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We are sorry to report that Bill Chavez died on August 21. Bill broke some ribs from a fall in the bathroom and was hospitalized. He developed pneumonia with some other complications and passed within a few days. Click here for Bill’s death notice.
COVID-19 CONDITIONS PENDING – Is there a chance that we can have a 60th reunion in 2021 while there are some of us still around?
To which your hopeful webmaster responds: Let’s hope things are better by the fall. Keep your fingers crossed. And maybe a few prayers!
We don’t have much news on the Bulletin Board these days. Unfortunately, when we have news it’s usually the death of a classmate. Deceased classmates are memorialized on our Deceased Classmates page, but that page has gotten rather long over the past sixty years. Here is a listing of deaths since our 55th Reunion in 2016.
For most of these classmates you’ll find a link for more information on the Deceased Classmates page. If you know of any deceased classmates not on our list, please let us know.
Eleven classmates traveled to Sonoma on September 1 to celebrate the life of John Shirley. Here they are posing with John’s wife, Julie. Seated: George Walker, Paul Kunny, Tom Kosta, Jack Queen, Julie Shirley, Tom Meschery; standing: Cole Buxton, Al Cattalini, Paul Forney, Don Dirito, Jack Dold, Bill Celli.
Tom poses with his parents and sister at his 1961 graduation.
The Japan Times, Japan’s largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper, recently printed a three-part series on Tom Meschery. Published over a 5-week span, the lengthy articles provide interesting glimpses of what’s been going on in Tom’s life over the past 79 years.
Part 1 - Eclectic Meschery has lived rich life in NBA, literature
Part 2 - Love of poetry, books made Meschery unique in NBA
Part 3 - Memories of war have had profound effect on Meschery
A note from Jack Dold: I wanted to let the guys know about my latest book to be published. It’s called
And The Swan Died,
a tale about the last days and Final Judgment. What would you do if you knew the earth had four months to live? I have to admit, the story takes turns that I didn’t envision when I started this about two years ago. I hope folks enjoy it.
More information — and opportunities to purchase — are available at Amazon.com.
Our hearts are with Jim Looney as we follow up on our earlier email report of the death of his wife, Diana, on September 14. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, September 24 at Rogers Funeral Home, 507 W. 2nd Street, Frankfort, KY preceded by visitation beginning at noon. Click here for Diana’s death notice.
We give a big hug to John Marty as we follow up on our earlier email report of the death of his wife, Maureen, on August 29. Services are scheduled as follows: Visitation - Friday, September 9, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Hamilton-Mylan Funeral Home, 302 W. 11th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Rosary - Saturday, September 10, 2016, 10:15 a.m., Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 4723 NW Franklin Street, Vancouver, WA 98663 followed by 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at the church. Click here for Maureen’s death notice.
Al at our 50th Reunion, July 16, 2011
Again, we sadly say goodbye to a beloved classmate. Al Murray passed away on May 22. For more information, please click here.
Friday: George and Don are busy planning the Friday night barbecue. We’ll have the RSVP feature up and running soon. We’ll let you know when it’s available.
Saturday: We got word from the College today that we will have a private cocktail party and dinner following the 5pm Reunion Mass in the chapel. You can read all about on-campus reunion events on the College website.
Bill Gerth reports the sad news that Marty Callaghan passed away on July 3, 2015. Marty is survived by his wife, Fran (49919 Meadowview Drive, Oakhurst, CA 93644 callaghan@sti.net 559-642-2850).
For more information, visit our Deceased Classmates page.
Planning is well underway for Reunion Weekend, July 22-24, 2016. The weekend begins with a Friday barbecue organized by George Walker and Don Dirito. You can read about it here. George and Dan are working out the details and soon you’ll be able to RSVP on this website. We’ll send you an email when there’s news.
Your reunion committee has been working with the College to create a special experience for our Class on Saturday, July 23. It looks like an exclusive cocktail party and dinner for the Class of ’61 following the 5pm Reunion Mass in the chapel. You can read all about on-campus reunion events on the College website. Again, we’ll let you know when there are new developments affecting our class.
Reunions always bring up the subject of classmates who are no longer with us. We want to remember our deceased classmates but we sometimes don’t know they’re gone. The College has compared its list with ours (we had 35 names on our list) and identifed seven additional classmates who have passed away. They are:
If you have any information about these departed classmates please share it with us. Meanwhile, we have removed their names from our Class Directory or Missing Classmates page, as appropriate, and added them to our listing of Deceased Classmates.
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