North Salem Vikings of 1963 – 60th Reunion Homepage

 

60th Reunion was held September 9, 2023 at McNary Golf Club

North Salem High School Class of 1963

The following letter is from Penny Barker Holstad regarding the recent reunion

Hello 1963 NSHS Vikings.

I have had several people inquire as to how the 60th Reunion turned out.  Personally. I think it was a success!!!  We had one big hiccup because of some unwanted guests….bees.  They decided to stop off on the patio at McNary Golf Course as everything was being set up.  Four people were stung.  Got a call inquiring if it would be OK if they moved us inside to the banquet room.  Without hesitation it was agreed to move NSHS class of 1963 inside.  No one wanted to be stung!!!!

We had a VERY casual reunion. September 9, 2023, at McNary Golf Course in the banquet area. The hours were from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM.  The weather was very good and so were the food and drinks.  If you missed the reunion, you missed a good time and YOU were missed!

We had approximately 130 people attend.  Thanks to Jack Holstad class of 1961 and Russ Elliott class of 1963 for doing the registration.  Thanks to Jim McCandlish and Phil White for saying a few words.  Thanks to Susy Carl Riches for being the keeper of the checkbook and funds.  Thanks to Al Lightner for doing the arrangements at McNary, getting a listing copied, making a fantastic Memorial board of our deceased classmates, maintaining the wonderful website, playing MC and more, I’ll take responsibility for the emails & mailings, and maintaining the records of our classmates with the help of my in-house IT hubby. This was a joint effort of a few but enjoyed by many.

Everyone sure looked good.  The men’s hair turned white or disappeared and the ladies mostly became blondes!  There was lots of RED & BLACK.  Saw one walker, a couple canes and the rest were pretty spry!  I got a chance to chat with several but missed a few.  Darn!  Next time!!!! There were pictures being taken all afternoon and evening.  I didn’t get any so….please send me a copy either by email or carrier pigeon or text and I’ll try to post them…plus I’d love to see them.  Thanks.

I recently saw the Salem High School Class of 1944 had their 79th reunion.  I don’t know how many they had in the graduating class but at the reunion they had eight ladies and one gentleman.  Now in Guiness World Record Certification book this is the longest running class reunion.  Most everyone came up to me expressing a desire to have another reunion to celebrate 65 years.  Sounds like a good idea to me….how about you???    After all I think we must show Class of 1944 that Class of 1963 is a strong bunch of Vikings!!!

News of the passing of classmates has been received recently:

Terrie Ray Johnston     September 2, 2023

Carolyn Henrietta Dokken Bagley    February 11, 2023

Delbert Lemoin Barber                                     2023

Patricia Sue Allison Egesdahl                          2022

David Paul McDonald   November 21, 2022

Bonnie Burkhart Boles   November 9, 2022

Lauren Henry (Hank) Gale                  2022

Audrey Lee Krueger Manning  October 5, 2022

Donald William Duffus                        2022

Donna Lee McCool Scism                   2022

William Dale Haffner  July 19, 2022

Jeryl Lynn Strickfaden Lund   May 22, 2022

Judith Kay Lakie Sailor  April 29, 2022

Danny Paul Rickard  February 5, 2022

Curtis Allen Smith    December 2021

Diane Lidette Fisher Reinwald  August 4, 2021

Janelle Kathleen Jones Shelley   January   2021

Charles Howard Dunn  July 30, 2020

Douglas William Fejes  June 26, 2020

Carolyn Marie Veer McClaughry  July 1, 2020

Cheryl E. Merrell  Melendy  June   2020

Diane Marie Gourley   December 28, 2019

Kenneth Burt Bushnell   November 13, 2019

Virginia Ann Wallace Salter   July 18, 2019

Robert Arthur Willmschen   June 17, 2019

Joan Sharrel Mischke Hilfiker    May 21, 2019

Michael Leon Smith   March 16, 2019

Steven Edward Wagner  February 1, 2019

Gene Leslie Salter  September 15 2018

Margaret Louise Torok Gaffrey  June 30, 2018

Roger M. Roth January 25, 2018

Gary Lynn Thorson January 15, 2018

David Steele Shuford December 22, 2017

James Stanley Bush  (Kerne)  September of 2017

Gary B. Read (Alkire) July 31, 2017

Kenneth Paul Jacobsen May 26, 2017

Neal Alan Bentley  February 11, 2017

Michael Eugene Malone September 25, 2016

Thomas Reno Brantner June 22, 2016

Garry Dean Lienhard   May 23, 2016

Nanci Anne Anderegg Gogle April 9, 2016

Karyl Kay Luman February 13, 2016

Judy Gay Stone Stanley August 9, 2015

Lester Lloyd Perry   August 5, 2015

Lewis Franklin Skurlock Jr            2015

John Allen Anderson May 26, 2015

Brady Leonard Adams April 13, 2015

Leonard Robert Anderson April 10, 2015

Darlene Marie Holland Storm  February 4, 2015

We are always saddened with such news and recall them from memory with fondness. They are missed.

This website will remain open and updated until the next reunion. Please be mindful several of the pages you may encounter on this website have now become obsolete, but will remain as place holders, in order to make it easier to revise them eventually for the 65th reunion. It seems much easier to edit them in place, rather than recreate them from scratch, as my skills are limited.

Ongoing work is being done on our data base of addresses, phone numbers and emails. If anyone has made a change please contact Penny Holstad (jholstad42@gmail.com). You can find her mailing address, phone and email address on the Registration Form you may still have, or which is a link on the bottom of the Registration Instructions page on this website. Go to the menu above, hit Registration Instructions and Forms, then on the page it presents, go to the very bottom of it and hit the blue colored link for Registration Form, and on the form you will find her about half way down the page. Let her know so we can stay in touch over the years ahead.

If you have changes or new information concerning the In Memoriam page, you can let Penny know.

If you have changes or new information concerning the Missing Alumni page, you can let Penny know.

Again, check back here from time to time, as new information is being posted as it becomes available.

Thank you.

Last update: September 15, 2023

 

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