Sunday, October 31, 2010

Update Oct. 31, 2010

UPDATE: 10-31-2010
Sadly, John Crean passed away Oct. 24th, 2010. His services were Oct. 28th in Linwood, NJ. John was a carpenter supervisor for the Borgota Casino. I'll post a link to the courierpostonline.net shortly. He was pre-deceased by his brothers, Kevin and Gene. I knew John from homeroom in CCHS. We didn't have any classes together, but twice a day I would see him in Fr. Vic's homeroom. Between John and Father Vic (Yorio - died in 2007), it was like comedy central! The description of John as being in a state of "constant comedic humor" is how I remember him. If John, Fr. Vic and Dr. Joe Williams (died 2008) are together, there is surely plenty of laughter. God Bless them all.

UPDATE: 10-25-2010
We just heard from Tom Stacy (CapeMay, NJ) that Tom Moorehead passed away in April 29, 2009. Tom looked him up in Florida, and didn't find out until later. Tom was a CPA with a a small but famous group of clientelle. I'll post the notice later.

UPDATE: 8-25-2010
Sadly, Al Dowell Jr. passed away Aug 25, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Al changed my life in the early 1970's by giving me some detailed, automotive technical advice that I could not find anywhere else! This led to a great 15 year run in the automotive service industry. Thanks, Al, I always remembered you for that.  - Bud (Walt)

UPDATES: 8-23-2010
We just heard Kathy Hennessey passed away in July, 2010. I can't find a public notice, so I suppose services were private. She is survived by 10 brothers or sisters, and I think resided in Berlin, NJ. Keep her and her family in your prayers.

OTHER PASSINGS:
Father Victor Yorio - 2007 , died suddenly in Florida. He had left the priesthood, and was married (later divorced) and had 4 children.

Dr. Joe Williams - died suddenly in Aug. 2008, suddenly. Dr Joe was another hilarous individual! Joe and I shared some classes in CCHS. So, I had John Crean and Fr Vic in homeroom, and Joe Williams in classes! I spent as much time LAUGHING, as I did LEARNING!

Jim Piot - died in Phila., within a day or so of Joe Williams, in Aug. 2008.

Linda McMahon Foster - died in 2009 in Florida. I went to grade school at St Peters with Linda, and remember her great accordion performances (I played, but not so well). When told of Linda's passing, classmates remembered her for her beautidul, long blonde hair, in grade school.

Al Pelych - passed away also in 2009, in Florida, only a 10 miles or so from Linda McMahon. He was single, had a sister in Alaska.

Jim Seitz - passed away in 1999. We didn't hear about this until this year, as we were mailing a sibling at the old high school address.

THESE ARE WHO WE ARE AWARE OF SINCE THE LAST REUNION, IN 2006.