Class of 1971 holds reunion

ODESSA – Although the Odessa High School Alumni Association canceled its annual banquet for the second consecutive year in 2021, the members of the class of 1971 were unwilling to let the occasion pass by without the opportunity to gather and catch up with one another. Paul and Kerry Scheller of Odessa hosted their classmates at their home in late June.

At 51 members, the class of 1971 is said to be the largest class to graduate from Odessa High: Carol Null, Nancy Finck, Vickey Thompson, Sue Weishaar, Mona Goetz, George Turnbaugh, Rick Reihs, Virgil Schmidt, Dale Deife, Mel Jantz, Karen Hoefel, Jennifer Beck, Norman Iverson, Greg Goetz, Bob Schorzman, Neil Jeske, Karen Nichol, Joann Smith, Diane Arlt, Trudy Mills, Virginia Franz, Irvin Groh, Susan Gies, Larry Winter, Dean Michaelsen, Donna Ramm, Bev Johnston, Debbie Luiten, Debbie Reister, Marty Meise, Ric Thompson, Jenny Zacher, JoEllen Schafer, Benaya Schafer, Steve Larson, Gary Lenhart, Craig Suchland, Lora Richardson, Jodee Hardung, Jim Weber, Marilee Frick, Annette Goetz, Reid Schafer, Paul Scheller, Chris Kittilson, Tracy Kissler, Anne Schillinger, Mary Beth Fink, Gail Kramer, Mark Cronrath, Marsha Ott.

The group that got together 50 years after that 1971 graduation day was small but lively. By all accounts, they enjoyed the day spent conversing and reminiscing.