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PiusConnections 

volume 13 • fall 2012 • www.piusx.net 

A publication 

for Alumni, 

Parents & Friends of 

Pius X High School

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Pius X High School 

6000 A Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68510 

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Superintendent 

Father James Meysenburg 

Principal 

Tom Korta 

Assistant Principal 

Greg Lesiak 

Guidance Director 

Jan Frayser 

Pius X Foundation 

402.488.1046 • 402.488.1061 fax 

http://foundation.piusx.net 

Director of Development 

Michelle Birkel 

Foundation Staff 

Deb Hoge • Amy Riley • Sophia Werning 

BOLT Director 

Deb Schulte 

Pius X Alumni ~ Cathedral High Alumni 

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http://alumni.piusx.net 

Alumni Director 

Kristin (Edwards) Heath ’91 

Pius Connections - Deb Hoge, Editor 

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Current Enrollment 

1,104 – Catholic: 98% • Other: 2% 

Mission Statement 

Restore All Things in Christ 

We are dedicated to a total education that 

is Christ-centered by integrating Catholic 

values in all areas of life and providing 

academic preparation of the highest quality 

in a disciplined environment. 

Thank You 

Special thanks to the talented photographers 

of the 2012-13 Pius X Yearbook staff who 

contribute to this publication: Sponsor Sandi 

Sullivan, Anne Bachmann, Zach Bell, Katherine 

Benal, Alexa Birkel, Kevin Curran, Marie 

Foley, Megan Hachiya, Noah Kapustka, Madeleine 

Koenig, Katie Krick, Dan LeDuc, Lawrence 

Nguyen, Liam O’Shea-Creal, Nicholas 

Pohlen, Brittany Pollock, Hallie Schimenti, 

Mikayla Tremain, and Kally Werning. 

We extend a grateful thank you to Charlie 

Calhoun & Jacob North Companies for their 

generous donation toward this publication. 

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CONTENTS 

In the Spotlight - Talented Pius X 

Alumni Shine in the Performing Arts.....4 

academic success 

Your Support Builds State-of-the-Art 

Chemistry Lab.......................................7 

Pius X Educators Study 

Bosnian Genocide..................................8 

athletic highlights..................................9 

building a strong foundation 

Advancement Letter.............................10 

Slattery Honored for 

Distinguished Stewardship...................11 

2013 Tax Law Changes........................11 

New Scholarship 

Celebrates God’s Gifts..........................12 

BOLT Creating a Masterpiece..............12 

Annual Giving Review 2011-2013.......13 


Budget – 

The 2012-2013 

Pius X High 

School budget 

is $5.723 million, 

a 3.9% increase 

over last year. 

Parish Support – 

Parish assessments are 

provided by the 14 parishes 

of the Lincoln Deanery and 

four parishes from outside the 

deanery. Parish assessments 

for the 2012-2013 school 

year make-up 42.5% of the 

operating budget. 

9.5% 

9.5% 

9.8% 

9.8% 

30.5% 

alumni today 

Dr. Michael Sullivan ’68 

Honored as Oustanding Alumnus........27 

Through the Uprights..........................28 

Bits & Pieces........................................29 

In Remembrance.................................30 

Births...................................................31 

Marriages.............................................32 

Class Reunions....................................34 

All Honor Year Reunion......................35 

4.1% 

4.1% 2.2% 2.2% 1.4% 1.4% ParishAssessments 

ParishAssessments 

30.5% 

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volume 13 • fall 2012 • www.piusx.net 

On the cover – 

This fall, Pius X High School proudly accepted 

the honor of being named to the Catholic High 

School Honor Roll for Excellence in Catholic 

Identity. Above Thomas Dalton ’14 accepts 

Communion from Fr. Leo Seiker’82 during 

one of the all school Masses. Photo by Noah 

Kapustka. 

Tuition&Fees 

Tuition&Fees 

Donations/Grants 

Donations/Grants 

Foundation/Trusts 

Foundation/Trusts 

Activities/BOLTFundraiser 

Activities/BOLTFundraiser 

EducationalTechn. 

Initiative 

EducationalTechn. 

Initiative 

Revenue Source % Amount 

Parish Assessments 42.5% $2,434,892 

Tuition & Fees 30.5% $1,743,000 

Donations/Grants 9.8% $561,000 

Foundation/Trusts 9.5% $545,000 

Activities/BOLT Fund Raiser 4.1% $237,175 

Educational Tech. Initiative 2.2% $125,000 

Other Revenue 1.4% $77,310 

Total 100% $5,723,377

pius welcome 

his Apostolic Letter, Porta Fidei, Pope Benedict XVI declared a Year of Faith from October 11, 2012 until 

With November 24, 2013. October 11, 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican 

Council and the 20th anniversary of the publishing of The Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Year of Faith is a 

“summons to an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the One Savior of the world.” (Porta Fidei 6) 

Every Catholic is called through baptism to be a disciple of Christ and proclaim the Gospel. This Year 

of Faith is an opportunity for us to renew our baptismal call by living out the everyday moments in our 

lives with greater faith, hope and love. Faith “is the lifelong companion that makes it possible to perceive, 

ever anew, the marvels that God works for us. Intent on gathering the signs of the times in the present 

of history, faith commits every one of us to become a living sign of the presence of the Risen Lord in the 

world.” (Porta Fidei 15) 

United with the Church Universal, Pius X has made “The Year of Faith” our theme for this academic 

year and faith renewal our goal. Under the exhortation of the Holy Father, I encourage you to re-commit 

yourselves to nurturing our awesome gift of faith and seeing life through the eyes of our God – Father, 

Son and Holy Spirit. To help us in this conversion process, we are encouraged to read Porta Fidei, which Fr. Jim Meysenburg 

in turn encourages us to study and pray the Documents of 

Superintendent 

Vatican II and The Catechism of the Catholic Church. As you 

grow in your faith, please pray for the Pius X community to embrace this year of 

faith with a great sense of trust and hope. 

As this Year of Faith growth commences, our 

diocese welcomes The Most Reverend James 

Conley as the ninth Bishop of Lincoln and 

gratefully thanks Bishop Bruskewitz for 22 years 

of service. Bishop Conley came to meet our 

students within an hour of the press conference 

that announced him as our new Bishop. On the 

Pius X students joyously welcome the Bishop Conley weekend prior to his installation, Bishop Conley 

and graciously thank Bishop Bruskewitz for his service surprised the 150 Fellowship of Christian Teen 

and guidance. Photo courtesy of Yearbook Staff. 

retreatants by coming to Camp Kitaki to celebrate 

Mass with them. Our students, staff and families look forward to his many visits to Pius X 

and assure him of our prayers and support. 

This fall, the Cardinal Newman Society named Pius X High School to the 2012 National 

Catholic High School Honor Roll for excellence in Catholic Identity. Since 2004, the Honor 

Roll has recognized excellence in Catholic Identity, Academics and Civic Education at Catholic high schools across 

the United States. In the past six years, Pius X was twice selected as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in 

the nation. In 2008, we were designated as an honorable mention school for Catholic Identity; this places 

Pius X in the top four percent of all Catholic schools in the nation. How pleased and proud we are to 

receive this honor. It is a reflection of our students, staff and families. 

Speaking of being proud of our Pius X community, our fall activities have been wonderful, and our sports 

teams have done well. The fall musical, Godspell, was enjoyable and captivating, and our marching band 

competed with great success this fall. Our girls’ softball team was crowned Class B state champions; our 

girls’ golf and our cross country teams were state runners-up in Class A. Our girls’ volleyball team placed 

3rd at the Class A state tournament, and our students, cheerleaders, team and fans received the Class A 

Sportsmanship Award at that tournament. Congratulations to all who participated in achieving this excellence. 

Bishop Conley surprised Pius X students attending 

the FCT retreat with the celebration 

of Mass and the sharing of his own conversion 

story and our universal call to continually convert 

our own hearts. Photo by Kally Werning. 

With much gratitude to God, Pius X has 18 alumni in the seminary and four women alumni in religious 

formation. What a blessing for all of us! Let us pray for them and each other as we begin this wonderful season of Advent/ 

Christmas; may we always be reminded that God came and still comes to us in unexpected ways. May we be grateful for 

His loving presence. 

Thank you for generously supporting Pius X through your prayers and works. May you know the love and healing of our 

Savior in a very special way this Advent and Christmas Season. 

Let us continue to pray for one another.

In the 

by Sophia Werning 

Con O’Shea-Creal ’04 

(jumping center stage) 

electrifies the stage in his 

lead role as “Bert” in the 

national tour of Disney’s 

“Mary Poppins.” Photo 

courtesy of Kyle Froman. 

SPOTLIGHT 

Talented Pius X Alumni Shine in the Performing Arts 

Dance. Acting. Television production. 

Casting and direction. Costume 

design. Music of all genres. 

Over the past several years and from coast 

to coast, Pius X alumni are achieving 

great success in the performing arts and 

entertainment industries. 

A modern performing arts facility is 

part of the overall strategic plan at Pius X 

and for good reason. Whether it is band, 

show choir, theater, dance or production, 

the quality of talent among Pius’ 

performing arts students over the years 

has been second to none. Up to one third 

of our current student population participates 

in music and theater alone, and 

the number of opportunities for Pius X 

students to use their God-given gifts continues 

to grow. Many of these students 

who have honed their skills through their 

experiences at the high school level have 

gone on to use their talents in college and 

in their future vocations. 

This month’s Pius Connections offers 

only a sampling of the remarkable 

achievements of Pius X alumni that are 

pursuing their dreams in the performing 

arts and entertainment industries around 

the country. In the coming months, we 

will be highlighting these and other individuals 

with in-depth profiles describing 

their journeys in their respective fields, 

and how their formation at Pius X and 

passion for the arts is being manifested 

in their lives. Be sure to check upcoming 

issues of e-mail newsletters, the Pius X 

Alumni web site, and the Alumni Facebook 

page for interviews, highlights and 

stories of our alumni living and working 

in the performing arts and entertainment 

fields. 

From Pius X to the Big Stage 

Con O’Shea-Creal ’04 is convinced 

that the entertainment industry needs 

more people of faith in order to change 

our society’s culture from the inside out. 

“We need good Catholic artists to be 

present in this industry because so much 

of what we think and believe is formed by 

the media.” 

A life-long performing artist in music, 

dance and theater, including his time on 

stage at Pius, O’Shea-Creal recently hit 

a major milestone in his field when he 

landed the lead role of Bert in the national 

tour of the musical Mary Poppins. The 

company is currently on tour and will be 

performing the musical in 48 cities in 30 

states by this coming summer. 

O’Shea-Creal credits his parents and 

his formative years at Pius X for helping 

him to stay true to his values and even 

thrive in an often grueling and demanding 

industry. He describes the entertainment 

field as a “hot bed of progressive 

thinking” that often is at odds with 

Catholic beliefs. However, O’Shea-Creal 

is convinced that the vocation he is pursuing 

is exactly where he needs to be. 

“I’ve always had faith and confidence that 

if God really wants me to do this he will 

give me the strength,” he reflects. “And 

we really do need Catholic artists out 

there, even if it’s just one lone voice in the 

wilderness.” 

O’Shea-Creal notes that it’s rare that 

you come across people of devout faith 

in the secular entertainment industry, 

which is all the more reason Catholic 

performing arts students should thoughtfully 

discern if they are meant to pursue 

this field. “We live in an era when people 

want to be celebrities and have their 

15 minutes of fame, and if you see the 

theater as a means of that, it can be appealing,” 

he explains. “But working in the 

arts really means asking: What are you 

trying to craft Like everything else, this 

is a job. The more you craft the talent and 

the gifts you’ve been given, that’s the kind 

of focus and drive we need [in this business]. 

You should really feel called.” 

O’Shea-Creal offers some additional 

words of wisdom for young performing 

artists. “There is so much about this 

industry and the culture that challenges 

our faith, so don’t be afraid to ground 

yourself,” he urges. “I have found my 

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faith to be actually very freeing in making 

my decisions in my career because I have 

a construct to work from.” 

The successful performer also points 

out that just because you are not working 

in a faith-based environment does not 

mean you have to check your religion at 

the door. “I’m in a very secular show,” he 

explains. “But you can be called to live 

the Gospel in that way, too. Just be true 

to your heart day to day. That’s true for 

any job or really anything you choose to 

do with your life,” he adds. “Life is more 

than a good job and good money, and I 

think Pius does a great job of promoting 

that.” 

An Investment in God-Given Gifts 

As someone who benefitted greatly 

from the many opportunities to hone 

his craft during his high school years, 

O’Shea-Creal is a strong proponent of 

investing in the performing arts. “Giving 

to the arts is an opportunity to provide 

students a skill set that they can carry out 

beyond high school,” he notes. “And to 

do so, you need a good facility. I think especially 

now that arts are on the chopping 

block [in many public schools], private 

schools like Pius are going to need to step 

up and help them grow.” 

O’Shea-Creal notes that high school 

athletics often garner more funding than 

the arts, but believes that both extracurricular 

activities are equally important. 

“What are we telling our children, that 

we value one more than the other” he 

asks. “Not everyone is an athlete, although 

I did both. There are kids out 

there that have these God-given gifts [in 

the arts] and need the opportunity to discover 

and develop these gifts.” 

Although O’Shea-Creal has hit the 

high stage and is traveling all over the 

country, his faith continues to be a primary 

source of peace and strength in his 

life and career. “I try to find daily Mass 

whenever I go to another new town,” 

he says, adding that it is enjoyable to be 

able to visit so many different Catholic 

churches. “If I didn’t have my faith, I 

truly would be lost out here on the road. 

I cannot be more thankful to my parents 

for giving me a Catholic education. I’ve 

seen schools around the country and 

none compare to Pius.” 

After Years of Hard Work: 

The Big Break 

After dancer Joel Harrison graduated 

from Pius X in 2000, he chose a road less 

travelled. After many years of working on 

his unique craft – clogging – he decided 

to take a chance and open up his own 

dance studio in York, Neb., helping to 

train the next generation of dancers to 

perform and compete. 

In years prior, Harrison’s experiences as 

a student at Pius X helped him develop 

the seriousness, drive and determination 

Right: Joel Harrison ’00 and the All 

That! group anxiously await the results 

on America’s Got Talent. Pictured (l-r) 

are: Mark Clifford, Nick Cannon, host 

Mike Curtis, Harrison Barnes, Joel, Brad 

Berry, Brian Staggs and Drake Elkin. 

Photo courtesy of All That! 

he needed to take the significant risk of 

starting his own business at the young age 

of 19. “I have so many awesome memories 

of my four years at Pius,” he reflects. 

“But one thing that really sticks out in 

my mind is always having the feeling of 

acceptance from my peers, the faculty and 

staff. Pius felt like – and still feels like – 

the largest extended family in the world.” 

For Harrison, pursuing his dream of 

working in the performing arts came 

without hesitation. “I knew my path was 

to become a dance teacher, trainer and 

choreographer,” he explains. “What better 

way to get started than diving in head 

-first by purchasing my own dance company.” 

The summer after his senior year, 

Harrison took out a loan and bought a 

dance studio. After what he describes as 

“intensive advertising and marketing,” he 

had more than 250 students enrolled the 

following September. 

Harrison also remained deeply involved 

in the competitive clogging circuit where 

he began competing at the age of 14. 

“Now that I was training myself and others 

full-time, my teams started winning 

top awards everywhere we went.” As the 

years passed, Harrison became a recognized 

national dance instructor in his 

field and began teaching at conventions 

all over the world. He was the youngest 

inductee into the International Clogging 

Hall of Fame, which resulted in 

opportunities to direct productions from 

Nashville, Tenn., to Myrtle Beach, S.C., 

and Hong Kong to Tokyo, Japan. Harrison 

also directed the opening ceremonies 

of the Junior Olympics in Des Moines, 

Iowa. 

This past fall Harrison and his clogging 

group “All That!” exploded onto the 

national stage as contestants on NBC’s 

hit show America’s Got Talent, enthralling 

millions of fans around the country 

and the world with their unique style 

of dance. “The show was an incredible 

experience that I will never forget as long 

as I live,” Harrison says. “It constantly 

challenged our creativity, our drive and 

Left: Joel Harrison ’00 (jumping high) and his 

fellow dancers from All That! have turned their 

unique clogging style into a national hit. The group 

recently received the 2012 Pioneer Award by the 

National Clogging Association and are currently 

preforming at The Sandals resort. Photo courtesy of 

All That! 

our capabilities. We all felt on top of our 

game the whole time.” 

While on the show, the audience and 

judges routinely hailed the group’s talent 

and appeal as they advanced to the semifinal 

round of the show. “I remember 

when it hit me at first - I was standing 

there on stage with my arms crossed, 

and my nose one inch away from a 60’ 

x 40’American flag, knowing that, when 

this flag comes flying up, it was game 

time! We were getting ready to charge 

into 11 million living rooms.” Although 

the act did not win the first place title, 

the national exposure garnered the dance 

troop many new opportunities and millions 

of new fans. 

Harrison and his fellow dancers are 

true pioneers in the performing arts industry, 

having taken a centuries old craft 

and transforming it into a modern style 

with mass appeal. “There is not another 

group of boys or dancers [like us] for that 

matter in the world,” Harrison explains. 

On November 24, the unique troop 

garnered the 2012 Pioneer Award at the 

National Clogging Association’s national 

convention. Due to the enormous exposure 

from America’s Got Talent, they 

are now traveling and performing on the 

world stage, including a recent tour in 

Tokyo, Japan and extended performances 

at The Sandals resorts. 

Never Forget to Give Thanks 

Harrison has a great deal of encouraging 

thoughts for students who hope to 

pursue the performing arts in high school 

and beyond. “The best advice I would 

give to a younger aspiring singer, dancer 

or actor is to continue to train every day,” 

he says. “Don’t only train yourself physically 

because often it’s your mental focus 

that will get you furthest.” Harrison also 

advises students to set personal goals and 

make it a point to meet them often. 

All of the fame and excitement of these 

past several months has done little to 

change Harrison’s love of his home town 

and the connections he has made at Pius. 

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Greg Coffey ’05 - During his days at Pius X, Coffey was immersed in the world 

of music. “I really enjoyed being a member of the marching band and wind 

ensemble,” he reminisces. “Mr. [Mike] Murphy is one of the 

best music educators in the state and there is no doubt that I 

learned a lot from him.” After graduation, Coffey earned his 

degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he 

was a member of the Nebraska Drumline, and then a Master’s 

in Percussion from Kansas State. Then he was off to Nashville, 

Tenn., where he is writing, recording and performing music, 

including his first signature album, “Greg Coffey”, that can be downloaded from 

I-Tunes (gregcoffeymusic.com). The talented performer credits his faith in God 

and his teachers for his success. “Being a student at Pius X was an experience I 

will always treasure,” he says. “Performing and creating music while honoring my 

Lord and Savior will forever be an important part of who I am and what I am.” 

Michael Petruconis ’87 - A self-described “band 

geek” in high school, Petruconis received his 

musical training from the University of Nebraska 

and the University of Minnesota. Before 

moving to Minneapolis, Mike served for three 

seasons in the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. 

“I believe the arts at Pius gave me a glimpse 

into what it takes to pull off a good performance,” Petruconis says. “I saw how 

hard the teachers and directors worked, and I saw how well a group of students 

would come together for a common goal. Performing gave me a chance to push 

for excellence.” He adds that he was not an athlete, so music was his main outlet 

for training, practice, and setting goals. “Those things really taught me discipline, 

hard work, and delayed gratification. They also taught me how to handle disappointment 

when it comes.” Petruconis is now an active freelance artist in the Twin 

Cities metropolitan area. Formerly third horn with the Minnesota Opera, he now 

performs frequently with the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber 

Orchestra and is on faculty at St. Olaf College. “My education at Pius was one of 

the best gifts my parents gave me,” Mike reflects. “It gave me the foundation in 

the faith that I would need both in adolescence and later in life.” 

Nan Strait ’95 - On August 29, 2010, Strait was in a 

New York hotel room in her pajamas watching the 62nd 

Emmy Awards on television. The Executive Producer of 

Bravo’s hit reality series “Top Chef” was working on Season 

8 while her production colleagues were in Los Angeles 

at the ceremony that nominated their 6th season for 

“Outstanding Reality-Competition Program.” It was the 

4th nomination in a row, and in previous years she had 

left empty handed. So Strait decided to stay in New York. Much to her shock and 

delight, her production company Magic Elves was announced as the winner. “I’ll 

admit I cried – mostly tears of joy – watching my friends and co-workers go up 

on stage and get their award.” Strait offers a few simple words of advice: “If you’re 

nominated for an award, go to the award ceremony.” Strait continues to enjoy 

success in reality television, and has fond memories of her humble beginnings. “A 

favorite memory of mine is the times I shared with my best group of girlfriends, 

‘The Bevos’. We loved going to watch the boys play baseball. Three cars filled with 

friends laughing about what happened last night, driving through rural Nebraska 

with the windows down, and country music playing on the radio. Happy times!” 

Strait also has carried with her throughout her career the values instilled in her at 

Pius. “Most people believe that success in the entertainment industry comes by 

being a cut-throat, ‘only out for yourself’ kind of person,” she says. “I was taught 

as a child to be kind to everyone. That was certainly reinforced at Pius X and it 

seems to have worked well for me in my professional life.” 

More Talented Pius X Alumni 

Elise Sievert ’04 - Moving to the east coast to pursue her 

dream of being a professional dancer, choreographer and 

teacher was a true leap of faith for Sievert. “I learned blind 

faith and trusting in God’s plan at Pius X,” she reflects. “I 

moved to New York with two suitcases and faith that I would 

find my way while not having a job or an apartment.” The 

move proved fruitful for Sievert, who began her adventure 

with an internship at Broadway Dance Center before being asked to join a 

professional company. She has performed with several companies and is currently 

working on fitness videos, commercials, and television. Her secret “Persistence, 

hard work, also fine tuning your craft. And did I say persistence” Sievert, like 

her fellow performing arts alumni, urges support for the arts at the high school 

level. “The arts are not only important for the development of a well-rounded 

education for all students, but are especially important for the individuals out 

there who need the tools to share their creativity,” she says. “The arts can be their 

journey for success in a career where they can inspire others for a lifetime.” 

Sean Murphy ’07 - Like many of his fellow performing artists, Murphy has been 

captured by the lure of New York City, where he moved following graduation 

from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after receiving a 

bachelor’s degree in Music in Bass Performance. Murphy performs 

in a R&B/soul band that plays regularly in Manhattan 

and Brooklyn. “I love New York so far and can’t wait to see 

what other opportunities it brings,” he says. “Last Christmas, 

I played in a musical called Plaid Tidings. It was my first long 

run of a show that I’ve ever done.” Murphy has also played at 

an off-Broadway show as part of a theatre festival showcasing new musicals. “Pius 

definitely helped me grow as a person and an artist,” he says of his alma mater. “I 

am very grateful for how many groups and performances I was able to be involved 

in...marching band, symphonic band, jazz band, show choir band, choir, and was 

lucky enough to be in all four musicals.” Murphy adds: “Being able to play so 

many different types of music, and singing was very important in making me a 

better musician.” 

Maureen Fitzgerald ’05 - Anyone involved in theater knows what it takes behind 

the scenes to produce a quality performance, which is why directors, cast and 

crew are equally respected and honored among their peers. Fitzgerald, a successful 

costume designer for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, 

knows this all too well. “I got involved with the Pius Players as a 

freshman and my first production was Godspell,” she recollects. 

“Although I would go on to perform in the shows in the 

following years, my first job was as a part of the hair and makeup 

crew.” It was there that Fitzgerald began to forge lifelong friendships. 

“I did Annie Leiter’s hair and makeup for Every Family Has One in 2002. I 

did her hair and makeup for her wedding almost 10 years later.” Fitzgerald would 

go on to be in every other main stage Pius Players production until graduation, 

was a Thunderette, and spent her senior year singing, dancing, and choreographing 

as a member of Spectrum Singers show choir. It was not until she entered 

Drake University as a BFA acting major that she “by happenstance” applied for 

and was hired as a costume technical assistant, and went on to take costume design 

classes. After graduation, she was accepted into the University of Connecticut 

MFA Costume Design program, under the guidance of Laura Crow, a Broadway 

veteran, who would be instrumental in mentoring Fitzgerald and helping her to 

break into the industry. “Although my time at Pius was primarily performance 

based, it was also the beginning of my career as a costume designer,” Fitzgerald 

reflects, adding that she designed and constructed a number of headpieces and 

costumes for various Pius Players productions. “I was always the girl with a project, 

and it was at Pius that I realized I wanted a life in the Theatre.” 

In fact, Joel continues to train hundreds 

of young dancers here in Lincoln at his 

Capital City Dance Shack, a studio that 

he and his family have managed since he 

sold the one in York. In between all of 

his traveling to do performances with the 

Myrtle Beach-based “All That!”, Harrison 

still calls Lincoln home. 

Recently, he had the opportunity to 

visit Pius to see how it has grown and 

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changed in the past 12 years, and to greet 

some of his old teachers who enjoyed 

watching their former student perform 

before millions on television. Harrison 

also continues to maintain the friendships 

he holds so dear from his Pius X days, 

and has enjoyed re-connecting with a 

great number of classmates through social 

media since his big national debut. 

“Many of my best friends in the whole 

world are those whom I roamed the halls 

with in high school,” Harrison says. And 

like many others who have graduated 

from Pius, the young performer has held 

fast to the faith that in part was formed 

during his high school years as he has 

pursued his career. “Always believe in 

yourself and have faith in the Lord to lead 

you to success,” he urges. “And never forget 

to give thanks to God every day.”

Your Support Builds 

State-of-the-Art Chemistry Lab 



Pius X Chemistry students and 

their teacher are finding the much 

needed improvement in its chemistry 

lab to be more efficient and 

creates a more conducive learning 

environment. The upgraded, 

modern lab space includes a 

new teacher demonstration area, 

modern student experiment stations, 

and many important safety 

features including an eyewash, 

emergency chemical shower, and 

fume hood. 

Chemistry students and their teachers 

at Pius X High School returned to class 

in August and were delighted to find a 

freshly renovated laboratory filled with 

new experiment stations and modern 

equipment. This greatly needed upgrade 

was made possible through successful 

fundraising efforts conducted by the 

school during the past year. 

In the summer of 2011, Pius X High 

School initiated a 3-phase plan to renovate 

its two aging chemistry labs due to 

new curriculum changes by the state of 

Nebraska requiring all high school students 

complete three years of science. The 

labs at the school had not been modernized 

since the school opened its doors in 

1956. 

After receiving funding from grants 

and benefactors, Pius X highlighted their 

chemistry lab renovation during “Give to 

Lincoln Day”, a one-day online fundraising 

endeavor on May 17, 2012. Through 

this campaign, Pius X raised more than 

$102,500 and finished in first place in the 

total amount raised out of 187 nonprofits 

that participated. Remarkably, because of 

the demonstrated need to upgrade its aging 

labs, donors from all over the country 

helped Pius X raise the highest amount 

of online and offline funding among all 

participating non-profits on “Give to 

Lincoln Day”. 

“I am glad to donate to the Chemistry 

lab,” Pius X alumnus Wayne Schammel 

said in his remarks 

posted on the “Give to 

Lincoln Day” website. 

“In 1966, I took 

Chemistry at Pius with 

Miss (Yvonne) Schlautman. 

This was a turning 

point for me and led to 

a career as a research chemist.” 

Construction on the first of two chemistry 

labs began in the summer of 2012. 

This much needed improvement provides 

students and faculty with a more efficient, 

modern lab environment which includes 

an upgraded teacher demonstration table 

and new student experiment stations. 

An eyewash and emergency chemical 

shower were added and a state-of-the-art 

fume hood was installed. New cabinets, 

desks and a handicapped accessible lab 

station were added, as well as a new floor 

and ceiling. Additionally, greatly needed 

equipment storage and faculty office 

space were constructed to adjoin the two 

chemistry labs. 

“With the new chemistry lab classroom, 

we’ve already outnumbered the 

number of lab experiments done last year 

by this time,” notes Sharolyn Schneider, 

Science Department Chair at Pius X. 

“Last year, only half the class could do 

the experiment at a time, due to the lack 

of lab tables and space.” On behalf of her 

faculty, Schneider adds that she is deeply 

appreciative of the generous support of 

donors and benefactors who helped to 

make the science department’s dream of a 

new chemistry lab a reality. 

“As the first phase of our chemistry 

lab renovation came to completion, I was 

struck by two aspects of the project,” Pius 

X Principal Tom Korta reflects. “The first 

aspect was how in all of our discussions 

about the renovation, the focus always 

came back to student learning. The second 

aspect is the tremendous outpouring 

of financial support that we received from 

the Pius family, the Lincoln community 

and alumni supporters from across the 

country.” Korta is confident that the goal 

of impacting student learning will be 

realized through this important facilities 

improvement, both now and well into the 

future. 

Pius X is continuing its effort with the 

second and third phase of this important 

project, which will include physical renovations 

to the second lab anticipated in 

the summer of 2013, as well as the installation 

of computer technology units to be 

used for research and virtual demonstration 

planned for the following summer. 

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Pius X Educators Study Bosnian Genocide 

English teacher Sandra Sullivan and World Geography teacher 

Shiela Sievert, pictured below at the fortress turret in Old 

Town, Dubrovick, Crotia, and at left with students from the 

Gimnazija Dobrinja High School in Sarajevo, spent part of 

their summer immersiging themselves in the history and social 

impact of the Bosnian Genocide of the 1990s and are now using 

the experience to enhance the learning experience for Pius 

X students in their classes. 

Two Pius X teachers explored the 

historic and social impact of the Bosnian 

Genocide of the 1990s this past summer. 

Through a Fund for Teachers fellowship, 

World Geography teacher Shiela Sievert 

and English teacher Sandra Sullivan 

travelled to Croatia and Bosnia to witness 

how the Balkan people have dealt with 

the aftermath of a modern genocide. 

“Our objective was to immerse 

ourselves in learning about the Bosnian 

Genocide and the residual ramifications 

of that conflict,” Sievert explains. “In 

doing so, we will build a sense of compassion 

and empathy in our student body as 

we have students at Pius X whose families 

experienced the atrocities firsthand.” 

Sullivan’s inspiration for the fellowship 

stemmed from her observation that “most 

of our student body lacks knowledge and 

a sense of gravity regarding the history, 

the changing geography, and the human 

conflict present in this region of the 

world.” 

The 12-day trip included visits to 

landmarks and historical sites that told 

the story of the events taking place in the 

region. Sievert notes “while in Sarajevo, 

we took a tour called ‘Times of Misfortune’ 

learning how people survived during 

the longest siege of a city in modern 

history.” 

Sullivan explains that during the four 

year conflict, the residents of Sarajevo 

took their lives into their own hands to 

venture out for food, water, and fuel. 

Citizens dug a tunnel under the airport to 

transport food to the starving Sarajevians. 

They also witnessed how this city used the 

1984 Olympic Stadium as a mass grave 

for those who died from sniper fire and 

mortar shells. 

“Our tour guide, Hassan, actually lived 

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through the day that 

more than 11,000 

Muslims were massacred. 

He escaped to 

the surrounding hills, 

walking in terror for five days without 

provisions to find a safe zone. This 

firsthand account was chilling and to see 

the memorial and thousands of marked 

graves in which bodies and parts of bodies 

had been recovered from mass graves 

was sobering,” Seivert recalls. 

An uplifting part of the tour inlcuded 

a visit to a Sarajevo high school. “We 

shared and compared our educational 

systems,” Sullivan says. “The students 

were so delightful, and we believe they 

understand how fortunate they are to 

be in such a beautiful school. Only 20 

years earlier, many of their older relatives 

continued their education in the safe 

basements of apartment buildings.” 

Sievert and Sullivan’s educational tour 

concluded in Split, Croatia, which was 

turned into a city of refugees during the 

Balkan War. This ancient city housed the 

palace for Diocletian, one of the Caesars 

of the Roman Empire. “It was amazing 

to walk the streets, some of them literally 

thousands of years old,” Sullivan notes. 

The trip to the Balkans has made an 

immense, lasting impact on each of these 

educators, both personally and professionally. 

“Throughout our trip drivers, 

tour guides, waiters, store clerks, and 

hotel owners practically spewed their 

personal stories,” Sievert explains. 

Both teachers have expressed immense 

gratitude to the Fund for Teachers for giving 

them the opportunity to understand 

the history and present culture of the 

Balkans, and to develop an appreciation 

for the people of the region. They will be 

using their experiences to directly impact 

their students. Sievert has always covered 

the Balkan region in her World Geography 

class, however, there is only a page 

and a half dedicated to this very complex 

region in her textbook. 

“The fellowship cleared up questions 

that I had regarding the people of this 

region,” Sievert explains. “Now, I will be 

more equipped to teach my students with 

much more accuracy how and why ‘civilized’ 

people can act in such uncivilized 

ways in today’s modern world.” 

Sievert has instituted a Genocide Project 

where students research and present 

on one of the genocides from the 20th 

century. “These are important lessons for 

our students so that the atrocities of history 

may never be repeated,” she adds. 

Sullivan is using the experience in 

several ways. She is introducing a piece 

of literature that brings the history of 

the region and empathy for the survivors 

of the Balkan region to her curriculum. 

The Cellist of Sarajevo is a moving story 

of the plight of Sarajevians during the 

siege of 1992-1996. The unit will contain 

the historical background and first-hand 

accounts and visuals that the teachers 

collected from the region. The visit to the 

assassination point of Arch Duke Ferdinand 

will provide material for the World 

War I novel presently taught in Modern 

Literature. In composition, her students 

will have the opportunity to exchange 

letters with the students of Gimnazija 

Dobrinja High School in Sarajevo.

athletic highlights 

State Champion 

C 

Softball 

ongratulations to Pius X Softball Team 

for claiming the Class B State Softball 

Championship. 

This is Pius X’s second state softball championship with the first being 10 years ago. The 

Pius X Softball Team utilized their talent and fan support at their Sept. 25 home game 

to support breast cancer awareness. The team pre-sold shirts worn by team players and 

fans and asked for donations. Mrs. Annette Kunzman, technology instructor and breast 

cancer survivor, threw out the first pitch of the game. The softball team then presented 

a check for $625 to the Saint Elizabeth Foundation Breast Cancer Awareness Fund. 

Team members include: (back, l-r) Asst. Coach Sami Liegl, Asst. Coach Christy Krueger, 

student manager-Mandy Sloan, Shelby Chapelle, Becky Brokaw, Lauren Tobias, 

MiKayla Fisher, Head Coach Don Rempe, Asst. Coach Jamie Reed; (middle, l-r) Alyssa 

Holland, Andrea Sehnert, Allie Reinhart, Paige Brophy, Jacey Hain, Hope Ragon, 

Maddie Noecker; and (front, l-r) MacKenzie Helman, Kennedy Oberembt, Kaela 

Samek, Kat Woolman, Rachel Arthur, Desirae Hakel, and Jacklyn Jablonski. 

The Pius X Girls Golf Team took runner-up at the 

Class A State Golf Tournament. Congratulations for a 

successful season to (l-r) Coach Steph Kolbas, Miranda 

Paul, Marisa Pribnow, Rose Medill, Maddie Koenig, 

and Kelsey Benes. 

The Pius X Girls Cross Country Team took runner-up at the Class A State 

Meet. Congratulations for a successful season to (back, l-r) Asst. Coach 

Bill Rice, Coach George O’Boyle, Emma Kennett, Kylie Tucker, Megan 

Drozda, Kendra Stewart, Natalie Kurtenbach, Tarin VanSlyke, 

Asst. Coach Josh Kramer, Asst. Coach Josh Willnerd; (front, l-r) Megan 

Asselin, Willa Koenig, Sarah Kottwitz, Ellie Beiermann, and Sarah 

Nickman. 

Pius X receives Class A Volleyball 

Sportsmanship Award 

Congratulations to the Pius X student body, volleyball team, and supporters 

for your actions at the State Volleyball Tournament. The Volleyball team took 

3rd place in the Class A State Tournament, and Pius X was named the winner 

of the Class A Volleyball Sportsmanship Award. Your positive support of each 

other and your competitors during the tournament was inspiring. You were very 

deserving of this award. 

The Pius X Volleyball Team brought home the third 

place trophy from the Class A State Volleyball Tournament. 

Congratulations on a successful season to (back, 

l-r) Asst. Coach Lindsay Burkey, Head Coach Jake 

Moore, student assistant Harrison Zornes, Marie Foley, 

Kaitlin VanLoon, Ashley Witt, Sydney Townsend, 

Sara Boothe, Maddi Essay, Bree Ackermann, Cassidy 

Diekmann, student assistant Nolinh Linebaugh, student 

assistant Fletcher Zornes, Asst. Coach Ryan Gray; (front, 

l-r) student assistant Meredith Hovis, Kennedy Hegert, 

Sarah Lewandowski, Alyssa Thavenet, Anne Bachmann, 

Alexa Birkel, Maggie Kopf, Kristy Wieser, and student 

assistant Mary Wagner. 

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uilding a strong foundation 

Pius X 

FOUNDATION 

Michelle Birkel 

Director of Development 

2012-2013 Fund for Pius X 

(formerly annual fund/annual appeal) 

During the Advent season, we are incredibly thankful for your extraordinary support over the 

past year. Pius X High School and our students have reaped great benefits from the generosity 

of our benefactors. Following are some highlights from this year that would not have 

been possible without your support. 

• Thanks to our very generous benefactors who have established endowed funds or scholarships, 

Pius X will be able to provide much needed financial aid to many students and their families 

who would not be able to afford the cost of tuition. The Pius Foundation will be awarding 

$32,000 in scholarships to 69 students for the 2012-2013 school year. 

• We have moved to Class A in many extra curricular 

sports and activities and, thanks to generous 

donors have completely refurbished one “Pius X is an amazing 

of our chemistry labs (room 200), updated our 

locker, weight and wrestling rooms, and added high school with 

additional visitor bleachers at Aldrich Field. dedicated teachers, staff, 

• An anonymous donor recently invested 

and administration. 

$200,000 for the benefit of the Band department 

($50,000) and the ABLE program Our children are blessed 

($150,000) which is intended to give extra to receive their high 

academic support to students. 

school education from this 

• Pius X High School has just received special 

recognition for Excellence in Catholic Identity tremendous institution!” 

by the Cardinal Newman Society’s National 

Catholic High School Honor Roll. This is the -Rhonda Litt, parent of three Pius X graduates: 

fourth time in 7 years that Pius X has been Andrew ‘09, currently at St. Gregory the Great 

named as part of the Honor Roll, including 

seminary; Mary ’12; and Matthew ‘05 

two Top 50 honors and one honorable mention. 

• The endowment for Pius X continues to be of great assistance to the school’s financial budget. 

We are grateful that $490,000 will be distributed to the high school for operating expenses for 

the 2012-2013 school year. As of June 30, 2012, our endowment was valued at over $11.3 million. 

Our challenge is to keep Catholic education affordable. One of the primary ways of doing 

this is by building our endowment. As our endowment increases, we are able to transfer more 

to the high school each year! 

• We have been blessed with a successful start to our annual Fund for Pius X campaign 

which is vital to building our school’s endowment and to keeping tuition affordable 

for every student and their family. All of us in Lincoln are so blessed to have one of the 

most affordable tuition rates in the nation ($1,500 vs. $8,900 nationally). This is made 

possible only through ongoing and generous support of our local parishes, the Fund for 

Pius X, our annual gala - BOLT, the Booster Club, and other fund raising efforts. As 

of November 27, 2012, $259,569.72 has been received (74% of our $350,000 goal). 

Thank you! 

Lastly, please consider remembering Pius X High School when making your estate 

plans. The Pius X endowment is a wonderful way to leave your legacy with the school 

and impacts all 1,100 students! Your support will continue forever to keep our Catholic 

schools secure financially. 

Best wishes to you for a blessed Christmas and New Year! 

Fund for Pius X 2007-2012 

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Slattery Honored for Distinguished Stewardship 

by Deb Hoge 

“‘It is in our lives and not in our 

words that our religion must be read.’ 

-Thomas Jefferson,” wrote John Slattery 

in a tribute e-mail. “This is one of the 

quotes my dad would send me during my 

freshman year of college.” 

These words of Thomas Jefferson came 

from the heart. They are words that have 

come to life through the time, talent and 

treasure shared with Pius X High School 

and many other Catholic organizations 

by Alan Slattery. 

Fittingly, Alan was honored with the 

2012 Distinguished Stewardship Award 

at the annual Friends of Pius X Appreciation 

Reception on August 19, 2012. 

“Alan has always exercised his postion 

as the Pius X advisory board chairman 

with complete professionalism, in good 

humor, and with more kindness than 

necessary,” stated Karen Largen ’81, who 

nominated Slattery for the award. “As a 

married couple, the Slatterys are a perfect 

example of living out the Gospel in 

Christian stewardship.” 

Alan and his wife, Ruth, have served 

on the BOLT Committee with Alan 

building a strong foundation 

2013 Tax Changes Headed Your Way – Are you Prepared 

by Michelle Birkel 

As we approach the end of the year, 

many people are getting ready to make 

gifts to their loved ones and/or charities 

to help reduce their estates. If you have 

been putting off creating an estate plan 

or haven’t updated it in years, upcoming 

changes in tax laws might lead you to 

consider updating your plan before the 

end of 2012. 

Analysts suggest that even if Congress 

acts before the end of the year, the 

amount of wealth that you may pass on 

to your children or grandchildren before 

being subject to gift or estate tax will likely 

decrease. Thus the historically high gift 

and estate tax exclusion amount ($5.12 

million) in 2012 is largely considered a 

“use it or lose it” opportunity to transfer 

gifts in 2012 rather than leaving gifts to 

your family by bequest in your will. 

Income and capital gains taxes will 

both increase and the estate, gift and generation 

skipping tax (the shift of property 

by gift or at death to a person who is two 

or more generations below that of the 

person granting the gift) exemptions will 

change dramatically in 2013. The basic 

exclusion amount (the amount you can 

own before your estate is subject to estate 

taxes) lowers from $5.12 million in 2012 

to $1 million in 2013. 

The top estate tax rate also increases 

from 35 percent to 55 percent. 

being the Master of Ceremonies 

for the last three 

years. He has also been 

in leadership positions in 

several major fund drives for 

Pius X. 

“Through 40 years of 

marriage, I have admired 

and loved how much it 

means to him to serve and 

to give,” commented Ruth. 

“He has always been so 

appreciative of the opportunities 

Catholic education 

has provided for him that he 

has always wanted to help 

others have that same opportunity.” 

He and his wife, Ruth, 

have seven children, all who 

graduated from Pius X, and 

six grandchildren. 

“I am very humbled to receive this 

recognition,” said Alan after receiving 

the award. “Ruth, and I are very committed 

to Catholic education for all 

Catholic children. It has been important 

Expected Tax Changes 

2012 2013 

Gift and Estate Tax 

Exclusion “The Unified Credit” $5.12 Million $1.0 Million 

Highest Gift and Estate Tax Rate 35% 55% 

Annual Gift Tax Exclusion $13,000 $13,000 

Highest Capital Gains Tax Rate 15% 20% 

Highest Income Tax Rate 35% 39.60% 

Also, taxpayers considering a significant 

charitable gift should be aware that it 

may be more advantageous to make their 

gift in 2012 because 2013 ushers back 

in rules that limit itemized deductions at 

certain adjusted gross income levels. 

Federal Tax Laws Affecting 

Estate Planning in 2013: 

• Capital gains and income taxes raised: 

Capital gains taxes will increase from 

15 to 20 percent and the top income 

tax rate has been raised from 35 percent 

in 2012 to 39.6 percent in 2013. 

• Gift tax exemption lowers: The gift 

tax exemption lowers from a $5.12 million 

exclusion amount to $1 million 

in 2013. The top gift tax rate will rise 

from 35 to 55 percent. The annual 

gift tax exclusion (the amount you can 

give to anyone gift tax-free each year) 

Alan Slattery was nominated for the Distinguished Stewardship 

award by fellow Pius X High School Board of Advisors member, 

Karen Largen’ 81. Stating that the Slatterys “are an ideal family,” 

Karen added that “as an attorney, Alan is a role model to many, 

including myself.” 

in the lives of our children and for the 

success that we have been blessed with. 

As volunteers at Pius, we have had an opportunity 

to associate with the finest men 

and women in Lincoln and their families, 

so any benefit to Pius has been mutually 

rewarding.” 

remains at $13,000 ($26,000 for married 

couples). 

Because of the tax-exempt nature of 

501(c)(3) charitable organizations like 

Pius X High School, charitable giving 

may present income, capital gains, and 

gift & estate tax benefits particularly for 

those holding highly appreciated assets 

like an IRA or agricultural real estate. 

To learn more about how the 2013 tax 

changes may affect your family’s estate 

plan and how a gift to the Pius Foundation 

through a charitable trust, IRA 

designation, gift annuity, or bequest 

may be beneficial to you please consult 

your trusted tax advisor/ attorney and 

contact Michelle Birkel at the Pius X 

Foundation at 402.488.1046 or Joshua 

Shasserre at the Catholic Foundation at 

402.488.2142. 

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uilding a strong foundation 

New Scholarship Celebrates God’s Gifts 

by Deb Hoge 

A Pius X education is special in many 

ways - academic excellence, opportunity 

to discover ones talents and abilities, 

development of the Catholic faith, our 

relationship with the Holy Trinity, and 

many other ways. 

One alumnus, Rex Mudd ’61, believed 

his Pius X education was 

truly a ‘golden spoon’ in 

life. “Our 50th reunion 

struck me as being very 

similar to life – much too 

short,” Mudd wrote in a 

letter to his classmates. “I 

am struck by the accomplishments 

of our class – story after story 

of the lives we have led show a pattern of 

accomplishments by everyone.” 

“I was not born with a golden spoon 

but believe that we were all blessed with 

the gold spoon given to us with a Pius 

education and the Pius experience in 

our critical formative years,” he continued. 

“While I believe we were a superior 

class, I recognize we were not unique 

when reading the accomplishments of 

subsequent classes. I marvel how Pius X 

turns out quality young men and women 

ready to enter the real world. Few start 

life with the advantage of the education 

we received.” This past year, he ensured 

that this same ‘golden spoon’, a Pius X 

education, would be available and affordable 

for generations of Pius X students for 

years to come by establishing the Golden 

Spoon Scholarship. 

For decades, Pius X students and 

families have been blessed by those who 

believe in the mission of Pius X and positive 

attributes of a Catholic education. 

The endowed scholarships established 

through the Pius X Foundation allow 

many families, who may otherwise not 

be able to afford a Catholic education, to 

attend Pius X and develop and grow in 

God’s love. 

Mudd established the Golden Spoon 

Scholarship to help students realize that 

even though they may not have been 

born into wealth or financial security, 

each of them is born with unique talents, 

demonstrated by their academic accomplishments. 

Mudd asked that with the awarding 

of the scholarship each year, the recipient 

will receive a certificate that includes 

some very powerful truths: “The golden 

spoon given to you by God is a fine mind 

and a keen intellect. This scholarship 

is for you to develop your mind, grow 

your faith, develop your skills and most 

of all enjoy your Pius experience as you 

transition to adulthood. We salute your 

achievement and hope that with continued 

success into the distant future you 

may be inspired to help a similar outstanding 

student that would benefit from 

a Pius X education.” 

Saturday • April 20, 2013 

milestone was passed with last year’s BOLT event - in 

A the past 27 years, you have raised over $4 million 

dollars for Pius X High School. We are blessed and humbled. 

Your support of Kings, Queens, Bishops...BOLT 2012 

provided Pius X with $242,000 in assistance with capital 

improvements, reducing the debt on the new kitchen 

expansion, and providing support for the Booster Club. The 

funds raised at this year’s event will continue to retire the 

kitchen debt and support Pius X sports and activites through 

the Booster Club. 

Please save the date and join us on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 

as Pius X High School hosts the 28th annual BOLT benefit 

dinner and live and silent auctions. We are excited to 

announce the theme for this spring’s gala, “BOLT Creating 

a Masterpiece”. Our gifted volunteers are sketching out 

inspired ideas and preparing our paint palettes to make 

it an evening to remember. We have wonderful auction 

items as well as the famous lottery, with cash prizes totaling 

$15,000. We are sure you will not want to miss the party. 

www.piusx.net/bolt 

~2013 BOLT Committee 

Deb Schulte, BOLT Director 

Lottery tickets - 

on sale January 20th 

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We are extraordinarily proud to have been able to 

pass on the legacy of Catholic education to our 

children. As native rural Nebraskans with large 

families educated in much smaller Catholic schools, we know 

how much our parents sacrificed to support our education. 

And, we know that Catholic education is a natural extension 

of the values and behaviors that we in turn as parents have 

strived to instill in our own children. 

It is with gratitude and thanksgiving to God for the gift of 

Catholic faith to our families, that we support Pius X, so 

that Catholic education can be made accessible and an 

enduring legacy for other families as well. 

- Gary and Kathy Hoebelheinrich: Parent of Alumni - 

Sarah ’03, Hannah ’06, and Paul ’11 

Annual Giving Review 2011-2012 

Pius X Foundation • Pius X High School

Endowed Scholarships 

Vince Aldrich Memorial 

Scholarship 

Timothy & Mary ’74 Knight 

Jim ’85 & Melinda Petrzilka 

Michael Anderson Memorial 

Scholarship 

Pat ’74 & Adaire Anderson 

Shannon Anderson ’78 

John ’80 & Kelly ’80 

Morehouse 

Ed Regelean ’60 

Liam & Lorraine Barr 

Memorial Scholarship 

Deirdre Barr 

Msgr. Liam Barr 

Marilue Becker Scholarship 

Dale & Marjorie Anderson 

Douglas Anderson 

Kim & Barbara Batie 

Henry Baum 

Greg & Kim Becker 

Mike & Barb Becker 

Marlene Beiermann 

Paul & Michelle Birkel 

Ann Marie Birky 

Robert & Lindy Bixler 

Richard & Eleanor Bohaty 

Gene Brake ’70 

Mathew ’01 & Jennifer 

Brinkman 

William Browne 

Sally Burt 

Steve ’86 & Tricia Burt 

Anne Callahan 

Jim & Mary Cashin 

Tom & Becky Cast 

Eileen Childerston 

John & Nancy Comer 

Frank & Nadine Condello 

Gayle & Linda Cooper 

Robert & Mary Coulter 

Jerome Cox 

Jeanne Cuda 

Bill & Judy Cudaback 

Virginia Culwell 

David & Joann Currie 

Katie Daniel 

Wesley & Janis Durst 

William & Arlys Eddy 

Gerald & Claire Ehernberger 

Bonnie Faimon 

Donald & Joanne Farrell 

Thomas & Rena Fox 

Willard & Regina ’45 Frey 

Robert Friedman 

Greg & Marty Gill 

Larry & Beverly Gish 

Ron & Ann Glower 

Richard & Catherine Haden 

Joseph & Connie Hain 

Elroy & Gloria Hankel 

Dave & Elsa ’83 Hatch 

Bethany Hemphill 

Richard Himmelberg 

Wendy Horacek 

William & Vivian Howard 

Homer & Kay Hoxie 

Dennis & Elaine Hruby 

Todd ’82 & Deborah Hruby 

Patricia Hruza 

Susan Imig 

Hollis & Joann ’48 Jennings 

Howard & Betty Jeske 

John Kastl 

Eugene & Cynthia Kelly 

Patricia King 

Dennis ’71 & Maureen ’72 

Kipper 

Larry & Sharon Kluck 

Bernard & Myra Kouma 

James ’54 & Patricia Kreifels 

Norma Kruse 

Bethine Leif 

Dr. James & Margaret Lewis 

Lincoln Center Sertoma 

Boyd & Ann MacDougall 

Ila Marble 

Barb Martin 

John & Dee Matulis 

Lois & Z. B. Mayo 

Robert & Margaret 

McKitterick 

Wynn & Sheila Mehlhaff 

Ellen Mettenbrink 

Ernest & Betty Motis 

Jearild & Marcia Mullinix 

Mike & Karen Murphy 

Frederick & Thoma Neid 

Gilbert & Wilma Nelson 

Hans & Wilma Nelson 

Kathryn Neyens 

Keith & Lois O’Brien 

Mark & Susan Oppegard 

Marilyn Paolini 

Harold Bob & Delores 

Partridge 

Allan & Tina Peterson 

Jean Piontek 

John Pitzer 

Gerald & Lois Poppe 

Thomas & Nona Prockish 

Richard & Georgia Raecke 

Robert & Mary Lou Reeves 

Paul & Rosemary Reinsch 

Barbara Ridder 

Deborah Romanek 

Gary & Vera Salmon 

Bernard & Janice Sherman 

Robert & Jan Sibal 

Alan & Ruth Slattery 

Conrad & Joan Smith 

Robert & Sheila Smith 

Dan & Kathy ’84 Steinmeyer 

Sara Stephenson 

Eileen Strasburg 

Leon & Karen Straub 

Carol Svoboda 

Mabel Svoboda 

George & Donna Thompson 

Ralph & Rosemary Thorpe 

Thomas ’75 & Shelley Thorpe 

Robert & Shirley Trauger 

Paul & Carolyn Turba 

John & Nancy Vallis 

Jennie Vanderplow 

Bob & Marilyn Wagner 

Theone Walker 

Marilyn Watson 

John Weber 

Jim & Connie Weir 

Una Wells 

Delbert Winkler 

Janice Zoucha 

Jeanne Zwiebel 

Kristin Bottger Memorial 

Scholarship 

Norman & Sheri Bottger 

William ’99 & Madeline ’99 

Christen 

Tim & Jennifer Conzemius 

Schulte Chiropractic Wellness 

Center 

Mary Elizabeth Brake 


Scott & Ann Barnett 

David ’89 & Laura ’91 Reese 

Virginia Reese 

Jim & Merle Briggs 


Stephen ’64 & Joan Mueting 

Monsignor Dawson 

Scholarship 

Roy & Carol Bradley 

Jeff Dodd Memorial 

Scholarship 

Jason ’91 & Katina Bryant 

Class of 1991 

Dana ’89 & Shalu Johnson 

Edward & Felecia Thomassen 

“I have the strongest, most 

amazing mother and with 

the scholarship it has really 

helped...She would sacrifice 

everything she had to in 

order for me to go to Pius 

X because she really values a 

Catholic education.” 

- Gabrielle Bruckner ’12 

Joanne B. Easley Memorial 

Scholarship 

Gregory ’65 & Liz Easley 

Joseph ’02 & Sally Easley 

Sister Kathryn ’59 Easley 

Michael & Janet McDonald 

Keith & Sherry Schafer 

Betty Ward 

Clint Eckhout Memorial 

Scholarship 

Jerome & Jeanette Eckhout 

Tim & Mari Eckhout 

Mike & Rhonda Litt 

Ryan ’00 & Jamie ’00 Sidwell 

Stephanie L. Fiedler 


Robin ’90 & Tom Best 

Donald & Deloris Fiedler 

Megan ’88 & Jason Masten 

Paul & Deborah Maynard 

Pat Sheppard 

Golden Spoon Scholarship 

Rex Mudd ’61 

Matt Grosserode Memorial 

Scholarship 

Anonymous 

Thomas Barnett 

Sally Burt 

Joseph & Cynthia Connolly 

James & Ann Domgard 

Dr. James ’63 & Nancy Ganser 

Joann Grosserode ’78 

Patrick ’98 & Amber ’98 

Grosserode 

Andrea Hattan Haberlan 

Irene Hill 

Adam & Kristin Kalous 

Joshua ’00 Kramer 

James ’62 & Mary Anne Love 

Richard & Carol Martin 

Jake & Laura Morones 

David & Margaret Novacek 

Thomas & Rhonda Peed 

Al & Mary Sand 


Center 

Steve H. Grosserode 

Scholarship in memory of 

Marcella Grosserode 

Robert ’72 & Teresa ’73 

Grosserode 

Keith & Mary ’67 Ingram 

Eileen Hartmann Memorial 

Scholarship 

John ’84 & Lisa Hartmann 

Tim ’86 & Heather Hartmann 

Don Kelley Scholarship 

Hector ’74 & Jane Sanchez 

Kathi Krause Memorial 

Scholarship 

Curtis & Michele Carstens 

Dan & Connie ’81 Ernst 

Patricia Krause 

Scott ’76 & Beth Krause 

Sam ’74 & Jane ’74 Manzitto 

Tim & Ginnelle ’82 Ries 

John Liescheski Memorial 

Scholarship 

Tom & Lynne Albin 

Adam Benes ’09 

Daniel & Monica Blankenau 

Mitch & Sandy Hartman 

Joe & Deborah Kerr 

Phillip & Joan Liescheski 


Mark & Julie Main 

Denise Scott 

Steve & Cathy Urban 

Adam McCabe Memorial 

Scholarship for Kindness 

Pat ’79 & Elizabeth McCabe 

Ervin & Cheryl Wemhoff 

George O’Boyle Scholarship 

Kenneth ’66 & Marilyn 

Dustin 

Elizabeth Lange ’04 

Rick & Sue Lange 

Randolph Drug Store 

Memorial Scholarship in 

honor of Felix Schmitz 

& Mardcella Mulligan 

Schmitz 

Patty ’70 & Kent Gilmore 

James ’59 & Phyllis Schmitz 


Scholarship 

Phil ’78 & Donna ’79 Reinsch 

Patrick Schafers Memorial 

Scholarship 


Eric ’89 & Angela ’89 Schafers 

Michael ’82 & Lisa ’83 

Schafers 

Rich & Celia ’74 Wahl 

Marita Ward ’80 

Harold and Cecilia Sherman 

Scholarship 

Michael & Sue Mooney 

Cecelia Sherman 

Christine ’65 & William 

Thompson 

Bertha Weitzel 

Linda Sloup Memorial 

Scholarship 

Anonymous 

Wells Fargo Bank * 

R. Scott Wickham Memorial 

Scholarship 

Larry & Judy ’73 Kramer 

Ellen Spelman ’71 

Unrestricted Scholarship 

Fund 

James & Judy Cunningham 

Catherine Gabell 


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Endowed Funds 

Vince Aldrich Memorial 

Fund 

Jim ’53 & Patricia ’54 

Buchanan 

Marilyn Long 

Michael & Janet McDonald 

Jim ’75 & Dorothy Smiley 

Clancy ’56 & Charlene ’56 

Woolman 

Lawrence Arth Endowed 

Fund 

Mary ’61 Arth 

Richard ’60 & Patricia 

Rademacher 

Jules J. and Cloviis J. 

Vandersarl Endowment for 

Science & Music 

Jaymes Kastl ’05 

Dr. Jules ’61 & Mary 

VanDersarl 

David & Candice Wise 

Non-Endowed Scholarships 

John Byington Memorial 

Scholarship 

Anonymous 

John Liescheski Memorial 

Trap Team Scholarship 

Philip and Joan Liescheski 

O'Gara Scholarship 

Robert ’57 & Gayle O'Gara 

Optimal Dental Scholarship 

Dr. Dustin Bailey ’91 

Optimal Dental PC 

SchoolOperatingBudget 

Pius X Foundation Board of Directors 

Back: Jack Peetz; Dave Snitily; Jeff Schumacher; Jim Determan; Scott 

Becker; Tim Conzemius; John Arrigo; middle: Kent Endacott '83; Dr. 

Dan Tomes; Chris Wagner; Father Jim Meysenburg, Superintendent; 

Dr. Phil Essay '82; front: Michelle Birkel, Director of Development; 

Liz Koop '82, Canice Kobus; Doris Robertson; and Nick Cusick '69. 

Not pictured: Courtney McCashland, and Joshua Shassere, Diocesan 

Planned Giving Director. 

Scholarships 

2011-2012 Pius X Foundation 

$477,625 to Distributed to Pius X High School 

SpecialPrograms 

Pius X Foundation 

It is our pleasure to present to you the 

Pius X Foundation Annual Giving 

Review. This annual report is Pius X 

High School’s statement of accountability 

for gifts received during the fiscal year 

July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, and 

reflects your continued commitment to 

Lincoln's central Catholic high school. If 

your name appears in this report, please 

know of our sincere gratitude for your 

investment in our school and that the 

entire Pius X family benefits from your 

generosity. You have made a difference! If 

your name is not listed, please consider 

what your charitable gift could do to make 

a difference in the life of a student. 

The Pius X Foundation distributes to Pius 

X High School up to five percent of the 

fair market value of its investment assets, 

as determined as of December 31st annually. 

The distributions are allocated to the 

operating budget of Pius X High School. 

For 2011-2012, Pius X Foundation 

distributed $477,625 to Pius X for general 

expenses, scholarships, and programs/project. 

This was calculated based on the value 

of investments on December 31, 2010. 

We have made every attempt to publish a 

comprehensive and accurate list of donors. 

We sincerely apologize if your name was 

inadvertently omitted or printed incorrectly. 

If this is the case, please contact 

the Pius X Foundation at 402.488.1046. 

Thank you again for your generosity and 

on-going support. 

$5,600 

programs 

$40,025 

scholarships 

SchoolOperatingBudget 

Scholarships 

SpecialPrograms 

$432,000 

school 

operating 

budget 

11.89% 

.69% 

11.79% 

75.64% 

TuitionAssistance 

Percentage of 

school distribution to 

Maintenance&O 

budget areas. 

Pay&Benefits 

Pay&Benefits 

Pay&Benefits 

Instructional 

Pay&Benefits 

Instructional 

Instructional 


Instructional 



Maintenance&Operations 





The selected audited information, 

published here, is taken from 

financial statements for the 12 

month period ending June 30, 2012. Complete financial statements, including notes, can 

be obtained by contacting the Pius X Foundation. BKD, LLP conducted an audit of Pius X 

Foundation’s June 30, 2012 financial statements in accordance with auditing standards 

generally accepted in the United States of America. BKD, LLP expressed an unqualified 

opinion on the financial statements, which means that the financial statements conform, in 

all material respects, with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of 

America. 

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Pay&Benefits 

Instructional

Endowment 

Anonymous (12) 


Greg & Elaine Almond 

Stephan & Darla Andersen 

Ann Andreas 

Anne M. Evans Charitable 

Fund 

Ernest & Mary Arrigo 

Greg & Lori ’88 Aschoff 

Tom & Pamela Beiermann 


Chris & Karen Border 

Daniel Border 

Roy & Carol Bradley 

Ryan & Kimberle Broker 

Barry & Patricia Butler 

John & Anne Byers 

Michael & Cathryn Carr 

Class of 1961 

George & Liz ’60 Corfield 

Michael & Mary Daily 

W. Christian ’92 & Angela 

Davenport 

Tom & Judy Dean 

Michael & Cindy Donnelly 

Deanna Dowd 

Robert ’83 & Diane Duden 

Eclipse Inc 

Amanda & Jon Ernst 

Craig & Ruth ’65 Foster 

Gerald & Patricia Frain 

Patricia Freund ’65 

Ronald Fricke ’78 

John ’88 & Kylee Graham 

Patrick ’98 & Amber ’98 

Grosserode 

Dr. Gerard & Mary Beth 

Hafner 

John Haggerty 

Tom & Lisa ’86 Haley 

Miroslav & Antonine 

Hamersky 

Richard ’80 & Linda 

Hanigan 

Sandy & Mitch Hartman 

Fr. Jonathan Haschke 

Peter ’90 & Kristin ’91 

Heath 

Michael & Monica 

Henkenius 

Emily Hoeller 

Deb & Wayne Hoge 

Joshua & Diana Holthaus 

Steve & Lee Hotovy 

Phil & Ann Hovis 

Dan ’72 & JoAnn ’72 

Hyland 

Jeanie & Earl Imler 

Steve & Sonya Irons 

Ivan & Lynette Ivanov 

Steve ’82 & Elizabeth ’81 

Jaros 

Darvin ’54 & Patricia 

Jemming 

Justin & Amy Johnson 

Gordon & Margaret Kaiser- 

Woodward 

Brian ’77 & Kathryn Kelley 

Joe & Susan Kelly 

Christopher & Blair Kesting 

Hyunseok Kim ’15 

Dennis & Sheila Koch 

Joshua Kramer ’00 

Susan Kuntz 

Doug & Annette Kunzman 

Lesli Lathrom 

Barbara Laughlin ’75 

Roger & Gretchen Law 

Liberty First Credit Union 

Lincoln Physical Therapy 

Associates PC 

James & Katie ’83 Lockhart 

Joseph ’74 & Michelle 

Loudon 

Gary ’73 & Cindy Love 

James ’62 & Mary Anne 

Love 

Mary Lou Machacek 

Mahoney Trust 

Tom & Deidre ’79 

Malmstrom 

Matthew & Wendy Mar 

Dave ’86 & Janice Maynard 

Kevin & Patrice ’89 McCabe 

Deborah McGinn ’77 

Patrick ’75 & Chris ’75 

McGovern 

Maggie McPherson 

Mollie McPherson 

Christopher & Heather 

McQuillan 

Austin Menke ’10 

Marie Meyers 

Mark & Susan Monnier 

Dr. Peter ’81 & Lori ’96 

Morin 

Monte & Judy ’61 Moser 

Neurological & Spinal 

Surgery LLC 

Jeffrey & Kelli Niedbalski 

Jack & Cynthia Olson 

Sara Ondracek ’89 

Michael & Lillian O’Neill 

Michael & Esther Ortiz 

Debra Owens 

Jason Pearson 

Mark & Monica Pomajzl 

Jon & Pam Rademacher 

Raising Canes 

Rick & Georgeanne Rashilla 


Bette Regan 

Wes & Monica Richert 

Dan & Vicki ’81 Roberts 

Russ’s Market 

John & Jillian ’97 Rutledge 

Elizabeth Ryan ’03 

Eric Therese ’78 Sack 


Ron & Kris ’92 Scanlon 

Brian & Kellie ’97 Schenk 

Joel & Mary Schlautman 

William ’65 & Jeanie ’68 

Schommer 

Norm & Deb Schulte 

Greg Seib ’05 

Adam & Emily ’98 Sellhorn 

Sid Dillon Buick Nissan 

Hyundai 

Douglas & Nicole Simon 


Megan Slattery ’06 

James & Joan ’61 Smyth 

Snyder Physical Therapy 

Ellen Spelman 

Scott Spethman ’83 

Melanie Springer 

St. Elizabeth Regional 

Medical Center 

Melissa Starr 

Rhett & Kathryn 

Stephenson 

Ryan & Sara Stewart 

Christopher Stoley ’07 

Daniel ’83 & Shelly Sullivan 

Super Saver 

System Technology Services 

Karen Taubenheim ’89 

Gary & Patricia ’57 Taylor 

Tim & Constance ’65 

Tempel 

The Lincoln Running Co. 

Jeff & Debbie Thomas 

William & Christine ’65 

Thompson 

Frank & Mary ’65 Tilton 

Dr. Dan & Libby Tomes 

Tom & Margaret Tracy 

Lisa Troester 

Mike & Ashley ’95 Ulrich 

Jon & Joyanne Van Bloom 

Mary Kay Vestecka ’76 

Michael ’79 & Cyndi 

Vestecka 

Dan & Julie Vontz 

Jerry & Christina Vrbka 

Twila Wakefield 

Wal-Mart - South 

Lucas Weeder 

Wells Fargo Bank * 


James & Marysue ’71 Wendt 

Joseph & Sophia Werning 

Lyndon & Rosemary 

Wichers 

Byron & Mary ’73 Wilcox 

Robert & Sue Wilkinson 

Russell & Irene Williams 

Ralph & Darleyn Wolfe 

Emily Wyatt 

Mike & Amy ’89 Zeleny 

Walter & Carol Zink 

Troy ’90 & Jenny ’92 Zornes 

Dr. Paul & Gia Zuercher 

* Denotes Matching Gift 

Companies 

W 

e feel truly blessed to be able to educate our 

six children within the Catholic Schools of the 

Lincoln Diocese. Educating future leaders for our 

community and country is critical in these times of rapid 

cultural changes. Our children have had the opportunity 

to be taught by wonderful and dedicated Priests, Sisters, 

teachers and staff, for which we are grateful. 

The schools have been very affordable because of the 

Diocese’s commitment to support Catholic education. 

We know that tuition covers only a small portion of the 

total costs of this education. 

Contributing to the annual Fund for Pius X is a way we 

thank God for this blessing. 

- Jack & Shelia McKeegan, 

Pius X parent 

2011 Founders & 

Grandparents Day 

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Memorial & Honoree Gifts 

In memory of Jeanne Aldrich 

Teresa Kenney ’78 

In memory of Vince Aldrich 

Howard Johnson ’55 

Teresa Kenney ’78 

Kurt Lynch ’78 

In memory of Elizabeth 

'Lizzy' Anderson 

Joseph Barrett ’92 

In memory of Michael 

Anderson 

Catherine Matthews ’57 

Ed Regelean ’60 

In memory of Larry Arth 

Mary Arth ’61 

Susie Arth ’89 

Class of ’61 

Brent ’96 & Molly ’96 Gant 

In memory of George & 

Elizabeth Banker 

Mary ’66 & Larry Elbert 

In memory of Dennis Barry 

Mary ’72 & Jim Abel 


Elinor Bartlett 

Bob Bartlett ’66 

Mary Banker Elbert’66 

In memory of Gaylord 

Becker 

Dale & Marjorie Anderson 

Douglas Anderson 

Kim & Barbara Batie 

Henry Baum 

Greg & Kim Becker 

Mike & Barb Becker 

Marlene Beiermann 

Michelle & Paul Birkel 

Ann Marie Birky 

Robert & Lindy Bixler 

Richard & Eleanor Bohaty 

Gene Brake 

Mathew ’01 & Jennifer 

Brinkman 

William Browne 

Sally Burt 


Anne Callahan 

Jim & Mary Cashin 

Tom & Becky Cast 

Eileen Childerston 

John & Nancy Comer 

Frank & Nadine Condello 

Gayle & Linda Cooper 


Jerome Cox 

Jeanne Cuda 

Bill & Judy Cudaback 

Virginia Culwell 

David & Joann Currie 

Katie Daniel 

Wesley & Janis Durst 

William & Arlys Eddy 

Gerald & Claire Ehernberger 

Bonnie Faimon 

Donald & Joanne Farrell 

Thomas & Rena Fox 

Regina ’45 & Willard Frey 

Robert & Robert Friedman 

Greg & Marty Gill 

Larry & Beverly Gish 

Ron & Ann Glower 


Joseph & Connie Hain 

Elroy & Gloria Hankel 

Elsa ’83 & Dave Hatch 

Bethany Hemphill 

Richard Himmelberg 

Wendy Horacek 

William & Vivian Howard 

Homer & Kay Hoxie 

Dennis & Elaine Hruby 


Patricia Hruza 

Susan Imig 

Joann ’48 & Hollis Jennings 

Howard & Betty Jeske 

John Kastl 

Eugene & Cynthia Kelly 

Patricia King 

Dennis ’71 & Maureen ’72 

Kipper 

Larry & Sharon Kluck 

Bernard & Myra Kouma 


Norma Kruse 

Bethine Leif 

Dr. James & Margaret Lewis 

Lincoln Center Sertoma 

Boyd & Ann MacDougall 

Ila Marble 

Barb Martin 

John & Dee Matulis 

Lois & Z. B. Mayo 

Robert & Margaret 

McKitterick 

Sheila & Wynn Mehlhaff 

Ellen Mettenbrink 

Ernest & Betty Motis 

Jearild & Marcia Mullinix 


Frederick & Thoma Neid 

Gilbert & Wilma Nelson 

Hans & Wilma Nelson 

New York Life Foundation * 

Kathryn Neyens 

Keith & Lois O’Brien 

Mark & Susan Oppegard 

Marilyn Paolini 

Harold Bob & Delores 

Partridge 

Tina & Allan Peterson 

Jean Piontek 

John Pitzer 

Gerald & Lois Poppe 

Thomas & Nona Prockish 

Richard & Georgia Raecke 

Robert & Mary Lou Reeves 


Barbara Ridder 

Deborah Romanek 

Gary & Vera Salmon 

Bernard & Janice Sherman 

Robert & Jan Sibal 


Conrad & Joan Smith 

Robert & Sheila Smith 

Kathy ’84 & Dan Steinmeyer 

Sara Stephenson 

Eileen Strasburg 

Leon & Karen Straub 

Carol Svoboda 

Mabel Svoboda ’50 

George & Donna Thompson 

Ralph & Rosemary Thorpe 

Thomas ’75 & Shelley Thorpe 

Robert & Shirley Trauger 

Paul & Carolyn Turba 

John & Nancy Vallis 

Jennie Vanderplow 

Bob & Marilyn Wagner 

Theone Walker 

Marilyn Watson 

John Weber 

Connie & Jim Weir 

Una Wells 

Delbert Winkler 

Janice Zoucha 

Jeanne Zwiebel 

In memory of Cheryl 

Berberet 

La Rae Schneider 

In memory of John & Mary 

Helen Berryman 

June Klute ’66 


Irene Biggs 

George ’58 & Prompon Biggs 

James ’64 & Diane Biggs 

In memory of Michael Biggs 

James ’64 & Diane Biggs 

In memory of Clarence 

Birkel 


In memory of Kristin Bottger 

Norm & Sheri Bottger 


Christen 



Center 

In memory of Earl & Teresa 

Brady 

Mary Brady Tilton ’65 

In memory of Tom Brady 

Mary Brady Tilton ’65 

In memory of Duane & 

Elaine Briney 

Mary Dickey ’71 

In memory of David 

Brokofsky 

Larry & Linda Brokofsky 

In memory of Norma Brow 

Carole Brow ’65 

In memory of Jack Brown 

Dr. Paul & Patricia Petersen 

In memory of Mike Brown 

Class of ‘61 

In memory of Jackson 

Sellmeyer Browning 

Maura Dawson Browning ’92 

Jennifer Dawson Meyer ’80 

In memory of Sharon Caruso 

Megan ’89 Caruso-Partridge 

In memory of Bob & Marcy 

Caster 

Bob ’62 & JoAnn Caster 

In memory of Sharon 

Christen 


Christen 

In memory of Ann Clifford 

Marianne Clifford Upton ’72 

Michael & Carol ’80 Jenkins 

Michael & Julianne ’77 Taylor 

In memory of James K Cole 

Sharon Combs Caraletta ’94 

In memory of Ralph & Marie 

Connelly 

Dr. Carolyn Connelly ’68 

Daniel ’65 & Susan Connelly 

Terry ’61 & Jennifer Connelly 

In memory of Kathleen Creal 

Anonymous (2) 

Daniel Border 

Ronald Fricke ’78 

John Haggerty 


Christopher & Blair Kesting 

Dennis & Sheila Koch 

Susan Kuntz 

Lesli Lathrom 

Barbara Laughlin ’75 

Roger & Gretchen Law 

Lincoln Physical Therapy 

Associates PC 

Joseph ’74 & Michelle Loudon 

Chris ’75 & Patrick ’75 

McGovern 

Mark & Susan Monnier 

Jack & Cynthia Olson 


Eric & Therese ’78 Sack 

William ’65 & Jeanie ’68 

Schommer 

Rhett & Kathryn Stephenson 


Lisa Troester 

Jon & Joyanne Van Bloom 

James & Marysue ’71 Wendt 

Ralph & Darleyn Wolfe 

Walter & Carol Zink 

In memory of Thomas F. 

Creal 


In memory of Vernon 

Danahy 

Greg & Lori ’88 Aschoff 

Douglas & Wendy Badje 

William & Tamara Bauer 

Lucy M. Buntain 

Timothy & Bettie Butts 

D.L. Clements 

Larry & Lucy Comine 

Dennis & Jamie Erickson 

Willard & Regina ’45 Frey 

John & Carole Gale 

Daniel & Verna Heironymus 

Michael & Leisha Kohl 


James & Kathy Quinn 

Joseph & Dorothy Skorupa 


In memory of Jack Danek 

Gary ’61 & Carol Danek 

In memory of Dale Darnell 

Patrick & Carol Darnell & 

Family 

In memory of Beth Davis 

Bob ’77 & Lisa Davis 

In memory of Deceased 

Members of the Class of ’78 

John ’78 Hanzlicek 

In memory of Karl 

Dickinson 

Joseph ’80 & Kacey ’80 

Dickinson Lempka 

In memory of Jeff Dodd 

Jason ’91 Bryant 


Brian & Melissa ’92 Widhelm 

Payne 


In memory of Jon Donlan 

Anne Andrew ’85 

Patrick ’84 & Corinne O’Brien 

In memory of Tim Donlan 

Anne Andrew ’85 

In memory of Robert Doulas 

Janet Doulas ’69 

In memory of JoAnne Easley 

Sally Burt 

Dr. Matthew ’96 & Amberly 

’96 Byington 


Stephen ’64 & Katharine 

Easley 

Dr. Peter & Margo ’86 

Gallagher 

Ernesto & Carmen ’92 

Sanchez Andrade 

Keith & Sherry Schafer 

Betty Ward 

In memory of Clint Eckhout 

Jerome & Jeanette Eckhout 

Tim & Mari Eckhout 


Kirk & Angela McAndrew 

Ryan ’00 & Jamie ’00 Sidwell 

In memory of Marvin D. 

Edwards 

Donna Edwards 

Peter ’90 & Kristin ’91 Heath 

In memory of Frank & 

Mamie Effinger Sr 

Frank ’48 & Aldeane Effinger 

In memory of Dan 

Fahrnbruch 

Tim Doyle ’67 

In memory of Deceased 

Family Members & Friends 

Anonymous 

In memory of the deceased 

members of the Fortner 

Family 

Richard & Kathleen ’61 

Fortner 

In memory of Stephanie L. 

Fiedler 

Robin Best ’90 

Donald & Deloris Fiedler 

Megan Petruconis Masten ’88 

Paul & Deborah Maynard 

Kirk & Angi McAndrew 

In memory of Cletus Fischer 

Dr. Tim & Jodi Fischer 

In memory of Jack Fisher 


Center 

In memory of Joe & Velma 

Fraas 

Dan & Sandy ’68 Fraas 

Harrison 

In memory of Jim & Madge 

Franssen 

Lois Kriger ’74 

In memory of Lonnie 

Franssen 

Mick ’73 & Diane ’73 Horak 

John Voboril ’87 

In memory of Thomas P 

Gallagher 

Kathleen Gallagher ’82 

In memory of Joseph & 

Lucille Garde 

John & Kathleen ’64 Connett 

In memory of Faith Gautreau 

Joe & Ruthie Maguire 

In memory of Jack Giltner 

Thomas ’69 & Audrey Giltner 

In memory of Steve 

Goodwater 

David & Kaela ’90 Olson 

Stamper 

In memory of John 

Grosserode 

Anonymous 

Thomas Barnett 

Sally Burt 

Joseph & Cynthia Connolly 

James & Ann Domgard 


Andrea Hattan Haberlan 

Irene Hill 

Adam & Kristin Kalous 


Kurt Lynch ’78 

Richard & Carol Martin 

Fr. James Meysenburg 

Jake & Laura Morones 

Al & Mary Sand 

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Memorial & Honoree Gifts 

In memory of Marcella 

Grosserode 

Robert ’72 & Teresa ’73 

Grosserode 

In memory of Matt 

Grosserode 

Sarah Mahoney ’00 


Center 

In memory of Norma Gude 

Charles & Louise ’70 

Greenway 

In memory of Joseph & 

Mary Haggerty 

Robert Haggerty ’73 

In memory of Joe Happ 

Debra & Jeff Blaser 

In memory of Candice 

Harms 


Brian & Melissa ’92 Widhelm 

Payne 

Kenneth & Dru Sypal 


Arlene Hauschild 

Michael ’63 & Carol ’63 

Laughlin 

Barbara ’60 Runyan 

In memory of Brian E. Heath 

Eugene & Susan Heath 


In memory of Gabriel & 

Margaret Hesse 

Francis ’65 Hesse 

In memory of Dr. William & 

Lillian Higgins 

Nancy ’64 Higgins 

In memory of Thomas 

Hindera 


In memory of John & Marie 

Hoff 

Cheri ’62 Hoff Boettner 

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. 

Darwin Hoover 

Nancy ’68 Balcetis 

In memory of Theresia 

Hostert 

Wayne & Deb Hoge 

In memory of Cyril Hruby 

Tom ’75 & Kathleen ’82 Kopf 

In memory of Gabby 

Humpal 


In memory of Cec Hunsaker 

Lee ’89 & Dana ’92 Hunsaker 

In memory of Glen Hupka 

Larry ’63 & Cathy Hupka 

In memory of Dale Thomas 

Imlay 

Judy Moser ’61 

In memory of Dick Irvin 

Julie Hunter ’78 

In memory of Stanley & 

Martha Jablonski 

Richard E. Jablonski ’72 

In memory of Robert 

Jedlicka 

Brenda Jedlicka Schroeder ’94 

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. 

Frank Jemming 

Darvin ’54 & Patricia 

Jemming 

In memory of Paul Jillson Sr. 

LuAnn Jillson Gerber ’79 

In memory of Harold & Effie 

Johnson 

Loretta Johnson Wagner ’81 

In memory of Jean Johnson 

Susan Johnson ’77 

In memory of Michael Keady 

& founding members of 

the Cathedral Men’s Golf 

League 

Cathedral Men’s Golf League 

In memory of Jean Keating 

Cindy Keating Fritton ’85 

In memory of John & 

Margeret Keefe 

Fr. John Keefe ’59 

In memory of William R. 

Kehr 

Mary Kehr Stucky ’65 

In memory of John K. Kerr 

Joanne Kerr 

In memory of Raymond 

Kobza 

Wayne ’71 & Laurie Kobza 

In memory of Glen & 

Geraldine Kohel 

Richard Kohel ’70 

In memory of Kathi Krause 

Patricia Krause 

Scott & Beth Krause 

Sam ’74 & Jane ’74 Manzitto 

Patrick ’84 & Corinne O’Brien 

In memory of Margaret 

Kouma 

Susan Johnson 

In memory of Francis 

Lempka 




Liescheski 

Mark & Michelle Aylor 


Adam Benes ’09 







Denise Scott 

Kevin & Mary Silvey 


In memory of Jacob Litt 


In memory of Liam John 

Love 

John ’87 & Julie Love 

In memory of Don and 

Ronnie Machacek 

Mary Lou Machacek 

In memory of Betty Maguire 


In memory of Charles P. 

Mahoney 

Patrice McCabe ’89 

In memory of Monica & 

Dominic Nam Mai 

Ngoc & Lien Mai 

In memory of Jack Major 

Gary & Linda Major 

In memory of Colette 

Malolepszy 

Kathy Meade Hebert ’64 

In memory of Jim & Irene 

Malone 

Helen Mayhew ’65 

In memory of Edna L. 

Manning 

Michael C. Manning ’67 

In memory of Bob & Marcy 

Bob ’63 & JoAnn Caster 

In memory of Frank & 

Dolores Masek 

Dallas & Mary Virchow 

In memory of Ann Matulka 

Jeff Standley ’91 

In memory of Adam McCabe 

Therese Sack ’78 


In memory of Msgr. John 

McCabe 

Therese Sack ’78 

In memory of Evelyn 

McCarty 

Dr. Brian & Kathy Boes 

In memory of Mary McCoy 


In memory of Edward 

McGovern 

Tom & Judy Dean 

Mary Kelly 

In memory of JoAnn (Focht) 

McGovern ~ Class of ’64 

Mike ’67 & Karen ’67 Butler 

Howard & Mar Pachman 

Bob & Jennifer Robinson 

Robert & Irish Winkelhake 

In memory of Alan 

McMorris 

John & Kathy Berrick 

Sandra Brehmer 

Richard & Cheryl Dean 

Mark ’71 & Katie ’72 Elsener 

Ruth Hayes 


Timothy & Mary Murphy 

Joanne Purdy 

William & Mary Rogge 

Timothy & Sheila Terrell 

Richard & Sue Waldren 

In memory of Amelia ‘Mia’ 

Madison Michel 

Geoff Wollin ’91 

In memory of Tom Millard 

Joe ’74 & Leanna Millard 

In memory of Glenn & Ann 

Miller 

Don ’69 & Georgia Miller 

In memory of Larry Mitchell 

Michael & Shari ’79 Mitchell 

Congleton 

In memory of Jim Monen 

Anonymous 

In memory of Albert 

Montanez Jr. 

Dave & Anita Scheuler 

In memory of Adam ‘Jack’ 

Mueller 

Greg & Elaine Almond 

Ann Andreas 

Miroslav & Antonine 

Hamersky 

Dan ’72 & JoAnn ’72 Hyland 


Marie Meyers 


In memory of Larry Navratil 


In memory of Sandra Neylon 

Greg Neylon ’67 

In memory of Kinh & An 

Nguyen 

Chan & Nhung Dao Nguyen 

In memory of Ethel O’Boyle 

Kenneth ’66 & Marilyn 

Dustin 



In memory of Larry W. 

O’Brien 

Robert & Mary ’60 O’Brien 

MaCoy 

JoAnn O’Brien ’57 

In memory of Mary Hope 

O’Brien 

Ficke Orthodontics LLC 

In memory of Art Ostdiek 

Clara Ostdiek Bricher ’57 

In memory of Don & Rita 

Overton 

Dr. Matthew ’96 & Amberly 

’96 Byington 

Troy ’90 & Jenny ’92 Zornes 

In memory of Father Ron 

Patterson 

Patricia Spencer ’56 

In memory of Joyce Petersen 


In memory of Mike 

Pinkerton 

Matt & Patty Bideaux 

In memory of Walter Plosky 

Mila Plosky ’66 

In memory of Shari Pofahl 

Randy & Carol Heesacker 

In memory of Jim Power 

Marlene Power 

In memory of Todd Power 

Marlene Power 

In memory of Kenny and 

Dorothy Radcliffe 

Marsha Radcliffe-Emmons ’72 

In memory of Nathan Raun 

Chris & Teresa Raun 

In memory of Dr. Herb Reese 


Virginia Reese 

In memory of Mary Kathryn 

Regelean 

James ’68 & Georgine 

Regelean 

In memory of Russ & Jean 

Reinig - proud parents of 

10 Pius grads 

Daniel Reinig ’78 

In memory of David A. 

Reinsch 

Paul ’70 & Cheryl Reinsch 

In memory of Dick Resseguie 

Janet Resseguie 

In memory of Leonard 

Rockwell 

Elaine Budler Rockwell ’42 

In memory of Marge Rogers 

Cheryl Mart ’63 

In memory of Brett Romberg 

Bill & Julie ’70 Ashburn 

Michael & Barb Romberg 


Center 


In memory of Diane Ruzicka 

Fredrick ’71 & Becky Ruzicka 

In memory of James J Ryan 

Kathy A. Berry ’79 

Mary Ann Burda ’61 

Alan & June Fisher 

Chris Irvin 

Joann Smith 

In memory of Dr. Paul Sand 

Mary Patricia O’Grady Sand 

’45 

In memory of Laurie 

Schaefer 

Monica Hansen ’97 

Jennifer Soucie Kitt ’97 

In memory of Patrick 

Schafers 


Eric ’89 & Angela ’89 Schafers 

Michael ’82 & Lisa ’83 

Schafers 


In memory of Wayne & 

Kathryn Schammel 

Raymond & Joan ’58 

Schammel McMahon 

In memory of Don & 

Dolores Schneider 

Douglas & Diane Schneider 


Schonewise 

Julie Schonewise 

In memory of RoseMary 

Schweitzer 

Angie Willsea ’88 

In memory of John Schwindt 

Elaine Schwindt 

In memory of Jean Shemek 

Eileen Shellhouse ’69 

In memory of Larry & Joyce 

Shepard 

Larry Shepard ’74 

In memory of Harold 

Sherman 



18 U piusx.net

In memory of Scott 

Shottenkirk 

Sara Kelly Ondracek ’89 

In memory of Earl Siepker 

Mary Sincebaugh ’67 

In memory of Edna 

Sinamark 

Norbert Sinamark ’42 

In memory of Linda Sloup 

Anonymous 

Jill Nolton ’92 

In memory of Don Smith 

James Regelean ’68 

John Ziegler ’68 

In memory of Lucille Smith 

’65 

Anonymous 

In memory of Leo Soucie 

Cheri Esslinger ’65 

In memory of Barbara 

Spence-O’Donnell 

Beverly Jorgensen Fahleson ’58 

In memory of Leona 

Stainbrook 

Victoria Stark ’65 

In memory of Albert Stake 

John & Shawn Vondracek 

In memory of Beverly Stangl 


In memory of Geoff 

Steinkuehler 

Michael Barrett ’93 

Bart Ellingson ’93 

Todd McCown ’93 

David & Candice Wise 

In memory of Beverly 

Stemper 

Keith ’60 & Marjorie Stemper 

In memory of Robert W. 

Stratman 

M Joan Johnston ’74 

In memory of Andrew 

Sullivan 

Jim Sullivan ’63 

In memory of Clara Sullivan 

John Knopp ’59 

In memory of the deceased 

members of the Sullivan 

Family 

Kathleen Fortner ’61 

In memory of Bernard F. 

Svoboda 

Brian Vogt 

In memory of William E. 

Tracy 


In memory of Rev. Edward 

C. Tuchek 

Pastor Farinas ’62 

In memory of Donald 

Urbanovsky 

Mark ’78 & Diane ’79 Breiner 

Karen Urbanovsky Martin ’80 

In memory of Gary Vampola 


In memory of Ron & Alma 

Van Gundy 

Beth Walker ’70 

In memory of Sean Varner 

Maria Medel ’96 

In memory of John & Mary 

Vestecka 

Michael Vestecka ’79 

In memory of Peter & 

Mildred Vuchetich 

Peter ’62 & Melinda Vuchetich 

In memory of Gene 

Wakefield 

Twila Wakefield 

In memory of Don Weitzel 

Geoffrey ’81 & Patricia ’81 

Harrison 

In memory of R. Scott 

Wickham 

Ellen Spelman ’71 

In memory of Kathy 

Wittstruck 

Dave Ress ’76 

In memory of JoAnn 

Wolsleger 

Steve & Mary Wolsleger 

In memory of Patty 

Zemunski 

Bill J. Essay ’75 

David & Angela Zemunski 

In memory of Guy Ziegler 

Mick Ziegler ’64 

In memory of Sam Zuercher 


In honor of St Francis of 

Assisi 

Fr. Gerald Rush, OFM 

In honor of Boes & Nepple 

Relatives 


In honor of George Edward 

Boumann 

Maryann Boumann Spahni 

’66 

In honor of Dick Caster 

David ’79 & Ruth Duden 

In honor of BOLT Baseball 

State Champions 

Fr. Brian Connor 

In honor of Jim & Irene 

Chermok 

Mark Chermok ’77 

In honor of The Class of 

2004 

Logan ’04 & Lynn ’99 Burda 

In honor of Class of ‘65 

Ruth Foster ’65 

Patricia Freund ’65 

Constance Tempel ’65 

Christine Thompson ’65 

Mary Tilton ’65 

In honor of Class of 2012 

Margaret Kaiser-Woodward 

In honor of Ed & Betty 

Dosek 

Dr. J. Richard Dosek ’65 

In honor of Natalie Duden 

Thomas ’71 & Deborah 

Duden 

In honor of Endacott Family 

Bradley Plantz 

In honor of the Hromjak 

Family 

Mary Beth Bellotti ’70 

In honor of Lindsay Frey 

Anonymous 

In honor of Pius X 

Friendships 


In honor of Loretta M. 

Giltner 

Thomas ’69 & Audrey Giltner 

In honor of Ashley Henry 

Jeff & Melissa Henry 

In honor of Sister Noreen 

Hrnicek - fabulous Pius X 

chemistry teacher 

Dr. Ann Marie ’90 & Trent 

’88 Bausch 

In honor of Father Lyle 

Johnson 

Rey & Anna Marie Alcalde 

In honor of Sister Mary St. 

Julian 

James Schmitz ’59 

In honor of Jessie Kapustka 

Roger & Cheryl Kapustka 

In honor of Ryan Kaup 

Randy & Sherry Kaup 

In honor of Don Kelley 

Greg Dawson ’83 

In honor of Shirley Kuhle 

Mike & Kim ’74 Kuhle 

In honor of John & Claire 

Liliedahl 

Erica J. Ahlin 

In honor of Matthew, 

Andrew & Mary Litt 


In honor of Hannah, Sarah 

& Rachel Osterman 

John & Ann Osterman 

In honor of our son, Shawn 

M. Phillips - Nebraska 

Children’s Home Society 

Steve & Sue ’86 Jacobson 

Phillips 

In honor of Pius X Faculty 

& Staff 

Lisa ’88 & Steve Andersen 

Christopher ’87 & Susan ’87 

Noel 

In honor of our four children 

- future students and 

alumni of Pius X High 

School 


In honor of Pius X 

Seminarians and Religious 


In honor of Pius X Soccer 

Program 

Kristen Hofmeister Rolling ’03 

In honor of Todd Power 

Marlene Power 

In honor of Graham 

Resseguie 


In honor of Vera Ritzo 

Tim ’63 & Marita Ritzo 

In honor of Cecelia Sherman 



In honor of Lauren Smith - 

Class of 2012 

Craig & Catherine Smith 

In honor of Emily & Jessica 

Stortenbecker 

Roger & Jan Stortenbecker 

In honor of Tim Sweem 

Katie Svoboda ’75 

In honor of Syndney 

Townsend - Pius X 11-12 

Chemistry Student of the 

Year 

Jim & Juli Townsend 

In honor of Ken Zweig 

Kenneth ’65 & Bibiana Zweig 

2011 All Souls Day 

Mass & Brunch 

piusx.net U 19

Fund for Pius X 

Alumni Gifts – 1,130 gifts were received for a total of $150,891.68 

1942 (2 gifts - $150) 

Elaine Budler Rockwell 

Norbert Sinamark 

1944 (1 gift - $1,000) 

Patricia McGovern 

1945 (1 gift - $250) 

Mary Patricia O’Grady Sand 

1946 (1 gift - $100) 

Helen Blockwitz Shotkoski 

1948 (2 gifts - $1,015) 

Donna Plisek Bridger 

Frank & Aldeane Effinger 

1950 (1 gift - $50) 

Don Becker 

1951 (1 gift - $100) 

Madeline Gourlay Polesky 

1953 (2 gifts - $100) 

Jim Buchanan 

Cathy O’Grady Rokke 

1954 (6 gifts - $575) 

Patricia Kriskey Buchanan 

Mary Jo Daigle 

Cornelia Smiley Felber 

James Kreifels 

Joseph Lohmeier 

Stephanie Sander 

1955 (5 gifts - $125) 

Gary Aksamit 

Michael Cowan 

Fran Hansen 

Howard Johnson 

Karen Krueger Kubacki 

1956 (11 gifts - $975) 

Judith Gilmore Burcham 

James Cripe 

Mary Rocke Keef 

Richard Kirk 

Marilyn Knight Long 

George Pavlas 

Virginia Krouse Rowen 

Patricia Patterson Spencer 

Gary Venhaus 

Clancy Woolman 

Charlene Smiley Woolman 

1957 (18 gifts - $2,005) 

Jon Bischof 

Clara Ostdiek Bricher 

Charles Burda 

Mary Stastny Daley 

Don DeMars 

George Easley 

Francis Hejl 

Stan Larchick 

Janet Mutchie Larchick 

Ken Livingston 

Jane Mahoney Neal 

Janet Justice Marshall 

Catherine Gardner Matthews 

Tom Melby 

JoAnn Delisi O’Brien 

Jim Partington 

Dorothy Diestel Scheller 

Patricia Rooney Taylor 

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1958 (15 gifts - $1,060) 

George Biggs 

Mary Pusateri Douglas 

Madelyn Cramer Dye 

Yvonne Sterricker Elly 

Beverly Jorgensen Fahleson 

John Herrod 

Mary Ann Vanous Hillman 

Nancy O’Connell Hudson 

Ann Hauschild Kirk 

Joan Schammel McMahon 

R Jerry Overgaard 

Mary Kelly Shipman 

Sue Crosby Smith 

John Stears 

Phyllis Dodge Stiemke 

1959 (23 gifts - $2,932.50) 

Bob Avey 

Marita Kriz Bigley 

Donna Fryberger Clark 

George Cunningham 

Mary Anne Gude Curry 

Donald Dolezal 

Sister Kathryn Easley 

Fr. John Keefe 

John Knopp 

Peg Mickells Lorkovic 

Sidney Maynard 

Ellen McGovern 

Mary Shugrue Miller 

Fr. Patrick Murphy 

Cay Curran Naughton 

Brantly Richardson 

Judy Hansen Schiltz 

Frank Schmal 

Jim Schmitz 

Mary Ahlgrim Schwartz 

Patricia Kopf Swenson 

Suzanne Glenn Wiese 

Col. Tom Yax 

1960 (25 gifts - $2,085) 

Becky McKinney Bischof 

Myron Carkoski 

Marcia Stainbrook Carkoski 

Donna Noha Champoux 

Cherie Brown Cowan 

Perry Demma 

James Harrington 

Joe Herrod 

Catherine Origer Hohman 

Sharon Messineo Jacobson 

John Lahiff 

Kathleen Donahue Lubien 

Mary O’Brien MaCoy 

Mike Merwick 

Marilyn Guinane Paradis 

Mary Ann Miller Peterson 

Marie Phelan Powell 

Ed Regelean 

Barb Hauschild Runyan 

Carol Holden Singleton 

Diane Nobbman Smith 

Keith Stemper 

Ginny Aandahl Vinton 

Sandy Brown Winetrout 

Ron Zimmer 

1961 (31 gifts - $12,422.50) 

Michael Alesio 

Mary Morrow Arth 

Mary Ann Burda 

Larry Champoux 

Terry Connelly 

Marie Baker Cunningham 

John Curran 

Marilyn Justice Curran 

Gary Danek 

Louise Kalin Donovan 

Kathleen Sullivan Fortner 

Jeri Strizek Froschheiser 

Sueann Wilson Fusselman 

Joseph Gaughan 

Bernard Geis 

Mary Ralston Gibson 

John Gordon 

Pat Walczyk Haas 

Mary Clare Juranek 

Suzanne Armstrong Leicht 

John Love 

Susan Smith Martin 

Dee Venhaus Martin 

Jeanne Lukas Martin 

Shirley Clare McDonald 

Connie Hunsaker Myers 

Nancy White Nielsen 

Val Policky 

Joan Knox Smyth 

Skip Young 

Lucy Mutchie Young 

1962 (27 gifts - $2,015) 

Cheryl Navin Berberet V 

Cheri Hoff Boettner 

Sara Morrow Cornforth 

Robert Cunningham 

Jim DeMars 

Pastor Farinas 

Terry Fusco 

Marie Schmal Fusco 

Bill Harding 

Jeanne Trumble Hess 

Dick Janousek 

Bob Knight 

Susan Connealy Knight 

Jim Love 

Susie Schmitt Love 

Sharron Vavak McKenzie 

Robert Murphy 

Marilyn Stern Nickell 

Billye Burch Oefelein 

$14,000.00 

$12,000.00 

$10,000.00 

$8,000.00 

$6,000.00 

$4,000.00 

$2,000.00 

$0.00 

Michael Prokop 

Mary Rezac Prokop 

Duane Rempe 

Dennis Schuster 

Nancy Sawdon Vogt 

Peter Vuchetich 

Bill Welch 

Paul Wheeler 

1963 (40 gifts - $3,927.50) 

Lawrence Abbott 

Doug Barrett 

Dianne Aksamit Blaser 

Bob Caster 

Helen Gorynski Cavin 

Rose Rejda Codr 

Patricia Sullivan Duff 

Nancy Buck Elder 

Mary McDevitt Ferguson 

Dr. James Ganser 

Kenneth Hartz 

Dennis Hartz 

Marty Huff 

Larry Hupka 

Mary Jo McDonnell Iwan 

Floyd Jones 

Patricia Clinch Jones 

Mary Hanigan Kisicki 

Sarasu Sullivan Kundo 

Michael Laughlin 

Carol Hauschild Laughlin 

Linda Spaulding Leary 

Mary Anne Turner Linscott 

Sharon Hausner Lowell 

Steven Lukas 

Cheryl McQuillen Mart 

Kathy Schmidt Nannen 

Betsy White O’Brien 

Marsha Johnson Rahrs 

Bernie Rempe 

Betty DeMars Rempe 

Tim Ritzo 

Judy York Schroeder 

Betty Aandahl Springer-Csaki 

Kathy Bourke Starr 

Catherine Irvin Street 

Jim Sullivan 

Thomas Trainor 

Janet Snell Wheeler 

Sally Kobza Williamsen 

1964 (37 gifts - $7,972.50) 

Thomas Aguilar 

Sue Sweeney Barrett 

James Biggs 

Bill Bomberger 

Larry Carranza 

Gregory Carter 

Donna Tegtmeier Chapman 

Kathleen Garde Connett 

Larry Donahue 

Larry Dugger 

Stephen Easley 

Donna Getscher Ewing 

James Feather 

Robert Fitzgerald 

David Fusco 

John Hanigan 

Sharon Houser Hanigan 

Kathy Meade Hebert 

Nancy Higgins 

Michael Kobza 

Pat Stark Mahan 

Dick Miller 

Susan Faust Moberg 

Stephen Mueting 

Bonnie Champoux Murphy 

Diane McDonnell Parks 

Dorothy Rezac 

Virginia Lehr Rogers 

Susan Steele Sharp 

Martha Weiler Shinkle 

Tom Sullivan 

James Thomas 

Daniel Tresnak 

Dick Vaske 

Connie Justice Walt 

Judy Stransky Wedo 

Mick Ziegler 

1965 (30 gifts - $3,935) 

Anonymous 

Patricia Morrow Ahlstrand 

Cynthia Jelinek Alvarez 


Top 10 Classes by Giving Level 

Bill Barclay 

Mary Baker Briggle 

Carole Brow 

Daniel Connelly 

Dr. J. Richard Dosek 

Gregory Easley 

John Esser 

Cheri Soucie Esslinger 

Dr. Richard Fleming 

Peggy Miller Grimm 

Francis Hesse 

Mick Johnson 

Kathee Kelly Kelly-Rupert 

Susan Nevole Lorenzen 

John Lott 

Helen Malone Mayhew 

Mary Trainor Meyer 

Larry Nebesniak 

Jim Pecka 

Gregory Renter 

Scott Shipferling 

Vickie Stainbrook Stark 

Mary Kehr Stucky 

Dennis Tegtmeier 

Christine Sherman Thompson 

Mary Brady Tilton 

Kenneth Zweig 

1966 (34 gifts - $7,925) 

Patty Gordon Amgwert 

Peggy Partington Apthorpe 

Bob Bartlett 

Phillis Morgan Bryant 

Richard Burke 

Connie Ostdiek Coup 

Donna Schroer Damrow 

Robert Dean 

Mary Banker Elbert 

Marc Gorges 

Julie Darnell Grubb 

George Hanigan 

Jean Erickson Heuke 

Mary Wall Jeppson 

Lora Nobbman Jones 

Diane Lohmeier Kann 

June Berryman Klute 

Michael Ley 

1978 1961 1964 1966 1981 1984 1983 1982 1989 1979

Michael McCrory 

Marcia Creal Merboth 

Mary Beth Millard 

Dr. William Mobley 

John Navin 

Mila Plosky 

Deanna Everman Pritchett 

Fr. James Schrader 

Ronald Smith 

Maryann Boumann Spahni 

Mary Sweeney Stuart 

Cheryl Payne Vaske 

Cynthia Aksamit Waldman 

Deloris Hauschild Weeks 

Gerald Wessel 

Patricia Esser Wilson 

1967 (37 gifts - $2,432.50) 

Sally Quattrocchi Cameron 

Kathleen Culver Carranza 

Kurt Clyne 

Chuck Dalton 

Tim Doyle 

Dr. Jeanne Gillespie Eulberg 

Joe Glenn 

Kathleen Fischbach Glenn 

Mary Gordon 

Marcia Renner Helman 

Thomas Hoffman 

Virginia Knight Holm 

Mary Grosserode Ingram 

Bonnie Kadavy 

William Keefe 

Patricia Burns Liming 

Michael Lohmeier 

Cathy Yearley Lucas 

David Luken 

Margaret Mahoney 

Michael Manning 

Patty Maun 

John McLaughlin 

Greg Neylon 

Robert O’Keefe 

Alana Ladenburger O’Keefe 

Anne Fouts Pappas 

Tom Reams 

Kathleen Wood Ruby 

Mary Siepker Sincebaugh 

Linda Sullivan 

Mark Tinius 

Karen Higgins Tinius 

Stephen Wagner 

Robert Wilden 

Dr. Dave Ziegler 

Joyce Thompson Ziegler 

1968 (20 gifts - $1,257.50) 

Nancy Hoover Balcetis 

Sharon K. Brennfoerder 

(Stilwell) 

Colleen Ehman Butler 

Dr. Carolyn Connelly 

Rosie Samek Dalton 

Jim Dobler 

Janie Hendry Dobler 

Diane Dickey Glass-Burks 

Sandy Fraas Harrison 

Jerome Hill 

John Hyland 

Galin Karpisek 

Joann Hraban Kempton 

Jim Regelean 

Michael Schmidt 

Julie Rease Shaw 

Sue Barry Sonderegger 

Dr. Michael Sullivan 

Victor Witkowicz 

John Ziegler 

1969 (32 gifts - $3,860) 

Tim Aylward 

Phyllis Behrens 

Greg Benes 

Patricia Grosserode Brumm 

Dan Cain 

Lauren Caster 

Nancy Childs 

Nick Cusick 

Ann Schroeder Cusick 

Janet Ineck Doulas 

Thomas Giltner 

Marjie Burns Hoffman 

Nancy Cook Hyland 

Bob Jarrett 

Lynn Welch Kafka 

Don Miller 

Connie Schuster Mimick 

Mark O’Keefe 

Stephane Lowe Rasmussen 

Mary Maixner Rooney 

Eileen Shemek Shellhouse 

Kathleen Brusnahan Spahr 

Bill Straub 

Mark Surmann 

Dr. Linda Fischbach 

Sutherland 

Gary Townsend 

Jerome Urwiller 

Michael Utterback 

Gary Walker 

John Webb 

Elmer Wessel 

Barb Mara Witkowicz 

1970 (29 gifts - $1,950) 

James Andreas 

Julie Manzitto Ashburn 

Mary Beth Haggerty Bellotti 

Jeff Bryant 

Joan Schroeder Faldtz 

Pat Fisher 

Sharon Schroeder Fusco 

Patty Fijan Gilmore 

Louise Gude Greenway 

Dr. Paul Hamersky 

Susie Schwindt Hamersky 

Thomas Houlihan 

Larry Jablonski 

Ross Jensen 

Eloyce Johnson Jensen 

Dr. Mike Kafka 

Alan Kobza 

Richard Kohel 

Cindy Kubat 

Tom Kuchta 

Maureen Sullivan Liddle 

Rick Maher 

Dan McGovern 

Jeanne Young Ostlund 

Joanne Wisnieski Pepperl 

Paul Reinsch 

Cathy Carlson Swartz 

David Tinius 

Beth Van Gundy Walker 

1971 (26 gifts - $2,000) 

Jean Walter Bryan 

Daniel Creal 

Shannon Dawson 

Mary Dickey 

Tom Duden 

1942 $150.00 

1944 $1,000.00 

1945 $250.00 

1946 $100.00 

1948 $1,015.00 

1950 $50.00 

1951 $100.00 

1953 $100.00 

1954 $575.00 

1955 $125.00 

1956 $975.00 

1957 $2,005.00 

1958 $1,060.00 

1959 $2,932.50 

1960 $2,085.00 

1961 $12,422.50 

1962 $2,015.00 

1963 $3,927.50 

1964 $7,972.50 

1965 $3,935.00 

1966 $7,925.00 

Mike Fox 

Patty Horak Haddow 

Darrell Henggeler 

Mike Hoppmann 

Corinne Benes Jarrett 

Bill Jarrett 

Patricia Royal Jolley 

Dennis Kipper 

Wayne Kobza 

Holly Jennings Kruger 

Kathy Lehr-Cochrane 

Tom McLaughlin 

Ursula Jablonski McLaughlin 

Mike Murphy 

Dan Ott 

David Roberts 

Fredrick Ruzicka 

Ellen Wickham Spelman 

Timothy Sweeney 

Matthew Swetland 

Maria Witkowicz 

1972 (31 gifts - $2,590) 

Anonymous 

Mary Murphy Abel 

Brian Allison 

Kevin Aylward 

Pete Beau 

Nancy Clare 

Marianne Clifford Upton 

Kate Barry Culhane 

Dan Curran 

Gary Ebert 

Dan Hyland 

JoAnn Andreas Hyland 

Rich Jablonski 

Rick Karpisek 

Maureen Aksamit Kipper 

Cheryl Knuth 

Ron Krause 

Susan Vosburg Krause 

Mike Lien 

James Miller 

Mary Samek Miller 

Dr. Pat Prochaska 

Marsha Radcliffe-Emmons 

Mary Benes Rodriguez 

Karen Schroeder 

Jean Rezac Summers 

Eileen Rowe Thaden 

Alumni Giving by Class Year 

Thank you for your commitment and support! 

Terri Boland Thompson 

Frank Vestecka 

Pam Brusnahan Wessel 

Larry Zitek 

1967 $2,432.50 

1968 $1,247.50 

1969 $3,860.00 

1970 $1,950.00 

1971 $2,000.00 

1972 $2,590.00 

1973 $1,630.00 

1974 $3,180.00 

1975 $3,512.50 

1976 $1,677.50 

1977 $1,395.00 

1978 $13,169.00 

1979 $4,035.00 

1980 $3,970.00 

1981 $5,925.00 

1982 $4,335.00 

1983 $4,595.54 

1984 $5,205.00 

1985 $1,175.00 

1986 $3,050.10 

1987 $3,020.00 

1973 (29 gifts - $1,630) 

Sue Olivetti Bjornsen 

Janet Cusick Jost 

Dan Elsener 

Beth Waite Elsener 

Jim Essay 

Toni Worster Essay 

Elizabeth Downing Estler 

Janet Hanigan Gfeller 

Bob Haggerty 

Katie Kasper Helzer 

Mick Horak 

Diane Franssen Horak 

Judy Wickham Kramer 

Sandy Schuller Krueger 

Cathy Schwindt Lien 

Gary Love 

Ann Mahoney Swarts 

Shannon McGovern 

Diane Barry Miller 

Frances Chace O’Leary 

Phyllis Kohel Rabe 

Jay Healy Richardson 

Janine Burns Romontio 

James Rust 

Kathy Kopf Schulz 

Kathleen Stimpson-Willuhn 

Mark Thompson 

Mary Kopf Wilcox 

Suzanne Smith Wolford 

1974 (32 gifts - $3,180) 

Arthur Aksamit 

Anne Winner Anderson 

Pat Anderson 

Dr. Mark Awakuni Swetland 

Bob Brooks 

Deb Vampola Cox 

Dave Danahy 

Dr. Michael Duggan 

Denise Harvey Foster 

William Goggins 

Jan Higgins Gray 

Joe Haas 

Susan Hruby 

Joan Stratman Johnston 

Mary Aldrich Knight 

Larry Krebsbach 

Lois Wisnieski Kriger 

Dr. Michael Lang 

Dr. Andria Langenberg 

Joseph Loudon 

Sam Manzitto 

Jane Murphy Manzitto 

Joe Millard 

Kevin Morehouse 

Dan Mulligan 

Jo Ceraolo Poore 

Christine Rose Reenders 

Hector Sanchez 

Lori Thorpe Shaal 

Larry Shepard 

Patricia Stetson 

Celia Schafers Wahl 

1975 (28 gifts - $3,512.50) 

Ann Morin Baker 

James Baumert 

Debra Conley-Ludwig 

Bill Essay 

Bill Franklin 

Patricia White Fricke 

Dr. Kevin Gillespie 

Fr. Gary Gross 

Marguerite Bouc Himmelberg 

Dan Hruby 

Gene Kavanaugh 

Tom Kopf 

Lea Rezac Mazanec 

Kevin McCrory 

Michael Miller 

Martha Vestecka Miller 

Janel Van Gundy Monroe 

John O’Neill 

Msgr. John Perkinton 

Patrick Raybould 

Natalie Tharnish Schlaebitz 

Jim Smiley 

Lynn Strasburg Stebbins 

Katie Waite Svoboda 

Chris Vestecka Taylor 

Tom Thorpe 

John Vestecka 

Christine Sweem Werger 

1988 $3,085.00 

1989 $4,330.00 

1990 $2,535.00 

1991 $2,197.50 

1992 $2,047.50 

1993 $2,299.00 

1994 $655.00 

1995 $415.00 

1996 $1,060.00 

1997 $1,625.00 

1998 $525.00 

1999 $1,055.50 

2000 $2,072.50 

2001 $350.00 

2002 $1,125.00 

2003 $472.50 

2004 $130.50 

2005 $50.00 

2006 $125.00 

2007 $62.04 

1976 (20 gifts - $1,677.50) 

Dr. James Bruckner 

Laura Smith Duggan 

Julie Studnicka Franklin 

Tim Franssen 

Michelle Shannon Hamel 

Carol Hanson 

Dr. Gregory Heidrick 

Thomas Hepburn 

Maury Higgins 

Dr. Michael Jones 

Jane Grosserode Loken 

Dave Ress 

Fr. Mark Seiker 

Jo Deany Theis 

Paul Tlamka 

Tom Tracy 

Tammy Hafer Tyburski 

Gary Vacha 

David Vuchetich 

Gina Vrbka Wendelin 

1977 (18 gifts - $1,395) 

Bob Davis 

Mark Chermok 

Jim Haas 

Jane Raybould 

Christopher Dawson 

Thomas Eckery 

Alan Peters 

Cindy Wagner-Wiebeck 

Linda Wiater 

Anne Hain Buckley 

Mary Schroeder Hoppe 

Phillip Fitzekam 

Ed Gentert 

Lourdes Vidal Heurermann 

Susan Kouma Johnson 

Scott Tharnish 

Richard Conradt 

Lynette Vrbka Remington 

1978 (30 gifts - $13,169) 

DeAnna Ketterer Alexander 

Shannon Anderson 

Kathleen Maly Arnt 

Nancee Shannon Berger 

Mark Breiner 

Donna Charko 

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Jean Lundak Flott 

Susan Seiker Foley 

Joann Hegler Grosserode 

Dwight Groth 

John Hanzlicek 

Karen Steele Haug 

Lori Heuertz 

Tim Higgins 

Julie Irvin Hunter 

Teresa Aldrich Kenney 

Greg Kouma 

Ruth Landkamer Lester 

Kurt Lynch 

Michael Majerus 

Fr. Michael Morin 

Twila Kitchin Mulflur 

Cindy Rezek Ottersberg 

Fred Petersen 

Roger Petrzilka 

Daniel Reinig 

Phil Reinsch 

Linda Rezac 

Gary Riggs 

Therese McCabe Sack 

1979 (32 gifts - $4,035) 

Daniel Bissell 

Diane Urbanovsky Breiner 

Dr. Mary McCabe Burnett 

Patti Schmidt Clarence 

Shari Mitchell Congleton 

Kathleen Oenbring Dolezal 

James Fisher 

LuAnn Jillson Gerber 

Cynthia Petrzilka Gomez 

Michelle Powers Hamnett 

Thomas Heidrick 

Debbie Rerucha Hile 

Thomas Hoffman 

Patty Mulligan Jones 

Bradley Kohl 

Kerry Krause 

Jamie Linebaugh Linn 

Pat McCabe 

Stephanie Dawson Morrison 

Patti Gallagher Newberry 

Ruth Stephens O’Gara 

Mike Porto 

John Regan 

Donna Vampola Reinsch 

Bobbie Wisnieski Sherry 

Sharon Stratman Timmins 

Michael Vestecka 

David Westwood 

Patrick White 

Bridget Dawson Woita 

Ed Woolman 

Vicki Saffer Woolman 

1980 (30 gifts - $3,970) 

Lori Ohnoutka Abel 

Todd Aksamit 

Kim Vavrina Alvine 

Rob Anderson 

Kenneth Benes 

Karen Yontz Capoun 

Carl Ciani 

Frank Crisler 

Joseph Dickinson Lempka 

Kacey Dickinson Lempka 

Michaela Wortman Erixson 

Richard Hanigan 

Carol Clifford Jenkins 

Jerry Majerus 

Maureen Costello Mattern 

Peggy Brusnahan Matthews 

Jennifer Dawson Meyer 

John Morehouse 


Kelly Anderson Morehouse 

Jeanette Stewart Nicholas 

Dr. Scott Noel 

Carole Fitzekam Owen 

Carol Podwinski 

Mike Rerucha 

Deborah Donlan Rye 

Kathleen Vestecka Sartore 

Mary Waite Schneider 

Karen Urbanovsky-Martin 

Jolene LeGrande Ward 

John Westra 

1981 (24 gifts - $5,925) 

Mindy Watts Althouse 

Larry Benes 

David Benes 

Michele Griffin Chambers 

Eric Dawson 

Nancy Eckles 

Kellie Vrbka Effken 

Tana Power Erickson 

Connie Wenzl Ernst 

Cathy Wiater Fluckey 

Kevin Gross 

Laura Heidrick-Gross 

Libby Stephens Jaros 

Karen LeGrande Largen 

Monica Masek Loye 

Dr. Peter Morin 

Rhonda Nannen-Riha 

Amy DeVries Nebbia 

Sue Norris 

Dr. Bruce Peters 

Kirk Sanders 

Connie Scott Sanders 

Shawn Schmid 

Loretta Johnson Wagner 

1982 (35 gifts - $4,335) 

Anonymous 

Karen Brusnahan Anderson 

Mike Beecham 

Bob Benes 

Roger Benes 

Joan Morrissey Benes 

Jeri Reinig Bierbower 

Scott Delisi 

Tom Donlan 

Karen Wiater Edwards 

Dr. Phil Essay 

Kathleen Gallagher 

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1983 (31 gifts - $4,695.54) 

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Scott Spethman 

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1984 (26 gifts - $5,205) 

Anonymous (2) 

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1985 (20 gifts - $1,175) 

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Michael Steele 

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1986 (21 gifts - $3,050.10) 

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Tim Hartmann 

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Ron Kruml 

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Ken Merlin 

Tim Mertens 

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Ronald Polivka 

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Monica Scott Sedlak 

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1987 (30 gifts - $3,020) 

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Ann Hanigan Kotopka 

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1988 (27 gifts - $3,085) 

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Matthew Schafers 

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Thad Standley 

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1989 (33 gifts - $4,330) 

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1990 (28 gifts - $2,535) 

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1991 (21 gifts - $2,197.50) 

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Jeff Rawlinson 

Laura May Reese 

Christin Kirk Riley 

Kristie Hanigan Schroll 

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Jeff Standley 

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Mike Uerling 

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1992 (29 gifts - $2,047.50) 

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Andrade 

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JoAnn Crable Strandquist 

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Michael Volkmer 

Joseph Walker 

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Melissa Shibata Womack 

1993 (12 gifts - $2,299) 

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Tiffany Genrich 

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1994 (14 gifts - $655 ) 

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1995 (8 gifts - $415 ) 

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Amber Warner Soden 

David Wemhoff 

1996 (18 gifts - $1,060) 

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1997 (15 gifts - $1,150) 

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1998 (5 gifts - $525) 

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1999 (14 gifts - $1,055.50) 

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Matthew Sobansky 

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2000 (16 gifts - $2,072.50) 

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2001 (5 gifts - $350) 

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2002 (8 gifts - $1,125) 

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Joe Easley 

board members • parents • corporations • friends of Pius X 

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Brad Nielsen 

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2003 (13 gifts - $422.50) 

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Rachel Trausch Hams 

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Jean Hilger 

Michael Manning 

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Anonymous 

2004 (4 gifts - $130.50) 

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2005 (1 gifts - $50) 

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2006 (2 gifts - $125) 

Laura Cassel 

Ashley Coppersmith Krienert 

2007 (3 gifts - $62.04) 

Nick Dutkiewicz 

Colleen Kean 

Emily Pohlen 

I am very happy to give. 

Pius X made such a great 

impression on me – academically 

and spiritually 

– and that still exists in 

my life today. I believe the 

impact of Pius is timeless. 

- Bill Keefe ’87 

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Curtis & Michelle Abendroth 

John & Lori Adams 

Adoration Convent 

Erica Ahlin 

Peggy Ahlin 

Joe & Lois Akers 


Ryan & Jessica ’02 Allington 

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp * 

Amigo’s A&W 

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Michael & Lisa Andersen 

Bert & Janet Anderson 

Shannon Anderson ’78 

Anderson Studio 

Animal Care Clinic Inc 

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Rita & Clark Antonson 

Arby’s 

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Armagost 

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Arndt 

Rod & Michele Arndt 

Arnold Clark Photography 

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Laura Arth 

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Jeffrey & Nancy Asselin 


Kevin ’72 & Theresa Aylward 

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B&R Stores 

Bank of the West 

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Msgr. Liam Barr 

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Steve & Diane Barton 

Shayne & Ann Bauer 

Darrell Baum 

Donald & Sharon Baumert 

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’90 Bausch 

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Marilue Becker 

Mike & Barbara Becker 

Scott & Amy Becker 

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Fr. James Benton 

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Keith & Dianne Beringer 

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James & Kristi Bertrand 

Judy Beste ’65 


Thomas & Joanie Bittner 

Robert & Mary Bobrowski 


Jeff & Jenn Boettcher 

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Wayne & Carolyn Bohy 

Lisa Borzekofski 

Tim & Pam Boyle 

David & Kelly Brakenhoff 

Dale & Christine Brandstetter 

Matt & Stacy Brass 

Jeff & Sue ’79 Braun 

Sandra Brehmer 

Ron & Joan Brion 

Bristol Windows Inc 


Jon & Maura ’92 Browning 

Tim & Melissa ’90 Brox 

Dennis & Diane Brozek 

Jon & Deonne Bruning 

Bryant Agency Inc. 

Dennis & Karen Buckley 

Jon & Jackie Burmeister 

Dr. Dave ’88 & Dolly Burt 

Tom ’91 & Ashley Burt 

Butherus Maser & Love 

Funeral Home 

Marcia Camden 

Carlos O’Kelly’s Mexican Cafe 

Michael & Cathryn Carr 

Dr. Mary ’67 & Kevin Case 

Adaline & Thomas Cashore 

Cathedral Men’s Golf League 

Brian Cecava 

Champions Fun Center 

Bill & Kelly Chapman 

Chipotle Mexican Grill 

Eric & Carol Clark 

Kevin & Laurie ’89 Clark 

Class of 1961 

Charles Clifford 

Jerome & Judith Clinch 

Cline Williams Wright 

Johnson & Oldfather LLP 

Bob & Becky Codr 

Gregory & Kimberly Coffey 

Dr. Bruce & Marlene 

Condello 

Dr. Dennis & Sue Connolly 


Thomas & Kathleen Conroy 

Adam & Cari Conway 


John & Wendy Cook 

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Cornhusker Bank 

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Stephen ’93 & Nuala Cowan 

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Arthur ’95 & April ’95 

Cunningham 

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Daniel ’72 & Mary Curran 

Betsy Dalton 

Thomas & Renee Dalton 

Tim & Carolyn Dalton 

Jason & Jeannie Damm 

Loren & Vicki Danhauer 

William & Mary Davenport 

Harold & Margy ’50 Dawson 

Richard & Cheryl Dean 

Mark DeMars ’92 

Jamie & Anne Deterding 

James & Marjorie Determan 

Jennifer Determan ’05 



Dillon Foundation 

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Dolezal 

Don & Millie’s 

Tom ’82 & Mary Kay Donlan 

Kristin Donnelly ’07 

Michael & Cindy Donnelly 

Tim & LuAnn ’84 Dougherty 

Deanna Dowd 

Anne Driewer 

Tabitha Dromiack 

David ’79 & Ruth Duden 

Robert ’83 & Diane Duden 

George ’57 & Donna Easley 


Stephen ’64 & Katharine 

Easley 

Dolores Eck 

Kellie ’81 & David Effken 

Colette ’89 & Jason Ehlers 

Bill & Diane Ellerbee 

Mark ’71 & Katie ’72 Elsener 

Kent ’83 & Dorothy Endacott 

Don & Adelaide Erftmier 

Connie ’81 & Dan Ernst 

Estate of Glenn E. Miller 

Mike & Dr. Jeanne ’67 

Eulberg 

Tim & Lisa Farmer 

Martin & Joye Fehringer 

Scott ’88 & Jane ’89 Felber 

Janette Fiala 


Larry & Courtney Fielder 

Fitzgerald Council No 833 - 

Knights of Columbus 

Michael & Susan ’78 Foley 

Stephen & Jan Frayser 

Chuck & Patricia ’75 Fricke 

Friedman Law Office 

Gary & Susan Frodyma 

Sally Gaines-Mckee 


Barb Gard 

Dwight & Kathleen 

Gatzemeyer 

General Excavating 

Mitch & Pamela Gerdes 

Jim & Jill Giesler 

Kent & Patty ’70 Gilmore 

Jack & Francetta Gilsdorf 

John ’61 & Helen Gordon 

Gourmet China Buffet 

Wallace & Dee Graff 

Grandmother’s Restaurant 

Lounge 

Cary & Barbara Gray 

Tom & Deb Greitens 

Patrick Grewe 

Kevin & Mary Griffin 

Susan Gronewold 

Martin Guilfoyle 

Dr. Dennis Gutz 

Laura Gyhra 

Dr. Ron & Debbie Hachiya 


Benedict ’00 & Jessica 

Hagedorn 

Hair Market Junction 

Kelly Haley 

Robert & Connie Hampl 

Richard ’80 & Linda Hanigan 

Bill & Cynthia Hanus 

John & Cynthia Hanzel 

Roger Harre 

Harre Orthodontics 

Sandy & Mitch Hartman 

Wade & Stacey ’03 Hattaway 

Ruth Hayes 

HBE Becker Meyer Love LLP 



Matt & Dani Hecker 

Dr. Mark ’80 & Karen ’82 

Heibel 

Heibel Dermatology 

Terry & Lisa Heimes 

Dr. Thomas & Nancy ’72 

Heiser 

Tim & Annette Helman 

Michael & Monica Henkenius 

Steve & Patty Henrichsen 

Wayne & Cathy Heyen 

Tom & Diane Hilger 

Dr. Carmen Hill Grant 

Cameron & Julie Hinds 

Josh & Paula ’86 Hoage 

Jay & Cindy Hochstein 

Gary & Kathy Hoebelheinrich 

Deb & Wayne Hoge 

Matt & Kelli Hollamon 

Robin & Mary Beth 

Holtmeier 

Mary Ellen Hook 

Rick & Kathleen Horsley 

Tammi Houton 

Donald Hovermale 


Lee & Shirley Hroza 


Marlynn Hunke 

Lee ’89 & Dana ’92 Hunsaker 

Stephen & Tori Hupf 

Pat & Jeanne Hupp 

Husker Car Wash 

Dann & Laure Husmann 

Hy-Vee 


Dominic & Michelle ’89 

Inzodda 

Ivan & Lynette Ivanov 

David & Kate Jarecke 

Mary Ann Jaros 

Steve ’82 & Elizabeth ’81 Jaros 

Jetsplash Full Service Car 

Wash & Auto Detail Center 

David & Nancy Johnson 

Barry & Jeanne ’84 Johnson 

Kevin & Mary ’74 Johnston 

Blaine & Gail Johs 

Dan & Jean Jones 

Juice Stop 


Woodward 

Lucy Keady 

Thomas ’68 & Marron ’69 

Keady 

James & Irene Kearney 

Ryan ’98 & Cathy Kearney 

Mary Keef 

Larry & Laura Keiter 

Susan & Joe Kelly 

Juliet Kelty ’99 

Patrick Kerrigan 

Gabe ’99 & Mikaela ’99 

Kidwell 

Kidwell Electric 

Daniel & Mardie Kincheloe 

Kingery Construction Co 

Dave & Ann Kirby 

Ken & Chris Knaus 

Laura Knaus ’00 

Matthew & Michele Knobbe 

John Knopp ’59 

Lavern & Canice Kobus 

Bob & Florence Koenig 

Bret & Emily Koenig 

Tony & Michelle ’83 Koester 

Richard ’70 & Kathleen Kohel 

Larry & Renee Kolbush 

Rick & Joan Konecky 

Tom ’75 & Kathleen ’82 Kopf 

Tom & Jill ’83 Korta 

Fr. Leo Kosch 

Russ & Carla Kosch 

Stephen & Diane Krajicek 

Drew & Becky Kramer 

Kevin & Margaret Kramer 

Krauter Bosn Service Co 

Doug & Michelle Kreifels 

Terry & Barbara Kreifels 

Michael & Mary Kay 

Kreikemeier 

Robert & Maylou Kremers 

Donald & Paula Kucera 

John ’68 & Sheila ’68 Kuchta 

Joe & Charity Kuehn 

Janet & Mark Kurtenbach 

Mark & Janey Kuzila 

Greg ’80 & Patty Lang 

Elizabeth Lange ’04 

James Lange ’06 


Dr. Rex & Karen ’81 Largen 

Laser Quest 

Keith & Michelle Laue 

Michael ’63 & Carol ’63 

Laughlin 

Dave & Julie ’79 Lazure 

Lee’s Restaurant 

Steve Liechti 

Dave & Therese ’76 Liegl 

Frank & JoAnn Lierz 

Michael & Michelle Liesch 

Shawn & Jen Liliedahl 

Lincoln Community 

Foundation 

Lincoln Glass 

Lincoln Saltdogs 

Jerome Linderman 

Steve & Laurie Lindgren 


Gary ’73 & Cindy Love 


Donald & Laurie Luensmann 

Lisbeth Lyons 

Nichole ’97 & Bob 

MacDonald 

Bob & Nichole ’97 

MacDonald 


Jerry ’80 & Gloria Majerus 

Dr. James & Jane Maly 

David & Cheryl ’63 Mart 

Ben & Maureen ’80 Mattern 

Wayne & Anne Matthes 

Max Tan 

Keith ’66 & Patricia ’66 May 

May Flanagan Foundation Inc. 

Patrick & Dr. Courtney 

McCashland 

McCashland Kirby Ins 

David & Jan McChesney 

Bill & Joyce McClure 

Frederick & Erma McCormick 

Bob & Mary Kay McDonald 

McDonald’s General Office 

Timothy & Jenny ’91 

McNeese 

Steve & Colleen Medill 


Tim & Beatrice Menke 

Marilyn Mercier 


Midwest Bank 

Midwest Holding Inc 

Don ’69 & Georgia Miller 

Phillip & Gina Miller 

Ron & Ann Miller 

Ronald & Roni Miller 

Miller Grandchildren 

Charitable Lead Annuity 

Trust 

Todd & Laura Minchow 

Larry & Phyllis Mitchell 

Duncan & Kathy ’66 Moffat 

Mike & Tonya Montanez 

Linda Moore 

Kevin & Mary Sue Moore 

Abram & Rosaura Morales 

Kevin ’74 & Elizabeth 

Morehouse 

Michael & Kristie Morgan 

Dr. Peter ’81 & Lori ’96 

Morin 

Deryle & Nadine Morton 

Dan & Angie Muhleisen 

Jeremy & Michele Murphy 



Msgr. Jerome Murray 

Mark & Magali Napier 

Doug ’87 & Megan Nebel 

Nelnet * 

Gene & Beth Nickman 

Jason & Jennifer Nickolite 

Terry & Diane Nollen 

Thomas & Jennifer 

Nottlemann 

Fred & Carleen Novak 

Stephen & Marilyn Oborny 

Madelyn Obrien 

Robert & Betsy ’63 O’Brien 

Dennis O’Brien 

Seth ’93 & Mary Odgaard 

Old Chicago 

Olive Garden Itailian 

Restaurant 

Debra Olson 

John & Jody Olsson 

Pat ’83 & Kirsten O’Meara 

Optimal Dental PC 

Outback Steakhouse 

Mike Owens 

Panera Bread 

Pantry Restaurants 

Papa Murphy’s 

Jim ’57 & Barbara Partington 

Kevin & Lisa Paul 

George Pavlas ’56 

John & Natalie Peetz 

Hector & Ana Pelayo 

Perkins Restaurant 


Bradley Plantz 

Edward & Betty Porn 

Tom & Karen Post 

Paul & Anne Potter 

Joanne Purdy 

Randall & Cara Ramaekers 

Randolph Car Wash 

Rick & Georgeanne Rashilla 

Randy & Susan Ratliff 

Jeff ’91 & Jennifer ’92 

Rawlinson 

David & Christine ’74 

Reenders 

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Dr. Chuck & Cathy Reese 

REGA Engineering Group Inc 

Duane & Diane Reiber 

Lynn & Mary ’73 

Reifschneider 


Bernie ’63 & Betty ’63 Rempe 

James ’77 & Andrea Rice 

Rich & Mary Beth Rice 


Dan & Amy Riley 

Jean Rink ’87 

Bryan & Doris Robertson 

Jay & Laura ’99 Roeber 

William & Mary Rogge 

Paul & Sarah Rohrs 

Runza 

Gene & Rose Ryan 

Vince & Sue ’78 Rye 

Eric & Therese ’78 Sack 

Monte & Lori Sailors 

Sam’s Club #4873 

Ken & Jennifer Sander 

Dennis & Judy Sasek 

Lewis Schafers 

Wayne ’67 & Yana Schammel 

Scheels All Sports 

Kevin & Heidi Schieuer 

Mark & Cindy Schilmoeller 

Jack & Brenda Schimenti 

Bill & Sondra Schlautman 

Kevin ’90 & Heather 

Schlautman 

Gary & Jolene Schleppenbach 

Schlotzsky’s Deli 

Brad ’69 & Mary ’69 Schmidt 

Jeff & Anne Schmidt 

Schoettger Orthodontics PC 

Daren & Amy Schriner 

John ’82 & Patricia Schroeder 

Robert & Dee Schuchart 

Vince & Theresa Seiker 

Bill & Kathi Seiler 

Monty & Lynnette ’82 Sellon 

Sentry Electric 

Patrick & Elizabeth Shea 

Larry Shepard ’74 

Gregg & Amy Shonka 

Diane Shottenkirk 

Sid Dillon Buick Nissan 

Hyundai 

Nicole & Douglas Simon 

Daryl & Mary ’67 Sincebaugh 

Corey & Michele Sindelar 

Joe & Jan Sindelar 

James & Dianne Sizemore 

Skeeter Barnes 


Craig & Catherine Smith 

James & Doris Smith 

Jean Smith 

Michael Smith 

Molly Smith 

Pamela Smith 

Troy Smith ’92 

William Smith 

David & Valerie Snitily 

Tim & Amy ’93 Snyder 

SolutionOne 

John & Ellen Soukup 

Steve Sousek 

Darren Spriggs 

St. Anthony Foundation 

St. Elizabeth Regional Medical 

Center 

State Farm Companies 

Foundation * 

Steve & Susan Statz 

Michael ’85 & Gina Steele 

Wayne Stephens 

James Stiefbold 

Clifford & Susan Stockmyer 

Bill ’69 & Kim Straub 

Lt. Col. Mike ’68 & Jennifer 

Streeter 

Jim Sullivan 

Jon & Sandra Sullivan 

Sunrise Optimist Club 

Super C 

Super Taco 

Dr. Vince ’69 & Brenda 

Sutton 

Sutton Linder Sutton 

Sutton Ryan Dermatology/Eye 

Surgical Associates 

Bob & Janice ’85 Swanson 

Harvey & Laura ’89 Swanson 


Michael Swanton 

Taco Inn 

Gary & Roxanne Talbott 

Target 

Matthew & Joan ’83 Tasler 

Michael & Julianne ’77 Taylor 

Dennis ’65 & Laura Tegtmeier 

Amy Tejral 

Ben & Erin ’02 Terpstra 

Timothy & Sheila Terrell 

The Fort 

The Knolls 

The Lincoln Running Co 

The Steak House 

Ryan & Shelly ’90 Theil 

Dale & Kim Theisen 

James ’64 & Kathleen Thomas 

John & Linda Thompson 

Dave & Linda Thomsen 

Time Warner Cable 

Fr. Sean Timmerman ’94 

Paul ’76 & Pam Tlamka 


Anthony Tompos 


Townsend Studio 


Tracy’s Body Shop 

Trendsetters 

Daniel ’64 & Mij Tresnak 

Dr. Anthony Troia 

True Photography 

Bob & Jean Turgeon 

Richard & Marilyn Twehous 

U.S. Bancorp * 

Dan & Shari Ullman 

Greg & Deana Unger 

Union Bank & Trust 

Company 

U-Stop 

Vacek Family Dentistry 

Dennis Vaggalis ’07 

James & Geraldine Van Etten 

Dr. Jules ’61 & Mary 

VanDersarl 

John & Sandra Vandewalle 

Jeff & Deb VanLent 

Dean & Christe VanLoon 

Keith & Tini Van-Oehlertz 

Steve & Deborah Vasa 

Sandy Ventry 

Thomas & Catherine Verplank 

Kirk & Janice Vifquain 

James & Mary Jean Vogel 

Frank & Nancy ’62 Vogt 

Kent & Lori Vossler 


Chris & Michelle Wagner 


Richard & Sue Waldren 

Walgreens District Office 

Ron & Beth ’70 Walker 

Anne Wall 

Daryl & Ann Warday 

James & Carol Wathen 

Michael & Janet Weedman 

Jim & Connie Weir 

Bryan & Mary Welty 


Michael & Cheryl Wemhoff 

Wendy’s of Lincoln 

Gregory ’84 & Kay ’86 Wenzl 

Louis Wenzl 

Joseph & Sophia Werning 

Rita Wesely 

Verlyn Westra 

Paul ’62 & Janet ’63 Wheeler 

Whitehead Oil Company 

Alan & Joyce Wickman 

James & Kathy Wilkerson 


Williams Cleaners 

Jim & Connie Wilson 

Steve & Mary Wolsleger 

Emily Wyatt 

Marvin ’61 & Lucy ’61 Young 

Dave & Luann Zastrow 

Mike & Amy ’89 Zeleny 

Steven & Patricia Zeleski 

Steven ’83 & Julie ’84 Zeplin 

Ron ’60 & Cinda Zimmer 

Tom & Sonya Zimmerman 


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want to thank everyone at Pius X that had even a small 

I finger in helping to mold my three beautiful children 

into awesome young adults. There is no way this would have 

been possible alone. The faith & knowledge of their Catholic 

Education is priceless. 

- Teri Weber, Parent of Alumni - 

Kenton ’08, Kyle ’09, Sierra ’11 

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“As a young cousin to Mike (Dr. 

Michael Sullivan ’68), it was clear to me 

that he was an excellent role model,” 

wrote Rick Sullivan in his nomination of 

his cousin for the Outstanding Alumni 

Award. “I was first drawn in by his 

athletic abilities and then became aware 

that he was also very humble for a kid 

with his talent.” 

Dr. Sullivan was honored as the 2012 

Outstanding Alumnus for Pius X High 

School on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at the 

annual Friends of Pius X Appreciation 

Reception. 

Michael was born in Lincoln, Neb., 

in 1950. Along with his two sisters, he 

attended Blessed Sacrament School. 

For two years, he then pursued the 

discernment process for the priesthood at 

Our Lady of the Ozarks Minor Seminary 

in Carthage, Mo. Michael returned to 

Pius X High School for his junior and 

senior years. He earned a combined 

academic/athletic scholarship to Regis 

College in Denver, Colo., where he 

graduated as valedictorian in 1972. 

“Mike had many achievements when 

we were young,” commented Linda Sullivan, 

Mike’s cousin. “But one in particular 

that should not go unnoted was his acting 

skill, as demonstrated in his memorable 

performance as Marryin’ Sam in the 1967 

Pius X production of L’il Abner. By all 

accounts, Mike stole the show.” 

Pursuing a medical career on a U.S. 

Navy scholarship, Michael graduated in 

1975 with his MD from the University 

of Nebraska, and in 1978 completed a 

residency in Internal Medicine in New 

Orleans, La. After serving four years in 

the U.S. Navy, he worked in private practice 

for the Geisinger Medical Center in 

Danville, Pa. 

Michael had a profound, life-changing 

spiritual experience in Medjugorge, Yugoslavia 

in 1990. This experience changed 

the course of his life, and the lives of 

many, even thousands, of others, forever. 

In 1994, together with his wife, Gianna, 

the Mission of Mercy was launched. 

Mission of Mercy is an independent, 

community-based organization dedicated 

to providing “healing through Love”. 

Through 16 mobile medical clinics and 

many medical and non-medical volunteers, 

Mission of Mercy provides free 

medical and dental services and prescription 

medications to uninsured working 

poor, homeless and economically disadvantaged 

people. Now in its 19th year, 

the Mission of Mercy has served more 

than 85,000 patients in four states. 

“It’s been many years since I’ve had the 

Dr. Michael Sullivan ’68 

Honored as Outstanding Alumnus 

by Deb Hoge 

alumni today 

Dr. Michael Sullivan ’68 (left) accepts the 2012 Pius X Outstanding Alumnus Award from Michelle 

Birkel, Director of Development, and Fr. Jim Meysenburg, Superintendent. 

good fortune to see my cousin in person, 

but I can certainly say that our entire 

family is inspired by what he’s doing for 

other people,” Rick continued to write. 

“He’s a talented doctor, but his medicine 

is secondary in his work to his love and 

respect for Christ’s people.” 

While Mission of Mercy seeks out and 

helps those who “fall through the cracks” 

of our traditional health care system, 

their mission statement focuses beyond 

medical care to restore dignity and 

provide “healing through love.” 

For Michael and Gianna, healing the 

spiritual wounds are as important or 

even more important than providing 

medical treatment. “Although a wide 

variety of medical and dental services for 

acute and chronic conditions, diagnostic 

studies and procedures both on site and 

in conjunction with area hospitals and 

clinical specialists, and medications are 

provided free of charge...our true product 

is love, not mere human love, but God’s 

love,” Michael and Gianna wrote in 

an essay entitled Where Does God Fit 

Into This For You The complete essay is 

available on the Mission of Mercy web 

site: amissionofmercy.org. 

“My brother had a life changing 

spiritual experience that also inspired 

my husband Dave and I to deepen our 

Catholic faith,” said Maureen Liddle, 

Mike’s sister. Dave and Maureen were so 

moved that they accepted an invitation to 

become part of Mission of Mercy, moving 

their family from Seattle to Pennsylvania. 

Mike’s daughter, Chelsea (who has a 

one-year old son, Jaxson), explained the 

Mission of Mercy and her father’s service 

to others. “His patients come to Mission 

of Mercy seeking medical care, but leave 

with so much more because respect, 

dignity, and love have healing powers 

too. My father’s vision and example have 

inspired the staff and volunteers and have 

impacted the lives of countless patients.” 

His daughter Anne Marie agrees. 

“He really cares for all of his patients 

and loves them. Yes, my dad helps his 

patients with their medical needs, but 

he also does everything he can to help 

them emotionally and spiritually as well, 

whether that means telling a joke to put a 

smile on their faces or praying with them 

and for them.” 

“I cannot tell you how many awards 

Mike has received for his work as Mission 

of Mercy have none listed on its web 

site,” Rick continued. “In fact, you’ll have 

a hard time finding any information on 

Mike at the web site and I might guess 

that’s the way Mike thinks it should be.” 

Mike’s award biography pays tribute to 

what he values most. “Through this journey, 

Dr. Sullivan came to recognize and 

appreciate the strong foundation in faith 

that was laid in his family home, Blessed 

Sacrament School and Pius X High 

School. Unfortunately, he drifted from 

his faith for nearly twenty years. Through 

pain, suffering, loss and tears, he was 

brought to his knees, and discovered that 

all he had been given would be so much 

more fruitful when shared and offered in 

God’s love and for His greater glory.” 

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Through the Uprights 

Pius X Alumnus Greg Zuerlein Turns Heads in the NFL 


He’s living the dream that was predicted 

in the pages of the Pius X yearbook 

where he was named: Most likely to become 

a professional athlete. 

This past April, Greg Zuerlein ’06 was 

drafted in the 6th round of the National 

Football League by the St. Louis Rams. 

And during his first season, he wasted no 

time showcasing his remarkable talent 

as a football kicker, setting personal and 

NFL franchise records. 

That’s Just How We Grew Up 

Zuerlein is the youngest of five children 

born to Eugene and Eileen Zuerlein. 

He and his siblings - John ’97, Monica 

(Hansen) ’97, Sarah ’99 and Colleen ’02 

- attended St. Joseph School and Pius X. 

Greg describes his upbringing as an environment 

grounded in the strong connections 

of family, friends and faith. 

“We all grew up in the same neighborhood 

within a block of each other,” Zuerlein 

says describing childhood friends. 

“And we still get together and hang out 

when I’m back home.” His Catholic faith 

is part of the bond that continues in his 

relationships today. “Being Catholic, 

everyone has the same general thought 

process in what I would say was a sheltered 

environment. That’s just how we 

grew up.” 

Zuerlein was a serious student who 

pursued academics as well as soccer and 

football in high school. It was during 

those years, he garnered the nickname 

“Greg The Leg”, a calling card now being 

used in national sports media to encapsulate 

the tremendous strength and remarkable 

length of his kicks. 

“I have absolutely no idea who started 

it,” Zuerlein says with a chuckle. “But 

sometime during my sophomore year, 

when I first started playing varsity, I 

would go out to kick and fans would start 

shouting over and over ‘Greg the Leg!’” 

But Zuerlein was equally committed 

to playing soccer year round. Head coach 

Tim Aylward has discouraged this over 

the years because club soccer and football 

seasons coincide. 

“I kind of had an idea he was playing, 

but it was a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell” situation,” 

Coach Aylward says with a smile. 

Zuerlein confirms this was the case, noting 

that he would sneak in soccer matches 

on the weekends, working around his 

Pius X football responsibilities. 

“It was great having Greg on the team” 

Aylward recalls. “He was a great competitor, 

and worked hard at being a top level 

kicker. We knew that anytime we got past 

40 yards we had a chance to score.” 


And 

score they 

did. 

During 

Zuerlein’s 

high 

school 

career that 

began in 

2003, Pius 

X won 

a state 

championship 

in 2004, 

and were a 

state semifinalist 

team in 

2005. 

Greg was 

named 

All-State 

kicker for 

the 2004 

Greg Zuerlein kicks a field 

goal at right at Pius X in 

2005 and above for the 

St. Louis Rams in 2012. 

Photo courtesy of St. Louis 

Rams team photographer 

Newman Lowrance. 

and 2005 seasons. Rounding out his 

athletic successes, he also was part of the 

2006 Pius X state soccer championship 

team. 

You have to do things a little differently 

Zurelein’s favorite memories of Pius 

include football and soccer practices. “It 

was going on the field with all the guys 

every day, working hard to win games,” 

he reflects. “We had a lot of fun out there 

and developed a lot of good friendships.” 

He maintains connections with Dan 

Gonnerman, Anthony Kohel and Andrew 

Reifenrath, all 2006 graduates, and teammate 

Paul Aylward, Zuerlein’s football 

place holder during his junior and senior 

years. “I was supposed to be in [Paul’s] 

wedding but because of [NFL] fall camp I 

could not be in Lincoln,” Zuerlein says. 

Zuerlein then played three seasons at 

the University of Nebraska-Omaha before 

transferring to Midwestern Missouri 

State. That year, he set an NCAA record 

with 21 consecutive field goals, including 

two from 58 yards. 

Zuerlein credits his education and faith 

formation at Pius X with an “extremely 

large effect” on his life during college. 

“Pius is a great school,” he says. “When 

I got to college, I felt more than adequately 

prepared academically.” The values 

he learned at Pius X were a grounding 

factor. “Going from an all Catholic high 

school to a public college, you realize not 

everyone has the same views,” Zuerlein 

reflects. “You have to do things a little 

differently from what everyone else is 

doing. Pius helped instill in 

me that it’s okay to believe 

what we believe and to not 

go along with what everyone 

else may be doing.” 

It’s Well Within His Range 

When Zuerlein was drafted 

by the St. Louis Rams, he 

began turning heads as early 

as training camp, making 

50+ yard field goals appear 

routine. Before the season 

began, he kicked a 64-yarder, 

astounding his coaches 

and pre-season observers. 

Rams’ Head Coach Jeff 

Fisher did not hesitate to 

call on Greg to attempt 

a 60-yard field goal on 

Sept. 30, 2012, in a close 

contest with the Seattle 

Seahawks. The historic 

kick instantly placed Greg 

in the NFL record books 

as one of only 11 kickers to ever achieve 

that range in a game and the first ever 

to hit two field goals over 50 yards in a 

single game. 

“I was on the headsets and I said, ‘Field 

goal,’ and somebody said ‘Field goal’” 

Fisher says. “I said, ‘Yeah, it’s only 60. It’s 

well within his range.’” 

“It really wasn’t any different from any 

other kick,” a humble Zuerlein recalls 

having a second shot at a very rare accomplishment. 

“I was just so excited to 

get another opportunity to attempt it. 

I’ve only made two attempts in a game 

- the first one was at a Pius vs. Norris 

game and we had a lot of wind so that got 

blocked.” 

“Coach Fisher gave me that opportunity, 

and I am so grateful for that. And 

Coach Aylward did it at Pius.” 

How does it feel to be drafted into the 

NFL and to be in the national spotlight 

“Everyone in my family was really excited, 

and it wouldn’t be different from 

everyone else,” Zuerlein says, adding 

with a chuckle: “My brother was kind of 

shocked. He continues to say that there 

are only 32 NFL kickers in the world, 

and he can’t believe I’m one of them.” 

Zuerlein has some advice to current 

students who are aspiring athletes. “The 

most important thing is to believe in 

yourself and your ability. Sometimes, 

things will not go your way, and people 

may not believe in you. Then, you start to 

doubt your ability, and want to give up. 

You have to really believe and know you 

can do it.”

Bits & Pieces 

alumni today 

1950s 

Robert McManus, 1953 Cathedral 

High School Graduate, 

and his 

wife, Grace, 

celebrated 

their 50th 

wedding 

anniversary 

on April 

28, 2012. 

They were 

married on 

April 28, 1962, at Sacred Heart 

Catholic Church in Plainville, 

Kan. They are the parents of Steve 

’82, Karen ’83, Bill ’84, John, 

Pat ’86 and Jeannie ’87. They 

also have 19 grandchildren including 

Kealey (McManus) Butler 

’08 and Erin McManus ’11, and 

two great-grandchildren. 

1960s 

Ranee Kletchka ’68 works with 

children who are developmentally 

delayed and autistic. Ranee finds 

this very rewarding. 

1970s 

Frank Blaser ’74 completed his 

freshman and sophmore year at 

Pius X, and he would have graduated 

in 1974 from Pius X, but he 

had to move with his family to 

Texas in 1972. He would be interested 

in finding old classmates. 

Dave Duden ’79 decided this 

year to celebrate the 34 th anniversary 

of the 

first Pius 

X tennis 

team state 

championship 

by 

running 

his first 

Marathon 

in Hartford. He’s not sure why 

he decided to do this now, but 

seemed like the time to do it as 

Coach John Riggs celebrated his 

birthday around this time, and 

he, Coach O’Boyle, and Coach 

Kelley all provided inspiration 

in so many ways that they will 

never know. Dave’s sons continue 

to thrive in Lincoln, Jake began 

an internship at Ameritas in the 

actuarial department, and Will 

continues to be active in Sigma 

Nu fraternity. While back in Nebraska 

this last September, Dave 

was able to get a mile in on the 

Pius X track as part of his training 

for the marathon. 

1990s 

Daehoon (Derek) Kim ’99 

stopped by Pius X in June 2012 

for a tour and to show his wife 

around his old high school. They 

were able to see the many changes 

that have taken place since he was 

last at Pius X in 1999. Derek and 

Minhee Chang were married on 

June 19, 2010. They welcomed 

their new baby boy; Kai on 

September 6, 2011. The family 

currently resided in Alabama. 

Amy DeMars ‘94 graduated from 

Tulane University in 1998 and the 

Gemological Institute of America 

in 2000. She has lived in New Orleans, 

San Diego, San Francisco, 

Virginia Beach, and now reside 

in coastal North Carolina with 

her two children (Wyatt is 9 and 

Tatum is 7). Amy is the director 

and trainer for a real estate team 

consistently ranked within the top 

200 in the country. 

Tyler Schmidt ’94 has been in 

law enforcement since 1998 and 

a Trooper since 2010. After high 

school, he served in the Nebraska 

Air National Guard 155th SPS 

and completed my enlistment 

as an E-5 Staff Sergeant. He 

is a graduate of the FBI National 

Academy-220th Session in 

Quantico, Va. He also earned a 

bachelor’s degree from Bellevue 

University. He met his wife, Jill, 

while she was a police officer 

in Lincoln where she served for 

10 years. The couple married 

September 20, 2003. Their first 

child, Hudson Rose, was born in 

April 2012. They moved to the 

Holdrege area where Tyler worked 

as a Quality Control and Risk 

Manager for Phelps Memorial 

Health Center. After two years, 

he returned to law enforcement 

though the Nebraska State Patrol 

as is currently serving as a Trooper 

in the Lexington area. 

2000s 

Collin Miller ’00 and his wife 

Jessica 

adopted 

a little 

girl, Jaci 

on August 

31, 2012. 

Collin 

and Jessica 

had been 

her foster 

parents before the adoption was 

final. 

Samantha (Bruckner) Spargo 

’05 graduated with a degree in 

Business Administration from St. 

Edward’s University in Austin, 

Texas in December 2009. She and 

Joseph were married on February 

18, 2012 in Omaha and they are 

expecting their first child in late 

November of this year. Currently, 

Samantha works for the University 

of Nebraska-Lincoln College 

of Business Administration in the 

MBA and Graduate Programs 

Office. 

Laura Cassel ’06 will be teaching 

language arts at San Miguel 

School. It is a coed, Catholic 

middle school in Tulsa, Okla. 

serving students in grades 6-8. 

Admission to the school is based 

on education and economic need. 

Megan (McClure) Neemann 

’06 married Thomas Neemann in 

2010. They lived in Kearney for 

a year before moving to Laramie 

so Megan could attend graduate 

school. She is currently studying 

Kinesiology and Health and 

is a Graduate Assistant Athletic 

Trainer. Thomas works at a local 

lumber yard called Pro-Build. 

Michaela Vestecka ’06 graduated 

from UNL in May 2012 with her 

bachelor’s degree in education and 

now teaches family and consumer 

sciences at Nebraska City Middle 

School. 

Sadie Massey ’07 teaches grades 

3-6 at St. Andrew’s School in 

Tecumseh, Neb. Sadie graduated 

from UNL in 2012 with distinction 

and earned an elementary 

education degree. 

Andy Rice ‘09 was appointed to 

the Naval Academy in 2009. That 

first summer after high school 

graduation he started Plebe summer 

in July with school immediately 

following in August. He 

will graduate as a 2 nd lieutenant 

in May 2013. He will find out 

mid-year his assignment after 

graduating. He has listed his top 

three choices as 1. Naval pilot; 

2. Naval flight officer; 3. Surface 

warfare - submarines. 

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In Remembrance 

John David Beaurivage ’69 

passed away on December 4, 

2011. He was 

survived by his 

four children, 

Natalie Beaurivage, 

Michael Beaurivage, 

Sydney 

Beaurivage, and 

Nicole Beaurivage, 

and his siblings; Anne Beaurivage 

’66 and Louis “Pete” Beau ’72. 

Dennis J. Aandahl ’66 passed 

away on May 26, 2012. He is 

survived by two 

sisters, Virginia 

Ann Aandahl ’60 

and husband, Jay 

Vinton; Elizabeth 

Louise Aandahl 

(Bela) Springer- 

Csaki ’63; a son, 

Timothy Aandahl; and his nieces 

and nephews; grand-nieces and 

grand-nephews; cousins; and his 

friends and family of LIVE. 

Donald P. Wedberg, 95, passed 

away on June 12, 2012. He is 

survived by his wife, Dorothy; 

daughters, Donna Sue Peatrowsky, 

Marsha (Marcel) 

Reasou ’65 and Sonja Ebert 

’74; seven grandchildren: Shawn 

Peatrowsky, Desha Peatrowsky- 

Hyde, Tiffany Peatrowsky-Hack, 

Jaime Peatrowsky-Wines, Trudy 

Peatrowsky-Davis, Lona Dawn 

Ebert ’07 and Dayton Ebert; and 

12 great grandchildren. 

Abram Paul Metzler, 1 day old, 

passed away on June 11, 2012. 

Survivors include parents Dan 

and Jenni ’96 Buss Metzler; twin 

brother, Mason Metzler; sisters, 

Rilyn and Avery Metzler. Grandparents: 

Marylou Buss, Bill and 

Jan Metzler, Charlene and Ron 

Janda; many aunts and uncles, 

including Jake ’95, Sarah ’01 and 

Abby ’03 Buss; many cousins. 

Jean Ann Van Ackeren, 86, 


She is survived by her sons, 

Gene ’65 (Gloria) and Gerry 

’70 (Nancy), and John (Nadira); 

Daughter, Shannon Al Hagari 

’62; nine grandchildren; one great 

grandson; and a brother. 

Sheila Ann (Klotz) Westra passed 

away on June 20, 2012. Sheila is 

survived by her husband, Verlyn; 

her seven children, John ’80 

(Heather), Daniel ’81 (Mary 

Beth ’80), Koni ’82 (Robert) Barie, 

David ’83 (Sandy), Cara ’85 

(Kurt ’85) Matthes, Eric ’88 and 

Nicholas ’97, and her 13 grandchildren 

whom she adored beyond 

measure including those who have 


or are attending Pius X; Lucy ’12, 

Sally ’14 and Robert ’16. She is 

also survived by her sisters. 

Fred J. Fujan, 78 passed away on 

June 22, 2012. He is survived by 

his wife, Edna; daughters, Diane 

’83 Nold (Jerry) and Deborah 

’81 Fujan-Pinney (Charles); three 

grandchildren. 

Lillian T. Jansa, 87passed away 

on June 20, 2012. She is survived 

by her son and daughter-in-law, 

Berneil and Shari Jansa; daughters 

and sons-in-law, Joylene 

and Ray Kastl, Joyce and Don 

Palensky, Julie and Doug Lillie; 

12 grandchildren including Brian 

Kastl ’84 and Bradly Kastl ’87; 

three step-grandchildren; 14 great 


Santos B. Schubert, 89 passed 

away on June 24, 2012. She is 

survived by her sons, William D 

’65 and Robert S ’70; daughters, 

Pam (Bob) McCabe ’71 and 

Elizabeth Jane (Steve) Shanahan 

’77; three grandchildren including 

Joel (Amy) Tabor ’97; five great 

grandchildren including Hunter 

’15 and Emma ’16 Nelson; and a 

brother, Jess Baros. 

William Frank (Bill) Taylor, 78, 


Survived by wife, Ann Taylor; 

children and spouses, Beth Taylor, 

Susan Taylor and Jeff Davis, Michael 

and Joanna Taylor, Michael 

and Rita Taylor; 14 grandchildren 

including Joseph Williams ’99 

and Meridith Williams ’02; five 

great grandchildren; and a sister, 

Angela (Curt) Lindberg. 

Judy Kay (Schreiner) Bell, 

70 passed away peacefully in 

her home on Thursday, June 

28, 2012. She is survived by 

daughter-in-law, Claudia Bell; 

sons, Kenneth (Lori) Bell, and 

Mark (Cheryl) Bell; siblings, 

Jack (Lisa) Schreiner, Jill Kruger, 

Debra Petersen; 11 grandchildren 

including Megan ’04, Mariah 

’08, and Zach ’13 Bell, 11 greatgrandchildren, 

and many nieces 

and nephews. 

Charles Leonard Brazie, 91 


Charles will be dearly missed by 

his children: Charles Lee; Nancy 

and Douglas Kuhnel; Tommy and 

Sherry; Michael; Elizabeth and 

Jim Lundy; and Mary ’80 and 

Mark ’79 Wiese; as well as his 

beloved grandchildren; his loving 

great grandchildren, brothersand 

sisters-in-law, and countless 

friends and family he cherished 

deeply. 

Joel Francis Kortus ’61, passed 

away June 19, 2012, after a short 

battle with a rare 

degenerative neurological 

disease. 

Joel will be missed 

by wife Lindy; 

children, Tiffany, 

Tawnya, Taft, 

Thomas, and Todd; 

and 14 grandchildren; and his 

sister, Linda Ebel ’67. 

Delia Ann (Ward) Porter ’60 

passed away June 19, 2012. She 

is survived by husband, 

David; sons, 

David and Daniel; 

sisters, Twilia 

(Bill) Yost ’60, 

Annette (Wayne) 

Sammons’67, 

Jeannette (Dennis) 

O’Brien ’77; 

brother, Marvin (Lori) Ward ’82; 

four grandchildren; and two great 


Wilma Wellman, 89 passed away 

on June 29, 2012. Her survivors 

include daughters, Marjorie (Kenneth) 

Batenhorst, Janet (Brian) 

Allison, and Diane (Barclay) 

Hunt; sons, Jerry (Shelley) and 

Tom (Gloria), Robert (Julie), 

Dennis (Connie), David (Laurie), 

and Mark (Shawna); brothers; 36 

grandchildren including Bridget 

’00, Aaron ’02, Christopher 

’04 and Alexander ’02 Allison; 

33 great grandchildren; and one 

great-great granddaughter. 

Mary Patricia Sullivan Matisons 

’62 passed away on June 30, 

2012, in her Lynn Haven, Fla. 

home, surrounded 

by her family. She 

is survived by her 

husband of 46 

years, Andris, and 

her children, Mark 

’86, Michelle ’88, 

David ’90, Colleen 

’94 , Molly 

’96, and Michael; grandchildren 

and in-laws: Becky, T.J., and 

Oliviah Matisons, Brent, Pherson, 

and Timber Gant. She is also survived 

by her five siblings including 

Tom Sullivan ’64. 

John Patrick Regan, 92, passed 

away on July 3, 2012. He is 

survived by his wife of 69 years, 

Bette Jo; children, John F. ’79 

(Natalie K.) Regan, Michael J. 

(Susan K.) Regan, Shelley (Jerry) 

Harkrader, Cathy (Rex) Mercer, 

Teresa Regan, and Tim (Julie); 

15 grandchildren, including 

Aaron ’07, Abby ’11, Anna ’13 

and Adam ’16 Regan; 13 great 

grandchildren, and one great-great 

grandchild. 

Rose Ann Foster, 79, passed away 

on Friday, July 6, 2012. Survivors 

include her husband, Wayne; 

daughter, Dorothy “Dolly” Starr 

’80; daughter and son-in-law, 

Shirley and Randy Sabin of Lincoln; 

five grandchildren; five step 

grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 

sister, Jennie Stein; brother, 

Daniel Stiffler. 

James Clayton Kramer passed 

away on June 28, 2012. Jim was 

born in 1929 to Joseph and Frances 

Kramer. He is survived by his 

wife of 57 years, Mary, and five 

children: Vance ’74 (Catherine), 

Ron ’76, Lisa ’78 (Jeff) Hansen, 

Tina ’81 (David) Vetter, and Jim 

’86 (Stacy); and nine grandchildren. 

Leo “Lavern” Bader, 65, passed 

away on Sunday, July 15, 2012. 

He is survived by his wife, Donna 

’64; daughter, Michelle ’03 and 

fiance Brad Reiling; sisters, Elaine 

(Ray) Coleman and Marcella 

(Donald) Love; parents-in-law, 

Jan and Katarzyna Garbacz of 

Lincoln; brother-in-law, Stan ’71 

(Mary) Garbacz; and sister-in-law, 

Janina ’66 (Edward) Lesinski. 

Bruce M. Irland, 59, passed 

away on July 13, 2012. Survivors 

include his mother, Colleen; 

wife, Carol ’70; children, Travis 

(Janice) Harrop, Stacy Henry, 

Brandon and Brett Irland; siblings, 

Bob Irland (Jim Guenther), 

Barry (Nena) Irland, Brad (Rosa) 

Irland; mother and father-in-law, 

Marion (Gladys) Mendlik; and 

nine grandchildren. 

Kimberly D. Malone, 46, passed 

away on July 11, 2012. She is 

survived by her husband of 25 

years, Kelly ’83; daughters, Alyssa 

and Morgan, grandparents, Ed 

and Nadyne Bryson; brother, 

Todd Bryson; brothers-in-law, 

Tom ’67 (Cathie) Malone, Bob 

’71 (Cathy) Malone, and Mike 

’79 (Jane) Malone; and sisters-inlaw, 

Colleen ’69 (Doug) Carter, 

Mary ’72 (Dick) Bates and Pat 

’75 (Joe) James, and Jane ’82 

(Gary) Wenzl. 

Peter S. Fusco, Cathedral ’42, 

passed away on July 15, 2012. 

Peter is survived by his wife, 

Delpha; two sons, Terry ’62 and 

his wife Marie ’62; David ’64 

and his wife Sharon ’70; two 

daughters: Charlotte Boe ’67; 

Barbara and husband Dan Hruby 

’75; two step-sons: Richard Luhr, 

David (Jody); grandchildren; and 

great-grandchildren, including 

Gavin ’14.

alumni today 

Joseph Gaughan ’61, beloved 

husband, father, and grandfather 

passed away on 

July 23, 2012. He 

is survived by his 

wife of 47 years, 

Carole; his sister, 

Sally Waddle; three 

sons, Jason (Susan), 

Ryan (Jamie), 

Dylan (Jennifer), and six grandchildren, 

Liam, Nathan, Griffin, 

Violet, Campbell and Julian. 

Florence Margaret (Flo) Faughn, 

84, passed away on July 27, 2012. 

She is survived by her children, 

Frank (Coleen) Faughn Jr. ’69, 

Kathryn (Marc) LeBaron, Michael 

(Eileen) Faughn, Donald Faughn 

’74, Paul (Sheila) Faughn, and 

Julie (David) Krenk; 14 grandchildren, 

including Minde Stone ’94, 

and Jarrad Faughn ’98, and eight 

great-grandchildren. 

Shirley M. Flemmig, 80, passed 


include her husband, Keith Flemmig; 

children, Bradley (Marsha) 

Flemmig and Penny (Larry) Middendorf; 

three granddaughters including 

Carrie (Jim) Woodward 

’97 and Ashley (Brandon) Ortiz 

’01; and 5 great grandchildren. 

Births 

Dan Hurlburt 

’96 

and his wife 

Heather welcomed 

their 

new little 

boy; Ethan 

Hurlburt on July 5, 2011. 

Janelle (Cunningham) ‘95 and 

her husband Joe Erickson welcomed 

their new baby boy; Luke 

Joseph on January 12, 2012. He 

joins siblings Emily 10, James 8, 

Joshua 6 and Leah 2. 

Madeline (Derickson) ’99 and 

William Christen ’99 welcomed 

their new baby daughter; 

Cecilia Therese who was born in 

Geneva, Switzerland on March 

10, 2012. She joins her older 

brothers Jaydon Thomas (7), 

Avery Joseph (5), and Blaise 

William (2). 

Henry “Mike” Rappl, 72, passed 


include his wife, Linda; sons, 

Michael and Mark ’91 (Bobbie); 

daughters, Kayla and Shalene ’95; 

two grandchildren; a special son, 

Quentin Waltke; sister, Margaret 

(Lyle) Wurtz; and his brother, 

Tom (Diane). 

William “Bill” M. Willming, 

56, passed away on July 31, 

2012. He is survived by his high 

school sweetheart and wife of 33 

years, Leesa Kautz Willming; son, 

Michael ’04; daughter, Kadi (Joe) 

Holmberg; two grandchildren; his 

mother, Margie Willming; and his 

siblings, Bob (Diane) Willming 

and Tammy Pool. 

William “Bill” N. Davis ’76 

passed away August 3, 2012. 

Survivors include 

daughter, Savannah 

(Robert) Davis; 

grandchildren, 

Zayden McNiel, 

Zoe Davis, Logan 

Davis; mother, 

Joan Davis; sister, 

Cynthia Davis ’72; brothers, Jeffery 

Davis ’73, Robert (Lisa) Davis 

’77, Thomas (Deborah) Davis 

’80, James Davis ’83, Joseph 

Kristin (Edwards) ’91 and 

Peter Heath ’90 welcomed 

their new baby 

girl; Estella 

Anneliese on 

July 24, 2012. 

Stella joins her 

siblings; Hayley 

’15 and 

Connor (12). 

The family 

resides in Lincoln where Kristin 

is the Alumni Director for Pius 

X High School and Peter owns 

his own company called System 

Technology Services. 

Kelli (Craig) Hamilton ’96 and 

her husband Patrick welcomed 

a son, Shay Gabriel, on August 

12, 2012. He joins siblings 

Samantha (5) and Sydney (3). 

Bill McManus ’84 and his wife, 

Adilia, were 

blessed with 

the birth of 

their daughter, 

Camille Grace 

on August 23, 

2012. She is 

(Jennifer ’91) Davis ’91. He was 

preceded in death by father and 

sister, Beth Davis ’88. 

Virginia L. (Keene) Sheridan, 

81, passed away August 7, 2012. 

Survived by sons, Daniel (Julie), 

Mitchell (Chris), Brian (Marti); 

seven grandchildren including 

Courtney ’03; one great 

grandson; brothers, Leo, Delbert, 

Lonnie, Glen, and sister, Nola. 

Joann (Neater) Cook, 87, passed 

away August 9, 2012. She is survived 

by her husband of 66 years, 

Steve; her four children, Karen 

(Mike) Butler ’64, Kelly (Kathi 

Lupson) Cook, Christy (Ken) 

Quinn ’71, and Casey (Amy) 

Cook; as well as 12 grandchildren 

and six great-grandchildren. 

Ruth E. Lester, 87, of Lincoln, 

passed away on August 10, 2012. 

Survivors include her children, 

Jana (Dr. Rob) Riggert, Michael 

(Sue) Lester, Patrick (Ruth ’78) 

Lester, and William (Cindy) Lester; 

11 grandchildren, including 

Samantha ’05 and Andrew ’09 

Lester; nine great grandchildren. 

Ervin Nicholas (“Erv”) Heiser 

M.D., F.A.C.S., 93, passed away 

on August 12, 2012. Survivors include 

Eleanor, his wife of 68 years; 

their first child. She weighed 

in at 7 lbs., 3 oz, and was 20.5 

inches long. Adilia, who holds 

a BA in International Studies 

and a Master of Business 

in International Business 

and Management from the 

University of Oklahoma, also 

became a Naturalized Citizen of 

the United States in 2010, immigrating 

from Honduras. Both 

live and work in the Oklahoma 

City area. 

Gary ’88 and Kimberly (Gabriel) 

’88 Harper welcomed 

their 5 th child, Brigid Eloise, on 

August 20, 2012. She joins her 

brother Sullivan ’16, and sisters 

Delaney (13), Allison (9), and 

Maeve (6). 

his two sons, Dr. David (Maryanne) 

Heiser, and Dr. Thomas 

(Nancy ’72) Heiser; and by his 

four daughters: Marilyn (Dr. 

Timothy) Kingston, Patricia (Ali) 

Heiser Eskandari, Susan Heiser, 

and Joan Heiser; 13 grandchildren, 

including Jenny ’98, Wes 

’95, Nick ’00 and Mark Heiser 

’02; and two great-grandchildren. 

Leo V. Gauthier, 83, passed away 

on August 14, 2012. He is survived 

by his wife of 30 years and 

mother of his children, Jolene; 

sons, Corbert ’73 (Susan ’74), 

Tim ’76 (Barb), Matthew (Deby); 

daughters, Shelley (Rob ’74) 

Hepburn ’74, Nanette (Edward) 

Gingery Lankas, Barb (Alan) 

Werner, Lisalle (Steve) Collins 

’86; 27 grandchildren, including 

Kayla ’96; eight great grandchildren; 

and siblings, Francis, 

Armand, and Teresa Olson. 

Paul Adrian Gottula, 78, passed 

away on August 14, 2012. 

Mourning his death are his children, 

Connie ’85 (Greg) Pautz, 

Kevin Gottula, and Kimberly 

(Mike) Erb; six grandchildren 

including Elizabeth Pautz ’14; 

and siblings, Gerard (Phyllis), 

Justin, Zeno, Bernadette (Don) 

Hoeller, Dolores Johnson, Ethel- 

Katie (Riggs) 

Wendler 

‘04 and her 

husband Dan 

welcomed their 

first baby on 

August 25, 

2012; a girl 

named Audrey Ellis Wendler. 

Cara (Westra) 

’85 and Kurt 

Matthes ’85 

welcomed their 

new baby girl. 

Lydia Irene 

Matthes on 

August 28th, 

2012. She joins older sister 

Frannie Kate (2 yrs.) & older 

brother Charlie (4yrs). 

Sarah 

(Seib) 

Beaudoin 

’02 and 

her husband 

Dan 

welcomed 

their new little boy; Paul on 

September 10, 2012. Paul joins 

his big brother Peter. 

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reda (Clem) Pella, Mary Smith, 

Josephine Supencheck, Rosella 

(Denis). 

Emmett Dwayne Dustin, 87, 


He is survived by his wife, Thrasilla 

Joan; children, Ken ’66 (Marilyn), 

Sue (Roger ’67) Jochum 

’67, Karen (Frank) Ridder ’71, 

Tom ’77 (Beth), Dave ’81; nine 

grandchildren, including Lori 

Bryant ’90 and Brian Dustin 

’00; 27 great grandchildren. 

Joseph C. Sis, 79, passed away 

on Friday, August 10, 2012. 

Survivors include his wife: Theresa 

(O’Hare) Sis; sons, Jeff ’79 (Lori), 

Dan (Jenny), Joe Jr. (Andrea); 

daughter, Patricia (Rick) Liedle; 

nine grandchildren; brother, 

Vincent (Melissa); sister, Josephine 

Horinek; and sister-in-law, 

Delpha Sis. 

Cheryl R. Aden, 69, passed away 

on August 18, 2012. She is survived 

by her children, Bryan (Terri), 

Brent, Brynn (Bill) Fish ’88, 

Brad (Tammy), Brenda (Todd) 

Reining; siblings, Gary (Sue) 

Donahoo, Susie (Jimmy) Watson, 

Kevin (Babbie) Donahoo, Mark 

(Shannon) Donahoo of Glendale, 

Ariz., Gaylen (Traci) Donahoo of 

Lincoln; 15 grandchildren; and 

nine great grandchildren. 

Anna M. Tucker, 83, of North 

Platte, passed away on August 20, 

2012. Survivors include her husband 

Robert; six children, Geri 

(Jerry) Hepp, Monsignor Robert 

Tucker, Mary (Gary) Kuehl, John 

(Donna) Tucker, James (Linda) 

Tucker, and Carol (Bill) Zakavec; 

14 grandchildren including Alana 

’11, Katelyn ’12 and Kylie ’15 

Tucker. 

Hulda Mary Helen (Bohling) 

Zier, 85, passed away on August 

18, 2012. She is survived by sons, 

Dennis (Priscilla Marshall) Zier, 

Wes (Jeannie) Zier; daughters, 

Carol Jones, Gloriann (Dale) 

Nobbman; four grandchildren 

including Matthew Zier ’92; 

three great-grandchildren; and 

her sisters, Alvina Kuhlmann and 

Sophie Rizor. 

Michael Joseph “Mick” Geis, 

Cathedral ’53, passed away on 

August 17, 2012, surrounded by 

family. He is survived by the love 

of his life, Donna, Cathedral ’53; 

children, Pam, Laurie, Kim, Mike, 

Greg and Mark; 12 grandchildren; 

and two great grandchildren. 

William Maurice Halterman, 71, 


William is survived by his wife, 

Laura Halterman; his daughter 

Peggy (Michael) Halterman- 

Vaughn ’01; and his sister, Phyllis 

Halterman. 

Roger L. Sukovaty, 71, passed 

away on August 23, 2012. Roger 

is survived by his wife of 51 years, 

Mardene Sukovaty ’59 (Ernst); 

three children: Rodney (Debra) 

Sukovaty, Michelle ’82 (Michael) 

Johnson and Annette (Todd) 

Zacherson; 11 grandchildren; six 

great-grandchildren. 

Mary Sullivan Knapp ’73 passed 

away on August 23, 2012, with 

family at her side. 

Mary is survived 

by her husband, 

Ronald H. Knapp; 

stepsons, Ronald 

(Kathy) and Ray 

Michael (Petra) Peterson; 

two grandchildren, 

Kenneth 

Peterson and Fiona Peterson; 

brother John (Patty) Sullivan; 

sisters, Patricia J. (Norman) Duff 

’63, Sally (Rex) Fuller ’65, and 

Margaret (Michael) Harms ’77; 

her mother-in-law, Carol Knapp. 

Thomas O. Haley Sr., Captain, 

77, passed away on August 29, 

2012. He is survived by his wife, 

Phyllis; daughter, Ann (Rick) Mc- 

Mickell ’80; sons, John (Kathie) 

Haley ’78; Jim (Barb) Haley; 

Tom (Lisa ’86) Haley; Dan (Liz) 

Haley; and 12 grandchildren. 

Rose Colleen (O’Grady) 

Vestecka, Cathedral ’46, passed 

away on September 5, 2012. She 

is survived by her children, Jean 

Vestecka ’69, Marilyn (Dave) 

Schaffer ’70, Frank (Celia) 

Vestecka ’72, Marty (Greg) 

Miller ’75 and, Kathy (Joel) 

Sartore ’80; seven grandchildren 

including Hannah ’13 and Shannon 

’15 Miller; Cole ’12 and 

Ellen ’15 Sartore; sisters, Mary 

Patricia Sand, Cathedral ’45 

and Catherine (Keith) Rokke, 

Cathedral ’53; and brothers 

Jim O’Grady, Cathedral ’50 

and Charlie (Donna) O’Grady, 

Cathedral ’51. 

Charles “Charlie” Baker, 90, 

passed away on September 7, 

2012. He is survived by his wife, 

Shirley; their children, Christine 

McNulty ’69 (Anthony Lonzo), 

Tom ’71 (Mary ’71) Baker, Pat 

(Theresa) Baker ’72, Carolyn 

(Steve) Thomas ’74; nine 

grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. 

Robert E. “Papa Bob” Schomaker, 

62, passed away on September 

9, 2012. Family members 

include his wife, Angie; son, Scott 

(Tammy) Schomaker; daughters, 

Laura (Jason) Coyle, Missy Schomaker, 

Mandy (Brandt) Bacus; 

four grandchildren including Austin 

’13 and Kelsey ’16; mother, 

Winona Kuster; sisters, Sharon 

(Steve) Olsen, Jolene Deats; and a 

brother, Bruce (Patty) Schomaker. 

Bonnie K. Metz, 54, passed away 

on September 15, 2012. Bonnie 

is survived by daughter, Heather 

(Mark) Fusco; son, Jason Hauck; 

step-grandson, Gavin Fusco ’14; 

and brothers and sisters, Lois 

Berger and Ervin (Gerry) Metz, 

and Dianne (Clark) Dawson; 

Harvey (Carol) Metz, and Du- 

Wayne (Joan) Metz. 

Catherine Anne Smykacz, 80, 

passed away on September 20, 

2012. She is survived by her 

husband, Norbert; daughters, 

Margaret Anne (Carl) Detmer, 

Rene (Mike) Smith, Suzanne 

(Randy) Vandenhul; sons, Joseph 

and Richard Smykacz; nine 

grandchildren including Max 

Vandenhul ’15. 

Norman E. Tasler, 80, passed 

away on Sept 20, 2012. He is survived 

by wife of 62 years, Norma 

Arlene (Dial) Tasler; children, 

Michael (Kathy) Tasler, Jolene 

(Bob) Keiter; Sr. Marie Jacqueline 

Tasler, C.K., and Matthew (Joan) 

Tasler; 12 grandchildren including 

Katie ’04, Ellie ’09, Sarah ’11, 

Meg ’13, and John ’15 Tasler. 

James R. Weesner, 91, passed 

away on September 22, 2012. 

Survivors include his wife of 

66 years, Betty; sons, James A. 

Weesner ’65 and Bill Weesner 

(Ginny) Phillips; daughters 

Karen (Charlie) Crutcher, Patty 

(Dan) Kreitman, and Ree (Jim) 

Marriages 

Carla Dolezal ’04 married 

Chad Schneider at St. Patrick’s 

Catholic 

Church on 

Nov. 26, 

2011. The 

couple now 

resides in 

Papillion 

Tanya O’Donnell ’08 and 

Mitchell McCoy were married 

on 

December 

31, 2011. 

Tanya just 

graduated 

from UNL 

with a 

biochemistry 

degree and is starting 

Pharmacy school at UNMC in 

Omaha. Mitchell is in the Army 

and is currently in Afghanistan 

until February 2013.Upon his 

return; he will remain stationed 

in Washington, while Tanya 

finishes school in Omaha, Neb. 

Heather Cockson ’06 was 

married on May 26, 2012 in 

Lincoln to 

Nathan Kelly. 

They currently 

reside in 

Scottsdale, Arizona. 

Heather 

graduated from 

UNL with a 

Bachelor of 

Science degree 

in design and Nate graduated 

with a Bachelor of Arts degree 

in broadcasting. Heather is an 

Interior Designer at an awardwinning 

Interior Design Firm 

and Nate was previously a TV 

news anchor/reporter and is now 

is a producer for a TV show. 

Jessica Sucha 

’03 and Tom 

Sullivan ’03 

were united in 

marriage this 

summer at 

Cathedral of 

the Risen 

Christ Church in Lincoln. 

Michael Horak ‘94 of Ft. Collins, 

Colo., and Maggie Shirey 

were married at Our Lady of 

the Mountain Catholic Church 

in Estes Park, Colo., on July 

28. Parents of the couple are 

Mick ’73 and Diane (Franssen) 

’73 Horak and Glen and 

Carol Shirey 

of Estes Park. 

Michael is 

employed 

with Cross- 

Mark Sales 

& Marketing 

and Maggie is a kindergarten 

teacher at Shawsheen Elementary 

School in Greeley, Colo. The 

couple resides in Ft. Collins. 

Michelle Oswald ’08 and Tony 

Milana ‘05 were married on 

November 3, 2012. They currently 

living in Lincoln where 

Tony is a Realtor for BancWise 

Reality and Michelle is a 7th 

grade Math teacher at Lux 

Middle School. 

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Kellerstrass; eight grandchildren; 

12 great grandchildren; two great 

great grandchildren. 

Helen Josephine Keogh 

Metzger, 95, passed away 

September 27, 2012. She is 

survived by her daughters, Mary 

Helen Cogdill (Charles), Margaret 

Ann Walsh (Jim), Jane Louise 

Connealy (Jack); sons, Thomas 

Andrew (Carolyn), Robert Allen 

(Mary), and Michael Kevin 

(Barb); her sister-in-law Ruth 

Evelyn Paul; grandchildren 

including Tara ’02, Anne ’06 and 

Allison ’03 Connealy; and great 


Thomas R. Dolan, 75, passed 

away on October 15, 2012. He 

is survived by his sons, Terry ’84 

(Nikki), Tommy ’92, Dan, Tim 

’87 (Stephanie); his daughter, 

Donna (Ryan) Cure ’88; and 11 


Galen H. Muckendorfer, 80, 

passed away on October 16, 2012. 

Survivors include his daughters, 

Debbie (Steven) Harris, Nancy 

(Larry) Craig; Grandchildren, 

Chris and Melissa Harris, Stewart 

Craig ’97 and Mandy Craig; and 

five great-grandchildren. 

Gerald C. “Jere” Carey ’59, 

passed away on Thursday, Sept. 

20, 2012. He is survived by his 

wife, Allene “Ally” McDaniel 

Carey; a brother, Michael T. 

Carey, Cathedral 

’55; and a sister, 

Kathleen E. Carey 

’65. Jere had nine 

children and 14 

grandchildren. He 

also had a stepson 

and stepdaughter 

and two stepgrandchildren. Jere’s 

sister Kathy wanted us to know 

that Jere helped to start the very 

first Pius X Golf team. If any of 

Jere’s friends would like to contact 

Kathy, she can be reached at kathleencarey2406@comcast.net. 

Trinidad Greggory Ortiz, 31, 

passed away on October 17, 

2012. Survivors include parents, 

Michael and Esther Ortiz; sister, 

Katherine Ortiz ’85; sister and 

brother-in-law, Raquel ’90 and 

John O’Grady ’82; sister, Danielle 

Cronin ’96; and niece and 

nephews including Alicia Ortiz 

’10, Shane ’15 O’Grady. 

Roger Bodfield, 72, passed away 

October 20, 2012. He is survived 

by his son, David (Natalie); and 

daughters, Deb (Paul), Donna 

(Bob); and five grandchildren 

including Lauren ’09 and Christopher 

’12. 

Arthur R. Kalvoda, 85, passed 

away October 22, 2012. He is 

survived by his beloved wife of 43 

years, Marcie; his sons, Dan ’81 

(Teresa) Nelson, Rex ’83 (Linda) 

Nelson, John (Cheri) Kalvoda; 

daughters, Pam ’76 (Lee) Northup, 

Kim ’79 (Tom) Strudl, Mary 

’90 (Rick) Fisher; niece, Linda 

(David) Cramer; 14 grandchildren 

including Cassandra Northup 

’01 and Makayla Fisher ’14; and 

two great-grandchildren. 

Alvin Anthony Schroeder, age 

80, passed away on October 23, 

2012. He is survived by wife, 

Louise; son, Donald ’74 (Lois); 

daughters, Sharon ’70 (David 

’64) Fusco, Diane ’75 (Michael) 

Schneider, Lori ’78 (Richard) 

Wagner; 9 grandchildren; and 3 

great grandchildren; one brother; 

and three sisters. 

Joye Clarice Gillan, 77, passed 

away October 23, 2012. Joye is 

the grandmother of Thomas Gillan 

’11 and Maura Gillan ’14. 

Gayla Jo Haskell, 66, passed 

away on October 28, 2012. Survivors 

include her husband, Dean 

Haskell; mother, Ethel Winter; 

daughters, Jodi (Shawn) McGill, 

Jill (Christopher) Thompson; 

and four grandchildren including 

Trevon ’11 and Treyson ’13 

McGill. 

LaVeta M. Danek, 92, passed 

away on November 2, 2012. She 

is survived by her sons, Gary ’61 

(Carol), Thomas (Beth), Richard 

(Sandy), James (LuAnne), Dennis 

’67 (Lori); Daughters, Patty ’63 

(Dale) Champoux, Mary Sue 

’68 (Craig) Albertsen and Nancy 

(Steven) Gerhard, Debra (Jerry) 

Johnston, Anne (Jerry) Pape; 43 

grandchildren including Kathy 

Knollenberg ’89, Jason Danek 

’93, Jamie Scholtes ’94, Karen 

Nalow ’98, Jeffry Danek ’02, 

Curtis Danek ’09 and John 

Danek ’13; and 35 great grandchildren. 

Idella V. Holtmeier, 87, passed 

away on November 2, 2012. She 

is survived by her sons, Dr. Douglas 

(Mary) Holtmeier, Dwight 

Holtmeier, Robin (Mary Beth) 

Holtmeier; four grandchildren 

including Kellie Holtmeier ’08 

and Jacob Holtmeier ’13; and 

two great grandchildren. 

Mary Margaret Loisel Pappas, 

86, passed away on November 

7, 2012. She is survived by her 

children, Daniel (Anne) Pappas; 

Nancy (Brian) Olson; Dr. Stacia 

(Dr. L. Clifton) Stephens; J. Scott 

(Lynn) Pappas ’82, and Sarah 

(Jeffrey) McCabe. She was also the 

beloved Yia Yia of eight granddaughters, 

three grandsons, and 

six great grandchildren. 

Marilyn J. Brown, passed away 

November 21, 2012. She is 

survived by her husband, Larry 

Brown, Cathedral ’56; daughters, 

Jane (Jon) Snare ’85 and Jill (Jon) 

Nielsen; and four grandchildren. 

Nomination Deadline: April 1, 2013 

Recipients to be honored at the Friends of Pius X Appreciation Reception in August. 

Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna 

Nominate alumni who are: 

• leaders in fulfilling our mission to “Restore all things in Christ” 

• are recognized on a local, state or national level in their field 

• have been awarded for contributions in their profession 

• are leading a life of leadership and service 

• are an example of Catholic values, virtues and ideals 

• have graduated at least 10 years ago 

Nomination form available at: www.piusx.net/alumni 

or e-mail: Kristin (Edwards) Heath ’91 - kristin.heath@piusx.net 

Distinguished Stewardship Award 

Nominations are being sought for friends of Pius X High School who are 

leaders in fulfilling our mission to “Restore all things in Christ”, who are 

role models in the community, and deserve to be recognized for their 

service through their gifts of time, talent and treasure to Pius X High School. 

Nomination form available online at: www.piusx.net/foundation 

or e-mail Michelle Birkel - michelle.birkel@piusx.net 

Save the date! 

Alumni Basketball 

Tournament 

March 15-16, 2013 

f 

9th Annual Thunderbolt 

Golf Scramble 

June 17, 2013 

f 

3rd Annual 

ThunderBOLT Fun Run 

August 3, 2013 

f 

2nd Annual 

All Honor Year Reunion 

August 4, 2013 

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For information, contact 

Pius X Alumni 

Kristin (Edwards) Heath ’91 

Alumni Director 

402.488.0391 • kristin.heath@piusx.net 

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Pius X Class Reunions 

50 Year 

Reunion! 

Class of 1962 

The class of 1962 had a great turnout for their 50th class reunion the weekend of September 7-8 at the Nebraska Club. Msgr. Ivan Vap and Msgr. 

James Dawson joined the class in celebrating their reunion. Pictured above are: (back, l-r) Msgr. Ivan Vap, Steve Rodger, Duane Rempe, Marcia Kosch 

Etter, Wayne Smith, Tom Donahue, Diane Brym Guerriere, Bill Valinch, Jim Phillips, Bill Welch, Pete Vuchetich, Pat Barratt, Sandra Schmitt 

Schmitz, Jim Love, Monica Millard Shasteen, Dick Janousek, Carrol Batliner Messineo, Dave Koch , Bonnie Peters Ostdiek; (front, l-r) Msgr. James 

Dawson, Jim Liewer, Phyllis Houser Sweeney, Virginia Buller Morgan, Jim Demars, Mike Prokop, Rosemary McCabe, Jones, Gene Graff, Mike 

Botkin. Also attending the reunion, but who were not present at time of photo, included: Cheryl Getscher Frizzell, Marie Schmal Fusco,Terry Fusco, 

Susan Connealy Knight, Bob Knight, Richard Soucie, Roger Soucie. 

Class of 1972 

The class of 1972 celebrated their 40th class reunion on July 27-28 by 

gathering for golf and dinner at the West Nine at Firethorn on Friday. 

They then moved the party to Dino’s Eastside Grille for more fellowship. 

Saturday night they also held an informal gathering. 

Class of 1977 

The class of 1977 celebrated their 35th class reunion on June 23-24 

with an event on Saturday evening at the Oasis Room including fun, 

food and dancing. On Sunday, they enjoyed a tour of Pius X High 

School and let the memories surface with their guide and classmate 

Don Mckee! 

Class of 2002 

The class of 2002 celebrated their 10th reunion on the weekend of the 

All-Honor Year Reunion. They started off with an informal gathering 

on Friday evening at CAVO to catch up with classmates, sip on signature 

cocktails, and delight in the music of a DJ. On Saturday, they 

hosted a family potluck picnic at Antelope Park, followed by gathering 

at Red9. The evening included stimulating conversation with wonderful 

people, a nachos feast, and listening to music. On Sunday, the class 

gathered at Pius X for the All Honor Year Reunion including Mass, 

brunch and school tours. 


Class of 1987 

The class of 1987 celebrated their 25th reunion on June 30th. They 

started off their event with a Mass in the Pius X Chapel with Fr. Troy 

Schweiger ’87 and a brief tour of Pius X High School. After dinner on 

their own or with friends, h’orderves and an open bar was hosted at the 

home of Mike and Ann (Hanigan) ’87 Kotopka. 

Class of 1992 

The Class of 1992 planned their 20th class reunion July 20- 22, 2012 

to coincide with the 1st All-Honor Year Reunion. They kicked off their 

reunion on Friday night with a get together with friends at Red 9. On 

Saturday, they met for a family brunch at Holmes Lake, with an evening 

dinner and entertainment at Vuko Ranch. On Sunday they gathered 

at the All Honor Year Reunion at Pius X for Mass, brunch and school 

tours. Stan and Pat Harms, the parents of Candice Harms ’92, joined 

the class of 1992 in memory of their daughter.

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Sunday • August 4, 2013 

...featuring the 

Golden Thunderbolt Club 

Last year, we honor four individuals (pictured left-right) 

with Msgr. Dawson: Joan (Schammel) McMahan ’58, Ann 

(Hauschild) Kirk ’58, Richard Kirk ’56, and John Harrod III ’58 

who attended the All Honor Year Reunion and who had 

already celebrated their 50th class reunion. This year, we 

will honor the classes of 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 

1962. Members of these classes are invited back each year 

for the All Honor Year Reunion and when you attend for 

the first time, will receive a small token of membership and 

appreciation. 

Reunion Classes are asked to 

create a tri-fold class board 

with events and happenings 

from their graduating year, 

including your class year, 

photos from your yearbook, 

highlights of events, etc. The 

boards will be presented at 

the reunions and kept at Pius 

X for future events. 

After Mass, the 2012 All Honor Year Reunion 

attendees enjoyed brunch, a special 

presentation, and school tours. 

2012 All Honor Year Reunion Mass celebrated by Father Jim Meysenburg, 

superintendent, and assisted by Tom Korta, principal, and Chris Stoley ’07, 

seminarian for the Diocese of Lincoln. 

All Honor Year 

Reunion 

Save the date 

and make it a 

Reunion Weekend 

All class years ending in 3 or 8 are asked to attend 

and hold their class reunion during the weekend of 

the All Honor Year Reunion. 

Friday - class gatherings 

Saturday morning - 3rd annual 

ThunderBOLT Fun Run 

with possible prizes for best class participation 

Saturday - class gatherings 

Sunday - All Honor Year Reunion 

including Mass, brunch and school tours 

For more information, contact: 

Pius X High School Alumni 

Kristin (Edwards) Heath ’91, Alumni Director 

402.488.0931 • kristin.heath@piusx.net


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