Colfax grads from 1963 mark 50-year reunion

The 1963 girls returning for the reunion include, from the left, front, Tina Ochs, Palouse; Sydney Gault, Renton; Linda Walker Kayne, Lake Stevens; Donna Appel Connell, Spokane; Maureen Appel Clausen and Donna Colyar Kincaid, both Colfax; Claudia Forrey Disend, Burien, and Peggy DeVries Spiger, Portland.

In the second row, from the left, are Susan Brown Songer, Portland; Carol Munson Newman, Queen Creek, Ariz .; Susan Russell, Portland; Dani Moore Klaveano, Colfax; Marcia Faires Frichett, Pasco; Diane Niehenke Rosen, Rockland, Calif .; Carol Hochsprung, Rancho Mirage, Calif .; Lynn Nelson Krueger, Colfax; Hilary Manson Schaefer, Four Lakes; Carolyn Templeton Imeson, Richland; Pam Breeden West, Chewelah, and Linda Baird Peterson, Colfax.

The boys of the 1963 class included, in front, Bob Heilsberg, Liberty Lake; Martin Marler, Colfax, and Dwight Fowler, St. John. In the the second row, from the left are Lee Pendergrass, Puyallup; Duane Steiger, Dusty; Jim Krouse, Colfax; Jim Wilhelm, Kennewick; Dick Skeate, Crestline, Calif .; Zeke Schuldt, Gig Harbor; Randy Pierson, Sandy, Utah; Ben Taylor, SeaTac; Jim Bafus, Redmond, and Ray Jeffries, Colfax. In back from the left are Sam Vercoe, Portland; Larry Curtis, Coulee City; Ray Helt, Tacoma; Rodney Riedner, Edgewood; Jim Kohler, Portland; Jerry Owen, Superior, Colo .; Byron Henry, Vancouver; Chuck Lyman and Gene Morris, both Colfax, and Oliver Aeschliman, Upland, Calif.

Colfax High School Class of 1963 celebrated its 50-year reunion Sept. 13-15 with a series of events.

Some members toured the Perkins House that Friday morning, and Bob Heilsberg organized golf at the Colfax course.

Classmates gathered at the golf club that evening for visiting and pizza.

Saturday morning they toured Lower Granite Dam, followed by lunch at the Boyer Marina Restaurant operated by classmates David and Linda Baird Peterson.

Saturday’s evening dinner was at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall, known to many of the group as St. John’s Academy.

The dinner was catered by Memorable Events.

A brief memorial for deceased members was conducted by Lynn Nelson Krueger and Jim Krouse with music provided by Krouse and Susan Brown Songer.

Susan Songer also played violin music as classmates visited before dinner.

On Sunday morning, some classmates attended Plymouth Congregational-UCC Church services led by Pastor Lynn Nelson, and brunch was hosted by Carol Hochsprung and her brother and sister-in-law, Bruce and Charli Hochsprung. For those who could stay longer, the visiting continued at lunch, hosted by Jerry and Donna Colyar Kincaid.

A large reunion committee was organized by Susan Russell, Claudia Forrey Disend, and Peggy DeVries. Other classmates organized individual events.