Class of 1945
Members of the Paynesville High School Class of 1945 gathered for a reunion with their spouses on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Of the 31 members of the class, 17 are still living. Pictured at the reunion are, front to back: (left side of table) Ivory and Ken Christianson, Dick and Mavis Kannenberg, and Genny and Lee Herzog; and (right side of table) Pat and Les Herzog, Vern Fischbach, Evelyn (Wall) Carlson, and Sue and Jerry Pierce.

Class of 2002
The Paynesville Area High School Class of 2002 held their 10-year reunion on Sept. 22, 2012. Pictured at the reunion are: (front, L to R: Josh Schreifels, Ryan Schneider, DJ Beckius, Hannah (Philabaum) Kolb, Jacqie (Utsch) Gruber, Rachel (Koehn) Flint, Jonnie Schefers, Maria Janotta; (middle) Jennifer Monson, Lynn (Niewind) Tasto, Lisa Stanger, Carla (Hemmesch) Ostendorf, Jen Bruntlett, Sara (Lieser) Goltz, Kandace (Bengston) Damhof, Ashley Wall, Heather (Roos) Blumberg, Angie (Meyer) Gurung, Kim (Nelson) Floer, Rita (Lounsbury) Mahn; (back) Steven Mages, Nic Glenz, Joe Bertram, Joe Lingl, Aaron Lang, Jesse Rien, Scott Thompson, Adam Rafferty, Mark Braun, Scott Buermann, Jason Leyendecker, Corey Utsch; and (top) Steven Johnson.

Class of 1951
The Paynesville High School Class of 1951 held a reunion in Paynesville on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Pictured at the reunion are, from left: (front) Larry Haines, Charles Chesness, Rita (Grismer) Wolford, Jeanette (Schmidt) Noyes, and Harold Knutson; (middle) Mary (Christenson) Wood, Joanna (Waldorf) Pendergast, Beverly (Anderson) Haagenson, Beatrice (Jenkinson) Camp, Delores (Everson) Pfau, Joan (Wicklund) Liestman, Frances (Heinrich) Nierenhausen, and Bernette (Bauman) Helling; and (back) Leroy Jonas, Danny Hoppe, Jerome Mackedanz, Elvin Lieser, and Maynard Wood.

Class of 1950
The PHS Class of 1950 held a reunion on Saturday, Sept. 8. (The class has been meeting annually since their 60th anniversary two years ago.) Attending were: (front) Catherine (Hennen) Kremer, Delores (Krueger) Schoenherr, Gladys (Mackedanz) Orbeck, and Mary (Knese) Zirbes; and (back) Stanley Rausch and Wes Nehring.

Class of 1952
The Paynesville High School Class of 1952 held their 60-year reunion in Paynesville on Friday, Spet. 14, Pictured at the reunion are, from left: (front) Betty (Eighner) Jones, Leola (Bergstrom) Wendroth, Shirley (Thompson) Hendrickson, Doug Hendrickson, Jim Chesness, Tom Burr, Donald Gustafson, Sylvan Eliason, and Merlin Krupke; and (back) Laura (Hopfer) Eickhoff, Jerry Haagenson, Deloris (Steele) Thompson, Sherwood Thompson, and Allen Orson.

Class of 1943
The PHS Class of 1943 held a reunion on Saturday, Sept. 8. (The class has been meeting annually for several years.) Attending were: (front) Ruth (Knebel) Hoeft, Charlie Ampe, and Frank Mehr; and (back) Wava (Pauls) Johnson, Clarice (Haagenson) Rud, and Dorothy (Pederson) Hendrickson.

Class of 1944
The Paynesville High School graduating Class of 1944 held a reunion in Paynesville recently. Six members of the class attended the 68-year reunion. Pictured (from left) are (front) Rosemary Haines, Dorothy (Hennen) Brixius, and Rosemary (Zapf) Koshiol and (back) Jeanette (Arndt) Bast, Val (Flint) Foster, and Pearl Heitke.

Class of 2007
The Paynesville Area HIgh School Class of 2007 held their five-year reunion in Paynesville on Friday, Aug.3 Twenty-seven members of the graduating class attended the reunion. Pictured (from left) at the reunion are: (front, seated) Dugan Flanders, Karla Schaefer, Emily Lindeman, Tawny Bengtson, Kelsey Noonan, Amber (Kern) Holmgren, Danielle Binsfeld, Kate (Olson) Klein, Tony Ahrens and Oliver Johnson, and (back, standing) Kirsten Miller, Kristine Meinke, Emily Mergen, Kayla Rohe, Chris Sturtz (back), Joe Fry, Mike Sturtz (back), Tyler Zimmerman, Megan Haase, Kristin (Lang) Kerzman, Marissa Mackedanz, Travis Flannigan, Max Lahr, Rachel Utsch, Ben Moser, Rachel Nosbush, and Ellarry Prentice.

Class of 1977
The PHS Class of 1977 held its 35-year reunion on Saturdya, July 21, in Paynesville. Pictures are: (front) Dale Schlangen, Jan (Jacobson) Mathison, Bonnie (Fischbach) Schmidt, Teresa (Kahle) Nelson, Darrel Lourey, Mike Hartmann, Scott Hoiseth, and Jan (Theel) Lundstrom; (middle) Ann (Albecht) Peterson, Beth (Spaulding) Gjerde, Mary (Lounsbury) DeMorett, Scott Weidner, Gretchen (Heitke) O'Fallon, Tim Wegner, Dan Hopfer, Darlene (Spanier) Schoenberg, and Jane (Jaeger) Terres; and (back) Eric Meyer, Bruce Stang, Lindy Jones, Craig Hemmesch, Tim Younkin, Ralph Buermann, Craig Lang, Dan Wall, Jesse Hemmesch, Peter Dingmann, and Kevin Mehr.