Alumni Weekend 2019

Bethany hosted the 11th annual alumni reunion weekend on September 28, 2019 for graduating classes ending in 4 and 9.

The Class of 1969 held its 50-year class reunion at Bethany, and the evening included tours of the school, a catered dinner, and children’s activities.

For class reunion photos click on the year:

1959

2019 - Class of 1959

Front (L to R): Ellsworth Risser, Myrna Burkholder, Helen (Steury) Nafziger, Verna (Yoder) Trautman, John Mullet, Eleanor (Sommers) Bieghler, Kenneth Mullett

Middle: Keith Newcomer, Carolyn (Myers) Chupp, Carolyn (Shrock) Hartman, Viola (Gingerich) Miller, Shelby (Summer) Morrisey, Rosetta (Bontreger) Miller, Ruby (Mullet) Farmwald, Wilmetta (Yoder) Maust

Back: J. Steiner, Merlyn Miller, Larry Miller, Richard Carpenter

1964

2019 – Class of 1964

The class of 1964 met Sept. 6 at the Essenhaus in Middlebury.

Front (L to R): Lee (Doolin) Smithson, Carol (Bauman) Miller, Marilyn (Davidhizer) Miller, Rita (Hooley) Lewis, Shirley (Bollman) Bricker, and Nancy (Miller) Ketcham

Middle: Rhoda (Yoder) Troyer, Carolyn (Hershberger) Reigsecker, Marolyn (Hershberger) Yoder, Inez (Miller) Edwards, Jeanette (Slabach) Campbell, Karen (Kuhns) Chupp, Cheryl (Weldy) Martin, Marilyn (Schrock) Stutzman, Carol (Gingerich) Beachy, and Eileen (Yoder) Miller

Back: Don Graber, Cecil Bontreger, Darrell Sommers, Titus King, David Kaufman, and Sherlin Bollman

1969

2019 – Class of 1969

Front (L to R): James R. Kraybill, Joan (Garber) Gingerich, Roger Schmucker, Shirley (Gingerich) Nunemaker, Harriet (Schrock) Martin, Ruth Ann (Lehman) Yoder,
Darlene (Cross) Plank, Rhoda (Shenk) Keener, Darrel Hostetler (sponsor)

Middle: Karen (Shrock) Miller, Ruth Slabach, James Beachy, Barb (Leinbach) Lehman, Carmen (Stutzman) Thompson, Miriam (Sutter) Lapp, June (Hershberger) Trcka, Frieda (Miller) Borntrager, Kathleen (Beck) Martin

Back: Jim Hiestand, Rod Maust, Roger Hooley, Jay Friesen, Ken Schmitt, Jared Yoder, Steve Dintaman, Rose (Mishler) Miller, Lorraine (Sommers) Reinford, Wilmer Hollinger (sponsor)

1974

2019 – Class of 1974

Front (L to R): Ruth (Horst) Stoltzfus, Garth Nauraine, Tony Troyer, Phil Frye, Lisa (Herr) Lederach

Back: Mark Gingerich, Mike Hoover, Larion Swartzendruber (Sponsor), Maria Granado, Linda Nunemaker, Ellen (Hoover) Stoesz, Helen (Stoltzfus) Bowman

1979

2019 – Class of 1979

Front (L to R): Kathy Meyer Reimer, Ruth (Weldy) Fitz-Gerald, Mary Lehman Bettis, Donita (Schwartzentruber) Rhodes, Rita (Hershberger) Bontrager, Geo Smith

Back: Ken Hochstetler, Dale Snyder, Andre Gingerich Stoner, Paul Meyer Reimer, Lee Penner, Ron Rheinheimer, Conrad Hochstetler

1984

2019 – Class of 1984

Front (L to R): Karen (Yoder) Kym, Randy Miller, Michelle Bontrager, Joleen Miller Myers, Vicki (Miller) Scaletta, Robert Kurtz, Morlin Elias

Back: Tammy (Stern) Miller, Dawn Leatherman McCarty, Becky Yoder Stichter, Sharman (Miller) Reimer, Karen (McElmurry) Pfahler, Jay Little, Bruce Campbell-Janz

1989

2019 – Class of 1989

See the Class of 1989's fun photo here!

Front (L to R): Suzy (Brugger) Kanode, Becky (Lichti) Randolph, Susan (Miller) Lusk, Deanna Risser, Erika (Yoder) Meyer

Back: Hank Willems, Nathan Kingsley, Calvin Swartzendruber, Denise Risser, Jen (Helmuth) Shenk

1999

2019 – Class of 1999

Mike Malott, Brian Mullet, Jeffery Weaver, Heidi Stoltzfus McHugh, Sallie (Landis) Davis

2004

2019 – Class of 2004

Front (L to R): Jordan Mumaw, Jes Stoltzfus Buller, Seth Miller

Back: Matt Yoder, Andrew Shank, Colin Yoder, Bryan Kauffman

2009

2019 – Class of 2009

Front (L to R): Mary Roth, Jodi (Stutzman) Misamore, Katie (Yoder) Grass, Juanita (Klassen) Sheline, Chelsea (Noble) Thomas, Casey (Snyder) Harwood, Sarah (Lederman) Roth, Alisha Snyder, Elyse Morgan

Back: John Leatherman, Matt Vander Werf, Jeremy Thomas, Jonathan Mark

2014

2019 – Class of 2014

Front (L to R): Katie Hurst, Samantha Kauffman, Brooke Hershberger, Marie Bontrager, Lana Smucker

Back: Tyler Hunley, Parth Patel, Joel Gerig, Justin Zehr, Joseph Mumaw, Lynea Kaethler