October 2025 Memorial Video Update

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About the video from Becky Janzen:

 

Becky Janzen updated the Class of 1970 memorial tribute for our 55th Year Reunion held ion October 17, 2025. Let's offer a “toast to the ones here today” and a “toast to the ones that we lost on the way.”

This video is a memorial tribute to the class members of the Wichita High School West Class of 1970, Wichita, Kansas, who are gone — but not forgotten.  If you know of a class member who has passed away but is not in the video, please contact us through this website.

Many of our classmates may not know it, but the theme song used in this video ("Those Were the Days"), was also used as the theme of our 1970 Trails yearbook, as designed by Becky Slack. Each phrase became a chapter in the yearbook. Those were the days, my friend, We thought they'd never end…

Many thanks to Roger Baugh for hosting the video file on his server space.

Display:
By Year Deceased Alphabetically Pioneer Photo


 
PIONEERS
Brockie Sue Anderson (Headrick) (Deceased 1985)  
Jerry K Ashley (Deceased 2001)  
Timothy Clifford Austin (Deceased 2003)  
Karen Sue Avery (Deceased 2025)  
Deborah Sue Ball (Rasins) (Deceased 2005)  
Stephen Carl ‘Steve' Ballard (Deceased 2023)  
Richard Lawrence Barnhart (Deceased 1970)  
James Bruce Bartels (Deceased 2005)  
Randall Wayne Bauer (Deceased 2023)  
Robert Ray Baughman (Deceased 2020)  
Donna Mae Bell (Wright) (Deceased 2007)  
Charles William Benge (Deceased 2022)  
Twyla Joy Bentley (Massengill) (Deceased 1997)  
Judy Bevan (Burris) (Deceased 2011)  
Rodney L Bird (Deceased 2019)  
Janis Ann Birmingham (Reynolds) (Deceased 2017)  
Henry Dal Bittle (Deceased 2022)  
Bill Dwayne Bowles (Deceased 2006)  
Thomas Alan Bradrick (Deceased 2008)  
Phillip James Braswell (Deceased 1997)  
James Leslie David Brennan (Gott) (Deceased 2005)  
Clarence L Brown (Deceased 1975)  
Kathleen Marie Brown (McLaughlin) (Deceased 1995)  
Diana Eunice Bruce (Johanessen) (Deceased 2003)  
Peggy Sue Burmeister (Wolfe) (Deceased 2007)  
Craig Allen Burns (Deceased 2015)  
David Eugene Butler (Deceased 2019)  
Bradley Alan Byers (Deceased 2012)  
Jo Ellen Carter (Albert) (Deceased 2010)  
Obie Milton Cates (Deceased 2003)  
Gerald Eugene Cleverley (Deceased 2016)  
Theresa Dean Coffman (Woolley) (Deceased 2002)  
Max Lee Conway (Deceased 2004)  
Haskel Clitis 'Clyde' Cowan (Deceased 2015)  
Edwin Thomas Dehncke (Deceased 1982)  
Stephen Benjamin Dietrich (Deceased 2022)  
Jacqueline Kay Donahue (Deceased 2023)  
Johnnie Ray Donley (Deceased 2011)  
Lynn Robert Drake (Deceased 2024)  
Gerald Lee Dreiling (Deceased 1996)  
Robbin L Durbian (Gurganus) (Deceased 2006)  
Gary Bill Duvaul (Deceased 2017)  
Teresa Faye Dye (Deceased 2006)  
Donald Eugene Easter (Deceased 2024)  
John Allen Edwards (Deceased 2014)  
Glen Raymond Fallot (Leonard) (Deceased 2019)  
Debbie Fernz (Spears) (Deceased 2010)  
Catherine Anne 'Kay' Forest (Norton) (Deceased 2012)  
Teddi Ann Francis (Gunter) (Deceased 2020)  
Gary Leroy Fuller (Deceased 2014)  
Larry Don Gaskill (Deceased 2014)  
Charles Ray Gates (Deceased 2017)  
Clifford Joseph Geile (Deceased 2004)  
Brenda Lu Goode (Smith) (Deceased 2011)  
Debra Leeann Griggs (Smith) (Deceased 2021)  
Paul Allen Grisham (Deceased 1989)  
Roger Alan Grube (Deceased 2023)  
Marlene Hammes (Brazill) (Deceased 2012)  
Gregory Lane Hansen (Deceased 2008)  
Vernon Ray Harmon (Deceased 2020)  
Marilyn Kay Hartman (Luce) (Deceased 2020)  
Robert Walter Harvey (Deceased 2018)  
James Matthew Hein (Deceased 2013)  
George Monroe Hellard (Deceased 2008)  
John H Hellard (Deceased 1971)  
Rebecca L Hendricks (Mainz) (Deceased 2013)  
Timothy Earl Higgins (Deceased 2004)  
Kathleen S Hill (Fisher) (Deceased 2025)  
Melvin (Ray) Hinkle (Deceased 1989)  
Murphy Dean Hitt (Deceased 2012)  
Emily Earnestine Hoag (Yarbrough) (Deceased 1990)  
Robert D Hooper (Deceased 2020)  
Ronald Eugene Hysom (Deceased 2013)  
David Henry Jansen (Deceased 2007)  
Betty Jean Johnson (York) (Deceased 2023)  
Marcia Rae Jones (Hill) (Deceased 2023)  
Karla Jean Jurgensen (Hamilton) (Deceased 2017)  
Martha (Marty) Kester (Pettit) (Deceased 2003)  
Stephen Lyle Koontz (Deceased 2025)  
Greg Howard Kroes (Deceased 1985)  
Kerry L Lamunyon (Deceased 2012)  
Karen Marie Lane (Thome) (Deceased 2019)  
Rex Alan Lane (Deceased 1984)  
Harold Lloyd Leep (Deceased 2008)  
Gary Allen Leonard (Deceased 2016)  
Lynn Denise Lichty (Gonzales) (Deceased 2006)  
Carolyn Liebau (Hyre) (Deceased 2010)  
David Bruce Lindblad (Deceased 2000)  
Scott J A Lohrentz (Deceased 2014)  
Dorsey Long (Perrone) (Deceased 1999)  
Terry Lynn Lowe (Deceased 2023)  
Luther Everett Manes (Deceased 2012)  
James Kenton Marshall (Deceased 2010)  
George William Martin (Deceased 2000)  
Janalee Martin (Oehlert) (Deceased 2018)  
Stanton Earl Matlock (Deceased 2004)  
Jack Loyd Melton (Deceased 2022)  
Wendell Dale Merrill (Deceased 2016)  
Roger Wayne Mohney (Deceased 1975)  
Michael Dean Morgan (Deceased 1996)  
Terry Oleta Morgan (Gardner) (Deceased 2019)  
Daphne Margeurite Morton (Deceased 1975)  
Nancy Carol Neal (Landrum) (Deceased 2015)  
Rhonda Kay Oliver (Armstrong) (Deceased 2002)  
James William Ramsey (Deceased 2024)  
Steven Kent Ratliff (Deceased 2018)  
Kathleen Marie Ray (Cook) (Deceased 2005)  
Brent Alan Ricketts (Deceased 2013)  
Glen Everett Ridpath (Deceased 2018)  
Aron R Russell (Deceased 2011)  
David Lynn Salmen (Deceased 1983)  
Constance Ann Savage (Unrein) (Deceased 2016)  
Phillip Steven Scott (Deceased 2015)  
Robert Franklin Sell (Deceased 2008)  
Steve Donald Shockley (Deceased 2000)  
Bonita Sue Short (Watkins) (Deceased 2020)  
Mary L Smith (Welch) (Deceased 2018)  
Merlyn Duane Smith (Deceased 2002)  
Keith Steffee (Deceased 2012)  
Mark Emmory Stevens (Deceased 2014)  
Michael Allan Stipp (Deceased 2005)  
Annette Morine Stuever (Taft) (Deceased 2020)  
Eleanor Rosemary Swartz (Ream) (Deceased 1996)  
Larry Dale Swift (Deceased 1977)  
Thomas R Szambecki (Deceased 2025)  
Dawn Marie Tate (Crum) (Deceased 1991)  
Jerry Lee Toney (Deceased 2023)  
Linda Christine Valentine (Thompson) (Deceased 2009)  
Cynthia Ann Van Houten (Burnett) (Deceased 2013)  
Connie Marie ‘Con' Van Zandt (Deceased 2023)  
Randall Lewis 'Randy' Walters (Deceased 2013)  
LaDonna Arlene Waymire (McFarland) (Deceased 2014)  
Dale Charles Wiegand (Deceased 2024)  
James Don Williams (Deceased 2020)  
Brian Scott Willms (Deceased 2009)  
Sammy Joe Wilson (Deceased 2011)  
Ann Louise Woodman (Meahan) (Deceased 2002)  
Robert Joe Woolsey (Deceased 2012)  
Glenn Elmer Wortman (Deceased 1993)  
Vicki Wright (Greenlee) (Deceased 2016)  
 
GUESTS
Charles Lee Alderson (Physical Education Teacher) (Deceased 2019)  
Glenn Adkins Blakemore (English, Speech And Debate Teacher) (Deceased 1997)  
Helen Elizabeth Née Page Boys (Librarian) (Deceased 2007)  
Harold Penfield Brandenburg Jr (Physical Education Teacher And Football Coach) (Deceased 2021)  
Dennie Clark Bretz (Math Teacher And Coach) (Deceased 2021)  
Bertram Rex Broddle (English And Latin Teacher) (Deceased 1971)  
Margaret Mary Née Kelley Bumpas (Home Economics Teacher) (Deceased 2003)  
Karen Kay Née Crum Carver (Biology Teacher) (Deceased 2014)  
Julia Bain Née Eidson Christenson (English Teacher) (Deceased 2011)  
Marie Lakme Née Perez Coakley (English Teacher) (Deceased 2002)  
Gwen Dea Née Woodard Condit (Physical Education Teacher) (Deceased 1990)  
Marvin Clinton Cross (Security Guard) (Deceased 1997)  
James Albert Curry (Business Education Teacher) (Deceased 2017)  
Roger Dean Dale (Art Teacher) (Deceased 2021)  
James Travis Dye (Business Teacher And Vice-Principal) (Deceased 2005)  
Guy M Elsten (Industrial Arts Teacher) (Deceased 1986)  
Robert Eugene Estill (Social Studies Teacher) (Deceased 2005)  
Marion Lee Faires (Business Education Teacher) (Deceased 1996)  
Ruth Elnora Frey (Head -Girls Physical Education Department) (Deceased 2003)  
Edwin Johnnie Friesen (Principal) (Deceased 1984)  
Harold J Froning (Guidance Counselor And Vice-Principal) (Deceased 1997)  
Shirley Faye Née Walker Gabrielson (Journalism Teacher) (Deceased 2011)  
Panfila Galvan (Spanish Teacher) (Deceased 2021)  
Merle Edward Gates (Science Teacher And Department Head) (Deceased 1986)  
Verla Odell Griffiths Née Wallace (English Teacher) (Deceased 2013)  
Stella May Hamilton (Née Smith) (Mathematics Teacher) (Deceased 2010)  
Gertha Lee Hicks (Security Guard) (Deceased 2017)  
Dee Jasper Housholder (Biology Teacher) (Deceased 1994)  
George Edgar Hudson (Driver's Education And Industrial Arts Teacher) (Deceased 2020)  
Margaret Valerie Hunnicutt Née Burress (English And Journalism Teacher) (Deceased 2010)  
Charles Stephen Hunsinger (Business Education Teacher) (Deceased 2014)  
Kermit Wayne ‘ K W ‘ Hunter (Drafting Teacher) (Deceased 1989)  
Thomas Warren Kemp (Social Studies Teacher And Coach) (Deceased 2001)  
Harvey Reuben Kopper (Science Teacher) (Deceased 2011)  
Marva J Lange (Language Arts Teacher) (Deceased 2009)  
Esther Blanche Lewis (History And Economics Teacher) (Deceased 1999)  
John Leo McEachern (Industrial Arts Teacher) (Deceased 2020)  
Julian Arthur McEwen (Industrial Arts Teacher And Gymnastics Coach) (Deceased 2005)  
Jimmie Calvin McQueen (Mathematics Teacher) (Deceased 1998)  
Wayne Everett Means (Speech Therapist) (Deceased 1988)  
Agnes Darline Née Arasmith Newbrey (English Teacher) (Deceased 2014)  
Jean Ann Nickerson (Bierig -Physical Education Teacher) (Deceased 1993)  
Majel Muriel Née Cooprider Nighswonger (Head Of Home Economics Department) (Deceased 1995)  
Joe Lynne Nixon (Language Arts And Drama Teacher) (Deceased 1986)  
Donald Gary Olson (Assistant Principal) (Deceased 2020)  
Marjorie Ruth Née Woodin Patrick (Business Education Teacher) (Deceased 2014)  
Faye Powell (Social Studies Teacher) (Deceased 1970)  
Betty Ann (Née Barnes) Putman (Business Administration Teacher) (Deceased 2007)  
Howard Sie Roe (Assistant Principal) (Deceased 2019)  
Robert Harry Saft (Physics And Chemistry Teacher) (Deceased 1991)  
Arden Walter Sanderson (Industrial Arts Teacher) (Deceased 2023)  
Elisabeth Sauer (German Teacher) (Deceased 1995)  
Donald Allen Small, Colonel, U. S. Army, Ret (English And Science Teacher) (Deceased 2003)  
Joyce Milton Sooter (Industrial Arts Teacher) (Deceased 1992)  
W Maxine Stelovich Née Smith (Home Economics Teacher) (Deceased 2012)  
Hoyt Wayne Sunderland (Guidance Counselor) (Deceased 2016)  
Michael J Taylor (Class Of 1971) (Deceased 2020)  
Evelyn Ruth Thompson (English Teacher) (Deceased 2003)  
Helen M Throckmorton (English /English Literature Teacher) (Deceased 1995)  
Alice Hayden Turley (History Teacher) (Deceased 2008)  
Larry Dean VanPelt (Industrial Arts And Driver's Education Teacher) (Deceased 2012)  
Neil Stuart Warren (Business Education Teacher & Coordinator) (Deceased 2013)  
Marc Lee Webb (Athletic Director And Assistant Principal) (Deceased 2018)  
Gladys M (Née Catlett) Willis (Home Economics Teacher) (Deceased 1997)  
Victor Ray Wilmoth (Guidance Counselor) (Deceased 1991)  
Lois Helen Wisler (Deceased 2022)  
Jack Edward Wooten (Mathematics And Science Teacher) (Deceased 2014)  
Fonda Wayde Née Graham Wren (Home Economics Teacher) (Deceased 2009)  

If you are aware of a Pioneer who should be added to this page please let us know.