Welcome to the Delmont High School Alumni Page!!
(As of 03/25, we are in the process of updating this site, please be patient with us during this time - Ken Bietz '71 website administrator)
We now have a Facebook Group, just click on this link "Delmont SD High School Alumni Group". It's a Private group, just click
on the JOIN button and tell us the year you graduated.
Use the group to stay connected, reminisce, and organize reunions. It will also be a space for alumni to share updates, photos, and memories. Hopefully it helps us to find and reconnect.
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The next Delmont Alumni Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 2026.
The Twin Rivers Old Iron and Kuchen Festival will be held the same weekend on Saturday and Sunday.
There will be a lot of fun things to see and do so you might want to plan on being
around for more than just the day of the Reunion.
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News and Updates:
Alumni Email address is : delmontalumni@midstatesd.net
Please keep the alumni committee informed of;
*Physical address changes
*Email address changes
*The passing of an alumn
*Ideas, suggestions, concerns about this website or the Facebook Group page or the 2026 reunion
We added a new page at the end: "In Memory of our Classmates" This is a work in progress as we figure out how best to display the information. If you have ideas for this please contact the committee.
We are in the middle of re-arranging the names on the class rosters. Some of the names on the pictures are difficult to read. They will eventually all be listed by placement on the class picture, starting on the upper left side.
Attached is the Summer of 2025 Delmont Alumni Association Newsletter;
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Delmont Alumni Association Committee Members
September 12, 2025
Front Row: Sylvia Peters Eitreim '69, Sharon Bueber Tollin '69, Cindy Meyer Filips '61, Sandy Peters Williams '66 (Secretary),
Back Row: Dave Goehring '73, Darryl Peters '72 (President), Craig Sherman '73
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Below are some pictures of the Pumphouse Museum and the future home of the DHS memorabilia. The museum is located on the west end of downtown on the south side of main street, across from the Bluebird Locker and the Onion House.
Future display of band uniforms
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The trophy case and the memorabilia contents are to be permanently displayed in the Legion Hall. The Alumni Committee is very grateful to the members of the American Legion for agreeing to this arrangement as well being thankful to all those who did the work getting the trophy case in place, sorting through the trophies, and arranging everything so neatly. They did a great job.
The Alumni Committee purchased the picture stand to hold and display all of the senior class pictures. These will be displayed in the Legion Hall. These pictures used to hang in the hallway leading to the gym. They were stored in the old bowling alley/bar for many years, then moved to the country school house out at the Twin River Old Iron property. The Committee removed the frames and placed them into the picture stand. A big Thank You to the committee members.
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Classes to be honored at the 2026 High School Reunion!
US Presidents from 1969 - 1976 were Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford
Some of the top music releases between 1971 and 1976 according to Billboard charts and popular hits;
1971:
Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
Maggie May / Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart
1972:
American Pie - Don McLean
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
1973:
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
1974:
No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
1975:
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
1976:
Silly Love Songs - Wings
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
1970's Slang
> Catch you on the flip side -- see you later
> Dig It -- to like or understand something
> Get Down/Boogie -- dance
> Mind-Blowing -- unbelievable; originally an expression for the effects of hallucinogenic drugs
> Pump Iron -- lift weights
> Workaholic -- a person who works too much or is addicted to his or her job
> Cool beans --An expression of approval or agreement
> Far out -- Meaning very cool or exciting
> Groovy -- Synonymous with cool, excellent fashionable or amazing
> Bummer -- Meaning too bad or disappointing
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Pictures from the September 2023 Reunion
(Some of these pictures are from Facebook. If you have any you would like to share, please send them to our email address, delmontalumni@midstatesd.net
Large crowd for the reunion
Mens's Quartet
L - Loren Fauth '61, Vernon Kraft '60, Ron Gjoraas '60, Jim Kaufman '73
Eldest Alum attending is Ruth Bartels Neugebauer '43 along with Mae Dean Peters Gunnare '72
Class of 61 @ Misterek Park Dedication
Standing: Jay Larson, Terry Grosz, Cindy Meyer Filips, Loren Fauth,Ervin Bietz
Seated: Ruth Misterek Kato with husband John
Dennis Crofutt '83 traveled the farthest from Japan. Pictured with Julie Peters Brenner '75
Class of 69
Front Row: Barbara Reinfeld, Deanna Peters Hrdlicka, Marianne Fauth Wittrock, Susan Fuerniss Thuringer, Shirley Goehring Stach
Back Row: Sylvia Peters Eitreim, Gary Denke, Sharon Bueber Tollin, Tim Thuringer, Cary Gill, Terry Goehring
Not Pictured :Rick Stolz
Class of 76
Front Row: Van Spease, Sonia Will, Marilyn Reinfeld Bartunek, Jim Schmidt
Back Row: Mark Klassen, Todd Sherman, Kenny Fideler
Class of 83
Jesse Kaufman, Jay Wunder, Dennis Crofut, Laurie Wallen, name unkown
Not pictured: Brad Ershman
Class of 62
Front Row: Judy Reinfeld Bietz, Sharon Doyle Kranz, Betty Brenner Freier
Back Row: Joel Baier, Don Fauth, Jim Fideler, Bill Peters
Class of 77
Kneeling: Sally Fiedler Harrington, Karen Gunnare Droppers, Michael Williams
Standing: Francine Peters Kocmick, Owen Goehring, Glen Schneider (Superintendent) and wife Karen, Sheila Reinfeld, Richard Fink
Class of 71
Debra Hanten Burnett, Ken Bietz, Meribeth Goehring Fink
Not Pictured: Curt Goehring
Class of 57
Rena Gunnare Dambly, Elmer Fink, Nola Grosz Redd, Glen Sanders
Class of 66
Front Row: Ardith Williams Lantz, Donna Kornder Lightenberg, Patricia Gunnare Weisman
Back Row: Arlene Phihal Stoebner, Mary Verzani Grosz, Eileen Phihal Gall, Loralee Wenzel Fink, Sandy Peters Williams