Anna Sobotka (Schroeder)

    HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !!!

Leanna Fritz

A Zion classmate passed away on Sunday. Also a 1970 grad. Carol Petersen Franzen, who has a brother Craig, also in our class. I think there were only seven of us in that class: Craig and Carol, Norman Heiden, Jerry O, Danny B, Karolyn and me. So we had many very good hours  together. Carol was a very sweet young girl, always with a smile no matter what. They lived down the block from Zion, and we would sometimes pick them up for school. I had no idea she lived in Kearney all of these years, and worked at the hospital. I have thought about her over the years, and just wanted to acknowledge her passing.

Anna Sobotka (Schroeder)

   Leanna   thanks for the info on Carol ( I didn't relize she went to Zion ) Carol was in alot of my classes in jr. high. She was always a cheerful person in our classes.

    I'm looking forward to seeing you at the class reunion !!!!

Leanna Fritz

Me too Anna!  It’s just around the corner now, and we know how fast time goes. Hopefully we will all enjoy summer first, and get rested up for the end of August! 

Jerry Ohlmann

Leanna, thanks for the post about Carol Peterson's passing.  Over the last few months I was thinking about our Zion classmates and wondered whatever happened to Craig and Carol.  I remember Carol being quite athletic in grade school and gave the boys some competition. I hope Craig comes to the reunion.

Ron Smith

Are you on your honeymoon Marcene?

Frank Schickedanz

To All  -  Sorry I haven't been on the Posting side of the Forum  -  I've been reading and watching it all from afar and just have not had drive to write something down.  I have had alot of things happen that I wanted to share but for some reason I just didn't and I have always enjoyed participating in the Forum. That being said  -  Congrats to Marcene on your Wedding  -  Condolences to the Peterson Family  -  Carol was a very Nice Girl.  I spoke to Dan Blanton and he was talking about the Group of you guys at Zion  -  must have been fun growing up in that Hood.  

We got our pool running but they had to plumb around the heater because there are no replacement parts for that equipment  -  it'll just have to wait until the Sun does the heating  -  fortunately and unfortunately we've had so much rain that the the temperature is not moving very much without the Sunshine.  We also went skiing in Colorado in March  -  i fell for the 1st time in forever and jacked my shoulder up  -  the hardest part was standing up  -  I didn't know how so I had to take my skis off and crawl up to stand up (pulling a muscle in my back) and step back into my skis -  I can make a longer story of this but I'm OK  -  just dealing with the shoulder and  "this too will pass".  Just so you know  -  I may be unable to attend the Reunion because Dane's Wife is supposed to give birth on August 15th and if it later than that by 6 or 7 days I will have to miss.  And  "OH BY THE WAY"  -  there is going to be  2  (Yes I Said TWO) Grandbabies  -  and it's not because Haley is having twins  -  YES  -  that's right  -  Aaron's Wife is expecting the end of October.  Carol has been waiting for almost 5 years since Aaron & Jenna got married to be a Grandmother and now she is going to have 2 within a couple of months of each other.  Well  -  now you are caught up on the lives of the Frank Schickedanz Family  -  I'll try to be better about posting.  Talk to you later.

FLS  (Schick)    

Anna Sobotka (Schroeder)

Frank  it was great to hear from you !!!  Glad you're feeling better !!! CONGRATS on the grand babies !!!!!

       FRIENDSHIPS ARE THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE 

Marcene Niedt (Joy)

Happy birthday Lisa

Frank Schickedanz

Anna  -  Thank You  -  Carol is ecstatic over it as well as I am.  We'll find out the Gender of Aaron & Jennas's this weekend.  

We went to Oklahoma this past weekend for Memorial Day  -  I still have two Aunts up there  -  One is 88 and the other is 93  -  Great long lives for both of them.  I played Tapps on my Bugle at 3:00 on Memorial Day  -  I'm not so good at it but I gave it my best  -  I'll practice a little more next year.  We are finally drying out a little bit  -  we've had quite a lot of rain (and FRANKly  -  I'm getting kind of tired of it  -  but as they say "Be careful what you ask for").  Better go to work  -  I still have a job.  Talk to you later.

FLS  (Schick)

Joann Stengel (Tumbleson)

Marcene Niedt (Joy)

We had a wonderful wedding even moving to Holdrege has been easier than we thought. 
still getting organized but that's to be expected!!  Lol

it doesn't seem long to drive to Kearney except the gas prices don't make up.The house is small but cheaper than Kearney.  See you all in August 

Kathy Loschen

Sue Wise (Divan)

Congratulations on the two grandchildren Frank and Carol!  I hope we get to see you at the reunion but will certainly understand if it doesn't happen!  Hope you are feeling better and your shoulder is healing!

I saw Deb and Dan at Menard's garden center several weeks ago Deb looked good.  Still recovering but getting stronger all the time.

No Husker game plans at this time Kathy!  I've been too busy to pay much attention to football right now so have no idea what time the game is.   I'm honestly missing lockdown where my time was all my own!  How sad is that?  I just sent reunion registration letters out to those who haven't registered yet!  We still have "missing classmates" so check the link on the left and let me know if you have information!  Does anyone have contact information for Andy Rumbaugh?  I was contacted by someone looking for him and would like to forward the information to him via email or phone call.  I do have an address so can print the message and mail it to him.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in August!

Marcene Niedt (Joy)

Happy birthday Debbie

Marcene Niedt (Joy)

Pam & Joe , happy birthday..🎉🎈 

Ron Smith

Happy birthday today to Pam Lashley and Joe.Also.Marcene tomorrow.

Marcene Niedt (Joy)

A couple took George & I out to lunch after church today.Thank you for your birthday wishes.

Joann Stengel (Tumbleson)

Marcene Niedt (Joy)

After church we went out for lunch. Busy all afternoon & since it was too hot to grill, we popcorn & cake & ice cresm

Happy birthday to you.

Anna Sobotka (Schroeder)

     OMG  it's going to be another HOT one in Kearney today !!!!  Three of my neighbors have above ground swimming pools (I sure wish I had one!!!)    Have a good day and stay COOL

Sue Wise (Divan)

It is a hot one today!  I hate the heat and can't wait for the cool down to get here!  I always wanted a swimming pool in the backyard but John said no!  Guess I'll go downstairs and do some quilting to stay cool!

Reunion registrations are at 60 for Friday night and 59 for Saturday night, 42 each night are classmates!  Remember to get registered using the 50+1 Reunion link on the left.  We need a final count by August 1st! 
If you're not sure whether you've registered, go to classmate profiles and check the legend for the symbol next to attending Meet and Greet, then look at your name to see if the symbol is there.  If not, get registered.  If you want to quickly see who has registered, click on one of the reunion activities and it will sort and give you the list.

Anna Sobotka (Schroeder)

      When a determined person encounters stumbling blocks,they use them as stepping stones !!!!!

                            HAVE A AWESOME DAY !!!! 

Sue Wise (Divan)

So very true Anna!  You have an awesome day too!  Attendance for the reunion continues to increase!  Looking forward to seeing so many of you!  I spoke to Carroll David last night at a Game and Parks info meeting at the Archway.  He's going to try to make it to the reunion this year, which is great.  He had skin cancer on his nose and shoulder and has quite the story to tell.  He looks wonderful and is happy to be a survivor!  Stay cool everyone!  Nebraska heat and humidity is here for the next couple of days!

Sue Wise (Divan)

Well, about time I got a 70!!!  Yay me 😃