"CHERISH IS THE WORD"
In loving memory of our WCHS Spartan Alumni
Reunion Blessing
Dear Classmates
We graciously thank you all for the gift of community as those of us present from the
class of 1970 have been blessed to gather for our 50th 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 Daniel Manning - 06/03/1988
Howard Bakes John Murphy - 10/27/2017
Meredith Clift Dominich Musulman
Robert Coretti - 03/2018 John Paul Norby
Steven Dragus - 04/27/2017 Jeff Papple - 08/08/2013
Bill Evans Mike Parker - 2010
Mickey Foote - 12/24/2009 Don Pfeiffer - 11/1984
Dale Freeland - 02/17/1996 Deborah Pool - 04/2013
Kathy Gates Lombardi - 12/01/2018 Randy Reece - 05/05/2005
Darrell Gentry - 10/08/2004 Bill Rowland
Susie Gordon - 2011 Cherie Sheets - 1993
Jerry Gustavoson - 06/10/2019 Dennis Skahill
Jerry Hayes - 12/24/2019 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 Kirkiana - 10/24/2006 Mike Wagner - 03/17/2014
Rebecca Long Terry Whitlock - 01/25/2009
Greg McFadden David Winter - 10/09/2016
Debbie Madden Pete Young - 03/25/1997
Jim Maldonado - 11/09/2019
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"
