North Des Moines High School
Class of 1959
40th Reunion
July 24, 1999
Now planning for our 50th! Mark your calendars to join us!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Time:tbd   Chucks Restaurant (back room)
3610 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA
(515) 244-4104
picture from 1964 ad   map
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: tbd
Ramada Inn
5000 Merle Hay Road
Des Moines, IA 50322
  (515) 245-5500
  map
Group Photo: Stover Photo
(515) 981-4217		   Photos scheduled for ?PM.
Time: tbd   Cocktails
Time:tbd   Dinner/dance/tbd
Contacts:
If you find
missing classmates,
please contact:

 Pam (Penny) Burch Brafford
5895 Robin Road
Pleasant Hill, IA 50327
(515) 490-6583
or
Marilyn Dann-Rychel
4116 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50313
(515) 244-7348
or
Mary Lou Cunningham Stout
4200 NW Morningstar Drive
Des Moines, IA 50313-5125
(515) 243-4518
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40th Reunion Class of 1959 taken July 24, 1999
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Help identify classmates, please. Second from left is Karen Leaming Pearce; Fifth from left in green: Carol Henderson Zoellner; Ninth from left is Mary Jo Kellam Payne
2nd Row 1, 2, Dave Hubbart, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Robert Clayton, Ron Johnson, 13, Howard Payne, 15, Roger McKinney, Jim Pomroy
3rd Row Harry Griger, Denny Illingworth, 3, 4, 5, Charles Lukehart, Ron Hougham, Patti Hubbard
Photo: Compliments of Ron Johnson
Graduation Class of January, 1959
1st Row Donene Ann Moore, X, X, X, Joann Hackerson, X, X, Georgia Diane Ballinger, Jeanne Betts Ikenberry, Lou Jean Evans
2nd Row X. Judith Jean Robertson,. Robert Eugene Jeffries, X, X, Janice Kaye Clingman, X, Nora Emily McClain, Judith Joyce Cook, X, Leonard Norman Johnson
3rd Row X, Wendell Lucian Bailey, Kathleen Williby, X, X, X, X, X, X, Dianne Josephine Huff
4th Row X, X, X, X, Robert Crieg Romeo, Larry David Moore, X, X, X, X, Donna Rose Dow, X, Susan Jane Davis, George Joseph Palik
5th Row X, James Thomas Donahue, X, Sara Joan Seaman, Bernard Thomas Gaines, James Norman Hoss, X, Lilah Jane Stewart, X, X, Melvin Riley McDonald, X. Dorothy Jean Reay
6th Row X, Robert Roy Divelbiss, X, X, Jerry Lee Audas, Charles Willis Lukehart, Robert James MacCauley, Jr., Juris Poncius, James Allan Goheen, X, David Lee Finch, John David Breemer, Jr., Nathaniel Richard Craddock, X, Robert Terrance Brown , Charlene Marie Harris
Photo: Compliments of Nora McClain Penenger
Graduation Class of 1959 Graduation Class of 1959 Graduation Class of 1959 Graduation Class of 1959 Graduation Class of 1959
Graduation Class of June, 1959
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Sharon Soppeland, Jackie Ziegler, Zeta Ziegler, John Miller, Carolyn Hagen, Judy Thompson, Penny Burch, Phyllis Phoenix, Francine Belhassen, Wanda Amber, Rose Marie Bradshaw, Karen Clark, Juanita Gomez, Elaine Dixon, Elinore Dixon, Alice Payce, Cathy Mulstay, Arlene Ivanovich
2nd Row Karen Meis, Tom Rowland, Ramona Marshall, Marie Simbro, Pat Duncan, Barbara Burgess, Margaret Stone, Gail Salvini, Sue Costello, Sandy Chesowsky, Karen David Sherrill Townsend, Fran Steinback, Norma White, Doris Sothers, Cecelia Allen, Dianna Hayes, Margie Evenson, Karen Leaming
3rd Row Dick Baker, Dorthy Burke, JoAnn Stotts, Kay Hildebrand, Judy Evans, Karen Patterson, Gloria Kinney, Doris Loose, Linda Wallace, Yvonne Coppock, Nancy Callen, Peggy Keller, Barbara Cook, Mary Talley, Pat Thayer,JoAnn Shafer, X, Frances Williams, Edmonia Dixon, Jolene Smith
4th Row Sue Maggard, JaLee Lundholm, Sandy Wishman, Linda Bowes, Margie Jones, Carol Weiss, Georgianna Sexauer, Cheryl Wing, Pat Jennings, Clara Woolsey, Darla Stockwell, Judy Wilbur, Nancy Smith, Sharon Snyder, Jo Fuller, Tone Wilson, Lorna K. Fisher, Anna Watkins, Jan Mohr, Cheri Rockey, Judy Johnson
5th Row Mary Snell, Marg Pilgrim, Carolyn Yeast, M.Lou Prescott, Anda Kupcis, JoAnn Favors, Madalyn Sweeney, Eric Olson, Al Winick, Linda Gatrel, Joyce Ashley Smith, Carol Parsons, Sandy Strosnider, Betsye Beatle, Karen Keener, Virg Marshall, Sue Rutledge, Al Collier, Janice Atkinson, Cynthia Auestad, Karen Deeds
6th Row Sandy Watson, Anne Tallman, Russ Miller, Jan Yearian, Gary Larson, Tom With, Bob Stewart, Ron Johnson, Gary Stanek, Clayton Shank, John Sheifer, JoAnn Barberio, Nancy Gilmore, Joe DeFino, Harold Holt, Tom Woolery, Bernie Leeds, Gary Grant, Linda Liegan, Alyce Shore, Jerilynn Lingeman, M.Beth Kinzie
7th Row Judy Smith, Linda Thompson, Barbara Gudgel, Judy Housman, Judy Ford, Sue Brewster, Dortha Slorah, Donna Slorah, Ruth A. Oaks, Mary Jo Kellam, Charles Mellgran, Jerry Dock, Mike Weibel, Jim Leech, Ed Filby, John Smith, Harry Griger, Orwood Minor, Larry Kuesel, Lester Wood, Marian Guerrero, Richard Diehl, Larry Woods
8th Row Jim Favors, Willie Wells, Bobo Wince, Bill Tigue, Bob Wilson, Vaunnetta Ziebell, Sharon Bergstresser, Bob Clayton, Sharon Murray, Helen Strickler, Dick Patton, Jim Moorehead, Don Plumb, John Townsend, Ed Hamilton, Harold Bobbitt, Mel Glazer, Guy Shepard, Bob Barth, Paul Adair, Marcus Hauge, Bob Walser, Phil Potter, Nancy Robertson
9th Row Nancy Murray, Paul Osweiller, Dwight Higgins, Leslie Odell, Tom Douglas, Howard McIntosh, Goldynne Booth, Jerilynn Stone, Tom Donahue, Tom Williams, Larry Martindale, Ron Hougham, Denny Illingsworth, Jerry Hoskins, Dick Roscoe, Al Allbaugh, John Quinn, Bob Gassaway, Carl Smith, Don Costales, Jim Godfroy, Barb Westvold, Pat Fetzer, Karen Strong
10th Row Bob Dahl, Denny Davis, Louis Weidner, Larry Keller, Roger Stoneking, Ronny Lang, Larry Hartshorn, Ted Thorne, Joe Sheperd, Dick Feaster, Mike Haberman, Mike Simmons, Don Peterson, Lynn Hartman, Phil Enabnit, Dick Gray, Clyde Coulthard, Gary Lynch, Frank Murano, Max Whisler, Larry Lake, Phil Jenkinson, Dave Hubbart, Diane Robinson, George Robinson
11th Row Don Boyd, Ann Erbe, Carol Dwyer, Pat Hubbard, Norma Ganoe, Dean Higgins, Bud Nichols, Ron Fletcher, Lyle Fisher, Ray Marguett, Dennis Gentry, Bob Johnson, Tom Coulson, George Narrins, Monty Ver Steeg, Roger McKinney, Jim Henderson, Harold Mann, Al DeFrancisco, Howard Payne, Al Shope, Tom Mayse, Ron VanderLinde, Gene Jones, Ed Carter, Bob Vasey, Bob Kappelman
Photo: From the scrapbook of the late Karen S. Clark
(She had identified every classmate...237.)
Class of 1959: January: 83; June: 253; August: 28 = 364

January 1959
Class Officers

Leonard Johnson
Dennis Petre
Dorothy Beay
Frances Haws
Cathryn Winter
Beverly Caswell
Bernard Gaines
 

June 1959
Class Officers

Harold Babbit
Larry Martindale
Sharon Snyder
Carol Weiss
Barbara Gudgel
Karen Keener
Sharon Dale
Gail Salvini
Edward Filby
January Student Council
1st Row Lorna Kay Fisher, Joanne DeVries, Pam Frazier, Darlene DeCarlo, Linda Katz, Karen Keener, Peggy Hutchins, Al Collier
2nd Row Yvonne Coppock, Betsye Beatle, Paul Dimke, Goldynne Booth, Harold Babbit, Jim Hall, Pat Hubbard, Joe DeFino
3rd Row George Bogenrief, Jim German, Jim Holtz, Gary Knight, Dave Hubbart, Pat Carrol, Bill Kauzlaritch, John Anderson
4th Row Steven Dann, Ron Hougham, Jim Hoss, Eugene Jones, Richard Fox, Terry Brown, Steve Huntoon, Phil Enabnit, Bernie Gaines
June Student Council
1st Row Darlene DeCarlo, Linda Katz, Julie Bowlby, Karen Gangestad, Sharon Conrad, Judy Gangestad, Donna Jackson, Karen Leaming, Sandy Chesowsky, Judy Dunn
2nd Row Nancy Clayton, Jo Fuller, Jim Hall, Dick Hutton, Mel Glazier, Joe DeFino, Tom Drake, Steve Arthur, Mary Beth Kinsey, Al Collier
3rd Row Harold Babbit, Bill Duncan, Gary Knight, Jim Holtz, Kent Kauffman, Leonard Amick, Dave Cahow, Ron Hougham, Jim Leech, Ed Filby
4th Row Russ Chance, Mike Gunson, Marvin Harner, Doug Leslie, Gordon Black, Bill Coppock, Jim Gaudineer, Richard Jorgenson, Larry Bauer
Track and Cross County Seniors
1st Row Gary Anderson, Al Collier, Joe DeFino, Ed Carter, Larry Woods, Ed Hamilton, Mike Hawkins
2nd Row Larry Hoskins, Dick Hutton, George Robinson, Gary Cozad, Westley Burrell, Gary Ordway, Larry Martindale, Ron Hougham, Russ Miller
3rd Row Eugene Jones, Jim Favors, Wallace Gaines, John Edgren, Dennis McCraven, Jim Smith, Tom Williams, Bob Wilson
Pep Kadets Pep Kadets Pep Kadets Pep Kadets
Pep Kadets Pep Kadets Pep Kadets Pep Kadets
Pep Kadets Pep Kadets Pep Pep Kadets
Pep Kadets
1st Row Joan Hutchinson, Sandy Strosnider, Ruth Taka, Nancy Romp, Joyce Loftus, Alice Darr, Penny Hopkins, Kay Moore, Penny Bransfield, Mary Lou Hammer
2nd Row Marilyn Crandall, Judy Turner, Barbara Burgess, Cathie Wallace, Cheryl Hamilton, Judy Johnston, Carol Fuller, Diane Cosgrove, Dianne Bochner, Cheryl Wing, Betsye Beatle
3rd Row Marianne Jackovich, Jodell Keyes, Ann Sampson, Diane Quigley, Kathy Williby, Kay Hodgson, Marsha Molsberry, Jan Waters, Chris West, Jerilyn Stone, Pat Hubbard
Social Committee Social Committee Social Committee
Social Committee Social Committee Social Committee
Social Committee
1st Row Lorna Kay Fisher, Pat Hubbard, Harold Babbit, Ron Johnson, Margaret Pilgrim, Yvonne Coppock, Jo Fuller, Miss Whirry
2nd Row Denny Illingworth, Dave Hubbart, Anne Erb, Carol Dwyer, Larry Martindale, Ed Filby
Photos: Compliments of Yearbook from a 1961 alum
Graduates - January, 1959 (numbered 83)
Audas, Jerry Lee Dunn, Mary Jo Walker Ingalls, Carol Marie Petre, Dennis Thomas
Bailey, Wendell Lucian Evans, Lana Lue Jeffries, Robert Eugene Pomeroy, James Howard
Bales, Charlene Mae Evans, Lou Jean Johnson, Leonard Norman Poncius, Juris
Ballinger, Georgia Diane Fane, Edwin Gene Johnston, Sharon Lynne Pottinger, Stephen Clark
Betz, Dixie Lee Angela Fenton,Charles Hadley,Jr. Kasner, Donald Robert Ramsey, Charlene Ann
Bodensteiner,WilliamRobert Finch, David Lee Kibbe, Phyllis Jeanne Reay, Dorothy Jean
Breemer, John David, Jr. Francisco, Russell Arthur Kubicek, Oliver Irene Rench, Alice Jean
Brown, Robert Terrance Gaines, Bernard Thomas Lowe, Sharon Lee Reynolds, Thomas Dale
Buckroyd, Judith Ann Goheen, James Allan Lukehart, Charles Willis Riley, Donna Lee
Bundy,GwendolynLavonBruce Goodwin, Janet Arlene Lyda, Mary Ellen Robbins, Msary Ellen
Caswell, Beverly Jean Gray, Shirley Carole McCauley,Robert James,Jr. Robertson, Judith Jean
Cline, Shirley Ann Greenfield, Laverne McClain, Nora Emily Romeo, Robert Craig
Clingman, Janice Kaye Hackerson, Joann McDonald, Melvin Riley Seaman, Sara Joan
Cook, Judith Joyce Hansen, Judith Ann Mentzer, Sondra Kathryn Stewart, Lilah Jane
Craddock,Nathaniel Richard Harris, Charleen Marie Montenguise, Josephine Wagoner, Carol Sue
Davis, Susan Jane Haws, Frances Helen Moore, Donene Ann Walden, Janice Marie
DeCamp, Regene Rose Henderson, Carol Anne Moore, Larry David Watson, Sharon Dee
Devine, Robert John Hoffman, Marilyn Sara Nau, John Allen Williby, Kathleen
Divelbiss, Robert Roy Hoss, James Norman Nichols, Renfro Isaac Winter, Cathryn Ann
Donahue, James Thomas Huff, Dianne Josephine Orwick, Ellen Jane Wood, Marilyn Mae Dann
Dow, Donna Rose Ikenberry, Jeanne Betts Palik, George Joseph x
Graduates - June, 1959 (numbered 253)
Adair, Paul William Ford, Judith Frances Marquett, Raymond Melvin Smith, Judith Anne
Allbaugh, Aldon Ronald Fuller, Glenda Jo Marshall, Ramona Jean Smith, Nancy Jean
Allen, Cecelia Ruth Ganoe, Norma Jean Marshall, Virginia Lee Soppeland, Sharon Lee
Allman, Anne Sharon Gassaway, Robert Allen Martindale, Larry Clark Southers, Doris Lee
Amber, Wandy Kay Gatrel, Linda Lou Mayse, Preston Thomas,Jr. Stanek, Gary Lee
Atkinson, Janice Nadine Gentry, Dennis Clifford McIntosh, Howard Eugene Steinback,Frances Lorraine
Auestad, Cynthia Anne Gilmour, Nancy Ellen McKinney, Roger Allen Stewart, John Robert
Babbit, Harold William Glazer, Melvin Lewis Meis, Karen Louise Stockwell, Darla Dea
Baker, Richard Roy Godfroy, Jimmy Dale Mellgren, Charles Leroy Stone, Jerilynn Kaye
Barberio, Jo Ann Mary Grant, Gary Samuel Miller, John Edward Stone, Margaret Ellen
Barth, Robert Benjamin Gray, Richard Lon Miller, Russell Dean Stoneking, Roger Gene
Beatle, Betsye Frank Griger, Harry Max Minor, Orwood Jay Stong, Karen Eileen
Belhassen, Francine Fortune Gudgel, Barbara Ann Mohr, Janet Lou Stotts, JoAnn Ruth
Bergstresser, Sharon Kay Guerrero, Marian Browning Moorehad, Jim Don Strickler, Helen Marie
Bolte, Boyd Fred Haberman, Michael Bruce Mulstay, Catherine Anne Strosnider, Sandra Lynn
Booth, Goldynne Rochelle Hagen, Carolyn Ann Murano, Frank Joseph Sweeney, Madalyn Jewel
Bowes, Linda Sue Hamilton, Edward LeRoy Murray, Nancy Lee Ruth Snyder, Sharon Lea
Boyd, Donald Loren Hartman, Linden Dean Murray, Sharron Catherine Talley, Mary Catherine
Bradshaw, Rose Marie Hartshorn, Larry Francis Narins, George Terjesen, Tone (Wilson)
Brewster, Susan Madge Hauge, Marcus Leroy Nichols, George Walter,Jr. Thayer, Patricia Lynn
Burch, Pamella Sue Hayes, Dianna Marilyn Oaks, Ruth Ann Thompson, Ian Donnald
Burgess, Barbara Jean Henderson, James Earl Odell, Leslie Anne Thompson, Judy Joan
Burke, Dorothy Rae Herbold, Charlotte Ann Olson, Eric James Thompson, Linda Ruth
Callen, Nancy Lee Higgins, Dean Richard Osweiler, Paul John Thorne, Ted E.
Carter, Edward Cecil Higgins, Dwight Raymond Parsons, Carol Ann Tigue, William David
Chesowsky,SandraMaryLouise Hildebrand, Kay Patterson, Karen Joyce Townsend, John Selby
Clark, Karen Sue Holt, Harold Ronald Patton, Richard Allen Townsend, Sherrill Sue
Clayton, Robert James Hoskins, Larry Lee Payne, Alice Pauleen VanderLinden,Ronald Lee
Collier, Albert Earl Hougham, Ronald Lee Payne, Howard James Vasey, Robert Glen
Conrad, Sharon Lynne Housman, Judith Ann Peterson, Donald Jean VerSteeg, Monty Stratton
Cook, Barbara Jean Hubbard, Patricia Joann Phillips, Henry S. Wallace, Linda Lou
Coppock, Florence Yvonne Hubbart, David Lyle Phoenix, Phyllis Ann Walser, Robert Hall
Costales, Don Jamison Illingworth, Dennis Lee Pilgrim, Margaret Anne Wass, Howard Lee
Costello, Susan Mariam Ivanovich, Arlene Plumb, Donald Herbert Watkins, Anna Margaret
Coulson, Thomas Lee Jenkinson, Phillip Henry Prescott, Mary Lou Watkins, Clifford James
Coulthard, Clyde Clifford Jennings, Patricic Elizabeth Quinn, John Reece, Jr. Watson, Sandra Kay
Dahl, Robert Ray Johnson, Judy Carrie Robertson, Nancy Lee Weibel, Michael Kent
Dale, Sharon Kay Johnson, Robert Wesley Robinson, Diane Kay Weidner,Louis Edward,Jr.
Davis, Dennis Alan Johnson, Ronald Cleve Robinson, George Michael Weiss, Carol Maridel
Davis, Karen Lee Jones, Eugene Arthur Rockey,Cheri Kae Wells, Willie Wallace
Deeds, Karen Marie Jones, Marjorie Ellen Roscoe, Richard Robert Westvold, Barbara Jane
DeFino, Joseph Charles Kakos, Spedo George Rowland, Thomas Everett Whisler, Gary Max
DeFrancisco,Albert Joseph Kappelman, Robert Ralph Ruby, Margaret Gertrude White, Norma Lee
Diehl, Richard Lee Kenner, Karen Lea Russell, John A. Wilbur, Judith Miriam
Dixon,Edmonia Meltheata Kellam, Mary Jo Rutledge, Sona Sue Williams, Frances Arlene
Dixon, Elaine Frankie Keller,Lawrence Woods Salvini, Gail Ann Williams, Thomas Patrick
Dixon, Elinore Judy Keller, Peggy LaBelle Scales, Si Wilson,Robert Earl
Dock, Gerald Paul Kinney,Gloria Ann Schiefer, John Holt Wince, Bobo Burnett
Donahue, Thomas George Kinzie, Mary Beth Sexauer, Georgiana Wing, Cheryl Kay
Douglas, Thomas Roy Kuesel, Larry John Shafer, JoAnn Winick, Alfred Zell
Duncan, Patricia Eileen Kupcis, Anda Shaffer, Mary Katherine Wishman, Sandra Lee
Dwyer, Carole Sue Lake, Larry Herbert Shank, Clayton Delano With, Tommy George
Enabnit, Philip Alan Lang, Ronald Lee Shepard, Joseph Robert Wood, Lester Gerold
Erb, Elizabeth Anne Larson, Gary Lynn Shepherd, George Guy Woods, Larry Lee
Evans, Judy Lee Leaming, Karen Rae Shope, Albert Gordon Woolery, Thomas Delbert
Evenson, Marjorie Ellen Leech, James Richard Shore, Alyce Faye Woolsey, Clara Ruth
Favors, James Von Leeds, Bernard LeRoy Simbro,LillyMarie(Davidson) Yearian, Jan Elliott
Favors, Penny Jo Anne Leigan, Linda Jean Simmons, Michael Orlo Yeast, Carolyn Rae
Feaster, Richard Damon Lengeman,Jerilynn Allayne Slorah, Donna Lee Ziebell,Vaunnetta Virginia
Fetzer, Patricia Loose, Doris Ann Slorah, Dortha Mae Ziegler, Jackie Marie
Filby, Edward Jay Lundholm, Jo Lee Smith, Carl Elliott Ziegler, Zeta Zella
Fisher, Lorna Kay Lynch, Gary Dean Smith, John Conrad x
Fisher, Lyle Alvin, Jr. Maggard, Bertha Sue Smith, Jolene Bronwen x
Fletcher, Ronald Robert Mann, Harold Leroy Smith, Joyce Ashley x
Graduates - August, 1959 (numbered 28)
Baldwin, Mahlon Richard Gomez, Juanita Lilley, John Ellis Sloan, Verbenia Camille
Barber, Melvin Dowell Hall, Margaret Ann Lofquist, Patrick W. Snell, Dennis Floyd
Anderson, Sharon Ruth Houston, Marsha Diane Mohr, Linda Lea Steffens, Lonnie Franklin
Cook, George H. Hukill, Vicki Ann Moss, Judith Kay Thornley, Jerilyn Ann
Cunningham, Mary Lou Ivers, Laurence William Potter, Phillip Wayne Watkins, Norma Charlene
Ellis, Sandra Rae Jeter, Marilyn Ann Riley, Sharon Rae Webb, Valerie Lee
Fitzgibbon, Joyce Arlene Leahy, Patricia Jeanne Shehan, Geraldine Anne Wilkinson, Barbara Dalene
In Memoriam
Class of January/June/August, 1959
January, 1959
Bodensteiner,William Robert (d.05/04/07) 2007 Nichols, Renfro Isaac (d.11/27/03) 2003
Breemer, John David, Jr. (d.07/19/05) 2005 Palik, George Joseph (d.06/03/94) 1994
Divelbiss, Robert Roy (d.05/21/98) 1998 Petre, Dennis Thomas (d.10/73) 1973
Fane, Edwin Gene (d.01/83) 1983 Pottinger, Stephen Clark (d.02/04/08) 2008
Finch, David Lee (d.10/26/07) 2007 Rench, Alice Jean (Kephart) (d.05/14/04) 2004
Johnson, Leonard Norman (d.06/09/06) 2006 Romeo, Robert Crieg (d.06/10/94) 1994
Mentzer, Sondra Kathryn Walden, Janice Marie
June, 1959
Clark, Karen Sue (d. 05/12/93) 1993 Patton, Richard Allen (01/87) 1987
Coppock, Florence Yvonne Phillips, Henry S. (d.08/22/04) 2004
DeFino, Joseph Charles 2004 Plumb, Donald Herbert (d.05/25/08) 2008
Duncan, Patricia Eileen