Darlene Knutson McDivitt passed away on December 2nd. Her obituary is available on the Recent Obits page. December 20, 2008:
We learned of the passing of another classmate. Roy L. Cosper passed away on December 16th. His obituary is available on the Recent Obits page. October 22, 2008:
We just learned of the passing of another classmate. Wanda Lee Hinrichsen Jacobson passed away on October 4th in Everett, WA. Her obituary is available on the Recent Obits page. October 6, 2008:
The 55-Year Class Reunion Photo arrived today from Reunions With Class. You may check it out by going to the Reunions page at: http://www.lincolnhighseattle1953.org/reunions.html
October 5, 2008 - From Darrell Bangerter:
This may be a stretch to call class news but I will try to make the connection. I'm sure that there were numerous social gatherings (aka parties) after our high school graduation but I remember one thing about the one I attended: the 45rpm of "Crazy Man, Crazy" by Bill Haley and the Comets played continuously ALL NIGHT LONG!! A few months later I saw them perform in Las Vegas.
We just got back from a week in Branson, Missouri and one of the highlights of our stay was a performance by the Comets. Bill Haley died in 1981 but three of the Comets still perform regularly in Branson. And when I say perform - I mean PERFORM! Dick Richards is 84 and he played a 10-minute drum solo with more vigor than I have ever seen by drummers of any age. Joey Ambrose plays the sax with the best of them and Marshall Lytle did things with the bass fiddle you would only expect of a 20-year-old. It was a very exciting performance and I told each of them about our graduation party. September 5, 2008:
We just learned of the passing of another classmate. Buddean Schmidt Carstensen passed away on August 29th in Snohomish, WA. Her obituary is available on the Recent Obits page. September 3, 2008:
The Totem II Spring 2008 class report has now been posted to the website. Our new class representatives are Loretta Ransom Hucks and Bill Koons. At the request of the editor of Totem II we are delaying the posting of our class reports by one issue. You may go directly to the Totem II section by clicking here. August 19, 2008:
Larry Wagle did another great job of recording our reunion in photos. Basically all of his photos have now been posted to this website. You may go directly to his photos by clicking here. However, others have submitted photos taken at the reunion and at the Sunday cruise. You will find links to all reunion-related photos plus other items such as a description of the evening, the program, attendees and recognition by clicking here. August 12, 2008:
Dottie Jean McKinney Hodson passed away on July 4th. Her obituary is posted on the "Recent Obits" page. August 9, 2008:
We have learned of the passing of Kay Peck Bartlett on August 7th. She died at home due to complications associated with Parkinson's Disease. Glen and their daughters were with her. We understand that there is to be a celebration of her life on September 6th in LaConner, WA at the middle school. Her obituary has been posted on the "Recent Obits" page. July 4, 2008:
We learned of the recent passing of Don Losse. Don passed away in Anaheim, California in June 2008. His obituary will be posted on the "Recent Obits" page when it is received from the family. We have also learned that Richard A. Thompson died in 2003. Richard had been living in Kent, Washington when he passed away. They have been added to our Memoriam page. For those class members who wish to extend their activities during our upcoming Reunion Weekend, Bill Koons has organized a Sunset Cruise aboard the Royal Argosy on Sunday evening, July 27th. Private room seating is limited to the first 40 to sign up. Additional seating will be available in the overflow areas. The group rate will be $70 per person and includes a four-course dinner. There will be dance music and a no-host bar. We will meet dockside between 6 and 7 PM. The cruise will be from 7 to 9:30 PM. Perhaps some of you who have a conflict on the night of the reunion would like to join this group on Sunday evening. If you are interested, please contact Bill Koons at (206) 546-2932 or snookykoon@comcast.net. June 9, 2008: We have learned of the passing of three more members of our class of 1953: Joan McFall Bunnell died in 1988; Ronald (Robert) Arkin in 2001; Adrienne Enge Baker in 2007. They have been added to our Memoriam page. May 21, 2008: We just learned of the passing of Maureen Jo Winton Mannen in 2002. She has been added to our Memoriam page. May 20, 2008: Mr. Stanley Weiss our Lincoln High Marching Band Director passed away on May 13, 2008 at the age of 94. You may read his obituary here. Jim Hanson submitted an obituary for Charles Hobbick. The obituary is also found on our Recent Obits page. March 29, 2008: We recently learned of the passing of two more classmates. Charles Hobbick and Joanne Stenmoe Derby passed away in 2005 and 2006, respectively. You may read the information I have about them on the Recent Obits page by clicking here. March 19, 2008: Robert Shefchik passed away in March 2007. You may read the information I have about Bob on the Recent Obits page by clicking here. February 27, 2008: John W (Wes) Coppage and Dorothy Janice Brown Nicklaus passed away in February 2008. You may read their obituaries on the Recent Obits page by clicking here. February 26, 2008: On Saturday, February 16th another centennial celebration was held at Lincoln High School. This event honored the well-remembered T-Day tradition. The webmaster was unable to attend the festivities so he turned to our Junior Class Totem Reporter and prevailed upon her to attend and gather information for our website. Mavis Dodge Amundson took her husband along as cameraman and filed the following report:
JO CASE DAWSON MR. AND MRS. LINCOLNS February 10, 2008: George Eastman recently submitted a CD featuring the Lincoln High School Chanters performing on KOMO radio. The half-hour program was recorded on December 21, 1952 as Voices of the Northwest. You will be find a link to the program by clicking on the "Our Music" on our home page or by clicking here.
January 7, 2008:
We recently learned that two additional classmates passed away three to four years ago. You may see their obituaries on the Recent Obits page by clicking here.
January 2, 2008:
Betty Hiller Gronning passed away on Christmas Eve. You may read her obituary and bio written by Diane Linneman Bicknell on the Recent Obits page by clicking here. December 19, 2007:
The date and location of our 55-Year Class Reunion has been established. It will be held at the Embassy Suites in Lynnwood, Washington on Friday, July 25, 2008. More details will be announced as we get closer to the big date. Be sure to get it on your 2008 calendar. Anyone willing to help in the planning is invited to contact Gail Thomas Herzog at laggohearts@hotmail.com December 13, 2007:
John Heilbrunn passed away on December 11th while undergoing heart surgery. John was very involved in the creation of our class reunions. He will be missed by many and especially your Class Reunion Committee. John's obituary and a tribute to him is shown on the Recent Obits page. December 9, 2007:
We recently located three of our missing classmates. Don Snyder and Jarvis Erickson have been added to the alphabetized address list. Sadly, we learned that Robert Caulfield passed away in March 2007. An abbreviated obituary is shown on the Recent Obits page.
November 18, 2007:
We recently learned that Shirley TARBOX Taylor passed away on November 13th while in Arizona. Her
obituary is shown on the Recent Obits page.
October 25, 2007 - From Chet Smith:
On October 9th, Chet Smith and Jim Berg were on the same plane heading to their homes in Arizona. Neither knew they had property down there. Both were going down to stay and close on additional properties. Both spent many years in the building industry, Chet as a developer and Jim as a builder. Kind of reminds of how small our big city really is even though it's not the 1950s. October 24, 2007:
A number of pictures submitted
by you have been posted in the "Other Photos" section of this website.
You may check out the new pictures by clicking here. Then move through the rest of the new pictures by clicking "Next" at the bottom of each page. Our class report in the Totem II for Fall 2007 may be found here. Please remember to send your contributions to Carolyn Ward Edwards at
Lcedwards@centurytel.net
October 9, 2007:
We recently lost another classmate. Her obituary is shown on the Recent Obits page. September 21, 2007:
The 100-year birthday party for Lincoln High kicked off with a big open house at the old school on September 8, 2007. Our first observation on entering the school was the obnoxious purple paint on everything paintable. Garfield only has one more year in our building then LHS gets another facelift in preparation for Alexander Hamilton's temporary occupancy. As always it was fun to roam the hallowed halls and to sing the alma mater with other alumni. One highlight of the program was the introduction of a lady who graduated in 1922 or 1923. She is 102 years old and seemed pretty spry for her age. When you look at the photos of the program you will see her in the red top seated to the left of the Lincoln banner.
We also enjoyed seeing, hearing and meeting Dave Somerville of The Diamonds, Paul Revere & the Raiders and Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers. All in all it was a great trip back to the past. If you go to Branson, be sure to check out Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater.
See the Rock and Roll shows featuring the above artists at:
http://www.dickclarksabbranson.com/comets.cfm.
Where the death is not recent and I don't have an obituary, I post the photo of the classmate directly to the Memoriam page. For those of you who could not see a photo of Nancie Dunn Bachman as reported two days ago, please look on the Memoriam page.
We must also report the passing of another class member: Nancie Dunn Bachman died on April 7, 1988 in Cheney, WA.
Nancie's husband was a professor at Eastern Washington in Cheney. They had two grown daughters. Nancie had a business in Cheney to find home help for seniors. According to Karen Ramhorst Melvin, Nancie died of breast cancer.
Some "now" pictures have been added to the alphabetized address list. Gail Sherwood Gilleland has added her bio here. A photo from yesteryear is posted here. Kay Peck Bartlett's obituary is now available here. There will be a special celebration of her life on September 6th.
It will probably be difficult for our class to continue the big reunions hosted by Reunions With Classs but we would like to continue to offer reunion-type activities in the future. What we need from all of you is an expression of interest in such activities recognizing that health may preclude future participation. Also, it would be helpful for the committee to receive your ideas regarding future reunions. AND - we have lost several members of our committee to death over the last five years. Do we have some "able-bodied" volunteers who are willing to participate in planning for the future? You may contact members of the committee directly. Their addresses are found here. Or, you may wish to express your opinions in the Guestbook.
For another stroll down Memory Lane you might wish to look at some old Dance Programs from our days at Lincoln High. You will find these old programs in the "Memorabilia" section of our website. To go directly to the beginning of the new pages click here. Then proceed through the rest of the photos by clicking "Next" on each page.
The Lincoln Lynx Alumni Association (LLAA) is sponsoring another 100-Year Celebration Event in conjunction with the Wallingford Seafair Parade. For more information please click here.
We recently learned of the passing of three more classmates. Vallen Carte passed away in 1981, Melvin Lyng in 1991 and Maryann Cook Milholland in 2006. They have been added to the Memoriam page. See all of our known deceased classmates here.
The annual all-class luncheon was held at the Nile Country Club on Saturday, May 17th. We had three tables for the Class of 1953. You may see the program for the event, photos of some of our classmates and a list of attendees from the Class of 1953 by clicking here.
Our class report in the Totem II for Winter 2007-8 may be found here. Carolyn Ward Edwards recently resigned as class reporter for personal reasons. We wish to express our thanks to Carolyn for her dedicated efforts to report on our class. Loretta Ransom Hucks and Bill Koons have volunteered to perform this duty. You will find their contribution in the Spring issue of Totem II. We are providing our class report online one issue late at the request of the alumni organization. Please remember to send your contributions to Loretta lor.randy@verizon.net or Bill snookykoon@comcast.net.
CROWD
A crowd in excess of 400 packed the stands of the Lincoln High School gymnasium Saturday night (February 16th) to celebrate T-Day, the school’s Tradition Day. The event brought together alumni going back several decades.
Jo Case Dawson, the special guest of honor, told the crowd how T-Day got started.Jo was a junior at Lincoln in 1944 when she was elected Girls Club President. Not long after, officers from various Girls Clubs throughout the city high schools gathered at Beaver Lake to talk about plans for their schools.“I want to start a special day at Lincoln because we don’t have one,” Jo told the Beaver Lake group, and T-Day was born.The following year, Lincoln celebrated its first Tradition Day on February 12th, the birthday of the American president.
Saturday’s event featured a lineup of former Mr. and Mrs. Lincolns. Photos in the hall included our very own Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln, Don Brown and Marilyn Spurr Rall.
Not too many showed up from the Lincoln Class of 1953, but Ron Williamson was in the audience; Claudia Benedict Wagner was there with her husband Joe; and Ed Fruehling (’52) and Jim Stoa (’52) also attended.
Ron Williamson, Ed Fruehling, Jim Stoa and Claudia Benedict Wagner with her husband Joe.
This is Gordon Wilson, a Business Education teacher at Lincoln from
1951-1981. He was also on the Ticket Squad.
When he was introduced to the crowd, Wilson, in a nod to Lincoln said, "This
is where my heart is and always will be."
Lincoln High School on February 16, 2008 and a Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln from the past.
The Lincoln Lynx Alumni Association (LLAA) will be sponsoring a big T-Day event as part of the year-long celebration of our LHS Centennial. It is scheduled for February 16, 2008. This will be the last event that will allow us access to our old alma mater. For more details see the information provided by the LLAA by clicking here.
Also the bust of Abraham Lincoln has been returned to the school and is enclosed in Plexiglas. We were told that the old part of the building (our school) has been classified as some sort of national historical site and cannot be torn down. I am trying to get more info on that and will make it available on this site when I am successful. Check out the photos and the program. There is even a trivia questionnaire in the program. We had a little help with this because the committee had posted historical excerpts on the walls. You can check out everything relating to this open house by clicking here.