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Connecti Alumni n St. Vincent-St. Mary High School Alumni Magazine Spring 2008 JACK FITZPATRICK V44 THOMAS JESSER V53 PATRICK VERDERICO M61 THOMAS J. STECZ V65 KEVIN MCDONALD V71 KATHLEEN ROMAN MICHEL VM81
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<strong>Connecti</strong><br />
<strong>Alumni</strong><br />
n<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> Magazine Spring 2008<br />
JACK FITZPATRICK<br />
V44<br />
THOMAS JESSER<br />
V53<br />
PATRICK VERDERICO<br />
M61<br />
THOMAS J. STECZ<br />
V65<br />
KEVIN MCDONALD<br />
V71<br />
KATHLEEN ROMAN MICHEL<br />
VM81
Page One<br />
Contents<br />
IT’S HAPPENING HERE: L-R: Elizabeth Mundy, Julie Wolf, and Rachel Wotowicz<br />
6<br />
9<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Accomplishments<br />
Our <strong>Alumni</strong> continue to make a mark on the<br />
communities in which they live, the companies<br />
for whom they work, and the generations they<br />
inspire.<br />
Class Reunions<br />
Classes from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> gathered together once<br />
again to share the memories of their high<br />
school years.<br />
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35<br />
Mahar Awards<br />
The 2008 Fr. Thomas F. Mahar Award<br />
Recipients are highlighted, as are the newly<br />
established Irish Crusader Award winners.<br />
They will be honored at the Annual Mahar<br />
Banquet to be held Thursday, April 24, 2008.<br />
<strong>School</strong> News<br />
Read all the latest news being made by our<br />
students and faculty, plus a recap of the Fall<br />
2007 Irish sports highlights.<br />
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Plan Ahead<br />
April 11, 2008<br />
3 on 3 <strong>Alumni</strong> Basketball<br />
Tournament<br />
April 17-20, 2008<br />
Brigadoon Spring Musical<br />
April 24, 2008<br />
Fr. Mahar Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Awards Banquet<br />
May 1, 2008<br />
Speaker Series:<br />
Jim Christian<br />
May 12, 2008<br />
Annual Family and Memorial<br />
Scholarship Reception<br />
May 22, 2008<br />
Jim Kelly Memorial<br />
Scholarship Annual Reverse<br />
Raffle & Silent Auction<br />
May 23, 2008<br />
Senior Farewell Mass<br />
May 28, 2008<br />
Baccalaureate Mass<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Bernard Church<br />
May 31, 2008<br />
Graduation<br />
EJ Thomas Hall<br />
September 5, 2008<br />
Shamrock Society<br />
Mass & Reception<br />
September 26, 2008<br />
Come Home for<br />
Homecoming
Irish Greeting<br />
Dear <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Please Join Me in Congratulating the 2008 Mahar Recipients and<br />
Newly Established Irish Crusader Award Winners<br />
The spring issue of the <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Connecti</strong>on is dedicated to the 2008 Father Thomas F.<br />
Mahar Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong> Award recipients. Each year, the impressive successes of some of<br />
our alumni are spotlighted throughout this special award. Nominated by their peers, friends,<br />
family or workmates, the alumni award recipients are selected based upon their<br />
accomplishments in ministry, service to youth, service to school, service to community<br />
and/or professional achievement. In addition, the STVM <strong>Alumni</strong> Association has an exciting<br />
announcement regarding the newly established Irish Crusader Award.<br />
Congratulations to our six Fr. Thomas F. Mahar Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong> recipients. Our<br />
annual dinner honoring the <strong>Alumni</strong> award winners and the newly established Irish Crusader<br />
Award recipients will be held April 24, 2008 at Tangier Restaurant. For more information on<br />
this event and this year’s recipients turn to page 27. All are invited to attend this event and<br />
celebrate the special achievement of our alumni, our friends, our family and our school.<br />
Be sure to mark your calendars and attend the fun events that are planned this Spring.<br />
I look forward to seeing you!<br />
Many blessings to you and your family,<br />
Kathy Zehenni Holaday VM77<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Director<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL<br />
15 N. Maple <strong>St</strong>reet, Akron, Ohio 44303<br />
(330) 253-9113<br />
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE<br />
Jim Conlon<br />
Thomas Freeman<br />
Rev. Joseph Kraker<br />
Anthony S. Manna<br />
Timothy Rickus<br />
Fred Ost / ex officio<br />
ENDOWMENT BOARD<br />
Donald Utrup / President<br />
Morris Laatsch / Vice President<br />
Geraldine “Jerry” Kelly / Secretary<br />
Thomas Presper / Treasurer<br />
Pat Heslop Baker<br />
Tim Castrigano<br />
Daniel Figliola<br />
John Haag<br />
Deidre Hanlon<br />
Bill Henkel<br />
James Leslie<br />
Louis A. Maglione<br />
Louis D. Maglione<br />
Dave Dages<br />
Edward Metzger<br />
George Newkome, Ph.D<br />
Michael Ochsenhirt<br />
Peter Piglia<br />
David Rathz<br />
Jean <strong>St</strong>audt<br />
Ralph Trecaso / Financial Advisor<br />
CHAPLAIN<br />
Father Gordon Yahner<br />
HEADMASTER<br />
David V. Rathz<br />
CFO/DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR<br />
Tim Castrigano<br />
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION<br />
Burke <strong>St</strong>ephens / Dean of <strong>St</strong>udents<br />
Ken McDonald / Campus Ministry<br />
Carol Gill / Academic Advisor<br />
Dan Nichols / Director of Operations<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
Joanne Zaratsian / Fiscal Resources<br />
Susie Wallace / Financial Aid Coordinator<br />
Peggy McDonald / Secretary<br />
ALUMNI<br />
Kathy Zehenni Holaday / <strong>Alumni</strong> Director<br />
PUBLIC RELATIONS<br />
Patty Burdon<br />
ADMISSIONS<br />
Joanne Wiseman<br />
Anne Bickett<br />
Pat Kokoczka / Secretary<br />
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR<br />
Gerald Chase<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Howard / Asst. Athletic Director<br />
BUSINESS<br />
<strong>St</strong>ella Weigand / Controller<br />
Jim Hadley<br />
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR<br />
Jerry Kelly<br />
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<strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
President’s Corner<br />
Dave Dages, <strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
Dave Dages VM78<br />
Dear <strong>Alumni</strong>, Family & Friends,<br />
One of the goals for the 2007-2008 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association Board of<br />
Officers is to better acquaint you with your <strong>Alumni</strong> Association. The<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Connecti</strong>on magazine is a wonderful vehicle for achieving that<br />
goal. We hope you will agree.<br />
To keep you informed about your <strong>Alumni</strong> Association, we wanted to<br />
mention our Mission <strong>St</strong>atement. Please contact me with any ideas that<br />
you might have to help us promote this mission. I can be reached via<br />
e-mail at: ddages@stvm.com<br />
Your input and information is important to us. Please take a moment<br />
and fill out the reply card that is included in this magazine. We are<br />
interested in hearing from you.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Association Mission <strong>St</strong>atement:<br />
The purpose of the STVM <strong>Alumni</strong> Association is to foster a continuing spirit of friendship,<br />
tradition and loyalty among the alumni of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>, and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>s, and to sponsor and direct activities which will further the interests of its members<br />
and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Tailgate<br />
Party<br />
Puts The Fun<br />
Into Fall<br />
Your <strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
hosted the third annual<br />
“Fall Football Fun” Tailgate<br />
Party at the home game<br />
(STVM vs. Clear Fork) on<br />
Friday, August 31, 2007. The<br />
evening was well attended<br />
by close to 300 and the old<br />
fashioned cookout was<br />
enjoyed by alumni, friends<br />
and families as well as<br />
reunion classes!<br />
FAQs<br />
STVM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION<br />
Quick Facts+Frequently Asked Questions<br />
3<br />
Did you know…<br />
> The STVM <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Association is a selffunded<br />
organization<br />
and operates separately<br />
from the high school.<br />
> The <strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
Board is made up of 3<br />
elected officers and 5<br />
appointed chairs.<br />
> Elections take place<br />
every spring and new<br />
officers begin their term<br />
in June.<br />
> <strong>Alumni</strong> Association dues<br />
are only $10 per year<br />
(July 1-June 30).<br />
> Your $10 dues<br />
membership is used<br />
to help defray the cost<br />
for:<br />
• Annual Scholarships<br />
Awarded every April to<br />
eligible Junior <strong>St</strong>udents<br />
that have alumni parent(s).<br />
• Senior <strong>Alumni</strong> Pins<br />
Awarded during the<br />
Senior Farewell Mass to<br />
welcome our newest<br />
alumni into the<br />
association.<br />
-First year of membership<br />
is provided at no charge.<br />
• Sponsored Events<br />
-Mahar Banquet –<br />
awards, programs,<br />
invitations<br />
-Winter <strong>Alumni</strong> &<br />
Friends Night–free pizza<br />
& subs<br />
-Memorial Mass –<br />
invitations, flowers,<br />
refreshments<br />
• Correspondence<br />
Primarily mailing you the<br />
membership card after<br />
you have paid your annual<br />
dues!<br />
Events<br />
> Annual Tailgate Party –<br />
traditionally the 2nd home<br />
game<br />
> Winter <strong>Alumni</strong> & Friends<br />
Night<br />
> Annual Memorial Mass<br />
> Fr. Thomas F. Mahar<br />
Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Awards Banquet<br />
> Senior Pin Ceremony<br />
(at Senior Farewell Mass<br />
in May)<br />
> Introduction of the Irish<br />
Crusader Award<br />
SEND IN YOUR $10.00 ANNUAL DUES... ANYTIME!<br />
3 ON 3 ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT<br />
Friday, April 11, 2008 6:00 p.m. • <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Gym • $60 per team<br />
Open to alumni & faculty (register as team or individual)<br />
Contact Sean Walter at 330-352-9071 or sean@rivervalleypaper.com<br />
L-R: Eileen Walter Moats VM80,<br />
Marcy Smith VM86, Brian Kluender<br />
VM04, and Chris Dougherty Marks<br />
V72 help out at Winter Night<br />
Winter<br />
Night<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
Shows Support<br />
For Boys<br />
Basketball Team<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> and friends came to<br />
school to watch the Fighting<br />
Irish Boys Basketball team<br />
vs. Akron North. After the<br />
game, the alumni and their<br />
families were invited to the<br />
<strong>St</strong>udent Center for<br />
complimentary pizza, subs,<br />
snacks, pop and a good time<br />
at the 5th Annual Winter<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> & Friends Night<br />
hosted by the STVM<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Association.
<strong>Alumni</strong> News<br />
Don M56 and Darlene Utrup presenting Melissa (age 7) and Mackenzie (Age 10) with their<br />
future STVM scholarship letters and t-shirts. Tom Dangel V60 (background far left)<br />
Mike Dangel Benefit<br />
Alum Receives Support from STVM Community<br />
A benefit was held in honor<br />
of Mike Dangel VM84 as he<br />
endures his eight year battle<br />
with an aggressive form of MS.<br />
The benefit was held on<br />
October 19th at <strong>St</strong>. Hilary’s<br />
Horning Hall and over 750<br />
people attended to show their<br />
ongoing support to Mike, his<br />
wife Carol and two daughters<br />
Mackenzie and Melissa. Mike’s<br />
condition now requires<br />
handicap accessible renovations<br />
to their Copley home and<br />
funding to cover the immense<br />
cost of his nursing care as well<br />
as a handicap van.<br />
There were many special parts<br />
of this evening especially the<br />
wide spread community support<br />
from STVM alumni and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Hilary <strong>School</strong> faculty, staff,<br />
parish and many school<br />
families. In addition, many<br />
supporters from surrounding<br />
parishes such as <strong>St</strong>. Sebastian,<br />
Immaculate Heart of <strong>Mary</strong> and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> attended or sent in<br />
donations.<br />
The night was capped off by<br />
an amazing surprise presented<br />
to Mike and Carol by Don M56<br />
and his wife, Darlene Utrup. If<br />
Mackenzie and Melissa meet all<br />
requirements for entrance to<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> and they apply and meet<br />
all criteria of select Family and<br />
Memorial Scholarships they will<br />
be awarded $2,000 per year<br />
from the scholarship. One of<br />
Mike’s biggest goals for his<br />
daughters is that they attend his<br />
alma mater and now this should<br />
become a reality.<br />
The Dangel family, including<br />
Mike and Carol, and his parents,<br />
Tom V60 and Poochie Dangel,<br />
would like to send out their<br />
heartfelt thanks to all who<br />
contributed their time, talents,<br />
prizes, monetary contributions<br />
as well as the many prayers.<br />
They feel very blessed to have<br />
the outreach of such an amazing<br />
community during this time of<br />
challenge.<br />
Contributions can be made to<br />
the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> Endowment Fund, in<br />
“Honor of Mike Dangel,” 15 N.<br />
Maple <strong>St</strong>reet, Akron, OH 44303.<br />
Or direct contributions for<br />
medical expenses made payable<br />
to: “Smith Barney-FBO Mike<br />
Dangel”, c/o Smith Barney, 50 S.<br />
Main <strong>St</strong>reet, Suite #504, Akron,<br />
OH 44308.<br />
Photograph courtesy of West Side Leader,<br />
Ken Crisafi photographer<br />
Don’t Leave Home Without<br />
Your <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Connecti</strong>on<br />
Dick M54 and Bev M54 Waltz enjoy staying<br />
connected to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
even when Cruising the Caribbean during their<br />
recent Panama Canal Cruise on the Coral Princess<br />
Cruise Ship (Princess Cruise Lines).<br />
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<strong>Alumni</strong> News<br />
5<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Tie the Knot<br />
Oliverio VM00 and Williamson VM99<br />
When Rob Williamson VM99 and<br />
Catherine Oliverio VM00 married this past<br />
September, it was truly a <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
union and reunion.<br />
Their wedding party included several<br />
classmates: Shane <strong>St</strong>rnad VM99,<br />
Ryan Kennedy VM99, Nate Goik VM99,<br />
Bill McDonald VM00, Dan Marks VM00,<br />
Brian Mancino VM00, Sal Oliverio VM03,<br />
<strong>Vincent</strong> Oliverio VM09, Annie Ochsenhirt<br />
VM00, Anna Conrad Armagno VM00,<br />
Jennifer Gilbride Wernig VM00; Marta<br />
Targosz Buist VM00; and Mamie Williamson<br />
VM06. A special remembrance was included<br />
for Rob’s classmate and close friend, the late<br />
Ray Tricomi VM99.<br />
Pictured are: (Top) Catherine Oliverio<br />
Williamson and Jen Gilbride Wernig<br />
(Bottom) Bill McDonald, Shane <strong>St</strong>rnad and<br />
Rob Williamson.<br />
Spoonster VM01 and Wooley VM01<br />
Christine Spoonster VM01 and<br />
Christopher Wooley VM01 were married<br />
July 7, 2007, at the Sharon Center Circle<br />
Gazebo in Sharon Center, Ohio. The couple<br />
lives in Sharon Center where they own and<br />
run Lily Valley Farm. Christine trains horses<br />
and teaches riding lessons. Christopher is<br />
attending The University of Akron where he<br />
is working towards becoming a Special<br />
Education teacher.<br />
Sadar VM02 and Scarbrough VM02<br />
Jennifer Sadar VM02 and Brent<br />
Scarbrough VM02 announce their<br />
engagement. The couple plans to be married<br />
on August 30, 2008 at <strong>St</strong>. Sebastian Church in<br />
Akron, Ohio.<br />
Jennifer & Brent met when they were 14<br />
years old and freshmen at STVM. Jennifer is<br />
a graduate of Ohio University and will<br />
graduate in May 2008 from the University of<br />
Akron with her Master’s Degree. Brent<br />
graduated from Ashland University and will<br />
earn his Master’s Degree in August 2008 from<br />
the University of Phoenix.<br />
The wedding party will include these<br />
STVM alumni: Julie Sadar VM98, Emily<br />
Ochsenhirt VM02, Scott Sadar VM95, Brian<br />
Scarbrough VM01, and Joe Osolin VM01.<br />
M49<br />
Classmates<br />
Marry in<br />
2008<br />
The <strong>Alumni</strong> Office received a phone call and decided this<br />
was one human interest story that needed to be included in our<br />
magazine!<br />
Marcelline Meyer Grassman Trares M49 writes….<br />
Here are some statistics about our relationship that led to my<br />
marriage to Bob Trares M49 on January 5, 2008.<br />
We never dated in high school but we were friends. He was<br />
our Class Treasurer and worked on all the class reunions and so<br />
did I. Consequently, we never lost track of each other. I knew<br />
his wife, Irene, and had been to his house for reunion meetings.<br />
Our spouses are both deceased — my husband, also named<br />
Bob, died in 1987 and his wife, Irene, died in 1994.<br />
Bob has belonged to the Knights of Columbus since 1950.<br />
He has been a 4th Degree Member since 1963. He is very active<br />
in his Monsignor O’Keefe Assembly where he is the<br />
Comptroller. When they were planning their 100th year<br />
Anniversary celebration in 2002, Bob called and asked me to<br />
attend the celebration with him. I was thrilled! It started with<br />
Mass offered by Bishop Sheldon at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Church where we<br />
had attended many times as students. How fitting! During the<br />
mass, Bob took his rosary out of his pocket and I was instantly<br />
impressed. How many guys carry their rosary in their pocket<br />
these days (besides my 5 brothers)?<br />
We continued to see each other and just fell in love! Since<br />
this relationship started with the Knights of Columbus, it was<br />
only fitting that they should be a part of our wedding. They<br />
marched and formed an honor guard for us and some of the<br />
Knights were from Bob’s assembly and some from Monsignor<br />
Hannon Assembly in Wooster, Ohio where my brothers belong.<br />
We had asked our classmate, Fr. Zeisig to officiate during our<br />
wedding. Unfortunately, Fr. Zeisig passed away on the day we<br />
were married. The wedding was truly a family affair and a<br />
wonderful celebration.<br />
I have 7 daughters, 1 foster son, 26 grandchildren and 5 great<br />
grandchildren. One granddaughter and great granddaughter<br />
are deceased. Bob has 2 daughters, 1 son and 5 grandchildren.<br />
He didn’t get married until 1964 so he had a late start!<br />
Anyway, we have quite a group when we all get together. We are<br />
currently living in Wooster, Ohio and are both so happy that<br />
we found each other. We are looking forward to a wonderful<br />
life together.
<strong>Alumni</strong> Accomplishments<br />
Former<br />
<strong>St</strong>udents<br />
Honor<br />
Mr. Klotz<br />
Anne McDonald McGovern V65<br />
and Bob McDonald V67<br />
Anne McDonald<br />
McGovern V65 and her<br />
brother Bob McDonald V67<br />
were among 12,000 athletes<br />
in the 2007 National Senior<br />
Games in Louisville,<br />
Kentucky.<br />
Anne participated in 6<br />
events. Her best efforts were<br />
10th place in the 100 yard<br />
breaststroke, 12th in the 50<br />
breaststroke and 13th in the<br />
100 backstroke.<br />
Bob participated in 5<br />
events. His best efforts were<br />
7th place in the 50<br />
backstroke and 8th in the<br />
100 backstroke.<br />
Earlier in the year Anne<br />
and Bob both completed the<br />
USMS 1 hour postal swim.<br />
Katie Dannemiller VM85<br />
Katie Dannemiller VM85<br />
was selected as the 2007<br />
Woman of the Year by the<br />
South Atlantic League and<br />
received the award at the<br />
eighth annual Awards<br />
Luncheon held on October<br />
18, 2007 in Asheville, North<br />
Carolina. Katie is currently<br />
the Greensboro<br />
Grasshoppers’ Vice President<br />
of Baseball Operations.<br />
Brian Windhorst VM96<br />
Brian Windhorst VM96<br />
recently co-authored a book<br />
with Terry Pluto, “The<br />
Franchise: Lebron James and<br />
the Remaking of the<br />
Cleveland Cavaliers.” The<br />
review of the book provided<br />
by Gray & Company,<br />
Publishers relays that the<br />
book “takes an in-depth look<br />
at how a team and a city are<br />
being rebuilt around LeBron<br />
James. They tell the<br />
converging stories of a<br />
struggling franchise that had<br />
to get worse in order to get<br />
better and a highly touted<br />
teenage phenom, the local<br />
kid who became their future.<br />
This book will fascinate any<br />
basketball fan who wants the<br />
inside story of how LeBron<br />
James became the young<br />
superstar shouldering the<br />
weight of an entire NBA<br />
franchise.”<br />
Brian has been a reporter<br />
for the Akron Beacon<br />
Journal since 2000. In<br />
addition, he has covered the<br />
Cleveland Cavaliers since<br />
2003. Other areas of media<br />
and sports-writing<br />
involvement include: NBA<br />
correspondent for<br />
ESPN.com and ESPN First<br />
Take since 2006. Brian<br />
currently resides in Brook<br />
Park, Ohio, and Jupiter,<br />
Florida.<br />
Dr. Darlene M. Khoury VM78<br />
Dr. Darlene M. Khoury<br />
VM78 is the Director of<br />
Liturgy and Music at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Barnabas Parish Family<br />
in Northfield, Ohio. Darlene<br />
directed and accompanied<br />
the <strong>St</strong>. Barnabas and <strong>St</strong>. Joan<br />
of Arc Church Choirs<br />
recently in Rome, Italy. The<br />
choirs sang a Eucharistic<br />
Liturgy at the Chair of<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Peter in <strong>St</strong>. Peter's<br />
Basilica. They also<br />
performed a master’s concert<br />
series at the Church of Gesu,<br />
in Rome, and sang a<br />
Eucharistic Liturgy at the<br />
Basilica of Saint Francis in<br />
Assisi. In addition, they<br />
traveled and sang<br />
throughout <strong>St</strong>resa, Milan<br />
and Florence. Their next<br />
pilgrimage will be in<br />
Austria/Germany, where<br />
they will give concerts and<br />
sing liturgies throughout the<br />
major cathedrals and castles.<br />
Brian Shoman VM97<br />
Brian Shoman VM97<br />
received the 2007 Herb Nold<br />
Volunteer of the Year Award<br />
due to his “most<br />
distinguished and dedicated<br />
service to the Northeastern<br />
Ohio Tennis Association.”<br />
Brian is a Towpath Teaching<br />
Professional and also the<br />
Local League Coordinator<br />
for Junior Team Tennis.<br />
Brian is married to<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephanie Buschko Shoman<br />
VM01 and they reside in<br />
Akron, Ohio.<br />
Fondly known as “Mr. Klotz”,<br />
Carl “Bill” Klotz M53, long-time<br />
social studies teacher (1957-<br />
1996) at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and at STVM, received a tribute<br />
in the form of a “shadow box”<br />
recognizing his many<br />
archeological digs. The shadow<br />
box plaque has a place of honor<br />
in the LRC and features the<br />
shovel from his last dig along<br />
with a group photo of the<br />
STVM students that<br />
participated.<br />
Engraved on the plaque: “His<br />
annual “The Dig” Project<br />
inspired inquiry and<br />
imagination in the minds of his<br />
World History students. He is<br />
seen here in the spring of 1996<br />
with students from the STVM<br />
Class of 1999 enjoying his last<br />
“dig.”<br />
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<strong>Alumni</strong> Accomplishments<br />
7<br />
The Touchdown Club<br />
STVM Coaches and Athletes Win<br />
L-R: Loralee Daily (Secretary,<br />
Touchdown Club) and Don Haddox<br />
M59<br />
L-R: Jessica Bridenthal VM09 and<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Howard M68<br />
The 66th Annual Fall<br />
Sports Banquet of<br />
Champions was hosted by<br />
The Touchdown Club of<br />
Greater Akron on January<br />
14, 2008 at Guy’s Party<br />
Centre. Since 1941, The<br />
Touchdown Club honors top<br />
athletes and coaches in<br />
football, soccer, volleyball,<br />
golf, cross-county and<br />
tennis. Congratulations to<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Howard M68 and Don<br />
Haddox M59 for being<br />
named Coaches of the Year!<br />
Also, congratulations to<br />
STVM students: Jessica<br />
Bridenthal, Volleyball All<br />
<strong>St</strong>ars; Jack Uecker, Boys Golf<br />
All <strong>St</strong>ar; Igor Ilibasic, Boys<br />
Soccer; Amanda Olszewski<br />
and Mari O’Neill, Girls<br />
Soccer All <strong>St</strong>ars; Colleen<br />
Conrad, Girls Cross Country<br />
All <strong>St</strong>ars; Igor Ilibasic, Nick<br />
Thomas and Kevin<br />
Saunders, Football All <strong>St</strong>ars.<br />
Dapper Dan Awards<br />
STVM <strong>St</strong>udents and <strong>Alumni</strong> Recognized<br />
The Dapper Dan Club of Akron held their annual banquet<br />
on February 17, 2008 to recognize outstanding achievements<br />
by local sports figures. The banquet proceeds are donated to<br />
area youth sports organizations to increase opportunities for<br />
young people to participate in athletics.<br />
Ten special recognition awards were presented and the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> students and alumni that were<br />
recognized included Kara Murphy VM07 and Nick Thomas<br />
VM08.<br />
STVM Fighting Irish Football Coach Dan Boarman V70<br />
and <strong>St</strong>eve Marks (Shamrock Society Member), founder of<br />
the Road Runner Akron Marathon, also received awards for<br />
their service to area athletics.<br />
Guerrino Rich V65 and<br />
Pat Frattura DeJacimo V65<br />
Classmates Guerrino Rich<br />
V65 and Pat Frattura<br />
DeJacimo V65 have<br />
collaborated to publish a<br />
children’s story book entitled<br />
“A Very Special Christmas<br />
Delivery.” Rich, the author,<br />
is a Walsh Jesuit <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
English teacher and a<br />
freelance writer. He lives in<br />
<strong>St</strong>ow with his wife,<br />
Maribeth, and their children<br />
Joe and <strong>Mary</strong> Theresa. Pat,<br />
the illustrator, currently<br />
lives in Green with her<br />
husband Mike and their<br />
children Lisa and David.<br />
Fr. Ignatius Joseph Kury<br />
VM94<br />
Fr. Ignatius Joseph Kury<br />
VM94 was ordained on<br />
December 23, 2006 at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Josaphat Ukrainian<br />
Catholic Cathedral and<br />
currently serves as the Pastor<br />
of Holy Ghost Ukrainian<br />
Catholic Church on Brown<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet in Akron, Ohio. Father<br />
Ignatius attended John<br />
Carroll University and<br />
earned a Bachelor of Arts<br />
Degree in Political Science<br />
and is also a 1998 graduate<br />
from Borromeo Seminary in<br />
Wickliffe, Ohio. In addition,<br />
Father Ignatius completed<br />
his theological studies and<br />
graduated with a<br />
Baccalaureate Degree in<br />
Sacred Theology (STB) from<br />
the Catholic University of<br />
America, <strong>School</strong> of Theology<br />
and Religious <strong>St</strong>udies in<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
Brenda Justice VM80<br />
Brenda Justice VM80<br />
celebrated a musical concert<br />
“Power of a Dream” at the<br />
Akron Summit County<br />
Public Library on<br />
August 4, 2008. Brenda<br />
provided her audience with<br />
a wide variety of music,<br />
which included gospel<br />
music, jazz, classical and<br />
rhythm and blues. This<br />
fundraising concert was<br />
established to raise money to<br />
assist the Akron Symphony<br />
Chorus and Gospel Meets<br />
Symphony Choir in<br />
purchasing performance<br />
risers. The Brenda Justice &<br />
Friends Concert event raised<br />
$2000 toward the cost of the<br />
chorus risers.<br />
Brenda has worked with<br />
the Akron Symphony for<br />
over 8 years and is the<br />
administrative assistant and<br />
the coordinator of choral<br />
programs.<br />
Photo courtesy Bolden Photography
<strong>Alumni</strong> Accomplishments<br />
Bill Henkel M54 and Marlene<br />
Dunford V50<br />
Bill Henkel M54<br />
Bill Henkel M54 was<br />
honored at the 4th Annual<br />
Voices of Giving Honor<br />
Awards on July 19, 2007.<br />
The event celebrates the<br />
“Jewels of our<br />
Communities” and is<br />
sponsored by the Leave A<br />
Legacy organization.<br />
Marlene Dunford V50 is the<br />
Founder / Project Manager<br />
of the Leave A Legacy<br />
organization.<br />
G.I. Zaratsian (R) accepts position<br />
from Greg Ergenbright<br />
G.I. Zaratsian VM04<br />
Congratulations to G.I.<br />
Zaratsian VM04. In Spring<br />
2008, G.I. will graduate from<br />
John Carroll University with<br />
a Bachelor’s Degree in<br />
Communications. During<br />
his college career, G.I. served<br />
as a class representative in<br />
the <strong>St</strong>udent Union and<br />
recently completed an<br />
internship with John<br />
Carroll’s Career Center.<br />
G.I. interviewed with Otis<br />
Elevator and received an<br />
offer to join the Otis team<br />
and is seen here accepting the<br />
position.<br />
Otis Elevator Company is<br />
the world’s largest<br />
manufacturer and maintainer<br />
of people-moving products<br />
including elevators, escalators<br />
and moving walkways. With<br />
headquarters in Farmington,<br />
<strong>Connecti</strong>cut, Otis employs<br />
62,000 people, offers<br />
products and services in<br />
more than 200 countries and<br />
territories. Otis is a division<br />
of United Technologies<br />
Corporation.<br />
Kathryn Graf VM81<br />
Congratulations to<br />
Kathryn Graf VM81 for<br />
being inducted into the 2007<br />
Summit County Sports Hall<br />
of Fame. As reported in the<br />
Akron Beacon Journal on<br />
October 1, 2007, the<br />
organization held its 51st<br />
anniversary banquet at<br />
Tangier Restaurant. Kathryn<br />
was inducted for recognition<br />
in the officiating field and<br />
has officiated games for the<br />
Mid-American Conference,<br />
Mid-Atlantic League and<br />
Horizon league as well as all<br />
levels of Division I, II and<br />
III.<br />
Rodusky Tapped as<br />
American Marshall<br />
Memorial Fellow<br />
Jan Dzuris Rodusky VM85<br />
Jan Dzuris Rodusky<br />
VM85, Vice President of<br />
Grant Programs for Palm<br />
Healthcare Foundation, Inc.,<br />
has been awarded the<br />
prestigious Marshall<br />
Memorial Fellowship<br />
(MMF) for 2008. Jan, along<br />
with 15 other fellows, will<br />
spend 25 days this spring in<br />
Europe visiting institutions,<br />
societies and cultures and<br />
learning about economic,<br />
political and social issues<br />
facing the United <strong>St</strong>ates and<br />
Europe.<br />
Jan is proud to represent<br />
her state and Palm Beach<br />
County as she travels to<br />
Brussels, Copenhagen,<br />
Lisbon, Warsaw, Krakow,<br />
and Bratislava. Her<br />
professional background<br />
includes: grant making and<br />
nonprofit organizations.<br />
Jan’s focus will be on a range<br />
of health related issues<br />
including healthcare<br />
economics, the provision of<br />
healthcare access and<br />
insurance, healthcare<br />
emergency response<br />
practices, global healthcare<br />
workforce shortages,<br />
physical fitness, nutrition<br />
and the diabetes epidemic.<br />
Born and raised in Akron,<br />
Ohio, Jan Dzuris Rodusky<br />
graduated from STVM in<br />
1985. She went on to Kent<br />
<strong>St</strong>ate University and earned<br />
a Bachelor of Science Degree<br />
in Sociology and a Master’s<br />
Degree in Public<br />
Administration. She resides<br />
in Royal Palm Beach, Florida<br />
with her husband Andrew<br />
and daughters Victoria<br />
and Holly.<br />
To learn more about Palm<br />
Healthcare Foundation,<br />
please visit<br />
www.palmhealthcare.org<br />
Holaday Wins Award<br />
Our <strong>Alumni</strong> Director, Kathleen Zehenni Holaday VM77, was named a “Woman of the Year<br />
for 2007” by the Summit Regional Council of Catholic Women at their Annual Christmas<br />
Luncheon on December 10, 2007.<br />
Kathy was nominated by the <strong>St</strong>. Sebastian Sanctuary Society as a result of her “outstanding<br />
commitment and energetic dedication to <strong>St</strong>. Sebastian. Kathy is an exceptional woman who<br />
consistently gives generously of her time and talents to our parish.”<br />
Congratulations, Kathy! We are so proud of you and glad you are sharing your gifts with<br />
the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> community.<br />
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Class Reunions<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1952<br />
Thomas Dudek reports…..<br />
The <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Class of 1952 got together for a<br />
55th class reunion on Saturday, June 23, 2007. The festivities<br />
started with the 5:30 p.m. Mass at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Church,<br />
celebrated by classmate Father Jack Valley for the living and<br />
deceased members of the class. After Mass, the reunion<br />
continued at a reception and dinner held at the Crowne Plaza<br />
at Historic Quaker Square in downtown Akron. Classmates<br />
enjoyed the opportunity to reunite, to talk to one another, to<br />
reminisce, to have fun and to remember classmates who have<br />
passed on. Plans were made to hold the next reunion in three<br />
years. <strong>Mary</strong> Lou Gardner Novitsky was elected as chair of the<br />
2010 reunion committee.<br />
Please help us find these missing M52 Classmates: Patricia<br />
Flynn, Thomas Miller, Ed Ray and Ann Wilson.<br />
Row 1: Don Schmalz, Tony Falcione, Fr. Jack Valley, Herndon Durett, Paul<br />
Denchik, Shelia O’Donnell Brady, Marjorie Schultz Slicker, JoAnn Avellino<br />
McGowan. Row 2: Richard Rauckhorst, Mickey Sullivan, Carol McDonald,<br />
Barbara Gadel Young, Betty Kuhn Connolly, Patty Bennett Naef. Row 3: Tom<br />
Dudek, Dick Curley, Ed Doherty, Frank Goolsby, Joan Dangel Wojcik, Gloria<br />
Richie Doepker, Loretta Miller Bertsch. Row 4: Ray Finan, Bernard Rauckhorst,<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Lou Gardner Novitsky, <strong>Mary</strong> Ann D’Agostine Finelli, Martha Kolton Lipford,<br />
Daniel <strong>St</strong>einbrunner. Row 5: Jerry Koerber, Gene Beyman, Denny McCausland,<br />
John Volpe, Tom Paulus, Paul Schlimm, Jim Buehrle, Dick McGowan, Al<br />
DeGulis.<br />
M62 and V62 classes pictured at the Italian Club in Akron where they<br />
celebrated their 45th reunion.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Classes<br />
of 1962<br />
The Class of 1962 celebrated their 45th Reunion –<br />
Combined!<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1962, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1962 and<br />
Hoban Class of 1962 spent a reunion weekend celebrating<br />
their 45th Reunion.<br />
Activities included: Attending the STVM vs. Chaney <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> football game on September 28, 2007, Golf Outings<br />
and Tennis Competitions on September 29, 2007 plus a<br />
dinner and dance at the Italian Club with entertainment by<br />
Larry Alltop and Nostalgia Gold.<br />
Reunion Committee members included:<br />
Vince Lobello, Jerry Wilson, Jim Woofter, Rosemary<br />
Fletcher Richards, Kathy Williams Cook and Carol and<br />
Kenny Dies.<br />
Log onto hmv62reunion.com to see the photo album from<br />
the reunion events.<br />
Reunion in <strong>St</strong>. Croix<br />
V70 Classmates<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> 1970 Classmates enjoyed a trip to <strong>St</strong>. Croix.<br />
Fun in the sun included snorkeling, deep sea fishing,<br />
swimming and sight-seeing. We are saddened to report that<br />
Teri passed away February 25, 2008.<br />
Pictured L-R: Teri Lynch (deceased), Lynn Sehika and Kathy Kalaman Welsh<br />
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Class Reunions<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Class of 1965<br />
Carol Lieb reports...<br />
The 2007 reunion for the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1965 was a<br />
wonderful success. Since Jasper’s Restaurant closed down<br />
after the <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Connecti</strong>on V65 reunion notice was posted<br />
in the Fall Edition, we switched and returned to Louis’ on<br />
Glenwood Avenue. In spite of the short notice, we had a great<br />
turnout and some NewBee’s. It was a time of reminiscing,<br />
remembering those who passed on, laughing at the past and<br />
present, comparing notes on kids and grandkids, vacations,<br />
and hopes of a 45th Reunion in 2010.<br />
We overtook Louis’ and although there were no seats when<br />
we arrived, we had ALL the tables occupied by the time the<br />
reunion started. Even though the restaurant hours are<br />
posted as “open until 10pm,” they kindly let us stay until<br />
11pm! Then 12 of us from the V65 Class continued the party<br />
at Luigi’s.<br />
V65 is in desperate need of email addresses or any form of<br />
contact with all our classmates. We want to get started on the<br />
planning of our 45th reunion in 2010. Please have everyone<br />
contact me at clieb@kent.edu, or you can call me and leave a<br />
message on my machine (I’m in the phone book).<br />
Thanks to all of you who came out (Judy S — we missed<br />
you). It was one of the best! For those who couldn’t make it,<br />
please come next year and in the mean time, please keep<br />
in touch.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1965<br />
Lynne Wall Peters reports...<br />
The <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1965 celebrated their Mini-Reunion<br />
on December 27, 2007 at Sarah's Vineyard on <strong>St</strong>eels<br />
Corners Road.<br />
Left to Right: Judi Sekarak Alberts, Lynne Wall Peters, Janet Schlosser, <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Donna DeCastro Rosneck, Paula <strong>St</strong>one Tucker, Barbara Sibbio Ford, Nancy<br />
Niam Sparrow, Donna Procaccio Dowler, Kathy Dyer Dempsey, Paula Mishler<br />
Sepelak, Judy Nyitray Abdallah. Judy Watson, Mellany Myers Horvath,<br />
Marianne Albanese Elliott, Rosemary Jordan Federic, Alice Wood, Lynne<br />
Scheatzle Leiby.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Class of 1967<br />
Sue Ludwig McMullen reports…..<br />
How did the Fighting Irish Class of 1967 celebrate their<br />
40th reunion?<br />
July 27 & 29, 2007 found 54 attendees enjoying fine dining<br />
at legendary Tangier’s Restaurant. These alumni & guests also<br />
danced to 60’s music, played a trivia game, won fabulous<br />
prizes and were honored with “Emmy” awards reminiscent of<br />
their high school days.<br />
If you'd like the $20 commemorative CD of this event,<br />
please contact Mark Way of By Request Music Services @<br />
330-725-5190.<br />
First Row: Tom Olechnowicz, Carol Phillips Lieb, and Carolyn Marshall Harmon.<br />
Second Row: Jill Gardner, <strong>St</strong>eve Thompson, Carol Vinciquerra Vuillemin, Patty<br />
O’Dea Illig. Third Row: (starts in the middle): John Seikel, Marci Bisesi, Denny<br />
Graf, Chuck Myers, Bernie Kress, Guerrino Rich, Sam Bisesi. Last Row: Larry<br />
Vuillemin, Frank Jessie, John Palmer, Jean Dixon Watts, Larry Kus, Tom <strong>St</strong>ecz,<br />
<strong>St</strong>eve Johnson<br />
TENNIS ANYONE?<br />
Come join your classmates and alumni at the 1st Annual <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Tennis Tournament. If interested and for more details, contact:<br />
Jerry Wilson V62 at e-mail: jw1826@aol.com<br />
Dan Sear, Ron Piekarski and Pat Dunlavy<br />
Barb Sutter Eisaman and<br />
Sue Ludwig McMullen<br />
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Class Reunions<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1967<br />
Ann Rutan reports...<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1967 met for their 40th reunion on<br />
Saturday, August 11, 2007. A luncheon for classmates was<br />
held at The Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Each<br />
classmate received an address booklet with a CD featuring<br />
favorite songs from the years 1963 to 1967. A DVD of photos<br />
from high school days was shown during the short program.<br />
Also awards were given in honor of our favorite teachers:<br />
Sister Marie Lenore Bum Bum Little Girl Award went to<br />
Gloria Zanandrea Offut and Sari Kelly; Sister Marie Michael<br />
Reproductive Award went to Judy Dalaski <strong>St</strong>ecz; The Bells of<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Award to Eileen Mollica; Miss Delagrange Perfect<br />
Hair Award to Janet Testa Masiella; Sister Florent Marie<br />
Award (Home Ec) to Sue Hill <strong>St</strong>efancik and Sue Pecko Ross;<br />
Sister Marie Arthur Award (administrative) to Barb<br />
Considine and <strong>Mary</strong>ann Hay; Miss Dierker Journalism<br />
Award to Pam McCarthy; Sister Francesca Writing Award to<br />
Eileen Slattery Moushey.<br />
Left to right: Midge Mueller Graham, Rita Considine <strong>St</strong>allings, Georgeanna<br />
Jesser <strong>St</strong>oner, Nancy Finn Archer, Barb Considine Bucy, <strong>Mary</strong> Anne Tucker<br />
Anderson, Judy Dalaski <strong>St</strong>ecz, Eileen Mollica.<br />
1st row front left to right: Eileen Slattery Moushey, Georgeanna Jesser <strong>St</strong>oner,<br />
Janet Testa Masiella and Pat Varca Evans. 2d row left to right: Velma Valerio<br />
Quinlan, Shari Kelley, Linda Cafarelli Sasanecki, Judy Dalaski <strong>St</strong>ecz, Pam<br />
McCarthy. 3d row (short row) left to right: <strong>Mary</strong> Anne Tucker Anderson, Eileen<br />
Mollica, Diane Dzurovcin Herhold and Athena Longhitano Garske. 4th row left<br />
to right: Sr. Pat Thomas, Gloria Zanandrea Offutt, Paula Maggio, Midge Mueller<br />
Graham, Josephine Fiocca Hansel, Karen Sadler Cole. 5th row (left side of<br />
staircase) left to right: Denise Jonke-<strong>St</strong>apleton, Nancy Estead <strong>St</strong>eingass. 6th<br />
row left to right: Carolyn Falvy, Karen McCauley Fox. 7th row left to right: Pat<br />
Haas Flaherty, Nancy Finn Archer, Barb Considine Bucy. 8th row left to right:<br />
<strong>St</strong>ella Majewski Finn, Ann Ducharme Rutan. 5th row (right side staircase) left to<br />
right: Kathy Gaffney, Rita Considine <strong>St</strong>allings and <strong>Mary</strong>ann Hay. 6th row left to<br />
right: Jeanne Flowers Baird, Sue Hill <strong>St</strong>efancik. 7th row left to right: <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Szalay Amonett, Pat Jendrisak Neidert, 8th row left to right: Jan Henry<br />
Bachmann, Judy Bright, Liz Radwany, Sue Pecko Ross.<br />
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Class Reunions<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1977<br />
Carla Bouschere <strong>St</strong>einer reports…<br />
On Friday, August 10th and Saturday,<br />
August 11th, the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class<br />
of 1977 gathered for their 30th Reunion. A<br />
golf outing was held on Friday afternoon at<br />
Mud Run followed by an informal gathering<br />
at Edgar's.<br />
The class gathered in the Cabaret at<br />
Tangier Restaurant for the reunion on<br />
Saturday evening. Everyone remarked how<br />
great everyone looked. In addition, the<br />
Class of 1977 made a donation of<br />
approximately $2,750.00 to the Frank<br />
Mellion Scholarship at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. The scholarship was named for<br />
their classmate Frank Mellion who passed<br />
away in 2003.<br />
Kauffman<br />
5K Open<br />
Memorial Run<br />
VM97 Classmates and Friends<br />
Gather at Annual Event<br />
Row 1 Left to Right: Jerry Costigan, Don Kline, Rick Hofacker, Phil George, Kevin Matuska, Mike Sutter, Tom Bader,<br />
Gina Mollica Koncz, Paul Jost, Patti Williams, Janice Hunt Cook, Anna Hendon Romito, Dave Romito, Angela DiLullo<br />
<strong>St</strong>adler, Dave Cochran, Tom Carone. Row 2: Pat Wheeler, Joan Elewski Slack, Peggy Burkley Keller, Sue Reagan<br />
O'Neill, Kathy Zehenni Holaday, Mike Murray, Kathy Carruthers, Kris Dugan Callahan, Barb Androsky Caruso, Sue<br />
Wilson Cordle, Liz Lavery Klein, <strong>Mary</strong> Moscarillo Kallmeyer, Liz Trockle Pfeiffer, Gina Tomei Myers, <strong>Mary</strong> Anne Roke<br />
Palik, Becky Arrington Moore, Anne Metzger Kelly, Kathy Szeles Schuster, Tony Salem, Kathy Coyne Bergh.<br />
Row 3: Richard Baker, Laurie Fenwick Mellion, Mike Craig, Cathy Bujorian Drozda, Tim Mesek, Bernadette Craig<br />
Jones, John <strong>St</strong>audt, Tim Ondack, Carla Bouschere <strong>St</strong>einer, Ted Walter, Peggy Lewis Sykora, Marty Johnson, John<br />
Leonhard, Mike Klein<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1987<br />
Lou Maglione reports...<br />
The STVM Class of 1987 celebrated their<br />
20th Reunion on Saturday, November 24,<br />
2007. Classmate, Reverend Curt Kondik<br />
celebrated the 5:00 p.m. Mass at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Church. Then the class enjoyed an excellent<br />
buffet and dancing at Todaro's Party Center.<br />
We had 123 attendees with many from all<br />
parts of the country. To get a copy of the<br />
group photo taken, contact Dave Shoenfelt at<br />
330-864-2924.<br />
L-R: David Potter VM97, Susie Gaebel Wallace<br />
VM91, Mrs. Marian Kauffman, Christine Kokoczka<br />
VM97, Coach Dan Lancianese, and Michael<br />
McDonald VM97.<br />
On August 4, 2007, the 8th Annual Matt<br />
Kauffman 5K Open Memorial Run was<br />
held at Goodyear Heights Metro Park.<br />
Mrs. Kauffman, joined by alumni and<br />
friends of the Class of 1997, kicked-off<br />
the 1 Mile Fun Walk/Run. Over 60<br />
participants took part in the 5K Run<br />
which served as a friendly warm-up for<br />
the Fighting Irish cross-country season.<br />
Following the race, lunch was provided<br />
by the cross-country parents and the<br />
Class of 1997 celebrated its 10th<br />
reunion later that evening.<br />
L-R seated: Fred Paonessa and his<br />
wife, and Sue Puglia Hagey<br />
L-R standing: Anne Haines Sarvis,<br />
Chris Peterson<br />
L-R: Sue Puglia Hagey, Katie Dangel<br />
Bame, Anne Haines Sarvis<br />
L-R: Mike Cummins, Mike Case,<br />
Joe Lobello, Mike Childress<br />
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Class Reunions<br />
ANNUAL MASS V45<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1945<br />
The annual Mass for the living<br />
and deceased members of the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1945 will be<br />
Sunday, October 12, 2008 at<br />
11:00 a.m. Mass at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Church. Please note the<br />
change in mass time. It will be at<br />
11:00 a.m.<br />
MONTHLY LUNCH M51<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1951<br />
Join your M51 classmates on<br />
the 2nd Monday of each month<br />
at 11:00 a.m. for lunch.<br />
Location: Frontier Restaurant,<br />
418 E. Maple, Hartville, Ohio<br />
MONTHLY DINNER V63<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1963<br />
Join your V63 classmates each<br />
month for dinner. Contact Bill<br />
Price 330-923-4312 to find out<br />
the restaurant location, date and<br />
time for this month's dinner.<br />
STAY IN TOUCH!<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1967<br />
Calling all M67 classmates!<br />
Please forward your e-mail<br />
address to Ann Rutan so that<br />
we can keep in touch more<br />
easily and plan casual gettogethers<br />
before our next<br />
reunion. Contact<br />
arutan@neo.rr.com<br />
MONTHLY GIRL’S NIGHT OUT!<br />
STVM Class of 1977<br />
Contact: Carla Bouschere<br />
<strong>St</strong>einer at<br />
MVCB@roadrunner.com<br />
Join the VM77 classmates for a<br />
girl’s night out. This is planned<br />
monthly and if interested in<br />
attending, please contact Carla.<br />
Upcoming dates include:<br />
April 9th – Arnies SRO<br />
May 14th<br />
June 11th<br />
July 9th<br />
August 13th<br />
September 10th<br />
October 8th<br />
November 12th<br />
December 10th<br />
Coming Together<br />
The <strong>Alumni</strong> Office helps reunion planners by providing class lists, mailing labels and other information.<br />
We encourage all reunion committees to forward address updates to the alumni office to help maintain<br />
our database. Contact the alumni office at 330-253-9113 ext. 120. For the very latest in reunion<br />
information, visit the <strong>Alumni</strong> page of www.stvm.com<br />
Deadline for Summer 2008 issue is June 15th.<br />
60TH REUNION PLANNING<br />
ST. VINCENT CLASS OF 1948<br />
Plans are being made for a<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1948 60th<br />
Class Reunion in Akron, Ohio.<br />
The tentative date is Saturday,<br />
September 6, 2008. We will<br />
plan to attend the 5:00 p.m.<br />
Mass at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Church<br />
and then go to the Fairlawn<br />
Country Club for a cocktail<br />
hour and dinner. We would like<br />
to hear from you even if you are<br />
unable to come. If you know of<br />
a classmate who may be<br />
difficult for us to locate please<br />
let us know. For additional<br />
information, please contact:<br />
Chuck Brady:<br />
cbrady2001@neo.rr.com<br />
Joe Edminister:<br />
edministerjoe@aol.com<br />
55TH REUNION<br />
ST. VINCENT CLASS OF 1953<br />
Friday, September 5, 2008<br />
Guy's Party Centre<br />
Join your V53 classmates for<br />
our 55th Reunion. Evening<br />
begins at 6:00 p.m. at Guy's<br />
Party Centre and includes a<br />
buffet dinner and cash bar.<br />
$25.00 per person BARGAIN !!<br />
For information or to make a<br />
reservation, please contact:<br />
Marilyn or Jim <strong>St</strong>urmi at 330-<br />
923-9212, Susie Meadows<br />
<strong>St</strong>raits at 330-836-8133, Judy<br />
Baughman at 330-864-9858,<br />
Jeanne Iacomini Craig 330-<br />
928-4683 for further<br />
information. Please help us find<br />
V53 Classmates: Theresa<br />
Fellinger Davidson, Phillip<br />
Fellinger, Joanne Marks Mahan,<br />
Florence Hurcomb Nilges, Bob<br />
Seitz and Yvonne Spallino<br />
70TH BIRTHDAY DINNER<br />
MINI REUNION<br />
ST. MARY CLASS OF 1956<br />
Saturday, September 6, 2008<br />
Join the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1956<br />
and celebrate 70th birthdays at<br />
the dinner scheduled for<br />
Saturday September 6, 2008 at<br />
Papa Joe’s. Reservation forms<br />
will be mailed in July 2008.<br />
For information contact: Don<br />
Utrup at 330-334-4495 or<br />
email: dardonu@aol.com<br />
50TH REUNION<br />
ST. MARY CLASS OF 1958<br />
Saturday, September 6, 2008<br />
Join the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1958<br />
and celebrate our 50th reunion<br />
at the celebration scheduled for<br />
Saturday September 6, 2008 at<br />
the Sheraton in Cuyahoga Falls.<br />
If interested in helping or<br />
attending, please contact:<br />
Loretta Carlisle 330-896-1317<br />
or email: lcrn22@aol.com<br />
Please help us find these<br />
missing M58 alumni: Lois Ethel<br />
Chermak McKinney and Jean<br />
Pepe Ramey<br />
50TH YEAR REUNION<br />
ST. VINCENT CLASS OF 1958<br />
Saturday, October 11, 2008<br />
Hilton Akron Fairlawn,<br />
3180 West Market <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
(across from Summit Mall),<br />
Akron, 44333. For further<br />
information contact John Cullen<br />
at 330-666-1193 or email<br />
rpinc@roadrunner.com<br />
50TH REUNION PLANNING &<br />
MONTHLY BREAKFAST<br />
ST. MARY CLASS OF 1959<br />
Join us for our monthly<br />
breakfast on the 2nd Monday<br />
of each month at Amber<br />
Restaurant on Canton Road at<br />
9:00 a.m. <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of<br />
1959 is starting to plan our<br />
50th reunion for 2009.<br />
Contact Jerry Rotunda at<br />
rotunda@lek.net<br />
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V62 and M62 celebrated their 45th reunion together.
Class Reunions<br />
45TH REUNION –<br />
LAS VEGAS TRIP!<br />
ST. VINCENT CLASS OF 1963<br />
August 2008. Join your<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1963 and<br />
spend 4 days and 3 nights in<br />
Las Vegas and celebrate our<br />
45th Reunion in August 2008!<br />
Hurry, time is running out –<br />
make your call today! For more<br />
details please contact: Dave &<br />
Kathy Balchak Case 330-494-<br />
7377 or e-mail: dcase8@neo.rr.com<br />
45TH REUNION PLANNING<br />
ST. MARY CLASS OF 1964<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>'s Class of 1964 is<br />
getting organized to plan our<br />
45th reunion in 2009. If we<br />
can get started now we could<br />
have a lot of fun during the<br />
planning stages! Contact<br />
Lorrie Haddox at: 330-923-<br />
8874 or lhaddox@stvm.com or<br />
donlorh@earthlink.net<br />
40TH YEAR REUNION<br />
PLANNING<br />
ST. VINCENT CLASS OF 1968<br />
Friday, Nov. 28th. Thanksgiving<br />
Weekend Nov. 2008. The <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Vincent</strong> Class of 1968 will be<br />
having our 40-year reunion on<br />
Friday, November 28th during<br />
the 2008 Thanksgiving<br />
weekend. We welcome ideas<br />
and participation from our<br />
classmates. Contact Janet<br />
Ede Zwisler at e-mail:<br />
jzwisler@rivervalleypaper.com<br />
Please forward your e-mail and<br />
updated address to the STVM<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> office: alumni@stvm.com<br />
35TH REUNION<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY<br />
CLASS OF 1973<br />
Saturday, July 19, 2008 - Save<br />
the Date! For more information,<br />
please contact Georgine Clark<br />
Lawson at gmc.lawson@gmail.com<br />
30TH YEAR REUNION<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY<br />
CLASS OF 1978<br />
Saturday, August 9, 2008<br />
Menches Brothers Restaurant<br />
at Canal Park. We have a list of<br />
over 20 classmates that we<br />
can not locate! Please join our<br />
Myspace Reunion Page<br />
http://groups.myspace.com/<br />
stvm1978. Feel free to contact<br />
the committee - we could use<br />
a lot of help - especially with<br />
pictures, music, or any<br />
donations would be much<br />
appreciated. Your VM78<br />
Reunion Committee includes:<br />
Michelle Sullivan Saunders<br />
(Msrents@aol.com), Marilynn<br />
Hohas McCoy, Susie Seikel<br />
Ahbe, Debbie Kapper Dodson,<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> <strong>St</strong>ampfli Foster, Michelle<br />
Rossi Freeman, Judi O'Neil<br />
Hamilton, and Valerie Sunday<br />
Humphrey. For more details or<br />
to make a reservation, please<br />
call: Michelle Sullivan Saunders<br />
330-644-5159 or <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>St</strong>ampli<br />
Foster 330-922-0636<br />
25TH YEAR REUNION<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY<br />
CLASS OF 1983<br />
The class of VM83 25th<br />
reunion is tentatively being<br />
planned for Thanksgiving<br />
Weekend 2008. Look for more<br />
details from John Fazio, e-mail:<br />
johnjfazio@aol.com<br />
20TH YEAR REUNION<br />
PLANNING<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY<br />
CLASS OF 1988<br />
September 26 - 27, 2008<br />
The STVM Class of 1988 will<br />
be having our 20-year reunion<br />
during the STVM Homecoming<br />
weekend in September. Plan to<br />
join your classmates and attend<br />
the 2008 Come Home for<br />
Homecoming Reunion Night<br />
and the Football Game<br />
scheduled for Friday,<br />
September 26, 2008 at the<br />
John Cistone Field/Green<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet <strong>St</strong>adium. Then plan to<br />
attend the Dinner/Dance on<br />
September 27th at <strong>St</strong>. Thomas<br />
Eastern Orthodox Church, 555<br />
S. Cleveland-Massillon Road.<br />
For more information and to<br />
update your address, please<br />
contact Jeff Gorman at e-mail:<br />
gormanwriter@yahoo.com.<br />
10TH YEAR REUNION<br />
PLANNING<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY<br />
CLASS OF 1998<br />
The VM98 Class is planning our<br />
10th year reunion. If you are<br />
interested in helping or want to<br />
be sure to receive the invite -<br />
please contact us: Kelli<br />
Jackson 330-524-5216 or e-<br />
mail kelso11679@yahoo.com or<br />
Nick Ross 281.825.9219 or<br />
e-mail: niross1@maxhealth.com<br />
COME HOME<br />
FOR<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion Night<br />
September 26, 2008<br />
1903 1908 1913 1918 1923 1928<br />
1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958<br />
1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988<br />
1993 1998 2003<br />
All alumni and the classes<br />
listed above –<br />
plan to join us!<br />
All <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> graduates are invited<br />
to attend the first ever –<br />
Come Home for Homecoming 2008!<br />
Special invitations will be sent to those<br />
graduating classes that end with a ‘3 or an ‘8.<br />
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend<br />
the STVM Come Home for Homecoming 2008<br />
on Friday, September 26, 2008.<br />
The activities for the evening will include:<br />
❏ Complimentary light Refreshments in the<br />
STVM <strong>St</strong>udent Center<br />
❏ Tour of STVM <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
❏ “Will Call” ticket reservations<br />
❏ Reserved <strong>Alumni</strong> seating at the John Cistone<br />
Field/Green <strong>St</strong>reet <strong>St</strong>adium where the STVM Fighting<br />
Irish Football Team will play against Canton Central<br />
Catholic (Varsity – 7:30 p.m.)<br />
Plan to attend!<br />
Call the STVM <strong>Alumni</strong> Office to make a reservation:<br />
330-253-9113 x120 or e-mail Kathy Holaday, <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Director: kholaday@stvm.com<br />
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<strong>Alumni</strong> Alley<br />
15<br />
1953<br />
Francis McVan V<br />
E-Mail:<br />
fireworks@windstream.net<br />
Married to Anna, retired and<br />
living in Geneva, Ohio. Francis<br />
and Anna still exhibit fireworks.<br />
1963<br />
Jacqueline Ann Trout<br />
Markwald M<br />
E-Mail: retjackie@verizon.net<br />
Married to Pete for 42 years.<br />
Pete is a Permanent Deacon in<br />
the Dallas Diocese (ordained in<br />
2002). According to Jackie, “As<br />
a Deacon's wife, you are called<br />
in many different directions.<br />
Pete and I are currently working<br />
on the formation of a cancer<br />
support group with other<br />
members of the <strong>St</strong>. Ann Parish<br />
in Coppell, Texas.” Jackie &<br />
Pete have 4 children and 5<br />
grandchildren.<br />
1970<br />
Kathleen Compton V<br />
E-Mail: kcompton@neo.rr.com<br />
Living in Wadsworth, Ohio,<br />
married to Glenn Wojciak<br />
1976<br />
Jim Roetzel VM<br />
The photography of Jim<br />
Roetzel was featured at WRA’s<br />
Moos Gallery on December 2,<br />
2007. Jim's newest book,<br />
“Birds of North America” and<br />
posters are available at the<br />
Moos Gallery, located in the<br />
Knight Fine Arts Center on the<br />
campus of Western Reserve<br />
Academy in Hudson, Ohio.<br />
1978<br />
Carrie Cochrun Reese VM<br />
E-Mail: carrie.reese@cbre.com<br />
Single, living in Charlotte, NC,<br />
working in Commercial<br />
Property Management.<br />
Children: Daniel 27, John 19,<br />
and Robert 17.<br />
1979<br />
Mehmet Bayraktar VM<br />
Mehmet received the<br />
Champion of the Community<br />
Spirit award. This award is<br />
designed to honor those who<br />
have displayed a commitment<br />
to the greater Miami community<br />
through their own good works.<br />
The award is sponsored by The<br />
Wellness Community—Greater<br />
Miami. The Wellness<br />
Community is a non-profit<br />
organization that provides a<br />
wide range of psycho-social<br />
support services free of charge<br />
to adult cancer patients and<br />
their families.<br />
1981<br />
Jody Grueter Kenyon<br />
Amato VM<br />
E-Mail:<br />
jodyamato@comcast.net<br />
Living in California, married to<br />
John with their four children:<br />
Matthew Kenyon 17, Tony<br />
Amato 17, Bill Kenyon 14, and<br />
Peter Amato 14.<br />
1983<br />
Andrew Saal VM<br />
E-Mail: asaal@northcountry<br />
healthcare.org<br />
Living in Flagstaff, Arizona,<br />
married to Karen with their 2<br />
daughters: Grace 4 and Anna<br />
3. Medical Director of a<br />
community health center with<br />
nine offices in Northern Arizona<br />
– including the urgent care at<br />
Grand Canyon National Park.<br />
Favorite Hobby: Andy is still<br />
pursuing the ultimate sunset<br />
over the Grand Canyon.<br />
Andy writes….”If anyone is<br />
headed to the Four Corners,<br />
Sedona or the Grand Canyon,<br />
please give me a call.”<br />
1986<br />
Nancy Ryan VM<br />
E-Mail: nryan1@telus.net<br />
1988<br />
Julie Irwin <strong>St</strong>razinsky VM<br />
E-Mail:<br />
juliestraz@insightbb.com<br />
Vance Sanford VM<br />
E-Mail: vs10071970@aol.com<br />
Married to Sarah Baughman<br />
Sanford VM92. Welcomed<br />
home on April 19, 2007 Jane<br />
Anne Lucille Sanford born on<br />
March 24, 2007. We are thrilled<br />
to share that we have adopted<br />
our Jane!<br />
1991<br />
Noell Wolfgram Evans VM<br />
Noell Wolfgram Evans VM91<br />
resides in Columbus, Ohio and<br />
is a writer/producer of plays:<br />
‘Reaching Dave’ and ‘The<br />
Elevator Play 2: Beyond the<br />
Norm,’ original plays written by<br />
Mills James writer/producer<br />
Noell Wolfgram Evans, debut<br />
took place on January 25,<br />
2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. In<br />
addition to playwriting,<br />
Wolfgram Evans writes about<br />
television, films and animation<br />
for numerous print magazines<br />
and Web sites. His articles<br />
have been published by the<br />
British Broadcasting Company,<br />
Frames Per Second Magazine<br />
and VideoVista: Monthly Film &<br />
TV Review, among others.<br />
Wolfgram Evans also serves as<br />
the Mid-West Advisor to Group<br />
Creativity Improv Projects,<br />
based in New York City.<br />
1992<br />
Sarah Baughman<br />
Sanford VM<br />
E-Mail: sarahsanford0412<br />
@hotmail.com<br />
Married to Vance Sanford<br />
VM88. Welcomed home on<br />
April 19, 2007 Jane Anne<br />
Lucille Sanford born on March<br />
24, 2007. We are thrilled to<br />
share that we have adopted<br />
our Jane!<br />
1993<br />
Carl Hengsberger VM<br />
E-Mail: cph8320@yahoo.com<br />
Living in Clayton, North<br />
Carolina. Single, entrepreneur<br />
and independent<br />
representative.<br />
1994<br />
Charla Hoffman Eastep VM<br />
E-Mail: easteps@mac.com<br />
1996<br />
Catherine Timura VM<br />
Catherine received her PhD<br />
from Yale University in May<br />
2007. She is currently working<br />
at Vanderbilt University as a<br />
Research Associate.<br />
1997<br />
Jessica Couch VM<br />
E-Mail:<br />
jessicabcouch@gmail.com<br />
Living in Atlanta and practicing<br />
law. Engaged to Sheppard<br />
Lawrence with wedding date<br />
set for May 10, 2008.<br />
2002<br />
Jeremy Cover VM<br />
E-Mail:<br />
jeremy.cover@us.army.mil<br />
Married to Kim and living in<br />
Enterprise, Alabama.<br />
2003<br />
Romeo Travis VM<br />
Romeo Travis was named the<br />
2006-2007 <strong>St</strong>udent Athlete of<br />
the Year for The University of<br />
Akron.<br />
Meghann Trecaso VM<br />
Meghann Trecaso organized a<br />
Pastafest to benefit the Greater<br />
East Ohio Chapter of the<br />
Alzheimer’s Association on<br />
January 6, 2008.<br />
2006<br />
Elizabeth Heising VM<br />
Elizabeth Heising has been<br />
accepted into Romophos<br />
Sophomore Class Honorary at<br />
The Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate University.<br />
Elizabeth is also active in The<br />
Ohio Union Activities Board<br />
(OUAB) which plans and<br />
schedules student events at<br />
Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate, such as Will Ferrill’s<br />
recent visit to campus on<br />
February 6, 2008.<br />
Use the enclosed<br />
reply card to inform<br />
your fellow <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
about what you<br />
have been up to<br />
since graduation.
<strong>Alumni</strong> Alley<br />
Happy 90th Birthday<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth Dies V36<br />
Liz Raines VM80 writes…..<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth Dies turned 90 years old on February 19,<br />
2008. She, like her 7 siblings, was raised in West Akron and<br />
graduated from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Grade <strong>School</strong>. All of the Dies<br />
children then went on to graduate from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>; <strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth was a member of the Class of 1936.<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth very fondly remembers her years at <strong>St</strong>. V,<br />
saying that back then, she loved going to the football games to<br />
watch the legendary Eddie Wentz coach The Fighting Irish. At<br />
the time, <strong>St</strong>. V's fiercest rival was West <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, and this<br />
was a game not to be missed. Her brothers, Bernie, Jerry, Bill,<br />
and Jim, played sports for the Irish, with Jerry especially<br />
excelling in basketball.<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth also recalls many close friends from the<br />
Class of 1936, including <strong>Mary</strong> Frances Bedell, Janet Frey, <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Metzler, and <strong>Mary</strong> Williams, and that the entire student body<br />
was required to attend daily Mass and learn Latin, a language<br />
that she and many others found challenging and difficult to<br />
master. Most coursework was taught by priests and the<br />
Immaculate Heart of <strong>Mary</strong> Sisters.<br />
After graduation, <strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth worked for many years,<br />
retiring in 1978 with 37 years of service at the Downtown<br />
Akron office of Dr. Dornan, an orthopedic surgeon at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Thomas Hospital. In retirement, <strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth remained<br />
very active by playing bridge, bowling in leagues, caring for<br />
her mother, continuing to dote on her many nieces and<br />
nephews as she had all their lives, and somehow even finding<br />
time to generously volunteer at The Village at <strong>St</strong>. Edward’s, a<br />
Catholic residential and nursing facility located in Fairlawn,<br />
Ohio. In fact, <strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth volunteered there for about<br />
20 years.<br />
It was only fitting then, when <strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth herself<br />
required some assistance with daily activities, that she move<br />
into The Village at <strong>St</strong>. Edward's, where she has lived for about<br />
10 years. She now enjoys watching the Cavaliers (particularly<br />
LeBron James), Indians, and Browns, and follows Irish sports<br />
through the Beacon Journal, which she reads every morning.<br />
She also really looks forward to getting the STVM <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
<strong>Connecti</strong>on, which she likes to carefully browse through so<br />
that she can stay abreast of the latest "Irish happenings." <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Elizabeth is truly proud that her beloved alma mater has<br />
continued, over so many decades, to educate and inspire<br />
young people in the tradition of the Catholic Church.<br />
COME HOME<br />
FOR<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
Back Row: Tim Rickus, Chuck Brunn, Rob Sunday Middle Row: Karen Royle<br />
Layne, Eileen Walter Moats, Candi Kraus Weber, Teresa Schmidt Rickus, Molly<br />
Zahn Friess Front Row: Teresa Kelly Pastor, Trish Palumbo Schlosser, <strong>St</strong>eve<br />
Large, Toni Roncone Henterly<br />
Reflections on the<br />
Fellowship of <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
A Commitment to Community<br />
Tim Rickus VM80 writes….<br />
Reflecting back on 2007, my thoughts take me back to<br />
Showcase, A ROMAN HOLIDAY. A wonderful evening with<br />
so much hard work done by so many volunteers with a lot of<br />
planning and great execution by our chairpersons Jerry Kelly<br />
and Jennifer Ringer, the evening was a great success. It raised a<br />
significant amount of money, keeping private education alive.<br />
However what caught my attention was so many of my VM80<br />
classmates whose children now attend private school,<br />
participated so enthusiastically in the evening.<br />
I think the importance and value of STVM lies in the<br />
community and fellowship of all of the alumni dating back<br />
ten, twenty, thirty, and more years. The basic community that<br />
we experience when we are born is in our families. For me, the<br />
community in the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>’s family has been an<br />
extension of my own family life. As I looked out at all the<br />
people from my own class of 1980, still heavily involved in<br />
promoting all the benefits of Catholic education, I realized<br />
how important commitment to community is.<br />
I am very proud to raise my family within this community<br />
of such proud tradition and great promise. As I so often state<br />
to anyone who will listen, and to a few who don’t, Catholic<br />
education has made a great positive difference in my life, my<br />
family’s life, and of those classmates and members of the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> community.<br />
September 26, 2008<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion Night<br />
ALL ST. MARY, ST. VINCENT AND ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY GRADUATES<br />
ARE INVITED TO ATTEND<br />
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They are in Our Prayers<br />
Please remember our departed alumni and friends in your prayers.<br />
(July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007)<br />
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Thank you to all who inform the<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Office of departed<br />
classmates.<br />
Ruth Zrelak Jenior M51<br />
Wife of Tom M51. Mother of<br />
Kathy Turner, Peggy Klein, Bob,<br />
Mike and Jeff<br />
Dr. Edward Hellwig<br />
Husband of Irene Labbe<br />
Hellwig V33 (deceased). Father<br />
of Barbara Frank, Eddie, Jr.<br />
V66, Ray V68, Marty, Louise<br />
and Lyn Villequer<br />
John “Jack” Scheatzle V49<br />
Husband of Sandra Brown<br />
Scheatzle V51. Father of Sally<br />
Kinsley, Lynne Kovacs, Alan<br />
and Bob. Brother of Marie<br />
Buehler V34<br />
Michael Smith V60<br />
Father of Michele VM84, Marcy<br />
VM86, Barry VM88, Bryan<br />
VM89, Brant VM91. Brother to<br />
Richard, Phil, Sue Smith Nease<br />
V70 and Kaylynn Collins<br />
Frances <strong>Mary</strong> Wiseman<br />
Wife of George. Mother to <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Oesterle, Georgette Saxon.<br />
Sister to Rita Haidnick<br />
Livergood M49, Carol Miller<br />
and Patty Lozier<br />
Catherine <strong>Mary</strong> Kral<br />
Coropolis M57<br />
Wife of John M57. Mother of<br />
Frances Davis, Joan Rainville,<br />
Anita Oidtman, and Caren<br />
Lesperance<br />
<strong>Vincent</strong> A. Altier<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong> Wilma Altier.<br />
Father of Joseph V72, James,<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen VM79, Kathleen VM76<br />
and Sharon Fournier VM78<br />
R. Thomas Ost V55<br />
Husband of Betty. Father of<br />
Michael VM81, Julie Hornsby<br />
VM82, and Peggy. Brother of<br />
Fred V50 and Ellen Ost McAvoy<br />
V60<br />
Christine M. Abshire<br />
Wife of Bill. Mother of William,<br />
Samual VM84, Thomas and<br />
Debbie Wallen<br />
William C. Warner<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong>. Father of Bill<br />
(deceased), Bonita, Mark, <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Todd, Karen M71, James, and<br />
<strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Eleanor Treitinger<br />
McDaniel M53<br />
Wife of Ray. Mother of Richard,<br />
Michael, Cindy, William, Carol,<br />
Helen, Christopher and Cindy<br />
Enz (deceased)<br />
Phillip <strong>St</strong>ebbins VM95<br />
Son of Sandra and James<br />
<strong>St</strong>ebbins. Brother to Mark,<br />
Micah and Rebekah<br />
<strong>St</strong>ella C. Roberts<br />
Wife of <strong>St</strong>idger Ken Roberts.<br />
Mother of Connie Dattilo M67<br />
Martha Ann Falter<br />
Smith M63<br />
Mother of Neil, Julie and<br />
Deborah Casto. Sister of <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Janet Knapp M52 (deceased),<br />
Agnes Tanner M56 (deceased),<br />
William M50, John M51 and<br />
Clement M59<br />
Earl Frank V40 (1/3/07)<br />
Husband of Marjorie Derr Frank<br />
V45. Father of Cynthia Frank-<br />
Sands, Sherry Bauers, Theresa,<br />
Michael, Mark, John, Susan<br />
(deceased), Sandra (deceased),<br />
and Gary (deceased)<br />
Harold J. Gabelman M37<br />
Husband of Dorothy. Father of<br />
John, <strong>Mary</strong> Louise Duke and<br />
Don (deceased). Brother of<br />
Margaret Meyers, Catherine<br />
Finan M40, <strong>Mary</strong> Eleanor Willett<br />
M51, <strong>Mary</strong> Louise (deceased),<br />
Richard M45 (deceased), and<br />
Donald M50 (deceased)<br />
Yolanda Scalzo Derrig V41<br />
Wife of David (deceased).<br />
Mother of Therese Garske,<br />
Kathleen Lovorn, Louise Beorn,<br />
Juliana Wright, <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Berkenstock, Rebecca<br />
Simmons, David, Don, Thomas,<br />
John, Joseph and <strong>St</strong>ephen.<br />
Sister of John (deceased), Joe<br />
(deceased), Edith Wassity V33<br />
(deceased) and Julie Scalzo<br />
V38<br />
Victor Fusco<br />
Husband of Loretta (deceased).<br />
Father of Sandra Williams V58,<br />
Dennis and Mark V72<br />
James M. Pier<br />
Husband of Brenda. Father of<br />
Tracy Wathen VM79, Juli<br />
Uecker VM80, Dorothy Torresi<br />
VM82, Jim Jr. VM84, Brian<br />
VM04, and Gregg VM09.<br />
Former Spouse of Carol Marks<br />
M57<br />
Marjorie Burke Crowley V43<br />
Wife of Charles (deceased).<br />
Mother of Charles VM78, and<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Ellen Huesken VM82<br />
Carmen Salvatore<br />
Wife of Frank. Mother of<br />
Joseph, Anthony, <strong>Mary</strong> Ann<br />
Cosentino VM75, and<br />
Catherine Infield<br />
Rosemarie Schaad<br />
Wife of Elmer. Mother of<br />
Theresa (deceased), Joseph<br />
(deceased), Daniel, Bill,<br />
Michael, Bonnie Karl V61, and<br />
Jackie Schaad Tirey<br />
<strong>Vincent</strong> Varrato<br />
Husband of Gloria (deceased).<br />
Father of Laura Sheeks VM80<br />
and Lisa Hilling VM82<br />
Molly A. Glynn<br />
Wife of Andrew (deceased).<br />
Mother of Dennis, Kathy<br />
Thomas and Maureen M60<br />
Thomas L. Cochrun V42<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong> Jeanne<br />
<strong>St</strong>arner Cochrun V42. Father of<br />
Ann Gorbach M70 and Jeanne<br />
Van Doros VM73. Brother of<br />
William V43, Robert V47 and<br />
Jude Armour<br />
Marianne Caruso<br />
Wamsley V71<br />
Mother of David and Kristy.<br />
Sister of Nicholas (deceased)<br />
and Madalyn Caruso Pastor<br />
V66<br />
Terrence J. Brett V53<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong> Barbara.<br />
Father of Dan, Theresa, Kathy<br />
Long, Karen Sepi, Beth Brady<br />
and Laura Buckeye. Brother of<br />
Tommy (deceased), Kevin,<br />
Rosie V58 and Rita Dallesandro<br />
V61<br />
Judith Eck<br />
Wife of James (deceased).<br />
Mother of Christopher VM86,<br />
Theresa, Joseph and Paul.<br />
Wallace F. Witwer V52<br />
Brother of David V60<br />
(deceased), Charlotte Graves<br />
and Jim V63<br />
Michael Lowry<br />
Father of Peter VM91,Chad<br />
VM92, John Paul VM94, Gerald<br />
VM00, Jennifer Sheldon and<br />
Kathleen<br />
Barbara Frances Seidel<br />
Wife of Robert (deceased).<br />
Mother of Robert D.<br />
(deceased), Barbara Spasic<br />
V63 and JoAnn Holmes V66<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Sweetie Weibel<br />
Walsh V47<br />
Wife of William V42 (deceased).<br />
Mother of Colleen Wyszynski,<br />
John VM77, Terry VM82, and<br />
Ann VM84. Sister of Jean<br />
McDermott V44, and Joseph<br />
Weibel V52<br />
Anna Matter<br />
Wife of Karl (deceased).<br />
Mother of Carol Browning and<br />
Anna Scheks M63<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen J. McGowan M33<br />
Husband of Ann (deceased).<br />
Father of Dennis. Brother of<br />
Agnes Lewis M29 (deceased)<br />
and Richard McGowan M52<br />
Robert C. Tabor, Sr.<br />
Husband of Margaret<br />
Rauckhorst Tabor M47.<br />
Father of Robert C. Tabor, Jr.,<br />
Thomas, Timothy and Sandra<br />
Durnell<br />
Joseph Egan V55<br />
Husband of Barbara. Father of<br />
Kathleen VM90 and Linda Fiala<br />
VM91. Brother to Donald V56,<br />
Paul V58, and Leonard V61<br />
Elizabeth Hardt<br />
Wife of Ben (deceased).<br />
Sister to Robert <strong>St</strong>adtmiller<br />
(deceased), Bernadine V32<br />
(deceased), Ruth Hieber V29,<br />
Rosemary Marco V30, Irene<br />
Krupp, Annamae Bianco, and<br />
Jean Gill V45
They are in Our Prayers<br />
Thomas A. Kuntzman V45<br />
Husband of Darlene. Father of<br />
Kathleen, Michael and Charles.<br />
Brother of Margaret McCorkel<br />
V40 (deceased), <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Catherine Johnson V42, and<br />
Sally Callahan V46. Son of<br />
Sarah (deceased) and Conrad<br />
(<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1905)<br />
(deceased)<br />
Patrick T. Manion<br />
Husband of Julie. Son of Edna<br />
(deceased) and Patrick R.<br />
Manion M53<br />
Sr. Ellen Baker IHM (Sr. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Carl) M40<br />
Sister of Gene M38 (deceased),<br />
Howard M49 (deceased),<br />
Marilyn Bott M43, Sr. Mildred<br />
M45 and <strong>Vincent</strong> M58<br />
Norma Bauer<br />
Wife of Robert (deceased).<br />
Mother of Jean Conroy. Sister<br />
of Jerry Rothermel and Andy<br />
Kostrubanich<br />
Betty M. Pangburn M50<br />
Sister of Helen Spalding M51,<br />
Barbara DuPlantis M57 and<br />
Joseph M55<br />
Margaret Ann Baker<br />
Wife of Jacob (deceased).<br />
Mother of Richard A., Margaret<br />
Ziehler V62, Daniel G., Susan<br />
Poling V65, <strong>Mary</strong> Lou Jones<br />
V66, Patricia E. V69, Jeanette<br />
Mellion V72, Theresa VM73,<br />
Elizabeth Tucker VM78 and<br />
Paul<br />
Leo B. <strong>St</strong>adler, Sr.<br />
Husband of Martha. Father of<br />
Leo VM73, Nora Usberghi<br />
VM78 and Katie Harns<br />
Marjorie McCormick<br />
Schaaf M40<br />
Wife of Edmund. Mother of<br />
Richard, James, Gary, Philip,<br />
Carol Ann Martinez and Janet<br />
Louis Saylor. Survived by<br />
brothers Jack McCormick M41<br />
and Ralph McCormick M51<br />
Lawrence E. Knapp M51<br />
Husband of Janet “<strong>Mary</strong>”<br />
(deceased). Father of Karen<br />
(deceased), Thomas, Michael,<br />
James, Laura Alderman, Susan<br />
Spangler, Victoria Brechbuhler<br />
and Christine Litteral. Brother of<br />
Patricia Pfeiffer, Robert Knapp,<br />
and Janet Horning M51<br />
Helen Amer Seib V37<br />
Wife of Karl V35 (deceased).<br />
Mother of Kathy Vargas, Karl,<br />
Terry Neigel and Gregory<br />
(deceased)<br />
Paul Patris, Jr.<br />
Husband of Angela. Father of<br />
Pam Pazura VM75<br />
John Thomas “Tom”<br />
Sapp V45<br />
Husband of Carolyn. Father of<br />
Georgene (deceased), Peggy<br />
Pennell, Mimi Zak, and Barbara<br />
Bohn. Brother of Joseph V51<br />
(deceased) and Paul V49<br />
Helen Amer Seib V37<br />
Wife of Karl V35 (deceased).<br />
Mother of Kathy Vargas, Karl<br />
Jr., Terry Neigel and Gregory<br />
(deceased). Sister of <strong>Mary</strong> Jo<br />
Brownfield V35 (deceased), Al<br />
Amer V47, Barbara Walter V49<br />
and Tom Amer V40 (deceased)<br />
Eleanore Miller Garwitz V40<br />
Wife of Bob. Mother of Paul,<br />
Chirstine Puricelli, Deborah<br />
Johnson, Elle McMahon and<br />
Amy Blazer<br />
Thomas W. Smith, Jr. M53<br />
Husband of Elizabeth. Father of<br />
<strong>St</strong>eve, Pam, Kim and Terry<br />
Robert Chilson V61<br />
Husband of Paula. Father of<br />
David. Brother of <strong>Mary</strong> Ann<br />
Lawson V67, Jeanne<br />
Herbstreet M70 and Joyce<br />
Gannon VM73<br />
John R. “Jack”<br />
Carpenter V42<br />
Husband of Elizabeth (Betty<br />
Anne) Dannemiller Carpenter<br />
(deceased) V42 and Joan<br />
Coyle Carpenter (deceased).<br />
Father of Jacque Cancilla,<br />
Mike, Tim, Leslee Lavin, Kent<br />
Kitchingman, Geoff<br />
Kitchingman and Greg<br />
Kitchingman<br />
Lawrence “Larry” Miller M51<br />
Husband of Jennie. Father of<br />
Linda Belcher, Lynn Cutler, Lisa<br />
Kerner<br />
Joseph Demeter<br />
Husband of Nancy. Father of<br />
Joseph VM77, Michael VM79,<br />
James VM81 and Beth Ann<br />
Hickson VM83<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Ellen Gibson<br />
Wife of James. Mother of Helen<br />
Tschirhart V71, Janie Jones<br />
V66, Sue Nelson V67 and Ann<br />
Gibson V61<br />
Alfred J. Gauthier V44<br />
Husband of Elma (deceased).<br />
Father of Larry. Brother of <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Frances Sigmund V42<br />
(deceased) and Eileen Marie<br />
Gauthier V37 (deceased)<br />
Richard P. Waickman V57<br />
Husband of Margaret. Father of<br />
Mark, Jeffrey, Paul, James and<br />
Richard. Brother of <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Tenison V56 and Robert<br />
Waickman V57<br />
<strong>St</strong>anley Wojcik<br />
Husband of Frances Brennan<br />
Wojcik M53. Father of Mike<br />
Wojcik and <strong>Mary</strong> McCloud<br />
Richard G. Heaton V50<br />
Brother of John V45<br />
(deceased), James (deceased),<br />
Joseph V51 (deceased), David<br />
V54 (deceased), Katherine<br />
(deceased), <strong>Mary</strong> Heaton V46<br />
and Dorothy Heaton Schueller<br />
V53<br />
Terrance “Murph”<br />
Murphy V55<br />
Husband of Phyllis Bocko<br />
Murphy M56. Father of Brian,<br />
Daniel and Patrick Murphy.<br />
Brother of Michael Murphy V64<br />
and Patricia Bartoleit V61.<br />
<strong>St</strong>ep-brother to <strong>Mary</strong> Ann<br />
Forbes Riley V59 and Ellen J.<br />
Forbes Davis V61<br />
Amelia O’Brien Rohr M51<br />
Wife of John. Mother of<br />
Martha Conrad, <strong>Mary</strong> Lucas,<br />
Sue Snow, Peggy Pierce, Janet<br />
Dignan, John, Betty Broome,<br />
Dave, Joe, Paul, Theresa<br />
Williams, Ken, Mark, and Amy<br />
Reef. Sister of Bill O'Brien,<br />
Dolores Rohr, Cecelia O'Brien<br />
and Martha McCuen M56<br />
Robert U. Ashelman, Jr.<br />
Husband of Joyce. Father of<br />
Dale, Kim Mangello, Bobbie<br />
Lynn Grabel. Brother of <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Wiggins M60 and Sharon Cue<br />
M66<br />
Lonnie Atkinson III VM84<br />
Son of Lonnie and Imogena<br />
(deceased). Father of<br />
Chevonne Smith VM03, Lonnie<br />
Marie, Lonnie IV and Erique<br />
Leonard E. Jamison<br />
Husband of Alice. Father of<br />
Lennie, James, Jon (deceased)<br />
and Joanne Zaratsian<br />
Margaret J. Kumse<br />
Wife of John (deceased).<br />
Mother of Rev. Fr. John Kumse,<br />
Rebecca Ambrosic M67, Joyce<br />
Kumse, Cindy Zvansky and<br />
Marty (deceased)<br />
John F. Raymond M54<br />
Husband of Patricia. Father of<br />
John, Patrick, Joseph, and<br />
Joelle Raymond-Nickel<br />
Frank Pullo<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong> (deceased).<br />
Father of Jacqueline<br />
Rambacher V54 and Nancy<br />
Wack<br />
Helen Mundy (Congrove)<br />
Munger M36<br />
Wife of Willard Congrove<br />
(deceased) and Harry Munger<br />
(deceased). Mother of John<br />
Congrove, Bill Congrove and<br />
Dan Congrove. Sister of<br />
George (deceased), Bill<br />
(deceased), John (deceased),<br />
Jim V40 (deceased), <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Morgan, Jane Perneau<br />
(deceased), Peggy Whitehurst<br />
V44 (deceased) and Adelaide<br />
Sovinsky V45<br />
Leslie M. Shields<br />
Wife of Andrew V64. Mother of<br />
Kaia Marie, <strong>St</strong>even and<br />
Thomas<br />
Christine Hogan Morris V71<br />
Wife of Christopher (deceased).<br />
Mother of C.R. VM93,<br />
Matthew VM95, Andrew VM01,<br />
Michael and Patrick VM03.<br />
Sister of Paula Brown, Therese<br />
McIntosh, Kathleen Trexler,<br />
Susan Hogan, John Hogan<br />
V72, Gregory Hogan and Philip<br />
Hogan<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Jeanne Segatta<br />
Wife of Joseph J. Mother of<br />
Joseph M. VM93, Kathy,<br />
Thomas and <strong>Mary</strong> Jane Leidal<br />
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They are in Our Prayers<br />
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Anna Flora Spalding<br />
Wife of William (deceased).<br />
Mother of Marian <strong>St</strong>olzenburg<br />
V58, Carol Heim V61, and<br />
William Spalding V64<br />
Lucille Dies Walter V29<br />
Wife of Clifford M29. Mother of<br />
Eloise (deceased), Edward V54<br />
(deceased), Thomas V51,<br />
Gerald V58 and Luanne V67.<br />
Sister of Bernard Dies V50<br />
(deceased), William Dies V40<br />
(deceased), Gerald Dies V37<br />
(deceased), Ruth <strong>St</strong>arr V28<br />
(deceased), Rosmeary Henry<br />
V32 (deceased), James Dies<br />
V43 and <strong>Mary</strong> Elizabeth Dies<br />
V36<br />
Patricia Fitzgerald<br />
Smith M47<br />
Wife of Harold (deceased).<br />
Mother of Kevin, Mark and<br />
Philip. Sister of John M45,<br />
Tom M50, Rose Lovell M58,<br />
Rita Gressley M52, <strong>Mary</strong> M56,<br />
Irene Hruby M42 (deceased),<br />
and Elizabeth Ashton M43<br />
(deceased)<br />
Daniel L. Houston VM80<br />
Husband of Disela Cepeda de<br />
Houston. Brother of James<br />
VM78, Jane Fetrow, Judith,<br />
and David VM89<br />
Margaret Case Ball V54<br />
Wife of Daniel (deceased).<br />
Mother of Michele Ross,<br />
Barbara Kerns, Kenneth Ball,<br />
Jessica Greene, Terry<br />
Thompson. Sister of Charles<br />
(deceased), <strong>Mary</strong> Ann Lengi<br />
V53 (deceased), David V63,<br />
Joseph, Francis, Martha Hicks<br />
V58 and Sally Kohut<br />
Shirley Riley Little V52<br />
Wife of Walter (deceased).<br />
Mother of Tom V72 and Jim<br />
Robert A. Schutzbach<br />
Husband of Yvonne.<br />
Father of Gary VM76, Robert<br />
VM75 and Linda Kilkenny<br />
VM77<br />
Rosemary O’Neill<br />
Harper V40<br />
Wife of Jake V41. Mother of<br />
Pat, John, Chris and Kelly.<br />
Sister of Dick V37 and Pat Karr<br />
V45<br />
Kaye Borden Owen M61<br />
Wife of Fred. Mother of Tamara<br />
<strong>St</strong>urm, Beth Hamric, Fred and<br />
Martin. Sister of Barbara Faris<br />
M69, Eileen Borden, Leonard<br />
Borden and Gloria Beal<br />
John Matuska<br />
Husband of Josephine. Father<br />
of <strong>St</strong>ephen (deceased), Patricia<br />
Hearns V68, David, Francis<br />
John and Kevin VM77<br />
Anthony M. Richards<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong>. Father of<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Alice Cunningham M72,<br />
Cynthia VM73, Kathleen<br />
Richardson, and Kimberly<br />
Shingleton<br />
Paul D. Neitz M54<br />
Husband of Rosemary Darden<br />
Neitz M55. Father of Connie<br />
Krunich, Tim, and Cyndy<br />
Noaker. Brother of Joseph<br />
M53 (deceased) and Elmer<br />
M58<br />
Peter M. Schultz<br />
Husband of Catherine<br />
(deceased). Father of Marjorie<br />
Slicker M52, Marilyn Conley<br />
M56, Catherine Conte M63,<br />
John, Tracy Brown, Jim, Judy<br />
May, and Patti McMurray<br />
Thelma Jennings<br />
Wife of Frederick (deceased).<br />
Mother of Nancy (deceased),<br />
Fred, Jim, Willie, and Carol Ann<br />
Garmon M59<br />
Nancy L. Semonin<br />
Wife of Thomas V50. Mother of<br />
Tom, Timothy, Christopher and<br />
Patrick<br />
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ann<br />
Marshel<br />
Daughter of Timothy and Tricia<br />
Marks Marshel VM85.<br />
Sister of Brandon, Adam,<br />
Joshua, and Brianna.<br />
Granddaughter of <strong>St</strong>eve and<br />
Generose Gill Marks V55<br />
Carolyn J. Sapp<br />
Wife of John V45 (deceased).<br />
Mother of Georgene<br />
(deceased), Peg Pennell, Mimi<br />
Zak, and Barb Bohn<br />
Frank T. Franks<br />
Husband of Armanette. Father<br />
of Janice Antal V63, Ronald<br />
and Jeffery<br />
Dorothy Gabelman<br />
Wife of Harold M37 (deceased).<br />
Mother of Donald (deceased),<br />
John and <strong>Mary</strong> Louise Duke<br />
Janet Harig Cox V39<br />
Wife of Frank (deceased).<br />
Mother of Jan, Frank, Phil and<br />
Jeff. Sister of James, John V29<br />
(deceased), Victor V32<br />
(deceased) and Maxine<br />
Armbruster (deceased)<br />
Reverend B. Thomas<br />
Zeisig M49<br />
Son of Bernard (deceased) and<br />
Margaret V23 (deceased).<br />
Brother of Robert (deceased),<br />
Richard (deceased) and <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Margaret Doran<br />
William C. Schrader<br />
Husband of <strong>Mary</strong> Tecca<br />
Schrader V46 (deceased)<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Katherine Klein<br />
Wife of Gerald V28. Mother of<br />
Gerald, <strong>Mary</strong> Kay Danckaert<br />
and Maribeth Rich<br />
Joanne Quinn Antlfinger V40<br />
Wife of George (deceased).<br />
Mother of Ann, <strong>Mary</strong> and<br />
Johann. Sister of Robert V42,<br />
Joseph, Lawrence, James<br />
(deceased), Janet Hopp V44<br />
(deceased), Donna Clelland<br />
(deceased), and Sister<br />
Rosemary Quinn M52<br />
(deceased)<br />
Raymond A. Casey<br />
Husband of Martha Beesing<br />
Casey V63 (deceased). Father<br />
of Troy, Christopher, Sean,<br />
Janice Taylor, Angela and<br />
Dawn<br />
Marie <strong>St</strong>ephenson<br />
Daily VM85<br />
Mother of Anne VM09 and<br />
John VM08. Daughter of John<br />
V60 and Vicki <strong>St</strong>ephenson.<br />
Sister of David VM84<br />
Kathryn “Kit” Koegel<br />
Grote V41<br />
Wife of Robert. Mother of<br />
Kathryn Moss, <strong>Mary</strong> Goetz, Jan<br />
Poock, Tricia Davis, Thomas,<br />
and Robert. Sister of David<br />
Koegel V50, John (deceased),<br />
Joseph (deceased), Francis<br />
(deceased), <strong>Mary</strong> V40<br />
(deceased), and Thomas V44<br />
(deceased)<br />
Frances A. Grucella<br />
Wife of Charles V51. Mother of<br />
Mark, Matt and John<br />
Ann Noonan Haag V49<br />
Wife of Jack V50. Mother of<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Helen (deceased), Kathy<br />
Edwards VM76, Jim, Tom,<br />
John, Joe and Ed<br />
Kelli Ann Castner Hall VM83<br />
Wife of Walter. Mother of<br />
Jessica Bailey and David Hall<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> H. Heisser<br />
Wife of Leo M30 (deceased).<br />
Mother of Mark, Christine<br />
<strong>St</strong>oeberman and David<br />
Dorothy Howe<br />
Wife of Charles (deceased).<br />
Mother of Dorothy Christner<br />
M72, Charles, Harry, James<br />
M59, Ralph, Richard, Robert<br />
and Edward<br />
Richard “Dick” Justice V53<br />
Wife of Joyce. Father of Mike,<br />
Ric, Jolene Burke, Joyclenn<br />
Beyner, and Joni Peters<br />
Susan Hesidence<br />
Manning V66<br />
Mother of Sean. Daughter of<br />
Arthur V28 and Gladys<br />
Hesidence. Sister of Arthur<br />
(deceased), Loretta Buzzi V57<br />
(deceased), David Hesidence<br />
V64, and Judith Ley V55<br />
Bernard Francis Prussak<br />
Husband of Betty Jane. Father<br />
of Darlene O’Sullivan, Barbara<br />
Nagel, Annette Wozniak and<br />
Celeste Prussak-Klein VM80<br />
John “Jack” T. <strong>St</strong>enger V55<br />
Wife of Vicki. Father of<br />
Christopher (deceased), Deirdre<br />
(deceased), Julie Spicer, Laurie<br />
Willis, Kristyn Cespedes, Tom,<br />
Courtney Russell and Hilary<br />
Meadors<br />
Richard A. Urdiales V72<br />
Husband of Terry. Brother of<br />
Rose Baker V65, Anthony V67,<br />
Raymond V69 and Robert<br />
Anna Dorothy Walsh<br />
<strong>St</strong>effee M43<br />
A special mass is<br />
celebrated each year in<br />
memory of our departed<br />
alumni and friends.<br />
Please contact the<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Office to<br />
learn more.
Memorial and<br />
Honor Gifts<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> is the Recipient<br />
of Generous Gifts<br />
Development News<br />
IN THE MEMORY OF<br />
Joseph P. Albanese<br />
John A. Bader<br />
Christine Clark<br />
Marge Burke Crowley<br />
Marie <strong>St</strong>ephenson Daily<br />
Madeline Matusik Estafen<br />
Ann Haag<br />
Newt Henry<br />
Martha Hensley<br />
Dan Houston<br />
Leonard Jamison<br />
Agnes Lackney<br />
Frank Mellion<br />
Charlotte F. O'Connor<br />
Jim Pier<br />
Edward Rathz<br />
Bernard Rickus<br />
Lynda Utrup Schafer<br />
Barbara F. Seidel<br />
Michael F. Smith<br />
Sandra Singleton Smith<br />
Patricia A. Donahue <strong>St</strong>ocker<br />
Joseph F. Trecaso<br />
Ray Tricomi<br />
Joseph M. Ulrich<br />
IN HONOR OF<br />
Antonino Family Scholarship<br />
Father Berardi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Bertsch<br />
Dan Boarman<br />
Breiding Family Scholarship<br />
Ann and David Brennan for their 50th Wedding Anniversary<br />
Mike Dangel<br />
Lynch Family Scholarship<br />
M. Teri Lynch<br />
Henry J. McGuiness<br />
Ed and Lynne Metzger for their 50th Wedding Anniversary<br />
Leo B. Mills Family Memorial Scholarship<br />
Jerry O'Neil<br />
Bishop Gerard Lennon (back row, center) with STVM students.<br />
Speaker Series<br />
Continues<br />
Mark Shapiro and Bishop Lennon latest to appear<br />
The Brennan, Manna & Diamond, L.L.C. and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Speaker Series was established to bring<br />
notable speakers to our school to share their insight and<br />
experience with our students.<br />
The most recent speakers included Mark Shapiro, General<br />
Manager of the Cleveland Indians, on December 11, and The<br />
Most Rev. Richard Gerard Lennon, 10th Bishop of the Diocese<br />
of Cleveland, on January 23. The next scheduled speaker is<br />
Jim Christian, Kent <strong>St</strong>ate University Men’s Basketball Coach,<br />
who will appear on May 1, 2008.<br />
Thank you to Brennan, Manna & Diamond, L.L.C., for<br />
making this speaker series possible.<br />
If you would like to attend, contact Joanne Zaratsian at<br />
330-253-9113, ext 112.<br />
Plans Underway for<br />
Showcase 2008<br />
Goal set at $350,000<br />
The year 2007 was a recordbreaking<br />
one for Showcase,<br />
our annual silent and oral<br />
auction, which raised an<br />
impressive $315,000. This<br />
year’s Showcase has been<br />
set for October 18, and<br />
Jerry Kelly and Jennifer<br />
Jerry Kelly and Jennifer Ringer Ringer have graciously<br />
agreed to lead our dedicated<br />
volunteers once again. Mark your calendars as plans unfold to<br />
bring Showcase 2008, The Yellow Rose of Texas, to life. Help<br />
us surpass our new goal of $350,000. Please call the Showcase<br />
office at 330-253-9113 ext. 143 for more information.<br />
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Shamrock Society<br />
Mass Set for September 5, 2008<br />
At the start of each school year, we take time to honor our<br />
dedicated supporters at the annual Shamrock Society Mass,<br />
which is followed by a reception in our <strong>St</strong>udent Center before<br />
the first home football game of the season.<br />
Everyone who joins the Shamrock Society or renews their<br />
support by June 30, 2008, will be invited to this special<br />
evening, which has already been scheduled for Friday,<br />
September 5, 2008.<br />
In addition to being our guests of honor at this annual<br />
Mass, our Shamrock Society members will also be presented<br />
with a special key that entitles them to free admission at all of<br />
our home sporting events and musical and theater<br />
productions for the 2008-2009 school year. What a wonderful<br />
way to witness how your gift is impacting the lives of our<br />
students!<br />
If your name is not listed here, there is still time to join this<br />
distinguished group. Your annual gift of a minimum of $1,000<br />
will secure your place in the Shamrock Society.<br />
Call Joanne Zaratsian at 330-253-9113 ext. 112 for more<br />
information.<br />
New and Renewed Donors<br />
July 1, 2007 through February 29, 2008<br />
LIFETIME MEMBERS<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Brennan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haag<br />
TRUSTEES<br />
$50,000 OR MORE<br />
Mr. Ralph Bernard<br />
GAR Foundation<br />
Ms. M. Teri Lynch (deceased)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Piglia<br />
BENEFACTORS<br />
$25,000-$49,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Antonino<br />
Mrs. Jerry Kelly<br />
Anthony and Karen Manna<br />
Jean and Jerry O'Neil<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serpentini<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John <strong>St</strong>audt<br />
The Ed Metzger Family<br />
The Tricomi Family<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tricomi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Tricomi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tricomi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. <strong>Vincent</strong> Tricomi<br />
INVESTORS<br />
$10,000-$24,999<br />
Mrs. Barbara Bader & Family<br />
Mrs. Eileen D. Burg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Harvey<br />
The House of LaRose<br />
LaRose Family<br />
Louis Perry & Associates, Inc.<br />
Joan and Louis Perry<br />
Mrs. Brenda Pier<br />
Red Letter Events Group<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sutter<br />
The Tricomi Family<br />
Leo G. and <strong>Mary</strong> Ann Walter III<br />
Serpentini Chevrolet<br />
PATRONS<br />
$7,500-$9,999<br />
The H.E. Graves, Jr.<br />
Family Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Waltz<br />
SPONSORS<br />
$5,000-$7,499<br />
Americhem, Inc.<br />
Paul and Marianne Bertsch<br />
Carfagna Family Foundation<br />
Bob and Margaret Coletta<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome C.<br />
Costigan<br />
Patrick and Daryl Dunlavy<br />
Hanlon Family Scholarship<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Holmes<br />
Peggy and Bill Maltarich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Neill<br />
Rick and Michelle Saunders<br />
Sully's Rent All Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Trecaso<br />
Ted and Barb Walter<br />
Wilson Plumbing and<br />
Heating, Inc.<br />
Patricia Zeno and Frank Parent<br />
IRISH ASSOCIATES<br />
$2,500-$4,999<br />
Bob and Bev Bertsch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Bowen, Sr.<br />
Jim and Renee Conlon<br />
Mr. Joseph Finocchio and<br />
Ms. Susan Ray<br />
Eaton Charitable Fund<br />
Thomas P. and Michelle L.<br />
Freeman<br />
Bill and Deb Helmkamp<br />
Mr. William J. Henkel, Jr.<br />
JP Morgan Chase<br />
Mike and Liz Klein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Leslie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert May<br />
The R.C. Musson and<br />
Katharine M. Musson<br />
Charitable Fdn.<br />
Garett and Beth Van Tiem<br />
Nesbitt<br />
Qualiform, Inc. Custom<br />
Rubber Molding<br />
Tim and Teresa Rickus<br />
Mr. Michael Sullivan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert O.<br />
Thoman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Trecaso<br />
Williams Hardwood Flooring<br />
MEMBERS<br />
$1,000-$2,499<br />
Akron Bearing Co. Inc.<br />
Aladdin Food Management<br />
Services, LLC.<br />
Alpha Group Agency<br />
Anonymous<br />
Miss Bernadine M. Antonino<br />
Paul and Betty Baldacci Family<br />
Foundation, Louis Baldacci,<br />
Thomas Baldacci<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Lou and John Ballard<br />
Frank and Kathy Beer<br />
Jim and Nancy Bennett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M.<br />
Bennett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berdis<br />
Bober, Markey, Fedorovich &<br />
Company<br />
Mrs. Carl Bouschere<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Brown<br />
Bruce and Martha Campbell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C.<br />
Campbell, Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chiarappa<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chopko<br />
Michael and <strong>Mary</strong> Colarik<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Corpas<br />
Bill Costigan, Sr. and Patricia<br />
Costigan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Cox<br />
Mrs. <strong>Mary</strong> O'Connor Cullen in<br />
memory of James A. Cullen<br />
Carl and Joan Dangel<br />
Margaret Hoffmann Denning<br />
Mr. Edward M. Engler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fiedler<br />
Fifth Third Bank<br />
Mr. Brendan Ford<br />
Ms. Karen Gannon and Mr.<br />
Bradd L. Rosenquist<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David George<br />
Gilbert D. Gingold in memory of<br />
Kirk Gingold VM81<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don Haddox<br />
Mr. T. Patrick Halaiko<br />
Janet Walsh Hascek<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Hilkert<br />
Tom and Rose Hlivko<br />
Home Team Marketing, LLC<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> E. Howard<br />
ICI Group Services, Inc.<br />
<strong>Mary</strong> Ann Isaac<br />
Richard and Sharon Juve<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kalgreen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Killian<br />
Lowell and Jan Knight<br />
Ellen O'Donnell Kollar<br />
Ralph and Linda Linsalata<br />
Mr. Frank N. Linsalata<br />
Leo and Sally Longville<br />
Lou and <strong>Mary</strong> Jean Maglione<br />
David and Connie Marucco<br />
Mr. Charles J. Maurer<br />
Fr. Edward E. Mehok<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John J. Murphy<br />
National Machine Company<br />
Dr. George R. Newkome<br />
Dr. Joseph Nienaltowski<br />
John and Meg Noethen<br />
Northeast Ohio Nephrology<br />
Associates, Inc.<br />
Omnova Solutions<br />
Mark and Teresa Kelly Pastor<br />
PFI Displays, Inc.<br />
Pier Associates<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Piglia<br />
Public Design Company<br />
James V. Robb<br />
Roetzel & Andress<br />
Company LPA<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Ruby<br />
SGS Tool Company<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Smith<br />
Mrs. Jean A. <strong>St</strong>audt<br />
Michael and Kelly <strong>St</strong>audt<br />
Carla, Dan, and Sean <strong>St</strong>einer<br />
Jay and Marilyn <strong>St</strong>itz<br />
Foundation<br />
T.M.R. & Associates, Inc.<br />
Dorothy Torresi<br />
UBS Financial Services,<br />
Inc., Wells Trecaso<br />
Financial Group<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John Walsh
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Raymond R. & Martha G.<br />
Wernig Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wernig<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O.<br />
Wheeler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zarlinski<br />
The individuals above have generously<br />
contributed to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. We have made every attempt to<br />
ensure the accuracy of this list. If your gift<br />
was omitted or improperly noted, please<br />
accept our sincere apology. If you have<br />
noticed such an error, please notify our<br />
Development Office, so we can correct our<br />
records.<br />
Board<br />
Member<br />
Published<br />
Author<br />
Father<br />
Joseph<br />
Kraker, the<br />
pastor of<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Church<br />
has<br />
written a<br />
book<br />
entitled:<br />
“Vinnie Here: Fanciful<br />
Conversations between a<br />
Pastor and His Dog.” Father<br />
was interviewed by The<br />
Cleveland Plain Dealer and<br />
the article provided this<br />
insight into the book —<br />
“Kraker’s book uses<br />
imaginary conversations<br />
with his pet to illustrate<br />
spiritual lessons. The book<br />
is a collection of columns<br />
dealing with issues from<br />
consumerism to prejudice to<br />
hunger.”<br />
Father Kraker and Vinnie<br />
(the 86 pound, black Lab<br />
mix) customarily take long<br />
walks around Akron.<br />
“Vinnie Here” is available<br />
in paperback for $15.00 and<br />
can be purchased at<br />
Grismer’s Christian Gifts as<br />
well as Amazon.com.<br />
Green & Gold Annual<br />
Appeal Update<br />
Help Make this Year the Most Successful Yet!<br />
Each year we are truly blessed by the<br />
contributions of our alumni, past<br />
parents, and friends! Help us make the<br />
Green & Gold Annual Appeal 2007-<br />
2008 the most successful yet. Our<br />
Green & Gold Annual Appeal<br />
commenced in August with the<br />
Shamrock Society Mass and then gained<br />
further momentum with the alumni<br />
Green & Gold Annual Appeal Phon-athon<br />
held from November 26 to<br />
December 13, 2007. If we missed you<br />
during the Phon-a-thon, there is still<br />
time to donate through June 30, 2008<br />
when our fiscal year closes.<br />
Green & Gold Annual Appeal gifts demonstrate your<br />
gratitude for the Catholic education you received at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>,<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>, and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>s. Annual<br />
Appeal gifts are a vital means of support for the general<br />
operating budget, tuition assistance, and academic<br />
scholarships. You do make the difference!<br />
While tuition, which must remain affordable for our<br />
families, is the main source for our current academic<br />
programs, Green & Gold Annual Appeal gifts help cover the<br />
actual cost to educate our students which exceeds tuition by<br />
approximately $1,500.00 per student per year.<br />
If you are interested in supporting our mission through a<br />
gift to the Green & Gold Annual Appeal, contributions may be<br />
mailed to:<br />
STVM Green & Gold Annual Appeal<br />
15 N. Maple <strong>St</strong>reet, Akron, Ohio 44303<br />
Questions? Call Joanne Zaratsian at 330-253-9113, ext. 112.<br />
Irish Car<br />
Raffle a<br />
Roaring<br />
Success<br />
Bob Serpentini to donate a<br />
2009 Chevrolet Malibu<br />
Next Year<br />
On February 5, the Irish Family<br />
Car Raffle came to a close with<br />
the following alumni, friends and<br />
students in the Winner’s Circle.<br />
First Place Winner of a 2008<br />
Chevrolet Aveo: Derek Over<br />
(student ticket)<br />
Second Place Winner of a 37-<br />
inch LCD HDTV: Alice Terry<br />
(student ticket)<br />
Third Place Winner of $300<br />
Circle K Gas Card and a roadside<br />
assistance kit: P. <strong>St</strong>uhldreher<br />
(alumni ticket)<br />
The following students will<br />
receive tuition vouchers for selling<br />
the most tickets.<br />
First Place Winner of $1,000:<br />
Ryan Carlozzi<br />
Second Place Winner of $500:<br />
Andrew Bentley<br />
Third Place Winner of $250:<br />
Garland <strong>St</strong>okes<br />
A total of $91,000 was raised,<br />
of which $22,000 was a result of<br />
the alumni and friends mailing,<br />
for the students and programs<br />
at STVM.<br />
“Even before the 2008 car raffle<br />
had ended, Bob Serpentini had<br />
generously offered to donate an<br />
even bigger and better car for<br />
next year — a 2009 Chevy<br />
Malibu,” said Joanne Zaratsian,<br />
Director of Fiscal Resources. “We<br />
are so grateful to the Serpentinis<br />
for making this major fundraiser<br />
possible!”<br />
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Development News<br />
The Development Office Team: Coming to<br />
a City Near You<br />
Tim Castrigano Visits the Windy City<br />
A special thank you to Dennis Marks V64 who recently<br />
hosted a gathering of STVM alumni at his office in Chicago.<br />
The purpose of the gathering was to Share the Vision for the<br />
plans for the new <strong>St</strong>udent Activities Center. Tim Castrigano,<br />
Chief Financial Officer and Development Director, presented<br />
the plans and discussed why we need such a facility, if we are<br />
to remain competitive in attracting the very best students.<br />
A pleasant result of this gathering is that Kathleen “Katie”<br />
Van Tiem VM99, along with <strong>Alumni</strong> Director, Kathleen<br />
Zehenni Holaday VM77, are going to try to coordinate a new<br />
alumni group for those who reside in the Windy City.<br />
If you would like to find out more about this group, call<br />
Kathy Holaday at 330-253-9113, ext. 120.<br />
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L-R: Tim Castrigano, Ann and Dave Brennan, Joanne Zaratsian, and<br />
Bill Costigan.<br />
Development Department heads South for the<br />
Winter...Not Quite — but they did Visit the South<br />
Ann and Dave V49 Brennan graciously hosted a Share the<br />
Vision Capital Campaign party in their lovely home in Naples,<br />
Florida on February 7, 2008. Campaign Co-chairman, Bill<br />
Costigan, Jr., V67 and his wife Barb Maltarich Costigan V71;<br />
Tim Castrigano, CFO/ Development Director; and Joanne<br />
Zaratsian, Director of Fiscal Resources, traveled to Naples to<br />
meet with alumni and friends living in Florida.<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
attended the party.<br />
The big news of the evening was the announcement Joanne<br />
Zaratsian made about a major donation the school received<br />
just prior to the Florida trip. When she announced the<br />
leadership campaign matching gift of one million dollars<br />
towards the expansion project, you could probably hear the<br />
applause in Akron!<br />
The donor has requested no publicity in print but we will<br />
be happy to share the identity to those interested in<br />
participating in the matching gift program by contacting<br />
Joanne Zaratsian at 330-253-9113, ext. 112. This donor’s<br />
generosity will help the building process begin, and hopefully,<br />
encourage giving from others. On behalf of the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> community, we extend<br />
our deepest appreciation.<br />
You can also help us to Share the Vision for our capital<br />
campaign. If you are interested in hosting an alumni gathering<br />
in your city, please contact Tim Castrigano at 330-253-9113,<br />
ext. 142.<br />
STVM Receives GAR<br />
Foundation Grant<br />
$170,000 for Financial Assistance Endowment Fund<br />
and $40,000 Challenge Grant Award<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> has received a GAR<br />
Foundation Grant of $170,000 for its financial assistance<br />
endowment fund. This fund provides tuition assistance and<br />
scholarships to deserving students who might not otherwise<br />
have an opportunity to attend our school.<br />
The school is also the recipient of a GAR Foundation<br />
Challenge Grant Award up to $40,000. Through this<br />
challenge grant, GAR Foundation will match, with a $1,000<br />
contribution, all contributions of at least $1,000 to existing<br />
or newly established family and memorial scholarships. The<br />
challenge expires on December 1, 2008.<br />
“We are honored to be the recipient of these generous<br />
awards from GAR Foundation. These grants will enable us<br />
to further secure our endowment so that an increased<br />
number of young men and women can benefit from our<br />
outstanding college preparatory curriculum,” said Tim<br />
Castrigano, Chief Financial Officer and Director of<br />
Development at STVM. “The Challenge Grant also<br />
provides an excellent opportunity for our donors to<br />
establish or increase their support of a family or memorial<br />
scholarship.”<br />
For more information on how to establish or contribute<br />
to a scholarship fund as part of this challenge grant, call<br />
Susie Wallace at 330-253-9113, ext. 131, or e-mail<br />
swallace@stvm.com.
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The LeBron James<br />
2008 King for Kids<br />
Bikeathon<br />
Friday, June 20 and Saturday June 21<br />
This year the Bikeathon’s proceeds will be divided equally<br />
between the Akron Area YMCA, the Akron Urban League, and<br />
the LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF). LJFF will use<br />
their share of the Bikeathon proceeds to establish a grant<br />
program to benefit other area non-profits in need of support.<br />
The Bikeathon, scheduled for Saturday, June 21, 2008, includes<br />
many exciting new features and elements.<br />
• Friday night, June 20, 2008 - Sponsor-only Triathlon.<br />
• 300 children ages 9-11 will be rewarded with new bikes<br />
and helmets based upon academic achievement.<br />
• 100 children ages 12-14 will be rewarded with new bikes<br />
and helmets based upon the “most improved” in physical<br />
fitness.<br />
• Special chaperones will be selected from the 15-17 year-old<br />
age group for the Kids Ride and will receive exclusive gift<br />
bags.<br />
• Red Cross CPR and First-Aid Training will be provided to<br />
all volunteers.<br />
• The 2008 Bikeathon will utilize the web to encourage<br />
children around the world to participate in physical fitness<br />
and volunteer opportunities in their hometown.<br />
• An Experienced Rider Course is being added to the<br />
Bikeathon, for those avid cyclists who attend the event.<br />
Olympic cyclist and 8-time Tour de France competitor<br />
George Hincapie has offered to help with this year’s<br />
Bikeathon.<br />
• The Lock 3 Community Celebration, which takes place<br />
after the rides are finished, will include exciting<br />
interactives and a thrilling drumline competition as well as<br />
a raffle of special memorabilia.<br />
Jim Kelly Memorial<br />
Scholarship<br />
The Jim Kelly Memorial Scholarship Reverse Raffle and<br />
Mini-Silent Auction is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, 2008<br />
at Guy’s Party Centre. You won’t want to miss this gala event<br />
which brings together both old and new friends of our Irish<br />
community. This popular fundraiser, for the benefit of our<br />
Endowment Fund, is always a sell-out so plan now for an<br />
evening of delicious food and spirited bidding of unique gifts.<br />
Tickets are $100 each for a chance to win the $3,000 grand<br />
prize. This cost includes two dinners, if needed.<br />
This reverse raffle has become known as a “reunion” for<br />
many of our longtime, as well as new, supporters. Our 2008<br />
event will also recognize the 20th Anniversary of the STVM<br />
1988 Fighting Irish football team’s <strong>St</strong>ate Championship!<br />
Mark your calendars! The Jim Kelly Memorial Scholarship<br />
of the STVM Endowment Fund has helped ease the tuition<br />
burden for over 88 STVM students since 1989. For more<br />
information, call Jerry Kelly at 330-253-9113 ext. 110 or 330-<br />
376-9227.<br />
Attention all STVM 1994-1997 Graduates<br />
Were you a freshman in 1990, 1991, 1992, or 1993? Did you<br />
receive or do you know who received the Jim Kelly Memorial<br />
Scholarship during your freshman year? Please help the<br />
Scholarship team identify the recipients of this scholarship by<br />
calling Jerry Kelly 330-253-9113 ext. 110 or 330-376-9227.<br />
For more information or if interested in being a volunteer<br />
for the Bikeathon, this family-friendly fundraising event in<br />
Northeast Ohio, please contact the LJFF office at<br />
(216)325-0792 or via e-mail at jnance@lebronjamesff.org<br />
COME HOME<br />
FOR<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion Night<br />
September 26, 2008<br />
ALL ST. MARY, ST. VINCENT AND ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY GRADUATES<br />
ARE INVITED TO ATTEND<br />
STVM <strong>St</strong>udents prepare for battle with faculty.<br />
STVM Night at the Q<br />
February 2, 2008 was STVM Night with the Cleveland<br />
Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. Before the game, our<br />
students took on the staff in the annual shoot-out, with the<br />
victory going to the staff. This was followed by spectator free<br />
throws for all the fans before the Cavs took on (and defeated)<br />
the L.A. Clippers. Thanks to everyone who participated. A<br />
special thanks to LeBron James who signed a jersey that night<br />
to be auctioned at Showcase 2008.<br />
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Development News<br />
Sharing Secrets<br />
of Success<br />
STVM Mentor Program<br />
“A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10<br />
years of study.” This Chinese Proverb exemplifies what our<br />
Mentor Program means to our students.<br />
On January 30, 2008, 24 professionals from diverse<br />
backgrounds came together in the <strong>St</strong>udent Center to talk with<br />
our students about their career paths and what it takes to be<br />
successful.<br />
We are grateful for the following alumni and friends who<br />
shared their knowledge and time: Philip Lombardo, James<br />
Sneed, Ed Vargo, Dr. Ben Pearson, Dr. James Buchanan,<br />
Theresa Piatt, Sharon Berg, John Tang, Jason Butterworth,<br />
Larry Vuillemin, David Giffels, Dr. Lalene Kay, Dr. Maseelall,<br />
Thomas F. Lukach, Tim Buse, Carin A. Helfer, Norbert<br />
Majerus, Melissa Bowman, Akron Police Department, and<br />
Sister <strong>Mary</strong> Coffelt.<br />
“What these alumni and friends did was extremely valuable<br />
to our student body,” said Joanne Zaratsian, Director of Fiscal<br />
Resources, who assisted our new school guidance counselor,<br />
Emily Knapp. “We are now looking for more professionals to<br />
do the same.”<br />
If you are interested in sharing your experiences with our<br />
students through the Mentor Program, fill out the form below<br />
or contact Mrs. Emily Knapp at 330-996-0023, ext. 138.<br />
MENTOR PROGRAM<br />
Please provide the following contact information:<br />
Name<br />
Profession<br />
Employer<br />
Title<br />
Work address<br />
I prefer to be contacted ❑ At work ❑ At home ❑ No preference<br />
Work phone<br />
Work website<br />
Home phone<br />
Home E-mail<br />
Education/Training Background<br />
Work E-mail<br />
Cell phone<br />
If you would like, please include a list of other Interests/hobbies/<br />
pursuits/volunteer commitments.<br />
Are you willing to mentor more than one student? ❑ Yes ❑ No<br />
Mail this form to: <strong>St</strong>.<strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
15 N. Maple <strong>St</strong>., Akron, OH 44303<br />
ATTN: Emily Knapp or Fax: to the Guidance Office: 330-996-0022<br />
Another Boarman<br />
Backer Naming<br />
Opportunity SOLD<br />
1981 <strong>St</strong>ate Champions rally to fund new locker room<br />
In the 1980s, our Fighting Irish<br />
football teams dominated the field,<br />
winning three state championships.<br />
Head Coach Dan Boarman, who<br />
served as defensive coordinator then,<br />
played a big role in this legacy. Today,<br />
we are thrilled to have Coach<br />
Boarman back, leading our young<br />
athletes. We are also proud of his<br />
accomplishments; in his first season<br />
he had an outstanding 9-3 record, made the playoffs, and<br />
competed with the top teams in the state.<br />
Today, members of the 1981 <strong>St</strong>ate Championship Team have<br />
come forward to help ensure that the STVM winning tradition<br />
continues. They have secured a gift of $20,000 to help fund a<br />
new varsity locker room. It will provide our players and Coach<br />
Boarman with a first-rate “home” to go along with the new<br />
stadium, new freshman locker room and new weight room<br />
and training facility.<br />
This effort is led by teammates, Joe Harvey VM82, Craig<br />
Mears VM82, Tim Wallace VM82, Dave Bittner VM82 and<br />
Chip Hilling VM82. They are reaching out to members of the<br />
state championship teams of 1981, which includes football<br />
players of classes 1982 through 1985, to match the initial gift<br />
of $20,000.<br />
“STVM Football taught our team many “life lessons” and<br />
opened many doors of opportunity for college and careers. We<br />
want to help other young men have the same opportunities,”<br />
said Joe Harvey. “It is particularly gratifying to rally behind<br />
Dan Boarman, who was a special coach and mentor to us.”<br />
While this appeal is directed to the 1981 Championship<br />
Team to help memorialize an outstanding team and season,<br />
the entire STVM community is invited to join in the matching<br />
drive. As an incentive, those who contribute at the $500 level<br />
will receive a commemorative DVD of the 1981 football<br />
season.<br />
The 1981 <strong>St</strong>ate Championship Team Locker Room will<br />
serve as a daily reminder of the example set by these men, as<br />
leaders both on and off the field.<br />
“I am humbled by the outpouring of support I have<br />
received from this school community. This latest effort<br />
exemplifies the dedication, excellence and commitment that<br />
is synonymous with Fighting Irish football and the STVM<br />
community,” said Coach Dan Boarman.<br />
To make a tax-deductible donation or for more<br />
information, contact Joanne Zaratsian, Director of Fiscal<br />
Resources, at 330-253-9113, ext.112.<br />
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Development News<br />
We Remember<br />
Teri Lynch V70<br />
On February 25, 2008 the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
community lost a dedicated alumna<br />
when M. Teri Lynch V70 passed<br />
away after a courageous battle with<br />
cancer. Teri was actively involved<br />
with her alma mater and had served<br />
on both the Executive Committee<br />
and the Endowment Board. She was<br />
the daughter of Ellen and Dan Lynch<br />
and is survived by her siblings, Patricia Lynch Hennessy V56,<br />
Harriet Lynch Rorar V57, Barbara Lynch Bennett-<strong>St</strong>andridge<br />
V60, Helen Lynch Brown V63, Frances Lynch, and Daniel Lynch.<br />
In 1998, the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Association honored her with the Father Mahar Outstanding<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Award. One of Teri’s greatest contributions has been her<br />
involvement with the school’s Endowment Board and the<br />
establishment of The Lynch Family Scholarship. Teri made the<br />
scholarship a priority and was honored each year as a member of<br />
the Shamrock Society at the Trustee level (donations of $50,000<br />
or more).<br />
The Lynch Family Scholarship was originally established to<br />
honor the memory of <strong>Mary</strong> Alyce Lynch, the youngest child of<br />
Ellen and Dan Lynch who passed away in March 2004.The Lynch<br />
Family has continued to grow their scholarship which provides<br />
tuition assistance for <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> students<br />
whose lives have been touched by cancer. The Lynch Family<br />
understands that the devastation of cancer affects the strength of<br />
a family, both emotionally and economically. By establishing the<br />
Lynch Family Scholarship, the Lynch family can remember their<br />
loss of <strong>Mary</strong> and Teri and continue to help others.<br />
If you wish to make a contribution in Teri’s memory to the<br />
Lynch Family Scholarship Fund, please send in your gift to:<br />
STVM, 15 N. Maple <strong>St</strong>reet, Akron, OH 44303 Attention: Lynch<br />
Scholarship. Thanks to the generosity of the GAR Foundation<br />
Challenge Grant, gifts received before December 1, 2008, will be<br />
matched (up to $1,000). For more information, please contact<br />
Susie Wallace at 330 253-9113 x 131.<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> And Friends Can<br />
Ensure STVM’s Future<br />
ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL has established a Planned<br />
Giving program to help secure the long-term future of the school. The four<br />
most common planned giving opportunities include the following:<br />
OUTRIGHT GIFT OF CASH OR PERSONAL PROPERTY:<br />
This gift is a donation of cash, securities, or real estate. The donor<br />
receives an income tax deduction for the value of the gift, plus no capital<br />
gains tax due on appreciated property. You can tailor your gift to the<br />
school’s needs.<br />
OUTRIGHT GIFT OF STOCK:<br />
Gifts of appreciated stocks may allow you to avoid tax on capital gains<br />
and entitle you to claim a charitable deduction for the full fair market value<br />
of the stock.<br />
GIFTS OF LIFE INSURANCE:<br />
If you own a life insurance policy that is no longer needed, it may be the<br />
perfect vehicle for a gift. To receive a charitable deduction for this type of<br />
donation, name <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> as both the owner and<br />
the beneficiary of the policy. If the policy has cash value, you can take a<br />
charitable deduction approximately equal to the cash value at the time of<br />
the gift. In addition, if annual premiums are still to be made and you<br />
continue to pay them, those premiums will become tax deductible each<br />
year. Please check with your insurance agent for details on which forms<br />
to complete.<br />
BEQUEST IN WILL:<br />
This is the most popular and easiest way to remember<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. When preparing your will, you name<br />
STVM as a beneficiary of your estate. Usually this is through a cash<br />
donation or real estate. There is usually an estate tax deduction for the<br />
value of your bequest. Please check with your attorney for more<br />
information.<br />
CONTACT INFORMATION:<br />
NAME:<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
CITY:<br />
STATE:<br />
ZIP:<br />
HOME PHONE:<br />
WORK PHONE:<br />
EMAIL:<br />
I WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON:<br />
❏ INCLUDING STVM IN MY ESTATE PLANS<br />
❏ SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT GIFT MAKING. PLEASE CALL ME.<br />
THE BEST TIME TO CALL IS:<br />
❏ I HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED STVM IN MY ESTATE PLAN<br />
TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT GIVING<br />
THROUGH YOUR ESTATE, PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO:<br />
Recipients of the 2007-2008 Lynch Family Scholarship. L-R: Caitlin Welsh, Kyle<br />
Sickels, Colin Daugherty, Kevin Sickles, and Nate Graham<br />
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL<br />
15 N. MAPLE STREET, AKRON, OHIO 44303<br />
OR CALL 330-253-9113 EXT. 112<br />
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The Fr. Thomas F. Mahar Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Award honors living graduates of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>,<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>, and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>s who exemplify the spirit and values of<br />
Catholic secondary education in one or more<br />
of five related areas: ministry, service to youth,<br />
service to school, service to community, and<br />
professional achievement. Since its inception<br />
in 1979, this award has been presented to 93<br />
outstanding alumni of our school.<br />
2008 Father Thomas F. Mahar<br />
Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong> Award<br />
Jack Fitzpatrick V44<br />
Jack Fitzpatrick was born and raised in<br />
Akron, Ohio. He attended <strong>St</strong>. Paul Grade<br />
<strong>School</strong> before moving on to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Among many happy memories of<br />
those high school years was the coaching of<br />
Eddie Wentz. Jack considered him a role<br />
model instilling in his teams all the<br />
important values of discipline, dedication,<br />
team work and fair play. Jack was proud to<br />
be a <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> student<br />
named to the 1943-1944 Akron All-City<br />
basketball team.<br />
Jack’s mother, Anne, a 3-time<br />
champion club champion at the Firestone<br />
Country Club, encouraged her son’s<br />
interest in golf early on. Jack, a natural<br />
athlete, excelled in that sport as well. Most<br />
notably, he was the Akron District Junior<br />
Golf Champion in 1941, 1942 and 1943.<br />
After graduation from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>, Jack<br />
entered Notre Dame University. Along<br />
with some academic studies, he still<br />
managed to play competitive golf. He was<br />
the #1 player on a four man Notre Dame<br />
team, winning the 1944 national Collegiate<br />
Amateur Athletics Championship in Golf at<br />
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Inverness Country Club in Toledo, Ohio.<br />
In 1945, Jack was inducted in the U.S.<br />
Army and soon sent to the Pacific theatre.<br />
He served with the 158th Regimental<br />
Combat team on the island of Luzon in the<br />
Philippines. They were practicing<br />
maneuvers for an eventual landing in Japan<br />
when President Truman authorized the<br />
historic bombing run for the Enola Gay.<br />
Jack often thought of how many<br />
American men were alive because of<br />
President Truman’s courage and<br />
convictions.<br />
Jack eventually did get to Japan,<br />
however, as part of the army of occupation.<br />
It was not such onerous duty for him<br />
however, for he again found himself on golf<br />
courses. He managed to win the<br />
“Occupation Open” golf championship at<br />
the Kavana Hotel in 1946.<br />
After his war service was concluded,<br />
Jack returned to Notre Dame to continue<br />
his studies. <strong>St</strong>ill playing competitive golf, he<br />
won several more tournaments in 1947,<br />
among them the Indiana Intercollegiate<br />
Championship and the Akron District<br />
Amateur Championship.<br />
Jack turned professional in 1949,<br />
serving as assistant pro at the Firestone<br />
Country Club. In 1950, Jack qualified and<br />
played in the U.S. Open at Merion Cricket<br />
Club in Pennsylvania where he was paired<br />
with Tommy Bolt, who went on to win the<br />
U.S. Open in 1958.<br />
It was now time for Jack to think about<br />
marriage and earning a decent living. In<br />
1951, he married Rosemary Aikey. They<br />
shared 55 wonderful years together.<br />
In 1952 he was hired by Firestone Tire<br />
and Rubber Company as a quality control<br />
inspector in the International Division.<br />
This led, over a thirty year period, to<br />
interesting assignments in different<br />
countries of the world where Firestone had<br />
plants in operation. With ever increasing<br />
responsibility, he was put in charge of<br />
production, marketing and the overall<br />
viability of those factories in foreign lands.<br />
He and Rosemary enjoyed living in so<br />
many different countries and almost all of<br />
his career was spent overseas – Brazil, New<br />
Zealand, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica and<br />
Australia. The last five years before<br />
retirement, Jack, now a vice president, was<br />
posted to London in charge of Firestone’s<br />
European and African operations.<br />
Upon retirement, Rosemary and Jack<br />
moved to Vero Beach to a condo unit on<br />
the 8th hole of a golf course. What else?! It<br />
was Jack’s intention to golf all year in this<br />
benign climate and he did just that for<br />
quite a few years.<br />
The hurricanes in Florida in 2004 did<br />
much damage to their home. After moving<br />
about a bit, they settled in Regency Park,<br />
a “senior resort community.” Jack was so<br />
glad to have Rosemary in such a caring<br />
supportive community for the final year of<br />
her life. She had been declining in health<br />
for several years and passed away<br />
June 2007.<br />
Jack has continued to live at Regency<br />
Park where the living really is easier.<br />
Although he has spent little time in<br />
Akron during his adult life, he has<br />
maintained an abiding interest in the<br />
welfare of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. Jack has made an unrestricted<br />
bequest to STVM; confident the bequest<br />
will be used wisely to further the goals of<br />
this superior educational community. Jack<br />
has never forgotten those formative years at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> when he was a<br />
student and knows STVM today is such a<br />
special school, and hopes it will continue to<br />
instruct and inspire many more students in<br />
the days and years to come.<br />
Thomas Norman Jesser V53<br />
Thomas Norman Jesser was born in<br />
Akron, Ohio and has remained a life long<br />
resident of Akron. Tom attended <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
Elementary <strong>School</strong> and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Catholic<br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, graduating in 1953.<br />
Tom was very active during his years at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. He was a member<br />
of the baseball team, was awarded the<br />
Chrysler Award his senior year and was the<br />
Co-Editor of the school newspaper “The<br />
<strong>Vincent</strong>ian.” While Tom was co-editor of<br />
the school paper it was awarded “Best<br />
Publication” among Summit County<br />
<strong>School</strong>s. Tom was also awarded other<br />
various awards while at <strong>St</strong>. V.<br />
Tom has so many cherished memories<br />
of his time at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. His<br />
most affectionate memory is of his English<br />
teacher, Sister Benita. She was a great<br />
influence in Tom’s life and she really<br />
motivated Tom to excel.<br />
After graduation, Tom immediately<br />
joined The United <strong>St</strong>ates Army. Tom served<br />
with great pride during the Korean conflict.<br />
During his time in the Army, Tom was<br />
stationed in New Jersey. He decided to<br />
make a trip to New York City to visit with<br />
Cardinal Spellman who was the appointed<br />
chaplain of The United <strong>St</strong>ates Military<br />
Forces and the Cardinal for New York City.<br />
During his visit, Tom was given a holy<br />
medal that was blessed by the Chaplain.<br />
Tom decided to send his medal to one of<br />
his favorite <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
teachers who played such an important role<br />
in his life, his English teacher, Sister Benita.<br />
Tom wrote a letter to her explaining where<br />
he had been and the meaning behind the<br />
blessed medal that he was given. He sent<br />
the medal to her and thanked her for the<br />
important lessons that she taught him<br />
during his time at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>. Sister Benita<br />
was very touched and wrote Tom a letter<br />
telling him how thankful she was and let<br />
him know that it would be worn every day<br />
on her rosary chain. She also made sure<br />
that since she was an English teacher that<br />
she sent back the original letter that Tom<br />
wrote to her with all of the grammatical<br />
corrections that she found in his letter!<br />
After Tom’s term in the Army was<br />
completed and he was discharged as a <strong>St</strong>aff<br />
Sergeant, he attended The University of<br />
Akron. He was a member of The Lone <strong>St</strong>ar<br />
Fraternity, a member of the Lacrosse team<br />
and began dating again his life-long<br />
sweetheart, Yvonne Berbari. When Tom<br />
said “lifelong” he means it, because he fell<br />
in love with Yvonne in the fourth grade!<br />
They soon were married on October 19,<br />
1957 and they celebrated their 50th<br />
wedding anniversary in 2007.<br />
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Soon after Tom and Yvonne were<br />
married Tom joined the Army Reserves<br />
where he soon earned his rank as a Master<br />
Sergeant. Tom accepted a Regular Army<br />
Commission and again, he proudly rose<br />
through the ranks.<br />
During this time in Tom’s life he and<br />
Yvonne were blessed with five children,<br />
built his life insurance business, The Jesser<br />
Group, which fifty years later is being<br />
managed by his second son Tom, where<br />
they both are members of The Million<br />
Dollar Round Table, educated his children<br />
in Catholic schools, and still remained a<br />
dedicated member and volunteer of Our<br />
Lady of The Cedars Catholic Church.<br />
During his lifetime membership to<br />
Our Lady of The Cedars Church, Tom has<br />
dedicated his life to serving God. Tom has<br />
served on church council, council<br />
President, served as chairperson many<br />
times for the church’s annual festival,<br />
served many years as a delegate to the<br />
National Apostolate of Maronites, serves on<br />
The National Shrine of Our Lady of<br />
Lebanon Board of Directors and with<br />
fellow parishioners established The<br />
Interfaith Care Givers Ministry in<br />
participation with the loving guidance of<br />
the late Sister Jordan Haddad. Tom also<br />
worked closely with Sister Jordan in many<br />
areas of her ministry. Tom was awarded<br />
“The Masabki Award” named after two<br />
Maronite Saints who dedicated their lives to<br />
serving God, their country and Christians<br />
everywhere.<br />
Tom’s service to his community and<br />
country is also to be noted. He is involved<br />
in Veterans rights, Rotary and Make a Wish<br />
Foundation.<br />
Not only dedicated to helping those in<br />
need in this country, Tom (along with other<br />
members of the Sahgbeen Society) is<br />
responsible for carrying on the tradition<br />
left to him by his father and others that<br />
came before him. This is a group of men<br />
that are descendants of a village in Lebanon<br />
that raises money to continue to educate<br />
children of all faiths in Lebanon. This<br />
school was built by funds raised by Tom’s<br />
father and many other benefactors. There is<br />
also scholarship money granted to students<br />
locally who apply for tuition assistance for<br />
college.<br />
Tom has remained an active member<br />
in his class of 1953 quarterly lunches and<br />
reunions. During his years of parenting,<br />
Tom has been challenged with illnesses that<br />
have threatened his own life and illnesses<br />
that have challenged the lives of his<br />
children. His prayers, his quiet support,<br />
constant guidance and with Yvonne by his<br />
side carried his family through these very<br />
difficult times.<br />
Toms’ years of service are far from<br />
slowing down. He is still very active in his<br />
insurance business with his son Tom, he is<br />
still found running errands for the sick and<br />
working in his church kitchen or just<br />
lending an ear or praying with a friend.<br />
Tom’s wish and prayers are that his<br />
children and his sixteen grandchildren walk<br />
in the path of our Lord, work in his various<br />
fields and grow in stature in the Lord’s<br />
image. What more could any man wish for?<br />
Patrick Verderico M61<br />
Patrick Verderico was born in Akron,<br />
Ohio to Nick and <strong>Mary</strong> Verderico, the third<br />
of eight children. He and his family were<br />
members of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Parish where Pat<br />
attended both grade school and high<br />
school, graduating in 1961.<br />
While a student at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>, he was Junior Class President,<br />
President of the <strong>St</strong>udent Council, Editor of<br />
the Yearbook, Buckeye Boys <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
Representative, Treasurer of the National<br />
Honor Society, Co-captain of the football<br />
team, and recipient of the Knights of<br />
Columbus Manhood Award.<br />
Pat graduated from The University of<br />
Akron in 1965 with a major in Political<br />
Science and minors in Math and Spanish.<br />
Pat, as did his sister and brothers, worked<br />
throughout his college years. While in<br />
college, he enlisted in the U. S. Marine<br />
Corps Reserve. After basic training, he<br />
trained one weekend a month and two<br />
weeks each summer.<br />
After graduation, Pat joined the Peace<br />
Corps and served as a volunteer in<br />
Honduras, Central America, for two years.<br />
He trained at <strong>St</strong>. Louis University, receiving<br />
a Certificate in Latin American <strong>St</strong>udies,<br />
followed by a month’s cultural immersion<br />
in Puerto Rico. He spent the first year in<br />
the rural countryside of Honduras as a<br />
Community Developer, working with<br />
subsistence farmers with a United Nations<br />
backed demonstration project utilizing<br />
fertilizers in the growing of watermelons,<br />
beans, and corn. He organized the<br />
community in completing the construction<br />
of a central park, which was dedicated to<br />
President Kennedy and inaugurated by the<br />
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras. He then<br />
moved to the capital, Tegucigalpa, where he<br />
served as the National Commissioner of<br />
Boy Scouts. He was in charge of 700 scouts<br />
and founded many new troops. He<br />
initiated adult leadership training programs<br />
and served as the host of a half hour weekly<br />
scouting radio program.<br />
After the completion of his Peace<br />
Corps service, Pat received a graduate<br />
research assistantship from Pennsylvania<br />
<strong>St</strong>ate University. He did research for a Ford<br />
Foundation project studying agrarian<br />
reform and its administration in Chile and<br />
Peru. Pat graduated from Penn <strong>St</strong>ate with a<br />
Masters Degree in Public Administration.<br />
Pat began his business career with<br />
Ford Motor Company in Los Angeles in<br />
marketing, holding positions as a sales<br />
planning analyst, assistant new car<br />
merchandising manager, and assistant to<br />
the general sales manager. Some highlights<br />
of this experience were the hosting of the<br />
South American Ford dealers, participating<br />
in the international new car show, and<br />
developing dealer incentive contests to help<br />
sell new cars and trucks.<br />
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Pat then changed his career orientation<br />
and worked for Arthur Young & Co., a CPA<br />
and consulting firm. He worked as an<br />
auditor with some unusual assignments,<br />
such as dip sticking the large Long Beach<br />
Harbor oil tanks on New Year’s Eve and<br />
counting sides of beef in a huge freezer to<br />
ascertain year end inventory levels. He also<br />
was a management consultant,<br />
concentrating on internal control systems<br />
for small businesses. As part of his personal<br />
and career development, Pat attended<br />
Northwestern University’s Graduate <strong>School</strong><br />
of Management for two successive summer<br />
terms, graduating with a Certificate in the<br />
Professional Accounting Program,<br />
becoming a Certified Public Accountant in<br />
California.<br />
Joining Rockwell International, Pat<br />
moved to their corporate headquarters in<br />
Pittsburgh, working on the corporate<br />
accounting staff and then transferred to the<br />
automotive group in Detroit, as Manager of<br />
International Finance. He traveled<br />
extensively and prepared investment<br />
proposals for joint ventures in Colombia<br />
and Mexico and acquisitions in Spain,<br />
Brazil, and the United Kingdom.<br />
Pat continued his interest in<br />
international operations, but now<br />
combined it with a new high technology<br />
focus by joining Fairchild Semiconductor at<br />
the beginning of the rise to prominence of<br />
Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. This<br />
was an exciting and dynamic time with the<br />
explosion of numerous new companies in<br />
diverse high technology industries. Pat, as<br />
Manager of International Finance, was<br />
involved with the foreign subsidiaries and<br />
affiliates, especially those of Hong Kong<br />
and Japan, with a focus on planning and<br />
transfer pricing.<br />
Moving on to National Semiconductor,<br />
Pat was an expatriate in Singapore, as<br />
Director of Finance for the Asia Pacific<br />
Manufacturing Operations. He was<br />
responsible for all financial and accounting<br />
matters for nine plants in Singapore,<br />
Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong,<br />
Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia, with<br />
over 20,000 employees. He was promoted<br />
to Corporate Controller, the Chief<br />
Accounting Officer of the Corporation, and<br />
returned to the Silicon Valley headquarters.<br />
Pat also served as the Chairman of the<br />
United Way Campaign and Treasurer of the<br />
Employees’ Political Action Committee.<br />
Expanding the scope of his experience,<br />
Pat joined Philips Semiconductors, as Vice<br />
President of Assembly Operations. He was<br />
responsible for all manufacturing and test<br />
operations at plants in the United <strong>St</strong>ates,<br />
Korea, Thailand, and Philippines covering<br />
6,000 employees. He introduced and<br />
implemented Just-in-Time and <strong>St</strong>atistical<br />
Process Control programs in all the plants<br />
and installed a manufacturing control<br />
system featuring a diagnostic cost system,<br />
manufacturing standards, performance<br />
measurements, and rigor in all planning<br />
and commitments. For over seven years, he<br />
traveled to Asia one week each month to<br />
review performance at the plants. Pat led<br />
the company to a recognized industry<br />
leadership position in cost, quality,<br />
reliability and delivery.<br />
Pat then joined Coopers & Lybrand, an<br />
international professional services firm, as<br />
Partner-in-Charge, West Region<br />
Manufacturing Consulting. Pat established<br />
the firm in high technology consulting,<br />
directing extended Just-in-Time<br />
implementation engagements to three<br />
different semiconductor manufacturers in<br />
Malaysia, Taiwan, and Morocco.<br />
He also led the installation of an<br />
Activity Based Costing system for two other<br />
semiconductor manufacturers in their<br />
factories in the United <strong>St</strong>ates and their<br />
assembly plants in Asia. Pat performed<br />
litigation support and provided expert<br />
consulting services for a law firm defending<br />
a semiconductor manufacturer against the<br />
Internal Revenue Service in a $100 million<br />
transfer pricing case in U.S. Tax Court.<br />
In the ensuing years, Pat continued his<br />
career concentration in high technology<br />
and international operations, serving as<br />
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating<br />
Officer, and Chief Executive Officer of<br />
several high technology companies. These<br />
firms were in various business sectors, such<br />
as semiconductors, computer multimedia,<br />
computer hard disk drives, and wireless<br />
Internet network processors and software.<br />
These companies ranged from a private<br />
start-up company, to a small public<br />
company to multi-billion dollar revenue<br />
public companies. Pat’s activities included<br />
several company restructurings and raising<br />
capital through a $150 million debt offering<br />
and $17 million equity offering with<br />
venture capital investors. One successful<br />
refinancing effort led to the sale of a<br />
struggling company for a 20% premium in<br />
excess of its market price.<br />
Pat was a member of the Board of<br />
Directors of Catalyst Semiconductor,<br />
Integrated Packaging Assembly<br />
Corporation, OSE USA, Inc, and Creative<br />
Insights. He currently is serving as a<br />
director on the Boards of Micro<br />
Component Technology, Inc. and PLX<br />
Technology, Inc.<br />
Pat has spoken on various topics at<br />
conferences and seminars sponsored by the<br />
Institute of Management Accountants, the<br />
American Electronics Association, the<br />
Institute of International Research, the<br />
Association for Manufacturing Excellence,<br />
and the California Society of Certified<br />
Public Accountants.<br />
Pat is married to Roberta Laundrie, a<br />
graduate of Akron Garfield <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>,<br />
The Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate University, and Santa Clara<br />
University. They have two children, a<br />
daughter Gail, and a son, Kent. Both Gail<br />
and Kent are graduates of The University of<br />
Southern California and live in Los Angeles.<br />
Pat and Roberta live in Northern<br />
California.<br />
Now retired, Pat enjoys reading,<br />
watching sports, especially football and<br />
baseball, and cheering for all his alma<br />
maters. Pat has rediscovered a long lost<br />
interest in fitness and tries to exercise daily<br />
and to live a healthy lifestyle. Roberta is<br />
still working as a psychotherapist and Pat<br />
is developing new skills and interest<br />
in cooking.<br />
As Pat reflects on the past, he marvels<br />
that someone like himself could go from<br />
Akron to Silicon Valley with many other<br />
frequent U.S. and international stops along<br />
the way. From entering college using a slide<br />
rule and a No. 2 pencil, to working in the<br />
most highly technical and complex sector<br />
imaginable is, indeed, a far journey to have<br />
traveled. Preparation was the key —<br />
preparation that began at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> with a great education, great<br />
training in work habits, discipline, and<br />
ethics, and diverse extracurricular activities.<br />
Pat is grateful and thankful to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> and the dedicated faculty,<br />
priests, and nuns.<br />
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Thomas John <strong>St</strong>ecz V65<br />
Since his freshman year at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> in 1961, Tom has proudly<br />
been an active member of the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> family in many<br />
different ways – as a student, alumnus,<br />
parent, volunteer, board member and avid<br />
sports fan.<br />
After graduating from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> in<br />
1965, Tom attended The University of<br />
Akron where he majored in accounting.<br />
Some of his favorite college memories are<br />
from the Friday nights each fall, which were<br />
reserved for <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> football games.<br />
Proud of his alma mater, Tom often<br />
brought his out-of-state fraternity brothers<br />
with him to watch the games, and they were<br />
amazed at the tradition and enthusiasm<br />
generated by the high school community.<br />
In 1969, Tom graduated from The<br />
University of Akron, married Judy Dalaski<br />
(<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Class of 1967) and began his<br />
professional career. Settling in the Copley<br />
area, Tom and Judy raised five children, all<br />
of whom attended <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>; Dan VM88, Eric VM89, Ben<br />
VM92, Ryan VM95 and Molly VM02.<br />
From a young age, Tom’s children were<br />
regulars at STVM football games, awaiting<br />
the day when they would have the<br />
opportunity to participate in fighting Irish<br />
football games, either as players or as<br />
a cheerleader.<br />
When their first child, Dan, enrolled as<br />
a freshman in 1984, Tom and Judy<br />
immersed themselves in STVM activities<br />
and quickly became leaders in the school<br />
community. Tom served on the Secondary<br />
Education Commission (SEC) and was<br />
chairman for several years leading up to the<br />
school’s transition from a diocesan high<br />
school to an independent Catholic <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. Tom then served as a member of<br />
the Board of Trustees for several years. Tom<br />
and Judy were active members and officers<br />
of the Parents Club. Together, they also<br />
chaired Showcase, a major fundraiser for<br />
the school, on two separate occasions.<br />
Currently, Tom is Vice President of the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Booster Club, Inc. and has<br />
served as the club’s secretary.<br />
In addition to STVM volunteer<br />
activities, Tom has also been active in the<br />
Akron community. As a parishioner at<br />
Guardian Angels in Copley, Tom has served<br />
as a member of the parish council, a<br />
representative of Catholic Charities, and a<br />
Eucharistic Minister. He has also served as a<br />
board member for the Opportunity<br />
Industrialization Center, a volunteer at the<br />
Akron Regional Development Board, and a<br />
volunteer member of the Audit Committee<br />
for the Copley Township Board of Trustees.<br />
In addition, one of Tom’s favorite volunteer<br />
pastimes has been as a soccer and football<br />
coach for countless children through the<br />
Copley Athletic Association, the Copley<br />
Youth Football Association and the<br />
Catholic Youth Organization (CYO).<br />
Although his children are grown, Tom still<br />
has the opportunity to show them a move<br />
or two, not as their coach, but as their<br />
teammate on an over-30 Greater Akron<br />
Amateur Soccer Association team.<br />
Professionally, Tom spent 12 years at<br />
Arthur Andersen and Co., a public<br />
accounting firm and 18 years as Corporate<br />
Controller and Director of Information<br />
Technology with the <strong>St</strong>andard Products<br />
Co., an automotive parts supplier in<br />
Cleveland, Ohio. Tom is currently the<br />
Corporate Controller for Shiloh Industries,<br />
Inc., also an automotive parts supplier in<br />
Valley City, Ohio.<br />
Now that their children have graduated<br />
from college (two at John Carroll<br />
University, one at The University of<br />
Dayton, one at The University of Notre<br />
Dame and one at The University of<br />
Toledo), Tom and Judy still enjoy STVM<br />
football games, without the pressure and<br />
stress of watching their children play or<br />
cheer. They also enjoy traveling to Chicago,<br />
going to Notre Dame football games and<br />
spending time with their 11 grandchildren.<br />
Tom cherishes many memories of his<br />
association with STVM. He has especially<br />
enjoyed all of the great friendships he and<br />
Judy have made, which includes many<br />
alumni from many classes of the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>, and<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> family.<br />
Kevin Joseph McDonald V71<br />
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Kevin McDonald V71 was born into<br />
the STVM tradition. Kevin is the son of<br />
Robert “Lefty” McDonald M43 and Marilyn<br />
<strong>St</strong>urmi McDonald V44. Kevin’s 2 brothers<br />
(Bob V69 and Terry VM73) and sister,<br />
(Maureen VM75) all attended the<br />
high school.<br />
Sports were the way of life growing up<br />
in West Akron. The primary sports that<br />
Kevin focused on were baseball and football<br />
which he played all day long. Kevin<br />
attended <strong>St</strong>. Sebastian Elementary <strong>School</strong><br />
and played football and baseball. He was<br />
voted most valuable player in football and<br />
also won championships in three of four<br />
final seasons of organized baseball.<br />
Kevin continued his education at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, graduating in 1971<br />
after playing football and wrestling for the<br />
Irish on the outstanding teams led by<br />
Coach Bruce Brubach.
At The University of Akron Kevin<br />
worked his way through school learning<br />
new skills such as: sign painting, building<br />
plastering, drywall, aluminum siding,<br />
refinishing, staining and varnishing,<br />
industrial coatings, wall coverings and<br />
field striping, under the direction of<br />
Robert Gesquiere, a legendary painting<br />
and decorating tradesman at The University<br />
of Akron Physical Facilities. Mr. Gesquiere<br />
is the father of Irish classmate, Fred<br />
Gesquiere V71.<br />
Kevin’s love for sports remained and<br />
he returned to <strong>St</strong>. Sebastian as head football<br />
coach at age 22 assisting the athletic<br />
director with equipment and gymnasium<br />
care in his spare time. Kevin graduated<br />
from The University of Akron with a degree<br />
in Health Education in 1979 and continued<br />
working for the University until 1990.<br />
In 1990, Kevin started his own<br />
painting & decorating business, “Kevin<br />
McDonald Industries.” He is proud to have<br />
worked on several STVM painting projects<br />
such as the green exterior wood that<br />
surrounds the school, the burnt-orange<br />
corrugated wall to the school’s north side,<br />
the front office areas and the varsity boys<br />
locker room and coaches office as well as<br />
the exterior field house, freshman locker<br />
room, shower room and the Eddie Wentz<br />
room. He enjoyed being involved in<br />
creating the beautiful color schemes for the<br />
school with several more projects coming<br />
this spring.<br />
While painting at the field house,<br />
Kevin met Al Letta and Pete Cistone,<br />
football team managers and began to assist<br />
them with various team duties and helping<br />
nearly 120 Irish footballers each year. Kevin<br />
was ecstatic to watch nephews Tommy<br />
VM02 and Matthew VM04 McDonald start<br />
for the Irish in recent years. Kevin is<br />
currently active in the Irish Booster Club,<br />
Shamrock Society and has been a member<br />
in the Knights of Columbus and Ancient<br />
Order of the Hibernians.<br />
Kevin is known for his fierce loyalty to<br />
STVM and his hobbies include reading,<br />
playing acoustic and electric guitar, the<br />
New York Yankees and of course his threelegged<br />
rottweiler “McHale,” the Irish<br />
football team mascot.<br />
Captain Kathleen Ann Roman Michel VM81<br />
Kathleen Ann Roman Michel was born<br />
in Akron, Ohio to Tom V60 and Sharon<br />
Moore Roman M60, the second of three<br />
children. She graduated from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> in 1981 and then<br />
from The Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate University with a<br />
Bachelor Degree of Science in Nursing in<br />
1985. She was commissioned an Ensign in<br />
the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps in September<br />
1985. Following Naval Officer<br />
Indoctrination <strong>School</strong> in Newport, RI, she<br />
served at the Naval Hospital, Jacksonville as<br />
a staff nurse specializing in Intensive Care<br />
Unit (ICU) Nursing. Subsequent tours<br />
took her to Corpus Christi, Texas where she<br />
worked in the ICU and Alcohol<br />
Rehabilitation Departments and where she<br />
also earned a Masters Degree of Arts in<br />
Management and Resource Development<br />
from Webster University.<br />
In 1991 she reported to the Naval<br />
Hospital Guam, where she worked in the<br />
Newborn Nursery and then back to the<br />
Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate University where she earned a<br />
Masters Degree of Nursing in 1995,<br />
specializing in care of the high risk<br />
newborn. After graduate school, she and<br />
her husband John (whom she met the first<br />
day on the job in Jacksonville in 1985) were<br />
stationed at the Naval Medical Center in<br />
Portsmouth, Virginia where she served as<br />
the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the<br />
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and<br />
added a daughter, Parker (now 10) to her<br />
family. In 1998 she reported to the Naval<br />
Hospital, Bremerton, Washington, and<br />
served as the Department Head, Maternal<br />
Child services, and added three boys;<br />
Griffin (now 9) and twins, Seth and Ethan<br />
(now 7) to her family.<br />
From 2001 to 2006, Captain Michel<br />
was assigned to The Naval Hospital<br />
Pensacola, Florida. During this period, her<br />
duties included Department Head,<br />
Maternal Child Services, Department Head,<br />
Medical Surgical/ICU, then Acting Director<br />
of Nursing. In 2006 she transferred back to<br />
the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida and<br />
served as Associate Director, Medical<br />
Services.<br />
Concurrently from 2004 to 2007, she<br />
was chosen to be the Specialty Advisor to<br />
the Surgeon General for Maternal Child<br />
and NICU Nursing, where she guided<br />
perinatal and neonatal practices and<br />
policies for all of Navy medicine and<br />
participated in several patient safety<br />
initiatives which impacted all Department<br />
of Defense beneficiaries. During her tenure<br />
as Specialty Leader, she initiated a Shaken<br />
Baby Syndrome prevention program and a<br />
perinatal pipeline training program for<br />
nurses which are now standardized across<br />
Navy Medicine.<br />
In February 2007, she left for duty at<br />
the Expeditionary Medical Facility-Kuwait,<br />
the only coalition forces military hospital in<br />
Kuwait. As the Director of Nursing for the<br />
tent-hospital, she oversaw care in the<br />
emergency room, medical/surgical unit,<br />
mental health ward, post anesthesia care<br />
unit, and operating rooms, and also<br />
provided career support, and guidance to<br />
40 military nurses in Kuwait. Continuing<br />
her practice of serving as an Extraordinary<br />
Minister of Holy Communion (LEM) and<br />
lector at her stateside parishes, she quickly<br />
completed the requirements to also serve in<br />
that capacity in Kuwait. Her experience in<br />
Kuwait was highlighted in the December<br />
issue of the <strong>St</strong>. Augustine Catholic<br />
Magazine, at http://www.staugcatholic.org<br />
and subsequently featured at<br />
http://www.catholicmil.org/. Despite<br />
moving every couple of years, Captain<br />
Michel integrates into the local parish,<br />
having done many tasks over the years,<br />
including, LEM, lector, and Religious<br />
Education Teacher for elementary grades.<br />
Soon Captain Kathleen Michel and her<br />
family will transfer to the Great Lakes Naval<br />
Hospital in Illinois, where she will assume<br />
the Director of Nursing role, and assist in<br />
planning the historical merger of the<br />
VA/NAVY hospital, due to open in 2010.<br />
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The STVM <strong>Alumni</strong> Association is<br />
pleased to announce the<br />
introduction of a new award...<br />
2008<br />
Irish<br />
Crusader<br />
Award<br />
The <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> Association wishes to<br />
honor and recognize those individuals who have a<br />
longstanding and positive relationship with <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>,<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> or <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
The Irish Crusader Award has been created to recognize<br />
those individuals who are not graduates of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>,<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> or <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, but who<br />
play an active and important role in the day-to-day running of<br />
our school and special events. The <strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
recognizes that the efforts of our non-alumni are integral to<br />
the success of our school.<br />
The Irish Crusader Award Recipient will be presented with<br />
honorary alumni status and become an honorary member of<br />
the STVM <strong>Alumni</strong> Association.<br />
Albert Letta<br />
Albert (Al) Letta was born in Akron,<br />
Ohio and grew up in the North Hill area.<br />
Al attended <strong>St</strong>. Martha Grade <strong>School</strong> and<br />
graduated from North <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. While<br />
at North <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Al was a fullback on<br />
the Football team and Honorary Captain of<br />
the Basketball team where he earned his<br />
varsity letters.<br />
After <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Al worked for<br />
General Tire and was in the Marine Corps<br />
Reserves. He left Akron to be stationed first<br />
at Camp Pendleton, then Boot Camp in San<br />
Diego, ultimately serving in Korea during<br />
the war for close to 2 years. He then<br />
returned to Akron and General Tire for 32<br />
years as part of the final finish team.<br />
Al has been married to Joann Fanody<br />
for 55 years (April 11th) and they have 3<br />
daughters, 7 wonderful grandchildren and 3<br />
great-granddaughters. They currently<br />
attend <strong>St</strong>. Bernards Church.<br />
When Al looks back on<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, he<br />
remembers the call that he made to John<br />
Cistone. Al had just retired from General<br />
Tire and in his words “I just could not stay<br />
at home.” Al asked John if he needed any<br />
help and John said, “Yes, you can help Pete.”<br />
According to Al, Pete Cistone “was the most<br />
wonderful guy I ever met.”<br />
Al first met Pete Cistone and John<br />
Cistone when he was in high school.<br />
Pete was coaching baseball at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Anthony along with John Zampino.<br />
Pete and Al started working together at<br />
STVM about 18 years ago, while John<br />
coached the Fighting Irish Football team.<br />
According to Al, “everyday working with<br />
Pete was a joy!”<br />
Ever since those first days, Al has been<br />
helping the Fighting Irish athletic<br />
department – initially with Football and<br />
Basketball – and now during recent years –<br />
Al has been a permanent fixture in the<br />
ticket booth with Hank Mancino and<br />
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Harold Jenkins.<br />
When asked, what all did you do at<br />
STVM? Al replied – “anything that needed<br />
to be done – anything that I could do, I<br />
helped them on.” Al has cleaned the field<br />
house, disinfected the sporting equipment<br />
at the end of the season, helped with<br />
inventory and storage of the equipment<br />
and more.<br />
Al still attends all the sporting home<br />
games and travels with the team to the<br />
“away” games. He enjoys working with<br />
Kevin McDonald.<br />
When asked, “What is it about STVM<br />
that made you stay?” Al responded, “I love<br />
the teachers here. They are very good. I<br />
love the people here. And most of all, I<br />
really love the kids. They hooked me early<br />
on – I keep coming back! Since my first day<br />
here, the people have been so good to me.<br />
The other schools may think they have the<br />
teachers but they are wrong – the GREAT<br />
teachers are here!”<br />
Jerry Kelly<br />
Professional baseball was the reason<br />
Jerry Kelly’s parents moved to Texas and<br />
that’s how she happened to have been born<br />
there. Her father had signed with the<br />
Chicago Cubs while he was attending<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Viator College in Kankakee, Illinois, and<br />
ended up in the Texas League.<br />
Jerry was born in Turnertown, Texas,<br />
the youngest of three children of Jimmy<br />
and Angie Dalrymple. They grew up in<br />
Kilgore, Texas where they attended grade<br />
school, high school, and college. “I knew<br />
from first grade that I wanted to be<br />
involved in theatre. I was cast as the ‘lead’ in<br />
our first grade play, ‘Little Bear’s Christmas,’<br />
and I was Little Bear. There was only one<br />
problem – my tail fell off just before I went<br />
on stage, but my teacher ‘saved the day’<br />
with a bobbie pin!”<br />
In high school, Jerry was an active<br />
participant! She was a cheerleader, member<br />
of the Tri-Hi-Y Club, Assembly Committee,<br />
Skating Club, Proficiency Club,<br />
International Thespian Society, and was<br />
cast in lead character roles in both her<br />
Junior and Senior class plays. She loves<br />
dancing and has taken dance lessons most<br />
of her life. She admits that she still takes<br />
out the “old tap shoes” on occasion to see if<br />
she can “kick up her heels.” She says that<br />
she was born with “rhythm in her bones”<br />
and can still kick – just not as high! Jerry’s<br />
favorite things are musicals – especially on<br />
Broadway – and animals – especially dogs<br />
and cats.<br />
At Kilgore College, Jerry majored in<br />
Speech and Drama and Business and was<br />
chosen as “Best Actress” of the Drama<br />
Department. Just out of high school, Jerry<br />
was picked because of her dancing ability to<br />
be a member of the famed Kilgore College<br />
Rangerettes and was not required to go<br />
through the try-out process. She was also<br />
chosen to be a member of the Rangerette’s<br />
“inside select group,” the Swingsters, who<br />
are considered to be some of the best<br />
dancers of the Rangerette line. Jerry<br />
appeared with the Rangerettes in New York<br />
City on the Ed Sullivan Show (“Toast of the<br />
Town”), the Philadelphia Music Festival,<br />
many of President Eisenhower’s<br />
Inauguration Festivities in Washington,<br />
D.C. (where they were introduced by John<br />
Wayne), Soldier’s Field in Chicago, the<br />
Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, many<br />
times at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, and<br />
numerous other performances throughout<br />
the country. Jerry, today, is a lifetime<br />
member of the Rangerette <strong>Alumni</strong> Group –<br />
Rangerettes Forever.<br />
One summer Jerry spent her<br />
vacation in Akron visiting relatives – the<br />
Dalrymples – her uncle and aunt and<br />
cousins, Jack Dalrymple V49 (now<br />
deceased) and Joan Dalrymple Hoover V56.<br />
While in Akron, she met Jim Kelly V50 and<br />
in 1961 became his bride. Following their<br />
Texas wedding and her move to Akron,<br />
Jerry became a supporter of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> and an Irish Fan! “I had no<br />
choice in the beginning,” chuckled Jerry.<br />
She continued, “Jim kept talking and<br />
talking about his great high school and his<br />
great teachers and the great education he<br />
received and the great spirit and the great<br />
this and the great that!” Jerry can<br />
remember thinking that there was no high<br />
school that could be that great! Little did<br />
she know that it was the same high school<br />
that would someday take over her heart.<br />
Volunteering has always been a<br />
part of Jerry Kelly. “My parents instilled in<br />
us that we are here to serve others and they<br />
set a great example for us,” Jerry<br />
reminisced. Jerry’s daughter, Teresa VM80,<br />
was born in 1962 and when she reached<br />
“kindergarten age” in 1967, Jerry was one of<br />
the room mothers at King <strong>School</strong> and from<br />
then on, beginning with Teresa’s first grade<br />
at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Elementary <strong>School</strong>, Jerry<br />
never looked back. She served as both a<br />
Brownie and Girl Scout leader for six years,<br />
and was both a founding and charter<br />
member of the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Elementary<br />
<strong>School</strong> Parents Association, serving as its<br />
first secretary. She volunteered in the grade<br />
school cafeteria for 9 years, chaired many<br />
fundraisers for the grade school and was a<br />
certified CYO volleyball coach. She was a<br />
member of the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Altar Society,<br />
serving in many capacities, including<br />
president. A little known fact about Jerry is<br />
that for over 35 years, she and her close<br />
friend, Marcia Zarembka, and their crew<br />
have decorated the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Church altar<br />
at Christmas and Easter time and many<br />
have commented that the <strong>St</strong>. V altar is one<br />
of the most beautiful in the city at those<br />
times. Jerry was also a member of Parish<br />
Council and belonged to Fr. Berardi’s<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Drama Guild. Jerry has been a<br />
member of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> Parish for nearly 47<br />
years and, in addition, worked at<br />
Annunciation Parish rectory as a part-time<br />
secretary/receptionist for 22 years from<br />
1984 to 2006. The last four years (2002 –<br />
2006) she was the Development Director<br />
for the parish and Annunciation – <strong>St</strong>. John<br />
<strong>School</strong>. She helped raise $216,000 in a<br />
gallant effort to keep the school open.<br />
Unfortunately, the school’s doors closed in<br />
June 2006. At their final fundraiser in<br />
March, 2006, Ann Simmons, President of<br />
the school PTO, said of Jerry, “I would like<br />
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to extend a thank you to a wonderful lady<br />
who helped us to stay focused on our<br />
commitment to ASJ. Jerry Kelly has given<br />
me personally, the drive and<br />
encouragement to forge ahead. She taught<br />
our board that “no” is unacceptable, “just<br />
good enough” is non-existent, and “if you<br />
are gonna do it, do it right and no turning<br />
back!”<br />
At Annunciation from 1982 to 1991,<br />
Jerry performed in and was director of nine<br />
productions - musical spoofs - written by<br />
Fr. James Berardi, and put on by the drama<br />
guild there known as A.C.T.O.R. (Akron<br />
Catholic Thespians of Renown.)<br />
Jerry began actively volunteering at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> in 1976<br />
when her daughter Teresa was a freshman<br />
and has remained a volunteer for 32 years!<br />
She began as mailing chairman, followed by<br />
Irish Items Editor and today still proofreads<br />
and writes articles for the school’s<br />
monthly newsletter. She was a member of<br />
our Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1999, a<br />
member of our Endowment Board since<br />
1984 (currently serving as secretary), a<br />
member of SEC (Secondary Education<br />
Commission), first serving a six-year term<br />
and now as <strong>School</strong> Volunteer Coordinator,<br />
a Parents’ Club member since 1976, Athletic<br />
Booster Club and 200 Club member and<br />
former chairman of the Hall of Fame<br />
Committee. She has worked on many<br />
fundraisers for Parents’ Club, Athletic<br />
Boosters, and the school, including chairing<br />
Showcase in 1998, and co-chairing with<br />
Jennifer Ringer in 2007 and upcoming<br />
2008. She was a member of the committee<br />
that wrote our school’s Mission <strong>St</strong>atement.<br />
Jerry answers the phone in the front office<br />
two or three days a week or helps wherever<br />
else there is a need. She established the Jim<br />
Kelly Memorial Scholarship of the<br />
Endowment Fund in early 1989 and has<br />
helped at least 88 incoming Freshmen with<br />
scholarship assistance since that time. She<br />
hosts the Jim Kelly Memorial Scholarship<br />
Reverse Raffle every year. She is a member<br />
of the Shamrock Society, a member of the<br />
steering committee of our Capital<br />
Campaign, and a member of Boarman<br />
Backers, recently donating $25,000 for<br />
naming rights to our stadium press box to<br />
honor the memory of her late husband Jim<br />
Kelly V50. It is no wonder that Jerry was<br />
selected as the STVM Volunteer of the Year<br />
for the Cleveland Diocese Southern Region<br />
in both 1991 and 1997.<br />
There isn’t a whole lot that Jerry Kelly<br />
hasn’t done for <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> and it’s all for the love of the Irish!<br />
Jerry was fortunate to have been able to<br />
experience the Eddie Wentz era, the John<br />
Cistone era, and now the Dan Boarman era<br />
as he carries on the tradition. She knows<br />
the old <strong>St</strong>. V spirit and she knows the new<br />
STVM spirit. She knows it is a feeling deep<br />
down in your heart and that you have to be<br />
willing to give and to serve, for that is<br />
where the real Irish joy is – in serving<br />
others. Although Jerry wouldn’t trade her<br />
Texas friends or “growing up years” in Texas<br />
for anything, she has developed a true love<br />
for STVM.<br />
Hank Mancino<br />
Hank Mancino is a lifelong resident of<br />
the Akron area. He grew up in Akron’s<br />
North Hill and graduated from North <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. He entered basic training in the<br />
Army at Ft. Barkely, Texas, before being<br />
volunteered to drive troops to locations<br />
throughout the United <strong>St</strong>ates by<br />
Greyhound Bus. After WWII, he joined<br />
Ohio Edison in a career that spanned 45<br />
years. Later, he attended The University<br />
of Akron.<br />
As a claims investigator for Ohio<br />
Edison, Hank traveled all of Ohio,<br />
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia working<br />
with landowners to compensate them for<br />
damages caused during construction of<br />
power lines. He made many friends and<br />
always brought home fresh fruit and<br />
vegetables from grateful farmers. As a<br />
special assignment, Hank was also<br />
responsible for the employee driver’s<br />
training for Ohio Edison. To drive a<br />
company car, every person had to be<br />
trained and tested by Hank. During this<br />
time, he also served as Chairman of the<br />
Ohio Edison Credit Union and President of<br />
the Akron Claims Association.<br />
Volunteer work has always been a part<br />
of Hank’s life. In the 1960’s, Hank began<br />
volunteering at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
under Coach Eddie Wentz as the official<br />
timer for both football and basketball<br />
games. This work led to driving the team<br />
bus for the away games under John Cistone<br />
and Ned Endress, football and basketball<br />
coaches for STVM.<br />
Soon Hank turned his efforts to the<br />
rebuilding of Green <strong>St</strong>reet <strong>St</strong>adium. He<br />
made sure the football field had new lights<br />
and a new press box. Later, he worked on<br />
building a medical training center and<br />
painting and rebuilding all of the lockers<br />
for the football team.<br />
Not to slight any other team, Hank<br />
worked on rebuilding, painting and<br />
installing bleachers and another medical<br />
training room for the basketball team. He<br />
also helped to rebuild the softball field<br />
installing new fencing and a new backstop.<br />
Away for STVM, Hank volunteered as<br />
the radio announcer for the Akron Vulcan’s,<br />
a semi-professional football team. He also<br />
worked diligently at Camp Christopher for<br />
many years, served as a coach and<br />
timer/scorer for CYO and volunteered for<br />
the PGA Golf Tournament and the Akron<br />
Soap Box Derby. He also served as an<br />
official timer for The University of Akron<br />
basketball games for many years.<br />
As a member of the Shamrock Society,<br />
Boarman Backers, STVM Hall of Fame and<br />
Athletic Boosters, Hank is still deeply<br />
involved at STVM. You can always find him<br />
at every STVM football, basketball,<br />
volleyball game and wrestling match selling<br />
and taking tickets. Hank has enjoyed the<br />
time in the ticket booth with the late Pete<br />
Cistone, the late Jim Kelly, the late Dave<br />
Wiolland, <strong>Mary</strong> Howard, Dick Lang,<br />
Harold Jenkins, Al Letta, Kevin McDonald<br />
and now Hank’s son, Tom, has joined the<br />
ticket booth team during football and<br />
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asketball season. Hank is thankful to Jerry<br />
Chase for his confidence in him.<br />
Appropriately, the ticket booth at Green<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet <strong>St</strong>adium has been named in his<br />
honor. Hank likes to stay busy and even<br />
ushers on Saturday evening at the<br />
5:30 p.m. Mass.<br />
In 1995, Hank was selected as the<br />
STVM Volunteer of the Year for the<br />
Cleveland Diocese. STVM has been the<br />
lucky recipient of his time and talents.<br />
Hank still enjoys traveling. After<br />
visiting every state in the nation and many<br />
foreign countries, he now limits his driving<br />
to Cadillacs and Saabs — delivering cars<br />
for Dave Towell Cadillac.<br />
Hank married the former Barbara<br />
Oreolt, a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy<br />
in Akron, and had a family of four children<br />
– Barbara, Bob, Tom and Beth (deceased).<br />
The family has grown to include nine<br />
grandchildren – Jennifer, Scott, Bruce, Ben,<br />
Kate, Katlin, <strong>St</strong>even, Brook & Tim as well as<br />
three great-grandchildren. Several family<br />
members are graduates of STVM.<br />
Those who dare to fail miserably can<br />
achieve greatly.<br />
John F. Kennedy<br />
The Fr. Thomas F. Mahar<br />
Outstanding <strong>Alumni</strong> Awards Banquet<br />
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.<br />
at Tangier Restaurant<br />
$30.00 per person<br />
6:00 p.m. Cash Bar / 7:00 p.m. Dinner<br />
Make Your Reservation<br />
Name(s)<br />
❑ Will attend ❑ Will not attend<br />
❑ $100 Patron<br />
Publish donor name as:<br />
❑ Scholarship Gift:<br />
In honor of:<br />
Total enclosed:<br />
RSVP by April 17, 2008<br />
Mail to: <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>,<br />
Mahar Banquet c/o Kathy Holaday<br />
15 N. Maple <strong>St</strong>. Akron, OH 44303<br />
Unable to join us?<br />
Mail letters of congratulations for the honorees to the<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Office. They will be delivered at the awards ceremony.<br />
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<strong>School</strong> News<br />
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Classes in Arabic and<br />
Chinese Offered<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> sophomores, juniors, or<br />
seniors have the opportunity to earn honors weighted high<br />
school credit as well as college semester hours by participating<br />
in a grant funded program sponsored by The University<br />
of Akron.<br />
Classes in Beginning Arabic or Chinese will be on-campus<br />
offerings that will be grant funded though 2009 and therefore<br />
be offered at no cost (including books) to participating<br />
students.<br />
Beginning classes in each language are worth 4 credit hours.<br />
Therefore, participating students will attend The University of<br />
Akron, 4 days per week and complete all University<br />
assignments and requirements in order to earn high<br />
school/college credit for the course. Each succeeding level of<br />
the course will be offered on a semester basis.<br />
To be eligible, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> students will have a 3.2<br />
GPA or higher, will have excellent grades in their current<br />
foreign language, and will have a recommendation from their<br />
current teacher to participate in the program.<br />
Ski Club Off to<br />
Great <strong>St</strong>art<br />
Joanne Zaratsian, Ski Club Advisor reports….<br />
The newly establish STVM Ski Club is off to a great start!<br />
On Wednesday, January 23rd, we boarded the bus with 40<br />
people for the first ski club run. All students received lessons<br />
and many were taking to the slopes for the very first time. As<br />
the night progressed, many students decided to head for the<br />
bigger hills! Also, a “great job” goes to the students – they were<br />
complimented with outstanding remarks from the Boston<br />
Mills Ski Resort staff.<br />
We are so lucky to have had such an overwhelming response<br />
to this new club! The bus is full for this year’s Ski Club but if<br />
you are interested in next season – please contact Joanne<br />
Zaratsian, Ski Club Advisor jzaratsian@stvm.com or call 330-<br />
253-9113 extension 112. We would like to have 2 buses next<br />
season (80 students) and we are tentatively planning for an<br />
overnight ski trip to New York.<br />
Keara Walsh VM07<br />
Shares Expeience<br />
Keara Walsh VM07, studied Spanish all four years at STVM.<br />
She recently visited with the STVM students taking Spanish to<br />
talk about her summer in Costa Rica. Keara prepared for her<br />
trip through Amigos de Las Americas organization during her<br />
senior year, attending weekly meetings for training during the<br />
2006-2007 school year. She spent most of her summer<br />
working with children in an impoverished town where she<br />
lived with a local family. While in Costa Rica she helped to<br />
plan activities to develop leadership with the local youth and<br />
accomplished this in Spanish only! She shared many of her<br />
experiences both good and bad but reflected nostalgically on<br />
the bond that formed between her and her host family whom<br />
she wishes to visit again some day. Keara also distributed<br />
children's Spanish books like “Dora the Explorer” to the school<br />
in her community that were donated by students in the STVM<br />
Spanish classes last year.<br />
Books for the<br />
Bahamas<br />
The STVM National Honor Society sponsored its second<br />
annual “Books for the Bahamas” Project. The final tally for the<br />
"Books for the Bahamas" drive has been calculated. This year<br />
students and staff donated a total of 1184 books. These books<br />
were sent to Andros Island in the Bahamas to help stock<br />
elementary school libraries.
<strong>School</strong> News<br />
Michael David<br />
Kovarik VM08<br />
Selected<br />
Congratulations to<br />
Michael David Kovarik<br />
VM08 selected as American<br />
Council of Teachers of<br />
Russian (ACTR) Russian<br />
Scholar Laureates for 2007.<br />
Michael was featured in the<br />
Fall 2007 issue of the ACTR<br />
Letter magazine as one of<br />
the 57 select group of<br />
Russian students.<br />
Ohio Magazine<br />
Honors<br />
“Teachers of<br />
Excellence”<br />
Once again this year, five<br />
of our STVM teachers will<br />
receive special recognition in<br />
the April 2008 issue of Ohio<br />
Magazine as “Teachers of<br />
Excellence” in a Private <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. The April 2008 issue<br />
will recognize Gerard Neary,<br />
Joanna Beyeler, Jen<br />
McElhaney, Anne Bickett<br />
and Brian Campbell as<br />
teachers “who are making a<br />
difference and contributing<br />
to Ohio’s commitment in<br />
achieving Excellence in<br />
Education.” These five<br />
honorees join Grace<br />
Gorman, Lorrie Haddox,<br />
Maureen Harrigal, Marcia<br />
Korllos and Rita Lancianese<br />
who were recipients in 2007.<br />
Congratulations!<br />
STVM Sweeps<br />
Bridge Building<br />
Contest<br />
STVM students won all the<br />
awards at the Bridge Building<br />
contest that was held<br />
Saturday, February 17 at The<br />
University of Akron. The<br />
contest is organized by the<br />
local chapter of the American<br />
Society of Civil Engineers. 84<br />
high school students<br />
participated from schools<br />
throughout Northeast Ohio.<br />
Last year our students won<br />
the strength competition, this<br />
year we won strength and<br />
aesthetics. Matt Gaydos won<br />
for the best looking bridge. It<br />
was said that it was rare for a<br />
truss bridge to win for<br />
aesthetics. Nat Simonetti won<br />
the strength contest. Matt<br />
Schwenning took second and<br />
Kyle Sickels came in third.<br />
The following students<br />
placed among the first 15 –<br />
Matt Gaydos, Michael<br />
Kovarik, Isaac Cabe, Joey<br />
Miller, Ryan Porcellato and<br />
John Roth. Congratulations<br />
to all!<br />
Making preparations for STVM <strong>St</strong>udent Art Show<br />
STVM <strong>St</strong>udent Art<br />
Pieces Advance in<br />
Competition<br />
STVM sets new winning record at Northeast Central Ohio<br />
Scholastic Art Competition.<br />
From over 3,500 entries, ten STVM student artists earned<br />
recognition for their original designs in the 2008 Northeast<br />
Central Ohio Scholastic Art Competition. This year’s results<br />
represent the greatest number of winners in our school’s<br />
history! The Scholastic Art Awards are the largest, longest<br />
running and most prestigious recognition program for creative<br />
young people in the United <strong>St</strong>ates. All silver and gold key art<br />
work were on display January 16 through February 9 at the<br />
Campus Center and the Fine Arts Building of Kent <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
University <strong>St</strong>ark Campus. The award ceremony honored the<br />
accomplishments of our students on January 26, 2008. The<br />
gold key winners will advance to the national level and have<br />
their works displayed in Washington D.C.<br />
Gold Key<br />
Tony Dolan, Senior<br />
Brendan Quine, Junior<br />
Silver Key<br />
Lindsey <strong>St</strong>anek, Sophomore<br />
Ellen Rochford, Freshman<br />
Rachel Munka, Junior<br />
Nikki La Rose, Senior<br />
Courtney Kovach,<br />
Sophomore<br />
Honorable Mention Class<br />
Whitney Porter, Junior<br />
Allie Beck, Senior<br />
Bryenna Ligas, Senior<br />
Tony Dolan, Senior<br />
Congratulations to all these<br />
artists and to STVM Art<br />
Teacher Rita Lancianese!<br />
STVM Bridge Builders<br />
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Athletic News<br />
Fall 2007<br />
Sports Recap<br />
Fall sports certainly added an air of excitement to the<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> community with so many of our teams<br />
and athletes doing well and adding to the outstanding<br />
traditions of Fighting Irish sports lore. We would like to thank<br />
and congratulate the coaches and athletes that brought all of<br />
the excitement and notoriety to the Irish community through<br />
their athletic endeavors this year.<br />
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Football<br />
The football team led by veteran alumni Head Coach, Dan<br />
Boarman V70, finished the regular season with a record of 8-2<br />
and a spot in the playoffs. One highlight of the football season<br />
would be the annual STVM game at the Rubber Bowl. STVM<br />
33 – Hoban 28! Need we say anymore? The only losses<br />
ruining a perfect season were to Cardinal Mooney in a come<br />
from behind heartbreaker for the Irish and an overtime loss in<br />
the season ending game with Ursuline. The playoffs started<br />
well as the Irish beat a fine Perry team from Lake County but<br />
then the season ended with a second loss to an outstanding<br />
Cardinal Mooney team. Seniors Carnell Evans, Roger Wilson,<br />
Andrew Destefano, Matt Oliverio, and Brandon Jefferys<br />
provided the offensive heroics while Mike Shaeffer, Ben<br />
Bertsch, Kevin Saunders, Frank Laury, and Nick Thomas were<br />
leaders on the defense. Senior Igor Ilibasic brought his<br />
powerful leg over from the soccer team to make our kicking<br />
game one of the best in Northeast Ohio. Kevin Saunders was<br />
named one of the “Best of the Best” garnering the highest<br />
honors for football that the Plain Dealer gives to high school<br />
athletes. Currently, Nick Thomas has signed his letter of<br />
intent and will attend Wayne <strong>St</strong>ate University while several<br />
others haven’t yet chosen the schools where they will continue<br />
their academic and athletic careers. A list of the team awards is<br />
as follows:<br />
Captains Award: Matt Oliverio, Kevin Saunders,<br />
Nick Thomas, and Andrew Destefano<br />
Best Wide Receiver: Todd Culver<br />
Best Back: Carnell Evans<br />
Fred Maglio Award — Best Offensive Lineman:<br />
Andrew Destefano, Matt Oliverio<br />
Best Linebacker: Nick Thomas, Harvie Tuck IV<br />
Frank Mancini — Best Defensive Lineman:<br />
Mike Shaeffer, Ben Bertsch<br />
Best Defensive Back: Frank Laury<br />
Jim Horrigan Memorial Award — Special Teams Player:<br />
Igor Ilibasic<br />
Monsignor John J. Scullen Award — Most Improved:<br />
Nate Nasrallah, Garrett Wilcox<br />
John Cistone Award — Most Valuable Defensive Player:<br />
Kevin Saunders<br />
Eddie Wentz Award — Most Valuable Offensive Player:<br />
Roger Wilson
Athletic News<br />
“Red” Fassnacht Award — Scout Team Player: Cash Culver,<br />
Dominique Mitchell, Brian Foster<br />
Lifter of the Year: Kevin Kozlowski, Rhys Edwards<br />
Cross Country<br />
Senior Colleen Conrad once again led the runners with<br />
some outstanding outings culminating with her efforts leading<br />
her to All Ohio standing at the state meet. Colleen has finished<br />
a brilliant running career for the cross country girls’ team and<br />
bright promise for the future was shown by the efforts of<br />
Maria Arnone, a freshman, who showed great promise along<br />
with Jessica Durbin. It will not be long before the boys will be<br />
sending more of our runners to Scioto Downs in Columbus<br />
for the state meet in the near future. Dan Lancianese, a veteran<br />
coach will bring his young runners along to continue the fine<br />
tradition of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> cross country success. Tyler<br />
Tomazic led the team as Most Valuable Runner while Ian<br />
Walsh was the Most Promising Newcomer, Jacob Swords -<br />
Most Improved, and Brian Raglow - Most Dedicated.<br />
Boys Soccer<br />
New head coach John <strong>St</strong>avros led the Irish to a good season<br />
before bowing out in the District Tournament to a very good<br />
<strong>High</strong>land team. Igor Ilibasic provided the offensive punch (in<br />
addition to his football heroics) and the defense kept<br />
opponents scoring to a minimum. Bryan McCausland,<br />
graduating senior, has indicated he will be signing a letter of<br />
intent with Division II Ashland University, while several others<br />
are considering other colleges from various divisions that are<br />
courting them. The future is bright for our young men as they<br />
return several starters to continue the fine soccer tradition at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong>.<br />
Girls Soccer<br />
Change is in the air as veteran coach Don Haddox retired<br />
from coaching the girls’ team. Coach Haddox had an<br />
outstanding end to his coaching career at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong><br />
as he won several well deserved awards. Coach Haddox was<br />
named Coach of the Year by the Akron Touchdown Club,<br />
League Coach of the Year, District Coach of the Year, Greater<br />
Akron Coach of the Year, and <strong>St</strong>ate Coach of the Year in<br />
Division II. Mari O’Neill, team MVP was named to the All<br />
District Team along with Amanda Olszewski and Eleanor<br />
Sovacool. Amanda, an outstanding goalie (10 shutouts),<br />
garnered All <strong>St</strong>ate honors in this, her junior year. Mari and<br />
Amanda were named Beacon Journal All <strong>St</strong>ars while Mari and<br />
Eleanor were joined by Cassandra Manna, Natalie Freiss and<br />
Shannon Phillips being named to the Senior All <strong>St</strong>ar Team.<br />
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The girls, led offensively by leading scorer Lauren Kennerly<br />
finished at 10-7-2 bowing out of the tournament in a hard<br />
fought 2-1 loss to Chippewa. They did, however, win their 9th<br />
Tri-County Soccer League title in the past 11 seasons. Thanks<br />
to Coach Haddox for his years of mentoring our soccer<br />
players, not only on the field, but in many of their other<br />
endeavors as well. The new mentor of the girls soccer program<br />
is Santosh Kanakkanatt who will be ably assisted by current<br />
assistant coach Kathleen Vass. Congratulations to the girls, and<br />
“Thank You and Best of Luck” to Coach Haddox.<br />
Girls Tennis<br />
Veteran Coach Jim Hollenak gave Captains Awards to Alex<br />
Ballard and Kelsey Lecerf, Most Improved to Natalie Winer,<br />
Rookie of the Year to Taylor Wedlake, the Coach’s Award to<br />
Caroline Bennett, and the MVP award was shared by Alex<br />
Ballard and Kelsey Lecerf who also had the most wins.<br />
<strong>High</strong>lights of the season were wins over Hoban and the entire<br />
team advancing to district play. With the return of Tabitha<br />
Simpson (knee injury) and the showing of the underclassmen<br />
led by newcomer Taylor Wedlake, the girls tennis future is<br />
very bright.<br />
Kristen Berzonsky, Leah Cistone, Elizabeth Conlon, Elizabeth<br />
Hoffman, Kelly Schaffer, and Rachel Wojtowicz.<br />
Team Spirit Award went to Kristen Berzonsky;<br />
Best Offense went to Middle Hitter Jessica Bridenthal;<br />
Team M.V.P. went to All-Around player Leah Cistone.<br />
Twenty-Five girls in the Volleyball program were honor<br />
roll students.<br />
Junior, Jessica Bridenthal was named to the First Team All-<br />
District for District III and the Beacon Journal. Jessica and<br />
Coach <strong>Mary</strong> Howard were honored with Touchdown<br />
Club Awards.<br />
Wrestling<br />
New head coach Joe Retherford has worked the small<br />
number of wrestlers into a competitive group. Team leaders<br />
entering the February 2008 sectional tournament were veteran<br />
wrestlers Darren Tate, Zak Vargo, and Nate Nasrallah.<br />
Promising youngsters have Brian Cresswell and Carlos Lugo<br />
slightly ahead of the others as we enter into the tournament<br />
phase of our winter sports. Good luck wrestlers!<br />
Boys Golf<br />
New coach John Grimm was pleasantly surprised as<br />
sophomore Jack Uecker played through the District and<br />
Regional and qualified for the <strong>St</strong>ate Tournament. The team<br />
will lose seniors David Podrasky and team captain Randy Bye<br />
who provided leadership as well as low scores but with Jack,<br />
Chris Domer and James Lloyd returning along with some<br />
promising JV’s, next year’s team looks very promising.<br />
Congratulations Jack on a great sophomore season!<br />
Girls Golf<br />
New to the scene here at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>–<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> was our first<br />
girls golf team. Coach Mike Bittner and John Noethan worked<br />
hard to form the first ever team which finished with some<br />
surprising victories. The young ladies are looking to improve<br />
and add to their numbers as we hope our new program grows<br />
both in interest and stature in girls golf competition.<br />
Volleyball<br />
The 2007 Volleyball team went above and beyond<br />
expectations. The team finished with a 22-4 season record<br />
with wins over Hoban, West Holmes, and Tallmadge. The<br />
season ended in a well played match at the District Final at<br />
Canton South. The team was led by 6 Senior Captains...<br />
STVM Football Team Captains accept Sportsmanship Award<br />
STVM Receives<br />
Sportsmanship Award<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> has received the Sportsmanship Award<br />
from the Portage and Summit County Football Official<br />
Association.We were selected out of 44 schools to receive this<br />
award. Criteria for the award included: Team Attitude,<br />
Coaches' Attitudes, Crowd Attitude, Team's Attitude towards<br />
Opponents, Treatment of Officials, and Accommodations<br />
for Officials.<br />
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STVM<br />
Bookstore<br />
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<strong>St</strong>op in at the bookstore and mention<br />
that you are an alum and receive $5.00<br />
off any purchase of $20.00 or more from<br />
now until April 30, 2008.<br />
New items and Featured<br />
Favorites include:<br />
> Embroidered crewneck<br />
sweatshirts<br />
> Monogrammed golf jackets<br />
> Extra large golf umbrellas<br />
Buy Me Some<br />
Peanuts & Cracker Jack<br />
Coach Tony Esola reports….<br />
That’s right! Take me out to the ball game.<br />
That will be the theme on the weekend of<br />
April 18th and April 19th 2008.<br />
Head Baseball Coach Tony Esola is excited<br />
to announce that the Fighting Irish baseball<br />
team will play their rival, Hoban <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>, on Friday, April 18, 2008 at Canal<br />
Park at 7:30 p.m. Admission is FREE!<br />
Here’s the big news... on Saturday, April<br />
19th, the team will travel to Cleveland to play<br />
Berea <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> in the Cleveland Indians<br />
Charities “Hardball Classic” at Progressive<br />
Field. Time of the game 3:00 p.m. The<br />
admission will be only $5.00 dollars and<br />
available at the STVM Bookstore. All tickets<br />
will be sold prior to the big weekend.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> is also hosting “A Day<br />
at Progressive Field” on Sunday, May 25,<br />
2008, when the Cleveland Indians will host<br />
the Texas Rangers. A limited number of<br />
Upper Box seats, regularly priced at $20, have<br />
been reserved for STVM and will be available<br />
for a discounted price of $15 at the STVM<br />
Bookstore. Please check the STVM website<br />
for more information.<br />
Mark your calendars today and come out<br />
and Root, Root, Root for the Home Team!<br />
Plus we have great private label caps in<br />
stock as well as fleece jackets and much<br />
more!<br />
Please visit our store or shop on-line<br />
at the www.stvm.com. Bookstore —<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>St</strong>ore section.<br />
Check out all<br />
Irish Sports<br />
schedules online at:<br />
www.stvm.com<br />
Caroline Bennett VM10 and Jesse Neumann<br />
VM11 model the latest STVM fashions<br />
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COME HOME<br />
FOR<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion Night<br />
September 26, 2008<br />
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1903 1908 1913 1918 1923 1928 1933<br />
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1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003<br />
plan to join us!<br />
ALL ST. MARY, ST. VINCENT AND ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY GRADUATES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE FIRST EVER –<br />
Come Home for Homecoming 2008!<br />
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