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00s

Derek Fey ’03 placed tenth in the men’s division of the Omaha Corporate Cup, Oct. 19. He lives in Omaha.

Diane Grote ’03 and Michael Thies ’03 were married Aug. 9 in Earling, Iowa. Diane teaches a fourth and fifth grade combination class in Ralston, Neb. Michael works at Travelex in Omaha, where he performs accounting reconciliations for the currency exchange among countries.

Lisa (Jackson ’03) Irvin is an enroller at Alliance for Affordable Sales in Des Moines, Iowa.

Lauri Kahl ’03 is a Spanish teacher in the Louisville, Neb., school district.

Kari Kristensen ’03 married Benjamin Huenink on Oct. 4 in Omaha.

Jeff Mangus ’03 is a wholesale sales administrator for Certified Transmission Services in Omaha.

William Mathis ’03 is library technician at Dana. He also helps with custodial support for the library.

Ryan Milner ’03 was the 10,000-meter champion in the Omaha Marathon, Sept. 28. He also placed fourth in the men’s division of the Omaha Corporate Cup, Oct. 19. Ryan lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Jason Schwabauer ’03 is a sales consultant at Qwest in Omaha and an assistant soccer coach at Dana.

Erin Sorensen ’03 is a chemist in the narcotic department at Novartis in Waverly, Neb.

Sarah Zehnder ’03 is an intensive supervision officer and case manager for juvenile justice for Geary and Dickinson counties in Kansas. She lives in Abilene, Kan.

Renee Hesseltine ’02 is working on her master’s of divinity degree at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn.

Abigail Jones ’02 is a high school language arts teacher and cheerleader sponsor in the Norfolk, Neb., school district.

Danielle Soby ’02 is a program coordinator for the Union Pacific Child Care at Bright Horizon in Omaha. She is also working on her master’s degree in social work at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

John Tripp ’02 won the men’s division of the Omaha Corporate Cup, Oct. 19, with a time of 33:16. He lives in Omaha.

Marc Bierbaum ’01 placed 14th in the men’s division of the Omaha Corporate Cup, Oct. 19. He lives in Omaha.

Jessica Chambers ’01 married Jason Rausch on Sept. 6 in Omaha. Jessica is employed at Health and Human Services in Omaha.

Sarah Goodwin ’01 married Chris Brabec on Oct. 12, 2002. Sarah is employed as a marketing coordinator at General Service Bureau in Omaha.

Scott Hendrickson ’01 married Julie Hahn on July 12 in Westphalia, Iowa. Scott works for the U.S. Army and is in training to become a special forces soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Rebecca Dunnell ’00 is a preschool teacher at Affton-Lindbergh Early Childhood Education Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Susan Hamblen ’00 married Mark Huse in 2001. Susan works at Empire Insurance Company in Omaha as a customer care specialist.

Jason Mitchell ’00 is the new varsity football coach and girl’s varsity basketball coach for the Lodgepole (Neb.) Panthers. He is also be teaching physical education at the school.

Gina (Flood ’00) and Perry Mostek ’00 have moved to St. Bonifacius, Minn. Gina is working at the Cargill Corporate Center in Minneapolis, Minn., as a human resources generalist. Perry continues to work for MidAmerica Computer Corp. in Blair, via telecommuting, as a programmer analyst.

Anthony Ward ’00 is the director of liturgy and music at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, where he and his wife, Jennifer (Patience ’99) Ward live.

Tara Zellmer ’00 married Ed Clark on Oct. 4. Tara is working at West Corporation in Omaha as a benefits coordinator.

90s

Lindsay Bruning ’99 married Craig Paulsen Nov. 1 in Stanton, Iowa.

Laurie Grasso ’99 and Cory Peatrowsky ’94 were married on April 25 in Omaha. Laurie works for the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Cory works for Empire Insurance Companies. The couple resides in Omaha.

Carrie Eckhoff ’99 married Jason Kohl Sept. 27 in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Carrie is a business teacher and golf coach at Missouri Valley High School.

Nikki Kinsey ’99 is co-owner of Sol Chicks Design, LLC, a company specializing in hand-painted glassware, apparel and hand-crafted jewelry. The company is web-based and can be found online at www.solchicks.com. Nikki lives in Lincoln, Neb.

Tiffany Menard ’99 was promoted to research associate at the Michigan Public Health Institute and also appointed speech writer for Michigan’s first surgeon general, Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom.

Jaclyn Smith ’99 is the administrative assistant for academic services at Dana.

Jana (Bentley ’98) and Andy Hensley ’98 had a baby girl, Ella Jae, on May 22. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 21 inches long. The Hensleys live in Carson, Iowa.

James “Ryan” Holtam ’98 and his wife, Nicky, are family teachers for eight boys at Boys Town, Neb.

Jeremy Jones ’98 is a graphic designer for Performance Marketing in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he also lives.

Taffy (Forsen ’98) Jones and her husband Luke had a daughter, Lexington, born on May 31. Taffy and Luke also have a 2-year-old son, Treyton. Taffy teaches kindergarten and Title I reading at Herman (Neb.) Elementary. The family lives in Blair.

Angie (Sparacino ’98) Sandy placed second in the women’s division of the Omaha Corporate Cup, Oct. 19. She lives in Omaha.

Michael Hanson ’97 is the band director at Elmwood-Murdock (Neb.) Schools. He lives in Murdock.

Sarah (Kobs ’97) Kock and her family have moved to Walnut, Iowa, where Sarah is the K–12 music teacher for Walnut Schools.

Tim Marsden ’97 and Terra Keiser ’96 were married July 12 in Omaha. Tim is the director of choral music at Millard (Neb.) South High School. Terra is music specialist at Abbot Elementary in Omaha and teaches as an adjunct faculty member at University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Julie (Seeba ’97) Reece received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Portions of her doctoral research were published in Oncology Reports and Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Julie works as a quality specialist/technical writer at Novartis Consumer Health in Lincoln, Neb.

Leasa (Stark ’96) Brouillard and husband, Duane, welcomed a new son on May 31. Kade Christian Paul joins his sisters, Payden, 10, and Chloe, 1. The Brouillards live in Chandler, Ariz.

Dustin Wolfe ’96 married Lesley Neumann on July 19 in Omaha. Dustin is employed in the finance department at Woodhouse Chrysler in Blair.

Cara Lucas ’95 married Justin Richt on Sept. 26 in Omaha. Cara is a teacher with the Millard Public Schools and is pursuing a master’s degree at Doane College in Crete, Neb.

Stacey (Harris ’94) and Michael Maxwell ’93 have moved to Hutchinson, Kan., where Michael is a sales manager with Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse.

Shelli (Wiebelhaus ’94) Oborny and family have moved to Bennington, Neb., where Shelli works as a K-2 special education teacher at the public school. She and her husband, Chuck, have two children, Bailey, 4, and Brayden, 2.

Stephanie Psota ’94 married Brian Edwardson on Sept. 13 in Hastings, Neb. Stephanie is a licensed practical nurse at Intelistaf Healthcare in Lincoln, Neb.

Chikako Osawa ’93 married Takeshi Oshima in 2000. The couple moved to a town near Tokyo, Japan, where Chikako works for an advertising company as a sales promotion planner and is studying to be a tour guide for English-speaking visitors.

Bryan Scheer ’93 is providing medical service at the Morrill County (Neb.) Community Hospital and the Physicians of Scottsbluff (Neb.) Orthopaedic Associates, P.C.

Andrea (Monaghan ’92) Stogner has moved to Largo, Fla., with her two children, Liz, 5, and Austin, 2. Andrea is teaching in an early childhood center and is going back to school for credentials in early childhood education.

Ginny Ward ’92 married Brent Allumbaugh on Aug. 23 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Ginny is a media buyer at MediaWorks, Inc. in Omaha.

80s

Karyn (Hillesland ’89) and Larry Overbeck ’89 have added a fourth child to their family. Sarah Lynn was born Aug. 6, 2002, and joined Rachel, 10; Jacob, 7; and Anna, 4. The Overbecks live in Omaha.
Allen Cordes ’88 and his wife, Tracy, had a daughter, Elizabeth Claire, on Sept. 2. The family has moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Robert O’Donahue ’87 is district operations manager for Gold’s Gym in Treasure Valley, Idaho. He and his wife, Gayle, have two children, Leslie, 10, and Robyn, 5. They live in Meridian, Idaho.

Andrea (Nielsen ’86) Fredrickson, partner and vice president of operations for The American Institute of Management in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was featured in the July 1 edition of the Council Bluffs Business Journal. Andrea’s compay works with businesses to determine the directions they should take. She lives in Honeycreek, Iowa, with her husband, Tom.

Chere (Fox ’85) O’Reilly served as juror for the 2003 “Celebrate the Hills” Art Show, Sept. 6 in Moorhead, Iowa. Chere is the art teacher at West Monoma Jr./Sr. High School in Onawa, Iowa. Chere lives in Turin, Iowa.

Danette Johns ’82 shared the sermon at a Community Labor Day Service at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Essex, Iowa. Danette is an assistant to Bishop Michael Last in the Western Iowa Synod. She lives in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Morgens Knudsen ’81 and his Sav-A-Lot Discount Foods store in Lexington, Neb., were featured in a front-page story in the June 29 Omaha World Herald on the increasing Latino population in the Lexington area. Morgens has added Mexican and Southwest food brands to his store.

70s

Deb (Jenner ’78) Billington and her family have moved to Cook, Neb., where her husband, Steven, has been installed as pastor at Grace Lutheran Church. The Billingtons have two sons, Ian, 19, and David, 16.

Donald Baack ’75 is the co-author of a new publication, Integrated Advertising, Promotion, and Marketing Communication (second edition) from Prentice Hall. Donald is also a new regular feature contributor for IMC Communique, a trade magazine. He is a professor at Pittsburg (Kan.) State University and lives in Joplin, Mo.

Norma (Wolf) Potadle ’71 is giving piano lessons in Omaha, where she lives in an assisted-living complex “and just loves it,” she writes.

Vicki (Keating ’70) Croft served as one of two U.S. members on the Scientific Committee for the Fourth International Conference for Animal Health Information Specialists in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 6-9. Vicki was one of the planners for the original conference, held in 1992. She works in the Health Sciences Library at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash.

Ruth (Jacobsen ’70) Leitel has been elected to the Good Samaritan Society’s National Board of Directors. She works for the society an an interim administrator. Ruth lives in Moorhead, Minn.

60s

Ramona (Hinze ’69) Laubscher served as a missionary in Saratov, Russia, from July 29–Aug. 9, where she worked in an eyeglass clinic. This was her second mission to Russia. Two years ago she went to St. Petersburg. Ramona lives in Denison, Iowa.

Herb Panko ’62 retired several years ago after teaching high school English in Tyler and Aitkin, Minn., for 35 years. He and his wife, Judith, live in Chatfield, Minn.

40s

Gladys (Lynge ’45) Hughes was crowned Ms. Mississippi Senior on July 12 in Gulfport, Miss. For the talent portion, Gladys performed a comedy monologue. She lives with her husband, Hughie Hughes ’48 in Carriere, Miss.

Charlotte Andersen ’42 has moved to San Diego, Calif., where she enjoys her retirement.

Deaths

Clara (Zaiger) Klinkefus ’74 died July 25 in Des Moines, Iowa. Clara taught elementary school in Audubon, Iowa, and at Lewis Central School District in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Audubon, United Methodist Women and the National Education Association. Survivors include three sons and three daughters, 14 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a sister and four brothers.

Virgina (Andresen) Ellis ’72 died May 14 in Tekamah, Neb. She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Tekamah, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary and Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include two daughters, a son, Bruce Ellis ’75, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Neil Moore ’54 died Aug. 12 in Charleston, Ill. While at Dana, Neil lettered four years in football and track, received All-American recognition in track, was the Mid-Western Light-Heavyweight Golden Gloves champion and was named the 1954 Nebraska State College Athlete of the Year. He went on to college coaching and was a 12-time Mid-Continent Coach of the Year and directed 11 teams to the indoor/outdoor Mid-Continent Conference Championships between 1983 and 1992. He coached two Division I national champions, five NCAA individual champions and three Olympic Trials qualifiers. Survivors include his wife, Shirley, two sons, three grandchildren, two brothers and a sister.

Ruth (Madsen ’40) Mason died July 7 in Peoria, Ariz. Ruth and her husband, Tom, traveled in their recreational vehicle throughout the United States and Canada. They took 19 overseas trips, including two trips around the world. In addition to travel, Ruth was fond of western art. She is survived by her husband, a son, Larry Mason ’64, two daughters, five granddaughters and four great-grandchildren.

Alvin Petersen D ’34 T ’36 died July 8 in Lincoln, Neb. Alvin was pastor at Lutheran churches in Marcus and Owens, Iowa, and Lincoln and Davey, Neb. He served in interim ministries in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, and was a campus pastor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a science professor at Dana. He also served on the Dana College Board of Regents from 1944 to 1960. Survivors include a daughter and two grandchildren.

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