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Maine Township, IL  USA
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Group photo at our 55th Reunion Banquet on September 26, 2015. Row 1 (front): Jim McNeil, Barb Schmidt, Judy Winters Kotzamanis, Marge Rohrer McAllister, Lynn Lewis Glaser, Barbara Frana Nix, Kaaren Holz Nichols, Sandra Tistle Kotlaba, Pam Fox, Pam Porter Duthie. Row 2: Carol Swanson Olsen, Jerry Romes, Karen Acton Truettner, Carol Wooten Kaczanowski, Bonnie Block Prims, Linda Helmick Clark, Sylvia Wright Kete, Gail Erickson Peterson, Lucille Krejci, Marianne Yonus Olson, Nancy Demorest Pujol, Joann Koy Butler, Sharon O’Brien Hoffman, Mellanie Willet Fowler, Carolyn Mustradi Nemeth, Judy Retzer High, Peggy Lambert Seeley, Penny Dean Carduff, Marshall Seese. Row 3: Earl Gebel, Ginny Breit Wood, Christine Nordgren Pfeiffer, Sherry Unger Lane, Trudy Johnson Sheek, Rick Arendt, Karen Zachia Vosmik, Bob Schuwerk, Darle Eichler Tilley, Todd Kantowowicz, Arlene Carlson Messick, Linda Raether Darlington, Rosemary Cleary Tourville, Don Baeuchler. Row 4: Dick Smith, Anita Wikstrom Hansen, Kathy Accola Coomer, Fred Johnson, Judy Plain Robins, Stu Schack, Mark Day, John Hash, Bill Walger, Steve Fox, Bob Kunkel, Bill Russell. Row 5: Barry Rietz, Bob Smith, James McGovern, Peter Paulson, Don Klemt, Alan Bragg, Bob Nemeth, Dick Pickup, Bill Spryison, Dan Nehlsen. Row 6: Joe Sciarra, Jim Coomer, John Masoncup, Eric Brookens, Pete Benda, Jerry Mason, Paul Traficanti Conti, Frank Kuper.

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3/25/2024
MW Classmate Bob Skaleski has published a book
In "Stories from Charleston Street" Bob Skaleski takes you along his Chicago childhood through the days of baseball, human rights, religion, and relationships with friends and family. Bob's . . .  Continued

3/15/2024
MW classmate Molly Fahnstock Trester left us last summer
Molly Fahnestock Trester passed away peacefully on August 3, 2023 after a short battle with lung cancer. Up until the end, Molly maintained her fun-loving attitude, grace, compassion, and lo . . .  Continued

2/28/2024
Nice bio for our ME classmate Paul Christman from his Amazon page
Paul (aka P. J.) Christman is the author of: The Purple Runner (see both Paul Christman and P. J. Christman); The Madwoman of El Malpais; Skins of Lightning; Nothing More, Nothing Less; Sant . . .  Continued

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  Pickwick Theater to be closed down in Jan, 20 Darle Eichler Tilly

  The article in the Tribune indicates a l

Fri 12/16/2022 9:28 AM

  Des Plaines Theater set for grand reopening ! Todd Kantorowicz

  Oct 31 is the date for the Des Plaines T

Thu 10/21/2021 2:49 PM

  Nostalgia for the people of our era Bonnie Brownsey Speer

  1.    You are the smallest group of chil

Fri 10/1/2021 3:41 PM

  Chance to see some of the "Maine Flye Barry Rietz

  "The Maine Flyer", a C-54 airplane built

Wed 9/8/2021 7:43 AM

  Des Plaines Theater nears completiion Todd Kantorowicz

  The $6 million renovation is nearly done

Mon 6/21/2021 7:13 AM

  Message John Kurtz

  Hello, here is the link, that many have

Thu 5/27/2021 7:30 PM

  Reunion transportation options Barry Rietz

  My offer to assist with transportation f

Wed 5/26/2021 5:05 PM

  John Kurtz article Judy Plain Robins

  Chicago Life Magazine spring edition 202

Wed 4/14/2021 2:53 PM

  Video of a Bloody night in Chi-town, Aug 9, 2 Carol Swanson Olson

  We've heard a lot about the violence goi

Wed 8/19/2020 1:00 PM

  Classmate shuttle service to reunion Marla Eyer Ebeling

  Marla and Nancy Demorest Pujol will be c

Tue 7/28/2020 1:25 PM

  Cute story about reunions for our age group Barry Rietz

  60th High School Reunion He was a widowe

Sun 6/7/2020 11:42 AM

  Nostalgia Pete Benda

  Got this from a friend and need to share

Sat 5/30/2020 1:49 PM

  Lost words from our childhood in the 50s Leon Noe

  Mergatroyd! Do you remember that word?

Sat 5/30/2020 1:46 PM

  Interview with God Carol Swanson Olson

  A good reminder for any time but especia

Fri 5/22/2020 11:05 AM

  How lives have changed this month . . . and g Pete Benda

  As the pandemic plays through, it is giv

Sun 3/29/2020 3:46 PM

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Mary Plimpton Blair


Began doing development work for higher education institutions in 1985 when I went to work for Johns Hopkins Medicine. In 1995 I moved to the central administration of Johns Hopkins. In 2000 I moved to London to become Director of Development and Alumni Relations for the London School of Economics. Successfully completed a £100 million campaign, the first such completion in the UK. Undertook many activities in support of the profession in the UK. Will retire mid-2009 and become a consultant, staying in the UK.

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Help Us Locate These MTHS 1960 Classmates who are still MISSING from our database.

Contact: Reunion Committee

WE HAVE NO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASSMATES. CAN YOU HELP?
  • Janet Bauer, ME
  • Sandra Berg, ME
  • Marlene Bernat, ME
  • JoAnne Beverly, ME
  • Roger Cain, MW
  • Helen E Carom, ME
  • Edith Carrithers, ME
  • Geraldine Carter, MW
  • Nancy Checker, MW
  • Carol Ann Collins, ME
  • Renee J Conte, ME
  • Geraldine Craven, ME
  • James Davis, MW
  • Michele Demilio, ME
  • Denny Detek, MW
  • Barbara Elwell, ME
  • Elizabeth Engel, ME
  • James L Fall, ME
  • Robert Finchum, MW
  • Georgia Fisher, MW
  • Carol A Fitch, ME
  • Gary Fuller, ME
  • Joan C Gates, ME
  • Corrine L General, ME
  • Joanne Gillman Esposito, ME
  • Patricia Greer, ME
  • Audrey Gunther, MW
  • William Halovanic, ME
  • Linda Harris Ford, MW
  • Dorothea Marie Harrisville, ME
  • Nancy L Hildebrand, ME
  • Carolyn Holdmann, MW
  • Jeanne Holland, MW
  • Charlotte N Holman, ME
  • Patricia Huey Dingler, MW
  • Karen E Johnson, ME
  • Suzanne Kester, ME
  • Lynne Klekamp, ME
  • Carol Knuth, MW
  • Bonita Knutson, ME
  • Shirley Koester Bradley, MW
  • Maryann Kopp Carroll, MW
  • Suzanne Koster, ME
  • Karen S Lang, ME
  • John Larsen, ME
  • Richard M Lee, ME
  • Dianne Lehmann, ME
  • Antoinette Leitza, ME
  • Karen Lightner, MW
  • Joyce R Marshall, ME
  • Victoria S McKinley, ME
  • Gary Mehalovich, ME
  • Laurena Miller, ME
  • Jacqueline Milton, MW
  • Elaine M Montgomery, MW
  • Barbara Mower Greene, MW
  • Sharon A Mueller, ME
  • Patricia A Muszanski, ME
  • Ginny Nelson, ME
  • Terry Nelson, ME
  • Janice L Newberger, ME
  • Christine Nichols, MW
  • Robert Nowakowski, MW
  • Janet Olson, MW
  • Bonnie Olszewski, ME
  • Laura K Oppermann, ME
  • Patricia Otto, ME
  • Philip Painter, MW
  • Rosa Perez, MW
  • Jean L Perry, ME
  • Joel C Perth, ME
  • Jacqueline V Peters, ME
  • Marian Peters, ME
  • William Peterson, ME
  • Antoinette Petruso, MW
  • Jean Puhrmann, ME
  • Patricia A Ramlow, ME
  • Alice Rasmussen, MW
  • Carol Reid, ME
  • Lynne J Reid, ME
  • Ronald Ressner, ME
  • George Rippen, MW
  • Barbara A Rose, ME
  • Marianna Ruggero, ME
  • Virginia Sandra Russell, ME
  • Barbara Schomisch, ME
  • Denise Schroeder, ME
  • Ruth Ann Sommer, ME
  • Penny Strand Guthrie, ME
  • David Theriault, MW
  • Karen S Thoms, ME
  • Patricia A Thull, ME
  • Richard VanAuken, ME
  • Susan Vance, MW
  • Jack Wallace, ME
  • Nancy Webb, MW
  • Judith E Werner Tenglin, ME
  • Jo Ann Williams, ME
  • Carolyn Winiecke, MW
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     Death  Janice Fritz Cunningham passed away in Woodstock,
     Posted by: Phyllis Hollenback Vinci

     1/30/2022

     Death  Reporting the death of a classmate: Jean (Behli
     Posted by: Ann Beyer Karoly

     12/11/2019

     Death  Stuart Hale Shakman passed away last month (Sept 2
     Posted by: Willliam Russell

     10/8/2019

     Anniversary  Glenn, Class of '59, and I are on our way home fro
     Posted by: Lynn Lewis Glaser

     12/1/2013

     Death  David Mahlert, husband of Dianne Johnson Mahlert,
     Posted by: Dianne Johnson Mahlert

     8/7/2011

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    While we were still in high school a national publication ranked our school among the top ten public high schools in the U.S. We all knew that we were privileged to be part of a very special group during our years at Maine. We wondered what path our own life would follow after high school - and what good things might be in store for our classmates and friends. We wondered if all of the stuff we were struggling to learn was really important. After high school, paths diverged and occasionally crossed. Communication with classmates was not as good as we hoped it would be. Fifty years later we think back and wonder not only "whatever happened to good old so-and-so," but also, what in general, did our classmates end up doing with their lives?

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