Class of 1956


Date: 03/12/2004
Name: Adams, M. Anne
E-mail Address: hands@suscom.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Lawrenceburg
State: IN
Married: No
Personal Comments:


Date: 3/22/99
Name: (Arnett) Horoho, Shirley
E-mail Address: SMH33038@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Greentown
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Dan
Personal Comments: Married 42 years. One daughter (40) living in Dayton, Ohio (She has one son 18 and one daugher 16). One Son (36) living in Converse, IN (no children but one puppy). Husband Dan graduated from Eastern High School in 1956. (The year they beat us in the Sectional!) Dan retired from Daimler-Chrysler in 1997 and we are enjoying every minute of it. I am a Doll Collector and we also collect Glassware for a hobby.


Date: 3/22/99
Name: (Ashcraft) Schoby, Constance (Connie)
E-mail Address: SARAANNE4@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: In.
Married: Yes
Spouse name: William
Personal Comments: Hi well I am retired from General Motors and have three grown Sons and one grandson, 3 stepgrandchildren. would love to hear from classmates.


Date: 07/24/2006
Name: Butler, James S.
E-mail Address: butlersmuleco2@sbcglobal.net 
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Peru
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Butler Joyce S.
Personal Comments: Ihave been married for 38 years.Together we have 5 Children,10 grandchildren,5 Great grandchildren. Our favorite thing to do is Fish. We live in Lake Wales Flordia in the winter .


Date: 11/30/2009
Name: Coburn, Bill
E-mail Address: billcoburn@thevillages.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: The Villages
State: FL
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Andrea
Personal Comments: I am retired from IBM where I was in technical support for mainframes and later personal computers. My wife Patty Sue Terry died of breast cancer. My wife Andrea was a kindergarten teacher. We now reside in The Villages,which is a retirement community with lots of activities and GOLF. We hope you all live a long, healthy, and happy lives.


Date: 11/26/1999
Name: DuBois, Danny
E-mail Address: dan@on-net.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Noblesville
State: In
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Dr. Jessie DuBois
Personal Comments: I attended Indiana University and Indiana State University and my last degree is a doctorate in Education. I taught school for a number of years but migrated to Delco and took an early retirement a few years ago. I am now a full time Real Estate broker with my own company. I will have been married to Jessie 40 years in June of 2000. Jessie will retire from Delco in a few years. We have two children who are college grads. We now have three grandchildren.


Date: 01/13/2005
Name: Fenn, Mike
E-mail Address: fenn6725@cox.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: La Mesa
State: CA
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Pamela
Personal Comments: I'm living in San Diego, doubly retired here after spending 20 years in the Navy, then working for various companies in management positions. Now that our children are pretty much on their own (we each have 2 from our previous marriages), Pam and I are enjoying the benefits of living in Southern California and Baja California (Mexico).  You can see how we are spending our retirement at http://fennfamily.net


Date: 10/14/1999
Name: (Fierke) Patton, Nancy
E-mail Address: npa1520@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Merritt Island
State: Fl
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Robert L. Patton
Personal Comments: We have been married for 42 years and have 2 children, 4 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 1 brand new great-step-grandchild! My husband & son both work at Cape Canaveral. My daughter is manager of the Saturn 5 restaurant at the Kennedy Space Center which is one of the stops on the visitors bus tour. I have worked for the Dept. of Motor veihcles for 21 years and am currently an assist. mgr. in the Titusville office. We plan to retire in two years to our lake front home in Frostproof, Fl, which we love!


Date: 08/04/2004
Name: Freeman, Barbara Joan
E-mail Address: drbj57ks@insightbb.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Lafayette
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Brooks, David Ray
Personal Comments: December, 2003, I retired from Purdue University Agriculture after 33 yrs. Six years prior, I had worked part-time in the Bursar Office taking student pictures. I am enjoying retirement, but now working part-time at the Elliott Hall of Music I am able to meet many wonderful people. We have celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary. We have 2 adult children, 3 grandchildren which we enjoy. We enjoy going on cruises,and traveling to see the USA.


Date: 04/20/2002
Name: Granson, Fred
E-mail Address: fgranson@hotmail.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Sharon (Heiny) Granson
Personal Comments: Married to Sharon Heiny in 1981. Have 6 children, Pat, Mike, Melissa, Melinda, Fred, & Kelly. Have 5 step-children, Christine, Janine, Jamie, Gene, & Larry (deceased). We have 24 grandchildren. I own Granson Excavating. I still enjoy all sports and racing.


Date: 06/01/2001
Name: (Heiny) Hall, Rita
E-mail Address: RITA509@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: No
Personal Comments: Married in May 1957 to Jack Hall, widowed in December 1984, and have never remarried. Lisa, Jon and Joni are our three children and we have five grandchildren... Joshua, Justin, Amanda, Brock and Bo. For the last seventeen years I have been bookkeeper for my son and loving every minute of it! Now I am ready to retire and just enjoy 'getting old' gracefully. I would enjoy getting email from any former classmates. Hope to see many of you in August 2001.


Date: 08/13/2000
Name: Henger, Ruth Annette
E-mail Address: alytlecrafter@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: In
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Douglas lytle
Personal Comments: Mother of four, Steve, Jill, David and Patrick. Grandmother of five, Keith 18, Jessica 13, Eric 10, Zach 8 and Brett 6 months.


Date: 3/22/99
Name: Henry, Jerry
E-mail Address: jhenryhome@insightbb.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: Indiana
Married: Yes
Spouse name: Linda Bond (class of 1963)
Personal Comments: I am currently employed as the young adult librarian at The Kokomo Howard County Public Library. I have worked there since 1967. Married in 1966 and have two children. Our daughter has given us four grandchildren (triplets + one). I enjoy surfing the net, fishing, reading, movies, and gardening.


Date: 03/22/2003
Name: (Jonsson) Caylor, Karen
E-mail Address: kj31065@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo,
State: Indiana
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Jerry W. Caylor
Personal Comments: I'm enjoying a wonderful life with a wonderful husband and friend of 26 years. Together we have 6 great children, 13 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and are expecting another grandchild and gr. grandchild in the fall of 2003. God and my family are my life. I graduated from IU School of Nursing and am a retired Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse, still overseeing a Cardia Rehab.2nd Chance Club. I run a small business out of my home, selling Watkins Quality Products and am very active in my church, Church Women United, Tri Kappa Sorority,(Associate Chapter)and the Nyona/S.Mud Lakes Booster Association..GOD HAS BLESSED ME.


Date: 12/11/2000
Name: (Nelson) Perisho, Marjorie E.
E-mail Address: marge@frognet.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Athens
State: OH
Married: No
Spouse Name: Widow of Robert C Perisho
Personal Comments: Having taught at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine for 23 years, I took "early retirement" Dec. 31, 1999. Now I'm teaching one Quarter each year. My only clinical activity is a TB prevention program which occupies about one week per month. I'm currently working on a book about my experiences as a doctor in Vietnam for the American Friends Service Committee. Also spend considerable time in winter with brother Beryl at our home in Turks & Caicos (see class of '62. One son, Chris, who is one of founders and owners of Frognet.


Date: 11/20/2000
Name: Nicholson, William E.
E-mail Address: WilliamMaryN@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: Indiana
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Mary
Personal Comments: I have been married for fourty three years. I am retired from Chrysler. We have two children and four grandchildren. We enjoy snowmobiling, camping and tinkering. I always enjoy going to the class reunions.


Date: 07/26/2000
Name: Sexton, Jerry L.
E-mail Address: silfox741@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: In
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: RoseAnn Shimer
Personal Comments: Since I got out of school I Have spent a total of 27 years in the Navy and Army and retired from them. Rosie and I have four children and eight grandchildren. We were foster parents for about 18 years during which we have had 86 foster children. We live in Kokomo and also own a retirement home in Lakeland, Fl. where we like to spend time as we can get down to Fl. We are both retired but are working part time to keep in touch with people.


Date: 09/05/1999
Name: Simmons, Tom
E-mail Address: sflaw@indy.net
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Polly
Personal Comments:


Date: 07/31/2003
Name: Stonger, Sharon
E-mail Address: remsm@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: West Lafayette, & Chokoloskee
State: IN & FL
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Robert Miller
Personal Comments: I married Bob in 1957. We moved to Lake Tippecanoe (near Warsaw, IN) in 1959. We moved to Stevensville, MI, in 1968, then to Lafayette in 1970. We have three children: Sidney (Boca Raton, FL), Shannon (Charlotte, NC) and Selene (West Lafayette). We also have four beautiful granddaughters. We enjoyed boating on Lake Michigan for about ten years, then motorhoming for six years. Now we go to Chokoloskee Island for the winter months.


Date: 09/13/2000
Name: Whited, Rebecca Ann
E-mail Address: SilveyBekka@aol.com
High School: Kokomo
Graduation Year: 1956
Residence: Kokomo
State: IN
Married: Yes
Spouse Name: Lane E Silvey
Personal Comments: