Class of 1954

Reunion Photo Courtesy Missouri Moments Photography, Kirksville, MO
The 1954 Graduating class of Kirksville High School held their 55th reunion on September 25 and 26, 2009. There were over 40 class members attending all or some part of the activities. Members attending were from 7 states, with the greatest distance being from Arizona.

Those attending were:
First Row Left to Right - Jerome Stanek, Joan (Peterson) Helton, Shirley (Shaw) Carter, Mary Jane (Novinger) Valuck, Dorothy (Luman) Thompson, Nancy (Hull) Lockamy, Mary Alice (Smith) Perry, Mary (Link) Giovannini, Cathy (Evans) Baldwin, Sam Hays,
Second Row - Larry Whitney, Carletta ( Haggy) Johnson,Vauncille (Tuttle) Eitel, Jeanette (Watson) Sparks, Nancy (Read) Ratch, Beverly (Jones) Moore, Barbara (Jones) Saulter, Walda Ann (Shockey) Paris, Marjore L. (Brown) Collins, Bob Barrickman,
Third Row - Lini (Fair) Ratcliffe, Carl R. Baldwin, Ellen Lee (Monroe) Wilhite, Carolee (Harris) Wilhite, Jennie Sue ( Allen) Ross,
Fourth Row - George B. Grim, Charles Giovannini, Fred Madorin, Larry Gardner, Harold Linder, Amos Martin, David Young, Eldon Winkleman.
Not pictured - Gaylene Jacobs, E. Gene Howes, Richard L. Ellis

Reunion Photo Courtesy Missouri Moments Photography, Kirksville, MO
The Kirksville High School Class of 1954 celebrated their 50th year reunion in Kirksville the weekend of July 9,10 and 11 with activities followed by a banquet in the evening back at the Shrine Club.  Fifty-five percent of the class membership attended from California to Cape Cod.  Reminiscing, visiting and picture taking were enjoyed by all. 

Pictured, left to right, sitting:  Charles Giovannini, Carl Baldwin, Terry Kelly, David Young, Jerome Stanek.  Seated:  Walda Ann Shockey Paris, Faye Ewing Anastasoff, Cathy Evans Baldwin, Anna Bell Agee Miller, Janet Tolman Poiolucci, Vivian Shelton Zazzaretti, Jolene Forke Kaufman, Carrol Epperson Adams, Anna Grace Mitten Dayton, Mary Alice Smith Perry, Mary Link Giovannini.  Standing  Row 2 Standing:  Ivorene McClanahan Thomas, Jennie Sue Allen Ross, Larry Whitney, Dorothy Luman Thompson, Gaylene Jacobs, Marilyn Wheeler, Beverly Jones Moore, Nancy Hull Lockamy, Vauncille Tuttle Eitel, Joan Peterson Helton, Barbara Poston Mears, Linda Fair Ratcliffe.  Second Row:  Eugene Monay, Robert Barrickman, Sammy Hays, Sondra Schwab Saracini, Charlene McCloud Black, Ellen Monroe Wilhite, Carolee Harriis Wilhite, Carletta Haggy Johnson, Bonnie Skinner Mitch, Jeanette Watson Sparks, Nancy Read Ratch.  Row 5:  Virgil Stanley, Roger Ratliff, Gene Howes, Robert Hogenson, Harold Linder, Larry Gardner, Wayne Adams, Amos Martin, Eldon Winkleman, Richard Ellis, Lyman Waddill, and George B. Grim.

ROW 1: Wayne Adams, Winfred Adams, Anna Bell Agee, Nilene Alger, Jennie Sue Allen, O. Wayne Phillips, J.G. VanSickel, Don Ames, Barbara Baker, Jim Baker, Jack Baker, Carl Baldwin.
ROW 2: Jane Barnett, Robert Barrickman, Virgil Bengston, Arnold Blodgett, Marjorie Brown, Rama Burchett, Evelyn Byers, Sandra Cadden, Kent Collins, Carolyn Cragg, John Crawford, Richard Darr.
ROW 3: Victor DesCamp, Ronald Detwiler, Mary Dale Ditmars, Agnes Durham, Richard Ellis, Carrol Epperson, Catherine Evans, Faye Ewing, Clyde Findling, Jolene Forke, Larry Gardner, Charles Giovannini, Leo Goeke, John Gooch.
ROW 4: Sharon Gramling, George Grim, Amber Grubb, Carletta Haggy, Ora Lee Hall, Bill Hamilton, Ronald Hamilton, LaVena Hanes, Carolee Harris, Jim Hays, Sam Hays, Ruthie Hicks, Robert Hogenson, Dorothy Holmes, Gene Howes, Nancy Hull.
ROW 5: Gaylene Jacobs, Jerry James, Janice Jarman, Barbara Jones, Beverly Jones, Terry Kelly, Margie Lawson, Bill Lewis, Harold Linder, Mary Link, Dorothy Luman, Ivorene McClanahan, Larry McClanahan, Charlene McCloud, Sally McClure, Helen McFarland, Fred Madorin.
ROW 6: Beverly Major, Amos Martin, Ronald Martin, Don Miller, Anna Grace Mitten, Eugene Monay, Ellen Lee Monroe, Bob Munns, Mary Jane Novinger, Muriel Paap, L.D. Parry, Donald Payton, Tom Perry, Joan Peterson, Maleen Peterson, Barbara Poston.
ROW 7: Roger Ratliff, Nancy Read, Robert Russell, Gary Sallade, Pearl Ann Schupbach, Sondra Schwab, Shirley Shaw, Vivian Shelton, Walda Shockey, Bonnie Skinner, Mary Ann Smith, Dianna Spencer, Jerome Stanek, Virgil Stanley, Shirley Stiles, Peter Tilley, Janet Tolman.
ROW 8: Donna Truitt, Bill Turnbull, Vauncille Tuttle, Robert Vance, Ellis Waddill, Jeanette Watson, Elaine Wellborn, Delno West, Mary Ann Western, Marilyn Wheeler, Larry Whitney, Mary Ann Williams, Eldon Winkleman, Shirley Yadon, David Young, Linda Fair.