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Kristine Dilcher

FAMILY: Kris's father, Harley E. Dilcher was an officer in the Coast Guard, so the family moved often.

In the 1950 Census, they are shown living in Long Beach. Her older brother, Thornton (Tam 1966), was born in California in 1948, Kris was born in New York in 1949.

On March 6, 1952, Evelyn Dilcher, 27, Thornton, 3, and daughters Kristine, 2, and Diane, 4 mo., sailed from San Francisco on the USNS Sgt Charles E. Mower, arriving in Honolulu on March 11. Their residence is shown as Oakfield NY. T. was born in Oakland, Kris and Diane were born in Batavia NY.

While in school, Kris's family lived in Tamalpais Valley.

Her father retired from the Coast Guard as a Commander in 1967; he died in 1993. Her mother, Marilyn Edith Thornton Dilcher, died in 2003.

Diane Dilcher Manjunath (Tam 1969) married Prasad Manjunath in 1975. They had a company in Petaluma, Nandi Imports, in 1980. They still lived there in 1998-2002.

DRAFT BIO: Kris was named top seventh grade student for Fall 1962 at Edna Maguire Junior High, with straight A's.

On May 11, 1963, Kris performed with the Edna Maguire Girls' Drill Team at the Alto School PTA Country Fair. Oher members who went on to the Tam High Class of 1967 included Marilyn Jones, Carolyn Wolf, Chris C. Craik, Kris Dilcher, Linda Cook, Sue Maraccini, Sandy Mole, Pat Mason; future Class of 1968 members included Evelyn T. Murfin, Heidi Hamilton, Mary Jane Stone, Pamela Pascual, Lanita D. Williams, Laurie B. Berryman, Bethan Santos, Linda G. Watson, Denise C. Dawe, and Kristi Bitgood. There's a story with a photo of the Drill Team in the Independent Journal of Thursday, May 9, 1963, at the photo link.

At Tam from 1963 to 1967, Kris was a member of the upper division girls' service club, Pi Alpha Tau, with classmates Terrie Harris, Wendy Jacobs, Susan Maraccini, Charlotte Millis and Sheryl Norush, a member of CSF, an officer of the Honor-T Society, a member of the German Club, and a reporter for The Tam News. During the summer of 1966, she studied German in Salzbug with a large group led by Mrs. Zayakov, including Tom Adams, Chris Basset, Marilyn Jones, Charles Kahler, Jeff Lewis, Hilary King, Susan Spencer, and Diane Zimmerman. During her Senior year, she was one of our five National Merit semi-finalists, Spring Student Body Vice-President, Salutatorian of the Class of 1967, and received three other awards at Senior Awards Night.

As a college freshman, Kris briefly attended Mount Holyoke College, one of the Seven Sisters. She returned home to attend classes at UC Berkeley.

She has lived in Sonoma County near the Russian River for the last 40 years.

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