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Special thanks to Christine Mayberry for donating this photo of her great-grandfather, Gerald Needles, in his class taken about 1904-1905. Gerald Needles was thoughtful to have identified his classmates in this photo when he was in his 80s.

The first graduating class from Lacona High School was in 1888 and the last was in 1959, after which time Lacona was consolidated with Milo and Liberty Center to become Southeast Warren Schools located in Liberty Center, Iowa.

1888
O. P. Hamilton
Mary Starr

1889
Anna Bissett
Paul Jones

1893
Grace Myers

1894
Myrtle Alter
Waitie Hooper
Leta Rodgers
Leona Sargent

1895
Lena Booth
Cecil Oxenreider
Heman Oxenreider
Jessie Shields

1899
Lulu Gibbons
Dot Gray
Musa Jenkins
Lulu Mae McFarland
Hattie Pressley
Charles Shafre
Julia Stanley
Sarah White
Willie White
Ethel Wilson

1902
Harley E. Mitchell

1903
Lizzie Shupe

1904
Emma Curfman
Olin Dunn
Anna Jenkins
Belvia Oxenreider
Lottie Shupe
Charley Smith
Ada Willis
Clifton Wilson

1905
Lulu Kessler
Ray Shupe

1906
Floe Gray
Alice Landes
Daisy Oxenreider
Effie Wilkins

1907
Mina Coles
Ella Fetters
Mae Hughes
Artena McCurdy
Leah McLennan

1908
Lou Curfman
Glenn Miller
Bessie Oxenreider
Daisy Williams

1909
Anna Myers
Leota Shupe

1910
Ina Fantz
Inez Murray

1914
Nellie Bissett
Ola Goode
Anah Rodgers
Edna VanTress

1915
Evadine Beeman
Mildred Brebner

1916
Leland Bowles
Arthur Gleason
Paul Ralston
Geneva Riddle
Gerald Rodgers

1917
Vashti Oxenreider
Boydeania Rodgers
Anna Maye Rodgers
Esther Shields
Ruth Victor

1918
Mable Furgison
Leta Hickman
Nora Miller
Laura Oxenreider
Grace VanTress

1919
Cecil Butler
Hugh Campbell
Marguerite Clevenger
Fern Haltom
Veva Shupe
Izella Stokesbury
Flossie Williams
Foster Williams

1920
Goldie Gray
Edna Haltom
Glenn Herron
Alta Horner
Helen Landes
Ruth Shupe

1921
Cecil Butler
Mae Haltom
Marjorie Mendenhall
Veronica Schultz
Vila Thompson
Lisle Wilson

1922
Dora Butler
James Butler
Ivah Campbell
Geraldine Fauntz
Ocea Fauntz
Emory Furgison
Roy Gleason
Elda Haltom
Fred Haltom
Margaret Landes
Mary Miller
Darrel Parkins
Lillie Shupe
Vlasta Stumbaugh
Foster Williams

1923
Mable Butler
Zelma Gray
Raymond Haltom
Jennie Oxenreider
Nola Oxenreider

1924
Cloyd Furgison
Raymond Jacobs
Irene Konrad
Carl Miller
Cleo Oxenreider
William Parkins
Cordelia Stokesbury

1925
Vera Anderson
Fred Beeler
Andrew Campbell
Myrtle Craven
Gladys Furgison
Harold Haltom
Carrie Gillaspy
Iris Gray
Marie Konrad
Philip Loose
Della Rickett
Everett Willis

1931
Ethel Bauer
Bernard Curtis
Colene Elmendorf
Anita Keene
Helen Loosebrock
Elmo Miller
Bertha Schurman
Alice Wilkins
Fred Williams

1938
Calvin Caughey
NaDene Crawford
Lee Fogle
Harry Folkes
Kenneth Keller
Herbert Konrad
Junior Lancaster
Len Leonard
Esther Lepley
Veva Marts
Verle McCarty
Loren Nussbaum
Walter Putz
Irene Shupe
Dorothy Snuggs
Margery VanderLinden
Frank Williams
Paul Williams

1944
John Biddle
Ellen Lepley
Pauline McCauley
Jean Mitchell
Marjorie Mitchell
Ruth Schumacher
John Vickroy
Donald Williams
Loyd Williams
Nellie Williams

1945
Doris Bray
Howard Butler
Walter Butler
Clara Clarke
Esther Freeman
Neil Hadley
Dolores Haltom
Madonna Konrad
Esther Leonard
Vincent Shaefer

1947
Loraine Dittmer
Amil Downing
Julia Hoch
Bob Leonard
Dwight Manser
James Moon
Jerry Schneider
Rosalind Stanley
Russell Stierwalt
Norma Walk
Lucille Williams

1950
Robert Babcock
Clyde Curtis
Mary Ann Dittmer
Lavonna Freeman
Luella Hoch
Albert Lancaster
Ruth Merriman
Donna Mills
Gladys Moore
Lyle Ripperger
Wilford Ripperger
Chauncey Stanley

1952
Daryl Stokesburg Bates
Hazel M. Curtis
Edwin Louis Dittmer
Donna Lou Greubel
Erwin Paul Greubel
Evelyn Hoch
Darrel D. Manser
Marilyn Mills
Joseph Moon
Juanita June Neer
Bertha Umble
Maxine E. Walk
Richard D. Willis

1953
Helen Clark
Janice Clark
Joanne Clark
Genevieve Dittmer
Melvin Dittmer
Grace Hardman
Jean Kessler
Cloreta Klein
Carol Needles
Carma Rankin
Clair Rankin
Mary Ripperger
Peter Roe
Jim VanZee

1954
Richard Babcock
Wendall Baker
Jim Clark
Eulin Downing
Ronald Jacobs
Hugh Johnson
David Manser
Roberta Merriman
Darrel Miller
Harry Miller
Dick Parkins
Doyle Rankins
Delbert Ripperger
Leo Seuferer
Bernard Wallace
Louise Williams

1957
Viona Baker
Anna Butler
Marie Clark
Germain Dittmer
Wilma Estes
Rex Johnson
Marian Klein
Marian Marsh
Kay Merriman
Don Mitchell
Shirley Neer
Rose Putz
Vera Schaffer
Rose Schneider
Melvin Schurman
Dean Wallace
Harlan Williams
Zora Williams

1958
Myrna Butler
Ray Dittmer
Ronald Dittmer
Wilda Funk
Sue Ellen Goode
Kenneth Hoch
Darrel Konrad
Donald Konrad
Giles Konrad
Carl Miller
Clarence Miller
Mary Ellen Rankin
Erma Ripperger
Patsy Ripperger
Marlene Schrader
Elvin Schurman
Marlene Schurman
Ann Seuferer
Elaine Seuferer
Judy Snuggs
Margaret VanderLinden
Virginia VanZee
Leo Wadle
Clarice Wallace
Larry Williams

1959
Mary Lou Dittmer
Ruth Dittmer
Jerry Greubel
Carol Herold
Helen Koch
Patsy Konrad
Ronnie Lepley
Dennis Manser
Carl Marsh
Colene Miller
Phyllis Miller
Kenneth Patch
Joy Rankin
Dwight Ripperger
Darlene Schaefer
Dennis Schrader
Erma Schurman
Ethelreda Seuferer
Howard Seuferer
Jerry Seuferer
Pat Seuferer
Keith Shounkwiler
Mervin Spaulding
Betty Wadle

Sources:
(1). Typed from photos in the book, Lacona, Iowa 1856-2006
(2). Lacona Ledger (list of graduates), May 26, 1916, May 18, 1917, May 24, 1918, May 16, 1919, May 27, 1921, May 26, 1922, June 8, 1923, May 23, 1924
(3). Lacona Ledger (Alumni Banquets), June 6, 1919, June 3, 1921, June 2, 1922, May 30, 1924, May 29, 1925
(4). Indianola Herald, June 9, 1904
(5). Record Herald & Indianola Tribune: May 24, 1944, p.2, May 11, 1945, p.5, May 1, 1947, p.7, May 18, 1950, p.10, May 27, 1952, p.5, May 12, 1953, p.1, May 13, 1954, p.11, May 23, 1957, p.1, May 15, 1958, p.1, May 14, 1959, p.1