Class of 63

Portland Alumni

Good Samaritan School of Nursing
Class of 1963, 40 Year Reunion

Members of the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing class of 1963 celebrated their 40th year reunion on September 20, 2003, at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon.

Twenty-four of the 48 nurses, who graduated on Friday the 13th, 1963, attended the reunion along with a dearly loved instructor, Mrs. Carol Lawson.

The class is grateful to Carol "Trudy" Trezona and Mary Donnelly Zepp who planned, gathered information, sent out invitations, made arrangements for the Multnomah Club and an outstanding meal. All their hard work brought to life this memorable occasion.

Those who attended the reunion were:

Sally Murray Hemphill
Florence Hasel Herring
Delphine Hamilton Jensen
Karen Plumke Louis
Carol Roaring Palmer
Betty Simonsen Paronen
Kathleen Orton Steele
Sandra Summers Sullivan
Mary Jo Clausen Binford
Myrna Buoy Butler
Janice Johnson Butsch
Sandra Pearce Cooley


   

Nadine Fry Davis
Arleta Clark Day
Gail Cornelius Downie
Marcia McNaught Trotter
Virginia Curtis Elliott
Maxine Rogers Fink
Gina McKenny Furlong
Carolyn Koskey Griffith
Ardith Powell Thompson
Kathleen Schlichting Torson
Carol Trezona
Mary Donnelly Zepp

 


Trudy and Mary receive thanks and flowers from Florence for making the reunion possible.


Being "capped" as alumae arrive.


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OTHER EVENTS

All classes are encouraged to organize reunions in conjunction with Nursing Alumni Day as a way of celebrating the dedication and service of all those who have received their education at the Good Samaritan and Linfield Good Samaritan Schools of Nursing. We would specially like to encourage the classes of 1965, 1975, and 1995 to hold their fortieth, thirtieth and tenth anniversary gatherings respectively.

Please contact Wilma Pope at 503-413-8480 for help obtaining addresses and planning advice.