Updated July 3, 2006

Ambrose High School Alumni 1940 - 1949

Class of 1940
Mildred Hagberg Nelson
Lawrence Ouse & Lois Shultz Ouse
Clayton Pederson
James Nystrom
Mildred Fegri Pederson
Murray Torgeson

Class of 1941
William Gehrke
Margaret Riveland Grunke
Clara Henning Lindseth
Glendon Kriese, Bar Nunn, WY
Lloyd Raaum
Lois Shultz, Seattle, WA
Arthur H. Strand, Ambrose, ND
Kenneth Sand
Janice Nelson Buehler
Lorna Davis Nelson
Dolores Larson Haaland

Class of 1942
Jane McManus Dick
Helga Dahl Haugen
Orville Vassen
Gordon Homdrom
Myrtle Kress Eriksmoen
Claude Scheff
Gehard Selle
Delilah Kress Scheff

Class of 1943
Ardelle Aslakson
Arden Carlson &
Phyllis Kriese Carlson
Medriene Vig Plette
Gerald R. Johnson
Doloris Ness Lewis
Raymond Homdrom
Wilbur Johnson
Olga Henning Harrison
Joan Nygard Pim
Dewaine Torgerson
Glen Parsley

Class of 1944
Harriet Lohmeyer
Howard Norby
Gladys Aslakson
Mabel Windfaldent Granrud
Nancy Brueske
Class of 1945

From the collection of James  "Hoop" Opperud

Back Row: Frances Torgeson, Myrtle Dahl,
Gladys Lee, Lois Lee, Melzar Davis, Ernest Opperud,
Anita Riveland, Everett Opperud
Front Row: Laila Fernbough, Martha Bakke,
Lorene Torgeson, Elvis Holte, Jean Shaw,
Pearl Kress, Grace Johnson **

Lois Lee Aaberg
Grace Johnson Bratlien
Melzar Davis
Ernest Opperud
Elvis Holte Gulbranson
Martha J. Bakke Parizek
Laila Fernbough Gulbranson
Myrtle Dahl Finsas
Gladys Lee Singer
Anita Riveland Willett
Jean Shaw Bryon
Lorene Torgeson
Frances Torgeson Fredricks
Pearl Kress Anderson
Lucille Kostek Gallagher
Everett Opperud

AHS 1944-45 basketball team
From the collection of James "Hoop" Opperud

AHS 1944-45 basketball team

Back Row: Everett Opperud, Melzar Davis,
Bennie Peterson, Mr. Hehn (Coach), Howard Aslakson, Cleve Cowley
Front Row: Glen "Hook" Restvedt Jr., Archie Kress,
Ernest Opperud, Russell Kress, Milton "Sarge" Olson

Class of 1946
Lucille Davis Chinn
Stanley Dalseide
Doris Norby Thompson
Glen Restvedt, Jr.

Class of 1947
Howard Aslakson
Helen Aslakson Serio
Howard Torgeson
Dewaine Gjovig
Russell Kress
Lila Peterson

Class of 1948
Violet Myers Abell
Cleve Cowley &
Donna Gjovig Cowley
Archie Kress
Donna Ihme Thomas
Iyla Nygard Glott

Class of 1949 *
Iyla Nygard Glott
Mary Anne Gable Ketchun
Wade Gulbranson
Gloria Johnson Selle
John Aslakson
Adeline Bakke Parizek
George Ebbeson

 

* See 1949 AHS Yearbook for photos

** Thanks to Lois Lee Aaberg, Harriet Lohmeyer Pederson and Delores Ness Lewis
for putting the names with the faces in the 1945 Class Photo.

Graduate names taken from the Ambrose Alumni Reunion Booklet, 1920-1970, author unknown.

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