Knoxville High School

Registered KHS Alumni

Karen Benjamin: E-Mail: karenbenjamin@gallatinriver.net; Personal Information: Still live in Knoxville; selling real estate for Mel Foster; granddaughter, Brandi Filson, graduated from Knoxville in 1998; grandson, Josh Filson, still at K.H.S.

John Davies: E-Mail: candjdavies@winco.net; Personal Information: Married to Connie Murphy; have three children, eleven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren; retired from UPS; Connie and I buy and sell antiques for a hobby; love to travel

Lyman Walter: E-Mail: lymanw@winco.net; Personal Information: Currently farm near Maquon with wife Linda; we also own rental properties in Galesburg and Abingdon; My wife Linda(Owen), also graduated in the class of 1961.

Tom Walter: E-Mail: twalter@gallatinriver.net; Personal Information: Director of Student Services at Knoxville Junior High School

Steve Wilson: E-Mail: barb-steve@worldnet.att.net; Personal Information: Live in Ozark, MO, located 20 miles north of Branson and 5 miles south of Springfield (Lambert's Cafe)

Mark Douglas Gossick: E-Mail: kram48@bitwisesystems.com; Personal Information: Live in Pekin, IL; semi-retired - still do computer sales as a hobby; three children - Erika (25), Mark (23) and Jenny (12); one grandchild Darian (3); FYI - the trees around the campus were purchased by the class of 1966; oh yeah I'm still rockin'

Ross Porter: E-Mail: rossporter@smethportpa.org; Personal Information: My wife, Jovanna, and I have been married for 31 yrs.; have lived the last 27 yrs. in historic and beautiful Smethport, PA, tucked away in the Pennsylvania Wilds region; our son, Izach (28) is a banker and his wife, Stefi, is in law school (no grandchildren yet); Jovanna and I are both educators and very active in community projects and government; we enjoy traveling around the world

Ken Gooley: E-Mail: kgooley@cis.net; Personal Information: Attended the Institute of Drafting and Technology (currently known as Morrison Institute of Technology); currently employed with 3M in Cordova, IL as a Senior Engineering Technologist; married with 4 children

Joyce (White) Mangieri: E-Mail: mommangieri@aol.com; Personal Information: Married to Dave Mangieri in July 1968; have three children and three grandchildren; graduated from McConnell Travel School and have been employed by US Airways since 1985 at MSP Airport

Tom Rosene: E-Mail: TROSENE@smpt.isbe.state.il.us; Personal Information: Live in St. Joseph, IL with wife Lynn. Employed by the Illinois State Board of Education as Principal Accountability Consultant, after several years as a school superintendent. We have one daughter, Stephanie Rosene Farney.

Chuck Peterson: E-Mail: cjpete@gallatinriver.net; Personal Information: Married to high school sweatheart, Jean Whitworth, since 1971 and live about three miles northeast of town in a house we built in 1983; have two children Rachel (b.1976) and Eric (b.1977); granddaughter Taylor was born to Rachel on November 25, 1998; Jean works part-time in the Principal's Office at KHS, and I work for Galesburg Electric Company

Mark Turnbull: E-Mail: mark@contented.com; Personal Information: Live in Boston with wife Susan and 3-year-old James; Computer Programming Consultant (user interfaces) for a living; when I'm not entertaining my son, I still play electric bass now and then