More Classmates Lost

Scott Weaville, Rhonda Dixon Nordlund, Judy Lieferman Wickers, Steve Martin, Jim Reeves-all have passed away in recent years. RIP classmates.

George Perry Lost in Tragic Accident 3/28/10

On Sunday March 28, 2010 George and Clara Perry were returning from visiting their family in Las Vegas. In the process of returning home they suffered a tragic car accident and passed away at the scene. George was the Athletic Director of Garey High School. He was a kind and loving man that cared immensely about the students and staff of Garey High. Both he and his wife Clara participated in school activities together. Together they shared a great life. Clara was always at his side in life and death. George was also an accomplished Football coach in Las Vegas where he is honored in the coaching Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada. George was also an avid golfer where he and Clara organized Garey's annual golf tournament. George enjoyed his weekends playing golf with his friends and co-workers. He enjoyed one last weekend playing golf with his family before he was tragically taken from us all. Everyone at Garey and Pomona Unified will miss these two great human beings. This was from a local publication in the area that the Perrys lived. Our friend and classmate was excited about the reunion and seeing his classmates. We will miss him.

Hoyt Emerson's Life

Hoyt lives in Hayward, California. He is the West Coast Manager for JP Morgan Chase-and located in San Francisco. He travels quite a bit for the company and his territory is Western Canada, Oregon, Washington, and California. He is responsible for the critical operations for the bank.

He is married to a wonderful gal, Mary....for 26 years. Mary is a dental assistant in Hayward.They have a boy, Brandon, who has 2 girls. Hoyt has 2 children from a previous marriage: Toby in Carson, WN who has a boy and a girl, and Tara in Napa, Ca, who also has a boy and a girl.

Boating, camping, tinkering in my garage with my toys (Harley).

Hoyt will, I'm sure, provide us with an updated photo soon! And you can hear more about everyone AT THE REUNION PEOPLE:)

Email Milestone! Over 125 classmates on E-Mail

I currently have 126 classmates on the e-mail list. Thanks for your updates, questions, and assistance! Found in the past few days....Dick Weddle, Cheryl Prill Bruner, Sherry Fryar, Darlene (Peggy) Swart Magnuson, Hoyt Emerson, and many more! Keep the help coming. We can use it! Much thanks to Jesse Norris who has volunteered to help in Yakima a week ahead of time.

Ellen Hieber Rowley-Memorial Table

Thanks so much, Ellen, for your help in taking care of the memorial table. If anyone wants to assist her, please step right up:)

I ADMIT IT! I lurk here and there.....

It's not that I want to, but I'm locating some classmates through the Yakima Herald Obituaries. Why? Because I'm trying to locate our classmates via their relatives' obits. I just located 2 more tonight. Especially difficult for those of us on the hunt...is the maiden name and married name thing for the women. We have mostly maiden names and it is very, very difficult to start from scratch and find you women. Classmates please help. Look on the who's coming page on the website and if you know where someone might be or their married name, please send it to us. We would all truly appreciate it. By the way, this evening I located Joyce Unser Stanley. A darling girl.

Karen Karkau Schmidt's Life-and we await her photo!

After graduating from Davis High in 1970, I attended the UW until graduating in June 1974. I lived in McCarty Hall (dorm) most of the time, and changed majors a few times...starting out a Math major (until I got to calculus), passing through Recreation and Spanish, and ending up with a BA in Anthropology. I was a proud piccolo-and-flute-playing member of the Husky Marching Band and Concert Band during all four years under then-band-director Bill Bissell.

I got married in Yakima right after graduation from the UW, primarily because of my father's terminal illness at that time (ALS). My first husband was from the Seldens' Furniture family in Tacoma and rowed on the Husky lightweight crew. After putting him through grad school he got his PhD in Pathology, and we eventually parted ways when he moved to Baltimore to do his post-doctorate program at Johns Hopkins.

I had an interesting several-year career as a vintage clothing store co-owner, "Fritzi Ritz", in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and later we moved downtown into the Pike Place Market. After many years buying and selling 1920's - 1950's clothing (and cruising the thrift stores and flea markets), I eventually left self-employment to pursue a more mainstream career in the Advertising and Accounting Departments at Nordstrom.

I was married again to James Schmidt, a self-employed hairdresser, and we have one fine son born in 1990, Peter Schmidt, who just turned 20. Peter's many activities in addition to school and homework have always kept me busy: chess lessons and tournaments, soccer team, karate, band at school, private clarinet and saxophone lessons, and fabulous Burton Music Camp in the summer.

I bought a home in the University District in Seattle when I was in the vintage clothing business, where my husband and I still live, with one cat at the moment. Over the intervening years I have been active in a monthly book group of ten women, and have been taking private chess lessons for the last couple years to improve my game. While my game is improving, I am no match yet for Bobby Fischer or Gary Kasparov.

James and I have enjoyed being long time members of the Northwest Fly Anglers fly-fishing club; James and Peter and I all enjoyed many great trips involving camping, fly-casting and fly-fishing in several states and BC.

Five years ago in 2005 I left Nordstrom to work for the UW, in Grant and Contract Accounting. Closer to home, and possibly a more worthwhile career than helping the Nordstroms count their money! My sister Kathy Karkau VerValin lives in Tacoma with her husband Mike and several animals on a semi-farm, and drives a school bus. Her daughter, my niece Anna, is launched and working and independent. Kathy may come to the Davis reunion this summer with me. I am looking forward to seeing all of you again and re-connecting with classmates and teachers. Have a great year until then!

Snapshot of Leanne Schrantz Wagoner's Life

Moved to Spokane right out of high school for a year, than back to Yakima for a couple of years, than moved down to Vancouver, WA. While in Vancouver during the 1970's I got married and divorced. Moved back to Yakima in 1979 to help my mom who was ill, she passed away in 1981. I moved to the Seattle area in 1984. I was also managing my dad's life until he passed away in 1985. I worked at several interesting companies before landing at Eddie Bauer and helped start their Facilities department in 1994. In 2003 I moved to Verizon Wireless as the PNW Facilities manager. I travel quite a bit for my job which enables me to visit friends who live all across the country plus do a little sightseeing now and than. I am unattached at the moment but really busy with my job so I don't really have the spare time to train someone. Life is good and I still can't believe I am 58 years old. Time went by in a flash.

Debbie Barger Smith's Note: Time went by in a 1/2 a flash.

Pricing Almost Set-And Final Plans Coming Together

We should have your final pricing by this time next week....March 7th. Four activities-one price-who would want to miss out on this fabulous event! You won't want to miss out so stay tuned!

Found...........

Jackie Cable, Valerie Winsor Wilson, Richard Wachsmith, Debbie Waldbauer Laurent, Gordon Leingang, Mark Strasdahl, Mike Warnick, Rick Watson, Mason Worley, Teresa Wies Denman, JoEll Miller Wandler, Morris Ubelacker have been found. More are missing. We are getting trickles in almost every day of folks who have been found or their old friends are sending in contact information. Bev Hershey.......not yet found. Every person found helps us make this a great reunion. Thanks for all of your help!

LOST FOREVER

Patty Keeter was murdered in 1970, and today Jim Bramhall's mom called to tell me we missed him by just 2 years. She told me he would have loved to have joined us and I know Patty would have as well. RIP.