Other Classmates, at one time or another, of the 1960 Class From the May 30, 2010 reunion booklet
Gene French
Address: 874 17 Road, Pender, NE 68047
Spouse: Pam French
Children: Daryl French (deceased); Lana (French) Lambert (45) and Becky (French) Wheeler (40) and stepson's Blake Wagner (45) and Brian Wagner (40)
Grandchildren: 9 Grandchildren and 6 Great-Grandchildren.
I am still working...Noxious Weed Superintendent for Thurston County and also County Supervisor (Commissioner). I have lived in Pender area for the past 35 years.
I like working on antique collector cars, shop projects, traveling and Country Music. I enjoy spending time with my wife, kids and grandkids.
We also own another home located in Carroll, Nebraska and plan to move there sometime this year (2010) and will probably retire at that time. We have a family cabin on the Nebraska shore of Gavins Point Dam, Yankton, S.D. and will spend much more time there in the future.
Harriet Ball Jones
Address: 2017 Benson Garden Blvd. #8; Omaha, NE 68134-6724
No information available.
Marcia Randlet Haeffner
Address: 1545 Providence Blvd., Deltona Fla 32725
E-Mail address: or
Children: Sherri Nielsen, Brainard, NE; Brad Haeffner, Debray, FL & Susan Fox, Sanford, FL.
Grandchildren: Phillip Forrester (Brad's son), Mica, Sam & Luke Nielsen (sherrie's sons) & Nicole Young (Susan's daughter)
Great Grandchildren: Jayda (3) Justin (1) (Nicole's children)
Pets: Cookie, African Grey Parrot; Sherlock-West Highland White Terrier & Rambo-Morkie (1/2 Yorkie & 1/2 Maltese).
We lived in Illinois for the first 10 years after we got married, owned a couple of restaurants there and decided to move back to Decatur. I got my GED; we got another restaurant and ran it for a few years. Then I went to Metro Tech in Elkhorn and got my Associates Degree in Commercial Art, and after that went back to Illinois and attended Northern Illinois University for a semester. I moved back to Omaha and worked in a screen printing business as Art Director for several years.
After Brad and Susan both moved to Florida and I visited them a couple of times, I decided to move and have been here for 21 years. I have worked in two different sign shops here, designing signs, hand lettering and working on the sign computer.
Driving to and from Orlando every day was getting tiresome so I accepted a job with Seminole County Government Public Works in Traffic Engineering division and have worked in the studies department for 15 years, and have done everything from entering crash report date to being the Project Manager for safety projects.
For fun I enjoy cookouts with friends, boating, although I don't do much of that any more, antiquing, reading and reality shows. I have enjoyed decorating and remodeling my house and working in the yard (in the winter, not the summer).
Rose Mary Williams Kleckner
Address: Box 20, Monroe, NE 68647
No Information available
Willie Young
No address or information available.
Janice (Janny) Maryott Huffman
Address: P.O. Box 7, Decatur, NE 68020
Spouse: Jimmy Huffman (Deceased 3/20/10)
Children: Bill Titus, Dale Huffman & Janese Nelsen
Grandchildren: Andi, Holli, Jennifer, Josh, Justin & Brady
Great-Granddaughter: Maizielyn Jo Josephsen
I married Jimmy Huffman December 28, 1962 in Winner, S.D. We made our first home in Springview, NE and we lived in several towns in central and western Nebraska before moving to Decatur in 1967. I have three children and 6 grandchildren and one grand daughter.
Gary M. Baker (deceased August 1999)
(written by his sister, Cheryl Erickson)
Spouses: Bonnie Wulf Sterner (divorced; Debbie (don't know last name)
Children: Stepsons..Jamie Sterner (Jamie lost his life in a vehicle accident shortly after Gary and Bonnie were married) and Jeff Sterner.
Grandchildren: Twin grandchildren...Lauren and Grandson Jared, Granddaughters
Gary graduated from Kennard High school in May 1960. He went to work at the Blair Bootery and for Alamito Dairy in Blair, NE. He attended Dana College for 2 years and then joined the Navy and served for 4 years. Gary completed college at UNO in Omaha and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business.
He coached the Blair ladies softball team for several years and led them in their travels to win many championships.
Gary joined the sales work force for American Family Insurance In Blair. He worked in that capacity for ten years and was then promoted to office manger in Blair. He later moved to Omaha and was promoted to State Director. American Family transferred Gary to Peoria, Illinois to work as State Director, and he was there approximately 4 to 5 years and then they transferred him back to Nebraska as State Director and he worked in that capacity until his death in August of 1999. He lost his life to brain cancer.
Gary's hobbies were his softball team, golf, and most of all Nebraska Football Games and collecting Nebraska Memorabilia. He followed the football team for many years and loved it all.
Gary and Jeff had a very close relationship. Gary coached Jeff's sports activities as a boy. Jeff shared in the love of golf and Nebraska football. Gary loved all of his family and was very supportive to all of us, as the oldest sibling. Gary was a great brother and we miss him very much.