St. Patrick 60-year reunion planned for September 14

Monday, September 14, members and spouses of the Class of 1955 at St. Patrick High School will gather for a reunion during the day at Kelly’s Place and for a 5 p.m. dinner and evening at Mulligan’s Irish Grill in Waukon. Friends, relatives and schoolmates from other grades or local schools are encouraged and welcome to join the group at Mulligan’s to socialize after dinner.
The class of 26 students, many of whom met in first grade or as freshmen at St. Patrick’s, has stayed in contact over the years. Twelve class members have replied that they will be in attendance to celebrate the 60-plus years, including Jean A’hearn Prestemon of Ames, Dorothy Baxter Keefe of Whitewater, WI, Jim Dougherty of Dorchester, Paul Farley of Waukon, Colleen Liddiard Lewis of Cedar Rapids, Sr. Maura McCarthy, PBVM of Hampton, Jim McCormick of Waukon, Marilyn McCormick Kruger of St. Croix Falls, WI, Sr. Francine Quillin, PBVM of Dubuque, Karen Simon Teaser of McGregor, Janet Spinner Gunderson of Fairbank and Peggy Slattery Lefebure of Fairfax.
Regrets were received from Pat Byrnes of Waterloo, Marty Carolan Thompson of West Chester, PA, Dick Deeney of Marion, Shirley Hancock Hermsen of LaPorte, IN, Clair Martin of Cedar Rapids and Ida Welch Gonsalves of San Jose, CA. Deceased members of the class include Sr. Genette Bakewell, PBVM, Bill Gavin, Doriene Geno Berg, Virginia Duffy Kelly, John Keefe, Elaine Link Hibbs, Jim Ryan and Donald Ward.