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(To share information about yourself in the next newsletter (mid-October), please use the lower half of the page sent to you announcing the newsletter posted on the Web and mail to the alumni coordinator, P.O. Box 719, Concordia MO 64020, along with your financial support.)
SPCH ’48, Edward Wiesehan, Tucson, Ariz., writes,
“I did not graduate from SPC but transferred to Seward. There I graduated and taught in Lutheran schools in
Oklahoma, North Hollywood, Calif., and Lutheran High School, Los Angeles. We moved to Oregon where I taught 20 years in Newburg public school. My wife and I retired after 38 years of teaching and moved to Arizona. My wife Ellen is the daughter of Dr. C.T. Brandhorst, a long-time professor at C.T. C. Seward.”
Wiesehan added these lines about the previous The Celebrating Saint: Normally I pass over much of the mail from various institutions, but I have to admit I read The Celebrating Saint from cover to cover.
“There was nostalgia, sadness and some pride as I read this small but informative bulletin. I read that three of my former bunk mates had passed on to their heavenly home, Bill Krenning, Rich Heilman, and John Fajen. Itch was a classmate of mine. I dated Bill’s sister briefly, and John was someone we went to for help in translation.”
“The passing of Prof. Lorenz Wahlers was also noted since he was my basketball and baseball coach.”
“Then there was Emil Weiss. I will never forget that he
instilled in me a love of reading novels for his Lit Class. To this day I love reading novels.”
“He is someone I will remember for his ‘Wagon Wheel
Defense.’ Even though I never had the opportunity to play for Professor Weiss, I had learned enough from his idea to use it successfully for 23 years of coaching basketball in California and Oregon. If you watch Syracuse you will see the Wagon Wheel in perfection. Colleges today have a difficult time solving it.”
“I have reminisced long enough, but there are many
memories that I have from the days at the ‘Bunk.’"
SPC ’62, Judy Mueller Kramer, Lake View, Iowa, writes, “Our five children have given us ten grandchildren — wonderful blessings from a gracious God. I have quit substituting at our public school but my husband is still serving a tiny rural congregation though he ‘retired’ from our congregation. We’ve been at Lake View 40 years!”
SPC ’63, Nancy Jobs Lindquist, Venice, Fla., and her husband William will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on August 22. Emails, cards, photos and stories from classmates and other alumni are welcome. Reply to: najoli@hotmail.com, phone: 941-497-5850 or address: 601 Briarwood Road, Venice FL 34292.
SPC ’63, William Ewald, Oak Park, Ill., associate professor emeritus of business at Concordia University Chicago, presented “Marketing the Berlin Wall in America: Piece by Piece” at the annual meeting of the Society for German American studies April 25-26.
SPCH ’75, SPC ’76, Mark Steiner, Fairfax VA, in addition to delivering the commencement address at SPLHS the middle of May, preached the Lutheran Hour sermon on May 30. You can hear the sermon, “The Hall of Heroes” by going to www. Lutheran Hour Ministries.
SPLHS ’88, Rachael Manning Hentges, Oak Grove, writes, “I am currently working at SPLHS as part-time school nurse. My oldest son Aaron will be a sophomore at SPLHS this fall. My husband Allan and I plan to send all four of our children to SPLHS. If you have a student here and want to keep posted on their well being, email me at rhentges@splhs.org.”
 SPLHS ’95, Timothy Oetting, St. Louis (by way of Concordia), received his vicarage assignment to First Lutheran Church, Charlotte, Mich. Prior to leaving for Michigan he preached at his home congregation, St. Paul’s Lutheran in Concordia, where his son Samuel was baptized that morning. Pictured (from left) are Timothy’s wife Stacy holding Samuel, Pastor Lee Hagan of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and Timothy holding his son Peter.
SPLHS ’96, Noelle Marth Hahn, Muscatine, Iowa, and husband Tom welcomed their third child Kaelin Analise on March 31. Kaelin joins big sisters Kierra and Kylee.
 SPLHS ’03, Aaron Marsh, Concordia, and his wife Meredith (SPLHS math instructor and softball coach) welcomed Keaton Lee, born May 19.
SPLHS ’05, Kyle Schemmer, Higginsville, completed his studies in graduate school at Northwest Missouri State in Kirksville.
 SPLHS ’06, Susan Heine, Concordia, graduated from the University of Wyoming, May 8, with a Bachelor of Science degree in geography.
 SPLHS ’06, Katie Dreva Maggert, Higginsville, married Ryan Maggert, SPLHS ’03, and earned her license in cosmetology. She now attends State Fair Community College in Sedalia studying for a degree in elementary education. In May she took a trip to Alaska where she witnessed “breath taking scenes of God’s creation.”
 SPLHS ’08, Hannah Frerking, Concordia, will begin her third year at William Jewel College in Liberty, Mo., majoring in biology. Upon graduation she plans to attend medical school. She spends a lot of time shadowing physicians and other healthcare professionals. Since her SPLHS graduation Hannah has traveled to Italy and Greece, and will travel to Puerto Rico in August 2010. She spends her spare time with her horses.
 
In Memoriam
SPCH ’42, Lester H. Lange, Capitola, Calif. died March 16, 2010, at his home. He taught at Valparaiso and Notre Dame Universities become coming to San Jose State University where he was Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Science. He won two prestigious awards, the Lester R. Ford Award and the George Polya Award.
Class of 1993, Victoria Voigtmann, Austin, Texas, died February 26, 2010. She had been teaching in Taiwan the past several years.
Class of 1952, Richard Heidbrink, Houston, Texas, died of cancer in 2006. He owned his own business in securities.
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