South Winneshiek Class of 1978

05/15/2023

Hello friends, our reunion committee has received some invites back “return to sender”. Can anyone help me find current addresses for:
Randy Bohr, Tom Hemesath, Jim Ihde, Brian Meyer, Kitty (Peck) Collins, Elmer Valland?
Please and thanks!!

05/03/2023

Class of 1978, our 45 year reunion date has been set!
Saturday, July 8
PIVO Brewery Event Center, Calmar, Iowa
1:30 - 5:00 PM
$10 per person, $20 per couple
Cost covers snacks (meat & cheese and fruit trays) and water
You should be receiving an announcement in the mail soon - the RSVP, along with your payment (returned to Lo**ta Adams), is due by June 1.

08/28/2022

So sad to report the loss of another classmate. R.I.P David.

View David Novak's obituary, send flowers and find service dates or sign the guestbook.

12/09/2021

And yet another classmate gone too soon. https://www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com/obituary/brenda-johnson?lud=9DD515C5D6A15FD28EB3A9476DF13ECA&fbclid=IwAR2UWEiGw1oQa0pQ2JU-hljcaKcKxELu2gKdg_1P1xxPuntxFKtIKXfErew

Brenda J. Johnson, 62, of Ossian, Iowa, died peacefully on Tuesday morning, December 7, 2021, at her home surrounded by loved ones. Celebration of Life 1100 A.M. Saturday, December 11, 2021, at the Ossian Lutheran Church, 305 Jesse Street, Ossian, Iowa, 52161, with Rev. David Lenth officiating. Rela...

10/23/2020

Another classmate, gone too soon.....

John Juen, Elgin, Iowa, October 18, 2020 John Joseph William Juen, 60, of Elgin, Iowa died Sunday, October 18, 2020, due to heart complications, surrounded by family. John was born November 5, 1959 in Decorah, Iowa, the beloved son of William and Helen (Gerleman) Juen. John worked as a Body Man, rep...

07/11/2018

45 Year Class Reunion Committee Members - Lola (Kuboushek) Adams, Peggy (Klimesh) Beastrom, Scott Bohr, Eleane Hageman, Gary Lien, Brenda Timp, and Clarence Winkler.

07/11/2018

Hey, if anyone wants a PDF of the reunion booklet, just let me know. I will happily send it to you in an email.

07/06/2018

Pictures from the 40 year reunion held June 30, at Silver Springs Golf & Country Club (Ossian, Iowa). If you want to make a print, let me know and I will email you the electronic file (much better quality than downloading). HUGE "Thank You!" to Terri Gregson (and Jack) for taking the pictures! And thanks also to JaDene and Lisa for serving the meal, and the kitchen cleanup!

03/15/2018

Death Is Nothing At All
By Henry Scott-Holland

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

03/15/2018

Death Is Nothing At All
By Henry Scott-Holland

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

03/07/2018

03/07/2018

South Winneshiek 1978 Warrior