Four generations of Vikings
From left, Ron Jacobson, 1974 Coeur d'Alene High School graduate; Anna Jacobson Wood, 1979 graduate; Myah Rietze, 2022 graduate; Kerri Jacobson Wilfong, 1990 graduate; Kristi Jacobson Rietze, attended Coeur d’Alene High School from 1993-94, but graduated from Lake City High School in 1996. Myah Rietze is a sixth-generation Coeur d’Alene native and fourth-generation graduate of Coeur d’Alene High School. HANNAH NEFF/Press
Eighteen-year-old Myah Rietze is the fourth generation of Coeur d’Alene High School graduates come May in her family line. She is pictured wearing the school jacket of her great grandpa Thomas Jacobson, a 1943 CHS graduate. Photo courtesy of Kristi Rietze
Thomas Jacobson, a 1943 Coeur d’Alene High School graduate, is pictured wearing his school jacket, the same jacket great-granddaughter Myah Rietze of Coeur d'Alene, a 2022 CHS graduate, wore for her senior photos. Courtesy photo
Thomas Jacobson attended Coeur d'Alene High School in the 1940s, graduating in 1943 when the high school was located on Seventh Street and Montana Avenue in downtown Coeur d’Alene. Courtesy photo
This page in the Coeur d'Alene High School 1971 yearbook shows the former pits in the school that once served as an area for students to eat their lunches and socialize. Courtesy of Coeur d'Alene High School
This 1974 photo shows Post Falls Mayor Ron Jacobson, a 1974 Coeur d'Alene High School graduate. Jacobson said he has fond memories of playing sports at the same school his dad played at. Courtesy photo
COEUR d'ALENE - School pride runs strong in this family. ...
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