5 New Named-Designaged Funds

Five new donor-named and designated funds have been established with the Arrow Education Foundation.    

Two generous bequests were received from the estates of Marlys D Bunde ’63 and Dorothy Goose Krull.   

The Marlys D Bunde Elementary Education Fund was established to enhance educational opportunities for K– 6 students in the district.

Miss Bunde graduated from WHS in 1963.    She cared passionately for children, teaching kindergarten for 34 years in Chokio and Willmar, Minnesota.    She enjoyed travel, being on the family farm, baking and gardening.    She passed away in 2005.    Miss Bunde’s remaining family includes her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar and Eleanore (Stein) ’39 Bunde, and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin ’60 and Darlis (Britzman) ’63 Bunde.

Dorothy Goose Krull provided funds in four educational areas in her bequest to the Foundation.   They are library, music, industrial technology, and forensics/speech.

The Harry Goose Industrial Technology Fund was established in honor of Mrs. Krull’s first husband.   Mr. Goose was an industrial arts instructor at both the Junior and Senior High Schools from 1949 to 1979.   Grants will be awarded to enhance industrial technology education.

The Dorothy Goose Krull Forensics/Speech Fund, will enhance experiences for debate and interpretation students.   

WHS students from 1942 to 1974 may remember Mrs. Goose as a teacher of speech, English and music, and finally as the WHS librarian.   She enjoyed music, drama, travel and gardening.

Mrs. Krull’s family includes the children of her late husband Jake Krull, Sr.

The Kenneth B and Myrtle F. (Mickey) Way Fund for Arts and Culture was established by the Watertown Community Foundation in memory of the Ways.   Mr. Way, class of '24, and his wife Mickey were patrons of the arts in Watertown.    This fund is the first in what we hope will be many funds to support arts and culture programs and experiences for the students in the district.

The Rukstad and Collins Forensics Fund was named by donor Nancy Turbak Berry for the late Mike Rukstad ’72 and the late Bob Collins ‘72, who were outstanding debaters from 1969 - 72.   The purpose of this fund is to enhance the opportunities of Watertown High School students to participate in interscholastic forensics and to promote their participation in such activities.