Class of 1949
(names of deceased in bold blue font)
First Communion; May 10, 1942
Photo: compliments of Joanne Kircher Hunt
First Communion; May 10, 1942
1st Row X, Wendell John Harden, Dale Michael Gibbons, Karl William Seeburger, Donald Quinn, X, Carolyn Allan, Judith Glas, X,, X, John Smith, Gale Patrick Gibbons, Gary Eugene Warren, John Lawrence Easley?
2nd Row Mary Lou Anderson, Beulah Helen Daley, Peggy Zaun, Sarah Joan Ries, Jerry James Gottner, Jack Shelledy, William Joseph Hayes, Joanne Irene Kircher, X, Patsy Ann Coburn, Judith Crawford, Claradell Gergely
3rd Row Sister Marie Celine, X, X, Susan Walsh, Carolyn Sue Craig, X, X, X, Eugene Joseph Senn, Janet Marie Pritchard, X, Father James Cronin Maher
NOTE: In the Des Moines Messenger May, 1942 article below right, here are the names of those who were listed as having participated in the 1942 All Saints First Communion Group. I have highlighted (bolded in maroon) those whom I have not identified in the picture above. I have contacted their families and am attempting to appropriately identify all of the individuals in the picture. Those names below bolded in blue are deceased.
Mary Lou Anderson Young, Judith Crawford Swift, Patricia Ann Coburn Zuck, Joan Ries Harvey, Susan Walsh Wilmore, Marlyse Baldwin, Bernice Brommel, Claradell Gergely Shedd, Beulah Halen Daley Waskow, Margaret (Peggy) Zaun Grimes, Mary Hartz, Joanne Irene Kircher Hunt, JoAnne Theobald Stockel, Clara Kelley, Carolyn Sue Craig Davis, William James Immel, Wendell John Harden, Dale Michael Gibbons, Karl William Seeburger, James Smith, Gerald James Gottner, Eugene Joseph Senn, Joseph Patrick Meng, Gary Eugene Warren, Gail Patrick Gibbons, John Smith, Donald Quinn, Mickey (Michael) Donald Brice, James Lawrence Finnerty, Carolyn Allan Rater, Judith Glas Rasmussen, John Shelledy, William Joseph Hayes
Claradell Gergely
First Communion
All Saints Church
Third and Ovid Streets
Des Moines, IA
May 10, 1942
Confirmation; May 11, 1947?
photo
Confirmation; May 11, 1947
Bishop Gerald T. Bergan officiating. Visitor: Cardinal Francis Spellman
1st Row names
2nd Row names
3rd Row names
4th Row names
Register of Confirmations - May 11, 1947
Most Reverend Gerald T. Bergan
I could not read Fr. James C. Maher's writing for some of the names.
(yellow=deceased; years in green indicate individual did not graduate from All Saints)
Yr Name Confirmation
Name		 Sponsor Yr Name Confirmation
Name		 Sponsor
47
 Aiken, James LeRoy John x
x
 Jawor, Donald Edward Paul dec/03/25/07
49
 Allen, Richard Francis Mr. L.E. French
x
 Jenkins,Kathleen Marie x
x
 Anderson, Fred John x
47
 Jerome, Jeri Lea Elizabeth dec/09/08/96
Hartsville, SC
49
 Anderson, Mary Lou Elizabeth x
x
 Johnson, Richard John x
48
 Arlaud, Joyce Bernadette dec/10/03/96
x
 Kaskie, Guy Richard x Charles
49
 Atha, William Patrick Paul James Atha/sponsor
dec/03/08/93
Torrence, CA
47
 Katzureck, Richard C Joseph dec/03/08/11
Norwalk, IA
x
 Baldridge, Janet Ann x
49
 Kircher, Joanne Elizabeth dec/09/16/18
Johnston, IA
49
 Bartusek,Robert Joseph Henry dec/05/06/15
Kircher, Michael Louis W.O. Leonard/sponsor
dec/12/21/97
x
 Betzenhouser, Richard Christopher x
47
 Leonard, Jack Francis Andrew dec/10/02/07
Lisbon, IA
x
 Bradley, Mary Mary x
x
 Ligouri, Louise Mary x
48
 Bradley, Nanette Therese x
x
 Martin, Helen Ann Cecelia x
47
 Brandser, Robert L Andrew x
47
 McMichael, John Charles Thomas

dec/03/21/16
Des Moines, IA
x
 Brady, Blanche Therese x
49
 Meredith, Donald Edward Earl Madison/sponsor
dec/10/07/12
47
 Brewer, William James Aloysius dec/05/21/83
Des Moines, IA
47
 Meredith,Laverne Francis x
x
 Brown, Geraldine Marie x
48
 Norton, John Franklin Stephen Art Norton
48 Brown, Marilyn Anne x
49
 O'Brien, Sally Maria x
x
 Brugioni, Delma L Louise x
x
 Osborn, Wilford Patrick x
x
 Brugioni, Desmer Delores x
47
 Ostwinkle,Robert James Edward dec/01/22/13;Phoenix
47
 Cervetti, Frances Anne dec/abt2000
x
 Polito, Albert Albert x
47
 Cervetti, George W Paul dec/03/27/91
Los Angeles, CA
48
 Polito, Marilyn Philomena x
x
 Clinton, Ralph John x
x
 Potts, Bernice Marie x
49
 Coburn, Patricia Ann Maria x
x
 Proudfit, Floyd William x
48
 Craig, Carolyn Anne dec/05/09/09
San Diego,CA
49
 Quinn, Donald Joseph Vernon Quinn
x
 Danh, Louise Mary x
48
 Richards, Paul L. Joseph dec/04/08/16
47
 Davis, Carmen Therese x
49
 Ries, Sarah Joan Therese dec/06/04/98
Creston, IA
x
 Dempenwolf, Jeanette Mary x
x
 Riggs, Lee John x
48
 Dice, John Arthur Joseph x
x
 Ritchhart, John Francis Joseph x
x
 Dunkensloot, Annette Mary x
48
 Ritchhart, Richard Eugene L.C. Ostwinkle
49
 Easley, John Lawreence Michael Michael McDonough
dec/12/11/04;
Des Moines, IA
48
 Ritchhart, Robert Edwin Leroy Fleming
49
 Fargo, Charles Victor Anthony

Paul Lydon/sponsor
1994
49
 Seeburger, Karl Joseph Robert Malone
47
 Feeley, Patrick M Michael x
47
 Senn, Jacqueline J Rita x
47
 Fisher, Harry T. Aloysius x
49
 Senn, Eugene Joseph Francis Frank Tamse/sponsor
dec/ 04/06/10
New Zealand
48
 Fleming, Edmund Eugene Michael Mr. H. Gordon
48
 Shelledy,Marjorie Paula x
47
 Gegner, Lawrence R Thomas x
49
 Smith, John Michael Charles Smith
49
 Gergely,Claradell Cecelia x
48
 Smith, Mary Therese x
50
 Gibbons, Dale M Paul Fred Seeburger/sponsor
dec/02/11/04
48
 Smith, Patricia Maria x
50
 Gibbons, Gale P Joseph Matt Bauer, Sr./sponsor
dec/01/02/02
Des Moines, IA
47
 Smith, Wilhemina Paula x
49
 Glenn, Mary Jo Therese dec/06/17/17
x
 Thompson, Richard Patrick Ted Woods
49
 Gottner, Gerald James Joseph dec/09/04/14
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
x
 Thompson, William Paul Mr. Woods
x
 Grandstaff, Mildred Katherine x
48
 Tynan, Patricia Catherine x
48
 Gustafson, Gail Mary x
x
 Vestal, Avery Isac John dec/1976
49
 Hackley, Jack James Walter Daniels
48
 Vestal, Merritt John Frank Shelledy
49
 Harden, Wendell John Paul John Wieland
49
 Walsh, Susan Christine x
47
 Holland, Gerald Thomas x
49
 Warren, Gary Eugene Michael Leo Kordick/sponsor
06/29/09; Mesa, AZ
x
 Holland, Helen Terese x
x
 Weishaar, Mary Louise Mary x
49
 Holland, Joan Maria x
x
 Weishaar, Patricia Ann x
x
 Holland, Mary Louise Elizabeth x
49
 Zaun, Peggy Christine x
48
 Jamison, Robert John x
x
 x x x
Confirmation: May 11, 1947
Cardinal Francis Spellman (NYC)
Photo taken by Claradell Gergely		 Cardinal Francis Spellman (NYC) at All Saints Confirmation; May 11, 1947
Most Reverend Gerald T. Bergan officiated at Confirmation.
May Crowning, May, 1942
Photo: compliments of Mary Ellen Kircher Fisher
May Crowning; May, 1942
1st Row

Judith Crawford, Trainer Bearers: Gale Gibbons, Dale Gibbons, Karen Gustafson, Claradell Gergely, Mary Ellen Kircher, Carolyn Allan
2nd Row X, Phyllis Boatwright, Mary Marge Condon
3rd Row Mary Maloy, Joanne Davitt, Mary Jane Schrodt, Darlene Young, Mary Ann Fehn?, Mary Therese Feeley, Mary Jane Gottner
May Crowning; May, 1949
May Crowning; May, 1949
1st Row Dennis J. Dugan, Sarah Joan Ries Harvey, Madonna Lamberti Gibson, Angel: Kathleen Yochum, Crown Bearer: Kathleen M. Dinsmore, Boy: Vernon Hodgson?, Cece Saunders, Paula Fiori Wilson, Claradell Gergely Shedd, X,
2nd Row Crystal Cole, Grace Poulter Hileman, Queen Janet Marie Pritchard, X, Mary Jo Zaun
3rd Row Mary Jo Glenn Ellis, X, Diana K. Allison, Mary Frances Katzureck Siegenthaler, Ellen Redick, Carol Forst, Patty Wyman, Peggy Zaun Grimes
4th Row Patsy Coburn Zuck, Mary Lou Anderson Young, Susan Walsh Wilmore, Joanne Kircher Hunt, Mary Ellen Apker Sigler, Sally O'Brien Smith Price, Joan Holland Douglas
Graduation; May, 1949

Graduation; June, 1949
Ribbon and pin compliments of Mary Lou Anderson Young
1st Row Karl William Seeburger, Gary Warren, Susan Walsh Wilmore, Mary Ellen Apker Sigler, Mary Lou Anderson Young, Claradell Gergely Shedd, Patsy Coburn Zuck, Peggy Zaun Grimes, Wendell John Harden, Gordon Vincent Patrick
2nd Row Sister Mary Paula Radosevich, John Smith, Dean Doyle, Mary Jo Glenn Ellis, Joan Holland Douglas, Joanne Kircher Hunt, Sarah Joan Ries Harvey, Janet Marie Pritchard, Sally O'Brien Price, John Lawrence Easley, Father Frederick W. Reese
3rd Row Eugene Joseph Senn, Jerry James Gottner, William Patrick Atha, Donald Quinn, Father James Cronin Maher, Charles Victor Fargo, John (Jack) E. Hackley, Donald Meredith
Boys: William Patrick Atha, Dean Doyle, John Lawrence Easley, Charles Victor Fargo, Dale Michael Gibbons ('50), Gale Patrick Gibbons ('50), Gerald "Jerry" James Gottner, John "Jack" E. Hackley, Wendell John Harden, Donald Meredith, Gordon Vincent Patrick, Donald Quinn, Karl William Seeburger, Eugene Joseph Senn, John Smith, Gary Eugene Warren
Girls: Mary Lou Anderson Young, Mary Ellen Apker Sigler, Patsy Coburn Zuck, Beulah Helen Daley Waskow ('50), Mary Jo Glenn Ellis, Claradell Gergely Shedd, Joan Holland Douglas, Joanne Kircher Hunt, Sarah Joan Ries Harvey, Sally O'Brien Smith/Price, Jan Piper? Janet Marie Pritchard, Susan Walsh Wilmore, Peggy Zaun Grimes
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