Sadness for our Classmates

Received word recently that the mother of Deanne (Hietbrink) Jacobs passed away (http://m.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2018/sep/08/agnes-hietbrink-2018-09-08/).  Deanne lost her husband a short time ago, so the loss of her mother is undoubtedly another situation to face.  Deanne's two youngest siblings, Laura and Bernie, were students of ours in the late 70's.  Laura, in fact, was in the class 10 years behind us, while Bernie was perhaps two years younger.  They were both talented athletes.  Laura was a key player on some rather good basketball teams, while also being a key runner on the track and field teams that set a number of school records.  Bernie, too, had similar success.  He was also on a record-setting 4 x 800 relay team. 

Another parent who passed away recently was Esther Meyer-Anderson (http://rudesfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/RudesF1/obit.cgi?user=45349688_EMeyerAnderson).  As the obituary states, her first husband Peter Meyer passed away in 1976.  Their son Darwin was in the class of 1965.  A number of our classmates had siblings or cousins in that class.  A quick look at the Bobcat for that year shows a Paul Adamson, Bernadette and Bernadine Ahlers, Judy and JoAnn Berkland, Bob Bozied, Zoell Colburn, Mitchell Egeberg, Richard Graff, Linda Ishmael, Carol and Earl Kallemeyn, Kandace Kortan, Ann McCone, Connie McKeown, Michael O'Connell, Janeane Perso, Darlene Prussman, George Rickerson, Galen Roberts, Kathy Schroeder, Patrick Skubic, Gloria Simmons, Gerald Sloat, Donna Smith, Elizabeth Steen, Roy Taylor, Rosalie Wilson, and Dorothy Workman. 

Her second husband was Verner Anderson, father of Tom and Russell, the husband of Teresa Steen.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Deanne and Teresa at this difficult time.