Girard High School Alumni

Girard, Kansas (KS)

Military Alumni

Military High School Alumni

Honoring Our Heroes

This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!

Lost Class Rings

Have you lost your Girard High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Trojans lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

Daniel J. Ard
Daniel J. Ard
Class of 1974
Army, 18 Years

Retired from Army after a wonderful 18 and 1/2 year .Served many times over seas, was happy to be to called serve in Desert Storm.
Jean A Lu (Schneider)
Jean A Lu (Schneider)
Class of 1970
Air Force, 4 Years

Air traffic controller in Plattsburgh NY
Jo Helen Umphenour
Jo Helen Umphenour
Class of 1958
Army, 20+ Years

Jo Helen joined the Army Nurse Corps after Nurses' Training and, following Basic Training at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, was assigned as a staff nurse at the hospital at Ft. Bragg, NC. During her 20 year career, her assignments included, Orleans, France, Aurora, CO, Tacoma, WA, Honolulu, HI, and Augusta, GA. She obtained both her BSN at Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO and her MSN at the University of Colorado, Denver, CO while on active duty. She retired in 1980 as a Lt. Colonel.
Martha Ann (Umphenour) Rooney
Martha Ann (Umphenour) Rooney
Class of 1958
Army, 3 Years

Martha served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1960 -1963. Following Basic Training at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, she was assigned as a Staff Nurse at the Fort Bragg Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She met and married her husband, Martin Rooney at Fort Bragg and, upon completion of her tour of duty, was honorable discharged from the Army Nurse Corps and moved to New York City with her husband.
Michele (Reeve) Zayas
Michele (Reeve) Zayas
Class of 1973
Army, 2 Years

Served as Clerk/Typist/Stenographer at Fort Riley, KS. Participated in REFORGER '75.
Oliver Ray Turner
Oliver Ray Turner
Class of 1958
Navy, 20+ Years

Retired as Interior Communications Chief Petty Officer Submarine Service
Richard Kraft
Richard Kraft
Class of 2008
Army, 2 Years

stationed at fort riley kansas

Classmates Spotlight

Girard High School Classmates

Chris Trageser
Class of '01

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Girard High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Trojans.

School News

Class of '67 Reunion

We are working on our big "50" reunion. Please contact me via Facebook at Sharon Jo Hughes Doebelin..or email...
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Our Girard High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Girard High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Girard are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!