SHS 40th Reunion Yearbook
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SHS 40th Reunion Yearbook
Southside High School Elmira, NY Class of 1961 40th Reunion Yearbook August 3-4, 2001 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook A Not So Brief Reunion History or How the Internet Made It All Possible It had been 20 years since the last reunion of the Southside High School Class of 1961, and a group of classmates decided it was time for another. Marlene Miller Douglas, Marilyn Taft Bixler, Kathy Reidy Carrier, and Janice Maslinski Reibson (visiting from California) first concocted the idea when they got together during the Summer of 2000. It took a while for that idea to become a plan, but thanks to the Internet and the rapid communication made possible by email, moving the plan to a reality happened in an amazingly short time. The following chronology tells how the August, 2001, 40th reunion came to be. The history is reconstructed from over 1000 email messages Bernadette Malone McMahon received and sent between March and August: March, 2001: Marlene gets an email account and sends a notice to Bill Cook, SHS ‘58, who offers space on his Internet site (http://www.gco.com/shs61/). The notice says a class reunion will occur August 11, 2001, and that classmates should email Bernadette to indicate their interest. March 15 Bernadette collects email addresses from Bill’s site, as well as Tom Drum’s site in Elmira, and writes to those addresses to announce the reunion. April 6 Carl and Diane Scoza Stratton try to reserve a motel room and discover that August 11 is a NASCAR weekend in Watkins Glen—no rooms anywhere! Many emails discuss a change. April 28 Reunion date is changed to August 4. An Elmira area committee is formed; it eventually includes Marlene, Marilyn, Pam Huntley Fitzpatrick, Gary Jezorski, Sharon Stimmerman Lowe, Jim Chimileski, and Kaya DeLuca Reagan, Class Treasurer, who still has a very old class bank account. May 2 Bill Cook’s website has been updated to show the new date, and a new email message is sent to all 24 people for whom email addresses are available. May 4 Mary Vosburgh writes from Florida after hearing about the reunion from Gary Jezorski. She offers to contact people on the Classmates.com website. Mary doesn’t realize it, but she’s just become part of the committee. May In response to the website notice, emails arrive from around the world—from Roger Breese in Moscow, Bill Stone in Texas, Marie Deaton Waters and Mary Jo Strapple Sheridan in California. Each person who gets the word spreads it to others. Jack Griff tells Jack Page, Bernadette gets her brother in Elmira to go next door to ask Louie Sigel’s mother for his address, the Elmira-area committee members make endless phone calls to classmates and relatives of classmates. (For the 20th reunion in 1981, it took 15 people to do this task.) May 18 Bernadette has set up a database with the 61 names and 40 email addresses collected so far. All new information is sent to her via email, added to the database, and printed from a weekly list she sends to the committee. May 23 El Monte Pavilion in Fisherville is booked for the August 4 reunion event. May 31 All the details with El Monte are settled. June 2 Marlene asks Bill Cook to post information about the El Monte picnic on his website. June Elmira-area committee members continue making calls and writing emails. Joy Huonker Klein writes frequently from Rochester with additional addresses from that area. Lots of memories are shared along with the vital statistics. June 13 105 classmates are now in the database, 59 with email addresses. June 18 Committee chooses Angie’s in Pine City for a Friday night event. June 19 170 names, 64 email addresses. November, 2001 2 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook June 21 We have momentum! 192 names. June 25 211 names. To the dismay of the committee, each batch of names and addresses includes reports of deceased classmates. June 26 Material announcing both events, including maps to El Monte, is sent to Bill Cook for posting. Gary Jezorski, his wife Pat, and Bernadette worked together (via email, of course) to prepare the material. The maps were adapted from an Internet site. July Additional names, taken from the yearbook and graduation program, are added to the database. After removing some who consider themselves members of a different class, 351 people are included in the Class of 1961 list. From the 351, a list of “missing” classmates is developed and posted on Bill Cook’s website. Marlene gets the Star-Gazette to publish an item asking people to check that list, a tactic that brings in additional information about current addresses and, sadly, more news of deceased classmates. July 10 Only 98 still missing; 29 known to be deceased. July 16 10 more found—only 88 missing. July 18 Street and/or email addresses are available for 264 of 351. July 20 Down to 81 missing. July 16 week A sad one. Two classmates die in Elmira: Dennis Thayer on 7/18, and Ruth Kelly Slaven on 7/21. We also hear of another deceased classmate, James Precit. Total deceased now 33. July 23 Only 74 still missing. July 24 71. July 30 70. July 25 46 (including guests) are signed up to come to reunion. July 29 83 are coming. July 30 94 coming, with six more known to be in the mail. Jack Griff writes to 20 select classmates (his “favs”—you know who you are!) to encourage them to come. August 1 The committee meets one last time, with Jeri Comfort Moore also there to help make name tags from yearbook pictures. Jack Griff and Bernadette, who have arrived in town, also attend. August 3 51 classmates and guests reconnect in Angie’s dining room and bar. Hugs and handshakes, gasps of recognition, and some puzzled looks as we try to remember one another after a 40 year gap. Despite the band, lively conversations continue through the evening. Until almost midnight, 68 classmates are considered still missing. Then Frank Gilbert walks into Angie’s bar and the number drops to 67. Frank has driven up from his home in SC and, completely unaware of the reunion plans, just happens to pick Angie’s as a place to stop. [Twilight Zone theme here.] August 4 73 classmates and their guests enjoy a full afternoon at El Monte. Everyone agrees that we will do this again in five years. Final count of classmates attending at least one of the events: 78. Post-reunion Publicizing the list of the missing at the reunion produces some additional information— five more classmates are located. One additional classmate is reported as deceased, bringing that total to 34. Gary Jezorski agrees to chair the 45th reunion in 2006. Stay tuned! November, 2001 3 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook We Remember During the Saturday event, Senior Class President Jack Page read a list of deceased classmates and we observed a moment of silence in their memory. Donna Andrus Sandra Botnick Ettinger William T. Chimileski Carolyn A. Cizek Bielke Mark L. Cline Sharon Deegan Maslinski Kathleen Elston Welliver Clyde T. Elwood Richard M. Evans Bonnie A. Fitzgerald Patricia Ann Furey William Green Reese Griswold Harold Hackett Gerald Horton Ruth Kelly Slaven Marian W. Keyes Sandy Lewis Berry Ronald G. Lowe Donald MacIntosh Gary Maddox Joseph P. Mashanic Dixie L. Mitchell Charles Nevans James Precit Shirley Schock Tebo Gary Shope Craig Siar Cecelia Sipple Alan Spencer Nelson L. Stermer Walter Swanks Dennis Thayer Sharon Towner Chrisler Carl Stratton and Tom Holleran view the remembrance display of deceased classmates. November, 2001 4 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Where We Live Based on information available, 65% of SHS Class of ‘61 still live in NYS, 51% in the Southern Tier. The remaining 35% are scattered around the country and in at least three locations outside the 50 states: # city/state addresses available: # in NYS: # in Elmira, Pine City, Horseheads, or Elmira Heights: # in zip codes 148##, 149##, other than Elmira, etc.: Germany Puerto Rico Russia AZ CA CO CT 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 DC DE FL GA HI IL MA 1 2 15 3 1 2 3 ME MI MN MO NC NJ OR 230 149 93 25 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 PA SC TX VA VT WA 13 3 5 3 1 1 Still Missing Despite our best efforts, the following 62 classmates still have not been located. Any additional information should be sent to any committee member. Carol Allen Steven Andersen Carol Andrus James H.J. Andrus, II William W. Bailey Walda Beaver William Bisbo Thomas Breese Lawrence Buchanan Penelope (Shirley) Button Marvin Campbell John Clark Douglas Cook Ronald Cram Sandra Derwish Albert Ermanovics Nina Gronowski Bernice Harvey Carole Harvey Thomas Henderson Barbara Hill Patricia Hill Dianna Himmelrich Diann Hungerford Joyce Johnson Catherine Kerwan David Kester Karen King Cole Vincent Maria Geraldine McCarthy Judith Ann McElroy November, 2001 Margaret McFarland JoAnne McGrain Lillian McGrain Allen Miller Linda Monks Patrick Mullaney Clifton Munson Sharon Nichols Ann Parks Sharon Peters Patricia Rafferty John J Redito/Rekito Marvin Robinson Donald Rosekrans Patricia Reubens/Rubens Nancy Scaife Thomas Sheehan Karen Sheer Alfred Sherwood Sharon Short Lloyd Smith James Sorenson Berverly Spencer Jacquelyn Spink Jeanne Strawn George Tarntino Linda Terry Steve Urbaniak Carol Webb Harold Wilcox Esther Young 5 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Class of 1961 Grouped by Elmentary School/Junior High Riverside left to right: Art Haynes, Tom Terkoski, Howard Holcomb, Jeri Comfort, Arnie Mosch, Sharon Pullen, Brian Copestick and Tom Wilcox Hopkins Street left to right: Linda Phillips, Ronda Lyon, Gary Jezorski, Carol Lewis, Carole Goodwin, Gary Emmick, Ann Terwilliger, Jerry Goodwin, Linda Harvey, Elaine Ferris, Scott Logue, Carl Stratton. St. Mary’s left to right: Bill Pint, Jeane LeVelle, Joy Huonker, Tom Holleran, Bernadette Malone, Jim Chimileski, Kathy Reidy, Patty Whitney. November, 2001 6 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Edgeworth left to right: Bill Hicks, Sherolyn Ramsdell, Judy Wilkinson, Keener Cortright, Ed Phillips, Dianne Williams, Marlene Miller, Kathy Kittle. Parley Coburn left to right: John Weston, Dianne Green, Rose Conte, Dianne Scoza, Art Haynes, Maxine Roupp, Mimi Gilbert?, Bob Pierce, Jeri Comfort, Sharon Johnson, Tom Terkowski, Bill Johnson?, Kaya DeLuca, Sharon Pullen, Howard Holcomb, Arnie Mosch, Pam Huntley, Rob Ordway, Brian Copestick, Tom Wilcox. Pennsylvania Avenue left to right: Darlene Gettsy, Ruth MacDowall, Jack Griff, Donna Reppard, Jack Page, Sharon Stimmerman, Ray Weiland, Janet Barnes, Marie Deaton, BJ Mitchell, Nancy Oppenheim. November, 2001 7 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook 40th Reunion Yearbook Entries Each entry in the following pages includes information collected during preparation for the 40th reunion. Pictures are those taken at the reunion or contributed by the individual classmate. Entry Explanations • Entries are in alphabetical order, according to the classmate’s last name as it appeared in the 1961 yearbook. • The entries “Fri”, “Fri&Sat”, or “Sat” next to a person’s name indicate which 40th Reunion events the person attended. • The entry “Listed on Classmates.com.” means that the classmate signed up on that website but did not respond to messages sent from the Reunion Committee. Classmates.com does not divulge email addresses, so we only have email addresses for those who did respond. Notice To ensure that you’re on the list for the next reunion, don’t forget to send updates—names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses—to Bernadette McMahon, [email protected], or to any other committee member. Special Thanks To Bill Cook, SHS Class of 1958: thank you, thank you, thank you for providing the World Wide Web space for us to announce the reunion, post directions, and notify the class of the availability of this book. Your help has been invaluable! November, 2001 8 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Jack Ackerman Patricia Anstee Penner PO Box 147 Ulster, PA 18850 Maureen Agan Kay 1665 E. Hampton Ave. Mesa, AZ 85204 Phone: 480-892-6468 Email: [email protected] In 1974, my husband, Steve, a ’60 grad from Edison, our three children and I moved to Mesa, Arizona. Steve was quickly hired by the City of Tempe in their Information Systems department and he has been there ever since. I also worked, for many companies over the year and retired “early” in ’88. As our children married and had their children, I became the daily caregiver. We have 5 beautiful granddaughters-ages 10 to 1 1/2. We are very blessed in that all of our family lives within 15 minutes of each other. Steve has been involved with the Boy Scouts as a Scoutmaster for the past 25 years. We enjoy traveling, whenever possible, and do a fair amount of camping. We really love Arizona, heat and all. Although our parents are now deceased, we both have family back in Elmira. Pinellas Park, FL Email: [email protected] Linda Ayres Holly 630 Sagetown Rd. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-732-9910 William W. Bailey Missing. Theresa Barilla Wichtowski Email: [email protected] Janet L. Barnes Cleveland Fri&Sat 93-A Johnson Hollow Rd. Millport, NY 14864 Phone: 607-796-9557 Darryl Aldenderfer 96 Banko Dr. Depew, NY 14043-1204 Carol Allen Missing. Janet Norma Allen 40-I Lake Street Winchester, MA 01890 Steven Andersen Missing. Ann Anderson Whitford 404 Brady St Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-2576 Carol Andrus Missing. Donna Andrus Deceased. Married 20 years, divorced. Two children, two grandchildren. Employed at St. Joseph’s Hospital for 26 years. Remarried for 13 years, recently separated. Carole Battisti Delucia Email: [email protected] Susan Bazzett Crawford 8708 Pallisades Dr. Tampa, FL 33615-4924 Posted on the SHS 61 website: Wish we could be there. family includes hubby 36 yrs, daughter, son & grandaughter. Life is good. Glad for website. Walda Beaver Missing. James H.J. Andrus, II Missing. November, 2001 9 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Barbara Becraft McPherson Fri 7510 Franklin Road Cranberry Twp., PA 16066 Phone: 724-538-3778 Email: [email protected] Clarence (Butch) Bercher 1700 Thames Trail Colleyville, TX 76034 Phone: 817-329-9259 Email: [email protected] Spent the first three years after graduation working for Uncle Sam—U.S. Army. Then onto college and a 32 year career with GTE, now know as Verizon. Retired in July of 2000 as PresidentGTE Communication Corporation. Have been married to Frankie ‘Beligotti’ Bercher for 35 years, the best thing that ever happened. Frankie is a 1961 graduate from Notre Dame High School and St. Joseph’s School of Nursing graduate. We have two children and three grandchildren. Living life to its fullest each and every day. Sandra Bergh Knowlton Barb Decorating consultant. Married to Ken McPherson. Two grown children, Mark and Keri; three grandchildren, Grant, Claire, and Rachel. Live near Pittsburgh. Husband retired as of June 30. John Bement Email: [email protected] John Benedict 1196 Dutch Hill Road Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-2769 Email: clydek @ exotrope.net Paul Bilzor 4557 Stoneledge Ln Manlius, NY 13104-2321 Phone: 315-682-6280 William Bisbo Missing. Fri&Sat 5135 Island View Circle Polk City, FL 33868 Phone: 863-984-6217 Email: [email protected], [email protected] James Blend Listed on Classmates.com. Edgar Bly 185 Goff Rd. Schuylerville, NY 12871 Phone: 518-695-3719 Email: [email protected] Sandra Botnick Ettinger Deceased. Sandy’s brother provided the following: Their family moved to CA when Sandy was a Junior at SHS. She graduated from Syracuse University and married a Veterinarian from Cornell. She had lived and sold real estate in CA. John and wife Yvonne Roger Bennett 394 Dry Run Road Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-5423 November, 2001 Sandy passed away two years ago Thanksgiving from cancer. A birth mark on her arm had caused the cancer. Sheila Gross Fleysher wrote a tribute on Sandy that was read at her funeral. 10 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Rodger (Skip) Breese US Embassy Moscow, Russia Email: [email protected] from SHS 61 website: My job has taken me many places around the world. My experiences and education at Southside helped me do the many things I have enjoyed. I am presently working at the American Embassy Moscow following this I hope to sail around the world. Did not quite make it to the moon! But there is still time!!!!!!!! I truly wish I could be there for the festivities but my schedule does not allow for that so I wish you all the best. Will never forget lunch with Ma Bower. now that was a teacher!!!!!!!!!! And leave us not forget Miss Foody in the cafe! And the janitor Mr. Green? Take care all hope to see you on the next go around! Thomas Breese Missing. Bette Brewer Howe 420A Partridge St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-737-0724 Marie Bright Brooks 513 Partridge St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phil Brown 311 Brand St. Elmira, NY 14904 Marjorie Browne Bloom Listed on Classmates.com. that it is time for another reunion.U About five years ago my wife (Jennifer) and I sold our business and retired to the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington.U We have a lovely home on Puget Sound and spend our summers hiking in the mountains and enjoying the beauty of this wonderful place.U We spend several weeks each fall/ winter on the island of Kauai and enjoy it immensely. Forty years ago upon graduation from SHS, I attended Corning Community College for two years then transferred to RIT in Rochester where I got a degree in Accounting. At that time Xerox wasUa big growth company and part of the Wall Street “niftyUfifty” and I was fortunate enough to get a job there. For the next twenty years I had various accounting and financial management jobs, but decided to leave the company when it ceased to be a good place to work. My wife and I then started our own accounting/ tax/financial services business from scratch and managed to build it into a profitable and rewarding enterprise. The business was located in the greater San Francisco Bay area and with the explosion of the computer and Internet businesses we felt increasingly hemmed in. When we had a chance to sell the business and move to a less crowded environment, we jumped at it and the rest is history. We have some personal obligations which will keep us from attending the reunion, but my sincere best wishes and a big hello from the Pacific Northwest to those who do attend. Leona Burnham Elmira, NY Penelope (Shirley) Button James Brusso 5559 County Route 11 Bath, NY 14810 Phone: 607-776-3884 Lawrence Buchanan Missing. Frederick C Buchholz Jr. 1212 S. Main St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-1408 Email: [email protected] Roger Buck 162 Sea Vista Terrace Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Email: [email protected] Missing. Frederick Campbell Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis St. Paul, MN 55102 Fred is a Bishop in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. His biography and a picture appears on: http:// www.archspm.org/html/cambell.html Marvin Campbell Missing. Pauline Campbell Robinson Catherine Trailer Park Millport, NY 14864 I cannot believe that 40 years have passed and November, 2001 11 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook John Carlson Joseph Cicconi 5031 Stoney Ridge Road Campbell, NY 14821 Phone: 607-527-3420 Sat 956 Erie St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-7044 Email: [email protected] Robert Carnrite Gowanda Nursing Home 100 Miller St. Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-3571 Email: [email protected] RJ is paralyzed from a motorcycle accident a few years ago. He enjoys hearing from friends and can respond using a mouth-operated wand to write. Milan Chase 1045 Lanier Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, GA 30306 Marjorie Cherkis Scheuffele Joe and wife Joyce 84 Highland Dr. Battle Creek, MI 49015 Jim Chimileski Carolyn A. Cizek Bielke Deceased. Sat 1501 Lake St. Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-732-0807 John Clark Missing. Gary Phillip (Phil) Cleary 5 Jay Allen Dr Painted Post, NY 14870 Carol Cleveland Email: [email protected] Mark L. Cline Deceased. Betty Collings Pierce RD#1 Columbia Cross Roads, PA 16914 Jim and wife Delcine William T. Chimileski Ron Combs 1121 Westmoreland Ave. Syracuse, NY 13210 Deceased. Carolyn Christy Boyden 97 Woodcrest Way Conklin, NY 13748-1252 Phone: 607-775-4785 Email: [email protected] November, 2001 12 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Jeri Comfort Moore Fri&Sat 756 Larchmont Rd. Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-734-4157 Email: [email protected] Jeri I’ll preface my “history” by saying that I’ve never left Elmira and I’ve (almost) never regretted that decision. I’ve lived and worked through floods, massive layoffs, etc. And yes, the old girl has deteriorated a bit. Sometimes her hair is a bit messy and her makeup smeared, but I love all of her faces. As many classmates commented the weekend of our reunion...there is no place more beautiful that this Valley. I am so grateful for the warm, safe and uncomplicated way we were allowed to grow up. After graduation in ‘61 I went to work as a “copy girl” at the Star Gazette, while working my way through Elmira College, I gradually moved up through the newspaper ranks as photographer, reporter and finally an editor. I left the Star Gazette after Rick Kimball (Class of ‘62) and I married and did some advertising copy writing for local department stores and radio/TV stations then went on to establishing the first Public Relation program for Remington Office Machines Division....soon after I left Remington to begin the PR program for the Arnot-Ogden Hospital.... Remington closed; so much for my PR program! I spent 20 years at the Arnot as both Public/ Community Relations Director and Director of Volunteer Services, and, during that time, had two sons, Rich and Alexander... and became a single Mom. I married Jack Moore (EFA Class of ‘58) in 1990. Jack is an Elmira attorney and managing partner of the Denton, Keyser, LaBrecque & Moore Law Firm. (Some of you men may remember him as co-captain with Ernie Davis of the famous EFA basketball team that won 52 straight games). November, 2001 Soon after Jack and I married I became a Residential Real Estate Appraiser and took over the Griffiths Real Estate Appraisal Company, which I continue to operate out of my home. Corning Inc. is my biggest client for relocation appraisal work and they tend to keep me busy. Our combined family includes Jack’s daughters, Molly (Frankel) an attorney in Boston; Mara a social worker in Madison, CT; my sons Rich, a paramedic with Erway in Elmira/Horseheads (married to Linda an Elmira College grad and ER nurse at the Arnot) and Alexander, my perennial scholar. He’s attended 3 universities so far and is presently at Cornell University. When I asked him recently if he was ever going to graduate...in my lifetime...he asked me how I was feeling! They’re great kids and a huge source of joy and pride. Jack and I share a love of golf so most of our free time - which is very limited - seems to center around that sport. We vacation in Spring and Fall in Hilton Head, SC, and in the winter head to either Florida or Arizona. Our goal is to play each of the 100 Best Golf Digest Golf Courses. Trust me...we’re not even through a quarter of the list, but we’re always working on it. So far Pebble Beach has our vote as the most spectacular course we’ve played. We’ve been active in the LPGA Corning Classic since its inception; we’re on the Board of Directors of Corning Classic Charities and Jack, who is a member of the Corning Classic Hall of Fame, is presently a Vice Chairman of the Tournament. It keeps us pretty busy in the spring months leading up to the May Tournament which is entering its 24th year. Living on the Elmira Country Club golf course has afforded me a chance to get in a little extra practice...which helped in winning the ECC Women’s Golf Championship the last two years. That brings me up to date.......August, 2001! I do hope that we’ll continue to communicate and start planning for the 45th in 2006! Beverly Comfort Coss Listed on Classmates.com. Susan Comstock Saunders 579 Lowman Rd. Lowman, NY 14861 Phone: 607-732-0796 (See Ward Saunders.) Helen Joy Conley Squires 400 Sharr Avenue Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-9045 13 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Larry Conley Brian Copestick 66 Melson Dr. Carlisle, PA 17013 Phone: 717-243-0735 Fri&Sat 114 Willys Street Elmira, NY Phone: 607-732-7415 Email: [email protected] Sharon Conrad Seigard S. Danby Rd. Spencer, NY 14883 Phone: 607-273-2003 Roselyn (Rose) Conte Klein Fri&Sat 108 Bowman Hill Terrace Horseheads, NY 14845-2526 Phone: 607-739-0468 Email: [email protected] Brian John Corney Email: [email protected] Keener Cortright Sat 7459 Hickory Hill Rd Bath, NY 14810 Phone: 607-776-0911 Email: [email protected] Roselyn Douglas Cook Missing. Kenneth Cook Listed on classmates.com. Paul Coon 5822 Red Fox Drive Winter Haven, FL 33884 Keener and Sherolyn (Ramsdell) 1968-70: US Army Military Police 1965-89: Elmira Police Dept.; retired Lieutenant 1989-90: Vanderburgh (IN) Central Dispatch Director 1990-97: Met Life - Agent 1998-99: South Hills (Pittsburgh, PA) Regional Dispatch - Director 1999-present: Steuben County (NY) 9-1-1 Coordinator November, 2001 14 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Allan Costello Betty Jane Dandrea Carey 802 Holdridge St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-7027 Email: daspazia @aol.com 8198 Elm Montgomery, TX 77356 Cathy Daniels Bronson RD#3, Box 618 Mansfield, PA 16933 Gerald Councilman 1652 Freehan St. St. Helen, MI 48656-9335 Email: [email protected] Patty Dean Neal Married to Rita for 33 years. 3 married children, 2 grandchildren. Plan to retire January 31, 2003 from Kmart Corporation after 31-1/2 years in Information Technology. 18 Sparrow Dr. Pine Valley, NY 14872 Phone: 607-795-0113 Email: [email protected] Marie Deaton Waters Fri&Sat 13 Rally Court Fairfax, CA 94930 Phone: 415-456-7451 Email: [email protected] Richard Cowley 305 Mountain Laurel Rd. Fairfield, CT 06430 Ronald Cram Missing. Judy Crandall Harbold Fri&Sat 118 Whitney Street Northboro, MA 01532 Phone: 508-393-2428 Email: [email protected] Marie History: Daughter 22 years old, Job-Clinical Nurse Specialist/coordinator- Craniofacial Clinic (case manage kids with genetic cranifacial anomalies)- Kaiser Medical Center-Oakland CA. Sharon Deegan Maslinski Deceased. Judy and husband Sam Sam and I celebrated our 38th anniversary this year. Since we are now retired, we are planning to travel and spend some of the winters in the South. We purchased a motor home and will be on our way after the holidays. We have two grown daughters, Lynda and Karen. Both of them are CPAs, happily married and have two young children. So, we cannot be away too long! We enjoy grandparenting, gardening, golf, genealogy. We had a great time at the reunion and look forward to keeping in touch. Thanks to the committee for doing such a nice job with the events. November, 2001 15 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Kaya DeLuca Reagan Fri&Sat 63 Crestview Dr. East Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-732-9909 Email: [email protected] Gary Dewey Fri&Sat 1007 Pine Woods Dr. Pine City, NY 14871 Gary (Mad Man) Harold Dickerson Kaya and husband Jerry In 1964 I married Jerry Reagan (Class of ’62). We have two sons, Scott and Christopher, and a new grandson born this past January. I am semiretired from banking and hope to retire next year. Jerry is already retired from teaching after 34 years. We hope to travel and have time to enjoy our family. Joan Deming Farmer Fri&Sat 1228 Trescott Dr. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-732-6671 Email: [email protected] 1255 Richard St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-4393 Lew Dininny Email: [email protected] Sam Doland 502 S William St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-5550 Betty J Drake Thomas Listed on Classmates.com. Leonora Dunkle Race 76 Pennels Dr. Rochester, NY 14626 Sharon Duvall King 126 Cleveland Ave. Hartford, CT 06120-1344 Judy Edsall Claprood 17 State St. Mt. Morris, NY 14510 Linda Elliott Stermer Joan Robert Elliott Sandra Derwish Missing. November, 2001 Email: [email protected] 29 Redwing Lane Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-739-3422 Email: [email protected] 16 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Kathleen Elston Welliver Jane Evelin Peterson Deceased. 532 W. Gray St. Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-732-6706 Clyde T. Elwood Deceased. Gary Emmick Sat 2697 White Oaks Drive Corning, NY 14830 Phone: 607-962-2224 Email: [email protected] Richard Fattaruso 565 Eastbrooke Lane Rochester, NY 14618 John Fawell 1210 Huntington Lane Safety Harbor, FL 34695 Phone: 727-725-2247 Elaine Ferris Canfield Fri&Sat R.R.#1 Box 212 New Albany, PA 18833 Email: [email protected] Gary (Rocky) Dorothy (my wife of 33 years) and I graduated from Alfred University and initially worked in Rochester, NY for the 1st 7 years of our working carreers, she as a French Teacher in Pittsford and I as an engineer with Bausch & Lomb. We moved to Corning in 1974 and I have worked for Corning Inc. ever since, 17 years in manufacturing and for the past 10 years in labor relations. Looking forward, I am planning toward retirement in the next 2-3 years, to devote full time to all the things I love to do ....... like travel with Dorothy, boating on Keuka or Lake Ontario, play golf, tinker with an antique Corvette, ride a motorcycle, manage a few investments, volunteer, do home projects, trail our kids around, walk the dog, and even paint a picture once in a while. I mentioned our kids.......Katie, 25, is in her 2nd year of teaching 2nd grade special ed in Spotsylvania, Virginia; Scott, 24, is a mechanical engineer also working for Corning Inc.; and Tim, 22, is a senior mechanical engineer. Albert Ermanovics Missing. Richard M. Evans Deceased. Elaine and sister Nancy Ferris Blemle, SHS ‘63 I have been married twice. I have a daughter age 40 from my first marriage. I got married again at age 23 and have been married 36 years!!! We have 4 children together, 2 girls and 2 boys but not in that order. So I have 5 children all together. I stayed home and took care of our children for a few years and did home partys in the evening so my husband could be there with the kids.Then went to work at a grocery store for a few years. Also worked at a wreath factory, I have worked cleaning homes and managed sporting goods and pet store. I worked severel years at a dress factory and while I was working there I also demonstrated home parties. During all this I raised AKC. Reg Various Breeds of dogs and showed them and raised them to sell. Twenty-three years ago we purchased 6 acres between Wyalusing and Dushore, PA. We have a modular ranch house here. I have dogs here but no longer show them. My son and I do have AQHA Registered horses November, 2001 17 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook that we raise and sell. I have my own stallion—I had two but decided to have the older one gelded so other people would go riding with me. My three daughters were married and all three have children. My sons have never been married as of now. So we have four grandchildren, three girls and one boy. Well there is my life story in nut shell!!! Ellen Finch Boyd Sat 344 Hillcrest Rd. Elmira, NY 14903 Phone: 607-733-9228 Email: [email protected] Ellen It was so good to see people with whom I had shared the first 12 years of my school life at the 40th Class Reunion. After graduation in 1961, I went to Jean Summers Business School for two years for executive secretarial training. My first job was as secretary to the Personnel Manager at LeValley McLeod on Church Street upon graduating from Jean Summers in 1963. My first marriage occurred in September 1964, with the birth of my son in August 1966. From LeValley McCleod I was secretary to a local lawyer before I retired to have my baby. After I dissolved my marriage in 1967, I reentered the workforce as secretary to the Credit Manager at Thatcher Glass. From Thatcher’s, I worked for the County Executive, Doc Blostein; then on to New York State as Executive Secretary to the Business Manager of the Elmira Psychiatric Center. During these years, I was active in Elmira Little Theater and the Elmira Choral Society. The Elmira Psychiatric Enter has The Mental Health Players under John Edwards, which I joined and had great fun as well as a great education performing statewide with other members who were employees of the Center. November, 2001 From New York State I became a Federal employee by joining the Small Business Administration in 1978, where I am currently working as Economic Development Specialist. I have been with my present husband, Jack Boyd, since 1974. He sold his business which he started, Curly’s Chicken House, 11 years ago. It seems like only last year though—the time slips past so quickly. During the years we have traveled around the world, from the Arctic to the Amazon and points east and west. To celebrate my 50th birthday in 1993 I decided to take a private African safari in tents and lodges in Tanzania and Kenya—learning to herd goats along the way on an island called Lamu in the Indian Ocean. Jack did not want to go, so I went by myself with the help of an outfitter in Ithaca called Voyagers who made the 6-week long arrangements for drivers and campboys. I highly recommend taking a safari—believe it or not those guys can cook up amazing things over a campfire—like crepes for breakfast. Both my husband and I took up flying in the late 1970’s. I got my pilot’s license (single engine, fixed wing), and my husband also got his glider’s license. I have my SCUBA certificate—taking my licensing test in Seneca Lake in January of 1980. Everyone from this area knows how cold Seneca Lake is even in summer. I enjoy white water rafting, having rafted the Colorado River for a week and the white waters of Costa Rica. My friends and I play tennis several times a week, along with walking and swimming. I have a thirteen-year old granddaughter with whom I have traveled since she was 5 years old. She definitely has the travel bug. Last October we spent a month in Morocco, including a camel trek into the Sahara Desert to an oasis. I’m looking forward to the next reunion, which I believe will be in 2003? Please let me know if I can be of help. Maybe we could invite some of the teachers to come, if any are still in the area. I’ve only touched on the some of the highlights—the boring details can be shared at the reunions, over the internet, or by mail. Stay in touch. Dennis Fisher Listed on Classmates.com. Bonnie A. Fitzgerald Deceased. 18 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Maureen E. Foody McKernan 952 Hillock Dr Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-5382 Darlene Gettsy Greco Fri&Sat 301 Rushmore Ave. Carle Place, NY 11514 Bruce Fudge 706 Dominion Drive Katy, TX 77450 Email: [email protected] Married for 37; 2 kids; 5 grandkids. 20 years in the Army and now 20 years in computers. I have been in Texas for 32 yrs. Now that you guys voted in Hillary, maybe I’ll just stay here (no state income tax either). I sure do miss NY in the fall. Janice Fullerton Konkus 28 Sunnyside Dr. Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-734-2745 Patricia Ann Furey Deceased. Faith Gee Moffe Lot 214. 3374 Lower Maple Ave. Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-734-5601 Email: [email protected] Darlene Frank Gilbert Fri 202 Oak Dr Anderson, SC 29625 Miriam Gilbert Stanton Sat 208 James St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-5789 I have been married 40 years to Patrick Moffe. We have 4 boys. They are all grown. We have 10 grandchildren. I was a home health aide until was hurt and had to retire. So now I am a homemaker. My husband is the Director of Laundry and Linen and Enviromental Services at Arnot Medical Center. We live at Carriage Estates. Hope there will be another one so I can see everyone. George Generas, Jr 9 Old Barge Road Simbury, CT 06070 Mimi Married, four children (two boys, two girls). Divorced, remarried. Moved around. Now spend summer in Elmira and winter in Florida (26 Da Rosa Ave., DeBary, FL 32713; phone after area code changes in winter, 2001: 904-774-7789). Work at Wal-Mart in both Elmira and Florida. 13 grandchildren. November, 2001 19 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Cal Gillette Fri 1003 Sycamore Circle Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-0033 Email: [email protected] Gerald Goodwin Cal Carole Goodwin Kohler Fri&Sat 1035 Park Avenue New York, NY 10028-0912 Phone: 212-410-4362 Email: [email protected] Jerry Fri&Sat Webster, NY Email: [email protected] Patrick Granger 603 Post St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-6224 Dianne Green Vandenburgh Fri&Sat 20 Spindrift Court Williamsville, NY 14221 Carole and husband Dave I live in Webster NY outside of Rochester where my husband and I have been since we were married, 30+ yrs. We have 3 children—our daughter is single/lives locally; our 2 sons are married with one living in Vancouver, BC, and the other living in Yardley, PA, with our 2 grandchildren. My husband David is retired and is waiting for me to join him—which looks like the end of the year. Diane and husband Bob Edgar Green 549 Gaines St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-5609 William Green Deceased. November, 2001 20 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Jack Griff Fri&Sat 223 North Lee Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703-548-5225 Email: [email protected] blessed (enjoyed many similar “life stories” at the reunion). So now, live in Old Town Alexandria, VA...full of history, and right on the Potomac River, just across from DC. So, if any of you get to our nations’s Capitol, give me a buzz...please. Always up for beer (actually, bourbon in my case) and a bite...and reliving “old” times with you... Enough...except looking forward to 2006 already, and I hope to see many of you beforehand... Bernadette lives right here on Capitol Hill, classmates like Jerry Goodwin get to DC quite a bit, and I plan to see many of you on the road (Jack Page, Ann Terwilliger, etc)...or in Elmira... Jack Hi to All!! As I told many of you at the reunion, it was the definite highlight of the Summer...at least for me. Enjoyed talking to each and every one...and so good to see the “Green Hornet” spirit endures... OK, a short blurb. After the Universtity of Kentucky (“Go Cats”), had a super 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as Lieutentant Colonel in 1988. Stationed at bases in AZ, FL (twice), VA (twice), WA and OK...and traveled and lived in many parts of the world, especially Europe and the Middle East. Starting as a Captain in 1975, with a flight test tour at the Boeing Company in Seattle, most of my career revolved around aircrew and staff assignments with the E-3 AWACS radar surveillance aircraft...interesting beyond belief as involved in every U.S. contingency imagineable. A good place to close, with the tag line (ask Carol Goodwin) that I still love my hometown...and in all my travels, have not found a neater, more beautiful place on earth. So glad so many of you still around the Elmira and Upstate NY area, and hope to see some of you on my frequent swings through the area. And, many thanks again to the Reunion Committee... Jack...aka John...(a little humor from the reunion, led by Darlene Gettsy...) Reese Griswold Deceased. Nina Gronowski Missing. Sheila Gross Fleysher 18 Candlewood Circle Pittsford, NY 14534 Phone: 716-586-8305 Email: [email protected] Retired out of a Pentagon assigmment, and into the defense industry. Have worked with the Northrop Grumman Corporation for 13 years now, the last nine here in the Washington, DC area, with daily associations among the DoD leadership, and on “the Hill.” Feel lucky, as still interesting every single day... I was married right out of college (sound familiar), and although divorced years ago, have three beautiful and talented daughters (my ex-wife says we’ve achieved the “3 Gs”—they’re grown, graduated and gone...ha). They’re all westerners, as two in Phoenix (both in education) and the third in Denver (my young attorney). And, they’re all married (I have loose change now)...and with two neat grandkids, and a third on the way. Honestly... how did so many of we SHS grads turn out so November, 2001 Sheila and husband Dan I hope you are all having a wonderful time at the reunion. I am so saddened that I am not able to attend. We have the wedding of a dear friend’s 21 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook daughter in Vermont. A little history: I have been married for 34 years to my husband, Dan. We have lived in the Rochester suburbs for the past 33 years. Dan is a systems & software engineer with Xerox. We have two grown daughters, Renee, 31 and Deanna, 27. They both live in NYC. My parents both died in 1989. I was a classroom teacher during early marriage, left to raise a family and be an active volunteer, and then returned to education in the mid 80’s. I was initially a nursery school teacher, then went for my masters in Special Education, and have been employed by the Honeoye Falls-Lima School district since the early 90’s — working with school age at-risk students. I love the work I do, the children and my collegues. So far, my husband and I have no retirement plans, and will continue to work as long as we continue to enjoy what we do. health. I like the work very much, though it is not as challenging as the things I used to do. I trained as an L.P.N., but after 20 years of not working in nursing, I am now an aide. We have one son, David, who is 31. He still lives at home but is independent. He isn’t married. We have an interesting life serving the Lord; in New York State, in Texas, Old Mexico, California, and Arizona. Bernice Harvey Missing. Carole Harvey Missing. Linda Harvey Elia Sat 2440 Hilltop Rd. Niskayuna, NY 12309 Phone: 518-372-5967 Email: [email protected] When I have free time I like to read, do needlepoint, play golf and we both enjoy travelling. The attached photos are from our latest trip to Portugal and Spain in July. On a sad note: I did keep in touch with Sandy Botnick. Although she did not graduate with our class (she moved to California Sophomore year) many of you might remember her. After many years I was able to visit her on a trip to California in ’93. She was divorced and had 2 children who are about the same age as ours. It was great to see her and share old times. Unfortunately, Sandy passed away 2 years ago from cancer. I would love to hear about the reunion activities and about all those folks who attended. Hopefully, I can make the next one. Linda and husband Lew RN. Married; one son, two stepsons, one grandson. Harold Hackett Deceased. Marilys Halm Swart 3 Ivan Lane Binghamton, NY 13901 Arleah Hardenstine Tucson, AZ Email: [email protected] I shall not be able to attend our high school reunion this year. I was in Elmira in May but can’t return so soon though I would love to see everyone. We live in Tucson, Arizona, and are missionaries working among the Hispanic Peoples of the area. I also work part time as a nurses aide in home November, 2001 22 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Arthur Haynes Fri&Sat 1907 Tilden Avenue New Hartford, NY 13413 Phone: 315-793-3377 Email: [email protected] Art and wife Pat After college and the Army, I taught high school English in Pulaski, NY, for 32 years. I’m retired and living in New Hartford with my wife Pat. Kenneth Held RD2, PO Box 40C Pownal, VT 05261 Phone: 802-823-5536 Email: [email protected] at a navy technical school at Bainbridge, MD I met my wife to be, Joyce. She was from Wilmington, Del. We were married Dec 7, 1963. After we got out of the service we settled down in Pownal, VT. I had obtained employment at General Electric Defense Systems in Pittsfield, MA which is only 25 miles south of Pownal. I was still working the Navy FBM program as Defense Systems was the prime contractor for the Weapons System. In ’68 I started going to college evenings and finished up with a BS in Physics. After many years of work, promotions and continued education, I ended my career as Manager, FBM Support Software Engineering. I retired May 1 of this year. Joyce and I have two children, Kimberly (37) and Kenneth (33). Kim and her husband Tom have two children, Kevin(13) and Colleen (11). They live in Cheshire, MA. Kenneth and his wife Julie have three children, Alex (8), Emily (5) and Megan (2).They live in Pownal, VT. Web site http://www.sover.net/~kwheld/ Eugene Hemenway Box 95, Guiles Rd. Spencer, NY 14883 Phone: 607-589-4940 Thomas Henderson Missing. Sharon Henrich Ravert 612 Reynolds St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-2394 Email: [email protected] (See William Ravert.) Colleen Hicks 408 Hillview Dr Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-8369 Held family in 1999 In Sept ’61 I entered the Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine program. If you all can remember back then, the cold war was going strong and the US wanted to develop a deterrent to war. All I wanted was to learn about computers. Maybe some of you can remember the digital computer that I built for the science fair. I spent 7 years in the Navy and made 6 deterrent patrols on the USS Von Steubin SSB(N) 632. And I learned a lot about computers. While I was November, 2001 23 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Larry (Bill) Hicks Sat Email: [email protected] Thomas Holleran Fri&Sat 38 Hickory Lane Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-9686 Email: [email protected] Larry and wife Becki Barbara Hill Missing. Tom and wife Janet Patricia Hill Missing. Marvin Hollister Listed on Classmates.com. Sylvia Hill Dininny 1490 Carpenter Rd. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-735-0816 Gerald Horton Deceased. Sharon Howe Wilcox Dianna Himmelrich 321 Oak St. Vestal, NY 13850 Missing. Ross Hobler Diann Hungerford Timber Lane Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-734-8082 Email: [email protected] Howard Holcomb Missing. Pamela Huntley Fitzpatrick Fri&Sat 31 Danforth Crescent Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 716-271-4431 Email: [email protected] Fri&Sat 118 Willys St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-3049 Email: [email protected] Pam Howie November, 2001 Divorced. Three children (one daughter, two sons), three grandaughters, one grandson, one grandbaby due in November. 24 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Joy Huonker Klein Fri&Sat 290 Westminster Road Rochester, NY 14607 Phone: 716-244-6026 Email: [email protected] Gary and wife Pat I moved to Rochester in August 1961 after graduation to attend Rochester Business Institute for the next two years. Retired from Xerox Corporation December, 1999 after 35 years. Married Carl Klein from Pittsburgh, PA in May 1970, and we have one son born in January 1974. Christian is in his 4th year of medical school at Upstate Medical, Syracuse. I have only lived on Westminster Road in Rochester in (3) places since 1962. The last place for 29 years, our home, was built in 1905. Even though I don’t move often, I do love traveling, also outside of the USA. After high school I went into the Marine Corps in September. After a tour, which took me from South Carolina to California to Japan and the rest of the fareast and back to North Carolina, I got out in 1966. Then I came back to Elmira and got an apprenticeship in the sheet metal workers union. Then in 1976 work wasn’t very good so I built a barn and went into milking cows. Then in 1984 I sold them and went back to the sheet metal union and retired in January 2000. In 1967 I married Pat Terry (class of 62) and we have two married sons, the oldest is 31 and the youngest is 28. We had our first grand child in August 2000 a boy. Life has been good to us. I enjoy hunting, fishing, canoeing and snowmobiling. Just life itself. We have two dogs, two cats and one horse. We plan on doing some traveling with a camper. Bonni Issacs Swartz Joyce Johnson Joy and husband Carl Missing. Listed on Classmates.com. Sharon Johnson Mashanic Don Jabore 6280 Edsall Rd. Alexandria, VA 22312 Gary Jezorski Fri&Sat Fri&Sat 416 Euclid Ave. Elmira, NY 14905 Email: [email protected] R.D.#1, Box 41-6 Millerton, PA 16936-9600 Phone: 570-537-2401 Email: [email protected] Sharon I enjoyed my career as an elementary teacher November, 2001 25 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook for the Elmira City School District for almost 34 years. I was also involved with the Elmira College Education Program and was a mentor for about 22 student teachers. It was a joy watching the students blossom from student to teacher. Camilla Kane Stadtmueller Fri&Sat 8002 Driftwood Avenue Erie, PA 16511 Phone: 814-899-6952 Email: [email protected] I retired in June of 1999 and have done alot of traveling since than. I enjoy going to Sarasota, Fl for the months of Feb. March and April. Siesta Key has one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. One of the highlights of my travels was when Marie Deaton Waters and I went to Florence, Italy to visit Marie’s daughter Sara. Sara was studying there for a semester. Would enjoy going back again. If everything works out, the next big trip in the year 2002 will be to Norway, Denmark and Sweden. I will be checking on some Swedish heritage as well. I have been very fortunate thus far and look forward to getting together with everyone in 2006. William M. Johnson Sat 477 Kinner Hill Rd. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-733-3090 Email: [email protected] Cam and husband George High School Social Studies teacher at Harbor Creek Senior High School in a suburb of Erie, PA; 30 years in PA education system. Married for 35 years to George Stadtmueller, a retired residential appraiser, now an export cargo inspector. One daughter (32), a lawyer in Washington, DC; grandson born in December, 2000. One son (30), finishing Masters in Computer Information Sciences at University of Pittsburgh. Grace Keller Hagar 252 Breed Hollow Rd Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-562-3498 Ruth Kelly Slaven Deceased 7/21/2001. Catherine Kerwan Missing. Bill David Kester Missing. Robert D. Jones Portsville Rd. Laurel, DE 19956 (See Cheryl Smith Jones.) Sharon Jordan Searles Listed on Classmates.com. Bernard Ketter 845 Chambers Rd Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-739-3868 Email: [email protected] Marian W. Keyes Deceased. Karen King Cole Missing. November, 2001 26 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Kathy Kittle McGee Fri&Sat 114 Hazelwood Dr Clemson, SC 29631 Phone: 864-654-8194 Email: [email protected] Gloria L’Amoreaux Davis 5878 Laurel St. Harrisburg, PA 17718 Cheryl Lamb Chung 45-814 Anoi Place Kaneohe, HI 96744-3401 Phone: 808-235-5132 Email: [email protected] I am widowed after taking care of my husband through 20 yrs of kidney dialysis & transplantation. We dialyzed him at home evenings while both held f/t jobs. Together we started a non-profit org. for chronic kidney patients. Kathy After graduating from SUNY Albany, I married a Southerner and moved south. Frank and I have two daughters. English is 32, married and the mother of our three adorable grandchildren; Elise is single, lives in Charleston SC, and sells uniforms to resorts, industry, etc. I taught school a couple of years but because Frank traveled so much I was a stay-at-home mom. We live on Lake Hartwell in the small town of Clemson SC (home to the Clemson Tigers). Frank graduated from Clemson in ’63, is retired but does some consulting to the paper industry. I have a part-time job to keep me out of trouble and from being bored while Frank is traveling. If this stock market doesn’t do something I may have to go to a full time job. My mom is still living (with my sister Pat and her husband) in Elmira so I am in town a couple of times a year. We have traveled a good bit and have two major trips (Ireland, Australia) we plan to take before we are too old or slow to go. I had breast cancer in ’99 but had to have no follow-up treatment (unless a mastectomy is treatment). Frank has atrial fibrillation and will have a pacemaker installed in August ’01. Other than that we are in great shape. With BA (sociology) from U of Hi., I was employment service specialist III w/ the state, before leaving to care for increasingly ill husband & late born child, Dustin, now almost 16 & entering 10th grade. As volunteer school lunch coordinator w/ Vegetarian Society of Hi., I had fun facilitating 3 tours of nutritionists & environmental activists to work w/ Hi. schools, medical facilities & the public. (Statewide Hi. schools this year are offering optional vegetarian meals to students due to efforts of many people.) Since my sister, mom & recently dad have died, leaving just me & my brother (a Staten Island resident, w/ serious health challenges), I will likely be moving to Elmira by Summer, 2002, to manage family affairs. Dustin will finish school at our old alma mater. As an almost senior citizen (who acts like a kid), I will be seeking employment in the Elmira area in public health education. Would love to hear from “old” (excuse) classmates. Aloha, Cheryl (Lamb) Chung Ellen Lemoncelli Taft 149 Bartholomew Rd Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-2626 Richard Lemoncelli 718 Holdridge St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-8435 Paul Konkus 6103 Arlington Drive Friso, TX 75035 Email: [email protected] November, 2001 27 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Jeane Lee LeVelle Fri&Sat 46 Walsh Rd Wellsburg, NY 14894 Phone: 607-733-1572 Email: [email protected] Scott Logue Sat 813 Hazel St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-5740 Scott Jeane Carol Lewis Smith Kenneth (Scott) Lowe Fri&Sat 4l2 Highland Avenue Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-732-4366 62 Cheyenne Rd. Florissant, CO 80816 Phone: 719-689-7540 Email: [email protected] Ronald G. Lowe Deceased. Sally Lowman Casteline 605 Partridge St Elmira, NY 14904 Verna D. (Doreen) Lucky Hurlburt 768 Breesport N. Chemung Rd. Lowman, NY 14861 Phone: 607-732-5461 Bob Ludwig Carol Married (second time around) for 32 years. Two children, two stepchildren, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. Sandy Lewis Berry Deceased. Dean Lincoln 125 Broad St Salunga, PA 17538 November, 2001 6 Gleason Road Glenville, NY 12302 Email: [email protected] Message on SHS 61 website: Will not be able to make it home for our reunion. Hope every one has a great time. We have four great kids and seven grand children..LIFE IS GOOD!!!! Stanley Lutomski 1 Birmingham Dr Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 716-271-4559 28 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Ronda Lyon Allen Sat 264 Garnsey Rd. Pittsford, NY 14534 Email: [email protected] Pamela MacLatchie Personius 507 Schuyler Ave. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-2543 We have three children, Egan, a physician in Rochester, Leif, an artist in Seattle and Rachel, a graphic designer and marketing director for a hospital in Arizona. All are married. Egan has three girls, Leif a son and Rachel is expecting her first in Feb. I spent twenty years in communications. First as an executive producer for Wisconsin Public Radio and NPR. After that I assumed the director position of Public Relations for Wis. Division of Tourism. I’m a fine artist ( portrait ) and have written three novels. Two I hope will be published this year. Gary Maddox Deceased. Bernadette Malone McMahon Fri&Sat 19 Seventh Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202-543-4544 Email: [email protected] My husband Hayward is a writer/editor. Has published four books: one on whales, one on the Blue Heron and two on Native American travel. He’s working on a historical project now. For many years he was communications director for World Council of Credit Unions which took him all over the world developing credit unions. He was in Africa in the Peace Corp under Kennedy. We now live in Pittsford near Rochester, NY. My website www.mainstreambooks.com will be up and running by December. Check it out!!! Ruth MacDowall Olszowy Fri&Sat 320 E. Miller St. #A Elmira, NY 14904 Email: [email protected] Bernadette and husband Jim Graduated from Nazareth College. Worked 33 years as a chemist for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Washington, DC, retiring in 1999. Now consulting in database development and active in several organizations in our neighborhood near the U.S. Capitol. Married since 1971 to Jim McMahon, a government attorney, now also retired. Two sons, Joe, age 27, and Kevin, age 25, both single. Jack Malone 107 Larchmont Rd. Elmira, NY 14905 (See Joann Overton Malone.) Ed Many 830 Doe Hill Lane Roswell, GA 30075 Phone: 770-642-4672 Ruth Have worked for the Elmira City School District since 1980. Presently I am an attendance clerk at Ernie Davis Middle School. I am divorced, have 5 children, and 8 grandchildren. Donald MacIntosh Deceased. November, 2001 Vincent Maria Missing. Al Martin 418 Wyncoop Creek Rd Chemung, NY 14825 Phone: 607-529-8842 Email: [email protected] 29 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Joseph P. Mashanic Deceased. Jan Maslinski Reibson 10921 S. La Serna Dr. Whittier , CA 90604-2330 Email: [email protected] (See Gene Reibson.) John Massey Edward Miele 912 Laurel St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-3487 Email: [email protected] Allen Miller Missing. Marlene Miller Douglas c/o Mrs. Massey 512 Balsam Street Elmira, NY 14904 Pamela Mathews Francisco Listed on Classmates.com. Fri&Sat 45 Crestview Drive W Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-733-7845 Email: [email protected] Jeanne Mattison Breese 418 Wyncoop Creek Rd Chemung, NY 14825 Phone: 607-529-8842 Email: [email protected] Geraldine McCarthy Missing. Dan McDonald 365 W.Second St. Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-737-1377 Email: [email protected] Judith Ann McElroy Missing. Gary McEwan 5744 Merring Rd Woodhull, NY 14801 Margaret McFarland Missing. JoAnne McGrain Missing. Lillian McGrain Missing. Eileen McNamara Blampied 506 Harcourt Drive Elmira, NY 14904 Cindy Messing Slater 974 Hudson Acres Drive Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-2621 November, 2001 Marlene and husband Ken I married Ken Douglas (class of 60) and stayed home with our three daughters for ten years. I went to Corning Community College in 1972 and became a registered nurse. The ER at the Arnot was my place of employment for four years, then I went to Elmira College for my bachelors in nursing. The next ten years were spent in nursing supervision and when I was burned out from that I went back to college to obtain my teaching certification and started teaching in the adult ed program for LPN at SCT BOCES.U Hopefully I will be able to retire from this career! We have three grandsons and one granddaughter so Ken is now able to enjoy straightening out his fishing gear! We have observed the changes in Elmira with some sadness. My old neighborhood, the Maple Ave. area, has badly deteriorated. Society’s unfortunate changes have taken over with a vengenance. Hopefully, the southside can be reclaimed as the family oriented place it was when we were growing up. Tony Minotti 3881 27th Ave. S. W. Naples, FL 33968 Phone: 813-455-1133 30 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook BJ Mitchell Holleran Sat 1103 Sliter St. Elmira, NY 14904 Email: [email protected] Valerie J. Munn Freeman 101 Chestnut St. Reading, PA 19607-2721 Clifton Munson Missing. Charles Nevans Deceased. Sharon Nichols Missing. Richard Niles 203 W Lake Rd. Hammondsport, NY 14840 Alma Oakes Clearwater 153 E. Genesee St. Skaneateles, NY 13152 BJ Dixie L. Mitchell Dawn Oliver Costley Deceased. 399 E. 14th. St Apt 603 Elmira Heights, NY 14903 Doug Mitchell Nancy Oppenheim Shuart 3001 Eden Mills Dr. Sarasota, FL 34237 Fri&Sat 1009 Penna. Ave Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-5475 Email: [email protected] Linda Monks Missing. Gary Morseman 308 E. Creekside Dr. Frisco, CO 80443 Arnold Mosch Sat 2 Michael St. Palmer, NY 13077-1122 Phone: 607-749-4369 Email: [email protected] Nancy Married 39 years to Gary Shuart. 3 daughters: Pam (38), mother to my only grandchild (Emily Jane, 14); Wendy (36); and Tina (34), married to Lenny Boulas. Worked for 12 years @ Tops Markets, unable to work for nearly 14 years due to health reasons. I have dedicated my life to my family and remain active in the lives of my children. Arnie and wife Pat Patrick Mullaney Missing. November, 2001 I had a wonderful time at the reunion! Those of you who were involved in the planning deserve much praise... you did a GREAT job. And to those 31 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook who were unable to attend... you missed a wonderful time. Seeing old friends, chatting and remembering all the good old days! Robert Ordway Fri&Sat 900 E. River Rd Flushing, MI 48433 Phone: 810-659-4129 Email: [email protected] (sister’s) Hanus in 1964. Two children - Susan and Jeffrey. Both married. In 2001 have 4 grandchildren and another due 12/01. Worked for R.T. French, Vogel Van & Storage, and in 1989 started Page Associates, an executive recruiting business. Moved to Florida from Albany, NY in 1995. As of 2001, still working full time. Barb and I enjoy domestic and international travel and are active in our neighborhood association. Ann Parks Missing. Joyce Pedrich Todd 20559 Alburry Dr. Port Charlotte, FL 33952 Phone: 941-629-9457 Lyle Peet 316 Sutton. St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-732-1745 Rob and Mickie Beebe Mary Peroski Houseknecht 1421 Hunter St. Florence, SC 29505-6417 Diane Ostrander Plouse RD 1, Macaffee Road Country Acres Lot 3 Milan, PA 18831 Sharon Peters Missing. Joann Overton Malone Dick Peterson 107 Larchmont Rd. Elmira, NY 14905 (See Jack Malone.) Jack Page 1486 Carpenter Rd. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-734-3287 Fri&Sat 733 Pine Shores Circle New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169 Phone: 386-424-5682 Email: [email protected] Jack Graduated from RIT, 1965. Married Barbara November, 2001 Janet Pfeifer Card Email: [email protected] Edward Phillips Sat Email: [email protected] Ed 32 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Linda Phillips Rice Sat 37100 NW Long Rd Cornelius, OR 97113 Phone: 503-357-3095 Email: [email protected] units to the Wiesbaden Community we were unable to make the time available. I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the 45th reunion and wishUyou the best of happiness andUgood health. We have all been affected by the insane attack of 11 Sep. on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I sincerely hope that none of you nor your friends were directly affected. I certainly would enjoy receiving an e-mailUfrom you andUhearing about how you have been doing andUyour plans for the future. May God bless each of you, your families and our nation. Robert F. Pierce Fri&Sat 1112 Herford Ct. Wilmington, NC 28411 Email: [email protected] Linda and husband Howard Robert A. Pierce Unit 24201, Box 961 APO AE09185, Email: [email protected] Just a short note to thank the class committee for all the hard work that went into the 40th reunion and the very special 40th reunion yearbook. It is so enjoyable to read about the families, careers, and things that everyone has done over the years. I was shocked to read the names of the classmates that have passed away. I knew about Craig Siar, and Donna Andrus, but I had not heard about so many of the others. To make a long story short (considering what some classmates have accomplished in their lives). I joined the Army a year after school and stayed with it until now. The first 30 years were primarily flying a multitude of helicopters. We were stationed in numerous places in the states, Vietnam, andUthen predominately in Germany. After retiring from active duty IUworked the last ten years as the Safety Director for the Mainz/ Wiesbaden Military Community. I met my wife Ingrid in Berlin in 1964, we were married in 1966 and are still living happilyUin Mainz, Germany. The only unfortunate part about living here is the distance to Elmira and the infrequency of being home. My folks are relatively well and still live on Pennsylvania Ave. My “little” sister is married with two teenagers and lives in Huntsville Al. We had sincerely planned to attend the 40th reunion, but due to the restationing of several November, 2001 Bob and wife Cheryl Forty years since graduation form SHS, how can that be? Our reunion in August was one of the highlights of our summer. We have exchanged addresses and promises to stay in touch with classmates we have not seen for years. What has happened in my life since September 1961: Well, let’s work backward. I retired from Corning Incorporated in May of 2001 after 38 years of employment. My last assignment being in 1992 when I accepted a position at Corning’s big Optical Fiber Manufacturing Facility in Wilmington, North Carolina. We have been residing in Wilmington since retirement. I have been married to Cheryl Fischer (from Horseheads) for 34 years, successfully negotiating a few martial bumps in the road, along the way. We have two great daughters and four beautiful grandchildren who also live in the Wilmington area. After SHS I graduated from Corning Community College, and Elmira College, and spent 8 years in the Army Reserve. My hobbies are fishing, tinkering with old cars and NASCAR (you have to be a NASCAR fan to survive in the South). 33 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Bill Pint Sat 502 Scott Lane Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-739-4505 Sharon Patricia Rafferty Missing. Bill and wife Barb Sherolyn (Sherry) Ramsdell Cortright Harry Pittman 310 Cross Gates Rd Rochester, NY 14606 Phone: 716-247-4463 Email: [email protected] I worked for 31 years at Kodak here in Rochester and retired Jan. 1, 1998. We have three children all here in Rochester and 3 grandchildren. Earl Plate Fri 268 Universal Ave. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-0794 Email: [email protected] William J. Ravert 612 Reynolds St. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-2394 Email: [email protected] (See Sharon Henrich Ravert.) 36 Olcott Rd N Big Flats, NY 14814 Phone: 607-562-3806 Email: [email protected] James Precit Deceased. 12419 Bennett Road Oak Hill, VA 20171 Phone: 703-476-4055 Tax preparer 28 years. One daughter. Albert Redner Albert Pollen Sharon Pullen Baker Sat 7459 Hickory Hill Road Bath, NY 14810 Phone: 607-776-0911 Email: [email protected] See Cortright for photo. Fri&Sat Al’s wife Linda provided the following history: Al has been in banking for more than 35 years. We have lived in Elmira and Big Flats for all our married life except for 4 years when Al was employed by M&T Bank in Batavia. Al is and has been active in Lions Club, Boy Scouts, Chemung County Chamber of Commerce. Al enjoys boating, fishing, and hunting. We have 3 sons: Jeff who is a div. mgr. at CFE Evans, Dennis, a cop in Binghamton, and Daniel who works for City Bank in Hagerstown, MD. We have 7 grandkids ranging in age from 7 to 16. Al is not retired yet, he is a branch mgr of Northwest Savings Bank in Lawrenceville, PA. I have heard one story that sticks with me about Al in high school. It seems he and Fred Hanwell brought a bike inside the school. Fred November, 2001 34 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Hanwell was sitting on the handlebars. Al headed for the cafeteria and then jumped off the bike leaving Fred Hanwell sailing through the cafeteria on the handlebars—all by himself. I don’t know what trouble they may have gotten into. Kathleen M. Rees Strohl Sat P.O. Box 23 Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-796-0552 Email: [email protected] Kathy and husband Jim John J Redito/Rekito Missing. Donna Reppard Fri&Sat 32 Masonic Street, #8 Northampton, MA 01060 Phone: 413-586-9168 Email: [email protected] Kathy Retired from Elmira City School District 1/1/ 2000. Left Elmira 4/5/2000, arrived Portland, OR, 7/5/2000. Went to Alaska 1/1/2000. Left Portland 5/16/2001, arrived Elmira 7/16/2001. Retirement wonderful! Two marriages; two children, two grandchildren. Gene Reibson 10921 S. La Serna Dr. Whittier , CA 90604-2330 Email: [email protected] (See Jan Maslinski Reibson.) Kathleen Reidy Carrier 958 Farnham St. Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-734-9323 Email: [email protected] Donna Sat Ronald Ripley Fri&Sat 750 Falck Street Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-2426 Email: [email protected] Retired from NYSEG. Three children, Joseph, James, and Mary. Four grandkids, two boys, two girls. Wife Joyce, EFA ’59. Cathleen Robinson Brookman 29W410 Emerald Green Dr. Unit D Warrenville, IL 60555-2043 November, 2001 35 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Frank Robinson Donald Rosekrans Email: [email protected] Marvin Robinson Missing. Maxine Roupp Condon Missing. Rodney Robinson 126 Berwick Turnpike Wellsburg, NY 14894 Phone: 607-733-7375 Sat 10 Wolcott Drive Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-739-3116 Email: [email protected] Steve Roe 215 W Water St. Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-733-0699 Lance Rohr 270 Lormore St. Elmira, NY 14904 Mary Ellen Rohrer Gowan 201 St. Lucie Lane, Unit B204 Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Phone: 321-868-0954 Email: [email protected] Maxine Retired from Corning, Inc. March 1, 2001 with 33 years service. Single. Have one son and two granddaughters. My Mom, who will be 90 on Jan. 21, lives with me. Spend a lot of time at Ocean City, MD, and Florida. I don’t know how I had time to work. Elizabeth Rourke Enright 29 Lincoln Terrace Brooklyn, NY 11235 Email: [email protected] Patricia Reubens/Rubens Missing. Ellie Mary Ellen is presently relocated to Cocoa Beach, Florida, from Coral Gables, to be near her parents who are relatively well and still living on their own. After a long illness and disability, her dear husband Jim died last December. They had raised their kids, Jim, Jr. and Julie in Watertown, NY, but had been in Florida for several years. Young Jim and his wife now live in Watertown and Julie, with Mary Ellen’s two grandchildren, lives near Buffalo. Mary Ellen was delighted to be found and hopes those who remember her will contact her at her new address (no phone or email yet) and she would love to combine a visit with old friends with a trip to NY to see the family. November, 2001 36 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Suzanne Russ Westbrook 35 Shamrock Dr. Erin, NY 14838 Phone: 607-7390470 Email: [email protected] Diane Scoza Stratton Fri&Sat 10126 Brownwood Avenue Orlando, FL 32825 Email: [email protected] See Stratton for photo. Marcia Seeley Harrian 34 Church St. Savona, NY 14879-9661 Thomas Sheehan Missing. David Sheen Sat P.O. Box 1206 Elmira, NY 14902 Email: [email protected] Suzanne, husband Larry, and granddaughter Elizabeth My husband Larry & I have been married for 37 years and have 3 adult children and 1 grandchild. I just retired Dec. 31st from SCT BOCES after 18 years in the business office. My husband has worked at Hesselson’s for 30 years and is also a part time pastor. We have lived in Erin for the past 24 years. Edward Ryan 30 Belaire Dr Horseheads, NY 14845 Thelma Sanford Korsky Vichy, MO Email: [email protected] Live in Missiouri (not far from Rolla, MO). Would like to go to the reunion but had surgery on both of my feet and can not make it. Hopefully I will make the next one. Have a great time. Karen Sheer Missing. Ernest Sherman Jr 5957 Jim Crow Rd Flowery Branch, GA 31542 Alfred Sherwood Missing. Ward Saunders 579 Lowman Rd. Lowman, NY 14861 Phone: 607-732-0796 (See Susan Comstock Saunders.) Nancy Scaife Missing. Shirley Schock Tebo Deceased. November, 2001 David and wife Susan Gary Shope Deceased. Sharon Short Missing. Craig Siar Deceased. Louis Sigel 52 St. Lawrence Portland, ME 04101 Phone: 207-874-6928 37 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Cecelia Sipple Alan Spencer Deceased. Deceased. Cheryl Smith Jones Berverly Spencer Missing. Portsville Rd. Laurel, DE 19956 (See Robert D. Jones.) Jacquelyn Spink Missing. Joyce Smith Oliver Joan Sponyoe Figueroa 6012 Buck Settlement Rd. Bath, NY 14810 Phone: 607-776-4160 San Juan, PR Email: [email protected] Lloyd Smith Missing. Sharon Smithmen Peyton Fri&Sat Lot 102 Carriage Est. 3374 Lower Maple Ave. Elmira, NY Joan and her family I have been married 33 years to Nadir Figueroa, and living in San Juan , Puerto Rico. He’s a retired accounting manager for the electric company. Sharon Robert Sofia 6134 Red Ridge Trail Bellvue, CO 80512 Phone: 970-221-0511 Email: [email protected] Sandra Somers Williams 120 Curran Road Elmira, NY 14903-9395 Jean Soper Phone: 607-589-4879 Email: [email protected] James Sorenson Missing. Barbara Spence Bergquist 511 Cape Cod Lane # 204 Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 Phone: 407-389-8053 November, 2001 We have three sons, Joseph, 27, computer design engineer for Microsoft in Seattle, M.I.T. graduate. Next is John, 26, Syracuse Univ. grad, graphic, web designer for Sierra on Line in Seattle. Then there is our youngest, Christian, 22, May grad. of Syracuse Univ. He will continue his masters now at New England Conservatory in Boston in Sept., he’s a tenor. They are all still single. I went out of nursing 28 years ago, continued in education and have now worked 20 years part time as an English teacher in a small private elementary school. I get to Elmira about twice a year, I have my mother who is now almost 86 and my sister Ann and her husband in Elmira. She is from the class of 1956 as well as my brother John who lives in Potomac, MD. Their forty fifth reunion is coming up real soon. I saw Marlene and Kathy Kittle when I was home in April. I also keep in touch with Carole Battisti. 38 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook They all have done well and look great. I will truly miss not being at our fortieth but it just didn’t work out. If anyone is planning a visit to San Juan, let me know. Have a marvelous time and put lots of pictures on the web site! Penny Stadelmaier Cardone 45 West Hill Road Elmira, NY 14903 Phone: 607-732-9044 Linda Stahle Comfort 22 Cornell St. Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-733-5216 Ron and I began building our retirement home in South Carolina just before he was diagnosed with cancer. We enjoyed as much time as we could manage there before he died in December, 1999. Now I keep busy with our three girls and five grandchildren, friends, and professional and community organizations. Bill Stone 3905 Bandera Drive Plano, TX 75074 Phone: 972-423-1529 Email: [email protected] Patrick J. Steed 340 Vargo Rd. Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-739-7499 Bill was in the process of moving to Texas and missed the reunion. He sent this message in May: Nelson L. Stermer Deceased. Linda Stiles Rankin 8074 Princess Path Liverpool, NY 13088 Sharon Stimmerman Lowe challenge. I worked in acute care and later long term care. I earned my BS in Health Care Administration and was Director of Nursing at the Chemung County Nursing Facility when I retired in December, 2000. Fri&Sat 107 Guinnip Ave. Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-734-3869 Email: [email protected] Long story short. I retired in Texas after teaching there for twenty years. I had taught in Western New York for six years and so I came back to New York to get a second retirement. I now have enough years and will go back to Texas (Plano which is a suburb of Dallas) where my wife and I live. She is also in Texas and it will be nice to establish a relationship again. Roger Storch 1671 Crescent St. Traverse City, MI 40686 Phone: 231-946-6572 Email: [email protected] Mary Jo Strapple Sheridan San Diego, CA Email: [email protected] Sharon After SHS graduation, I became a Registered Nurse and lived in Buffalo, NY for several years. I returned to Elmira, renewed an old friendship with Ron Lowe and we were married in 1971. We raised our three daughters here so we are all SHS alumni. My nursing career was always an interesting November, 2001 Mary Jo, husband Bob, and Maltese Mimi I live in San Diego and have been here since 1972. I have a husband (my second) and we’ve been 39 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook married 5 years. He works for United Airlines. I don’t have any children or grandchildren, but I have a sweet Maltese dog. Carl Stratton Fri&Sat 10126 Brownwood Avenue Orlando, FL 32825 Email: [email protected] Madeline Posted on the SHS 61 website: I hope to make it to the 61 class reunion. Still keep in touch with some of my classmates! Expecting grandchild #2 in Oct., semi-retired, traveling to Egypt, work for the county part-time. Marilyn Taft Bixler Carl and Diane (Scoza) Fri&Sat 35 Crestview Dr. E. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-732-6512 Email: [email protected] Jeanne Strawn Missing. Walter Swanks Deceased. Dennis J. Sweeney 1004 Sycamore Circle Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-5220 Rosemond Sykes Piatt 2220 State Route 17 Elmira, NY 14901 Phone: 607-733-8261 Madeline Symonds Harrison 754 Reservoir St. Apt B Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-734-8019 Sat Marilyn and husband Fred Married Fred Bixler (SHS Class of ’60) in 1963. Sons Scott, age 34, and Gregg, age 31. Three grandsons. Work part time at Board of Elections. George Tarntino Missing. Cecilia Telech Ryan 821 South Ave. Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-739-7003 November, 2001 40 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Thomas Terkoski Sat 84 Greenridge Drive Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607-734-0182 Michael Ungvarsky 40 Brink St. Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Steve Urbaniak Missing. Robert Usselman Listed on Classmates.com. Jerry Utter Fri 615 Hoffman St. Elmira, NY 14905 Phone: 607 732-7695 Email: [email protected] Robert Van De Bogart Summit Drive Pine City, NY 14871 Tom and wife Marilyn Richard Vandegrift Linda Terry Missing. Ann Terwilliger Wenzl Fri&Sat 1901 East Barden Road Charlotte, NC 28226 Phone: 704-366-6256 Email: [email protected] 3011 Michigan Ave Kissimmee, FL 34744 Phone: 407 847-0740 Email: [email protected] Rick Ann and husband Warren We have 2 sons, Peter and Eric, both married, and 4 grandchildren. I retired from teaching middle school Math and Science last year after 25 years of teaching. Dennis Thayer Deceased 7/18/2001. Sharon Towner Chrisler Deceased. I’m still hauling concrete for CSR Rinker. I just finished 20 years with them. I can get 100% of my union pension at 62. I’m trying to tough it out another 5 years and then retire. It is a real struggle at times with this traffic and all those idiots on the road today. Road courtesy is a thing of the past here. I went to work last night at 11:45 P.M. We hauled 510 yards of concrete to Universal Studios for a new hotel. I’m still married to my wife Stella. We’ve been married 34 years. We’ve got a daughter and a grandson. They live around here, so we get to see them occasionally. I’ve always been into bowling since I worked at St. Mary’s Lanes in Elmira. I was still in high school then. Here I’m on the Board of Directors November, 2001 41 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook of the Greater Orlando Bowling Association. I served as President for two terms and was in charge of one bowling center for the state bowling tournament when it was here (that was 13 weekends straight). I bowl every year in the ABC National Tournament. I am a delegate for our Bowling Association, so I go to the tournament on delegates week each year. That week, we discuss any proposed legislation to change or add to the American Bowling Congress rule book. I also bowl every year in the state tournament and the local association tournament. A few years ago, in the state Tournament, I rolled a 300 game and a 774 series.That was a high point! I was on cloud nine! Nancy VonHendy Baker 95 Combs Hill Rd Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-732-5323 Mary Vosburgh Fri&Sat 3535 Williston Loop Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639 Email: [email protected] Broadway Dept. Store at the Del Amo Shopping Center; then to Kingman, AZ were I worked as a Dental Receptionist; Cleveland, OH were I returned to Northwest Airlines in February of 1973. Another transfer in September of 1974 took us to Bethesda, MD this time I was fortunate that I could transfer with Northwest to their DC office. The end of 1976 my husband & I decided on divorce and I moved to Alexandria, VA which allowed me to remain with Northwest in DC From September 1978 to August 1980 I worked at Washington National Airport with Northwest and for health reasons I had to return to the Reservation Dept. But while I was at the airport I met my “Significant Other”, Bus Slater, who was a Chief Mechanic with Northwest. We decided to “just see where our relationship goes”. UAnd it’s still going. When our office in DC closed in March of 1982, I came to work in our Tampa office. Bus remained in Virginia and it was difficult keeping a relationship going over such long distance. But when he retired in 1991, he started doing the commuting which made it much easier for me. We combined households in 1999 after selling my home in Tampa and Ubuying one in Land O’ Lakes. I also retired in July 1999. Bus has two grown daughters by a previous marriage and I never had any children. We do have one 15 plus year old cat that adopted me in 1987. UWe enjoy some traveling, gardening, swimming in our pool, and in the winter months down here we like to bike especially since we are getting more and more bike trails in the area. I also work on my Family Tree a lot. The computer is very handy for that. Mary After graduation I worked for Winnick’s Army & Navy Store and C & K Laundry before leaving Elmira in June of 1963 for Minneapolis, MN. I had been paying to go to a school there that trained people for government office jobs and airline work. I had thought that I wanted to be a Stewardess. To get my foot in the door I started as a Reservation Agent with Northwest Airlines and was located in Seattle, WA where I met my husband. In 1968 he was transferred to San Francisco with his work and we made our home in San Mateo. Usually I get back to the Elmira area every couple years as I still have family there. It is very difficult to leave when I am up there. The area is the prettiest of anywhere I have lived. But this is home now and I especially enjoy it here when on TV they show the snow blowing and zero temperatures in Elmira. Hope to see all of you in 2006. Carol Webb Missing. Northwest didn’t have an office in the San Francisco area so I went to work for United. His work brought about several more transfers: Los Angeles were we lived in Torrance and I worked as an Assistant Manager of the Jr Fashions at the November, 2001 42 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook Raymond Weiland Fri&Sat Alana Whitmoyer Ely Listed on Classmates.com. 15 Windy Knoll Lowman, NY 14861 Phone: 607-733-5201 I think you may find this surprising about me and my life now... That after marrying at the young age of 15, that I am still with my original husband, happily married with two grown sons, and four grandchildren. It was a struggle, but with the help of our Lord Jesus Christ, we succeeded. Patty Whitney Large Sat 830 Nicole Court West Linn, OR 97068 Phone: 503-656-2285 Email: [email protected] (husband’s) Ray and wife Barb Navy two years. Hardinge Bros. 11 years. Rural postal carrier 27 years. Two children, Shelly and Scott; one grandson, Brandon; spouse Barb. Cliff West Jennings Road Horseheads, NY 14845 John Weston Sat 298 Universal Ave. Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-734-8934 Patty and husband Don Harold Wilcox Missing. Thomas Wilcox Sat 38 Wilcox Drive Elmira, NY 14903 Phone: 607-732-5596 Email: [email protected] John and wife Carol Gary White 743 Robinson Street Elmira, NY 14904 Phone: 607-733-5395 Craig Whitman 2200 East River Road Rochester, NY 14623 November, 2001 Tom I’ve been happly married for 37 years to Ann (Pullen) Wilcox. We’ve threeUwonderful children 43 Elmira Southside High School Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook andUone wonderful, if you can be wonderful when you’re three, granddaughter. I’ve worked at Schweizer Aircraft Corp for 37 years, most of which I’ve been their Plant Engineer. We have aUcottage on Seneca Lake where we can relax. We enjoy boating, fishing, camping, playing on the computer, and many other hobbies. We have a nice home on the hill behind the Mark Twain Golf Course. PS: I had a very nice time at our reunion. I thought the location was great. Judith Wilkinson Moss Sat RR5 Box 258A Wellsboro, PA 16901 Phone: 570-724-7664 Email: [email protected] 128 Lake Wallkill Rd. Sussex, NJ 07461 William Wombough Jr. 183 Howard Landgerfield Vale, NC 28168 William Wood 40 Dungan St. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Esther Young Missing. Jan Yule Altilio Married 40 years. Four daughters. Assistant head nurse, NICU. Living in Texas now but retiring to Wellsboro. Dianne Williams McNeil Jack Wilson Fri&Sat PO Box 604 Millbrook, NY 12545 Email: [email protected] 618 Stillwater Dr. Horseheads, NY 14845 Phone: 607-796-9773 Lee Zepp 16 Frosty Rd. Pine City, NY 14871 Phone: 607-735-0633 Dianne It doesn’t seem possible that it has been 40 years since we graduated because I do not feel that old. But so much life has gone by, it must be real. I’ve raised three strong, independent, beautiful daughters as a single parent, become a RN and then on to be a Nurse Practitioner. After 30 years of state service, I will be retiring as of 9/ 30/01 and have already started teaching in a private school in CT. of only 19 students. I also plan on working at the local bookstore and spending more time with the grandchildren plus my hobbies of gardening, genealogy, sewing and traveling. I would love to hear from all my old friends from SHS and hope to see more of you next time. Don’t wait until the 50th! November, 2001 44