!
Sonny Nielson and wife Carol (on the right) live in Alexandria, VA. Here they are
in a building called "New York by Gehry" looking north over Lower NYC. They attended
this reception because their son wrote a book on architecture and featured this building.
Sonny, on the right, and son Stephen skiing in Colorado. Some downhill and
cross-country. Sonny says he will continue as "long as his knees hold out."
Sonny and Carol attended our reunion last September.
Bonnie Frederich Halls on a recent trip to Australia. Here at the Taronga Zoo
in Sydney.
Bonnie on the Auckland wharf.
On the ship on the way back, Bonnie and husband Gary Halls with the
piano player and another couple after winning the "Name That Tune"
contest.
Tom Purdy and wife Barbara who live in St. Peters, north of St. Louis, at their 50th
wedding anniversary celebration.
The Purdys with their 4 grandsons: Joshua, Dyland, Austin and Brice
Not a great picture; we'll do better next time! Bonnie Hirsch Hurwitz and husband
Howard and Francine and husband Marc out to dinner on February 8th. Francine
and Marc spend 5 months in the Palm Springs area each year and Bonnie and
Howard spend about 3 months avoiding the St. Louis winter.
Lloyd says he was leaving his Manhattan hotel and ran into Newt and
found him very relaxed and friendly considering......Lloyd points out
that he is not a Newt fan.
Tom Hector, Bill Werber and Mike Schwartz in Augusta, Michigan on October 2nd,
the day after Tom's daughter Ellen's wedding.
The same group in late October in Florida celebrating Tom's mother, Mercedes,
100th birthday
Ken and Marvina Kastner are escaping the St. Louis winter in Florida and Natale and
her husband Joe joined them near Sarasota at the Columbia Restaurant on
St. Armands Circle. Natale and Joe live in Winterhaven, Florida.
Visiting their extended family at Westminster Place in the Central West End are
Betty Jaeger Portmann and Jim (front row right). Betty has been upgraded from
very stable recently to VERY VERY Stable. This was at Christmas and Betty is now
strong enough to do gardening, hiking, bird watching and cooking. What a great way
to begin the new year!!
Judy Morse Harrington with grandson Antonio, son of daughter
Christy.
Judy Morse Harrington with husband John and grandson Jack, child of Judy and
John's son Tom at Thanksgiving. They live in East Setauket, N.Y.
Marilyn Hardt Felter and husband Dick chose this photo from a vacation in San Diego
for their Christmas card. On the right end is son Rich, their daughter-in-law, Jack
Julier's daughter, and two grandsons.
Just before Thanksgiving, Helen Ziercher and Sam Bertolet rented
a chateau for a week with 6 other people in the south of France for the
purpose of sight-seeing and eating! They then spent 3 days in Paris.
Years ago Norm and Charlotte Fott retired to Granbury, TX where
Norm teaches parttime and lives the ranching life he always dreamed
of. Here they are with Carly Skipper and Zippy. Have you seen some
of the past photos of Norm in rodeos?
Jane Krauss Hibbetts on Christmas morning with grandchildren at son Mike's house
in Houston. Jane is in Assisted Living in Webster, TX a suburb of Houston. A widow,
Jane manages an actiive life in spite of years of living with MS.
Why are these two our "strangest" classmates couple?
Because they went through the Ladue School system and didn't
know each other. Paul Ware and Marilyn Butler met AFTER
they graduated from Ladue! Here are some photos from their
recent 50th anniversary trip which included Niagra Falls where
they went on their honeymoon.
Sandy Smith Kilbride, daughter Meg and granddaughter
Gwen taken recently where Sandy lives in Florida. Sandy
made the trip to our mini reunion.
Ruth Richter Heyne j-u-s-t missed the reunion. She and husband Herb are visiting
with old friends Lorna Meier Arbet and Jim Portmann. You probably know that
Lorna and Jim are first cousins. Ruth and Herb split time between Wisconsin and Florida.
Gary and his grandchildren last Fall. Gary is retired and lives in Marblehead, MA.
Here is Helen Ziercher and Sam Bertolet (you can meet him
at the reunion!) at the Lyndon Johnson Museum and Library
on the UT campus in Austin. They have been visiting all of the
presidential libraries around the country.
* Ned Keiser, Junior
PLEASE SEND SOME PHOTOS!
ALCATRAZ
Alcatraz photos taken by the class pro photographer, Jim Freund,
and the story by "activist", Lloyd Russell, follows. Notice Jim isn't
in any of the pictures.....
Did you know who they were? Did you think there were more
or fewer?
Planning the "prank". "Dick, be sure and get paint that will wash off!"
"Yeah, right...."
Lloyd helping Jim Brown up.
Belaying themselves.
Doing it.
The lookout..Mike Schwartz
The descent
Washing up.
"What do you mean you didn't buy washable paint, Dick?!"
The roof today.
Click here to read the story of the Alcatraz prank.
DECEASED CLASSMATES
Susan Alberstein
Gene Baum
Kenny Bayer
Bill Brackman
Bruce Britt
Nancy Brueggemann
Sally Doerschlen
Mike Dunlop
Jonne Jean Eber
George Eron
Beverly Feldman Kraus
Harriet Gomberg
Bill Jackson
Grace Janson
Jack Julier
Ned Keiser
Gerald Leininger
Bart Lieberman
Louise Marotta
Chip Maxwell
Claude McElwee
Sharon McKee
Bud Milner
Ellen Morrical
Bob Morris
Bart Notowitz
Dennis Oberman
Jerry Pass
Beth Rainford
Richard Rosenbaum
Sandra Rush
Carolyn Sherman
Mark Silbergeld
Lucille Sloan
Joan Staley
Donna Vouga
Gary Welch
John Winkelmeyer
If you have to "snail mail" a picture instead of e-mail it, send it
to: Helen Ziercher
200 S. Brentwood
3C
St. Louis, MO 63105-1633
Helen will mail the photo back to you!
"The older I get, the better I used to be..."
__John McEnroe
They are not at large anymore, but it took so much work to put this headline
together, I can't bear to erase it......
