Margery Allen

Marge and I joined our church together in Jr. High (along with Doug Schmidt). We also walked together to high school during our Sophomore Year. We had corresponded briefly prior to her death. Although she was very quiet, she was a great friend.
. . . Gloria Wolvington Hurdle

  Carol Anderson

  Barbara Baily

November 2007

  Peter Benjamin

Pete lived on the other side of the cow pasture across from my house, and we met before first grade. We were friends through school, church, and into adulthood. His smile was a pleasure to behold. I will always treasure Pete's memory.
. . . Carol Burdick Leatherman

  Charles Church

I remember my brother Scott and I and our parents having many dinners with Charlie and Eddie and their mom, Irene, in their home. Charlie would make us laugh until we couldn't breathe! He would peek out the window at his next door neighbor, Jan Graue, who was a few years younger. Charlie was a great guy!
. . . Jane Cromwell Mastrini

  Phillip Davis

  Donald Donley

  Lynn (Friday) Thorson

January 14, 2010

  Fred Gentry

  Haven Ginther

Haven was a good friend from elementary school, through high school, and well into our twenties when we kind of drifted apart because of babies, moves, jobs, etc. Her first car was an Edsel! We carpooled to school with other girls from “old” Wheat Ridge—Jerri Bracket, Mary McMillan, DeAnn Zimmerman, Linda Knighton, and others when they needed a ride. There were days we could hardly pack everyone in. What fun, and what great memories that I haven’t dredged up in many years. We did some crazy fun things.

Haven was married to Glen Stocking (’62) for 10 or 15 years; they had three sons, then divorced in the late seventies or early eighties. I recently corresponded with Glen to find out about her death. She died of pneumonia at age 51. Her sons all live in the Denver area and there are 3 grandchildren. Sounds like they are doing well. Both of her parents outlived her, but have since passed on. The last time I saw her was in 1989 when my mom died and I was back in Wheat Ridge for the funeral—she called and we had lunch. I was so sorry to hear of her death, and was saddened to see so many of our other classmates gone also.
. . . Jerri Ball Striegler

  Ray Glasmann

  Jim Griswold

  Nancy Hageman

Nancy was the oldest among my group of friends, so she was first to get her driver's license. We all got a laugh out of the time she made a left turn from Colfax Avenue, but not at one of the breaks in the divider. Instead, we just hopped right over the divider clunk clunk. I miss her happy laugh!
. . . Gloria Wolvington Hurdle

  James Hanrahan

  Ruth Ann Irwin

April 3, 2005

I was saddened to learn of Ruthann's passing, because I have very fond memories of her. She was always kind, always gentle and probably the most humble person I ever knew.
. . . JoAnne Singley Struve

  Karen Kepford

June 21, 1999

  Janet Krasa

Janet was one of my two best friends all through high school. Her family lived a couple of streets over from mine and we got together all the time. Once she joined my family for a vacation in Gunnison. I forgot my contact lens case, and put them into 2 glasses. When Janet brushed her teeth, she swallowed one of my lenses. She was fun, pretty, and so damn smart! We lost contact over the years - I saw her once with her baby - but I'm so sad that she has died. What a loss.
. . . Terri Lewis

  Kent McCaulley

April, 2005

"Mac" and I took a lot of photographs at WRHS and we shared our passion for photography throughout our friendship. We remained close friends while at CU and renewed our friendship in the 1980's after he moved back to Boulder from upstate New York. Being both divorced, we each focused on raising our kids. McCaulley had twin sons, Matt and Jim, probably the brightest kids I'd ever know. Once Matt and Jim were in college, Kent retired with 30+ years from IBM and moved from Louisville,Colorado to northern New Mexico for winters and Saratoga, Wyoming for summers. He loved riding his bicycle in Ireland, we laughed a lot about life, consumed too much stout dark ales, and hunted big game together. I taught him how to fly fish and he taught me homebrewing. His unfortunate demise was in April 2005, on the North Platte River above Saratoga when his river raft capsized. Kent and one other person drowned.
. . . Kent Higgins

  Joe McMaster

Joe was my first love. We met in fifth grade and he gave me my first kiss after he walked me home from school.
. . . Carol Burdick Leatherman

  Bill McVicker

September 5, 2006

In looking at our class website I was motivated to share my feelings about Bill McVicker. I was always attracted and stimulated by McVicker's intellectualism, courage, and his relentless pursuit of a good time. Bill played through several concussions in football and was someone who I admired for his courage and commitment to being the best football player his body allowed. My experiences as a football player at Wheat Ridge greatly influenced my life and Bill is one of the two players I respect the most. Bill was a free thinker that forced you outside conventional thoughts and gave you the opportunity to expand your mind. I'm truly sorry that I never ran Bill down and shared a beer with him and told him how he influenced my life
. . . Terry Newsom

  Roger Meurer

2004

Roger Meurer was one of those quiet thinkers who would follow through with action. Probably his greatest planned secret, known only to the other partners in crime, was being the get away car driver after we sabotaged the 1962 Lakewood homecoming bonfire woodpile. Yep, the Tiger’s bonfire went up in flames a day early! Just before their school let out – he drove in and we used an incendiary grenade, launched from a M-1 rifle, with great success!

Flying out of the area with all of us inside, Roger drove his dad’s Oldsmobile 98 up and down 6th Avenue and some side streets often exceeding 110 mph as a few Lakewood cars chased us. We never got caught! Yep, the quiet guys, like Roger, also enjoyed creating chaos.
. . . Kent Higgins

  Harvey Neely

I'll never forget the day Harvey passed out. We were in biology class studying blood types. We needed a blood sample, so finally Harve volunteered. Well, that was fine until he actually saw the stylus and he bled a few drops then POW! He keeled over. Ammonia capsules do wonders but poor Harve was pretty embarrassed.
. . . Leslie Seeley Souders

  Richard Nelson

Richard was the one of the first guys I met when moving to Wheatridge in '62. He was in my art class, first hour, Mr. Weatherbee, along with Jeff Dunkley. We were always up to no good but kept the class humming with excitement. He was a fabulous artist and always drew his characters on my chalk board at home, not to mention the beautiful sweatshirts he made. The day Don and I heard he died was sad indeed. We have always kept in touch with his parents and sister and will always cherish the fun we had with Rick. He was one of a kind!!
. . . Judy Livonius

  David Payne

1999

  Barbara Ryan

I knew Barbara from grade school through high school. Barb, Ann Peterson, Elsa Jensen(Sbranti) and I played softball for many years for Clear Creek Girls Softball League. Barb was an excellent player and a good sport. She, Ann Peterson and I spent many, many afternoons swimming at the lake behind my parent's home in Wheat Ridge and many winter afternoons ice skating on that same lake. Even though I lost touch with Barb after high school, over the years I have thought about her and all the fun we had. She was a very good friend and a kind person. Barbara will be missed.
. . . Trudy Stevens

  Armand Thouvenell

Photo of Armand's name on the Viet Nam Memorial Wall, January 2008.
. . . John Meredith

  Peter Tribelhorn

March 15, 2007

Kent Tribelhorn died March 15, 2007 at home in Santa Fe, N.M. He is survived by wife, Kathryn, son Kevin, daughter Kelly, sister Diane Outerbridge and their families, 2 aunts and cousins. Kent graduated in 1969 from The Colorado School of Mines.

  Carolyn Williams

  Dan Wurtz

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