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Delavan-Darien High School Alumni

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2000's
We'd like to hear from more graduates from the 2000s. Let us know what you've been doing.

Jump to: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

Class of 2009

Christine Fryar
Christine Fryar
Class of '09

Christine graduated from the Regency Beauty Institute in 2010 and is a stylist at Cost Cutters.

Class of 2008

Devon Armstrong
Devon Armstrong
Class of '08

Devon works for the MIT Museum ant Tufts Art Gallery out in Massachusetts. He graduated from Beloit College in 2012, where he double-majored in Anthropology and Classical Civilizations, and minored in Museum Studies. Devon studied abroad in Turkey and is pursuing graduate work in Museum Studies at Tufts University.

Katherine Simmons
Katherine Simmons
Class of '08

Katherine has lived many places since graduating from DDHS in 2008. She returned to Wisconsin to attend MATC, where she is seeking a degree in Animation. 

Class of 2007

Class of 2006

Class of 2005

Class of 2004

Christine Fryar
Alerdale Wimer
Class of '04

Alerdale graduated from from UW-Whitewater in 2010 with a degree in Music Education. He is an elementary strings teacher for the Mukwonago Area School District.

Class of 2003

Marsha Handrick
Marsha Handrick
Class of '03

Marsha earned a bachelor's degree from UW-Green Bay in 2008. She is a Staff Accountant — Auditor at Wipfli, LLP.

Class of 2002

Class of 2001

Sarah Burdick
Sarah Burdick
Class of '01

Sarah is a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at UW Hospital in Madison. She graduated from UW-Milwaukee in 1996 with a degree in nursing.

Betsy Cano
Betsy Cano
Class of '01

Betsy Cano is a self-employed owner of BC Tax Services in Delavan. She has four sons who are the love of her life.

Class of 2000

1990's
We'd like to hear from more graduates from the 1990s. Let us know what you've been doing.

Jump to: 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990

Class of 1999

Matt Beringer
Matt Beringer
Class of '99

Matt is a talent buyer and Assistant Director for the Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater and Turner Hall Ballroom in downtown Milwaukee. He graduated from UW-Oshkosh.

Nicole Simpson-Bowen
Nicole 'Simpson' Bowen
Class of '99

Nicole is married and has four children in the school district who are all on the honor roll, she says.

Guillermo Cuautle
Guillermo Cuautle
Class of '99

Guillermo is a bi-lingual recruiter for Pinstripe Inc., in Milwaukee. He is responsible for recruiting, screening interviews and referring the most qualified applicants to hiring managers to fill job requisitions. Guillermo says it has been a long road for him since his high school graduation. He is a first-generation college graduate and is a proud alumni of DDHS, UW Rock County and UW-Milwaukee. He was student body president at UW Rock County, a campus ambassador to the UW System, involve on various search and screen committees, a college athlete, a tutor and a student leader. He also studied abroad in Mexico. While majoring in Political Science at UW-M, Guillermo was involved in both the university’s student association and Wisconsins’s statewide student association United Council of UW Students. He carried out grassroots campaigns on UW campuses with student government coalitions representing the student voice in Wisconsin, lobbied the UW System, its Board of Regents and state legislators on matters that impacted student loans, tuition, UW initiatives and student rights. Several pieces of legislation Guillermo worked on were signed into law when he was in leadership positions with United Council.

Jeremy Nelson
Jeremy Nelson
Class of '99

Jeremy graduated from Waukesha County Technical College and is currently the Food and Beverage Cost Controller for the Hilton Milwaukee City Center.

Scott Santy
Scott Santy
Class of '99

Scott attended UW-Whitewater and earned a degree in business in 2004. He worked for CH Robinson, a logistics company, for three years, then trained as an investment advisor with Edward Jones. He then headed west and opened up a Flip Flop Shop in Las Vegas. It is the most successful Flip Flop Shop in the entire chain of franchised stores.

Class of 1998

Abby Bliss Travis
Abby (Bliss) Travis
Class of '98

Abby obtained a degree in criminal justice from Gateway Technical College in 2003. She is a stay-at-home mom, raising four sons. She's an active parent in the Delavan-Darien School District, helping at school functions and serving on the parent-teacher organizations.

Katie Carlson
Katie Carlson
Class of '98

Katie works for Edward Jones Investments in Lake Geneva. She graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Christine (Grams) Chang
Christine (Grams) Chang
Class of '98

Christine graduated from UW-LaCrosse and attended Fox Valley Technical College. She holds a degree in Early Childhood Education and works as a preschool teacher at a private school near her home in Appleton. She also teaches piano. She and her husband have two daughters.

Renee Downing
Renee Downing
Class of '98

Renee is a graduate of the Brooks College of Fashion and Design. She is self-employed as a personal trainer in California, and she also makes jewelry.

Kelly (Huerta) Eger
Kelly (Huerta) Eger
Class of '98

Kelly has her Master's of Business Administration from UW-Oshkosh. She is an Employee Recognition Consultant for Terryberry.

Lisa Guido
Lisa Guido
Class of '98

Lisa has been living in Italy, where she received her Master's degree from the Trento School of Management in 2006. The UW-Madison graduate is the Rome Program Coordinator for Study Abroad Italy, headquartered in Rome.

Mike Heine
Mike Heine
Class of '98

Mike is the Coordinator of School-Community Relations for the Delavan-Darien School District, a position he has held since 2009. He graduated from UW-Green Bay in 2002.

Shawn Hellen
Shawn Hellen
Class of '98

Shawn is a finance manaer of New York Presbyterian Hospital. He attended Arizona State University and Columbia Business School after graduating from DDHS.

Jessie (Townsend) Lodle
Jessie (Townsend) Lodle
Class of '98

Jessie is the K-Grade 2 Dean at Forsyth Charter Academy, a charter school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Jason Peters
Jason Peters
Class of '98

Jason is back in the Delavan area. He is a patrolman for the Walworth County Public Works Department. He graduated from Western Wisconsin Technical College.

Eric Sladek
Eric Sladek
Class of '98

Eric is a paramedic for the Wake County (North Carolina) EMS. He graduated from Gateway Technical College.

Jim Stowers
Jim Stowers
Class of '98

Jim is an electrician for Faith Technologies. He graduated from MATC in Madison.

Hanni Suhm
Hanni Suhm
Class of '98

Hanni spent time in the U.S. Air Force as a linquist. The UW-Milwaukee graduate now works as a Senior Import/Export Specialist for Seaquist Closures.

Kristen (Doering-Kilkenny) Zillmer
Kristen (Doering-Kilkenny) Zillmer
Class of '98

Kristen received her associate's degree in nursing from Gateway Technical College and became an emergency department RN at Children's Hospital of Milwaukee.

Class of 1997

Craig Bowen
Craig Bowen
Class of '97

Craig works at the MPC Distribution Center in Delavan. He was married in July 2011 and has three step-children. He and his family live in Delavan.

Class of 1996

Joel Crane
Joel Crane
Class of '96

Joel graduated from both UW-La Crosse and the Indiana University School of Dentistry. He is currently a dentist and owner of Lodi Valley Dental LLP.

Kim Santy
Kim Santy
Class of '96

Kim graduated from UW-Madison in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in Communicative Disorders, then went on to earn her master's in Communicative Disorders from UW. She has been working for the Oregon School District, just south of Madison, as a speech and language pathologist for the past 9 years.

Kristina (Ericson) Staude
Kristina (Ericson) Staude
Class of '96

Kristina is the office administrator for the Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce and is a unit manager for Lia Sophia. She attended UW-La Crosse and Gateway Technial College, graduating in 2003.

Class of 1995

Tim Reimer
Tim Reimer
Class of '95

Tim works in Marketing at MGIC in Milwaukee. MGIC is the founder and leader of the private mortgage insurance industry, serving more than 3,300 lenders with locations across the country and in Puerto Rico. Reimer graduated from UW-La Crosse.

Class of 1994

Class of 1993

Kate (Heine) Hendrickson
Kate (Heine) Hendrickson
Class of '93

Kate is living outside Tulsa, OK, with her husband, and their two children. She graduated from UW-River Falls with a deree in business communications.

Sheila (Williams) Soto
Sheila (Williams) Soto
Class of '93

Sheila and her husband, Jesus, married in 1993. The have three daughters, Alysha, Marisol and Emily. They both work at MPC Inc.

Class of 1992

Nik Clark
Nik Clark
Class of '92

Nik is the director of client services for Reserve Advisors, Inc., a large, multi-national engineering and consulting firm in Milwaukee. He is also chairman and president of the non-profit "Wisconsin Carry, Inc.," a state-based rights advocacy group. He graduated from UW-Whitewater in 1998.

James Humphrey
James Humphrey
Class of '92

James graduated from Rockford College with a Business Management Degree. He is an operations supervisor at Berner Food and Beverage, Inc. He is married with a son and two step-daughters.

Class of 1991

Bridget McCarthy
Bridget McCarthy
Class of '91

Bridget is is an assistant zoning administrator and code specialist for the village of Fontana, village of Walworth and village of Sharon in Walworth County.

Bridget McCarthy
Diana (McKaig) Dykstra
Class of '91

Diana is the village administrator for the village of Darien. She graduated from UW-Whitewater in 1995 with a degree in Political Science, and her MPA from Keller Graduate School in Public Administration in 2007.

Stacy (Warner) Tildahl
Stacy (Warner) Tildahl
Class of '91

Stacy is a Software IT Application Speicalist (Epic software) for WIITTS-Dean Medical Center. She was married in 1994 and has a son.

Class of 1990

1980's
We'd like to hear from more graduates from the 1980s. Let us know what you've been doing.

Jump to: 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980

Class of 1989

Susan (Richter) Huber
Susan (Richter) Huber
Class of '89

Susan is the assistant store manager at Richter's Sentry Foods in Burlington. She is married to Jason Huber (1993). Together, they keep busy with son Brendan and daughter Hunter.

Jon Parr
Jon Parr
Class of '89

Jon, along with his wife Nancy (Hicks, class of ’88), and their daughter Sarah, are independent Christian missionaries working in the city of Cancun, Mexico, and surrounding areas. Jon attended North Central University in Minneapolis and graduated in 1994 with a degree in Youth Ministries. He and Nancy were married in 1991. They worked as youth/associate pastors at River of Life International Church in Monmouth, Ill., until 2008 when they moved to Cancun and began their mission with VidaLife Church. They oversee the mission churches in the surrounding areas, as well, and coordinate all the mission teams that come to work with the ministry there.

Class of 1988

Class of 1987

Susan Flood
Susan Flood
Class of '87

Susan is a kindergarten teacher at Brookwood School in Genoa City. She is a 1991 graduate of UW-Whitewater with a degree in Preschool/Elementary Education.

Class of 1986

LeAnn (Williams) Ely
LeAnn (Williams) Ely
Class of '86

LeAnn gets to "play all day with fun toys" as the IT Director for Diversified Management Services in Iowa. She is married with two children and her family raises Boer goats on theirsmall farm. Before settling down, LeAnn has lived in several states and England for three years. She graduated from Knox College in 1990.

Diane (Beck) Frelke
Diane (Beck) Frelke
Class of '86

Diane is an Executive Assistant/Office Manager at MKS. She lives in Virginia and has three children. She lived in Germany for two-and-a-half years following graduation.

Class of 1985

Class of 1984

Class of 1983

Class of 1982

Class of 1981

Paul Casey
Paul Casey
Class of '81

Paul is a self-employed metalsmith out in Seattle, Washington. He attended UW-Green Bay, UW-Madison and the University of Washington.

Class of 1980

1970's
We'd like to hear from more graduates from the 1970s. Let us know what you've been doing.

Jump to: 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970

Class of 1979

Class of 1978

Michael Hayes
Michael Hayes
Class of '78

Michael is a contract pilot flying intelligence missions in Afghanistan in support of the U.S. Military. He previously was a captain for Midwest Airlines and served in the U.S. Army. A combat veteran, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit medal, a Bronze Star and an Air Merit medal.

Class of 1977

Class of 1976

John O'Hare
John O'Hare
Class of '71

John is a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Merill Lynch. He lives in Mequon with his wife. Together, they have three sons.

Class of 1975

Class of 1974

Nina (Long) Butterfield
Nina (Long) Butterfield
Class of '74

Nina is taking care of residents with Alzheimer's Disease at Bethany Lutheran Homes as a resident care assistant. She graduated from WWTC in 1996 and is currently back in school to obtain a bachelor's degree in healthcare management. Nina has five daughters and two grandsons.

Class of 1973

Class of 1972

Class of 1971

Wolfgang Braun
Wolfgang Braun
Class of '71

Wolfgang, who was an exchange student at DDHS, works as an IT specialist and process consultant for Continental Automotive. He is married with three daughters, two of which were AFS students in the United States, too. Wolfgang remains active as an AFS parent, hosting students from other countries at his home in Germany.

Mary Kutz Rima
Mary Kutz Rima
Class of '71

Mary is a sales and customer service agent for Getzen Company Inc., in Elkhorn. She has been with the company since 1979.

She is has two adult children, one of whom (Jessica) is a teacher at Phoenix Middle School. Mary enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and cooking.

 

Class of 1970

1960's and Earlier
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Jump to: 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, Before 1960

Class of 1969

Class of 1968

Class of 1967

Class of 1966

Class of 1965

Class of 1964

Class of 1963

Class of 1962

Class of 1961

Class of 1960

Before 1960

Ronald A. Smith
Ronald A. Smith
Class of '54 (Delavan High School)

Ronald enjoyed a successful career as a college professor at Penn State University after earning his Ph.D. at UW-Madison. He researched and wrote about the history of intercollegiate athletics in America for 28 years as part of his work and continued doing so after his retirement. Several of his books on college sports are "Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics," "Big-Time College Football at Harvard: The Diary of Coach Bill Reid," "Play-by-Play: Radio, Television and Big-Time College Sport," and "Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform."

Ronald lives in the Lemont, Pennsylvania area with his wife Sue. He recalled playing basketball and baseball for the Comets under coach Webb Schultz, and football under coach Wally Zimmermann.

"I think my athletic high points at Delavan were throwing three TD passes in my first football game, scoring 44 points in basketball in one game, and pitching a no-hitter against Whitewater. No one kept official records, but at one point my senior year, I hit 33 straight free throws. (I practiced a lot on our barn floor on the farm west of Delavan!)"

 

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