If you are a Fullerton High School Alumni, Class of 1964, click on  this "Classmate Profiles" link,  then click on your name to register on the site. Create your profile, and please don't forget to add some recent photos of yourself, your family, children and grandchildren.  It's FREE to join, totally secure & password protected

Leigh Brian Gronstrand
Sept. 27, 1944 - Dec. 26, 2020

It is with great sadness that we have lost another classmate.  For those of us who attended the 55th Reunion, we were lucky enough to see Leigh and share our memories with him.  That was his first Reunion and he looked great.  I received the following note from his daughter.  "I signed my dad up a couple of years back and used my email since he wasn't super tech savvy.  I'm sad to share that Leigh Gronstrand passed away on December 26, 2020.  His prostrate cancer that was diagnosed in 2010 and was under control, metastasized to his spine over the course of 2020.  He really enjoyed the last Reunion he attended and I'm glad he had the chance to go"

Amy, the Class of FUHS 1964 is so sorry for the loss of your father and our beloved classmate.  Blessings to you and all of Leighs family for Peace and wonderful memories.

Douglas G. Davies
January 25, 1946 - November 30, 2020

Doug was a retired attorney living in Southern California and passed away due to Covid 19 and heart issues.  Rest in Peace, Doug

(Thank you Chris Daniel for this information.)  If anyone has more information on Doug's life and family, please forward to me and I will post.)

AMAZINGLY, WE ALL LIVE WITHIN MINUTES
OF EACH OTHER.
WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME REMINISCING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS AT FUHS AND DISCOVERING ALL THE FUN THINGS THERE ARE TO DO IN IDAHO. 
(L to R):  Phyllis Taylor, Cindy Edmiston,
Donna Stemple, Judy Vediner, Tracey Hanson        

Dear Classmates...........Having to forward bad news to you is certainly not something I like doing, but it has to be done so that we can honor our classmates that have passed and pray comforting words for their loved ones.          

                                     
Louise Pharris Lago lost her battle with Covid-19 the week of July 13, 2020.  Louise had pre-existing conditions which weakened her immune system.  Some of us were lucky enough to see her at our 55th Reunion last Fall.  Louise and her husband, Mike, lived in Placentia, CA.  I received this information from Louise's longtime friend, Sally Webster Bergman.

                                   
Cheryl Patterson Blankmeyer, beloved classmate of ours, met the Lord on Friday, July 17, 2020.  Cheryl had been struggling with several issues at the time of her passing.  She passed away from heart failure. Cheryl and her husband Dave lived in Yorba Linda for many years and they were longtime members of Messiah Lutheran Church. They had one son, Robert and grandchildren who live out of state.

Please keep our two friends and their families in your prayers for peace, understanding and comfort.                         

Well folks, the 55th Reunion is over and it was a tremendous success.  It was smaller than some of our other reunions, but this gave us a chance to really sit down and visit with everyone.  The food was great and the set up was unique.  Our reception/appetizer/bar area was in the middle of the Embassy Suites on the main floor, with our dinner area in a separate room to the left and dancing and photo booth in a separate room to the right. Once again Diana decorated in her usual beautiful style with so many memories to look at and enjoy.  There were a few classmates that attended for the first time since our Graduation.  The DJ played a great selection of music and some danced the night away.  It was nice to have the Bar and Reception in a separate area from the Music, so we could visit without having to shout.

Thank you to Virginia, Mabry, Peggy and Kathy for making our "55th" a very special and memorable one.

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture..
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are animal organs .. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?  How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out , and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

AND...... - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'?

"GOING FORWARD"

Thanks to the generous donations received from our Classmates listed below, we will be able to enjoy this website, dedicated to the FUHS Class of 1964 only, through the year 2022..  Thank you to all!

"DONATIONS"

Thank You to these classmates for their
generous gifts:

Ernie Manuel
Paula Hunter
Jan (Weaver) Ousdahl
Tracey (Hanson) Janssen
Cheryl (Crispino) Gill
Diana (Pietrowski) Enright
Dennis & Phyllis Wells
Susan (Crawford) Blackburn
Sally (Crawford) Rossiter
Ron Romo
John Snow (2 gifts)
The "Kids" From Yorba Linda
Richard  "Dick" Tedesco
John Snell
Chris Daniel
Len Renick
RJ Smith
Dennis Reed
Richard Brubaker
Denise Luse

By the way........once you have signed in, you have the option of sending an email or message to a classmate directly from their profiles.  You can also post comments on their profiles and leave rememberances of our departed classmates on the Memory Page

 FUHS ALMA MATER

Written by Lilah Esmay in 1912

We are proud of all thy prowess, Fullerton,

And we thy colors bravely bear.

We will be thy loyal subjects ever;

Joy and grief we alike will with thee share.