School retirees log 621 years
Published 10:36 pm Monday, May 17, 2010
Front row: Deb Loyd, Kathy Karsten, Edith Carey, Jo Paradise, Lynn Konopinski and Sherry Jordan. Second row: Kathy Johnson, Mary Lou Grabemeyer, Kurt Reich, Sue Balazer, John Pasternak and Ken Jordan. Third row: Cheryl Southworth, Karyl Sifford, Larry Schmidt, Susie Rice and Cathy Michealsen. Back row: Rich Frantz, Teri Frantz, Sherrie Wolf, Ginger Cloud, Mike Petersen, Bernard Thmas and Cheri Gowin. (The Daily News/John Eby)
Dowagiac Union Schools retirees honored with a reception Monday night after the Board of Education meeting in the middle school cafeteria represent 621 years of service to the district.
Union High
Edith Carey, 36 years, since 1974
Rich Frantz, 24 years, since 1986
Teri Frantz, 32 years, since 1978
Mary Lou Grabemeyer, 24 years, since 1986
Kathy Johnson, nine years, since 2001. Director of Dowagiac District Library.
Jo Paradise, 34 years, since 1976
Kurt Reich, 35 years, since 1975
Middle School
Cheri Gowin, 10 years, since 2010
Ken Jordan, 19 years, since 1991
Sherry Jordan, 19 years, since 1991
John Pasternak, 35 years, since 1974
Mike Petersen, 12 years, since 1998
Bernard Thomas, 25 years, since 1985
Justus Gage
Ginger Cloud, 30 years, since 1979
Joan Frank, 15 years, since 1995
Lynn Konopinski, 37 years, since 1973
Cathy Michealsen, 19 years, since 1990
Sister Lakes
Kathy Karsten, 33 years, since 1976
Deb Loyd, 32 years, since 1977
Patrick Hamilton
Sue Balazer, 19 years, since 1991
Pat Leonard, 33 years, since 1976
Susie Rice, 19 years, since 1991
Karyl Sifford, 22 years, since 1988
Cheryl Southworth, 16 years, since 1994
Kincheloe
Sherrie Wolf, 18 years, since 1991
Pathfinders
Larry Schmidt, 10 years, since 2000
