Welcome to the Oak Park-River Forest High Class of 1959 web site... this is your web site to search for old friends and to share your memories.

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THEN	NOW
Lake Theatre in our youth.	Lake Theatre Today.

 A message from Ann McMillan Murrah to my fellow classmates:
*** Let’s accomplish something big together!!***

Responding to the joy we felt in gathering together last month – in person and/or in our e-community - and remembering our classmates listed on the “In Memory” page, let’s build the Class of 1959 Scholarship Endowment. I have sent a check for $500 to start the fund toward the endowment minimum of $21,000. Please join me! Give big ($5900?) or not so big ($59?). But please give. This will be a great way to express your gratitude at this Thanksgiving season, for friends and faculty and fine experiences at DOOP.

You can go online to make your contribution: oprfhs.org, then Alumni/Development, then click on the link to the Scholarship Foundation. Be sure to indicate that the Scholarship Name is Class of 1959.

Or you may send your contribution to
OPRFHS Scholarship Foundation
Attention: Business Office
201 N. Scoville Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60302
Again, be sure to indicate your check is for the Class of 1959 scholarship.

When we reach our goal, a scholarship in the name of our class will be awarded each year. You can find more information about the Scholarship Foundation on the high school web site or in the papers you brought home from the reunion. Email me with any questions at kmurrah@cfl.rr.com.
 

the Florida gathering....

the Friday afternoon tour of the high school

boys of the summer -- gathering for stories from the diamond....

Fr Row:  Bill Herhold (mgr.) Geo Ludington, Marv Staehle. Sec row: Bill Vasey,Dave Gordon, Bill Rice, Joe Halac. Back row: Tom Sumner, Gary Grote (mgr) Bill Rantis, Bob Reed, Don Olsen.

registration Friday evening...and the fun begins!

Nana, Rog (hooray for white hair!) and Barbara Rose

"the" Karen, George and Paulie

Dea Westergaard, Jo Ann Hartford, Penny Horsky

it was a night for sharing...memories, laughs and special bonds.

 Sidney, Bev and Lance

three dear old friends...Mary Pat, Susie and David!

old friends

50th CLASS REUNION OCT 23 & 24, 2009

Alice, Judy, Nan, Marjorie

Whittier friends

excellent help made registration a breeze---well done Marcia, thanks Sandy!

aren't group photos the best...

Whittier: Back Row: John Nalbach, Bob Sorensen, Jim Howie, Tom Wile, Rich Peterson, David
Burkhardt
Front Row: Virginia Anderson, Sally Walker Grinton, Rich Waldron, Meredith Moorshead Mason, Janet Strening Whitmer, Joan Mattmiller Borden-Schafer (thanks Meredith!)

Irving group Sat. night
Back: Bill Vasey, Tom Grube
Front: Rich Raspatello, Joyce Noonan, Carol Michaelson, Joyce Keas, Dolores Caputo, Bonnie Hart, Penny Horsky

The Beye Contingent at the Fiftieth Anniversary Reunion in Oak Park, IL, 2009:
Bob Reed, Marcia Daehn, George Meyers, Bonnie Teich, Mike Roach, Sandy Wayne.
In the front is Kathirine Elder
Photo Courtesy of George Meyers

The Horace Mann Gang

the group photo that gave all new meaning to up-close and personal!!

thanks Buck!!! you know where my heart is!