Service of Remembrance

Elmhurst High School Class of 1956

Service of Remembrance

 

Leader: In baptism we were buried with Christ.
People: SO THAT AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, WE TOO MIGHT WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.

Leader: If we are united with Christ in death.
People: WE SHALL BE UNITED WITH HIM IN A RESURRECTION LIKE HIS.

Leader: This is our hope, and not ours only, but it is the hope of all people.
People: THANKS BE TO GOD!

Leader: Lord, we are grateful for all our teachers who challenged us to do our best even when we seemed indifferent or unconcerned.
People: THANKS BE TO GOD!

Leader: We are grateful for those in all places and in all times who have blessed our lives, but we are especially grateful this day for our classmates who have died in the flesh...yet remain alive in our hearts and in God’s love. For our classmates...

  • Eleanor J. Beard Blanchard 1938 - 1998
  • Eloise J. Beard Erk 1938 - 1993
  • Judith D. Breinfalk Green 1938 - 1997
  • Terry Franklin Crider 1938 - 2004
  • John H. Diehm 1938 - 2005
  • Roger Duane Downing 1938 - 2000
  • Richard Peter “Pete” Eckrich 1937 - 2000
  • Thomas F. Gebhart 1937 - 2002
  • Jeanette Gudakunst Grier 1938 - 2003
  • Janet Navalta Stone 1938 – 1994
  • Elizabeth “Betty” Hursh Baumgartner Biles 1937 - 1993
  • Theodore Lee Huyette 1939 - 2000
  • Lloyd Hyde 1939 - 1966
  • Nancy Sue McCague Marshall 1938 - 2003
  • Katherine E. Platt Gillie 1938 - 2006
  • Larry Lee Stults 1938 - 2002
  • Joyce Elaine Nieman Tolbert 1938 - 1972
  • Texas K. Roof 1938 - 2001
  • Ronald D. Snyder 1938 - 2000
  • William “Bill” J. Streeter 1937 - 1999
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People: O LORD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS.

Leader: Jesus said: “I am the resurrection and the life; if anyone believes in me, even though he dies, he will live and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.”
People: WE PRAISE YOU, LORD OF LIFE AND OF DEATH.

Leader: Gracious God of us all, confident of your eternal love, we pray to you for these classmates who have touched our lives, but we see no more.
People: GRANT THEM YOUR PEACE.

Leader: May they forever dwell in your love.
People: FOREVER AND EVER.

Leader: This is our prayer, for them, and for us all.
People: IN THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN!