Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar High School
Houston, Texas
Class of 1957 Web Site

• Did you catch Jim Allison displaying his musical talent on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 19, 2005? A little more practice and maybe he can make it to Carnegie Hall?
• Remember Gail Jordan, Lamar '59? She performed at the Houston Club, often singing with Eddie Gerlach's Orchestra and also with the Roberto Compean Quintet. She passed away in 1997, and her son, Danny Gillespie, is trying to locate records of her singing. If you can help, contact Danny at danny@idealflow.com.
• Email me (at lhodges@iastate.edu) some information about yourself and what you've been up to the last few decades, and perhaps attach a nice picture of you or your family. See the examples below. If you have your own web site, let us know about it.
• Do you remember what you looked like October 28, 1956? And who took your picture that day? I've scanned my copy of the panoramic class photograph (in five parts, reassembled but not perfectly).

• If you can identify yourself or anyone else, let me know. I can email you a higher-resolution jpeg file of yourself and those around you. I am also preparing a list of names by row and position in the row. I'm second from the right at the end of row 2 (counting from the bottom). The twelve rows I will use are marked on this photograph.
• Here's my current list of persons identified, by row, starting from the bottom row and going left to right (but I have some new identifications to be added soon):
  1. Row 1 (bottom row):
  2. Row 2: ..., Laurent Hodges, ? (right end)
  3. Row 3:
  4. Row 4:
  5. Row 5:
  6. Row 6:
  7. Row 7:
  8. Row 8: …, Fleetwood Warner (14th from right)
  9. Row 9:
  10. Row 10:
  11. Row 11:
  12. Row 12 (top row): 9: Jarred Sloan, 10: David Spoor, 11: Ron Whiteley, 12: ?, 13: John Stanford
• I've received quite a bit of new information because of the Reunion mailing, and am trying to get it up. Send me information and recent pictures.

40th REUNION REPORT

• A colleague who went to a 40th Reunion in Missouri a few years ago warned me I'd be surprised by how many big egos there'd be, so I was expecting some. I WAS surprised! Zero, as far as I could tell.
• Thanks to the committee that organized the reunion: Jim Bertrand, Penny Hess Butler, Ernest Conner, Peggy Wheeler Parks, Amy Bradford Ufer, Nancy Nunnery Brock, Colette Lebourg Grinstead, Carolyn Burton Hamilton, Rhetta Duty Davis, Tommy Feagins
• If you didn't make it and haven't yet contacted the reunion group, email Ernest Conner at ernestc@cyberramp.net.

CLASSMATES

Allison, Jim Choyce

Graduated from The University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a degree in Business Administration. First marriage to Marilyn McKee of our class; two children (Jennifer and Julie) and four grandchildren. Married for 29 years (as of early 2006) to Judith (Judy) - one daughter, Amy, graduate of the law school at the University of Washington in Seattle, now an attorney in Seattle. Living on a ranch about 60 miles southeast of Dallas. Previously lived two years in Frisco, Texas. Previously lived 24 years in Imperial, Nebraska. Now a real estate broker in the states of Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and Texas. Judy is a real estate broker in Texas and Nebraska. They also broker mortgages. Business address: Allison Realty and Mortgage, 10585 County Road 2912, Eustace, TX 75124 Jim displayed his musical talent on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 19, 2005. Read about it here or here. Cell phone number: 972 365 8512. Email address: jimallison@embarqmail.com

Alvarez, Paul Cate (Jim)

From the Houston Chronicle (June 9, 2002) PAUL CATE ALVAREZ, died June 7, 2002 of Alzheimer's disease. Paul was born in Houston, Texas, May 30, 1939 to Margaret Cate Alvarez and John Arthur Alvarez, M.D. He was a fifth generation Texan and a life member of the San Jacinto Chapter, Sons of the Republic of Texas. Paul was a member of BSA Troop 54, sponsored by Poe Elementary School; attended Houston public schools and graduated from Lamar Senior High in 1957. Paul earned a BA from Sewanee, the University of the South and was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He later received an advanced degree from The American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird, in Foreign Trade, an MBA degree from New York University, and also obtained Certification for Financial Planning, CFP. Paul's career began with Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Paul later entered into commercial banking with City Bank of New York. He was last employed with First of Chicago and Credit Swisse of New York. Paul was a member of Trinity Church, St Paul's Chapel, in New York, City. He is preceded in death by his father in 1941. Paul is survived by his mother, Margaret Cate Weaver and brother, John Arthur Alvarez, Jr. of Houston, and four children; Paul Cate Alvarez, Jr. and wife, Mary Alice, of Austin, TX., Alicia Elizabeth Alvarez of Dallas, TX., Sibley Ann Alvarez, Dallas, TX., and Peter William Alvarez of Forney, TX., grandsons, Zane Lindsey Alvarez, Knox Cate Alvarez, and Cole Brackett Alvarez of Austin, TX., Nephews and niece, John Arthur Alvarez 111, Ray Starr Alvarez, Matthews Cate Alvarez and Starr Alvarez Zaleski. A memorial service celebrating Paul's life will be held at 1030 a.m., Tuesday, in the chapel of St Paul's Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation, in Paul's name to the Alzheimer's Association, 6161 Savoy St. Houston, TX 77036, or Sewanee, the University of the South, 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, Tenn. 37383.

Bailey, Light (Light Bailey German)

Baird, Brenda (Brenda Baird Connelly)

Brenda then

Brenda now

Brenda's 5 grandchildren

• Address: 12618 Trail Hollow, Houston, TX 77024
• home telephone 713-467-7737
• Education/Affiliations: BA in Psychology from University of Texas; Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
• Occupational History: Personnel Placement Counselor
• Has 6 children and 5 grandchildren as of 2002. Children:
  1. Don (born 4-27-60) Owns the antiques and design store "AREA" in Houston
  2. Jennifer (born 7-3-61) Lives in Jakarta, Indonesia with husband and 2 children
  3. Larry (born 4-1-63) Landscape architect in Austin Texas
  4. Eileen (born 12-28-65) Lives in Nashville, TN with husband and 3 children
  5. Tessa (born 6-3-78) Professional ballerina with Boulder Ballet; also teaches
  6. Lisa (born 12-10-80) Currently enrolled at University of Colorado
• Currently makes period costumes for children
• Email address: bconnelly@houston.rr.com

Baldwin, Nancy (Nancy Stokes)

Barnett, Marie (Marie Barnett Roberts)

Barrett, Chauncey (Chauncey Barrett Boone)

Living in Palestine

Beggs, Susan (Susan Beggs-Baker Lambert) - Updated November 2007

• Graduated from Baylor University in 1961 with degree in Business Administration. Received Masters of Public Health from The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston in Public Health Administration in 1970, and Masters of Science (1972) and Ph.D. (1979) from Ohio State University in Health Policy and Planning.
• 1961-1972, worked at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston mainly in the development of health information systems; 1972-2001, on the faculty in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine mainly in the development and implementation of community outreach and education programs.
• First marriage to Robert L. Baker, two children (J. David Baker, 1975 – People Soft Consultant in Dallas and Bonnie Baker, 1976, completing Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy in 2007 at TWU, Dallas)
• Married in 1990 to Allan Lambert, Executive Recruiter, Watkins and Associates, Houston Retired in 2001 and live with Allan at Sun City Texas, 406 Dove Hollow Trail, Georgetown, Texas 78633; 512-863-4000. Email: dovehollow@verizon.net, enjoying every imaginable fun activity, including golf, tennis, bicycling, duplicate bridge, roller blading, swimming, etc.

Berthiaume, Sheridan (Sherry)

• Education: BA Rice, BSEE S.M.U, MSIE University of Houston
• Married Janet Carter. Has two boys, Stuart and Paul, and five grandchildren.
• Worked for NASA - JSC, Houston. Retired in 1994.
• Email address: sberthia@ktc.com
• Web site: www.ktc.com/~sberthia. Check for family pictures, Sherry's nice astronomical photos, and more!

Bertrand, James Richard

Email address: jbertrand@velaw.com

Blanton, Jane (Jane Blanton Sims)

Received BA from SMU and MA from New Mexico State University Retired in May 2002 after many years of teaching; various subjects and levels, most recently world geography at Del Valle High School in the Ysleta ISD (El Paso, Texas). Works part-time at Sew What's New, selling sewing machines and teaching how to use them. Married twice, currently divorced. Has one daughter (married, 3 granddaughters, one great-grandson) and two sons. Active in Lions Club at club and district levels. Address 1021 Mohegan Lane, El Paso, TX 79912; telephone is 915-833-6192 Email address: jane_sims@sbcglobal.net

Boor, Carolyn (Carolyn Boor Cannon)

Bowlin, Kathleen (Kathleen Bowlin Meyer)

Baylor, B.S. in Chemistry - after brief sojourns to U of Houston, and Western Reserve U.

In 1960, married John Paul Meyer. He attended Macalester College in St. Paul, American U., Beirut, Lebanon, and U of Minn., B.A., and Union Theo. Seminary (NYC), B.D. He was ordained an Episcopal priest at St. John Cathedral in NYC.

We thus proceeded to Cleveland OH (Paul born ’61), then to NYC (Erika born ’63) and where John was grad. student at The General Seminary. Then to Alton Ill. (Johanna born ’67), and then to Carbondale Ill. (Karl born ’69) where John served as Episcopal Chaplain at the Univ., for 5 years. There, I served open house dinners once a week, while completing an M.S. from the Nutrition dept., school of Home Ec., at So. Ill. U., Carbondale.

Then on to Geneva, OH (N.E. of Cleveland) and finally to Detroit in 1977.

1984 at Wayne State U., I completed a 2 year undergraduate program (CUP) to become a registered dietitian. I worked for the WIC and the Maternal Child Health programs, and for a couple of years in an out-patient cancer unit at Henry Ford Hosp.

We were drawn to Detroit to be part of an inner city, charismatic, communal, community. An offspring of the Church of the Redeemer in Houston. We remained there only 2 years, but decided to move only across downtown to a historical neighborhood. Where we eventually re-habbed (sp?) an 1885 house where we still reside. In ’79 John began to minister at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, from which he retired in ’02. St. Peter’s also houses the Catholic Worker soup kitchen.

Paul lives in Cabin John Maryland, and presides over the household of his wife, Jennifer O’Connor, partner in a D.C. law firm, and Ian 6 and Dylan 4. He has worked as a programmer analyst; now studying to teach math in high school setting.
Erika is rector of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Cortez, CO, lives with her son Johann 9. Her husband, Carl Hedlund, (Ph.D. Univ. of Utah) died at age 38, in 2003. Before college he was a diesel mechanic, and did some work on biodiesel fuels.
Johanna is a choreographer and dancer, and earns a living as a Pilates instructor, and is married to writer, actor, Aaron Landsman, who teaches business side of the arts, etc. They live in Brooklyn NY
Karl lives in Brooklyn, and ekes out a living playing his fiddle, wherever, even on the sidewalk.

Brandes, Robert

Canada, Mike

• Graduate of the University of Texas
• Married Judy Fleming- Lamar class of 1958. We have two sons and four grandchildren all of whom live in Florida. Both sons graduated form University of Florida.
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon founder member.
• Business career took me to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. for 31 years as president of Finance & Insurance Management Company.
• Retired 2001 and came home to Cordillera Ranch out from Boerne, Texas.
• Interests: Art, investments, traveling, hunting, fishing.
• Sister and many friends in Houston.
• Picture: 28th on 2nd row of class 1957 fold out.
• Address: 554 Cordillera Trace, Cordillera Ranch, Boerne, Texas 78006
• E-Mail: michaelcanada@gvtc.com; Phone: 830-336-3461

Carter, William Harold (Hank)

Hank on GW Bicycle Path near Home Click to enlarge

Email: wcarter1@wwcom.net Married to Lynda Craft (Lamar '58) 1961-1978. Children: Bill bcarter@wwcom.net, Elizabeth ecarter@bioc.rice.edu. *Girlfriend: Linda K. Demlo 1985- present ljd5@cdc.gov. Websites: genealogy: http://wwcom.net/carter, family pictures: http://wwcom.net/pictures, scientific publications: http://wwcom.net/optics, webmaster and cellist for: http://georgetownsymphony.org.

Clark, Elizabeth Jane (Beth) (Elizabeth Jane Price)

Clark, George D.

Cole, Judy (Judy Cole Talkington)

Conner, Ernest Arren

Cox, Charlie

• Married to Sandy Cordell
• Address: 2935 Country Blub Boulevard, Sugarland, TX 77478-3627
• Phone: 281-277-9548

Culver, Linda (Linda Culver Rubadue)

Driscol, Corliss (Corliss Driscol Richardson)

Dunlap, Robert J. (Bob)

Fargason, Karen (Karen Fargason Mauermann)

Faris, Sara Jane (Sara Jane Alameda)

Feagins, Thomas Jackson

Tom is at the upper left with his son Matthew on his left. He is holding Colleen Feagins, whose brother Ryan is inspecting the toy parking garage.

Fogarty, Charlie

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Franklin, William

Gibson, Mike

• Mike designed our Orenda '57
• Check out his artwork on his website: michaeljgibson.com
• Email address: michaeljgibson@yahoo.com

Gregg, Dick

Henry, Dorthy (Dorthy Henry Rotramel)

Hervey, Mary Pauline (Polly Hervey Perciful)

Hess, Penny (Penny Hess Butler)

Hodges, Laurent - Updated December 2007

• Address: 2115 Coneflower Court, P. O. Box 1238, Ames, IA 50014-1238.
• A.B., A. M., Ph.D. degrees all from Harvard University
• Member of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa from 1966 to 2005; retired as Professor Emeritus in August 2005.
• Author of a textbook, Environmental Pollution (Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1973; 2nd edition 1977).
• Married Linda Feitl (Simmons '64) in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1966. Two children: Andrew and Katherine.
• Linda was a food and travel writer for newspapers for many years and is the co-author of The Hippocrene Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine (4th edition, 2004).
• Email address: lhodges@iastate.edu
• Laurent's and Linda's web sites are accessible from AmesIowa.US.
• Lives in an award-winning passive solar home. Our retirement activities center around gardening, ballroom dancing, and travel (favorites: France, Ukraine).

House, Glenn Curtis

Hudspeth, Bill

Jenkins, Robert Wesley

Jones, Nancy Ellen Jones (Nancy Ellen Jones Akin)

Keathley, Karen

Koehler, William Henry

Kriegel, Ann (Ann Kriegel Ludwig)

Lackner, Linda (Linda Lackner Wheeler)

Larmore, Lawrence

Lawson, Harry

Lebourg, Colette (Collette Lebourg Grinstead)

Lewis, Suzanne (Suzanne Lewis Anderson)

Lipscomb, Anne

Lovett, Ronald Alan

Luther, Homer

McKee, Marilyn (Marilyn McKee Gum)

McKenzie, Phillip Alexander

McMullan, Janet Ruth (Janet Ruth McMullan Adams)

Mercer, Andrea (Andrea Mercer West)

Milam, Harris

Moehlman, Linda (Linda Jenet)

Moore, Robert L. (Bobby)

Nelson, Tommy (Tom)

• "J. Ray McDermott, Inc. (offshore contractor) has employed me for thirty years. In 2000 the company transferred me to our Houston office. JoAnna grew up in Bryan and we are both very happy to be back in Texas.
• "The attached picture is of JoAnna and me in Germany this summer. I was on business. I have traveled the world and my interest now is to see Texas and the USA from ground level. There is no better place!"
• Lives at 6015 Hawkes Bay CT, Katy, TX 77494-2230. Home phone is 281 392-5546. Office phone is 281 870-5282.
• Home email address: jotan@mindspring.com
• Office email address: tanelson@mcdermott.com

Neuhaus, Max . . . Wikipedia article about Max

Italian address is Villa Cesina, via Belvedere Cesina 55, I-80073 Capri, Italy New York office (always finds me in the end, but may take a while) is 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3304, New York, NY 10118 USA Here is a description of one of Max' works which has become part of the Dia Foundation's collection; they will now maintain it in perpetuity. "Max Neuhaus' work Times Square is located on the pedestrian island formed by the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, between 45th and 46th Streets, in New York City's Times Square. The work consists of an invisible unmarked block of sound which emerges from the grating on the north end of the island. "The aural and visual environment surrounding this piece is rich and complex. It includes large billboards, moving advertising signs, office buildings, hotels, theaters and electronic game emporiums. Its population is equally diverse including tourists, theatergoers, commuters, shoppers and office workers. Most people are in motion, passing through the square. The island on which the work is located is at the junction of several of the square's pathways and is sometimes crossed by a thousand or more people in an hour. Yet not everyone will be aware of its existence. Its sonority, a rich harmonic sound texture resembling the after-ring of large bells, seems an impossibility within its context. Many who pass through the work will dismiss it as an unusual machinery sound from below ground. "For those who find and accept the sound's anomaly, however, the island becomes a different place, separate, but including its surroundings. With no indication at the site that this sound has been deliberately made, people are able to claim the work as a place of their 0 own discovering." Email address: neuhaus@compuserve.com

Nunnery, Nancy (Nancy Nunnery Brock)

Pennington, Judy (Judy Pennington Latta)

Pickle, Linda

Linda Pickle was listed as a member of our class, but we have not found anyone who remembered her. She may have been a student under special circumstances, as suggested by her obituary from the April 15, 2008 Houston Chronicle, given below.

Linda Pickle spent life helping others with disabilities (By Lynwood Abram. Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle)

Linda Pickle, who was stricken with polio at age 16 and was left almost completely paralyzed but devoted her life to helping others with disabilities, died Sunday in a Houston hospital of complications from diabetes. She was 71. "It was a very severe case of polio," said Margaret A. Nosek, executive director of the Center for Research on Women With Disabilities at Baylor College of Medicine. Pickle worked for several years at the center, directing research and conducting workshops for disabled women. "She could move one arm a little bit," Nosek said. "She spent much of her time in an iron lung until a portable ventilator was produced. She used it in a little box on the back of her power wheelchair."

Fundraiser for TIRR

Pickle's limited mobility didn't keep her from being active, Nosek said, even though she required attendants to help with basic tasks. "She never 'suffered' her disability. It was the context within which she lived, and she dealt with it very effectively," Nosek said. "She got up at 5 a.m. to get to work by 8 a.m., and used a wheelchair and a van equipped with a lift. For about 30 years, she was a fundraiser for The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research and for the TIRR Foundation." One of her projects was coordinating the annual TIRR Night at Astroworld for former TIRR patients, Nosek said. Nosek said Pickle raised funds from private sources, including foundations, and produced substantial sums for TIRR. After she retired from TIRR in the 1990s, Pickle joined the Center for Research on Women With Disabilities and later was a community advocate for the Houston Center for Independent Living, where she helped the disabled to move out of nursing homes into the community. An outgoing, cheerful person, Pickle had no difficulties in speaking and worked hard for the disability rights movement, Nosek said.

'Very spiritual'

"She was very active. She was a big fan of the ballet, art festivals, movies and eating shrimp on Galveston beach," Nosek said. "She was a free and independent spirit and very spiritual." Monica Evans, a friend and financial adviser, described Pickle as "strong and determined and a role model for me as a woman who took care of herself and struggled to help others. She did not think of herself as handicapped." Born in Cleburne, Linda Estelle Pickle graduated from high school there and earned a degree in psychology from the University of Houston. She had no immediate family. Survivors include a cousin, Anne Abbas of Dallas; a goddaughter, Katia Villalobos of Houston; and friends and attendants, Norfa Velgar, Irma Thompson, Elvia Villalobos, Laura Lopez and Mita Linares.

Pillow, Penny (Penny Pillow Bell)

Pontikes, Gail (Gail Pontikes Shannon)

Address: 15931 Erin Creek Ct., Houston, TX 77062

Children and grandchildren:
Lt. Col. Edmond M. Saad, III USAF Ret., born 4/26/59. Daughter-in-law,
Eva Lou Thompson Saad born 12/29/57. Grandson Edmond Mitri Saad IV, born 8/31/90. This family was tragically killed 9/2/2004.
Brian K. Saad, CPA born 11/10/60, Single parent. Granddaughter Meredith Saad born 3/1/85, grandson Brandon Saad born 11/16/89 and grandson Cameron Saad born 4/17/92

Divorced Edmond M. Saad, Jr. (Class of 1953) in 1986.

John C. Shannon and I married in 1990. I gained 2 more children, Angie and Ray, and 2 more granddaughters, Shannon and Jennifer. After John retired (1995) from Amoco Oil in Texas City he became a licensed Realtor and assisted me in sales with Coldwell Banker Pennington Chen in the Clear Lake area. We received several honors as Top Producers for the company as well as Presidents Circle with Coldwell Banker nationally. We are presently retired and enjoy many activities including bridge, bowling and wine tasting. I am also involved with several ladies organizations including the Red Hat Society and Beta Sigma Phi.

Career History

• Realtor/ Broker ? Licensed in 1972
• Marketing with Title Industry 1979-1988
• Manager/Escrow Officer 1988-1990
• Real Estate Sales 1990-2001
• Retired September 2001

Email address: gpandjcshannon@gmail.com

Pope, Kay (Katherine Pope Marshall)

Pope, Margaret

Prescott, Charlene (Charlene Harlan)

Prescott, Charles

Raatz, James King

Jimmy passed away on November 4, 2008. Jimmy designed & assembled our directory for the 45th class reunion as well creating as our Class of ’57 T shirts. He made many other generous yet anonymous contributions to our class as well as to numerous other “causes.” These last few years have been rough for Jimmy. May he now truly rest in peace. Here is his obituary from DailyTimes.com.

Jim K. Raatz

KERRVILLE — Jim K. Raatz, 69, of Kerrville, Texas, entered into rest on November 4, 2008, at his residence.

Jim was born August 18, 1939, in New Orleans, LA, to parents, Fred William & Ruth Provine Raatz. He grew up in Houston and graduated from Lamar High School in 1957. He attended Southwestern University; the University of Houston, where he received his B.F.A.; and Texas A&M University, where he received his Master of Education/Educational Technology. He married Mary Ann Jones on June 30, 1962, in Georgetown, Texas. Jim served his country for three years in the U.S. Army which included a tour in Thailand, as well as duty at Ft. Bliss in El Paso and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. For many years, Jim engaged in advertising, graphic design, and commercial photography working for companies such as Middaugh & Associates in Houston, Brazos Graphics, and also doing private consulting. He established the graphic production services at Texas A&M University to provide the academic community with editorial & graphic design, and photography services. He designed the TAMU centennial plate, the TAMU Centennial Celebration Exhibit for the Rudder Tower lobby, and the traveling exhibit which traveled over Texas. Jim was very creative; many an Aggie administrator or staff requested specialty retirement or congratulation cards designed by Jim. He was a member of the A&M United Methodist Church and the First United Methodist Church in Kerrville; a 50-year member of Pi Kappa Fraternity, Bryan College Station Dinner/Dance Club (President 1999), Friends of the Symphony at A&M (FASO), Advocacy Inc. (past board member), United Cerebral Palsy Association (past president & former chairman), the University & College Designers Association, the National Computer Graphics Association, and the Committee for Employment of the Handicapped. Jim retired in August of 2001; he and his family moved to Kerrville in 2004. Jim was a special person and a problem solver. He did whatever was needed and if possible he did it anonymously. He will be remembered for his wit and compassion.

He is survived by his wife Mary Ann Raatz; two daughters, Tamara Raatz of Portales, New Mexico, and Rachel Raatz of Kerrville; sister, Jan Peterson and husband Norman of Spring, Texas; brothers-in-law, Bob (Mike) Jones and wife Jan of Rocky Ridge, MD, and John (James) Jones and wife Geraine of Fairview, Texas; niece, Kristen Daly and husband Paul of Rocky Ridge, MD; nephews, Tim Peterson of Magnolia, Texas, and his children Jacob and Elizabeth, Fred Peterson and wife Staci of Austin, Texas; Curtis Jones and wife Debbie of Grapevine and their daughter Whitney Nelson; cousins, Dixie Raatz of Corpus Christi, Gretchen Raatz of Austin, Bruce Kinser of Houston, and Kenny and Jenny Kinser of Spring; and his pet cat Parquet.

Special thanks to Peterson Hospice, both staff, volunteers, and Gracie the therapy dog.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the United Cerebral Palsy Organization, Center for Special Opportunities in Kerrville, Engineering Scholars Program at Texas A&M University, or Parkinson’s Research.

A private family service will be held at a later date.

The family invites you to leave a message or memory at www.kerrvillefuneralhome.com by selecting Obituaries. Select “Sign Guestbook” at the bottom of the individual memorial.

Rainbow, Wendy (Wendy Rainbow Germani)

Riedel, Nancy (Nancy Riedel Conrad)

Rule, Jean (Virginia Rule Flippen; Mrs. Robert E. Flippen) - updated November 2007

• Lives at 3600 Franklin Pike, Nashville, Tennessee 37204-3505
• Phones: 615-383-2816 (home) or 615-298-2872 (office); email: jrflippen@hotmail.com

Saunders, Tom

• "I was an Advisor to a Ranger Battalion of the South Vietnam Army. They were my friends who only wanted the freedoms that too many in our country take for granted or do not even recognize."
• "I might be the only class member to retire from the military; the others did their time of one hitch. My career covered 15 years active and 16 reserves. I retired from the reserves in 1991. While in the Reserves, in New Mexico and Colorado, I worked as a civilian Education Specialist for Department of Defense and Taught at the University of New Mexico from 1976 to 1995. I have three retirements: Army Reserves, Federal Civilian, and the state of New Mexico as a Professor Emeritus. Add my social security and disability pay, the total comes out to five."
• "I have had 31 major surgeries, a replaced knee, hip, plate in my forehead, and my stomach has 16 stables holding it together. I have been shot, blown up and given up for dead two times."

Sinclair, William Stanley ("Bill")

Smith, Todd Iverson

Stanford, John Paul

Stolz, Sandra Lynn (Sandra Lynn Stolz Chadwick-Blossey)

. . .

• Graduated from University of Texas at Austin with BA in English and BS in Education; from Columbia University Teacher's College with MA in Psychology; and from the Fielding Institute with a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development
• Spent 26 years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at Wake Forest University; later at Rollins University, Winter Park, Florida.
• Currently President, Kaleidoscope Change Consultants, 1262 Melissa Court, Winter Park, Florida 32789 (Phone: 407-740-7758).
• Has children and grand-children in the area (note color photo above).
• Email address: scblossey @ cfl.rr.com

Strong, Julia Sharon (Julia Sharon Strong Tatom

• Address: 6302 N. Camino Almonte, Tucson, AZ 85718
• Email twc2@qwest.net

Taylor, Kaffy (Katherine Taylor Mize)

• "From 1967 until 1997, I served the community in fundraising and board positions with the Houston Symphony (Golden Baton Award for Dedicated Volunteerism); Society for the Performing Arts (President & Chair); Houston International Festival (President & Chair), The Houston Public Library Board (President); River Oaks Elementary School PTO (President); UH (Outstanding Alumna 1992); Savvy Award for Community Service, and recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Cultural Ministry, among others. 1997-2000 employed by The Houston Club as Director of member relations and development with accreditation as a Private Club Certified Marketing Professional. Subsequently, worked for The River Oaks Country Club; edited a book of memoirs for a private client; and currently am organizing research materials on antique silver and linens for Phyllis Tucker of Phyllis Tucker Antiques on Ferndale. I currently serve as trustee for The Jones Hall Foundation as well as for The Excellence Fund of The Society for the Performing Arts."
• Email KTMIZECALL@aol.com

Thompson, Terry Pat

Trotter, Mary (Dr. Mary T. Green, M.D.)

Tune, Tommy . . . Wikipedia article about Tommy

Author of an autobiography, Footnotes: *a Memoir, published in 1997. Attended Lon Morris College and University of Texas, Austin. Noted dancer, choreographer, director and producer on Broadway. Star, with Twiggy, of the long-running My One and Only, including an appearance at a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. There is a CD available of the songs from this musical, starring Tommy and Twiggy. Winner of nine Tony Awards, the only person ever to win Tonys in four different categories, the only person ever to win the same two Tonys two years in a row: 1974: Best Actor, Supporting or Featured, in a Musical (Seesaw) 1979: Best Choreographer (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) 1982: Best Director of a Musical (Nine) 1983: Best Actor in a Musical and Best Choreographer (My One and Only) 1990: Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical (Grand Hotel) 1991: Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical (The Will Rogers Follies) Producer of the 1994 revival of the musical Grease.

Tommy Tune sings 16 songs on his CD, Slow Dancin'. I located it under "T" in the Easy Listening section at our local Best Buy store. It's RCA Victor 09026-68322-2. Another good CD with Tommy is the original cast album for "My One and Only" (Tommy Tune and Twiggy), from Atlantic records.

Tommy Tune's autobiography, Footnotes: *a Memoir, was published by Simon & Schuster. I read it in two sittings and found it fascinating. Lamar gets one direct mention and some indirect ones, and among the many pictures of Tommy is one with Ruth Denney. "I'm a big believer in Circle and have been ever since I was introduced to it by my high school drama teacher Ruth Denney. Before every performance Ms. Denney instructed us to join hands in a big circle, thereby literally connecting the cast members into one divine human form. She'd have good words of positive encouragement to say to us, and if there was a weak link in the chain it would be strengthened. I've continued making Circle since high school and have found that it really works to align a cast..."

"Just about every other generation someone comes along and revivifies and revitalizes the American musical theater. This generation that someone is you, Mr. Tune. All of your colleagues admire your artistry, skill, and professionalism, but we admire more your gentleness and kindness to the talents with whom you work. God bless you, Tommy Tune." - Gene Kelly, in his final public appearance, presenting Tune with the Pinnacle Award.

Tommy Tune and the Manhattan Rhythm Kings has been on tour recently.

Vanzant, Earl A.

Warner, Fleetwood (Fleetwood Warner Range)

Watts, Roderick Kent

Weikel, John

Williams, David Michael - Updated November 2007

• "After Lamar I attended South Texas Junior College for two years and the U of H for one year and then joined the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet. I graduated from flight training in December, 1961 and was commissioned as a Navy Ensign."
• "I served as a Naval Aviator for 20 years; retiring as a Navy Commander in Oct, 1981. Then worked as a pilot for Northwest Airlines, retiring from a B747 captain position in 1999. I feel very fortunate to have been able to fly for 40 years and enjoyed the travel."
• "In the Navy I was stationed with Patrol Squadron 26 in Brunswick, Maine. Then I was a Navy Flight Instructor in Pensacola, Florida, attended Naval Postgraduate School twice. served as the Catapult officer on the USS Kitty Hawk making two tours off Vietnam. I wound up as a Officer Detailer with the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, DC where my wife was a volunteer worker at the White House. After retiring from the Navy I took a job as pilot for Northwest Airlines."
• "My Northwest Airlines flying took me to lots of cities in Europe and Asia. My favorites were Hong Kong and Mainz, Germany. I flew as captain on the B727, B757, DC10 and the B747-400.
• "I met and married a beautiful flight attendant, Connie Ruggiero, who was working for Capital Airlines flying troops in and out of Vietnam. She and I were passengers on a flight to Tokyo. Connie comes from Wilmington, Delaware and we have made our home nearby in West Chester, PA. We have been married 37 years, have three sons and two grandchildren. My wife has family living in Italy and we visit them each year plus we enjoy travel to other spots in Europe, Asia and Texas."
• Email address: davew26@msn.com

Wolf, John E.

Currently a dermatologist in Houston; head of dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine.

Wolf, Larry

Graduate of Harvard University and of Harvard Medical School. Currently a plastic surgeon in Houston.

Womack, Cay (Cay Womack Eckland)

• "I was a charter member of an independent barbershop chorus called the Deci-Belles and have sung and co-directed the group for 25 years. Currently I am the national music coordinator for my sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, assisting with new chapter installations, conventions, etc. My Husband, Jim, & I are now retired, living on Lake Conroe & enjoying golfing, fishing, boating, and partying with friends. Our sons, Andy and Al both live in the Chicago area. Andy is married and has two precious daughters, Kaitlin, age 11 (July 2002) & Emily, age 8 (June 2002)."

Wright, Jerry - Updated November 2007 (information from Nancy Nunnery Brock)

• Jerry is part of a trio called The Southcoasters. They have a CD out which is called the Encore Collection. 50% of the proceeds from the sales go MD Anderson's cancer research, targeting breast and prostate cancer.
• Jerry played for Lyndon Johnson at his ranch and the Southcoasters have also been asked to play for President Bush.
• The web address for the group is www.southcoasters.com

TEACHERS

Can you provide updated information about any of our Lamar teachers, such as where they live today, or their email or web address? Let me know! Thanks to Mae Gates, who provided most of this information, some of which is now old.

Edward B. Adams, who taught math, lives at 5114 Beechnut, Houston, TX 77096-1423; phone (713)667-6304.
Carolyn Beatty, who taught English, is retired. She lives at 9018 Silver Spring Lane, Houston 77025-4127; phone (713)665-4508.
Howard Behrens lives at 8806 Emmott, Houston 77040-3508, phone (713)466-7664.
Edith Bren Hartung, registrar, lives in Houston. Her phone number is (713)523-8600.
Florine Carr, science teacher, and Sanford Carr (P.E.) live at 6338 Auden, Houston 77005-4302, phone (713)668-7222. Florine is a docent at the Ima Hogg Home.
Edith Cox, librarian, passed away in 1997 at the age of 102.
Ruth R. Denney lived in Austin, Texas. She passed away March 26, 2007. Tommy Tune had a birthday party for her every year in Houston. There's a picture of her with Tommy on page 178 of his autobiography, Footnotes.
Marjorie Eason, who taught math, lives at 308 Sequoia Spur, Georgetown, TX 78628.
Renee Feeney, long-time Lamar librarian, passed away in Houston at the Forum (Galleria area) on Saturday, December 8, 2007.
Avis Ford, history teacher, lives in a nursing home in Des Moines, Iowa.
La Faye Ford (La Faye Stinchcomb), who taught English, lives at 4100 Greenbriar #101, Houston 77098-5228; phone (713)529-8803.
Mae C. Gates taught English at Lamar from 1951 to 1975 then became registrar at Bellaire High School. She retired in 1986 and likes to travel. She lives at 2601 Bellefontaine St. Apt. C-315, Houston, Texas 77025-1642; phone 713-668-3539. She is a docent at Houston's Children's Museum.
Brad Gentry, who taught physics, passed away some years ago.
Thelma Hammerling, math teacher and Director of Math for HISD, lives at 203 Admiral Benbow, McQueeney, TX 78123. Phone (210)557-6104.
Elise Hawkins, P.E., lives at 7610 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Lago Vista, TX 78645, phone (512)267-7607.
Norma Henderson, art teacher, lives at 777 North Post Oak Road, Houston 77024; phone (713)956-7174.
Marcile Hollingsworth, who taught chemistry at Lamar, and later became Director of Science for the Houston Independent School District, lives at 6441 Sewanee Street, Houston, Texas 77005-3759; phone 713-665-2796. She works with Houston Retired Teachers.
Ivy Hollister, shop teacher, Assistant Principal at Bellaire High School, lives at 4309 Willowbend, Houston 77035-3825; phone (713)723-0040.
Norma Lowder, music teacher and Principal, HSPVA, lives at 7480 Beechnut #127, Houston 77074-4503; phone (713)773-3518.
Hazelle McCarty, who taught English, lived in Houston until her death in 2000. Wayne Shull, a Lamar graduate who knew her at Willow Meadows Baptist Church reports that she was active, cheerful and very alert until she died one day.
David McLure, counselor and Principal at Bellaire High School, and Dorothea McLure, math teacher, live at 1044 Cedar Hills Drive, Fredericksburg, TX 78624-9413; phone (830)997-8712.
Donald Meador, math teacher, lives at 3922 Oxhill, Spring, TX 77388-5749; phone (281)353-7979.
Mable Scott, who taught English, lives at 2919 Freshmeadows, Houston, TX, phone (713)977-0073; one of her students was Linda Ellerbee.
Vivian Smith (Vivian Wilson), English teacher, lives at 4141 South Braeswood #419, Houston 77025-3338; phone (73)660-4954.
Lon Wheeler, science teacher and Assistant Principal at Lamar, lives at 6828 Queensclub Drive, Houston 77069-1201; phone (281)444-1092.
Videlle Wilson, who taught in the homemaking department at Lamar for 30 years, can be reached at standfast@webtv.net
Nina Wright, history teacher, lives at 106 Bent Oak Lane, Kerrville, TX 78028; phone (830)896-2054.
Miriam Young, math teacher and counselor, lives at 4130 Gairloch, Houston 77025-2912; phone (713)667-3570.
Agnes Yost, who taught English, now lives at 815 Marlowe Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. She collects antiques.

OTHER LINKS

• Lamar Class of 1962

DECEASED CLASSMATES

The following classmates have been reported deceased.

Alvarez, Paul Cate - died June 7, 2002
Baker, Albert Joseph III "Al"
Bender, Sharon Louise
Black, Richard Pat
Black, Robert Jo
Bloxom, Wayne Harrison
Borneman, Bill Brian
Bowman, Elizabeth Ann "Betty" (Elizabeth Fain)
Brent, Robert James "Bobby"
Christopher, Dan
Davis, John Lee
Dawdy, Jesse Erwin III
Ekman, Ellen Ethel (Ellen Ellis)
Frost, Nancy (Nancy Fogarty) - died April 21, 2004 of amyloidosis
Hamann, George T. ("Ted") - died November 2000
Harriman, Gordon Douglas, Jr. ("Doug")
Hartung, Eugene Hilmer, Jr. ("Gene")
Hedrick, Leo Scott
Hollyfield, Joseph Henderson, Jr. ("Jay")
Jenkins, David Otis
Johnson, Donald Lee
Lanier, George William
Lay, Susan (was married to Dick Golf)
McMahon, Dennis Michael
Montgomery, Sam
Mulitz, Mary Louise
Nicholson, Vivian Anna
Noble, Larry Gordon
Pace, John Charles
Pauza, Joseph George III
Pope, Margaret (died in 1958)
Schneider, June Lorene
Scurlock, W. Chappell ("Chappy")
Smith, Stephen Collier
Sposeep, Theodore Mac
Taylor, Robert Anderson, Jr
Thompson, Michael Leroy (died in 1992)
Tinney, Doris Jean (Doris Calhoun)
Todd, Patricia Ann
Tschappat, Robert William
Ullrich, Ollie - died of cancer at age 31
Watts, Dee Ann (Dee Ann Hinkle)
Whiteley, Ron Owen
Wilson, Diane Patricia
Witter, Scott - died in Houston May 24, 2005 Woodhouse, Eddie - died in 2004; was retired and living on a small ranch in New Ulm, Texas

MISSING CLASSMATES

Please help us find these missing classmates! Missing classmates turn up from time to time, sometimes by coming across their name on this list.

Maintained by Laurent Hodges. Email to lhodges@iastate.edu. Send me photos and information about yourself: universities attended, where you've worked, awards you've received, who you married, your children, your email and web addresses, where you live, etc., whatever you think is important. Also let me know if you object to your photos or anything else that's posted.