Classmate Updates

Updates –
JERRY MANGANO SANDY MANUELE
MANGANO
18 Merryton St.
Voorhees, NJ 08043
[email protected]
Sandy (C) 609 922-1189
Jerry (C) 609 922-1165
Sandy and I are proud to be
members of the class of ’59 with
so many fine people who have contributed to the better life
for their friends and family. Our family of three sons, one
of whom turned 50 last year, are raising their families: Jerry
Jr. with two children in Medina, OH; Ted and Barbara with
three children; and Nick and Alyssa in Cherry Hill with
their three children.
Are we happy not to be in New Jersey this past winter?
We are in the Villages, FL, with a few other classmates in
the area: Giordano, McCosker, McDermott, Crossan. We
celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2013.
Sandy and I play golf together here in the Villages and at
Tavistock with friends who also happen to live here in the
Villages, Camden Catholic people. This past year we were
in Paris for a belated anniversary trip – quite the city, but
the most impressive part of the trip was to the beaches in
Normandy.
Hopefully we will see many of you in Cape May. This
year we will be on the trolley trip and bird watching, golf –
but not blowing up balloons!
DOMINIC MARROCCO
4143 High Sierra Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78228
(H) 210 733-6065
Since our last reunion, my wife
of 48 years passed to diabetes.
I am now on the pathway to
marrying a very sweet and
wonderful lady. At 73 years of
age, I am a very blessed man and
full of hope. Yolanda and I have dated for about two years
and plan to wed in October.
Besides plans to be married, there are few changes since
my last bio (50th Reunion book). I am still living in San
Antonio, Texas, retired and enjoying life. I recently became
a born-again Christian and was baptized at 73.
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend the reunion, but
want you to know that you are in my thoughts and heart.
As I reflect, our high school graduation class was perhaps
the best, and I am so proud we shared that together. I have
a favorite scripture. It’s Psalms 3:1-8 about King David
when he fled from his son. God bless and keep you.
BOB and NORMA GRIFFITH
McAFEE
707 Lees Ave.
Collingswood, NJ 08108
[email protected]
(H) 856 854-3840
Hello, classmates. We are still enjoying our retirement
years - everyday life plus occasional vacation trips. We
enjoy day trips and winter picnics ands look forward to our
winter vacations in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Our trips are often focused on our hobby of birding.
Norma still teaches quilting at the Little Shop in
Haddonfield.
CHARLIE (CHICK)
McDERMOTT
565 Beaulieu Loop
The Villages, FL 32162
[email protected]
(C) 609 605-0666
(H) 352 753-6051
After 40 years at General Electric
Co., where I was an area sales
manager, my wife Martha and I left
the Medford area to move to The Villages, where we continue
to enjoy golf, ballroom dancing and snow-free winters.
We travel extensively and this year’s trip was a riverboat
cruise down the Rhine. We also enjoy our annual trip to Ocean
City, NJ, where we get together with family and friends.
Visiting our four sons and 10 grandchildren – who live in
Charlotte, NC, Philadelphia and Reno, NV, is also a favorite
activity.
My favorite memories include working at the Big Oak
frozen custard stand and attending high school dances. Once
in a while we would sneak over to American Bandstand. Four
teachers I believe had a positive influence on me were Joe
Goldstein, Harry Schwartz, Chet Olinger and George Homan.
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LANA MEREDITH CHAMPION
21 Penn Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
[email protected]
(H) 856 767-7486
(C) 609 767-8600
Dad and Mom both have
passed at the ripe old ages of 98
and 99. The Collingswood house
has been sold and remodeled, and
strangely enough the grandchildren of a very good friend
have moved into the upstairs apartment.
We have been blessed with two beautiful grandchildren.
Kellie had a daughter, Mollie, whom both of my parents
lived to know. Kendall continued the Meredith family
tradition of being married on Jan. 22. She was the fourth
generation to do so. Dad died shortly before the wedding,
but Mom danced up a storm. Last year Kendall presented
us with a beautiful grandson. She took the house number
from the Madison Ave. house to put into her house, which
strangely enough is also 31.
I finally retired from the Voorhees school district.
Helping out with our little ones fills a lot of my time. It’s
true that God gives children to young people for a reason!
Champ works part-time for Rutgers University and still
teaches a course at the community college. He continues to
deer and turkey hunt in Virginia.
I’m grateful that we are able to get together for another
reunion, as our numbers do seem to be getting smaller. This
is the first reunion without my dear friend Patsy Agurkis
Shontz, but I know she is with us in spirit. Hope to see you
all in another five years.
BILL AND GEORGENE
HORNER MORRISON
42 Lavender Drive
Sewell, NJ 08080
[email protected]
(H) 856 227-0850
(C) 856 994-2120
The best thing
at this point is
that Jean and
I are in fairly
good health. Jean
spends her time
doing things
with her friends,
daughter and
grandson. We do
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some travel and have been spending Februarys in Florida.
I like fishing, boating and reading. Our grandson plays
ice hockey and it is really enjoyable to watch him grow in
this sport. I suppose that in the next year or two we might
relocate to Florida; but, we still enjoy living here near our
friends and kids. We wish you all the best.
GERALD O’HARA
508 Sandstone Place
Gallup, NM 87301
[email protected]
(C) 505 870-1314
I’m writing this less than a week
after my retirement and it’s a wonderful feeling. The last few
weeks seemed like months, but now I feel my energies can be
dedicated to useful and fruit-bearing purposes.
Currently I’m running for the McKinley County, NM,
Commission as well as using my new-found freedom,
nvesting even more energy into our pet community projects.
Win, lose or draw, that will not change. We’ve invested too
much energy thus far to abandon these projects in favor of a
lifestyle defined by peach-colored shirts with “matching” sea
foam colored pants.
Millie and I are planning to attend the upcoming “double
nickels” reunion fully and look forward to visiting with all
of you who will also be there – and please, be there! I am
intimately familiar with how much effort Priscilla, Ron and
Bob put into the cohesiveness of OUR class of ’59. The reward
for their efforts is your participation.
We are in excellent health (so far), which can be attributed
to a mix of Millie and I astutely picking good gene pools
before birth, staying involved with life and some crazy notion
on the part of the Creator that we deserve that gift. Well,
Millie okay, it makes sense, but me? That’s crazy. How crazy?
Well, one standard deviation from the crazy notion on the part
of the Creator had a favorite in the Super Bowl. Anyway, the
worst we’ve had to content with is Millie’s hip replacement
four years ago and my kidney stones last year.
Priscilla and Bill King, Millie and I have been taking actual
vacation trips together for a few years now, visiting different
parts of the Western U.S. and I couldn’t ask for better traveling
companions. Also, I couldn’t ask for a more stunning
country to travel in. The things we’ve done and seen are the
stuff of expanded horizons and a deepened appreciation
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of the wonders we are surrounded with and that includes
our nearby environs. Yes, the very same “stuff” of wonder
captured so artistically in photos by Bob Homan.
See you in Cape May.
CAROL OLENSCHLAGER
3032 N. Constitution Rd.
Camden, NJ 08104
[email protected]
(H) 856 962-7316
Let me live in a house by the side
of the road
Where the race of men go by.
The men who are good and the
men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner’s seat,
Or hurl the cynic’s ban:
Let me live in a house by the side of the road and
Be a friend to man.
(From the writings of Sam Walter Foss)
KENNETH OSTBERG
572 Fruitville Pike
Manheim, PA 17545
[email protected]
(Ken) 717 203-5703
(Eileen) 717 802-4181
Eileen and I are blessed with
good health and a joy-filled life.
Together we have six children
and seven grandchildren, two of
whom are 14 months old. Among church, family, traveling,
maintaining our home and loving our neighbors, our days
are full.
I have been retired from PP&L for 12 years (early out)
and Eileen is retired from Lancaster Surgery Center and
now teaches a toddler church program part-time. Eileen
and I both enjoy reading and Eileen likes scrapbooking and
baking. I enjoy cooking and just having fun with people.
LOIS PALMA-BROWN
222 Red Mountain Drive
Cloverdale, CA 95425
[email protected]
(H) 707 894-0623
No real changes in my
life. I worked in the field of
occupational health. I’m divorced
from my first husband and my
second husband died. I live in
Cloverdale, CA, in Sonoma County, a wine-growing region.
Not blessed with children, I keep busy by serving on the
board of directors at the senior center and the Homeless
Task Force for a homeless shelter. Helping with the annual
Fiddle Contest and Citrus Fair in my community keeps
me busy. In my spare time, I like to make pottery, take art
lessons, travel, pet sit and play mah jongg.
TOM PARR
22 Garrett Rd.
Reading, MA 01867
[email protected]
(H) 781 944-0863
(C) 617 335-8967
After a six-year stint doing
hyperspectral and LIDAR
research for the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,
I find myself retired. However, I may still try to find some
consulting or teaching opportunities.
My wife Mary expects to retire from her pediatric
practice this fall. Our three daughters (Jess, Gillian and
Sasha) are all married and our son (Bren) just announced
his engagement. Our only grandchild (Lily) is five.
We continue to travel – the Galapagos, Hawaii, Ireland
and Tanzania in recent years – and have especially enjoyed
hiking and snorkeling on those trips. This May we went to
Norway and some of the remote Scottish islands. We also
spend time each fall hiking and biking in New Hampshire
and along the Maine coast. In the winter I enjoy skiing nd
snowshoeing in the White Mountains and the whole family
tries to get together for a week of skiing at Smuggler’s
Notch, Vermont, Next we hope to travel to New Zealand.
I’m again active with the MIT Outing Club and serve
as a member of its alumni board; last summer I joined the
club on a whitewater canoeing venture. I still love flying
my airplane, though weather last winter was not very
cooperative.
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STEVE PHELAN MULLER
[email protected]
Mid-May to Mid-November
PO Box 1238
705 Francisco St.
LaVeta, CO 81055
(C) 830 613-9877
Mid-November to Mid-May
650 Pecan Creek Dr.
Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657
(H) 830 596-0520
Cell same as above
Since retiring from medicine in 2003, life has been full and
exciting. For nine years, Vicky and I lived at 9,300 ft. in a CO
log cabin – 10 miles from the nearest paved road and 1 ½ hours
from the nearest grocery store. During those years, we ran a
little company, Brush b’ Gone, to help neighbors make their
properties more “fire safe.” In 2012, we moved 12 miles east
and 2,200 ft. lower to the town of LaVeta (pop. 700), which
harbors wannabe artists, musicians and various misfits. It is so
much fun that we can only live there six months of the year.
With 12 grandkids, all in Texas, we spend Nov. to May in the
Hill Country 45 miles west of Austin. During the last few years,
we operated a little side show, Wee Haul, intending to help “old
folks” transport goods/junk from place to place. As that business
is slow and boring, we have just now started the first tequila
farm in Texas (actually an agave aqui) pictured here with el
jimadore jefe holding the caos (hand tool)…and sampling some
other (inferior) brand of the infamous cactus juice. As we have a
pair of owls living on our farm, our tequila will be marketed as El
Tecolote Loco. Don’t hold your breath waiting for our bottles to
appear on your local shelves (though we have the labels printed),
‘cause the plants take +/- 15 years to mature.
Though it is a trite expression, we do realize we are living
the dream. When asked, “How are you doing?”, we reply
“Better than we deserve!”…and it’s true. The three things we
hold most near and dear are our Faith, our Family and our
Memories. As you are part of number three, we look forward
to making more of them with you in October, 1914.
JACKIE PHILLIPS Ph.D
149 E. Broad St.
New Holland, PA 19557
[email protected]
(H) 717 355-0765
(C) 717 808-0993
I say that I am still moving
forward in my adventurous life. I
have no regrets. The children and
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I have traveled all over Europe when we were younger.
I have lived in France and Spain. This year we go to the
Costa Del Sol to transfer our condo to our youngest son.
After staying home with the children for 15 years, I
finished my master’s in counseling psychology at 40
and finished my Ph.D at 50. I am still working as a PA
psychologist and have a title as clinical director.
I am very close to my children and grandchildren. Each
September I go to the Jersey shore and still love it as much
as ever. My husband and I, after 30 years, still are crazy in
“like” with each other. We enjoy our life so much.
I am happy and grateful for my life – high school at
Collingswood High, a college degree and wonderful
children and grandchildren. Most of all, I am grateful that
I never lost my silly gene and that I still laugh loud a lot.
Now my goals are smaller, like having fun and laughing
every day. I am so grateful to see again this wonderful class
of ours in October.
DR. ROBERT PRITCHARD
404 NW Shoreview Dr.
Port St. Lucie, FL 34986
[email protected]
(H) 772 446-7440
After retiring from Rowan
University after nearly 40 years
of teaching, writing, consulting
and investigating in real estate, Barbara and I decided to
take a close look at Florida as a place for our permanent
retirement residence. Why Florida? Because it is warm,
offers year-round recreation, has a minimum number of
potholes, is relatively easy to get to from NJ and offers
important tax advantages.
We decided to buy our retirement home in “The
Cascades,” a senior community located in Port St. Lucie on
the eastern coast of southern Florida. We also purchased a
second home in River Winds (West Deptford, NJ), another
senior community, where we will spend the holiday season
and a couple of months in the summer.
Life with Barbara is great. We get along very well, enjoy
many of the same activities and share many of the same
activities and values; we recently celebrated our 15th
anniversary. I am truly blessed with her.
We eat great low-fat meals, exercise a lot, visit with our
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four children (in the north land), travel, enjoy playing
bridge and we are on two tennis teams.
I continue to write articles as a guest columnist for
Florida papers, as well as the Courier-Post and South Jersey
Times. Currently, I am preparing an article that examines
the impact of the armed assault of an electrical substation
in Metcalf, CA, on the peninsula called southern Florida.
Interesting topic.
DON RAFF
603 N. Shamrock Rd.
Bail Air, MD 21014
[email protected]
(H) 410 838-8398
After 11 years as a band and
chorus teacher and 24 years as
a secondary school assistant
principal, I am now retired and living in MD. I was
married and had two sons, Jeff and Steve, both school
administrators. I was divorced (no fault, remain friends)
and remarried to Carolyn Weaver White in 1994. I have a
stepdaughter, Nicole, a Ph.D. in medical research presently
working for the Dept. of Defense at Aberdeen Proving
Grounds.
My main hobby away from music is sailing on the
Chesapeake Bay. We have traveled to Europe and many
states in the US. Once took a river cruise in Iceland and met
our former exchange student, Solveig Karvelsdottir.
I have served as president and secretary of the Eastern
Shore Band Directors Association. Over the years, I
organized and directed the Smyrna (DE) Community Band
and was assistant director of the Bel Air Community Band.
I have been a member and arranger of the Susquehanna
Symphony for 28 years and have been a member of the
Wolftrap Big Band for 8 years.
I have written 16 arrangements for the community
band, a jazz band and orchestra and am a member of
ASCAP.
GENE RAMSBOTTOM
128 Montrose Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
[email protected]
Travel in 2012 to London
and Europe (Belgium, France,
Germany, Spain and the Netherlands by rail with stays at
many hostels, and Mexico in 2013 were highlights since our
last gathering in Cape May. Otherwise, tending to either
Rose Marie’s grandchildren or mine has also been a source
of joy, though we are as happy to depart as when we arrive.
Sailboat racing on the Chesapeake and its tributaries has
become another key interest in the interim – not as captain,
but rather as yeoman sailor or even as “railmeat” (ballast)
has its rewards.
We are involved with our Unitarian church in Devon,
PA, on many fronts: choir, social justice and more. We enjoy
center city theater, opera and the orchestra. And we love
to dance, which is how we met 15 years ago. This year is
also my 50th college reunion at Rutgers-Camden – my
birthplace. Kind regards and best wishes to all.
KEN ROBERTS
120 Kihade Trail
Medford Lakes, NJ 08055
[email protected]
(H) 609 714-3093
(C) 609 744-0119
Like many classmates, Kathy
and I celebrated our 50th wedding
anniversary last year. Some 100
relatives and friends witnessed our
renewal of vows and joined in a party.
I’m supposed to be retired, but the current Retrospect staff
keeps the Old Geezer around to tell stories of the “Old Days,”
the years prior to 1980, and to laugh about my completely
clueless adjustment to the post-1980 Digital Age.
I have written over 500 interviews/features since 2007,
which I find fulfilling. I never had time to write such features
when I owned the paper.
I have served the Collingswood High Athletic Hall of
Fame for 22 years and this year I also joined the board of
the Camden County Sports Hall of Fame. My wife and I are
both active in our church missions council. She is chairman
of the peace initiative, while I am program chairman for our
monthly men’s breakfast. We read in the Bookmates program
for children.
I am also hooked on fantasy baseball and football. Kathy
and I both like traveling and going out to dinner with friends.
We also enjoy our four children, Pam, Eileen, Craig and Jackie,
and seven grandchildren, ranging in ages from 10 to 16.
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WALT ROECKER
125 Meeshaway Trail
Medford Lakes, NJ 08055
[email protected]
(H) 609 654-5211
Since our 50th reunion, Toni
and I have continued to enjoy
doing many things together:
traveling, museums, birding,
house and yard projects, church
activities and friends.
Some of our trips included our wonderful Costa Rica
experience (thanks Wolfsons!) and a visit with Priscilla and
Bill in Tucson. We have been to Naples, FL, almost every
year to see Toni’s best friend (from third grade) and my
daughter Jacquie). My son is still in Chicago. Also managed
to see the Magees there one year. Every summer we visit
Toni’s college roommate in the Berkshires and friends in
Vermont.
Another New England destination is Lake
Winnepesaukee in New Hampshire (where Toni’s son and
family do triathlons). Her son did an “Ironman” in Lake
Placid, so of course we went to cheer him on! Last summer
we visited friends in the Boston area and spent an amazing
day on their boat in Boston Harbor. Also went to the
Biltmore in Asheville and Falling Water in 2013.
Health-wise: I have had a shoulder replacement and
“deal with’ arthritis. Otherwise, I manage to keep pretty
active and even have a part-time job as a crossing guard
in Medford Lakes (where ALL the kids ride their bikes to
school).
BOB ROEGER
1652 Kelvington Blvd.
Gallatin, TN 37066
[email protected]
(H) 615 451-3144
I am married to Marion (Fiene)
from Cherry Hill, NJ, since 1967.
We have three married daughters,
Michelle, Christine and Danielle,
and ten grandchildren. I
graduated from Rutgers University in 1963 with a BA in
political science and served six years in the Air Force (air
wing intelligence)
In my professional career, I have been CEO/president
of two Fortune 500 companies in the building materials
manufacturing industry; later stages of career became
a venture capitalist associate/specialist for company
mergers/acquisitions and turn-arounds.
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I retired from corporate life in 2003. In 2005, I moved
to Nashville, TN, and became a high school math teacher,
while my wife pursued her real estate venture. I wanted to
do something I thought would be worthwhile, that I felt I
could so something different, but on a different level and in
a different way.
I teach algebra, trig. and calc. to teenagers by trying to
impact their lives both in the classroom and in the “real”
world once they graduate – and how math is important
in that world. I’m in my tenth year doing this and enjoy
it immensely. Besides, it keeps me younger and keeps my
brain from atrophy.
Marion and I vacation in Florida and New England,
travel a lot and enjoy country-club life. And I still love the
game of baseball as much as I did as a kid growing up in
Oaklyn. My best to you, and all 1959 classmates.
PAT RONEY
705 Clear Cove
Granite Shoals, TX 78654
[email protected]
(H) 512 589-5945
I only send my best regards to
our great classmates and report
I’m enjoying my life here in the
beautiful Texas Hill Country.
JEAN ROSS THOMAS
33 Crofton Commons
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(H) 856 667-3941
Where has the time gone? I
can’t believe I am this age and
have had the blessing of being
able to enjoy so many experiences
in life – good and bad. I am in
good health, my family is doing
well and I am blessed with
wonderful grandchildren. And, most of all, I love the Lord
and love to laugh!
I am now a widow. I spend my time caring for Mom,
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serving the Lord through my church and with the Light
House Riders, Chapter 923, of the Christian Motorcycle
Association (cmausa.org). I don’t have my own bike for
several reasons, but do so enjoy working and riding with
the others.
Beside doing various riding events, our chapter also
attends events with our “Boot Shine” booth, where our
members give free boot shines to anyone who will allow
us. It is such a blessing to meet and serve others and have
the opportunity to pray with them. If you ever attend an
event with a “Light House Riders” booth, please stop by
and let us serve you.
I hope I am able to spend a day with everyone at this
reunion. God’s blessings to all of you!
DORIS SANTORA SICILIANO
6 Sequoia Drive
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
(H) 856 829-8381
I have been retired for ten years
and still live in Cinnaminson,
NJ. My husband Tom and I have
been married for 47 years and
are blessed with three wonderful
children and their wonderful
spouses and five of the world’s
greatest grandchildren.
We are a close family and spend lots of time together. We
love to go to Ocean City to our kids’ houses in the summer.
Guess you could say we are living the good life with the
help of God.
ANITA SBAR GROW
5611 Cherokee Circle
Fairway, KS 66205
[email protected]
California, where I completed college and graduate
school and began teaching and making art. After living in
Nebraska a few years, I moved to the suburbs of Kansas
City, where I still reside.
Now retired from teaching, I continue to paint the
landscape and exhibit locally. For the joy of traveling, Jon,
my partner of 14 years, and I manage to go abroad each
year. Since the last reunion, we have set foot in Turkey,
India, the Baltic states and St. Petersburg, Israel and Jordan
and Morocco. We visit the Philadelphia/NJ area and the
Outer Banks of NC regularly to be with family and friends,
including Jon’s two young grandchildren, who call me
“Mimi” (another name for “Grandma”).
I keep quite occupied with book club, French study,
helping with our vast vegetable garden, fitness and
dance classes, especially the Afro-Brazilian-Samba dance
performing group “Women of the Drum.”
Through the years, the connections with my CHS ’59
friends have been my treasure. I look forward to our 55th
reunion to renew friendships and catch up with classmates
in Cape May.
SALLY SCHOLL OLIVERI
534 West Shore Dr.
Brigantine, NJ 08203
[email protected]
(H) 609 266-0369
(C) 856 304-0848
Since the 50th reunion: My
oldest grandson (Cameron) spent
two tours of duty in Afghanistan
and is still in the military. He was
married to Victoria in Sept., 2012. My oldest granddaughter
(Reagan) is a college student at Temple University and on
their gymnastics team. My other grandchildren (Gavin,
Daniel and Tayler) are all high school students and I keep
very busy traveling to attend many of their events.
I retired in Aug. 2012, expecting to relax and enjoy
retirement, but Superstorm Sandy had a different idea. In
Oct. 2012, my home was substantially damaged and it took
until Nov. 2013 before repairs were completed and I could
return home. I was fortunate to have had the support of
family and friends.
I have kept in touch with many Oaklyn friends and I
am looking forward to our 55th reunion. Thank you to our
reunion committee. You do a great job!
(H) 913 722-5345
(C) 816 510-7946
My journey from NJ to the
Midwest began when I moved
to Northern then Southern
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ROBERTA “BOBBIE”
SCIRROTTO COLLINS
173 Potter Road
Kingsley, PA 18826
– Classmate
[email protected]
(H) 570 289-1006
(C) 570 767-1028
Since the last bio, I have retired
from my job in child support
enforcement, but am looking
to do something on a part-time job (non-stressful). My
nine grandchildren still keep me busy. My oldest grandson
graduated from college and is attending Temple U. working
toward his master’s in music composition. My next oldest
grandson is attending college locally and is getting his
education in the natural gas industry. This industry has greatly
improved the local economy.
I have two granddaughters and one grandson graduating
from high school (from three different school districts) and all
are planning to attend college in the fall. The rest are still in
school, three grandsons in high school and one granddaughter
in junior high. I will not be attending the reunion, but I hope
everyone has a wonderful time.
ARTHUR SCOTT
7610 Glenwood Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
[email protected]
(H) 843 449-4905
As my wife and I have both
entered into our 70s, we often talk
about what we should be doing. I usually say, “I want to finish
strong.” That involves continuing to grow stronger, having
been together for 53 years. Our four married children have
blessed us with 12 grandchildren.
Since the 50th CHS reunion, we have been able to take six
of them on special trips. Upon reaching age 10, they select the
location for a week-long trip with us. Our desire is to carve our
name on their hearts and not in marble.
I am still involved in preaching the Word of God
domestically, as well as in periodic trips serving churches in the
Ukraine. There is a real need in a broken world for God, who
can heal that brokenness. Every other month this last year has
involved my wife traveling to Kentucky to care for her 95-yearold mother. It has changed our lifestyle, but has enabled us to
honor a mother in a caring way.
On this 55th CHS anniversary, I am still very strong and
humble to declare, “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and
not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song and
He has become my salvation.” (Isaiah 12:2). Blessings to you all
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CAROL SEIBEL HENDRIX
40 Junction Road
Dillsburg, PA 17019
[email protected]
(H) 717 432-8276
Since our reunion, Sherm and
I celebrated our 50th wedding
anniversary, and I celebrated my
30th ordination anniversary and
the 60th anniversary of attending
my first Phillies game.
We are enjoying retirement, including travel these
past five years in 11 European countries, Canada and the
USA. We continue to enjoy gardening, reading and being
with friends and family (two married children and five
grandchildren, ages 20 to 5. Now and then I preach, teach
and participate in theological conferences.
Following our last reunion, several of us who had been
friends at CHS started getting together a couple of times a
year after not seeing other for 50 years. One classmate from
Oaklyn with whom I had kept in touch since graduation
was Judy Kampmeyer Zanger, at whose graveside service I
officiated in 2012.
Thanks to all who planned the 50th, including the
Oaklyn reunion.
PATRICIA SELBY MARZILLI
12980 Springview Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
[email protected]
[email protected]
(H) 225 766-9217
Since our 50th reunion, my
husband Luigi and I continue
research in bioinorganic chemistry at LSU, where Luigi
is chair of Chemistry. At home, we enjoy watching birds
(egrets, herons, ibises, kingfishers, anhingas, hawks,
bluebirds, hummingbirds, bald eagles, etc.) that visit our
lake and sleep overnight in the lake, hung with Spanish
moss.
–– Collingswood High School Class of 1959 ––
Updates –
After a conference in Slovenia (2010), Italian
collaborators loaned us their old family home in a Venice
palazzo, letting us experience daily life in the “real” Venice.
On sabbatical the next year, our flat in Bath, England, had
a panoramic view of the town; we could walk everywhere
along canals. From there we visited old friends in
Edinburgh and toured Wales.
Back home, daughter Alisa and son-in-law Kevin joined
us from Austin for JazzFest in New Orleans. We travel
often to DC to visit son Alan, daughter-in-law Dana and
grandchildren Wibb and Rae, and to Portland (OR) to visit
daughter Veronica, son-in-law Greg and grandchildren
Oscar and Ruby Mae.
I enjoy gardening, sewing and collecting Oziana and
books for my library. I attend workshops on deciphering
Maya glyphs and this year attended my 50th reunion
at MIT with fellow 59er Tom Parr, staying at his home.
Grandson Wibb is a future All-American in cross-country
and competed in the Junior Olympics in track, crosscountry and indoor track this year.
BOB SHEPHERD
1603 Glencrest Trail
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
[email protected]
Leslie and I are both fully
retired now. We have been
traveling a lot in the last two
years. Visited Niagara Falls
(Canadian side), old friends from
MA, France (Seine riverboat
cruise), Guam numerous times to visit our son, daughterin-law and two grandkids.
Have plans in June to visit HI for granddaughter’s first
surf competition; Charleston SC to visit friends who have
just relocated from San Diego; Ocean City MD in July for
a wedding; and maybe New Zealand in Aug. Looking
forward to seeing 59ers in Oct.
DARLENE SHINN BENDY
HC 78, Box 92
Augusta, WV 26704
Enclosed is a check for the reunion book, as it’s not
possible for me to make plans at this time. I’ve been dealing
with knee replacement surgery, along with tendon repair –
three times surgery in six months with a cast on my leg for
95 days, which was just removed.
A brief bio would be: I’ve been married for 54
years, raised a family of three, who have given us five
grandchildren and 5 ½ great-grandchildren. My husband
Marvin retired as fire captain for the city of Camden. He
worked some of those years with John Maroldo of our
class.
CALVIN “JERRY” SHUTS
1014 Longview Dr.
West Chester, PA 19380
[email protected]
610 696-4299
After graduation from CHS, I
went into the Air Force in 1960.
I graduated from the Air Force
navigation school in 1961 as a 2nd
Lt. and spent four of eight years
flying in and out of Vietnam. I did receive an Air Medal for
combat missions flown in Vietnam. In civilian flying, I also
flew missions carrying troops and cargo into Vietnam.
My civilian career started as a navigator and then a
pilot for Capitol International Airways. In 1986, I started
flying with United Airlines and first doing instruction and
training on the DC-8 aircraft. My career at United included
flying overseas mostly on DC-8, B-757, B-767 and B-777.
I retired in 2000 with a total flying experience of 40 years
and some 23,000 hours in the air. My most memorable
experience was in the Air Force on a C-124 plane with one
engine shut down and two engines on idle power and the
last remaining engine at full power heading back to Guam.
Yes, we made it okay.
My hobbies are woodworking and raising Koi fish in a
1,500 gallon above-ground tank. Most of my woodworking
these days is rather small projects.
My wife Nancy and I will be celebrating our 31st
anniversary in November. No grandkids as yet – hopefully
in the near future.
–– Collingswood High School Class of 1959 ––
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BRUCE SMITH
2205 E. Alameda Ave.
Denver, CO 80209
– Classmate
[email protected]
(303) 961-1212
Sandy Johnson Smith and I
will celebrate our 50th wedding
anniversary in June 2015 – WOW!
We have lived in Denver for 23
years and love it! We have a son,
Gary, 42, and a daughter, Lauren, 39. Gary has given us
a grandson, Riley who is 14 and lives in KC. Lauren has
given us a granddaughter, Lindsay, who is 8 and a son
Benjamin “Bruce”, 2, and lives in Denver. Our other family
member is a 2 ½ year-old, 62 lb. golden doodle, who is my
constant companion and best buddy
We still enjoy skiing and the Colorado mountains for the
hiking and biking in the summer. We purchased a second
home in La Quinta, CA, (Palm Springs area) in 2003, where
we spend most of the winter and spring months playing
golf and tennis in 80-degree sunny weather! Since it is only
112 miles from San Diego, we often go there for a few days
at the beach.
I retired in 2007 and for the past seven years I have
provided pro bono mentoring to four small business
owners in the technology and outsource service markets. I
have also been fortunate to provide business development
consulting to a Denver based, $400 M wealth management
firm that manages the financial resources of businessmen,
NHL and NFL athletes.
Most important, our health and attitudes are “excellent!”
RUTH SPULER DONADIO
36127 E. Kensington Dr.
Springfield, MO 65802
(H) 417 868-8750
Going on 28 years living in Missouri. I have two married
children and five grandchildren. My son lives in VA with
two teenagers and my daughter lives in Springfield,
MO, with three teenagers. My oldest grandson will be
graduating high school this year and entering college.
My husband passed away suddenly on May 20, 2012.
I keep busy with my family events, church activities and
caregiver to an elderly aunt.
I have extended family in Florida and enjoy visiting
them during our winter months. I have a brother and sisterin-law who live in New Jersey and visited them last year,
when I got to drive by Collingswood High and see other
familiar childhood memories in the area.
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PRISCILLA STANLEY
CASPERSON KING
9456 Twinkling Shadows Way
Tucson, AZ 85743
[email protected]
(H) 520 529-3696
(C) 520 609-5966
I’m living life to its fullest each
and every day in Arizona, minus
worries of earthquakes, snow and
hurricanes! A source of both happiness and pride is the fact
that I was part of our great CHS class of 1959. It’s exciting
and exhilarating to look forward to 55th gala celebration,
knowing that there will be many hugs, gasps, photos and
special rekindling of friendships. Our reunions are just
wonderful blends of past and present.
I continue to enjoy traveling around this beautiful
country of ours, vacationing in Ocean City, NJ, every
summer. I also find my hobby of genealogy fun and
relaxing. It has been my pleasure to serve as our class
correspondent and I thank everyone for all that they have
contributed to make my job easier.
BOB STEVENS
2904 Emig Ct.
Dover, PA 17315
[email protected]
(H) 717 747-3448
My wife Dianne and I currently live in PA near our
daughter Randi’s family. We have been married 49 years
as of this July 31 and we think the marriage is going to last
(just kidding).
Randi and her husband Ed have three children: two
sons, ages 10 and 12, and a daughter, age 5. Randi is an
R.N. and we babysit her youngest several days a week
while she is working. Our other daughter, Traci, lives in NJ.
She is a special ed. teacher, but not currently working, as
she has three-year-old twins and a ten-year-old son, which
keep her very busy.
After retiring from 20 years of self-employment,
–– Collingswood High School Class of 1959 ––