East High School - Kansas City Missouri

The Class of 1945

Anchors Aweigh

The Japanese Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945


The USS Missouri BB-63 in action (now at Pearl Harbor)

The National World War II Memorial

World War II

From the 1945 Eastonian
a list of East High School Graduates who died in WWII

01	Alton	Wayne	US Navy		Anna Jeanette Vanoster, friend
02	Anderson	Wilbur W	US Army Air Forces		Willis D Anderson, brother
03	Bash	Keith R	US Army Air Forces, 319th Bomber Squadron	Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines	Air Medal, Purple Heart
04	Baughman	Dean
05	Burch	Harold	US Marine	d Saturday, November 20, 1943 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea	Purple Heart
06	Campbell	William John	US Army Air Forces 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation	d Saturday, November 27, 1943 North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia	Purple Heart
07	Canon	Carl L	US Army 262nd Infantry Regiment 66th Infantry Division	d Monday, December 25, 1944 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France	Purple Heart
08	Chamberlain	Bill B	US Army 301st Field Artillery Battalion, 94th Infantry Division	d Wednesday, April 04, 1945 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot C Row 8 Grave 22	Purple Heart
09	Clouse	Lawrence H	US Marine	KIA National Archives
10	Gray	William (Bill) C	US Army	National Archives
11	Gunn	Raymond H	US Army	KIA National Archives
12	Harrison	Andrew M	US Army Air Forces, 525th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group	d Wednesday, April 19, 1944 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Nettuno, Italy	Air Medal
13	Henderson	Frank S	US Army	DOW National Archives
14	Hendrix Second Lieutenant	Lloyd Orville	US Army Air Forces, 37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group	d Wednesday, August 04, 1943 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Nettuno, Italy	Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters
15	Jackson	Neal
16	Jensen	Myron E	US Marine	KIA National Archives
17	Lang	Bernard	US Army		Donald L O'Dell, friend
18	Livasy Second Lieutenant	Ross L Jr	DNB National Archives
19	Mann	Hermann	US Army
20	McClanahan Coxswain	Paul Robert	US Navy	KIA National Archives
21	McDaniel	William Robert
22	McPeek Private	Joseph H	US Army	DOW National Archives
23	Morris Private	Edward F	US Army	DNB National Archives
24	Morris Private	Lewis Wayne	US Army	d Wednesday, November 24, 1943 Manila American Cemetery Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines	Purple Heart
25	Nipp Second Lieutenant	Durward C	US Army	KIA National Archives
26	Paxton Private First Class	Donald K	US Army	KIA National Archives
27	Pfaff Private First Class	William (Bill) A	US Marine	KIA National Archives
28	Potts Staff Sergeant	Leonard F	US Army 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division	d Tuesday, January 23, 1945 Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Plot B Row 8 Grave 1	Silver Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
29	Reckart Private First Class	Charles A	US Army	KIA National Archives
30	Robertson Private First Class	Roy L	US Marine	KIA National Archives
31	Snyder	William
32	Spalding	Vernon
33	Stark	Phillip
34	Stout	Roy Neal Jr
35	Swigart	Donald Logan	US Navy	KIA National Archives
36	Wear	Robert
37	Webb Staff Sergeant	Charles R Jr	US Army	KIA National Archives
38	West Fireman Second Class	Robert Lee	US Navy	KIA National Archives
39	Williams Private	Thomas H	US Army 680th Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division	d Monday, December 25, 1944 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot A Row 9 Grave 39	Purple Heart
40	Wilson	Jackman

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Seniors A - C 001 Adamson, Pat * deceased age 30 002 Ailshire, Mary Alice (Horner) 64133 003 Allen, Charles * deceased age 30 004 Allen, Joanne (Neumann) 92129 005 Alsup, Thelma Clarise (Hart) 64701 006 Ames, Asa * deceased 1992 12 05 007 Amstutz, Maryann (Harkrider) 64123 008 Ashleman, Phyllis (Conner) 66207 009 Bair, Clarice (Lewis) 33435 010 Baker, Peggy Louise (Edmunds) 34449 011 Ballew, Earl * deceased 1991 10 09 012 Ballou, Margaret 64127 013 Barry, Dorothy L. (Roberts) 91706 014 Baudoux, Madelyn 015 Beebe, Evelyn (Smith) 65203 016 Bell, B. Darline (Peterson) 66611 017 Bersuch, John 64056 018 Black, Katherine (Tomlinson) 64126 019 Blades, Violet (Pagel) * deceased 1989 11 ?? 020 Blansit, Betty (Hokkann) 55705 021 Blickhan, Shirley (Harris) 57103 022 Bowman, Rebecca (Swearinger) 64504 023 Bradford, Tom 64138 024 Bradley, Betty (Ogrisovich) 64133 025 Bratton, Betty Pearl (Henke) 64138 026 Brennan, Mary (Yuratovich) 64151 027 Brewer, Louis E Cedaredge, CO 028 Brogdon, Betty Jean (Wheeler) 64137 029 Brown, Billie Ruth (McLean) 85023 030 Bruns, Walter 64134 031 Bryan, Betty (Scott) 67114 032 Bryan, Hazel Bernice (McConnell) 64126 033 Burgard, Bob Bruce * deceased age 44 034 Burns, Dale 66083 035 Bushnell, Virginia Lee (Gruber) 64133 036 Button, Howard * deceased 1994 03 ?? 037 Buzan, Bill 66204 038 Byler, Susan Elizabeth (Cowan) 80303 039 Campbell, Dorothy 040 Campbell, Thomas E * deceased 1992 07 16 041 Capps, Robert Neil * deceased 1991 ?? ?? 042 Carey, Virginia (Cockrell) 64055 043 Carter, Bettie Lou (Mohn) 64056 044 Carter, Billie Rosella (Peery) 64057 045 Cavanaugh, Frank 64133 046 Chance, Ray * deceased 1981 08 ?? 047 Chapman, Betty (Orr) 64123 048 Chartier, Jeanne (Pecha) 64850 049 Chriss, George Roy 64117 050 Clark, Robert G 64137 051 Cline, R'neta (Doyle) 98020 052 Cobleigh, Jack 64063 053 Coffey, Jane Ellen (Cooke) 92128 054 Compton, Frances Lucille (Mann) 64029 055 Cooley, Hazel Ruth (Thompson) 75218 056 Coonrod, Marilyn (Aufdemberg) * deceased 1989 01 ?? 057 Coppedge, Virginia (Stinson) 39525 058 Corey, Velma (Ratcliffe) 28215 059 Cox, Betty (Lee) 64134 060 Cross, Bruce * deceased age 28

Seniors D - F 061 Davidson, Eugene 64015 062 Davison, Pauline (Campbell/Gentry) * deceased 063 De Walt, Carl * deceased 1990 064 Dixon, Dorothy (Schenck) 94550 065 Downey, Richard 64014 066 Duncan, Don C 80909 067 Duncan, Robert 068 Duncan, Marjorie Ann (Dean) 64086 069 Duncan, William M 070 Edgell, Suzanne (Brown) 76054 071 Edmondson, Bob 64124 072 Emery, Charlotte (Gaunt) 77059 073 Endicott, Mildred (Carsel) 64138 074 Eubank, Mary Lou (Emde) 56208 075 Farnsworth, Betty (Lassiter) 64129 076 Feagles, George 64118 077 Feltenberger, Virginia (Pape) * deceased 1993 09 08 078 Felz, Ruth (Caronia) 65037 079 Fetterling, Bob 64127 080 Fletcher, Robert Jack * deceased age 45 081 Frazier, Robert * deceased 082 Fuller, Vernon

Seniors G - I 083 Ganzer, Gloria Helen (Woodworth) 64081 084 Garvey, Jack 64055 085 Gaunt, Marilyn Jane (Hughes) 66214 086 Gibson, Donald 087 Gilliam, Imogene (Gramling) 67212 088 Gilliam, Leroy * deceased age 37/42 089 Gish, Bill 91724 090 Glad, Helen (Coit) 64145 091 Glahn, Keith 32788 092 Gott, Herschel Leroy 94024 093 Gunn, Rex * deceased 094 Hagan, Doris 095 Hagelin, Harold W. "Jerry" 64138 096 Hall, Donald C 64127 097 Hall, Dorothy (Knight) 65079 098 Hamblin, William H * deceased age 21 099 Hamilton, Sydney 91361 100 Hanna, Barbara (Dehoney) 64133 101 Harden, Doris (Harris) 64730 102 Harp, Marjorie (Norris) 65779 103 Hayward, Don * deceased 104 Heinman, Viola (Conner) * deceased 105 Heiser, Betty Lou (Jones) 64151 106 Henson, Beverly (McGrew) 78247 107 Herbert, Albert L * deceased 1991 04 17 108 Heydon, Helen (Heck) 65360 109 Higgins, William 76116 110 Hogendorn, Edward R 79109 111 House, Dale 66223 112 Huffman, John 64138 113 Huggins, Charlene (Heizman) 66207 114 Hutton, Lem E Jr 64055 115 Hyatt, Jack 77074

Seniors J - L 116 Jackson, Edward Dale * deceased 1994 09 24 117 Jacobs, Gloria 118 Jagow, John Reynolds 85718 119 Jagow, James Roger 64133 120 James, Rosalie Iris 121 Jaquess, Bob 64055 122 Jenkins, Byron * deceased 1992 11 07 123 Johnson, Earl 124 Johnson, Richard 125 Johnson, Robert 126 Johnston, Doris (Mathis) 64050 127 Jones, Florine (Butterfield) 64055 128 Jordan, Joyce (Ross) 96058 129 Joy, Marguerite * deceased 130 Keener, Phyllis Jean (Hanna) 64114 131 Kelly, Maxine (McNeil) 66208 132 Kilkenny, Roy Oren 80524 133 Klopfenstine, Maxine (Wilson) 92672 134 Klos, Jim 64063 135 Krzyzek, Bernice (Sloan) 64126 136 Krohn, John * deceased 1995 01 06 137 Kudart, Richard * deceased 138 Lamborn, Homer 85737 139 Lamborn, Omer 91306 140 Lassiter, Jack 64129 141 Laursen, Alice (Taylor) 65801 142 Lee, Laura Jean (Arnold) * deceased 1990 11 22 143 Le Grand, Bernice (Ham) * deceased 1991 07 14 144 Lewis, Eva May (McCully) 64116 145 Lewis, Nancy (Binninger) * deceased 1990 06 ?? 146 Lord, David 147 Lowe, Betty Jean (Ross) 87112 148 Lowe, Corine (Culley) 65101 149 Lux, Eileen Cecilla (Pratt) 67401 150 Lydick, Dorothy (Evers) 65802

Seniors M - O 151 Mac Donald, Greg 72714 152 Mackey, Martha May (Lasister) 86403 153 Magers, Leonard * deceased about 1982 154 Magruder, Ruby (Hill) 30255 155 Mais, Raymond S 64133 156 Mallicoat, Eugene 98033 157 Marino, Roselia (Hiatt) 64114 158 Marino, Roselina (Mitts) 64114 159 Marquett, Evelyn (Moderau) 64744 160 Maxwell, Donald E * deceased 1994 11 16 161 Maynard, Norman 64055 162 Mc Bee, Scott Paul * deceased age 52 163 Mc Connell, Maxine * deceased 1989 164 Mc Daniel, Mabel (Ledgerwood) 64133 165 Mc Grew, Robert Morton 78247 166 Mc Guire, George Franklin * deceased 1990 06 ?? 167 Mc Kelvey, Pauline (Upp) 64048 168 Mc Kelvey, Rose (Mitchell/Johnson)* deceased 1991 01 16 169 Mc Kern, Richard * deceased 170 Mhore, Ethel (Dawson) 77511 171 Mikesell, Virginia (May) * deceased 1994 08 27 172 Milligan, Anna Lee (Brizendine) 64117 173 Mistele, Marie (Mauntz) 66213 174 Moore, Bob 64133 175 Morgan, Lois Irene (Esker) 71201 176 Morgan, Marian (Shmalberg) * deceased about 40 177 Moyer, Ellen Mae (Schamback) 64133 178 Munn, Maxine Lee 179 Murphree, "Lou" (Adamson) 65037 180 Murray, Clara 64155 181 Neese, Jack 66209 182 Neff, Catherine Jean (Zarker) 64133 183 Neighbors, Hobart H 32548 184 Neiss, Alred * deceased in his 30's 185 Nelson, Mary (Ireland) 64133 186 Netherton, Don * deceased 1995 04 08 187 Neville, John 52730 188 Nichols, Ann (Malone) 64055 189 Nichols, Richard Berry * deceased about age 32 190 Nichols, Richard G 66061 191 Nickerson, Ellen 192 Noble, John Calvin 193 O'Brien, Meribeth (Singleton) 64114 194 Ohlson, Edward William 80901 195 O'Neal, Margaret Ann (Smith) 90638 196 O'Neil, Durel Wade 66206 197 Opalka, Helen 65779

Seniors P - S 198 Patti, Antoinette (Peine) 64133 199 Peden, William C 64118 200 Penfold, Richard 57747 201 Penprase, Sue (Grant) 64133 202 Perry, Norton * deceased 203 Phillips, Jean (Osiier) 64030 204 Pickrell, Mary Ann (Derks) 64138 205 Potter, Vonna Lea (Reynolds) 85351 206 Powell, David 75771 207 Preuitt, Dorothea (McGraw) 64052 208 Provance, Dortha (Land) 64133 209 Quackenbush, Betty Lou (Basgall) 22003 210 Quinn, Charles Eugene "Mark" 64078 211 Raffurty, Evelyn (Yates) 36526 212 Ramsey, Loleta (Gish) * deceased 213 Rannabargar, Chuck * deceased 1994 01 23 214 Raup, Robert 34635 215 Reardon, John * deceased 1991 01 04 216 Reeves, Esther * deceased 217 Reid, C Don 64129 218 Rhodes, Zella (Beauchamp) 64131 219 Rice, Velma Neola (Slocum) 64133 220 Richards, Aubrey 85220 221 Richardson, Doris (Miller) 64064 222 Richardson, Meredith (Silvia) 64056 223 Riedl, Betty (Wooten) 64156 224 Rinkenbaugh, Roger 64015 225 Roberts, Mary (West) 64138 226 Robinson, Barbara (Collins) 64119 227 Robinson, Max * deceased 228 Rode, Rosemary (Hadley) 64117 229 Rogers, Joyce (Toggweiler) 28662 230 Rudeen, Kenneth S 10590 231 Ryder, Ronald 80524 232 Sanderson, Ruth (Ulgener) 64133 233 Scharfenbert, Helen (Ryle) 43452 234 Schmitt, Clarence * deceased age 55 235 Scott, E G 64015 236 Scott, Waldene (Scott) * deceased 1994 08 23 237 Scott, Wilbur 65037 238 Sears, Leslie Ernest 64030 239 Seright, L Gene 33510 240 Shively, Wanda (Shaughnessy) * deceased 1995 05 30 241 Shmalbert, Jack 66206 242 Shonfelt, Donald 64138 243 Sieggen, Anna (De Selms) 65536 244 Sinkhorn, Doris (Goode) * deceased 245 Sleyster, Aldene * deceased age 26 246 Smith, Carol (Leavitt) 66212 247 Smith, Mary Lou (Doan) 62301 248 Smith, Virginia 249 Smith, Wilma Irene 250 Speake, Edward 64055 251 Stalcup, Tom * deceased 1991 04 ?? 252 Stauss, Wayne 65072 253 Steehn, Joseph 64145 254 Steffee, John J 30174 255 Sullivan, Dorsel Dene (Ashleman) 64133 256 Switzer, Jimmie * deceased early 30's

Seniors T - Z 257 Tashkoff, Helyn (Belvance) 86401 258 Tate, Richard 64055 259 Thomas, Marilyn Jean (Gordon) 87112 260 Thomas, Mary (McCurry) 64029 261 Thomas, Shirley (McGuire) 65747 262 Tibbs, Delores Jean (Kinnamon) 64138 263 Tice, Lilburn "Burnie" 94026 264 Tiefel, Ralph M 53185 265 Tindall, Jean (Street) * deceased 266 Tindall, Roland 64081 267 Trail, Don 64055 268 Troutman, Howard B 64055 269 Tucker, Rodney J 77379 270 Turman, Norma (Cunningham) * deceased 1993 08 25 271 Turney, Ilene 64063 272 Upp, Ethelyn (Hartman) 66212 273 Vandeusen, Imogene (Comer) 64133 274 Vantrump, Arnold T 64133 275 Vermillion, Vivian (Ellis) 72632 276 Wagener, Richard 95448 277 Wall, Bob 30084 278 Walton, John 75252 279 Weldon, Joan (Martin) 67216 280 Wessley, Mary Lou (Rannabargar) 75862 281 White, Venia Lou (Hawkins) 64117 282 Wilk, Alfred Joseph 64118 283 Willhoite, Mildred (Short) 64040 284 Williams, Bette (Clark) 78413 285 Wilson, Delores * deceased 286 Wiltshire, Betty Jane (Moad) 85013 287 Winchell, Betty (Rader) 288 Winslow, George "Bud" 95010 289 Withers, Jimmie 64133 290 Wittram, Martha * deceased 291 Wood, Ruth (Duffey) 65804 292 Woolsey, Essel 64133 293 Woolsey, Lloyd * deceased 1993 03 12 294 Wroughton, Byron 64086 295 Yocum, Betty (Kasserman) 64151 296 Zachow, Jerry "Zac" 33573 (provided this list)

Class of 1945 - Reunion List

The COMMITTEE

REUNION INFORMATION

OFFICERS AND HONORS Officers and Honors Senior Officers Class President - Class Vice-President - Class Secretary - Class Treasurer - Class Assistant-Treasurer - Class Giftorian - Class Reporter - Class Sgt. at Arms - Broadlick Award - Senior Ballet Best Students - Best Actors - Worst Flatterers - Jolly Good - Best Athletes - Most Bashful - Best Musicians - Best Dancers - Most Popular - Ideal Students - Best Bluffers - Social Lion and Belle - Best Artists - Done Most For East - Most Likely To Succeed - Roy E Brown Award 66 (Outstanding Athlete)- Literary Contest Order of Finish #1 points #2 points #3 points #4 points #5 points Cheerleaders Varsity Cheerleaders Captain - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Jr Varsity Cheerleaders Captain - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Cheerleader - Mascot - Basketball Queen - Eastonian Queen - Homecoming Queen - King and Queen of Hearts - ROTC Queen - Snowball Queen - Track Queen -

Class of 1945 - Reunion List
cm = Classmates.com

cm	Allen, Joanne
01cm	Burns	Dale
cm	Deluca, Carl
cm	Duncan, Marjorie
cm	Farnsworth, Betty
cm	Hanna	Barbara Dehoney	BarbaraDehoney@aol.com Class Moderator
03cm	Huggins	Charlene
04cm	Hyatt	Jack
05cm	Johnson	Robert
06cm	MacKey	Martha
07cm	Nickerson	Ellen
08cm	Noble	Calvin
09cm	Ryder	Ronald
10cm	Shore	Ferdinand
11cm	Tate	Richard
12cm	Thomas	Shirley
13cm	Winslow	George (Bud)
14cm	Zachow	Jerry

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