February 2016 - John F. Kennedy Catholic School

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February 2016
Alumni Highlight: Mr. Richard Bohne
Class of 1972
Mr. Rick Bohne is a 1972 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School. He later
attended the University of Dayton where he earned his B.A. in History in 1976
and his MST in 1981.
Rick began his teaching career in 1978 at Edison Jr. High in Niles. He then moved on
to Summit Country Day and later, Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati
where he still teaches Senior Religion Classes and Humanities. At Archbishop
Moeller, Rick has been an integral part of the learning community, serving as the
Religion Department Chairman, Graduation Moderator and the Moeller Faculty
Administrative Representative. His work in the classroom has been recognized
with numerous awards including the 2009 Marianist Heritage Teaching Award and the 2013 Marianist Founders
Day Award. This is the highest award given at Marianist schools.
His exemplary work in the classroom is mirrored by his work as a coach. Rick’s coaching career began 38 years ago
at Washington Jr. High in Niles, where he served as the Freshman Basketball Coach. From 1979-1985 he coached the
8th Grade Soccer and Basketball teams and served as the Varsity Basketball Assistant at Summit Country Day School.
When Rick began at Archbishop Moeller, he took on a number of different coaching positions; from 1985-1989 he
was the Freshman Basketball/Varsity Assistant and the 1987 Freshman Baseball Coach. He began a storied career
as the Golf Coach in 1987 and still serves as the Varsity Coach today. Coaching honors in this position include
being the 9-time Cincinnati Golf Coach of the Year, 11-time GCL Golf Coach of the Year, 1999 District 2 National
Coach of the Year (NAISC), a 2004 Inductee of Ohio High School Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame and a 2006
Inductee of Moeller High School Hall of Fame. The successes he has led his teams to are numerous; 7 Cincinnati
Enquirer City Champions, 17 Sectional Champions and 2 District Champions. 15 of his teams have qualified for
the State Golf Tournament, teams in 2004 and 2007 were State Runners-Up and his 2014 team were State Champions.
Standout athletes include Neil Lykins 1998 State Champion, Andrew Dorn 2009 State Runner-up and Jake Fox
2015 State Runner-up. Rick has coached 9 All-State Players and 30 College Scholarship Players.
Rick and his wife Janet (Cipriano) married on June 7, 1980. They have two children; daughter Jessica, married to
John on May 17, 2014 and a son, Steven. The Kennedy Family celebrates the excellence that Rick has demonstrated
in his teaching and coaching career and is proud to share with our alumni and friends.
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1965
James Cech
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Retired Finance Manager - Delphi Packard Electric
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Fiddlesticks
Gregory Clark
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Photography
Family Life: Married to Mary Ann for 42 years, two
grown daughters and five grandchildren
Travels: Traveled to Bejing, China as part of international
studies for an MBA degree
Greatest Achievement: Earned commission as a
military officer, learned Chemistry and became
certified as Hazardous Materials Manager
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Working as part of team
producing yearbook
Greatest Achievement: My daughter teaches as an
adjunct instructor for two local colleges in their English
Departments
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Janis Mollica Harbison; Rich Kadvan
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Fiddlesticks
Richard Kadvan
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Retired HR Administrator Delphi Packard
Travels: Lived and worked in Singapore traveled
extensively through Asia and Europe
Greatest Achievement: Attending St. Marys and JFK
which developed initial building blocks for my faith,
family, friends and our freedom
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Jim Vera,
Andy Misocky, Ron Crates, Ken Smith, Tony Iannucci,
Jim Cech, Diane Durno, Cindy Hlas, Jim Penn
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Playing sports and growing
up in such a positive environment and developing
friendships and learning how to work as a team.
Susan (Chandler) Dunn
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Retired
project manager at Stanford University, now a garden
and library volunteer at Filoli, a National Trust property James Penn
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Senior year English Class Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Retired
from the City of Warren Health Dept., favorite hobbies
with Mr. Landis
include community theatre, baseball and collecting music
Family Life: Married to Rene for 26 years
Kathleen (Trink) Fletcher
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Commutes from Niles on
the ancient school bus!
1972
Laurie (Antonelli) Epp
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Teacher
Kathleen (Brandt) Holliday
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Retired Assistant at Liberty Preschool
from SRHS-worked as LCSW doing counseling; avid Favorite Kennedy Memory: Spanish Class
reader
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1975
Travels: In 2004 we took a trip to Paris. It was truly a
trip of a lifetime for us.
Sheila Ciferno
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Retired Greatest Achievement: My three children.
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Debbie
Teacher, part-time staff in the Graduate School of
Education at Otterbein University. Realtor with Keller Roden (Spirko), Josephine Massaro (Salucci),
Maryann Falatic & Gemaine Kopnisky
Williams
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Spirit week. Decorating
Family Life: Daughter, Kirsten and son, Jared
Travels: Visited family in Italy along with my son and the halls with themes from all 4 class levels. Everyone
put a lot of time and thought into making it come
daughter
together. Along with being a part of the band. What a
Greatest Achievement: My greatest accomplishment
great experience.
is my children
Favorite Kennedy Memory: A diverse group of
friends
Rosanne (Kerns) Keckler
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Fiddlesticks!
Judy (Krivanek) McNeish
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Retired teacher, runner
Family Life: Two children, Kaitlin, 25 and Connor, 20
Travels: Scotland/England during Summer 2015. Bell/
chancel choir tour
Greatest Achievement: Running 3 Columbus marathons
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Jean Knoske and Diane Prelac
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Football games and
Algebra with Mr. Zolciak
Ken Raub
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: General
Transportation Coordinator, Materion Brush, Elmore,
OH; Softball Umpire
Family Life: Married to Denise Taillon for 24 years
Travels: Umpired at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium,
Oklahoma City, OK; vacations in Myrtle Beach, SC
Greatest Achievement: Graduating from Youngstown
State University with a BA, majoring in Transportation
Management; Umpiring the US Special Olympics
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Larry Carbone, John Williams, Mike Cilfone,Dan Kearing
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Parking Lot Patrol
1982
Robert Mintus
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Process Control and Automation Engineer;
Margaret Shuttic Ondack
Ordained a Permanent Deacon in 2008
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Akron Public Schools Auxiliary Services, provide private Family Life: Married for 25 years and have 4 children.
Oldest graduated from JFK in 2013 and the other 3 are
schools with tutors, speech therapists, and counselors
Family Life: My husband Tim and I have three children still at the Upper Campus
together, Emma, Mary Margaret and Rex. I also have a Travels: Traveled to Belgium in 1990
stepdaughter Jackie and granddaughter Ava.
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Greatest Achievement: My four children and becoming
a Deacon.
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Dan Farrell
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Pep Band
1985
Lydia (Cibella) Di Liello
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Mrs Prebish’s English
class - she forced me to be a faster more accurate reader.
Now when I read contracts I think of her...
Chris Lee
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Art Club field trip to
New York City
Maria (Sanders) McDaniel
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: I am a
library associate at a Lancaster City Schools Elementary.
I like to read and play Facebook games. We garden and
raise chickens.
Family Life: 2 sons, 27 and 26 years old
Travels: Went to Europe in July 2015
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Science Club
Wendy (Ballesteros) O’Donnell
Professional
Information/Favorite
Hobbies:
Founder & Principal of Capital Pricing Consultants
L.L.C. a revenue management consulting firm which
helps companies optimize & sustain profitability
through the science of pricing
Travels: I have been fortunate to travel to Italy several
times to see family; I love the Italian approach to life,
more relaxed and they enjoy life. I have also been to
Asia and other parts of Europe for business.
Greatest Achievement: After 22 years in the corporate
world working for Fortune 500 and private companies,
opening my own company
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: I just
reconnected with many classmates at our reunion
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
CT Technologist
Family Life: Married to Mike O’Donnell. Have twin
sons Aidan and Sullivan
Travels: Jamaica, Mexico, Bahamas
Greatest Achievement: Being a mom!
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Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Phil
Begalla, Tammy (Baker) Sonson, Michelle (Chedid)
Rawa, many more through Facebook!
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Cheering at football
games.
Jeffrey Williams
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Classmates
1988
Seema Kurup
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Professor of English, William Rainey Harper College
Greatest Achievement: Ph.D. in English and my first
book “Understanding Louise Erdrich”
(U of South Carolina P, 2015)
Favorite Kennedy Memory: All of my memories are
wonderful!
1989
1991
Mary Susan (Richards) Murphy
Family Life: Siblings Maureen, Chuck & John are
Alumni. John coaches the Boys Varsity Basketball Team
Favorite Kennedy Memory: We had a great class that
had a lot of fun all the time. Lifelong friends.
Frank Zamarelli
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Scoring a touch down
senior year in football against Poland High School. 70
yards.
1992
Nicole (Perry) Barbara
Favorite Kennedy Memory: So many great memories!
Maureen Zamarelli
Dennis Van Huffel
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Creative
Director, User Experience Software Design, Swimming,
Guitar
Family Life: Wife: Elizabeth Van Huffel, Sons: Hutton
and Penn Van Huffel
Greatest Achievement: Amazing wife, awesome kids,
great career
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Graduation
Real Estate, Social Work Professions
Family Life: Father, Ed Zamarelli, passed in 2011 (a
great supporter of Kennedy)
Calee (Mrus) Shrum
Travels: Dubai is the most amazing place I have traveled.
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Graduation
Greatest Achievement: My family. The closeness I have
with my brother and sister who are also Kennedy graduates.
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Loved the football and
basketball games.
1990
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Lisa (Lagnese) Peelman
Janelle Consiglio
Favorite Kennedy Memory: The friends that I have
made and still keep in touch with. Years of fun cheerleading memories!
1995
Tedd Gozur
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Winning the last MVC
Conference Title in Basketball
Amy Maloney R.T.
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: I am a
Radiation Therapist at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer
Center
Family Life: One son, Colin 12 years old.
Travels: I have been to Bahamas, Jamaica and Europe.
Greatest Achievement: Both of my professional
licenses and that I help cancer patients and survivors
daily
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Tomica
Barnes, Holly Chism(Fabry) and Michelle Tempesta
Favorite Kennedy Memory: My trip to Europe with
school!
Greatest Achievement: My family
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Michele Sarkos, Michele Glink, Crissy Garland
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Cheerleading
Sara Elizabeth Timmins
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Producer/Actress. Owner Life Out Loud Films
Greatest Achievement: In 2008, SARA ELIZABETH
TIMMINS established Life Out Loud Films to make
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inspiring films with strong female characters that
also make a positive community impact through
the filmmaking process. She recently co-produced
the feature Coming Through The Rye, with Chris
Cooper playing legendary J.D Salinger and Wish
You Well, based on the novel by New York Times
best-selling author David Baldacci starring Ellen
Burstyn, Josh Lucas and Mackenzie Foy. She is
currently in development on several films including
Shoeless Wonders, an inspirational sports drama inspired
by real events and Widows Walk, based on a novel set in
Key West. In 2010, Sara Elizabeth was inducted into the
Opportunity Hall of Fame for her contribution through
filmmaking to economic development in Virginia and is a
qualified independent producer for NBC Universal/IFTA.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Xavier
University and relocated to Los Angeles to follow
her passion. She also worked as a motivational
speaker professionally for 10 years.
Favorite Kennedy Memory:
Speech and Debate weekends
Jennifer Goodman Warbasse
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Stay at home mom to three children 5 & under - Laurel, AJ
and Thomas
Greatest Achievement: My husband & family. Prior
to them, graduating with my MBA from St. Edward’s, a
Catholic University
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Melissa
Epp Frantz from the Class of 1996
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Football games
1996
Jane Timmins Letterhos
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Visual art
teacher 7-12 at Danbury Schools in Marblehead, Ohio
Favorite Kennedy Memory: It’s hard to choose one...
there were so many!
Maggie Heltzel Schumacher
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Former
Assistant Principal at St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary
School in Cleveland, OH. Currently a stay at home
mom but stay active in my community and am a
current member of the Associate Board of Boys Hope
Girls Hope in Cleveland, OH. Recipient of Cleveland
Cavaliers “Head of the Class” Award for Outstanding
Teaching in Cleveland, OH. Former Teacher of 6-8
Language Arts and Reading in Cleveland, OH.
Family Life: I have been married to Brett for almost 7
years and we are the proud parents of Izzy, who is 3 and
keeps us extremely busy. I am fortunate to be able to
stay home with her and volunteer at her school when
I am able. I love being a stay at home mom and look
forward everything that is yet to come. It goes by so
fast. I am close to my parents and siblings too which
makes raising Izzy all the more fun!
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Travels: Recently, we took Izzy to Disneyworld for the
Christmas Parade- although it was exhausting, it was
truly amazing to see this through the eyes of a child!
How quickly I forgot!
Greatest Achievement: I am most proud of my
daughter Izzy and what a smart, funny and talented
young girl she is. Being a mom is the most humbling
experience ever as well as one of the most difficult. I
have never felt so much reward than I do at the end of
each day with her.
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Thanks to
social media, I have kept in touch with many classmates
and remain close with most friends from high school
both in my graduating class and from others.
Favorite Kennedy Memory: My favorite Kennedy
memory would be the closeness that I felt while
attending school there. It really was a close knit
community and I learned so much from my peers,
teachers, coaches, etc. I am proud to be an Eagle and
am grateful for the opportunities I have received as a
result of attending school there.
1999
Nicole Eberle
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Marketing Manager 1 for Cleveland Clinic. Working
on the Cleveland Clinic Children’s business. Prior to
this, worked on the Heart & Vascular Institute, which
has been ranked the #1 Heart Center in the nation by
U.S. News and World Report for 21 consecutive years.
In my spare time I take Italian lessons. I’m also big into
fitness and am a Beachbody coach. I also enjoy dancing,
swimming, bowling, pool, biking, concerts, movies,
traveling and spending time with friends and family.
Travels: I had the opportunity to travel to various
U.S. cities when I worked in Advertising including
Charlotte, Raleigh, Birmingham, New Orleans,
Savannah, Charleston, Pensacola, Boca Raton,
Newport Beach, Dallas, Chicago, and Minneapolis.
My goal is to get back to Italy to visit my family
and also to see Hawaii one day!
Greatest Achievement: I’m proud that I’m an
independent woman who’s been able to establish
my career, buy my own home and make a life for
myself without having to rely on anyone else.
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: Kristen
Puccetti and Angela Miller. Various others I’m able to
catch up with thanks to Facebook!
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Being cast as one of the
lead roles in our production of Grease. I had a blast
being Jan, one of the pink ladies in that play and will
never forgot the wonderful memories we made with
that production!
Katie Vincer Sears
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Diagramming sentences
for Mrs. Prebish ;)
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Kellie Kovac
Lindsay Rider
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Meeting friends that have
become family.
2005
TJ Groner
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Audit Manager, Ernst & Young
Family Life:
Married in July 2013 to Christine Nader Groner
Greatest Achievement: Three time graduate from
Wake Forest University with an Bachelor’s Degree in
Health & Exercise Science (2009), Master’s Degree in
Accountancy (2010), and MBA (2015)
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Any moment spent with
Father Petrunak
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Web Designer at Frankly Inc. in NYC. Still making art
and still playing soccer!
Family Life:
I now have a chubby and adorable nephew!
Travels: I’ve gotten to travel a ton and I’m super
Maribeth Schiavone
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Nurse grateful. I’ve been all over the U.S. & traveled to 8
Practitioner at Sharon Regional Health System countries in the Mediterranean over a 3 month period
which was awesome.
Gastroenterology Office
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Senior Prom, any Greatest Achievement: Exploring new places is an
on-going one. Don’t be afraid to branch out. Home &
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family is always there for when you return!
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with: I feel very
fortunate to have such a close-knit class. Everyone is
Ashley Mann Jarosi
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Gas pretty much family and it’s not just my grade in particuTechnician for Duke Energy, undergraduate studies lar. I’m still close with a lot of people who weren’t in my
graduating class. I see a good group every time I make it
BGSU, graduate studies University of Cincinnati
back to Warren.
Family Life: Married, expecting first child
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Speech tournaments. They Favorite Kennedy Memory: I have way too many.
Particularly sneaking out of every class to go to Mrs.
were a lot of fun and I loved hosting them at JFK.
Binko’s room to paint or draw...hey, at least I made a
career out of it. Can’t give me a detention for that ;)
2008
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Greatest Achievement: Being a part of the JFK 2006
State Football Team
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Thomas Mariani, Steve Procopio and Patrick Sylvester
Favorite Kennedy Memory: Going 10-0 in Football my
sophomore year
2010
Carmen Altobelli
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law Enforcement
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies: Salon and Administration from YSU. I currently am employed
Owner/Manager at Little Princess Palace Warren, Ohio as a Howland Police Officer.
Family Life: I married in 2011, I have 2 beautiful Family Life:
children Natalia Grace (3) Santino Joseph (1) my Recently engaged to classmate Kimberly Sylvester
true inspirations and blessings!
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Favorite Kennedy Memory: My favorite Kennedy Kimberly Sylvester
memory was being nominated as my class homecoming Favorite Kennedy Memory:
queen. It meant more to me than a fancy crown; I was Tennessee baseball trip during spring break
a true honor to have had so many people apart of my
life from my class to the underclassmen beneath me. I Kimberly Sylvester
truly loved them all and that moment was one of the Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
highlights of my life. Father Petrunak made a huge I attended Miami University for my undergraduate
impact on my life, I would give anything to be able career to receive a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and
to thank him for all he had done for all of us. The Family Studies. I am currently pursuing a Ed.S. Degree in
best four years of my life were the memories built school psychology. I also work as a graduate assistant for
upon with my fellow eagles and teachers. True fun Student Accessibility Services at Kent State University. I
memories I’ll always cherish and keep very dear to my still enjoy playing sports and staying active!
heart!!
Family Life:
I was just recently engaged to Carmen Altobelli ’10
Which Eagles have you kept in touch with:
Ryan Lukz
Mara (Steines) Perisa, Alexandra Schiavone, Alex
Professional Information/Favorite Hobbies:
Raeburn, Madeline (Wilson) Spond and Jerrica Cooper
Watching the Michigan Wolverines, Miami Dolphins Favorite Kennedy Memory: Although there were
and Cavaliers
many, making it to the state championship for softball
was the best!
2009