| Class
Notes 1980s |
| Mark
Erickson, '81 IA, farms/ranches near Scoby. His oldest
son has accepted an appointment to the US Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs, Colo. He will be majoring in engineering.
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| Diana
Madsen-Schofield, '81 ElEd, is celebrating the 20th
anniversary of her store, Rockbridge Music located in
Lexington, Va. In addition to selling musical instruments
and accessories, she also gives music lessons on a variety
of instruments. "After working at the Backporch Pickin
Parlor in Bozeman while in college, I knew I loved that
life." She plays in a bluegrass band called "Diana and
the Tabasco Boys," and in July she opened the NAMM (a
music industry trade show) in Nashville. She lives with
her husband, John, an environmental engineer, and their
four children, Amanda, 18, Daniel, 17, Emily, 13, and
Thomas, 10. |
| Nora
(Cromwell) Mazzolini, '84 Nurs, Great Falls, is an
RN, CCM and currently the Outreach Nurse for MONARC (Montana,
Orthopedic, Neurologic and Rehabilitative Care) Occupational
Health Services at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls.
She recently passed the national exam to become a certified
case manager. Nora is married to Craig Mazzolini and they
have two sons, AJ, age 14, and Dan, age 10. |
| Robert
Ballensky, '84 AgBu, Eagle, Idaho, and wife, Marla,
have two sons, Cameron, age 15, and Cassidy, age 12. Robert
is director of quality assurance at Syngenta Seeds, Inc.
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| Janet
Muller-Trethewey, '85 PE, '88 M, '97 EdD, Havre, is
starting her 16th year at MSU-Northern teaching health
and exercise science full time. She is retired from athletic
training. |
| Leticea
"Tisa" Stevenson-Pablo, '87, Proctor, Okla., married
a childhood friend, Dan Pablo, who is a general surgeon.
Tisa is a family doctor. They both graduated from the
Univ. of Washington Medical School, and then moved to
Saginaw, Mich., where they completed their residencies.
They moved to Oklahoma in 1999 and live in a little valley
called "Pumpkin Hollow" at the base of the Ozark Mountains.
She is a country doctor employed by the Cherokee Nation
and does house calls. Dan is a surgeon at the W.W. Hastings
Indian Health Hospital in Tahlequah, Okla., and is a race
car driver on weekends. Tisa is part of the pit crew.
They are expecting their first child (a boy) in September.
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| Jennifer
(Yelich) Peabody, '87 EdHE, Ekalaka, has acquired
a business, Bigsky Sewing Kits. She has also been teaching
in the Ekalaka Public School system for 16 years. |
| Kathleen
Tonkovich, '88 Bus, Bozeman, graduated from the Graduate
Banking School of Colorado, held at the UC-Boulder campus
each summer. She received her MBA from the Univ. of Montana
in 2000. She is an assistant VP at First Security Bank
in Bozeman. |
| Mike,
'88 Acctg, and Shelly (Goosey) Seifert, '88 BioSci,
live in Bismarck, N.D., where Mike is a CPA and controller
with Bobcat Ingersoll Rand. Shelly is a M.D. and practices
with Mid Dakota Clinic. |
| Connie
(Hossfeld) Umbright, '88 PSci, and husband, Jon, recently
moved to Missoula. He works at St. Patrick Hospital and
Connie is firm administrator for the law firm of Garlington,
Lohn & Robinson. "Never fear--still a true blue Bobcat
even in the heart of Grizzly territory." |
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Karen (Neumann) Latka, '89 Bus, Helena, and husband,
Michael, recently moved back to Montana to reconnect with
family and friends. "Looking forward to getting to know
everyone again." Send us an e-mail at mklatka@yahoo.com.
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| Class Notes
are complied by Ruth Austin. If you would like to submit information,
please drop a line to the MSU Alumni Association, PO Box 172740,
Bozeman, MT 59717-2740. You can also submit them to her via
email at raustin@montana.edu |
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