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Imperial Schools Graduating Classes of 1974 and 1975
50th Year Reunion
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WHEN&WHERE
When & Where
The Imperial Schools graduating classes from 1974 and 1975 invite you to attend our FIFTY YEAR high school reunion, to be held at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel from May 3 through 5, 2024. Come join us for an event that has been a half century in the making.
For those who did not attend Imperial High School in the graduating classes of 1974 and 1975 who may be interested in attending, we would love to have you join us. Please click on the “CONTACT” button at the top of the page, send us your contact information, and we will get back with you shortly.
ACTIVITIES
Activities & Fees
Check out the planned reunion events on the panels below.
The fee for the reunion will be $250 per person. Attendees can pay reunion fees by clicking on the “Pay Reunion Fee” button below.
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May 03, 2024
FRIDAY 4:30 to 7:00 PM Check-in Meet and Greet reception with nibbles and sips 6:30 PM Choose from a variety of four restaurants in a setting that suits your preferences and budget.
May 04, 2024
SATURDAY 9:00 to 10:30 Brunch at the DFW Marriott in the Crosswinds Lounge.
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May 04, 2024
SATURDAY 11:00 to 5:00 On your own. Consider the following local church services as they are known to be (please confirm times and locations as we get closer to the reunion): COGWA Pastor Andy Burnett 2:00 PM Sabbath Services Location – 6525 Forest Lane Dallas, TX UNITED – Pastor Jorge De Campos 1:00 PM Sabbath Services Location – Plano, TX (about 20 miles northeast of the DFW airport – no specific address given). Living Church of God - (New Hope Fellowship facility) 475 E. Oates Road, Garland, TX 75043 Saturday - 11:00 a.m. Next to the Post Office INTERNATIONAL Pastor Chuck Knight 1:15 PM Sabbath Services Location – Haltom City (a western suburb of Fort Worth, about half hour from our anticipated location) Or review the “area attractions” that will be provided by the DFW Marriott to consider alternative ways to spend the day.
May 04, 2024
SATURDAY 5:00 to 6:00 PM -- wine/beer reception 6:00 to 7:30 -- dinner Gala event. Cocktail attire. Come join former classmates and friends as we celebrate 50 years since graduation of the class of 1974.
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May 05, 2024
SUNDAY 9:00 to 10:30 AM Farewell brunch at the DFW Marriott in the Crosswinds Lounge.
CLASSMATES
The Graduating Classes of 1974 and 1975
All photos are taken from the Imperial Schools Yearbook, the 1972, 1973, or 1974 Diplomats.
The Graduating Class of 1974
Pasadena Campus
Anita
Anderson
Bonita
Anderson
Marcia
Barriga
Nathan
Berg
Sheri
Beyer
Cindy
Cain
Jill
Clayton
Warren
Duke
Eugenie
Farrow
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Steven
Feazell
Thomas
Frampton
Mether
Grundy
Rick
Guthy
Ruth
Helmuth
Karline
Hoeh
Doug
James
Darryl
Johnson
Cindy
Kirkland
Ruth
Mcnair
Keith
Moore
Kyle
Moore
Christopher
Nelson
Glen
Perman
Donna
Pugh
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Randall
Robinson
Rachel
Rushing
Arthur
Sandoval
Judith
Sandoval
Keith
Slocum
Kevan
Smith
Melvin
Tims
Jennifer
Tkach
Peggy
Tolleson
Craig
Van Patten
Teresa
Wendling
Bruce
Wendt
Debra
Wendt
Jim
White
The Graduating Class of 1974
Big Sandy Campus
Jennie
Bates
Kathy
Braden
Rick
Carnes
Beth
Catuten
Erin
Clark
Shara
Dennis
Claire
Goodman
Malinda
Green
Buck
Hammer
Karl
Herrmann
Debbie
Hewitt
Cathy
Ingram
Tina
Meadville
Sue
Miller
Steve
Mooneyham
Tim
Orchard
Tom
Parrish
Ron
Pierce
Rodney
Ragan
Francis
Scherich, JR.
Becky
Wilson
Danny
Wilson
David L.
Wilson
David M.
Wilson
Marty
Yale
The Graduating Class of 1975
Pasadena Campus
Lill
Abrahamsen
Robert
Abrahamsen
Matthew
Armstrong
Larry
Baker
Grace
Briggs
Eugene
Brusacoram
Sandra
Conner
Linda
Contreras
Nancy
Dickinson
Geva
Dutton
Jeb
Egbert
Barbara
Ellis
Linnea
Erlander
Sharman
Flores
Edward
Frampton
Susan
George
Felicea
Glenn
Melanie
Hadley
Lance
Haupt
Anton
Johnson
Elizabeth
Kloster
Roger
Korthuis
Randy
LaBrier
Steven
Ludvigsen
John
McElwain
Michael
McKinney
Eric
Mohr
Karl
Mohr
Linda
Monsees
Marc
Oehlman
Toni
Perkins
Danny
Pritchard
Sandra
Pursell
Matthew
Rice
Phillip
Rice
Brian
Robinson
Kenny
Rothwell
Brenda
Schoon
Venetia
Seelig
Scott
Smith
Donna
Stone
Timothy
Swisher
Catherine
TenBroek
Gary
TenBroek
Cheryl
Thacker
Mark
Troike
Diane
Walther
Katherine
Warner
Scott
Wendling
David
Wendt
Wayne
Wendt
Rebecca
Wilson
Brian
White
The Graduating Class of 1975
Big Sandy Campus
Tina
Barker
Rhonda
Blackwell
Randall
Burcham
Roger
Burton
Bryan
Clark
Derrick
Coker
Sherry
Dykes
Noble
Fisk
Henry
Frances
Lloyd
Greer
Monica
Hannemann
Terru
Haynes
Mark
Henson
John
Jones
Tim
Joyner
Ron
Klepfer
Mike
Kottke
Scott
Martz
Carol
Neumann
Keith
Payne
Shannon
Rampy
Karen
Schmidt
David
Smith
Becky
Tidwell
Wayne
Weese
Stanley
West
Jane
Wilson
Wayne
Woodring
Mark
Wynn
Memories
Your comments and photos from "Tell Us About Yourself" will show here. We love catching up with your story over the decades that have passed.
Tom Frampton
Like everyone, much has happened in the last 50 years. My future career came to pass with a job I landed the summer between our junior and senior high school years. What started as a summer job working for an antique dealer next to the Pasadena train station morphed into what would later be called the ‘Casablanca Fan Company.’ We went from 1 employee (me) in May 1973 to over 200 employees by 1980, operating out of ten buildings scattered around Central Park in Pasadena. In January of 1984, I was able to buy out the specialty products side of the business and form my own ceiling fan manufacturing company that I named ‘Fanimation.’
We are located in the Indianapolis area and celebrated our 40th anniversary this past January. Both of my brothers work in the business; Ed is the VP of operations, and my son Nathan is the CEO. Our primary market is the US, Canada, and Mexico, and we have an office and operations in Asia.
In addition to my son, I have two daughters, Jen and Serena, and two grandkids, Avery and Dylan. I am married to the extraordinary and beautiful Lily, who recently retired from the pharmaceutical industry. We love to travel. This past year, we traveled to Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Hong Kong, and this May, we were in Morrocco.
Everyone will recall Mether Grundy; he was a good friend, but sadly, he passed away in May 2021. I was able to attend his memorial service in Sacramento. I signed the floral arrangement ‘Tom Frampton and the Imperial High School Class of 1974’. Mether was married to Emily; his four children are Crystal, James, Jeremy, and Michael. Mether had worked for more than twenty years in the food service industry.
Jerry Criner
Hello. I spent 44 years working as a C.N.C. machinist and retired 7 years ago. Had a terrible accident that has left me partially disabled and making it hard to walk. I celebrated my 24 years marriage to my beautiful wife this last January. I have two beautiful daughters. I also became an ordained minister about 10 years ago. So now I spend a lot of time playing video games since my mobility is limited.
George and Penny Geis
My wife of 55 years and I live in Cambria, CA. All three of our children are in education. My son George (Dewey) is a professor at the University of Virginia; My daughter Terri is a professor at NYU; and my daughter Anne is doing perhaps the most important work as a kindergarten teacher in Alameda. My wife Penny taught 4th grade at Westridge in Pasadena for many years. I have been on the faculty at UCLA since 1985, am retired but have been recalled to teach.
Lori (Reyer) Sexton
My only year at Imperial was 10th grade (72-73), and from there my family moved to Ohio. After graduation from high school I attended Ambassador College in Pasadena until it closed in 1978, then I moved to Iowa, where my family was living at that time.
After earning my bachelor’s degree at Iowa State University, I returned to Pasadena and worked in the Publishing Department. While working in Pasadena I met and married Denny Sexton. We remained in Pasadena until the end of 1990, when we relocated to the Billings, Montana area. We have 3 daughters, one son and two grandchildren. Denny has most recently worked as assistant to the CEO of a company that services the petroleum industry and I work there in the office part time. I also taught piano here for 25 years and worked several years as the accompanist for our local high school, which I really enjoyed. When our kids were younger, we had a family business breeding and raising Labrador Retrievers. Currently, Dana is office manager where Denny and I work, is married, and raising two teenagers, our son Ted works as a computer programmer/CNC machinist, Amy is an accountant for a firm in Chicago and travels internationally to work with clients, and Jennifer is an MA, working in a medical clinic.
My husband and I are semi-retired now and enjoying the benefits of living in the beautiful state of Montana. Our home overlooks the Yellowstone River and several mountain ranges in the distance.
I am disappointed that I can’t be there for the reunion! Sounds like it will be a great weekend.
Brian White
After graduating from AC I moved to Texas. Attended graduate school at SMU in Dallas. Then I worked as a chamber of Commerce executive for several years before relocating to North Dakota.
While in North Dakota I managed a non profit company for several years before going to work with the US Postal Service. I retired after 30 years with the USPS two years ago. Since then I have done consulting work with a transportation company with several hundred offices throughout the USA.
My wife Josn and our two children Emily (13) and Danielle (19) live in the capital city of Bismarck ND.
I will miss seeing everyone in Dallas; but, I wish all of you well and hope you have a great reunion.
Rachel (Rushing) and Art Wilson
My husband, Art, and I were quite disappointed to miss this reunion. :(
And here is hoping all is well with everyone else these days.
Let’s see, the last 50 years……. Well, 43 of those years I was married to Tom Frampton as many remember. I was divorced and it was quite hard. We have a 46 year old son, Nathan, and a 42 year old daughter, Jennifer. We have two grand children, Avery, our granddaughter and she is 16 and Dylan, our grandson is 14.
I did a ton of traveling with Tom over the years, and I have done quite a bit of volunteer work over the years. I thoroughly enjoyed taking ballroom dancing and some other dance styles that my dance instructor and I invented, you could say, and even the judges really enjoyed them. We did some performances and that was really fun.
Five years ago I married a wonderful man, Art Wilson, and we are very happy. We have gone through a lot the past year, especially, with his health. That culminated in liver and kidney transplants, a day apart in December. He is still recovering. It takes a long time.
We have two adorable Cavapoos, Evie and Abbey.
My Mom is 94 and still with us, but we lost Dad to Dementia in January of 2022. 😢😢
I was also saddened at the loss of some of our classmates. 😢😢 I’m looking forward to the Wonderful heavenly reunion someday!
Hope you all enjoy THIS reunion for now!
Rachel R. Wilson
Rick and Susan Carnes
Susan, a teacher, and I married in 1982, not long after I moved to Dallas and started working as a designer. Since then I have worked as creative director for three design studios, starting my own in 2000 . These many years have been wrapped around balancing the raising of our two wonderful daughters while working.
Through the years, we have always made time for sailing, a sport we both love. Our eldest daughter, Ashton, also a designer, is my right arm in our business, Carnes Group. Our younger daughter, Lauren, practices veterinarian medicine. We enjoy spending time with our daughters and their husbands, blessed that they live close.
Our greatest pride and joy is our two-year-old granddaughter, Camryn Lisa. When she wraps her arms around my legs and says, “PopPop, pick you (me) up,” I have no doubt that my family is my heart and soul.
Michelle Allegra
I'm going to just start with my move to Montana - got really tired of the big city and of living in Los Angeles about the same time as 911. My brother had previously moved to Montana and sang its praises loudly - so in 2002 I packed up and took off for the Flathead Lake in Northwest Montana - just a few miles south of Glacier National Park! This is a truly beautiful place to live - and if you ever visit, I will gladly be your tour guide!
I left behind employment in the music business and began to work for my brother doing financial investigations. I eventually bought his investigative agency from him and settled in Lakeside, MT and got a business partner. During the COVID madness my business partner decided to move away from Montana and I became a sole business owner. I am still doing financial investigations, but now my office is in my home, which is a tremendous way to work!!! I'm often working in my pajamas, while watching deer in the yard and eagles flying overhead!!! My newest partner in crime is my new puppy - Minnie Blu (a blue-heeler) and she's like having a rambunctious child! I'm not sure what I was thinking LOLOL.
Life is good, trying to stay healthy and strong - I have lots of really great friends around me! I am really grateful for the ability to see and talk to many of my classmates from Imperial on Facebook! It's so much fun to follow along and see how we are all doing! I'm SO sorry I was unable to attend this reunion... and looking forward to hearing about it and seeing photos! Have a FABULOUS time and I'll raise a toast the opening night of the reunion to many happy memories!
Russell and Phyllis Duke
A lot of time has passed since we left Imperial Schools in 1974. Russell pastored churches in Topeka, Ks. and Kansas City, MO.
We spent 13 years in Big Sandy, TX at Ambassdor University. While in Texas, he worked on and received a PhD in theology, and then became President of the University until it closed in 1997.
We then moved to California where he worked for Azusa Pacific University and served as Associate Dean of the School of Theology until he retired a few years ago.
We have been blessed to have been able to travel extensively in Europe and the Middle East, and still travel as much as we can.
Christopher James, our son, travels with a country band and has 2 daughters, both in college.
Tracy Jo, our daughter, lives in Marietta, GA and has a daughter in College and a son in high school.
We now live in Savannah, GA and are enjoying retirement!
Linda (Monsees) Stump
I was able to graduate early after Imperial closed in 1974 and went to work as a secretary for The Ralph M. Parsons Company. My husband, Kris, and I got married in August of 1975. I then worked as an executive assistant for a British company until Kris went into the military. He served honorably in the U.S. Air Force, working on several types of aircraft over the years. We were stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where our eldest daughter, Sheila, was born in 1980. We were transferred to Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, where our younger daughter, Erin, was born in 1982. Being a military wife was quite an experience; we were able to live in some beautiful places and hike and camp in the backcountry. I was fortunate to be a stay-at-home mum while our girls were little. We moved back to Pasadena for a few years while Kris was in the reserves. We loved hiking in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, and around the Grand Canyon and Mogollon Rim in Arizona.
Our lives changed rather abruptly when Kris was injured in an accident caused by a drunk driver, and we lived in Phoenix, Arizona for two years before moving to south-central Pennsylvania in 1992. I worked for over two decades in the insurance industry and spent several years as the Chief Compliance Officer for a bank-owned insurance broker-dealer and was responsible for emergency management and business recovery. The company had offices across the country, so I had the opportunity to travel regularly for work. I retired in November of 2021, and I am now working part time as a compliance consultant. It gives me a bit more time to focus on writing, and I have a couple of historical fiction book projects in the works.
Both our daughters graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, and still live in Pittsburgh. Sheila is married to Sean, and they have two children, Shane and Shelby. Erin is married to Josh, and they have two rescue dogs. While we don’t get to see our grandchildren and grand-dogs as often as we’d like, technology allows us to stay in touch. I hope you all have a wonderful time at the reunion, and I will look forward to seeing photos. All the best!
Matthew Ted Armstrong
Dear all of my Class of ’74 (Big Sandy, TX) and my Class of ’75 (Pasadena, CA). I am sadden for not to make it come to seeing each of you, all of you whom I love, enjoys and laughs with…Now I hardly to believe it’s 50th Anniversary REUNION, already! From the Philippines where I live now temporary, or I stay live there?
I am doing just fine and am happy. I am so proud of my two sons who are grown up, Andrew Seth, now 32 yrs old and Hunter Ted, 24 yrs old, he recent to joined the U.S. NAVY.
Many of you know that I went to Ambassador College after Imperial High School for only Freshmen year. Kyle Moore joined with me to the American Falls, Idaho, for us work as driver of Commercial Vehicle (18 wheelers truck and 53’ long of trailer for the Farmers, harvest of Sugar Beets and famous Giant Potato. My dad were not happy! haha. He asked me to go join with my best friend, best cousin, Rick Carnes for the Junior Kilgore College, I accept and went to live in Big Sandy while I attends several of classes all about artist, advertising, etc. at the Kilgore College for one short season in 1976. Then I moved back to Pasadena and started attends at Pasadena City College for one year 1977. In late of 1977, I got a job full time for the “Good News” and “The Plain Truth” magazines as a Graphics Artist, work together with Greg Smith, also I work at the Printing shop for the magazines in the Dark Room. Till I retired (after 42 years my career as the Graphics Artist and Art director.
Sadly, I got a final of divorced in 2007. Andrew was 11 and Hunter was 5. You wondering why so late raise sons? Simple, I never married til I was 34, second son born happened I was 41!
I am not a Grandfather and I am 67! So you are too! Haha. Cheer to each of you, please stay in good healthy, for I am still swimming as my work out almost everyday at Olympic Pool where I rent the house in Philippines, for it’s a short walk distance to the pool. I thanks God for blessing for I am now enjoying my retirement in Philippines.
Bryan Clark
My family left Pasadena for Big Sandy in the middle of 9th grade (I still remember the sendoff I received in Mrs. French’s English class). From there we moved to the thriving metropolis of Oroville, California for my senior year. After high school, I spent several years gold mining and wildland fire fighting (I developed a great body and tan – both long gone so you have to take my word for it). Finally I submitted to my inner calling as a science nerd and attended UC Santa Cruz (yes that one – where Angela Davis was a professor. Huey Newton attended the same college as I did and received his PhD the year I graduated. A bit different than the Ambassador experience). I met my wife, Debbie, there and after school we moved over the hill to the Silicon Valley where we have been ever since. We have two amazing (in spite of their dad) daughters, Skylar and Kacy, and one granddaughter Kailee who is 11 going on 55. After spending 30+ years in industry and outlasting 4 technologies from audio tape through DVDs and spending way too much time away from home, I retired. I now spend most of my time trying to find new ways to annoy Debbie. In my spare time, I enjoy tending to our Monarch butterfly ranch, or weed patch as Debbie refers to it (we are hoping for 200+ head this year), and teaching science at a local elementary school.
I look forward to seeing everyone. If I meet you with a bit of a blank face, please forgive me, it’s been 50+ years and we are getting kinda old!
Memories
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