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The history of Concordia St. Paul is written by the lives of our alumni, so big news or small, we want to hear it all! If you have landed a promotion, welcomed a new family member, or moved to a new city, let us know by submitting an alumni note. Help us fill our future publications with the incredible things our alumni are doing.

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  • Kathleen Cziok (Schumann)

    Class of 1977

    Kathleen Cziok, BA ’77, recently retired and took a trip to California for her 65th birthday.

    Kathleen Cziok (Schumann)

  • Tara Darling (McMiller)

    Class of 2008

    Tara (McMiller), BA ’09 and Ryan Darling were married in January of 2020. Their marriage has been a story of redemption for each of them! Ryan will be adopting Tara’s daughter, Maggie in June, and they are anxiously awaiting the birth of another child in November!

    Tara Darling (McMiller)

  • Sharon Kriesch (Breneman)

    Class of 1971

    Sharon (Breneman) Kriesch, BA ’71, retired from teaching in 2010 and now enjoys her 4 grandchildren.

  • Zachary Stenger

    Class of 2019

    Zachary Stenger, BA ’19, was just hired to his 2nd job post graduation as a Marketing Campaign and Media Specialist at Vital Images, a Canon Group Company. He’s happy to be a resource to new graduates or incoming students!

  • Michael Meyer

    Class of 2001

    Michael Meyer, BA ’01 is currently serving as Assistant Principal at Silver Valley High School (Yermo, CA). Michael and his wife, Katherine (Kohls), ’02, have 3 kids (Elizabeth-14, Emily-12, and Andrew-8). They live in Victorville, California.

  • Kenneth Block

    Class of 1957

    Kenneth Block, JC ’57 is retired.

  • Orval Peters

    Class of 2005

    Orval Peters, BA ’05, will be ordained and installed as pastor for St John’s Lutheran Church, Hinton, OK & Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Watonga, OK on June 28, 2020.

  • Lucinda Reed (Niccum)

    Class of 1987

    Lucinda (Niccum) Reed, BA ‘87 moved to Vancouver, WA as her husband took a job with the US Forest Service, based in Portland, OR.

  • Marketia Thomas

    Class of 2018

    Marketia Thomas, MA ’18, gave birth to her fourth son, Marshawn Thomas. He is a miracle baby born 2lb 4oz.

  • Kenneth Garnier

    Class of 2012

    Kenneth Garnier, MA ’12, is celebrating the release of his 16-song, 4th studio album, ‘Churchman’ by Akouo in June 2019.

    Kenneth Garnier

  • Gary James

    Class of 1966

    Gary James, HS ’68, was ordained as an SMP Pastor in October 2018.

  • Casey Stusynski (Stage)

    Class of 2015

    Casey (Stage) Stusynski, BA ’15, shared the following: “I’ve come full circle… I grew up on the Range and now I celebrate my fourth year of teaching and my first year as a Forest Lake Ranger!”