Don’t you wonder what happened to some of the 1960 crew? Maybe we could find some of them without intruding on them. We have a list of missing mates on the rogers60.com site. We have a roster of responders and attendees of the 40th reunion. Getting back to set theory, did you notice that the set of all seniors in the 1960 Treasure Chest is greater than the union of the missing and responders? About 10% of the seniors are no longer on this world’s voyage. Those names are listed in the 2000 yearbook, but there is still a gap. Okay, you don’t do set theory. It boils down that there are names in the 1960 Treasure Chest that are not on any of the three lists.
I reviewed the lists again and found that the 2002 yearbook is more accurate than the other two lists. I found Shauneen (Ketterling) Henderson listed in the yearbook, and in the missing mates list. Maybe if I fix the lists, some of my questions will be answered!
I thought about missing mates when one the missing surfaced today: Charlene Scott. She had been on the missing crew list. She declared that she would like to “get on the lists.” Others like her surfaced in the days before the 40th reunion. Indeed, I was close to being missing for years, but somehow always got the committee mailings.
I heard second-hand stories of some being in Spokane, but saying that their high school days are past. Others are just flat missing. Statistically, a portion of the missing has probably moved to the next voyage, but wouldn’t you like to know, either way? I heard that old Cooper and Rogers classmate Lee Kendall died recently. He apparently was a non-responder in Spokane.
I’m going to draw some names that I have as missing out of the hat. I hope you or somebody can identify their whereabouts. My short list, in no particular order:
- Carelene King; Cooper and Rogers classmate. Voted most studious
- Paul Kreager; used to drive me home from work; saw a journal article of his published in the ‘70s
- Virginia Langston; classmate at Hamilton in third grade, and then Rogers; used to pester her in our sophomore year – she borrowed a book that I want returned
- Chris Rossmeier; Cooper and Rogers classmate; a friend for nine years
- Jack Greenemeyer; Cooper and Rogers classmate; a friend for nine years also. Once was Washington Dairy Farmer of the Year. He’s probably easily found. My brother sighted him as one of the Spokane lurkers a few years back. His name is misspelled in the yearbook.
That’s my short list. Do you have a list of your own?