EHS Class of 1966 celebrates reunion

The Ellendale High School Class of 1966, which graduated 60 years ago, June 2, gathered at the Blooming Prairie Cue Company and Pizza Cellar on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

 

The 1966 Graduating Class from Ellendale High School numbered 48 students and Kaye Grundwald Allen and Gerald Ellis once again organized the class reunion this year and they were pleased to have 15 members of the class in attendance.

 

Class members in attendance, along with their guests, included Carla (Aronson) & Burt Scripture of Motley; MN; Garlyn Bergdale, of Tempe, AZ; Tom (Sybil) Broskoff, of Albert Lea, MN; Bob (Carol) Cook of Harris, MN; Gerald Ellis, Inver Grove Heights, MN; Mark (Carol) Foster, Ellendale; MN; Dave (Marta) Friestad, Mesa, AZ; Kaye (Grunwald) Allen, Otsego; MN; Pauline (Kasper) & Richard Fetterly, of Faribault; MN; Chuck (Linda) Lund, of Ironton; MN; David & (Jody) Nechanicky, of Albert Lea; MN; Duane Nelson of Sarasota, FL; Daryl (Kathy) Paulsen, of Geneva; MN; Mike (Renita) Rossing, of Minnetonka; MN; and Renee (Swearingen) & Tony Holmes, of Ellendale, MN.

 

This year a dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, tossed salad, green beans and dinner roll was served, along with a dish of sherbert and an ice cream cookie for dessert.

 

Following dinner, Gerald Ellis asked his classmates to share information with him if any of their addresses or telephone numbers had changed this past year.

 

The class members in attendance for the reunion also remembered and shared memories about class members no longer with them, including Ellen Berg Hanson, Bob Burshem, Earl Cleven, Bob Crabtree, Tom Goodonature, Brent Ingvaldson, Alice Johnson, Roger Knutson, Brian Langlie, Tom Misgen, Charles Montayne, Alvin Olson, and Pat Phillips, 

Classmates not in attendance for the reunion this year were also remembered, and included: Phyllis (Bryant) Loe of Minneapolis; MN; Carol (Burshem) Putrah of Good Thunder, MN; Helen (Crabtree) & Lyle Swearingen of Blaine, MN; Beverly (David) & Henry Barron, of Minneapolis, MN; Floyd (Judy) Davidson of Tower, MN; Steve Gothman of Longville, MN; Jenelle Haberman of Hastings, MN; Sally (Halverson) & Greg Trytten of Albert Lea; MN; John Hanson, of Maple Grove; MN; Lynn (Hanson) & John Suess of Loveland, CO; Larry (Elaine) Howell of New Prague, MN; Kathy (Jensen) & Steve Roth of Lake Crystal, MN; Lynda (Jensen) & John Oldenburg, of La Mesa, CA; Jeff (Sharon) Lageson of Geneva; MN; Roger (Joyce) Larson of Ellendale; MN;  Eileen (Lindsay) Langford, Waseca; MN; Teresa (Nechanicky) & Peter VonRuden, of Algona, IA; Duane (Diane) Nelson, Sarasota, FL;  Merlyn (Butch) Ottesen and Gail (Sorenson) Ottesen; of Delavan, MN; Merlyn Paulson, Fort Collins, CO; Barry Ribbe of McKinney, TX; Tom Roberts of Austin; MN; Dennis Vogelsang, Albert Lea; MN; Diane (Weseman) & David Leeds, Reading, PA; Peggy (Whalen) Whales, Motley, MN; and Sharon (Wittmer) Hemenway, Albert Lea, MN.

 

Before the afternoon reunion came to a close, the EHS Class of 1966 decided to gather again next year, which will be the 61st Anniversary of when they graduated. They plan to meet on Wednesday, September 15th at the Blooming Prairie Cue Company and hoped that the class members would put it on their calendars and hoped that they, along with other members of their graduating class, make plans to attend next year.