Punahou '59

40+ years after graduation and still "looking good" ...

 

Enjoy these recent (post 40th reunion) photos of our mini-reunions, pau hana parties, birthday celebrations, weddings, vacations, grandchildren, and other shared life events.

 

 


 

  Punahou '59  Norpu "wahini" Carol Hartman, Pauahi Judd, Muffie Wall, DeeDee Morgan, Dianne Helbush, Lynn Hamilton, Pam Andrade, and Jan Collins enjoy "Lunch with the Ladies" in Palo Alto in May in honor of visiting Carol Hartman.  

 


 

  Norpu '59 summer 2002 reunion at Jon and Karen's in Tiburon. Dee Dee Morgan, Bruce Thomas, Jon Larson, Julie Beadle, Marilyn Waite, Pami Andrade, Joyce Saxton, Steve Foster, Sally Lorimer, Muffie Wall, Jo Ann Choi, Lynn Hamilton, Tom Chun, Pauahi and Pat, Byron Bader '56, Ilona Ondo, Jan Collins, Julie's Ken, Bill Henorn '80, Jan's Ren.

 


 

  Muffie Wall, Marilyn Waite and Don, Merson Skinner, Jo Ann Choi 

 


 

  Tom's wife Sally and daughter Punky, Joyce Saxton, Ilona Ondo, Jo Ann Choi, Mar Waite, Jon Larson, Tom Chun 

 


 

  Steve and Jon, taking advantage of the opportunity, enjoy the fact is is much easier to get big hugs and kisses from the girls now than it was back in '59. 

 


 

  Punahou '59  "wahini"  Denby Fawcett, Midgi Weidnecht and Terry McKinney enjoy an April "Lunch with the Ladies" in Honolulu in honor of Marilyn "Mar" Waite visiting from the Mainland.

 

 


 

Christmas 2001 Party for former Norpu Bay Area visitors Doug and Jean Snyder included Judi, Steve, Jan and Pauahi with their significant others Enrique, Valdeen, Ren and Pat. 

 


 

"Ladies night out". Our '59 wahini are looking great as always.

Front left to right:  Suey Wilsey, Sandra Osorio, Barbara Buscher, Anne McNaughton, Terry McKinney

Back left to right:  Kehau Kea, Sonja Mollenhoff, Midgi Weidnecht

 

 


 

 

Clayden Jim, Liz Feirer, Vicky Hollinger and Charm Cushnie suck 'em up at a '59 Pau Hana party at Diane and Bob's.

 


 

Party at Midgi's for Marilyn. Bottom to top, left to right are Midgi Weidnecht, Denby Faucett, Helen Larson, Marilyn Waite, Rick Wolter, John Jackson, Elsbeth McKeen, Terry McKenny, Diane Devereux, Barbara Buscher, Clinton Jamile, Jon Willers, Margie Tam, Bill Dupin, Jim Haley, Susan Hata, Charm Cushnie, Leslie Paul and Carol Hartman.

 

 


 

Marilyn and Midgi (1959) - Marilyn and Midgi (2001)

 


 

Denby Fawcett, Jon Willers, Andre Tatibouet and Sally Viean enjoy a typical '59 group hug.

 


 

DeeDee Morgan with Karen and Jon Larson, and Merson Skinner and Kalani Niemeyer (Punahou '56) at a San Francisco party with Byron Bader's music group.

Jan Collins visits Frank Young at his farm in Tennessee.

 


 

Judy Ramsdell sends us this photo of her farmhouse digs in Britanny, France where she recently relocated. She retired after a career working in Paris. Judy and her dog Stanley send their best to everyone. She is sorry to have missed our 40th but "enjoys the '59 web site all the way from Brittany".

 


 

 

Jon and Karen Larson welcome Jon's niece Rebecca's new husband Gage to the family at a recent engagement party in Tiburon prior to the destination wedding in Hanalei, Kauai.


   

 

Karl Polifka stands on the wing of an old warhorse and remembers times long ago and far away.

 


 

Joyce Saxten and husband Don at a Norpu get together at Judi Kleene's home in Los Gatos near San Francisco.

 


 

 

Karl and Lois check some Sonoma wines -- so much wine, so little time.

 

 


 

 

Frank Young checks out his livestock on his back 40 in Tennessee.

 

 


 

 

Bob Akinaka and his son Kimo on Kimo's graduation from pre-school. Good luck to Kimo and may he have a long and illustrious school career like his father.

 

 


 

Jon and Karen Larson on the "Crystal Harmony" summer cruise to Alaska.

 


 

 

Jimbo Haley finds a rare Iliahi sandalwood seed in the Palehua area of the Waianae Mountains for the Iliahi Foundation of Hawaii for germination and outplanting in the Punahou Class of 1959 Memorial Grove at Honouliuli Nature Preserve. 

 


 

The Norpu gang gathers at JoAnn Choi's loft in San Francisco for an Aloha party welcoming Dick and Sandy Ednie to the Mainland.  Party attendees included JoAnn Choi, DeeDee Morgan, Ilona Gay Ondo, Pauahi Judd, Dianne Helbush, Steve Foster, Jan Collins, Judi Kleene, Joyce Iwanaga (Monty's wife), and Joyce Saxten.

 

 



 

Please send your photos for posting on our web site for the enjoyment of all to:

Jon_Larson@hotmail.com   -  4 Mateo Drive  Tiburon,  CA 94920

Mahalo !