Ethel Roy, `28 (Olney, MD)

Elaine (Rose) Barkenhagen, `28 (Reedsburg, WI)

Sigrun (Gislason) Olsen, `29 (Hopkins, MN)

Virginia (Mueller) Wallman, `30 (Rochester, MN)

Claire (Kuchenbecker) Reese, `30 (Genoa, IL)

Lucille (Krage) Burke, `31/33/63 (St. Charles, MN) taught in rural schools including East Burns Valley and Houston County, Minn. She married Daniel Burke in 1937. They had six children. She later returned to Winona State and obtained a bachelor’s degree in teaching and a master’s degree in physical education. She taught at Elgin-Millville High School for eighteen years.

Dorothy (Richter) Zabel, `36 (Plainview, MN) graduated from Winona Teacher’s College in 1936 and taught in rural schools. She married Clarence Zabel in 1940. They had 5 children. Dorothy and Clarence farmed in Elgin Township all their lives. She was active in the community, serving in the Farm Bureau and in her church.

Charlotte (Shira) Wichers, `36 (Casper, WY) married Frank Wichers in 1951 and they had two sons. Charlotte taught elementary education for many years in several towns in Wisconsin and Minnesota. After retirement, she volunteered as a teacher’s aide in Winona. In 1993, she moved to Casper, Wyo., where she volunteered her time knitting caps for newborns at the Wyoming Medical Center. She also knit hats and scarves which were donated to the Merchant Marines.

Alan MacPherson, `37 (Eureka, CA)

Margaret (Keller) Johnson, `39 (Bayport, MN)

Marcella (Glasrud) Roberts, `41 (St. Paul, MN)

Jean (Kruger) Stead, `44 (Rochester, MN)

Dorothy McLeod, `49 (Loveland, CO)

Jay Robinson, `50 (St. Charles, MN) was born in Mazeppa, Minn. After his discharge from the U.S. Army, he went back to work running his Chicago-based business, Pullman Company. He and his first wife, Dorothy, moved to Winona in 1948 so he could pursue a teaching degree in music. An avid saxophonist, he played with the college swing band and also enjoyed singing in a variety of campus musical groups. He directed the music programs in Parkers Prairie, Starbuck, Mabel and Stewartville, Minn. He taught vocal and elementary instrumental music in the St. Charles school district many years before his retirement. After the death of his first wife, he married Alice. His two children are WSU alumni.

Leona (Tlougan) Magnuson, `52 (Cannon Falls, MN) taught school in Caledonia, S.D., and Farmington, Minn. Leona married James E. Magnuson in 1957 and they had four children. She was a volunteer for the battered woman’s shelter and enjoyed traveling.

Margaret “Peggy” (McNally) Lange, `55 (Wichita Falls, TX) married Bernard Lange in 1955. They had three children. Peggy taught at Notre Dame Elementary School for 21 years and served as assistant principal for two years. She received a “Teacher of the Year” award from the Fort Worth Diocese in 1991.

Phyllis Mae (Watts) Sorenson, `59 (Chatfield, MN) had a 32-year teaching career. She married Richard Sorenson in 1942 in Oakland, Calif. The couple later lived in Chatfield, Minn. Phyllis was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and a member of the Eastern Star for 60 years.

Deane “Dean” Harvey, `59/71 (La Crosse, WI/Winona, MN) served four years in the U.S. Navy as an air controlman. He married Lois Lowe in Winona in 1951. They had two sons and one daughter. He graduated from Winona State in 1959 and went on to earn his master’s degree from WSU in 1971. He taught science in the Winona Public School District for 28 years. Dean served on the Goodview City Council, the Board for Citizens for a Clean Mississippi, and was a 50-year member of the American Legion Post in Winona. Dean also loved jazz. He and Lois traveled to numerous jazz concerts around the country.

Geneva (Peterson) Mann, `60 (Rushford, MN) graduated from Winona State in 1960 with a teaching degree. She married Daniel Mann in 1950 and they later moved to Rushford, Minn., where she taught elementary school from 1952-1995. Geneva was a member of the National Education Association, Winona Area Ballroom Dance Club and the Rochester Exchange Club Travel Series.

David Patrick, `60 (St. Louis, MO)

Marian (Kreisel) Pederson, `63 (Inver Grove Heights, MN)

Robin Arthur Jacob, `63 (Arlington, TX) graduated from Winona State in 1963 and received his Juris Doctor degree from the William Mitchell Law School in St. Paul, Minn. His legal career included private practice in Minneapolis. He was a member of the Minnesota, Texas and Florida state bar associations.

Mary C. Olson, `64 (Wabasha, MN) graduated from Winona State in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education/special education after graduating with a certificate from the Braille and Sight Saving School in Faribault, Minn.  She taught special needs children in Red Wing, Minn., and then moved to St. Paul, Minn., where she taught at the Como School for 13 years. Mary then bought the Red Eye Saloon in Wabasha, Minn., in 1978 and renamed it M.O.’s Bar. She sold the business in 1994. Mary was a member of the Wabasha American Legion Auxiliary and an avid sports fan.

Gretta (Johnson) Vincent, `64 (Fairmont, MN) was a physical education instructor in Shakopee, Minn., until her marriage to Richard Vincent in 1969. The couple moved to Fairmont, Minn., in 1970 where Gretta was a physical education instructor at Fairmont Middle School. Since 1990, she worked at Weigh-Tronix. Gretta served on her church council, taught Sunday school for many years, and enjoyed traveling, athletics and restoring furniture.

George F. Waterman, '65 (Ventura, CA) was a member of the 1962 Conference Champion Warrior Football Team. He was a physical education and industrial arts teacher in the Hueneme, Calif., School District and a partner in an irrigation business in Santa Paula, Calif., before retiring in 1990.

Jon R. Williams, `65 (Wabasha, MN)

Thelma (Kohn) Kloempken, `66 (Winona, MN) received her master's degree and later married Henry Kloempken in 1977. Thelma taught elementary school for 35 years.

Nadine (Danielson) Carr, `67/72 (Wabasha, MN) was class valedictorian. She continued her studies and earned her master’s degree in 1972. She joined the faculty of Wabasha-Kellogg High School in 1967 and taught English for 16 years until her retirement. In the 10 years following her retirement, she led the “Let’s Talk About It” reading program at the Wabasha Public Library. Nadine married Donald Carr in 1937. They had two children.

David Haines, `67 (Minneapolis, MN)

Leone (Nelson) Johnson, `68 (Zumbrota, MN)

John Voelker, `76 (Baxter, MN) was employed by the DNR as the assistant area supervisor for trails and waterways in Baxter, Minn., where he had resided with his family since 1984.

Matthew Kiraly, `91 (Wausau, WI)

Dale Jones, `96 (Spring Valley, MN)

Last Modified: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:05 by Rhone Richard