66th Class of 1955 Reunion Held

 Some of you probably found the class photo of our Watertown High School, Class of 1955  66th Reunion in the local Daily Times on  Wednesday, August 18, 2021.  And what a superb photo it is:

Watertown High School Class of 1955 celebrated its 66-year class reunion at Lindberg’s by the River Thursday. Josephine Lindberg was a classmate of the 26 schoolmates and the chef for her Class of 1955 Reunion. 

Those attending included, from left, back row, Jack Bast, and Josephine Willman Lindberg, third row, Donald Fredrick, Jack Nass, Wallace Scheiber, Peter Hartwig, Dave Veldhuizen, Leon Gans, Buddy Aufdermauer, and Paul Voegeli; second row, Al Worden, Rich Block, Augie Tietz, Dolly David Wetzel, Harriet Hoppe Balmer, Marialyce Hartmann Wackett, Janet Borazo Boeder and Rosemary Rowe Rennhack; front row, Rosemarie Fitzgerald Ulmer, Audrey Fuchs Zautner, Donna Howard Lehman, Leah Richter Mullane, Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan, Dorothy Minning Cuccia, Beverly Haseleu Saniter and Betty Meyer Lillge. The 1955 class won the state baseball tournament that year.

 

Now you can enjoy a closer look:

A special thank you to Leah Richter Mullane who stepped up at the last minute to take best friend absentee committee member Pat Melius Cease of River Falls place at the door.  Sadly, Pat was unable to attend because daughter had to work. Thank you to all family members who took off from work to get their parent to our class reunion.  

Augie Tietz looking great. His friendly nature makes
everyone around him smile. Always a good-time person

Rosemarie Rowe Rennhack arrived with the nicest smile.
Obviously she is happy to be here!

Rosie Fitzgerald Ulmer & Audrey Fuchs Zautner
worked so diligently for the reunion to make it a success!

Wallace Scheiber has his friendly face on for
all of his classmates. Nice to see you Wally!

Joey Kaul, with her wonderful smile,
 brings Tommy Kaul's spirit with her.

Paul Voegeli and Leon Gans

Dawn and Dave Veldhuizen who drove from
Minocqua.

Harriet Hoppe Balmer arriving with her wonderful smile.
She drove from Hartland.

Don & Donna Fredrick are ready to enjoy
the reunion.

Betty Meyer Lillge and her dear grandson made
sure she made her happy arrival with no trouble.
You look great Betty in your red, white, and blue.

Donna Howard Lehmann was so happy to be here too.
Whoops! Dot Minning Cuccia caught her blinking.

Jan Milbrath and Jack Nass

Marialyce Hartmann Wackett

Son, Mike Worden with dad Al Worden

Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan and daughter
Ann Beggan Subry traveled from Illinois.

Paul Voegeli

Rich Block with his guest Gilda

Jack Bast and Dave Veldhuizen. Love the shirt, Dave!

Honorary Classmate Buddy Aufdermauer, all the 
way from out West.

Peter Hartwig and wife Loretta drove up from
Indiana.

Jack and Carole Bast

Leon Gans and his wife Bobbi Sue from Oklahoma.

Bev Haseleu Saniter was an early
arrival, and she is happy to be with
her classmates.

Gilda, Richard Block's guest; Dawn Veldhuizen and 
Carole Bast getting the thumbs up from Dave.

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Donna Howard Lehmann, Harriet Hoppe,
and Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan.

Betty Meyer Lillge and Joey Kaul

Al Worden, Buddy Aufdermauer, 
and Augie Tietz

Audrey Fuchs Zautner, Rosie Fitzgerald
Ulmer, and Leah Richter Mullane---the attendees
were greeted by these special helpers. And we miss
Pat Melius Cease so much!

A fun time it is for Sis Hartmann Wackett, Bev
Haseleu Saniter, Dolly David Wetzel, and Janet Borazo Boeder 

Donald and Donna Fredrick meeting
up with Rosemary Rowe Rennhack.

Rich Block mingling with Jan Milbrath, Jack Nass
Wally Scheiber, Peter Hartwig and his wife Loretta.

Janet Borazo Boeder and Dolly David Wetzel

With cars in the Lindberg by the River parking
lot around 3:30 it was a fun cozy 66th Reunion party!

Never To Forget
This is the table we set up In Memoriam for all our classmates who have passed on before us.
Audrey Fuchs Zautner just lit the white candle with a blue ribbon wrapped around it.

And when everyone arrived, we had all the name tags set. Audrey Rieck Williams, yours is here too!  We missed you.




Because Dot Minning Cuccia was busy taking these beautiful
photos and our classmate chef Joey Willman Lindberg was preparing the dinner, you will not see them featured in the individual photos as well as the groups. But you can see them in the above class photo at the beginning of this edition to our blog. And to be certain, everyone enjoyed the chicken dinner that Joey prepared.  Surprise! We had chocolate cake for dessert.  Yummy!

Committee member Mamie Lueck Else added the decorations for our Memoriam table as did Dawn Klemme Ross, our editor for the Class of '55 Blog.  Unfortunately, both were unable to attend. Thanks again for stepping up behind the scenes.

The count of classmates was 25, plus one honorary, one single, and
nine partners which gave us a grand total of 36 attendees for our 66th Class of 1955 Reunion.

Thanks to Dot Minning Cuccia for writing most of this edition of our blog. Dawn Klemme Ross, however, did manage to edit it a wee bit as well.

AND, thanks to all of you who attended. It takes a special
effort to get out of our comfort zones!