Menasha High School Alumni
Menasha, Wisconsin (WI)

Recent Members
Ava Hawthorne | 2024 |
Jim Hawkins | 1983 |
Matt Oknewski | 2000 |
Nicole Kalbes | 2015 |
Paul Stinski | 1971 |
Sandy Lefeber | 1975 |
Susan Porter | 1971 |
Tracy Kinney | 1991 |
Military 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 Menasha High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Bluejays lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.
Honored Military Alumni

Rebecca Dahms
Class of 1999
Air Force, 8 Years
Active duty. Radio Communications career field. Stationed @ Hurlburt Field, FL since Nov. 2000. Deployed 4 times in support of both OEF & OIF. Plan on doing 20+.
Class of 1999
Air Force, 8 Years
Active duty. Radio Communications career field. Stationed @ Hurlburt Field, FL since Nov. 2000. Deployed 4 times in support of both OEF & OIF. Plan on doing 20+.


Robert Smarzinski
Class of 1965
Army, 2 Years
Basic Training - Fort Cambell Kentucky
AIT- Fort Polk Louisianna
1 Year Tour Vietnam - Amer Divi. 3/21. Co A - 196th Light Infantry
Fort Hood Texas
Class of 1965
Army, 2 Years
Basic Training - Fort Cambell Kentucky
AIT- Fort Polk Louisianna
1 Year Tour Vietnam - Amer Divi. 3/21. Co A - 196th Light Infantry
Fort Hood Texas

Sandy Shestina (Lefeber)
Class of 1975
Army, 3 Years
612th Quartermaster Airborne parachute rigger
Class of 1975
Army, 3 Years
612th Quartermaster Airborne parachute rigger

Scott K. Howe
Class of 1977
Navy, 10 Years
USN.... Med twice, South America and Africa... Yeah those Libyans didn't like us shooting them down , though I think 75 miles was a bit close.
Class of 1977
Navy, 10 Years
USN.... Med twice, South America and Africa... Yeah those Libyans didn't like us shooting them down , though I think 75 miles was a bit close.


Sue Ferris Mitchell
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years
I was an Air Traffic Controller at Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska and at Mountain Home AFB near Mountain Home, Idaho. The best four years of my life!
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years
I was an Air Traffic Controller at Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska and at Mountain Home AFB near Mountain Home, Idaho. The best four years of my life!


Thomas A Kusch
Class of 1966
Navy, 3 Years
Seaman Journalist on the USS Princeton, 1966-1969
Class of 1966
Navy, 3 Years
Seaman Journalist on the USS Princeton, 1966-1969

Thomas Buss
Class of 1968
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted in 1970. Served 2 years in Germany as tank crewman. Spent 23 years in the Army Reserve as a First Sergeant.
Class of 1968
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted in 1970. Served 2 years in Germany as tank crewman. Spent 23 years in the Army Reserve as a First Sergeant.

Thomas Kusch
Class of 1966
Navy, 6 Years
Stationed on a aircraft carrier USS Princeton and worked as a journalist in the Public Affairs Office. 1966-1972, 3 years active duty(during the Vietnam Conflict) 3 years in the Naval Reserves.
Class of 1966
Navy, 6 Years
Stationed on a aircraft carrier USS Princeton and worked as a journalist in the Public Affairs Office. 1966-1972, 3 years active duty(during the Vietnam Conflict) 3 years in the Naval Reserves.

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School News
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Our Menasha 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 Menasha High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Menasha are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!