Twenty-eight teachers and school personnel, who have contributed a combined total of 709.25 years of service to the LaPorte Community School Corporation and its students, will retire at the end of this 2012-2013 school year.
The retirees, along with dozens of other school corporation personnel who have served for many years, were feted at a May 16 Star-Studded Evening Recognition Dinner hosted by the school corporation.
Here are lists of the honorees released by the school corporation:
2012 – 2013 retirees
Rande Thorpe – 5 years Chief Financial Officer
Karen Huskey – 11.25 years Itinerant Elementary Nurse
Diane Avila – 15 years Hailmann School Custodian
Judy Elkins – 16.5 years Handley School Computer Lab Assistant
William Unger – 16.5 years LaPorte High School Custodian
Kathleen Leliter – 18 years Crichfield School Teacher
Ann Werner – 19 years LaPorte High School Teacher
Jackie Carpenter – 20 years Indian Trail School Secretary
Walter Reeves – 21. 5 years Special Education Psychologist
Robert Dudiak – 23 years Crichfield School Custodian
Greg Handel – 24 years LaPorte High School Principal
Connie Wollert – 24 years LaPorte High School Attendance Office
Karen Cooper – 25 years Special Education Teacher
Mary Gust – 25 years Crichfield School Teacher
Darlene Mannix – 25 years Indian Trail School Teacher
Janice Knoll – 25.5 years Crichfield School Food Service
Larry Crail – 26 years Technology Department Computer Technician
Tonya Pennington – 26 years Lincoln School Food Service
Lynne Wahlstrom – 26 years Crichfield School Teacher
George Varga – 26.5 years LaPorte High School Teacher
Gwen Baxmeyer – 28 years Handley School Teacher
Linda Nulf – 28.5 years LaPorte High School Bookstore
Sue McDonald – 34 years LaPorte High School Teacher
Carol Schultz – 34 years LaPorte High School Teacher
Carol Koenemann – 39 years Handley School Assistant
Pam Steck – 40 years Riley School Teacher
Joyce Koselke – 43 years LaPorte High School Teacher
Jim Lampl – 44 years LaPorte High School Teacher
Total Years of Service/All Retirees Combined: 709.25
15 years of service
Diane Avila – Hailmann Elementary School Custodian
Debra Bailey – LaPorte High School Teacher
Debra Bell – Kingsbury Elementary School Food Service
Cathi Church – Boston Middle School Teacher
Bonnie DeWolf – Boston Middle School Teacher
Kristen Doty – Riley Elementary School Teacher
Susan Getz – Kesling Middle School Assistant
Jayne Grillo – Educational Services Center Deputy Treasurer
Kathleen Haferkamp – Hailmann Elementary School Teacher
Karen Kabacinski – Itinerant Elementary School Nurse
Kory Lyles – Technology Computer Technician
Leslie Mitchell – Indian Trail Elementary School Teacher
Darlene Ohime – LaPorte High School Teacher
Debbie Patterson – Transportation Department Office Personnel
Catherine Pearce – Riley Elementary School Assistant
Lynette Phillips – Lincoln Elementary School Teacher
Carolyn Redlarczyk – Kesling Middle School Counselor
Susan Schwerd – Wanatah School Teacher
Ryan Snyder – Boston Middle School Custodian
Charles Stephens – LaPorte High School Teacher
Jerry Trujillo – LaPorte High School Custodian
Sarah Worthington – Indian Trail Elementary School Teacher
Jodi Zygmuntowski – Kingsford Heights Elementary School Teacher
20 years of service
Lorna Bassett – Crichfield Elementary School Teacher
Claudine Beaty – Transportation Department Bus Driver
Mary Bencie – Nurse Coordinator
Ken Buckmaster – Handley Elementary School Custodian
Jackie Carpenter – Indian Trail School Secretary
Jeanne Christner – LaPorte High School Counselor’s Office
Debra Coddington – Crichfield Elementary School Custodian
Joan Ewing – Kesling Middle School Teacher
Tina Friedrich – Handley Elementary School Teacher
Vicki Hannon – Westville School Teacher
Krista Hay – Handley Elementary School Teacher
Sherry Jagger – Indian Trail Elementary School Teacher
Linda Kendall – Kesling Middle School Teacher
Louis Kuzdas – LaPorte High School Teacher
Scott Myers – Kesling Middle School Teacher
Debra Ohime – Indian Trail Elementary School Teacher
Pam Pierzakowski – Kesling Middle School Food Service
Roberta Rice – LaPorte High School Receptionist
Greg Samuelson – Kesling Middle School Teacher
Pam Upp – Handley Elementary School Principal
Scott Upp – LaPorte High School Associate Principal
Mary Wade – LaPorte High School Office Personnel
Bill Wilmsen – Kesling Middle School Principal
Mark Wilson – Kesling Middle School Teacher
Zeda Wisniewski – Special Education Teacher
25 years of service
Karen Cooper – Special Education Autism Consultant
Debbie Crail – Kingsford Heights Elementary School Custodian
Larry Crail – Technology Department Computer Technician
Becky Dunbar – Riley Elementary School Teacher
Mary Gust – Crichfield Elementary School Teacher
Bill Hart – Kesling Middle School Teacher
James Hartwick – Kingsbury Elementary School Teacher
Marjorie Hawkins – Kesling Middle School Teacher
Connie Kamradt – Transportation Department Bus Driver
Janice Knoll – Crichfield Elementary School Food Service
Nancy Levenhagen – Handley Elementary School Teacher
Darlene Mannix – Indian Trail Elementary School Teacher
Diane Meyer – Hailmann Elementary School Teacher
Donna Nielsen – Transportation Bus Driver
Tonya Pennington – Lincoln Elementary School Food Service
Mary Reimink – LaPorte High School Registrar
Sandi Thompson – Handley Elementary School Teacher
Lynne Wahlstrom – Crichfield Elementary School Teacher
Wendy Walter – Special Education Teacher
Pat Werner – Special Education Teacher
30 years of service
Gwen Baxmeyer – Handley Elementary School Teacher
Robert Snyder – Support Services Center Utility Custodian
Mona Tisch – Crichfield Elementary School Teacher
Kristi Watkins – Itinerant Elementary Music Teacher
Gerry Wiley – LaPorte High School Counselor
35 years of service
Diane Blakemore – LaPorte High School Teacher
Janet Deutscher – Crichfield Elementary School Teacher
Linda Eggleston – Transportation Department Bus Driver
Lana Fenstermaker – Handley Elementary School Teacher
Bill Gangwer – LaPorte High School Teacher
Dorcus Greene – Riley Elementary School Teacher
Jan Yandt – Kingsbury Elementary School Teacher
40 years of service
Chris Profilovich – Kingsbury Elementary School Teacher
Pam Steck – Riley Elementary School Teacher