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Bloomington, Indiana

Class of 1955

'55 Contacts: Nancy Neal Richardson
Phil Doty
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01 Apr 2024 With the help of the recently released 1950 Census data, we find that the following members of the Class of 1955 have died:
Shelby Jean "Jean" Galyan Flynn, of Bedford, Indiana, August 9, 2018; 8th & 9th grades.
Barbara Lee Moore Fairchild, of Evansville, Indiana, December 13, 2005; 11th grade only.
John Joseph Regnier, of Granger, Indiana, June 18, 2022; 8th grade only.
Wanda Sue Rose Jackson Stark, of Indianapolis, April 16, 2023; 5th grade only.
Helen Marie Scroggins Montgomery Spivey Flanders, of Bloomington, August 15, 2015; 8th & 9th grades.
01 Sep 2023 We are informed that Marina Sexton Snow died in McMinnville, Oregon, on January 18, 2023. A Find-A-Grave page, with an extensive obituary, has been created.
30 Sep 2022 Beverly Ellen Walden Shields Pascual died September 27, 2022, in Bloomington.
18 Jun 2022 We are informed that Dudley Ralph Appelman III died January 27, 2021, in Sharon, Massachusetts. A photo and obituary are on his Find-A-Grave page.
24 Nov 2021 Richard Charles "Dick" or "Rich" Berrett, of Bloomington, died November 4, 2021. A photo and obituary are on his Find-A-Grave page. He was with the Class of '55 in some Jordannuses, and graduated with the Class of '56.
06 Aug 2020 Beverly Kay "Kay" McElhinney Freeman died August 3, 2020. A photo and obituary are on her Find-A-Grave page.
21 Feb 2020 From the obituary of his son and Find-A-Grave, we find that Richard Earl Hudelson Sr died July 16, 2012 in Arkansas. His Find-A-Grave page has no additional information.
11 Dec 2019 Wandelohr Robison "W R" Dunn died November 23, 2019, in Bloomington. A photo and obituary are on his Find-A-Grave page.
04 Jul 2019 LaVonna Ruth Kent Wiley died June 29, 2019, in Bloomington. An obituary and photos are on her Find-A-Grave page.
28 Jun 2019 Sarah Frances "Sally Jo" Cummings Steele, of Bloomington, died in Jasper, Indiana, on June 19, 2019. An obituary and photo are on her Find-A-Grave page.
17 Feb 2019 Weir Lee Hall, of Bloomington, died on February 13, 2019. An obituary and photo are on his Find-A-Grave page.
25 Apr 2018 From an extensive search of Ancestry.com data, we find that Byron Walter Hadley, of Bloomington, died on January 26, 2013.
19 Apr 2018 George E "Bud" Bruce, of Bloomington, died April 12, 2018. An obituary is on his Find-A-Grave page.
25 Mar 2018 From an extensive search of the Social Security Death Index and Find-A-Grave, the following member of the Class of '56 has died.
John R Fierst, of St Louis, Missouri, on January 30, 2018. An obituary is on his Find-A-Grave page.
Also, we believe the following member of the Class of '55 has died. If anyone can confirm or knows otherwise, please let Dave Gray '65 know.
Byron Hadley, last known address Bloomington. There is a Find-A-Grave page (152575528) for Byron Walter Hadley, born 2 Feb 1936, died 26 Jan 2013, and buried in Coatesville, Indiana. They may be the same person.

Reunion Information

October 2005
All School Reunion
Reservations Received as of 11/01/2005 for:
'55 - Justine Dane Sansone, Jean Gilmore Holmes, Maivereen Knapp Bowlen, Arthur (Mackey) McRoberts, Nancy Neal Richardson, Rena Stump Miller & Philip Stradling
2005 - Fiftieth
Weekend of June 25, 2005
Indiana Memorial Union
Contact Nancy Neal Richardson or Phil Doty to update your class information and to learn more.

June 22: The class of 55 is having their 50th (and maybe their last) reunion at the IU Memorial Union the nite of 25 Jun. We invite all our friends to come by and say "hey".   Art McRoberts

June 23: There is also an informal get together at the Cafe Pizzaria on 5th and Grant at 6:30 on Friday night. Looks like about half the class is going to show up for this reunion that Nancy Neal Richardson and her helpers have put together. Come on '55 ers - be there.   John Clayton

To see the Find-A-Grave page, click here
Then copy the number into the "# Memorial ID" field.

Updated 01 Apr 2024