Spring 2020
Dear Members of the Class of 1952,
Like colleges all over the country (and the world), Luther College is experiencing a spring semester like no other. Our students are participating in remote learning, connecting with their professors and classmates online. It certainly isn't the spring semester we imagined, but Luther is responding with resiliency and creativity.
Many of us are making adjustments, sometimes daily or even hourly, to these uncertain times but we wanted to connect with you and to send you Harold's letter that he wrote to you, the Class of 1962, just weeks before we became immersed in the COVID-19 pandemic. We think you'll enjoy reading what he has to share, knowing, of course, that any events referenced may have been cancelled or postponed.
We hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy during these times. For updated information about Luther's response to the pandemic, visit
luther.edu.
Many thanks for your steadfast love and support.
Mariah Bringer Smith ‘95
Director of Development, Current Gifts
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Dear Classmates:
Would you believe, a letter just came from the Luther College Development Office regarding our class agent spring letter. It came as the author writes that Decorah is having a snow time. As weather is mentioned, here at Royal Oaks Life Care Community in Sun City, Ariz., it is very mild. We have highs in the 50s at this time of the year.
In the patio, the American flag flies each day, and joins three others in sight. The view is a sight of beautiful green grass recently trimmed. The walking pool is in view as well as the fitness center. They call my view - location, location, location.
But then again, some of my classmates have written that they remember a day, June 26, 1990, when the temperature here was 122 degrees. I heard about it, but Margene and I were leading a tour group of 40 people that day in Switzerland. This group traveled to attend the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. This has been produced each August every 10 years since 1634. We learned that the actors and actresses are all people that have grown up in the community of Oberammergau. During the intermission, at about noon, the actors serve the tourists at their businesses and shops. We have been blessed to work with Group Travel Directors of Minneapolis on these tours. A Luther graduate, Janet Tollund '73, provides professional service from GTD.
I hope that our Class of 1952 took part in the Luther Giving Day on March 5, 2020. As for me, I changed the time of my annual contribution to coincide with the special Giving Day at Luther. Since our family has many cousins as graduates of Luther, it is my hope that your families are participating as well.
Last week on Facebook, a picture appeared with the Roger Andersen family celebrating his 90th birthday. What we have in common is that we are high school pals and we sang in the school quartet. In our senior year (1948) we sang,
I Got Shoes
and won top honors in the Wisconsin State music contest. Since then, Roger has sung in barber shop groups and I have in quartets at churches. At American Lutheran Church in Sun City, our quartet is called the Ah-Men singers. I hope all our former Nordic members are keeping active in your singing. We are all blessed to be a blessing.
Soli Deo Gloria,
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Harold Peterson
1952 Class Agent
10015 W. Royal Oak Road, Apt. 130
Sun City, AZ 85351-3115
623-972-9202
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OBITUARIES
Aanon Rolf Jore
of Caledonia, Minn., died July 4, 2019, age 88.
Phyllis A. (Rossing) Trytten
, 89, of Boise, Idaho, formerly of Decorah, died Oct. 6, 2019, age 89.
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