These biographies were made possible from the information sheet that was filled out at the reunion. Also, for classmates that weren't able to make it to the reunion, information was gathered from the survey that was mailed out prior to the reunion.  In addition, I have received updates from some of you that I found at classmates.com. If your biography isn't listed and you would like it to be, please email (or snail mail) me and I'll be sure to update it as soon as possible. Biographies are listed in no particular order, if you are searching for a certain person, please use the search function on your browser. Enjoy!

Updated December 2004

Cheri Witkovsky (Mioduch) - Cheri is married to Dan Mioduch and they have three children.

Ron Owens and Pam Smith (Owens) - Ron & Pam have 2 children, Paiige & Mason. They live in Minneapolis, MN. Pam graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelors degree in finance. Ron also graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelors degree in accounting, is a CPA, and also holds a Masters Degree from the University of Minnesota. Pam currently stays home full time to chase around the kids. Ron is the Corporate Tax Manager for International Multifoods Corporation in Minneapolis, MN

Dave Gilbert - Dave is married to LeAnn and they have two children, Jonathon and Tyler. Dave is an electrical engineer for Yazaki EDS Engineering in Canton, MI.

Julie Fracassa (McRoy) - Julie is a stockbroker for Olde Discount Corp. and has a daughter, Elisha Nicole McRoy.

Chuck Conklin - Chuck is married to Regina and works for DAS, a subcontractor of Nissan. Chuck and Regina have triplet daughters born in May of '93, Gabryelle, Shelbey and Delaney.

Tara Swanton - Tara is a dentist and is has set up practice in the Oscoda area.

Mike Cherry - Mike works for EDS as a systems Engineer and has started a business training bird dogs.

Cheri Meier - Cheri is principal of a school down below. Sorry I don't have better info. She comes to Oscoda during the summer, and I run into her every year at the county fair. She looks great, and I hope to get more information on her for this site soon.

Richard Kutschman - Rich is a Lieutenant Commander (LCDR), United States Navy. He was promoted about two years ago from Lieutenant (LT).  Currently, he is the Division Officer (read "Manager") of the Intensive Care Unit at Naval Hospital Guam. Additionally, he is an Adult & Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and a Clinical Specialist in Critical Care. He holds certifications as a Critical Care RN (CCRN) and a Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN). He received his Bachelors from MSU in 1991 and his Masters from San Diego State Univ. in 2003. Married for 11 years to Rowena who is a L&D nurse - they have two girls, Marena (8 yo) and Marisa (6 yo).

Tracey Wade - Tracey works in the claims department at Farm Bureau Insurance and is still bowling.

Jodie Richardson - Jodie passed away in 2004 and will be greatly missed by this webmaster and all at OHS Class of 1986. She has three children, two daughters and a son.

Donald Kaiser - Don is employed at St. Joseph Hospital, Flint as a surgical scrub tech - open heart. He is also a part-time travel agent.

Beth Flowers (Salmon) - Beth is happily married with two daughters. She is an at-home mom and loves it. Beth wrote "I truly wish that I could have stayed with everyone and graduated with everyone, but I ended up with a diploma and a wonderful fulfilling life, so I guess God was there truly all the way for me, it was great to see everyone and finally feel accepted for who I really am!"

Renee Anderson (Haglund) - Renee has been married to Ron for many years. She works for First of America Bank in Lincoln and has two children, daughter Erin and son Bryce.

Lisa Travis (Reams) - Lisa is married to Chris and they have two sons, Chase and Zachary.

Jack Keersmaker - Jack is married to Vicki and works for Kassuba Builders. They don't have children yet, except for their 150 lb. rottweiler named Rueger. They recently moved back to Oscoda from California and are glad to be home.

Patrick Priebe - Pat was engaged at the time of the reunion, and works for Sweepsters in Dexter, MI. He graduated from ITT in 1989 and has lived in Ypsilanti since 1992.

Terri Theut (Liddle) - Terri is married, and although they don't have any children, they do have a golden retriever named Henry.

John Crowder - John works for ITT Automotive. He has a daughter named Megan Ashley.

Kim Willson (Travis) - Kim is married and has two daughters.

Greg Willie - Greg is married to Melissa and is an estimator for Mech. EQ. (HVAC). Greg also says he has a 15 hdcp in golf .... "take me on".

Jennifer Johnson (Pawloski) - Jennifer has been married to Matttt for several years, they have two beautiful children, daughter Justine Nicole and Son Zachary Nelson who was named after her favorite teacher and father Mr. (Bud) Nelson Johnson. They live in a suburb of Detroit and have been blessed in their lives to all still be healthy and happy. Jenn's husband says "Jenn is one of the best people you'd ever want to know - trust me - I know.... I love her!

Anna Gashaw (Knowlton) - Anna is married and has three children. She is currently working as a bartender.

Don Jack - Don is married to Chirs and says he is employed. He also wrote that he has $300,000 plus up and coming in debt and no children that he knows of. He states he is still looking for hand outs..... ha ha

Cathy Lockhart (Ginter) - Cathy is married to Scott (since 1995). She works in the mental health field with consumers who move out into the community, helping them to maintain their housing and budget. They have recently moved back to Pennsylvania.

Jerry Moore - Jerry is married to Jill and they have two daughters, Cayla and Paige. He works for Johnson Controls, an engineering company. They live in the Brighton area.

Jill Landry (Moore) - She is at the school every day volunteering and working as a aide. She just finished her position as president of the PTO but is still a leader for her daughter's girl scout troop.

Jon LaVack - Jon graduated from Northwood University in 1991 and soon opened one of the premier Mexican restaurants in Michigan. Working like a dog, he soon desired more. He moved to Africa and accepted a position as a safari guide and wild game hunter in Kenya. Yearing for a better life, he returned to the states and now writes adventure/myster novels, drinks a lot of beer and lives in a treehouse. He makes his home in northern Michigan. (Editors note: if you believe that, I have some swamp land in Arizona I'd like to sell you.....)

Anissa Hofstetter (Barcus) - Anissa is married to Matthew and they have two daughters, Daryl Jane and Reilly. They have lived in Ohio since 1986.

Rob Martens - Rob earned a BS degree from Lake Superior State University in Business Administration and is currently working for the Sault St. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians - computer department as a programmer/aaanalyst.

Natalie Emmons (Biskner) - Natalie has two daughters, Chelsea and Hilary. She says she doesn't need to work because she has a sugar daddy.

Jeff Ford - Jeff has been married for over six years to Holly. He is employed by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. They have a daughter, Alyeia Jean and at the time of the reunion another daughter on the way. Jeff and Holly have been living in northern Kentucky for over 5 years.

Wendy McDougall - Wendy is a dental hygienist and says that Mr. Right hasn't chased her down yet.

Tammy LaCross (Hauer) - Tammy has been married to Chris for several years. She is a middle school math teacher and coaches volleyball, basketball and softball. She has two stepdaughters, Jenny and Jessie. She is still actively involved in volleyball and softball.

Robert Ziegler - Robert has been married to Tonya for several years. They have two children, a son and a daughter. He is an electronic engineer.

Pat Bonsole - Pat is a single white male seeking a female. (That's what he wrote..... really) He is an applications engineer for PPG Industries.

Paul Mayville - Paul is married to Amanda Temple Mayville. He works at Northland Area Federal Credit Union.

Ann Lewis (Richards) - Ann is married and has a stepson named James. She is a supervisor with Wadsworth Hall at Michigan Tech.

Lindsey Hess (Reams) - Lindsey and Rodney have been married since August of 1991. They have a son, Andrew Jared (A.J.) and a daughter, Alexis Jade. She is employed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a program revitalization specialist for community relations and involvement.

Amy Maurer - Amy teaches high school English, health, and communications at Mason County Central High School. She lives in Ludington, Michigan. She remarried a great guy named Mike who is a teacher as well. She has two boys--Brian and Trevor.

Gloria Hypes (Bunce) - Gloria is married to Jode and they have a daughter, Alexandria. She is a sales associate.

Connie Wallace (Przybylinski) - Connie has a son, Nathan. She still lives in the area.

Peter Platteborze - Peter is a research biochemist with the United States Army (CPT).

Joni Hutson - Joni is living in FL, Ft. Walton Bch. She got married in 1998. Her husband's name is Butch Rockwell and he's a sheriff's deputy. She's working in a salon doing nails and they have a child, but I don't know boy, girl, or age... sorry.

Tina Charpie - Tina has two children, a son, Jessie and a daughter, Ashley.

Kevin Koenig - Kevin is married to Val. They have two children, Kayla and Nathan. He is a physical therapy technician.

Cindi Lyke (Cote') - Cindi is married to Bob and the have two children, Robbie and Mercedes. She is a housewife and her husband works for UPS as a flight simulator technician for the air group.

Traci Lee (Pieper) - Traci is married to Perry. She is an orhodontic assistant.

Shari Kratochvil (Chamberlain) - Shari is married to Mike. She is aa director.

Ed Smith - Ed is married to Audra. They have a daughter named Courtney. He is a Merchant Marine.

Christine Wilfong - Chris is a human resources specialst and service clerk/cashier for Glen's Markets in the Upper Peninsula.

Amy Reinecke (Biesterfeld) - Amy is married to Bryan and graduated from UCLA with her masters degree. (Editors note: the address listed for Amy in Los Angeles is not current. - sorry!)

Kellie Charron (Sweet) -Kellie lives in Lansing and teaches Special Education in Eaton Rapids MI. She loves it!!! She is married and has a son.

Monique Hurst -Mo lives in Hawaii with her husband and 3 children. She is a pharmacist.

Steve Wilson - Steve is married to Beth and is a supervisor at a machine shop in Troy, Michigan.

Steve Franks - Steve is married to Cheryl and they have four children, Adam, Brooke, Andrew and Brandon. He is a welder.

Cheryl Parent (Franks) - Steve and Cheryl have been married for many years, she is a full time mom, part time artisan, and sings with the Sunrise Harmony Chorus (Sweet Adeline's).

Cheri Janis (Walker) - Cheri has a daughter named Carly. She is a nurse at TenderCare in Tawas City, a die hard "Wings" fan and says she hated Florida because there were "too many old people!"

Tom Lemcool - Tom is a student/server in New York.

Michelle Thompson (Arbour) - Michelle is married to Jeff and they have two sons, Collen and Caleb. She is a stay at home mom.

Stacey Shellenbarger (Chelf) - Stacey is married to Kevin and theey have two daughters, Kelley and Jordyn. She is a medical secretary.

Missy Binkowski (Morgan) - Missy is married to Rick Binkowski and has two children, Courtney and Joshua. She is a real estate agent with Home Hunter Realty in Oscoda.

Kathryn McArdle (Caron) - I am married to Richard McArdle, I have two daughters, LeighAnne and Sheldon. I work at the Iosco Regional Education Service Agency, teaching Multimedia Productions.

Dan Pippin - Dan is married to Laura and they have three children. He is currently a teacher.

Brian Hobart - Owns a furniture and jewelry store in Traverse City currently putting on an addition. He also wrote that he owns a pink house(?) He is married and loves vacationing all over with Jackie, his wife. He still will not say what "Nuke the Whales" means.

Matt Maggard - Lives in Virginia employed by USA Remedial, asbestos removal project manager. He's still a Yankee fan. Has a girlfriend (for several years), Stacey.

Jeff Lamrock - Jeff and Jaque have three kids and live in Colorado.

Judi Magadini (Coffield) - Judi and Mike have been married over 10 years. They have two chldren. They live in New Hampshire.

Shelli Lowe - Shelli lives in Texas and plans to stay! She got married in March 1999.

Cindy Wilson (Weaver) - Cindy has been married for many years. She has three children. She is a dental assistant of eight years. Currently a stay home mama and loving every minute of it. She says she has a wonderful supportive husband and is very very happy. She has lived in Guam, L.A., M.S., T.X. and S.C. and currenlty lives in Alpena.

Dan Rogan - Dan is living out the dream he always had, getting into a good ol' classic rock band as lead guitarist, and staying pretty busy in addition to his regular job. By "day" he works in a quartz crystal manufacturing plant. Dan says "not terrific pay, but with the band income it isn't bad at all. No one believed I'd get there, but we've done some pretty big venues for around here, some new year's gigs we've had about 1100 people there, all jumping around, what a rush." He lives in Yankton South Dakota.

Keith Brown - He and Barb have one child. He is a die hard Wings fan.

Rob Rudolph - Has a girlfriend Jean Hennigar, and is an electrician in the Ann Arbor area.

Linda Flowers (Roseberry) - Linda is married to Eric Roseberry who is a Master Sgt. in the USAF. They have two children: Jonathan and Ericka. Linda is a homemaker for now. After her return from a four year tour of Japan, she currently lives in Wichita, Kansas. They plan on staying in the Wichita area. Although she no longer has family in the Oscoda area, she still considers it to be home. She told me "I really miss that small little town."

Darrell Hoffmann - Darrell works at Oscoda Home Center as a delivery person and also for the Township of Mikado as a firefighter and medical first responder. He also works for Alcona County as an ambulance attendant and with the U.S. Forest Service fighting fires in the area and out west. (whew!) He is married to Kristin (Harmon), a 1991 graduate of OHS, and a paramedic for Alcona County EMS. They have a son and live in Mikado. He also has two children from his previous marriage, a son Robert and a daughter, Heather.

Becky Beatty (Tholken) - Becky is married to a wonderful man named Greg, they have 4 children, two boys and two girls. William, Noelle, Garrett, and Jenifer. She is a stay-at-home mom. They have lived in Sarasota, Florida since 1989.

Keith Pyne - Keith Pyne. Living in California, working as an internet engineer and website designer, and happily living out a second childhood. He writes "My best to the class of 86', and congrats to Keith Brown on being a pop."

Suzanne Goodwin (Rouk) - Suzanne lives in a suburb of Atlanta, GA. She is very happily married to Paul Rouk. They have two children a son: Steven and a daughter: Chelsea. They also have two shih tzu pups named Annie and Christie. Her husband is a former navy lieutenant commander, who is currently working as the computer network administrator for AARP in Atlanta. Suzanne works for a publication called "Leaders for Today". She is an assistant to the photojournalist, and spends a lot of time coordinating his trips - mostly to third world countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. She also helps with brochures and other photo projects. The last time they were in Oscoda was in April of 2000.

Don Hoover - Don is still single, no children (that he knows of in the USA). He went to college for a year then went into the US Navy and started out in nuclear propulsion and ended up as a fire control technician on the F-14A Tomcat. He worked as an Avionics Technician until the end of April 2001. At which time, as the Acting Avionics Manager, closed the last of three companies to work out of the same hangers in six years. Late last year (2005), due to being totally and permanently disabled, his is now retired, and spends his time helping people clean (malware removal) and secure their computers.

Mike Annabel - Mike's dad retired from the Air Force in 1981 and couldn't find a job in the Oscoda area to support his family (Mom, Jim, Kris & Himself). Consiquently, they moved to the Grand Rapids area of Michigan (His dad grew up there) and stayed with his grandma until they could get established. He attend East Kentwood High for 3 years, then moved to Hudsonville (which is in a different county). Because of the different requirements each county had to graduate, he would have had to complete another half year of school to graduate at Hudsonville. So at age 17 he got his own apartment, got a full time job, and enrolled at Union High in Grand Rapids. By doing this, he could still graduate in 1986. Since then he's been married 3 times, he says the first 2 don't count. Mike had many different jobs -- Jack of all trades, master of none. He is currently a CDL Class A Truck Driver for a small company out of Ravenna, Mi. called Premo Trucking. He also owns a mobile DJ/KJ Service called Jams Party Productions. He loves to sing Karaoke, and figured why not make money at it? He married his current wife Rhonda, Dec 18th 1999 and they are expecting their first child June 26ish 2001. He currently owns a home in Holland Mi (Come over for Tulip Time!) where they live with their 2 dogs Maggie (an english springer spaniel) and Snickers (a miniature dachsund). They love to camp and get away on the weekends.

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