Nearly 70 years later, defunct Muskegon school s state title recaptured by players
Muskegon St. Joseph s H.S. closed for good in 1953, which also was the year its boys basketball team won the state championship. Three former players reflect. Author: Brent Ashcroft Updated: 6:19 PM EDT July 29, 2021
MUSKEGON, Mich. This is kind of the ultimate Go-Out-in-a-Blaze-of-Glory, story.
Winning a state championship in your high school s final year of existence, assuring that nobody and no other team can erase that accomplishment.
Three of the remaining five members of Muskegon St. Joseph s 1953 boys basketball title team gathered to reminisce about the determination, and the one free throw, that pushed the Saints to upset the state s best team.
Chris BergJanuary 30, 2021Last Updated: January 30, 2021
Elizabeth “Liz” Koehler, 92, of Rockford, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 28, 2021 at the Nora Springs Care Center.
A celebration of life and inurnment at the West St. Charles Cemetery will be held at a later date.
Elizabeth “Liz” Margaret (Druschel) Koehler, the daughter of William and Fannie Druschel, was born April 25, 1928. After graduation, Liz taught at a country school for one year.
On November 27, 1949, Liz was united in marriage to Donald Koehler at the Rockford United Methodist Church. The couple made their home on the Koehler family farm where they raised their family and farmed. They were able to spend most of their lifetime on the family farm until moving to the Nora Springs Care Center in April of 2016.
Clifford âDeanâ Hinton
Clifford “Dean” Hinton, 78, of Lock Haven, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 at UPMC Williamsport.
He was born in Lock Haven on Aug. 28, 1942, the son of the late Clifford and Sara Seasholtz Hinton.
Dean was a 1960 graduate of Lock Haven High School and served in the Army National Guard until his honorable discharge in 1966.
On April 10, 1965, he married the former Linda Herr, who survives.
Dean was a member of the Flemington First Church of Christ.
After working at Hammermill Paper Company and the Ford Motor Company, he began his career in law enforcement on July 3, 1968 with the Lock Haven City Police Department retiring as Sargent after 30 years. But, in true Dean fashion, he could never fully retire he continued to work at PDC Spas, Lock Haven University and most recently at Belles Spring Golf Course.