Lincoln Northeast High School

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Great news! Gary Ackerman is alive and well on Classmates.com.

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

It must be a different Gary Ackerman. Our Gary died in 2005 and I went to his funeral.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Classmates,com shows a picture and says he graduated from Mortheast in 1959. I sent a note,let's see what happens, If it is a hoax,it is a cruel one, There is a picture on Classmates.com. mj

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Carol: I'll take your word for it,but I don't drink or do drugs, but I swear that yesterday when I opened Classmates.com after receiving a notice that Lois Pape had joined,there was a picture of a guy,who resembled Ron Converse, and the profile said "age 68, Lincoln Northeast High School, Classof 1959."Today it is not there, so it must have been some kind of hoax. If it shows up again, I'll let you know. mj

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Yesterday, again when I opened the e-mail about Lois Pape, it directed me to Classmates.com. There was a list of people who went to school with Lois, and one of them was Gary Ackerman. When I clicked on his name there was photo and answers to the standard questions. Maybe Gary joined before his death and they never remove them. It kind of freaks me out.

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

Just wanted to update all of you on Janice Monk Holady. She has still been taking regular chemo treatments but last Thursday they discovered she had broken the upper thigh bone in her left leg which connects to the hip socket. She had surgery yesterday and the surgery was a success but the chemo treatments will be delayed as she will need all her strength for physical therapy from
the surgery. Thought we could "shower" her with
Get Well Cards - Please pass this on.
Jan's address is:
Jan Holady
2539 E. Geneva Drive
Tempe, AZ 85282

Thanks! Carol

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Thank you to whoever has been adding information about our departed classmates. The information about
Cliff Welding brought tears to my eyes. The photo of him as an Army officer in the memory book Carol made reminded me, as did his senior picture, what a beautiful young man he was. Seeing him always reminds me of Kay Webster Boese, which also makes me so sad. They truly did have two wonderful sons together.

I am still so proud to have been classmates with all of you who might read this, and the all too many we have lost.

JAN MONK--Hang in there, kiddo. Do you remember the day we were walking home from school, and you told me my mother wouldn't know you from Adam, and I said, that she would because Adam didn't have a navel, and you probably did. Ironically, I now have a fake navel, created by a surgeon.

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

I last updated this on Feb. 21 and at that time I had some hope Janice Monk Holady would get better but it was not meant to be. She was such a strong fighter; she suffered alot but never seemed to give up. I was kept updated by her husband Hal and her brother Terry. She became too weak to talk on the phone so it had been quite some time since I talked to her. I was told she greatly enjoyed the many cards from we classmates and had them displayed in her room and would look at them several times during the day when she was strong enough.
Jan was one of my best friends since 8th grade when Havelock became part of Northeast. We seemed to click immediately and it lasted a lifetime. Jan was a very happy person her entire life - I never saw her angry or upset. She really loved life. I have many fond memories of Jan and will cherish them forever; she will be greatly missed.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

How about the Cornhuskers in the Big Ten?  Creates a bit of a problem at my house as both of my children graduated from Ohio State.  But now they have an excuse to go to Lincoln, my son  already told me that he and his friends will ride the overnight train from Denver when the OSU game is in Lincoln.  Also means that I can see the Cornhuskers play in Columbus every other year.  Columbus is much closer to Chattanooga than Lincoln is.  What do my other classmates think of this astonishing development?  In truth, I don't think things have been the same since the Big Eight became the Big Twelve.  Playing Oklahoma every other year just doesn't seem right.  Love and happy summer to all of you.  Marjean

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Dan Michaelson

Marjean, I think the switch will be GREAT!  More TV exposure, more revenue, and better academic standing are but a few of the benefits.  Tell your son to be ready to pay "Ticket Broker" prices to persons selling them on the streets, because UNL's Memorial Stadium has been sold out since 1962.

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Ed (nickname is sonny) Schaffer

dan, i'm 100% with you.  more national coverage in the sports news and on television.  more talk, more construction to make the stadium big enough to hold the visiting teams' fans, which will also have to hold more husker home game fans.  wouldn't be fair to just build it bigger for the visiting fans.  more hotels and motels and eateries with that  great nebraska home grown food and home bred food.  lincoln would grow more and more.  the friendliest sports fans in the usa live in nebraska.  that is a consideration when football fans consider following their teams to "away" games.  texas football fans readily admit that lincoln has the nicest and friendliest fans of any of the cities they travel to.  virginia and myself are avid cornhusker fans and talk about it to our customers while working in their homes.  there are a good many cornhusker fans in texas.  some of the talk here in texas is,  "why should texas fight a war each week in the big 10, when they can stay here and win most of their games all season long with maybe 2 or 3 wars during the season."   the sports casters are talking it up as if nebraska is making a mistake.  texas would rather play in a weaker league where they are a big power, instead of playing  where they would be up against several big powers each season.  HURRAH, CORNHUSKERS. HURRAH! -----just in case i have a captive audience, i would like to make a request.  i am one of the kids that had to move with my parents to another state.  phoenix, arizona was a nice and amazingly beautiful  place to move to, but it affected my life for many years.  moving away from all my friends, as a sophomore, in october of the school year, just broke my heart.  i missed all my friends that i thought would be my friends for life.  anyway, i was lucky one night on the computer, and found "classmates".  when i entered northeast high school's name and the page opened up, there was archie tautfest, gary ackerman, and roger kness's names as students when i had gone there.  we went to school together since 4th grade.(archie since the last month of 6th grade.)  sadly. gary and roger had passed on.  my request is----to help me get back with some of you who are still there from the "good ole days".  many of your names are familiar to me. when i see the photos of you, they are all of you from 10 years ago, or less.  i have no year books. it would help a great deal if there were photos from "the good ole days".  if some of you could put a few photos onto this sight it would be great!  is there some year books from those years available to buy?  seeing you all as i saw you in those days would put my memories together with what you look like now.  it'd be a great help in knowing you again. i put some of my old photos onto this sight.  if you check them out, you might remember me. thank you all very much.      ed(sonny)schaffer

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Ed (nickname is sonny) Schaffer

hey everybody,  i thought the message forum would be busier than this.  some of you out there use face book and some other sites to communicate with each other.  i'm so naive about the computer and "computer land",  that i don't know how to navigate once i get onto a site like "face book".  i could use some friendly advice on how to participate that way too.  also would like to know other ways to cruise around and look for more old friends------and some new ones too.  i've never had any lessons or help in using the computer.  i really am missing out on a lot of things that you "more sav vy" friends can do.  heres hoping some one visits this site and sees this plea for assistance.   HURRAH HUSKERS!   bye for now.   ed (sonny) and virginia schaffer.

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Ed (nickname is sonny) Schaffer

hi again, looks like 3 messages in a row from us.  just saying to you all that i did figure out how to get onto "facebook".  this week i did a bit of what i've been doing over the past several years, on my profile page.  have only been on facebook for a few days.  am hoping to hear from some old friends and maybe some old relatives in lincoln, nebraska  and from those that moved to other cities around this world.  thats all for this time.  bye for now.      sonny (ed) and virginia schaffer

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Although I love living in Tennessee (think sunbelt) after spending all of my previous life in the snowbelt, but it is hard living in SEC country.  They think that Bear Bryant hung the sun, and they "don't believe I've ever heard of Tom Osborne."  I remind them of the National Championship game when the huskers beat Tennessee with Peyton Manning as quarterback. 

I think the Big 10 (actually now the Big 13) will be great.  They have their own tv Network.

I am wondering IS ANYONE OUT THERE?  Let's keep the forum going until our 55th.

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Dan Michaelson

Speaking of Peyton Manning, can you believe that the street running by Neyland Stadium in Knoxville is named Peyton Manning Boulevard?  I have been there and seen it! I thought streets were named after persons who were deceased, or past Governors, Presidents, or persons who were important contributors to our way of life. (Exceptions being trees, flowers, etc.)

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Right after I moved to Tennessee, there was a big FBI sting involving state senators and representatives.  One of the stingees was a Senator Crutchfield from our area.  Now, every day I drive past Crutchfield Street and wonder if they will ever change the name. 

Dan, my son has spent between $ 625.00 and $ 1000.00 for tickets to see the Buckeyes play in national championship games.  Unfortunately the $ 625.00 ticket was the best deal, as the Buckeyes won.  The thousand dollar ticket was just categorized as "Lesson Learned."

Joann Wendorff Wellman

it has been a year since the reunion!

money was given for the foundation.

I would be  interested in the name of the fund, the amt. given.etc.

since I am interested in contributing, this info would be good to know..

joann wellman.

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Archie Tautfest

Hi everyone, " I'm back ... ."

Vern, what a GOOD, ... GREAT, ...SUPER ...!!!!!!!!!!! job you have done on

 this website. 

Marjean Larson Gingrich

I realize I need to include one thing about the addition I made to Vern's announcement.  The checks and cash I collected at the reunion  are in my memory book, and in the course of my daughter moving in and then moving out, I can't find the book.  I didn't send them immediaely because I wanted to get a cashiers check for the cash.  But, I do remember who gave me checks and cash and how much it was.  As soon as I get all of the addresses, I will let the Lincoln Public School Foundation know who gave money.  There was $ 430.00 in cash and checks so I am sending $ 500.00 as the gift from the Class of '59.  When the memory book shows up, I will send the to the folks who donated. 

This is embarrassing for me, and please believe that there was no larceny (larsony?) involved.  Best regards to my classmates.  Marjean

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

For all of you Nebraska Football Fans:

Check out "The History of Nebraska Football" on youtube.com -

Just a great video of past highlights, fabulous!  GO BIG RED!

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Joel Hutchins

11-24-10 Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We are in Omaha to share the Holiday with family. On Friday I plan to see the Huskers beat Colorado. Hope the weather is fair. Read the Omaha paper today and see that our son is quoted in Robert Nelson's section. I've never been quoted in anything other then maybe the court news.  

Marjean Larson Gingrich

To all you Coloradians:  I will be spending Christmas in Boulder with my son.  Unfortunately it will be a quick trip.  I am now on a short time disability leave from work due to a combination of conditions, but I didn't know I would be off when I made my travel reservations.  So, I want all of you so save up some warm weather for when I am there.  We will have Christmas dinner with my cousin and her family in Castle Rock, and the other nights I will make Matt's favorite meals.  I will make the easy parts, and I will teach him to to do the more time-consuming, work intensive parts.

I hope to get cleared to go back to work by January 4th.  I really enjoy my job, but know I have not been well enough to do it well.  I can usually manage one of these ailments, but having them all flare up at once is more than I could manage.  It is very frustrating to see things that need to be done, and know tht normally they would be easy jobs, but now they prospect seems daunting. 

I may be back to Boulder next Fall if the Cornhuskers play there and Matt can get tickets.  If so, I'll call all of you and maybe we can get together.  Best regards and Merry Christmas to all.  Marjean

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

I went to Lawren Brodd's funeral this past week and as I stated on his profile, it was one of the warmest and personal memorials I have ever been to.  Lawren, for those of you who do not know, was a fireman in Lincoln for many years, served as Deputy Fire Chief.  There were 150 firemen at the funeral and outside the church, they displayed a huge American Flag, which was beautiful.  Lawren touched so many lives and it was very obvious by the many people at this service.  We were all lucky to have been classmates with Lawren and he will be greatly missed by many people.

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

I just wanted to explain the situation with Charles Catlett.  Vern Good received an e-mail from Charles explaining he had found the website stating he had died and it was a mistake.  Vern forwarded this to me and I sent an e-mail to Charles telling him we had done alot of research prior to the 50th reunion trying to locate lost classmates and he was included in this research.  We did locate a Charles Catlett Jr. here in Lincoln and he told us his Dad was our Charles Catlett and had died in 1994.  I have been trying to reach Charles Catlett Jr. but cannot.  In the e-mail I sent Charles I explained all this and asked him to please give me some information about himself so we know for sure he is "our" Charles Catlett.  I received a very nice response from him and he is definitely our former classmate.  I also expressed how sorry I was about this huge error.  It is very difficult to prove someone is dead without knowing dates, locations, etc. - we spent alot of time before the reunion with this problem.  Please update your 50th reunion memory books with this information.  I am so sorry about this.  I hope Charles will come to our next reunion, which is not too far off!

Carol

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Carol Geerdes Kossack

I just received an e-mail from Ed (Sonny) Schaffer and he wanted me to let everyone know he has had a few health problems and has moved back to McAllen, Texas.  He hasn't used the computer lately but would like to hear from any of us - his e-mail is:  sonny.virginia2120@yahoo.com - he said he had been corresponding with quite a few classmates but since he moved, etc. - didn't have a chance to notify them why he had not been on the computer.