CURTIS JAMES "JIM" CARTER, FUHS 1952

(Jim is listed in the class of '52 in the FUHS database.)
Carter, Curtis James "Jim", born May 10, 1934, long time Placentia resident, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Jim was born in Lisbon, North Dakota then moved to Fullerton, CA. A graduate of Fullerton High School class of 1953, Jim went on to serve in the US Navy, and is a veteran of the Korean War. In 1959 he married Eva Russo and together raised three boys, Frank, David and James. After a 39-year career with Bank of America, Jim retired. After losing his wife in 2000, he decided to move to Wright City, MO, built his dream home and enjoyed his days fishing in his own pond. Jim is survived by his three boys, their wives and seven grandchildren. Jim (a man of few words but great integrity) will be remembered by his family as "the greatest man we ever knew". A Rosary Service will be held at McAulay Wallace Mortuary in Fullerton, Monday, May 2 at 7:00 pm. A funeral service will be held at St. Joseph Placentia, Tuesday, May 3, 2010, 10:30 am.
Published in Orange County Register on April 30, 2011

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POST ABOUT POW WOW 2012

The original post about needing volunteers to help with Pow Wow 2012 has been moved to the archives. You can find it at
 http://fuhs-all-alumni.blogspot.com/2011/03/pow-wow-2012-in-jeopardy.html
You can also find a copy on
http://2011alumnipowwowluncheon.blogspot.com/

MELVIN WILBANKS, FUHS 1943

Wilbanks, Melvin Valoid, 86, born, March 13, 1925, passed away April 24, 2011.
He was married for 62 years to Grace A. Wilbanks; he graduated in 1943 from Fullerton Union High School and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He is survived by his daughters, Sandra and Barbara; son, William; 8 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Kay. Graveside service will be at 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Memory Garden Memorial Park.
Memory Garden Mortuary
Published in Orange County Register on April 27, 2011
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KATHERINE STUTSMAN OLMSTED, FUHS 1939

Olmsted, Katherine S., passed away peacefully on Friday, April 22, 2011 in Fullerton, California after a brief illness. She was 89. Born in Missouri to Ward and Bessie Stutsman, Katherine and her family moved to Orange County when she was 14 years old. She graduated from Fullerton High School in 1939. Katherine was a member of P.E.O., a Philanthropic, Educational Organization, in Fullerton. She was a member of Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton for more than 40 years. She is survived by her daughter, Karen and her family; granddaughter, Marie; sister, Phyllis Russell; and her loving extended family. Her husband of 67 years, Karl A. Olmsted, died on March 5, 2011. She will be fondly remembered as a devoted wife and mother, engaging conversationalist and accomplished bridge player. A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. at McAulay & Wallace Mortuary Chapel, 902 N. Harbor Blvd. in Fullerton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to your favorite charity. McAulay & Wallace Mortuary
Published in Orange County Register on April 26, 2011

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BOGUS MESSAGES FROM ALUMNI JUNCTION?

Someone asked me a couple of weeks ago if I knew anything about this new service called Alumni Junction. I didn't, other than having received an offer to join.

The other day, I got a message from Alumni Junction that a friend had posted a message on my profile. When I clicked on the link, it wanted me to join before being able to read the message. I sent an e-mail to my friend's personal e-mail account to find out what he wanted to tell me. He said he had no knowledge of Alumni Junction and had not tried to e-mail me.

I don't think this is a good way for Alumni Junction to drum up business if that is what is going on. If someone else is trying to steal money from them by mis-directing their membership fees, someone who belongs to this service should warn them. I would have been pretty mad if I had paid money and not found any message waiting for me.

I just got another similar message supposedly from Alumni Junction, saying that a different friend had a message waiting for me.

Buyer beware.

Memorial Service for Barbara Hemmerling, FUHS 1952

Jim Barker, Pow Wow class rep for the class of '52, sent me this e-mail:

Bob Hemmerling asked me to post the passing of his wife, Barbara on the FUHS web page.
The Memorial Service is set for Sat, April 23rd at the Fullerton First United Methodist Church at 114 North Pomona Ave. Fullerton, CA at 1:00PM.
I'm asking for your help in posting this info as I don't know how to do it.
Both Bob and Barbara were graduates of the class of 1952.
Thanks for your help.
Jim Barker

Here is an additional message from Jim:
Dear fellow Classmates,

Bob Hemmerling informed me that Barbara had passed away at home on Wed, April 13th after a long 8 year struggle with cancer. Her passing was peaceful and quick.
Her memorial service will be on Saturday, April 23rd, at 1:00PM at the Fullerton United Methodist Church at 114 North Pomona Ave , Fullerton , CA .
Best regards,
Jim Barker
Co-class Rep '52

ALUMNI WHO WORKED ON POW WOW 2011 DESERVE THANKS

2011 All-Alumni Pow Wow Lunch Volunteers
Host class was 1958
COMMITTEE:
Mike Johnson class rep for ’58 (master of ceremonies)
Clare Johnson (typist)
Susan Beazley ’58 (treasurer and updated contact list)
Lani Hoffstadt Marquette ’57 class rep (contacted alums w/o a class rep and  created luncheon booklet)
Florence Owens Satchell ’56 class co-rep (contacted alums w/o a class rep)
Bud Swenson ’56 class co-rep (location of tables diagram and banquet set-up)
Connie Stafford Van Horn ’53 (blog and computer chores)
Pat Vierra Zima ’53 class rep (coordinator with the hotel and vendors)
Barney Blashill ’49 (assigned tables to classes)
CLASS REPS:
1938 Harold Horn / Kendall Neisess
1939 Kendall Neisess (will contacted this class too)
1943 Gerry Crowley Campbell / Kenneth Sigmund
1945 Don Sorsabal
1946 LaVerda Anglin McGovern
1948 Joan Grigsby Sorsabal
1949 Phyl Bolinger Munn
1952 Jim Barker / Berniece Schafer Zarthou
1953 Pat Vierra Zima
1954 Sherry Woods Caplinger
1955 Roger Grunwald / Judi Miller Everts
1956 Florence Owens Satchell / Bud Swenson
1957 Lani Hoffstadt Marquette
1958 Mike Johnson
1959 Lee Ann Haslam Cameron
1960 Cheri Jewett Brenner
1961 Sharon Smith Gibson
1963 John Garcia
1964 Diane Key Oestreich
1967 Craig Mathews
1975 John Logan
1982 Tracy Mitchell Krause
PHOTOGRAPHER: Craig Mathews class rep ’67
NAME TAG TABLE VOLUNTEERS:
Eloise Stutheit Smith ’58 (coordinator of name tag table volunteers)
Gerry Crowley Campbell class co-rep ’43
Don Sorsabal class rep ‘45
La Verda McGovern class rep '46
SIS Swenson Hyde ‘56
Florence Owens Satchell class co-rep ’56
Bud Swenson class co-rep ’56
Millie Woods Johnson ‘58
Jeannie Krutzen Kiloh ‘58
Nannette Arrous Price ‘58

Connie Haslam Savage ‘58
Nora Kinser Schumake '58
Nancy Warburton Walters ’58
Gladys Hall Wright ‘58
Lee Ann Haslam Cameron class rep ‘59
Sharon Smith Gibson class rep ’61
LUNCHEON GREETERS:
Pat Burns ’58 and Patti Burns ’59
OTHER TASKS:
Sylvia Starr Richey ’58 (helped at treasurer’s table)
FORD SCHOOL AND POPULAR HANGOUTS PICTURES DISPLAY:
Tommy Thompson '58 (He also brought the Ford School fire bell.)
Tommy, email me if you didn't get the picture from Miss Stearns' 1946 6th grade class that I tried to e-mail you.

Please email Connie if you helped and aren't on this list.
CVANHORN@PACBELL.NET

NO UP-DATES DONE ON FUHS WEB PAGE LATELY

UPDATE: Kurt emailed me that he has just been very busy. Thank Goodness as he is a wonderful web master. He has updated the web site as of 4/13.

I have tried to e-mail Kurt Sineri class of '80, the web master for the below web page, to find out if he is OK because there have been no up-dates on his web page since 2-22-2011. A couple of people have tried to send him their e-mail address to be added to their class alumni list. They contacted me because they had no luck, which alerted me to the problem. I hope we find out that he is fine because he is providing a wonderful service for the school, and especially for the alumni.

See his web page at:
http://www.fuhsalumnionline.com/index.htm

POW WOW 2011 PICTURES AGAIN

I posted this on the 2011 Pow Wow blog too.  You might want to check that one out in case I start updating that one and forget to update this one.

http://2011alumnipowwowluncheon.blogspot.com/2011/03/pow-wow-2011-pictures.html

(Hopefully, the information below is the same as the information on the above blog.)

Barbara Howe Kamphefer ('53) has put her pictures on Facebook. Click on

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=212983888716982&set=a.212979735384064.65385.100000161171827#!/album.php?aid=65385&id=100000161171827
I asked her if anybody can view them or if a person has to to have been "friended". She doesn't know either. You tell us after you try.
I am working on more pictures, but my naps get in the way.


April 7, 2011:
I have created an album on Facebook holding pictures that my husband took that I marked as "Share" so everybody should be able to see the pictures. Again, let me know if you have a problem viewing them. I am running out of space on my blog and need to use other ways to share them. (If you put pictures somewhere, email me the link to add to this post.)
April 19: I added 5 more pictures.
The link to my husband's pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2079224&id=1413590833&l=ccf94de6f5

The links provided by Facebook to 2 Facebook albums filled with pictures taken by Craig Mathews, '67 class rep:

For album 2011 A:
Share this album with anyone by sending them this public link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2079412&id=1413590833&l=9ca54bd77d 
For album 2011 B: (I added more pictures to album 2011 B on April 8.)
Share this album with anyone by sending them this public link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2079303&id=1413590833&l=d7456f907e

For an album with Pow Wow 2011 pictures from Pat Vierra Zima (53):

Share this album with anyone by sending them this public link:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=1639514393753&id=1413590833&aid=2080031&l=879c1f7ed1

FUHS CLASS OF 1963 50TH REUNION

John Garcia, class rep for the class of ’63, sent me this email:
We are in the early stages of planning. Will begin compiling our contact list. No place or date has been set. But will be held in Summer 2013.

When I asked him if he wanted to write more or post as it, he sent:
Post it as is. I will let everyone know a specific date/place in the future. They can get in touch with me via E-mail that is current on the FUHS web page. Thanks.

Link to FUHS alumni e-mail addresses:
http://www.fuhsalumnionline.com/alumni.htm