Alumni Weekend 2019
Bethany hosted the 11th annual alumni reunion weekend on September 28, 2019 for graduating classes ending in 4 and 9. The Class of 1969 held its 50-year class reunion at Bethany, and the evening included tours of the school, a catered dinner, and children’s activities. For class reunion photos click on the year:
1959
2019 - Class of 1959

Front (L to R): Ellsworth Risser, Myrna Burkholder, Helen (Steury) Nafziger, Verna (Yoder) Trautman, John Mullet, Eleanor (Sommers) Bieghler, Kenneth Mullett
Middle: Keith Newcomer, Carolyn (Myers) Chupp, Carolyn (Shrock) Hartman, Viola (Gingerich) Miller, Shelby (Summer) Morrisey, Rosetta (Bontreger) Miller, Ruby (Mullet) Farmwald, Wilmetta (Yoder) Maust
Back: J. Steiner, Merlyn Miller, Larry Miller, Richard Carpenter
1964
2019 – Class of 1964

The class of 1964 met Sept. 6 at the Essenhaus in Middlebury.
Front (L to R): Lee (Doolin) Smithson, Carol (Bauman) Miller, Marilyn (Davidhizer) Miller, Rita (Hooley) Lewis, Shirley (Bollman) Bricker, and Nancy (Miller) Ketcham
Middle: Rhoda (Yoder) Troyer, Carolyn (Hershberger) Reigsecker, Marolyn (Hershberger) Yoder, Inez (Miller) Edwards, Jeanette (Slabach) Campbell, Karen (Kuhns) Chupp, Cheryl (Weldy) Martin, Marilyn (Schrock) Stutzman, Carol (Gingerich) Beachy, and Eileen (Yoder) Miller
Back: Don Graber, Cecil Bontreger, Darrell Sommers, Titus King, David Kaufman, and Sherlin Bollman
1969
2019 – Class of 1969

Front (L to R): James R. Kraybill, Joan (Garber) Gingerich, Roger Schmucker, Shirley (Gingerich) Nunemaker, Harriet (Schrock) Martin, Ruth Ann (Lehman) Yoder,
Darlene (Cross) Plank, Rhoda (Shenk) Keener, Darrel Hostetler (sponsor)
Middle: Karen (Shrock) Miller, Ruth Slabach, James Beachy, Barb (Leinbach) Lehman, Carmen (Stutzman) Thompson, Miriam (Sutter) Lapp, June (Hershberger) Trcka, Frieda (Miller) Borntrager, Kathleen (Beck) Martin
Back: Jim Hiestand, Rod Maust, Roger Hooley, Jay Friesen, Ken Schmitt, Jared Yoder, Steve Dintaman, Rose (Mishler) Miller, Lorraine (Sommers) Reinford, Wilmer Hollinger (sponsor)
1974
2019 – Class of 1974

Front (L to R): Ruth (Horst) Stoltzfus, Garth Nauraine, Tony Troyer, Phil Frye, Lisa (Herr) Lederach
Back: Mark Gingerich, Mike Hoover, Larion Swartzendruber (Sponsor), Maria Granado, Linda Nunemaker, Ellen (Hoover) Stoesz, Helen (Stoltzfus) Bowman
1979
2019 – Class of 1979

Front (L to R): Kathy Meyer Reimer, Ruth (Weldy) Fitz-Gerald, Mary Lehman Bettis, Donita (Schwartzentruber) Rhodes, Rita (Hershberger) Bontrager, Geo Smith
Back: Ken Hochstetler, Dale Snyder, Andre Gingerich Stoner, Paul Meyer Reimer, Lee Penner, Ron Rheinheimer, Conrad Hochstetler
1984
2019 – Class of 1984

Front (L to R): Karen (Yoder) Kym, Randy Miller, Michelle Bontrager, Joleen Miller Myers, Vicki (Miller) Scaletta, Robert Kurtz, Morlin Elias
Back: Tammy (Stern) Miller, Dawn Leatherman McCarty, Becky Yoder Stichter, Sharman (Miller) Reimer, Karen (McElmurry) Pfahler, Jay Little, Bruce Campbell-Janz
1989
2019 – Class of 1989

See the Class of 1989's fun photo here!

Front (L to R): Suzy (Brugger) Kanode, Becky (Lichti) Randolph, Susan (Miller) Lusk, Deanna Risser, Erika (Yoder) Meyer
Back: Hank Willems, Nathan Kingsley, Calvin Swartzendruber, Denise Risser, Jen (Helmuth) Shenk
1999
2019 – Class of 1999

Mike Malott, Brian Mullet, Jeffery Weaver, Heidi Stoltzfus McHugh, Sallie (Landis) Davis
2004
2019 – Class of 2004

Front (L to R): Jordan Mumaw, Jes Stoltzfus Buller, Seth Miller
Back: Matt Yoder, Andrew Shank, Colin Yoder, Bryan Kauffman
2009
2019 – Class of 2009

Front (L to R): Mary Roth, Jodi (Stutzman) Misamore, Katie (Yoder) Grass, Juanita (Klassen) Sheline, Chelsea (Noble) Thomas, Casey (Snyder) Harwood, Sarah (Lederman) Roth, Alisha Snyder, Elyse Morgan
Back: John Leatherman, Matt Vander Werf, Jeremy Thomas, Jonathan Mark
2014
2019 – Class of 2014

Front (L to R): Katie Hurst, Samantha Kauffman, Brooke Hershberger, Marie Bontrager, Lana Smucker
Back: Tyler Hunley, Parth Patel, Joel Gerig, Justin Zehr, Joseph Mumaw, Lynea Kaethler
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