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  West Chicago Community High School Class of 1963

Remembering St. John the Baptist School

After graduating 27 eighth graders nine classmates came from St. John the Baptist, of these, Georgia Free, Pat Atkinson, Margaret Rainone, Pat Devine, George Lamczyk, Bill Nolan, Larry Stark and Joe Jedlovec graduated with  our class.  Phyllis Dieter also attended WeGo during our Freshman and Sophomore years.​

June 28, 1942 saw the dedication of the first large school building with expansions of 1954 and 1958 paralleling Winfield's growth. Overflow classes had been joint 5-6, 6-7, 7-8 for years. The 8th grade class of 1957-58 was quartered on the stage in the school's lower level until the last expansion, the southern wing, opened to our classmates the spring of 1958. Our class of 1959 was just that, 8th grade, no combined grades and the second to graduate from the expanded school.



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St. John's School in Winfield, combined 7th & 8th Grades, 1957-1958 School Year. Photo from the Bill Nolan collection.
  • 1st Row: Barbara Modaff, Marsha Modaff, Georgia Free, Christine Bennett, Patricia Atkinson, Camille Kalina, Kathy Durack, Phyllis Dieter, Margaret Rainone, Patricia Devine.
  • 2nd Row: Pat Groark, Diane Wurtz, Jeanette Becker, Ellen Kietel, Eileen Ostler, Marsha Lamczyk, Cathy Clark, Margie McCormick, Anita Wolff, Sister Marilyn.
  • 3rd Row: Ed Geraghty, George Lamczyk, John Anderson, Bill Nolan, George Lane, Larry Stark, Henry Calay, Bruce Stuart, Bill Elson, Paul Hayes, Frank Jubala.
  • 4th Row: Bernie Modaff, Paul Hendrickson, Bob Blum, Joe Jedlovec, Nora Durack, Mary Natche, Art Randall, John Spevak, Jim Jubala, Bill Laschober.
  • 5th Row: Jim Fiandaca, John Berry, Jerome Zeier, Michael Luchese, Michael Welling.
​​A special thanks to Larry Stark for remembering all these names!
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St. John's School in Winfield, combined 1st & 2nd Grades, 1951-1952 School Year. Photo from the Larry Stark collection.
Front to Back:
1st Row - 1st Grade: Bobby Pagni, Joe Jedlovec, Richard Kleutseh, Harry Glosenger, Bruce Stuart, Pat Sullivan.  2nd Grade: ?, Marty Natche, Gerome Zeier.
2nd Row - 1st Grade: James Jubala, Kamile Karlina, John Anderson, Patricia Devine, Larry Stark.  2nd Grade: Henry Callay, ?, ?, Anita Wolff.
3rd Row - 1st Grade: Eileen Ostler, Susan Vanderwerf, Margaret McCormick, ?, Judith Marmel.  2nd Grade: ?, Charles Beggs, Michael Welling.
4th Row - 1st Grade: Michael Padilla, Patricia McCormick, Patricia Atkinson, John Borter, Christine Bennet, Frank Jubala.  2nd Grade: Tom Glosenger, Mary Ellen Keittle, John Wolff.

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