50th Reunion - Boonton High School - Class of 1963

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50th Reunion - Boonton High School - Class of 1963
Boonton High School - 50th Reunion
Dick Ballard
Linda
22300 Kenwood Isle Dr
Bonita Springs, Florida 34135
Home 239-992-4796
Cell 239-989-7993
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
BA- George Washington University
2
MBA- Ohio State University
Number of Grandchildren
3
One item from your Bucket List
Visit the Coast of Italy and the Greek Isles
Favorite Job/Occupation
I am having a great time selling real estate in Florida. It's fun to help people find a vacation or
retirement home they are really excited about.
Favorite Vacation Place
I really enjoy spending time with the family at our summer place in Michigan.
Since 1963 this happened...
Married for 46 years to Linda Grono from Lincoln Park. We have two sons, Michael and Jim, and
three grandchildren Audrey(8), Evan (3) and Graham (3 months). We spend most of our time in
Florida, but have a summer place on a large lake in Michigan about 30 miles south of Mackinac
Island.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Ice Cream
Your Favorite Restaurant
USS Nemo Naples Fl-Best Chilean sea bass I
have ever had.
Favorite Things to do
Golf, read, travel, spend time with the grandchildren
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Year of Wonders
Atlas Shrugged
Favorite Movies
Flash Dance, Three Amigos
Forest Gump, Top Gun,
Hoosiers, Momma Mia,
Seabiscuit
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I retired for about 5 years but got restless so I started selling real estate with Keller Williams in
Southwest Florida. I also enjoy playing golf, traveling and spending time with the grandchildren.
Al Beradino
Shelly
12927 Juniper Canyon Trail NE
Albuquerque, NM
[email protected]
Education
BA, MS, Ph.D.
all in Mathematics
My primary university is
Saint Louis University
Go Billikins!!
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
1 grandson 5 Years
1 granddaughter due this year
One item from your Bucket List
Establish two annual (permanent) scholarships: one at Saint Louis University and one at TBD in
memory of Coach Glenn Moore. The recipient would be the winner of the annual Dave Levin
memorial.
Favorite Job/Occupation
The good old days at Bell Telephone Laboratories (designed and made telephones) then Sandia
National Laboratories (design and make nuclear weapons). Total years of service-34.
Favorite Vacation Place
New Mexico - every day is a vacation - so much to do and see! Cruises all over the world and West
coast travel.
Since 1963 this happened...
I posted most of the following to the BHS Blog: Since 1963- Married my college sweetheart in
1967. Finished a Ph.D. in Mathematics and my dad would say “you got a BA, MS, and Ph.D.? well that’s only seven letters of the alphabet – come back when you get the rest of the letters.” Two
married kids and one grandson with a granddaughter due later this year. Retired Nuclear Weapons
Scientist (a recluse here in New Mexico). At BHS, Bob Kane, Joe Molitoris, and Glenn Moore were
my Trinity. I am convinced that without their influence I would never have gone to college. Glenn
Moore, Marty Henry, and I have been donating to the annual Dave Levin Memorial award. I have
explored options to make the award more “permanent” and concluded that it takes $25K to establish
an ongoing scholarship at any NJ University, College, or Jr. College. I hope I can someday (estate
planning) manage to establish such a fund and name this award the Coach Glenn Moore memorial.
Dave died December 23, 1962 in an auto accident, and I took over his starting position. I was given
the first Dave Levin memorial at graduation. In 1995 I published an article in the WAMPUS:
“There’s a flag in our gym”. It recounted Dave’s childhood with the late Pete Makosky’s as we grew
up playing BB at the Y, then John Hill, then BHS and the flag in the gym is a memorial for Dave.
Our greatest victory was an upset win over Mt. Lakes on their court on January 29. 1963. (This was
Coach Moore’s son’s birthday.) This broke a 34-game win streak that the powerful Lakers had
started on their home court two years earlier. We were undefeated in the month of January 1963! BB
was not my best sport and Coach Kane was happy if I hit the rim from outside; however, I did make
lay-ups on a regular basis. We lost the magic we had in January 1963, but I still have dreams of those
games and wake up tired. Sweet memories.
Any Military Service? Branch/Dates/General Discussion and/or Deployments
I was granted an educational deferment since I was teaching in East Saint Louis at a special Jr.
College for mostly African Americans. There were gangs, gunshots all day and night, and I have a
recurring dream that my car breaks down on my way home from the ghettos. I was actually scared a
few times in that dangerous environment.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Wife's Irish Stew
Your Favorite Restaurant
Tampa - Bern's Steak House
KC - BBQ Smoke House
Indy - Glass Chimney
Albuquerque - Scalo's Italian Grill
Are You on any Social Media?
Poor user on FB - but enjoy getting email: [email protected]
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Real, Functional, and Complex Analysis,
Topology, Abstract Algebra, Distance Geometry,
and the monthly Math Association Bulletin.
Favorite Movies
History Related
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Shopping, cooking, spending lots of time with my grandson and wife, writing the "perfect" math
book (Advanced Calculus that everyone can understand), and the usual grunt-work of gardening,
house chores, and washing cars.
Robert Bednar
Patricia
[email protected]
973-687-2624
Education
Trenton State College BA
Montclair State MA
Number of Children
3 - Boy 39, boy 36, girl 32
Number of Grandchildren
5 - boy 9, boy 8, girl 5, girl 4, boy 8 months
One item from your Bucket List
Play golf at Augusta
Favorite Job/Occupation
Teacher - middle school math in Boonton
Favorite Vacation Place
Italy, everything about it: food, people, and different parts of the country.
Since 1963 this happened...
I met my wife in college. We will be married 43 years this month. I taught math, was a vice-principal
and principal for 33 years and retired in 2001. I have also been in construction for over 40 years. I
have built over 20 houses since 1985. My wife is still working as a 3rd grade teacher in Boonton.
Two boys went to BHS. My one son, Kevin, is on the BHS wall of fame. In his senior year he was
MVP in basketball of Morris County, 1st team all-state, and took Boonton to the state finals. He
presently works in New York and is a partner in the bond market for Morgan Stanley. He has 2
children. My other son, Keith, also played basketball for BHS. He has a successful landscaping
business in the Boonton area. He has 3 children. My daughter Jill went to Mountain Lakes. (We live
in Boonton Township, and she was affected by the pull out of Boonton Township to Mountain
Lakes.) She was also a four-year starter in basketball. She is married and lives in Rhode Island. She
is a project manager for a marketing firm in Connecticut. Her husband is a lawyer in Newport.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Italian. There are so many in the area. A lot of bring your own wine places. Most of them are very
good.
Favorite Things to do
Spend time with my grandchildren. Travel and play golf. I am a member of Rockaway River
Country Club and also belong to the New Jersey Seniors for private clubs. I am presently a 5
handicap and won the NJ Seniors in 2010 shooting one over par in a two day tournament at Canoe
Brook in Summit, NJ
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I am still building a house once in a while. I play a lot of golf, go out for dinner with my wife and
sometime friends 3 or 4 days a week. I don’t spend much time on the computer. This is why I am late
filling this out. I work around my house or my children's houses. My daughter is presently building a
house in Rhode Island, so I am spending more time up there now. I am enjoying my family and my
life now. We are all on the back nine and we should make the best of it.
Debbie Belsky McCracken
Dick
12 Hancock Drive
West Milford, NJ 07480
973-202-3998
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
Montclair State College - BA
2
William Paterson University - MEd
Number of Grandchildren
5
Favorite Job/Occupation
Hopatcong High School special education teacher
I loved my job for many years especially our Project Adventure activities including ropes course,
rock climbing and rappelling and white water canoeing on the Delaware River. I worked with a
wonderful group of people who were all excellent teachers as well as great friends.
Favorite Vacation Place
Nantucket Island and Cape Porpoise, Maine
Since 1963 this happened...
My husband Dick and I love to travel to places where we can photograph the beautiful natural places
in the world, especially national parks. We love our lives and do not plan to slow down or change
our address.
Favorite Things to do
Nature photography, reading, gardening, crafts, kick boxing, Zumba, lots of time at the gym,
spending time with friends and family
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
"Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy
Favorite Movies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Retirement rocks. I have time and energy to do whatever I feel like doing each day.
Walter Bobbie
David Frye
201 West 72
New York, NY 10023
[email protected]
212 724-0321
Education
BA University of Scranton
MA Catholic University of America
Favorite Job/Occupation
I moved to New York City immediately after graduate school. I am an actor and director who
works primarily in the theatre.
Favorite Vacation Place
Wherever I travelled last, though I am most content in our backyard on the east end of Long
Island.
Since 1963 this happened...
I just celebrated the first anniversary of being legally married to David Frye, my partner of 24
years. David is a singer at the Metropolitan Opera.
Pat Bell Michalski
John
1747 Clearview Rd.
Coplay, Pa. 18037
[email protected]
Education
12 Years
Number of Children
2
One item from your Bucket List
Go to Hawaii for our 50th wedding anniversary in three years
Favorite Job/Occupation
Cashier in elementary school cafeteria
Favorite Vacation Place
Traveling all over the country on our Harley
Favorite Food/Dessert
Eggplant parm, halibut, Mexican food
Your Favorite Restaurant
Bonefish Grill, Marblehead grill and chowder house in Easton, PA
Favorite Things to do
Shopping for clothes, visit with grandkids, ride motorcycle
Number of Grandchildren
6
Favorite Movies
Dirty dancing, Goodfellas, My Cousin Vinnie
Gary Bromley
Debbi
2783 Oak Bluff Circle
Southport, N.C. 28461
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
Rutgers Univ. Business & Econ
2
Seton Hall
Post grad.
Harvard Business School Post grad.
Number of Grandchildren
4 girls and another coming Oct 14
One item from your Bucket List
African safari
Favorite Job/Occupation
My favorite job would have been to be a cowboy, but wound up being a banker for 40 years. For the
past 20 years I was EVP and Chief Lending Officer for two NJ banks. Retired Dec. '09.
Favorite Vacation Place
Love to travel all over, but the Caribbean islands are best for relaxation.
Since 1963 this happened...
I have a great son and daughter. Son is a doctor and daughter runs a marketing company.
I remarried 15 years ago to wonderful gal after 30 years the first go round. We love N.C. and
retirement.
Any Military Service? Branch/Dates/General Discussion and/or Deployments
Army ROTC in college helped pay tuition, but wound up in Viet Nam in 1969. "Retired" as an
Army captain (Quartermaster Corps) in 1974. All good experience.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Pastrami sandwich at the Carnegie Deli in NYC
Your Favorite Restaurant
Great place in Paris for snails, another in London for a quail egg appy, and then in Rome there
is....but my favorite is still White Castle hamburgers
Favorite Things to do
Golf, reading, beach and getting together with neighbors for dinner.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook, but don't use it too much.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
All James Patterson, Lee Child
and Vince Flynn books
Favorite Movies
Grease, Pretty Woman, original James Bond movies.
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Golf, reading, beach and deleting all the crap emails I get!
Ferne Brunner Founds
Henry/ Hank
30 Wexford Drive
Mendham, NJ 07945
Cell 973-543-4232
Home 973-769-1938
[email protected]
Education
BHS 1963
CCM 1974 AAS Nursing
CDC 1976 Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections
Number of Children
4: 2 boys, 2 girls
One item from your Bucket List
Have a small homestead
Number of Grandchildren
5: all boys, ages 3, 4, 6, 7, 11
Favorite Job/Occupation
Nursing/ Infection Control and Epidemiology
Favorite Vacation Place
New Hampshire
Since 1963 this happened...
Worked in pharmaceutical research before returning to school for Nursing degree. Married, worked
in Nursing/Infection Control and Epidemiology for more than 32 years while raising four children
with husband Henry. All my children were born in April so during the school years I was the
CUPCAKE QUEEN in the month of April. It was a busy, busy, busy time!! In 1983 we moved to
Maine where we had baby number 4 and continued the working parent routine. We lived there for 9
years before moving back to NJ. Would have preferred to stay there! My parents are still hanging in
there at 91 and 89. They still get out and about but it is becoming more difficult. I know what it
means to be a member of the "sandwich" generation. Henry is still working in Regulatory Affairs
and manufacturing at a small pharmaceutical company. He is 71, and he keeps telling me he is going
to retire "in two years". He's been saying that for the last four years! He loves working and it makes
him happy so I'm OK with that. The kids are GREAT! I just keep wishing one of them would
produce a granddaughter so I can teach her my "Martha Stewart" skills....while I still know what
they are!!
Favorite Food/Dessert
Chicken/ Napoleons
Favorite Things to do
Read, quilt, sew, garden.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Great Influenza, by John Barry:
a great read about the Spanish influenza
outbreak of 1918-1919
Your Favorite Restaurant
Gordi's in Lincoln, New Hampshire
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Movies
Baby Boom
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Play with grandkids.
Read, read, read!
Quilt/ sew
Garden
Visit son #1 in NH
Snowshoe! This is GREAT exercise; very cleansing being close to nature.
Francis Butts
Michele Dale
564 Rushton Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M6C 2Y5
416 651 8914
[email protected]
Education
BA Bucknell University
MA Queen's University
PhD Queen's University
Favorite Job/Occupation
High school teacher
Favorite Vacation Place
San Francisco
Since 1963 this happened...
Since I began graduate work in history at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in September of
1971, I have been living in Canada. In 1982 I got married, and in 1994 I took out Canadian
citizenship, though I retain my American citizenship. I have taught history at the universities of
Queen's and McGill. Since 1991, I have been teaching mostly English at Malvern Collegiate
Institute in Toronto, and I have no immediate plans to retire. Although I have lived in Canada for the
last forty-two years, I have remained in close touch with my family in Towaco.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Apple pie
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Intellectuals and Race by Thomas Sowell
Favorite Things to do
Woodworking
Photography
Gardening
Reading
Favorite Movies
Sunset Boulevard
Night of the Hunter
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Alfred Hitchcock thrillers
Preston Struges comedies
Paul Caragine
Becky
1 Saw Mill Road
Kinnelon, NJ 07405
or
PO Box 427
Boonton NJ 07005
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, '67
University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, '71
Number of Children
3 - Dana (female) 33; Debra 32;
Gregory 28; and 2 step: Heather 42
and Jay 41
Number of Grandchildren
2- twin girls from Dana
Favorite Job/Occupation
Formulating Nutritional Products and Inventing Things
Favorite Vacation Place
Costa Linda Resort, Aruba and Eagles Nest Resort, Marco Island, Florida
Since 1963 This Happened...
All children grown with 4 of 5 married or about to be (3 mine, 2 step).
Hobbies: golf, reading history and science articles
I want to play golf with old classmates. I'm just an average player.
I'm very, very close with a very large extended family of cousins.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Linguini with Pesto Sauce or Alfredo Sauce; Chilian Sea Bass
Your Favorite Restaurant
Niochola's - Union Boulevard, Totowa
Paris Inn - Alps Road, Wayne
202 Italian Bistro - Main Street, Lincoln Park
San Georgio’s - Boonton Ave., Kinnelon
Columbia Inn - Rt 202 Montville
Michaelangelo’s - West Main Street, Boonton
Top of the Park - Main Street, Boonton
Favorite Things to do
Watch Science Channel, History Channel, Golf Channel, Public Television Ch 13 and 21, Channels
24, 25, 26. Also read detective and spy stories, history of science stories, Scientific American and
American Scientist magazines, and New England Journal of Medicine every week (Case Records of
the Massachusetts General Hospital).
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook, Linked-in, Classmates
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Making of the Atomic Bomb,
Sir Walter Scott stories.
Political Books.
Favorite Movies
War Horse, Hugo, Secretariat, A Brilliant Mind,
Yankee Doodle Dandy, D-Day, the 6th of June,
The Battle of the Bulge.
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Not retired, working part-time delivering medical samples
Frances Cohen
555 Vistamont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94708
510 526-3103
[email protected]
Education
B.S. Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle.
M.A. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Ronald Cronk
Jeannie Mustic Cronk
6 Foothill Dr.
Kinnelon, N.J.
Education
Boonton High
Number of Children
2 - Kim, Ron jr.
Number of Grandchildren
2 Boys
One item from your Bucket List
We wanted show ponies. We have two National Champions and one Grand National Champion
Favorite Job/Occupation
Maintenance Manager food company
Since 1963 This Happened...
We were raising Rottweilers. Also breeding Shetland ponies and showing them. Two were National
Grand Champions.
Any Military Service?
National Guard, entered in 1965
Favorite Food/Dessert
Steak & Ribs
Favorite Things to do
Work with our Show Ponies
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Looking forward to retiring in the near future.
Favorite Movies
Many different movies
Warren J. Curd
Catherine
2716 Bach Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
757-301-7134
[email protected]
Education
BA Norwich University-1967 (Education/Government)
MA Seton Hall University-1969 (Counseling)
MA equivalent U.S. Army War College-1991
“ABD” Seton Hall University (School Administration)
Number of Children
2 (Allison and Rebecca)
Number of Grandchildren
4 (Gannon, Shelby, Luke, Declan)
One item from your Bucket List
Fly in an open cockpit bi-plane (actually, I've now done it twice in a Stearman World War II trainer)
Favorite Job/Occupation
School administrator for almost 30 years, but enjoyed teaching swimming and lifesaving when I was
younger.
Favorite Vacation Place
There are many, but we especially enjoyed the various islands of Hawaii a lot and the coast of
Maine. We've travelled to Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, England, France, Mexico,
Puerto Rico...some several times. I travelled to Europe for two months after I left active military
service and saw most countries including Hungary. Cathy missed that trip as we hadn't really
become a couple at that point.
Since 1963 This Happened....
Cathy and I married in 1975, She is also a BHS graduate (1967). We first lived in a cozy little log
cabin on the Rockaway River in Boonton Township, but after two years we bought our first house
moving to Jefferson Township. Our daughters Allison and Rebecca were born in 1979 and 1982
respectively. We had a house built in Jefferson (Cathy's dream house) and moved about four miles
from our first place. I retired from public education in 2007 after working at Montville High School
(1972-1987) and Livingston High School (1987-2007). Cathy retired from many years of teaching
in 2008. We moved to Virginia Beach in 2010 to be closer to grandchildren and the military
facilities in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas. We have a small townhouse in Hackettstown, NJ
where we stay while visiting our younger daughter's family.
As an Eagle Scout, I was involved with scouting for a while. I was scoutmaster of Troop 69 in
Boonton Township while in grad school, but I also served as a counselor for the four aquatic merit
badges. When I moved to Jefferson, I counseled the three citizenship merit badges.
I've been active in church activities as well serving as the Sunday School Superintendent in the
Rockaway Valley United Methodist Church prior to leaving for the Army. In Jefferson, I served as
the chair of the administrative council for over 20 years in the Milton UMC as well as working in a
number of other church positions.
I earned my wings in November of 1973 as an FAA private pilot, but other financial priorities (like a
family) have kept me from being active. I will never forget that day I soloed! What a thrill!
For many years I served as a judicial volunteer for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in
Morristown. We handled a variety of cases with first-time juvenile offenders. That experience
coupled with serving twice on active duty as a summary court martial officer was the closest I got to
becoming a lawyer…my BHS Yearbook future vocation!
Coming to BHS from Boonton Township was challenging since there were only 16 in my eighth
grade graduating class (12 boys and four girls and a number of them did not attend BHS). So,
suffice to say, the few of us came to BHS not knowing anyone! It was difficult for a while, but by
participating in activities, we slowly got to know many of the Boonton, Lincoln Park and Montville
folks.
I guess I really haven't stayed very close to many fellow students over the years as we all went our
separate ways. I did date one of you for a brief time while I was at Norwich, but have lost contact
with even the few from Boonton Township except for Ruth Ann Huyler Sherman. One of my good
friends, Walter Babbitt died in Vietnam....
So much for the rambling! It will be great to attend the reunion...even though there are still
classmates I didn't really get a chance to know. Maybe now I'll get the opportunity.
Any Military Service?
Graduated from Norwich University-the nation's oldest private military college and founder of
ROTC in 1967. I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Armor Branch. After grad school, I
entered active duty in 1969 at Fort Knox, KY and served a tour in the DaNang area of Vietnam.
Returned home as a captain. After leaving active service, I joined the NJ Army National Guard
retiring in 2000 as a full colonel with 30 total years of military service. During this time I
commanded armor and mechanized infantry combat units at the company, battalion and brigade
levels as well as serving as the commandant of the NJ Military Academy in Sea Girt. I must have
fooled a few senior officers along the way, for they bestowed on me a number of awards and
decorations. Among them are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Serve Medals, Army
Commendation Medals, etc. I was also inducted into the Armor, Infantry and Field Artillery
Associations.
I am very proud of my service to my country and state!
(I'm currently working on my memoirs from active duty to share with my family only. I have many
pictures, etc. I was very fortunate to have been assigned to a tactical headquarters (because of my
graduate degree I think) which is one reason I came home in one piece.)
Favorite Food/Dessert
Do enjoy Cathy's brandied chicken and mushrooms! (Getting the chicken drunk is the hardest
part....)
Your Favorite Restaurant
Mannino's and Waterman's in Virginia Beach and the pizza at the Reservoir Tavern!
Favorite Things to do
I enjoyed family time in both VA and NJ. I enjoy walking Civil War battlefields (also walked on the
D-Day beaches a couple of years ago). Hiking is fun too. Reading, traveling, doing crossword
puzzles (not too hard), and visiting museums are other fun things to do.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Battle Cry of Freedom
Unbroken
Agatha Christie stuff
Harlan Cobin novels
The Charm School
Many Civil War and WW II books
Favorite Movies
Where Eagles Dare
Glory
North By Northwest
Casablanca
National Treasure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Marx Brothers stuff
The Caine Mutiny
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I serve as the volunteer coordinator for the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach. It's the
l a rg e s t p r i v a t e l y o w n e d ( n o n - p r o f i t ) c o l l e c t i o n o f f l y i n g v i n t a g e a i r p l a n e s .
(www.militaryaviationmuseum.org) I especially enjoy conducting guided tours of the facility which
has five hangars. Standing among the planes that fought in the world wars is awesome.
Brian DeLuca
1322 N 78th Street
Seattle WA 98103-4844
[email protected]
206-527-2218
Education
BS-Engineering Mechanics/Basic Sciences
One item from your Bucket List
Hike Grand Canyon - down and up
Favorite Job/Occupation
USAF Pilot
Favorite Vacation Place
Skiing at Steamboat Springs CO and Whistler Mtn BC/CA. Sydney, AU
Any Military Service? Branch/Dates/General Discussion and/or Deployments
USAF: Academy Jun63-Jun67. Pilot 67-75 flying transports and fighters. NASA-Military Scientist/
Engineer 75-78.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Steak - not a dessert guy.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Seattle is full of them - at all price ranges and types
Favorite Things to do
Hike/Ski/Road Trips across USA
Are You on any Social Media?
No - don't do it. Email if you want to contact me.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Anything by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering.
Favorite Movies
Cool Hand Luke
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Fill out questionnaires.
Marta Diaczuk Steffen
Donald
35 Avon Road
Larchmont, NY 10538
914-834-2251
Martsteff @verizon.net
Eileen Dier Martress
603 Avenue H Apt. 211
Matamoras, Pa. 18336
491-570-5432
Education
St. Joseph's School, Lincoln Park, NJ
Boonton High School
Sussex County Community College,
Newton, NJ
Number of Children
4 - Mike, Tom, Cheryl, and Jerry
Number of Grandchildren
6 - One granddaughter and five grandsons
One item from your Bucket List
Have not thought about this too much…. I guess I would just love to win the lottery and travel
everywhere.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Just being retired and not thinking of working at all - I'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY!!!!!!
Favorite Vacation Place
Hawaii and Idaho (also all the western states are wonderful for vacationing). The Grand Canyon is
another favorite of mine.
Since 1963 This Happened...
My family is the most important thing in my life and I thank God for all of them. Also - I love all
the simple things in life - just glad I am still here sticking around and enjoying it all.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Ice cream-cherry vanilla
Your Favorite Restaurant
The Stroudsmoor Inn, East Stroudsburg, PA.
The Longhorn Steakhouse, East Stroudsburg, PA.
The Erie Hotel, Port Jervis, NY
Lafayette House, Newton, NJ
Favorite Things to do
Take a walk, play my guitar, read, travel, swim, ride my bicycle, visit with family, watch TV, go to a
movie, dine out, and PRAY.
Visit the national historic site in Milford, Pa. Grey Towers - Former home of governor Gifford
Pinchot, who also was the founder of the National Forest Service.
Visiting museums and taking day trips here and there.
Are You on any Social Media?
I am on Facebook (so far at the moment I am). This may change at any time!!!!
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Favorite Movies
All Historical fiction books about the Civil War era Adventure movies, (Indiana Jones type)
Gone with the Wind
Historical fiction movies
Historical novels
Travel and Discovery
Leonardo DiCaprio movies (favorite
Titanic)
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Daydream about the "good old days"
Joan Doremus Erbs
Bob
150 Amity Road
Andover, NJ 07821
973-347-0213
[email protected]
Education
Some college
Number of Children
2 - Jeffrey & Jenna
Number of Grandchildren
3 - Justin, Kelsey & Samantha
One item from your Bucket List
Only one??!! Hmm...travel the USA in a motor home so we can get off the beaten trail...and
skydiving.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Homemaker. Was never that career driven. My plan to become Florence Nightingale ended when I
first saw a scalpel cut into a body...so I became a pharmaceutical lab tech. That job ended when I
settled in to become a mom. Work has been a means to an end...and now I'm looking forward to it
ending!
Favorite Vacation Place
Ocean City, New Jersey!
Since 1963 This Happened...
Married to Bob in July 1965 (holy crap...that was long ago!) and moved from Montville to Byram
Township that year. My goal of becoming a Florence Nightingale was dashed the first time I saw
them put a scalpel through someone’s gut. So I worked as a pharmaceutical lab tech until Jeffrey was
born in 1969; then Jenna arrived in 1971. Was a stay at home Mom until about 1980 when I returned
part time to the work force, and have continued to work since. For the past 28 years as a property
manager for a company that manages community associations. Bob retired a few years ago from his
real job, but continues to work part time for a fellow who has his own home construction business.
My greatest joy is time spent with family, particularly our grandchildren. Justin turned 20 this year
and attends Sussex County College. Kelsey is 10, in 5th grade. Samantha is 8 and in 3rd grade. Kids
all live within 1/2 hour of us so we are fortunate to see them often. I love the outdoors and enjoy the
four seasons here in New Jersey. Spring/summer & fall you'll find me in the flower gardens tending
to my other children. You'll never hear me complain about weeding as I thoroughly enjoy keeping a
neat garden! I'm eternally grateful that my parents introduced us to the wonders of Mother Nature,
and walking on our country lane or in the woods is my favorite exercise as I take in all of nature that
surrounds me year round. In the winter I love the snow and go ice skating and sleigh riding with the
kids whenever possible. Used to ski but am a little leery of getting back into it since having knee
repair (not replacement) a couple of years ago. I’m looking forward to retirement in the next year or
so. Will likely be here in NJ 'til "the end" since the family is here (even my sisters live nearby), and
that means more to me than anything else. To sum it up, life has been simple but good. I'm healthy,
happy, and looking forward to more adventures in the future!
Any Military Service? Branch/Dates/General Discussion and/or Deployments
No - but "thank you" to all my classmates who served! I have high regard and deep appreciation for
all who serve in the military, past and present.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Anything chocolate...dark chocolate preferred.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Black Forest Inn, Stanhope, New Jersey
Favorite Things to do
Gardening, reading, hiking, walking, kayaking, dinner out, antiquing, theater shows, museums,
traveling, and now getting into bird watching (is this a sign of old age?). And of course, getting
together with friends...old and new. And since breaking down and getting a computer a couple of
years ago, mahjong and jigsaw puzzles on line!
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook is my limit. Nice connecting with old friends, classmates, and keeping up with the goings
on of friends and family.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Don't have a favorite, enjoy many.
Favorite Movies
Dr. Zhivago; The Sound of Music; What Women
Want; Chocolate; Something's Gotta Give; Jane
Eyre; love old black & whites from the 30's, 40's
& 50's. Probably more but can't think of them
right now.
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Well, I'm not retired, but can't imagine it will be hard to keep busy since I can't find the time to do all
I want to do now!
Janet Drake Smith
George Smith
2894 Patterson Mill Rd.
Bedford, Va. 24523
540-586-1443
[email protected]
Education
RN, BA
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
3
Jack Edmunds
Winter:
68-1805 Pau Nani St.
Waikoloa, Hawaii, 96738
Summer:
62 Hummingbird Lane,
Orient, ME, 04471
Cell: 973-896-4563
Education
Number of Children
BS Engineering Physics,
1
U of Maine
MS Computer Science,
Stevens Institute of Technology
One item from your Bucket List
Bicycle Tour of Maine and Hawaii
Favorite Job/Occupation
Software Engineering
Favorite Vacation Place
I am on permanent vacation: winter in Hawaii and summer on a lakefront home in Maine.
Since 1963 This Happened...
After an interesting life starting with a few years as an electrical engineer and a few years custom
building homes with my dad, and a few years as tractor trailer owner/operator, I settled down into
software engineering. I finally retired to Hawaii in the winter and lakefront home in Maine in the
summer..
Favorite Food/Dessert
Chocolate ice cream
Favorite Things to do
Bicycle riding, swimming, water skiing, kayaking, canoeing, almost anything in water.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook, linkedin, Google+
Favorite Book Current/Classic
"Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman"
Favorite Movies
"Pink Panther" with Peter Sellers
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond
"Collapse" by Jared Diamond
"Darwin Awards" Wendy Northcutt
"Crimes Against Logic" Jamie Whyte
"The Half-Life of Facts" Samuel Arbesman
"The God Delusion" Richard Dawkins
"Flim Flam" James Randi
"How Risky is it, Really" David Ropeik
"Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity" John Stossel
"Why People Believe Weird Things" Michael Shermer
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I keep busy by doing all maintenance and repair and upgrade on everything I own, from homes to
cars to computers. Earlier this year my son and I designed and built 2 high end dual-boot Mac/PC 4monitor computers. I am currently constructing a 24' x 36' two story storage building and will be
using the second floor for my model train layouts. I am in the planning stage for building a gazebo.
I am also studying, designing, and testing battery backup and solar thermal and photovoltaic systems
reducing dependence on (and perhaps eliminating) the electrical grid.
Judson Etheredge
Suzie
20143 S Ferguson Road
Oregon City, OR 97045
Education
Some college, LOTS of business/industry specific education
Number of Children
2
One item from your Bucket List
To make my bucket list
Favorite Job/Occupation
Number of Grandchildren
4
Favorite Vacation Place
Being retired
All places except French Glen Resort
Since 1963 This Happened...
Love history, guns, hunting, writing, drawing, swimming, creative design (drawing, buildings....)
Problem solving. Fantastic spousal unit with two wonderful children and the best 4 grandkids.
Editors note. His wife told me that Jud raced MGs in the SCCA for many years.
Any Military Service? Branch/Dates/General Discussion and/or Deployments
Navy, 1963 -1970, USS Enterprise CVAN-65, Viet Nam Service 1965 - 1968
Favorite Food/Dessert
MEAT - WINE
Your Favorite Restaurant
Cowboy Tree Restaurant
Favorite Things to do
Too many to list, not enough time to get to all
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The one I'm writing
Favorite Movies
Planes Trains and Automobiles, Sliding
Doors
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Everything
Paula S. Falkenstein Lerch
Roy Kipp Lerch
108 Coykendall Rd.
Wantage, NJ 07461-3054
(973) 875-3132
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
BA Elementary Education
3
MA Human Behavior and Development
Number of Grandchildren
2
Associate Degree in Fine Arts
One item from your Bucket List
Take a motorcycle trip around the USA and another in Ireland with Cork (family roots) as the
objective.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Teaching fine arts in a home schooling program.
Favorite Vacation Place
Southwestern Vermont
Since 1963 This Happened...
Lifelong educator - public school systems, private nursery school, juvenile detention, Sussex County
Jail, Sussex County Community College. Retired June, 2011. I've now begun teaching art to home
schoolers. Our daughter, Melanie, 38, graduated from Williams College and Harvard Law School
and is an I.P. attorney living in LA, California with her husband RJ and grandsons Jack and
Callahan. Our older son, Christian, 31, graduated from Harvard and lives in Queens with his bride,
Jessica. Christian has his own business (vankipp.com) as a strategic designer shaping and translating
brands across media. Our new daughter-in-law (formerly Jessica Burrows, now Jessica Van Kipp) is
a lead actress/soprano in musical theater and has recently completed a run at Hamilton Stage in
Rahway as 'Nora' in "Himself and Nora" Additionally, she has her own Holistic Food Coach business
at "Health Illuminated.com". Jesse, our youngest at 25 graduated 3 years ago from Connecticut
College with a double major in Fine Art and Architecture. He has taught graphic design and fine arts
and after three years at Peter's Valley is a resident artist and fellow running the Special Topics Art
Studio. He also started this year teaching at the Sussex County Charter School of Technology. Roy,
my husband of 40 years, has managed his own accounting practice for 30 years. Since my
retirement he has spent much time whining because he is too young to retire. That's how it is when
you marry an older woman!
Favorite Food/Dessert
Sirloin Filet meticulously grilled by my husband, Roy.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Walpack Inn in Walpack just down the road from Peter's Valley and the Airport Diner in Sussex.
Favorite Things to do
Art, sewing, exercising, motorcycling, traveling, reading and playing with our Pembroke Welsh
Corgi, Tyler.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Help
Favorite Movies
Lord of the Rings
Bourne Identity/Supremacy
Series Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
The International
The Italian Job
The Devil Wears Prada
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Catching up on everything neglected while I work - the attic, painting, cleaning, etc....fun??
Teaching art to home schooled children ages 5 - 17 years...this is fun! Motorcycling with my
husband...this is SUPER fun!!!
Tony Fennelly
James Richard Catoire
2615 Governor Nicholls St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
504-450-6974
[email protected]
Education
BA, Drama and Communications, University of New Orleans
Acting classes with many teachers. Diploma: Gilbert Navarro course in Horary Astrology Certified
Astrologer, Level 1, NCGR
Number of Children
Only the tail-wagging and the purring kinds
Number of Grandchildren
Probably some puppies and kittens
One item from your Bucket List
I think I've done everything I wanted to do. I would just like *more* of the same opportunities.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Acting. I finally got my SAG-Aftra union card. I'm a film starlet. (Proud to be in the union) I have
also written several mystery novels published in the US, Europe and Asia.
Favorite Vacation Place
Home with my family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Since 1963 This Happened...
My husband is a French-speaking Cajun and a fantastic cook. (Like most French) He worked
offshore for sixteen years, then another twenty-five as a high school teacher of French and Spanish.
He just retired. We have a little cow farm in Central Louisiana where he gets good exercise keeping
up the place, putting out hay and range cubes, etc. That serves as our "evacuation home" whenever
we have a hurricane. We stayed there almost five months after Katrina. I like to swim in our little
lake. No one can see me but cows, but I *always* wear something. We have two boxers, a bobtailed
tom cat (who kills huge rats) and a girl cat who specializes in mice.
I get an occasional acting job. Am a professional astrologer. My mystery books are available on
Amazon
Favorite Food/Dessert
Lobster followed by bread pudding with rum sauce. Also filet mignon, Haagen Daaz vanilla bean ice
cream
Your Favorite Restaurant
Star Restaurant-237 Decatur Street, New Orleans. Great bargain on fresh lobster. :-p
Favorite Things to do
Hang out on a film set, eating the catered food. My exercise is walking, two or three miles a day. I
walk down to the central library to haul books back for Richard, the "Reading Material Monster".
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Can I say my *own* books are my favorites?
Favorite Movies
I'll sit through anything my husband
likes.
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I'm a writer and an actress. No one retires from those activities. But there is always something going
on in New Orleans for me to do.
Ed Filipski
June
617 County Road 579
Pittstown, NJ 08867
908-735-5214
Education
BA Penn State
Favorite Job/Occupation
Retired Banker
Favorite Vacation Place
Pacific Northwest
Your Favorite Restaurant
Matt’s Red Rooster Grill, Flemington NJ
Favorite Things to do
Travel, Hike, Volunteer work
Linda Heinzelman
20 West 86 St
Apt 10D
NYC, NY. 10024
203 856-1519 cell
Education
BA
Number of Children
1
One item from your Bucket List
Visit the Galapagos Islands
Favorite Job/Occupation
I was an RN specializing in critical care for 15 years and the director of medical services at the
World Trade Center. Saw the guy walk the tightrope on my way to work and loved every minute.
Changed careers after a return to school and have been working as an Interior Designer for last 22
years. I plan on only semi-retiring. Love it!
Favorite Vacation Place
My friends ranch in Santa Ynez, CA
Are You on any Social Media?
Yes
Favorite Things to do
Travel
Martin Henry
Marilyn Gabrielson Henry
8261 Chase Lane
King George, VA 22485
[email protected]
540-413-0048
Education
Number of Children Number of Grandchildren
BSEE - Widener U- Tau Beta Pi
1
2 Boys
MA Political Science equiv. Navy War college
MS Computer Science University of West Florida
MS GIS Certification - Penn State University
One item from your Bucket List
Publish a book, just waiting for some talent to kick in
Favorite Job/Occupation
Non Linear Physics modeler of Electric Power Grids, and as a Field Intelligence Collector in Europe
during the Cold War.
Favorite Vacation Place
Costa Del Sol, Destin, FL, and home!
Since 1963 This Happened...
I was USAF active duty and then USAF Civil Service for 34 total years. I then worked for BAE
until retirement. Final job was the Operational Test Manager for the G/ATOR radar (It’s on line).
Marilyn and I moved to Virginia when I was sent to be a USAF Liaison with the Navy as lead on
some special Joint Service projects. My final Civil Service job had me working as a briefer and
analyst for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense at the Pentagon. Marilyn got
into Navy Civil Service and worked her way up to the Director of the Fleet and Family Support
Center. She was one of the people recognized by then SECDEF Rumsfeld for her work with
Pentagon 9/11 families. She recently retired after 24 years and got some very special Awards from
various levels of Command at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA. Our son, Sean,
graduated from The U of Maryland and went to work with SAIC in support of the Air Force portion
of the Space Program. There he met and married his wife, Monica. They have 2 beautiful bundles
of energy who are easily capable of breaking an anvil. After he finished his Masters in System
Engineering, he was selected for a job at Vandenberg AFB in the missile and interceptor payload/
launch business and relocated to California 1 January of this year.
Any Military Service?
USAF for 20 years. Stationed all over the world and the states. Found out why I missed all of those
jump shots when a birth defect in one eye prevented me from being in the cockpit. I helped start
'Cope Thunder' at Clark AB, and ran the first and seventh one. It has moved to Alaska and is now
named 'Red Flag West'. I was the PACAF Maintenance Officer of the Year in 1976 and got sucked
into the intelligence field as a punishment. Squadron Commander in Omaha. After working with the
German Air Force for 5 years I received special recognition from the Luftwaffe equivalent of the Air
Intelligence Agency as well as a second from the Luftwaffe Chief of Staff.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Cordon Bleu, Apple Pie
Your Favorite Restaurant
The Bavarian Chef
in Fredericksburg, VA.
Great family style foods
and excellent beers
Favorite Things to do
Gardening, woodworking - mostly turning lumber into sawdust, gourmet jam making as well as
cooking, writing anecdotal stories (think war stories and family stories) plus listening to audio
books. Playing with our big Golden Retriever is #1 on the list after getting clobbered by the
Grandchildren. Plus watching the grandbabies break china (anvils) for fun.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook reluctantly
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Books by Linda Fairstein,
Stewart Wood, David Baldacci,
Karen Marie Moaning and any mystery novel
Favorite Movies
Casablanca
Sci Fi
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Just my favorite things and mowing the darned lawn.
Carolee Herting Litwinka
Mike
1791 Pennecamp Dr
The Villages, FL 32162 (Oct to May)
54 Ninas Way
Manchester, CT 06040 (May to Oct)
Education
Number of Children
BA Mathematics,
2
Montclair State College
MBA,
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Number of Grandchildren
5 (one deceased)
One item from your Bucket List
Spend time in Hawaii, also Southeast Asia
Favorite Job/Occupation
Consultant at IBM designing automated solutions for businesses including web applications
Favorite Vacation Place
France
Since 1963 This Happened...
Mike and I have been happily married for 45 years. We both enjoyed professional careers and
raised our son and daughter in the Hartford, CT area. We were fortunate to be able to travel to
Paris, Rome, London, Luxembourg, Bermuda and many other interesting locations for business
conferences and meetings. We have been retired for six years and enjoy travel, reading, fast
walking, biking and Pilates. I also play "social" bridge with a few groups and belong to AAUW. I
volunteer with several organizations and have enjoyed teaching ESL for 5 years.
We are Florida residents, living in The Villages, FL for 7 months/year and in CT near our family
the remaining months. We also own a home in RI near the ocean and enjoy spending time there
with our family. Fortunately, we are both in excellent health!
Favorite Food/Dessert
Seared sea scallops / ice cream with fudge sauce
Your Favorite Restaurant
Bull and Bear in The Waldorf, Orlando, FL
Gracie's, Providence, RI
Favorite Things to do
Fast walking, travel, learn foreign languages, shop
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
P.D James novels
Favorite Movies
Lincoln, The Queen
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
See above
Molly Hoiberg Wolf
Bill
705 North Milam Street
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
Education
BA University of Arizona
Favorite Job/Occupation
Working for myself
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
2
Favorite Vacation Place
Hawaii
Richard B. Huykman
Cheryl E. Haslem Huykman
7 Sunset Court
Montville, NJ 07045
[email protected]
Education
BS Engineering Physics, minor EE at University of Maine;
MS in EE from NYU
One item from your Bucket List
Overturn injustice done by State of NJ and the NJ Supreme Court against me.
Favorite Job/Occupation
System and design engineer for Aircraft, Defense, and Space Systems for Bell Telephone Labs,
Honeywell. Honeywell provided diverse background opportunities in analog circuits, digital
circuits, power electronics, software program and software system design, test equipment
instruments and systems, flight systems (worked on most fighter jets electronics, smart bombs,
guided missiles), space shuttle booster rocket, ground based checkout, air data computer, star
scanning telescope for space navigation, space station positioning gyros, system integration for test
equipment.
Favorite Vacation Place
Las Vegas,
Since 1963 This Happened...
Cheryl Haslem Huykman went to Paterson State for teaching degree, then Masters in Business
Administration at Fairleigh Dickinson. Worked for ITT as administrative assistant, and worked for
Hartford as Administrative Assistant and Human Resources. Worked for Galaxy Glass. Did work
with VNA. Loved photography and travel.
Richard Huykman liked scuba diving, spelunking, some travel, mountain biking, deep sea fishing,
card games, tennis, table tennis, computer skills, handwriting analysis. Now like to do trading of
stocks and commodities. Researched and did litigation.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Filet mignon, napoleon, vanilla ice cream
Your Favorite Restaurant
Outback
Favorite Things to do
Mountain biking, chess, computer research, tennis, table tennis, like good music
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook, but not very active
Favorite Book Current/Classic
There Is a River; Sleeping Prophet;
"Conscious Autosuggestion" by Emil Coue.
Favorite Movies
Top Gun; A Few Good Men; Summer
Vacation
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Trade stocks and commodities, take care of wife; research on internet; just stayin' alive;
RuthAnn Huyler Sherman
Christopher
917 Welsh Lane
Jacksonville, NC 28546
(910) 577-0456
[email protected]
Education
Boonton High School
William Paterson University, BA, MEd.
Number of Children
2 children: Andrew, Heather
3 stepchildren: (see below)
Number of Grandchildren
7: Cian, Reed, Savannah, Lila, Olin, Malcolm, Madison
One item from your Bucket List
To visit the Valley of the Kings in Egypt
Favorite Job/Occupation
I retired after forty years as a Kindergarten-Primary teacher. I still tutor special needs students. I also
teach Vacation Bible School and Faith Formation at my church. I also love being a Grandma!
Favorite Vacation Place
I love to go to Myrtle Beach, SC., where I enjoy the beach, shows, and restaurants.
Since 1963 This Happened...
We enjoy the beach, taking cruises, and traveling; especially to visit our children and
grandchildren in New Hampshire, Texas, Georgia, Washington State, and Tennessee. Our daughter,
Heather, is a Master Sgt. In the Air Force. Her husband, John, is a Senior Master Sgt. They are
stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. They are expecting a girl in early January.
They are also raising John's daughters, Reagan, fifteen, and Victoria, ten.
My stepchildren:
Christopher, Jr. is a Sgt. In the Army. He, and his wife Lindsey, are stationed at Ft. Stewart, GA.
Victoria, an accountant, lives in Monroe, Washington.
Theresa and her husband, Christopher, live in Humboldt, TN, with our two year old granddaughter,
Madison. Theresa is a secretary. Her husband is in the Marine Corps Reserve, and attends college.
Favorite Food/Dessert
My favorite food is lobster, and my favorite desert is strawberry shortcake.
Your Favorite Restaurant
I enjoy eating at The Kings Arms Tavern, in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. The strolling musicians
add a special ambiance. The food and presentation are appropriate for the colonial period.
Favorite Things to do
I like to weave baskets, paint with oils and acrylics, sew my own clothes, read, travel, cruise, and
spend time with my family.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
I am currently rereading
Arthur Canon Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Favorite Movies
I enjoy Film Noire and Humphrey Bogart
movies.
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
When I was working, I used to say, "I'll have time to .........., when I retire. Well, It is. LONG list!
Al Janosy
Sandi
11 Beechwood Trail
Denville, NJ 07834
Education
Lincoln Tech
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
3
Favorite Job/Occupation
Auto Technician
Favorite Vacation Place
Wildwood N.J.
Since 1963 This Happened...
We all belong to the Denville String Band. North Jersey 's only string band, Mummer style.. Mr.
Berryman would be proud.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Texas Weiners at Hot Grill in Clifton, NJ
Your Favorite Restaurant
Charlie Brown's
Favorite Things to do
Gardening
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Small engine repair.
Claire Ann Kaempffe Reavey
Dick
326 Dennis Whitney Road
New Braintree, MA 01531
508-867-7675
[email protected]
Education
Montville Elementary School
Boonton High School
University of Kentucky
Number of Children
2 daughters
Number of Grandchildren
None yet!
One item from your Bucket List
To live in Paris for at least 6 months...
Favorite Job/Occupation
Hands down, my favorite job was being a mother. I was lucky enough to stay at home two years
after each birth. It was, and still is, a job like no other.
I taught grades 2, 3, and 4 for 37 years,
starting in Atlanta and finishing in Paxton, Massachusetts. I loved that age children - 8, 9, and 10.
Striving to be independent but still accepting of hugs and guidance.
I am now an assessor for my
small town. My daughter, Kate, lovingly calls me "the town ass." I enjoy it though, and it only takes
8 hours a week.
Favorite Vacation Place
We rented a small cottage for many years on Cape Cod Bay in Brewster. In the past ten years, we
ventured to the "Outer Cape" to Wellfleet. Our daughter, Heather, recently bought a piece of land
there and will begin building shortly. Hopefully, we'll get a family discount! I also love visiting
with Jane in Dennis. Yea, we're still "a couple of swells."
Since 1963 This Happened...
Well, let's see... Dick and I live on our twenty acres of land on a dirt road in a small dairy community
in central Massachusetts. We both enjoyed our careers - mine as a teacher and Dick as a counselor
and later as an administrator for unemployment for the state. We had our first daughter after ten
years of marriage. Then another came along. Like most, we had our struggles and our joys. For sure,
the good outweighed the bad. My dad died of a severe heart attack when I was thirty. But my mom
lived to the ripe old age of 99. I was privileged to have her in a nursing home close by for her last
five years. My sister, Karen, who was a freshman when we were seniors, lives in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin. We still are close and get together as often as possible. I had an older sister and brother
too. I have nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and a great, great niece and a great, great
nephew! Unfortunately, none live around me. Heather and Kate are the jewels in our crown. Both
have become wonderful adults - I couldn't be more proud of them. Heather was graduated from
Syracuse and is a product designer in Boston. She lives in Cambridge. She works long hours and in
her free time, enjoys rowing (crew at S.U.). She designed her Cape cottage and we can't wait until
it's finished this fall or winter. I hope to be spending some quality time there! She is still single but
has a boyfriend - I wish they would hurry up! Kate was graduated from Mercyhurst College in Erie,
Pennsylvania and worked for several years as a special ed teacher in Milwaukee and Massachusetts.
She just (this week) graduated from Lesley University with a Masters Degree in special education.
She is looking in New Hampshire, but for now she'll stay put in Somerville, Massachusetts. She
comes home about once a month for the weekend. She enjoys checking up on her old, dottering
mom and dad. I'm sure she thinks we have one foot in the grave and can't carry out the simplest
chores. But I love having her home. Dick and I have a 13 foot sailboat that we have fun with. We
take it to the Cape and make circles in Wellfleet Harbor. I own a timeshare in Mazatlan, Mexico that
I trade for other places to enjoy. So we get away about twice a year to new places. Last year, we
spent a week in Provence, France and another in Liguria, Italy (Cinque Terre). We haven't gone
anywhere together this year because we want to spend time in Wellfleet at the building site. All in
all, I feel blessed to live such a wonderful, content life.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Fresh tomatoes and basil from our garden,
a touch of olive oil and salt over hot pasta.
M-m-m..
Your Favorite Restaurant
I think Dick and I have the best restaurant. with
We enjoy cooking, using fresh produce and
local meats. And it's cheap date!!! So give
us a call, tell us a time, and show up! We
promise a delicious meal and a wonderful
evening.
Favorite Things to do
I have so many likes ~ tending to my seven gardens around our property is one of my favorites. I
love to read. I love to plan trips and travel with my family - we've been to Italy and Ireland together,
and next year I'm planning a trip to eastern Germany to see where my ancestors came from. And I'm
taking my two sisters to Ireland to see where the other ancestors came from. I love to drive my car ~
I think Spiotti started that! In a future life, I'd like to come back as a garage mechanic.
Are You on any Social Media?
I am on Facebook, but I don't contribute much. I just enjoy seeing the lives of my relatives and
friends. Sounds a lot like a voyeur, doesn't it?
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Love all genres of books! I just finished Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick. Some of my favorite
authors are David McCullough, Edward Rutherford, Ken Follett, Adriana Trigiani, Jaqueline
Winspear, Lisa Genova, Patrick Taylor, Vince Flynn... I could go on.
Favorite Movies
I thought "The Heat" was hysterical! We really enjoy watching the English mystery series on PBS.
Also on PBS, I loved 'Call the Midwives'' series as well as 'Downton Abbey.'
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I really don't know....I know I'm never bored. I enjoy spending time with my friends from teaching,
my friends from town here, my college friends - There are four of us who travel together. We're
going to Africa in January. I like to putter - when I get the cleaning fever, I like to organize my
closets and drawers. I can't stand clutter. My super-duper favorite thing is to be with my family ~
wherever they are I like to be. I have truly enjoyed getting back into the BHS mode - meeting at
Trudy's house last year and becoming re-acquainted with my marvelous classmates has been such
fun. There is nothing like old friends. They're the best!
Barbara (Bobbi) Karrer Clarke
6705 Arrowroot Dr.
Jacksonville, Fl. 32244
Education
Paterson General
Hospital School of Nursing
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
4
One item from your Bucket List
Write and have published my own fictional novel
Favorite Job/Occupation
The only occupation I've ever had for 46 years is nursing
Favorite Vacation Place
Anywhere on the Florida beaches
Since 1963 This Happened...
After graduating nursing school in 1966, I joined the USNR as a Navy Nurse and was stationed in
Jacksonville, FL. I have been an RN for 46 years and have worked all specialties at one time or
another. I have two wonderful boys Gary and Tim who each have two children of their own: Alaina
and Reilly, and Carissa and Carter respectively. I am now enjoying retirement and live about 20
minutes away from my children and grandchildren in Jacksonville, FL. I love scrapbooking,
gardening, reading, writing, crafting, going to the movies, and try to walk a mile every day. I have
wonderful friends and live in a great neighborhood and am currently researching for a fictional novel
I am writing.
Any Military Service?
USNR (Navy Nurse) 1967 - 1969
Favorite Food/Dessert
Steak/ Cheesecake
Your Favorite Restaurant
Longhorn, T.G.I.F.
Favorite Things to do
Scrapbooking, crafting (cards, rubber stamping, etc.) reading, writing, gardening, and walking. Oh, I
love shopping!
Are You on any Social Media?
Yes, I'm on Facebook-Bobbi Karrer Clarke
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Stand-Stephen King
Favorite Movies
Titanic I love sci-fi, fantasy, and
action,adventure movies
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
All the things mentioned above under favorite things to do. Spend time with friends and family
frequently
Linda Killoch Ashburn
Tom
4004 S. Sable Way
Aurora, CO 80014
303-680-6558
[email protected]
Education
University of Colorado
Number of Children
Boy & Girl
Favorite Vacation Place
Jersey Shore
Since 1963 This Happened...
Both children are married and live in Colorado. I am a retired Nurse Educator. My husband and I
are both enjoying our life together!
Your Favorite Restaurant
Reservoir Tavern in Boonton
Are You on any Social Media?
Yes, Facebook
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I volunteer on several Boards.
Natalie Kononenko
Peter Holloway
350 O'Connor Close
Edmonton
Alberta
Canana T6R 1L5
780-439-5277
Education
BA - Radcliffe College - 1967
MA - Harvard University - 1969
Ph.D. - Harvard University - 1976
Number of Children
1 son - Gregory Holloway,
2 step-children
Number of Grandchildren
None - this is a sore point
Favorite Job/Occupation
The one I have now. It's not ideal, but I love doing fieldwork. I love to teach. Writing is hard, but
rewarding.
Favorite Vacation Place
Used to be a tie between the Lake District of England and the Outer Banks in North Carolina until
my husband almost drowned at the beach. Now we'll stick with the mountains of England.
Since 1963 This Happened...
Phillipa and Kenneth, my two step-kids, are professors at Middle Tennessee State University and
Florida Atlantic University, respectively.
My son Greg is studying quantum computing at Waterloo University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
He is working toward a PhD and specializing in nannowires.
Your Favorite Restaurant
We don't go out to eat.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook, Linked-in
Favorite Book Current/Classic
I read too much to have one favorite - maybe
Bulgakov - Master and Margarita
Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude
Favorite Movies
Days of Heaven
Juliet of the Spirits
Jeanne Koskie Parrella
5506 Camino Arbustos NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Education
Bachelor's in Teaching
Number of Children
1
One item from your Bucket List
Trip to a nature preserve in Africa
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Number of Grandchildren
1
Favorite Job/Occupation
Teaching special needs children
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Reading, hiking, shopping, visiting family & friends
!
!
!
Ellen Kunits Lennon
27 Reber Lane
Honey Brook, Pa 19344
484-319-8515
[email protected]
Education
Laboratory Institute of
Merchandising and
life experiences
Number of Children
2 Boys
One item from your Bucket List
To take a vacation with dear friends.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Working for Federated Dept. Stores on the private label programs-that was back in ’68-'75.
Owning my scrapbook store was probably the best. I loved it.
My current employment is with Wegman's in Downingtown. Customer service-selling fantastic
Patisserie items and European breads.
Favorite Vacation Place
Carolla Light, NC the Outer Banks.. It really doesn't take much, just visiting the ladies or family
in NJ is a vacation.
Since 1963 This Happened...
I just sold my home in Downingtown, PA in Nov 2012, and moved into a very small mobile home
park community, only six homes. I love it. A double wide, in Amish country. I still have boxes up to
my eye balls, but I'll get to it!!!
My boys are 22 and 24 and there is NEVER a dull moment. Neither boy is married, and there are no
grandchildren that we know about.
I try to visit Trudy in NJ, at least once every two months. We always have a great time. Sometimes
on those visits we ladies get together for lunch or go to NYC to catch a play, that way we get to see
Walter (Bobbie).
Any Military Service?
No, but thanks to all of you that served . God bless you .
Favorite Food/Dessert
A good authentic Hungarian Goulash or Sauerbraten. Pecan Pie or Shoo fly pie
Your Favorite Restaurant
Dee and Wimpy's diner in Honey Brook. They hauled this 50's diner from Texas, and refurbished it
about 2 years ago. Good diner food: corned beef hash/eggs, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, fresh
turkey and filling. Love the atmosphere!
Favorite Things to do
When I finally get unpacked, I'll get back to working on the family tree . It's great getting in touch
with cousins on my mom that are in their mid to late 80's. Love the family gossip ! I love working
on family albums for myself or for gifts . Just have bunches of old and new photos that are waiting
for a home . Turning old flea market or family stuff into new stuff.. always fun.
Are You on any Social Media?
On Facebook and Classmates .
I'm tired of the nonsense on FB.....time for me to drop it or unfriend some folks.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Don't care much for reading,
other than articles, would rather watch a movie.
And Then There Were None
As Good as it Gets
Favorite Movies
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Father Goose
The Birdcage
Patch Adams
Pay it Forward
Young Frankenstein
Some Like It Hot
An Affair to Remember
Anna and the King of Siam
(Jodie Foster)
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I for one, can only dream about retiring.......it won't be in this lifetime !!!!
Ken Kyte
Marcie
10 Balamor Lane
Ewing Twp., NJ 08628
609-538-0983
[email protected]
Education
BS Civil Engineering - Rutgers University
MS Transportation Planning & Engineering - Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
MS Public Administration - Rutgers University
Number of Children
3
Number of Grandchildren
9
Favorite Job/Occupation
Only had the one with the
NJ Department of Transportation
One item from your Bucket List
Tour of Australia & New Zealand
Favorite Vacation Place
Myrtle Beach, SC
Favorite Food/Dessert
You grill it, I'll eat it
Your Favorite Restaurant
Texas Roadhouse for a great steak
Favorite Things to do
Enjoy Retirement
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Atlas Shrugged
Greedy Bastards
Republic Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Favorite Movies
Heat
Zeitgeist Trilogy
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Play golf as often as possible
Support and Encourage the Grandkids
Visit our local casinos
Alan Lefkowitz
Nancy
2543 Sandy Creek Drive
Westlake Village, California 91361
818.414.6455 (cell)
[email protected]
Education
BS and MBA:
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Number of Children
2
One item from your Bucket List
Run a competitive 5k race
Favorite Job/Occupation
Sales/Sales Management : Two career fields - Insurance Industry and Office Technology Services
and Products.
Since 1963 This Happened...
Me: " Semi-retired" on July 1, 2013. Company relocation from New Jersey to California in 1980.
Spent the first six years in Southern California (Valencia), transferred by my company to the San
Francisco Bay area (Pleasanton) and then back to Southern California in late 1991. Have lived in
Westlake Village since returning.
Spouse: Office Manager for Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA) - student housing and residence
life department. New Jersey (Edison) girl. She is very active with 'Pet Partners' which is a national
organization for therapy animals. We have two therapy dogs (Golden Retrievers) who visit hospitals
and senior citizen care facilities.
Son (28): Digital Marketing Manager for a FOX television station in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Prior to moving to Florida he was a segment producer for CNBC at their global headquarters in
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Son (25): After spending a year in Israel helping to develop a program for teaching ESL for public
education, he returned home and has recently started to work in the alumni department for
Pepperdine University (alum of Cal State University Long Beach). He is enrolling in a masters
program at Pepperdine starting this September.
While living in the San Francisco bay area, we were there for the Loma Prieta Earthquake. When
we moved back to Los Angeles were there for the Northridge Earthquake. Experiences I would not
wish anyone to go through.
Any Military Service?
United States Navy 1963 - 1966
Deployment to Vietnam 1966
Duties: Radarman and Electronic Countermeasures
Had the opportunity to travel around the world on my ship
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I umpire youth baseball for two Pony Leagues and one private school league. I am planning to
certify to umpire high school baseball in early 2014.
I work around my house: all the landscaping, swimming pool maintenance, painting, electrical,
plumbing, home repairs...etc. It's enough to keep me busy most of the week.
I have started a running routine to allow me to enter 5k races in the near future.
Ken Leyendecker
494 Parish Drive
Mary Ester, FL 32569
[email protected]
850-319-3824
Mike Lo Russo
Sue Winthrop Lo Russo
119 Old Wood Lane
Boonton, N.J. 07005
[email protected]
Education
Boonton High School
Number of Children
3Michael - builder
Amy - teacher
Heather - finance
Number of Grandchildren
5Jarett, 13
Alexandra, 9
Jordan, 8
Ryan, 6
Madison 6
One item from your Bucket List
Visit Italian town where my Grandfather came from
Favorite Job/Occupation
Shooting fireworks for family and friends’ companies
Favorite Vacation Place
Cruise anywhere
Since 1963 This Happened...
I have been retired from the Boonton Police Force for 18 years. My wife, Sue’ has been retired from
the Boonton School System since 2005. She continues to sub for the district, and I work on small
home repairs with a friend. Any free time we have is spent with our grandkids.
Any Military Service?
Marine Corps Reserve
Favorite Food/Dessert
Eggplant Parm/Apple Pie
Your Favorite Restaurant
Casa Bella, Denville, N.J.
Favorite Things to do
Play Golf and read
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Favorite Author - Vince Flynn
Favorite Movies
Like all genres
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Odd jobs (painting), gardening
Jason Lomberk
Carol
2 Deer Lake Ct
Barnegat, NJ 08005
609-489-5171
[email protected]
Education
Bachelors degree,
Electrical Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
Number of Children
2 daughters
Number of Grandchildren
4 (2 boys, 2 girls)
One item from your Bucket List
I've been lucky enough to have completed my bucket list except for just one item - visiting the
pyramids of Egypt.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Favorite job was starting and running my own business (a data processing company). Left my first
engineering job with PSE&G (Newark) after just 13 years; started my own business and never
looked back.
Favorite Vacation Place
Aruba. We have been vacationing there since 1995. In 2003 we bought a beach house there which
we use for ourselves and friends as well as rent out to other vacationers (www.VillaAruba.com).
Since 1963 This Happened...
Married 44 years, raised two great daughters and now have 4 terrific grandkids, ages 1, 3, 5 and 8.
We started out in North Plainfield, moved back to Montville to raise our kids and after that we have
lived in several other areas around New Jersey. We always liked the Jersey Shore and spent our early
years vacationing there with our kids until we ultimately moved to the shore in the mid '90s. Once
the kids got older, we began vacationing in other parts of the world including Caribbean until we
finally found Aruba. That became our home-away-from-home. Both of our daughters graduated
college with biology degrees. One went on to med school and became a Physician Assistant
specializing in ER medicine and the other became an R&D manager with a pharmaceutical/
cosmetics company. They have both now phased out of full-time work to raise their families. My
wife and I have lived at the Jersey shore for the past 20 years and still enjoy places like Cape May,
Wildwood, LBI, Ocean Grove and yes, even Asbury Park. Believe it or not, we still go to Asbury
occasionally for dinner and even a few concerts at the old Paramount (few people know that Bruce,
Southside Johnny, Bon Jovi and others sometimes perform and practice there before going out on
tour). I have also been involved with classic cars and auto racing over the years. My brother and I
used to restore classic cars (mostly Corvettes) starting way back in the '60s. Unfortunately my
brother (and best friend) passed away in 2001 so after my last restoration (a 1966 "big block"
Corvette) I finally closed that chapter of my life. So now I just enjoy taking the '66 to car shows with
my grandsons. Over the years, I also enjoyed going to many auto races around the country including
the "big one", the Indy 500. At some of those events, I had the opportunity to meet a few legends
like Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti. One of my bucket list items was to actually drive open-wheel
race cars which I was finally able to do at Nazareth, PA raceway back in the '90s. It was the ultimate
"rush".
Favorite Food/Dessert
Jersey corn
Favorite Things to do
Hang out with the grandkids.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Bible
Your Favorite Restaurant
Moonstruck Restaurant, Asbury Park, NJ and
Yemanja Restaurant, Oranjestad, Aruba
(unfortunately it takes a few hours and a few
hundred bucks just to get to that one).
Are You on any Social Media?
Nope, don't like or trust any of them
Favorite Movies
Any of the James Bond series
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
We recently moved into a great community and I got back into sports I hadn't played in decades
including softball, volleyball and tennis. It took a number of visits to various doctors to get all the
joints and muscles working right again but it was well worth it. Thanks, Medicare!
Carolyn Lowther
14000 N. 94th Street, #3096
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Education
Boonton High!
Mt. Holyoke College, 1963-1965
University of PA, BA 1965-1967
Wharton Graduate School MBA in Finance 1974-1976
CPA State of PA, 1978
Degree in Fine Arts, County College of Morris, 2004
One item from your Bucket List
Travel to Australia, Asia
Favorite Vacation Place
Southern Europe
Favorite Job/Occupation
Waitress in Puerto Rico when young!!
Since 1963 This Happened...
One sister, one niece, one brother in law, one Mom (99).
Favorite Food/Dessert
Cheesecake
Your Favorite Restaurant
Cheesecake Factory
Favorite Things to do
Hiking, biking, travel, drawing and painting, attending plays, ballets, operas, symphony, etc.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Any of Peter Robinson's books
Favorite Movies
All independent movies with subtitles, preferably
from other countries.
Lynn Lucas Rice
William P. Rice
338 Washington St.
Duxbury, MA. 02332
Education
Katharine Gibbs School
One item from your Bucket List
Africa
Number of Children
2 - William, Paige
Number of Grandchildren
2 - William, Channing
Favorite Job/Occupation
Grandmother!
Favorite Vacation Place
Europe: Italy, France.
Since 1963 This Happened...
We have a happy, healthy
family.
Your Favorite Restaurant
L'Espalier, Cambridge
Favorite Things to do
Tennis, golf, boating, cooking, eating, entertaining, travel, gardening, and being a grandmother.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Unbroken
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
All of the above...
Janet MacKallor Lawrence
Pete
511 Lincoln St.
Boonton, NJ 07005
973-263-8156
[email protected]
Education
BHS
Favorite Job/Occupation
Retirement
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
4
Favorite Vacation Place
Key West, FL
Since 1963 This Happened...
Pete and I are both happily retired. Our daughter Kim and her husband John have two boys Andrew 22 and Ryan 18. Our son Mark and his wife Amy have two boys - Hunter 14 and Jackson
10.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Chicken Roma
Anything chocolate
Your Favorite Restaurant
Roma in Boonton
Favorite Things to do
We are classic car owners and go to car shows and cruise nights during the summer. My car is a
1958 Corvette and Pete has a 1962 Corvette. We vacation in early spring and late fall when classic
car season is over.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Nothing currently favorite.
Favorite classic is Gone With The Wind.
Favorite Movies
Casablanca and all the old horror movies from
my childhood.
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
See above
Ross Marlay
Suzanne (wife of 46 years)
2912 Bennett Drive
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Tel. (870) 972-0643
email: [email protected]
Education
B.A. Brown University, Political Science, 1967
M.A. Ohio University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1971
Ph.D. Northern Illinois University, Political Science, 1975
Number of Children
2
One item from your Bucket List
I want to see Argentina and Chile, and will do so in 2014.
Favorite Job/Occupation
I've had only one job: teaching Political Science at Arkansas State University for 33 years. My
courses were American Foreign Policy, United States Government, Russian Politics, Chinese
Politics, Middle East Politics, International Relations, Revolutions, and Terrorism.
Favorite Vacation Place
1. Southern Utah; 2. New Zealand; 3. Ireland
Since 1963 This Happened...
My wife Sue was Foreign Student Advisor and Director of International Programs at Arkansas State
University before her retirement in 2010. Together we've enjoyed travel to many countries,
especially in Asia and the Middle East. Our son Matthew earned a Ph.D. from Penn State in
Sociology and works at the Bureau of Census in Washington. Our son Daniel served in the Peace
Corps in Suriname and now works at the Make-a-Wish Foundation in San Francisco
Any Military Service?
No military service. Peace Corps (Philippines), 1967-69.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Indian food
Your Favorite Restaurant
India Palace, Memphis, TN
Favorite Things to do
1. Travel
2. Play with my dog
3. Ride my bike
4. Listen to music (esp. 1960s British folk-rock: Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Bert
Jansch)
Are You on any Social Media?
I got OFF Facebook and advise anyone valuing privacy to do the same.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Anything by John Updike, especially
"Museums and Women" and
"My Father's Tears," (his last book).
Also John McPhee's geology books.
Favorite Movies
"Encounters at the End of the World" (Werner Herzog)
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
I ride my bike every day 10 miles out through the rice fields while listening to music on my iPod.
And I spend a lot of time with dogs, my own and those at the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society.
Once a week I take our 3-legged dog to visit residents at a nursing home. And Sue and I are always
immersed in maps and guide books, planning our next trip.
Roderick Carroll Martenis
Ms. Significant Other
[email protected]
Education
Ended in 7th grade
Number of Children
1
One item from your Bucket List
I get to kick the bucket
Number of Grandchildren
Naught
Favorite Job/Occupation
Master of the Universe
Favorite Vacation Place
Camden, NJ
Since 1963 This Happened...
After I left rehab for the sixth time, I began to take up the lute, which I played poorly with an
ensemble of likewise maladjusted ex-hippies. Later on, I took up trout fishing, but soon give it up
when I learned I was expected to eat the trout. There are so pretty, I couldn't bring myself to do it. I
move around a lot with the encouragement of my neighbors. I think it may have had something to
do with the roosters, or maybe my pet water monitor, but I'm not sure. In any event, I got to see the
world, such as it is. I can't think of anything meaningful to share with my classmates, except that I
remember almost all of them fondly. We lived in a Goldilocks time between the war and subsequent
periods of ever increasing self-indulgence. Somehow, we survived.. Most of us survived. Too
many haven't, and I miss them. Let's get wild at our reunion!
Any Military Service?
Army, 66 - 69, Dix, RVN, Knox, Bragg
Favorite Food/Dessert
Anchovies
Your Favorite Restaurant
Little diner in Ironbound, torn down years ago
Favorite Things to do
Doodling, practicing the sitar, hallucinating, howling at the moon
Are You on any Social Media?
Yes, but I am anti-social
Favorite Book Current/Classic
"Trout Fishing in America" by Richard Brautigan
Favorite Movies
Shakes the Clown
Kung Pow
Pulp Fiction
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Rest
William Mazzucco
Donnis
8 Woodhill Road
Towaco, NJ 07082
[email protected]
Number of Children
2
One item from your Bucket List
Travel to all National Parks
Favorite Vacation Place
Florida
Favorite Food/Dessert
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Favorite Things to do
Travel with RV for 24 years
Number of Grandchildren
4
Favorite Job/Occupation
Retired from DOT State of N. J.
Since 1963 This Happened...
Active member of the Towaco Volunteer Fire
Dept. for 51 years. Currently the oldest active
member.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Charley Browns in Denville
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Every day chores and the Fire Dept.
Charles Mc Grath
514 S. Noland, Suite 130
Independence, MO 64050
816 254 1781
[email protected]
Education
Post Graduate - D.O.
Number of Children
4
Number of Grandchildren
6
One item from your Bucket List
Walk on the Moon
Favorite Vacation Place
The Lake, and any lake
Favorite Job/Occupation
Physician and Surgeon
Since 1963 This Happened...
Woodworking, Metalworking
Favorite Food/Dessert
A really good hamburger
and Fries, are a delight
Your Favorite Restaurant
Manifold
Favorite Things to do
Relax, mess with G Kids
Are You on any Social Media?
Too much public info for me....
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Bible
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Still workin...
Favorite Movies
Many especially sci fi
Art McQuaid
The late Lynda (Albey) McQuaid
31 Morsetown Road
West Milford, NJ 07480
973-728-7601
[email protected]
Education
Boonton High School
Passaic County
Community College
Number of Children
5 children,
3 sons and two daughters
Number of Grandchildren
11 grandchildren, ages 5
through 22
Favorite Job/Occupation
I have spent forty five years in the financial services business. However my favorite job has been
volunteering with the Rehab program at the Good Shepherd Mission, Paterson, NJ
Favorite Vacation Place
Word of Life, Schroon Lake, New York
Since 1963 This Happened...
Lynda and I started dating in 1962. She grew up all the way down the block from me in Lincoln
Park. We were married in 1967 while I was in the Navy stationed on board the USS Wasp, home
ported in Boston at the time. Our first child, Tim, was my coming home present. I was separated
from service on August 14, 1968 and Tim was born several hours afterwards. In 1968 I started my
career in the financial services industry as an agent with the Prudential Insurance Company. I
remained with the Prudential for thirty years when I took an early retirement and moved on as an
independent adviser affiliated with TFS Securities, where I still place my securities business. Lynda
and I had five children altogether. Being a husband and dad has been the most challenging and
rewarding part of life. And adding eleven grandchildren to the mix has made life much greater than
anyone could have ever thought that it could be. With Lynda's passing to Lymphoma in February
2011, the family has become even more important not only to me, but to all of us. Our holidays are
full and robust when the twenty one of us gather for times of celebration and great cheer. It is hard
to believe that it has been fifty years since our high school graduation. Life sure has changed
dramatically with time, but so worth the living.
Any Military Service?
US Navy: USS Wasp CVS 18 out of Boston, MA. The highlight of my service on the Wasp was
participation in the space program as the prime recovery ship in the Gemini space program. We
picked up Gemini XII with James A. Lovell, Jr. and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. If you have never seen one
of these space capsules it is hard to imagine how two grown men could have spent two weeks in
such tight confinement. Speaking of military service, I would like to bring to remembrance Walter
Babbitt, one of our class mates who gave his all in Viet Nam.
Favorite Food
Dessert
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Jane Mills Boynton
John Alden Boynton
3856 Coldwater Dr.
Allison Park, Pa. 15101
T/C 412-487-7956
[email protected]
Education
Muhlenberg School of
Nursing/RN
Upsala College/BA
One item from your Bucket List
Am a Master Gardener
Number of Children
4
Number of Grandchildren
3
Favorite Job/Occupation
Will call it an occupation; Behavioral
Health, Case Manager
Favorite Vacation Place
Nantucket
Since 1963 This Happened...
John and I are both now Master Gardeners. We enjoy gardening and are also trying new ways to
grow vegetables, flowers and herbs.
The children all live in different states and so with a few free days we may be driving to Boston, to
New Jersey, to Maryland or flying to Florida. They try to visit when able to, but they all live very
busy lives so it is not easy.
Any Military Service?
John was in the Marines, and once a Marine, always a Marine
Favorite Food/Dessert
Many favorites. I do like dressing up a salad with some edible flowers, Borage, Nasturtiums, Chives.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Come to Pittsburgh and go to our favorite, Trans Kitchen, Vietnamese food and wonderful!
Favorite Things to do
We like to explore new areas, travel, read, visit children, and cook.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Inferno by Dan Brown
Favorite Movies
Too many to name one. Like historical movies and
mysteries
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Cannot wait! Anticipate further traveling, exploring new areas, more gardening and getting back to
my quilting project
Joyce Mitchko Sheridan
John
49 Meadow Run Drive
Skillman New Jersey 08558
Education
Number of Children
BS East Stroudsburg University. Pa
4
Masters Degree Montclair University. NJ
Favorite Vacation Place
Barbados
Number of Grandchildren
3
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Anything I please.
Janet Modrako Bollier
Kenneth C. Bollier (Ken)
1301 Dolores St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-285-0451 (home)
[email protected]
Education
B.A. - St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
IBM - Computer Systems Analysis and Programming
Number of Children
2 - Casey Michael (’83) and Ryan William (’85)
One item from your Bucket List
Visit Japan and New Zealand
Favorite Job/Occupation
Retirement! 1st Career in Computer Systems (IBM, Wells Fargo, Bank of America), 2nd Career
after Ryan in 6th Grade at Schools of the Sacred Heart Libraries
Favorite Vacation Place
Regularly spend summers in Napa, CA
Favorite Food/Dessert
Lobster!
Your Favorite Restaurant
Acquerello, San Francisco
Favorite Things to do
Travel, Wine Tasting Trips
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Recently - Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Travel, Volunteer Activities
Grace Mrasz Engelhardt
John
6531 SW 84th St.
Ocala,FL
[email protected]
Education
High School graduate
Floral Design School
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
2
One item from your Bucket List
Go to Las Vegas
Favorite Job/Occupation
Wallpaper hanger 12 years and Manager of Wallpaper Store 10 years
Favorite Vacation Place
Treasure Island, FL
Your Favorite Restaurant
Bonefish
Favorite Things to do
Mosaic bowling balls and flower arranging which I sell at craft shows and flea markets.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
All Stephen King and Dean Koontz books
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Trying anything creative.
Favorite Movies
Not a movie person
Aino Muerk Naeris
Urmas
101 Forest Hill Rd
West Orange, NJ 07052
973-736-3958
[email protected]
Education
Boonton High School !
New York University
!
Number of Children
!
3
Number of Grandchildren
5
Favorite Job/Occupation
My favorite job was raising my children and now looking after my grandchildren
Favorite Vacation Place
Anywhere there is sightseeing
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Mysteries
Bob Nelson
Dot
3 Lilac Lane
Haverhill, Ma. 01830
978-387-7510
[email protected]
Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University
BS Accounting
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
2
One item from your Bucket List
RV Trip to Northwest Territory and Alaska
Favorite Job/Occupation
Winding down a 30 yr. career as CFO for Southwick Apparel, a Brooks Brothers Company.
Favorite Vacation Place
Plum Island, Maine, Bar Harbor Maine
Since 1963 This Happened...
My wife Dot is tapering down her RN maternity career of over 30+ years. My daughter Diane is
having fun as a consultant with Pampered Chef while I'm enjoying the benefit as her favorite recipe
taster. My son Rob continues to work at his deck side contractor business while encouraging and
backing me on my pre-retirement start-up venture with FamilyLifeHomes.com.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Grilled lemon chicken and
brownie hot fudge sunday with
whipped cream and nuts
Your Favorite Restaurant
Santarpio's in East Boston
Favorite Things to do
Mountain Biking, Kayaking, RV Touring and strumming on the guitar.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook and Linkedin
Favorite Movies
It's a Wonderful Life and Sound
of Music
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Overseeing the start up of Familylifehomes.com with my son.
Trudy Nowak Fucci
Ed Russell
12 Glenwood Avenue
Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034
Education
Boonton HS
Number of Children
4
Number of Grandchildren
7
One item from your Bucket List
Vacation at Lake Como with Ed Russell
Favorite Job/Occupation
Mother
Favorite Vacation Place
Italy - Rome and Tuscany
Since 1963 This Happened...
The kids and grandkids are a real treat. Love to travel with them because they are such fun!
Favorite Food/Dessert
Coffee frozen custard with chocolate sauce in waffle dish
Your Favorite Restaurant
Casa Bella - Denville, NJ
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Things to do
Put the top down on a nice night and take a long ride
and travel
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Welcome to Temptation
Favorite Movies
Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
4 children and 7 grandkids - enough said, plus a boy friend and we bought a race horse together
Bob O'John
Carolyn
11 Beechwood Trail
Denville, NJ 07834
PO Box 123
Towaco N.J.07082
[email protected]
Number of Children
2 Daughters Jennifer and Stephani
Number of Grandchildren
1, Jack
One item from your Bucket List
More time for fishing
Favorite Job/Occupation
I am in the process of retirement from Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co. October 31st 2013.
Favorite Vacation Place
Nassau Bahamas, Long Beach Island NJ
Any Military Service?
I was drafted into the US Army for 2 years of service, and received an Honorable Discharge.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Not fussy. Still eat a lot of just about everything.
Your Favorite Restaurant
The Little Food Cafe' Pompton Plains NJ,
Favorite Things to do
Boating,fishing and still into cars. Have a 1965 Chevelle Malibu Super Sport. I will bring to Rec O
Teen, weather permitting. I am involved in friend's Corvette, body off restoration.
Are You on any Social Media?
Not yet
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Will retire 3 weeks after reunion.
Pat Outwater Capt
Tom
151 E. Payson St
Glendora, CA 91740
626-963-0579
[email protected]
Education
Diploma RN
Number of Children
3
One item from your Bucket List
Travel through New England in the fall
Number of Grandchildren
4
Favorite Vacation Place
Oregon
Since 1963 This Happened...
I love making greeting cards and other paper crafts...our office has now been converted to MY craft
room. I can be found there if I'm not at church working on a project for Women's Ministries at our
church. Our social life pretty much revolves around church functions and events. We love to head
out in our RV - anywhere is perfect!
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Bible
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
See above!
Susan Oxman
320 South St.
Apt 5G
Morristown, N.J. 07960
973-267-3861
[email protected]
Education
AA Business
One item from your Bucket List
Visit the Galapagos Island
Favorite Job/Occupation
Haven’t figured that out yet
Favorite Vacation Place
Cape Cod
Since 1963 This Happened...
Worked at Warner Lambert, Pfizer for 36 years. Retired in 2005.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Potato Chips
Favorite Things to do
Volunteer Work
Visit NY Museums
Attend Classical Music Concerts
Walk
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Favorite Movies
To Kill a Mockingbird
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Same as favorite things.
Edward A. Parrillo Jr.
Linda (deceased 2011)
434 Howard Blvd
Mt. Arlington, N.J. 07856
973-398-6677
Education
Boonton High School
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
3
One item from your Bucket List
Hunting in Mid-Western USA
Favorite Job/Occupation
I was a County Corrections Officer/Institutional Trade Instructor. Retired almost 20 Years now (Best
Job)
Favorite Vacation Place
Las Vegas, Wildwood Crest, N.J.
Since 1963 This Happened...
I married in 1968. My wife, Linda, and I had two children. We owned our own business for about
15 years. Daughter is married and lives in PA. She had our first granddaughter. Son married and
lives in N.J. They had our second granddaughter. I’m now expecting my first Grandson. Wife was
diagnosed with cancer. She had cancer for 2 years before it took over, that was in May of 2011.
Any Military Service?
Army 1965 -1969. Was injured in 1968. Vietnam 1966-1967. Discharged in 1969 (Disabled).
Favorite Food/Dessert
All (Ha-Ha)
Favorite Things to do
Go to Casinos
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Godfather
Your Favorite Restaurant
Rickies - East Hanover;
Gallagher’s Steak house (Resort Casino - AC)
Are You on any Social Media?
Not Yet
Favorite Movies
Godfather’s, Ghost, Pretty Woman,
Sopranos
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Fishing; Hunting; Taking care of house (Pool); Go to Casinos in N.J. & PA.
Rodger Parsons
326 East 85 Street, 4D
New York, NY 100289
212-737-6623 land
917-539-3797 cell
Education
BFA in Television/Motion Pictures from NYU School of the Arts. Graduate Voice Over course.
Number of Children
Owen and Heather
Number of Grandchildren
Wolfgang (12) Scarlet (9)
One item from your Bucket List
Round the World Trip on QE2
Favorite Job/Occupation
Writer, Voice Over
Still at it and love it. Have no plans to retire, although working and free time got more flexible.
Favorite Vacation Place
Shetland Islands
Since 1963 This Happened...
Having a great time with the grandkids. They both love cooking so we regularly make cool lunches/
dinners.
Have formed a sort of wine club with a bunch of VO people from the UES. On occasion we get
together, each bring something wonderful and have a tasting.
Help out the elderly in my neighborhood. Wait a minute, could that include me? Noooo.
Working on a group of stories for children, both writing and performing.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Home made fruit cobbler, with freshly whipped cream and raspberry reduction.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Gramercy Tavern, NYC
Franny's, Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Things to do
Plays, food and wine.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Rite of the Roman Mass the evolution of the religious ceremony
Are You on any Social Media?
Linkedin
Favorite Movies
Big Fish
Richard Pugsley
Chaz Sholl (47 Great years)
7949 Deer Foot Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34653-5008
[email protected]
Education
PHCC, Florida
One item from your Bucket List
Visit Venice, Italy
Favorite Job/Occupation
Editor’s note. This is part of a string of communications with Richard. I received his permission to
use it here.
Richard has over 10,000 hours of volunteer work in Florida and was honored by the State of Florida.
He was appointed by two Governors to serve in that area of the state. One was from Tallahassee
from the State of Florida Human Rights Advocacy Committee for serving as chairperson for
monitoring of group homes & day programs and for investigations of abuse, neglect and exploitation
of both public and private facilities that receive public funding. Two were from the Florida
Department of Children & Families, District Five, for the same. Also one from the State of Florida
from Health and Rehabilitative Services for monthly instruction for HIV/AIDS educational
instruction at the County Juvenile Detention Center. One from the county for Enhancement of
Facilities for Leisure Activities serving on the Persons With Disabilities Act Committee.
Editors second note here. Here is an excerpt from an email to me verbatim.
I kept bugging the state (ED - about an inmate he was counseling on HIV+/AIDS) and he was finally
released to me on May 1st and stayed in my home until he died in late October. I ended up learning
to do more things then I was expecting; including doing chemotherapy IVs twice a day. I’m not
exactly crazy about needles so this was a challenge I had to get over. Another one of my endeavors
that I hadn’t mentioned was going monthly to the Juvenile Detention Center to do a couple of hours
of HIV+/AIDS teaching with those little darlings there as well. Also forgot to mention that I
received certification in Legal Case Management for mentally retarded individuals in the Criminal
Justice System. What a change in profession from being a master planner for 26 years with MackWayne/West Company in New Jersey and then up to my ass in social services here in the Sunshine
State.
Favorite Vacation Place
I will go anywhere, anytime to ride Roller Coasters... The Bigger, Faster, and Bad-Assed the better!
Since 1963 This Happened...
Moved to Florida full time in 1989, because I tell anyone who wants to listen (or Not) that “I don’t
do winter anymore”!
Favorite Food/Dessert
Chocoholic - It’s like a drug
Your Favorite Restaurant
If you get to New Port Richey, The
Leaning Tower.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook. It has been a real joy this past year being in touch and enjoying the adventures of my
fellow BHS’ers. What a hoot!
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt kid.
(about a 1950’s adolescent kids insights and
fantasies.)
The Place I call Home
Favorite Movies
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Color Purple
Richard Ply
Jacquelin Siekielski Denton
175 Overlook Avenue
Boonton,New Jersey 07005
973-334-2874
[email protected]
Education
BA degree, Bethany College
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
4
Favorite Job/Occupation
Hang Gliding-instructor Kitty Hawk,NC; PE teacher and worked for NJ unemployment(supervisor)
Favorite Vacation Place
Las Vegas
Favorite Food/Dessert
Shrimp Filet Mignon
Any Military Service?
Navy-air traffic controller-Norfolk, Va.
late '60's-served 4 years
Your Favorite Restaurant
Red Lobster
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Joyce Riegel Lee
Ken
144 Highview Rd.
Milford, PA 18337
1-570-296-3019
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
3 years Nursing School
2
Business and Accounting courses
National Hospice Care certification
Number of Grandchildren
6
One item from your Bucket List
See more of the US with Ken
Favorite Job/Occupation
RN with much variety in job descriptions - nursing homes, home hospice care, phlebotomist, Morris
County State Respite Care Coordinator shared with a good friend; doctor's offices was probably my
least favorite.
Favorite Vacation Place
Myrtle Beach, north end. We would take our trailer and play golf.
Since 1963 This Happened...
We have 2 children, a girl and a boy. Randolph NJ was our home from April 1975 till May 31st of
this year. I worked many part-time jobs through years. I had a forced retirement in 2010. Ken's
forced retirement was in 2008. Our daughter and 1 granddaughter lived with us for about 8 years
prior to this move. They are still in NJ.
Our son and Family live about 2.5 miles further up the hill from us. It is a lovely change of venue!
Favorite Food/Dessert
Home Grilled meat, chicken or fish with fresh fruits & veggies - with cheese.
Your Favorite Restaurant
Casa de Pasta in Randolph, NJ
Favorite Things to do
Was Gardening - flowers and vegetables; canning to carry us over the winter.
Was golfing.Fishing for Trout with Ken. We both like to cook together.
Many physical activities have been eliminated or scaled back related to an expired Warranty on the
parts!
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Jane Eyre and Grimms' Tales
Plan to read Dan Brown's Inferno next
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Still unpacking and down-sizing from our May 31st move to PA. We are getting settled and visiting
with our children and grandchildren. We have 2 rescue dogs - mixed English Pointer, and a Cavalier
King Charles. We are trying to "take time to smell the roses" so to speak.
Retha Sabol Easterly
218 Camden Road N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(home) 404-355-0624
[email protected]
Education
BS Psychology
M.Ed. Counseling
Favorite Job/Occupation
Artist
Number of Children
3
Number of Grandchildren
1-5 year old, Nathan
Favorite Vacation Place
Italy, Florida Keys
Since 1963 This Happened...
Editor’s Note: Retha sent me a card and a bio write up done professionally to accompany her at
exhibits. She said that I could use this info. I have copied and edited it and am pleased to present it
to the talented Class of ’63.
Retha is a late comer and self-taught artist. She had some experience with clay and silver jewelry
making. With a masters degree in psychology and counseling, she found herself teaching art in an
Atlanta school. Inspired, she attended Georgia State University and her portfolio resulted in
acceptance to the drawing and painting department. She was influenced and encouraged by Ralph
Gilbert, presently head of the College of Art at GSU. Retha studied with Atlanta artists Ben Smith
and Delores Kennedy. She benefited from workshops by Don Andrews and Patricia Antonuci (NYC
and Italy). Approached to sell by galleries in Atlanta and NYC (Soho), she has been reluctant to put
her works for sale with some exceptions. She has donated paintings for charities, e.g., Lake Toxaway
Charities, New Leash on Life, Women of Vision, and World Vision. She sells reproductions for
framing and four different packs of cards. She shows new works at the annual October Lake
Toxaway Art Show and the August Lake Toxaway Art & Craft Show. Retha has a love of drawing
and naturally gravitated to water color, mainly self-taught. Recently, she experimented with water
color on canvas. The North Carolina Mountains have been a second home for 25 years and
inspirational. She likes to paint a multitude of subjects, still-life, landscapes and always a fascination
with people and the human body. It pleases her that no matter what the subject, people recognize her
distinctive style. Her goal is that the lively colors and subjects make you happy and put a smile on
your face
Favorite Food/Dessert
Love it All!!
Favorite Things to do
Hiking, Step Classes, Art & Painting
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Help (Author is a neighbor)
Favorite Movies
The Great Gatsby
Downtown Abbey
Call the Midwife
PBS Cranford
TV Series - The Closer
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Artist - Watercolors on Canvas
Jayne Saltus Bernhardt
Martin
119 Cresthill Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07012
Home: (973) 472-3852
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
Boonton High School
2- Randy and Gary
Number of Grandchildren
1
One item from your Bucket List
The one important thing that was on it was taking a trip around the country with our
motorcycle which we did last year. We were gone for 3 months and did 11,050 miles.
Next trip should be with our Street Rod and we want to go and tour the western states
and Alaska as we didn’t make it quite that far on the motorcycle trip.
Favorite Job/Occupation
As a production manager and my husband was a manufacturing manager. We are
retired now
Favorite Vacation Place
Near the ocean
Since 1963 This Happened...
Currently planning our move to South Carolina in the Greenville area. We now ride a
2010 Ultra Classic Harley and our Street rod is a 1936 Ford Cabriolet. Neither one of
us Scuba Dive anymore and as for my bucket list, . The Miami Dolphins are still my
favorite team, so I watch football in the fall . .
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Take trips on our Motorcycle. Planning the hot rod trip in our
1936 Ford Cabriolet.
Earl Schoenborn
Karen
4808 Kempair Court
Woodbridge, VA 22193
(703) 590-4478
Education
A little
Number of Children
13
Number of Grandchildren
15
One item from your Bucket List
Not so ambitious anymore that I even have a bucket list
Favorite Job/Occupation
Still working! The most fun job was 40 years ago, and nothing matched in for pure fun since. I was
an instructor in Demolitions and Mine Warfare at the Army Engineer School when it was at Ft.
Belvoir. The job involved taking a class to the demo range about 3 afternoons each week. It was like
chem lab, only outdoors, and the problem involved things like breaching a concrete wall, making a
crater, using a Bangalore torpedo to breach barbed wire. After the thing was set we go back to the
bunker, and nothing happened until I said "fire the charge." Every day was 4th of July.
Since 1963 This Happened...
Not much to say. I left the Army in '73. Business trips that were a year-long and 30,000 miles away
weren't suitable for the family, and I ended up building a financial services business. My baby just
entered college so I am still working.
Any Military Service?
Editors note: Earl and I have lunch regularly and he left this blank. He spent several years in the
Army and flew over 1000 hours in combat in Vietnam mostly in UH-1 Hueys. His demolition/
engineering work was in Germany. Just thought you would like to know this. I am very proud of his
service.
Your Favorite Restaurant
My favorite was destroyed in a hurricane
Favorite Things to do
Anything involving grandkids. I would put golf on the list, but my game isn't very good, so like most
of us, I don't know why I bother with it.
Dennis Sheppard
Lorna J. Ballard
32 Allwood Drive,
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
609-731-1008
[email protected]
Education
Foothill Community College
Los Altos Hills, CA
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Number of Children
5
Number of Grandchildren
1
One item from your Bucket List
Retirement
Favorite Job/Occupation
Since graduating university, I have worked exclusively in the architectural engineering business,
doing virtually everything except architecture or engineering. Half of my career has been spent
overseas, in such exotic places as West Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. The other half has been
mostly in and around New Jersey, save for a year in New Orleans. In retrospect, I've enjoyed every
minute of it.
Favorite Vacation Place
Contadora Island in Panama
Since 1963 This Happened...
Lorna and I have been together for almost 15 years. She brought to the marriage 3 wonderful boys,
who are now all college graduates and on their way to hopefully wonderful lives. I brought to the
marriage my own two wonderful boys.
Some Interesting Facts: I've experienced a coup, an
attempted coup, and a revolution during my years overseas. I once took a motorcycle trip through
West Africa from the Cameroons to Liberia, via Upper Volta. In a 2-month period in 1968, I went
from being a bartender in Parsippany (the Old Barn), to having Thanksgiving in Sunnyvale, CA, to
becoming a student at Foothill College near Sunnyvale—all to be near a woman who immediately
moved to Kentucky. This changed the direction of my life forever and for the good.
Military Service
101st Airborne Division, where I rose to the rank of PFC.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Creme Brûlée
Your Favorite Restaurant
I'Eau Vive in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
Malaga, in Trenton, NJ
Favorite Things to do
Road trips, visiting historical sites, travel, travel, travel
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook, LinkedIn
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Favorite Current Book: Lawrence in Arabia
Favorite Classic Book: Shogun
Favorite Movies
Doctor Zhivago
Goodfellas
The Indiana Jones series
Jacquelin Siekielski Denton
Richard Ply
175 Overlook Avenue
Boonton,New Jersey 07005
973-334-2874
[email protected]
Education
Princeton Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Number of Children
1
Number of Grandchildren
1
Favorite Job/Occupation
Nursing-Oncology
Favorite Vacation Place
Myrtle Beach,SC
Favorite Food/Dessert
Sea Food and filet mignon
Your Favorite Restaurant
Red Lobster
Are You on any Social Media?
On Rich Ply's Facebook page
Pete Straube
Mary Ann
617 Blairshire Circle
Winter Park, FL 32792
407-643-8973
[email protected]
Education
Number of Children
BA: Emory University
3
MA: Stetson University
Media Specialist: Univ. of Central Florida
Number of Grandchildren
2
One item from your Bucket List
Hole-in-one
Favorite Job/Occupation
Teacher
Favorite Vacation Place
Upstate NY: Syracuse and Skaneateles
Since 1963 This Happened...
Retired (2010) public and private school teacher after 40 years. Taught American History,
Photography, Film Study, TV Production, Media Specialist for 31 years high school and 9 years
PK-5th grade.
Married to Nancy (deceased) for 23 years. 3 kids
Married to Mary Ann for 18 years and counting. 4 grandkids.
Battling Esophageal cancer since 2011.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Vanilla ice cream
Your Favorite Restaurant
Season's 52
Favorite Things to do
Play with grandchildren, golf, movies and dining out
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Nate Silver: Signal and the Noise:
Why So Many Predictions Fail
— but Some Don't
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five
Favorite Movies
Casablanca
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Cabaret
Mudd
Maltese Falcon
Toy Story
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Golf, visiting family and playing with grandchildren, TV: Breaking Bad, 30 Rock, Borgias, Mad
Men, Longmire
Jane Sturges Springer
Tony Coccio
108 Shore Drive
Dennis, Ma 02638
Education
BA in Science (Biology)
and Education
Number of Children
2, plus 2 step
One item from your Bucket List
Sky diving
Number of Grandchildren
9
Favorite Job/Occupation
Systems Programming
Favorite Vacation Place
Hawaii and Murrell's Inlet, SC
Since 1963 This Happened...
Tony and I have a blended family with his 2 boys and my daughter, Julie and son, Ron. We have 9
grandchildren ranging from 17 - 8. Of course, all are beautiful and smart.
We retired to Cape Cod where we fish, clam, swim and have fun. This is the house that I always
disappeared to during our high school summers. I've been here for 55 years. I have 2 nieces here both were taught by Warren Curd. I am the matriarch of my family as all before me are gone now. I
try to watch over not only my children but my sister, Judy's, children - all from Towaco, right next to
my house there.
Tony is fighting multiple myeloma right now and is having a stem cell transplant in a week. He will
not be at the reunion for that reason. He's doing remarkably well.
I have been active in the IFAW Stranding network here on the Cape. We help, as volunteers,
stranded or injured whales, seals, sea turtles and dolphins. Also, worked a few years back, as a
docent on a whale watching boat out of Provincetown. I also volunteer at the Cape Cod Museum of
Natural History in their aquarium room.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Lobster - ice cream (especially hot fudge sundaes)
Your Favorite Restaurant
You need to go to Chapins at Mayflower beach or Sesuit Harbor Café - both in Dennis.
Favorite Things to do
Still love to fish, clam, crab and all those fun ocean things.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Favorite Movies
Loved Still Alice and her other books,
Classic old movies - An affair to Remember,
left Neglected and Dear Anthony.
Bells of St. Mary's, African Queen and younger
I read so much that I can never recall
ones, Dirty Dancing, and newest, Argo.
names and authors - do you think it's my age,
HA!
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Read above about my work with sea animals, very active in our Congregational Church, Golf, read,
and go to recitals, plays, etc. of all the Grandchildren.
Gail Sutton Kuchavik
25 Old Wood Rd
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 647-7995 or (973) 736-3100
Education
Caldwell College
Certified Gerontologist
BA Psychology BA Sociology
William Paterson University
Certified Teacher of the Handicapped
Reading Specialist
Medical Credentialing Institute
Number of Children
4 boys - Michael, Adam, Matthew & Luke
Number of Grandchildren
9 - Devon, Andrew, Michael, Stephanie,
Jacob, Gabriella, Olivia, Alexandra, Andre
Philadelphia Graduate
Professional School of Business
Real Estate
One item from your Bucket List
Write a historical novel based on my family history ( I am very interested in Genealogy)
Favorite Job/Occupation
I worked with the United Nations on the International Day of Older Persons and an International
Nursing Exchange Program for World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization and
the UN. It was an exchange program to train nurses from Latin America in Gerontological Nursing. I
really loved meeting people from other countries and learning about the culture. I also spent 6
weeks on a Group study Exchange in India in 1995 living with 7 families and giving lectures about
Gerontology and the Age Wave.
Favorite Vacation Place
Maui, Hawaii
Since 1963 This Happened...
I will be awarded the Veritas Award for Professional Excellence in March 28, 2014 by Caldwell
College. This past April 2013, I received the award for the Business of the Year from West Orange
Chamber of Commerce. I work with Alzheimer/Dementia patients for the past 12 years. I am the
Director of Marketing for an Arden Courts in West Orange, NJ an Assisted Living dedicated to
memory loss. In this capacity, I run support groups and also directly work with the residents.
Previously, I worked at St. Francis in Denville with well elderly and the Sisters of the Sorrowful
Mother with the International Center on Aging and all of their programs at St. Clare's and other
locations for 11 years. I worked at St. Mary's Hospital in Orange, NJ for 6 years as the
Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director. I taught special education for 7 years in Boonton
Township and Kinnelon. I also had one of the first all day Kindergartens in NJ located in Kinnelon.
My boys are all very different and doing well in their careers. Michael is a design engineer with his
own company. Adam has a fencing school in NC and is a Historical re-enactor. He has been in
numerous documentary dramas and one major motion picture, "Sweet Liberty". Matthew is a pilot
and licensed blasting engineer working in heavy construction, Luke is a food service manager for
Flik Corporation. He made it through 9/11 while working in Manhattan and transferred to Brooklyn
and now Englewood. He was employee of the Year 2013 for his company. He was the chef to the US
Olympic Ice Skating Team in Salt Lake City. I am really happy when I get together with the "girls"
from my grammar & high school days in Boonton. My family moved when I was a junior and I
attended and graduated from Morris Hills High School in Rockaway. Several years ago I wrote to
Glenn Moore about a humorous event when I was in 5th grade. He wrote back the most wonderful
reply! I am saddened to hear of his passing recently. He was such a wonderful man and teacher. It
will be great to see you again! You All Are The Very Best!! I have many happy memories with my
classmates. Love, Gail
Favorite Food/Dessert
Lobster/Awesome Coconut Cake
Your Favorite Restaurant
J'ai L'ai in Dover, New Jersey
Michie Tavern in Charlottesville, VA
Favorite Things to do
Swimming is my favorite thing to do. I also love concerts and theater. I really enjoy gardening and
cooking for my friends and family. Traveling is my way of life. I Love it!! I have traveled quite a
bit, but intend to do much more of it as soon as I retire. I enjoy dancing and hiking too. I collect sea
glass and miniature houses.
Are You on any Social Media?
Yes
Favorite Book Current/Classic
I love all of Ian Flemings books.
I also enjoy historical novels such
as Mitchners' novels and John Jakes.
Favorite Movies
Gone With the Wind, Blues Brothers,
A Few Good Men, How Green Was
My Valley, West Side Story
Downton Abbey is my newest
favorite. I am a Johnny Depp
groupie also.
Nancy Terwilliger Cassell
Charles W. Cassell
P.O. Box 525
Smyrna, DE 19977
302-653-0688
Education
Boonton High Graduate
Dover I.B.M. Bus. School - New Jersey
American Institute Of Banking-Delaware Technical & Community College
Number of Children
4
One item from your Bucket List
See parts of the United States I have not seen.
Number of Grandchildren
10
Favorite Job/Occupation
Mortgage Loan Officer, Asst.Vice President with Wilmington Trust Company in Kent County,
Delaware.
Favorite Vacation Place
Walt Disney World - Florida
Since 1963 This Happened...
Married for 39 years, husband is a retired Captain from the Delaware State Police, I am retired from
banking after 26 years. We have four amazing and successful daughters and ten wonderful
grandchildren and will, soon be, 6 great-grandchildren. One granddaughter in High School, two
granddaughters in college and one granddaughter just graduated from Culinary School. One
grandson graduated from U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. and now on his first deployment.
Have two that are teachers, one owns a cleaning service, one is an electric lineman and one a "stayat-home" dad. My three brothers and two sisters are all well and spread out among the states of
Florida, California, North Carolina and Delaware. Have been blessed with such a wonderful life and
family.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Pizza/Apple Pie with chocolate ice cream
Your Favorite Restaurant
Pizzeria Dimeo, 2499 S. DuPont Blvd., Smyrna, DE
Favorite Things to do
Spending time with family & friends.
Helping others
Golfing
Walking
Watching NCIS
Reading
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
Favorite Movies
Ghost
The Way We Were
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Last four years helping elderly in-laws and special needs sister-in-law with everyday life, so that
keeps my husband and I very busy. Other than that, golfing, have done some traveling, writing
letters to my grandson in the U.S. Navy, helping with transportation for youngest granddaughter
when needed and everyday normal life responsibilities at home.
Richard H. Ullmann
Mary Margaret Purcell Ullmann
42 Brookwood Drive
Stanhope,N.J. 07874
[email protected]
973-347-0329
[email protected]
Education
Sussex County Community College
AA-degree
Number of Children
3- Kim, Tina, and Michelle
Number of Grandchildren
3-Zachary, Alexis, and Andrew
One item from your Bucket List
Tour U.S.A. after Mary retires
Favorite Job/Occupation
Ballistic technician
Favorite Vacation Place
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida.
Since 1963 This Happened...
All our children were born in different states. Three girls who kept their father and mother very busy
over the years, then one morning I woke up with gray hair and do not remember how that happened!
Any Military Service?
US Navy (1963-1967). Served aboard the USS Lawrence DDG-4
MCB-19 (Sea Bees) (1967-1973)
US Air Force (1973-1977) 72nd Aero Medical evacuation Squadron
US Army National Guard (1978-1993)
Favorite Food/Dessert
Paella/flan
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Breathless, by Dean Koontz
Your Favorite Restaurant
Don Pepes 2 - Pinebrook NJ
Favorite Things to do
Walk, theater, swim,
laugh,and be with Mary
Favorite Movies
Lincoln
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
What ever gets me out of the house: yard work, golf, swim, hike, or go to Costco's. Also Grandpa's
shuttle, it is like a magic carpet-you never know where it may land.
Karen Ulrey Finnegan
12165 Halite Lane
Fishers, IN 46038
317-770-4879
[email protected]
Education
BA, Upsala College
Number of Children
3
Number of Grandchildren
7 (5 Boys, 2 Girls)
One item from your Bucket List
Don't really have a bucket list - just to keep going I guess
Favorite Job/Occupation
Marketing
Favorite Vacation Place
Seattle or anywhere warm with a beach!
Since 1963 This Happened...
I have moved around over the years, mainly due to job transfers of my then husband (I have been
divorced many years now.), but moved here from MN 23 years ago and decided to stay. My three
children are all grown and have families of their own. They currently live in Seattle (but relocating
to NC), Nashville, TN and my older daughter lives here in Carmel. I am fortunate enough to still be
working and enjoy my job. In my spare time I like to go to movies with friends, read and eat out
when possible. I am currently home recuperating from hip replacement surgery August 14.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Anything chocolate!
Favorite Things to do
Go to movies with friends, sightsee, eat out, read
Are You on any Social Media?
I'm on Facebook but not very good at the new version
Marjorie Valletta Peterson
Albert - deceased
2 Lagos Court
Tom's River, NJ 28757
[email protected]
Education
EDU.
Business college 1964
Medical Assistant school 1997
One item from your Bucket List
Visit a rain forest
Number of Children
3
Number of Grandchildren
4
Favorite Job/Occupation
BGYN-medical assistant
Favorite Vacation Place
North Conway, NH
Since 1963 This Happened...
I am blessed with 3 children; who gave me four beautiful grand daughters My children are also BHS
grads. My late husband graduated 1959.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Salad /ice cream
Your Favorite Restaurant
Ruby Tuesday's
Favorite Things to do
1. Loving my two cats
2.Reading
3.Watching old sit coms
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Janette Oke's 'Wilderness Woman'
Favorite Movies
Somewhere In Time w/Jane Seymore
& Christopher Reeves
Money Pit w/ Tom Hanks & Shelly
Long
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Watch my grand daughter for the past 3 years, 2 days a week;
Volunteer @ my church food pantry
Lynnellen Van Riper Klingener
Carl
510 Essex Avenue,
Boonton, NJ 07005
973-334-9667
[email protected]
Number of Grandchildren
10
Number of Children
2 girls-Cathy and Janet; 5 stepchildren
One item from your Bucket List
Still haven't made one!
Favorite Job/Occupation
Retired legal secretary
Favorite Vacation Place
Long Beach Island
Since 1963 This Happened...
Carl and I are both retired, married for 28 years. Thank goodness we travelled when we were
younger as we both have health problems that prevent us from doing all the fun things we used to do.
I enjoy reading and gardening and whatever else I feel up to. Carl volunteers at the local VFW post.
Enjoy spending time with grandchildren, when they have time, as they are always doing something.
Glad we spent a lot of time doing things together when they were younger and healthy.
Cathy married to Curt James for 16 years - two children, Nicole-28 married and living in Maryland
received her teaching and Masters at Towson University in 2012 and started teaching third grade,
last September. Has wanted to be a teacher since she was in third grade! Kacy- 23 - dating Franco
for 7 years and working at a law firm as a paralegal. Cathy works for a company doing arbitration
hearings for small businesses and travels constantly.
Janet married to Todd Eggert for 27 years, two children, Todd III-21 and Jacqueline-18. Todd has
his own plumbing business and Todd III works with his dad learning trade. Jacqueline graduated
Dover High School in June and will be attending County College this year for graphic design and
transferring to Parsons School of Design in sophomore year. They have two boxers, Charlotte and
Lucas. Janet is constantly on the go between kids, dogs and Todd's business.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Your Favorite Restaurant
Chocolate
Down to the Bone, Lackawanna Drive, Byram
ate there recently for the first time - great
barbecue!!!
Favorite Things to do
Spend time at shore house on LBI with Janet, Todd, Jacqueline and sister, Kim. It's always chaotic
with Janet's two Boxers and Kim's two Golden Retrievers. A lot of laughter, glasses of wine, telling
stories and just relaxing on the deck soaking up the sun.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Currently reading Fifty Shades of Grey series
Favorite authors - Nora Roberts,
Steve Martini, James Patterson, Harlan Coban
Favorite Movies
Life of Pi
Flight
Judy Weinberg Scheve
John
48 Pheasant Drive,
Marietta, GA 30067
[email protected]
[email protected]
Education
BA Tulane University
(Newcomb College) New Orleans
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
2
One item from your Bucket List
Own a 1952 MGTD - I have wanted one since I was in college.
Favorite Job/Occupation
Project Controller (current job). Work on large projects keeping track of project costs and doing
financial analyses for firm. Often got to travel to client sites on a weekly basis.
Favorite Vacation Place
Any beach!
Since 1963 This Happened...
John & I met many years ago in Jacksonville, FL. My engagement ring was a boat! We would
spend all of our free time out on our boat water skiing and relaxing with friends. We have two sons.
Chris lives right outside of Washington DC with his wife and our two perfect grandsons (too far
from us). Jason lives just a few miles from us so we at least get to see him.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Anything chocolate
Your Favorite Restaurant
Red Sky Tapas & Bar, Marietta, GA
Moxie Burgers, Marietta, GA
Favorite Things to do
walk along the beach
Are You on any Social Media?
LInkedIn, Facebook (only to keep up with family)
Favorite Movies
Blues Brothers, Great Escape
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Not retired yet.
Rodi Wentzel Vincent
604 Spruce Street
Boonton, NJ 07005
973 331-0106
[email protected]
Education
Berkeley Secretarial School
County College of Morris
Caldwell College
Number of Children
1
One item from your Bucket List
See all 50 States
Number of Grandchildren
2
Favorite Job/Occupation
Loved my customer service job with IBM and my software support job for all 50 states and Puerto
Rico
Favorite Vacation Place
California
Since 1963 This Happened...
After years of caring for my family, which I'm still doing, I'm trying to focus more on taking care of
myself. I've been married twice and have a beautiful daughter and two grandchildren - girl 4 1/2 and
a boy 3 1/2. My 2 1/2 year old niece and 1 1/2 year old nephew live with me. I'm surrounded by
little ones and I love watching them grow and learn and use their imaginations. I'm still working
part time for a real estate development company, and I enjoy the people there very much. I love my
family and my friends and feel that that’s what life is all about. One day I hope to find someone
special to share the rest of my life with.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Depends on the day
Favorite Things to do
Play with all my little kiddies
Your Favorite Restaurant
I don't really have a favorite - I enjoy too many
of them - just depends on what I'm in the mood for.
Are You on any Social Media?
Facebook
Favorite Book Current/Classic
I enjoy any David Baldacci novel
Janet Evanovitch
Sue Grafton
Gone With The Wind
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite Movies
Too many to list
Gene White
Linda
14 Valley Rd
Stanhope, NJ 07874
973-347-2833
[email protected]
Education
BS - UCONN
Number of Children
2
Number of Grandchildren
3
One item from your Bucket List
Visit Alaska
Favorite Job/Occupation
Sales/marketing
Favorite Vacation Place
Florida in the month of January
Favorite Things to do
Martinis (gin) before dinner & bourbon after dinner
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Golf
Harold Wilder
Margaret
P.O. 6121
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
609-802-1416
[email protected]
Education
1967 BS Applied Mathematics Brown University
1972 MS Mathematics University of Oregon
Number of Children
3
Number of Grandchildren
5
One item from your Bucket List
Go fishing in New Zealand
Favorite Job/Occupation
Teacher mathematics
Since 1963 This Happened...
Favorite Vacation Place
Maine
I have been teaching and coaching at the Lawrenceville School for nearly 40 years. Prior to that I
taught at Suffield Academy in Suffield, Connecticut and Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode
Island. I married at age 46 and have three (step)children: Christine (35), Shane (34), and Philip (17).
While I was an only child, my wife has three younger brothers, so upon marriage I was blessed with
an instant extended family. A great bunch, 25 strong counting nieces and nephews, we vacation
together every summer (I am writing this from Nags Head, NC). I will teach for two more years and
then retire at age - I can't even say it out loud - seventy. We will continue to reside in the village of
Lawrenceville.
Any Military Service?
I did not serve in the military; however, my father-in-law is a West Point graduate. I have been to
every Army-Navy game since 1990.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Favorite Things to do
Fly fish - anywhere, anytime.
Are You on any Social Media?
My son Philip asked me to open a Facebook account and be his friend, which I did. Then he
discovered how uncool it was and promptly unfriended me. The account still exists although I am
not good about using it.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Just finished reading Quiet by Susan Cain
Favorite Movies
Lately I really enjoyed Silver Lining
Playbook
Ken Wilson
Laura Falduto Wilson
30 Lake Shore Dr
Montville NJ 07045
[email protected]
Education
Lincoln Technical Institute 1965
Number of Children
1
One item from your Bucket List
To drive a NASCAR at Pocono
Favorite Job/Occupation
Elevator Constructor, Otis Elevator Co. Worked on the original World Trade Center, Tower A & B
Favorite Vacation Place
Cape May, NJ
Since 1963 This Happened...
Married Laura Falduto on July 12, 1965. Laura is a manager at Globe Mercedes-Benz, Fairfield NJ.
Adopted our daughter Ann-Frances from Korea at 3 months old. She’s now 32, and works for
Morristown BMW in internet sales. Have lived in Montville most of our lives except for 2 1/2 yrs.
in Germany. After working for Otis, owned a Dry Cleaners/Laundromat for 27 yrs., I also worked
for Scerbo Chevrolet Buick and Gearhart Chevrolet in sales until 2 yrs. ago. Now I’m semiretired
working as a purchasing agent for Packard Industries.
Any Military Service?
Enlisted US Army, Sept 1965-Sept 1968. Sgt E-5, 66th Maintenance Bn, Kaiserslautern Germany
Training- Ft Dix & Ft Gordon GA, Signal Corps.
Favorite Food/Dessert
Ribs & Lemon Bars
Your Favorite Restaurant
Charassco Grille, Lk Hiawatha NJ
Favorite Things to do
Walk on the beach, read, sit on the porch and listen to rain.
Favorite Book Current/Classic
Current: Killing Lincoln & Killing Kennedy
Classic: Red Badge of Courage
Favorite Movies
Moonstruck
Summer of ’42
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
Semi-retired.
Target shoot, Fish and Restore Cars. Have had many.
Joanne Zimmerly Wilson
Ken
873 Ryanwood Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33413
Education
B.A., M.A., ! !
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Montclair State College
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Number of Children
!
1!
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One item from your Bucket List
Go to Ouddorp, Holland
Number of Grandchildren
!
2
Favorite Job/Occupation
Worked for a long, long time.
Retired now. Favorite job: being
retired.
Favorite Vacation Place
The Florida state parks, in our RV
Favorite Things to do
Genealogy research, for myself and others. Taking photographs of birds, butterflies, scenery,
whatever. Taking the RV out for a trip. The occasional road trip by car. Visiting the New Jersey
archives.
Are You on any Social Media?
On Facebook as Joanne Zimmerly Wilson
Favorite Book Current/Classic
The Outlander series
If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy?
See Favorite things to do!