Seattle - Cleveland High Class of 61 Reunion

Cleveland High School of Seattle, Class of 1961 Reunion

Organization News

We are now in the count down to our 50th reunion.

The 45th reunion was held Saturday, September 30, 2006 at the Rainier Golf & Country Club.

Finding lost classmates and communicating with all classmates is important as we look forward to our 50th reunion.

Attendees at the 45th reunion planning meetings included: Janette (Costanzo) Dunn, Jean Whitcomb, Mike Crosby, Ida (Steele) Graham, Linda (Garbini) Manning, Pam (Cherry) Hillman, Robin (Miller) Jacobson, Sandy (Pokrwinski) Wiebe, Jim & Jolene Landry, Dale Johnson,Chuck Winston, Ron Adamsen, Carol (Roberts) Williamson and Harriet & Dick Korpela.

Facilities Committee Chair: Janette (Costanzo) Dunn
Entertainment Committee Chair: Mike Crosby
Decorations Committee Chairs: Pam (Cherry) Hillman, Robin (Miller) Jacobson, Sandy (Pokrwinski) Wiebe.
Publicity Committee Chairs: Jean Whitcomb, Linda (Garbini) Manning.
Golf Committee Chair: Ron Adamsen

Golf: Those interested in an annual golf outing should contact Ron at 206/909-2146 or by email at the following:

Please send us your email addresses to help us minimize our mailing costs. If any class members have e-mail addresses they would like posted to this page, please notify me.

The unaudited preliminary financial statement of the '61 class reunion held September 30, 2006 is as follows:

Attendees: 98 at $50 each

Allan Whitcomb complimentary for photography; one couple attended, but paid for one attendee.

Rainier Golf & Country Club

Linda Garbini Manning for Seattle Times ad

Linda Garbini Manning for postage

Robin Miller Jacobson for table flowers and decorations

Sandra Pokrwinski Wiebe for printer cartridge

Gift for Linda Haney Gatlin for musical interlude

Surplus (subject to late arriving bills) to be added to starter fund for 50th reunion

Surplus from 40th Reunion

Balance forwarded from Bank of America class reunion account prior to dormancy

50th reunion starter fund subject to review and 45th reunion late bills

Our 40th reunion group photo.

Our 35th reunion group photo before many arrivals.

Thanks to all those who responded with help in finding our missing classmates and with other comments. We want to keep our class database as up to date and complete as possible.

In memory: Anita Allen, Donna Mae Amidon Fisher, Stephen C. Burnell, Ronny E. Cade, John Lee Catania, Tom Colello, Kenny W. Cox, John O. D'Aprile, Robert H. Davis III, Sherdan Eugene Davis, Al Desimone, Jerry Deutsch, Mary A. Emler Carslay, Paul D. Garner, Darreld Joseph Gudmundson, David Haney, Susan Cheryl Hartman Hines, Aldora Marie Hatch, Charles A. Heckman, Jr., Ron Hess, Gary Ernest Hoglund, Dale Horton, Jeffrey D. Ida, James A. Kallas, Barbara Ellen Kincaid Misenar, Ericka Last, Vince Mandarano, Dewey Matthews, Richard K. Matsuoka, John Fraser McEwan, William Louis Munday, Harold A. Peterson Jr., Barbara Jean Reichle Everett, Jerry Rents, Carol Vancene Roberts Williamson, Barbara M. Rosten Elliston, Alfred LaVern Rucks, Mikal James Ruffcorn, Virgil Lee Severe Jr., Dale L. Sewell, Robert James Smith, Robert S. Weisberg, Charles H. Winston.

Lost classmates without a good address in the database include:
Beth Abrahamson LaDue, John Carson, Sanfred Christensen, Joan DePasquale, Nancy Coleman Dobson, Joyce Hall Sanderson, Vicki Hamilton LeCroy, Gary Higashi, Trudy Higashi, Sandra Higginbothom Williams, Betty Kautzman Farstad, Ted Keyes, Roy Kobuki, Quong Lee, Janice McCarthey Sanderson, Russell Nelson, Dana Peters Paxton, Betty Rude Jendro, Mike Showers, Barbara Swenson, Gary Taylor, Art Taylor Gibson, Ray Westover, Janet White Genther, Judy Andersen, Marilyn Barene, Marilyn Dennison, James Durfee, Rita Gannon Seltveit, Jim Grant, Chuck Haechler, Barbara Haller, Ida Hawkins, Gary Haywood, Lester James, Lillian Johnson, Mike Johnson, Mary Landry, Max Mann, Esther Mantero Golla, Linda Mayeda, Tom Nielsen, David Null, David Peretti, Charlaine Premel, John Roney, Ron Schlant, Edwin Skeie, Ken Swanson, Alice Welsh, Marcia Blutcher Hope, Bonita Carmignani Heck, Jean Chambliss Brady, Florence Downey, Karen Gowdy Nelson, Ken Holmes, Michael Kinomoto, Donna Neiffer Larson, Robin Rice LaVille, Betty Rude Jenro, Jim Williams, Susan Shaw, Nancy Warner Smitham, John Stark, Dean Barrett, Pete DePoe, Larry Kupferer, Michele Murphy Woodward, Jerry Phelps Gould, Charlene Roberts Ahl, Richard Zipp.

Questions or comments? Get in touch with us at:

Additional contacts are :

Janette Costanzo Dunn, garyjandunn@msn.com, 425/788-3528 and
Jean Whitcomb, jeanwhitcomb27@msn.com, 206/824-2786.