KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Seven graduates of the Kennewick High Class of 1971 won’t be attending their 40th class reunion this weekend.
It’s not unusual for reunion organizers to honor classmates who have died since their graduation ceremonies.
But reunion organizer Debra Blum told the Tri-City Herald (http://bit.ly/pxGcdA) she was astounded to discover that seven of the 80 Kennewick High classmates who have died were victims of violent crime.
Blum discovered all this when she started gathering reunion information three years ago.
Blum included all the information she found in newspaper stories, obituaries and death certificates about her fallen classmates in the reunion’s memory book.
