Ferndale High school

30 year reunion

Class of

1975

Life on the train

A while back, I read a very interesting book that

compared life to a train ride or a series of train rides.

Life is like a train ride, it read. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will translate into great moments of joy, some will

result in profound sorrow.

  Wenn wir geboren werden und in den Zug einsteigen, treffen wir Menschen, von denen wir gauben,

dass sie uns während unserer ganzen Reise begleiten werden: unsere Eltern.

  When we are born and we first board the train, we meet people whom we think will be with us for the entire journey.

Those people are our parents!

Sadly, this is far from the truth.

Our parents are with us for as long as we

absolutely need them. They too have journeys they must complete. We

live on with the memories of their love,

affection, friendship, guidance and their ever

presence.

There are others who board the train and who eventually

become very important to us, in turn.

These people are our brothers, sisters, friends and acquaintances, whom we will learn to love, and cherish.

Some people consider their journey like a

jaunty tour. They will just go merrily along .

Others, will encounter many upsets, tears,

losses on their journey.

Others still, will linger on to offer a helping hand to

anyone in need.

Some people on the train will leave an

everlasting impression when they get off….

Some will get on and get off the train so quickly, they will scarsely leave

a sign that they ever travelled along with you

or ever crossed your path…

We will sometimes be upset that some passengers whom we love, will choose to sit in another compartment and leave us to travel on our own.

Then again, there’s nothing that says we can’t seek them out anyway.

Nevertheless, once sought out and found, we may not even be

able to sit next to them because that seat will already be

taken.

That’s okay …everyone’s journey will be filled with hopes, dreams, challenges, setbacks and goodbyes.

We must strive to make the best of it… no matter what...

We must constantly strive

to understand our travel

companions and look for the best

in everyone.

Remember that at any moment during our journey, any one of our travel companions can have a weak moment and be in

need of our help.

We too may vacilate or hesitate, even trip… hopefully

we can count on someone being there to be supportive

and understanding…

The bigger mystery of our journey is that we don’t know when our last stop

will come.

Neither do we know when our travel companions will

make their last stop.

Not even those sitting in the seat next to us.

Personally, I know I’ll be sad to make my final stop…. I’m sure of it!

My separation from all those friends and acquaintances I made during the train ride

will be painful. Leaving all those I’m close to will be a sad thing. But then again, I’m certain that one day I’ll get to the main

station only to meet up with everone else. They’ll all be carrying their baggage… most

of which they didn’t have when they first got on this train.

I’ll be glad to see them again. I’ll also be glad to have

contributed to their baggage… and to have

enriched their lives, just as much as they will have

contributed to my baggage and enriched my life.

We’re all on this train ride together. Above all, we

should all try to strive to make the ride as pleasant

and memorable as we can, right up until we

each make the final stop and leave the train for the

last time.

All aboard!

Safe journey!!

BON VOYAGE!

Graduates

pictures

Class of

1975

Richard abraham

Mark ainsworth

Barbara albrecht

Stuart alderman

Rosemary allan

Deborah anderson

Susan anderson

Brian andrus

Effie angelos

George aram

Arthur armstrong

Lina arseneault

Brian ashmore

Kenneth ashton

Amabile baldini

Steven barjaktarovich

Barbara barnett

David barry

Claire bartlebaugh

Douglas batchelder

Paul beaudet

Linda behrendt

Chris berry

David beveridge

Martha berst

John birchmeier

Robin bireley

Cindy bishop

Barbara bloch

Richard blumenschein

Pamela boho

Sandra boiko

Dirk bojarzin

Debbie bond

then

now

Deborah Dotson

Mary bosler

Gary boudreau

Kathleen boycott

Carol boyne

William breskin

Valerie Brinkley

Margaret brissette

Suzanne broder

Teddy Bucy

Carol burns

Michael burt

Anne Bussinger

Cynthia button

Leo cairo

Ralph campbell

Cheryl canvasser

Heidi capps

Patricia carlton

Cheryl carter

Debra carter

Denise cartier

Terri cassels

Michael caylor

Nora cerrito

Carol ann channell

Neil charbonneau

Jennifer claxon

Alicia claybrooks

Russell coble

Kim cockrell

Karen cole

Jack corn

Valerie covell

Bridget craig

Then

now

Larry & Bridgetdelevan

Dolly crouse

Michael crowley

Christopher cryderman

Nancy cuccello

Thomas cupples

Scott curtis

Bruce dahlgren

Joseph d’anna

Richard davidson

Janelda davis

Kelly davis

Mark dimitry

Melva dingle

Linda dockstader

Laurie doelle

Colin donahue

Karen dotson

Debbie dregiewicz

Laurie dubiel

William dupke

Julie ebbing

Tyrone edmondson

Beverly eller

tIra engstrom

Karen epperson

Josephine esposito

Barry fagan

Doanld farquhar

Dianna flynn

Debra frank

Timothy frank

Robin friedman

Marjorie fuller

In memory ofCharlotte funk

Marta garcia

Karen gattes

Sandra gealer

In memory ofKaren geiger

Karen germaine

James gheldof

Craig giff

Sharon gilliam

Ronald gilmour

Joy gilson

Steven gittleman

Karen glazer

Robert goldfarb

Steven gonto

Belinda gooden

Dawnne goodman

Lawrence gora

Catherine graham

Ann granger

Charles gregory

Mary grossi

Steven gualdoni

Juan guerra

Rosalind gunter

Cindy gysin

Elizabeth hagan

Rebecca hall

Sheila hamrick

Constance hardesty

William harwood

Mark hawkins

Sean heath

Janet hedin

Douglas heiling

Sandra henderson

Marigrace hetler

Wendy hill

Patrica hinkle

Larry hodges

Patricia hoffman

Carolyn holland

Debra holland

Lloyd hoppel

Marilyn houston

Arthur howard

Joan howard

Michael hubbard

Mary hughes

Then

now

Robert hunt

In memory ofKeith isherwood

Mary jackson

Virginia jackson

Terese janisse

Thomas jarulaitis

Kathleen johnson

Myra johnson

Susan johnston

Gary joines

Patrick jones

Roseanne jones

Sandra jones

Randolph jordan

Richard kahl

Jack kairy

Elaine kampmueller

Jean kargula

Kenneth Keener

Kimberly kelly

Nancy kemper

Marcia king

Patrice king

Robert king

Ellen kissick

Mark kohler

Diane korzym

Kenneth kotchoun

John kozich

Richard kretch

James kroon

Joel kroon

Michael krusiewicz

Patricia kulesa

Evelyn kurkowski

Rich labelle

Kimberly lacey

John lagman

Lynn landry

Pamela latshaw

Elizabeth lee

Melinda lee

Sherry lees

Gayanne legge

Jeffrey lehmann

Mark lelli

Sheryl lennon

Edward lester

Michelle linton

Cynthia livingstone

Patrick longe

Amy ludwig

Kathryn luxton

Paul magy

Martha mac kenzie

Donna majewski

Steven marcinko

Linda mandel

Roger marine

Jenice markey

Dick martin

then

now

The Martin Family

Gina marx

Dorothy maylone

Carol mc auley

Sherrie mc caffrey

Then

now

James mc chesney

Michael mc cullough

Patricia mc intee

Janet mc killop

Kathleen mc leod

Michael mc mahon

Kathryn mc murray

Then

now

Kathryn & Bailey

Kathryn mc murray

Julie mc nichol

Gil mc ripley

Ernest melton

Gerald melton

Joseph merritt

Timothy michael

Susan miller

Michael moharter

Michael moore

In memory ofTimothy moore

Philip moran

Michael morrish

Brian morrow

Karin moschik

Susan mueller

Bruce muma

Joseph murray

Therese murray

then

now

Terry & Eric MacDermaid

Jenna Murray

Stephen muzzell

Paul nash

Patricia natschke

Joseph neighbors

Leslie neumann

Robert neusius

Bruce nicolai

Donna nieme

Al ockstadt

David osborne

Keith parent

Ernest park

Albert parmann

Lori patton

Lora pawloski

Dale peters

Lyle peters

Melanie peterson

Robert pettit

Deborah phelps

Carol phillips

Jon pickell

Michael pickert

In memory ofSusan pins

Tina pitrucelli

Ronald pouncey

Maren preuthun

Clifford pritchard

Catherine pruitt

Karen rabine

Marcia randt

Michael ratliffe

Ronna redd

Maryann reed

William reeser

Dennis reid

Muriel reid

Richard reno

Laurie rentz

Robin Richardson

Diana rimmer

Susan rinkinen

Thomas roach

Julie roberson

Nancy rock

Karen roeder

Michele rosiek

William rotsted

Diane ruhl

Kerry runcie

Patty ruttledge

Karen ruwoldt

Julie sandling

Michael saville

Dawn schimansky

Wanda scott

Sharon scrimger

Daniel shannon

Martin shaw

Debra shepherd

Tina shoemaker

John sibula

Laura sitter

Janet slish

Karen slusher

David smith

Sherry smith

Richard snell

Nancy sounart

Paula spring

Richard stafford

Thalia stambaugh

Trina stanton

Gary starkloff

Victoria stasiak

Edward stepien

Debra stevenson

Jim stinar

Jill stone

then Jill stone kluge

now

Bruce sutela

Glenn sutherland

Denise szyszlo

Terrance tamm

Clyde tauriainen

John taylor

Randall taylor

Andrea tebbe

Bonita terrell

Chance tess

Jon thatcher

William theobald

Sue thieda

In memory ofDenise thomas

John thomas

Mark thompson

Nancy thrushman

Karin tomberg

Alejandro torre

Terry troutt

James turner

Kirk underwood

Amy uren

Ruth vance

Wendy vance

Steven vanderhoff

Michele Van Hentenryck

Then

now

Rick & Michele

Michael vetoich

Stuart vinsky

Debra vinson

Nancy vojinov

Joan wagner

Robert wagner

Jeannie wallace

Johnny wallace

William wark

then

now

The Wark Family

Dana wartell

In memory ofGary wass

Laura watson

Kathleen watts

Michael welch

Cheryl welk

Lawrence white

Daniel wilson

James wilson

In memory ofMark wilson

Nancy wilson

Thomas wright

Sahyo yamauchi

Cora zang

Milan zaric

Doreen zielinski

Lynn zimmerman

Debra zorn

Also – in memory of:

Robert brasfieldGary hunt

Richard nephewRodney oldhamCanova watkins

Graduates of 1975