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Tag: 1953

  • Rodney Hokenson ’53 and Helen Hokenson ’54

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Rodney Hokenson ’53 and Helen (Forsgren) Hokenson ’54 have moved to Kalamazoo to a senior independent living facility, Fountains of Bronson.

  • Arthur Dale ’53

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    Arthur Dale ’53 has published a book, Legends of Lee Tov. He writes, “It is a book of stories, whispered into my consciousness by the soft wind through pine bows of the first people to live and love at a Northern Minnesota lake. I ask questions and the wind takes me 9000 years after the…

  • Rodney Hokenson ’53

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    Since 2009, updating some of that news: son Jim died at 52, in 2012, and had a celebration of his life befitting a wonderful man, especially his gift of music that blessed communities and churches and schools all over SE Michigan. We seem to have gotten older with all the rest of you, with all…

  • Debbie Curran McGarity ’91

    Debbie Curran McGarity ’91

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Debbie Curran McGarity ’91 writes, “Gusties Chance Meeting at a Congressional Gala When at the September 16 25th Congressional Gala in honor of the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Debbie Curran McGarity ’91 happened to be talking about Minnesota to a small group of guests when Mark and Jean Anderson Raabe…

  • LUND Family – 3 generations

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    Erin Wilken

    LUND Family – 3 generations celebrate milestones at Gustavus Mark A. Lund – class of 1983 – 30 year class reunion Sue C. Lund – class of 1953 – 60 year class reunion Adam A. Lund – class of 2013 – current graduation class!

  • Marcia Sodergren Ford ’53

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    Erin Wilken

    Marcia Ford, class of ’53, is working as a volunteer at the National Gallery of Art located on the Mall in Washington, DC. She volunteers on weekends and is quite busy answering the myriad of questions about the Gallery’s exhibits asked by the visitors.

  • Jaeger Gusties Gather at Wedding

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    Erin Wilken

    A recent wedding attracted a large group of Gustie alumni. Front row, from left: Kevin Jaeger (father of the Bride),’78; Kirk Jaeger, ’78; Dwight Jaeger, ’53; Audrey Anderson Jaeger, ’55; Mary Jaeger, ’82; Patti Lund Jaeger, ’78; Leslee Jackels Jaeger, ’83; Cameron Jaeger, 2013; Pat Jaeger Banitt, x56; Elizabeth Hultberg Jaeger, ’85 Back row, from…

  • Rod Hokenson ’53

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    Erin Wilken

    Our 2009 was bad news and good news: our home was burnt or smoked out in July, but a great insurance company came through and got us back a virtually new home complete with more up to date appliances; we also were able to add some needed or wanted repairs and renovations at far less…