Staples High School Class of ‘61 reunion

The Staples High School Class of 1961 held their 55th class reunion Sept. 10, at Wahoo Valley in rural Staples. Pictured front row, from left: Don Herman, Spring Lake Park; Jerry Nurnberger, Grand Rapids; Darrel Thelen, Brainerd; Sharon Chapin Christensen, New London; Karen Sumey Hudalla, Rice; Rita Robben Stracek, Browerville; Maureen Heaver Gould, Princeton; Larry Wettstein, Detroit Lakes; John Grondahl, Minneapolis; Larry Bryce, Lincoln. Row two: Karen Kalisch Nurnberger, Grand Rapids; Karen Coleman Demmon, Isanti; Dorothy Jorgensen Hultberg, Monticello; Mary Klose Peterson, Staples; Julieanne Wilhelmson Herman, Spring Lake Park; Carol Robinson Shequen, Motley; Carol Judd Cameron, Staples; Gary Resch, St. Cloud. Row three: Dick Lorentz, Staples; Dennis Borle, Ham Lake; Delores Johnson Hagen, Prior Lake; Don Scott, Prior Lake; Lee Jenkins, Staples; Clyde Japke, Staples; Bill Smith, Staples; Lowell Winkleman, Wadena; Gene Grossman, Tamarack. Row four: Harley Killian, Staples; Don Zerfoss, Verndale; Roger Randgaard, Staples; Rich Wetherall, Brainerd; Larry Chapin, Backus; Gary Miller, Brainerd. (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)