2000's
2000
Carly Kaufman, Central '00, graduated Cum Laude from the UMC in December, 2003 with a Bachelor of Journalism in Advertising and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She currently works for MediaCross, a St. Louis marketing consulting company, as a public relations writer.
Jamie Kitsis, North '00, is one of two UMC school of journalism students chosen as a Fall 2003 Nokia Advantage advertising competition winner.
2002
Katie Koch, South '02, attends Washington University and is involved with Team in Training, an endurance training group that benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She has competed in the St. Louis Marathon and donated over $1500. Fueled by this wonderful experience, she has decided to train for the 2005 Walt Disney World Marathon in Orlando. Her new goal is $4000! You can contact her at klkoch@wustl.edu
1990's
1990
Lisa (Loewenstein) Carson, North '90, and her husband, Larry, announce the birth of their son, Caleb Benjamin. He was born January 22, 2004.
Monica Frick, North '90, recently moved to Orange County, California from Atlanta, Georgia. She switched from technology sales to real estate sales a couple of years ago and will continue to do that in Orange County. She has run several marathons and has done several triathlons for fun and to stay in shape. She is hoping to learn to surf in the next year.
1993
Jessica Golby, South '93, Valedictorian of '93, received her PhD in Biology, with an emphasis in genetics, from the University of Washington in Seattle in August of 2003. She is teaching at UW until August, 2004. She has accepted a full scholarship to Washington University Law School in St. Louis for the fall 2004 term. She has completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame.
Brian Eads, North '93, and Tara (Peterson) Eads, North '93, have begun the wonderful adventure of parenthood. Their son, Samuel Marshall, was born October 23, 2003, and has been making them smile ever since.
Hoa Le, Central '93, and his wife Jennifer, a Pediatrician, were married in Laguna Niguel, CA. in the summer of 2003. He is finishing his Internal Medicine residency in the Los Angeles area. They are looking forward to buying their first home in Santa Monica Beach.
1994
Janica (Hampton/McEndollar) Stoff, South '94, and Keith Stoff were married May 16, 2004. They have a four year old daughter, Abigail Jade.
Kim (Hempel) Deane, South '94, and Tom Deane were married June 19, 2004. Kim graduated form Central Missouri State University in 1998 with a Degree in Safety Management, and currently is employed by UniGroup, Inc. as a Loss Prevention Consultant.
1995
Christina Knott, West '95, and her husband Dale are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Anna Catherine Knott. She was born on March 28, 2004. Anna was baptized May 9th at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Christina and Dale were married in November of 2000.
1996
Jim Elder, South '96, is an agronomist and researcher for the USDA in Columbia, Missouri. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry in 2000 and a Master's Degree in Biology in 2003 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He and his wife, Susan Boedges, DVM, West '97 were married in August 1998. They plan to reside in Montgomery County.
Kari (Schepker) Mueller, North '96, and Scott Mueller, North '96, were married at the Grand Basin in Forest Park in June. Scott is a P.E. teacher and Kari is an art teacher, both in the Maplewood School District.
1997
Julia Black, Central '97, is engaged to David Lega, West '97. A summer 2005 wedding is planned. She is an orchestra teacher in the Rockwood School District and David is a MRI Technologist
Katie (Schneider) Miller, Central '97, married John Miller in June 2001. They had their first baby boy, Cameron John on January 7, 2004. She received her degree from UMSL in Criminal Justice in 2001 and is currently staying at home with their baby.
Kim (Hoffman) Burnes, South ‘97, and her husband Jason announce the birth of their daughter, Natalie Marie, born March 24, 2004.
Susan Boedges DVM, West '97, has become a partner at the Companion Animal Hospitals in Hermann and Montgomery City. She is a 2004 graduate of UMC School of Veterinary Medicine. She and her husband, Jim Elder, South '96 were married in August 1998. They plan to reside in Montgomery County.
1999
Monica Restivo, West '99, will marry Michael Camilleri on October 2, 2004.
Jessica Blair, North '99, graduated from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL, she earned a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, and a BA in Philosophy with a minor in Art. She made the Dean's List and in the fall will be attending SUNY — Albany to obtain her Master of Science in Forensic Molecular Biology. She is the daughter of Maria Brose Kight, North '76 and the God daughter of Karen Henson Voda, North '76.
Jeffery Stevenson, West '99, has been awarded a scholarship and an American Studies stipend award at Georgetown University graduate school. He will major in English Literature. He graduated with honors from Miami University of Ohio in 2003.
Jamie Lamprecht, Central '99, and Emily (Wilkinson) Lamprecht, Central '99, were married July 17, 2004 in Chesterfield after graduating from UMC. They live in North Brunswick, NJ just outside of NYC where Jamie is an Anchor and Producer at CSTV: College Sports Television. Emily is working on a doctorate in Equine Physiology at Rutgers University.
1980's
1980
Chris
Ellis, West '80, has been Maryville University's Women's Basketball Coach
for three seasons and was recently named Women's Basketball Coach
of the Year in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. He led
Maryville to its best record in school history (23-2) and first ever berth
in the NCAA Tournament. His coaching career has included stints at Parkway
West where he coached the boys' freshmen teams from 1986-88, and
Parkway South where he led the lady Patriots to an average of 21 wins
per season for nine years (1992-2001) before landing the Maryville position,
and with 397 career wins he is closing in on the Women's Basketball
Coaches Association 400-Win Club. Chris and his wife Kelli, West ‘92,
have a daughter, Zoe who was 3 this year. They are expecting a second
child in late August.
1981
Connie
DePaepe, North '81, graduated in '81 and couldn't wait to go to California. In 1984
she moved to California transferring from St. Louis University to Cal
Sate University Northridge. She likes to bike, run, garden, and enjoy
the sun and good fresh food. She couldn't imagine living anywhere
else. Life is wonderful. It is really nice when you can surf and ski all
in the same day. She lives in Culver City, Cal., about two miles from
the ocean and has fun working with poor and disadvantaged folks in Los
Angeles. There is a lot of work to do and lots of fun people to play and
work with. She also works with local growers linking our city programs
with the country farmers. It is a blast and she can't believe she
actually gets paid for this work. She has also returned to school to study
Agriculture and will be working on a farm in Michigan for the remainder
of the year.
Jon Hall, West '81, has lived in Greensboro, NC area for over 6 years after a 10 year stint in Florida. He has been happily married to Roza for 14 years. They have two children, a daughter Alexandra 4, and son Aydin, 1. He has earned a MBA and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and decided to take an engineering position in Florida to get away from the Rochester snow. That's where he met his wife while enjoying the beach one day and the rest is history. His current position takes him allover the world to places like mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, all of Europe and various cities in the US.
Todd Brown, Central '81, recently fulfilled a lifelong dream and auditioned for and was accepted into the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA as a magician member. He lives in Sherman Oaks, CA with Sheila his wife of 12 years and their two sons Sam and Adam. In addition, their many pets include Lilly the magic bunny. Besides his career as a professional magician, he has worked in the television and film business as an editor for the past 16 years and is a partner in a post production company.
1983
Brian
Wear, North '83, and his wife Anne have added a new addition to his family. Brendan
McShane Wear was born on April 17, 2004. He joins big sister Katie who
is 8 and big brother Justin who is 4. Brian is still working as a freelance
videographer in High Point, NC. He hopes everyone from '83 is doing
well.
1984
Dana
(Aronson) Incrocci, North '84, just got back from Hollywood doing a documentary for Lifetime. It will
air at the end of June, early July on Leeza Gibbon's, "What Should
You Do?" show. Her math classroom was held hostage by a gunman for
9 hours at the college where she teaches. The police ended up killing
him as he was shooting at her students, seriously wounding two of them.
It made national news.
Jeff Merz, South '84, worked as a Zoning Manager for T-Mobile in Miami Beach, Florida for 3 years and now is a Senior Planner for a Hawaii-based engineering firm named Oceanit. He has lived in Hawaii almost two years and recently purchased a condominium in Waikiki with his partner Ka'iwa.
1985
Susan
(Jacobs) Stone, West '85, and her husband Mike have been married for almost 11 years. They have
two sons, Blake is 4 1/2 and Keegan is 8 months. Susan has been an Executive
Assistant at Maritz, Wolff & Co. in Clayton for 4 years.
1987
Rachel
Wiggins, West '87, married Chris Friend in 1998 and gained 2 step sons, Joe and Nick. She
gave birth to Colin in May 2003 and just returned to work full time, performing
risk assessments on Safety Instrumented Systems. She received her professional
engineering license in December 2002 and is almost finished with her Masters
in Chemical Engineering at Tulane.
Margaret (Fitzgerald) Sisk, West '87, married David Sisk in 1991. They have two children, Ben, born in April, 2002 and Susannah, born in January, 2004. They are living in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Margaret works as a corporate IT trainer for Target Corporation.
1988
William
E. Morrissey, South '88, is the owner of the Carondelet Grill in Clayton, which opened in December
2003. The Carondelet Grill is a sports bar and grill with a casual menu.
His partner is Bruce Frailey, the owner of Mike Duffy's in Town and
Country, a popular Parkway West hangout. William managed Mike Duffy's
for over ten years before opening Carondelet Grill.
James Ralston, South '88, is the Director of Family Ministries at the United Methodist Church in Grand Rapids MN, just 120 miles from Canada. He lives in Grand Rapids area with his wife Jennifer and three children Brianna, 6, James Christian, 3, and Benjumia, 22 months. He can be reached at james-jen@juno.com
Lara (Moore) Vitiello, West '88, graduated from University of Kansas with a degree in Journalism. After working for several years in marketing, advertising and public relations, she obtained a graduate degree in Marketing from Lindenwood University. She is currently employed as a loan officer with Pulaski Bank specializing in residential home mortgage loans. She married Tony Vitiello in October 2002. The past three years Lara has taken on the challenge of learning to snowboard, wakeboard and play tennis. She and her husband spend most summer weekends boating and wakeboarding with friends, Lara also likes to spend her free time biking, golfing and reading. They currently reside in Ballwin, right behind Henry Elementary School.
1989
Richard
Sipes, West '89, was recently voted one of the best Internal
Medicine doctors in Shreveport, LA. He and his wife, Ashley are expecting
their first child this fall.
Angela R. Fach, South '89, married Sean S. Meara at the Jewel Box in Forest Park on November 29, 2003. They reside in Lindenwood Park located in Southwest City. Angela is currently employed at Touhill Performing Arts Center which opened September 2003 on the campus of University Missouri St. Louis. Her position as Event Services Manager involves booking events, house managing and overseeing a volunteer guild of 130.
Theresa (Wagner) Mullins, West '89, has three children, Kayela, 13, Kyle, 10, and Tim, 8. She married Kevin Mullins in 2003, and they have one child Brendan, two. She has a paralegal degree, Registered Medical Assist License, and she is working on her nursing license and will graduate March 2005. She lives in the Manchester area her kids are in Parkway South schools.
Kevin Dell, West '89, is the Senior Minister at Bartonville Christian Church. He married Kerry O'Dell in July of 1995. They have three children Caleb, 7, Nathan, 6, and Ashley, 3. Kevin received a B.A. from SIU-E, Cum Laude in 1994. Also a B.S. from St Louis Christian College, Cum Laude 1998, and M, Div., Lincoln Christian Seminary, with honors, 2003.
Marsha (Blume) Meadows, Central '89, currently lives in Manhattan, NY with her husband Jonathan. She and Jonathan were married May 30, 2004. She completed the joint B. A./M.D. at UMKC and did her residency in pediatrics at Baylor in Houston, TX. She worked at WU School of Medicine and Emory College of Medicine in the Pediatric Emergency Departments, and is an instructor in Pediatrics at NY Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital with Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Neonatology Department. She and Jonathan recently bought a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan that they are renovating.
1970's
1971
Gloria Gosse, West '71, and her best friend Julie Heinemann were
so lucky to be in Orlando, Fla. at the same time in November, 2004. They
had not seen each other in 14 years, since the last reunion.
1973
Rick Lindner, West '73, has been married for 28 years to Chris.
This year they moved to San Antonio where he is chief financial officer
for SBC Communications. They have three children: Jennifer, 24, teaches
fifth grade in Dallas; Heather, 22, is a senior at the University of Texas;
and Rick, 19, is a freshman at Southern Methodist University.
1975
Brad O. Eubanks, North '75, graduated from Southwest Missouri State
University in 1979. He works for Shell Oil Company as a district land
manager. He has been married to Margaret since 1979. They have two children:
Chris, 22, a senior at Texas A&M, and Angela, 18, a freshman at Cy-Fair
Community College.
1977
Sharon (Woychuk) Goodman, North '77, graduated from Bryan College
with a bachelor's degree in education. She graduated from the University
of Tennessee with a master's degree in education in 1989. From 1992 to
1993 she lived in Costa Rica to study Spanish and from 1994 to 2004 she
lived in Madrid, Spain, working as a missionary with the Protestant Evangelical
church. She has been married to Charlie Goodman for 25 years. They have
three children, Drew, Taylor, and Alicia.
Joe Luca, North '77, lives with his wife Kim and their kids in Blue Springs, Mo. His newsstand sales consulting company, JK Associates, recently merged with Athlon Sports Publications, where he is newsstand sales manager. Joe and Kim have four children: Anthony, a sophomore at Rockhurst; Nick, an eighth grader; Christina, a first grader; and Claire, a newborn.
1979
Terry Serres, Central '79, after earning
a bachelor's in Ancient Greek from Yale in 1983, moved to New York and
worked in circulation management for a number of magazines, including
The Mother Earth News, Psychology Today and The New Yorker. He currently
works in marketing for Perfect Access Speer, a software consulting and
educational company. He and his partner, Victor, are planning to be wed
in June of 2005.
Ann (Gruver) Whitbeck, West '79, and her husband Greg celebrated the birth of their fourth child, Victoria Bo Whitbeck, on December 23, 2004. She joins siblings Doug, 16, Katie, 14, and Lizzy, 12. They live in Oklahoma City, Okla. Ann teaches high school biology and coaches swimming.
1960's
1960
John Koch, Central '60, recently retired
from his 2nd job, Buyer for Gunther VW after 34 years. His first retirement
was the US Navy. John and his wife have decided to see America. If any
of his classmates care to contact them they would love to hear from them.
They are planning to be on the road until October and are making Tamarac,
Florida (Ft. Lauderdale) their winter home.
1961
Doris (Detmer) Theiss, Central '61, was successful
in getting a resolution put on the floor in the House of Representatives
on May 19 on C-Span. It passed and went to Senate on May 20th honoring
past and current members of the Armed Forces of the United States and
encouraging all Americans to wear Red Poppies on Memorial Day. Her name
is now in the Congressional Library in Washington D.C.
1963
Tessa (Kehr) Kaeding, Central '63, retired
after 30 years of teaching language arts. The last 11 were as Media Specialist.
She enjoys living in the country with her husband Loyal. They are looking
forward to traveling to visit children and grand kids in North Carolina
and Chicago.