1976 30-year Reunion

Ferndale High school 30 year reunion Class of 1976

Life on the train

A while back, I read a very interesting book that compared life to a train ride or a series of train rides.

Life is like a train ride, it read. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will translate into great moments of joy, some will result in profound sorrow.

When Wennwe wirare geboren born and werden we first undboard in denthe Zug train, einsteigen, we meet people treffen whom we wir think Menschen, will bevon withdenen us forwir thegauben, entire journey. dass sie unsThose während people unserer are our ganzen parents! Reise begleiten werden: unsere Eltern.

Sadly, this is far from the truth. Our parents are with us for as long as we absolutely need them. They too have journeys they must complete. We live on with the memories of their love, affection, friendship, guidance and their ever presence.

There are others who board the train and who eventually become very important to us, in turn.

These people are our brothers, sisters, friends and acquaintances, whom we will learn to love, and cherish.

Some people consider their journey like a jaunty tour. They will just go merrily along .

Others, will encounter many upsets, tears, losses on their journey. Others still, will linger on to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.

Some people on the train will leave an everlasting impression when they get off…. Some will get on and get off the train so quickly, they will scarsely leave a sign that they ever travelled along with you or ever crossed your path…

We will sometimes be upset that some passengers whom we love, will choose to sit in another compartment and leave us to travel on our own. Then again, there’s nothing that says we can’t seek them out anyway.

Nevertheless, once sought out and found, we may not even be able to sit next to them because that seat will already be taken.

That’s okay …everyone’s journey will be filled with hopes, dreams, challenges, setbacks and goodbyes.

We must strive to make the best of it… no matter what...

We must constantly strive to understand our travel companions and look for the best in everyone.

Remember that at any moment during our journey, any one of our travel companions can have a weak moment and be in need of our help.

We too may vacilate or hesitate, even trip… hopefully we can count on someone being there to be supportive and understanding…

The bigger mystery of our journey is that we don’t know when our last stop will come. Neither do we know when our travel companions will make their last stop. Not even those sitting in the seat next to us.

Personally, I know I’ll be sad to make my final stop…. I’m sure of it! My separation from all those friends and acquaintances I made during the train ride will be painful. Leaving all those I’m close to will be a sad thing. But then again, I’m certain that one day I’ll get to the main station only to meet up with everone else. They’ll all be carrying their baggage… most of which they didn’t have when they first got on this train.

I’ll be glad to see them again. I’ll also be glad to have contributed to their baggage… and to have enriched their lives, just as much as they will have contributed to my baggage and enriched my life.

We’re all on this train ride together. Above all, we should all try to strive to make the ride as pleasant and memorable as we can, right up until we each make the final stop and leave the train for the last time.

All aboard! Safe journey!!

Graduates pictures

Class of 1976

Michael ager

Edward ahlquist

Brenda allan

Kevin allen

Grant andrews

Barbara andrus

Ned arnold

Bryan atkinson

Joanne aubuchon

Nasreen bachuwa

Laura bailey

Aileen baker

Colombo baldini

Judith ballard

Robert barr

Beverly baumler

Joseph beaupied

Mark behrendt

Steven berkowitz

Mike bernard

In memory of George berndt

Anne berry

Margaret berry

Darrell bolam

David bolam

Jeff bolen

Steve bolton

Linda bookmiller

Tammi bowers

Bernard brainin

Peggy bratt

Michael bridwell

Ruth broyles

Tammie burch

Jeff burg

Dale byars

James callahan

Sheryl carlton

Rebecca carroll

Maureen carter

Susan caruso

Janet chambers

Darleen channell

Jim charbeneau

Maureen charbonneau

Linda chopp

Deborah clark

Tina cody

Susan colley

Terese collins

Thomas collins

Then

now

Tom collins snowboarding

Debra cook

Karen corkum

Brian costakes

Nanci cox

Lori craig

Lisa cross

James cucchi

Bruce cunningham

Victoria cunningham

Timothy curtis

Elaine cushman

Peter dazer

Steven de gracia

Mark dell

Sharon deming

Debbie dew

Toby de witt

Deborah diggan

In memory of Linda dingle Turner

Joel dix

Kurt doctor

Cathy dougherty

Fred dueball

Harold edsall

Peter elliott

Jeffrey elvy

Lawrence ensman

Elizabeth estes

Sherri fay

In memory of Karen ferguson

Reid ferguson

Keith fife

Jane Flarity

June flarity

Jozette franco

Cynthia frank

Carl frantz

James frazier

Brian frost

Antonet fundaro

Thelma gassdorf

Vicki gealer

Rose geiger

Claudia goedde

Carmen gonda

Elizabeth goodwin

Jonathan gorosh

Michael gramza

Carol grant

Tom grant

Briggit grayer

In memory of Linda green

Vernon greene

Kimberly greenfield

Arnita gregory

Thomas griffin

Ana guerra

Curtis gull

David gunns

Kathy gurwitz

Timothy haller

Debra halsted

Deborah hanfland

Dave hanna

Steven hanson

Scott harris

Karen hedin

Frances helm

Rick helson

Heather heness

now

Then

Heather Heness halsman

In memory of Ramona heron

Maxine hoff

Abby hoffman

Allen holland

Tamara holland

Linda hollie

Michael holser

Kenneth hosbach

Darlene hubbard

David huebner

Randi hueston

Steve hunt

Aaron hunter

Corin hyman

Gregory jacks

Eugene jackson

Marjori jacobson

Debbie januseh

Kathleen jerue

Allen jett

Deborah johnson

Karen johnson

Gordon jones

Kurt jones

David kakenmaster

then

now

Anthony kantz

David keener

Sandra kelly

Dawn king

Shawn king

Joel klein

then

now

The klein family

Karen koivu

Igor koroleff

Linda korzym

Mary koss

Anthony kowalski

In memory of Gerald koykka

David krieger

Denise kulesia

Robert kunz

Marianne lada

Bernard la frambois

Robert land

Madelyn lange

Kipp lanman

Nichols laudazio

Helene laughlin

Margaret lavery

Elaina lazar

Dawn lemorie

Judith lenane

Nelson leong

Carolyn leslie

Robin lester

Elsie lewis

Janice liddicoat

Michael little

Michael litzenburg

Robert livingston

Lisa locke

Cynthia loehr

Frederica lolos

Nancy lopez

now

Then

Dennis & Nancy Mitchell

Barry ludwig

Kathy lux

Nancy mackiewicz

Neal mac lean

Robert main

William mancuso

Lanedra manly

Jim martin

Maria martinez

John mason

Kevin mather

Yvonne matson

David mazur

Diane mc intee

Kim mc kamey

Dawn mc kinney

James mc leod

Richard mc neely

Lisa mc phee

Douglas melton

Pamela meridith

In memory of Frances micheau

David michael

Jean mielke

Martha miller

Paula moeser

James monahan

Michael moore

Ramon moore

Kathy morgan

Cheryl morris

Jan morton

Gerard mouser

Faith mullen

Cheryl munson

Tim murphy

Marcy nadeau

Then

Now

Ken & Marcy Newsome

Pamela nash

Sue neil

Gary neusius

Jenny nichols

Monica o’connor

Rebecca o’hannes

James o’leary

Lisa olive

Kenneth olson

Maryann ostrowski

Kenny owens

Jerome paladino

Linda parmerlee

Karen partalis

Margaret pepper

Diane perkins

Richard peterson

Debbie peters

Sandra peters

Carol petts

Colleen phalen

In memory of Barbara phillips

Brad pierce

Cheryl pisarski

Debra pollard

Alan potashnik

Robert potruski

Cindy pottle

Laurie poulin

Daniel provo

Robert rayis

Anthony reeves

In memory of Michael reiter

e. reynolds

Mary reynolds

In memory of Marjorie rhodes

Al richards

William richardson

George rivard

Marc rivers

Pamela ridout

Wendy robertson

Alan roggin

Michael rooney

Denise rosiek

Denise roslonski

Serena ross

Donna rosson

Martha rostafinski

Rebecca rotsted

Tammy rowe

Theresa ruhlman

Molly runcie

Jennifer ruttledge

Kathy sadowski

Edward samulski

In memory of Richard sapp

Kim saunders

Peter saville

Linda saxton

Laura schafer

Heidi schott

Kathy schumacher

Mark schurig

Lynn scott

William scott

William scott

Barbara scrimger

Tim seeley

Alex sexton

Terry shoemaker

Dennis siadak

Sherry simmons

Julie simpson

William simpson

Sheryl sloan

Gregory smith

Mary lou smith

Faye snider

Marvin somero

Charles sorah

Diane sposato

Lawrence spring

Grace stanley

Linda steinhart

Chris stesney

Daniel stewart

Steven suarez

Patricia sucharski

Erika summers

Susan sutter

Steven sibula

Jody swenor

then

now

Jody Swenor Dale

now

Francine (Tamm) Miesel

Robert tebbe

Jim tellson

Elizabeth thatcher

Anne thomas

Brad thomas

Cynthia thomas

Sharon thomas

Brenda thompson

Judy thompson

Robert thompson

Eric tillman

Mark toman

James tottis

Timothy trimble

Charles turner

Chris turner

Cindy turner

Thomas turner

Charles underwood

Matthew vetoich

Linda wallace

Lori walton

Marie wark

then

now

The Gearing Family

Mary watson

Diane watt

James watts

David webb

Lynn weir

Douglas weiss

Edith wells

Basil welsh

Mary wicks

Helen wigman

Karen williams

Fred wilson

Then

now

Fred & Mary Wilson

Rebecca wilson

Jeff wixson

Jackie wood

Martin woycik

Roberta wurdock

David yarina

Terry young

Michael yurick

Richard zielinski

Paul zimmerman

Lisa zoppa

Also – in memory of: Robert Cade Ward Comerford James Eddy Dean frenette Lou kaufman Ola randall Richard marvel Jerry Rumann Dale watt pat welch Graduates of 1976