TRAER – Every year alumni from Traer, Traer-Clutier, and North Tama High School hold class reunions during Traer’s Winding Stairs Festival. This year the Traer Class of 1958, Traer-Clutier Class of 1963, and North Tama classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1998 will celebrate beginning with a Friday, August 11, evening social at the Traer Memorial Building and a picnic-style evening meal on Saturday, August 12. Other Alumni activities are planned throughout the weekend. Current and former teachers, administrators, and staff are invited to join them. Watch next week’s edition for class photos.

North Tama Alumni Reunion Class Lists for 2023

*Indicates attending as of publication

Class of 1958

Larry Baker, *Viola (Kuhn) Barge, Elizabeth Freeman Como, Lona J. (Hale) Connell, *Terry Edwards, Sharon Erickson, Faye (Sims) Good, Shirley (Haroldson) Holcomb, *Suzanne (Thomas) Lewis, Sandra Meyers, Larry Nation, *Darlene (Latting) Plogmann, Donald Podhajsky, *Dr. James Ralls, Kathryn (Lund) Smith, and Patricia (Morgan) Wahl.

Deceased: Christian Detje, Gary Karr, Karen (Tanner) Mannschreck, Donald Martin, Cheri (Knoop) Norris, Gary Plogmann, Ethel (Ludvicek) Rudebeck, and Richard Valenta.

Class of 1963

*Patricia (Tudor) Abernathy, Richard Andresen, *James Axon, *Roger Boerm, *Larry Cizek, *Linda (Stuart) Cross, *Ardene (Wiebbeke) Cross, Daryl Cross, *Camilla (Dvorak) Dostal, Marilyn (Nachazel) Fassbinder, Mary Jean (Pennell) Fisher, Cathy (Wood) Halsted, Richard Jensen, Robert Jensen, *Elaine (Rund) Joens, *Gordon Joens, Larry Kubik, Robert Kubik, Phyllis (Herink) Magnussen, Donald McKinney, Kathleen (Hushak) Moscinski, Franklin Mueller, Laddie Nachazel, James Petersen, *Thomas Podhajsky, Judy (Kubik) Regenold, *Mary Jane (Kucera) Rinkleff, Beverly (Kopriva) Rund, Warren Sealock, Bonnie (Young) Sparks, *Mary Ann (Kupka) Steffeny, *Robert Steffeny, Marlys (Nachazel) Stoakes, Edward Stoakes, Paulette (Tanner) Stover, Kathryn (McKinley) Shylman, *Galen Vesely, *Anna Jean (McKinley) Vest, Margaret (Hayek) Wolf, Verona (Ohrt) Wood, and Gary Zhorne.

Deceased: Stanley Behrns, Chad Cooper, Joel Drahos, Lynette (Ash) Grabenhauer, Anne (Howard) Hansen, Gary Kupka, Donald McKinney, Mary Jean (Calderwood) Nicholas, David Parizek, Cecilia (Svoboda) Podhajsky, Loren Podhajsky, Delbert Pressley, Pamela (Briggs) Robbins, and Judith (Kucera) Thill.

Class of 1968

John Baker, Ron Bartos, *Jean (Beenken) Bellis, *Jolene (Chizek) Benson, *Barbara (Schrier) Besch, Kathleen (Konicek) Biwer, Rhonda (Stevenson) Bjornsen, Mary Jo (Kearney) Brandt, Bill Burghart, *Nancy (Speirs) Calderwood, *Arthur Calderwood III, David Caslavka, Cheri (Thomas) Cederlund, Tom Childs, Joel Cizek, Teresa (Upah) Degner, Roger DeVries, Jean (Tomlinson) Dorn, Robert Ebaugh, Louann Ehrig, David Elverum, Donna (Breakenridge) Evenson, Janet (Howard) Fillmore, Ted Finch, Linda (Kubik) Goeldner, *Sue (Kucera) Gorder, Mary (Hayek) Gorsh, Gary Hanus, *Janis (Gates) Heckroth, *Kathryn (Petersen) Hinds, *Steven Hook, Connie (Sevcik) Kaldenberg, *Teri (Eckhardt) Kelly, Gerald Kopriva, Darrell Kremenak, Rebecca (McKinney) Carter, Gary Kriegel, Joann (Ralls) Kumpula, Alvin Kupka, Phyllis Kutin, Paul Larsen, Rick LeFevre, Tom Logan, Jennifer (Weber) Mast, Murray McKinley, Kathy (McDivitt) Mesward, *Cynthia (Weaver) Mitchell, Leland Morrison, *Lorraine (Hushak) Painter, Sharon (Wilson) Pavelka, *Steve Podhajsky, Robert Pokorny, Larry Popelka, Delores (Dvorak) Posusta, Craig Reinig, Jack Ross, *Teresa (Brandt) Schlorholtz, Susan (Hamann) Schultz, Colleen Sealock, Joyce (Posusta) Seward, Margo (Bock) Skerik, Donna (Halupnick) Speirs, James Stuart, *Rozella (Lister) Stull, *Clair Svoboda, Rebecca (Dvorak) Swierz, Ken Velky, Susan (Schultz) Wahl, Carol (Caslavka) Walton, Connie (Konicek) Weaver, Cheryl (Lau) West, Paul Wignall, Denis Winkelpleck, Kathy (Blohm) Wood, and *Joe Yuska.

Deceased: Melvin Bohnstegel, Michaele Brown, Tom Childs, Rick Harrison, Kent Kvidera, Stanley Kvidera, Lorraine Lunde, Mark Niederman, Doreen McNeal, Jim Stuart, and Tom Young.

Class of 1973

John Bandfield, *Karyn (Konicek) Beenken, *Kay (Hatton) Bergman, Lonnie Blocker, Michael Blohm, *Curtis Bohnstengel, *Mary (Hayek) Boldt, Joan (DeVries) Bradley, *Daniel Bradley, *Lisa (Claussen) Burns, *Mark Clark, Kenneth Degner, Tim Dieken, *Mary (Caloud) Drake, *Susan (Bohnstengel) Fink, Arla Beth (Dahms) Folkerts, *Thomas Gates, *Lynne (Fischer) Glandon, Delores Halupnick, Timothy Hamann, Amy (Cufr) Hancock, Jane (Harder) Harding, Connie (Kalvig) Graveman, *Cecelia (McLean) Harmsen, Nancy (Adam) Hartwell, Janet (Rayman) Hosek, *Carolyn (Crawford) Howe, Mark Iezek, *Deb Jacobs, Wanda (Miller) Jones, Dorothy (Buresh) Kahler, *Mary (Baker) Karls, *Colleen (Zimple) Kelly, Cheryl Krause, Benjy Kremenak, Raylene (Jensen) Fisher, Dr. Nicholas Kubik, Karen (McDevitt) Kucera, Michael Kucera, James Kupka, Diane Kvidera, *Susan (Dinsdale) L’Allier, Darrell Leland, Arietta (Catron) Lindeman, Audrey (Tomlinson) Macri, Marilyn (Mauderer) Manson, *John Mason, *Mark Mason, Richard McDaniel, Maurice McWhirter, *Vicki (Hanus) Mitchell, Arlene (Wigant) Moore, *Kelly Morrison, *Patricia Norman, *Mary (Schrier) Otting, *Jim Owens, Daniel Parizek, Daniel Paul, Don Payne, Penny (Kahler) Peters, Pat Pinkston, Michelle (Kvidera) Record, Diane (Russell) Riddle, Janet Schoenfelder, Pete Sell, Sue (Krezek) Sherman, *Nick Sienknecht, Kendall Staker, Marlene Steffeny, Murray Stevenson, *Patty (Boldt) Suess, Veronica (Draper) Tudor, *David Weber, Gene Whannel, *Carol (Bonewitz) Whitmore, Dr. Lowell Wightman, Dennis Wilson, and Gordana Sokal (Exchange Student).

Deceased: Thomas Axon, David Beenken, Dennis Boerm, Bruce Buffington, Curtis Glenn, Gerald Harmsen, Brian Himschoot, Donald Hutson, William Jenkins, Donald Parizek, Robert Sebetka, Jim Shroyer, and Dan Young.

Class of 1978

David Axler, Rusty Axon, Margaret Babinat, Tracy Bandfield, Michael Barfels, *Ellen Berner, Mary Buresh, *Mary (Beenken) Coffin, *Julie (Peterson) Conrad, *James Crawford, Kari (Larson) Currens, *Lorie Davis, *Sandra (Polhman) Dengler, *Nancy (Hatton) Dostal, *Loren Dostal, Jeffery Drinovsky, Laura (Fischer) Ernst, Daniel Ewoldt, *Timothy Fowler, *Rodney Franklin, *Steven Fuller, *Sondra (Cranke) Jay-Grote, *Janice (Kucera) Halupnick, *Jack Halupnick, *Paul Hanus, *Nancy Harmsen, Janice Himschoot, Robert Hoeg, Judy (Sienknecht) Hupfeld, *David Ingle, Michael Jantzen, *Janet (Nessler) Johnson, Kendal Johnson, Kevin Johnson, *Robert Karr, *Cindy (Herink) Konrardy, Edward Krezek, Jo Ellen (Cizek) Kubik, Ray Kubik, *Lynne (Kubik) Kuldell, Diane Nachazel, Lori (Stavely) Nolan, Sheri Ohrt, *Peter Opperman, *Jeffrey Pearce, Craig Pecenka, Maureen (McKenna) Phiffer, *Michael Pinkston, *Brenda (Greiner) Raimondi, Peter Roan, *Ronald Schlichting, Kimberly (Visser) Schultz, *Joel Seda, *Steven Seda, Donald Speirs, Ronald Speirs, *Tony Stansbery, Connie (Svoboda) Tielebein, *Jed Vorba, *Eileen (Petersen) Weber, *Daniel Weber, Kristana Weiler, *Lyla (Mechtel) Whannel, and Guillermo Gonzalez (Willy – Exchange Student).

Deceased: Francis Hayek, Douglas Kalvig, John Krutzfeldt, Daniel Morrison, Bobby Novotny, and Mitch Parizek.

North Tama Class of 1983

Dee Ann (Wrage) Applegate, Robin (Robinson) Babinat, *Allyson (Earley) Bailey, *Galen Beenken, Susan (Roan) Brooks, Steve Burrell, Julie (Chizek) Green, Troy DeVries, *Dee Dinsdale, *Veronica (Glenn) Dunbar, *Joyce (Nicholaisen) Friederich, Julie (Ohrt) Goldner, *Doug Greiner, Melody (Donald) Griggs, Marcia (Wilimek) Harrison, Sandra (Jensen) Hodges, *Bryan Hoeg, *Darsi (Karr) Huddleson, *Teri (Weida) Jones, Ted Jubeck, Scott Knoop, *Todd Kopriva, , LaVonne Kriz, *Peter Kvidera, Anne (Merkel) Lang, Lee Ludden, *Tim Mason, Mike Meggers, *Michael Nation, *Stewart Pokorny, *James Ruzicka, *Tina (Detje) Schlichting, *David Stuart, Scott Svoboda, Brian Svoboda, Tami (Tyler) Sweerin, Tim Tyler, Timothy Visser, Larry Watts, Shawn Weaver, *Scott Weber, *Ken Weida, *Shari (Dinsdale) Williams, Tom Williams, and Cheryl (Pecenka) Woodley.

Deceased: Mary Babinat, Cletus Lewis, and Leann (Pearson) Watts.

North Tama Class of 1998

Pat Ambrose, Anne (Kaye) Aubrey, *Megan (Caloud) Bertram, *Jason Boldt, Allisen (Angel) Boone, Matthew Degner, Valerie Dinsdale, *Cory Dostal, Steven Dudzinski, *Jay Dvorak, Heather (Wagner) Ehrig, Tiffany (Kunch) Fischer, Robert Forbes, Luke Foster, Jacob Glenn, Brook (Arp) Hacker, Jolynn (Herink) Harger, *Benjamin Hassman, Russell Hegarty, *Willis Hennings, Keri Kopriva, Brandon Kucera, JD Kucera, *Thomas Larson, *Roxann (McKinley) Lazenby, Thomas Ledvina, *Leslie (Sager) McClintock, Ryan McKinney, *Jeremy Monat, Ann (O’Clair) Erickson, Matthew Rausch, , Ryan Sealock, Spencer Sell, *Trusha (Zimple) Shimp, Thomas Sivertsen, Garry Staker, *Christina (Steinmetz) Toulouse, Joshua Vogel, Charles Weber, Jay Whannel, *Jane (McDermott) Wheeler, Kristal (Dotson) Wolfe, Timothy Yuska, and Tiffany (Killian) Zey.

Deceased: Ryan Cooper and Bradley Mauderer.