writes: My son-in-law, Hiram Salvini, passed away July 4th. He was given his ALS diagnosis just as we were having our 50th reunion. Here it is almost 5 years later. So many people ask about him. 
80th Birthday Celebration Canceled
August 26, 2021 — After considering the present and predicted circumstances involved with Covid-19 and the Delta variant, we have decided to cancel the current plans to have our "80th Birthday Party" on October 16th. At the time it was planned, we thought the country would have moved on and that we would be safe to gather again. But, being 80 or almost 80, we are a vulnerable population. So my dear friends, get the booster when your time comes, wear a mask to keep you and others safe. We'll hope to see you where and when we celebrate the "Magnificent Lawrence High School Class of 1959" one more time!
All the best, Sherri Dobbins Millsap
Mary Alice Speicher James 1940-2021
March 2, 2021 — Mary Alice Speicher James passed away peacefully in her sleep in the presence of her family Feb 13, 2021 at Neuvant House of Lawrence after a long and valiant battle with Alzheimer’s dementia.
HERE for her obituary.
Bill Hargrove 1941-2019
March 2, 2021 — Thanks to Tom Palmerlee and Bill Paden, I was recently notified of Bill Hargrove's death on Dec. 19, 2019. The obituary is minimal, but we all have good memories of Bill from our own experiences in Lawrence. —Sherri
HERE for his obituary.
2019 Lawrence Tornedo
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June 25, 2020 — From Karen Stuart Heeb — One year ago today (May 28, 2019) an EF 4, 170 mph, 1-mile-wide tornado stormed through our property and we were thankful, by the Grace of God, that no people nor the horses were harmed physically. The trauma of the event, however, has had a lasting impact on the humans and animals. We had so many people show up to help clear and clean up the devastation—family, friends, and many volunteers that I did not know. Again, another huge THANK YOU to all of you.
Ruby Stone Freels 1940-2020
June 3, 2020 — Our classmate Ruby Stone Freels passed away May 29, 2020, at her home in Lawrence.
HERE for her obituary.
A Note From Sherri
May 25, 2020 — Dear friends, Just because I’m not sending out invitations for our get-togethers doesn’t mean that I don’t think of you often. In this crazy time, you ARE on my mind … hoping and praying each of you is safe and feeling well. Please take care of yourselves. There will be a day when COVID is no longer a danger, when we have all received the vaccine and are safe. THEN we will party like we did in 1959.
Which brings up all the seniors of 2020 who didn’t have the chance to have the celebration we did. They are entering a very different world and I know we all wish them the best as they go forward. So if any of them are your grandchildren, please tell them … Congratulations from the LHS Class of 1959!
:-) Take care my friends!!! Sherri
Greetings LHS Class of 1959!
March 30, 2020 — We were born during WWII, tough times for our parents. We have lived through other tough times both personally and as a country. I just wanted to let you all know that you are never alone. Reach out to your friends, family and community ... keep in touch. If you need food or services, contact those in your community who can offer help and assistance. There was a time in our lifetime when this time of quarantine would have been so much more difficult. Now, we can communicate through so many avenues ... thanks to our grandchildren who can explain it!
Take care ... we have an 80th Birthday Party to attend in 2021!!
— Sherri
March Gals Get Together Cancelled
March 19, 2020 — LHS GALS: With all that is going on with the virus and the concerns it has brought to “people our age”, I’m cancelling our gathering scheduled for this coming Saturday (3/21/20). Take care of yourselves … be cautious, but not fearful. We were raised with common sense, we just need to use it! (Sometimes easier said than done!)
Love to you all, Sherri
October Get Together Photo
Nov. 12, 2019 — Ten 1959ers met Oct. 19, 2019 at Bon Bon in East Lawrence for brunch, lots of talking, and celebrating Sherri's birthday.
Above from the left: Gwen Altic Leckron, Ruth Bramble Humphrey, Karen Stuart Heeb, Sue Squires Midyett, Julia Walker Magana, Debbie Grinstead Beene, Judy Demos Crossfield, Janet Burnett Huchingson, Mary Kirby LaRue, and Sherri Dobbins Milsap.
60th Reunion Recap
Oct. 26, 2019 — Our 60th Reunion was September 28-29, 2019. A big THANKS goes to Janet Burnett Huchingson, Mary Kirby LaRue, Sherri Dobbins Millsap and Roger Scott for their work to make the reunion a success.
The two-day activities planned by the reunion committee kept classmates busy: Friday evening for an informal gathering at Johnny's West, a Saturday morning tour of historic downtown Lawrence followed by lunch at the old Merchnts Bank, and a Saturday night buffet dinner at Union Train Station (now the Welcome Center in North Lawrence).
Below are photos from the reunion. Thanks to Joanne Okamoto Munger and Janet Burnett Huchingson for sending photos. If you took photos and want to share, please send via email to ruth@humphreyfam.com. Check back soon for more photos.
If you can identify the missing names or find corrections to identifications or spellings, send an email to ruth@humphreyfam.com.
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Elvis (Bob Lockwood '56) Joins Friday Night Activities
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L to R: Bill Young (Katy Wright Young's husband), Jim Riley, Janet Burnett Huchingson, Brenna Buchanan Young (tour guide), Pricilla Camp and Nancy Miller Reiling |
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Original elevator in the Ernst Hardware store building — now a T-shirt shop. L to R: Janet and John Huchingson, Jim Riley. |
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Carolyn and Ray Thornton, Larry Schaake
Background: Warren Hall (middle), Ida Johnson Jeppesen (right) and Warren's wife.
Foreground from the left: Ruth Bramble Humphrey, Katy Wright Young and Linda Garrett Wright. 
Nancy Miller Reiling and Ruth Bramble HumphreyJanet Burnett Huchingson writes:
Feb. 5, 2018 — I went to a PEO meeting in Whitefish, Mont. and, in the elevator to the meeting room, the PEO next to me asked me where I was from, and I said Lawrence Kansas. She said I “lived in Lawrence Kansas.” My uncle was the dean of the business school for many years and lived in Lawrence until he died. Frank Pinet. I said I went to school with Linda Pinet (photo left), and she said I am Linda!!! She was only in Lawrence for two years for eighth and ninth grade. Then they moved back to Ottawa where they were from and she graduated from Ottawa high school. She was Initiated into her mother's chapter in 1962 and she went to Cottey College. She said her three cousins graduated from LHS. I remember only Chris, who died a couple of years ago but was a professor in Bozeman, Mont. and Amanda (Carolyn Shull Cater) 
knew him. She had trouble recalling any other classmates, so I threw out a few names. Then she said she remembered Jeannie Schultz and the one with the pony tail — Jeannie Wheeler. I told her when I got home I would look in my eighth and ninth grade yearbooks and send her some photos.
Pat Niemoeller Lay (photo right) lives in Buena Vista, Colo., but gets back to Lawrence about once a year or so because her mother still lives there. I had lunch with her last winter when I was skiing at Monarch Mountain near Salida, Colo.
Debbie Beene Has Been Delivering
Meals on Wheels For 45 Years
May 23, 2017 — Debbie [Grinstead] Beene has delivered well over 10,000 meals during the 45 years she has been a Lawrence Meals on Wheels volunteer. After two years of teaching fourth grade in Eudora, Debbie became a full-time wife, mother and volunteer. In addition to delivering meals to elderly and/or disabled individuals, she has served the organization as a multi-year board member and as president for three years simply because she “felt like there was a need to feed people.” As so often happens when one spouse becomes deeply involved with a volunteer cause, Debbie’s husband Daryl also became motivated to help, serving as the group’s treasurer for five years. He says that his wife “enjoys talking to people and stays involved. She still stays in contact with many people to whom she delivered meals many years ago.” HERE for the article from Amazing Aging! by Marsha Henry Goff Class of '56.
Janet explores Lawrence
Check out an article from the Lawrence Journal-World about Janet Burnett-Huchingson.
Janet is working on a goal of walking along every street in the Lawrence city limits....Janet walks during the daytime hours when most of us are working, at school or taking care of other business. HERE for the article.