Wawka High School Graduates 1894-1967
To School Records


The first school house in Elkhart Township was built in 1834.  The fifth was a log structure erected in Wawaka on the west side of Main Street, north of the railroad tracks, and built around 1847.  The first hight school graduating class was in 1894.  In 1968, Wawaka closed and students were bussed to Ligonier.  The building was eventully torn down.  There were no graduates in 1909.

Name Year of graduation
Adair Jerry 1964
Adair Larry 1964
Adair Patricia M 1960
Altimus Viginia 1934
Anspaugh Linda 1966
Anspaugh Roy 1946
Archer Daniel L 1960
Archer Denny 1965
Bailey Harold L 1960
Bailey Russell 1946
Ball Helen 1926
Barrett Collette 1946
Barrett Elmer 1925
Barrett Grace 1907
Barrett William 1906
Baughman Minnie 1895
Beaty Orval 1923
Becker Arthur 1921
Becker Edna 1937
Becker Paul 1936
Becker Virgil 1941
Beckner Rosemary 1967
Beers Patricia 1947
Beers William R 1950
Belcher Charity 1916
Bell Kate 1896
Bell Leona 1903
Billman Nellie 1901
Bills Margaret H 1960
Bills Robert 1947
Bish Don 1947
Bish Elizabeth 1941
Bish Francis 1945
Bish George 1942
Bish Robert W 1949
Blankenhagen Juanita 1934
Bleile Beth 1964
Bogan George L 1963
Bollinger Robert 1939
Bortner Margo S 1963
Bortner Steve 1965
Boss Charles 1910
Boss James L 1958
Boss Jesse 1918
Boss John 1923
Boyd Beatrice 1930
Boyd Bernard 1933
Boyd Claude 1921
Boyd Edward 1965
Boyd Gerald F 1961
Boyd Hazel 1918
Boyd Irene 1917
Boyd Joan 1941
Boyd Marceda 1924
Boyd Roger 1964
Boyle Bonnie L 1954
Boyle David 1956
Brill Flo 1907
Brill George C 1920
Brill Lela 1925
Brill Lon 1917
Brill Robert 1940
Brown Lucille 1933
Brown Phyllis 1944
Brumbaugh Ruby 1913
Buchanan Ralph A 1952
Buchanan Sondra M 1953
Burket Fred 1924
Burkett Lena 1916
Burkett Franklin L 1957
Butz Cleo 1910
Butz Earl 1927
Butz Forrest 1919
Butz Grace 1908
Butz Grace 1910
Butz Halley 1907
Butz Harold 1921
Butz Herman 1906
Butz Lela 1913
Butz Ruth 1930
Butz Verlo 1931
Butz Walter 1925
Caldwell Helen 1924
Caldwell Leland 1934
Carterville Rose 1942
Cass T E 1903
Cass Thomas 1900
Cass Will 1901
Chaffee Elizabeth M 1962
Chaffee Gerald 1920
Chaffee Joan 1962
Christophersen B 1944
Clear Beatrice 1916
Clyburn Jewel 1944
Cobbs Carol 1925
Coffman Carol 1944
Coffman Clair 1935
Compton Jesse 1936
Conrad Alta 1907
Conrad Delpha 1900
Conrad Maxine 1941
Conrad Wioladean E 1935
Cook Donald 1921
Cook Edna 1924
Cotner Joy Y 1958
Crago Helen 1932
Cragoi Lucile 1929
Cripe Virginia 1933
Damon Bette 1951
Damon Joanne 1953
Damon Lois M 1948
Damon Laura 1943
Danner Dorothy L 1958
Danner Larry 1965
Danner Ruth A 1963
DePew Lucille 1936
Diangi Becky 1966
Domer Erin 1921
Domer Frances 1896
Domer George 1928
Domer Harriet 1940
Domer Margaret 1936
Domer Martha 1923
Domer Mary 1932
Donat Bill 1936
Donat Pamela J 1960
Donat Tom B 1961
Donley Doris L 1948
Donley Joanne 1952
Duesler Fred 1943
Dukes Everett 1834
Dukes John 1915
Dull Evelyn 1932
Dunlap Richard 1946
Eagleson Gwendolyn 1928
Eamick Genevieve 1943
Eamick William Jr 1942
Eberly Carolyn R 1958
Eberly Dan 1965
Eberly Gloria A 1954
Eberly Jacob Jr 1959
Eberly James O 1956
Eberly John  R 1963
Eberly Joyce E 1961
Eberly May J 1953
Edwards Cheryl 1965
Edwards Don L 1961
Edwards Tona 1959
Elijah Clyde 1940
Elijah Lester 1917
Elijah Paul 1936
Elijah Robert 1938
Emmert Evelyn 1930
Emmert Fancheon J 1955
Emmert Howard 1928
Emmert John 1964
Emmert Patricia R 1953
Emmert Roy 1927
Emmert Sandra M 1957
Emmert Velma 1933
Emmert Vera 1933
Emmert William A 1960
Eyer Bob 1965
Eyer Vicki M 1963
Fisher Fred 1941
Flinn Vernon 1914
Fonner Donald 1943
Forrey Claire 1905
Forrey Edna 1902
Fox J E 1894
Franklin Arthur 1941
Franklin Earle 1967
Franklin Teola J 1962
Franks Ann C 1950
Franks Charles 1901
Franks Clara 1907
Franks Coy 1933
Franks David J 1952
Franks Evangeline 1913
Franks Evelyn 1919
Franks Ford 1930
Franks Gary A 1961
Franks Gertrude 1896
Franks Iris 1944
Franks Jane 1936
Franks Karen 1966
Franks Mable 1901
Franks Marguerite 1926
Franks Marion J 1948
Franks Mary 1945
Franks Mike 1967
Franks Mildred 1930
Franks Modelle 1920
Franks Patricia 1956
Franks Thomas 1939
Franks Thora 1927
Franks Tom 1965
Franks Virginia 1922
Franks William 1946
Frick Burdett 1914
Frick Cyrus 1927
Frick Dorothy 1931
Frick Edward 1946
Frick Eva 1922
Frick Gertrude 1898
Frick Grace 1919
Frick Harry D 1912
Frick Harry Jr 1936
Frick Helen 1932
Frick Ida 1895
Frick Irma 1915
Frick Jessie 1907
Frick Joan 1942
Frick Joyce 1933
Frick Lester 1917
Frick Loyal 1936
Frick Mary B 1933
Frick Maude 1921
Frick Merrill B 1948
Frick Myra 1914
Frick Nancy J 1956
Frick Rosemary 1938
Frick Ruby 1925
Frick Ruth 1923
Frick Sheldon 1910
Frick Shirley A 1952
Fulford Donald 1940
Fulford Franklin 1951
Fulford Georgia 1941
Fulford Gloria M 1961
Fulford Harold L 1955
Fulford James S 1948
Fulford Joseph C 1950
Fulford Joe 1918
Fulford Minnie 1930
Fulford Paul 1947
Fulford Ronald D 1955
Fulford Solomon 1929
Fulford Virginia L 1950
Fulford Wayne 1959
Fulk Arlene 1924
Fulk Kenneth D 1950
Fulk Richard R 1955
Fulk Wayne 1965
Gaerte Thomas E 1963
Gage Audrey 1915
Gage Walter 1918
Galloway George 1944
Gallup Bernice 1924
Gallup Jennie 1926
Gangwer Donald G 1948
Gangwer Grace 1934
Gangwer Margaret 1941
Gangwer Mildred 1939
Gangwer Paul 1945
Gangwer Rosalie 1943
Gangwer William 1937
Gappinger Carl 1946
Gappinger Josephine L 1948
Gard Alva 1908
Gard Delbert 1933
Gard Lillian A 1935
Gard Matthew 1915
Gates Bill 1931
Gates Doris 1925
Gates Ellis 1929
Gates Judith A 1955
Gates Louise 1926
Gaunt Mack 1943
Gaunt William R 1946
Geiger Annamae 1959
Geiger Edrie 1923
Geiger Herb l 1962
Geiger Robert 1929
Gerver Albertine 1922
Gerver Hazel 1905
Gerver Linda 1967
Gerver Lloyd 1904
Gerver Mable 1898
Gerver Pauline 1917
Gerver Willis 1944
Gilbert Mary 1939
Gilbert Sue 1965
Gill Beryl 1901
Gill Mozelle 1944
Gill Rudolph 1901
Glant Jerome 1926
Glant Mona L 1950
Glant Nora 1894
Glant Steve P 1961
Golden Charles L 1961
Golden Enos 1931
Golden Howard 1929
Golden James 1942
Golden John 1934
Golden John 1966
Golden Margaret 1959
Golden Mary L 1958
Golden Ward 1924
Gonser Mary L 1952
Gonser Robert L 1956
Gonser Walter D 1953
Greenawalt Glen 1939
Greenawalt Leona 1929
Greenawalt Polly 1928
Greenawalt Raymond 1938
Greenlee Sue 1965
Growcock Beverly I 1963
Growcock Larry L 1960
Growcock Odonna 1918
Growcock Peggy 1959
Haid Keith 1922
Haid Mary 1941
Haid Walter 1925
Hall Gladys 1927
Halsey Brian E 1960
Halsey Dale R 1957
Halsey Mary L 1949
Haney Robert l 1948
Harlan Carol L 1962
Harlan Terry 1966
Haun Chestina 1934
Hefner Dorothy 1931
Heltzel Nellie 1966
Hemund Albert 1907
Hemund Fred 1908
Herendeen Dwight 1947
Herendeen Fay 1932
Herendeen June 1941
Herendeen Ruth 1931
Hetrick Odell 1940
Hicks Izola M 1935
Hicks Kate 1894
Hicks Keith 1931
Hicks Malvern 1923
Hicks Rupert 1926
Hjelm Bud 1951
Hjelm Louise 1947
Hjelm William 1946
Hooten Dale 1929
Hooten Dwight 1939
Hooten Glen 1926
Hooten Judy 1959
Hooten Mary 1931
Hooten Nancy 1964
Hoover B E 1927
Hoover Beth 1941
Hosford Charles T 1957
Hosford Jack W 1958
Houston Donald 1913
Houston Thomas 1904
Huff Katherine 1936
Huff Robert L 1963
Hunter Eleanor 1934
Hurst Walter 1902
Inks Evelyn 1931
Inks Flo 1921
Inks Forrest 1944
Inks Howard 1937
Inks Joyce 1941
Inks Katherine 1941
Inks Mildred 1928
Inks Pearl 1923
Inks Robert 1934
Inks Ruby 1927
Iwankowitsch Sina 1959
Jacob Albert 1938
Jacob Lillian 1933
Jacob Meta 1932
Jacob Robert 1942
Jacob Viola M 1935
Jett Mary L 1944
Jett Ross E 1950
Johnson Alice 1932
Johnson Arlene 1948
Jones Carl 1940
Jones Donald L 1950
Jones Dorothy 1937
Jones Flossie 1931
Jones Richard 1959
Jones Sara 1934
Jourdan Frankie 1907
Jourdan Virginia 1921
Kaser Vernon 1956
Kaser William F 1962
Kauffman Levi 1965
Keefer Allen D 1957
Keefer Barbara R 1961
Keefer Forrest 1966
Keefer Virgil E 1955
Keim Leila 1953
Keim Ruby 1947
Kendall Linda 1959
Kendall Marilyn S 1954
Kendall Michael 1964
Kendall Patce 1966
Kesler Jack 1939
Kimmel Naola 1945
Kimmel Nada 1943
King Alice 1917
King Eldon 1932
King Josephine 1923
King Robert 1924
King Ruth 1916
King Thelma 1932
Kinnison Ann 1965
Kinnison David 1967
Kinnison Frances 1934
Kinnison Ruth 1929
Knepper Alice 1923
Knepper Alvin 1937
Knepper Louise 1922
Knepper Sara 1935
Knight Joann 1956
Krippner Keith 1913
Krippner Robert 1935
Kurtz Sylvia 1966
Landon Arnold 1932
Landon Marcelle 1925
Landon Opal 1913
Landon Pauline 1920
Landon Sharon K 1962
Landon William L 1958
Lantz Donald 1934
Lauer Ford 1923
Lauer Gary B 1920
Lauer Merle 1918
Lawson Nancy C 1960
Lecount Helen 1928
Lecount Doris 1942
Lecount Kathryn 1939
Lecount Nelson 1959
Lecount Paul 1934

Lecount Paulette 1964
Lee Owen 1939
Lewis Wayne 1967
Lindsey Dora 1903
Lindsey Veda 1905
Long Alma 1913
Long Alva 1913
Lower Alton 1906
Lower Diana K 1961
Lower Enid 1925
Lower John 1967
Lower Louise M 1963
Lower Marianne 1950
Lower Marie 1910
Lower Nellie 1940
Lower Olin 1932
Lower Robert 1935
Lower Roberta 1938
Lower Ronald E 1958
Lower Tom 1951
Lower William F 1949
Lung Cecil 1916
Lung Dallas 1945
Lung Gerald 1942
Lung Mary 1921
Lung Max 1946
Lung Mervin 1941
Lung Wava 1916
Magers Charles 1939
Magers Jane 1942
Magers Mary 1944
Magnuson Bette 1940
Magnuson Donna 1921
Magnuson Harold 1934
Magnuson Maxine 1936
Magnuson Theodore 1927
Malle Marry A 1962
Malle Thomas J 1958
Mangus Barbara 1967
Marker Ida M 1943
Marshall Ira 1897
Marshall Mary 1895
Martin John 1932
Mast Velda 1956
Mault Bob R 1962
Mault James W 1958
Mault John E 1960
Mault Margaret 1965
Mault Max 1964
Mawhorter Beulah 1904
Mawhorter Cecil 1914
Mawhorter Dora 1897
Mawhorter Dorothy A 1950
Mawhorter Dwight 1908
Mawhorter Edward E 1948
Mawhorter Emma 1914
Mawhorter Erla 1906
Mawhorter Richard 1946
Mawhorter Sarah A 1953
Mawhorter T J 1911
Mawhorter Tom 1956
Mawhorter Walter 1899
McCloughan Ralph 1930
McFarlin Retha 1965
McGee Tressielle 1922
McLoughan Barbarrah H 1932
Messick Carl 1915
Miller David 1939
Miller Judith 1964
Miller Maxwell 1926
Miller Nancy 1967
Miller Tom 1930
Miller Waldo 1938
Miner Emma 1915
Miner Joseph 1916
Miner Rufus 1917
Minier Karen 1964
Minier Marion 1937
Minier Richard 1945
Minier Varen 1943
Monk Kathryn A 1920
Moore Clifford 1941
Moore Paul C 1952
Moore Wayne 1948
Mullet Carolyn 1959
Mullett Martha E 1962
Murphy Floyd 1928
Murphy Lela 1928
Murphy Robert 1932
Murray Clyde E 1920
Murray Helen 1914
Musselman A Dean 1952
Musselman Bob 1959
Musselman Charles 1947
Musselman Doris 1942
Musselman Max 1949
Musser Connie 1964
Musser John 1942
Musser Kay I 1963
Musser Susie 1944
Myers Carl 1942
Myers Lana 1965
Nesbit Donald 1936
Neufer Mary 1932
Nicodemus Barbara J 1957
North Mary G 1947
North Zelma 1900
Oesch Betty 1943
Oesch Bill 1947
Oesch Gloria 1951
Oesch Joyce 1944
Oesch Laverne M 1953
Oplinger David 1947
Oplinger Nancy 1946
Ott Clifford 1945
Ott Georgia 1917
Otto Walter 1951
Pancake Marion 1896
Parks Mike 1966
Peffer Hazel 1920
Pepple Edith 1928
Pergrem Genevieve 1946
Perry Richard 1942
Peterson Edna 1933
Phares Dorothy J 1950
Phares Marvin 1939
Phares Susan 1967
Phares Wanda 1943
Phares Wilton 1944
Pierce Webster 1922
Piggott Gerald 1964
Piggott Janis 1942
Piggott Lyman 1902
Piggott Mary 1905
Piggott Mike 1967
Piggott Wallace 1933
Polston Alta M 1935
Poppy Carlton 1906
Poppy Don 1933
Poppy Lelan 1935
Poppy Margaret 1928
Poppy Marie 1933
Poppy Marseille 1930
Poppy Mary 1911
Poppy Millard 1939
Portner Bell 1906
Portner John 1905
Portner Ora 1915
Poyser Fredrick 1947
Poyser Leo 1922
Price Charles 1945
Price Paul 1914
Price Robert J 1957
Price Shirley 1965
Price William 1935
Probst Anna 1896
Quinn Charles 1946
Ramer Alberta 1929
Ramer Cecil 1912
Ramer Elmer 1937
Ramer John 1936
Ramer Lena 1915
Ramer Mildred 1934
Ramer Monte 1967
Ramer Queneth 1937
Ramsby Kathryn 1950
Ramsby Keith 1945
Ramsby Lorayne 1943
Randolph Freeman 1925
Randolph Jean 1967
Randolph Margaretta 1910
Reichard Barbara 1947
Reichard Betty J 1950
Reichard Evelyn 1956
Reidenbach Brady 1910
Reidenbach Carl 1907
Reidenbach Cora 1906
Reidenbach Dick L 1955
Reidenbach Edward 1905
Reidenbach Ella 1904
Reidenbach Elmer 1905
Reidenbach Florence 1917
Reidenbach George 1905
Reidenbach Glen1933
Reidenbach Jack 1940
Reidenbach Jay 1940
Reidenbach Juanita 1935
Reidenbach Marilyn 1942
Reidenbach Marjorie 1941
Reidenbach Maxine 1939
Reidenbach Paul 1929
Reidenbach Paula 1959
Reidenbach Roy 1915
Renehan James 1897
Resler Carole M 1952
Resler Eston 1919
Resler Floyd 1918
Rhea Louise 1947
Rice Betty 1939
Rice Bonny 1939
Rice Edsel 1940
Rice Karen M 1957
Rice Laura B 1950
Rice Leslie 1917
Rice Lucille 1929
Rice Mary 1915
Rice Maxine 1936
Rice Melease 1937
Rice Reva D 1963
Rice Robert 1947
Rice Violet 1932
Richards Norma 1957
Richards Robert E 1953
Richards Ronnie 1959
Riddle Carl 1949
Riddle David 1967
Riddle Janis 1944
Riddle Joann 1957
Riddle Rosemary 1947
Riddle Virginia A 1955
Rider Joy A 1956
Rigsby Janet L 1961
Rigsby Kenneth 1964
Rimmel Orlo 1917
Rink Irvin 1902
Rink Julius 1899
Roberts David 1964
Roberts Elaine 1965
Roberts Franklin 1937
Roberts Gary 1967
Roberts Louis 1940
Roe Earl 1940
Roe Roy 1949
Roop Josephine 1904
Rose David 1965
Rose Dee 1963
Rose Dennis 1963
Rose Evelyn 1931
Rose Jessie 1921
Rose John 1945
Rose James 1967
Rose Mark 1964
Rose Mary A 1954
Rose Raymond 1937
Rose Shirley L 1954
Rose Tom 1965
Rose Wahneta 1937
Rose Wayland 1921
Rosenogle Bernita 1966
Rosenogle Rita 1966
Ross Betty 1943
Ross Franklin 1939
Ross Maxine 1936
Schick Gola 1935
Schick Varon 1925
Schlabach Adrian J 1954
Schwab Earle 1925
Schwab Frank H 1920
Schwab Fred 1919
Schwab Lucille 1931
Schwab Marcile 1933
Schwab Max 1926
Schwab Modelle 1917
Schwab Ralph 1920
Schwab Ruth 1923
Seymoure Brant 1912
Seymoure Mildred 1913
Seymoure Orvis 1897
Shannon Charles 1936
Shannon Charlotte S 1957
Shannon Irene 1960
Shannon Maureen 1960
Shannon Robert 1922
Shannon Roseann 1962
Shannon Ruth 1933
Shannon Steven J 1959
Shaw Catherine 1928
Shaw Charles 1899
Sheley DeWayne 1944
Sheley Delbert 1941
Shew Kenneth 1934
Shipe Ruth E 1952
Shull Banner 1965
Shull Ruth A 1961
Simpson Eva M 1960
Smith Cecil 1933
Smith Charles 1921
Smith Charles 1946
Smith Coy 1908
Smith Edith 1896
Smith Eldon D 1958
Smith Lois 1931
Smith Peggy A 1954
Smith Ruth 1929
Smith Teddy L 1954
Smolinske Charles R 1954
Smolinske Margaret  A 1957
Smoots James R 1963
Smoots Linda M 1962
Smoots Ronnie L 1955
Smoots Sally 1965
Smoots Sharon L 1957
Sontchi Imogene 1949
Sontchi Paul W 1957
Sontchi Viola 1914
Sorgenfrei Harold 1914
Spurgeon Fred 1914
Spurgeon Theodore 1906
Staley Phillip C 1962
Stanger Harold 1931
Stanger Leo 1930
Stienbarger Chester 1915
Stienbarger Darrell 1943
Stienbarger Maxine 1936
Stienbarger Vina 1912
Stiffner Ella 1914
Stigner Lena 1905
Stigner Margaret 1929
Stringfellow Edward L 1958
Stringfellow Kenneth 1964
Stringfellow Norman E 1961
Studebaker William 1967
Stuff Edward E 1961
Stuff Harriett L 1954
Stuff Nona 1898
Stuff Norma 1956
Stuff Robert 1931
Stutzman Joella 1947
Stutzman Kenneth 1952
Sullivan Stella 1905
Swank George 1936
Swank Jesse 1895
Swank Wallace 1931
Swartz Ozema 1939
Swartz Ronald D 1952
Swartz Sally A 1960
Swartz William Jr 1941
Targgart David Jr 1955
Targgart Kay 1964
Targgart Kenneth 1964
Targgart Larry W 1958
Targgart Martha 1959
Targgart Phyllis M 9157
Targgart Rose E 1954
Targgart Wayne L 1952
Terney J L 1927
Thompson Barry 1966
Thompson Charles 1934
Thompson Cora 1895
Thompson Karen 1965
Thompson Lowell 1944
Thompson Richard 1951
Tice Helen 1931
Tice Willis 1939
Tierney James E 1949
Tierney John 1944
Todd Bill 1956
Todd Joseph W 1958
Trittipo Betty L 1962
Trittipo Roberta A 1960
Troyer R E 1948
Trump Grace 1899
Tschabold Fred 1916
Tschabold Willis 1938
Tuvell Brenda 1967
Tyler Lawrence 1900
Tyler Wayne 1898
Uhrich Lawrence A 1959
Valenziano Patricia 1956
Valenziano Rosemary C 1954
Waldron Robert 1937
Waller Priscilla F 1963
Walton Audrey J 1954
Walton Bill M 1962
Walton James H 1950
Weaver Bette J 1947
Weaver Carl 1951
Weaver Dale 1944
Weaver David A 1957
Weaver Donald 1939
Weaver Earl 1930
Weaver Fawn 1919
Weaver Grover A 1952
Weaver Karen S 1956
Weaver Marguerite 1934
Weaver Marion 1942
Weaver Noble R 1949
Weaver Owen 1937
Weaver Phyllis 1942
Weaver Richard F 1955
Weaver Rollo 1915
Weaver Sandra M 1963
Weaver Wayne 1938
Webster Sylvia 1924
White Sharon 1965
Wilkins Lawrence C 1950
Wilkins Luella 1947
Willard Helen 1934
Willits Allen 1926
Winebrenner Earl 1933
Wysong Alvin 1940
Wysong Beverly A 1957
Wysong Charles 1942
Wysong Doris E 1948
Wysong Helen L 1955
Wysong Max 1959
Wysong Mildred 1941
Wysong Ruth 1945
Wysong Vera 1945
Yant Dorothy 1922
Yant Douglas 1941
Yant Ilo 1922
Yant Jane 1944
Yant Paul 1916
Yeager Helen 1934
Yeager Julia A 1952
Yeager Lucille 1931
Yeager Roger 1959
Yoder David E 1949
Yoder Joann 1950
Young James L Jr 1920
Zimmerman Dan 1959
Zimmerman Dorothy 1925
Zimmerman Edith 1899
Zimmerman Etta 1903
Zimmerman Eva 1916
Zimmerman George 1916
Zimmerman Harold 1920
Zimmerman Harry 1907
Zimmerman James 1944
Zimmerman Mabel 1904
Zimmerman Robert 1939
Zimmerman Violet B 1920
Zimmerman Walter 1926

Noble Notes: Patience is the art of letting your light shine after you have blown a fuse.