Duluth Central High School Class of 1961
Classmates

Searching - You can search for a classmate in a variety of ways using the search box and clicking the “Search!” button.  Upon viewing the results of your selection, click on “Search profile” next to the classmate's name to get a specific class member’s personal web page.

1. Name - Type in the first OR last name (not both) or even parts of a name if you don’t know how to spell it.  For example, if you type in “don”, you will get Donald, Gordon and even O’Donnell.

2. Deceased Only - Click this "In Memory" button for a complete listing of deceased class members.  Then just click the desired name for their obituary (not all have been found).

3. Classmate Stories - Type in a plus sign (  +  ), no parenthesis, and you will get only those classmates that have written stories about their past 50 years.

Please Send Your Pictures - If your picture was not in the yearbook (then picture) or if you haven’t sent us your current picture (now picture).  Please send it to Ken Sorensen via E-mail or snail mail.  Pictures should be head and shoulder shots so you can be easily identified.

Where are they now? - Check out the "Where are they now?" button below.  This ties us to google maps and tells you where each of us is located.  It will not give exact locations, just approximate. 

A. If you click on a name at the right of the map, it will show the approximate location of that individual.  Actual addresses and phone numbers are protected by the site.

B. If you click on a pin point it will tell you the name of the person living by that point.  In busy areas like Duluth or Minneapolis, you may want to zoom in to further separate the pin points.

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View profile »Harry Savela (Deceased)
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October 25, 1941 to October 31, 1999

Harry Arthur Savela, 58, of Duluth passed away peacefully Sunday, in St. Mary's Medical Center after a sudden unexpected illness. Many of his loved ones were by his side. He was born in New York Mills, Minn. Ha… more »
 
View profile »Peggy Scandin (Radzak+)
Duluth, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Chester
3 Children
6 Grandchildren
Info update: 10/24/2022

After graduation, I began working for the Welfare Dept. (now Social Services) in the same office as Julee Rulmyr! I also worked part time in the Community Ed. Dept. of ISD #… more »
St. Louis Park, MN
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Work Status: Teaching in St. Paul
Single
Information Update: 8/10/11

"I appreciate your calling me, I just want you to know I do not want to be involved with any class reunion. It happened a long, long time ago (going to high school) and I just don't… more »
 
View profile »Ronald (Ron) Schell (Deceased)
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Work: Retired Attorney
Spouse: Kathy
2 Children
1 Grandson
Info update: 12/12/2021

We (Kathy Allard & Ron Schell) met in our senior year at Central.  We were married in Duluth and moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1968.  Ron went t… more »
 
View profile »William (Bill) Schneider
Duluth, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Yvonne
5 Children
9 Grandchildren
4 Great-Grandchildren
Information update 2/21/10
View profile »Perry Schroer (Vitullo)
Duluth, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Richard (Dick) Vitullo
4 Children
22 Grandchildren
Information update: 3/25/2019
1962, married Tom Andrew
1963, John Cory, born
1964, moved to Mpls. for law school
1965, Timothy Warren, born
1967, Tom graduated. Bought a house in… more »
View profile »Patricia (Patty) Schubitzke+
Saginaw, MN
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Work: Server
Spouse: Larry
3 children and 2 step children
5 grandchildren
Information update: 06/27/2022

It has been an exciting life with many ups and downs, but being a positive person I try to dwell on positive things. When I left school I marri… more »
St. Paul, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Joan
2 Children
1 Grandchild
Information update 2/28/10
 
View profile »Helen Seavey (Hubbartt Snider) (Deceased)
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Retired
Spouse: Gary
4 Children
11 Grandchildren
4 Great Grandchildren
Information update: 01/14/2019

Helen "Seavey" Hubbartt Snider - April 30, 1943 - Dec. 21, 2018

TULSA, Okla. - Helen "Seavey" Hubbartt Snider, 75, Breezy Point, Minn, died Fri… more »
 
Frazier Park, CA
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Retired
Spouse: Karen
5 Children - 2 mine, 3 hers
6 Grandchildren
Information update: 06/27/2022

I left Duluth just a few days after graduation and joined my parents in Los Angeles where they had moved the summer before our senior year. I started s… more »
View profile »Carol Sero (Fenno) (Deceased)
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January 14, 1943 to December 16, 1988

Carol Jean Fenno, 45, of Apple Valley, Minn., formerly of Duluth, died Friday, Dec. 16, 1988, in St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis. A Duluth native, Mrs. Fenno worked in hospital admissions at a Twin Cities hospital… more »
 
Duluth, MN
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Retired: Firefighter, City of Duluth 29 yrs.
Spouse: Janet
2 Children
3 Grandchildren
Information update 11/08/09
 
View profile »Darlene Severson (Clauson+)
Richfield, MN
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Retired
Single
2 Children
4 Grandchildren
Information update: 6/11/11

After my sons, Mike and Steve, no longer required constant care, my first administrative job was at a food brokerage company in Edina. That company merged three times with other … more »
View profile »Charlene Sherman (Harris)
St. Paul Park, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Deceased
3 Children
6 Grandchildren
Information update 2/28/10
 
View profile »Elliot Silberman (Deceased)
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Work: Portrait Artist/Musician
Single (keep worms in my fridge)
2 Children 1 deceased
2 Grandchildren
Info update: 09/19/2022

Ok, here is one of many stories. While sketching at an Art and Craft Show in Bemidji Mn. a number of years ago, a mother a… more »
View profile »Allen Simonson (Deceased)
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Allen “Al” Leroy Simonson, 69, of Duluth, went to be in the company of his deceased loved ones Monday, January 28, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospice surrounded by family.

Allen was born in Duluth to Ole and Marjorie (Miller) Simonson. H… more »
View profile »Kenneth G. (Ken) Sjoquist
Isle, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Penny
3 Children
4 Grandchildren
Information update 2/28/10
View profile »Nancy Skarbakka (Minton+)
Duncanville, TX
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Retired
Spouse: Tom
Information update: 6/8/11

After high school I left Duluth to join the United States Air Force and was stationed in Alabama, Hawaii and Germany. I met my husband Tom on a judo mat in Hawaii.

Five years later we were married i… more »
View profile »Ronald (Ron) Skerbinc (Deceased)
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Work: Electric Machinery, Converteam
Spouse: Joyce
3 Children
3 Grandchildren
Information update: 10/29/2023

After graduation I spent the next 4 years in the navy, serving on the USS Randolph CVS-15 (anti-submarine warfare a/c carrier) as an electr… more »
View profile »Sharon Skoglund (Goar+)
Duluth, MN
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Retired
Spouse: Jerry
4 Children, 3 Stepchildren
13 Grandchildren, 6 Step Grandchildren
9 Step Great Grandchildren
Information update: 04/26/2022

I got my GED; I then went to school to learn IBM Key Punch Operation. I worked at Oreck's for a short… more »