Alumni
Edward Boenker
- Allen Miller
- Angela Bailey
- Armin Mehrtens
- Bender McKinney, Jr.
- Bill Luetkenhaus
- Bill Waeltz
- Brent Deady
- Chad Wunsch
- Chris Lugge
- Dan Shymanski
- Darrell Williams
- Darren M. White
- David Byington
- David Chasnoff
- David E. Kite
- Dean Alinder
- Dennis Daugherty
- Dennis Newman
- Don Huster
- Dr. Martin J. Sommer
- Earl Walker
- Edward Boenker
- Eric Nelson
- Frank Bokan
- Frank Finley
- Fred Mertz
- Geoff Dugopolski
- George Schofield
- Gerald Kohnen
- Glen Wildermuth
- Herbert Williams
- Ian Lackey
- James "Jim" Kyle
- James (Jim) Hesse
- James Payne
- Jason Prichard
- Jerry Halley
- Joe Davis
- John Kohnen
- Kent Markus
- Kevin Haller
- Kirk Skaggs
- Larry Kelso
- Lee Patrick Janey
- Lynn Glatt
- Matt Kuemmel
- Michael Aaron Davenport
- Michael Spratt
- Mike Hecht
- Patrick Earl Taylor
- Peter Lewis
- Richard Podorski
- Rick Rajnoha
- Robert (Bob) Finley
- Robert A. Gau
- Robert Dunavan
- Robert Fish
- Robert Kramer, Sr.
- Robert Ruth
- Robert Smith
- Rolf Mitchel
- Ronald Johnson
- Ronald Ray
- Ronald Walls
- Russ Milkoski
- Scott Krone
- Stephen Devine
- Steven Bohnenkamp
- Thomas Huelsing
- Tom Gieseking
- Tom Wood
- Walter Hellebusch
- Walter Koessel
- Walter Pumfrey
- Walter Wildermuth
- Wilbur Jackson
- William Fennewald
- William Orrill
- William Rueckert
- William Wagner
- Winston Darrell Johnston, II
Stationary Engineering, 1941
“Ranken was a wonderful experience, and I have fond memories of my time there. I drove there with my neighbor, in my dad’s Model T Ford, 22 miles each way, every day for two years— I am happy that I did.”
At 86 years old, Edward H. W. Boenker (who jokingly claims his middle initials stand for “Hard Worker”) has been married for 51 years and raised 10 children - six daughters and four sons.
He was born and raised on the farm which has been in his family for six generations (133 years). After graduating high school in 1939 he joined what was then called “Ranken Trade School” enrolling in Stationary Engineering courses. With his neighbor Roland Wendt. He commuted 44 miles per day to the College in his father’s Model T Ford.
They lived “way out” in what is now known as Earth City, MO. Mr. Boenker’s children commemorated their father’s Ranken history in 1998 by purchasing a brick for the Gray Building construction project. Their Father’s Day gift in his name can be seen in the atrium of the Gray Building today.
