Elkhart High School Class of 1961
Mary Ann Gilmore, 76, of Elkhart, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at the Elkhart Hospice House after a one and a half year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Mary Ann was born July 28, 1943 in Elkhart to the late Charles Roy and Nellie (Godzinski) Hoffman. She was also preceded in death…
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1961 Classmates Joan (Trindle ) and Jim Stiver stopped on their way home from Florida to visit with ’61 Classmate Robin Podawiltz and his wife Martha at their home in Foley Alabama,
1961 Classmate Moe Jacobsen is celebrating Christmas with other seniors at the 1st Council on Aging of Elkhart County’s weekly Life Enrichment Activities program, which offers seniors a twice-weekly gathering space. Elkhart Council on Aging life enrichment activities are held from 9AM to 1PM Wednesdays and Thursdays at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart.
EHS 1961 Classmate Donald E. “Don” Kidder passed away October 25. 2019 at home with his family by his side to be reunited with his loving wife, Sharon K. Kidder who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his parents, Lee and Helen (Dodge ) Kidder. and a sister,Carol Dehayes. He…
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Bob and Carrol Snyder Farley still enjoy riding their Boss Hoss trikes. This fall, the rally was in Pidgeon Forge, Tennessee.
Moe Jacobsen sent me the following e-mail and ask me to share with the class. Moe has taken on the task of raising money for a paver to be installed at the Wellfield Botanic Garden for the GREAT EHS class of 1961 !! Hi Ellen, Thank you for posting the paver info in The…
George E. Cartwright September 8, 1942 ~ September 21, 2019 (age 77) George Eugene Cartwright, 77, of Bristol, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019, with his family and friends by his side at Elkhart General Hospital. George was a lifelong resident of Elkhart, born on September 8, 1942, he was the son of Dolores and…
Moe Jacobsen has proposed having the EHS Class of 1961 sponsor a paver for the Wellfield Memorial Pathway. He has talked to several of our classmates, including, but not limited to : Jeff Wells, Don Pletcher, Dave and Phyllis Dygert, Phil Oyer, Marge Nickel(Flanders). If 40 of us each put up $25.00, we could have a…
1961 Classmate Dave Duthie has worked on the down box as part of the chain crew for Elkhart Central High School since the fall of 1972. Behind some help from Elkhart and Elkhart Central football coach Tom Kurth, Dave got the job on Friday nights. For 48 seasons, Dave has spotted the ball on every…
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When We Landed on the Moon In September 1967, I started working at NASA in Houston, at what was thencalled the Manned Spacecraft Center. I worked on Apollo missions. In November 1971, I left NASA and moved to Denver to work on the Viking Mars lander project at Martin Marietta Corporation. By the time I…