55 years later, here's the BHS class of 1961
The Bluffton High School graduating class of 1961 held its 55th reunion recently. Here are member, seated from left; Linda Sommer, Karen (Basinger) Meisenheimer, Anita (Huber) Augsburger, Janet (Yoakam) Blank, Carol (Schmidt) Burns, Louise (Core) Morvay, Melanie (Benroth) Bendele.
Middle Row, Arlene (Basinger) Garmatter, Marlene (Basinger) Tidyman, Carol (Devier) Soldan, Walt Jordan, Terry Shetler, Bill Steiner, David Blank, Joyce
(Zimmerman) Cupples, Pauline (Motter) Williams, Jerry Althaus, Jackie (Tschantz) Schultz, Tom Griffin, Jim Burkholder.
Back Row, David Augsburger, Charles Neuenschwander, Ron Michel.
Below you'll find a photo of this class as 3rd graders in 1951-52. It's from the Icon's collection. We don't have IDs, but we're confident someone from the class will help us out.


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