Shorewood High School Class of 1963

Fellow 1963 grads: I have been a photographer all of my life, and after retiring from my day job started a small photography business, selling my landscape photos at art shows. I am doing an art show this Saturday in Ellison Bay (Door County). I am going to donate 100% of my sales from that show to the Mike O'Donnell Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed. If you have not yet done so, please consider a donation, large or small. We are well on our way to our goal, but we still have a ways to go. Thank you."

Jon Reddin

Amazon is out of these books, but Ebay has several copies at a range of prices. Also, There is a link to Jon Reddin's page in the comments as well as the GoFundMe page to make donations to the Mike O'Donnell Memorial Fund for a Merit Scholarship in the Arts.

In That Time: Michael O'Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam In That Time: Michael O'Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam

Update on Memorial for Vietnam Hero Mike O'Donnell -

Update on Memorial for Vietnam Hero Mike O'Donnell

Honoring Vietnam Hero Mike O'Donnell -

Honoring Vietnam Hero Mike O'Donnell

Fellow members of the SHS Class of 1963 – most of you know the story of our classmate Mike O’Donnell, his heroism and his tragic death in Vietnam in March of 1970. For those who don’t, Mike flew Army helicopters in Vietnam. He was on station above a “hot” landing zone, when he became convinced that if he did not pick up the 8 soldiers on the ground immediately, they faced certain death. He landed his helicopter, picked up the squad and began to ascend. As he did, his helicopter was struck by a rocket and exploded, killing all souls aboard.

Mike was an accomplished poet, and his poetry expressed his growing disenchantment with the Vietnam war. His most famous poem was this:

“If you are able
Save for them a place
inside of you
And save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them
though you may or may not have always
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own
And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind”

His message is as relevant today as it was in 1970, when it was written, shortly before he was killed. I have set up a Go Fund Me campaign to establish a memorial scholarship in Mike’s name, to be awarded annually to a deserving Shorewood High School student. I am also hoping to fund a plaque honoring Mike at the high school. The link is https://gofund.me/96150e51

Please consider a donation, large or small, to remember our classmate. Reposting this post would also be very helpful.

Thank you very much.

Jon Reddin SHS '63

100th SHS All-School Reunion July 6th -

100th SHS All-School Reunion July 6th

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bismarcktribune/name/marjorie-kohls-obituary?id=54372060

Marjorie Reep '63 aka Maggie Kohls:

Marjorie Kohls Obituary (1946 - 2024) - Bismarck, ND - The Bismarck Tribune View Marjorie "Maggie" Kohls's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

https://www.bratleyfamilyfuneralhomes.com/obituary/polly-graham-kerstell

Obituary for Polly Graham-Kerstell at Roberts Funeral Home Polly Graham-Kerstell, age 77, died at the Park View Home in Woodville, WI on January 12, 2023. Polly was born on January 14, 1945, in Shorewood, WI, to Robert Sr. and Mildred Netz. Polly graduated from Shorewood High School in 1963. Following high school, Polly attended Prospect Hall Secretary Scho...

https://www.muellerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Edward-Kupfer?obId=19391308

Obituary information for Robert Edward Kupfer View Robert Edward Kupfer's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

All SHS alums, Please join us TONIGHT! 6:30pm Via Zoom

Celebrate SHS's 100th graduation Class! Sat, July 6, 2024 1-4pm

Join our 2nd Brainstorming / Planning Meeting:
Alumni "Showcase" possibility & next steps
What did you love about last year?
What is special about Shorewood, that will hook alums to return on Sat, July 6, 1-4pm?

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89829825155?pwd=WXFaMjVVMHdMUk9mZHRNcmJoakFNZz09

Obituary for Elmer "Jake" Jacobson at Feerick Funeral Home Born to Eternal Life on January 1, 2024 at the age of 96. Jake was born in Green Bay, WI in 1927 to Joseph Elmer and Helen Mary nee Smith Jacobson. His brother, James Louis Jacobson, pre-deceased Jake in 2019 and his wife, Carol Ruth nee Warwick died in 2013.

Link to Updated Reunion Book -

Link to Updated Reunion Book

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LfZRlJ5LU5P70rRIBL-wdTlXq5xJ6A6G/view?usp=share_link

63 Reunion Book NOV Final2.pdf

Updated Reunion Book/ Evaluation -

Updated Reunion Book/ Evaluation

Save the date! On Thursday, November 2nd David Zucker will be discussing the film, Airplane! along with his newest book about making the movie. Doors open at 5pm in the Gensler Auditorium located at Shorewood High School. Registration is required and the link sign up can be found on the flier. We look forward to seeing you there!

If I were in Milwaukee on Nov. 2, I would attend Dennis O'Donohue's Celebration of Life in Sun Prairie during the day and David Zucker's presentation in Shorewood in the evening! Alas, I won't be in MKE until Nov. 15th.

Save the date! On Thursday, November 2nd David Zucker will be discussing the film, Airplane! along with his newest book about making the movie. Doors open at 5pm in the Gensler Auditorium located at Shorewood High School. Registration is required and the link sign up can be found on the flier. We look forward to seeing you there!

Order Prints From Flickr -

Order Prints From Flickr

Dennis O'Donohue died last Sunday of cancer. There will be a Celebration of Life in November. The only obituary will be on the website of Cress Funeral Home in Sun Prairie WI. Details will be posted here when available.

Dennis P. O'Donohue Obituary 2023 - Cress Funeral and Cremation Services View Dennis P. O'Donohue's obituary, send flowers and find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Sixtieth Reunion Photos SHS '63 -

Sixtieth Reunion Photos SHS '63 PHOTO ALBUMS ON FLICKR: The University Club Photos from July 28, 2023 can be found here. The SHS Tour Photos from July 29, 2023 can be found here. The Milwaukee Brat House Photos from July 29, 2023 can be found here. The ComedySportz Photos from July 29, 2023 can be found here. Estabrook Beer Garden...

IT IS NOT OVER YET! -

IT IS NOT OVER YET! Please send [email protected] any candid photos you took at our 60th SHS Reunion. Your photos will be added to the group photos at Comedysportz and the candids taken by Ned Sutherland. When all the photos are in one place, they'll be sent out to everybody! All additions and corrections to...

L to R, Jane Hoge Mathis, Janet Larscheid Styles, and Holly Hoebreckx Gruhl at Comedysportz celebrating SHS '63 Sixtieth Reunion!

COUNTDOWN -

COUNTDOWN

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry. Very touching.
"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the
next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was
introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell
you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day.
You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.
If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.
Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be .When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!
These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.
We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give."

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FINAL DETAILS 60TH REUNION SHS CLASS OF '63 -

SHOREWOOD TRIVIA The SHS yearbook was called The Sphere in 1924, The Copper Dome in 1925 and 1926, and The Copperdome ever since.  In 1924 the SHS team was The Fighting Footballers and the newspaper was The Ripples.  Gregory Greyhound was adopted as the mascot in 1939. Miss Margaret Joseph joined Shorewood High fa...

The all SHS reunion was yesterday, July 1, so here's a few photos from the hallowed halls of SHS, plus photos of the additions and renovations! We will have our own tour at 10:30AM on July 29th! Alums that were there yesterday: Peter Barry '59, Susan Becker '60, Ken Fabric '59, Chip Moon, Delores Haig, Jim Gruhl, and Holly Hoebreckx Gruhl!

The SHS Copperdome, a drone photo taken by Isaac Rowlett!

FINAL DETAILS 60TH REUNION SHS CLASS OF '63 -

FINAL DETAILS 60TH REUNION SHS CLASS OF '63 VIDEO MEETUP - Google Meet Friday July 28 at The University Club Steve ‘Rusty’ Ramsey is setting up a virtual station. To visit with those at this gathering please email your request to: [email protected] for instructions and details.  You will be contacted closer to the day of the even...

Here is the updated schedule for the All-Alumni Reunion & Community Picnic on Saturday - see you there!

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