Alumni Notes

Graduates and other members of the Chadron State College community are encouraged to report their news.

MILESTONES

Alvin Holst, former faculty, Casa Grande, Ariz., has been enjoying retirement since 1997 with his wife Ida, who has been retired since 1994.

1940s

DeLaine “Helen” Roth ’42 Gordon, is CSC’s oldest living homecoming queen. She celebrated 68 years of marriage with Lt. Donald Roth. They were married in Fort Sill, Okla., Dec. 18, 1943.

Emma Weinel ’48 West Allis, Wisc., enjoying retired life after working many years as the Administrative Director at the Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital.

1950s

Ed Jolovich ‘55 Torrington, Wyo., and wife Alyce are happily retired and will celebrate the college graduation of their grandchildren.

1960s

Curtis ‘60 and Dee (Dishman) Linse ‘61 Papillion, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August 2011.

Floyd and Mildred Colwell ’63 Alliance, both celebrated their 80th birthdays in December 2011.

Thomas Ganka ’63 Woodstock, Ga., retired from the United Parcel Service on Oct. 1, 2011 after 33 years of service.

Lambert “Rusty” Belina ’64 Hay Springs, accomplished his goal of running the five major marathons on Sept. 25, 2011. He completed the Berlin Marathon, Boston Marathon, London Marathon, Chicago Marathon and the New York Marathon.

Terence Davis ’65 Colorado Springs, Colo., published a book titled “2 Peter 1 Paradigm” which was released nationwide on Oct. 25, 2011 (www.terencedavis.tateauthor.com).

Jim Koch ’67 Norfolk, retired on Dec. 1, 2011 as the city street director. Koch got the job in 1977 and is known across the country for his innovative snow removal plans.

Gaithel Gilchriest ’69 Fort Laramie, Wyo., retired from Lingle-Fort Laramie Middle School after 41 years of teaching and coaching.

Colleen Harvey ‘69 MS ‘89 Chadron, retired from Chadron Public Schools in May 2011.

1970s

Ivan Kershner ’70, MA ’74 Salem, S.C., retired from Anderson One School District in South Carolina after 41 years as a school administrator. In his “retirement” he plans to assist in the supervision of student teachers for Clemson University.

Lynell (Kime) Stillwell ‘71 Gordon, retired May 2011 from Hyannis High School where she taught and served as a counselor.

Linda (Mokler) Feezer ‘71 Casper, Wyo., is the Vice President for the Northwest Division of American Legion Auxillary (encompasses 7 States).

Robert Powell ’75 Billings, Mont., though retired, started working part time for Delta Airlines.

Dick Scott ‘73 MS ‘90 Sidney, retired May 2011. He was serving as the assistant principal of Sidney Public Schools.

Nancy (Downen) Ashley ‘74 MS ‘76 Rapid City, SD, retired in May 2011 from Stevens High School where she was an art teacher.

Joan (Hunzeker) Haslow ’77 Scottsbluff, was named artist of the month in May 2011 by the Pinnacle Bank and Mitchell Area Foundation.

Bruce Burton MS ’78 Manly, Iowa, retired May 2009 after spending 39 years in education. The last position he served was the superintendent of the North Central School District.

Larry Gibbs ’78 Gering, is a council member for the city of Gering and the current city council president. He was first elected in 1978 and has served the area since. His office term expires in 2012.

Bob LeMaster ’78 Riverton, Wyo., competed in the Grand Teton Marathon Relay in Aug. 2011.

1980s

Randy Waggener ’80 Alliance, was named the new city finance director. He began his duties June 7, 2011.

Dagmar Fisher ’80 Kanorado, Kan., retired in May after 27 years of teaching at Loneman School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. She will stay busy substitute teaching in the Goodland, Kan., and Burlington, Colo., schools, as well as spending time with her new husband, Dennis Korbelik.

John Broadbooks ’81 Sioux Falls, S.D., celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife, Marsha. They have six children and seven grandchildren.

LuAnn (Pellatz) Doerr ’81 Brunswick, completed the requirements for the designation of certified regulatory compliance manager for Brunswick State Bank.

Nancy (Lembke) Marino ’82 Valrico, Fla., was promoted to director of procurement for Tampa Port Authority.

Leon Durbin ’89 Mesquite, Nev., was inducted into the Nevada Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in October as the recipient of a lifetime service to wrestling honor. He was also named Nevada’s cross-country coach of the year in 2005.

Eunice (McNamee) Howard ’80 Ainsworth, celebrated her 80th birthday in 2011. She is enjoying retirement by playing the kazoo and tambourine in a band and volunteering at the care center in Ainsworth.

Edward Katen ‘80 Glenrock, Wyo., retired after 31 years of teaching.

Joan Schade ‘81 Cheyenne, Wyo., is serving as first vice president for Delta Kapa Gamma.

Thandi Khonje ‘86 Bloomfield, N.J., began working at the New York Childrens Hospital as a metabolic dietitian after spending a couple years at the Columbus University Medical Center.

1990s

Lance Mays ’95 Fountain, Colo., has served in the United States military for 22 years and plans to continue for the next eight years.

Anna Oller ’96 Warrensburg, Mo., was promoted to full professor of biology in the department of biology and earth science at the University of Central Missouri.

Trena (Streff) Clauson ’96 Schuyler, is a speech therapist at Golden Living Center. She is at GLC three days a week to serve patients for cognitive, speech, voice and swallow therapy.

Clint Elwood ’97 Holdrege, has been in law enforcement for 12 years. He started his career at the North Platte Police Department, where he worked for three years. He then was a part of the Holdrege Police Department for a year and a half. He was accepted into the state patrol, where he was a regular patrol officer before entering the criminal investigation department.

Hilary Catron ’99 Omaha, is a medical nutrition therapist for the Nebraska Medical Center.

Levi Fisher ’99 North Platte, was promoted to community bank president of Equitable Bank in June 2011. He has been with Equitable Bank since 2005.

Kathy Peters ’99 Scottsbluff, is the academic support center coordinator for Chadron State College on the Scottsbluff campus.

Michael Brownfield ’99 Omaha, opened a CrossFit gym in West Omaha, near Lakeside Hospital. Before moving to Omaha he was a coach at a CrossFit gym in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Stacy (Bach) Beebe ’92 MS ’02 Elburn, Ill., earned her doctorate in physical education from North Central University online in fall 2011. Also, her book “Journey for a Family: One Woman’s Journey from Desperation to Peace” was printed by CrossBooks, a publisher of Christian-oriented books.

Titus Coop MA ‘93 Scottsbluff, retired in August 2011 after serving as a Counselor for Educational Service Unit 13.

Diana (Dike) Zimmer ’93 Douglas, Wyo., accepted the position as the secretary to the activities director at Douglas Middle School.

Tom Kaus ’96 Socorro, N.M., was named the residential life coordinator for the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Sept. 2011.

Aaron Salomon ‘97 Gothenburg, joined the Gothenburg Family Practice as a physician assistant.

Amanda (Smith) Ganser ’98 Ainsworth, graduated with a Masters of Education from University of Nebraska at Kearney in May 2012.

2000s

Jake Holscher ’00 Lakewood, Colo., placed 10th in the Virginia Triple Iron Triathlon, completing a 7.2 mile swim, 336 mile bike ride and 78.6 mile run in 51 hours and 15 minutes.

Brett Foley ‘01 Denton, is president of the Northern Rocky Mountain Education Research Association.

Kyle Hoyt ’02 Mullen, was featured at the Yellow Calf Studio for their Christmas open house in November 2011. Kyle taught art in Hyannis for five years and has been teaching in Mullen for the past four years.

Don Kleinsasser ‘03 Elba, graduated with a Masters in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in May 2011.

Leland Rodewald ’03 Holdrege, was presented with the 2011 law enforcement of the year award by the Holdrege Optimist Club.

Austin Forney ’04 Lakeside, practices dog sledding and mushing in the Nebraska sandhills. He runs a 32-dog team at his home at the Forney Ranch north of Lakeside.

Dr. Joseph L. Citta III ’04 Columbus, began his first full-time medical practice at Columbus Family Practice on Aug. 1, 2011.

Travis Gilchriest ’05 Fayetteville, N.C., is a captain in the U.S. Army.

Dan Hughes ’05 Fremont,has been hired as the media specialist for grades 10-12 at Logan View Public Schools at Hooper.

Britany Fleck ’06 Bismark, N.D., became the first North Dakotan to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in barrel racing in early December. She went to the rodeo in 12th place in the standings with earnings of more than $63,000.

Craig Lowe ’08 Olathe, Kan., graduated from Washburn University School of Law with his Doctor of Jurisprudence in May 2011.

Brittany Norman ’08 Bridgeport, is a new real estate agent at Champion Realty in Morrill County.

Dr. Richard Christen ’08 North Platte, received his doctorate from Iowa State University in veterinary medicine. He is employed at Stockman’s Veterinary Clinic.

Chris Green ’09 Chadron, graduated with a master’s degree in science, sport and exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado on May 6, 2011. He is employed as the interim coordinator of the Nelson Physical Activity Center at Chadron State College.

Brett Kollars ’09 Broken Bow, joined the staff at McMeen Physical Therapy as a physical therapist.

Amanda Wood ’10 Grant, is the new fifth-grade teacher at Perkins County Schools at Grant.

MARRIAGES

1980s

Pam Morris ’83 and Darryl Burks att. were married April 17, 2010.

Theresa (Kurt) ’89 married Bill Korbelik Aug. 20, 2011 in Akron, Colo.

1990s

Kimberly Walker ’91 and Greg Campbell were married June 18, 2011. Kimberly is teaching at Thedford High School, where she coaches boys basketball.

Dale Miller ’96 married Mira Calton Oct., 2011 in Rawlins, Wyo.

Lori Wood ’98 married Curt Helgoth Aug. 23, 2011. The couple resides in Lincoln.

Carl Levy ’99 married Julie Neighbors Dec. 10, 2011 in Imperial.

2000s

Krista Shimek ’02 married Luke Albee Sept. 17, 2011 at Lake McConaughy.

Jonathan Ahlschwede ’03 married Kari Lobsinger May 28, 2011 in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

Russell Anderson ’03 married Kirsten Elkins June 25, 2011.

Aaron Summers ’04 and Molly Danner ’05 were married Oct. 1, 2011 in Burwell.

Brandi Shanklee ’05 and Taylor Sperle were married July 17, 2010.

Joseph Morgheim ’06 and Ashley Fernandez were married July 16, 2011.

Alysia Wardyn ’06 married Dustin Clark July 2, 2011 in York.

Seth Hulquist ’06, current staff, and Leslie Faber ’07 were married Sept. 10, 2011.

Joe Morgheim ’06 married Ashley Fernandez in Green River, Wyo.

Patricia Hinzman ’06 married Chris Hummel Oct. 1, 2011 in Pipestone, Minn.

Joshua Richardson ’06 and Janell Fries ’07 were married Aug. 27, 2011 in Gillette, Wyo.

Brandon Dorenbach ’06 married Amy Kirkland April 9, 2011.

Kylee Carlson ’07 married Heath Bichel May 21, 2011 in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Sarah Placke ’07 married Tim Paisley Aug. 13, 2011 in Lewellen.

Kristin Moore ’08 married Tyler Fisher June 25, 2011 in Chadron.

Jake Lockhart ’08 and Jamie Curtis ’09 were married Aug. 13, 2011.

Alex Hasenauer ’08 and Mareesa Lee ’09 were married Aug. 20, 2011 in North Platte.

Joslynne Simpson ‘08 married Jeff Strauss June 23, 2011.

Breanna Rager ’09 married Kahle Eisenreich June 11, 2011 in Rushville.

Kayla Carrier ’09 and Jonathan Kuskie ’10 were married July 23, 2011 in Scottsbluff.

Cody Assmann ’07, MS ’09 and Sarena Roth ’10 were married Aug. 6, 2011 in Torrington, Wyo.

Floyd Colwell ‘08 married Tiann Sept. 3, 2011 in Alliance.

Brian Drinkwalter ’09 married Whitney Duncan in Hutchinson, Kan., Oct. 22, 2011.

Brock Mickelson ’09 married Gabrielle Hoffman Sept. 10, 2011 in North Platte.

Shana Gulbranson ’09, MA ’11 married Zane Hall Nov. 5, 2011 in Sidney.

’10s

Brooke Hollenbeck ’10 married Patrick Riha July 16, 2011 in Stuart.

Eric Roth ’10married Sharla Janssen June 4, 2011 in Gordon.

Kurt Karlberg ’10 and Jessa Mowrey married May 21, 2011 in Elkhorn.

FUTURE EAGLES

Faculty & Staff

Brycen Patrick to Mary (Connealy), current staff, and Erich Landen, Chadron, July 27, 2011.

1990s

Jonathan Michael to Lori (Beaver) ’97 and Homer Hall,Charlotte, N.C., on May 18, 2011.

Bryce Ryan to Anna and Ryan Turman ’98, Hay Springs, Aug. 8, 2011. He joins siblings Peyton and Reese.

Braxton Charles to Alan ‘98 and Angela (Hunke) Brennan ‘99 Saint Paul, Jan. 6, 2012.

’00s

Ashton to Linda (Sondergard) ’01 and Justin Raymer ’00, Hay Springs Aug. 2, 2011. He joins sister Alaina and brother Dilan.

Malachi to Angela (Dewald) ’00 and Anthony Simmons ’01, Sheridan, Wyo., May 31, 2010.

Ratelynn to Peggy (Brown) ‘01 and Jay Peterson Stapleton, in June 2011.

Broedy Matthew to Melony (Manning) ’00 and Kenneth “Tyler” Jenkins ’03, Chadron, March 8, 2011. He was welcomed by big brother Tayven.

Harper Rose to Jeannine (Mueller) ’02 and Dan Bruner ’03, Spearfish, S.D., Feb. 18, 2011. She joins siblings Natalee and Owen.

Abigail Lee to Willie ’02 MA ’04, current faculty, and Blakelee Hoffman MA ’11, Chadron, June 7, 2011. She joins brother Johnathon.

Fox Keith to Keith ’02, current staff, and Heather (Ditsch) Crofutt ‘03, current staff, Chadron, July 4, 2011.

Remi Brynn to Paige (Sharp) Att ’98 and Quincy West ’02, Chadron, July 10, 2011. She joins brother Wylee and sisters Josie and Taryn.

Twins, Jonen Telan and Tellianne T’Quia to Annette Bellu ’03, Chadron, July 1, 2011.

Kynnedy Faith to Tara (Warta) ’03 and Beau Sheets ’03, Riverton, Wyo., June 20, 2011. She joins sister Kamdyn and brothers Ty and Clay.

Truli Elise to Brandi and Karl Norgard ’04, Chadron, Oct. 14, 2011.

Nathan Benjamin to Matt and Heather (Wichert) Pearson ’05, Hay Springs, Oct. 14, 2011.

Gabriel Ames to Alisha (Schilling) ’05, current staff, and Gabe Scoggan, Chadron, July 1, 2011.

Maxwell Cecil to Ashley (Pullen) ’05 and Josh Decker, Laramie, Wyo., Feb. 23, 2011. He joins sister Aspen.

Garrett to Gabe Att ‘03 and Katie (Carr) Huffman ‘04 Whitman, Sept. 26, 2011.

Grace to Brent ‘03 and Jodi (Stowater) Goodrich ‘06 Atlantic, Iowa, March 10, 2011. Grace was welcomed by older brother Brock.

Garrett to Lindsy (Vrbicky) ‘04 and Brad Schwartz Columbus in March 2011.

Caleb to Jessica (Isenberger) '05 and Ray Fertig, Laramie, Wyo., Oct. 18, 2011. He joins older brother Daniel who was born April 6, 2010.

Isaac James to Chad ‘05 and Amanda Libsack Morrill, April 28, 2011.

Alessandra Giacomini to Felipe ‘08 and Amanda (Owens) Cecilio ‘08 Hutchinson, Kan., January 7, 2012.

Gia to Stacia and Danny Woodhead ’09, Foxborough, Mass., Aug. 13, 2011.

2010s

Justin Cash to Nikki (Arner) ’10 and John Daringer,Chadron, June 15, 2011.

DEATHS

Faculty/Staff

Doris Lesoing, former staff, Fairbury, died May 5, 2011.

Neil Strong, staff, Rushville, died Dec. 16, 2011.

1920s

Jean Davis att. Hyannis, died Nov. 7, 2011.

1930s

Doris (Collins) Green ’34 Chelsea, Mich., died Oct. 19, 2011.

Paul R. Roesch ’37 Seattle, Wash., died Oct. 28, 2011.

Lois Farrell ’38 Chadron, died May 28, 2011.

Bill Frahm Att ‘39 Oelrichs, S.D., died Jan. 26, 2012.

Dr. Wayne Paxson ’39 Lincoln, died April 5, 2011.

1940s

William “Bill” C. Davis ’40 Gering, died May 14, 2011.

Bette Housh ’44 Rapid City, S.D., died Oct. 7, 2011.

Elvin Adamson ’45 Valentine, died Nov. 18, 2011.

Beverly (Bartlett) Kreglo ’49 Leesburg, Fla., died Oct. 30, 2010.

Adah Darlene Neubauer ’49 Hay Springs, died Jan. 9, 2012.

1950s

Harold “Pepper” Martin ’50 Reno, Nev., died March 31, 2011.

Rev. Wendell Johnson ’50 Topeka, Kan., died May 25, 2011.

Arnold A. Bowman ’51 Manzanola, Colo., died April 11, 2011.

Robert “Bob” Carnahan ‘51 Casper, Wyo., died Jan. 8, 2012.

Velma Wheeler ‘55 Worland, Wyo., died Oct. 27, 2011.

Merle Janssen ’56 Spencer, died March 23, 2011.

Florence Alma Robinson ’56 Ashland, Ore., died Oct. 18, 2011.

Charles Finley ’58 Sutton, died Aug. 26, 2011.

William Edwards ’59 Holdrege, died April 21, 2011.

1960s

Darlene Janice Rice ’60 Las Vegas, Nev., died Oct. 22, 2011.

Larry Murray ’63 MA ’68 Lander, Wyo., died Oct. 24, 2011.

Carma Weber ’64 Gering, died Aug. 26, 2011

Judi Hale ’65 Las Vegas, Nev., died May 31, 2011.

Bobby Edelman ’65 Basehor, Kan., died July 28, 2011.

Sandra “Sandy” Watford ’65 Colorado Springs, Colo., died Nov. 26, 2011.

Jerry D. Jones ’66 Yellville, Ark., died May 12, 2011.

Fred “Phil” Curtiss ’67 Greeley, Colo., died May 11, 2011.

Lloyd Quaring MA ’68 Grand Island, died May 29, 2011.

Gerald ‘Jerry’ Morris ’68 North Platte, died Oct.  25, 2011.

Dale Clarke ’68 Loveland, Colo., died Oct. 12, 2011.

G. Richard “Dick” Myers ’69 Chadron, died Nov. 12, 2011.

1970s

Mildred Bishop ‘70 Valentine, died Dec. 13, 2010.

John Blinde ’70 Herndon, Va., died Oct. 14, 2011.

Opal Fortkamp ’72 Imperial, died April 27, 2011.

Michael “Mike” Kearns ‘72 Mitchell, died Nov. 22, 2011.

Casey Brost ’78 Hemingford, died May 22, 2011.

1980s

Selma J. Kudrna ’83 Hay Springs, died Aug. 22, 2011.

Dolores Jean Vossler ’84 Friend, died Oct. 1, 2011.

Anne Hostert ’87 Sidney, died Sept. 8, 2011.

Elaine Fisher ’87 Rapid City, S.D., died Aug. 18, 2011.

Lorraine Miles ’88 Chadron, died Nov. 6, 2011.

1990s

Richard Landrigan MA ’93 Scottsbluff, died June 21, 2011.

2000s

Marilyn Vencill ’00 Crawford, died Dec. 16, 2011.

Auvianna,infant daughter of Eric Griffo ’06 and Shara Drake, Chadron, died Dec. 10, 2011.

Craig Kibbler ’09 Omaha, died July 17, 2011.