DeSales Class of 1972

Submitted by
Name: Raymond Joseph Brandt (Joe)
From: Chanhassen, MN
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Comments:
Class of 1960. I was a "rezzy rat" from 1956 to 1960. Really appreciated the faculty portion of your site.

Added: August 5, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Richard O'Connell
From: Milwaukee
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Comments:
De Sales class of 75. Great site and nice to hear what happened to all the seniors that hazed all us poor frosh...

Added: August 5, 2010

Submitted by
Name: John Heinrichs
From: Hays, Kansas
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Comments:
Hi, Alan - I graduated from de Sales in 1974, been a long and winding road since then. Great job on the site, it's wonderful to read about folks that I remember fondly from so long ago.

Cheers,

John

Added: March 23, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Roger M. Lindmark, Esq.
From: Los Angeles, California
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Comments:
I am from the class of 1970. I then went to one year at St. Francis college then transfered to St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. I majored in Psychology and Theology and graduated in 1974. I then went to New York University and Long Island University in NYC and got a Masters degree in Clinical Psych in 1977. I was planning on staying at NYU in Greenwich Village, NYC for a Ph.D. but decided to go to law school.
I then came to Los Angeles to go to law school at Pepperdine Univ in Malibu, Calif graduating in 1983. I am now a trial and appellate lawyer in Los Angeles with my own firm.
When I was in Malibu my mother (our parish of St. Agnes in Butler, Wisc.)wrote to me and sent me a Milwaukee Journal news article and told me De Sales was closing -- honestly I cried when I read her letter and the news paper.
I loved our high school and I learned so much there. To this day I swear that I could never have gotten through all my higher education without the discipline of 3 hours of mandatory night study hall and all the other discipline I developed as a resident student there.
I still read Latin and French. I have taken Latin refresher courses here in Los Angeles. I have all my high school and college Latin books and some others. I have forgotten all my Greek from Fr. Dan York who taught me in Senior year and in my freshman college year. Our faculty was dedicated and always available to counsel and tutor every boy.
I kept in touch with Fr. Ed Wieland over the years and I flew to Milwaukee for his funeral in March 2007. He told me a few years before he died that De Sales was the only private high school in Wisconsin to have an indoor swimming pool -- that is how privileged we were!!! And remember the indoor hand ball courts which I also enjoyed as did the boys and faculty in the winter. And who can forget the basement hallway which you could run around for exercise in the winter. And how about the archery range which Fr. Russell Becker set up in the basement -- remember that?? What a great school we went to.
When I was a freshman I leaned how to type -- remember the library typing rooms -- and because of all the papers we had to write senior year for Fr. Erwin Matt, and other classes I became an expert typist. I had my own term paper typing business on campus at St. John's Univ typing term papers for $2.00 per page for weekly spending money. I still have my portable electric Smith Corona typewriter which I bought at the Major Seminary bookstore in my Junior year at De Sales in 1968.
IF any of you have an interest in learning more about the history of St. Francis seminary and its founding from 1856 to 1956 go to Amazon.com and look up the book "Halcyon Days" by Fr. Peter Leo Johnson who as the seminary history professor in the 1950's and wrote that book to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the seminary. I have an online review of the book at Amazon on the book's web page. You can buy a used book for about $10 to $15. I have read it a number of times and love the old stories from the 1800's.
My De Sales class of 1970 is having an all class reunion this July 23 to 26th, 2010 with many events planned with a kickoff Friday night the 23rd at an authentic Catholic parish fish fry somewhere in Milwaukee or at the Serb Hall on the South Side. Classmates Tom Wieland and Mike Fleissner are heading the planning committee -- you can contact them at their offices -- Fleissner is an attorney and Wieland is a CPA accountant -- they can be found in the phone book.
Hope you all come to the reunion this summer.
Thanks Major Alan for your work on the web site and sharing the history of joy of being an alumnus of St. Francis De Sales Prep Seminary.
As Fr. Vince Silvestri once told us "Quod est in scripto, est in mundo." (what is in writing, is in the world.)
PAX VOBISCUM.....Atty. Roger Lindmark -- you can write to me at -- roglindmark@juno.com -- so that if you are ever in Los Angeles call me and I will show you the city and we can share memories of De Sales Seminary.....I will bring my 4 VIA year books to entertain you at lunch or dinner!!!!

Added: February 20, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Paul Jos. Kotlowski
From: Newwton, NC
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Comments:
1978 - 1981 (Call to Ministry Program after St. Francis Prep. closed)

Added: February 13, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Joe Streator
From: Oconomowoc, WI
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Comments:
Great job on this site. I am a member of the first freshman class at DeSales and graduated in 1967. Look forward to meeting you at the reunion.

Added: February 12, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Dave Peplinski
From: New Berlin, WI
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Comments:
Congratulations on a great site. I wish the class of 74 had as much spirit as yours.

Added: December 26, 2009

Submitted by
Name: Jane Duchac
From: Racine Wisconsin
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Comments:
I have visited the DeSales website many times since we found it, which was the day after Ted passed. It is our first year anniversary without him, and I find myself going over our life together moment by moment every day, and many of your names are familiar to me from Ted's stories. He is so loved and will be forever, as well as forever missed. We hosted 1,000 people at his visitation. His brother put it this way, Ted was the kind of guy you meet at a stoplight and in those few minutes you got to know him, you had a friend for life! We are blessed and shared a wonderful life. So I'd put it this way from Ted: Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy Cow...What a Ride!!!" Peace & Love, Jane & family

Added: September 30, 2009

Submitted by
Name: George Grimm, DeSales Class of
From: New Berlin
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Comments:
Nathan,
Great website! My wife found it while searching for info for our upcoming 40 year reunion. It was a trip back to the past seeing the names and pictures. Bob Deahl was my "buddy" ( I forget the term we used back then) as an incoming freshman. A number of your classmates had brothers in my class. I will share this website with others at our reunion, although it appears that guys like Larry Chapman already know of its existence. I am sure it will trigger a lot of memories.

Does your class get together for reunions regularly?

We have met every 5 years since graduating.

Again, great job!

George Grimm

Added: August 31, 2009

Submitted by
Name: Father Larry Chapman
From: St. Peter, East Troy
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Comments:
Greetings, Alan,
You guessed correctly -- I am the brother of Kenneth J. Chapman from the DeSales Seminary High School Class of 1972. I didn't know that any seminary class had a website, but that's a great idea, and you sound technologically very able to do that.
I'm also thinking that what you have heard about Ken is probalby true. Back in 1990, after a series of difficult disappointments regarding job, personal health issues, and the loss of friends in death, Ken took his own life on November 20, 1990 at his home in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was not married and did not have children of his own, so the tragedy was not as far reaching as it could have been. Our Mom had died earlier in 1982; our Dad was alive at the time, but has also passed away in 1998. At the time of his death, Ken also had become very good at computer work himself.

I hope this is helpful to you -- feel free to pass on this information to other interested persons.

Thanks, Alan

Larry Chapman

Added: May 26, 2009

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