GRADUATES OF

OKOBOJI CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

1919-1957 

The original Okoboji Consolidated School was four miles west and two miles south of Milford, or one mile west of Horseshoe Bend park. It graduated its last class in 1957 but the building was used into the early 60s. It merged with Milford.

* Deceased in 2017

Class of 1919:
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Inga Amundson Hobbs
Ruth Davis Meinkin
Alma Anderson O'Farrell
Class of 1920:
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Justin Amundson
Fred Ewen
Roscoe Ewen
Margaret Range Cramer
Joe RuteCarl Schmidt
Cecil Speer
Elsie Trebert
Class of 1921:
Grace Bates Northey
Leora Keck Olson
Claude Northey
Gilbert Northey
Elva Page Small
Edith Quee Modtland
Mansel Range
Irel Starry
Class of 1922:
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Isabelle Amundson Smith
Glen Belkin
Joe Bruns
Laura Olson DeKamp
Chris Schmidt
Francis Toohey Hess
Charles Wilson
Wayne Wilson
Class of 1923:
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Don Amundson
Arthur Davis
Ruby Davis Baker
Lyle Marcks
Einar Nelson
Ruth Nicol Behemer
Ruth Northey Johnson
Donald Oleson
Lloyd Range
Clea Smitley
Lulu Trabert Hollingsworth
Royce Winklemann
Class of 1924:
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Lester Bruns
Nina Bruns
Lola Davis Cady
Prudence Lloyd Wunn
Grace Nicol Stanzyk
William Symington
Mary Wilson
Stella Wilson Hein
Lloyd Zesiger
Class of 1925:
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Marjorie Culver
Verna Meyerdick Sorenson
J.E.'Earl' Nelson
Jesse Northey Williams
Marion Oleson Regland
Ruby Oleson Shenkleberg
Louis Schoorman
Viril VanOrsdel
Class of 1926:
LeVerne Anderson
Mildred Anderson Eichorn
Anna Boyenga Oltrogge
Leland Fliss
Ralph Nelson
Mamie Quee Schwidder
Donald Wilson
Lola Wilson King
Irene Winklemann
Louis Ziske
Class of 1927:
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Rose Amundson Bruce
Donald Davis
Sherman Eckard
Iola Fliss Bruns
Reba Large Zenor
Mearl Page
Nellie Symington Will
Pearl Wede Kreutzkampf
Helen Wood Erdman
Class of 1928:
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Rowena Bruns Eckard
Avis Davis
Elmer Eckard
Irene Fliss Johnson
William Frutchey
LaVern Johnson
Neola Lloyd Eckard
Ethel May Northey
Walter Suiter
Harold VanOrsdel
Edith Wilson Range
Viola Wilson Schoorman
Class of 1929:
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Vaughn Amundson
Mary Eckard Smitley
Ruth Johnson Hansen
Fred Kreutzkampf
Berdina Lloyd Smitley
Harold Quee
Irene Reiser Franz
Foster Smitley
Class of 1930:
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Roald Amundson
Arnold Anderson
William Bruns
Day Davis
Evelyn Frutchey Daugherty>br>Pauline Kreutzkampf Taylor
Florence Lawson Stuard
Helen Northey Sietsema
Bessie Wilson Marcks
Glen Wilson
Class of 1931:
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Evelyn Anderson Cook
Donald Fliss
Bill Johnson
Mary Meyerdirk Graff
Lucille Willison Bates
Zola Willison Fliss
Beulah Zeisiger Graesing
Class of 1932:
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Nellie Beyer Kilts
Rena Boyenga
Marie Fliss Hakerman
Elwood Gilbert
Gerald Gilbert
Martin Reynolds
Evelyn Stapely Chipman
Clifford Willison
Class of 1933:
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Orville "Bob" Anderson
Cleone Cook Gilbert
Marcia Davis Thompson
Nellie Eckard Borchard
Jennie Johnson Wolthuis
Dorthy Krukow Johnson
Ethel Reynolds McCann
Wayne Willard
Trlen Wilson Wilson
Class of 1934:
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Blair Bever
Joyce Bever
Merlin Dannett
August Droll
Bernard Heikens
Allene Kaiser Roskens
Thomas Large
Orvill Marsh
Lester Place
Ethel Rettig Hanson
Jeff Stovin
Class of 1935:
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Lois Calkins Ficken
Harold Eckard
Harold Frutchey
Vernon Gilbert
Letta Rose Hofstad Ludwig
Llillian McLaughlin Wordelman
Clara Reynolds Nelson
Ruby Schoorman
Wayne Willison
Class of 1936:
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Llisle Bean Stoner
Harlan Buck
Cleeta Cook Harker
Russell Dannett
Clarabell Hausman Gilbert
Velma McLaughlin Christopherson
Gerhart Meyer
Gladys Quee Childers
Mary Ann Trabert Phillips
Dan Velt
Dorothy Wilson Boehm
Orville Wilson
Class of 1937:
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John Amundson
Dick Beving
Harold Buck
Merrill Calkins
Dale Hausman
Donald Heikens
Ruth Hofstad Wilson
Earl McLaughlin
Maurice McLaughlin
Mary Meyer Mathies
Class of 1938:
Thelma Jones Lett
Leona McLaughlin Nelson
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Virgil Bendlin
Warren Heikens
Helen Johnson Olson
Glea Lloyd
Donald Trabert
Class of 1939:
Lorraine Bendlin Pullen
Freeman Knudtson
Maary Alice Meyers Hungate
Beulah Svedson Graettinger
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Lois Dannatt Goebel
Mildred Hausman Lundstrom
Dale heikens
Dale Jorth
Ray Kaiser
Ruth McDonald Packebush
Sabena Meyer Dekenga
Thelma Pierson Marsh
Hazel Thompson DeWall
Florence Veit
Class of 1940:
Bonnie Tuell Jensen
Clara Wolthuis Feaster
DeEtte Wunder Graettinger
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Lowell Anderson
Marjorie Dagfinson Bever
Alma Franker Sheldon
Betty Hausman Mier
Rose Knudtson Anderson
Vernon Krambeck
Phylllis Pearson Bergman
Dale Svendsen
Gladys Wede Lamb
Class of 1941:
Jim Anderson
Carlton Quee
Jean Willliams Bruning
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Dale Adams
Charles Gould
Don Gould
Illene Hartman
Nyle Johnson
Curtis Jorth
Kenneth Knudtson
Clifton "Red" McLaughllin
Margaret Meyer
Ruth Meyer Roisen
Marjorie Sransky Crandell
Class of 1942:
Peggy Gilmore Meurer
Orville Taylor
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Norman Anderson
Kenneth Buck
Veneta DeWitt Ewen
Bernard Dirksen
Fred Eichman
Warren Ewen
Max Frazier
Duane Gould
Duane Newman
Donald Stransky
Glen Taylor
Louis Thompson
Lela Williams Goodall
Class of 1943:
Sylvia Jorth Anderson
Kathryn Martin Hansen
Helen Meyers Leehy
Bonnie Nattress Pullman
Mildred Stransky Brooks
Marie Taylor Wells
Doris Wunder Frazier
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Ada Dagfinson Lauck
Arlene Dannatt King
Calvin Meyer
Minnie Meyer Cowan
Donald Nielsen
Leland Quaintance
Alfre Schmidt
Herluf Thompson
Garland Wintz
Donald Wunn
Class of 1944:
Elaine Siefkin Pote
Anna Williams Wagner
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Russell Arends
Daryl Hausmann
Mary Heikens Knight
Dick Kaiser
Marylee Place Taylor
Class of 1945:
Henry Arends
Roseanna Johnson Titterington
Lucille Meyer Stravers
Arlo Wayne Newman
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Ida May Kinkade Rauss
Bessie Larson Johnson
Viola Nielsen Roskens
Robert "Bob" Noble
Carol Northey Hirsch
Dale Schmidt
Dwanna Wilson Berry
Darlen Wolthuis Herrin
Lois Wunn Boers
Class of 1946:
Audrey Kaiser Thiessen
Bonnie Nelson Brown
Shirley Northey Booth
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Pierson Anderson
Betty Bagley Stribley
Janell Beving
Harvey Dodson
Elaine Eckard
Norma Jean Gould Yadauga
Art Reiser
Charlene Schoning Reiderman
Mary Williams Ruschmeyer
Class of 1947:
Janice Mertens Stevermer
Richard Schmidt
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Melba Eckard Warburton
Harold Griner
Raymond Hankins
Gertrude Meyer Triggs
Robert "Bob" Meyer
Jack Meyers
Carol Nelson Wallace
Class of 1948:
Dorthey Arends Christofferson
Delores Hankins Wiltgen
Carol Hausman Hoben
Marie Knudtson Welle
Paul Larson
LuLu Jean Wunn Eaton
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Merlin Beving
Elmer Dodson
Henry Mertens
Miriam Northey Bell
Milton Roberts
LeRoy Welle
Class of 1949:
Corine Aalseth Beving
James Anderson
Shirley Eckard Boles
Marjorie Gould Brueggeman
Alice Kaiser Rebec
Joan Rute Beck
Betty young Schroeder
*
Elsie Mertens Wahlman
Tom Williams
Alice young Rebec
Class of 1950:
Bonnie Beck Christensen
Robert Christensen
*
Jack Aalseth
Paul Williams
Class of 1951:
Annette Beving Laubeck
Skip Hughes
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Phyllis Bruns Koppert
Betty Miller Baschke
Lorene Place Hoffman
Jerry Welle
Class of 1952:
Duane Eckard
Marvel Hughes Byers
Lucille Mertens Brewer
Walter Schmidt
Lawrence "Bud" Schoning
Marlene Schoeneman Cave
James Siefkin
Henry VanderGaast
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Hap Anderson
JIm Roskens
Class of 1953:
Willa Northey Mauldron
L. Kirby Range
Jean Roskens Kiel
Nora Thiessen Steelinger
Bernadine VanderGaast Asmonsen
*
Mearl page
Milo Watson
Class of 1954:
Ronald Arms
William Mertens
Mac Mitchel
Elmer Nielsen
Geraldine Olson Radunzel
Lavon Range Smith
Jerry Roskens
Robert Schmidt
Leora Schoning Riedemann
Jeannette VanderGaast Arms
DeAnne Welle VanEnter
Ruth Williams McNelly
*
Irwin Bates
Irma Froendt Albert
Carol Girm Erickson
Nathan Gould
Karen Morisky Roberts
Carol Timmons Mansfield
Class of 1955:
Harlan Gould
Gwen Nelson Andahl
Billy VaderGaast
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Wayne Hyde
Karen Johnson Hyde
Gerald Martin
Class of 1956:
Les Brawner
Erneta Dannatt Kracht
Colleen Grim Bailey
Jean Johnson Graves
Joel Moeller
Dona Nelson Thanstrom
Margaret Williams Drake
*
Alan Beving
Terry Christensen
Merle Frendt
Edward Thiessen
Class of 1957:
Ramona Aalseth Groom
Tammy Amundson Hoover
Beverly Anderson Schuman
Bertha Averill Besaw
Dorothy Averill Ross
Bruce Johnson
Dennis Johnson
Carol Meyer Waldron
Peggy Weaver Robinitta
Gary Wilson
*
Marvin Hoffman
Lois Hyde Thiessen
Donna Wilson Gould


From the Milford Mail and Teril Record January 15, 1981:

The Milford Library has received the Treasurer's record of the Okoboji Consolidated school District from S.I. Russell, long time treasurer of the district. The record covers the period from 1934 to July 1, 1957 when the district and the Milford Consolidated School District merged into the new Milford Community School District.

The directors of the Okoboji consolidated School District at the time of the merger were Gilbert R. Northey (who was President of the board), William J. Johnson, Lester Welle, Ralph Nelson and Francis Moeller. Mrs. Minnie Calkins was the Secretary.

There will be plenty of nostalgia in this Treasurer's report for anyone who ever taught at the Okoboji Consolidated, for anyone who ever attended school there, for anyone who ever lived in the district and for anyone presently living in the district. The record is available for inspection by anyone who may be interested in some of the history of Dickinson County and especially the Okoboji Consolidated School. Students of the school may find the names of their teachers in this book.

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Compiled by Mary Haugse Dannatt
Omaha Central High School
Class of 1966

From The Commemorative All-School Reunion Chronicle
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