Gillespie High School Alumni

Gillespie, Illinois (IL)

Military Alumni

Military High School Alumni

Honoring Our Heroes

This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!

Lost Class Rings

Have you lost your Gillespie High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Miners lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

John (Buddy) Contratto
John (Buddy) Contratto
Class of 1964
Army, 29 Years

Joined in 1966, Retired 1995
Roger Schardan
Roger Schardan
Class of 1986
Army, 5 Years

Desert Storm
Thomas Stoecker
Thomas Stoecker
Class of 1971
Air Force, 20+ Years

11 years enlisted as a electronics tech, 11 years commissioned officer as an aircraft maintenance officer working AWACS & F15's
Tracey Ann Hildebrand-Helmy
Tracey Ann Hildebrand-Helmy
Class of 1989
Navy, 3 Years

I was a Radioman / Data Processor with VAW-113.
William C. Hamilton
William C. Hamilton
Class of 1967
Army, 2 Years

Drafted during Vietnam wat

Classmates Spotlight

Gillespie High School Classmates

Tracey Tracey Hildebrand
Class of '89

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Gillespie High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Miners.

School News

Do you have any news to share? Keep our classmates informed on news and current events! Please post all reunion information in the reunion area.

Our Gillespie High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Gillespie High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Gillespie are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!