Today Stan and Kathleen received an invitation to Gary Lussier's graduation party, to be held June 7 in Wayzata.
Gary is the son of Carol Engstrom Lussier and her husband, Gary. That's right, sports fans, Carol was Sosie's classmate throughout junior high and high school, and she's got a son about to graduate from high school. Mother was pals with Gary's late grandmother, Thelma. Rolfsrud legend has it that Mom had her first taste of a special beverage in Thelma's kitchen on Broadway in Alexandria.Gary is not only one good-looking kid, he has talent. The co-captain of his football team at Breck in Golden Valley, he sang and took a role in "The Music Man," plays Lacrosse, and enjoys film and literature. He'll attend the U of M in the fall.
That's where his sister, Hannah, is a junior. This summer she'll be in Washington, D.C. on a Morris K. Udall Internship. Her sister, Leah, just finished her first year of Law School and will work at Faegre and Benson this summer. Leah's boyfriend, Jesse, will be working at the Jacobson and Buffalo firm across town in St. Paul.
Carol and Gary, about to be empty-nesters, write: "We are trying to comprehend how the years from babies to young adults have flown."
The couple have a summer cottage on Lake Darling in Alexandria. Congratulations go to the entire family of over-achievers.
