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Name: Duane Darr
Spouse Name: Diann
City: Clever
State: MO
Children & ages:
Diann has two sons Chris, a Firemen Paramedic for Baltimore County, and
Charlie stationed in Hawaii with the Air Force.
Occupation: Producer KRMO KKBL
Hobbies/Interests: Gardening, raising roses, traveling, music,
collecting vintage concert posters, and playing with our adopted cats Pink
Floyd and Abbie.
Favorite high school memories:
Senior week when a bunch
of us stuck that dead cow on the High School steps,when myself, Willie,
Robert, Mike, and Eric got busted by Mr. Rauls for uh, well lets see, uh,
"smoking" yeah thats what we were doing-smoking; and got a week off from
school with make up homework. Also parties at K.C. Hall, Pat Henrys, and
Dino's. Senior Skip Day party at Lane Springs when Billy Sullivan found
something he had "stashed" in Blossem Rock on the Blossem Rock Trail. Any
one who has ever seen this rock will know what I mean. The interesting
things that Billy's car trunk would produce, his driving on the Jr. High
football field, and behind Lions Club Park-the "Vetnamese" shotgun,
collecting pumpkins, road tripping to St. Louis and Springfield with Billy,
Sigmond, Randy Huskey and Steve Skelton. And working at Hillcrest Big Star
with my buds Mark Neal, Donzie Hance, and Mike Arnold-and our friends coming
up at night and, well, "helping" us take "breaks" in the parking lot. Good
times, good friends, old brain cells. Always having a place to go if there
were no parties anywhere, like at Brennans apartment he shared with his
older sister with Sat night MTV concerts & Uncle Cid(Joe Cool). Its funney
that Roberts apt. building was shared with our counselor Mrs. Kirkman- once
Robert woke up face down in his own puke in Mrs. Kirkmans doorway! Remember
Fosters Bakery, Kingshighway Bums, Powells, Byingtons Station, movie
theatres downtown, all the old store gone from downtown. Nobody wanted to
leave Rolla any faster than me, but looking back it was a great place to
grow up. I'm always suprised at the changes and the housing thats gone up in
later years.When I was a kid we were very carefree and stress free, we'd
ride bikes till it got dark, and run around neighborhoods playing, and our
parents weren't worried about us turning up missing or on a milk carton.
We'd sled in the winters on our hill, summers at Oak Meadow, and life was
good and safe. I knew people who left their houses unlocked for the local
milk delivery, where our mail
What have you been up to since high school?:
Graduated from CMSU in 1986, had a short uneventfull career for the Rolla
Public Schools (must be in the blood) Moved to Aurora Mo in 1989 and worked
for 10 years in Quality Assurance, Environmental Compliance, and Purchasing
for a Food ingredient manufacturer based in Sprinfield. Met Diann Hoffman
five years ago and we've been living in sin for most of that. Diann is a RN
at Cox South in Major ICU and Coronary Care Unit and has over 20 years
experience. She's from Missouri but grew up mainly on the east coast, moved
back here 6 years ago, built her house in Clever population 600. Its doubled
since she moved in. Its quite rustic with our view all around of horses and
their colts and cows with their new calves, geese on the pond, very laid
back. I was lucky to get to travel in work and leisure and once vacationed
in Phoenix-Tempe at Randy Huskeys swamp cooler next to Sun Devil Staduim.
Where we enjoyed a Tesla concert from next door and some of Dino's finest.
We roadtripped to L.A. and Hollyweird-had agreat desert cruise through Palm
Springs to Beverly Hills. Did the normal "tourista" things -Hollyweird walk
of fame, the Chinese theatre, Venice Beach, Chateau Marmont, Paramount
Studios and a taping of Bob Newharts show for CBS.One memorable highlight
was my first Ultra light flight captured on film, and that everywhere we
went-when people heard me speak they kept asking if I was from Texas or down
south! One good thing about the company I used to work for was some of the
travel and educational oppurtunities. I feel lucky that I've got to see so
much of the Us and Europe and have some interesting stories. One story will
show that you can take the boy out of the small town but you can't take the
small town out of the boy. Once I had a 3 day conference in Chicago and my
hotel was right downtown on Michigan and Wacker Sts. The Chicago address for
Everything. Anyway as I entered my very nice hotel, the scene inside looked
like something from a Woody Allen movie except that makes me Woody Allen!
This hotel happened
Words of wisdom:
Always be nice to old
people, animals, and kids. "Don't pick it, it will never heal".
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I'd like to give special
thanks to both Mary French and Greg Peterson for paying their respects to my
brother and my family. At the time I was really unable to express how much
this meant to me. Like alot of you, the worst thing about getting older is
losing family and friends, and I'm no exception. My dad Stan died in 1990
after playing both golf and then tennis, coming home and playing with his
grandkids, posed for some pictures, then died right there in front of
everybody, everybody but me that is-I wasn't there yet. I miss him and think
of him often. Probably the biggest thing to happen to me was on October 17,
1999 when my best friend and older brother Dennis Darr RHS Class 0f 77, age
40 died suddenly of a heart attack at home leaving behind his wife Kris,
Christopher age 2, and Emily 10 years old. Not a single day goes by without
me thinking of him, what a loss to us. The two funerals held in Springfield
and Rolla were quite something, talk about your reunions. We have lots of
family members, and between all our old teachers, neighbors, friends, and
local business people who attended, even the sanctuary at the First Baptist
Church was not big enough. The first people I ran into at the Rolla service
were Coaches Ravenscraft and Rust. Those two helped lighten things up a
little on this very somber occasion, but reality soon set in. As did all the
normal human emotions - shock, grief, anger, and depression. It was just
unreal with all of Denny's classmates, his old Bulldog Basketball teammates,
Coach Read, Mr. Lee, Dr. Thessing, Larry Swinford from Dr. Falkenhains, and
so many, many more, plus flowers from some of you and other RHS Alumni.
Thank you, and you know who you are, we really appreciated this outpouring.
One of my all time favorite memories of my brother is when we went to Europe
to visit my oldest brother David(RHS Class if 75) and his family at his
residence in the French Alps above Grenoble in the tiny village of Caix' en
Chartreuse' France. We went to Brussels Begium, stayed with Scott Sumner
Dennis Davis
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Name: Bob Davis
Spouse Name: Diane
City: Rolla
State: Mo
Children & ages: Adam - 8, Abigail - 4
Occupation: Cartographer
Hobbies/Interests: Kids, music, golf
Favorite high school memories:
What have you been up to since high school? :After high school I
attended UMR for a couple of years then traveled to SMSU. I met Diane at the
Baptist Student Union in Springfield and we were married a few months before
I graduated. I got a job back in Rolla at the U.S. Geological Survey where I
continue to work in mapping application research and system design. We have
two great children, Adam and Abigail. Adam and I enjoy singing, golfing and
playing baseball together. Abigail has me pretty well wrapped around her
little finger! I have continued to sing and play music. I am 1/3 of the
southern gospel group, The Heritage Boys (www.theheritageboys.com
). We have been singing together since 1990 and have enjoyed traveling
throughout Missouri singing the Good News!
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Name: Rex Davis
Spouse Name: Penny
City: State: Rolla, Mo.
Children & ages:
Emily-15, Taylor-11,
Wyatt-2
Occupation:
Hobbies/Interests:
Favorite high school memories:
What have you been up to since high school?:
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Name: Jeffery Dawson
Spouse Name: Lori Stephenson
City: Iowa City
State: IA
Children & ages:
Occupation: Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Univ. of Iowa
Hobbies/Interests: Church activities, cycling, basketball, racquetball, fishing (occasionally), and trying to keep up with my kids with their activities (soccer, basketball, baseball, tennis, ice skating, piano, flute, trombone, children's museum, birthday parties, etc.)
Favorite high school memories: Because I moved to Rolla the day before I started kindergarten, it is hard to separate my high school memories from my memories of Rolla in general. I was fortunate to be associated with so many good friends, acquaintances, and teachers. I remember playing basketball at the church gym, sometimes as late as midnight. I had lots of fun on the basketball and tennis teams, and the math and science competitions were great, too. Other great memories were Lane Springs, Meramec Springs, float trips on the Current River, Six Flags, dances, our senior trip, and conversations with my closest friends.
What have you been up to since high school?: A year into college, I took 18 months off to serve a mission for my church in Haiti. At that point, I still had plans to become a physician, but after taking some classes in statistics in the mid-1980's, I decided to become involved in medicine through the research side of things. I finished my B.S. degree in statistics at Brigham Young University in 1987, about the same time that I got married to Lori Stephenson from Modesto, California. (By coincidence, Lori's brother is married to Jim Mitchell's sister, who also graduated from Rolla, so Jim and I are uncles to the same set of kids.)
From 1987 to 1991, Lori and I (and eventually 2 kids) lived in Boston while I got my doctoral degree from Harvard in biostatistics. We loved living in Boston, and we saw quite a bit of the northeast while were there. We moved to Iowa in 1991, and I do a combination of teaching and medical research here (we had also considered a job at the Univ. of California-San Francisco, to be close to Lori's family, but the position and the affordability of housing were better in Iowa City).
We love it here. In 2000-01, we spent the school year in Utah, but we were glad to get back to the schools, people, and green surroundings of Iowa. We do like to travel as a family, and we have visited 37 states together (including a drive to Alaska last summer). Iowa City is a bit colder in the winter than Rolla (although we've had several mild winters recently), but that's about the only drawback of living here. We have remained active in our church, and I recently have been serving as a volunteer (tour leader and security guard) at the open house for our church's temple in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Words of wisdom: Life is meant to be enjoyed, but our joy can be more complete if we make choices in harmony with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Anything else significant you would like to share: Life is meant to be enjoyed, but our joy can be more complete if we make choices in harmony with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Name: Robin Ziegler
Spouse Name: Mark
City: Suffolk
State: Va
Children & ages:
Occupation: Administration, currently working for the City of Suffolk Department of Parks & Recreation
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my family, we love to read together, play games and do home improvement projects together.
I love the ocean and scuba diving, I enjoy crafts, (some of my latest intrest there, is Japanese Washi art). I also enjoy
traveling, which is a good thing, as I've done lots of that. I must say though our favorite trips are those back to Mo. to visit
with family. Unfortunatley they don't come often enough. Matthew my youngest loves the car trips, hates the flying, so we usually
take the mountain route home, beautiful views and great quality time together.
Favorite high school memories: High School Memories of Rolla are pretty slim. As some of you may remember I was in and out of town at that time. One particular memory I do have might not be the best to post on a website, it had something to do with For Sale signs, TP, and a out house, anyone else remember that??
I do have allot of grade school memories of Truman Elementary School and Open Education. We did have some great times there. I try to explain to my boys now what it was like being in an experimental education program, I'm not quite sure how we survived that one and actually learned anything.
Although from the looks of those of you on this web page that were involved in that program, it sure did make us think outside the box.
What have you been up to since high school?: So do I get my own page for this?? Let’s see if I can even remember that far back.
Where to began? A couple months after high school, I went to Lincoln NE, where I attended a private college. After a year of that, I joined the United States Marine Corps (thought I’d make a deal with Uncle Sam, he’d pay for my travel and college, and I would serve my country). Well that relationship lasted about as long as most others had at that point in my life. After 4 months and one leg injury later, I was on my way back to MO. It seems that to be a Marine, one must be able to run, (which never made sense to me, as I always thought Marines stood firm and fought). Four months later, after re-planning my future and setting new goals, by accident one night, in looking for my sister at a local hang out in St. James, I found my true love. So much for the plans I had made (non of which included marriage). Three weeks later just before leaving for Marine Corps boot camp, he proposed. We were married 12 weeks later upon his return from San Diego. (By the way he informed me that the Army stands firm and fights in the defense, and Marines charge into battle and advance.) Shortly after the wedding we moved to El Toro, CA where we lived in Laguna Beach for one and a half years. While there I worked in the office of a little dime store called Sprouse Rietz. Then came the big news, “he was being sent to Okinawa ALONE!” I was going to have our first baby, so I returned to MO for an extended visit with my parents awaiting the arrival of our son Nicholas, while he traveled across the world. What a long year apart that was. He missed all the excitement. Once our year was up, we were off to Jacksonville, NC (the armpit of the US as I refer to it). During our four years there, our second son Matthew was born, and at age 4 months, watched Daddy fly off to the Middle East to fight in Desert Storm. Nicholas loved having a baby brother, and was lots of help while Daddy was away. I passed away some of my time working in the Cash Office and also as Training Coordinator for Wal-Mart. Shortly after Mark returned from the frontlines of the conflict, we were moved to New Orleans, LA. I was excited about this move, since I had always wanted to visit there. We spent a few months actually living in New Orleans, until we decided it was a much nicer place to visit than to live, so we moved out of the city a bit to Slidell where we stayed for almost four years. We loved it here and didn’t want to leave, in fact we’re hoping to go back someday. I got involved in the schools and the PTA, made a couple of really good friends that I still keep in touch with. This was definitely our first home away from home. But as usual, Uncle Sam has his own agenda and we were sent for a three year tour to Okinawa, Japan. I was totally freaked out when we first arrived. Talk about your classic culture shock! But, after a couple months I was back on my feet again and so involved I felt my head spinning. Once again I got involved in the PTA and in no time found myself sitting on the State Board of Directors to eventually be elected State PTA President, which then gave me a seat on the National PTA Board of Directors. This caused a great amount of travel on my part (about 7 trips a year to the US, plus the travel between Korea, mainland Japan, Guam and Okinawa). All this travel did award me new friendships, which I will always treasure. In my spare time I was also Substitute teaching. The boys got involved in everything from Soccer, to T-Ball and then to Roller Hockey. Our first year there I was certified to Scuba Dive, which had been a life long dream of mine. Then out of desperation for a dive partner, I gave Mark a Scuba class for his birthday, he was not thrilled by any means, but after his first dive, was hooked for life. Our three years then became six years. We loved Okinawa. We became great friends with some of the locals there, who took us to explore many parts of the Island that most Americans never see. We participated in local events and even learned some of the traditional dances and arts. I must say out of all the experiences I’ve had in life, this one has caused the most personal growth. I see the world through much different eyes now. I think my children do as well. We spent some wonderful family togetherness time here and learned to appreciate in each other greatly. Shortly before our move back to the US our oldest son got his scuba certification, so he could join Mark and I in that underwater world, a most awesome world I might add. When the day came that we had to leave our beautiful tropical island home, all our hearts were saddened.
Currently we
are living in Suffolk, VA. We’ve been here for about a year. I work for
the City of Suffolk Parks and Recreation. Nicholas started high school this
year and Matthew JR High, I still can’t believe I’m old enough to have
children in JR and High School! When we went for orientation, I felt like I
should be the one going to class, not them. Nick’s friends, say I’m the
coolest Mom though, so I guess that should count for something.
Words of wisdom:
Learn to adapt and
overcome, it will make your life allot easier.
Thank your creator each and every day for the blessings you have received.
(There are always blessings, sometimes you may have to look closer, or open
your mind a little more)
Always remember to put your family first.
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I love this website. I
have really enjoyed catching up with everyone and am looking forward to this
reunion.
Name: Jackie van der Velde
Spouse Name: Arthur
City: Virginia Beach
State: Va
Children & ages:
Kyle – 10, Kaitlyn - 9
Occupation:
Home schooling Mom
Hobbies/Interests:
ing Guitar, going to the beach
Favorite high school memories:
What have you been up to since high school?:
The first
few years after high school seem a blur, probably because the state I was in
most of the time. I joined the Army and was stationed in Texas for a couple
of years, and then moved back to Rolla. After a while, I landed a job at
Ft. Wood, where I met my husband Arthur. That was a little over 13 years
ago, and since then we have moved to lots of different places like Korea,
Germany, Colorado, and Virginia, plus, we have 2 beautiful children!! We
are currently living at Virginia Beach, Virginia, where my husband is
attending Regent University to obtain his Master’s in Divinity. He’s also
the pastor of our church, Virginia Beach Vineyard Christian Fellowship.
It’s really cool what God will do if we give our lives to Him!! He redeems
it all! Hallelujah!!
Words of wisdom:
Make the most of each day. Tell your kids you love them! Don’t let angry
words separate you from your family and friends.
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Name: Lori Linderer
Spouse Name: Don
City: Crystal City
State: Mo
Children & ages: Joshua - 14, Nathan - 12, Daniel - 9, and
Jacob - 7
Occupation: Physical Therapist
Hobbies/Interests: Watching my sons sports: Football, basketball,
baseball, ice hockey, and soccer.
Favorite high school memories:
What have you been up to since high school?:
Attended Maryville University, B.S. in Physical Therapy. I work part-time as
a physical therapist. I keep busy with 4 sons. Our family has traveled to
Chicago, Detroit, and Kansas City with our son's hockey teams. They play for
the Meramac Hockey Club in St. Louis, Mo.
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Name: Debbie Grayson
Spouse Name: Joe
City: Rolla
State: Mo
Children & ages:
Occupation: USGS, carto-tech.
Hobbies/Interests: horse back riding, going to rodeos, fishing, and going to the lake.Spending time my my family.
Favorite high school memories: Graduation
What have you been up to since high school?: I went to Voc-Tech for 2 years and started working at USGS in 1981. In 1983 I married Frank Luebbert and 2 children which was the best thing that happened to me. I divorce him in 1990 and remarried my husband now in 1998. The kids keep us very busy with my son being in football and plays left handed pitcher for Rolla High School JV team. My daughter started to learn barrel racing so she will be starting that up again. We have stayed in Rolla since graduation.
In the summer we like to spend weekends at the lake when were not busy at home. We have traveled to Galveston Island in Texas, Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas.
Words of wisdom: The most important thing in life is family and don't let that get away from you.
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