Dave & Betty Wettstein share family photos

Our son, David, his wife Karlen, and our granddaughter, Melina. We are on a hike in the Cascades of WA. David works for Boeing in Seattle, Karlen works via the internet for a firm in Florida, and Melina is in the seventh grade.

Our son Jeffrey, wife Natorea, and three grandchildren, Jeffrey, Scott, and Daisy. Son Jeffrey works for a an east coast bank from Ventura,CA and the grandson Jeffrey is a senior, Scott is a sophomore, and Daisy a freshman. Grandson Jeff will be attending U. of CA at Berkeley in the fall.

The three CA grandchildren on their way to a school dance.

Betty and I are still in Palm Springs until the middle of June so we can attend our grandson's graduation.  I hear you still have snow, so will not be in a hurry for our trip to MN.

Looking forward to seeing old friends,   Dave Wettstein

 

Arlene (Schjei) & Romie Klimek Family

 

1945 to 1946 - First grade in Brandon.  If I remember right, Chris, we were in a senior class play as twins?  Following years of grade school were in District 82 south of Brandon.

 

 

 

High School in Brandon, my graduation picture from 1956. 

 

Romuald Klimek and I were married October 30, 1956.

 

We farmed near Alexandria, Nelson and now in Glenwood, Minnesota.

 

We had five children, our first two sons passed away. 

My hobbies are crocheting, decorating all kinds of cakes, flowers, bowling and I just learned how to make Hardanger doilies and things.

 

I worked at Pete’s County Market as a meat wrapper and demoing meat samples from 1986 to 2000. 

 

We celebrated our 50^th wedding anniversary in 2006 at the Lakeside Ballroom. 

 

We celebrated with our family:

-- Kevin & Connie

        Katie & Brian  (Jackson born on 8/2/12)

        Alicia & Dustin

        Jacob

 

-- Gerald & Denise

        Jason & Lindsey with Carly (4 yrs old)

        Ryan & Vanessa

        Jon & Jordan

-- Barbara & Craig

        Mitchell & Morgan (15 yr old twins)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I take care of Carly every Monday and half day on Friday and Jackson, off-and-on. 

We did a lot of travelling: Costa Rica, Hawaii, Germany, Alaska, Canada and many of our states and still do, if it works out at the farm.

The Long Lake Lodge, where we are holding our 2013 class reunion, is my birthplace and home until I was married.

Class of 56-57 in 1952 Yearbook

Wonder who wrote all over this page in the yearbook?

Denny & Irma (Hopfner) Roers

After graduation, I worked for the Millerville Coop Creamery for about a year and a half.  I married Irma Hopfner in October of 1959.  We lived in Alexandria for 13 years where I began my banking career starting with the First National Bank.  I was transferred to LaCrosse, Wisconsin in 1973 and worked at a First Bank until we moved to Fergus Falls in 1979.  I worked for the First National Bank for 13 years and in 1992, I began working for Ottertail Power Company as an economic development consultant until my retirement in 2002.

 

 

We are winter residences of Sun City, Arizona from October to April and then return to Minnesota.  We love the bugs and taxes in Minnesota, and the snow (sometimes).

 

I still do some consulting work but mostly play golf and enjoy my LazyBoy in both places. 

We have four sons, the oldest, Jeff in Lake Zurich, near Chicago, Bob in Moorhead, Steve in Sioux Falls and Brian in Aviano, Italy.  All sons are married and have families, 13 grandkids to prove it.  So far, no great grandkids.

 We are in good health and have been very lucky.  We celebrated our 50^th wedding anniversary two years ago and as long as we are able, will continue to make the journey to Arizona each fall.

Brandon High School Basketball B - Team 1952

 

 

 

Floyd & Franny (Wagner) Foslien

 

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.  I tried many roads before I figured out where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do.  College wasn’t for me, I figured I was probably too lazy to be a farmer, and I disliked working in factories.  Eventually, I went to drafting school and then drifted (or stumbled) into product design and development.  I found that I liked it, I had some talent for it, and people were willing to pay me to do it.  So, for the next 30 years or so, I designed and invented products of various kinds, a lot of which were medical and surgical devices.  It was very satisfying and enjoyable for me and it was also the easiest way I knew to make a living.  I retired at age 58 and have become very good at retirement.



Franny and I have lived in Hudson, WI for the last 30 years and enjoy our lives here very much.  Our two daughters and one grandson bought houses in our neighborhood so we see one another nearly every day.  That is a good thing for us and, they assure us, for them as well.  We have 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.  Our two little great-grandsons live in Rochester and we see them often too.

We do less traveling now than we used to but in years past we enjoyed visiting many places around the world and the U.S. I was in Scotland this February while our older daughter was working there.  

Franny did not come along with me this time and I was without adult supervision for a couple of weeks so I used my time constructively, searching for and sampling single malt.
 

Each summer I, along with a grandson or two, work on Habitat for Humanity for a week.  I demonstrate the psalmodikon musical instrument for a couple of days each July at Nordic Fest in Decorah, IA and often attend the Experimental Aircraft Association convention in Oshkosh.  I enjoy bowhunting and pheasant hunting.  I have not flown or ridden motorcycle for awhile but my oldest grandson is trying to convince me to buy a Harley so he and I can go riding.  Good luck sneaking that one past Franny, huh?

As you all remember, we in the Brandon Classes of 1956 and 1957 graduated before the new school building with its improved facilities was opened.  Some of us actually started our education in one-room country schools.  We were all “disadvantaged” in that respect yet we survived and succeeded despite having to endure these primitive conditions.  Amazing, isn’t it?  We did well!  Congratulations to us all!

Floyd Foslien

Sophomore Class 1955