Classmate Profiles
Sixty Plus years since we graduated!
Please create or update your biography.
Tell classmates about yourself! Click on "Add Your Profile" and fill out the form so that we have up-to-date contact information. You may also wish to add a short bio about what you've been up to the last 50 years. It's a great way to "reacquaint" ourselves with one another. Please note that there is a limit of 220 words - about 22 lines.
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Some ideas when writing: Did you attend college/where? What do/did you do for a living? What kinds of things do you like to do for fun? Have you done any traveling? Any other thoughts/memories would be great too.
Don't forget to add a recent picture (can be individual, with significant other, family, etc.)! We will upload your yearbook picture for the "then" picture, but if you would prefer to use an alternative picture, you may do so as well. Just click "Edit Entry."
"Reflections"
Our paths began as a blank page to be written on by experience. Our parents and friends escorted us down the path that curved and rose and fell shaping the person we are today. Like the proverbial moss we gathered acquaintances and life longfriends to traveldown our mutual paths. Each footway had epiphanous moments perhaps changing our path.
A pivotal event in our lives was graduation from our twelve years of education - from there we looked toward the future with hopes and dreams. Within this set of reflections are some of examples of how these dreams manifested themselves into fruition. Stories, memories, education, family, activism, etc. all of that brought us to here pondering is that all there is?
...pondering by Patricia Strot and Carolyn Turner; Photo by Loren Nelson
Edward Sodergren
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | Ed & Rose have been married now for 28 years. This picture was taken of us at the Toastmasters Fall Conf. at the Sugar Lake Lodge. I had just been awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster Level Award. In our 28 years we have raised 3 fantastic kids. Kirk, the oldest, is the store manager of a Tires Plus store in Columbia Heights. Kimi is married with 2 kids and lives in Prior Lake. She works as a coding auditor for Humana. Kristina, the youngest, is finishing up an internship to finish her degree in medical administration. I worked for 15 years at General Mills, 5 1/2 yrs at Oscar Meyer in Madison, Wi. and have had several businesses of my own. Condo life is great. No yard work, no snow shoveling, plus 2 heated parking spaces, an indoor and outdoor pool, sauna, car wash station with vacuum and air hose. If you are not living your dream, let me know. Maybe I can help |
Karen Steinert
Patricia Strot (Strot)
| Marital status: | Single |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
Patricia (Fish) Strot (Fish)
| Marital status: | Single |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | This phase of my life has become about embracing each moment. I have a son and daughter, four granddaughters, two grandsons, two great-granddaughters, and one great-grandson. Time with them is the BEST! My life is full of family, friends, genealogy, reading, working out, listening to music, studying four languages, and whatever else inspires me. Since the COVID pandemic I stopped working as a paraprofessional because, yes,...I now admit that I'm older and vulnerable. In 2020, one of the things I did to simplify my life was downsize and move into a townhome. The photos of me - the black and white one is in my family's backyard in 1959. The color one is from my trip to Sweden and Norway in 2017. |
Larry Stultz
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Manager-Technical Support |
| Comment: | Married in 1963, my wonderful wife Jeannine (Jean) and I are how enjoying our 3 children and their families. With 4 grand daughters and grand son, & 2 great grand daughters it does keep us busy. |
John Sullivan
| Comment: | After graduation I went to St. Cloud State. At college I met my wife to whom I was married for twenty three years. We had one son who graduated Richfield in 1982. I have 4 grandchildren, Nikki - 21, Nolan - 12, Marielle - 10, Michella 5. They live in Lakeville. I worked in retail grocery business for 42 years. Retired in 2002; moved up north on a lake and golf course just outside of Virginia, MN. I play golf, fish, hunt and just enjoy the north country. I go to Fort Myers, Florida in the winter. Don't care much for cold weather anymore. Looking forward to the reunion. |
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Ron Supalo
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Occupation: | Senior Project Manager, Director, VP, COO, Entrepreneur |
| Comment: | Graduated from U of Minn and commissioned officer in U S Navy in 1964. Served 2 years aboard ship in the Western Pacific, 2 years shore assignment in Hawaii, and 2 years at the Naval Security HQ in Washington, D C. Then spent 25 years as manager and director with the AT&T Bell System and was instrumental in the divestiture of the Bell System in 1984. Also, was entrepreneur of Sunshine Solar Energy and Voice Recognition companies. After 5 years VP at Cisco Systems responsible for internet voice systems, retired in 2011 to work with my blind son running our company, Independence Science, which he started in 2009. My son previously obtained a PhD in Chemistry and taught chemistry at the college level. Independence Science provides consulting services and products internationally to help blind and visually impaired students k12 thru college have independence and equal opportunities to succeed in science courses. I am not at the 55th reunion today; however, I am thinking of you all. I do hope to attend the 60th. Enjoy!!! Thank you, Ron |
Marilyn Swanson (Nungesser)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | Happily married to Rod Swanson for almost 54 years. 3 children: Mark-Pleasanton, CA; Pamela-Big Lake, MN; Reid-Rock Spring, GA all married with children 10 grandchildren Lived in Minnesota 45 years Moved to San Antonio, Texas, for 22 years - worked as executive secretary at USAA - Retired 2001 Now living outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Rock Spring, Georgia, because we are near our youngest son Reid, his wife, and their 4 children Spend the month of July in Minnesota but plan to be at the 55th reunion Have traveled to all continents except Antarctica |
Bill Szepanski
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired teacher |
| Comment: | My wife Lynn (RHS class of '62) and I are living in Anoka after teaching and raising our two daughters in Juneau, Alaska for 23 years. I enjoyed commercial salmon fishing during the summers and hiking the many trails around Juneau. Before school started every August, several friends and I got together for an annual sheep hunt, visiting ANWAR and the Wrangell mountains. Since retirement I have replaced the rifle with a camera. I coached girls' basketball for 20 years, and was fortunate to have coached a future Olympian (former Lynx player Andrea Lloyd). My 1982 team was favored to win State, but our school board decided not to allow our ninth graders to travel to the tourney. This opened the door for Wasilla and their feisty point guard, Sarah Heath Palin to win it all. We won it the next year. |
Judy Tanner (Judy Clason)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Minister |
| Comment: | In less than a year, my husband, Bob, who I met at Richfield High School, and I will celebrate 50 wonderful years of marriage! We have 3 married kids, Bob, Tami and Kristi and 12 delightful grandchildren! Bob and I have served since college days with Youth for Christ and the Billy Grahan Evangelistic Association. Though we are now technically retired, we continue to work with YFC International in 10 Central Europe countries. During our years of ministry we lived in several American cities and spent 6 years as missionaries working in former Soviet Union countries and living in Austria and Slovakia. We now make our home in Darwin, Minnesota. Following Jesus is indeed an exciting adventure! |