Gators Class of 1967: Gone But Not Forgotten

Greetings, Gators!

If you try the link in the righthand sidebar for postings about our late classmates, you will be disappointed. At this time, it will take you to a generic page that won't work for you.

That's because I used to post obits for our classmates on my own website, which no longer exists. Sorry about that.

However, I do still have those photos and obits. It will take some time, but I plan to repost those obits and add more to this blog. If things go as they should, you will be able to find those obits listed as posts on the sidebar. Or you could find those postings by simply googling or binging the classmates' names.

I hope to eventually post obits for all our deceased classmates. And I'll be asking for more info - and possibly photos - from you.

I'll also be asking about classmates whose whereabouts are unknown or unconfirmed.

You can reach me at alana.miltak.baranick@gmail.com.

Thanks for your patience and help.

- Alana Miltak Baranick

2010 Happy Holidays to and from Gateway's Class of '67

Front l-r: Paula (Nuchols), Bonnie (Gardner), Kathi (Hawkins), Kathie (Mason), Peggy (Loughner); middle l-r: Artie Trunzo, Marti (Wilkinson), Judy (McCluskey), Mike Cima, Tom Kunkle; back l-r: Shirley (Veasey), Tom Gallo, Dianne (Ilgenfritz), crazy Sam Viggiano waving for all of us!!

The Gateway High School Class of 1967 Reunion Committee, pictured above, recently met for a holiday celebration at the home of Mike Cima.

They send seasons greetings on behalf of the Class of '67 to one and all.

You'd better get ready! Tim Billings may be coming to your town!

Tim Billings and his wife, Ruthie, are both fully retired now and have embarked on a 2-3 month retirement road trip.

Their route includes places where relatives and old friends live, as well as tourist attractions. The destinations, length of stay and times of departure are incredibly flexible. They don't have to stick to a strict schedule and, by golly, they aren't going to! After all, they're retired!

After leaving their home in New Jersey on July 12, 2010, they visited relatives in Boston, Mass., and Keene, N.H. Not sure what all they did before making their way to Grove City, Pa., where Peggy Loughner Fisher, the leader of our Gator pack, lives. (Peggy took the photo above.)

Then on July 18, they came to Cleveland, Ohio, where they visited Alana Miltak Baranick (that would be me) and went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Peggy and Dianne Ilgenfritz Brudney met the gang there after taking a side trip to Medina, Ohio, to see classmate Darlene Schwartzmiller Jones.

The Billingses headed south toward Columbus, Ohio, after that, but made a quick adjustment when one of Tim's Vietnam buddies was out of town. The last I heard, they were taking a detour to do the tourist thing in Kentucky.

Tim has promised to share stories from the road on this blog. And you know he's a wonderful storyteller.

Keep checking back to see what he has to say. We'll do our best to mention his new blog posts on Facebook.

As I understand it, Tim and Ruthie will be traveling through Illinois, Minnesota (where Tim's brother, Phil, lives), Montana, Washington State, California, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas (where they'll see our classmate Jay Lehman), Missouri, Alabama, Virginia and Maryland.

They'll check out Yosemite, Sequoia and Carlsbad Caverns national parks. They'll visit Memphis, New Orelans, Roswell, N.M., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., before returning to Jersey.

Contact Tim, if you want to see them when they get to your neck of the woods.

"I know many retirees who spent years planning great adventures for their retirement, yet never managed to do them," Tim said a few weeks ago. "So we are going to start retirement with a bang, and this time I get to see our great country without hitchhiking!"

Remembering our deceased classmates on Memorial Day 2010

Below are the names of late members of the Gateway Senior High School Class of 1967, whose 1967 surnames began with O-Z, including Army PFC Ron Stephenson, who was killed in Vietnam. Click Ron's name below to read more.

We've grouped together others alphabetically on previous blog items.

We will gradually add photos to go with most of the deceased classmates names and links to obituary/tribute pages in the coming days.

GATORS, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Rory O'Leary (May 8, 1949 – Sept. 18, 2009)

Donald J. Powers (Died January 10, 2007)
Deborah Shushereba Holmes (Oct. 29, 1949 - June 19, 2005)

Craig S. Smith (Aug. 14, 1948 - July 14, 2000)

Janet Stamm Dal Lago (June 27, 1949 - Aug. 18, 1996)
Ronald Stephenson (Oct. 14, 1948 - Jan. 20, 1971)
Elizabeth Torch Cheripka (July 10, 1949 - Feb. 10, 2006)

Stephen Walters (April 21, 1949 - September 7, 2007)

Donna West Campbell (May 12, 1949 - December 18, 1988 )
Nancy Wilson Walters (???)

Glenda Winkelvoss Holmes (Died Nov. 19, 2007)

Gary Zummo (1949-1968)

Remembering '67 Gators on Memorial Day 2010

Below are the names of late members of the Gateway Senior High School Class of 1967, whose 1967 surnames began with H-N. We're grouping others together alphabetically on the previous and next few blog items.

We will gradually add photos to go with most of the deceased classmates names and links to obituary/tribute pages in the coming days.

GATORS, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Winifred Hickey Herring (Aug. 30, 1948 - April 20, 2003)

Barbara Hileman Croasdale (Sept. 30, 1949 - Nov. 28, 1983)

Theresa Hysong Behr (Aug. 22, 1949 - Jan. 4, 2009)

Patrick M. Kelley (March 8, 1949 - May 11, 2006)

Jon Klingensmith (July 15, 1949 - March 14, 2005)

Jeffrey Koester (Aug. 30, 1949 - April 15, 1992)

Susan Lathom Randolph (Sept. 7, 1949 - Jan. 15, 1999)

Harry Lauffer (May 31, 1949 - April 1975)

Alex Lawson (Aug. 2, 1948 - Sept. 15, 1985)

Dennis Lichtenfels (Sept. 2, 1949 - March 1985)

Stanley Bruce Lindquist (Dec. 15, 1949 - June 21, 1997)

Victoria Matakas Dunn Fisher (Feb. 19, 1949 - July 19, 2002)

Robert Milne (Aug. 8, 1948 - Nov. 5, 1994)

Remembering our late classmates on Memorial Day 2010

Below are the names of late members of the Gateway Senior High School Class of 1967, whose 1967 surnames began with A-G. We'll group others together alphabetically on the next few blog items.

You can click on some names to read obituary tribute pages. We'd like to do the same for all of our classmates. If you can help with this, please email alana.miltak.baranick@gmail.com.

We started posting high school portraits here and will gradually add more photos in the coming days.

GATORS, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


Alan R. Bennett (Jan. 3, 1948 - Nov. 19, 1996)

Robert Bertera (June 21, 1949 - June 9, 1997)

Earl Bittner (1949-1972)

Fred Bowes. ( Died July 12, 2003)

Tim Brendlinger (July 2, 1949 - Jan. 9, 2000)

Tom Cain (Oct. 24, 1948 - Dec. 19, 1997)

Roseanne Campos Corey (Died Nov. 21, 2007)

Rosemary Ciufo Brown (April 23, 1949 - Oct. 10, 2006)

Robert Corbelli (Feb. 9, 1949 - Dec. 13, 2004)

Richard Crouch (Dec. 15, 1949- Jan. 18, 20/02)

James Domboski. (Aug. 9, 1949 - Nov. 11, 1998)

Cathy Duff Dornin (March 12, 1949 - Aug. 23, 1998)

Joseph Falkowski (Nov. 10, 1949 - Nov. 30, 1994)

Dona Jean Farmer Baker (died Jan. 25, 2010)

Patricia Frohn Balash (June 25, 1949 - Aug. 16, 2004)

Gary Graham (July 29, 1948 - June 12, 1990)

Gateway Class of 1967's 2010 Picnic at Idlewild Park in August

Circle Friday, August 13, 2010, on your calendar. That's the date of this year's class picnic, which will take place at Idlewild Park in Ligonier, Pa., and coincide with Italian Days.

Visit the Idlewild Park website - http://www.idlewild.com/ - for park information and see the impressive Italian Days schedule, which may be updated periodically, at http://www.idlewild.com/park_info/ItalianDay.php.

Peggy Loughner Fisher and Artie Trunzo will provide more class reunion picnic details as they become available.