25th Reunion 1937 Class
1937 Senior Class
Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan

 

 

      The Traverse City High School Class of 1937 held their reunion at the Traverse City Golf and Country Club, Traverse City, Michigan on 11 Aug 1962. Harry Hibbard's Riverboat Seven was the band of the evening.

Class Officers:
Francis Sanborn, Pres;
Catherine Robertson, Vice-Pres;
William Martinek,Treasurer;
Pat Curtis, Secretary

Class Flower: Pine Bough
Colors: Silver & Green

Reunion Committee: William Martinek, Richard Wolgast, Jean Winnie Ball, Nellie Gilmore Archer, Howard Bartling, Doris Forton Puvis, Darwin Eldre, Iva Kevwitch Bates, Jean Anderson, Corinne LaFranier Kiker, Robert Nash, Peter Batsakis, Florence Bohn Lantz, Robert Nelson, Leon Crandall, Dorothy Dyke, Ralph Quick, Otto Hampel, Ted Slaby.

Evening Program
Hospitality and Get-Acquainted Hour 6:00-7:00p.m.
  Invocation Betty Wysong Hoornstra
Dinner  7:00
Toastmaster Richard Wolgast
Welcome Francis Sanborn
Roll call of Class Members Catherine Robertson Drake
Awards Howard Bartling
Dancing 9:00 - 1:00pm
Band Harry Hibbard's Riverboat 7

 

Memoriam
  Catherine Bauer Leonard Lyon
Dale M. Fisher Ralph Wynkoop
Harold Egler

And ever near us, though unseen
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe
Is Life. - There is no dead.

 

 Marriages that occured in Grand Traverse County are listed below

1937 Graduation Class Attending the 25th Runion
This shows status in 1962 or from a previous date
  Student Name Spouse Marriage Date Residence
Rhea C. Aldrich Albert L. Snyder 12 Oct 1940 Maryland
Charles N. Allers married no name Traverse City, MI
Edythe D. Anderson Thomas Thorpe 10 Sep 1939 Livonia, MI
Janet E. Anderson John L. Martin 23 Nov 1946 Industry, PA
Fay Jeanne Anderson - - Traverse City, MI
John Edwin Ashton Marian - 15 Dec 1939 not given
Bette A. Babcock Jack F. Fahreholz 1 Mar 1945 Minneapolis, MN
Barbara Bachant Gordon Lyman 27 Sep 1941 Hillside, IL
Howard A. Bartling Elizabeth Pratt 21 Jan 1950 Traverse City, MI
Peter Batsakis Frances - 12 Jan 1947 Traverse City, MI
Catherine M. Bauer deceased - -
William Paul Bean Catherine 1938 Dearborn, MI
Julius J. Berkowitz Ruth 25 Nov 1950 Oak Park, MI
Eleanor Louise Bernges R. K. Bacon 14 Jun 1942 Grand Rapids, MI
Theodosia Bochniak Franklin Sleder 14 Nov 1940 Traverse City, MI
Florence M. Bohn Walter Lanzt 21 Nov 1941 Traverse City, MI
Ruth Bracebridge Angus Tregidge Oct 1915 Silver Spring, MD
Beverly Bracken Robert Straub 11 Feb 1943 Ann Arbor, MI
Janellen Bracken Max S. Schrader 12 Oct 1942 Cadillac, MI
Norene C. Brakel Myles Murphey 3 Mar 1944 Traverse City, MI
Geraldine E. Brumm James J. McNames 22 June 1940 Westchester, IL
Henry Frank Bugai Mary - 10 Sept 1949 Traverse City, MI
Richard S. Buller Florence - 3 Feb 1942 Dearborn, MI
James L. Burdette Jean - 16yrs Kalamazoo, MI
Dealton Burrows Josephine 3 Dec 1940 Chula Vista, CA
Harry Bushell nothing listed at all - -
Pat Carver Curtis  Edward Gangel 1943 Manhatten Beach, CA
Vivian Curtis R. J. Norris 4 June 1938 Traverse City, MI
Helen Janet Dobson Joseph Trnka, Jr 1 Jul 1939 Traverse City, MI
M. Maxine Doty Clayton W. Hall 4 Aug 1939 Belding, MI
Nellie I. Earl LeRoy H. Hult 1949 Detroit 23, MI
Harold Egler deceased - -
Darwin J. Elder Mary 3 Nov 1941

Traverse City, MI
Janie M. Ellis James Camfield 10 Aug 1950 Traverse City, MI
Connie Pat Filip Wm. Klassen 2 Feb 1943 Traverse City, MI
Barbara Jane Fisher Ralph D. Mahon Jr. 19 Dec 1942 Dallas 18, TX
Dale M. Fisher Deceased - -
Lorraine M. Fisher Richard Schall 7 Sep 1940 Cedar, MI
Doris I. Forton Frank Purvis 10 May 1941 Traverse City, MI
Betty E. Fouch Charles J. Crawford 27 June 1941 Big Rapids, MI
Edward M. Fouch Betty - 6 Mar 1943 Saginaw, MI
Harry Dennis Fox Benine - 9 June 1940 Traverse City, MI
Theo Belle Francisco Charles Fuller 14 May 1938 Traverse City, MI
Robert Louis Franke Rachel - 1 Sep 1942 Traverse City, MI
Earl Garland ? ? ? Chicago, IL
Ruth Mary Garn Single - Traverse City, MI
Nellie L. Gilmore Verlo L. Archer 10 Jun 1943 Traverse City, MI
Ferris N. Glass Carmel - 29 Jan 1944 Traverse City, MI
Alden G Glauch Rhea - 11 Oct 1940 Alexandria, VA
Dorothea Gordes Jay Spaulding 1938 Traverse City, MI
Virginia Lucille Gray Robert L. Lardie 16 Mar 1940 Traverse City, MI
Virginia L. Groesser E. Stanley Bright 19 Jun 1938 Traverse City, MI
Otto Hampel Dorothy 26 Dec 1944 Traverse City, MI
Clarence R. Hasselbring - - Owosso, MI
William Heater Jeanette - Santa Maria, CA
Evelyn Ruth Hedlund Wm. Stables 12 Sep 1942 Moreland, IN
Donald G. Heimforth Jacqueline 25 Feb 1949 Traverse City, MI
Robert A. Helferich - - Highland, CA
Faye A. Hilbert Rex Hawkins 8 June 1941 Royal Oak, MI
Alfred M. Hockett Pearl - 27 Nov 1943 Traverse City, MI
Marie A. Hoxie Robert Ludka 27 Apr 1939 Traverse City, MI
Evelyn Rose Jacobs - Lincoln - Mission, KS
Barbara Johson Gerald Hallberg 30 Jan 1943 Midland, MI
Janet Johnson John Nethercott 30 May 1941 Winter Haven, FL
Dorothy Kalahar Robert Dyke 9 Feb 1941 Traverse City, MI
Betty Lou Kauer James J. Sanborn 9 Feb 1946 Traverse City, MI
Iva B. Kevwitch Gerald G. Bates 21 Sept 1946 Traverse City, MI
Hazel M. Kilpatrick - Wyatt* 20 Nov 1941 Traverse City, MI
Viola E. Kingscott James B. Hayslett 29 Jan 1944 -
Allan W. Kinney Jean - 12 Sep 1942 Jackson, MI
Carl Kinney June - 15 Jun 1946 DeWitt, MI
Hobart Charles Knapp Cleora - 1952 El Cerrito, CA
Sophie Krakowski spouse, deaceased 16 Oct 1947 Miami 1, FL
Vernon Kroupa Janet - 21 Jun 1941 Traverse City, MI
Corrine La Franier Wm. H. Kiker 26 Aug 1951 Traverse City, MI
Edith Laidlaw single - Traverse City, MI
Howard L. Lautner Juanita - 20 June 1946 Cedar, MI
Jack Law Jacqueline - 27 Oct 1945 Royal Oak, MI
Maxine Elaine Lucas Forrest Livasy 26 Jan 1946 Traverse City, MI
Eliene W. Lyon Arthur Rouse 29 Apr 1938 Boyne City, MI
Leonard Lyon deceased - -
Ila Mae Morris Wm. G. King 14 Jun 1941 Traverse City, MI
Robert Nash Eve Griffen 19 Oct 1940 Traverse City, MI
Robert Nelson Eileen - 12 Nov 1941 Traverse City, MI
Ruth Nelson nothing listed - -
A. Thomas Nelson Mary Ellen - 20 May 1950 Pontiac, MI
Jack M. Nemrava - - Bay City, MI
Ruth Nethercott H. Lackey 2 Jun 1946 Roanoke, VA
Betty J. Quakenbush Lyle Paige 2 Nov 1946 Ann Arbor, MI
Ralph C. Quick Irene Nelson 13 Oct 1942 Traverse City, MI
Elaine M. Ray Ray Boyd 14 Jun 1942 Williamsburg, MI
Hazell M. Riley Vero Swanson 18 Aug 1940 Traverse City, MI
Catherine J. Robertson Phyl Drake 3 Jan 1942 Alice, TX
George Robert Round Maybell Dutton 17 Jun 1939 Traverse City, MI
Russell Earl Rowe - 22 Aug 1938 Traverse City, MI
Francis Reo Sanborn Jean Mary Saunders 28 Jul 1945 New Iberia, LA
Janet Sargent Robert W. Steere 13 Oct 1945 Birmingham, MI
Donald Scamehorn Elizabeth Tarchinski 22 Aug 1938 Traverse City, MI
Ione Scheidel Nick Reechko 30 Oct 1942 Alpena, MI
Maxine E. Schwab Clarence D. Perszyk Oct 1942 Tacoma, WA
Mildred Schwind Wayne Evans 4 Jun 1943 Traverse City, MI
P. Kenneth Secore E. Arlene Rogers Spring 1941 Grand Blanc, MI
Clement J. Skeba Doroty Peplinski 29 May 1941 Muskegon, MI
Ted Slaby Myrtle - 30 Jun 1951 Royal Oak, MI
Thomas A. Sleder Blanche - 2 Apr 1944 Traverse City, MI
Geraldine M. Smith George H. Keenan 28 Dec 1946 Lansing, MI
Phyllis Smith Delbert T. Smith 11 May 1940 Traverse City, MI
Robert S. Spears Svea E. Nylund 9 Jan 1943 Fenton, MI
Ray W. Stephan Blanch Zawrotny 20 Nov 1948 East Detroit, MI
Gwendolyn M. Stowe Arnold Smith 8 Jan 1938 Birmingham, MI
Ben Taylor Amy Jane Hoyt 10 May 1942 Suttons Bay, MI
Bill Throop Virginia - 28 June 1947 Traverse City, MI
Don Tobey - - Livonia, MI
Genevieve G. Walter Walter K. Fudge 25 Jul 1943 Traverse City, MI
Douglas M. Wealch nothing listed - -
Gordan Wealch - - Carey, IL
Mary Wells W. Stanley Hildreth 5 Oct 1945 Ukiah, CA
Helen Whitlock nothing listed - -
Mark K. Williams - - Glendale, AZ
Jeanne Winnie Vincent Ball 28 Feb 1942 Traverse City, MI
Mariam Onalee Wise Steve Navachic 1 May 1948 Detroit, MI (temp add)
Richard H. Wolgast Nellie I. - 18 Mar 1941 Traverse City, MI
Elisabeth [Betty] Wysong Paul Hoornstra 24 Dec 1939 Madison, WI
Ralph E. Wynkoop deceased - -

 

Notations of Deaths by owner of book
after the reunion in 1962.  But not up to date
 
Dalton Burrows
Darwin J. Elder
Robert Nelson
Gwendolyn M. Stowe
Mary Wells
Richard H. Wolgast
 

 

Marriages found in Grand Traverse County. If a name is not listed here the student didn't marry in this county: There is no guarantee the person in this list is the person that graduated. One needs to peruse the records for proof.
Charles N. Allers m. Kathleen D Uteg 1947
Charles N. Allers m. Victoria Porter 1959
John E. Ashton m. Marion L. Kelsey 1939
Barbara E. Bachant m. Gordon I. Lyman 1945
Howard A. Bartling m. Elizabeth A. Pratt 1950
Howard A. Bartling m. Jacqueline Anderson 1971
Peter J. Batsakis m. Patty L. Luhrs 1976 (unknown if same Peter)
Franklin Sleder m. Theodosia Bochniak 1940
Florence M. Bohn m. Walter T. Lantz 1941
Beverly Bracken m. Robert A. Straub 1943
Henry F. Bugai m. Mary Couturier 1949
James L. Burdette m. Noel Mort 1941
Harry F Bushell m. Margie R. Edgell 1938
Harry Bushell m. Dolores Ridgeway 1946
Vivian Curtiss m. William J. Norris 1938
Helen Dobson m. Joseph Trnka 1939
Darwin Elder m. Mary Walker 1940
Jane M. Ellis m. James G. Camfield 1950
Lorraine Fisher m. Richard Schall 1940
Doris Forton m. Frank Purvis 1941
Betty Fouch m. Charles Crawford 1941
Harry Fox m. Benine Wellman 1940
Theo B. Francisco m. Ronald Hoch 1938
Rober L. Franke m. Rachel Meyers 1941
Alden G. Glauch m. Rhea E. Forton 1940
Virginia L. Groesser m. Stanley E. Bright 1938
William Heater m. Cornelia J. Minsker 1940
Evelyn R. Hedlund m. William A. Stables 1942
Donald Heimforth m. Jacqueline Thompson 1949
Alfred M. Hockett m. Pearl J. Orien 1943
Marie Hoxie m. Robert J. Ludka 1939
Evelyn Jacobs m. Clarence Lincoln 1939
Barbara Johnson m. Gerald C. Hallberg 1942
Janet Johnson m. John S. Nethercott 1941
Betty L. Kauer m. James J. Sanborn 1946
Iva Kevwitch m. Gerald Bates 1946
Hazel B. Kilpatrick married an Alonzo Green 1944
Carl D. Kinney m. June E. Smart 1946
Vernon Kroupa m. Janet I. Richards 1941
Wm G. King m. Ila Morris 1941
Robert H. Nelson m. Eileen Johnson 1940
Betty J. Quackenbush m. Perry Norris 1938
Eleaine Ray m. Ray R. Boyd 1942
Catherine Robertson m. Phyl Drake 1942
George R. Round m. Maybelle Dutton 1939
Russell Rowe m. Veronica Spencer 1938
Russell E. Rowe m. Norma M. Jones 1965
Francis Sanborn m. Jean Saunders 1942
Donald Scamehorn m. Elizabeth H. Tarchinski 1938
Ione Scheidel m. Nick Reechko 1942
Mildred E. Schwind m. Wayne Evans 1943
Thomas A. Sleder m. K. B. Johnson 1944
Phyllis Smith m. Delbert C. Smith 1940
Robert S. Spears m. Svea E. Nylund 1943
Ben Taylor m. Amy J. Hoyt 1942
Douglas M. Wealch m. Geraldine H. Martin 1954
Gordon L. Wealch m. Juanita E. Eviliszor 1945
Mary F. Wells m. Harry F. Fuller 1944
Mary F. Wells m. William S. Hildreth 1945
Jeannie K. Winnie m. Vincent Ball 1942
Richard Wolgast m. Nellie I. Collier 1942
Elizabeth J. Wysong m. Stuart U. Bonner 1954

 

 

 

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