{"id":1007,"date":"2018-04-23T02:22:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T02:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2025-08-26T02:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:13:45","slug":"arlene-smith-shows-off-her-school-reunion-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/2018\/04\/23\/arlene-smith-shows-off-her-school-reunion-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlene Smith shows off her school reunion photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arlene Smith holding a picture of her high school reunion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Olson<\/b><\/a> a grand lady and lifelong friend<\/p>\n

Robert Swanson<\/b><\/a> A great lady indeed.<\/p>\n

Mario Romani<\/b><\/a> Hi Sarah! You must be visiting from Oregon. Just look at how great she looks, even at 102! Even has her fingernails done. That picture must be from many years ago. I see Lyle standing in the back too. I’m sure she is thrilled to see you – have a great visit. Cousin Judy<\/p>\n

Sarah Smith<\/b><\/a> Hi Judy! We had a great visit! I wish I could spend more time with her but am grateful for when I do get to see her. Hope you all are well!<\/p>\n

Ardis Cleveland<\/b><\/a> Arlene is a very sweet lady. When I was in high school she was the secretary.<\/p>\n

Larry Moses<\/b><\/a> So many familiar faces in the picture.Lyle and Arlene were family friends of ours.<\/p>\n

Anita G. O’Dell<\/b><\/a> Very nice picture of a wonderful lady.<\/p>\n

Lynda Katz<\/b><\/a> Beautiful lady with a beautiful soul … long time friend of both my parents in their younger years and a very close friend\/buddy of my Mom, (named Arlene also) especially after they had both become widows and moved close together as neighbors in the t…See More<\/p>\n

Betty Wold<\/b><\/a> Lynda, so nice hearing from you and your \u201cbro\u201d. I wish our city could name \u201csomething\u201d st? Or? after her and Lyle, they were loved by us all!!(she still is)<\/p>\n

Donna Folkens<\/b><\/a> Arlene is a beautiful lady inside and out. We have soo many wonderful memories of times we had with Lyle & Arlene\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Larry Moses<\/b><\/a> I believe , second row , 3rd from right is one of my Uncles<\/p>\n

Manage<\/p>\n

Larry Moses<\/b><\/a> Correction on 2nd row 3rd from left should have said Cousin , not Uncle . Sharol ( sp ) also known as Ike Angksman ( also sp?? )<\/p>\n

Manage<\/p>\n

Nellie Blonigen<\/b><\/a> Arlene,what a sweet lady she is., Amazing too.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Edwards<\/b><\/a> I remember her telling me how when she was teaching in a ine room school house out in Orrock and it was time for recess she would play games with her students and sometimes forget the time before ringing the bell for class to start again. She was only 18 and went to school with most of her students.<\/p>\n

Ruth Carlson<\/b><\/a> I loved her!<\/p>\n

Barb Holland<\/b><\/a> What a nice picture! Arlene looks great! I worked with her in the high school office for a short time. Maybe as a Jr<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude0a. A very gracious special lady<\/p>\n

Rita Moos Snyder<\/b><\/a> Does she still live in the senior center<\/p>\n

Sarah Smith<\/b><\/a> Yes, she’s at St. Ben’s in Monticello.<\/p>\n

Rita Moos Snyder<\/b><\/a> Thank you Sarah Smith I am going to get over to see her. Do I need to call before going<\/p>\n

Sarah Smith<\/b><\/a> You could call over to st bens first just so she knows you\u2019re coming. Just make sure you don\u2019t go during a Twins game. She\u2019s a big fan!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arlene Smith holding a picture of her high school reunion Bob Olson a grand lady and lifelong friend Robert Swanson A great lady indeed. Mario Romani Hi Sarah! You must be visiting from Oregon. Just look at how great she looks, even at 102! Even has her fingernails done. That picture must be from many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions\/1010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}