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Class Notes

Your fellow alumni readers want to know want what you're up to these days. Share your news about job changes, promotions, awards/recognition, retirement, and family milestones with us. Class notes are featured in our Outlook email newsletter and annual magazine. 

Here are some common reasons to send us a class note:

  • A new job or promotion 
  • A baby or adopted a child
  • You got married or entered into an official union 
  • Published a book
  • A fellow alumni has passed away

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Mark Wilson '94 retired from Ford Motor Company after 30 years. He has started his second career at ARB 4X4 Accessories as the vice president for OE business development.

Kelly Nelson '94 published Brownie the War Dog: Veterans’ Best Friend.

Robert '54 and Beverly Peterson '54 Spinti celebrated 70 years of marriage.

LaNae Maass '15 and her husband Collin Euteneuer '15 welcomed a daughter in May 2024.

Career News: new jobs, promotions, awards and retirements
  • Steve Schultz '92 is the executive vice president of special projects for the Boldt Group.
  • Mark Wilson '94 retired from Ford Motor Company after 30 years. He has started his second career at ARB 4X4 Accessories as the vice president for OE business development. 
  • Kelly Nelson '94 published Brownie the War Dog: Veterans’ Best Friend
  • Diane Deering-Gaston '00 and her husband built their dream Euro-Chic chalet home in Colorado. 
  • Danny Gissing '14 is the director of TRIO student support services and learning support center at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
  • Lindsey Reynolds Shoemaker '11 received the 2024 Victim Coordinator of the Year from the Ohio Department of Corrections. She is now a corrections specialist and has been with the department for 10 years. 
  • James “Jim” Kriha '85 retired on December 31, 2023, after 38 years with Amcor Packaging. 
  • Todd Holland '87 retired as a program manager after a combined 38 years with Intelsat, Motorola, Unisys, Glenayre and AlliedSignal. He resides in this Prescott, Ariz. With his partner Judy who he met at Stout 40 years ago. 
  • Barbara White Nehls '80 retired in June after 26 years in education and 18 years in non-profit social services. 
Life events: births, marriages, anniversaries and deaths

Arrivals:

  • LaNae Maass '15 and her husband, Collin Euteneuer '15, welcomed a daughter in May 2024. 

Wedding: 

 

Anniversary:

  • Bob and Christy Berry  '83 Gutke celebrated 40 years of marriage on June 30, 2024. They have 2 grown sons, Robert III and Budd, and 3 grandchildren: Owen, Robert IV and Amelia. 
  • Brad '69 and Linda Adam Johnson celebrated their 55th anniversary in June. They celebrated by taking a cruise with their sons, spouses and grandchildren. 
  • Robert '54 and Beverly Peterson '54 Spinti celebrated 70 years of marriage. 
  • Ron '68 and Darlene Aikens '69 Withrow celebrated their 55th anniversary in June 2024. 
  • Steve “Ray” Richardson '85 and his wife, Terri, celebrated their 30th anniversary on July 17, 2024. 

Passing:

  • Warren Barberg `51, August 18, 2024, Eau Claire
  • Rosemary Vae Davis `75, August 27, 2024, Cumberland 
  • Dave Tieff `72, July 20, 2024, Hudson, Flor. 
  • Jack Capelle `72, August 8, 2024, Wisconsin Dells
  • Jerome Portnoy `10, July 26, 2024, Aiken, SC
  • Todd Blum `73, July 25, 2024, Beloit 
  • Joseph O’Leary `65, February 17, 2024, Portage
  • Joanne Fritz Troupe `55, July 15, 2024, Manitowoc
  • Kathleen Barnett Gaard `71, July 20, 2024, Anchorage, Alaska
  • Cindy Stellpflug Paulson `92, July 18, 2024, Menomonie
  • Cheryl Sorensen Matthias `77, July 10, 2024, Manitowoc
  • Marilyn Miller Streif `65, July 16, 2024, Elk Mound
  • Nancy Houda Klahn `97, July 7, 2024, Nekoosa
  • Thomas Fleter `73, July 3, 2024, Wauwatosa
  • Richard Manthei `88, June 27, 2024, Eau Claire 
  • Debra Robole `77, May 17, 2024, Menomonie 
  • Bradly “Brad” Heard `81, July 2, 2024, Hazelhurst
  • Jeffrey Reitsma `77, June 20, 2024, Crystal Lake, Ill.
  • Robert Mitchell `60, July 8, 2024, Cohasset, Minn. 
  • Lois Spaulding `53, July 5, 2024, Neillsville

Friends of UW-Stout: 

  • Richard Zeithaml, June 12, 2024, Eau Claire
Faculty/Staff News: awards, retirements and deaths

Faculty/staff passing:

  • Virginia "Ginny" Schober, 99, of Menomonie, died peacefully on Aug. 8 at Comforts of Home in Menomonie. Ginny retired from UW-Stout's Human Resources in 1985. 

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