Before graduating from RHS, I had enlisted in the Air Force for 4 years with my twin brother. I got out after four years and he stayed in 20. Returning to Minnesota I received my degree in Business Administration from the U of M. My last 20 years I have worked for Pillsbury/General Mills- now in the International Export Division. I plan on retiring very soon to my home "Up North" in Walker, Minnesota, fine tuning my golf game, fishing a lot more and enjoying my two weiner dogs- Cookie & Penny. I do look forward to meeting old friends again and some new ones too!

Thanks for the memories RHS. My wife (Lynn Larson) a 68 RHS graduate and I celebrate our 44 Anniversary in August. Easy for me, hard for her--lol. We have enjoyed the ride we call life by moving every 4-7 years between MN, WI, OH, SC,IN and now FL. I would be considered a total slug by some of you girls--but have managed to hold two jobs for more than 9 years and owned 5 businesses and am still currently employed. I have found that success is being happy where you are in life. This has taken some time---no kidding. I am a National Account Manager Interstate Distributor and work from my home covering the US. Cars are still cool to me. LOVE all the memories..YOU'RE THE BEST. Would like to hear from you. Larry

Married to Lynn; 2 kids, 7 grandchildren and 2 foster grands

Single, 2 adult children

Its hard to believe that 40 years have passed so quickly!!!
I've been married for 34 years (its hard to believe that 34 years have passed so slowly!), and have a daugher (Sarah) and a son (Steve Jr.) I was on the Robbinsdale Fire Department for 28 years, and retired in 1999 as Fire Chief. Being self-employed (North Suburban Towing), I don't have a lot of free time, but when I do, I enjoy going to classic car shows. I do have a few classic cars that I really enjoy "cruising" around in.

Retired.

Murray, Richard E. age 62, of Edina, passed away Dec. 14, 2011. Preceded in death by father, Robert. Survived by mother, Dorothy of Edina; sisters, Robin (Bruce) Stafford of Apple Valley, Roxi Koyonen of Plymouth; 6 nieces, Jennifer, Rebecca, Kerri, Thalia, Alissa, Ashley; 2 grand nieces, 4 grand nephews, and his dog, Patches. Rich graduated from Robbinsdale High School, received his bachelor's degree from Mankato State and later earned his master's. He was Director of Career Services at St. Cloud State for many years. Rich enjoyed golf, traveling, beaches in Florida and was a very caring and giving person. Memorials preferred to the American Cancer Society . Memorial service 11 AM Wed., Dec. 21, with visitation 1 hour prior to service at: Washburn-McReavy Edina Chapel 952-920-3996 West 50th St. & Hwy 100

Published in Star Tribune on December 18, 2011

Married to Marina, 3 kids, 4 grandkids

My wife Linda and I live in Eden Prairie. We have 3 grown children who are happily in jobs they like. Our oldest daughter and her husband just gave us our first granddaughter and everyone is right, it's really something to have a grandchild. I just got the reminder card for the reunion and I'm hoping we can make it.

Nelson, Paul Lejeune Registered Investment Advisor. Age 62. Founder, President & Chief Investment Officer of Nelson & Associates, Inc. Preceded in death by parents, Clifford and Helen (Lejeune) Nelson. Survived by wife of 33 years, Patricia Frederickson; brother & sisters-in-law, Virginia (John) Downer, Richard (Dorothy) Pogorely & Joan Ristuccia; niece & nephews, Danial & Timothy Downer, Nicholas, Nathan & Alycia Pogorely. Funeral service Thursday, 2 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Home, 7300 42nd Ave North, New Hope, MN. Visitation Wednesday, 5-8 PM. www.GILLBROTHERS.com New Hope, MN 763-531-1777

Published in Star Tribune on February 12, 2012

Kile, Sharon Lou age 64, of Medicine Lake, died July 4, 2014 in the presence of Craig, her husband of 43 years, daughter Danielle, and twin sister Susan. Also survived by son Andrew, mother Betty, sister Sandy, and brothers Guy and Kurt, as well as many other loving family members and friends. She will be missed every day. Our heartfelt thanks to attending physicians and caring staff at the U of M Hospital (east), during her final moments. Shari delighted in the many lakeside hours spent at her home. She enjoyed many years working for Fairview Health Services, most recently as a certified cancer registrar. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group of MN, or the American Cancer Society. A service of celebration will be held Saturday, July 12 at 11am with visitation one hour prior at Spirit of Hope United Methodist Church, 7600 Harold Avenue, Golden Valley, MN, 55427. A luncheon will follow the service.

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Deceased 1985

Holly Angela (Neznik) Solz
Solz, Holly Angela (Neznik) 70, of Northeast Mpls passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on August 28th. Holly was born April 1, 1949 to Stanley and Mariane Neznik. She was a nurse at Boynton Health Center on the U of M campus for 37 years until her retirement in 2015. Holly is survived by her husband of 44 years Tom; daughters Elizabeth (Michael) Sperr, Sarah (Elvis) Brenes and son Andrew; grandchildren Diego, Stella, Cecilia, Audrey, and Santiago; siblings Marcy (Ken), Sherry (Roland), Janet (Mark), and John; In-laws Gordie Solz; Nancy Solz, and honorary sister Wanda (Jim) Storie as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Holly is preceded in death by her father Stanley, mother Mariane and stepfather Victor. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday September 20th at Silverwood Park Visitor Center, 2500 County Road E, St. Anthony, MN. Gathering 3-4pm, Service 4-5pm, and Reception 5-7pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the family to be donated to Holly's favorite charities. Washburn-McReavy.com Northeast Chapel 612-781-6828

Published on September 15, 2019

Moving to a 55+ condo with my friend Peter. Am looking forward to a quiet retirement.

I finally retired in 2012 after 40 years of teaching 1st graders. I really miss the kids but I am still active with our youth program at church, and I volunteer at my grandchildren's school every week- so still get to interact with kids. I am blessed with 2 beautiful grandchildren.They are such a joy to be with. I spend as much free time as I can with them. They are growing up way too fast.

Enjoying retirement after a long teaching career. Two grandsons. Living in S. Mpls. Volunteer work, Bible study and book club keep me busy. Howard and I are enjoying the new RV this year. Life is still very good!

After school, I spent 16 years working as a legal secretary at Lindquist & Vennum in the IDS Center. While sailing on Lake Minnetonka, I met and later married my husband, John Packard. We have two children, Andrea and Derek. Andrea just graduated from Connecticut College, and Derek is a junior at Washington College. I cannot believe we graduated 40 years ago!

Husband: John, 2 kids

Deceased 2006

Married to classmate Paulette Lillquist for 36 years
2 daughters, Jessica Etten (Director of Marketing and Public Relations St. Paul Chamber Orchestra) and Erica Antony (Sr. Product Manager/computer software engineer for Symantec); 2 sons-in-law who are teachers, Jason Etten and Ben Antony;1 precious grandchild, Thomas Henry Etten, age 2, a motor head who can identify the makes and models of family members' cars/cars on the road
Retired instrumental music teacher, 34 years
I am a teacher with no class.
Playing 100+ rounds of golf each year
High school golf coach
Still dabbling in music
I used to play the trombone, but I let it slide.;)

First job out of college was a "Shop Teacher" since I sort of majored in shop when I went to RHS I thought it was a good fit. Actually student taught in our district at Plymouth Jr. High and was offered a job there as an extra Industrial Arts teacher for 7th grade, then they moved me to RHS after 2 years! Can you imagine the shocked look on the faces of some of the teachers that remembered me from my high school year! I was also an over-load teacher at RHS so it was just a 1 year assignment. I still coached Jr. High wrestling at RJHS for 3 years, but taught my last two years for Anoka - Jackson Jr. High. I admire the other classmates who were/are lifelong teachers. It is a good job but the pay sucked when I did it 2001 - 2006 so I had to get a different job to support my family. Went into restaurant management for Perkins, was the manager of the Crystal Perkins for 2 years but moved on when they got bought out by Holiday Inn, not the same when it was not family owned. So went back to something I was trained in, Electronics, where I began as a buyer for Honeywell. I remember playing football at Carl Sandburg Jr. High and would look over at the massive Honeywell building and I always wondered what it would be like to work there, I found out. Worked for Honeywell for 12 years all in the Materials Management area. Met my wife there. We were both going through a divorce so we started dating and now have been married or with each other for over 20 yrs. I have had numerous job opportunites in the Materials Management world and have moved my family from MN to UT, then to MO, then to NY, and now we live in WI. We have enjoyed every place we lived but we are now much closer to Minneapolis, where all of my in-laws live and we love the Appleton area of WI. For hobbies I golf, fish, hunt, it just depends on the season and the time of year. I have 4 sons, two older ones from my first marriage and two at home. My youngest is almost 16 and he hopes to become a professional golfer. The other one will be graduating from HS this year and has enlisted with the Navy Reserves. They keep me young at heart and I enjoy having them as my fishing, hunting, and golfing buddies. In closing, it is sad to see all of the classmates that have passed away. I knew some of them pretty well and it reminds me how short our time on this earth actually is. So let us all live life to the fullest and enjoy every day we are blessed with because who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Married to Jean (Sullivan, RHS '67)

Jean and I have been married for 36 years. We were married while in college at St. Cloud State. We have lived in the San Francisco area ever since we graduated. We try to keep as active as we can. Mt. biking, fly fishing, kayaking, scuba diving, snow skiing and flying radio control airplanes keep me pretty busy. I raced motorcycles pretty hard for 20 years but the body said I should hang it up. Became a pilot ten years ago which has been a blast. Jean is retired now from teaching speech pathology for 28 years. She has also been our CFO to our advertising company we started in 1998 (should have done that sooner!) I have been involved in print advertising/photography all my career. I have not been working too hard the last 5 years enjoying a lot of time goofing off. Probably as retired as I will ever get. We split our time between California and Oregon now.

Oh, I almost forgot, one of our other favorite past times is wondering why you are in a room just after you walked into it. I have become very good at this.

Still no children yet, I guess I am the only kid in the family. We are still having a lot of fun trying though - buy stock in Viagra!

The other, other Dave Olson

p.s. Deep thought for the day - Do you know why there are so many people in California? The psychologists stood a map of the United States up on end with California on the bottom. The people who could not hold on mentally all slid into California. (It's an old one but still makes me smile)

Graduated from the U of M in 1971 and then began to work there as the coordinator for the Parent's Association. Ted and I married in 1971 after having met and known each other at our cabins in Dresser, WI for over 12 years. We moved to a hobby farm in the same area in 1975 and we both continued to commute to the U. Ted is the Director of Lab Services for the Chemistry department at the U and I have been the Coordinator of Graduate Student Services for the Computer Science Department for the last 11 years. We have two wonderful children; Andrea, married to Joe and with two children Ethan (4 ) and Elizabeth (1), is the Director of Human Resources for our county. Our son Travis is a senior at UMD and active in sports. After 34 years, our family cabin came on the market and we were able to buy it and bring it back in the family. It has been a source of much fun, togetherness and work and is party central for family and friends. I have enjoyed reading about what people have been doing these last 40+ years.

I retired in 2008. Almost 38 years with Northwest Airlines (37 yrs and 9 mo). Married 25 years on Aug. 21, 2012. I LOVE retirement!

Guess which one is me! Yes I still play a little baseball and am retired from the Twins were I spent 25 years in the organization and retired in 2019. I have 4 grown kids and 2 grandchildren and my wife Marian and I live in Minnesota in the summer and winter in Ft. Myers Fl. You can still find me around Target Field in the summer and at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers in the winter.

Olson, Ron "The Ols" Age 60, passed on June 10th after a courageous battle with leukemia. He loved spending time with family & friends, softball, fishing, cooking & was always the life of the party. He touched the lives of many and will be deeply missed. Preceded in death by his mom, Theresa. Survived by wife, Carol; children, Carrie (Shane), Kim (Dave) & Erik (Aubrey); father, Earl (Betty); brothers, Wally (Barb) & John; and 7 grandchildren. Memorial will be held 12 Noon Thurs, June 17 with visitation one hour prior at Glen Haven Chapel in Crystal, 5125 W. Broadway (763-533-8643). Following the service, a luncheon at St. James Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the family for medical expenses.

Published in Star Tribune on June 13, 2010

I divorced recently. 4 kids. Grand Daughters, Daniela Michelle Rojas (8 years), Emelia(3) Lynne Rojas (7 Months) and Sophie Grace(3 Years), Grandson Owen Thomas (4 months). My son and two of my daughters are married. My daughters live in Minnesota and my Son In New Mexico. I have been at 3M for seven years as a Lab Tech. I like working and will be here as long as I can work. Retirement wasn't for me. I am looking forward to the 55 year reunion. I have always had a great time.a Month after my 70th Birthday, the doctors are telling me I have Acute Myloma Leukemia. I had a Bone Marrow Transplant in May. Puts a cramp in going to work, dancing and a few other things. Things are going well.I hope togo back to work later this year. Not Sure the doctors agree with me.

Since the last reunion--I've cruised the Amazon, broke off an engagement, travelled in Spain (Spain IS pretty!) and to Antarctica (icebergs! whales! midnight sun! and penguin poop). I've been "downsized" three more times for a total of 5, so I'm in premature retirement and loving every minute of it. My newest hobby is kayaking, I've become less incompetent at golf, and I've taken advantage of most of the free museum passes from the library. I regularly attend "Senior Breakfast" at the casino. Let's all embrace our "agedness"!

Single.

Deceased 2000

After 34 years of teaching I retired in 2005. I taught first grade for 6 years and the my last 28 years were in special education.
My husband Rick and I have been married 25 years. We have a daughter Heather. I also have two step children who have given us four wonderful grandchildren.
I am very excited to see everyone. I just can't believe 40 years have gone by so quickly. Just think we have become eligible for AARP!
Married to Rick, 3 kids, 4 grandkids. Life is good!

Gaetke, Linda Orstad Born Feb. 20, 1949, went to be with the Lord 1/27/11. Preceded in death by father, Herbert. Survived by husband, Richard; daughter, Heather; mother, Anne; sisters: Nancy (Bob) Butter, Susan (Steven) Klepinger & Polly (Kevin) TeSlaa; step-children: Donnie (Christine) & Deneane (Todd); grandchildren & great-grandchildren. Funeral service at LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (7401 County Rd. 101) Monday at 10 AM. Visitation at KOZLAK- RADULOVICH MAPLE GROVE CHAPEL (13745 Reimer Dr.) Sunday (TODAY) from 4-8 PM. Private Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to North Memorial Residential Hospice or Lord of Life Church Cancer Ministries. www.kozlakradulovich.com "A Celebration of Life" 763-416-0016

Published in Star Tribune from January 29 to January 30, 2011