Recently, the mother of Patti (Davis) Borgen passed away: (https://www.eidsnessfuneralhome.com/obituary/delila-dee-davis). As her obituary states, she worked at the Sawneed Hotel for a time. When we were younger, the Sawnee was the place to stay for visitors in Brookings. It was also the bus depot for Jackrabbit Lines, which seems to make for a logical connection. Additionally, the first liquuor store in Brookings was located in the north portion of the building. They were a customer on my Minneapolis Tribune paper route in the early 60's. If memory serves me correctly, they gave me a generous (for the time) tip of 25 cents for every collection period of two weeks. Since she then worked at the SDSU bookstore, some of us likely ran into her during our time on campus in late 1969 through the early 70's.
Although our paths seldom crossed in junior high or high school, an event concerning Patti that is forever etched in my mind occurred during our grade school days. A member of the fire department came to our class to give us some tips on fire safety and what action to take if a fire actually occurred. He mentioned that we should always hang our clothes so that the hooks of the hangers faced the same way. When he asked us why, Patti impressed all of us by promptly giving the correct response.
Patti's older sister Barb was in the class of 1967, the last class to graduate from the "old" high school. Other familiar names are Ahlers, Allison, Anderson, Baker, Berge, Kerkland, Bjordahll, Boggs, Bortnem, Bozied, Brown, Cavanaugh, Christie, Darnall, Hamilton, Hauff, Hendricks, Herrig, Hoekman, Holm, Ishmael, Jensen, Johnson, Josephson, Kallemeyn, Koenders, Kratochvil, Leibel, Liebing, Linder, Marshall, Mehegan, Person, Quincey, Roberts, Robish, Simmons, Sloat, Steen, Sterud, Sturdevant, Thysell, Walsh, Wakeman, and Wright. My apologies for any mistakes or omissions.
On behalf of the class of 1969, out thoughts and prayers go out to Patti at the loss of her mother.
