Pictured above – Back: Dick and Janice Schlicht, Mary Ann Miller, Bev Derry, Darlene Johnson, Gail and Pat Monthei, Roy Bardole,
Front: John Bardole, Marilyn Pentico, Cappie Tucker. Valerie Ogren; Phyllis Bardole
The annual Rippey Alumni Reunion was held Saturday, May 25, 2024 in the Rippey United Methodist Fellowship Hall. Thirteen Alumni and seven friends enjoyed dinner and lots of visiting. The names of known deaths from May 27, 2023 were read:
1944 Mary Josephine (Ethell) Cunningham
1945 Vernon Russell Fritz
1946 Kathleen (Andrews) Linn
1950 Marvin Lee Hiddleson
1955 Elma Sharon Joanne (Odin) High and Connie Kay (Grow) Monthei, Palmer,
1956 Duane R. Burk
1957 Billy Lee Souder
1962 Carolyn (Wall) Duckworth
1961 William Frances “Bill” Heater
After a short meeting that confirmed the group wanted to meet Saturday, May 24, 2025. Several enjoyed visiting until late afternoon. If a prize was awarded for traveling the farthest, Dick and Janice Schlicht would win! They spent May in Iowa and were leaving for their Arizona home after Memorial Day. It was an enjoyable time to relax and reminisce.
The alumni and guests attending were:
1953 Valerie (Heater) Ogren
1954 Beverly (Todd) Derry
1956 Marilyn (Hiddleson) Pentico and Capitola (Thompson) Tucker
1957 Darlene (Mount) Johnson
1958 Gail Monthei
1959 John Bardole and Mary Ann (Young) Miller
1960 Pat (Carpenter) Monthei
1961 Roy and Phyllis (Heater) Bardole and Dick and Janice (McCurdy) Schlicht
Guests included Paul Miller, Toni Roberts, Jackie Souder, Jean Borgeson, George Millard and Myron and Maralynn Rinker.