South Milwaukee High School Alumni
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI)

Recent Members
Karen Pehkonen | 1967 |
Mathew Mathew Zehner | 2018 |
Pamela Haines | 1972 |
Sally Ewig | 1989 |
Steve Steve Torkelson | 1985 |
Susanne Ken Pennington | 1962 |
Tony Bloom Tony Bloom | 2004 |
Zachary S. Dufay Zachary S. Dufay | 2004 |
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 South Milwaukee High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Rockets lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.
Honored Military Alumni

RICHARD C. KIRK JR.
Class of 1954
Air Force, 20+ Years
Responsible for ensuring the protection of life and property from a missile during its operational and/or test flight from the USAF Eastern Test Range to impact or orbital insertion. Included were NASA Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle test and manned program flights and Military Trident, Poseidon, Polaris, Minuteman Man, Titan, Pershing missiles and unmanned Atlas , Delta and Titan space satellite and deep space probe missions.
Class of 1954
Air Force, 20+ Years
Responsible for ensuring the protection of life and property from a missile during its operational and/or test flight from the USAF Eastern Test Range to impact or orbital insertion. Included were NASA Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle test and manned program flights and Military Trident, Poseidon, Polaris, Minuteman Man, Titan, Pershing missiles and unmanned Atlas , Delta and Titan space satellite and deep space probe missions.

Rick Lofy
Class of 1968
Marine Corps, 4 Years
Hollywood Marine Corps Boot Camp!! 1969-1973. Series Honor Man, Marine of the Month, Sgt. S-2, most of the time in the Mediterranean.
Class of 1968
Marine Corps, 4 Years
Hollywood Marine Corps Boot Camp!! 1969-1973. Series Honor Man, Marine of the Month, Sgt. S-2, most of the time in the Mediterranean.


Ronald j zudonyi
Class of 1970
Navy, 20+ Years
Best 20 yrs of my life.if possible I'd do it over again
Class of 1970
Navy, 20+ Years
Best 20 yrs of my life.if possible I'd do it over again

Shawn William Arndt
Class of 1987
Army Reserves, 8 Years
91D10 - Surgical Tech. Honourable Discharge/E-4
Class of 1987
Army Reserves, 8 Years
91D10 - Surgical Tech. Honourable Discharge/E-4

Stephanie (Fredricks) Halligan
Class of 1999
Marine Corps, 4 Years
I served with 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune. I was in HQ Btry as a computer/telephone technician. I was with the Electronics Maintenance Platoon.
Class of 1999
Marine Corps, 4 Years
I served with 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune. I was in HQ Btry as a computer/telephone technician. I was with the Electronics Maintenance Platoon.

william j. lucas
Class of 1955
Air Force, 20+ Years
u. s. navy 1955-1959 naval security group/national security agency - 1960-1970 wisconsin air national guard/128 air refueling group, mitchell field - 1970-1993 arizona air national guard/ 161 air refueling wing, sky harbor airport, phoenix - msgt usaf retired
Class of 1955
Air Force, 20+ Years
u. s. navy 1955-1959 naval security group/national security agency - 1960-1970 wisconsin air national guard/128 air refueling group, mitchell field - 1970-1993 arizona air national guard/ 161 air refueling wing, sky harbor airport, phoenix - msgt usaf retired

Alumni Stories

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School News
SM Music Cuts - Save the Music
The School Administration has proposed to cut one orchestra position and also if the unions don't agree to $600,000 in b...
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Our South Milwaukee 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 South Milwaukee High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in South Milwaukee are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!