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Tag: 1968

  • Richard Heinze ’68

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Richard Heinze ’68 retired in February after 30 years as a scientist at Lord Corporation and is enjoying life.

  • Marilyn Hempftling Falksen ’68

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    Gustavus Alumni

    In September, Marilyn Hempftling Falksen ’68 and husband, David, took an 18-day cruise from San Francisco through the Panama Canal to New York City, visiting cities in Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Colombia and stopping in Charleston on their trip.

  • Walt Awada ’68

    Walt Awada ’68

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Gustie Phi Alphs gathered to celebrate the induction of Walt Awada ’68 into the Humboldt Hall of Fame. Pictured with Walt (front center) are (from left) Jay Fogelberg ’67, Dave Showalter ’69, Alan Dale ’67, Rube Kompelien ’68, Rick Rosen ’68, Bob Appleton ’67, John Ahlstrom ’68, Bobby Wright ’69, Dana Marcelius ’68, Stan Amidon ’69, Bruce…

  • Steven L. Nelson ’69

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    Gustavus Alumni

    In Memoriam… Steven L. Nelson ’69, Golden Valley, MN on April 20, 2014.Steve practiced for 30 years at NorthPoint Heathcare Center in Minneapolis, serving as a dentist, mentor, and department chair. Upon retirement, he worked at the U of M Dental School as an adjunct professor supervising students. Steve is survived by his wife, Janet…

  • Joyce Anderson DeGrande ’68

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    Gustavus Alumni

    After 31 years of their family owned unfinished wood furniture store, Joyce Anderson DeGrande ’68 and her husband Skip are retiring. This May is the anniversary of Joyce’s brain surgery, which has proven to be benign… and continues to. “Time for Carpe Diem.My head may be lumpy from my titanium bolts, but I am alive…

  • Ruth “Kelly” Hammargren ’68

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    Erin Wilken

    Kelly Hammargren ’68 Exhibitions Chair for Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) is looking to the culmination of nearly a year of immersion in bringing Choice An Art Exhibition of Women’s Reproductive Rights from concept to completion. The landmark juried national exhibition opens in San Francisco at the Arc Studios and Gallery December 12,…

  • Ruth Olson ’68

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    Erin Wilken

    Ruth Olson ’68 is retiring as a health psychologist, recently working at Essentia Health in Duluth, MN. She will be moving to Yachats, OR to enjoy retirement years.

  • James Krieger ’68

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    Erin Wilken

    Dear Class Of ’68 Brothers and Sisters, I only got to the Saturday events of the reunion, living now so far away, in Silver Bay, MN , on the Lake Superior North Shore, with no scheduled airport, but loved it nonetheless, and cherished it all the more for the short time I did get to…

  • Jim Krieger ’68

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    Erin Wilken

      I have moved from Edina, MN, a suburb of the Twin Cites, to Silver Bay, MN, above the North Shore, so every day I wake up with a clear view of Lake Superior out my southeast windows, deer all around, sometimes a wolf and 50 miles of wilderness out my northwest windows. The extra…

  • Bob “Fritchie” and Julie Kirchoff Edstrom ’68 ’68 and Karen (Lind) Brazas ’68

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    Megan Myhre

    Bob “Fritchie” Edstrom ’68 and Julie (Kirchoff) Edstrom ’68 recently visited Joe Brazas and Karen (Lind) Brazas ’68 at their home in Channel Islands Beach, California.