60th Reunion ~ Class of 1962: Karl, Nancy, Jackie, Gary, Sonja, Bob, Craig, Jerry, & Don

Don and Barbe Kraft ('63) Wood's lovely home was the venue for the get-together. The kiosk above was going to be on a flat-bed truck for the Sturgis Days parade, but the committee decided, nah, let's not climb up there.

Jerry Beeghly had a "plus 20" added to his 40th Reunion T-shirt. Still fits, too!

Patti Knutson, Jerry Beeghly, Don Wood, Bob Handberg, and his lovely wife, Jeanne, who kindly took a lot of the class pictures, get reacquainted.

Having pizza are (clockwise) Karl Knutson, Barbe and Don Wood, Jeanne Handberg, Gary Waldon, Duane Wulf, David Bartels, Jerry Beeghly, Craig Eaton, Sonja Steere Bartels, Nancy Schmidt Zetlmaier, and Jackie Ackerman Wulf.

The gals from the north. Sonja Steere Bartels, from Oelwein and Jeanne Handberg, from Stillwater, MN. Bob shared how he and his wife, Jeanne, spend the summer months navigating the Mississippi between their place in Harper's Ferry and Stillwater.

Bob and Craig are in deep discussion. Duane Wulf, Don, and Jerry discuss what to do about the Ukraine war. Nancy and Barbe Wood touch base, maybe about Nancy's trips to Africa and the Yucutan, and Barbe's attendance at Broadway musicals.

Gary and Karl exchange war stories. Were there enhancements suitable for a movie? Of course not.

Jackie, as Class Secretary, faithfully took notes and reported details about the reunion as good as any newspaper columnist could ever do. Go ahead, think of your fave reporter, Jackie is right up there. (Side note: remember in typing class how she typed a couple hundred words a minute? She coulda been at a metro news desk in a major newspaper. Somehow I don't think she would have changed a thing from her life of raising a family and operating a family farm).

There you have it--the 60th Reunion. Regrettably, only 9 out of 36 classmates came. If we have another one in 5 years, maybe we can have 100% attendance. And, maybe we can do a better job of planning ahead to help you make it. Now, get your personal stories into Nancy and we'll get them on this website on the "What We're Doing" page. If you have anything else you'd like to put on this site, please send it to knutson.karl@gmail.com. Mucho appreciato!

Following are some notes by Jackie: