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Ken Gilberg










Spouse:  LaRee DeFreece
Phone Number:  314-822-4092
E mail Address:  info@herbariasoap.com
Present Occupation:  principal of Herbaria
Life and Family:   On the Tuesday before our last reunion in 1998, I had a blind date with a “gorgeous and
brilliant” woman. She was as she was billed, and I was crazy in love.  I remember talking to Nancy Feinstein
(Golden) at our 30th, and being a psychotherapist, I asked her how I could know if my overwhelming feelings were
really love or just infatuation.  She told me that we would know for sure in a few months. In six months we were
married.  These have been the happiest ten years of my life.

Next 10 Years:  About five years into our marriage, my wife, LaRee, started making all-natural soap. Everyone
who used it said it was simply the best soap ever. While she continued her work as an attorney, I turned her soap
into a business. In the next ten years, we’ll see how far we can take it. Please visit herbariasoap.com and you’ll
see what we’re all about.

Favorite Memories:  My memories of are of an age of innocence, before sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. For us it
wasn't rock 'n roll, it was soul music.  It was Wigwam, Camp White Cloud, double dates, Rinaldi's restaurant, a few
very good friends and 2000 acquaintances.
Gordon  Gale










Spouse:  Erin Donovan
Phone Number:   314 8220694
E mail Address:  ggalee@sbcglobal.net
Present Occupation:   Pediatric Critical
Care/ Oncology
Life and Family:    In 2004, I had coronary artery bypass surgery. After that ,I took up running. I ran the San
Diego marathon in 2005 and raised over $12,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I also qualified and
ran the Boston Marathon in 2006. I was fortunate enough to run the 2008 Boston Marathon as well. I have been
married for the past 10 years to a lovely young lady from south St Louis. We live in Kirkwood, Mo.

Next 10 Years:   I want one of my two sons to be successful enough that I can be their limo driver. If that doesn't
work out, I would like to decrease my work time and travel by cruise ship as much as possible

Favorite Memories:  Saturday afternoon football games and a less than stellar basketball team. Mr. Burns
(english), Mr. Bruns ( math) Mr. Hutchens(physics), Miss Bowers(english), Ms Doyle (french), Mr. Greenblatt
(gym) front hall before school
Linda  Gieselman  Kopetti











Spouse: Lazlo Kopetti  '68
Phone Number:   636-527-7946
E mail Address:  lkopetti@charter.net
Present Occupation:  Occupational Therapist/
Supervisor
Life and Family:    The last 10 years have found Laz and I checking off those big milestones, kids out of college,
kids married, kids buying first house. We have loved watching them find their own lives – and returning to ours!
We still enjoy each other’s company as much or more than 1968 and we are better at knowing what to do with it.

Next 10 Years:  I have visited 49 of the 50 states and by the reunion. I will have # 50. We are going to Alaska! I
enjoy all types of Needlework and challenging myself to learn new techniques and to be more creative.

Favorite Memories:  The best part of High school had to be my friends in what started as Tri-High-Y and
eventually being with Laz, of course
Barbara Framer
Phone Number:    314-989-9974
E mail Address:    bsframer@sbcglobal.net
Present Occupation:   Retired
Life and Family:    I moved back to St. Louis after having lived in Washington, DC for almost 30 years.  It's been
quite the adjustment.

Next 10 Years:   Get well and do more great things.

Favorite Memories:  Times with my friends - and you know who you are.
Judy Forst Sweet
Phone Number:   413-625-6537
E mail Address:   snpdrgon@aol.com
Present Occupation:  insurance customer service
Life and Family:   When I'm not working, I explore this beautiful piece of the planet and capture as much of
nature's awesome gifts as I can with my camera.  My 4 great-nieces and -nephews bring laughter into my life, and
I'm grateful that I still have my mother at age 86, living relatively close by in the White Mountains of NH.

Next 10 Years:  I'd like to travel to some of the places I haven't yet seen in this country and abroad.  The trouble
with living in New England is that I never want to leave, but I'd like to see the rest of the world while I can still do it
without a walker!

Favorite Memories:  Experiencing the incredible social changes of the 60s with an amazing group of bright
young people, whose ideals and optimism made almost anything seem possible.
Linda  Fixman










Phone Number:   314-962-9754
E mail Address:   alicetrudy@yahoo.com
Present Occupation:   Inventory clerk at Loud Technologies
Life and Family:   I started two new hobbies since the last reunion.  I do origami, mostly modular origami that
uses many papers  in each piece of origami.  And I play a folk harp.  I'm mostly a living room performer but
sometimes play for a small gathering of friends.

Next 10 Years:   Over the next ten years I'd like to retire or work fewer hours and probably start some new
hobbies that I don't even know about yet.

Favorite Memories:   My favorite memory is one of the last things that happened.  As we walked out of the
building at our  graduation and heard the band playing Pomp & Circumstance, someone recognized the music
and yelled out "Queen for a Day!"
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