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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Duluth, MN
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Retired: Working part-time
Spouse: Sharon
3 Children
5 Grandchildren
Information update: 6/21/11
 
View profile »James (Jim) Gilbertson (Deceased)
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Letter send, no response. According to a friend, he has serious personal and health issues, but she did confirm that he does live at the address we found. He has no phone that we could find.

Information update: 03/13/2021
James R. Gilbertson, 77, of … more »
View profile »Kathy Giroux (White) (Deceased)
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October 2, 1943 to June 28, 2008

Kathleen Mae White (Giroux) of Cape Coral, FL passed away from cancer. She was born in Duluth, MN. She moved to Cedar Rapids IA in 1967. She retired from Vigortone in 2005 and moved to Cape Coral, FL. She will be for… more »
 
View profile »Corliss (Cori) Gjenste (Mathews+)
Hugo, MN
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Retired Elementary School Teacher
Spouse: Ken
2 Children
6 Grandchildren
Information update: 04/20/2022

Why does age 17 have more of an allure than that of age 67? Life in the last 50 years has centered around education, family, career and travel. … more »
Duluth, MN
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Retired
Single
1 Child
3 Grandchildren
Information update: 5/20/11

I got my Droid (computer) and went thru the E-mails. I won't go into the new meds I've gotten for my Epilepsy, but I became allergic to the two that I had for 25 years! Let's say it or (… more »
View profile »Barbara (Barb) Gleason (Zaber+)
Dodd City, TX
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Work: Word Processing Specialist
4 Children
7 Grandchildren, 2 step Grandchildren
2 Great-Grandchildren
Information update: 02/01/2016

After graduation, I landed my first job as a secretary in the Duluth City Attorney's office. I met my husband in … more »
View profile »Margaret (Margee) Goewey (Deceased)
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Work: AP/Pay Roll Specialist
Single
2 Children
6 Grandchildren
Information update: 05/02/2017

Life & Times of Margaret Goewey ~
I was married one year to the day after high school graduation and that marriage produced my two fantastic sons. We li… more »
View profile »Rochelle (Shelley) Gottlieb (Greenberg+)
Scottsdale, AZ
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Work: Teaching pre-school
Spouse: Larry
2 Children
3 Grandchildren
Info update 04/20/2022

Fifty years! It seems like such a long time unless it refers to your life! Where did it go and what have I done?

After high school I went to college, ma… more »
View profile »Robert (Bob) Gould (Deceased)
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Retired
Spouse: Kathy
2 Children
Information update: 7/2/2017

Robert George Gould Sr., 74, of Duluth, passed away peacefully at home June 24, 2017. Bob was born in Duluth April 26, 1943 to George and Ann Gould. He graduated from Central High School … more »
View profile »Donald Govednik (Deceased)
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Retired
Spouse: Georgia
6 Children
13 Grandchildren
Information update: 10/24/2022
 
View profile »Constance (Connie) Graham (Johnson+)
Duluth, MN
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Work: Executive Adm. Specialist (Retired)
Spouse: Lyle
2 Children
5 Grandchildren
Information update: 05/24/2016

What have I done in the last fifty years and summarize it? Mr. Harvey didn't make us write THAT much. We only had to read "Big Julie" … more »
View profile »Gordon (Gordy) Granmoe
Floodwood, MN
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Work: Retired
Spouse: Kathleen
2 Children
1 Grandchild
Info update: 04/20/2022
View profile »Virginia (Ginger) Grant (McGovern+)
Alexandria, VA
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Work: Retired Professor of English
Spouse: William
2 Children
2 Grandchildren
Info update 04/20/2022

After high school I went to UMD for a year and then finished college at the U of M. From there I went to Claremont Graduate School in California fo… more »
View profile »Luanna Gravelle (Blair) (Deceased)
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February 14, 1943 to September 10, 2000

Luanna Blair, 60, of Duluth died Sunday Sept. 10, 2000, in St. Mary's Medical Center.

She is survived by daughters Carry (Jeff) Doty and Toni Zamora; a brother, Charles (Joanne) Gravelle of Duluth; five grandc… more »
 
View profile »Marion Gregg (VanDenBoom+)
Merced, CA
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Retired
Spouse: Dale
3 Children-1 deceased
Information update: 5/10/11

I grew up in a family that didn't have much money for extras. Most of my after school time was spent working at different jobs. Thanks to Mr. Garvue, Bookkeeping Instructor, I l… more »
Blaine, MN
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Work: U S Bank
2 Children
6 Grandchildren
Information update 12/04/2015
View profile »Christian (Roy) Grubb (Deceased)
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Retired: Jeweler
Spouse: Judy
1 Child
2 Grandchildren
Information update: 03/15/2021

Christian LeRoy "Roy" Grubb, age 77 of Apple Valley, MN passed away Dec 7, 2020, due to a battle with Covid pneumonia.

Preceded in death by parents and two sist… more »
View profile »Barbara (Barb) Grumdahl (Johnson+)
Duluth, MN
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Retired from DM&IR
Spouse: Robert
1 child
Information update: 04/20/2022

After graduation I enrolled in the University of Minnesota in Duluth and earned an associate of arts degree in 1963. I moved to Minneapolis and began working at the University … more »
View profile »J. C. Nichols (Nick) Grundman
Dallas, TX
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Part time
Spouse: Gail
3 Children
6 Grandchildren
Information update: 5/27/10
View profile »Judy Gunderson (Sibik) (Deceased)
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Retired
Spouse: Lou
5 Children
9 Grandchildren
2 great grand sons
Information update: 07/26/2017

IN THE BEGINNING:
My 50-year story really starts 53 years ago. I met Lou 3 years before our senior year of high school. We got married the Sept. we … more »