LISA KOCH

Why not? I mentioned her in my first post. So let's talk about her. Hmm... not much to say. We went to school together for four years. And if I'm not mistaken, we had a total of one class together. That would be College Prep English with Mr. Hensel, in our senior year.

To my knowledge, we have never spoken with one another. As I recall, she was a cheerleader of some sort. I remember this because in that class, she sat behind Lisa King (Mr. Hensel had us seated alphabetically). And Lisa was also a cheerleader. So the two of them stood out in their cheerleader outfits whenever it was deemed that they needed to be.

As I recall, she was dating a guy named Jim Messman. Jim also graduated with us. He was a nice guy. I have one little tidbit about her. I have no firsthand knowledge of this. But I overheard a couple of classmates talking about how much fun Jim was having at one of our dances - perhaps prom... I don't know. The other classmate suggested that the reason he was having such a good time was because he knew what he and Lisa were going to do after the dance. In other words, he was insinuating that something did happen after that dance - perhaps for the first time? Of course this is all heresay. I have no idea about the sex lives (if any) that these two shared. It's just something I overheard.

Again, I never knew her. But I do know this. She was absolutely beautiful. She was a "real" woman, not fat, not a waif, but just perfect. Where she is today is anybody's guess. However, there is a teacher at our old school with the same name. Could that be her? No. I believe Lisa Koch, the teacher, is actually the former Lisa Bennin - older sister of fellow graduate Chad Bennin.

UPDATE - 2/4/06 - Lisa has been alerted to the blog, and has added some updates of herself within her comments section. She's married, and is now known as Lisa Tushaus. She has two kids. A recent photo of her with her daughter is below. Click it to see the full-sized, clearer version.



UPDATE - 10/17/06 - Lisa ran in a 26-mile marathon on 10/1/06. It started in Grafton and ended in Milwaukee. Joining her in this race were fellow graduates Josie Scott, Julie Scott, Paula Jonas and Tina Short. Brenda Gordon and Erin Hynek drove and acted as cheerleaders along the way. I was invited to come down and see them off, as it would have been a great photo opportunity. But my birthday was the night before. And I simply was in no condition to be awake, let alone drive. So I missed out. Anyway, it should be noted that Lisa's finishing time was good enough to be eligible for the Boston Marathon. Yes, that's a big deal. Just finishing the marathon is impressive in itself. But qualifying for Boston is even more impressive. So congratulations to Lisa! Incidentally, Julie was participating in her fourth marathon of this year. Damn!

UPDATE - 11/10/06 - Here is Lisa from our senior video.



UPDATE - 6/18/07 - Thanks to Shannon Koch for providing these graduation photos of Lisa. Shannon (as well as Brett Gruetzmacher, Randy Klein and Brian Klein) can be seen in some of them as well.