Northwestern College | Classic magazine - Winter 2004-05 - Vol. 76 ...

AlumninewsNorthwestern ClassicClass notessurvivors are his wife, Margie; fivechildren; his mother; three brothers;and two sisters.Marilyn (Lupkes ’97) Jansma, 29,died Aug. 21 in Downers Grove,Ill., from injuries sustained in anautomobile accident. She served asdirector of community groups atPrairie Ridge Church in Ankeny,Iowa, and also worked as a familytherapist at Four Oaks in DesMoines. She is survived by her husband,Kevin ’99; son, Treyton; herparents; four brothers; and two sisters.’52Dr. Frank Calsbeek was designatedas distinguished professor of healtheducation emeritus at Texas StateUniversity-San Marcos in May. Hetaught and served as health educationdivision director for the universityfrom 1974 through 1995 andwas the College of Education’s assistantdean from 1981 to 1985. Heserved as president of the TexasAssociation for Health, PhysicalEducation, Recreation and Dance in1991. He now lives in GrandRapids, Mich.’66Christina McGrinson retired fromthe Kalamazoo (Mich.) PublicSchools in June after almost 20years of service. She has taught inPanama (her native country), Braziland Guatemala, and served as atranslator in Mexico and New YorkCity. She has traveled extensively inthe United States, Canada, SouthAmerica and Europe. Last summer,she and her sister explored the easternshores of Australia.’70Joe Petrill is in his 33rd year ofteaching physical education andcoaching football in Somerville, N.J.His oldest son, Jordan, is his offensivecoordinator for the freshmanprogram. Youngest son Blake threw11 touchdowns for 787 yards in thevarsity’s first four games this season.Dr. Gary Smit retired in June fromthe Lombard (Ill.) School District,where he was superintendent since1994. His 34-year career in publiceducation included 25 years as asuperintendent in three districts. Henow is on the faculty of theJosephson Institute of Ethics in LosAngeles. In this role, he presentsworkshops across the country onethics in the workplace and charactereducation for schools.’71Morris Harms, Rockford, Ill., retiredfrom his position as an adoptionspecialist with the Illinois Departmentof Children and FamilyServices. He now runs a handymanbusiness. His wife, Angie (Schreiner’72), serves as an addictions counselorfor teens through RosecranceHealth Network.’74After living for 30 years in theAtlanta metro area, CharlotteBaldwin has relocated to West DesMoines, Iowa.’76Deborah (Van Egdom) Hagemeier isserving as president of the SouthDakota Library Association. She istechnical services librarian atAugustana College’s MikkelsenLibrary in Sioux Falls.’81Bryant Tjeerdsma is assistant vicepresident of the information technologydepartment for FarmersMutual Hail Insurance Company ofIowa. His wife, Tamara (Breaw ’84),teaches fifth grade in the West DesMoines School District.’82Dale Landegent and his wife, RuthShicks ’83, co-directed theirfavorite musical, Pippin, this fall atSioux Center High School. Theyhad their first date during the runof that show at Northwestern in1979. This year, their cast includeddaughter Bethany.Members of the class of 1964 gathering at Homecoming included: (front row, left toright) Harold Dykstra, Carol (Friese ’62) Dykstra, Ruth (Knoll) Stientjes, LeeWiersma; (second row) George Bonnema, Sharon Bonnema, Leona Wyngarden andRoger Wyngarden.’86Barry Whitsell has been named chiefexecutive of Village NorthwestUnlimited in Sheldon. He was assistantadministrator at NorthwestIowa Health Center in Sheldon forthe past six years and served as avice president at Sheldon’s SecurityState Bank for 16 years.’87Steve Van Ginkel, North Sioux City,S.D., serves as vice president ofbusiness development for EZ Drop,a business that helps consumers listitems for sale on eBay. He previouslyworked for nine years as an executiveat Gateway.’88Dave Uit de Flesch earned a specialtycertificate in alcohol and drugaddictions treatment from WesternMichigan University last December.He continues to work as a therapistat Wedgwood Christian Services inGrand Rapids.’89After teaching for several years atHolland Christian Schools, Kim(Looman) Cook has been a stay-athomemom for three years. Her husband,Tim, is a computer programmerfor Herman Miller Inc. Theyhave two sons, Trevor (7) and Wesley(1), and live in Holland, Mich.Dave Wensink is a self-employedheating and cooling contractor inSheboygan Falls, Wis. His wife,Becky (Hofer), is a stay-at-homemom.’90Michele (Dahl) Bultena lives inWebster City, Iowa, with her husband,Kevin, and their children,Cassidy (6) and Tyler (4). Sheworks part time as a physical therapistin Clarion.’91Kellee (Korver) Conant is in her lastyear of studies at Palmer College ofChiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.’92Heather James does demos at theSam’s Club in Ames, Iowa.’94Stephanie (Fogelberg) Olson is astay-at-home mom in ChippewaFalls, Wis. Her husband, Corey, isan electrical engineer.Kevin Zylstra, Richfield, Minn., hasbeen doing financial planning in theTwin Cities for the past 10 years.He is a senior financial planner atNew England Financial inMinnetonka. He is active in aSunday evening ministry/mission,the Upper Room, at ChristPresbyterian Church in Edina.32 ▲ Winter 2004-05