Ankeny High School Class of 1970

Great game & Cyclones WIN 2 years in a Row!

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Great Football WIN 20- 19 in Iowa City Cyclones Football 🏈 ❤️💛🎈🎈Cyclones also won Last Year too!!

Love these Pics of Little Emery in her green apron and recently she stands next to me as her beautiful teenager! Love all my beautiful Grands who are growing up so fast!

Happiest Birthday to my GRANDDAUGHTER Kaitlyn Farrell who is boating today so I share these memory pictures from previous August birthdays!!🎂❤️💛🎁🎈🎵

Today is my Lucky Day as my son David Chumbley with Keri Cyr Chumbley Claire Chumbley Abby Chumbley & Emery came after seeing a concert last night at our Iowa State Fair! Then my GRAND Kailee Farrell & Jacob came to catch up after their busy Fair day! Love all my family ❤️💛

We are rehearsing right now for our wonderful 1pm Iowa State Fair concert tomorrow with an orchestra, adult chorus and a children’s choir singing to honor our veterans and those in service for our USA. Come see & hear us & sing along!

USA Women Win TEAM GOLD Medals with 4 Rotations ending with these Floor Routines scores: Simone Biles = 14.666; Jordan Chiles = 13.966 & Suni Lee = 13.533 The Crowd went wild chanting USA …SO PROUD !❤️💛🎈

Sympathies to classmates Doug and Diane Silver ( each now live in Urbandale) whose father Keith Silver passed away July 18, 2024. Keith retired from John Deere and many of us also remember Mrs. Shirley Silver from her work in the Ankeny schools.

Obituaries in Des Moines, IA | The Des Moines Register Keith Russell Silver, 95, passed away, July 18, 2024, at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center, Iowa, after a brief illness. He was born April 5, 1929,...

Sadly I share that my friend and AHS classmate Randy Breese passed away July 3, 2024 so I am sharing his obituary from DesMoinesRegister.com. Randy was a kind person & a Boy Scout who had a wonderful memory of our Ankeny School years. While preparing for our most recent AHS Class Reunion Randy shared his keen knowledge of what songs and artists were popular during each of our school years. Randy really enjoyed attending that Class Reunion and catching up. Randy had joined the army and served in the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. We will miss Randy and his smiling face. Rest In Peace Randy!

Randy Neil Breese, age 71, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away on July 3, 2024 at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born on October 15, 1952, to Edward Charles Breese and Catherine May Winn.

Randy is preceded in death by his parents, his grandparents Forest and Merle Winn, and George and Henrietta Breese, his niece Tami Lea Nelson, and his great-nephew Ian Paul Frisk. He is survived by three siblings, Douglas Edward Breese (Scottsdale, AZ), Lee Allen Breese (Ankeny, IA), and Lynn Dianne Breese (Gilbert, AZ). Randy will also be fondly remembered and deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.

Randy grew up on Kenworthy Drive in Ankeny, Iowa, was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and a proud alumnus of Ankeny High School, Class of 1970. He cherished his childhood memories at his grandparents' farm in Buck Grove, enjoying the fields and farm life.

Randy attended DMACC before joining the Army where he served at the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. He later spent many joyful hours fishing at Big Creek Lake with his brothers and nephews, playing board games with friends and family, sharing his unique life perspective with others, and bringing laughter and joy to all of his beloved niblings.

Randy's independent spirit, sense of humor, and love for his family and friends will be remembered by all who knew him. Randy was interred in a private ceremony at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Adel, Iowa on July 25, 2024.

In lieu of flowers, please donate in Randy's memory to a charity supporting veterans experiencing homelessness.

Loved catching up with My Beautiful Granddaughter Kaitlyn Farrell & Jordan at Mullets this am!

Celebrating my 8 beautiful Grandchildren on National Cousins Day today - showing how 7 of the 8 were together June 14th celebrating Abby’s HS graduation Party! Since Kaitlyn Farrell was unable to attend I show all 8 cousins together many years ago celebrating Kaitlyn’s Graduation. Look how much my only Grandson Noah has grown now surpassing his 7 girl cousins- he was was mighty Proud! Kailee Farrell Claire Chumbley Abby Chumbley Kelsie Farrell

Celebrating GRANDDAUGHTER Abby Chumbley ‘s Graduation bringing cousins and my 3 adult children with Lots of Love & Pride…making my Heart swell…Happy Graduation Party Abigail J!

Loved the MJ DMPA performance in the Civic Center Saturday 2pm which is brilliantly fast paced concert and storytelling the life and times of The Jackson 5 and Michael = hardworking and extremely talented cast who perform 2 more shows today before moving on. Everyone was on their feet cheering and clapping to reward their musical and dancing talents! I also caught up with my lovely daughter Wendy Chumbley Farrell for a picture at our wonderful seats in Row A- 4 rows from the stage!
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Update on friend & AHS Classmate Brad Cherry with news from his wife Paula about Brad’s medical condition - we Alll send him healing wishes 💊🩺❤️‍🩹

An AHS high school classmate & friend to everyone Brad Cherry is in a hospital with renal failure as I learned from a post by his wife, Paula …see her worried post attached and keep them in your thoughts! Brad was also a longtime police officer in Ankeny and elsewhere….I hope he heals well soon!!

Sharing from Friend and Classmate Lou Ann Fankhauser Hanson ‘s page about this Sunday’s Celebration of her Life that her family has planned due to Lou Ann’s passing at home on December 31, 2023…May she Rest in Peace!

sadly I just discovered that our friend and Ankeny High School Classmate Lou Ann Fankhauser Hanson passed away at her Boone home on December 31, 2023 so I am sharing her touching obituary and sending sympathies to Lou's family. May she Rest in Peace and please know her classmates share in good memories from school days and class reunions!

Lou Ann Hanson Lou Ann Fankhauser Hanson, age 71, passed away at her home in Boone, IA on December 31st, 2023. Lou Ann was born on February 6th ,1952 in Des Moines, Iowa to Jerry and Lorraine Fankhauser. She graduated from Ankeny High School in 1970. She continued learning throughout life including Art School at D...

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Ankeny NewsThrough the Decades at link below.

www.ankenyhistorical.org

If the Link doesn’t work go to DignityMemorial.com or to my JeanneHougeUhl FBook post!

Sharing the link to AHS Classmate and Friend, Paul Wharff's touching Obituary, Picture, and Services information. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at All Saints Catholic Church, 650 NE 52nd Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313. Visitation will be held two hours before the service at the church. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. at Benchwarmers, 705 S Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny, IA 50023. Rest in Peace Paul. Wharff...…Way Too Early....Services are TODAY ! 1pm - 3pm Visitation then Service at 3pm also at All Saints Church (address above) then 4:30pm Celebration of Paul's Life at Benchwarmers....Classmates if you did not receive my email about Paul I may not have your current email so I need you to update your contact information.

Paul Wharff Obituary - Ankeny, IA Celebrate the life of Paul Wharff, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Ankeny Funeral Home & Crematory.

We hope to see you this Sunday, June 25th, from 2 - 4pm at our annual ICE CREAM SOCIAL! Ice cream, homemade baked goods, music, yard games and good conversation!

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For Dear Mike Perry and his family: Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 3rd at 10:00 am at the Ankeny Presbyterian Church. 317 SE Trilein Dr. The service will follow at 11:00 am and a luncheon will be served following the service. Burial will be at the Nevada Municipal Cemetery after the luncheon.

Michael Perry Obituary - Ankeny, IA Celebrate the life of Michael Perry, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of .

Sharing that AHS classmate & friend Julie Ballard Shelquist's father Cecil "Tike" Ballard passed away Friday April 14, 2023 and his visitation will be Monday ath the Ankeny First United Methodist Church at 206 SW Walnut Street from 9:30 am - 11:00 am with funeral to follow. Sincere sympathies to Julie and Diane and their entire family....

Happy Birthday to another classmate and great friend Craig Griffieon shown with more hair in 1994 in the field and carrying the Flag in a parade and enjoying eating at a Hog Roast with his wonderful wife LaVon! He too joined Karen and I and our group for that Wild and Wonderful Canoe Trip lead by our dearly departed now Steve Higgins!

Happiest Birthday today to my dear longtime AHS classmate and Friend Karen Cross (Kelling) who as you can see we know each others secrets- Ha Ha! In 6th grade we went to Drake University and made it into the July 10, 1964 DM Tribune as Aerospace Experts and we got to meet Neil Armstrong! Then in 1969 we traveled across Europe with the Foreign Study League wearing our mini skirts and buying wigs with Tammy, Karen, Rhonda, Liz, Claudia and me and our leader Max Akers and those guys from Roosevelt! Just think of all the adventures we now-Grandmothers have experienced - including our class trip to Montana with dear Steve Higgins leading us into the WILD canoe Trip!! Celebrating You today on your Birthday Karen Kelling Cross!

Interesting Read in Thursday February 16, 2023 DMRegister article describing the planned growth of Ankeny, Johnston, Grimes, Polk City & Elkhart Iowa....Ankeny now has about 70,000 population & is projected to have 118,688 people by 2050 = must be a popular place to live!! And some of us remember little Ankeny before it even had a McDonald's and we knew everyone in our school....

See where Des Moines metro's northern suburbs of Ankeny, Johnston, Grimes plan for growth From the east side of Ankeny to Johnston spreading to the northwest, see how these suburbs are planning for growth.

Someone is having a worse day than us...This am I found this Pick-Up at the end of my driveway who apparently went off the road & did a complete circle barely missing a big tree and 2 DOT stakes in the ground - before walking off (see footprints) & abandoning his truck!! This was NOT here last night at 5pm. Yesterday we had another snow storm closing Ankeny & Most central Iowa Schools and even the Ankeny Senior Center with High Winds & Low Temps causing snow to drift over the payer of ice from previous day's RAIN! I also saw 2 more pick-ups abandoned off the NE 36th Street I-35 Ankeny Exit so PLEASE use caution when driving or walking as WINTER is still alive & Kicking - especially Pick-Up Trucks!! Stay SAFE and WARM!!