Ginny Bayers Herzog

Posted on: Dec 07, 2024 at 1:30 PM

I thought this information may be of interest of some of our classmates. The mother of our classmate, Greg Long, recently passed away.
Elizabeth Dunn, passed away on November 9, 2024 at the age of 100
A fellow teacher shared:
I believe we both came to Edina the same year in 1968. She was a recent widow then with two young children. She was Betty Long until she remarried Jack Dunn. She taught at Cahill and Creek Valley. She lived independently at least until a year ago when I last visited her. Betty's outlook on life was always upbeat and she had a great sense of humor. Her daughter Barb Nichols also worked for Edina Schools and her son was very accomplished.
https://gregoryrlong.com/


Funeral Service: St. Stephen Lutheran Church

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
10:00 am Visitation 11:00 am Service Reception follows

Livestream service link:
https://youtube.com/live/6E0SEU83RHc

Greg Long's website https://gregoryrlong.com/ outlines his extraordinary career of working for and leading major cultural institutions in New York for nearly 50 years. Some of our classmates kept in touch with him over the years and visited him in NYC. Our sympathy to Greg and his sister, Barb. Their mom lived to 100 and spent her career teaching in Edina elementary schools.

I thought this information may be of interest of some of our classmates. The mother of our classmate, Greg Long, recently passed away.
Elizabeth Dunn, passed away on November 9, 2024 at the age of 100
A fellow teacher shared:
I believe we both came to Edina the same year in 1968. She was a recent widow then with two young children. She was Betty Long until she remarried Jack Dunn. She taught at Cahill and Creek Valley. She lived independently at least until a year ago when I last visited her. Betty's outlook on life was always upbeat and she had a great sense of humor. Her daughter Barb Nichols also worked for Edina Schools and her son was very accomplished.
https://gregoryrlong.com/


Funeral Service: St. Stephen Lutheran Church

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
10:00 am Visitation 11:00 am Service Reception follows

Livestream service link:
https://youtube.com/live/6E0SEU83RHc

Greg Long's website https://gregoryrlong.com/ outlines his extraordinary career of working for and leading major cultural institutions in New York for nearly 50 years. Some of our classmates kept in touch with him over the years and visited him in NYC. Our sympathy to Greg and his sister, Barb. Their mom lived to 100 and spent her career teaching in Edina elementary schools.

Thank you for your generous donations!

Following our 60th reunion, thanks to the generosity of many of our classmates who made donations, we were able to cover all of our expenses and have a remainder of $365 in our account. In addition, our website is funded until 3/20/26. Thank you classmates for your wonderful response!

Posted on: Oct 02, 2024 at 5:10 PM

A $75 gift to Habitat for Humanity was made in memory of our classmate, Frank Lushine, who intended on joining us at our reunion. However, Frank died on August 18, 2024 so we felt it appropriate to donate his reservation money to his favorite charity.

Posted on: Sep 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Reunion update- It has come to my attention that three attendees at our event last weekend have tested positive for Covid. If you were also there and haven’t been feeling well, you may want to get tested.

Frank was my neighbor on the next block over in Morningside. Gail, thanks for the memory of Frank performing magic tricks. I had forgotten about that. I was also looking forward to reconnecting with him at the reunion. So sad that won't be happening. I thought perhaps we could donate his reunion refund in his name to one of his charities from the class. 

Posted on: Mar 07, 2024 at 12:59 PM

I’m pleased to announce our new website co-admin. Joanne Larson Galley has a very strong tech background and also great editing skills. Her assistance is very much appreciated. Thank you Joanne!

Welcome to our website, Larry! We are glad you joined us. We hope you are enjoying our site and hope you’ll be able to reconnect with some of our classmates. I was born in Montana and have always loved that state. What an impressive career you’ve had in medicine! Hopefully, you’ll join us in September for our 60th reunion.

Many band students will remember Ed Melichar, who passed away on October 23, 2023. He taught at Edina from 1959 until 1987. His obituary appeared in the Star Tribune and services will be held on January 12th, 2024, at St. Patrick's Church, 6820 St. Patrick's Lane Edina, MN 55439. Visitation will be from 9:00am to 10:30 with a Mass to follow along with a luncheon.

https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000477133/?fullname=edwin-james-melichar

Posted on: Nov 22, 2023 at 8:16 AM

Sixty years ago today, we were all in class when the loudspeaker came on with news of the shooting of President Kennedy. I remember how stunned I was and frightened about what this meant for the future of our country. I remember being angry with Mr Bechtle still making us take our vocabulary test - who could concentrate??!! What are your memories of that fateful day?

Sadly, Bill Lord passed away September 19th. Our thoughts are with Carol and their family.

Sadly, we received the news of the loss of another classmate. John Berg passed away on August 7th. He has been added to In Memory. Our condolences to his family and friends.

Posted on: Aug 24, 2023 at 11:10 AM

Posted on: Jul 03, 2023 at 12:37 PM

I’m exhibiting my paintings at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver. Drew and Sue Stirrat and later, Nancy Axelson Williams stopped by to say hi and see my work,

Posted on: May 07, 2023 at 3:45 PM

We received the very sad news that Joe Fiedler passed away in late April. Joe was married to our classmate, Sue Palen. Our deepest sympathy to Sue and the Fiedler family including Joe's brother, Tom, who was also in our class.