Kennett High School, Class of 1959
Faculty and Administration
Kennett Consolidated School District Board of Education
D. Duer Reynolds (died May 31, 1965), President
Robert L. Hershey (died June 19, 1973), Vice President
Richard T. Worrall (died May 4, 1984), Treasurer
Martha R. Hannum (died Jan. 20, 1999), Secretary
Angelo Bertrando (died April 10, 2000)
Helen C. Collins (died Jan. 19, 1992)
Norman L. Davidson (died Jan. 16, 1985)
Richard J. Fisher (died Oct. 3, 1986)
Edward D. Hannum (died May 21, 1977)
Charles J. Hollister (died June 6, 1996)
Raymond L. Irwin (died Sept. 3, 1977)
W. Milo Jackson (died Jan. 18, 1985)
Paul E. Middleton, Jr. (died Dec. 10, 1960)
Everitt L. Miller (died Feb. 11, 2002)
Monroe L. Nute, Sr. (died July 21, 1982)
John L. Romig (died March 16, 1984)
William J. Scarlett (died Sept. 25, 2005)
Ralph S. Sharpless (died May 21, 1990)
Oscar H. Styer (died Jan. 8, 1979)
Robert P. Thompson (died July 19, 2022)
KCSD Administrative Staff
Milman E. Prettyman (died June 28, 1984), Supervising Principal
Roscoe A. Peters (died Nov. 26, 1986), Administrative Assistant
John P. Mattern (died May 21, 1981), Director of Curriculum and Guidance
Junior-Senior High School Administration
Forrest R. Schaeffer (died Sept. 2, 2010), High School Principal
Kenneth A. Webb (died July 23, 2000), Assistant Principal
Junior-Senior High School Faculty
Frances Anderson, Nurse
John D. Armstrong (died April 2, 2006), Social Studies
Glen H. Buckwalter (died April 26, 1965), Mathematics
Edna L. Bullock (died Jan. 20, 1992), English
Patrick Canfield (died Feb. 21, 2013), Music
Corrin N. Corbin (died March 17, 2015), Mathematics
Susan L. Dunmire (died June 18, 2023), English
Iona O. Eicher (died June 23, 1976), Home Economics
Glenna M. Eshleman, Library
Edward F. Fitzkee (died Nov. 11, 2020), English
Francis M. Gavas, Industrial Arts
Margaret B. Gersen (died Feb. 17, 1998), Geography
Alice Green (died Jan. 30, 2002), Home and School Visitor
Frank D. Helker (died Oct. 29, 2017), Physics
Constance W. Ingram (died July 24, 1989), English
George W. Jacobs (died June 1, 2012), Agriculture
Virginia R. Kast (died Jan. 24, 2013), Guidance
Nathan W. Kendig (died June 13, 2014), History
Earl R. Knorr (died July 24, 2007), Problems of Democracy
William H. Labenberg (died Nov. 28, 2011), Health
Leo L. Lawrence (died Sept. 1, 1985), Commercial Studies
Elsie J. Martin (died Dec. 28, 1986), English
Donald McKelvie (died Feb. 12, 1993), Chemistry
Grace M. Merrick (died Aug. 22, 1990), English
John E. Messinger (died Jan. 14, 2000), Driver Education
Ethel B. Moyer, Physical Education
Evelyn M. Moyer (died March 15, 2008), Foreign Languages
Raymond M. Moynihan (died Oct. 4, 1965), Mathematics
John B. Nye (died April 27, 2013), Mathematics
Anne M. Ott (died Jan. 23, 1994), Physical Education
Ray L. Ott (died Oct. 25, 1990), Music
Charles M. Paynter (died May 14, 2003), Physical Education
Sherlyn W. Pursel (died Aug. 28, 1991), Art
R. Barry Rees (died July 29, 2006), Commercial Studies
Carol H. Replogle, Commercial Studies
Jane Rupert (died March 26, 2002), History
Patricia A. Severin, Home Economics
Walter S. Soliwoda (died Oct. 30, 2019), History
Richard B. Souser (died Dec. 28, 1979), Science
John J. Staikides (died June 19, 1975), Art
George V. Starr, Mathematics
Nancy E. Stees (died Dec. 23, 1981), Science
Howard K. Surplus (died Nov. 12, 2010), Social Studies
Herbert F. Truxton (died Sept. 9, 1987), Health and Physical Education
Alvin F. Wakeland (died Jan. 19, 1977), English and Latin
Herbert L. Waltz (died May 11, 1993), Industrial Arts
Joan W. Watson (died Sept. 12, 2015), Social Studies
Elizabeth W. Weisgerber (died March 8, 2017), Reading
Kenneth C. Wendel, Social Studies
Walter A. Zale (died July 25, 1983), Industrial Arts
Support Staff
Edith Bird (died July 21, 2011), Cafeteria
Vernon Brock (died June 8, 1977), Maintenance
Henrietta Crossan (died Dec. 15, 1979), Cafeteria
Ruth Davidson (died Nov. 3, 2013), Cafeteria
Mrs. Jean Dent, Office
Giovani Diana (died Feb. 6, 1996), Maintenance
James D. Fahey (died Sept. 4, 1958), Maintenance
Mrs. Nina Fogg (died June 17, 2003), Office
Mrs. Dorothy Harkins (died July 6, 2019), Office
Horatio S. Harris (died Jan. 30, 1988), Maintenance
Alfred Hawkins (died March 28, 1971), Maintenance
Merle Hostetler (died June 15, 1991), Cafeteria,Maintenance
E. J. Kendall (died July 16, 1969), Maintenance
Valadia Mackereth (died April 24, 2004), Cafeteria
Charles S. Mellotte (died March 1984), Maintenance
Lewis T. Melrath (died March 28, 1973), Maintenance
Herbert C. Morgan (died Aug. 31, 1989), Maintenance
John C. Osborne (died Feb. 8, 1966), Maintenance
Lee Parsons (died Dec. 27, 1975), Maintenance
Raymond Pierson (died Oct. 23, 1973), Maintenance
Charles W. Pyle (died March 20, 1969), Maintenance
Roland Pyle (died Dec. 3, 1976), Maintenance
Carl Quinn (died July 18, 1969), Maintenance
James H. Sharpless (died March 3, 1962), Maintenance
Naomi Stanley (died Feb. 20, 2010), Cafeteria
Mrs. Marion Steele (died Feb. 5, 2001), Office
Newell Taylor (died Oct. 5, 1978), Cafeteria,Maintenance
J. Phillips Walter (died Sept. 25, 1987), Cafeteria,Maintenance
Miss Shirley Weaver, Office
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