The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office.

’63 Karen (Masuda) Thyne (EHS), of Eagle River, was inducted into the Northland Pines School District Alumni Hall of Fame. She had worked in the district as an elementary school educator for 38 years, received recognition with a Herb Kohl Fellowship Award and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

’71 Bob Luckey (EHS), of Chicago, Ill., and his wife, Cornelia “Ellie” Wydeven ’71 (EHS), have retired. Bob worked as an art director, designer and photographer for a variety of large international corporate firms for 42 years. Ellie was a continuing education coordinator for several medical schools in the Chicago area for 35 years.

’73 Mark Kasuboski (LS), of Berlin, served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. He is the organist and music director for AU Saints Catholic Church in Berlin.

’78 Pamela Ford (LS), of Wauwatosa, earned a 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award for her 1840s-based historical fiction romance novel, To Ride a White Horse.

’82 Michael Casper (LS), of Fond du Lac, was presented with UW-Fond du Lac’s 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award. He currently works as a writer and editor of the Scene newspaper in the Fox Valley area. He also is a midday, on-air personality on The Great 98 radio station.

’82 Lynne Johnson (LS), of Oregon, was elected to the board of directors for Thrasher Opera House. She retired to Green Lake after nearly 24 years as a senior managing director of communications at the University of Wisconsin Foundation.

’85 Erin Murphy (N), of St. Paul, Minn., has been a representative of the Minnesota House of Representatives for almost nine years.

’85 Barbara Stucki (LS), of Oshkosh, started her Mary Kay business one year ago and is a Red Jacket Consultant.

’89 John LaFleur (LS), of Hartland, is the new principal of Wilmot Union High School. He previously served as an associate principal for 12 years in Muskego.

’91 Tiffany (Fox) Otte (EHS), of Sheboygan Falls, was inducted into the UW Oshkosh Hall of Fame. She works as the Sheboygan Falls High School track and field and cross country coach. She achieved All-America status four times, helping UWO to three NCAA Division III women’s track and field team championships from 1986 to 1990.

’91 Edward Schmocker (MBA), of Park Falls, is the manager for Winter Woods, a business that supplies natural, decorative products to businesses, craft shops, floral designers and big-name suppliers, like Target.

’92 Robert Croeker (LS), of Kenosha, is the new head of the Kenosha County jail. He will oversee a staff of 100 employees and an inmate population of 200.

’92 Jody (Ventura) Merenick (LS), of Sheboygan, is the first public relations manager for RCS Empowers, a nonprofit organization that empowers individuals with disabilities and special needs.

’94 Dean Vesperman (LS), of La Crosse, earned his doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Indiana University.

’97 Joel Haase (LS), of Appleton, joined Element Design in De Pere as an art director/designer.

’98 Deborah (Akers) Erdmann (EHS), of Oak Creek, was hired as the new director of curriculum and instruction for the Delavan-Darien School District.

’00 John Schaak (LS), of Hartland, works in Menomonee Falls as the president of Scion Dental. He lives with his wife, Jennifer (Schultz) Schaak ’00 (EHS), and their four children.

’01 Bonnie Baerwald (MPA), of Fond du Lac, was named president of Moraine Park Technical College.

’01 Ryan Mahloch (LS), of Kaukauna, started a Farmers Insurance Agency Office in Kaukauna after 11 years in the insurance industry.

’02 Nickolas DeMark (LS), of Plover, joined the Ministry Medical Group in the hospitalist department at Ministry Saint Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point.

 ’02 Kathleen (Ropson) Mkwaya (LS), of Ripon, is working with her husband, Joseph Mkwaya, on improving life in his home village of Kiagata in the Musoma region of Tanzania. The couple met when Kathleen climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2012.

’03 Jayne (Steffek) Vosters (EHS), of Freedom, graduated with a master’s degree in European history from American Public University, and gave birth to her fourth child, a boy, and now has two girls and two boys.

’04 Steve Gartzke (LS), of Alogma, is the new owner of River Falls Spine and Wellness Center.

’04 DeAnne Priddis (LLCE), of Appleton, graduated with a doctorate in communication from UW-Milwaukee.

’04 Cole Ruby (LS), of Madison, received the Elks National Foundation Scholarship in 2001, and used it to complete his law degree at Madison after graduating from UW Oshkosh.

’05 Kevin Deering (EHS), of Fond du Lac, was hired as the associate principal and activities director at Grafton High School.

’08 Matthew Byczek (N), of Waunakee, is a clinical informatics nurse specialist at Meriter-UnityPoint Health in Madison.

 ’08 Blake Jung (LS), of New York, N.Y., launched a new app called Wasup App. It has 3,000 users and is growing daily.

’12 Jonathan Dudzinski (B), of Pickett, started his own firm, Lotnix LLC, with the help of faculty members from UW Oshkosh. Recently, he joined forces with Tom Harenburg of Carl M. Hennig Inc.

’12 Jennifer (Drewicz) Kyzer (LS), of Oshkosh, has been working for Great Northern Corp in the Rollguard division for almost two years.

’13 Ryan Burg (LLCE), of Sheboygan, was reelected to a second term for the Sheboygan Area School District Board of Education.

’15 Scott Bellile (LS), of New London, joined the Clintonville Tribune Gazette staff as a reporter.

’15 Anthony Snyder (MBA), of Appleton, was named change catalyst for Thrivent Financial. He is responsible for working with a network of change agents throughout the organization. He has been with Thrivent for six years.

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