"CHERISH IS THE WORD"
In loving memory of our WCHS Spartan Alumni
Reunion Blessing
Dear Classmates,
We graciously thank you for the gift of community, as those of us present from the
class of 1970, have been blessed to gather for our 50/51st reunion.
We are reminded that others from our class have not been able to join us for numerous
reasons, but we so appreciate our good memories from the past and the many WCHS
friendships that we have known over the years. It is a gift for us tonight, to be able to be
with so many who were born at the same time, and to appreciate and discuss the many
rapid social changes we have seen since our days during high school, both good and bad.
It is with gratitude that we celebrate our lives and accomplishments and we pray for the gift of relationships, because without relationships our blessings would be meaningless.
May our evening be about friendships, old and new, fun fellowship, and a reminder how each of us need one another in ways that surprise.
Amen
Joan Arnseson - 05/20/2017 Debbie Madden
Howard Bakes Patrick Mahaney - 03/17/2021
Mike Champlin - 09/04/2021 Jim Maldonado - 11/09/2019
Meredith Clift Daniel Manning - 06/03/1988
Robert Coretti - 03/2018 John Murphy 10/27/2017
Steven Dragus - 04/27/2017 Dominich Musulman
Bill Evans John Paul Norby
Mickey Foote - 12/24/2009 Jeff Papple - 08/08/2013
Dale Freeland - 02/17/1996 Mike Parker - 2010
Kathy Gates Lombardi - 12/01/2018 Don Pfeiffer - 11/1984
Darrell Gentry - 10/08/2004 Deborah Pool - 04/2013
Susie Gordon - 2011 Randy Reece - 05/05/2005
Jerry Gustavoson - 06/10/2019 Bill Rowland
Jerry Hayes - 12/24/2019 Cherie Sheets - 1993
Dale Hicks - 2014 Dennis Skahil
Tom Huff - 05/03/2021 David Subia - 07/2019
Jill Hutchinson Susan Townson
Joyce Kelley Holbert - 08/09/2019 Robert (Pat) Treister - 11/21/2013
Ed King - 04/12/2019 Kenneth Van Deventar Daniel Kirklana - 10/24/2006 Mike Wagner - 03/17/2014
Rebecca Long Terry Whitlock - 01/25/2009
Greg McFadden David Winter - 10/09/2016
Pete Young - 03/25/1997
THE EMPTY CHAIR
We gather here, a class once more to
reminisce,like years before
Upon the days and joys we knew
Before our school-age time was through
Yet, as we meet, with memories near
We think of those, always held dear-
Our friends and classmates, passed away
To be with God, and enjoy their day.
They sit at desks, resting on clouds
Surrounded by angelic crowds
Where they shall be forevermore
The friends and schoolmates we adore
They'll be with us in every prayer
Until the day, we join them there
Within the walls of heaven's class
Where friendships formed shall always last.
Until the hour, when we join again
An empty chair, we will maintain
In honor of the life-long bond
We forged with those, now passed beyond
The friends with whom we learned life's truth
Whose bonds lasted far from our youth
And shall remain forever near
When we gather, from year to year.
Author unknown
"In loving memory of our WCHS Alumni"
