Knoxville High School

Registered KHS Alumni

1970-1979

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1970

Jeff Brock
E-Mail: jbrock@bluebullets.knox.k12.il.us
Personal Information: Teaching at KHS & living on the golf course
James R. Johnson
E-Mail: sportsfn@galesburg.net
Personal Information: Married to Janice (GHS-70) who teaches at Knoxville High School; we have three children, Matthew, Marc and Erin; I farm and work as a salesman for Pioneer Seed

1971

Robert Deppe
E-Mail: robert@showtown.net
Jim Eckman
E-Mail: debeck@ecol.net
Personal Information: Live in Birchwood, WI for the last 13 years; working for Reinhart Foods of LaCrosse for the last 7 years
Florence Ann (Cullison) Ensley
E-Mail: fensley@ilsos.net
 
Harry (John) Hodge
E-Mail: hhodge@mail.brick.net
Personal Information: www.hodgelodge.com
Al Seeger
E-Mail: alseeger@galesburg.net
Personal Information: U.S. Army Security Agency, 1972-1976; Signal Inspector, BNSF Railway Co.; married to Julie King 11-1-78 (KHS Class of 70) and have two sons Mitchell and Elliot

1973

Terry Lundberg
E-Mail: TLUNDBER@nch.com

1974

Steve Mills
E-Mail: smills@grics.net
Personal Information: Living in Knoxville in the same house I grew up in; married to Sandy since 1978 with two children, Aaron and Cassie; working in Galesburg
Jane Kisler Mooney
E-Mail: mandm@galesburg.net
Personal Information: Work in Computer Lab at Costa School in Galesburg, and also for the yearbook; with 25th class reunion coming up, would like some current addresses for classmates

1975

Richard Carlson
E-Mail: rj.carlson@rivcom.net
Personal Information: Live in Arizona; currently a counselor at Parker High School; married to Galva girl who attended Knoxville schools through 4th grade; two sons, Ryne (7) and Kyle (11)
Jon Gallagher
E-Mail: jon@jongallagher.com
Personal Information:  My daughter Kelly is now living in Canton and has two children, a boy and a girl; My daughter Erin is now a sophomore at Elmwood High School; My brand new daughter Caroline was born 10/16/04 in Peoria; That's it for me; Everything else in my profile is correct; One thing you might want to add since the class of 1975 is not well represented.  Mark Duckwiler passed away on 2/9/03 in Phoenix AZ.

1976

Anita (Behymer) Beckenholdt
E-Mail: thyme4love@hotmail.com
Personal Information: I have lived in or near Tulsa Oklahoma since 1981, so I'm almost considered a native Okie - but I get homesick for the cornfields of Illinois; I have been divorced for 10 years and have an 18 year old son; I work for Cendant Car Rental Group as a Training Instructor for Avis Rent A Car, and I've been with the company for 20 years; I do get back to the area every year or two to visit my parents in Altona and my brother Troy (KHS class of 81) in Galesburg; I'd love to hear from anyone who remembers me (or not); I've tried the Classmates.com route but have been too cheap to pay the $36 yearly fee to be able to email people and find out more about them, so feel free to pass my email address on
Kevin D. Eack
E-Mail: eackkev@hotmail.com
Personal Information: Live in Lincoln; Employed by Illinois; Director's Office of Labor Relations & Special Projects, Illinois State Police; Have been considering forming an Alumni Association for my old high school class which would serve as a way for my class ('76) to provide support for the school, including an occasional contribution, speaker's bureau, and career information -- What are your thoughts?
Edward Flinn
E-Mail: hef858@yahoo.com
Personal Information: Married Claire in 1998 and have two kids (Madison Katherine and Harold Connor); we presently live in the St. Louis area, and I am employed by El Dorado Chemical Co.; if you are in the area, please e-mail me and let's get together
Bruce Johnson
E-Mail: baj2458@yahoo.com
Personal Information: Living in Freeport, IL; manager of Stephenson County Farm Bureau; married Andrea (1978); sons Mike (& wife Cassie) in Cedar Rapids, IA, and Dave in Baltimore, MD; enjoy basketball, biking, travel, golf & Cubs baseball
Tom Newby
E-Mail: thenewbys@verizon.net or thomas.newby@emeraldmaterials.com
Personal Information: Living in Princeton, IL since 1998; work as the Plant Controller for a chemical company located in Henry; have 2 daughters who will be teenagers soon; someone please let me know if there is anything I can do from here to help organize a 30-yr. reunion
Deb (Magee) Ruetz
E-Mail: tdruetz@maplecity.com
Personal Information: I married Terry Ruetz in 1999 and live in Monmouth; I work as a Senior Consultant for Levi, Ray and Shoup; I am the mother of 3 and the grandmother of 4 - my youngest daughter, Betsy, is a senior at Monmouth High School, my son Brad is a Marine and married to Jenny, they have a beautiful daughter Kaitlyn(7 mo.), my daughter Heather has 3 sons, Tyler(8) , Collin(3) and Alex(1); I enjoyed reading all the familiar names on the list! I hope everyone finds out about this site!
Edward C. Williams
E-Mail: ecw_76@yahoo.com
Personal Information: Living in Mt. Pleasant, SC; managing Waterworks carwashes; married 26 yrs. to Kathy, with a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Tiffanie
 
Kevin Williams
E-Mail: gwkeef@galesburg.net
Personal Information: Living in Knoxville; married 20 years; son's name is Wyatt; wife's name is Gayle

1977

Michael J. Bartlett
E-Mail: gracesosa@gallatinriver.net
Personal Information: Village President of the Village of East Galesburg; owner of Glenn's Radiator & Auto Service (sold it in 1996); Associate degree in Applied Science from Carl Sandburg College; help out at Raymond Marquith Elementary School; hope to run for state county and school board
Jeanie Marie (Krohn) Hutton
E-Mail: hutton@fone.net
Personal Information: Living in Colorado, just east of Denver; married Don in 1983 (formerly of Moweaqua, IL), now a Master Chief Equipment Operator in the Navy (SEABEES) - he is currently stationed with Naval District Washington, in Washington, D.C; we have a "blended" family totaling five children - three girls, two boys; I went on to formulate and facilitate the family program for the Naval Reserve Force - at it's beginning encompassed over 98,000 Naval Reservists and there families; I also became a guest speaker and instructor for the liasion course; currently working in Customer Service / Human Resource - also, being a good Navy wife and taking care of the farm; hobbies - we collect and restore antique tractors.
Steve Johnston
E-Mail: iansolitare2000@yahoo.com
Personal Information: Live in Long Beach, MS; married & have 1 daughter (22); work as an electronics technician with Mantech; have been working in Iraq now for about a year and a half; would not recommend coming to visit me (ha, ha)!
 
Debbie Moore Kozel
E-Mail: mjkozel@aol.com
Personal Information: Live in Alpharetta, Georgia (a northern suburb of Atlanta); married to Mike (a marketing manager for IBM) with two children, Charles (1983) and Jenni (1985); work as a Physical Therapist, and enjoy golf and tennis in my free time
Julie (Hickerson) Lencioni
E-Mail: julie@micrins.com
Personal Information: Married to John Lencioni and have two children, Natalie and Robert; live in Wheaton, IL; since 1987 have worked for Micrins Microsurgical Instrumentation, Inc. - currently Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
Keri (Johnson) Purcell
E-Mail: keri@micrins.com or hunters@galesburg.net
Personal Information: Live at Lake Bracken; married to Tracey (1978 GHS graduate); have two boys - Travis (18) & Logan (8); working as a sales rep for a Microsurgical Instrument Co. - my boss is Julie (Hickerson) Lencioni who has always taken care of her friends; look forward to hearing from anyone
Patty (Roberson) Stuckey
E-Mail: earls@starcourier.com
Personal Information: Live in Kewanee, Illinois; working as a barber; married with 2 teenagers
Mark Wilson
E-Mail: Home: markwilson@brick.net Work: wilsonm@slu.edu
Personal Information: I currently teach at St Louis University in the Theatre Department and I am a free-lance lighting designer; my wife Kim and I still reside in Dittmer, Mo - - a small town southwest of St Louis
Terri Lynn (Sargeant) Wyman
E-Mail: jwyman@insightbb.com
Personal Information: Married in 1983 to Jim Wyman; homemaker and mother of one child, Tanya Jo

1978

Dean Bailey
E-Mail: bail_1978packer@hotmail.com
Personal Information: Work on the BNSF railroad (28 yrs.); married to Melissa (Jackson) for 11 yrs.; have 5 boys (3 for her/2 for me) - Bobby Lee (24), Nicholas Bailey (22), Tyler Lee (22), Brad Lee (20), & Justin Bailey (19); Melissa's sister Ginnie is married to my brother Dennis
 
Christine (Stewart) Bates
E-Mail: cbates@galesburg.net
Personal Information: I live in Knoxville with my husband, Phil, and our four children.
Crystol (McGrath) Burnett
E-Mail: crystol@grics.net
Personal Information: Son Beau (1999 Alumni) - has 2 daughters living in Knoxville; daughter Amanda (2001 Alumni) - has 2 daughters living in Rushville; work as a Receiving & Warehousing Supervisor at Derby Ind. in Galesburg
Rachelle (Jones) Camper
E-Mail: rcamper@galesburg.net
Personal Information: Divorced since 1995; live in Galesburg with my three sons (ha, ha), Sam (1984), Jack (1987), and Rod (1992); I've worked at Community Bank of Galesburg since 1982
Duane Cochran
E-Mail: postulate@earthlink.com
Personal Information: Graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering; spent the mid-80's working in the Caribbean on a cruise liner, and was married during that time; have also lived in Instanbul Turkey, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia; finally settled in Los Angeles, and have been living here (mostly) since 1988; my wander lust somewhat abated, I now design and build power plants in the U.S.; my most recent work includes plants in New Orleans, San Diego and Salt Lake City; I am divorced and have a 6-year-old daughter named Guinevere
Pam (Houston) Coon
E-Mail: gcoon@galesburg.net
Personal Information: Have been married to Gil since 1981; we have two children, Samantha and Rusty; have been self employed with daycare home for 16 years; still living in Knoxville
Paula (Gagg) Crain
E-Mail: cool1casper@aol.com
Personal Information: Married since May of 1980 to Jeff Crain (GHS 1977) and have three sons, Jeff (20), Jason (17) and Derek (15); the first 20 years my husband Jeff, a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy (weather forcaster) kept us moving; during this time I have kept busy getting 2 degrees (1 in Law Enforcement and 1 in Nursing); currently working with nursing degree doing neonatal intensive care, pediatrics, and pediatric intensive care; since Jeff's retirement from the Navy he has now become a nurse too and works in an E.R.; boys keep us very busy with all the sports - our oldest son, Jeff, is in college and is out in Wyoming (we just moved from Wyoming to Mississippi last summer), and we hope that he'll move to a southern college this summer and be closer to us
 
Robin (Lumberry) Detmers
E-Mail: Detmersn@gallatinriver.net
Personal Information: Married to Neal for 20 years and have 2 kids - Spencer (10) and Lauren (6); live in Galesburg and work as a nurse (21 years); currently working at Knox County Nursing Home
Sheryl (Sensel) Eshelman
E-Mail: sheryllyn60@yahoo.com
Personal Information: I have been an x-ray tech since 1986; have two children, Becky 20 and Matt almost 14; worked at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur Il until May of 2000; now divorced I live in Clinton, Il and have been working at the hospital here; I am looking forward to our 25 class reunion; hope to hear from someone about that - in fact I would really enjoy hearing from anyone...it has been so long!!!
Steve Gomer
E-Mail: gomersteve@insightbb.com
Personal Information: Live in Peoria with wife Dodie and sons Kevin (13) and Connor (9); married 15 years; work for Caterpillar in Information Services, and have been there for 6 years
Lynne M. Hedbloom
E-Mail: lynnedoc@freedomnw.com
Personal Information: Living on the northwest coast at Seaside, Oregon; I've been a massage therapist since 1997 and have been with a Chiropractor since 1995; we live and work together with shared interests - I love the Northwest!
John Howard
E-Mail: genie88@winco.net
Personal Information: Live in Dahinda; married to Jeannie since 2001; no kids, but have 3 stepkids; work for Wright Tree Service out of Peoria doing line clearance; started my own business, RiverBottom Tree Service this year; live to ride my Harley whenever I can find the time
Steve Jackson
E-Mail: steveja@us.ibm.com
Personal Information: Married to Lisa; graduated from Appalachalachian State University with BSBA in Marketing & Information Systems and Vanderbilt with MBA in 2001; been at IBM in sales and sales management since 1983; have lived in Kingsport & Nashville, TN, and now Charlotte, NC
Shelly (Clark) Lockwood
E-Mail: lockwood4@gallatinriver.net
Personal Information: Living in Knoxville and married to Don; working as a beautician in Galesburg and Don is a copier tech; we have two children, Adrienne (17) and Austin (14)
Keith P. Moore
E-Mail: keith.moore1@comcast.net (Home) or keith.moore@ps.net (Work)
Personal Information: Married to Tammy (Chezum) since 1980 with two children, Kristopher (1988) and Kelsey (1992); working for Perot Systems Corp. in Plano, Texas
Ann (McGovern) Pedersen
E-Mail: peda419@aol.com
Personal Information: Married to Mark Pedersen; no children (except the dog); living in Wheaton, IL
Jane Powell
E-Mail: JPowell@aunsc.com
Personal Information: Have worked for OSF for 23 years; worked as a secretary in the X-Ray Dept. at St. Mary's for 9 1/2 and then transferred to my current position with St. Francis in Peoria; work as a secretary for a group of neurosurgeons in Peoria and have been with them since 1989; also decorate cakes for all occasions; currently live in Galesburg
Lynette Raines-Rutledge
E-Mail: raines_rutledge@yahoo.com
Personal Information: Divorced with two children - Cassie (18), graduated from Galesburg High School in 2003 - Brandon (22), graduated from Knoxville High School in 2000 and living in Portland Oregon, went to school to become an apprentice carpenter and expecting a daughter in June of 2003; currently living my dream on a 30 acre farm on Lake Bracken Road
Charles B. Ross
E-Mail: chasross@gallatinriver.net
Personal Information: Work for Mel Foster at the Galesburg office
John Shaner II
E-Mail: jshaner2@csc.com
Personal Information: Graduated in 1982 from Northern Illinois University; now a Senior Computer Scientist (mainframe systems programmer) employed by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) who was selected to out source the IT infrastructure for my former employer Sundstrand Corporation (now part of United Technologies Corporation) in 2000; still live and work in the Rockford, IL area; married to Carol in 1997
Nancy (Douglas) Spencer
E-Mail: spencerm@grics.net
Mitzie Soper Torres
E-Mail: mitzie627@yahoo.com
Personal Information: Divorced with 2 kids, Adam (25) and Amanda (23); moved back to Galesburg in 2003 after living in Texas for 21 yrs.; currently Floral Manager at the Hy-Vee on Henderson; also on the reunion committee
Monte Walker
E-Mail: walkermd@s3.ocv.ne.jp
Personal Information: Graduated from Bradley University and Southern Illinois University with degrees in Geology; married Delores Musselman (KHS 1979) in 1983; we have two sons Casey (1995) and Pete (1998); we have lived in various locations in Illinois and Texas, and are currently living in Tokyo, Japan; Delores works for a joint venture between Caterpillar and Mitsubishi as an accounting and finance manager, and I am adjusting to the role of Mr. Mom; we have a large new home with plenty of room for visitors; if anyone has a desire to visit Japan, then please contact me - Sayonara
Kim Keller Yzaguirre
E-Mail: nikira60@msn.com
Personal Information: Married to Chris since 1980; semi-retired living in Corpus Christi, Texas with our last 4 of our 8 children - (1976) Stepson, Jason, married with 3 children, (1978) Eric, married with 2 children, and with the Army in Baghdad, (1981) Kira, married with 2 and one on the way, (1982) Cam, married with 1 step-daughter, (1987) Nicole, (1989) Devin, (1994) Alyssa, (1996) Keir Elijah; would love to hear from anyone.

1979

Jeff McCue
E-Mail: mccue@gallatinriver.net
Jackie (Raines) Dungan
E-Mail: dunfla@earthlink.net
Personal Information: Live in Sarasota, FL since 1985; married since '85 to Terry Dungan, and have two sons Andrew (11) & Christopher (8); working as an Optician in a Ophthalmologist office; went to 25-year class reunion, and it was so great to see everyone again - no one changed - can't wait till the next one
 
Mark Howerter
E-Mail: markhowerter@hotmail.com
Personal Information: Married with two sons (grown and gone); work as a software engineer in Nashville, TN
 
Tom Niehaus
E-Mail: kniehaus@kc.rr.com
 
Angie (Suydam) Schaefer
E-Mail: schaefer-angie@aer.aramark.com
Personal Information: Regional Recruitment Manager with ARAMARK Educational Resources, Inc.; my husband Doug and I have one daughter, Madeline, who is 3 months old; we live in Elgin, a western suburb of Chicago; what a great way to keep in touch with old friends
Brad Whitsitt
E-Mail: bradwhits@excite.com

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