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| Dan Brown 1945 - 2013 |
LaFawn Lewis Kleinsasser's mother, Euneva "Lucy" Frey, recently passed away in Grand Junction, CO at the age of 92. She is survived by three children, LaFawn, Minnie and Dick; 4 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and 5 great-great granchildren.
Vernon Luderman recently underwent shoulder surgery and is recovering nicely. Vern and Edna have spent countless hours working on our 50th reunion and their guidance and input is invaluable. We wish him a speedy recovery and a return to the "links" soon.
REGISTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES
It would be very helpful to the planning committee if you would return your registration form as soon as possible. Your yes/no response is needed to determine attendance numbers which have to be provided to the venues hosting the activities. Your payment can be delayed until August 15.
Biographies are coming in at a trickle. The reunion booklet has been a lasting memento of our reunions and provides a wonderful story of classmates lives post graduation. Your bio can consist of whatever you are comfortable providing. We encourage you to share your life experiences - be it the long or short version.
BIOGRAPHIES
Margie (Kamperschroer) Michelotti
I graduated from Carroll College in 1967 in Medical Technology, and worked in medicine for 33 years at St. James Hospital in Butte. Jim Michelotti and I married in 1966 and raised four boys together. We have 13 grandchildren, and see all of them often. They all live within 60 miles of us.
Jim and I have done quite a bit of traveling since we retired. Our son, Jason, lives in Munich, Germany so we have enjoyed several trips to Europe. We also golf in the summer and ski in the winter.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion. Thanks so much to the reunion committee for all of the work they have done.
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| Margie (Kamperschroer) & Jim Michelotti & family |
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| Margie (Kamperschroer) Michelotti & family |
JoAnn (Schwarz) & Jerry Driscoll
After many years of keeping our noses to the grindstone, Jerry and I have begun reaping the fruits of our labors. We have become rich beyond our dreams.
We have attended most of the major league baseball games we wished to. And have had court side seats at our favorite basketball games and tennis matches. We have also branched out into the arts. We've attended many symphonies, musicals and plays.
We've seen such wonderful places as well; Morocco, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Mexico and Disneyland.
We enjoy entertaining as well, and love when we have overnight guests. There's nothing quite like sittting outside on a warm summer night and watching the sunset on Big Sky Country.
Perhaps there needs to be a bit of clarification now. Our baseball and basketball star is grandson, Andrew; tennis player, granddaughter, Megan; symphony viola player, granddaughter Paige; musical singers Andrew and Paige; and nominee for actor of the year at Billings Studio Theater is Joseph for the sterling role of Toto in The Wizard of Oz.
Our two oldest granddaughters are both graduating this year. Paige will go to MSU and Megan will be going to U of M. We have added two new grandbabies, Aleida Ann and Anderson "Wolfe" James, 3 and 1 years of age.
Thanks to our children's wordly travels and Snapfish, we have seen all the fabulous places in the above mentioned. We are blessed to have our children come home to be with Mom and Dad several times a year.
Jerry still dabbles as a lobbyist and part-time farmer and I continue to be Mom, Grandma and Sis. I have taken to bicycle riding after 52 years of not being on one. It's either an epiphany or senility.
Mike Gullard
I was just reading what I wrote for the 2008 reunion and it struck me what a small percentage of my life has occured in the past five years. I am doing pretty much what I was doing then though I do feel a greater appreciation for life and for enjoying it. The "some-day" may not happen so I had better do it today.
I had a scary heart operation two years ago and, though I would not choose to do it again, it gave me a greater appreciation of sunny, warm days and the people around me.
My sons are finally out of college and living happily on the East Coast. Erik is in Boston and Ben is in New York City. We manage to get together three or four times a year and Pam and I have been renting a cabin at Lake George in upstate New York for a couple of weeks each summer. That tends to be our family vacation.
Pam continues to write as well as teach writing and literature at a local college. I need to schedule our playtime around her work schedule.
I still sit on the board of four technology companies but that is fewer than the past so I have more free time. I play tennis a lot, golf a little and have discovered the joy of cooking. (It is a lot more fun when you don't have to cook everyday and it's not necessarily in your job description).
We both love what we are doing and don't plan to completely retire any time soon.
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| Mike & Pam Gullard & sons |
Paul Magers Scholarship Fund
Thanks to your generosity, we have received $900 in donations to the Paul Magers Scholarship Fund in memory of our deceased classmates. The Billings Catholic Schools Foundation is deeply appreciative of these donations, which will be used for tuition assistance for deserving students. Donations are tax-deductible.
