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CLASS NOTESClass Notes1955Mary Jean (Danger)Holmquist, Braham, Minn., is aretired music teacher, and can becontacted at .Duane Westfield lectured onboardthe Marco Polo cruiseship this past summer.1956Arlen Stensland was featuredin an article in the MinneapolisStar Tribune, “A Keystroke ofGenius.” Arlen and his wife,Lois, were missionaries toMadagascar for 22 years andnow organize a program thatsends manual typewriters toMalagasy Lutheran Church inMadagascar.1958Wes Sideen, St. Paul, waselected district 5M6 governor ofthe Lions Club, and is currentlyplanning an April benefitconcert for the Lions ClubInternational Foundation on theAugsburg campus featuring theCentennial Singers.1959Rev. Eugene S. Petersonretired from the active clergyroster. He is doing internationalinterim ministry. He lives withhis wife, Paula, in Jackson,Minn.1960Lois (Richter) Agrimson isdirector of social services atRose of Sharon Manor nursinghome in Roseville, Minn. Shelives with her husband, Russell,in Eagan, Minn.1962Deloris (Olson) Norling,Willmar, Minn., is enjoying herretirement from teaching withher husband, Palmer, and their18 grandchildren.1965Rev. Dr. Dennis Morreim is apastor in Cloquet, Minn., andhas worked with AlcoholicsAnonymous throughout his 35-year ministry. He has served as aconsultant and speaker attreatment centers and is theauthor of three books, two ofwhich were translated intoSpanish. Over the past fouryears, he has twice led workgroups to Santa Barbara,Honduras, to help build homesand schools and to bring medicalhelp to those in poverty. His wife,Jeanne (Wanner) ’66, taught inpublic schools for several years,directed youth music andeducation programs in church,and currently serves on thevolunteer network forCompassion International. TheMorreims have two grownchildren, Edward ’93, aneducator with the Mahtomedipublic schools, and Sarah, apsychotherapist with Hoistad andAssociates in St. Paul.1966Carmen (Neseth) Berg, FergusFalls, Minn., recently retired.Sylvia (Steinbeck) Torstenson,Hayfield, Minn., recently retiredfrom teaching for the HayfieldSchool District. The town held aweeklong celebration and paradein honor of her contributions tothe school district.1967Marlys Ruona Thomsen, AppleValley, Minn., co-chairs the Sonsof Norway First District 2000Convention Committee and isthe head of the library committeeat her church. She enjoystraveling the United States withher husband, who is retired.1969Jackie (Kniefel) Lind ’94 MAL,Lilydale, Minn., is the volunteercoordinator for the TravelersAssistance Program at theMinneapolis/St. PaulInternational Airport.Barb Youngquist, Willmar,Minn., and Nancy Sandro ’74,Hendricks, Minn., co-wrote abook for handbell choirs entitledBell Prayers (Lakeside Press).The book is a nine-monthdevotional that includesinspirational quotes and acollection of 35 correspondingpieces for bell choirs to play atweekly rehearsals. The book alsoincludes original watercolorprints by Barb that divide thebook into the seasons of thechurch year.1971Sandra (Welin) Grunewald,Ventura, Calif., was named asenior accounting lecturer atCalifornia Lutheran Universityin Thousand Oaks, Calif.,beginning this fall semester. Sheis a licensed CPA and a partnerat a Thousand Oaks-area CPAfirm and has served as anadjunct instructor at CLU inboth the day and eveningundergraduate programs.1972Diane Thompson, Wayzata,Minn., received her master'sdegree in special education in1994 from the University ofMinnesota. She is currently onleave from teaching to pursueresearch, and can be reached at.1973Lyth Hartz recently celebrated25 years of employment atMidwest Special Services, Inc.,an agency that providesemployment and training toadults with disabilities, where heis currently president. He liveswith his wife, Mary, in St. Paul.Rev. Gary M. Wollersheim, St.Charles, Ill., was elected to asecond six-year term as bishopof the Northern Illinois Synod ofthe ELCA at the synod assemblyin June. During his first term asbishop, he served in numerousdenominational capacities,including as chair of the ELCAEvangelical Task Force. Thateffort resulted in the adoptionof an evangelism strategy for theELCA at the 2003 ChurchwideAssembly in Milwaukee.1975Olando Smith is a weekendinternational flight attendantwith Northwest Airlines. She isalso a cheerleading and trackand field coach at St. Cyrilelementary and middle school inE. Lansdowne, Pa. Her 11-yearolddaughter, Narita, holds the2004 record for the one-mile runfrom the Penn Relays novicedivision. Olando lives with herdaughter and husband, DanSweeney, in E. Lansdowne, Pa.ALUMNA RECEIVESNORWEGIAN MEDALCourtesy photoLeona (Eng) Rokke ’52 (left)was presented one ofNorway’s highestdistinctions, the St. OlavsMedallion. The medal waspresented to her in July at abanquet of the Seven LagStevne in Willmar, Minn.Norwegian Consul AnitaHelland (right), presentedthe award, and commentedthat Rokke’s extensive andgracious work over the yearshave helped to keep andstrengthen the strong bondsbetween Norway and theupper Midwest.34 Fall 2004