Madison Heights High School
1965 Class Reunion

Classmate Photos
     

Classmates Then & Now

Pictures are arranged alphabetically by classmates last name in 1965.

Simkin - Vogel (14)
Eileen Simkin Prince, Harold Keith Simpson, Garry Lee Smith, Noko Sonoda Raynard, Barbara Spall McGrath, Douglas Edgar Sparks, Margie Marie Stamm Sumner, Patsy Taylor Gibson, Linda Ruth Thomas Trowbridge, Mary Ann Thomas, Michael Alan TuckerMarjorie Turner Shell, Stephen Van Matre, Nancy L. Vogel Lozito

 

   
Simkin - Eileen Simkin Prince
Eileen is a talented artist and teaches art at Sycamore School and lives and works in Indianapolis, IN. She is the author of two art books and lives with her lawyer husband Irwin in Indianapolis, IN.
Check out Eileen's website - http://www.eileensprince.com/
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Harold Simpson 1965   Harold Simpson 2013
Simpson - Harold Keith Simpson
Harold Simpson lives with his wife, Marilyn in Ruskin, Florida. They had two sons, Brian (tragically killed in Dessert Storm in 1991) and Michael. Harold is retired from General Motors.

   
Smith - Garry Lee Smith
Garry is a dentist at the Garry Smith Dental Corporation and lives and works with wife and classmate, Margaret Wininger Smith in Anderson, IN.

    
Sonoda - Noko Sonoda Roynard
Noko and her husband, Pierrick, plan destination weddings in Europe, mainly for Japanese citizens. They have four children and one grandchild so far. Noko was a foreign exchange student our senior year and lived with the Gellings. Jane and Noko have remained fast friends, both marrying Frenchmen on the same day and in the same year or 1972. Jane Gelling Oudot is on the far right in the photo above. Noko lives on the west side of Paris and Jane lives on the east side of Paris, France.

   
Spall - Barbara Spall McGrath
Barbara is retired from teaching and now shows Morgan horses in her spare time. She lives near Indianapolis.

   
Sparks - Douglas Edgar Sparks
Doug owns and operates a vineyard - Sunset Cellars and lives with wife Katsuko in San Francisco, CA. He also does technical consulting work involving, among other things, semiconductors.

   
Stamm - Margie Marie Stamm Sumner
Margie works at PayLess/Krogers in Anderson, IN and enjoys her family and many grandchildren - 16 at last count.

   
Taylor - Patsy Taylor Gibson 
Patsy is on-call with Edward Jones Securities in Indianapolis. She partially retired in 2004 to travel all over the U.S. on her Goldwing Motorcycle with her husband of 40 years, Jim. Their stationary home is in Pendleton, IN.
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Thomas - Linda Ruth Thomas Trowbridge
Linda recently moved to Vandalia, IL where she is a pastor at the First Christian Church - The Disciples of Christ. Linda has a dog named Spike (would like to see a photo of him) and writes, "I do like to read, -- I usually brake for garage sales -- and I love to travel." Linda has agreed to deliver a short invocation at this 40 year reunion.

 
Thomas - Mary Ann Thomas
Mary Ann is a retired public school speech and language pathologist. She lives in Greenfield with her Bichon Frise dog, Bailey. She is having fun traveling, shopping, meeting friends for luncheons, playing Tripoli, and dating a former classmate, Jim Ballentine.

     Mike Tucker in 2009
Tucker - Michael Alan Tucker
Mike is an Associate Principal Consultant with KBC Advanced Technologies Inc, a London-based international petroleum consulting company.  Mike provides consulting services to world-wide petroleum refining companies for refinery planning, scheduling, blending and economic analysis.  Mike, with his wife Bobbie, live in Sugar Land, Texas and have two children and two grand-children.
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Turner - Marjorie Turner Shell
Marjorie is the administrator of Rawlins House in Pendleton owner of Fall Creek Retirement Village. She has a son, Duane, and a daughter, Yvette, and one grandchild. Marjorie lives with husband, Duane in Anderson, IN.

Stephen and son 2004Stephen Van Matre 2010
Van Matre - Stephen Van Matre & son
I retired April of 2004. I have a P.I. license and am working part time with several agents.
Update for 2010: I am now working as a Planner for Skills Inc. We hire handicaped people and teach them manufacturing or Aerospace parts. I have been at Skills five years now, teaching others all the things I learned at Boeing and Lockheed, Hi to all my classmates. Happy trails to you all. Stephen lives in East Puyallup, WA.
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Vogel - Nancy L. Vogel Lozito
Nancy is a sales representative for Coldwell Bankers Residential Real Estate and lives in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

   
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