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.

Florida reunion 2010 - including cruise - in the works

Judy Gibson Brumfield of Gainesville, Fla., and John Safran of Bradenton Beach are organizing a reunion in Florida for Gateway grads from the 1960s to be held in the fall of 2010.

They are aiming for a reunion cruise, but they need your input to get the best fares and to make decisions that reflect what the classmates want. And they need this information no later than Dec. 15, 2009.


This is only a survey to find out who might attend and whether they prefer a 3-night cruise, 4-night cruise or 2-night stay at a hotel.

For information, visit http://www.gatewaygators.net/reunions.asp.

Or contact Peggy Loughner Fisher, the Class of 1967 reunion chair, or Alana Miltak Baranick, class blog administrator, whose email addresses are provided in this blog's header.

Of course, I you know how to reach Judy or John, go for it!

Rory O'Leary: 1949-2009

Rory O'Leary, a beloved member of the Gateway Senior High School Class of 1967, died Sept. 18, 2009.

On the left is Rory's senior picture from the 1967 Portavian, our high school yearbook.


On the right is a snapshot of Rory that was taken during our 40th Class Reunion Weekend in 2007.

We're looking for more photos, comments, anecdotes and anything else we can get - even video - to incorporate into his online life story for our "Gators: Gone but not forgotten" tribute pages.

You can add comments to this post or send stuff to me (Alana Miltak Baranick) via email at alana.miltak.baranick@gmail.com.

Thanks.

A glimpse into our collective future????

Young @ Heart's version of The Ramones song, "I Wanna Be Sedated."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyS61DM1vyU