Directory: S-Z

safranic, barbara (shelton)

515 Taylor Court
Marco Island, Florida 34145-2431 (January-May, November)
516 Regalia Drive
Inverness, Illinois 60010-6442 (June-October, December)
847.922.0582
barbshelton1@gmail.com

• santos, chris

Apartment 2210
2525 South Dayton Way
Denver, Colorado 80231-3992
303.306.0319

• sarni, kathy

4615 Locust Avenue
Glenview, Illinois 60025-1426
708.827.1751
(This is likely an old address. She may possibly live in Ormond Beach, Florida.)

schade, george

6855 Worley Road
Cumming, Georgia 30028-3683
404.312.8045
https://www.facebook.com/georgeschade51
grscadhse@gmail.com

schaeffer, robert J.

President - Senior Technologist
Technology Planners

Enjoying a wonderful life. My wife of 47 years, Kris, and I have 3 grown children. Continued the technical theater work, that I started at Glenbook South into my college years. Moved into broadcast engineering. Taught high school electronics, then moved onto work at a technical college. Became V.P. of Engineering for a Midwest based cable television and broadcasting firm. Started the engineering firm of Technology Planners that I continue to operate today. My work has taken me all around the country and to Mexico, New Zealand, the U.K. and Canada. Enjoy, very much, spending time up at our lake cabin in Northern Wisconsin. For fun, I enjoy photography, skiing, hiking, hunting, traveling, and floating around up at the lake.

20 Sunset Circle
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935-5747
920.923.6450
www.techplanners.com
https://www.facebook.com/robert.schaeffer.16
robert.schaeffer@techplanners.com

• Schaub, Robert

6108 Adelphi Circle
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23464-3745
757.650.6281
https://www.facebook.com/robert.s.schaub

• schechet, anita

205 Bonnie Brae Way
Hollywood, Florida 33021-2902
248.709.0814

• schechet, Ellen

B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1976.
M.S., Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, 1981.

Schmidt, bob

When I was 14, I went to Jim Wehrheim’s cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. That weekend I decided my dream was to work and live in Wisconsin on a lake. That dream became a reality.

I went to Northland College in Ashland Wisconsin and earned a double major in Business and Art. My father jokingly told me to take business because he had seen my art. Love the man and he was right!

Out of college, I started working for Brunswick as a store manager in Chicago and Indianapolis. I found my way back to Wisconsin through a job at a local electric and gas utility. During 34 years with the utility, I held several jobs, moved 5 times and survived 3 mergers. I have lived in Phillips, Ashland, Ladysmith, Amery and currently in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. In 1997, I started an advertising and consulting company as a backup plan to all the utility company reorganizations and downsizing. I continued the advertising and consulting business for other utilities after my power company retirement 10 years ago. Work includes finding long-term energy supply for smaller utilities including energy futures contracts, wind and solar projects.

Tracy and I have been together for 20 years. It’s all part of the dream. She has 3 children and I have 2. Together we have 10 grandchildren between the ages of 2 to 14. We enjoy seeing all their sports and activities. We also enjoy spending time in Port Charlotte, Florida when we can during the winter. Life is good.

6530 182nd Street
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 54729-5654
715.559.6868
advanadvertising@hotmail.com

schnell, john

• U.S. Marine Corps, Air Traffic Controller (1969-1973)

• U.S. Peace Corps, Volunteer, Zimbabwe, Africa (1997-1998)

Schakostraße 13
Kolbingen Baden-Württemberg 78600
Germany
303.570.2500
john@johnschnell.com

• schreiber, paul

Was facilities manager at Acromil.

Apartment 108
360 Falmouth Court
Corona, California 92879-5994
909.272.2953
Facebook

• schroeder, henry

Was owner of Schroeder Plumbing.

“Henry is a mechanical engineer, married to Bunny Dueno and has 3 lovely children Tina, 11, Tori, 8 and Sarah, 4. They also have a small zoo at home with 2 dogs, 2 cate, 1 blue crown amazon, 2 parakeets, 1 canary and 5 fish. Henry has travelled throughout the U. S. and enjoys boating, water skiing, scuba diving, golf and snowmobiling. If there were more spare time, Henry would travel.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

23258 West North Lakewood Lane
Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047-9084
847.253.6330
Facebook
hsplumbboy@yahoo.com

Schwark, kathy (Kate McNeal)

I've been a registered nurse for over 25 years. I've been married to my husband Dave for 47 years. We spent over 20 years in the Army traveling around the world. We have 5 children, all grown and married. 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. I currently teach nursing at Manhattan Area Technical College. We live in St. George, Kansas.

4125 Franklin Drive
St. George, Kansas 66535-9422
785.313.0648
Facebook
katemcneal51@gmail.com

• scott, stepheN

Chairman and Managing Director, Aggressive Strategies LLC

“Steve, who is a Director-Commercial Division for Mohawk Carpet, is single again. Marriage must not agree with Steve as he’s been married and divorced more than twice. He doe shave two children, Julie, 11 and Stephen, 10. Martinique seems to be the only exciting place Steve has visited. It has been rumored he has been in Chicago recently as he was spotted by a classmate on a plane bound for Atlanta! (Figure that one out, Steve!)”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

770. 833.3703
Atlanta, Georgia
Facebook
Linkedin
https://www.aslatl.com
asl.atlanta.ga@gmail.com

selbe, susan

I’m retired in beautiful Portland Maine. After being home with my 2 kids for a few years (in New Hampshire) I discovered what I wanted to be when I grew up. After getting a nursing BSN, I put in a few years nursing and then went to midwifery school. I worked in this field for about 15 years, until my practice was shut down in a hospital takeover. I now spend time playing with artsy stuff and volunteering.

61 Jeanne Street
Portland, Maine 04102-1824
Facebook 
susanselbe@gmail.com

• shaver, keith

715 West State Street
Rockford, Illinois 61102-2203
815.561.9297

• shields, debbie (Rummel)

7083 Fellers Lane
Sebastopol, California 95472-4481
707.829.1303
Facebook
LinkedIn

• Sietmann, Sue (Dahm)

“Sue is a Mortgage Loan Servicing Supervisor. Her husband Art, to whom she has been married for 12 years, manages an auto body shop. She wishes she had more time to continue her education and to travel.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

881 Forest Glen Lane
Wellington, Florida 33414-6329
561.795.1859
Facebook

• sigrist, jill (quaglia)

22125 South Mint Lake Road
Beavercreek, Oregon 97004-9649
503.819.7675

sims, scott

I graduated from Colorado State University in 1975 with a degree in social work. I worked with juvenile delinquents my entire career and retired in 2001, only to substitute teach in special ed, concentrating on the more difficult students. After a while I was done working with troubled youth and went into volunteering, which I still do. I have lived in Colorado since 1969 and have lived in Indian Hills, which is located a stones throw from Red Rocks amphitheater since 1980. My wife and I have been married 25 years, my second, her first. We have two children, two grandchildren, a dog, and eight chickens. Nicole is a recently retired special teacher and is now teaching yoga and meditation. We travel a lot and have been to Africa, southeast Asia, and most recently England, where we hiked the coast to coast trail. That was my second long distance hike, having completed the Colorado trail two summers ago. We have 35 acres and a yurt outside of Buena Vista, Colorado and try to spend a lot of time there. Thats all folks; hope to see you soon.

P. O. Box 101
Indian Hills, Colorado 80454-0101
303.888.4207
simsscott@comcast.net

sinnott, john

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, Daytona State University.

I can’t believe how far my GBS diploma has taken me – all the way to Tampa, Florida! Over the past 50 years I have only worked three jobs. 1) Cook at Hackney’s, 2) Computer programmer at Kemper Insurance,  3) Math professor at Daytona State College.

I am delighted to say I have been married to the same wonderful woman for over forty years. Even at our age we are the proud parents of nine-year old twins, Pandora and Hercules – our faithful bulldogs.

Few classmates may remember I introduced Elmo Johnson to our class. He was actually a dummy I created and kept in my school locker. I ran him in school elections and gathered a petition with hundreds of classmates’ signatures to elect Elmo for senior class president. He now resides comfortably in my garage in Tampa.

32 Catalina Drive
De Bary, Florida 32713-3202
jsinnott007@gmail.com

siwy, jim

My life since high school has been like a three-strand cord, more tightly woven as the years have progressed. I would like to share this personal information in hopes that it will encourage others to disclose and connect.

Family and spiritual life. My parents moved to Seguin, TX in 1976, just before I entered graduate school. My mother died in 1985 and my dad lived until 2007.  My brother, Craig, lives in Wauwatosa, WI, where he remarried and began a second career in medical informatics. My sister, Patty, lives near Lubbock, TX, still works as a nurse and is the mother of five and grandmother of a bunch more. Janet and I met and married in Gainesville, FL, in 1981. Our oldest, Beth (34) is a doctor (family medicine) and mother of our three grandchildren:  Jethro (6); Edessa (3) and Genevieve (8 mos.). They live in Milwaukee, where Beth’s husband is a doctoral student in philosophy at Marquette. Our second daughter, Rebekah (31), is here in Atlanta, working as an executive assistant for the National Christian Foundation. Our son, Magnus (27), is a software developer at a small tech firm, also in Atlanta. Janet and I have lived in Roswell since 1986.  She retired last year after 25 years of teaching high school English.

In Glenview I grew up Lutheran and then began a spiritual odyssey our senior year. For a couple years I delved into Christian Science, but eventually left it because that God became too impersonal and abstract. I felt guilty for not attaining emotional healing. I then explored Eastern thought, with an affinity to Taoism. Throughout my life I have been a follower of Jesus Christ. At times I have tried to combine faith with other religions and traditions. I love the Hebraic foundation; most of my roommates in college and grad school were Jewish, including the Best Man at our wedding. In God’s irony, I entered the Evangelical world at the start of grad school, which was an anti-Christian environment. Janet and I met in a Bible study and were married in an Evangelical Free Church. For over 40 years I have sailed in that stream of Christianity, but am now exploring other options that are quieter and deeper, e.g. Episcopalian, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic or maybe back to Lutheran. (check out the app:  “Pray as You Go”). The Spirit calls in a still, small voice!

Emotional turmoil.  I entered the mental health field at the grass roots level—as a patient. I suffered my first severe depressive episode in October of our senior year, somehow managing to hide it, even during football. In subsequent years I had many such episodes, disrupting my education and at times placing me back home alone in Glenview. Much psychotherapy and some medical treatment helped me survive the hell of this mood disorder. I am grateful to be alive and stable, with my last episode occurring in 2004. Sometimes we “major in our deficiencies.” As a clinical psychologist for 35 years, I have had the opportunity to pass on the healing. I know what it is to be suicidal, feel hopeless and then discover hope and recovery.

Achievement.  Even though I have a Ph.D. and have made a number of professional accomplishments, I believe my level of achievement motivation peaked at GBS, where my intense competitiveness resulted in acceptance at Harvard, Princeton and Yale. I chose Harvard, rooming with Howie Conant freshman year. I enjoyed Harvard and sometimes thrived there, but personal emotional issues (see above) caused interruptions. During leaves of absence I worked blue collar jobs, hitchhiked to the west coast and bicycled from Mississippi to Guatemala with Andy Baldwin and Dave Slown. After work as a psychiatric aide at Forest Hospital in Des Plaines, I returned to Harvard, graduating in 1977. I then attended the U. of Florida (Go Gators!), where I earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. We moved to Atlanta, where I have been in private practice (see website) and have done some graduate teaching. At 65, I became a candidate at the Brookhaven Inst. for Psychoanalysis and Christian Thought (BIPACT). I am the old guy in this wonderful program. I feel like the ugly duckling who found other swans. Thus, my faith, history of mental illness and healing and professional training continue to be woven together. For that I am grateful. What matters is not achievement, but relationships. Competition and envy saturate our society. I prefer connection and love, which brings us to this 50thReunion!.

390 North Pond Trail
Roswell, Georgia 30076-2921
770.330.7400
www.jimsiwyphd.com
See a 2023 video interview of Jim here
james.m.siwy@gmail.com

skelly, margie or marjorie

I enjoy singing and writing very much. I have sung with North Shore Choral Society and the Edgewater Singers. After way too much work and the inevitable accompanying despair, I finally got my first book published in December, 2015, a cross-genre book consisting of essays, short stories and poetry. The title of the book is The Unpublished Poet: On Not Giving Up on Your Dream. I can hear you laughing already at the unpublished poet part of the title, and if you are a poet yourself, you will likely be laughing louder! I had some truly pleasant surprises with this book, and the one that I am most proud of is that the former Poet Laureate of Indiana, Norbert Krapf, endorsed the book. I wept when I got that news. Check him out for a good read when you can. He was horribly and routinely sexually abused by the same priest and finally decided that he had to write about it.

Aside from that, I love long walks, hiking, biking, and swimming. I am now trying to carve out some time for reading. I am also involved on the refugee committee at my church, something that I think makes me a better and more moral person. What these people have been through many times breaks my heart. I have participated in political marches and done canvassing for a candidate running for the Illinois Senate. I was so happy to have recently been able to be part of a luncheon organized by Representative Jan Schakowski, one in which I got to see the current Mayor of San Juan speak.  

I have a 29-year-old-daughter named Maggie Fay. I am perhaps too serious of a person, but I get relief from having a lot of fun and laughing. So, I hope to get some of the latter at the Reunion! And please...check your "dancing card" and keep me in mine for the next dance...and all the more so as my husband of 33 years, Jim, is not an eager dancer!

1527 West Granville Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60660-1811
773.450.5419
https://www.linkedin.com/in/margie-skelly-24983022/
margeskelly@sbcglobal.net

slown, dave

13148 Grandpeak Lane, NW
Silverdale, Washington 98383-8060
360.598.5642
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/i/l/Rae-W-Miller/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0533.html
david.j.slown@gmail.com

• soukup, christine (esposito)

Secretary, NDT Systems.

“After graduating from GBS and traveling to such exciting places as New York, Rhode Island, Philippines, Hong Kong and China, Chris settled in California (I don’t blame her) where she and her husband, Tony, presently live. Chris, a “domestic engineer” and Tony, an electronic technician, happily married since June 9, 1973, have 2 children, Jason, 7 and Aaron, 2; however, she’s not done yet! September of ‘84 she will be giving birth to another “little Esposito.” Congratulations Chris! (and Tony!)”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

3042 Salmon Drive
Los Alamitos, California 90702-4657
espos@verizon.net
[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

• springman, john

Architect at Bert L. Howe & Associates.

8709 West Knoll Drive
West Hollywood, California 90069-4117
http://www.berthowe.com/bhacv.php?cv=Ejms
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-springman-479941a/
jspringdog@aol.com

• squire, val

[ photo from 8th grade ]

stevens, betsy (elizabeth adams)

I left “Betsy” behind after college and have been “Elizabeth” ever since.  With 2-year old daughter Lisa in tow, I attended the 1989 reunion and was happy to see so many of my GBS classmates. That weekend I also learned was expecting daughter #2, Mars.

I spent most of my professional life in institutional investment management and the personal trust side of financial services. After seven years with Continental Bank, I worked ten years with Goldman, Sachs, fifteen years at Wells Fargo, was honored to manage one of the six initial Schwab Private Client offices, and finished out my corporate career with Union Bank in San Francisco.  

I divorced in 1999. After an unexpected layoff, I decided to head in a brand-new direction, and, leveraging off my natural proclivities, launched The Insightful Organizer in 2010.  Initially, the projects were fairly routine, but they quickly expanded to just about anything that clients requested. I sit in on investment manager meetings, hire staff, pay bills and charitable donations, set up business and home offices, do design review on new building and remodeling projects, and coordinate whole house moves, and handle trust company estate cleanouts. While most of my clients are Bay Area based, I have traveled to over a dozen cities on projects. The best part of my work are my clients, who are terrific.

I absolutely love being a mom to my two children, both of whom live close by. Lisa, now 32, and my wonderful new son-in-law, Stephen, are in Sacramento, and Mars, 29, is in Oakland. We are so lucky to live so close and to be able to spend time together. 

Ten years ago, I joined the House Corporation Board for the Chi Omega chapter in Berkeley where we manage all the maintenance, staff, provisions, and surprises that a 1920’s mansion housing 70 women has to offer. I’m also on the Board of Directors for The Children’s Support League. I was Tour Co-Chair last year when the 30 of us raised over $200,000 to support at-risk children in our local communities.   

I love to be in the kitchen, still entertain a lot, and definitely have much more travel in my future. I made a three-week trip to Egypt last year which was more fabulous than I ever could have imagined – no less than a life changing experience. I’m happy to leave for Italy at the drop of a hat and the girls and I think Paris in the spring is simply perfect. I love to go to concerts and the Stones still are my favorite band.

So looking forward to this weekend. My sincere thanks to the Reunion Committee for all their hard work and for the terrific events they have lined up for us.  

4261 Detroit Avenue
Oakland, California 94619-1601
510.502.6552
https://www.facebook.com/elizabethstevens.adams
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-stevens-adams-a691191a/
elizabethsadams@yahoo.com

• stoker, brian

strandberg, Joan (Cohan)

“Joan received her masters degree in speech pathology from Northwestern University. Joan is divorced and has en eleven year old daughter, Jennifer. She is also a vegetarian and is definitely a feminist.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

https://www.facebook.com/joan.cohan.1
joanlinda427@gmail.com

struve, paul

After our 1969 graduation, I attended college on the east coast for 1½ years. Then I quit school, got a very low selective service draft number, got called up for and unfortunately passed the armed forces physical (even though I was still as skinny as I was at GBS). Fearful of army conscription and Vietnam, I joined the navy. After 1½ years in the navy, I was discharged for conscientious objection. After another year of college on the west coast, I started a career in pharmaceutical R&D in ’74 and retired after 40+ years in that career. During that time period and while working full time, I finally completed my bachelor’s and jumped into a PhD that crashed after 10 years of effort. The upside of this disaster is that I met a fine woman during grad school and married her in ’84. Our first daughter was born in ’91 and our family moved a year later to Raleigh, NC. Our second daughter was born in Raleigh in ’94. My wife divorced me after 25 years of marriage (I was traded for her boss and, to excuse the ‘60s vernacular, a real bummer). I did get a chance to visit Glenview during the 4th of July holiday in 2009. Highlights included eating a brick of Hackney fried onions and receiving an inside tour of GBS by a woman who was working the GBS front desk during the holiday. I am really looking forward to again seeing GBS and all of you folks during the reunion.

1305 Silver Beach Way
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27606-4892
919.900.8778
pstruve8@gmail.com

• sultan, bruce

Former Operations Analyst at Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.

322 Red Coach Lane
Northbrook, Illinois 60062-1535
https://www.facebook.com/bruce.sultan.5

• swanson, craig

5337 South Taft Street
Littleton, Colorado 80127-6254
303.979.1205
cssoc@comcast.net

• swanson, crystal

swenson, Carol (Rose)

Retired from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management James L Allen Center living in East Lansing MI to be close to my two grandchildren Winston and Rowan.

Soon will be divorced from Steve Rose and enjoying living alone for the first time in my life.

Just had a lesson at Dragonflyers of Michigan boat club and hope to be involved in the spring and summer racing.

300 Bailey Street
Apaertment 212
East Lansing, Michigan 48823-4689
847.553.5490
Facebook
maxine.rose9@gmail.com

• tagtmeier, Scott

1815 East Speedway Boulevard
Tucson, Arizona 85719-4642
562.394.3279
rscott314@hotmail.com

talkington, karen (layden)

Naples, Florida
Facebook
layden.karen@gmail.com

Taylor, Julie (julia Hitchins)

Graduated: Colorado State University. Degree: Journalism.

My entire career was in Advertising and Media in downtown Chicago.

I worked on the Agency Side for 5 Years then went to Radio Sales for NBC WLS and then for 22 years with 101.9 “The Mix”.  My husband Charlie worked most of his Career with WMAQ TV in Sales. We were lucky enough to travel with our clients to Olympics and other exotic destinations, including Egypt, Viet Nam and the Orient Express. Not to speak of all the sporting and concert events.

We lived on the 50th floor in downtown Chicago for 30 years (just a block away from “top of the rock”) and owned second homes in Lake Geneva, Sanibel, and Amelia Islands, and now in the hills of Austin Texas.

I retired 8 years ago in Savannah got my real estate license, sold for 5 years and hated it! Now I just play golf, work out and travel. I am a docent at The Cathedral and volunteer at Hospice.

Post GBS I started running. I did four Chicago Marathons '79-'82.

Then started doing Triathlons in 1984. I have done about 33, and lucky enough to be able to still do them. Now I am just doing the Sprint distance.

We have a son “Patrick” who lives in Austin Texas and is expecting our first grand child in July. He started a web site that encourages workout competition within a business.

I am still having a great time, pugh now I take Ubers. With so many FOND memories of GBS. Savannah is a beautiful historic town. Worth visiting!

Austin, Texas
312.330.0977
juliahitchins@gmail.com

• teichner, Marcia (aronow)

1148 South 4th Avenue
Libertyville, Illinois 60048-3719
847.367.1777
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MarciaAronow/photos/
marciaaronow35@gmail.com
[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

• terrill, connie (zera)

21313 West Spruce Road
Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047-8718
847.431.1977
Facebook

• terry, tom

Ely, Minnesota ?

tharnstrom, christine

Occupational Therapist.

“Christine attended University of Wisconsin, Arizona, Illinois and the Art Institute and is now resident director at Feather River School in California where she and her Alaskan husky, age 1, live. Christine has lived in Wisconsin, Maine, California and Africa and has had the privilege of serving in the U.S. Peace Corps. She has travelled to many continents of the world, including Africa, Europe, Canada and Asia. In her spare time, Christine uses her creative talents as a clothes and costumes designer; she also travels and does ethnic textile research and study.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

221 Clowney Street
Mineral Point, Wisconsin 53565-1238
Facebook
ctharnstrom@gmail.com
[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

• theriault, Bob

“Bob has been happily married since ‘77. He and his wife, Beth, who is a personal banking supervisor and an elementary school teacher, have 3 children, Jason 4 1/2, Jenny, 2 1/2 and Amy, 1 1/2. Bob, when not producing children, is a design engineer. They have lived in Alsip, Woodridge, Wheaton and now Carol Stream - all in exciting Illinois. If Bob had some spare time he would like to travel, play golf, ski or just relax. Tired of changing those diapers, Bob?”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

630.456.6564
Linkedin

• thomas, Albert “chip”

2657 Prairieview South Lane
Aurora, Illinois 60502-2305
620.913.0062

thomas, michael

Adjunct Professor at Humboldt University.

3974 Brookwood Drive
Bayside, California 95524-9305
707.825.8023
Facebook
mfthomas4@gmail.com

• thompson, gary R.

• thompson, lucy ann

tinen, James (tynen)

James Tynen (was "Tinen") spent a long time working in journalism and PR. For the last year or so he and his wife, Marnie, have been working on their yard and traveling. They have two daughters, Ruth and Sarah. 

902 NW Maynard Road
Cary, North Carolina 27513-4977
412.600.9925
Facebook
jim.tynen@gmail.com

topercer, jan (topercer-Messier)

Director of Visual Merchandising for Lord & Taylor.

942 Pine Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302-4021
203.246.3919
jantopercer@gmail.com

• Tuttle, Susan (tuttle nichols dame)

Customer Relations Manager at Baer's Furniture.

3431 NE 13th Avenue
Pompano Beach, Florida 33064-6212
954.319.3499
Facebook
LinkedIn

• unger, katie (schneider)

Retail merchandizer for Hallmark.

3344 Thornwood
Glenview, Illinois 60026-1574
847.998.9459
[some information from 1984 Reunion Book and 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

•Unholz, ernie

Pastor at The First Christian Church of Sylvania.

Toledo, Ohio
Facebook
LinkedIn

• Vanderveer, herb

2320 Brantford Court
Walnut Creek, California 94596-6458
425.351.4217

• vandy, mary (Wickersham)

Designer, CTI Industries.

“After graduating from GBS, Mary has lived in Urbana, Des Plaines and Wheeling, IL. She joined the institution of marriage with Don, a phys. ed teacher, on June 19, 1971. Although no formal document was given upon graduation from this institution, she has had plenty of education with her family of 4 children - Jenny, 10, Andy, 7, Mike, 6 and Megan, 2. Mary is also into fitness. She not only teaches aerobics 3 days a week, but she is also a leader of a “T.O.P.S.” group (Take-Off-Pounds-Sensibly). What a great accomplishment! Keep up the good work, Mary.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

11926 Borhart Drive
Huntley, Illinois 60142-6218
847.658.2414
Facebook
[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

• Venturini, Connie

Unit 3
805 Harbor House Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53719-2389
608.772.2513 cell

• vera, alfred

• Voss, Roberta

Formerly a teacher, New Berlin Public Schools.

615 North 114th Street
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226-3727
414.771.2887
[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

wachter, Betsy (elizabeth Lewin)

5714 Southwest Winthrop Street
Seattle, Washington 98116-2836
847.738.5551
https://www.facebook.com/betsy.lewin
https://www.facebook.com/elizabethlewinhealingtouch/
https://www.elizabethlewin.com/
elizabeth.lewin1@gmail.com

• Wagner, jim

“Jim graduated from the University of Kansas. He is a steel salesman and enjoys golfing in his spare time. Jim is divorced. He has travelled to Acapulco.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

Apartment 806
520 South Collier Boulevard
Marco Island, Florida 34145-5523
312.504.1938 cell

wallace, jon

I have been a professional artist for the past 45 years; living and working in Chicago since 1990. In 1990 I purchased a 20,000 sq. ft. manufacturing building on the west side converting the first two floors into artist studios for rent and the top two floors into my work studio and living space.

In 2005 I built a second studio on 20 acres in the mountains of northwest Montana outside Glacier Park. I continue to split time creating in both Chicago and Montana.

[ Jonathan invites classmates to a opening reception at his studio on the Friday after the Reunion, October 18, from 5:00 - 10:00 PM, located at the address below. And for those wishing a early preview Reunion weekend, call or text Jonathan at the number below to arrange a visit. -Ed. ]

2846 West North Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60647-5143
312.965.0930
Instagram
www.jonathandwallace.com
studio2846@gmail.com

Ward, Mark

I didn't waste any of those 6 years in High School!

20845 Barberry Street
Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045-3021
262.785.6665
www.MarkWardVideo.Com
meward1@me.com

• warner, janette (now jandy)

Part-time Administrator

“Janette got her graduate degree from Kutztown State College in Pennsylvania. She has spent a lot of time traveling to Paris, Rome, Florence, Amsterdam, Heidelberg and Nice. But even the single life can’t be “all play” so Janette spends some time at her job a Customer Service Manager for Air France Cargo. Janette “immensely” enjoys being on the “Mensa exhibition charades team.” That’s some act to follow!”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

Apartment 5
312 West 88th Street
New York, New York 10024-2279
212.724.3977
jandywarner@yahoo.com
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[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

• watkins, william

847.296.5613

Wehrheim, Jim

I spent the first 24 years of my working life as a hospital products salesman in Chicago and neighboring states. 

It was during this time, I was married for 20 years and raised three sons. I filed for divorce in 1998 and the effects were devastating on my children. 

I moved to Cave Creek, Arizona to help my dad who was living in Peoria, Arizona, care for my mom who was suffering with Alzheimer’s.  

The Bible states “He who encourages others encourages himself.”  (Proverbs 11:25) 

For this reason, I had a website built and began to market myself as a motivational speaker calling this endeavor “Halftime Talks International” now on Facebook as “Half Time Talks.”

It was during this period I volunteered my time for two and a half years at the Adobe Mountain Boys Prison in Phoenix, leading a weekly Bible study for incarcerated boys between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years old.   

I was responsible for the “Crossroads Unit” which housed the most violent boys with severe anger issues who were at the crossroads of their life. During this time, over one hundred and forty boys prayed with me and asked Jesus Christ to come into their hearts, forgive their sins and make them new and better men. This was one of the most rewarding times of my life.

Both of my parents were on hospice and passed away in my arms ten months apart. It was at this time I took the necessary steps to become an ordained and licensed hospice chaplain. I have been a full-time hospice chaplain for the past fifteen years and I am responsible for the spiritual encouragement of terminally ill people. 

In 2019 I was surprised by love and reconnected with a girl I was smitten by forty-eight years earlier when she and I were eighteen- and nineteen-year-old freshman and sophomores in college. We were married on our shared birthday of April 18th two years ago at the age of 67 and 68 years young. We are very much in love and I consider her a long-awaited gift from God.

It has been fun reading everyone’s bio from an adult perspective. You are all so talented and I love what I remember about each of you!  

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climbhigh7@hotmail.com

I recently found these (two) old pictures of George Christiansen and me on our very "first" day of kindergarten at Rugen Elementary school. Possibly 1956? Little did I ever think George would be struck and killed riding his bike in South Carolina nearly seventy years later. 

Welker, peggy (franklin)

150 West Evergreen Avenue, J-1
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118-3849
Facebook
peggyfranklin77@yahoo.com

wells, janet (hendrix)

Co-Owner, Hendrix Homes.

See me in Chicago for details! I don't have time to write this novel...

8509 Richardson Branch Trail
Dallas, Texas 75243-7437
214.769.4333
Facebook 
LinkedIn
https://www.hendrixhomes.com/about-us/
janetwhendrix@gmail.com

Wende, karen (Tapscott)

After leaving GBS, I got a bachelors and masters degree in education at U of I. I met my husband Jim there and we’ve been married 45 years. We currently live in Burr Ridge, IL. We have 2 children, Michael who lives in CA and Krista who lives in Downers Grove with her husband and 3 girls.

Since we retired we have been enjoying our cottage in MI, traveling, and baby sitting our grandkids.

102 Waterside Place
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527-6477
karentapscott@sbcglobal.net

•wenzel, linda (doherty)

509 Walnut Hill Drive
Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913-8831
501.915.9367

• wessner, eunice (solomon)

Paralegal at Sturniolo & Associates, Denver, Colorado.

717 South Youngfield Court
Lakewood, Colorado 80228-2812
LinkedIn

• west, Barb

whitehead, bill

Attended University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Harper College. Tanya and I got married in 1972. What's that...48 years? Seems like a lot less! Time flies when you're having fun! We have two daughters, one son, and one grandson. Tanya is a retired college professor. I've been into cartooning since about age 10, which eventually led to a career at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO, writing and illustrating funny cards. Concurrently, I drew editorial cartoons for the Kansas City Business Journal. After retiring in 2009, I began doing a syndicated comic panel called 'Free Range', and we moved back to Chicago where our two daughters live. Much to our delight, we've been learning how much fun grandchildren are! Who knew, right? When I'm not cartooning, I have a musical itch that needs scratching, so I play guitar in a blues band in clubs and corporate events around the Chicago area. That's it in a nut.

#3C
3180 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60657-4833
913.526.2212
https://twitter.com/BillWhitehead8
https://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeComic
See a 2023 video interview of Bill here
w.d.whitehead@gmail.com

• Whiting, Phil

“Phil went to Southern Illinois University for 2 1/2 years. He and wife, Jean are happily married, and have 2 children, Jennifer, 4 and Dan (oops, someone forget his age!) He’s travelled to such exciting places a Europe, Mexico, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands! Like most of us, Phil has no spare time, but he said if he did he would like to go fishing. We’d better remember Phil in our prayers, as he is either unemployed (but then why no spare time?) of he forgot to tell us his occupation!”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

816 Sugar Loaf Circle
Iowa City, Iowa 52245-2706
847.436.3633

[some information from 1984 Reunion Book]

• Wickstra, gregg

Attended Hope college in Holland, Michigan.

Unit 320
1605 Middle Gulf Drive
Sanibel, Florida 33957-7614
616.396.4728

widmer, steve

After high school I went to three colleges for architecture, primarily Arizona State University. After lost credits from transferring I gave in after my third year. It coincided with the break up of the nearly five year love affair with Judi Milke. Wasn’t she something! 

I didn’t want to be crunching engineering numbers or sitting at a computer drafting anyway, design was my passion, and you only get to do that working directly with clients so off I went on my own. I lived in the Rocky Mountains and then Santa Barbara, uncertain about anything at first. Then on a visit back in Chicago I took a job with a developer in the city designing and managing construction (and getting my hands dirty) of apartment building rehabs. I developed a respect for quality workmanship and looked to Evanston and Wilmette’s finest shops doing interior woodworking, custom kitchen cabinetry etc where I worked for three. The new kid who looked 15 yo, I was scoffed at and ridiculed a little at first, but almost immediately surprised the Swedish, German and English craftsman as well as company owners at my skills and precision. Frustrated by the limits, I wanted to do it all, design, manage and construct. I went from company to company, the Merchandise Mart to deGulio Kitchens, Knobel custom int, an Italian import company, and other custom design firms till I went on my own. At 28 I designed/built a warehouse, showroom, offices buildout for a European hardware importer where I got involved in establishing an inventory control system, trade show design, product development and when the owners split I married the female half. It really wasn’t my thing, nor was she, but we wanted a child and so glad we were successful. My daughter has been the apple of my eye since. I restored a postcard millionaires home, nearing demolition, where she grew up.

I stayed in Chicago till she went off to college at which time I traveled in a motor home, in 1999-2000, to look for my next location. I looked and looked the whole country over. It’s a beautiful country but kinda spoiled: the people and what they do. I was ready for Europe. But someone in New Hampshire suggested Maine. I had decided I was my best client, I bought a large 200 yo ship captain, fleet owner’s home, then two more before building a house in Atlanta for the winters. All throughout I took on design jobs from coast to coast whenever they presented themselves. Then I went to my 55th high school reunion.

Along the way I’ve traveled. Venice, Pompeii, Lake Como, Vicenza, Versailles, Bali were my favorites. Driven around Kenya for 1 1/2months including safari, driven for months through France(2), Switzerland and Italy(3). Amsterdam, Bali, Haiti, Jamaica, driven down through Mexico. Surfed, hang glided, skied (broken bones), luged, sailboat raced, Alfa Romeo raced Road America, two thousand mile motorcycle trips, climbed mountains to the peak, ridden bike long distances, hiked Glacier National Park, painted in oils, turned clay, blown glass, built everything wood, weld, forged, collect classic old things, and can’t stop designing, anything.

You may have wondered who that guy was in that quiet little frame in grade school thru GBS, so it’s nice to be known a little now. My sister died when I was seven, parents split, mother shut down, like the youngest on the show “Home Improvement” with Tim the tool man Taylor, I was left to fend, ridiculed by two loose canon condescending brothers. I went inward and came to observe, too nervous to express. 

It was great seeing everyone at the reunion. I got a few, “you were so quiet back then, we really didn’t get to know each other.” Same as the notes in my yearbook. To know everyone and yet not know, reminded me of high school again, I got quiet, few knew me, few shared experiences. Any one interested to can come stay a free night in coastal Maine at my Airbnb next summer (when hopefully open, after July).

Summer:
8 High Street
Wiscasset, Maine 04578-4118

Winter:
2489 Midway Road
Decatur, Georgia 30030-4580
404.906.2721
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skwidmer@icloud.com

• wiggins, maureen

Willerth, Les

President of a credit union. Retired.

2628 Boddington Lane
Naperville, Illinois 60564-9485
630.904.9477
847.699.1600
https://www.facebook.com/leslie.willerth
12628@aol.com

Wilson, Jill

After two years of college, I moved to Denver. I worked at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, as a Professional Research Assistant. After retirement, and I was elected for two terms, 8 years, of as a city council member, of Englewood, Colorado.

I was married, divorced and have a son. He and his wife met in college, Colorado State University. They continued their education and got their Masters. My son is the IT Director of a large Denver hospital and his wife is a high school special education teacher.

I have two wonderful grandchildren, a girl 13 and a boy 10.

Now, I work at a small woman’s boutique, part time. I drive the grandkids around when needed, I belong to a couple of book clubs, I workout at the gym, and go for long walks with my rescue dog. I participate in a couple of community gardens.

Centennial, Colorado 80122
jillwilsonjill@gmail.com

• Winkelman, david

4130 North Victoria Drive
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192-1751
[some information from 2007 GBS Alumni Directory]

• wolf, fred (bill)

Warehouse Manager. Agfa Pitman.

“Bill is a graduate of Drake University and still claims to be single. He is self employed. He has traveled to Europe, North Africa, Hawaii and Key West, Florida. He has a golden retriever named Max. In his spare time he enjoys photography, scuba diving and showing his dog.”
[ from the 1984 Reunion book ]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-wolf-457375141/
https://www.facebook.com/fred.wolf.338
fwwolf3@msn.com

woodworth, doug

I’m not sure my life will be that interesting to anyone, but I’ll give it a try. 

After graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BS in History, I moved to Chicago and started working for a residential real estate development and management company where I stayed for 34 years. 

Eventually moved back to Glenview, married my first wife and raised three terrific sons, all of whom went to Glenbrook South and thankfully all graduated from college and have interesting careers of their own.

After retiring in 2007 I became involved in running a family owned publishing business that specialized in art education resources for schools and teachers. 

I continue to serve as a Trustee on a union related Health, Welfare and Pension Fund in Chicago.

I enjoyed golf, scuba diving, and skiing for many years and was also an avid sailboat racer in Chicago, owned several different boats over the years and competed in over 60 Chicago and Port Huron to Mackinac Island Yacht Races. I also competed in numerous other races on the Great Lakes, San Francisco Bay and elsewhere in California and cruised the Bahamas and Virgin Islands. 

I currently have a powerboat and cruise the waters of south Florida.

I moved to Marco Island, Florida full time with my wonderful wife Valerie in 2017. We enjoy travel, boating and the casual island life here but have also become involved in local politics and environmental issues related to water quality.

There it is, a life in 6 paragraphs and 262 words.

908 North Barfield Drive
Marco Island, Florida 34145-2306
312.961.9586
douglaswoodworth@comcast.net

• Wysow, Bill

4229 South Brown Circle
Gurnee, Illinois 60031-2023
847.336.0406
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• Zander, Marie (larson)

• Ziah, Pam (Munn)

Possibly worked at Wheaton College in the Development Office.

N765 Woodlawn Street
Wheaton, Illinois 60187-1712
630.681.8507

[some information from 1984 Reunion Book]

Zielnicki, Kathy (Arena)

290 Ardmore Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016-2119
847.296.4336
kma290@yahoo.com