Class of 1959
Class Chairs:
Marilyn Moore Bigelow 636/329-1695; Email 
Ted Folkerth 858/259-5025; Email
Class Notes:
Ted Folkerth
The homecoming and reunion for the class of 59 has come and gone and it was a wonderful event. It was well attended, filled with stories,
laughter, renewed friendships and fifty years of catching up. There was an impressive display of diversity of talent and depth of achievement in our classmates that we can be proud to be a part of. It is also a reflection of the product of our Earlham education. On Friday evening we had a large gathering at the Hampton Inn hosted by the Hansons, Folkerths, and Marilyn Bigelow which was an informal, get reaquainted kickoff to the weekend. Name tags were a neccessity! On Saturday morning a memorial service for 53 of our deceased classmates was held at the Meetinghouse with Jack Kirk presiding. This was followed by the Outstanding Alumni Awards which included our classmate Kay Krewson Pickering and Bunny Heafield Hamilton from the class of '58. The traditional Saturday evening dinner at the Forest Hills Country Club. had over 100 people in attendance and we were honored by the company of our former history professor and then President Landrum Bolling. He is truly a remarkable example of a life well lived and an inspiration to us all, and still going strong at 96! Remember that he gave us our diplomas on the seventh of June 1959. Sunday brunch at Julie Owens's farmhouse was special and a fitting end to a very memorable weekend. Please keep in touch with the Earlhamite. p.s. The football team lost to Oberlin.
(Posted November 06, 2009)
Marilyn Moore Bigelow
Dear Classmates....
What a group we were.....!!! What a marvelous group we still are!!!!!!!!!! To all of you who traveled from far away or from nearby, I send my love and admiration to all....Thanks to each of you we had an exceptionally large turnout...which was wonderful!!!!!!! That turnout, amazing as it was, kept us all from reconnecting with everyone individually, except for the hugs and kisses on arrival! Nevertheless, I for one, feel strongly connected to this special class...To each of you I send my thank you (s) plural.... for coming.... My next question is where and when is the next get together...Then comes the refrain in my head....Blest be the ties that bind....We are all still bound together... with all that we have experienced in our lives... our relationship with each other continues....The glow is ongoing! I send my admiration, my love to all! May we meet again!!!!!!!!
(Posted October 30, 2009)
Diane Gould Hernsdorf
&Dentistry has been helping to move the core of each collection to a new home at the University of CT Health Center. Then at the end of April,I retired from full time work with the society and started out on a cross-country trip with my husband, Roger in our car. We attended his military reunion at Fort Sill, OK and stopped to reconnect to old friends in the Carolinas, California, Colorado, Ohio and a fellow alumni, Sharon Rider '58 in San Antonio,TX. It was wonderful to visit other people's favorite places. We spent five weeks on the highways of USA and enjoyed every day of it. Now we are back to sorting photos and catching up with children, grandchildren and local politics.
(Posted October 02, 2009)
Obituaries:
William Schafer
William J. Schafer, died August 7, 2009, after suddenly suffering a bowel infarction while traveling. Bill was born Sept. 18, 1937 and married Martha Quick Schafer, '60, September 6, 1958. His PhD came from the University of Minnesota and he taught at Berea College, Kentucky, for 44 years where he was Chr. of the English Dept. and held an endowed chair until retirement in 2004. Bill published many articles and books, was a fellow at Durham University in England and University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand where he had taught summer school for the last 5 years and was co-editor of The Journal of Provincial Thought, http://www.provincialthought.com. Bill is survived by Martha 
, son Richard Schafer, executive chef at Cuscowilla in Georgia, daughter Amelia Rutherford, archaeologist living in Aylburton, UK, and four grandsons. He is also survived by sister Marguerite Schafer Cobine '49.
(Posted November 06, 2009)
Royce Riehlman
Royce Riehlman, 71, of Port Orange, FL, a devoted Husband, Father and Friend, left us to be with the Lord on January 7, 2009. Born July 30, 1937 in Syracuse, N.Y. to R. Walter and Lucia Riehlman of Tully, N.Y., Royce passed away suddenly after an unexpected illness. Graduating from Earlham College of Business and serving in the United States Navy, Royce settled in the Daytona Beach area, quickly making Central Florida his adopted home since the early 1960's. Royce made his first mark in the business world here with "The University Shop" a men's haberdashery in DeLand. "Lester's Diner" was the next venture, a 24-hour restaurant on the old Volusia Ave. then on to several partnerships with other businessmen in and around the Daytona Beach Area. A devoted sportsman evolving a multitude of outdoor activities, Royce was a co-founder of the Greater Daytona Beach Striking Fish Tournament in 1977. This today is one of the areas largest and most popular fishing tournaments. A memorial service will be held at the Port Orange Christian Church on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 3:00pm where he was a devoted member. Royce is survived by his loving wife of over 39 years, Mary Ellen Riehlman of Port Orange; son, Kenny Kitchens of Port Orange; sister, Jane Downes of Ormond Beach.
(Posted January 13, 2009)
Carol Clift
Carol Clift of New York City, NY died on July 18, 2008.
(Posted January 09, 2009)
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