Union High School Class 1967

Stocking Elementary school alum, it looks like the it's closing for good.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/life/stocking-elementary-close-for-good-after-100-years-of-being-opened/69-2db8e7a7-fe72-45d5-8be8-46867fbae62f?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR23F5lKkSd0xPlwfELzlqVWiS4DovvQcsVrhh8ZMQm4MChueihuJRCJ_vc_aem_AUYoNto1-5pqheC-bRhQs5UvQJj8LfoxU4iTA51Ah_Jc6xeV5t5GA0IfeuRlpZtshBBvYt6uW4T37OLz8LYhl_OI

Stocking Elementary closes for good after a century of being opened After 100 years, Stocking Elementary School in Grand Rapids is closing for good. On Tuesday, the Grand Rapids community celebrated and looked back at its history.

Betsy Jill ( Goudzward) Greenwald has alerted us to the passing of classmate Kathleen (Johnson) Emery on March 1st. You can read the obituary below.

Kathy Emery Obituary & Funeral | Grand Rapids, MI | Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes When reflecting on the life of Kathleen Emery, it is easy to see both her unwavering strength and her unconditional love for her family. She was always willing to go above and beyond

Some of you may already know that classmate Pam (Oumedian) Roach was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. This is not her first encounter with cancer. As she states, "Ping Pong! Oh I have started a new journey. I have created a Caringbridge page to keep you up to date - if you choose to know."

She's scheduled for a surgery next month. Let her know you'll be supporting her via this site and put a link on your browser, so that you'll always have it at your finger tips.

Her is the link to the page that she cited:

Pam | CaringBridge Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting.

Year 2023 ends tomorrow night, in case you're not paying attention. Year 2024 promises to be an interesting year. One that we'd rather we could just skip past.

We'll attempt to keep you up-to-date on class happenings, but we do need your help. If you see, or hear, something that may be of interest, then please let us know. This is an open site, so you may post things as long as they are UHS67 class related.

Although it is the elephant in the room, we are getting older and beginning to queue up for that last day. We attempt to read obituaries every day, but we all no long reside in the Grand Rapids area. You can help us here, too. If you hear of a passing, send us the information and we'll follow up. Several of you have helped us this year! Especially since we were out of the country for the first five months.

You can also help by keeping us informed of your whereabouts. If you've relocated, changed phone numbers or email addresses, let us know we so can update our database. As some have discovered, we do not release that information without express permission.

We send an electronic birthday greeting around your time in the year. If you didn't or don't get one, then we likely do not have your birth date and/or your most current email address. The eCard is nothing fancy, but we would like to congratulate you on making another loop around the sun!

Also please do not forget our UHS67 webpage: uhs67.blackmga.com. We attempt to duplicate information on that site with Facebook: but the website will always contain the more complete version. Contact information for us can be found both on this page and on the UHS67 website.

We wish all of you the very best in 2024!

Unfortunately, our optimism for the end of the year was a bit premature. Today, we received notice that classmate Don Lipinski's wife, Patricia, past away on December 28th:

Patricia Lipinski Obituary (1949 - 2023) - Grand Haven, MI - Grand Rapids Press View Patricia Lipinski's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Hopefully this is last post of it's type this year. Some of you may have known her.

On December 23rd, classmate Paula (Cudworth) Wyckoff's mother passed away at the age of 97.

Betty Cudworth Obituary (1926 - 2023) - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids Press View Betty H. Cudworth's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Classmate Debra (DeVowe) Elderkin's son has passed away unexpectedly.

https://www.marshallfuneralhomeinc.com/obituaries/adam-elderkin?fbclid=IwAR0tUJOelHGGM6vu3IoAgURAmTE9z2tpaWg-uR_yieWb_Mtdz_jqDHYQIOY

Adam Patrick Elderkin Obituary 2023 - Marshall Funeral Home View Adam Patrick Elderkin's obituary, send flowers and find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Our thanks to Betsy Jill (Goudzward) Greenwald for alerting us to the passing of UHS67 classmate Marlene Overbeek on October 20, 2023.

Marlene Overbeek Obituary & Funeral | Grand Rapids, MI | Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes OVERBEEK – Marlene Kay Overbeek age 74, passed away on October 20, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marvin (Kathryn) Overbeek; and brothers, Robert and Ronald Overbeek.

Classmate Wayne Feenstra's wife has passed away. Here is the announcement. Our condolences to Wayne and his family.

Patricia Feenstra Obituary (1948 - 2023) - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids Press View Patricia L. Feenstra's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.