Dear Fellow Classmate,
It’s been awhile! Luther Class Letters shut down during this horrid Covid plague, but we are up and running again and I am happy to be in touch with you once more.
Ideally this would be a two-way conversation. I truly would enjoy hearing from you, whether you have big news to share or just a few words about how you are staying positive and finding joy in each new day.
Here’s my feel-good story from December: The clerk at the grocery store was halfway through ringing up my purchases when I discovered that I had removed my wallet from my purse. I apologetically asked if she could set my bags aside while I dashed home to get money to pay for them when the man behind me asked, “How much do you need?” When I told him, he got the cash from his wallet and paid for my groceries! “I’ll be happy to mail this to you,” I said. To which he replied, “‘Tis the season. I like to pay it forward.” Oh, yes, and did I mention that the man was in a wheelchair?
The only class members I have heard from in months have been Marilyn Lokensgard Martinson who has moved from Alaska to Dallas to be close to her son; Janet Freed Ostercamp who moved across the river from Moorhead, Minn. to Fargo, N. Dak. just about the same time as I was moving to similar senior living digs in Madison; Bev (Manthey) Kent who, with her husband, is enjoying grandchildren and retirement in Seattle; and Hilda Mary (Raatikka) Schoon. Thank you. I am sadly missing Elaine (Wischoff) Looft who died this past year. She and I had a once-a-year lunch date in Lake Geneva for the last 25 years or so.
I received lovely thank you letters from the three LC students who benefit from our Class of 1957 scholarship. One of the three (a fourth generation LC student whose name is Luther!) is a biology major and he loves all the outdoor activities Decorah offers. One of the two young women is a psych major and is on the tennis team. The other is a theater major who says, “Thank you for believing in me and Luther College. Your support has made a huge difference.”
Before I sign off and let Luther add a few words let me step up to my soap box and say———
Wear your mask, stay current with your shots, and vote in every single election!
Love, Hildy
