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1974

Name: Christy Irene Baker Klein
E-mail: raguscube @ hotmail.com
posted on April 29, 2014

Name: Mark Bappe
Class of: 1974
Now Living In: Riverton, WY
E-mail: bappefarm @ dishmail.net
Comments: My wife Becky and I have been married for 26 years and have two children and no grandchildren.  Bethany is 23 and  Luke is 20.  Neither can marry until they are at least 30 since they are needed at home on the farm.  Bethany is finishing a master's degree; Luke is my right hand.  I semi-retired from a full-time in-town job and farming to two part-time jobs and farming in 2008.  We started building a new home last year and at the rate it's progressing, are hoping to have moved in by our 50th wedding anniversary.  We don't get too far from the place anymore due to a collection of livestock and bad fences but when we do it's to the Wind River mountains that are just beyond the back door.
posted on January 30, 2014

Name: Elizabeth Barrett
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Gothenburg, Ne
E-mail: ebarrett @ qwestoffice.net (email updated Jan. 9, '14)
Comments: Too young for grandkids, we have a daughter Betsy who is 9 years old and loves the outdoors, animals, especially reptiles. We have a gecko and an anole and she tried to bring back other lizards from a recent trip to Costa Rica. Also have nine cats, including a one-eyed black one for those of you who are superstitious and three horses. I became a journalist, now working for the Gothenburg Times and doing some freelance stuff. I also married the hot dog man in 1990, he's a criminal attorney who travels the state, when he's not dealing on property, cars, motorcycles, boats, etc. (you name it). Lexington High and classmates become more important as life travels on.
posted on March 29, 2005

Name: Julee Ann Bendler Mather Julee Bendler
Class Of: 1974
Now living in: Kearney
posted on April 14, 2014

Name: Gerianne Carttar Poulsen
Living in Great Falls, MT
No kids, but looking forward to hosting our eighth foreign exchange student daughter in Fall of 2014. We've hosted girls from Germany, Denmark, Sweden(2), Finland, Czech Republic and Austria. I love my job as an operating room scheduler for a small hospital. My husband Mark is a property manager.
posted on March 10, 2014

Name: Jeffrey Mark Doerr
Email: jdoerrlaw @ hotmail.com
Class of: 1974
Comments: I still practice law in Neligh where Karen and I have lived since 1984. Our son, Tyler, will be finishing up at Northeast Community College in May where he is majoring in broadcasting. Our daughter, Melissa, is a sophomore at UNL and is pursuing a career in Occupational Therapy. We also have two cats, Booster and Oliver who keep the lawn free of mice and snakes. I recently retired from coaching varsity football at Neligh-Oakdale where I served as defensive coordinator for 12 years, I still coach defense for the Junior High. I also umpired American Legion baseball for 25 years, retiring last year. I still enjoy running, weightlifting and gardening. I am very much looking forward to seeing all of you at the reunion. I especially hope to see all of the football teammates and coaches who so influenced my life. I remain very proud of being a member of our state champion football teams, especially our senior year. Really looking forward to the reunion!
posted on April 16, 2014

Name: Pamela (Gleason) Robbins
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Overton, NE
posted on June 29, 2005

Name: Tom Hardesty
Now Living In: Lincoln, Nebraska
E-mail: thardesty @ wellmanninc.com
posted on Dec. 30, 2014

Name: Timothy Iltzsch
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Merom, Indiana
E-mail: tiltzsch @ hepn.com
Comments: Hello Fellow class mates!
For the last 23 years I have been working for Hoosier Energy in Indiana at their power plants. I am currently an Outage Manager.
I am married with 4 children, 3 grandchildren.
My wife and I love to ride our Harley!
posted on September 26, 2007

Name: Joe Kelly
Now Living In: Lincoln, NE
E-mail: jkelly @ lancaster.ne.gov
posted on Dec. 30, 2014

Name: Terry Klein
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Beaver City,  NE
E-mail: tsklein @ frontiernet.net
posted on April 7, 2005

Name: Lona Morris Long
Now Living In: Kearney, NE

Name: Steven Dean Owen
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Omaha, NE
E-mail: srsdo @ cox.net
Comments: Married to 1975 Lex grad Shannon McKnight, for nearly 31 years now. Recently started working at Union Pacific after working with Conagra Foods for 6 years. I have two children and two grandchildren; Ryan, age 5 in June 2007 and Kaylee, age 3 in September 2007. We will have another granddaughter, Maliyah, due in May 2007.
posted on March 16, 2007

Name: Jon Denise (Perry) Shalifoe
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Fremont, Nebraska
E-mail: zammis @ excite.com
Comments: I've been happily married since Feb. 1982. We have a daughter, 22, with a 1 year old grandson and a son, 19.
posted on March 28, 2005

Name: Jerry Pruitt
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: San Jose, California
E-mail: jerry.pruitt @ harmonicinc.com
posted on March 24, 2005

Name: Karla (Schoneman) Denker
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Lexington
E-mail: kdenker02 @ yahoo.com
Comments: I am married and have 3 boys--teach school-my husband Mike farms and feeds cattle-2 boys in college-1 in 8th grade-live 6 miles north of town.
posted on July 10, 2005

Name: Steve Smith
E-mail: hosmithco @ yahoo.com
posted on April 29, 2014

Name: Terrie Snider Debban
E-Mail: sdebban @ charter.net
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Kearney, NE
Comments: I married Steve Debban from Holdrege in August of 1977,  we lived in Hastings until 1996 when we moved to Kearney. We have 2 sons, Brett (26), Littleton, CO, and Zach (21), Kearney. No grandkids,  maybe by the next reunion. Steve is an engineer for Source Gas and hoping to retire in about 3 years when he reaches his 40th yr. with the company. I have been working for Kearney Public Schools for 13 yrs. in charge of Accounts Payable/Receivable/Collections for the Food Service Department. I've enjoyed catching up with classmates on Facebook, friend requests are welcomed. Sorry we won't be at the reunion, we have a prior commitment. I hope you all have fun and take pictures and post them.
posted on June 16, 2014

Name: Richard Svoboda
Now living in: Massachusetts
E-mail: richardasvoboda @ aol.com
Comments: Hi Everyone! I am living a musician's life in Boston, MA. I've been playing the bassoon in the Boston Symphony since 1989 and also teach at the New England Conservatory. I'm married with four wonderful daughters...the youngest leaves the nest in 2017. I'm quite sorry to miss the 40th (gulp!!) reunion, but can offer you all a virtual "Cheers!"
Posted on June 9, 2014

Name: Kevin Tallon
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Lacey, Washington
E-mail: VKTallon @ comcast.net
posted on March 29, 2005

Name: Denise Teetor
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Hastings NE 68901
E-mail: dteetor @ yahoo.com
Comments: After spending 19 years teaching PE and coaching Volleyball I now I teach English as a Second Language to students in grades 9-12 at Hastings Sr. High. I spend my summers working with Asian Access, a mission agency. I have spent the last 12 summers in Japan teaching English and doing mission work. I think I have the best of both worlds. I'm not married and I don't have any kids, dogs or cats. In my free time I keep score or supervise ball games at HHS and I like to travel whenever I can.
posted on March 24, 2005

Name: Kelly Tomasek Schneider
Class of: 1974
Now Living In: Marana, Arizona
E-mail: kjschneider6 @ yahoo.com
Comments: I graduated from the Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing in 1977 and completed a BSN from the University of Phoenix in 1993. Over the past 40 years I have lived in Norfolk and Grand Island as well as Tucson, AZ. I have been married to Steve Schneider 31 years. I worked in community hospitals prior to being hired by  the Veterans Health Administration (VA) where I worked in Nursing, Nursing Management and Program Administration for the past 30 years. It has been an honor and privilege to serve our nation's Veterans. I retired from the VA in December 2013. We moved back to the Tucson area in July 2013 and we are enjoying retirement in Arizona. I enjoy hiking, golfing, reading and traveling to name a few hobbies. I currently have a Facebook account and have enjoyed reconnecting with many Lexington High classmates from 1974.
posted on June 17, 2014

Name: Joni Trautman Bennett
E-mail: jonibennett @ msn.com
Now Living In: Lincoln, NE
Comments: Ed and I moved to Lincoln in November, 2013. We own a Custom Web Development business located in the Haymarket of Lincoln. Our daughter, Tyanne is married and lives in Elkhorn where she is a licensed Music Therapist.
Posted on June 9, 2014

Name: Sheila (Willets) Streeter
Class Of: 1974
Now Living In: Fullerton, Nebraska
E-mail: streeters @ hamilton.net
Comments: I am married, with two (2) children of my own and one (1) step daughter. Crystal, my oldest lives in Salina, Kansas. Dustin, my youngest, has just returned from serving in the United States Air Force, most recently deployed to Iraq and Kuwait. My stepdaughter lives at home and is a sophomore at Fullerton High School. I am currently employed at the Nance County Assessors Office in Fullerton.
posted on March 24, 2005


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