1925 New Vienna High School Graduating Class

Thirteen students made up the NVHS Class of 1925, three men and ten women.

Brief biographical information, in alphabetical order by last or maiden name, is available below and is accurate only to the best of information known at this time. Please let me know of any corrections or additional information.

1925 NVHS Graduating Class

Top Row: Marie McVey Lewis, Helen E. Perry Menger, Mildred Wolfe Matson 

and Elsie Mae Baker.   Middle Row:  Flossie A. Deck Babb, Robert L. Dennis, 

Fred H. Mercer, Aaron Rice and Flossie K Gilbert Walters.   

Bottom Row:  Bernice M. Severs Hodson, Opal Louise Phillips Roberson, 

Doris Alice Deck Van Steenberg and Anna Wilma Mercer Bernard.

• Elsie Mae Baker (about 1907-?)
• Doris Alice Deck Van Steenberg  (about 1907-?)
• Flossie A. Deck Babb (1907-1986) married Daniel Babb (1897-1981) from Wilmington.
• Robert L. Dennis (1907-1989), married Pauline Roth (1913-2005), parents of Jane and James (1939-2013). They lived in Dayton area.
• Flossie K. Gilbert Walters (about 1906-?)
• Fred H. Mercer (1904-1947) married Elsie Oates (1906-1996, NVHS'24)
• Ida Marie McVey Lewis (about 1907-?)
• Anna Wilma Mercer Bernard (1906-1952), married Lewis James Bernard (1905-1973, NVHS'26) in 1926, parents of Gerald (1927-2014), Glenn (1930-2010) and Larry Bernard.
• Helen E. Perry Menger (1908-1982) married Arthur Menger on New York, parents of Robert and Dorothy, they lived in NYC.
• Opal Louise Phillips Roberson (1907-2005), daughter of Harley and Nancy Ann Johnson Phillips, married John Julius Roberson (1900-1991), parents of Nancy and John.  They lived in Michigan and retired to Florida.
• Aaron Rice (1907-1975) never married.
• Bernice M. Severs Hodson (1907-1941) married Harold Charles Hodson (1906-1998, parents of Harold Charles Hodson Jr.
• Mildred Wolfe Matson (1904-1986) married Franklin Matson (1903-1984), parents of Mary Jane and Ruth.  Died in Arizona.