Kathy Josephs Faust -- an excellent driver

By Stan Rolfsrud
Trailboss
Greg Johnson told Kathy Josephs Faust about the Class of 1965 Roundup website way last fall. She had a good look at it then and figured she’d have plenty of time to get her information reported to it. But "Tempus fugit" she says, in a phrase reminiscent of Miss Loe’s Latin class -- or somebody else’s.
Kathy’s coming to the reunion and she’s sending her bucks for it to Quartermaster Schjei in Wisconsin.
She also turned in some addresses – Karen Meyer Bird of Prior Lake, and Marlys Mrnak of St. Cloud. She noted that once we get a hold of Karen Bird it should be a cinch to find Sheryl Nack, because those two are cousins.

Jerry Del--inquent?
And Jerry Deleski? The guy who was so prominently featured in Jim Van Amber’s writings on the class web site? Well, the Roundup hasn't actually heard from Jerry yet, he's still at large, but Kathy Josephs Faust figures she can track him. After all, his sister is married to Kathy’s cousin.

Kathy’s been married to her husband John for 36 years. That's not a class record, but a good one, nonetheless. They have three daughters, one son, three sons-in-law, four grandsons, and two cats.
About a year ago, Kathy changed jobs and now works at a furniture and home decorating store in Savage, a booming suburb of Minneapolis.

Grape stomping
Thinking back, Kathy remembers Marlin Madsen as a favorite teacher. Like so many of us, he taught her biology (including birds, bees, etc.) and Driver’s Ed. The biology part was okay, though Kathy didn’t particularly enjoy cutting open stinky frogs and night crawlers (annelidia?). Kathy didn’t say anything about the birds and bees part, but hey, four kids. Nice going, Marlin!
Behind the wheel driver education was fun, she recalls, and figures Mr. Madsen was an excellent instructor because she has yet to have an accident and she’s only received one ticket…. which wasn’t her fault. (That’s her story and she’s sticking to it.)
She still sees Mr. Madsen once in a while, usually at the annual Grape Stomp at Carlos Creek Winery!

Fish story
Kathy’s still learning life’s lessons, she says, and most of her unforgettable moments have been forgotten, probably because age is creeping up.
John and Kathy love flying north of the 50th parallel in Ontario for a fishing expedition. "One week of no TV, radio, phone or responsibilities. Just peace, solitude, fish, Northern Lights, the call of the loons, fish.. you get the picture."
Life has been good and she’s looking forward to the rest of it.
"See you in August!"