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07/09/26 05:06 PM

#2667

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Good news!

Our website co-administrator Linda Hicks Montayne is doing great today after heart valve replacement surgery.

I'm sure she'd love to see get-well wishes from classmates here on this website page, or her Facebook page. Get well soon, Linda!

07/10/26 11:38 AM

#2668

Kathryn M. Novitskie (Pool)

Get well soon Linda! Best wishes on your recovery....and thanks for all your hard work on our website....

07/10/26 04:55 PM

#2669

Rick Vail

BEST WISHES ON A FAST RECOVERY LINDA!

07/11/26 08:05 AM

#2670

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday to Forrest Booth Martin.

07/12/26 10:00 AM

#2671

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday to Phil (Gurujan) Dourson.

07/15/26 10:06 AM

#2672

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday Charles Randall.

07/16/26 08:59 AM

#2673

Larry Barnett

Happy Birthday Charlie! You shared a birthday with my sister, Lana (AHS Class of 1971). She developed incurable leiukemia and passed in February 2022.

Hope you had a super day!

07/16/26 10:18 AM

#2674

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday Ellen Lamparter Hampton.

07/20/26 11:10 AM

#2675

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday Donna Kennedy Gersman, Jim Darr, and Jim Viviano.

07/21/26 11:40 AM

#2676

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday Patricia Belangee Sinks.

07/23/26 10:26 AM

#2677

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday to John Carver, Steve Katz, and Dane Spencer.

07/25/26 09:17 AM

#2678

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday to Doug Dorner and me.

07/25/26 12:26 PM

#2679

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday Marion. Without your leadership this website would not exist. Sa'lute'

07/26/26 11:42 AM

#2680

Kenneth Hise

Happy Birthday Marion! Thank you so much for your hard work.

07/30/26 01:23 PM

#2681

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy birthday Pat Hicks Cichlar.

08/03/26 08:50 AM

#2682

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Janet Ruedin and Eugene Smith.

08/03/26 08:53 AM

#2683

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Big thank you to Marion Foster for sending birthday greetings while I was having heart valve surgery and recuperating.

08/03/26 03:34 PM

#2684

Marion Foster (Dimond)

We've lost another classmate:

"Hi Marion, I am Teri, Joanne (Stiritz) Dine's daughter and I am reaching out to let you know mom passed away yesterday, August 2nd. We do not have an obituary yet for you to post, but my dad wanted me to let the group know. When I get that link, I will send it to you."

08/05/26 07:35 AM

#2685

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Toi Griffin.

08/05/26 05:52 PM

#2686

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Just found out we lost our classmate Ron Selkirk almost a year ago:

Ron Selkirk Obituary

Ron Selkirk

1947 - 2025

Ron Selkirk, 78, St. Joseph, Missouri passed away Friday, September 19, 2025, at Mosaic Life Care.

He was born in Alton, Illinois on January 28, 1947, to Marshall and Melba Selkirk.

Ron graduated from Truman State University in 1969 and moved to St. Joseph where he met and married Marilyn Tracy, his wife of 55 years. He was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.

After teaching and coaching at Central High School for five years the family moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where Ron was the head pro and director of tennis at the Woodlake Racquet Club. He returned to St. Joseph in 1980 to become head pro and manager of the St. Joseph Tennis and Swim Club. Ron dedicated six decades of his life to the sport he loved.

When Ron wasn't playing tennis or helping others develop their skills, he enjoyed spending time with his family and watching his beloved St. Louis Cardinal baseball team.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Marshall Jr. and a sister, Sharon Bechtold.

In addition to his wife Ron is survived by their four sons: Geoff, Jay (Laura), Adam (Katie), and Scott (Sara) and 10 grandchildren: Jeremy, Ethan, Ryan, Leyton, Reed, Sawyer, Elliott, Ferris, Dawson and Lucy Selkirk.

Farewell Services 11:00 A.M. Saturday, at Christ Episcopal Church, 207 N. 7th St., St. Joseph, MO. The family will gather with friends after the service until 2:00 P.M. The family suggests memorial contributions to Christ Episcopal Church, Second Harvest Food Bank or Friends of the Animal Shelter of St. Joseph. Online guest book and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.

Another article about him from a few years earlier:

https://uncommoncharacter.com/stories/ron-selkirk/

08/05/26 06:52 PM

#2687

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Cub Scout pic with Ron Selkirk, 2nd row center. His dad maybe one of the dads in back row.

Horace Mann Social: Jerry Sims, Jerry Naugle, Ron Selkirk, Curt Bassford

5th grade Horace Mann, Ron 2nd row 5th from left.

08/06/26 08:46 AM

#2688

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Vicki Spurgeon.

08/06/26 04:23 PM

#2689

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Obit of our classmate Joanne Stiritz Dine, from her daughter Teri.

Joanne Marie Dine, 78, of Glen Rock, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on August 2, 2026. She was born August 14, 1947 in Godfrey, Illinois to the late Harold and Ruth Carolyn Catherine (Smith) Stiritz. Joanne is survived by her husband James R. Dine, children Karen Storck (Donald) of Lake Wales, Fl, Teri Marlowe (Cory) of Dover, PA, and Cynthia Bork (Gregory) of Phoenix, MD, grandchildren Justin Kidwell, Gabriel Edwards, Rye Bork and her sister Betty Mitchell.

A viewing will be held at Geiple-Predicce Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., 53 Main Street, Glen Rock, PA 17327 on Monday, August 10, 2026 from 11 am to 1 pm at which time a funeral service will be held. Interment private by family. In lieu of flowers donations in Joanne's name may be made to Animal Rescue, 2 Heritage Farm Dr., New Freedom, PA 17349.

https://www.geiple.com/obituaries/joanne-dine