Dear 63 Classmates, I like this year s Concordia Homecoming theme: ALL ROWS LEAD HOME. For this Cobber, it s ROW #61, ROW #2, ROW #200, ROW #34, and ROW #10 before I get home to Concordia. I am looking forward to this year s Homecoming Banquet to help celebrate our classmate, Karen Armstrong-Friedrich, on her Alumni Achievement Award. Karan is unable to attend the Banquet due to scheduling conflicts, but we will celebrate her achievements all night long! If you are attending the banquet, request to be seated with members of the Class of 63. The Class of 63 holds one of the top numbers of recipients to receive the prestigious Alumni Achievement Award: Lowell Almen 1982 Joyce Monson-Tsongas 1995 David Olson 1998 James Westgard 2011 John Ahlquist - 2014 Karen Armstrong-Friedrich 2017 I am also looking forward to touring the newly remodeled science building. I hope to see many of you at the banquet, parade, football game, concert, or worship service. Music CAMPUS UPDATES The premiere of Dr. René Clausen's "The Passion of Jesus Christ," - a new, oratorio-length composition written by Dr. René Clausen and commissioned to observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, took place on April 8 in Minneapolis at Orchestra Hall and April 9 on campus in Memorial Auditorium. The hour-long composition, performed by the 400 musicians of the Concordia voice faculty, choirs and orchestra, brought audience members closer to powerful scenes from Christ s procession into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, the trial before Pilate, and the crucifixion. In addition to telling the story of the Passion, music and text reveal moments when major figures struggle with the motivation and implication of their actions. The Concordia Choir toured Germany and Austria in May 2017 to observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and celebrate the 125th anniversary of Concordia College. The Concordia Orchestra will be performing a musical score to the original 1931 Black & White movie Frankenstein at the Fargo Theater on October 17.
In May 2018, the Orchestra is planning a cultural and performance tour to Greece. The Concordia Orchestra is planning a tour in late October/early November 2017 to Minnesota and Iowa. Watch for details at Cord.edu/orchestratour. The Concordia Band is planning a tour in February 2018 to North Dakota and Montana. Watch for details at Cord.edu/bandtour. Our class had 34.69% donate this past year to Concordia; we gave a total of $98,720.52. Since graduation our class has given $7,247,263.33. We ranked third in the percentage of participation for the decade and sixth in total contributions for the decade. Contributing classmates include: John Ahlquist Ronald Heppner (Karen) Dennis Orsen John Alin Curtis Hieggelke Arlys Pederson Lowell Almen David Hofstad Joyce Pestal Terence Anderson Glenn Huntoon Dale Peterson Ray Anderson Boyd Huselid Derrance Peterson Muriel Arms Douglas Kelley Sharon Rabon Marlys Aubol (Royce) Marie King Maxine Rademacher James and Marlene Belgum Dean Knudson Arleen Raffanti Genell Benner Dale Knudson Carol Rathje Charlene Berg Robert Kuphal Ronald Rickers Mary Birkeland Rebecca Kvikstad Carmen Rogne David Birklid Marlys Larsen Carol Rudser Jeffrey Boss Bennet Larson Cheryl Running (Thorpe) Dennis Brooks Sharon Lassiter Gar Satrom JoeAnn Bruzzo Jerome Lerom Jeraldine Schulz Paul Buhr Lola Lindquist Carlton Shaw Catherine Carlson Hiram Lund Barbara Shifflett Patricia Carow Fred and Karen Lundstrom Wayne Sletten Clark Cary Gary and Mary Lunstad Ruth Smith Akiko Chung Philip Maakestad Dennis Solvie Judith Coughlin Jody Martin Audrey Spencer Bert Crist Wesley and Carole Mathre David and Ione Stedje Victoria Dahlstrom Carol Maul Maureen Steenblock Kenneth DeBoer Carolyn McInnes Ronald Struxness Kay DeRoos Mary Meier Carolyn Sullivan Elaine Dummler Grace Meloeny Terrence Svingen Lynn Erbe Dorothy Miles Darel Swenson Richard Flom Dennis Mohr Ruth Thompson Delores Forkey Virginia Morgenthaler Mervin/Jacqueline Thompson Kay Forkner Judith Munson Glenn Thoreson Lori Frylkund Ronald Myrom Rodney Thorsell Gary Gilthvedt Carol Naig Carlton Urdahl Joan Grindy R Lynn Nelson Sharon Van Hauen Philip Gulstad R Jeffrey and Carol Nelson Karen Vevle Loren Gunderson Darleen Nelson Bernice Waddell Vern and Victoria Hagen Dennis Nelson James Westgard Brandon Hall Elaine Nelson Lois Willand (Jon) Beva Hansen Lawrence Nelson Estelle Winiecki Elaine Bader Hanson Wayne Odell Gary Zinter Ronald Hanson C Arthur and Joyce Ollie Allen Harstad J Donald and Carolyn Opgrande
Concordia College thanks you for your gifts last year. Approximately 100 of our class members give every year. Another 50 or so donate occasionally; about 240 did not donate this past year. I ll list the donors for 2017 in the next newsletter. To all of those who have not donated to Concordia College for the past three years, I will match up to $20,000 of your gifts to Concordia. OR I will give $20,000 if class participation hits 50%. CAMPUS UPDATES Cobber Athletics The Cobber football team finished in the Top 10 in attendance in Division III for the 10th straight year. Concordia averaged 4,951 fans for their five home games in 2016 (the second most in program history) and finished sixth in the nation in attendance per game for the second straight year. Concordia junior wrestler Adam Presler (Sioux Falls, SD) became the first student-athlete in the history of all Concordia athletics to win the prestigious NCAA Elite 90 Award as the athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at the NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships. Presler is a Mathematics Education major at Concordia and has a perfect 4.00 grade point average. Presler won 26 matches this past year and qualified for the NCAA Championship Meet. Senior women s track and field athlete Emma Peterson (Benson, MN) became the first Cobber to win the same two events at the MIAC Indoor and Outdoor Championship Meets. Peterson broke the conference record in both the high jump and triple jump at the conference indoor meet and then won the same two events at the outdoor meet and broke the league mark in the outdoor triple jump as well. Peterson went on to earn All-American honors at the NCAA National Indoor Meet. Concordia men s basketball coach Rich Glas retired after 37 years as a college head coach. In 2017, Glas, who coached the Cobbers for nine years, became a member of the elite group of coaches who have won 600 games in a career. Glas also coached in over 1,000 games during his career. Grant Hemmingsen was named to succeed Glas as head coach of the Cobbers. Hemmingsen has been the team s full-time assistant coach for four years. He came to Concordia after being an assistant at Kentucky Wesleyan, a NCAA Division II school. Hemmingsen played his college basketball at Augsburg College. The Cobber women s track and field team finished third at the MIAC Outdoor Meet. It was the sixth straight season that Concordia has been in the Top 3 at the conference outdoor meet and the 28th consecutive year they have placed in the Top 5. The Cobbers won five of the eight field events at the 2017 MIAC Outdoor Meet.
Deceased Classmates Jo (Paulsrud) Camrud September 6, 1928 - April 23, 2017 Jo Camrud, 88, Moorhead MN, died on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead. Jo Paulsrud was born on September 6, 1928, in Sioux City IA, to Jordan and Ada (Lundy) Paulsrud. She grew up and attended school in Duluth MN, graduating from Duluth Central High School. Jo married Ivan Camrud on June 17, 1950, in Chicago IL. They made their home in Fergus Falls MN, where she was a substitute teacher until moving to Moorhead in 1958. She graduated from Concordia College in 1963 and taught in the Fargo Public Schools for 24 years, mostly at Carl Ben Eielson school. She was a member of MEA, NDEA, NEA, and Trinity Lutheran Church. Jo enjoyed her family time at the cabin on Lake Ida, travelling and cross-stitching. She expressed her love for her family by cooking and baking. Jo is survived by her son Mark (Marsha) Camrud, Farmington NM; daughters Jolinda (Tom) Michels, and Ann Larr, both of Moorhead MN; four grandchildren, Angela (Matt) Christensen, Allison (Travis) Smith, Scott Michels and Ednah Michels; four great-grandchildren Emma and Owen Cullen, Kya and Kallie Smith; three sisters Helen Cornwell, Palatine IL, Ahna Marie (John) Erickson, Chippewa Falls WI, and Solveig Steen, Moorhead; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Ivan; son-in-law Gael; brothers-in-law Bob, Ron and Larry; and nephew Rick. Memorials may be given to Trinity Lutheran Church, Hospice of the Red River Valley, or Concordia College. Visitation: Thursday, April 27, 2017, from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., with a prayer service at 7, in Wright Funeral Home, Moorhead. Funeral: Friday, April 28, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. in Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead. Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Moorhead, MN. David M. Quarve David Mark Quarve died at home on February 7, 2017. David was born on March 16, 1941 to Timan Kermit Quarve and Jane Elizabeth Fritch Quarve in Minot, ND at Noon in a blizzard. He was raised in Fessenden ND, and graduated from their school system. He enjoyed playing his horn in the band and was on the track team. Upon graduation, he went to Concordia College in Moorhead MN. He played the baritone horn in the band. He majored in Philosophy and English. Logic was his favorite subject. He served as Social Commissioner in the Athenian Society. He enjoyed playing in the college chess tourneys. He completed the pre-seminary and secondary teaching (English) curricula. He joined the USNR and spent two years in active duty aboard the USS Sellers, a guided missile destroyer. Upon his discharge in 1967, he completed the compilation of the Quarve genealogy and published it. He moved to Fresno, CA and became a railway clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1967, he joined the Fresno Chess Club and served as its president from 1967-1992. In December of 1992, he was elected
into the Fresno Chess Club Hall of Fame. There is a March tournament in his honor. He played tennis at Roeding Park. He met Catherine, who became the love of his life, and they were married in 1987. Dave and Catherine moved to Denver where Dave worked for the Denver Rio Grande Railroad. He enjoyed the Saturday Chess Club in Aurora CO and was an excellent bridge and whist player! In 1996, Dave and Catherine moved to St. Louis where he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad in Customer Service. He retired from the railroad in 2004. They moved to Florida where Dave became a real estate agent for Foxfire Realty. Dave served as both Jr. and Sr. Warden of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He was the secretary for the men s club. Dave was preceded in death by his parents and older brother. Dave is survived by his beloved wife of 30 years, Catherine; his brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Nancy Quarve; his sister-in-law, Gretchen Quarve, as well as many family members and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Saint Martin's Anglican Church in Ocala, FL, 950 NW 70th St. (CR 326), 34475 at 11 AM. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation in his name be made to the school library of one's choice. Published in Ocala Star-Banner from Mar. 5 to Mar. 6, 2017 CAMPUS UPDATES Concordia Language Villages ConcordiaLanguageVillages.org Concordia Language Villages continues to welcome over 9,800 program participants annually. The summers of 2015 and 2016 marked two of the best years of summer program enrollment since 2008. During 2016, the Language Villages celebrated the 50th anniversary of the acquisition of the Turtle River Lake property near Bemidji, Minn. This partnership with the Bemidji area has resulted in a $6.3M annual impact on the local economy. More than $3M has been donated to the Language Villages since 1966 by Bemidji-area individuals, businesses and foundations. Concordia Language Villages account for over 1,000 arrivals and departures to and from the Bemidji Regional Airport each year. I apologize for not making my calls this year for newsletter updates. 2017 will be my last year working full-time with Thrivent Financial. In addition, my secretary will semi-retire at the end of this year. She has been the one who compiles the newsletter each year. I will need someone next year to assume the role of collating the newsletter. Any volunteers? I am still willing to make calls for updates please call me at 218-226-3442 or email g.zinter@mchsi.com if you are willing to help out.
Our 55th Concordia Homecoming is September 27-30, 2018. Our 50th anniversary was very successful. For our Sunday brunch at the Fargo Country Club five years ago, there were 85 people in attendance and many more said they wished they had signed up. In addition to the usual class breakfast and the Sunday brunch, I would like to add another activity. Just prior to our 50th anniversary, Constance Hunt sent me a DVD with 50 years of her art and asked if we had a way of sharing this. The DVD arrived too late to make arrangements for sharing. I would like to provide our classmates an opportunity to share information about their work, passions, or experience which could be shared in 15-20 minutes. I d like to schedule these presentations on Thursday and Friday every 30 minutes. Classmates would receive a schedule in advance so they can choose which sessions they d like to attend. A meeting place would be available for those not attending a session to chat with classmates. In the next twelve months I will be asking: 1. Are you planning to attend homecoming on Sept. 28 Oct. 1, 2018? 2. Are you willing to share your work or passion with your classmates? 3. To email a picture and a short bio on what you have been up to these past two years. 4. Send us a recipe that you would use if we were invited over for a meal. 5. Can we count on you making a gift to Concordia this year? I want to make our 55th anniversary homecoming a memorable event and I hope that you plan on coming. A grateful Cobber, Gary Zinter 1963 Class Agent