September 20, 2025: Let's Celebrate Our 80th Birthdays!
Hello classmates!
The Winona Senior High School Class of 1963 Reunion Committee is planning a get-together to celebrate our 80th birthdays. Here are the early details - please save the date!
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Place: The bar at the American Legion at 302 East Sarnia Street. (This is the room where we usually hold our Friday night pre-reunion gatherings).
Lunch: A light lunch will be served (menu to be announced later)
Cost: Nothing for lunch, but we'll have to pay for our beverages.
If you're interested, please click link to email or call:
Diane Larson [email protected] or 507-452-2432
Al Paffrath [email protected] or 507-459-6751
There was an early TV show called "Life Begins At 80." I guess we'll find out this year. We will follow up closer to the event, but in the meantime please think about it and hold the date. Thank you all - we hope to see you then!
Signed,
Your Reunion Committee:
Calmer Wood, Carol Bell Knox, Diane Hansen Larson, & Al Paffrath
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The Winona Senior High School Class of 1963 Reunion Committee is planning a get-together to celebrate our 80th birthdays. Here are the early details - please save the date!
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Place: The bar at the American Legion at 302 East Sarnia Street. (This is the room where we usually hold our Friday night pre-reunion gatherings).
Lunch: A light lunch will be served (menu to be announced later)
Cost: Nothing for lunch, but we'll have to pay for our beverages.
If you're interested, please click link to email or call:
Diane Larson [email protected] or 507-452-2432
Al Paffrath [email protected] or 507-459-6751
There was an early TV show called "Life Begins At 80." I guess we'll find out this year. We will follow up closer to the event, but in the meantime please think about it and hold the date. Thank you all - we hope to see you then!
Signed,
Your Reunion Committee:
Calmer Wood, Carol Bell Knox, Diane Hansen Larson, & Al Paffrath
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Our 60th Reunion RecapThe Main Event: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Believe it or not, it has been over 60 years since our class graduated from Winona High. That's definitely worth celebrating, and we had a healthy turnout of 72 for our main reunion event on Saturday night at the Winona Elks Club. That included 42 classmates plus their spouses and friends. The festivities began at 3:00 p.m. with time to mingle and reminisce in the large hall. With ready access to drinks in the adjoining bar and a delicious buffet dinner, the reunion team came through yet again. Desserts were generously provided thanks to our classmate, Virginia Holty, who wasn't able to make it in person, but was there in spirit (and calories!). A video put together by John Milton (WHS class of 1962) played throughout, and photo collages lined a wall. Our Friday night warmup event
On Friday, September 15, 2023, an enthusiastic group met for a happy hour at the Veterans Hall on Sarnia Street, warming up for the main event. The smaller size of this group made for more relaxed check-ins, lots of shared memories, and some good laughs. Here are a few shots of the gathering. See anyone you recognize?
Many thanks to our reunion team!Our reunion committee deserves great credit for putting this together for all of us. Thank you so much for your commitment to our class over these 60 years. It means a lot to keep these early connections open.
The team includes:
Thanks also to other classmates who chipped in with time, money, and in-kind gifts to make this event happen. |
Here's a shot of our assembled group, courtesy of Debbie Glaunert. For more photos of the Saturday event, click to link to our class Facebook page. Note: got reunion photos from this event?We'd love to share them here! Email Christine Buck at [email protected]. 
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Our 55th class reunion - in photos (and a few words...)
On Saturday, July 21, 2018, eighty-plus classmates and spouses joined together for a happy hour and buffet dinner at the American Legion Hall & Veterans Center on Sarnia Street in Winona. Our wise reunion committee recognized that what we enjoy most at this point is having time to re-connect, catch up, and share memories, so the program was light. Betsey (Campbell) Woodward welcomed us and thanked everyone who came and worked on the gathering. The committee surveyed attendees about whether they'd like to have either a 75th birthday party or a 60th reunion. Responses were YES on both counts. Conversation flowed. We enjoyed some delicious food and drink. We took a group picture - and a lot more casual shots, too. Calmer Wood showed off his restored Ford truck. Here are some photos of the evening - mostly quite informal, but including a large group shot of classmates.
Many thanks to the reunion committee for yet another successful gathering!
Many thanks to the reunion committee for yet another successful gathering!
Visit our photo gallery!Click to visit gallery Or, better yet, add a few photos of your own. We have a special request for photos from those of you who went to Phelps! If you have pictures from your school days at Phelps, or that you’ve taken at prior reunions, please share them with your classmates. How to submit your photos: |
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- Mail print photos with a self-addressed return envelope to: (Mary) Christine Buck, 1131 Bay Street, Alameda CA 94501. Print photos will be scanned and returned.
- Send .JPG digital photos (or print photos you scan) by email to Christine.
Don't forget to include names if possible. Let’s liven up our class website with the latest photos!
