Class of 1955


Date: 05/02/2009
Name: Bailey, Basil
E-mail Address: Basiley@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Las Vegas
State: NV
Married: No
Personal Comments:


Date: 07/10/2001
Name: Brunt, W. Ronald
E-mail Address: Earline_Brunt@msn.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Logansport
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Earline Tobin
Personal Comments: I have been retired for 15 years - enjoying my hobbies of various collections, traveling, card playing and friends.


Date: 07/21/2000
Name: Butcher, Robert T.
E-mail Address: cadillac1313@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Naples
State: Fla
Married: No
Personal Comments: Thanks to all of you who have emailed me, sorry I don't get right back to you, but am doing lots of traveling. Please keep the emails coming, it's GREAT to hear from you, and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.


Date: 08/20/2000
Name: (Clark) Ward, Connie
E-mail Address: ccward@iquest.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Blaine Ward
Personal Comments:


Date: 07/10/2001
Name: (Fierke) Briney, Jo Anne
E-mail Address: jbriney@earthlink.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Huntington Beach
State: CA
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Peter Bruce Briney
Personal Comments: Pete and I have been married for 46 years. We have 4 children, 6 foster children, and 19 grandchildren (that includes the foster granchildren). We are retired and busier than when we were working! Pete was a metallurgical engineer and I was administrator for a nursing organization (after the children were raised).


Date: 05/13/2000
Name: Estle, Janet
E-mail Address: JANWOODS1@CS.COM
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: FT Mc COY
State: FL
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: JAMES L LOUKS
Personal Comments: I have lived in Fl since 1974 have 1 son @ 3 step children an all are in Fl also. my health has not been to good. I love from any of my class mates hope to be able to make the reunion . Janet


Date: 04/24/2000
Name: Frank, Forrest
E-mail Address: ffrank@titan.iwu.edu
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Normal
State: IL
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Dorothy
Personal Comments: After 35 years of teaching chemistry at Illinois Wesleyan University, I finally retired last June. However, this spring I am teaching, part time, my favorite course, Forensic Science.

I have had very little contact with KHS friends since graduation so am happy that this alumni Internet site was set up. We hope to come to the next reunion!

Some facts about me. I graduated from Grinnell College and Purdue University after leaving Kokomo. Dad was pastor of the Congregational Church in Kokomo but he moved to LaCrosse WI in 1955. Dorothy and I have a daughter, Sharon, who now lives in St Cloud MN with her three sons and husband.


Date: 09/03/2010
Name: Grainger, Rex
E-mail Address: rexgrainger@yahoo.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Barbara
Personal Comments:


Date: 02/25/2002
Name: (Heiny) Reel, Sondra
E-mail Address: sondrar101@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: Indiana
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Robert E.Reel
Personal Comments: Married to Bob Reel Aug. 12,1960. Children- Todd Reel, Mark Reel and Beth Ann Jewell all married. Got 5 grandchildren,(4 boys and 1 girl ) I retired from Kokomo Center Schools Dec. 20, 2001 with 26 years. I was head cook at Sycamore School. We own Reel's Alignment Shop on E. Morgan and Bob is still working.


Date: 07/03/2000
Name: (Lambert) Murchison, Florette
E-mail Address: florette@cyou.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Crestview
State: FL
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Truman Murchison
Personal Comments: I moved to the panhandle of Florida in 1988 after my husband retired from Delco Electronics. We have traveled extensively since I retired from the Okaloosa Assn of Realtors as the CEO in 1999. Having visited all the northwest, southwest, and even to Barstow CA. Have a wonderful life, good health, good friends, but would love to hear from old friends. Write!


Date: 07/29/2000
Name: Lytle, Robert E.
E-mail Address: RO37LYT@AOL.COM
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Vicki (Heiny) Lytle
Personal Comments: Retired from the Kokomo Police Dept. Mar.10, 1992 after 30.7 yrs. of service. Went back as a civilian worker at the police station and worked for 7 more years, retiring again on June 2, 2000. Vicki and I have three children (Brad, Michelle, and Jim), 5 grandchildren. We've been happily married for 41 years.


Date: 07/10/1999
Name: McClain, Jack
E-mail Address: highland@tfb.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Fallbrook
State: CA
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Johanna (Jodi)
Personal Comments: Jack and Jodi graduated Ball State University in 1965 and 1963 respectively. We live in "paradise" in Fallbrook, CA. Have owned many businesses and now developing property and consulting on large Fire Systems. We have two fine sons and four grandchildren. Please Write.


Date: 10/29/2001
Name: (Moon) Floutz, Jane
E-mail Address: j_floutz@yahoo.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Trenton
State: MI
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Bill Floutz
Personal Comments:


Date: 01/23/2007
Name: (Mote) Campbell, Jean
E-mail Address: budjea37@aol.com 
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Summerfield
State: NC
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: (Bud) Arlin Campbell
Personal Comments: 3 sons, 2 grandsons. Lived in California, North Carolina and of course, Indiana.


Date: 04/12/2001
Name: Murray, Ann
E-mail Address: amillikan@webtv.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Kenneth Millikan
Personal Comments: Ken and I just wanted to say Hello to all of our classmates. It was good to see so many of you at the 2000 class reunion! Let's all try to make it to the 50t!


Date: 02/14/2000
Name: Shimer, RoseAnn
E-mail Address: silfox741@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: In.
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Sexton, Jerry L.
Personal Comments: We have four children , seven grandchildren and we have had 83 foster children. We are retired from the Navy and the Army. We are both now retired but only working part-time. also we spend four to six weeks a year in Florida.


Date: 07/18/2008
Name: Stakelbeck, Ron
E-mail Address: saxscot@comcast.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Judy Schafer
Personal Comments:


Date: 07/10/2001
Name: Tobin, Earline
E-mail Address: Earline_Brunt@msn.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Logansport
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Ron Brunt
Personal Comments: I have been retired for 13 years and enjoy my hobbies - gardening, reading the classics and poetry, computering, card playing, and mainly people (especially my grandson). My husband and I travel a great deal.


Date: 07/19/2000
Name: Walters, Donald
E-mail Address: dwalters@astro.temple.edu
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1955
Residence: Gwynedd
State: PA
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Nina
Personal Comments: Don is professor of educational administration at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He holds the Charles G. Erny named professorship in Education.