Tom Burchers:
CLASS OF 1968
Washington High SchoolClass of 1968
Cedar rapids, IA
Tom's Story
In the fall of 1968 I entered Coe College where I reconnected with Carla Kane (WHS '66). We both graduated from Coe with Bachelor of Music Ed. degrees in 1972. We were married that June.
We lived and taught band in the Algona, IA area, working in the Catholic schools for 3 yrs. Then moved to Tripoli, IA. I taught band alone until the district hired Carla as my assistant in 1979. In 1999 after some health issues and in need of a change I moved to full-time Tech Coord for the district and Carla continued to teach band.
We have two sons, Thomas Carl, born in 1981, graduated from Wartburg College and is in graphic design currently in the St. Paul, MN area. Marcus Edward, born in 1984, graduated from Luther College with a music degree and is currently working on his Masters of Music History degree at UNI in Cedar Falls.
In 1998 I was honored to be inducted into the WHS Performing Arts A...Expand for more
lumni Hall of Fame. At that time I had the privilege of playing a saxophone solo with the Wind Ensemble.
Carla passed away in Feb. 2007 after a lengthy illness. That, of course, has changed things for the three Burchers boys.
I am still playing the saxophone. I am a member of several bands. One of them, the Waterloo Municipal Band, has a series of concerts in the park in the summer. Carla was also a member of the band for several years and they have a nice tribute to her on their website. I provided some of the music for our Tripoli HS graduation this year.
At this point in time I am still working for the Tripoli schools and will be starting my 34th year at Tripoli this fall. I am still the Tech Coord and also teach 7th & 8th grade technology classes and a HS web design class. After grumbling about old farts for years I have suddenly realized that now I'm the old fart on the staff.
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