Class of 1986:
The Class of 1986 from Paynesville High School held a two-night celebration for their 20-year class reunion in August.

Pictured on Friday, Aug. 11, (above) were: (sitting) Cherie Hoeft, Jan (Drimel) Schmitz, Susie (Mueller) Danielowski, Deanna (Hedeen) Welle, and Kristi (Weidner) Wessel; (kneeling): Paul Boie, Jason Jedlicka, Dana Schmidt, Carla (Hemmesch) Vagle, Ron Spanier, Brenda (Utsch) Gertken, Joyce (Orbeck) Loomis, Brenda (Leyendecker) Lieser, Sara (Realdsen) Lein, Diane (Spanier) Welle, and Tom Ahrens; (standing) Doug Schleper, Troy Gilbertson, Shawn Evans, Greg Pelkey, Lisa (Thelen) McComas, Julie (Beier) Maccario, Karla (Lieser) Lauer, Dan Noonan, Mike Erickson, Terry Miller, Gerald Garvick, Peter Larsen, Sherri (Warner) Liebl, Kurt Fasen, Brian Fenske, Dean Mohs, and David Moore.

Pictured on Saturday, Aug. 12, (below) were: (first row) Deron Liebrenz, Lisa (Thelen) McComas, Jason Jedlicka, Dan Noonan, Jan (Drimel) Schmitz, and Cherie Hoeft; (second row) Karla (Lieser) Lauer, Penny (McCoy) Ostendorf, Sherri (Warner) Liebl, Carla (Hemmesch) Vagle, Brenda (Utsch) Gertken, Susie (Mueller) Danielowski, Paul Boie, and Bernice (Kolb) Kolb-Gerstner; (third row) Troy Gilbertson, Ron Spanier, Joyce (Orbeck) Loomis, Kurt Fasen, Dean Mohs, Ron Berscheid, Peter Larsen, Laurel Hammer, Sara (Realdsen) Lein, and Ursula (Gottwald) Ruhland; (fourth row) Brian Stang, Tom Krupke, Dave Notch, Mike Arnold, Terry Miller, Kerry Deegan, Paul Bowden, Don Guenther, Brian Mackedanz, David Moore, and Tom Ahrens.

Class of 1951:
The Class of 1951from PHS held their 55-year reunion on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Pictured are: (front) Jeanette (Schmidt) Noyes; Beverly (Anderson) Haagenson, Dorothy (Eliason) Surma, Rita (Grismer) Wolford, Bernette (Bauman) Helling, Joan (Liestman) Wicklund, and Mary (Christenson) Wood; (middle) Chuck Chesness; Joanna (Waldorf) Pendergast; Beatrice (Jenkinson) Camp; Delores (Everson) Pfau; Frances (Heinrich) Nierenhausen; John Schultz; and Larry Haines; (back) Leroy Jonas, Jerome Mackedanz, Danny Hoppe, Harold Knutson, Kenneth Nathe, and Maynard Wood. Not pictured was Wanda (Custer) Vadner.

Class of 1943:
The Class of 1943 from Paynesville High School held their 63rd reunion on Saturday, Sept. 9, in Payneville.

Attending were: (front) Wava (Pauls) Johnson; Doris (Christenson) Behr; Charlie Weidner; Ruth (Wolff) Pelkey; and Clarice (Christianson) Davis; (back) Ruth (Knebel) Hoeft; Jean (Nelson) Schultz; Art Schroeder; Charles Ampe; Cal Behr; Clarice (Haagenson) Rudd; and Dorothy (Pederson) Hendrickson.

Class of 1942:
The Class of 1942 from Paynesville High School held a reunion on Wednesday, Aug. 9. Nine classmates met 64 years after their graduation. The class originally had 36 members.

Pictured are: (front) Owen Shelton, Carmen (Sheldon) Brown, Valieta (Beyer) Norris, and Clint Hoiseth; (back) Evelyn (Swanson) Bruntlett, Louise (Mehr) Korman, Calvin Steele, Alice (Schmidt) Sauer, and Dolores (Schrom) Stoltman.

Class of 1956:
The Class of 1956 from Paynesville High School - originally 57 members - held their 50-year reunion on Saturday, July 29, with 37 classmembers attending. They were: (front) Emily (Ytzen) Haagenson, Marilyn (Boehl) Nilson, Barbara (Arnold) Nathe, Marcella (Driver) Lang, Alice (Wallace) Liebrenz, Doris (Albrecht) Schmidt, Cyrilla (Schaefer) Nohner, Joanne (Meyer) Spanier, Vangie (Lind) Rowell, Juanita (Groshens) Verhey, Kathy Chesness, and Mary Starken; (middle) Harvey Kascht, Dallas Schultz, Elizabeth (Nehring) Schwarze, Ronald Jonas, Allan Hess, David Holtz, Alvin Fuchs, Richard Loesch, Roland Lahr, Clarence Genz, Bill Knisley, Delores (Kalkbrenner) Johnson, and Bill Muggli; (back) Elwood Steele, Donald Schmidt, Arlie Manz, Jim Putzke, Allen Hertzberg, Rodney Schultz, Gene Schmidt, Mary Jean (Behr) Hahn, Duane Jones, Charlie Jones, Kenny Eells, and Jean (Heinen) Deadrick.