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Updated 10/26/2008

 

Charles A. Kerr Jr.

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Kenneth Kerstetter

 

906 Jasper Ave NE
Olympia, WA , 98506
TELE: 
360 943 4593

Kekoly@aol.com


 


 
 

 

 
I started teaching English at Olympia (WA) High School in the fall of 1962 and retired after 31 years in 1993. During about 25 of those years, I served as chairman of the department as well as teaching. I was prompted to retire when I found out I had bladder cancer. Fortunately, the cancer decided to retire as well. I go for annual checkups (nasty camera invasions) once a year, but so far there has been no return of the pesky tumors. In 1983,  I had a scary bout with melanoma so cancer is not my favorite mental image.
After I retired, I started working with incarcerated youth in a group home. There are 16 young men housed there ranging in age from 14-21. They are serving out the final phase of their juvenile sentences (from a few months to more than two years). Although the young men have been convicted of anything from theft to murder, we are able to get them in school and/or work in the community. My official title is case manager/administrator; however, my main function is counselor and loving grandfather. (Have you been able to adjust better than I have to apply such a hoary-headed, wrinkled image to yourself?) Time is a terrible thief. I wonder sometimes if I remain with the young just to fool myself. After all, vicarious experience can certainly be more satisfying at times then reality itself.
 
In renewed friendship,
 
Ken

 

8/2006...Ken has recently retired from his second job...and his wife told him he can do whatever he wants after he cleans their garage...but most of his family expect that will occupy him for decades.
 
(info from brother Dick)
Richard Kerstetter

 

36829 32nd Ave So
  Auburn, WA  98001-8845
TELE:  253 927-5928
krstetr@aol.com

 

I, like my bro Ken went to Western Washington State college and morphed into teachers.  I taught sixth/fifth graders for thirty years in Salem Oregon (first five years) then moved with wife, Margaret and two preschool children to Federal Way, WA and retired in 1992.  I have spent the last post retirement years in what I refer to as the perfect retirement doing just whatever I want to do.  My wife still works and I do when the spirit moves me...like every fall I make and sell ice cream cones at the three week Puyallup Fair.  Several years I reappeared in elementary classrooms in the district to help get some needed kids back on the educational track.  I play lots of Pickleball (a court game like tennis) and some may remember I did win the AHTNC tennis tournament there.  Our kids are both grown and married off and we just returned from NJ where our son Randy teaches science at Rutgers and produces the worlds most wonderful grandchildren for us to spoil when we see the family twice a year.

 

Question:  Is there any information on author Sam Astrachan?
Sam must have been at AHTNC 1958-1959

 
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Clarkson Lukas

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Marvin Mc Dowell
19701 163RD STREET
BASEHOR, KS 66007-6201
TELE:  913 724 1680
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MARVIN Mc DOWELL LEFT THE NEWS CENTER IN JUNE 1960 AND WENT TO KOREA, THEN LEAVENWORTH AND ON TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WHERE HE RETIRED AS A SERGEANT MAJOR IN JUNE 1970.  HE HAS 3 CHILDREN, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 5 GREAT GRANDS.  HE RUNS A DOG KENNEL, TRAINS BIRD DOGS AND IN COMPETITION WITH THAT.
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Don McNally

804 Piccadilly Rd
Kalamazoo, MI
49006-2656
269-388-4562		 *
Michael Mitchell

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Jerry D. Mogck

Spearfish, S.D.  
Telephone: 605-642-1578
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Warren Muckensturm

Obituary

By Staff reports
The Examiner
Posted Jul 29, 2008 @ 11:04 AM
Independence, MO —
Warren G. Muckensturm, 73, of Independence, MO passed away, Saturday, July 26, 2008 at North Kansas City Hospital. 

Warren was born February 19, 1935 in Belleville, IL to John and Irma (Middendorf) Muckensturm and spent his early life in Belleville and graduated from Cathedral High School there. He proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1957-60. He was a warehouse worker for John Deere in Kansas City for over 30 years until his retirement in 1991. He enjoyed fishing, traveling, running, gardening and more recently spending time with his grandson. He was an active life-member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Kansas City Lodge #10 and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles Aerie #385. He had attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church. 

He was married to Joann Higginbotham on December 12, 1959, she survives of the home. Other survivors include; a son, Scott A. Muckensturm of the home; a daughter, Suzanne D. Nichols and husband, David of Wellington, UT and only grandchild, Jackson Nichols.

Services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, July 31, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, Independence, 816-252-7900. Cremation will follow. Private family inurnment will be in Mt. Washington Forever cemetery. The family will greet friends from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday evening at the chapel. Donations may be made to the Loyal Order of the Moose Kansas City Lodge #10. Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com. 
 
William Nelson Nicoll Jr Prairie Village, KS

Nicoll@PlanetKC.com

2/20/2007

Hi
 
I called the Cremation Society of Kansas and Missouri on Will Nicoll, Jr. obituary and they gave me an address to send sympathy note--I guess this will work.  It is--
 
I just sent a note and hopefully it will go to the family.
 
Dixie

 

Obituary

Sunday, February 18, 2007

WILLIAM NELSON NICOLL, JR.

William Nelson Nicoll, Jr. of Prairie Village, KS passed away with grace and dignity on February 15th, 2007 in the presence of his loving wife and children.

William was born in Cleveland, OH on September 6, 1935 to Margaret and William Nicoll. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sisters, Margaret Eichenberg and Lucy Chandler. He is survived by his dear sister, Alice Neishloss and her husband, Eric of Pittsburgh, PA and Elizabeth Tatum of Se-bring, FL.

William was a member of the United States Army, receiving an honorable discharge on Nov. 30, 1964.

In 1961 he married the love of his life, Nicole, who survives him. They are the proud parents of son, William Nicoll III, Sergeant First Class and his wife Lori of Topeka, KS; daughter Nancy Austin and her husband Mark, of Villabe, France; and daughter Dr. Mary Patterson of Overland Park, KS. William was a de­voted grandfather to William Alan Austin, Andrew Ryan Nicoll, Luke Asher Austin, Amy Nicole Austin, Hannah Grace Patterson, and Paige Noelle Ni­coll.

William worked for TWA from 1961 until his retirement in 1996. He and his wife were avid travelers, taking their children all over the world. He volunteered at the Church of St. Ann. He collected old radios and radio memorabilia. He will be sorely missed by his loved ones. His smile, his wit, and his intelligence brightened the lives of those around him. May he enjoy the eternal reward of his savoir, Jesus Christ.  Private serv­ices will be held at Sanctuary of Hope Retreat Center of Kansas City, KS. (Arr: Cremation Society of Kansas and Missouri, 913-383-9888).

 
Martin Orukum

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Bob Pinto

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Bob  Pinto from the  Bronx who was sent to West Germany in ‘59; he mourned the AHTNC, but he  visited Truman at  his new Library, who said it would be good for him. Do you remember when we used to see Truman around KC?
                                                        Glen R. Elsasser
Harold (Hal) Schlesinger

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ADDRESS:  1702 W MAIN ST
MENDOTA, IL 61342
815 538-2565
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Al Showalter

 

Obituary

Lauriston, Alfred (Al) Showalter Jr.
 
 
1936 - 2008
 
Lauriston (Al) Alfred Showalter, Jr. of Olympia, died of natural causes on March 28, 2008 at St. Peter's Hospital. Al was born on January 31, 1936 in Pasco, to L.A. and Arba Showalter. The family moved to Port Orchard, where Al graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1954.
Upon graduation, Al was offered a job at KBRO radio station in Bremerton, fact gathering and copy writing that developed into reporting and announcing. After a military tour with the armed forces, Al returned to the radio station to begin his family with the love of his life, Judy, whom he met while stationed in Kansas City, Missouri. They were married on March 2, 1960, and shared a life long love of music from the 1940s and 50s.
With a growing family, Al began a 25 year career in banking beginning with Olympic Savings & Loan in Bremerton, before relocating to Capital Savings & Loan in Olympia, where he retired as Executive Senior Vice-President in the late 1980s.
The retirement years began a third career in law enforcement, when Al accepted the position of Chief Administrative Deputy for the Canyon County Sheriff's Department in Caldwell, Idaho. Al was a devoted employee and public servant. His down-to-earth attitude and strong organizational skills played an instrumental part in the development and maintenance of a wide variety of civic-oriented initiatives. Al was particularly proud of the rebuilding of the Canyon County Animal Shelter, the establishment of the first K-9 Unit for the sheriff's department, and his involvement with the Republican Central Committee.
Al & Judy returned to Olympia in 2004 to be near their children and extended family. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Judy; son, Michael (Kimberly) Showalter, of Olympia; daughters, Merlyn (James) Sterling of Aberdeen; Gerri (Tracy) Boyer, of Olympia; Lorri Kredel, of Olympia; brother, Carl (Norma) Showalter, of Issaquah; and sister, Willa (Alen) Echelbarger, of Everett; seven grandchildren: David Caverly, Lisa Caverly, Danielle (Theron) Hobbs, Shannon (Tim) Angell, Melissa Boyer, Ashley Kredel and Taylor Kredel; and one great grandson, Theron Jerome Hobbs, III.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 4300 Carpenter Road SE in Lacey, WA 98503. There will be a reception immediately following at the home of Mike & Kim Showalter (360.791.6580).
Please visit and sign the online tribute to Al at www.mem.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a contribution to nourse4sheriff.com.
Arrangements are by Mills & Mills Funeral Home, Tumwater.
Rollie Smith
2612 Sweetwater Road
Findlay, OH 45840
419-423-3724
e-mail: rollyk@aol.com 
Worked for Marathon Oil Co. for 30 years as a photographer, is now retired and lives with wife Carol in Findlay, OH. 
Sevard Ray Stone

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Sgt Summer

 

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Phil Von Feldt

205 Grover Road
Saint Louis, MO 63125-4133
Phone 314-892-4581
patvon@gtw.net
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Phil J. Weiss 

Phil is deceased.
Phil had lived near Garden City, KS
Douglas R. Wise
 
175 HATFIELD RD
NILES, MI 49120-9024
TELE:  
269 683 5572
Doug worked for the Heath Company and when it closed down he became a fire fighter and is now retired.  Two of his sons are fire fighters and captains and one son is in Kosovo.  Has 7 grandkids.
Ron O. Woods

401 Schmidt Drive
Ocean Springs , MS
39564-4514
TELE:  228 872 9664
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Bob Worley

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 RETIRED FROM CHANNEL 9 IN KC AS A NEWS REPORTER *
Robert A. Zillmer

ROBERT A ZILLMER
4975 N. 72ND ST
MILWAUKEE, WI  53218
TELE:  414 463 8746
 
BOB MARRIED IN 1964 AND 
HAS 3 DAUGHTERS
Ron Zimmerman

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