Watertown High School, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI
Class of 1959
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Wisconsin Congregational Conference Pilgrim Camp, Green Lake, Green Lake Co., WI, June 20-25, 1955. Click on the picture for a large PDF file.
Wisconsin Congregational Conference Pilgrim Camp, Green Lake, Green Lake Co., WI, June 20-25, 1955. Click on the picture for a large JPG file in a 19 X 13 picture ratio.
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THE 1958 WATERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL "ORBIT" YEARBOOK
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THE 1959 WATERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL "ORBIT" YEARBOOK
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The Watertown High School Class of 1959 Commencement Exercises were held Wednesday evening, June 3, 1959, at the new high school gymnasium, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Click on the picture for the official listing of class graduates.
The 10-Year Reunion of Watertown High School Class of 1959, Lindberg's by the River, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, June 28, 1969. Click on the picture for the PDF version.
The 10th Reunion of Watertown High School Class of 1959, Lindberg's by the River, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, June 28, 1969.
Front Row - Joseph Rhodes, Roger Griep, William Wiedenhoeft, Tim Justman, Dennis Krause, Stanley Kuehl, Waldemar Nass, Ronald Schwantes, Carl Lange, Jim Beerbohm, John Wittchow, Richard Podolske, Gerald Kreiziger, Daniel Dittmann, Joseph Clifford, and Larry Kapheim.
Second Row - Jim West, Danny Kaddatz, Frank Schmitt, Eugene Juul, Don Bartelt, Donald Rose, Wayne Fredrick, Russell Marcks, John Ponath, James Hady, Joseph Kellerman, John Splinter, Charles Wendt, Charles Buchert, William Zoelle, Richard Wicker, Eugene Borchardt, Eugene Coughlin, Wesley Kehl, Patrick Foley, William Loomis, and Ronald Heller.
Third Row - Sherry Rippe Galindo, Jane Rogers, Judith Melcher Reu, Marsha Wendt Sachdev, Muriel Higgins Zimmerman, Sandra Block Foley, Lu Ann Uttech Kube, Sandra Kugath Scholl, Carol Frey Krause, Shirley Shephard Kuester, Nancy Beschta Bulthuis, Cam Olson Carlson, Ruth Kasten Borbe, Susan Kressin David, Carol Reusch Penza, Susan Bruss Tesch, Beverly Borchardt Mallow, Karen Krueger Schmitz, and Lois Schadt Bente.
Fourth Row - Christine Klecker Huhti, Mary Koshelnick Schwoegler, Katherine Brady Klecker, Kathleen Ferry Lindemann, Darlene Kopfer Lemberger, Paula Imig Hibner, Marie Lotzgesell Kohn, Joyce Maron, Mable Lueck Frederick, Eileen Raether Sell, Pearl Callies Schwartz, Hazel Borck Mayer, Marilyn Arndt Blank, Vivian Seibel Von Reuden, Erla Henschel Nickels, Jane Schliewe Toebe, Leone Wood Kasten, Constance Wood Johnson, Harriett Rieck Brackett, Carol Strache, Marilyn Zabel Hall, Carol Jack, Sharon Heck Eigenberger, Rebecca Rupnow Strege, Sandra Korban Strege, Katherine Reynolds, Phyllis Hertel Block, Barbara Schlueter Schwartz, Audrey Schlueter Roeder, Rosalee Oestriech Torkelson, Ruth Ann Stai Hensler, Lois Radloff Corcoran, Joanne Gmeinder Pike, Mildred Kube Gauerke, Susan Turke Rhodes, Elaine Claas Justman, and Ruth Ann Wockenfuss Aagaard.
Top Row - Gretchen Burzynski Scott, Edith Niemann Pfaffenbach, Ralph H. Schmidt, Dale Blanke, David Pfaffenbach, Glen Grams, John Goethe, Wayne Schwartz, Dennis Korth, Wayne Fitzgerald, Dale Wetzel, Robert Eckert, Kenneth Kopp, Roger Uttech, Leigh Larson, Gene Tesch, Peter Westermeyer, Gerald Frank, Thomas Gamroth, Ralph Krueger, and Thomas Justman.
Watertown High School Class of 1959, 10-Year Class Reunion Booklet, held June 28, 1969, at Lindberg's By The River, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Click on the image for the PDF file.
Watertown High School Class of 1959, 15-Year Class Reunion Booklet, held August 3, 1974, at Lindberg's By The River, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Click on the image for the PDF file.
Watertown High School Class of 1959, 20-Year Class Reunion Booklet, held June 23, 1979, at Lindberg's By The River, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Click on the image for the PDF file.
Watertown High School Class of 1959, 25-Year Class Reunion Booklet, held June 30, 1984, at Watertown Country Club, Watertown, Dodge Co., WI. Click on the image for the PDF file.
Watertown High School Class of 1959, 30-Year Class Reunion Booklet, held July 29, 1989, at Watertown Country Club, Watertown, Dodge Co., WI. Click on the image for the PDF file.
Watertown High School Class of 1959, 35-Year Class Reunion List of Classmate Addresses. Click on the image for the PDF file.
Ye Olde Historical Data Watertown High School Class of 1959, Post-40-Year Class Reunion Booklet, which was compiled in 2004 by Cam (Olson) Carlson. Click on the image for the PDF file.
The Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, Wednesday, May 16, 2018
The Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, Monday, August 5, 2019
WHS holds 60th class reunion
Watertown High School class of 1959 held its 60th class reunion on July 13 at Lindbergs By the River. Dale Wetzel, emcee for the event, welcomed 45 classmates plus guests. Classmates came from Arizona, Alaska, Illinois, Utah, Indiana, Maryland, California and Wisconsin. A moment of silence was held for the 51 classmates, now deceased. Judy (Melcher) Reu led the guests in the schools song and read emails from classmates unable to attend. Classmates that attended included Kathy (Reynolds) Barbasiewicz, Phyllis (Hertel) Block, Ruth (Kasten) Borbe, Gene Borchardt, Marilyn (Arndt) Bremer, Margaret (Mallach) Brody, Cam (Olson) Carlson, Sue (Kressin) David, Sharon (Heck) Eigenberger, Wayne Fredrick, Tom Gamroth, Jim Hady, Millie (Kube) Gauerke, Marilyn (Zabel) Hall, Mary (Goetz) Horack, Tim Justmann, Elaine (Claas) Justmann, Tom Justmann, Gene Juul, Dan Kaddatz, Karen (Krueger) Kaddatz, Wes Kehl, Dennis Krause, Carol (Frey) Krause, Richard Kreuziger, Ralph Krueger, Stan Kuehl, Carl Lange, Joan (Reinhard) McPherson, Wally Nass, Carol (Ruesch) Penza, Sandy Pirkel, Judy (Melcher) Reu, Jane Rogers, Joel Rosenow, Ralph Schmidt, Eileen (Raether) Sell, Robert �Skip� Strege, Roger Uttech, Sally (Rowe) Welter, Caroline (Else) Werner, Pete Westermeyer, Dale Wetzel, Dick Wicker and Jean (Blegen) Yagobian. The reunion committee consisted of Phyllis (Hertel) Block, Ruth (Kasten) Borbe, Jane Rogers, Karen (Krueger) Kaddatz and Millie (Kube) Gauerke.
PDF file of deceased members of Watertown High School, who at some time between 1954 and 1959 were once in the Class of 1959.
CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSMATE DEATHS
03-07-1963 KARL FRANZ KOWALKE
07-21-1960 ROBERT LEE "BOB" KOHLOFF
04-16-1963 JOHN PAUL BERGMANN
03-31-1963 BRADLEY RAYMOND BENTHEIMER
09-23-1965 KENNETH CLARENCE "KEN" KLOSS
06-01-1963 EARL RAYMOND SEEBER
11-22-1981 DIANNE KAREN (SCHMITZ) GRUDZINSKI
09-23-1967 DAVID IRVIN WEIHERT
04-03-1984 SUSAN ANN "SUE" (KEHL) KIEPERT
01-11-1982 CORINNE RUTH (HAMANN) ANDERSON
07-07-1988 REBECCA EILEEN "BECKY" (RUPNOW) (REX) STREGE
12-24-1987 JOHN A. PRYOR
11-08-1989 BEVERLY JEAN "BEV" (BORCHARDT) MALLOW
08-22-1989 ROBERT DELANO "BOB" WILLMAN
11-08-1992 BARBARA FLORENE (HENSLER) SELLNOW
11-15-1989 MARIE LOUISE (LOTZGESELL) KOHN
09-18-1994 RUTH ANN (WOCKENFUSS) AAGAARD
03-30-1993 BARBARA LEANN "BARB" (FINK) (BEAR) MACHGAN
04-04-1996 PEARL CECELIA (CALLIES) SCHWARTZ
02-05-1996 PATRICK JOHN "PAT" WEBER
05-02-1997 DARLENE HELEN (SCHROEDER) BOURGEOIS
03-20-1997 SANDRA RUTH "SANDY" (SPOEHR) TUFTS
03-01-1998 JOANNE MARGARET (GMEINDER) PIKE
06-30-1997 JOHN EDWIN HELD
01-07-2000 FRANCIS ARTHUR "FRANK" HUEBNER JR.
03-15-1998 DUAINE DONALD SELLNOW
12-11-2000 JUDITH ANN "JUDY" (LEMKE) KISSOS
06-08-2000 RICHARD ALAN YANKE
10-01-2001 ERIKA BARBARA "BARB" POELLET
09-16-2001 JANE MARY (STERWALD) BECKER
03-19-2002 ROBERT LOUIS "BOB" BRIGHT
02-23-2002 DONALD LEROY FISCHER
07-15-2002 RONALD AUGUST "RON" FEHRMANN
04-12-2002 MARSHA ANN (WENDT) SACHDEV
01-XX-2003 SANDRA LEE "STEVIE" (STEVENSON) (MASTRICOLA) MCLEAN
11-26-2002 CARL HAROLD PETERS
06-07-2003 HOWARD ROBERT MALLOW
03-15-2003 JAMES PERCEY "JIM" WEST
06-20-2004 ANITA MARIE (KUSEL) (HARTMANN) EBERT
12-02-2003 PAULETTA "PAULETTE" (KLINGBELL) (RENZ) FOWLER
10-31-2004 DONNA LEE (HARRIS) (REBOUT) DILLON
06-22-2004 ROBERT WILLIAM "BOB" POLENSKY
02-25-2005 GEORGE HENRY POPPERT
01-26-2005 JANICE RUTH (UTTECH) (GAWRELUK) (TANNER) WEBBER
05-03-2006 SANDRA JEAN (KUGATH) SCHOLL
11-05-2005 RUTH ANN (STAI) (HENSLER) EISFELDT
09-07-2007 JOSEPH BAYLOR "JOE" HIGGINS
12-02-2006 SANDRA ELLEN "SANDY" (ELLIOTT) (ROEBUCK) VAN DER MAELEN
08-03-2008 ROGER LEE GALLERT
02-04-2008 CHRISTINE MARIE "CHRIS" (KLECKER) HUHTI
01-24-2009 SHIRLEY MAE (BLASING) (ROSE) JONES
11-15-2008 DONALD LEE "DONNY" BARTELT
06-29-2010 ERNEST REINHOLD PUBANZ
01-26-2010 EDITH CLAIRE "EDY" (NIEMANN) PFAFFENBACH
07-16-2010 RICHARD FRANK "DICK" WEBER
07-14-2010 MAYNE LOU "MARY" (ROULEAU) (THATCHER) TOENNES
03-16-2011 VIRGIL VERNON EARL FREDERICK
01-11-2011 ROBERT EUGENE "BOB" SPOEHR
09-12-2012 CATHERINE JEAN "KATE" (BRADY) KLECKER
09-11-2012 DWAINE ROY GODFROY
09-03-2013 JOHN WALTER PONATH
07-21-2013 RAMONA MARIE "MONA" (REICHERTZ) (JOHNSON) BARTZ
11-21-2013 CHARLES LOUIS "CHUCK" WENDT
10-28-2013 SANDRA ANN (SELLNOW) RUPPRECHT
07-23-2014 JOHN ROBERT WITTCHOW
11-26-2013 KENNETH JOSEPH "KEN" KOPP
02-14-2015 ROSALEE LOUISE (OESTREICH) TORKELSON
09-10-2014 CAROL JEAN STRACHE
03-05-2015 ROMELLE RACHEL (RIPLEY) STEFAN
02-16-2015 MICHAEL JOSEPH "MIKE" EBERT
11-12-2015 ANN CHRISTINE "CHRIS" (THOMAS) CARPENTER
10-19-2015 GLENN HERBERT HEROLD
01-08-2016 RICHARD JOHN "DICK" THEDER
12-10-2015 ROBERT PAUL "BOB" STUEBER
12-30-2016 GENE ARTHUR "TOBY" TESCH
01-17-2016 JAMES WALTER "JIM" HROBSKY
01-06-2017 CHARLES THORLIEF "CHUCK" HARBERG, REV.
01-06-2017 ERLA MAE (HENSCHEL) NICKELS
02-12-2017 ROGER WILLIAM "BILL" STREGE
01-09-2017 ALLEN GEORGE "AL" MUELLER
06-04-2017 ELAINE MILDRED "BUTCHIE" (KRAUSE) (LEIKNES) RENZ
04-23-2017 GARY WARD NEW
04-11-2018 ROBERT LEROY "BOB" ECKERT
06-28-2017 JEROME MICHAEL "JERRY" MCCAIG
12-17-2018 ROBERT LAWRENCE "SKIP" STREGE
12-01-2018 DANIEL EDWARD A. "DAN" DITTMANN
06-30-2018 JAMES ERNEST "JIM" BEERBOHM
05-22-2018 JANE VIOLET (SCHLIEWE) TOEBE
09-06-2018 LARRY LEE "BUTCH" BINGER
11-02-2018 JOHN PRESTON LEHMANN
11-12-2018 ARLENE ARVILLA (UHLMAN) (THOMAS) LOSEE
12-01-2018 DANIEL EDWARD "DAN" DITTMANN
12-18-2018 DAVID HERBERT MAY
07-02-2019 EILEEN EDITH (MACLEOD) LILLGE
09-07-2019 LARRY FRANK LUKAS
09-28-2019 NORDIEN ROBERT CHRISTIAN
10-25-2019 JOHN THEODORE SPLINTER, REV.
12-XX-2019 WILLIAM FRANCIS DEAN "BILL" LOOMIS
03-22-2020 JERRY VERNARD KRAMER
06-10-2020 PENELOPE CECELIA "PENNY" (CHECOTA) CAREW
10-29-2020 MERRY CAROL (SCHLIEWE) KOHN
11-06-2020 JOEL ROBERT ROSENOW
12-21-2020 DALE LEE WETZEL
03-12-2021 JOANN DORIS EVELYN (TIETZ) (CHRISTIAN) OLSON
04-17-2021 CHARLES FREDERICK "CHUCK" ZAHN
06-02-2021 HAZEL MARIE (BORCK) MAYER
08-19-2021 KENNETH DEAN "KEN" BIEFELD
11-05-2021 THOMAS LEE "TOM" GRINWALD
11-11-2021 ARTHUR HERMAN "ART" BUSKE
11-22-2021 CAROL BEVERLY (FREY) KRAUSE
01-25-2022 ROBERT JOSEPH "BOB" KREUZIGER
05-17-2022 MARY LOUISE "LOU" (GOETZ) HORACK
05-20-2022 JOHN CHARLES GOETHE
10-25-2022 BETTY JANE (ZILLMER) (MULVANEY) KEESER
12-16-2022 RALPH HAROLD KRUEGER
01-23-2023 JANICE BERTHA "JAN" (ZILLMER) PIRKEL
02-15-2023 HARRIET IRMA (RIECH) BRACKETT
04-16-2023 GERALD ROBERT "JERRY" KREIZIGER
05-15-2023 KATHLEEN DIANE "KATHIE" (FERRY) LINDEMANN
07-02-2023 GRETCHEN LOUISE "GRETCH" (BURZYNSKI) SCOTT
08-01-2023 MABEL ANN (LUECK) FREDRICK
08-30-2023 CARL FREDERICK LANGE
09-28-2023 JOHN ALLEN RICHART
11-21-2023 RALPH HERBERT SCHMIDT
12-06-2023 EUGENE HARRY "HANK" JUUL
04-08-2024 MARGARET ANN "MAGGIE" (MALLACH) BRODY
04-21-2024 CLIFFORD JAMES "CLIFF" SCHUETT
05-10-2024 LOIS MARIE (SCHADT) BENTE