Roster of the Farmington (Minnesota) High School Class of 1956 Class Motto:   "It's not so much where we stand but in what direction we move."

Yes, we do have Carl Hagen's   p h o t o s   from the reunion!  Reunion Photos

First Column Codes:  (1)  "DEC" is Deceased.   (2) "FRMR" is Former Classmate.
Code	Last Name/ (Married Name)	First Name	Spouse	Apt, Street, City, State, Zip	Phone/E-mail
	Alich (Hanson)	Jane	Don	113 16th Avenue N. Hopkins, MN 55543	952-938-8167
	Auge (Cook)	Janet	G. Roger	716 5th Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8842
Janet and Roger live in Farmington and love to travel and enjoy life. They have 5 children and 5 grandchildren. (2001)
	Baltes (Nielsen)	Noreen	David	909 Hickory Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-
Punky and David live in Farmington and have two children, Mike (Angie) and Krisha (Jon Crabtee) and one grandchild 13, (Mike and Angie). They also have 3 grand-dogs Paytin, Princes and Maggie. Punky still works part time at Anchor Bank in Farmington, volunteers year round at Dakota city and enjoys walking, gardening, needlework, crafts and reading. She also loves to go "Up North". (2001)
	Bauer (Nordvik)	Judy	Allie	623 2nd Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8897
	Beyer	Roberta Bany	Mark	14658 Bloomfield Wy Rosemount,MN 55068	651-423-5876 babany@msn.com
Bobbi has retired after 30 years in the human resources field and Mark has retired after working 32 years for Delta Airlines. They moved back home to Minnesota last fall and keep busy with family and traveling. Bobbi loves being Grandma for her three grandchildren - Frank (6), Gabby (4) and Ingrid (3). She also enjoys gradening, sewing and reading. (2001)
	Birdsall (Gilomen)	Nancy	Richard	305 Division Street Northfield, MN 55057-2063	507-645-5029
Nancy owns an insurance agency in Northfield but is semi-retired. Richard has retired. She likes to do a little golfing, traveling and gradening. They have been to Florida many, many times and hope to retire there in a few years. They also enjoyed a trip to Alaska this spring. They have 4 children, 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren and say that "life is good". (2001)
FRMR	Blackford	Bobby
FRMR	Degross (Schaeffer)	Mary	Charlie	23080 Goodwin Ave Hampton, MN	651-437-5643
FRMR	Demuth (Seeger)	Judy
	Doehling (Bauer)	Charlotte	Richard	20477 Kirby Avenue Hastings, MN 55033
	Dubbels	Kenneth	Barbara	2414 Cardinal Ave. Faribault,MN 55021	507-334-3706 bkdubbels@charter.net
Kenn and wife Barbara (41 years) have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. He has been retired from teaching (36 years) for 5 years. Kenn does a lot of volunteer work in and around Faribault and he and Barb do a lot of bicycling. They like to travel and will do much more after Barb retires in a few more years. (2001)
	Duff (Griffis)	Betty	Arthur	5375 N. Wickiup Rd. Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 10650 S Avenida Compadres, #19 Yuma, AZ 85365	928-305-0174 artiebet@aol.com
Betty writes that she is sorry she can't make it to the reunion as they are getting ready to move into a new home. Betty has 2 children (boys) and 4 grandchildren (3 girls and 1 boy). (2001)
	Ehlers (Juenke)	Georgiannn	Elwyn	22451 Annette Ave. Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-7224
Georgie and Elwyn live in Farmington and have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. (2001)
	Erickson	Melvin	Marrianne
	Ersfeld (Cochrane)	Darlene	Richard O.	12173 Lily Street NW Coon Rapids, MN 55443
	Fahey (Ragan)	Joan	Gary	19461 SE 395th Street Sandy, Oregon 97055	503-668-6622
FRMR	Felt	Gilbert
	Fitzpatrick (Emert)	Sharon	Don	254 Fifth Street Bayport, MN 55003	651-439-7318
FRMR	Haley	Mike
FRMR	Haley	Pat
	Galloway (Melby)	Sandra	Don	5751 W. 150th St. Apple Valley, MN 55124	952-432-6100 sandymelby@yahoo.com
Sandy and Don live in three locations:   Apple Valley, April-November;   Apache Junction, AZ, November - March;  and they have a fifth wheel trailer in Vining, MN where Don spends most of the summer and Sandy every other week. (2001)
	Gerster	John	Cathy	1581 Jewel Drive Woodbury, MN 55125-9003	651-739-1106 jgerster@cpinternet.com
John and wife Cathy have lived in Woodbury for 34 years. One daughter, Susan, lives and works in San Diego and the other, Stephanie, lives and works in Minneapolis. John retired from 3M two years ago and he and Cathy enjoy traveling and spending time at their cabin on Big Sandy Lake near McGregor, MN. (2001)
	Hoeppner	Ellsworth	Kay	520 First Street Farmington, MN 55024
	Holman	Darrel	Darlene	Darrel Holman's address is 3300 Cornerstone Drive, Mira Loma, Ca. 91752
	Holmberg	Gary	Sandy	6333 Birchwood Rd. Woodbury, MN 55125	651-739-6397 gholmberg@comcast.net
"Hi classmates!" Sandy and Gary still live in Woodbury. "Our daughter lives in New Jersey, and our son and family live in New Market. We have two granddaughters, ages 5 and 6. Gary went back to work last year at small company called Head Lites - we make the Hi - Vis vests you see worn by law enforcement and contruction. Sandy teaches computerized embroidery sewing and gives computer lessons. We still love to travel - just bought another motor home last fall. Have fun at the Reunion!!!" (2001)
	Holmstadt (Holman)	Rosemary	Dean	Hi everyone Can't believe it is time for our 50th all ready. This is Rosemary Holmstadt Holman and we live at 19195 Pesante Road, Salinas, Ca. 93907 My phone number is 831-663-5637. Keep us informed	dwholman@juno.com
DEC	Johnson	David
	Johnson	Donald F.	Karen	4053 Salem Dr. W. Woodbury, MN 55129	651-739-8691 dfj1349@infionline.net
Don joined the retirement group in February of 1999 after completing 40 years with MnDOT and wife Karen continues her career with the North St. Paul School System. They have four children, five grandchildren and expect another this fall. They range in age from 1 to 10. Don is spending most of his time this summer landscaping their new home in Woodbury. The rest of the time is taken up at family events and at their cabin in Wisconsin. (2001)
	Juenke	Elwyn	Georgiann	22451 Annette Ave. Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-7224
	Kasel	Kenneth	Alvenia	5210 200th Street E. Hastings, MN 55033	651-437-5922 akkasel@aol.com
Ken and Alvenia live in Hastings with their two "doggies", Willie and Patch, and have four children: Karen, Mike, Kelly (Mosley) and Andrea. (2001)
	Kindseth (Shirley)	Sandra	Robert	620 Spruce Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-7535
Robert has been retired for 6 1/2 years now and they spend 5 1/2 months each year in Arizona where they both enjoy playing a lot of golf along wiht a few side trips. The finally got their first grandson in May of this year after 7 granddaughters and 1 step granddaughter. "That' was a real thrill." While in Minnesota the like to golf and fish. (2001)
FRMR	Krauss (Krauss-Christensen )	Barbara (Beidi) Note: Beidi lived with Dr. Field's family, 5th Grade	Russell	1913 Penn Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55405.	612-374-4387
	Klement (Corona)	Barbara	Ed	4 Tiffany Square Sugar Land, TX 77478	713-491-9425 EJCBKC@aol.com
Barb is still teaching at the Little Red Schoolhouse after 25 years and enjoys it enough that she is not yet ready to give it up. Ed has been retired for six years and they enjoy golfing and traveling. Their three children are all married and live in New Orleans, Phoenix and Atlanta. They have 7 grandchildren. The oldest is completing his plebe (first year) at the Naval academy and the youngest is one. Barb gets to Farmington fairly often to visit her parents. (2001)
FRMR	Kinney	Ross	Peggy	734 Clinton Street Waukeshaw, WI 53186-4707	262-321-4509
	Larsen (Flynn)	Sharon	George Jr.	320 Walnut Street Farmington, MN	651-463-7585
"George and I have spent the last four years renovating and remodeling our 1875 home. We have enjoyed our work and the rewards outweigh the hard work. We have also been enjoying our perennial gardens and working on the yard. We travel for several months in the winter, mostly to Florida, as our daughter Val and family live there. Her son, Michael graduated this year as valedictorian of a class of over 300. Our children are healthy and the grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren are growing like weeds. We enjoy all of the time we share together and wish the days did not go so fast. I look forward to hearing from those of you that could not make it to our reunion. See you in 2006!" (2001)
	Lau	Guy (Sonny)	Noreen	1320 Pennsylvania Av Joplin, MO 64081
Guy and Noreen just moved from Claremont, MN to Joplin, MO where he plans to get more involved in Bluegrass Music. He had his own Bluegrass Band for 8 years and will be in Houston, MN on August 16th and 17th to play the final performance of "Sonny Side Up." Guy retired on Christmas Day of 1997 because of lwer back injury. "If I'd known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself." (2001)
DEC	Lau	Woodrow
	Leidner	Walter	Roxie	2220 Windy Street Clarkdale, AZ 86324	520-649-3408 nanangrumpy@earthlink.net (e-mail 2003)
Walt is retired from the Navy. He has worked as an Explosive Engineer for an explosive company and as a Park Ranger at Kurchner Caverns State Park. He and Roxie have two daughters, Casey and Kellie (Chicci). Killie, the youngest, has a degree in Civil Engineering and is the mother of two. Casey works for Maricopa County Courts as a mediator. She has an MSW degree. (2001)
	Lubke	Norman	Barbara	9756 Rangeview Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92705	714-538-5888 nlubke@attglobal.net
UPDATE:  Norman retired from Merrill Lynch October 25, 2002. (2002) Norm is semi-retired from Merrill Lynch working about 2 1/2 days a week. He and Barbara spend almost every weekend at the house in Palm Springs where they play a lot of golf. Norm tells us "Life is good." Norm and Barb have been married 38 years and have two daughters. (2001)
DEC	Marschall	John	Marlys
DEC	May	William	Anita	2676 250th Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8541 wmmayfarm@hotmail.com
Bill is retired from farming with the sons taking over. He has a summer job driving a tram and narrating at the New WellsFargo Family Farm at the Minnesota Zoo. Their family was named the Dakota County Farm Family of 2000 and the award was presented to them by the Minnesota and Dakota County Extension Service. Bill and Anita have two sons, Joe, 22; Jim, 21; and a daughter Jennie, 19. (2001)
FRMR	McGee	Marlin
	Meeg-Anderson (Ackerson)	Carol	Tom	800 Center Street New Ulm, MN 56073	507-354-4889 catackerson@mn.rr.com
Carol will be joining her husband in retirement in June of this year after 41 years of teaching English at New Ulm Senior High School. She will miss the kids but hopes to do some substitute teaching.  She is currently president of the Teacher retirement board and is happy to be able to help with the building a of a new space for three of the state funds. "I am learning things about investments I never thought I would know and finding the whole experience good for keeping my brain cells functioning and productive."  Carol hopes to have more time to read, to garden, to work on her antiques and to move her cat.  "I am excited about the idea I can do things 12 months a year rather than trying to concentrate everything into a summer. (2001)
	Mester	Marvin	Janet	19560 C.R. 301 Weston, CO 81091	719-868-2543
	Morse	Michael	Jan	74 South Melrose Elgin, IL 60123-6051	312-741-6275
Mike and Jan live in Elgin, IL and have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. (2001)
DEC	Nieber	Earl
FRMR	Pederson	Elaine
FRMR	Pelach	Richard		31203 North Oak Apt. 120 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
FRMR	Pettit	Iris
	Pietsch	Richard	Kathi	605 Fairview Circle Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8627
Richard and Kathi live in Farmington and have 8 children and 11 grandchildren. (2001)
FRMR	Pollock	Joann
	Quam	Mary Ann		4261 August Lane Eagan, MN 5123-2072	651-452-3376
Mary Ann retired from Minnesota Life in 1993 and "I've enjoyed every minute of it." She has traveled a lot and started playing golf and is having fun. Her Mom still lives in her home in Farmington so Mary Ann spends quite a lot of time there.
	Record	Charles	Yvonne "Toots"	22980 Denmark Av. W. Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8214
Chuck and Toots live in Farmington and have 2 children and 1 great-grandchild.
FRMR	Reidel	Ronald
FRMR	Reisinger	Dan		20737 Akin Road West Farmington, MN 55082
	Richardson (Nelson)	Jeanette	Dwayne	822 South Second St. Stillwater, MN55082	651-439-7490 jetson59@aol.com
Jeanette and Dwayne live in Stillwater and have three children, Beth (Ashbrook), Dr. Patricia, and Dr. Trevor. They have two grandchildren (Katie, 2 /34 and Jonathon, 18 months (Beth)) who are their "pride and joy." Dwayne retired from 3M 2 1/2 years ago and now farms. Jeanette was in Ireland in May with a friend and visits her son in Santa Monica, CA twice a year. She keeps busy actively managing apartments and volunteering. Jeanette taught ESL 4 years and does church work. (2001)
FRMR	Ristow (Ruddle)	Lillian	Ray	709 Centennial Circle Farmington, MN 55082	651-460-6862
	Rother, G	Gerald	Rosalie	1563 Carlton Hastings, MN 55118-2608	651-457-0167
	Rother, L.	Leander E.	Fran	339 Kopp Drive West St. Paul, MN 55118-2608	651-457-0167 LeeandFranRother@aol.com
Lee and Fran are both retired but both work part-time. He had knee surgery in March, has been rehabbing since and will have to wait for a while to resume basketball. Lee spends a lot of time fishing (Oahe Reservoir in South Dakota and trips to Ontario, Canada) and a lot of time on his hobby of tying fishing jigs. They have one child, Jennifer. (2001)
FRMR	Ruzicka	Benedict	Marlys F.	4834 Erik's Blvd Eagan, MN 55122	651-454-3505
Ben and wife Martie live in Bloomington and Ben works at the golf course for the City of Bloomington. Ben's hobby is fishing. (2001)
FRMR	Ryti (Hamilton)	Judy	Wesley	Wesley and Judy Hamilton 3005 Thunder Mountain Lane Tonopah, NV 89049
	Sanford (Daly)	Sara "Sally"		P.O. Box 1056 Emigrant, MT 59027	406-333-4306
FRMR	Schoenning	Wayne
FRMR	Schroeder	Bob		Hastings, MN
	Schmidtke	Fred	Dorothy	3430 209th Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463- 824x
	Staats	James (Red)	Sharon	15060 Everleigh Circle Rosemount, MN 55068	651-423-2905 rsstaats1@worldnet.att.net rsstaats@frontiernet.net
Jim has been retired for eleven years and loves it. Sharon will be retiring from the Rosemount Post Office in 18 months. Jim's five (5) children and Sharon's three (3) children have given them 8 grandchildren. (2001)   The next section is a description of Police staffing and communications in the Farmington Police Department in the '50's and 60's.
Police staffing and communications in the Farmington Police Department in the '50's and 60's. Jake Klotzbleacher would get alerted to his calls from the light on the water tower turned on by the hospital staff.  Jake was never the only officer --he worked under Tom Haley in the early 50s then took over the Chief's job. He hired Axel Youngrantz. In 1961 Jake hired me full time and I went back to part time after six months, then back full time in 1967. We didn't get any radios until 1963 and then they were only C.B. radios. We still received our calls by being alerted through the hospital staff. The light on the tower was a problem in summer months as you could not see it because of the leaves on trees, and therefore had to stay close to down town. Incidentally, the Red Lion bar next to Avalon cafe also had a light out side that they would turn on when they had trouble. Part timers in the '50s and 60s where Dale Schmidke, Harold Rice, and Tiny Engelman. There is a lot of history around if a person started to dig. - Red Staats
	Stapf	Myron	Bonnie nee Tonsager	3698 Widgeon Way Easan, MN 55123-1113	651-454-9657 boncooks@aol.com
Myron and Bonnie live in Eagan and have three children, Lisa (Thostenson), Stacy (Fleming) and Darin. They have 6 grandchildren: Jordana, Teagon and Shayna (Lisa);  Joshua, Jennifer and Jacqueline (Stacy).
DEC	Teske	Richard		6670 190th Street W. Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8556
'Richard Douglas Teske, (November 26, 1938 - April 20, 2008) Teske, Richard D. 'Dick' age 69, of Farmington passed away Sunday, April 20, 2008. He worked for many years in sales at 'This Week' newspaper. He is survived by his brother David (Stephanie) Teske. A Celebration of his Life will be Wednesday, April 30, 2008 from 11 AM - 1 PM at the White Funeral Home, 20134 Kenwood Trail in Lakeville.' You can sign the guest book for Dick at the White Funeral Home Web site: www.whitefuneralhomes.com
	Thomas (Steiner)	Rose Marie	George	16460 St. Francis Blvd. NW Anoka, MN 55303	763-753-4173 grsteiner@aol.com
George is retired now and he and Rose Marie spend a lot of time at their year-round lake home. Rose Marie likes to read and sew. Their family enjoys water sports so they visit frequently in the summer. They have 4 children, Mary, John, Tom and Cathy and 8 grandchildren, Katie, Allison, Daniel, Hanna, Mathew and Ben Steiner and Nicholas Christopher Hadzina. They will be selling their Ramsey home and traveling more in the future. "As the years pass, my high school memories grow fonder. I'm so glad we've had reunions to foster the friendships of long ago." (2001)
FRMR	Tillges	Jim
	Tonsager (Otte)	Marguerite	Darrell	1990 200th Street West Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8360 margo2otte@myexcel.com
Margo and Darrell are both retired and enjoying it. They visit their 3 children and 6 grandchildren and spend time at their lake home on Long Lake in WI. They go south for the winter months where Margo is "still trying to learn to play golf". This year they spent time helping their kids remodel and expand their homes in CT, Northfield, and Inver grove Heights. They also learned tree cutting, as winds blew down many of their trees at their lake home. (2001)
	Tutewohl	Leo	Sharon	16942 Pilot Knob Rd Farmington, MN 55024	952-463-4383
Leo and Sharon live in Farmington and have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. (2001)
	Wachter	Larry		1724 Plumas Arboga Rd Marysville, CA 95901
	Wear	Robert (Bob)	Joyce	2171 McQuillan Ct SE Rochester, MN 55904-8122	507-289-2571 bobwear90@netscape.com
Bob and Joyce have been married 36 years and have 8 children, 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. They have lived in Rochester for the last 30 years. Bob started work with Honeywell one week after graduation and worked there for 15 years. After another 23 years working at the Mayo Clinic he took early retirement and went to work for Paape Energy at the Clinic Programming Building controls. He plans to work another couple of years and then retire to do the things they like to do. (2001)
DEC	Weatherly	Donald
	Weber	Jerry		18196 Chippendale Farmington, MN 55024
	Whittier	Dan	Karen	613 Willow Street Farmington, MN 55024	651-463-8261 dwhittier@CHARTER.NET
Dan and Karen live in Farmington and have two children, Joe and Tom and two grandchildren, Jack and Nathan.
You have reached the end of the Roster of the Farmington (Minnesota) High School Class of 1956. GO TO TOP OF PAGE Class Motto:   "It's not so much where we stand but in what direction we move."
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