CLASS OF 1944

Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 | 10:57 a.m.

Of the 118 members of the Las Vegas High School Class of 1944, 51 classmates are known to be alive, 31 are confirmed to have died and the whereabouts of 36 others is unknown, according to information compiled by surviving class members.

Here is a roll call of the members of the Las Vegas High Class of 1944:

Living members: Calvin Allen, Charles Alpin, C. Gail Andress, Max Bennett, Frances Black MacMullen, Barbara Burt McConville, Jean Case Norris, Sam Case, James Cashman, Wanda Chambers Burrman, Bill Conger, Marilyn Cram Corey, Barbara Curtiss Fenner, H. Wayne Earl, Edward H. Fleming, Robert Fleshman, Gordon Frehner, Shirley Glenn Andrew, Veronica Ham Sibley, Jack Harris, Don J. Hatfield, Max Haycock, Kae Hoosier Cummings, Vivian Hughes Halburt, Betty Hutchinson Bigham, Lloyd Alan Jones, Philip "Bud" Kennedy, Donna LaFran Grinnell, Jean Luce Lee Vetter, Betty Jean Martin Ronnow, Lucille McAllister, Alice Mikulich, Sebastian Mikulich, Monte Morrow, Richard Ousley, Doris Patterson Sumner, Phil Payne, Glen Petitti, Chauncey Riddle, Betty Rockwell Degler, Adele Salton Baratz, Marian Schlapp Goldstein, G. E. "Jerry" Snider, Roosevelt Snowden, Natalie Stevenson Rittenhouse, Howard Thacke, Joy Tingen Wade (junior prom queen), Paul Tisdale, Carmen Vasquez Sotomayor, James Wood, Nadin! e Wren Gibson.

Deceased members: Thornley Barnum, Allen Bisbee, Helen Bogich Lockwood (senior homecoming queen), Audrey Brinley Gibson, Ann Christensen Whitney, Vern A. Curtis, Madelyn Jones Schmidt, Elmer Laub, Robert S. Lee (student body president), Lloyd K. Long, Cecil Looney, Herman Moody, George Money, Frank Myers, Don Nelson, Shelby Ostensen, Peggy Peterson Loudin, David Phelps, Ronald Pico, Keith Porter, George Rapaport, Louis Romo, Peggy Settle, Carmen Silva Coffman, Bill Smith, Ralph Sprague, Donna Tudor Scherrer (senior class secretary), Don Wadsworth, Ward Wengert (senior class president), Cherril Wilcox, Don Wood.

Whereabouts unknown: Carol Anderson, Dale Ballinger, Vernon Bingham, Betty Bock (valedictorian), Virgil Brewer, George Brockbank, Alleen Brown, Ronald Brown, Richard Brundy, Ysleta Crockett, Virginia Douglas, Pat Hallanger, Dorris Elene Horgan, James Jackson, Eva Marie Jenni, Robert Jones, Lucille Kim, Don Kraus, Edna Mae Marshall, John Momii, Lucille Monroe, Tauru Murata, Ilene Neeley, George Neilson, Robert W. Power, La Rae Pratt, Ted Roberts, Richard Rodriguez, Donna Sackett, Doris Sanders, L.J. Seals, Joy Stevens, William "Bill" Roscoe Thomas, Jesus Vasquez, Jimee Walker, Myrtle Wilfong.

Jerry Snider is asking that anyone with information on the whereabouts of the missing members of the class call him at (702) 263-8555.