ALUMNI COURTYARD

Calling all Alumni to become a part of the legacy! The VBAA is spearheading the preservation and expansion of the Alumni Courtyard. Bricks are $60 and include 3 lines of text (order form below). We are planning a spring 2022 refurbishment and laying of newly ordered bricks. This is the perfect time to order that special gift for yourself, family member, cherished teacher, or 2023 graduate. Our 2021 and 2022 Hall of Achievement inductees’ bricks will also be placed into the Courtyard.

To order order your brick, click HERE!

DIGITAL COURTYARD

Can't visit the high school courtyard? You can see a digital version of our Alumni Courtyard below.

BRICK	SECTION	LOCATION	IDENTIFYING NAME
GO AVIATORS GARY KAENZIG 1963	WHITE	57	KAENZIG
IN FOND MEMORY JOSEPH KAENZIG TAUGHT 1942 - 1963	WHITE	37	KAENZIG
IN FOND MEMORY MARY KAENZIG TAUGHT 1962 - 1963	WHITE	55	KAENZIG
CLAIRE KEEL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2014	WHITE	30	KEEL
KATHY KEEL GRADUATING CLASS OF 1979	WHITE	32	KEEL
KELLEY KING CLASS OF 2006	WHITE	38	KING
MICHAEL KOEHL 1983 TONY KOEHL 1985 ANGEL KOEHL 1988	WHITE	2	KOEHL
TERRY LUTZ CLASS OF 1967 LOVED AND MISSED	WHITE	7	LUTZ
LANG MIKE TIM ANNE MATT ’90 ’93 ’99 ‘03	WHITE	1	LANG
THE LARGER FAMILY RYAN CLASS OF 2012 JAKE CLASS OF 2014	WHITE	14	LARGER
THE LEWIS SIBLINGS BOB-56 JOYCE-61 BRENDA-64 JULIE-80	WHITE	9	LEWIS
IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL LUTTREL 9/1963 – 3/2006	WHITE	48	LUTTRELL
LARRY E. LUTZ ’62 CAPTAIN 1961 FB LEAGUE CHAMPS	WHITE	16	LUTZ
TOM MAHONEY OUTSTANDING SENIOR RECIPIENT - 2012	WHITE	52	MAHONEY
THE MAHONEY’S SIXTY-SIX YEARS OF SERVICE	WHITE	51	MAHONEY
DARRELL MARTIN HEAD CUSTODIAN 1986-2009	WHITE	23	MARTIN
JIM MCFARLAND CLASS OF 1962	WHITE	15	MCFARLAND
IN MEMORY OF ALYSSA MOORMAN CLASS OF 2013	WHITE	40	MOORMAN
THE MURRAY’S THE ROBERTSON’S THE THALER’S	WHITE	28	ROBERTSON
STEVE, REBECCA, RYAN AND CHRIS PELFREY	WHITE	3	PELFREY
POD D 2010-2011 VINIMOS, VIMOS, CONQUISTAMOS	WHITE	36	POD D 2010 2011
DOUG POWELL 1980-87, 99-12 SCIENCE TEACHER	WHITE	54	POWELL
TED ROBINSON CLASS OF 1982	WHITE	47	ROBINSON
IN MEMORY OF COACH FRANK RUST GIRLS GOLF 2010-13	WHITE	43	RUST
RICHARD L. SCHERER CLASS OF 1946 FOOTBALL/BASEBALL	WHITE	4	SCHERER
ASHLEY E. SHELINE BUTLER ALUMNI CLASS OF 2005	WHITE	11	SHELINE
JONATHAN C. SHELINE BUTLER ALUMNI CLASS OF 2001	WHITE	22	SHELINE
IN MEMORY OF LARRY S SHERMAN CLASS OF 1958	WHITE	59	SHERMAN
MRS. STAPLETON PRIMARY TEACHER VBCS 1984-2014	WHITE	46	STAPLETON
JASON AND NATHAN STEPHENSON 1996 2002	WHITE	41	STEPHENSON
THE STIVER FAMILY CRAIG 1991, CARLA, JOSIE AND CHARLIE	WHITE	6	STIVER
DREW THALER AUSTEN THOMAS THALER DREW ‘07 AUSTEN ‘08	WHITE	25	THALER
KIM MURRAY THALER ’79 AARON THALER ‘04 ANDREW THALER ‘07	WHITE	27	THALER
GREG AND DEBBIE TRIMBACH CLASS OF 1975	WHITE	33	TRIMBACH
JERRY AND JOAN TRIMBACH CLASS OF 1950	WHITE	31	TRIMBACH
LARRY AND LISA TRIMBACH CLASS OF 1974	WHITE	35	TRIMBACH
RICK, JON AND SUE TRIMBACH CLASS OF 77.80.82	WHITE	34	TRIMBACH
VANDALIA-BUTLER CLASS OF 1959	WHITE	19	CLASS OF 1959
RAY ZAWADZKI TEACHER 40 YEARS BKB COACH 36 YEARS	WHITE	8	ZAWADZKI
HAROLD R. WHERRY VBHS PRINCIPAL 1965 – 1983 HOA CLASS OF 2021	WHITE	60	WHERRY
ART VAN ATTA PE/REC EDUCATOR VHS ’54 – ‘84 HOA CLASS OF 2021	WHITE	61	VAN ATTA
JAMES SWEARINGEN MUSIC EDUCATOR CLASS OF 1965 HOA CLASS OF 2021	WHITE	62	SWEARINGEN
JENNIFER JORDAN-LOCK CREATIVE VISIONARY CLASS OF 1981 HOA CLASS OF 2021	WHITE	63	JORDAN-LOCK
BILL MOORE EDUCATOR – COACH CLASS OF 1969 HOA CLASS OF 2022	WHITE	64	MOORE
JACK LOWELL SHIRLEY CIVIC LEADER NAVY VET CLASS OF 1956 HOA CLASS OF 2022	WHITE	65	SHIRLEY
LARRY THOMPSON VISIONARY EDUCATOR CLASS OF 1965 HOA CLASS OF 2022	WHITE	66	THOMPSON
NANCY BOCSKOR DEMOCRACY COACH CLASS OF 1975 HOA CLASS OF 2022	WHITE	67	BOCSKOR
NISHWITZ FAMILY DAVID, LISA HOFFMAN HUNTER & HOPE	GOLD 2	40	NISHWITZ
LORI PENROD 1992 IT’S GREAT TO BE AN AVIATOR!	GOLD 2	20	PENROD
THE PENTENBURG’S ANGIE ‘92 ANDY ‘96	GOLD 2	30	PENTENBURG
DAN PROPHATER 1993	GOLD 2	51	PROPHATER
MARY PROPHATER MINDAK PH.D. 1995	GOLD 2	42	PROPHATER
MIKE PROPHATER 1988	GOLD 2	44	PROPHATER
DICK RILEY CLASS OF 1956	GOLD 2	50	RILEY
PEGGY ROBINSON LIBRARY AIDE 1974-1999	GOLD 2	12	ROBISON
THE SCHERER FAMILY 1946, 1947, 1976 1988, 2016, 2019	GOLD 2	43	SCHERER
THE SEIBERS JOE AND MEGAN CLASS OF 2000	GOLD 2	24	SEIBERS
LARRY S SHERMAN PE CLASS OF 1980	GOLD 2	46	SHERMAN
SHAWN SISK CLASS OF 1986	GOLD 2	7	SISK
THE SNOW SISTERS MARIANNA – SANDRA SYLVIA - DOROTHY	GOLD 2	52	SNOW
RICH SOMMER 1990	GOLD 2	62	SOMMER
THE STALLMANS VICKI ROBINSON – 77 MARIA - 11 DANIEL - 14	GOLD 2	18	STALLMAN
BRIAN STUMP CLASS OF 1985	GOLD 2	35	STUMP
DOROTHY SWARTZ VAN TINE CLASS OF 1934	GOLD 2	67	SWARTZ
GREGG WASSON CLASS OF 1986	GOLD 2	17	WASSON
JERRY WASSON CLASS OF 1959	GOLD 2	19	WASSON
IN MEMORY OF RODNEY WASSON CLASS OF 1984	GOLD 2	11	WASSON
SHARON BESCH WASSON CLASS OF 1960	GOLD 2	2	BESCH
IN MEMORY OF TODD WASSON CLASS OF 1981	GOLD 2	16	WASSON
CHRIS WELLBAUM BHS SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT	GOLD 2	33	WELLBAUM
CLASS OF 1964 TERRY A WINDEL BRENDA ZENZ WINDEL	GOLD 2	22	WINDEL
DEBBIE THOMAS A FRIEND INDEED CLASS OF 1976	GOLD 2	77	THOMAS
MARIA KORTE VBH 1969 GOD BE WITH YOU	GOLD 2	78	KORTE
CALEIGH FULLAM CLASS OF 2019 CHEERLEADEER	GOLD 2	79	FULLAM
KYLE FULLAM CLASS OF 2022 DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL	GOLD 2	80	FULLAM
DENITA SHOUP FULLAM CLASS OF 1987 SCOTT FULLAM BOE	GOLD 2	81	FULLAM
CHARLES E ANDERS SUE M ANDERS CLASS OF ’59 AND ‘61	GOLD 2	82	ANDERS
DAVID AMLIN CHRISTY CLAY AMLIN CLASS OF 1970	WHITE	56	AMLIN
MARY JANE SHEA ARWINE AIDE 19 YEARS	WHITE	10	SHEA
RON & NOREEN ATKINS	WHITE	5	ATKINS
KATIE ATKINS 2005 ZACHARY GRIFFIN 05 SARAH ATKINS 2009	WHITE	21	ATKINS GRIFFIN
NICHOLAS D AYCOCK CLASS OF 2000 REST IN PEACE	WHITE	24	AYCOCK
BAD COMPANY SUMMER MAINTENANCE 2013	WHITE	50	BAD COMPANY
JEFF BARDONARO AND MOLLY STAMMEN 1998 MARRIED JUNE 2006	WHITE	18	BARDONARO
ELISE BAUDENDISTEL 1975	WHITE	42	BAUDENDISTEL
IN MEMORY OF JOHN CLAY ‘74 LISA CLAY ‘81	WHITE	39	CLAY
ANDY COMER CLASS OF 1998	WHITE	45	COMER
1968 – 2008 TEACHER LOVE TO YOU ALL MRS. COMER	WHITE	44	COMER
JACK & JEAN COX STEVE ’72 TERESA ‘74 ROGER ‘81	WHITE	17	COX
KENNETH DAVIS MARGE TAYLOR DAVIS CLASSES – 1961 & 1964	WHITE	49	DAVIS
JENNAEA DENHARDT CLASS OF ‘91	WHITE	12	DENHARDT
DREWRY ERICA ’02 TONY ‘06 PAM KICKLINE DIRECTOR	WHITE	29	DREWRY
RANDY ELDRIDGE 1974	WHITE	58	ELDRIDGE
WALT FLORY CLASS OF 1961	WHITE	53	FLORY
BRIAN HARBAUGH VBCSD TECHNOLOGY CLASS OF 1998	WHITE	26	HARBAUGH
ADAM ’99 ZAC ’97 JOSH ’94 MANDA ‘95 HEID	WHITE	13	HEID
STEVE HOLLOWAY 71 1ST EARTH DAY 1970 LIVE LIFE LOVE	WHITE	20	HOLLOWAY
DANA BAKER CLASS OF 1980	GOLD 2	1	BAKER
SAMI BAKER ’11 BRET BAKER ‘13 ALISON BAKER ‘14	GOLD 2	55	BAKER
ALISA BUCK BARWICK CLASS OF 1998	GOLD 2	41	BARWICK
JANET ROBISON BERGER CLASS OF 1963	GOLD 2	53	ROBISON
JOSH BETTS 2001 VARSITY BASKETBALL BASEBALL, FOOTBALL	GOLD 2	36	BETTS
THE BETTS’ DARCY ’89 HANK ‘99 JOSHUA ’01 MARK ‘04	GOLD 2	45	BETTS
JENNIFER BLESSING CLASS OF 1998 GO AVIATORS!	GOLD 2	57	BLESSING
RONALD BRENNER CLASS OF 1962	GOLD 2	73	BRENNER
JON BREWER PHYSICS TEACHER 1963 - 1994	GOLD 2	37	BREWER
MAVIS BRUMBAUGH BUS DRIVER 1972-1993	GOLD 2	72	BRUMBAUGH
GRATITUDE FROM DOTTIE BUTLER CLASS OF 1963	GOLD 2	68	BUTLER
GARY COLLINS 1958	GOLD 2	4	COLLINS
KAREN COLLINS 1974	GOLD 2	5	COLLINS
DAVID M CONTER CLASS OF 1969	GOLD 2	63	CONTER
RICHARD CONTER CLASS OF 1973	GOLD 2	54	CONTER
CLASS OF 1982 CATHY COSSETTE DREAM BIG	GOLD 2	59	COSSETTE
LIVE WITH LOVE & LAUGHTER & KINDNESS CATHY COSSETTE ‘82	GOLD 2	47	COSSETTE
WILLIAM DREES CLASS OF 1980 CLASS OF 2012	GOLD 2	61	DREES
KATHY HALL DUNN BUTLER 1984-2013 SMITH 1972-1984	GOLD 2	74	DUNN
FRED ENGELHARDT TEACHER – COACH 1969 - 1998	GOLD 2	56	ENGELHARDT
RYAN ESAU 1990	GOLD 2	31	ESAU
THE FARST FAMILY	GOLD 2	8	FARST
JOE AND JESSICA FEALY AND FAMILY CLASS OF 2000	GOLD 2	70	FEALY
SARAH E FIORITA 2000-2006	GOLD 2	29	FIORITA
MICHAEL V FIORITA 2015	GOLD 2	39	FIORITA
FOREVER AVIATORS CLASS OF 1969 FLORIDA ALUMNI	GOLD 2	27	CLASS OF 1969
DAN GATZULIS CLASS OF 1962 1961 FOOTBALL 10-0	GOLD 2	32	GATZULIS
BP GIBSON SUPT. 1969 – 1975 AVIATOR NATION	GOLD 2	49	GIBSON
JANE GUTHRIE 1967 NELSON RAHN 2004	GOLD 2	58	GUTHRIE
HALEY HUTCHISON CLASS OF 2019	GOLD 2	76	HUTCHISON
TRENT HUTCHISON CLASS OF 2017	GOLD 2	75	HUTCHISON
MITCH HAUSFELD ’14 KATIE HAUSFELD ‘17	GOLD 2	71	HAUSFELD
NOELLE JAMES 2000 LIZZIE JAMES 2002 CHEER KICKLINE	GOLD 2	66	JAMES
JOAN B KARNS CLASS OF 1947	GOLD 2	15	KARNS
KIRK KARNS CLASS OF 1969 B H S	GOLD 2	14	KARNS
LARRY KARNS CLASS OF 1968 4:34 MILE	GOLD 2	13	KARNS
LINDA HAMILTON KARNS CLASS OF 1967	GOLD 2	9	KARNS HAMILTON
LINDA KARNS HOME EC. TEACHER 1971 – 1987 90-2001	GOLD 2	10	KARNS
KEN’S PHARMACY	GOLD 2	6	KEN'S PHARMACY
MARY KILSHEIMER BOARD OF EDUCATION VB TEACHER 30 + YEARS	GOLD 2	69	KILSHEIMER
THE KIMPTONS GREG 70 DEBBIE 72 MEGAN 00 ERIN 03	GOLD 2	25	KIMPTON
LOVA KLEPINGER “18” LORIN KARNS “1919” CARL C KARNS ‘1943”	GOLD 2	23	KLEPINGER
CASEY LAUGHTER CLASS OF 2012	GOLD 2	64	LAUGHTER
IN MEMORY OF BECKY LAUGHTER- MEADE CLASS 0F 1983	GOLD 2	60	LAUGHTER
IN MEMORY OF RACHEL R. LAUGHTER CLASS OF 1988	GOLD 2	65	LAUGHTER
JENNIFER A. LESLIE CLASS OF 1987	GOLD 2	28	LESLIE
CAROL S. LEWELLEN HUMANITIES/ENGLISH TEACHER 1986 - 2002	GOLD 2	21	LEWELLEN
D. PHILLIPS LILEAS CLASS OF 1973 TEACHER 1977-2012	GOLD 2	3	LILEAS
LARRY MOORE 1961 SHARON MOORE 1964 CHARLES MOORE 1966	GOLD 2	38	MOORE
RUTH MOORE 1973 JUDY MOORE 1983 CARPENTER	GOLD 2	48	MOORE
DAVID AND CHERI KUDLA CLASS OF ’81 & ‘83	GOLD 1	40	KUDLA
LICHTENFELS GERMANY 1975	GOLD 1	44	LICHTENFELS GERMANY
TIM MAHAFFEY MATH TEACHER 1968 - 1998	GOLD 1	53	MAHAFFEY
MAINS FAMILY JUDY 1966 RICK 1970 JOE 1972 JIM 1977	GOLD 1	51	MAINS
MIKE MCCLAIN GRADUATE 1985	GOLD 1	60	MCCLAIN
MICHAEL MOORE 1970 MARK MOORE 1971	GOLD 1	39	MOORE
‘AVIATOR SISTERS” LESLIE NIDAY 1983 JANET NIDAY 1986	GOLD 1	76	NIDAY
LINDA O’CALLAGHAN FRENCH TEACHER 1975 - 2010	GOLD 1	15	O'CALLAGHAN
VANDALIA-BUTLER OPTIMIST CLUB FRIEND OF YOUTH	GOLD 1	28	VANDALIA-BUTLER OPTIMIST CLUB
V-B OPTIMIST PAST PRESIDENTS	GOLD 1	55	VANDALIA-BUTLER OPTIMIST CLUB
DIANA OXLEY GRADUATE 1990	GOLD 1	27	OXLEY
KRISTINA OXLEY GRADUATE 1994	GOLD 1	21	OXLEY
STEVE OXLEY “OX” TEACHER -COACH 1967-1999	GOLD 1	20	OXLEY
GEORGE M PAVLAKOS STAFF ALUMNI 1967-2003	GOLD 1	34	PAVLAKOS
NICOLE S PAVLAKOS CLASS OF 1994	GOLD 1	41	PAVLAKOS
PRESTWICK SCOTLAND 1993	GOLD 1	54	PRESTWICK SCOTLAND
ANDY ROSS CLASS OF 2003 GO AVIATORS	GOLD 1	8	ROSS
MONTE ROSS COUNSELOR & COACH 1975 - 2010	GOLD 1	16	ROSS
CASEY SCHNELLINGER 2009	GOLD 1	71	SCHNELLINGER
SISTER CITIES OF VANDALIA 1975	GOLD 1	45	SISTER CITIES OF VANDALIA
BETH SMITH ’86 BASKETBALL “SMURF”	GOLD 1	61	SMITH
CHARLYNE R. SMITH HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER	GOLD 1	50	SMITH
KENNETH L. SMITH ART TEACHER 1964-1992	GOLD 1	48	SMITH
SMITH STAFF BELIEVE – INSPIRE ACHIEVE - 2013	GOLD 1	3	SMITH
SPARKS ELECTRIC SERVICE SINCE 1945 STEVE & CINDY GLASER	GOLD 1	37	SPARKS ELECTRIC
J. SPIVEY PHOTOGRAPHY	GOLD 1	1	J. SPIVEY
HELEN C STURM MATH TEACHER 1953 - 1963	GOLD 1	65	STURM
DENNY TRAIN CLASS OF 1987 GO AVIATORS!!!	GOLD 1	42	TRAIN
KIM ’89 – JAKE ’12 SHELBY’15-CHASE’20 THE TURNERS	GOLD 1	43	TURNER
ASHLEY TYO CLASS OF 2006	GOLD 1	47	TYO
DAVID WAGNER ’75 STEVE WAGNER ‘76 TIM WAGNER ‘79	GOLD 1	57	WAGNER
MARY J. CLARK WELCH CLASS OF 1964	GOLD 1	69	WELCH
KIMBERLY WHETSTONE “KIM” CLASS OF 1983	GOLD 1	66	WHETSTONE
KATHRYN WHETSTONE “KATIE” CASS OF 2012	GOLD 1	58	WHETSTONE
MARK WHETSTONE CLASS OF 1986	GOLD 1	64	WHETSTONE
MORTON-WHETSTONE FUNERAL HOME	GOLD 1	63	MORTON-WHETSTONE
GO AVIATORS ANDY, SHANNON, LANCE & AIDAN WHITE	GOLD 1	52	WHITE
MARY ANN WIETZEL TEACHER-PRINCIPAL 1967-2000	GOLD 1	67	WIETZEL
JAN WILLIAMS CLASS OF ‘68 HEAD MAJORETTE	GOLD 1	56	WILLIAMS
WAYNE WRIGHT DDS CLASS OF 1956 54 YEARS IN PRACTICE	GOLD 1	22	WRIGHT
PETERSON SIBLINGS ALICE ‘53 GERRY LOU ‘56	GOLD 1	77	PETERSON
PETERSON & GELOFF GERRY ’56 RICK ‘78 GREG ’87 JENI ‘91	GOLD 1	78	GELOFF
JERRY FENTERS 1ST GRADE TEACHER VE 1950 - 1975	GOLD 1	79	FENTERS
BILL ’57 MIKE ‘59 BOB ‘60	GOLD 1	80	BILL MIKE BOB
CONNIE KARNS 1972 JON STEPHENS 1993 CHRIS STEPHENS 1999	GOLD 1	81	KARNS
DOUG CANNON ’63 MINDY CANNON ‘70 JIM CANNON ‘73	GOLD 1	82	CANNON
DAVID KUDLA ’81 CHERYL MCCABE ‘83	GOLD 1	83	KUDLA
THE KUDLA FAMILY MARC ’78 – DAVID ‘81 KEITH – ’82 – LYNN ‘88	GOLD 1	84	KUDLA
JANICE ALRED 1964	GOLD 2	26	ALRED
BILL AND MARSHA ARROWSMITH CLASS OF ’66 & ‘69	GOLD 2	34	ARROWSMITH
STEVEN F SHERMAN CLASS OF 1989 C+S CONTRACTORS	PURPLE 2	66	SHERMAN
MATTHEW A SNYDER CLASS OF 2018 GRANDMA WEISS	PURPLE 2	19	SNYDER
COL ROBERT VANHOOSE U.S. AIR FORCE CLASS OF 1986	PURPLE 2	25	VANHOOSE