Class of 1970: Front row: Jim Jordan, Judy Werner Souder, Debora Doan Jones and Peggy Bro Neemann; back row: Roger Bond, Jim Landwehr, Jerry Werner and Gordon Wellensiek.
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The Syracuse Alumni Banquet was Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the Syracuse Middle School.
Nine of the honored classes – 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2000 and 2015 – had representatives present. School tours were offered from 3:30- 5 p.m. with a social hour from 4-5 p.m.
The banquet was hosted by the Class of 2000.
Brianne Wilhelm, Vice President of the Syracuse Board of Education, provided a district update.
An individual from each class gave a class update.
Updates included recognizing classmates who had passed and academic and athletic achievements.
Some individuals recalled consolidations and facility changes while others recognized teachers and administrators. Gratitude to the school system and the community was a general theme.
Class of 1965: First row: Delores Behrens Lewis, Ervin Minderman, Barbara Keller, Diane Wiebusch Lant and Don Beason; second row: Glenn Neemann, Mike Minderman, David Francois, Teresa Wyatt, Terry Heinke Zimmers, Bev Beers Wilhelm, Brad Clark, Sandi West Kimbell, Mary Davis Fruhling, Dalton Kehlbeck, Marvin Schreiner; third row: Gary Heine, John Bryan, Dennis Wendeln, Dean Thompson, Bob Reine, Jerry Hespen, Lawrence Lutjemeyer, Tom Masters, Jody Heather Pohlman, Kathy Schomerus Royal, and Gerald Peterson.Class of 1970: Front row: Jim Jordan, Judy Werner Souder, Debora Doan Jones and Peggy Bro Neemann; back row: Roger Bond, Jim Landwehr, Jerry Werner and Gordon Wellensiek.Class of 2015: Kelsea Bayliss, Sydney Lintner Heitkamp and Moriah McWilliams Leyva.Class of 1960: Front row: Linda Morrissey Rohlfs, Norman Jaspring, LeRoy Carlson and Nelson Meyer; second row: Janice Pittman Larson, Darlene Davis Oltmans, Dennis Sorrell and Joan Bruggemann Thomson; third row: Lois Meyer Ikenberry, Joyce Johnson Schulze, John Hauschild, Gene Olson and James Harms.Class of 1975: Front row: Barb Pickering, Dale Johns, Darla Groathouse Johns, Kay Stillwell Bergquist, Barb Boehm Kruse, and Cindy Stieinhoff Drake; second row: Susan Roettger Dirksen, Sharon Seelhoff Neels, Annette Meyer Smith, Jeanette Baier Krog, Sue Weiler Antes, Becky Vrana Antes, Sally Lewis Peterson; third row: Stan Stutheit, Mary Stubbendick Parker, Linda Nelson Allen, LaVonne Rosenthal, Bruce Siefken, Bill Meyer, and Randy Post; fourth row: Brad Parker, David Roos, Rick Kreifels, Kevin Griffith, Ron Ruenholl, Brad Thummel, Jim Buchholz, and Arlan Liesemeyer.Class of 1985: Greg Mueller Suzanna Watermeier Klassmeyer, Jim Clark, Jenny Schutz Hurt, Amy Meyer Riley and Kelly Knople Dorsey.Class of 1955: Shirley Mueller Whitney.Class of 1995: Kurt Knake, Karen Heyen Thompson and Andy Seelhoff.Class of 2000: Front row: Hillary Clark Seelhoff, Autumn Isaacs Wardyn, JoDee Seelhoff Paulsen, Laurel Janssen Kreifels, Ashley Crawford O’Brien, Kate Niebuhr, Harris, Kathy Wallman Headley; back row: Brenda Bruns Royal, Becca Liesemeyer Berner, Brandon Berner, and Dustin Kreifels.
