Classmates

Please add your current information here.  It's great to find out about everyone!  This does not register you to attend the reunion;  it only posts your information.  Go to the RSVP section of the website to let us know if you are coming.

If you keep in touch with anyone from high school, please tell them to come register!!!

Cheri Tucker

Marital status: Divorced
Children: 2
Occupation: Retired Paralegal
Comment: You all knew me as "Cheri Melton". My legal maiden last name, however, is Tucker, which I have used since graduation. So what has this bad girl done with her life?





After grad, did the travel the States thing from one coast to the other and eventually wound up in South Florida [where, by the way, I ran into Pat Richards & Alan Hoppe on Ft. Lauderdale Beach in the early '70s.. whatever happened to them, anybody know?]. I joined the Women's Army Corp in my early 20's and lived in Germany for almost 10 years. Married a soldier and both our children [Dagny n Jeff] were born there: 1 in Stuttgart and 1 in Munich. We've been divorced since 1987. 





The Army taught me 'bout computers so my first civilian job was at the University of Texas computer division. I later became a paralegal, litigation type, and I retired from that field in 2013. 





I am now living in Abingdon, Illinois because this footloose and fancy-free gal wants to be here at this time!! I'll probably move back to No. Florida where my kids and 5 grands live someday!! Maybe...





Has my life been fun? For the most part, you betcha!! Very interesting in the least!! I know I'm still laughing!! 





This is a fabulous site and the creators deserve lots and lots of praise!

CONNIE TUCKER (SIMPSON)

Marital status: Married
Children: 5
Occupation: RETIRED
Comment: CURRENTLY LIVING IN MISSOURI BUT, HOPE TO RE-LOCATE BACK TO TUCSON, AZ. SOON.  11 GRANDKIDS SO FAR!!  ALL IN ARIZONA.

Linda Turner (DeWalt)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Homemaker
Comment: Married 39 years to Gary. We have a son 36 and a daughter 33. We also have a little grandson who's 2.

Laura Van Houweling (Vredenburgh)

Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: BS Education, MSW
Comment: I have been living in the Iowa City area since 1977, living in Charlottesville, VA prior to that.  I have been married for 38 years to Bruce and we will be retiring in June.  Our 27 yr. old son lives in Des Moines and our 25 year old daughter in Seattle. 

Linda (Lyn) Vespa (Lanier)

Then Then
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Judicial Admin. Asst.
Comment:



Always Remember:  I'm nice!!!


Hugs to you & a happy day, too!!!

Ira Waldschmidt

Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Retired

David Wand

Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Retired from HP
Comment: My wife, Donna and I moved to Tampa, FL on August 24, 2019 from just south of Omaha, NE on Beaver Lake. I retired on Sept 1, 2012 after 38 years with HP so we sold our Dallas, Texas home and moved back closer to family in Nebraska. We enjoy the summers here on the lake and Sundays in the fall at the KC Chiefs games plus go to lots of Nebaska Cornhusker Football games too. I now have the best job and office view as I am a "Professional Fishing Guide" 6 months out of the year on beautiful Lake Texoma, TX catching lots of big Striped Bass!


We have "kids" in 3 locations - Kansas City (Joe -40), Eugene, OR (Andy 37) and Tampa, Fl. (Ryan 32).  I enjoy staying in touch with many of you via Facebook and email. We are looking forward to the 50 year reunion in 2019...and beyound!  See you there.

Emil Wang

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: trying to decide
Comment: Moved to the San Francisco area after school at Princeton and, except for a short time in London, have been here ever since. Went to grad school at Stanford, first in engineering and then business school.



Worked as a seismic engineer for a while. (very topical out here) But then switched to working in high tech companies for the last 25 years. Started my own company. Participated in the dot com boom (fun), and then the bust (painful). Just sold the last company and trying to figure out what to do now.



A wife, 3 kids, a cat and a dog. She's a nurse at Stanford. One son graduated from Dartmouth and is looking for a job. Another son at Duke (and sooo into basketball) and the youngest daughter just started at Univ of Oregon.

Bonnie Wellman (Hinds)

Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: retired/ volunteer
Comment: Been married for almost 40 years, have 3 amazing girls, one in Ventura CA, one in Tucson, AZ and one in Houston AZ. I have 4 granddaughters age 6,5,4 and 1 plus a grandson who is almost 3 months. We've moved 11 times since we were married, including 6 years in Indonesia, and have retired to Mesa, AZ after 6 yrs. in Hawaii. I know--"why would you leave Hawaii to go to Mesa?" In a word--Grandchildren! Our whole family lives on this continent for the first time in 10 years. Hawaii was great, but the grandchildren are greater! "Grandmaitis" hit me hard and I now spend a good portion of my time with them.

Don Wetekam

Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 4
Occupation: University Program Chair
Comment: I’ve retired twice – 34 years with the Air Force and 11 years in the commercial aviation industry.  I’m now on to  career #3,  serving as Exec. in Residence at the Univ. of Oklahoma Engineering College and also working for the OK Dept. of Commerce promoting the state’s aerospace industry. So I’m busier than I thought I would be at this point of my life, but enjoying it all immensely.  My wife Sheri and I have four kids and six grandkids, soon to be seven.   Our primary home is in Oklahoma City but we also enjoy spending as much free time as we can muster on the Hiwassee River in East TN.    


 


In my spare time, I still enjoy running (albeit a lot slower), reading, and tinkering with a couple old sports cars.  While I haven’t had any ties to Peoria since 1969 (I left for the AF Academy two weeks after high school graduation), I have enjoyed seeing so many of you at the last few reunions and am looking forward to the 50th.