Kennett High School, Class of 1961
Faculty and Administration
Kennett Consolidated School District Board
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)
Bradford W. Bowman (died Sept. 26, 2018)
Helen C. Collins (died Jan. 19, 1992)
Norman L. Davidson (died Jan. 16, 1985)
Richard J. Fisher (died Oct. 3, 1986)
Walter H. Hodge (died June 12, 2013)
Charles J. Hollister (died June 6, 1996)
Raymond L. Irwin (died Sept. 3, 1977)
W. Milo Jackson (died Jan. 18, 1985)
John S. Neill (died Jan. 9, 2009)
Monroe L. Nute, Sr. (died July 21, 1982)
John 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), Principal
Kenneth A. Webb (died July 23, 2000), Assistant Principal
Junior-Senior High School Faculty
John D. Armstrong (died April 2, 2006), Social Studies
Sarah C. Becker (died Feb. 15, 2008), Reading and English
Herbert Bernstein, English and Spanish
Glen H. Buckwalter (died April 26, 1965), Mathematics
Edna L. Bullock (died Jan. 20, 1992), English
Patrick M. Canfield (died Feb. 21, 2013), Music
George R. Casey (died Oct. 6, 2006), Mathematics and Science
Ruthbarbara Clifton (died Dec. 20, 1967), Social Studies
Corrin N. Corbin (died March 17, 2015), Mathematics
Edward J. Dolan (died Jan. 9, 2001), English
Susan L. Dunmire (died June 18, 2023), English
Glenna M. Eshleman, Library
Lewis J. Farina (died March 11, 2006), Mathematics
Edward F. Fitzkee (died Nov. 11, 2020), English
Margaret B. Gersen (died Feb. 17, 1998), Geography and History
Fred J. Gilfillan (died Dec. 1, 2005), Social Studies
Alice C. Green (died Jan. 30, 2002), Home and School Visitor
Robert Gwinner (died Dec. 26, 2005), Geography
Frank D. Helker (died Oct. 29, 2017), Physics
Edmund L. Holcroft (died Sept. 11, 2020), Health, Physical Education
Constance W. Ingram (died July 24, 1989), English
George W. Jacobs (died June 1, 2012), Agriculture
Edna W. Jackson (died July 12, 2011), Nurse
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
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), French
Raymond M. Moynihan (died Oct. 4, 1965), Mathematics
John B. Nye (died April 27, 2013), Mathematics
Anne M. Ott (died Jan. 23, 1994), Health and 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
Jane Rupert (died March 26, 2002), History
Patricia A. Severin, Home Economics
Dolores Solick (died Oct. 8, 1995), Music
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
Donald H. Stauffer (died Dec. 22, 2017), Geography
Nancy E. Stees (died Dec. 23, 1981), Biology
Jay P. Steinmetz (died Sept. 18, 2017), Industrial Arts
Bonnie J. Tanis, Home Economics
Alvin F. Wakeland (died Jan. 19, 1977), English and Latin
Herbert L. Waltz (died May 11, 1993), Industrial Arts
Elizabeth W. Weisgerber (died March 8, 2017), Reading
Kenneth C. Wendel, History
Robert York (died March 16, 1997), English
Walter A. Zale (died July 25, 1983), Industrial Arts
Support Staff
Mrs. Mamie Baccino (died Aug. 30, 2005), Cafeteria
Mrs. Edith Bird (died July 21, 2011), Cafeteria
Mrs. Henrietta Crossan (died Dec. 15, 1979), Cafeteria
Preston DeHaven (died Aug. 28, 1998), Maintenance
Mrs. Jean Dent, Office
Giovani Diana (died Feb. 6, 1996), Maintenance
Mrs. Nina Fogg (died June 17, 2003), Office
Mrs. Jean Fuller, Office
Joseph Gabrille, Maintenance
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), Maintenance
E. J. Kendall (died July 16, 1969), Maintenance
Mrs. 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
Mrs. Hazel Nead (died Dec. 2, 2017), Cafeteria
John C. Osborne (died Feb. 8, 1966), Maintenance
Mrs. Margaret Osborne (died Dec. 25, 2022), Office
Lee Parsons (died Dec. 27, 1975), Maintenance
Raymond Pierson (died Oct. 23, 1973), Maintenance
Charles W. Pyle (died March 20, 1969), Maintenance
Carl Quinn (died July 18, 1969), Maintenance
James H. Sharpless (died March 3, 1962), Maintenance
Mrs. Naomi Stanley (died Feb. 20, 2010), Cafeteria
Mrs. Nancy Starr, Office
Mrs. Marion Steele (died Feb. 5, 2001), Office
J. Phillips Walter (died Sept. 25, 1987), Maintenance
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