Message from the President - West Irondequoit Central School District

321 List Avenue • Rochester, New York 14617 • (585) 336-3067 • www.westirondequoit.org
I want to welcome the Class of 2009
into the West Irondequoit Alumni
Association. Our numbers keep growing,
yet we remain close to one
another. West Irondequoit has always
been a place to come home to, and
our home has seen many changes
throughout the past several years.
We are now in the final phases of
major renovations at IHS. The new
pool and improved tennis courts
should be ready for student use this
coming school year. In the district’s
tradition of excellence, our students
took a record 850 Advanced
Placement exams this spring.
Historically, 75-79% of those students
have consistently attained scores
qualifying them for college credit.
July 2009 Newsletter
Alumni are welcome to visit IHS to see the wonderful improvements
being made. We have over 10,000 alumni still living in the Rochester
area. Many alumni have moved back to West Irondequoit, as parents know
the value of a good education. We should all be proud of our alma mater.
A common theme among the Generations of Excellence Scholarship applicants
is the pride our senior class members feel in having attended the
same school their parents did. We are delighted that so many parents and
children have been able to share the same fond high school memories.
The West Irondequoit Alumni Association values the input of its graduates,
and we are always open to your ideas for the alumni newsletter.
Please visit us at www.westirondequoit.org/ alumni/htm to share your
thoughts and ideas.
Leslie Knapp Ferriter
Class of 1977
Message from the President
The new main entrance of IHS welcomes you home.
INSIDE
New Construction Makes a Splash at IHS!............2
Generations of Excellence.......................................3
Memory of Gordon Allen Honored ..........................4
Women’s Alumni Lacrosse.......................................4
Class of 1943.............................................................5
Class of 1945.............................................................5
Reunion Details by Class.........................................5
Class of 1958.............................................................6
Class of 1967.............................................................6
Class of 1977.............................................................7
Alumni Spotlight: Class of 1981 Nila Webster.......7
My Life in Iraq ..........................................................8
Good News ................................................................9
Tales from a Small Town .......................................10
Memories on Tape..................................................10
Alumni Reps ...........................................................11
Golf Tournament ....................................................11
Alumni News .....................................................12-14
Old Yearbooks Wanted...........................................13
Alumni Passings.....................................................14
Bricks 2008-2009 ....................................................15

In May 2007 West Irondequoit residents
approved the construction of a new
swimming pool at IHS. The original pool
was added to the building in 1958 and
while it had served the community well
for 50 years, it was showing its age.
Mechanical failures were frequent and
the pool was too small to meet today’s
needs.
The new pool is being constructed in the
same location with additional area
obtained by moving the east wall out 24
feet. The pool will have eight lanes,
replacing the previous five and the new
pool will be 14 feet deep at one end
rather than the original 11 feet. You can
follow our progress at
www.westirondequoit.org/capital_project
_updates.htm.
Construction began in June 2008 and
will be complete in September 2009.
Although we have had no swimming
facility on site this past year, all of our
swimming programs have continued at
neighboring pools. Please visit
www.westirondequoit.org for details of
the pool opening toward the end of summer.
We’d love to hear your memories of
the original pool or of school sponsored
swimming activities prior to its construction
– yes there was a swim team
before there was a pool! Send the alumni
office a note at alumni_
coordinator@westiron.monroe.edu. ■
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The West Irondequoit
Foundation offers free
tours of IHS to class
reunion groups.
Come and explore the
Irondequoit High School
of 2009! Contact the
Office of Public
Information to arrange a
tour at 585-336-3067.
New Construction Makes
a Splash at IHS!
Show your IHS pride and purchase a
West Irondequoit
Window Cling
Clings will be mailed to:
Name__________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________
City, State, Zip __________________________________________
Phone #___________________________
Checks should be payable to: West Irondequoit Alumni Association
Total # of clings ___________ x $2.50 = $___________
Please return this order form to:
West Irondequoit Alumni Association
321 List Avenue
Rochester, NY 14617

Generations of Excellence –
Years of Tradition
Each year, a new class of graduates joins our
Alumni Association. Many of those graduates
are following in the footsteps of parents
and grandparents who are also alumni of
Irondequoit High School. In 2004, the West
Irondequoit Alumni Association began to
showcase this tradition of excellence by
awarding the first Generations of Excellence
scholarships.
To be eligible for this award, graduating seniors
must have a parent, or grandparent who
is a graduate of Irondequoit High School.
They must be a good student who worked
hard in school, they must have attended IHS
for four years and they must be planning to
attend a two or four year college or a vocational
school. Applicants must write an essay
telling of their experience belonging to a
family that has had two or more generations
of students in West Irondequoit Schools and
must provide two letters of recommendation.
On June 2, Steve Arter Englert ’57 presented
the seventh set of scholarships to our
newest graduates. Danielle Crary, Jackson
Frenzel and Michael Keeley each received a
check for $100 and an engraved clock.
Danielle followed in the footsteps of her dad
William Crary ’77 and her mom Michelle
Crevier Crary ’80. In her essay Danielle
wrote, “My father and his four sisters and
my mother and her two brothers and sister
all attended Irondequoit High School. It was
important for me to graduate from the same
school as my relatives for the simple fact
that there were memories and traditions
created within the walls that I have walked
Don’t forget to update personal
information on the IHS Alumni
database so you receive the alumni
newsletter and other
WICSD alumni mailings!
Call 585-336-3067.
for the past four years. I am proud to attend
the same school as my family did.” Danielle
will attend SUNY Fredonia this fall.
Jackson was preceded at IHS by his dad
David Frenzel ’72, his grandmother Joan
Record Frenzel ’47 and his aunt Mary
Frenzel ’85. Jackson wrote, “I have enjoyed
being part of a long line of Irondequoit High
School graduates. I worked at the same
radio station that my father and cousin Mike
did years before and had some of the same
teachers that taught my Aunt Mary. I feel
proud of the education that my family and I
have received at Irondequoit.” Jackson is
headed to the University at Buffalo.
Michael’s mom Elyse Rothstein Keeley ’74
and his uncle David Rothstein ’78 paved the
way for him. Michael wrote, “Having relatives
as IHS alumni is interesting because I
mention names of teachers that my mother
and uncle remember from when they attended
Irondequoit High. It is interesting to
think that even though we attended high
school at such different times, many things
never change.” Michael will attend SUNY
Oswego in September to study Broadcast
and Mass Communications. “My dream job
would be to be a play by play sports broadcaster.”
Do you have a child or grandchild soon to
graduate from IHS? Encourage them to apply
for the generations of Excellence
Scholarship. Applications are available from
the Alumni Office at 585-336-3067 or online
at www.westirondequoit.org/alumni.htm. ■
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Clip and File
Jackson
Frenzel
Danielle
Crary
Michael
Keeley
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On May 9, the stadium at IHS was rededicated
to Gordon Allen. Coach Allen’s daughterin-law
Sue, his son Dick, granddaughter
Jessica and great grandson Andrew were on
hand for the ceremony which was led by
Athletic Director David Green ‘75.
Gordon Allen coached and taught in West
Irondequoit from 1942 to 1972, and served
as Athletic Director. The 1963
Neodaondaquat was dedicated to him. He
was a mentor to many, a role model for all
and a true gentleman.
A plaque has been installed on the east side
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Memory of Gordon Allen
Honored at Rededication
Women’s Alumni Lacrosse
By Sarah Wright ‘04
Front row: Katie Travers Hall, Sarah Wright, Mary Hall (Katie’s daughter),
Natalia Tortora, Carrie Kane, Maggie Mullin, Cailin Harvey, Clair Sick,
Rachael Harvey Back row: Kerrie Brown, Michelle Mitchell, Lauren Crary,
Sarah DePeters, Lauren Crary, Caitlin Mikel, Coach Harvey
THE WEST IRONDEQUOIT
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS
NOW ON FACEBOOK.
Check us out - The Irondequoit
High School Alumni Association is
our official page! We’ll post
notices of reunions and special
events such as alumni sports contests.
Alumni information is also
available on our Web site at
www.westirondequoit.org/alumni.htm
of the concession stand, facing the field.
This lasting tribute reads:
Unselfish dedication to the welfare of others
is an attribute to be coveted. It is a height of
accomplishment known only to a few, to men
like Gordon Allen. Through the channel of
Physical Education, Mr. Allen trained both
bodies and minds; he always sought the higher
goals of good sportsmanship, effective
leadership and strong character. His friendly
smile and genuine personality will be treasured
by those who knew him, his guidance
heeded by those he taught. ■
Left to right: Athletic Director Dave Green ’75,
Jessica, Andrew, Sue and Dick Allen and the newly
installed plaque honoring Gordon Allen.
Check out the athletic stadium during
Homecoming, September 21-26, 2009.
The 2nd Annual IHS Women’s Alumni Lacrosse Game was held
Saturday, August 2, 2008 on the turf field at Irondequoit High School.
Fourteen women from the 2008 graduating class through the Class of
1998 came to participate in the fun. Former coach Chris Harvey was
the referee as the women played half field play. On an overcast morning,
odd versus even graduating classes took the field at 10:00 a.m.
Lots of laughter, goals and ribbing punctuated the play, Sarah Wright,
class of 2004, organizer and goalie, made multiple saves. IHS Assistant
Varsity Girl’s Lacrosse Coach Sarah DePeters was a tough defender
and managed to score some awesome goals. Cousins Clair Sick,
Rachael Harvey, and Cailin Harvey enjoyed the competition. If interested
in scheduling for future games, please contact Sarah Wright at
sew1515@aol.com. ■
The 2009 Women's Lacrosse Alumni Game will be held on
July 18th from 10 a.m. to noon at the IHS stadium field. Please
contact Sarah at sew1515@aol.com for more information.
The West Irondequoit Alumni Association continues to collect
used cell phones as a fundraising campaign. Proceeds
benefit our Generations of Excellence scholarship
fund. Cell phones are shipped to Pace
Butler Corp, which pays the association for
them. “In the past five years, we have
earned almost $800,” said WIAA president
Leslier Ferriter. “It’s a simple fundraiser
that is working well for us.”
Inactive phones (any age or make) may be
dropped off at any school or at the District Office located at
321 List Avenue. Call 336-3067 with any questions.

Class of 1943
The IHS class of 1943 had a 65 th reunion picnic on September 18, 2008 at the home of Ruth
Krautwurst Sorensen. The class has had a picnic annually since their 50 th reunion, except for
their 60 th when they had a dinner at Lakeshore Country Club. They enjoy each others’ company
and make wonderful memories together!
Pictured: Back row: Robert Gianniny, Jack Marzell, Robert Pollard, Robert Lawler, Ruth
Shoemaker Hunt, Joan Preston Isaac, Ruth Krautwurst Sorensen, Calvin Reynolds, Jack Salzer
Front Row: Jane Schultz Pollard, Bette Bostwick Nowak, Janet Collins Kryk, Wilma Lauterbac
Johnson (came all the way from Nebraska with her daughter), Garda Lodewick Houston, M.
Ralph Webster.
Not pictured: Virginia Ross Kukura, George Pointon, Ralph Zimmer ■
Class of 1945
The Class of ’45 holds an annual luncheon, this photo is from 2008. If you would like to attend
our next get-together, please contact Betty Christman Schwab @ 585-586-6668 or
joebet7@rochester.rr.com.
Front row: Betty Lou Werth Lembcke, Shirley Nagler Coulter, Thelma Reeners Benwitz
Back row: Betty Christman Schwab, Jean Liese Vincent, Ruth Vehlin Fox, Betty Marquart
Wahl, Margie Pressley Gillette ■
REUNION DETAILS
BY CLASS
1954 • RC: Alice Kincaid
Date: 2010
Details: The class of 1954 schedules a
reunion every 3 years.
1959 • RC: Judy Trost
mail to: JudyTrost103@aol.com
Date: August 28-30, 2009
Details: Friday: O’Loughlin’s; Saturday:
IHS tour Dinner at Roch. Yacht Club;
Sunday: Picnic at Camp Eastman
1960 • RCs: Carol Brink Alman
(585) 787-3064
Joyce Johnson Tompkins
(585) 872-3488
Sharon Farquharson Thornberg
(585) 507-0395
Date: September 2010
1962 • RCs: Carmela Amato Chamberlain
mail to: bestfrnds@yahoo.com
Clark Dobbertin
mail to: cdobber962@aol.com
Date: Summer 2012 (50th reunion)
1967 • RC: Meg Youtchas Myers
mail to: mym441@yahoo.com
Date: Last weekend, September 2012
1969 • RC: Gary Westman
mail to: Gary.S.Westman@wellsfargo.com
Date: August 8, 2009
Details: Friday: RIT Inn on the Campus;
Saturday: IHS tour, RIT Inn on the Campus
1970 • RCs: Lorraine Manelis Iwema
mail to: liwema@aol.com
Larry Sapozink
mail to: lsapozink@frontiernet.net
Date: August 21, 2010
Details: Camp Eastman
1974 • RC: Barb Saucke O’Connor
mail to: tboconnor@frontiernet.net
Reservations made on the class reunion
Web site: www.ihsclassof74reunion.com
Date: July 17, 2009
Details: Friday: O’Loughlin’s – informal
gathering; Saturday: Camp Eastman –
BBQ, live music by The Invictas
1979 • RC: Laura Green Mason
Date: August 7, 2009
Details: Planning Stage
1989 • RC: Elena Mulcahy
Date: July 31 - August 1, 2009
Details: Friday: Dinner at Roch. Yacht
Club; Saturday: IHS tour, O’Loughlin’s
1994 • RC: Katie Coakley Carangelo
mail to: ktcoakley@yahoo.com
Date: October 10, 2009
Details: Perkins Mansion
1999 • RC: Amy Caplan Coniglio
mail to: aimers81@aol.com
Date: November 28-29, 2009
Details: Planning Stage
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Seated: Betsy Barker Warner, Elaine Stark Ericson, Julia Hawks Perlman, Barb Perry Watson, Sylvia Bristow Cahill, Gretchen Luke Kralles,
Phil Wilder, Bill Adams
Row 2: Bob Hrankowski, Mac Warner, Jack Baker, Ruth Amdursky Simon, Sally Breeze Schutt, Ginny Straat Braun, Dave Ashley, Louise Stutz
Sirianni, Doug Loescher, Cynthia Gilmore Cerquone, Barb DeBurgomaster Mueller, Diane DeLorm, Jean Yeomans Lamson, Christine Sidler,
Anne Mosher Yeager, Judy Curchin Vandever, Linda McDonnell Ingraham, Gerry Miller Jennings, Diane Waterman Goodman, Gail Wadman
McArthur, Linda Brady Thompson, Barb Collins Burrows, Marcia Witters Parker, Don Smith, Mike Kleinhans, Alan Berlowitz, Galen Parker,
Robin “Corky” Hughes, Sandy Pontius Copeland, Bill Ryan
Back row: Ron Arndt, Bill Culver, Bob Saucke, Bob Schlenker, Gary Bradshaw, George Johnson, Jack Beach ■
September, 2007
Front row, left to right: Linda Rehbach Bradley, Sue Reinhard Carter, Nancy Landfear Kukulka, Sharon Passer
Pulvino, Anne Church Gatti, Ann Weiss, Lynne Reichhart, Donna Nieman Smith.
Second row, left to right: Dan Clow (deceased/2008), Bob Crumrine, Harvey Stoller Christine Miller Seaman,
John Littwitz, _______?_________, Neil Reichhart, Sally White Hartman
Third row, left to right: David Alley, Harvey Mymit, Kathy Mielke, Sarah Gilbert Evans, Linda Cileski Cullen,
Marcia Adams Aston, Graham Bradley, Debbie Baars Kaiser,Margaret/Meg Youtchas Myers, Carol Freedman
Gilman, Sue Landfear Borcyk ■ Photo by Ann Weiss
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Class of 1958
Class of 1967
Would your
class like
a tour of
IHS?
Reunion groups can
arrange for tours of
IHS through the
Office of Public
Information. The
tours are led by
members of the
West Irondequoit
Foundation and
alumni who are
interested in giving
back to the school
they fondly
remember.
Call 585-336-3067 for
information.

Alumni Spotlight Shines on
Class of 1981 Nila Webster
By Earl Doser ‘52
How cool is it, to return to your grammar
school after 31 years, and read a children’s
book YOU WROTE, to the third grade class?
That’s exactly what Nila Webster did last
year, at Seneca school (a highlight of her
year). The presentation focused not only on
the books themselves, but also on the wonder
and joy of creative writing.
Nila lived on Baron’s Road, near St. Paul
Blvd. & Thomas Ave., and attended Seneca
School. She walked to school, accompanied
by her mom when she was in kindergarten,
then on her own (how many kids do that
now?).
While attending IHS, Nila worked at the
YMCA during summers, and also had a regular
babysitting gig.
Her best memories of high school? “Mr.
Agor’s creative writing class, and John
Thompson’s Advanced Placement English
class. Both teachers were tremendous, and
it was in these classes that I realized how
deeply reading and writing can change our
lives. Mr. Brown and Mr. Greaves were two
of my other favorite mentors”.
Nila went to Tufts University, majoring in
English. Her first job after graduation was
as a high school English teacher at a small
parochial school in Boston. She taught
English for seven years, and used some of
the same novels she read at IHS. She now
resides in Revere Beach, just north of
Boston. Her first book was Literature for the
Journey: World Literature and the Inner
Life,a text book for high school students,
published in January, 1992.
In her own words: “I never thought of writing
children’s books until I met a professional
children’s illustrator, George M.
Ulrich. He knew I wrote adult fiction, and
we encouraged each other in our art. And
then, in the tragedy of Columbine, I began
to contemplate what might possibly make a
difference for children by awakening in
them a sense of self-love and love for oth-
Nila Webster, her mother Jani Johe Webster and
her grandmother, three generations of poets!
ers. One day, I said to George, ‘I’d like to
write a children’s book that would counterbalance
what happened in Littelton.’ That
day, the Saturday before Mother’s Day, 1999,
I wrote The Gift of You, The Gift of Me, my
first children’s book. George was commissioned
to do the artwork for the book, which
was published in 2005.”
Within a few weeks of publication, Nila was
visiting local schools sharing the message of
the book, which is one of self-love and gratitude.
Since then, word of the presentation
has spread, and she is already booked for
the foreseeable future.
Nila has written two additional children’s
books, both collaborations with her mother,
Jani Johe Webster, who has been writing
and publishing poetry since before Nila was
born (ah ha-that’s where Nila got her inspiration!).
The two books, Remember Rain and
Remember Beauty, tell the story of an
unlikely friendship between a tiny cat
named Budda Baby, and a Great Lone Wolf.
Children relate to the idea that we can be
friends with others unlike ourselves, and
that friendship is a very special and healing
thing. All three of her children’s books have
been read to grammar school classes,
kindergarten through seventh grades.
If you’re ever asked if you know someone
famous, say Nila Webster, renowned author of
books for children, and you both are IHS grads.
And next time you’re in a library, ask for
Nila’s books, especially if you have gradeschool
kids or grand kids. They will be
thrilled with these stories. The Irondequoit
Library, at Titus & Cooper has them!! ■
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My Life in Iraq: A Nutshell-Taste
It’s twelve midnight on Sunday, 8 March
– International Women’s Day – and I’m
sitting here at my kitchen table in my
office in Ain Sefni, a rural town in
Sheikhan District of Ninewa (Mosul)
Governorate in northern Iraq whose population
is a mixture of Izidis, Christians,
Muslims, Kurds, Arabs, and Hostas
(“Gypsies”) – and one Buddhist - me.
Maybe by writing about my experiences
today, I can give you a nutshell-taste of
the life I’ve been living here in Iraq
since 2003.
I work as the General Director of
Concordia, a local Iraqi nongovernmental
organization that I helped start in
November 2003 after visiting Iraq twice
on organizational work with the
American Kurdish Center of Fairfax,
Virginia. To fill you in briefly, I was living
in Philadelphia in the spring of
2003, newly divorced after 11 years of
marriage to a Tunisian man, when I
decided to take a job near Washington
as the executive director of a small
Kurdish-American organization with a
project in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil,
now the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan
Region. I worked six months with the
AKC and found I liked living in Iraq
much more than in the suburbs of
Washington – the people in Iraq were
friendly and welcoming, and I loved the
Kurdish culture of colorful clothes, dancing
at weddings, delicious lunches and
dinners, and hospitality toward
strangers. The people here seemed more
genuine and more involved with basic
things in life than Americans typically
are, and I felt at home in the land of pistachios,
apricots, and sesame.
After helping to organize and run two
training workshops in September 2003
in Erbil and Kirkuk in trauma counseling
and peace education for local Iraqi
organization members, teachers, and
health-center staff, I quit my job at the
AKC and moved to Erbil, living three
weeks in a hotel before relocating in
December 2003 to our first Concordia
office – a two-story house in Ainkawa, a
mainly Christian town next to Erbil
By Barbara Lakeberg ‘70
where many organizations had their
headquarters. With eight Kurdish
Muslim friends from Dohuk and Erbil, I
started Concordia, planning to do
democracy and human rights educational
projects, trauma-counseling training,
and other local civil society-development
work.
By February 2004, after two training
workshops for school counselors and
directors, we were planning a large project
with financial support from an
American NGO, Research Triangle
Institute. For the next five months, our
Barbara Lakeberg at a workshop near Sheikhan.
office in Ainkawa and our newly established
office in Dohuk carried out hundreds
of democracy and human rightsrelated
dialogues with local people, 16
workshops, and one art exhibition
(“Women and Human Rights”) featuring
the paintings of a young Kurdish
Izidi artist who became a close friend of
mine. Concordia quickly had over 30
staff divided across two offices in northern
Iraq and a solidly developing reputation
for good work with local citizens.
Since the RTI project, we’ve had funding
from a number of international NGOs
(American, Swedish, and Norwegian),
UN agencies, and some regional Iraqi
Kurdistan ministries in the north, with
the bulk of our funding coming from
non-Iraqi sources. We’ve worked hard to
keep ourselves separate from political
party control and have never taken
money from any of the political parties.
This is important in a place where
almost no NGOs are truly independent
of political control, and it’s allowed us to
help a number of persons from different
political sides of the fence.
Most of our work has been in the area
of human rights and democracy education
and human rights advocacy and
protection, with additional work in the
areas of trauma counseling, social problem
solving, and environmental education.
We work with women and men of
different faiths and cultures, and our
board and staff are an eclectic group of
people – Izidi, Muslim, Christian, and
Buddhist (me) – mainly professionals
(teachers, lawyers, engineers, and
artists) with others mixed in who have
less education but are interested in
working in a democracy-oriented organization
and have skills to contribute to
our work. Because the population in the
cities where we live is mainly Kurdish,
we don’t have many Arabs working with
us, but some of our staff are mixed Arab
and Kurdish, Arabs from Mosul, Kirkuk,
Baghdad, and Karbala have sometimes
participated in our workshops and art
exhibitions. Occasionally we’ve been
able to include Turkomans in our workshops,
too – they’re a much smaller
minority in Dohuk and not so large in
Erbil, where we closed our office in
March 2005 after moving our headquarters
to the more-northern city of Dohuk.
Our board and staff also include
ChaldoAssyrian Christians, and we’ve
had Armenian Christians as colleagues,
workshop participants and volunteers in
our activities, too.
There’s more - Read a detailed essay on
a day in Barabra Lakeberg’s life at
www.westirondequoit.org/almni ■

Good News
from the
West Irondequoit Central School District
A sample of our students achievements over the past year.
The Good News is published monthly at www.westirondequoit.org
Irondequoit High School was recognized by Newsweek
magazine as one of the top high schools (out of
approximately 27,000 high schools) in the United
States, with a rank of 357 out of 1480 schools studied.
Schools are rated on the percent of students who take
Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or
Cambridge exams, compared to graduating seniors.
IHS has been on the list every year that it has been
published. More importantly, more than 70% of our students
consistently score 3, 4 or 5 on AP exams, making
them eligible for college credit. In May 2009, 850 students
wrote AP exams, an all-time record.
Two IHS business students, Sam Kennedy ‘09 and Tyler
Condello ‘09, earned the title of World Champions at
the DECA International Career Development
Conference in Anaheim, CA. Their event required
them to run a simulation program of a retail store. All
decisions to run a store, including staffing, purchasing,
pricing, promotion, location, financial analysis, etc.
were required to be made and managed over a 15
minute window against 16 other finalists who competed
on-line during a period of eight weeks to make it to
this level. It took five matches of 15 minutes against
four teams at a time to finally be crowned – world
champions!
Ryan McCormick ‘09 won the Class A singles
Section V tennis title this year and was the Class A
doubles champion the previous two seasons. He is the
first IHS player to play singles in the state tournament.
Six IHS students were recognized by the National
Merit Scholarship Program. Benjamin Detty, Megan
Supple and Emily Walsh earned National Semifinalist
status. Commended Students are Robert Cigna and
Laura Dolan and Bobbi Mason was recognized as an
Outstanding Student.
The Girls Volleyball Team brought home the NYS title
in November.
Thirty IHS students exhibited their work at ArtPeace
Shakedown ’09 at the Village Gate Square in May.
The show celebrates and showcases the visual and performing
talents of high school students in Monroe
County and featured exhibits from 31 area high
schools.
Jonathan Merritt ’09 was the recipient of the
Irondequoit Art Club Scholarship Award and the
Irondequoit Art Club Award for his promising digital
and traditional photography work. Jonathan’s photos
were exhibited at the club’s annual show in May.
For the eighth time in the past ten years, West
Irondequoit has been named among the Best for
Music Education in America by the North American
Music Merchants Foundation. The district earned this
honor for its “strong comprehensive music education
programs.”
The Odyssey of the Mind program fielded 33 teams
in 2008-09, ten teams advanced to the state competition
and two teams went on to compete at the World
Finals!
Peak Our comprehensive program continues the tradition of excellence
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for which the district is known.

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Tales from a Small Town
By Bob Rehbach ‘46
I’ve often been asked by much younger folks,
“Isn’t living your whole life in a small town
(Irondequoit) boring?” Of course not, if you
live life to its fullest, every day.
The class of “46” doesn’t seem so long ago
now that remembering those days is a part
of daily conversation and the good things
that have made life really interesting.
Bob Rehbach and the Blacksmith House as it moves to the
Town Hall Campus from its original home on Ridge Road
near Culver.
As I left IHS, I continued to work at the “Red
and White” grocery across the street from
the “old school.” Working in retail was exciting
to me then, and I’ve only recently retired
from it.
In 1950-51 I took a sabbatical and made new
friends as I traveled with Uncle Sam’s US
Army to Korea. It truly was a great experience.
When I came home, my grocery manager’s
job awaited me. In 1960 I married
Anne Tetamore, Class of 49. She and children
Patsy, Douglas and I moved to Thornton
Road, and in 1962 son Randall was born.
After about 25 years in groceries, I made a
switch to Irondequoit Garden
Center/Fireplace Fashions on Hudson
Avenue, from which I recently retired after
almost 40 years.
In my spare time, I volunteer with the
American Red Cross at blood drives and
coordinate four blood drives annually at
Resurrection Lutheran Church, where I also
keep busy with the committee for social life
of the church.
Anne and I have been very active in the
Irondequoit Historical Society for some 30
years. I was never overly enthusiastic about
history, but felt an obligation to be a part of
the society. After all, my ancestry goes back
to 1832 in Irondequoit (then a part of
Brighton). I served as president of the society
for 13 of those years.
The society became an exciting part of our
lives when, in 1995, the salt box type house
built by Ransford Perrin ca 1839 was given to
the society and ultimately given to the town
and placed on the town hall campus.
It was the third move for this
structure. Finally Irondequoit
would have a museum – not
large, but interesting. We have
kind of adopted this little house
and volunteer there a lot.
Even more exciting was the
move of the “Cobblestone
Blacksmith Shop,” the oldest
known building in Irondequoit,
ca 1830, from East Ridge Road,
near Culver Road to the town hall
campus next to the salt box
house. These two structures were
originally next to each other on
Ridge Road.
The very fragile stone building was, after
about a seven year process, given to the
town. On April 2, 2008, the Matthews
Building Movers began the preparation for
this historic venture. Anne and I made it our
summer “hobby” to see this miracle happen.
Not knowing much about the engineering of
such a move, it became not only a fascination,
but a hands-on (sort of) education. I
wouldn’t say it was a breeze. Truly it was not!
About the move: Preparation is the key. The
building was built into the ground about
four feet. No footers, no interior beams, just
stone and mortar. Although they used
machinery, much shoveling and “wheelbarrowing”
had to be done. Holes were made
through the walls at ground level to insert
steel girders front to back. Picks, pry bars
and shovels were used – all hard work. Eight
of these beams were placed. Dollies were
used to move the 1800-pound beams, all
maneuvered by hand. A good share of the
labor was done without machinery, just like
fifty plus years ago. Some of the equipment
dates back to “grandpa.” It was astounding
to watch the precision of this work. It took
many days to complete the concrete base.
Two by twelves plus steel welded crossbeams
were built on the interior – keeping
walls safely secure – then the beams and
welded corners on the outside gave the support,
now inside and out.
Probably the most interesting part to
bystanders was watching the skill in building
the “cribbing” which kept the building
exactly in place and level. Again, by hand.
The structure was raised so that the 16
wheels could be rolled in underneath to the
back end on 50 ft., 7,000 lb. steel beams. The
truck would pull it from the front; everything
leveled with hydraulic jacks and cribbing.
Finally moving day arrived: Monday, July 14,
2008, about 9 a.m. A few challenges were
encountered in the move, but basically it
was smooth. The day was beautiful – the
crowd enthusiastic (some skeptical). There
were cheers when the 80 ton building was
off the platform and on its way west down
Ridge Rd. Many of the spectators followed
the whole move on foot as we did. It was a
slow and patient trip for this fragile landmark
building and an historic move.
It would take several weeks of preparation to
set the building on its present and permanent
home. At last, after about 50 years, the
Pioneer House and the Blacksmith Shop are
together again. On October 6th, the inside
foundation of stone was poured and the
Continued on page 11.
Memories on Tape
In 2002, IHS alum Steve Arter taped
interviews with faculty who were teaching
during the 1950’s when he was a student.
Those interviewed were: Norma
Butler, Bruce Clair, John Dodge, Beulah
Hilfiker, Helen Rice, Butler Shaw and
Clare Wallace. Copies of this VHS tape
are now available for $15. ($5 will reimburse
the IHS Media Club for copying
the tapes and the remaining amount will
cover postage and a small donation to
the West Irondequoit Foundation.)
Name__________________________
Address_________________________
_______________________________
City____________________________
State__________Zip______________
No. of copies_____ X 15=___________
Please make checks payable to the
West Irondequoit Foundation.
Send your request to:
The West Irondequoit Foundation -
Faculty Video
321 List Avenue
Rochester, NY 14617-3125

Alumni Reps Each class should have an alumni representative; we’ve posted our current list
below. Reps receive agendas and minutes of our alumni meetings and may assist in coordination of reunions. If your class needs
a rep and you would like to volunteer your services, please contact the alumni office at alumni_coordinator@westiron.monroe.edu
or 585-336-3067.
FIRST NAME LAST NAME CLASS
Ada Rayton Neary 1936
Arlene Blakely Shepler 1938
Ginny Bevins Johnson 1939
John Rehbach 1941
Beverly Carter 1944
Betty Christman Schwab 1945
Robert Rehbach 1946
Jane Kleehammer 1947
Bud Pfeifer 1948
Jim & Margaret Beisheim 1949
Nancy Conklin 1950
Elaine Bamann 1951
Earl Doser 1952
Wally Koenig Cordaro 1953
Alice Baumann Kincaid 1954
Nancy Young Smith 1955
Bill Saucke 1956
Gary & Judy Peacock 1957
Anne Yeager 1958
Jack Grover 1959
Bob Heinkel 1960
George Smith 1961
Clark Dobbertin 1962
Carmella Amato Chamberlain 1962
Sandy Schmidt Badura 1963
Ed Storey 1964
John Becker 1965
Sue Joninas 1966
Charles Kanty 1968
Gary Westman 1969
Tales from a Small Town, cont’d.
cement slab of stone was placed on top.
It was an exciting summer hobby and proof
to us that always having lived in this small
town is not boring.
We invite all the locals to visit the historic
complex often, and to those who are far away,
come visit when you are in town. We can
always arrange a tour for you. We are open
May – September on Sundays, and June
through September on Farmers Market Night.
Editors Note: In November of 2008, Bob and
Anne Rehbach were two of the three town
residents recognized at the Thanks for
Giving ceremony sponsored by the
Irondequoit Ministerial Association. The
Rehbachs were applauded for their work on
behalf of the Red Cross, the Irondequoit
Historical Society, the Lutheran Church of
the Resurrection and for their efforts at
town beautification. ■
Linda Knapp Williams 1970
Artie Trevas 1971
Anne Harvey Sick 1972
Jeanne Serles Taranto 1973
Barbara Saucke O’Connor 1974
Jeanne Travers 1975
Howard Cohen 1976
Leslie Knapp Ferriter 1977
Marybeth Semrau Patton 1978
Laura Green Mason 1979
Blanca Mastbaum Kane 1980
Andy List 1982
Jean Adams Perrotta 1983
Judy Hunte Meacham 1984
Sandy Weiser Friedman 1986
James Vinci 1988
Tracy Moody 1989
Charlotte Riesenberger Granville 1990
Jennifer Solomon Fichtner 1991
Tammy Uchal Hittepole 1992
Bannon Stroud 1993
Christopher Beato 1994
Mike & Karen Burns 1995 & 1996
Gina Nicosia 1997
Julie Sutera 1998
Amy Kaplan Coniglio 1999
Camille Sealy 2000
Erica Czop 2001
Angela Aratari 2002
Andrew Follaco 2003
Adam Hoehn 2004
Save the Date!
West Irondequoit Foundation 10th Annual Golf Tournament
June 25, 2010
Play a round of golf (9 or 18 holes),
then gather with other supporters
for lunch. Lunch only option is also available.
Details at 585-336-3067 or
http://www.westirondequoit.org/foundation.htm
Established in 1987, the foundation exists to support the educational programs of the
West Irondequoit Central School District. To date, over $493,000 has been granted to
fund more than 75 teacher-initiated proposals that fell outside the scope of the annual
operating budget. Funding for these grants comes from donations by community
members and alumni who wish to carry on the tradition of excellence for which our
schools are known and from events such as the annual golf tournament.
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Alumni
News
The “Alumni News” section of this
newsletter is devoted to catching up with
Irondequoit High School graduates. We
encourage graduates from all years to
send information about what you have
accomplished and what you are doing
today. You will find an information questionnaire
on Page 20 of this newsletter.
Fill it out and perhaps next year, you’ll
find your name on these pages. It’s a
good way to keep in touch!
1954
Howard Kirchner lives in Maryland with his
wife Rosemary. He worked at Kodak and the
Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Now, he tells
us he is “retired and loving it.” He enjoys hunting,
fishing, flying, and volunteering at the
Chesapeake Maritime Museum. E-mail:
wiskirk@aol.com
1956
Bob Thomas and Betsey Thorne Thomas
married Sept. 6, 1958 in Irondequoit. Betsey and
Bob both attended Northwestern University -
Betsey in two-year program on the Chicago campus,
Bob earned a BS and MA in Radio-TV-Film
on the Evanston Campus. Both retired, and are
living in Virginia and are now in the antiques
business, with booths in two regional Antiques
Malls, plus antiques shows about once a month in
such venues as Chantilly, DC; Roanoke, VA;
Fishersville, VA; Winston-Salem, NC and others.
Bob and Betsey celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary in 2008! Still get back to Rochester
about twice a year to visit Betsey’s family, and go
to Vic and Irv’s (now Irv’s?), Abbott’s, and other
familiar places. E-mail: bobnbetz@verizon.net
1958
Elaine Stark Ericson lives in Iowa with her
husband Denton. She attended Baldwin Wallace
College where she earned her BS in Education and
also earned her MA in Special Education from the
University of Iowa. She is retired from teaching
now, but has two part-time jobs; one in retail and
the second as a ticket taker at the local civic center
which has Broadway plays and the Symphony.
Elaine and Denton have four children and five
grandchildren. E-mail: deericson@msn.com
1959
Curtis Nelson is a neurosurgeon at the
University of Maryland. He and his wife Nancy
live in Maryland where they enjoy sailing and
spending time with their grandchildren.
E-mail: cn@goeaston.net
1960
Gene Brodsky has his BA from University of
Arizona. He is semi-retired, spending most of his
time in Rochester, enjoying target shooting, gun
collecting, motorcycling. He does manage to get
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to the warmer weather of Arizona during part of
the winter.
Thomas Slater graduated from Purdue
University with a degree in Electrical
Engineering. He spent many years working at
Rochester Gas & Electric, retiring in 1994. He
then worked at Rochester Instrument Systems
designing electric system protection systems.
Now he is a Code Enforcement Officer/Building
Inspector for the Village of Macedon. E-mail:
k2tdz@aol.com
1961
Alan Kirby graduated from Ohio Wesleyan
University with a BA and from University of
Michigan with his MBA. He is retired and lives in
North Carolina with his wife Susan. They enjoy
travelling and cooking. E-mail: akirby1@triad.rr.com
1962
William Deans is retired and lives in Maine. Email:
billd@metrocast.net
Jack Watson earned his BBA at University of
Vermont and his MBA at University of Miami. He
lives in Florida with his wife Sharon and enjoys
the sunshine while boating, fishing, golfing and
travelling. He founded The Watson Company in
1983. Web site: www.watsoncompany.com
1963
Sharon Gillmor Wall lives in LeRoy, NY with
her husband Ken. They have two sons and five
grandchildren. Sharon has her BS from Thiel
College and MS of Counselor Ed from SUNY
Brockport. She is retired and enjoys knitting,
sewing, reading and walking. E-mail:
s_wall@myway.com
1964
Ann Bearden Brown is retired and lives in
Irondequoit with her husband George. She
worked for 20 years in schools in New York and
Michigan, and she has NYS certification in K-12
Spanish & German. She plays clarinet in various
orchestras and bands in New York and Florida.
Ann and George enjoy travelling to visit family.
E-mail: gbrownce@aol.com
Pamela Blank Angeloff is retired. She lives in
Pittsford with her husband Carl. They spend winters
in Florida.
1965
Jack Huse has his BS from Denison University
and his MD from Hahnemann Medical College.
Jack recently retired and moved with his wife,
Meredith, to Bristol, RI, the site of the oldest continuous
4 th of July Parade in the USA. He enjoys
golf, skiing, and spending time with their grandchildren.
E-mail: jbhusemd@aol.com
Ken Lindsay lives in Greece with his wife Mary.
He has his Associates degree from Alfred State
and his BA from RIT. He is a credit analyst for a
local auto finance company. In his spare time he
enjoys golf, gardening, coin collecting and spending
time with his grandchildren. E-mail: lindsay5@frontiernet.net
Joyce Radtke Bates lives in Tennessee where
she is a principal at a school for children in state
custody, “the most rewarding and frustrating job
around.” She loves working with at-risk kids! She
has a BS in Physical Ed/Health and Elem. Ed.
From the University of Tennessee, a MS in
Elementary Ed from Tusculum College in
Tennessee and an ED.S in Administration and
Supervision from Lincoln Memorial University.
She is a single parent with two boys who are successful
and fantastic gentlemen! James is a
sports announcer with CBS and Jeremy is the
quarterback/wide receiver coach for the Denver
Broncos. Joyce enjoys hiking in the Appalachian
Mountains, but her new love is tackling the
Rocky Mountains. E-mail: jjjb8s@yahoo.com
1968
Doreen DiMartino Prindle lives in Ontario, NY.
She has her degree in dental hygiene and she
owns a business called “Pet Nanny.” She enjoys
reading, music and travelling. She attended the
40 th reunion and says “it was outstanding.“ Email:
dpp314@hotmail.com
1969
Betsy Birkicht Musso “has a wonderful life in
Tucson,“ where she is enjoying retired life with
her German Shepherd. She enjoys frequent trips
to Hawaii and playing tennis. Betsy has degrees
from RIT and Colorado State University which
she used in her career as a graphic designer for
Scuba Schools International in Fort Collins, CO. A
claim to fame is that she was the oldest college
tennis player for Pima CC in Tucson in 2003. She
has one son, Scott, one daughter, Robin and one
granddaughter, Italia. E-mail: bbirkit@yahoo.com
Michael Chirco has a BS in Education from
SUNY Buffalo, a MA in English from Middlebury
College and a CAS Ed. Administration from SUNY
Oswego. He lives in Penn Yan with his wife Ellen.
Michael is the Superintendent of the Marcus
Whitman Central School District.
E-mail: chircom@linkny.com
Doug Cooke graduated from SUNY Brockport in
1981 with a BSN. He lives in Virginia Beach
where he is a RN in chemical dependency working
at a psychiatric center. When he is not working
you could find him working out, power walking
or watching Clint Eastwood movies. He has a son.
1970
Linda Finn Yarborough earned the following
degrees in Anthropology: BA (1970) SUNY
Binghamton, MA (1973) University of Toronto,
M.Sc. (1996) and Ph.D. (2000) University of
Wisconsin Madison. She lives in Anchorage, AK
with her husband Michael. She tells us that
after working for the Chugach National Forest for
19 years, she took an early retirement in 2008
and now works with Michael in the consulting
firm that she originally started in 1975: Cultural
Resource Consultants, LLC. She also continues
the thread of her earlier ten year career in music
by teaching harp lessons to a few students each
week, and performing for weddings and special
occasions. When she’s not consulting or performing
she enjoys skiing, spinning and knitting. She
doesn’t often travel outside Alaska in the summer
because of the very short archaeological field sea-

son, but enjoys traveling nationally and internationally
at other times of year for business, and to
see family and friends. E-mail address:
lfy@acsalaska.net
David Lofvers graduated from Buffalo State with
a BA in Geoscience. He retired in 2007 after 33
years with the Social Security Administration. He
enjoys astronomy, comic art and travelling, and
has visited every presidential grave in the United
States. E-mail: seadragon@embarqmail.com
1971
Liz Lehmann graduated from Syracuse
University and RIT. She is a filmmaker, producer
and director. The supernatural chiller Fury that
was filmed in Rochester, produced and directed
by Liz, won Best Cutting Edge Film honors in the
2009 San Diego Black Film Festival
Wayne Reckhow has his BS in Psychology and
his MBA in International Business from Syracuse
University. He and his wife Barbara live in New
York City where he is an auditor. They have four
children. E-mail: wayne.reckhow@gmail.com
1972
Burton Hineline works for Covad
Communication, is divorced, and is a dad of four,
from 17 years to 32 years old. He is currently
living in East Irondequoit.
E-mail: burton@computdatae.com
1974
Robert Connors has earned graduate degrees in
both healthcare administration and information
systems technology management from The
George Washington University, Washington, DC.
He’s drawn on his experiences as a hospital
administrator and a hospital chief information
officer to establish a company that manages
health care systems. He lived in Andalucia, Spain
for four years. He currently resides in Virginia
with his wife Helene, where he enjoys hobbies
that include fly-fishing and zymurgy.
E-mail: robertconnors@mac.com
Anne Gearhart Freeze has a BS from
Springfield College and a MS from Kansas State
University. Anne lives in Kansas where she has
been the director of a county health department
and community health center since 1999. She
would love to be contacted by alum living in
Kansas. E-mail: annegf@sbcglobal.net
1975
Laurie Marlan Rose earned her BA at Yale and
her law degree from SUNY Buffalo. She is an
attorney in the Chicago area where she is also an
elected member of the Board of Education for
Lake Forest School District 67. She enjoys creative
writing, travel, sailing and tennis.
1979
Cathleen Cone Fitzpatrick lives in Rochester
with her husband Robert. When she is not working
as a companion/housekeeper with Unity
Health she enjoys golfing.
Howard Nielsen lives in Rochester where he
owns Sticky Lips Pit BBQ and Chester Cab Pizza.
He enjoys making documentaries in his free time.
He has made two about lacrosse and football.
E-mail: howie@animatusstudio.com
1981
Susan Placek lives in Denver with her husband
Chris. Susan graduated from Cornell University
with a Masters degree in Urban & Regional
Planning in 1993. She is a professional photographer
and travels internationally to photograph
weddings. E-mail: susanpacekphotography@comcast.net
1983
Sandra Schoepfel Rheaume has degrees from
SUNY Cortland (BS), New York Medical College
(MS), and most recently in 2007 Roxbury
Community College (AS Nursing). She is a registered
nurse and dietitian in Massachusetts. She
and her husband Dale just had their first child in
January of 2008, a girl. Sandra enjoys skiing,
snowboarding, triathlons and reading. E-mail:
saschoep@yahoo.com
Jennifer Smith graduated with her BS from
Cornell, MA from Ohio State and Ph.D from
SUNY Buffalo. She lives in Massachusetts and
works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
E-mail: jbsmith@mit.edu
1984
Beth Troy Price earned her BS at Ithaca College
and her MBA at Suffolk University in Boston. She
is CEO of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Beth
enjoys spending time with her husband and their
family of three children. She enjoys horseback
riding, jet skiing, boating, gardening and interior
decorating. They like to vacation on Nantucket
Island, MA and Keuka Lake, NY.
1989
Paul Luciano moved to Vermont in 2006 from
Austin, TX. He writes “I raced in the National
Championships in 2008 for Downhill Cycling and
placed 7th and. I ride downhill skibikes in the
winter here (very fun!). In addition to my academic
career as a professor of anatomy and physiology/human
biology and public health servant
for the Department of Health, I am promoting my
first novel under the auspices of a pen name.
Release date is spring ‘09. I am the proud father
of a 1989 Ford Bronco with a winch. I enjoy
moonlighting as a winch service operator for the
residents of Jericho, where I am the Town Health
Officer.” E-mail: palmph@msn.com
Ann Marie Pacek Yacobucci lives in Denver
with her husband Aron. Annemarie has her masters
degree from University of Rochester in
school counseling and she works as a school
counselor. She enjoys snowboarding and camping.
E-mail: annemarie99@gmail.com
1992
Megen Hayes Macomber lives in Georgia with
her husband Jonathan. She earned her BS in
Marketing from Kennesaw State University and
has returned to Kennesaw where she is working
on her pre-pharmacy degree. Megen is a pharmacy
technician at Publix Supermarkets.
E-mail: megen417@gmail.com
1993
Jason Cottrill and Phatsaphone Phothisane
Cottrill are married and live in Irondequoit with
their four children. Jason has his undergraduate
degree from Case Western, his MS in electrical
Engineering and Management from Columbia
University and is currently working online at
Columbia for his doctorate in electrical engineering.
Phatsaphone earned her degree in
International Studies at St. John Fisher College
and currently is employed in banking.
E-mail: phatsaphonecottrill@frontiernet.net
1995
Brian Lawrenz has been in the Navy for 13
years, has reached the rank of Petty Officer, E-6
and is currently stationed in Europe, where he
lives with his wife Heather and daughter Trinity.
Brian’s work-group is responsible for teaching
new assignees to the base about nuclear and terrorist
threats against Americans in foreign countries.
Brian can be located on Facebook.
1996
Allison Annechino Longden graduated from
SUNY Oswego with her degree in Elementary
Education and LeMoyne College with her MS in
Elementary Education. She teaches second grade
in Syracuse, where she lives with her husband
Rich and their two young daughters.
E-mail: alongden@twcny.rr.com
Noel Pixley graduated from Dickinson College
with his Bachelor’s degree and from Drexel
University with his Masters in Mechanical
Engineering. He and his wife Jennifer live in
Pennsylvania with their four children. E-mail:
npixley@puricore.com
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years of 1967, 1974, 1975, and the years
not listed in the chart below. We have
extra yearbooks (limited quantities)
from the following years. If you would
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Zev Zicari lives in Irondequoit and works at ARC
of Monroe County. He enjoys golf and karate, in
which he has his purple belt. E-mail:
z99sag@juno.com
1997
Catherine Napoli Gehring earned her
Associates in Communications at Monroe
Community College and moved to Florida for a
Disney internship. She met her husband (originally
from Fairport) in Orlando in 2000. They
were married in July 2006 in Hawaii. Catherine
is self-employed with PartyLite Gifts. E_mail:
cat_gehring@yahoo.com
1998
Jennifer Dietz Rivers lives in Irondequoit with
her husband Jon and their two children. Jennifer
has degrees from SUNY Geneseo (Elementary &
Special Education) and Nazareth College (MS
Inclusive Education). E-mail:
Jennifer.rivers@rcsdk12.org
2001
Joshua Ogrodowski attends Johnson and Wales
University. He has his AAS in Culinary Arts (cum
Dorothy Patricia Palmer Jackson . . . . .'35
Donald Ketchum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'35
Harold Kuhn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'38
Marvin Schaeffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'39
George Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'40
Donald Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'41
Vera Goodwin Umpleby . . . . . . . . . . . . .'42
Hamilton Driggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'43
Robert Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'44
Rose Kassman Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'45
Eleanor Burkhardt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'46
Jack Fenner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'47
Julius Muisus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'47
Charles Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'48
John (Jack) Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'49
John Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'50
Richard VanWyckhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . .'50
Nelson Orlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'54
Carole Crittenden Howley . . . . . . . . . . .'55
Bruce Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'56
Charles Cala Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'58
Warren Alent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
David Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Frederick Dahms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
laude) and he expects to receive his BS in
Culinary Nutrition in November of 2009. He
received the 2007 Visiting Chef award. E-mail:
jjoger@hotmail.com
Vanessa Segee lives in Florida where she is
attending University of Central Florida, working
on her BS in Electrical Engineering. She plans to
obtain her Masters in Biomedical Engineering.
She enjoys travelling, going to the beach and
yoga. E-mail: vsegee@atlas.valenciacc.edu
Cristin Sick has been working for Paetec for two
years. Cristin started and sings in an a cappella
group called 5-Second Rule.
2002
Stephen “Tom” Hart graduated from
Northwester University in 2006 with a degree in
industrial engineering and economics. He is currently
employed as a consultant at a global management
consulting firm in the Chicago area. Email:
s.thomas.hart@gmail.com
Amber Marshall Niklewicz married Dan
Niklewicz (2003) in April 2007. Amber received
a degree from Houghton in 2006 (biology and
Spanish) and she is currently attending MCC
working towards a RN degree. She is a unit secretary
at Rochester General Hospital.
E-mail: runnrgirl31@yahoo.com
2003
Clairmarie Sick received her Masters of Science
Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology and
Cardiac Rehab from East Stroudsburg University
in July 2008.
Alumni Passings
(List Compiled from 7/22/08 to present)
Richard Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Karen Leeming Culbertson . . . . . . . . . .'59
Donald Schlenker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Robert Seebach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Ruth Smalline Appel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Glenn Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Peter Stultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Bernard Waltuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59
Peggy Ashman Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Barbara Brown Beukema . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Joanmarie Burnham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Jerome Cala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Elaine Chiapetta Prizzi . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Bruce Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Linda Hawkes Felerski . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Margaret Hill Lojek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Walter Hodsdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Bonni Hubbard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
John Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
George Knowlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
David Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Barbara Pilittere Rauber . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Harry Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Susan Stolp Vieser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
2005
Peter Hart graduated from SUNY Geneseo in
2008 with a business degree. He is working
towards his doctorate in Audiology at the
Northeast Ohio Consortium through the
University of Akron, Kent State University and
the Cleveland Clinic. E-mail:
pete.w.hart@gmail.com
Cailin Harvey attended Lycoming College freshman
year where she was voted Outstanding
Defender for Women’s Lacrosse in the spring season
of 2006. She transferred to Allegheny College
where she finished her college lacrosse career as
a tri-captain for the 2009 season and a member of
the NCAC All Conference Second Team. She graduated
from Allegheny with a major in Biology and
plans to continue at the University of Rochester
in the Accelerated Nursing Program.
Kate Sick graduated Cum Laude from SUNY
Oswego in 2009 with a BA in Elementary
Education with a concentration in English. Kate
belonged to the Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority in
which she was Head of Scholarship and Academic
Advisement as well as a member of the Judicial
Board and Public Relations committee. She was
also active in Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Delta Pi
National Honor Societies and Vega Honor Society.
2006
Rachael Harvey attends Canisius College where
she was on the Dean’s list for the spring and fall
semesters of 2008.
Gerald Turianski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'60
Elaine Andrus Vance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'61
Theodore DeWeese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'61
Stephen Zweig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'62
James VanRoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'64
Mary Hecht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'65
Ted Hurysz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'67
Charles Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'68
Barbara Zarzycki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'68
Karen Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'69
James Alva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'69
Carter Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'69
Nancy Christ Kassel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'69
Robert Mathis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'69
Jean Ernisse Grebner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'72
Donald Hemmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'72
Leonard Strom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'72
Kristie Lewis Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'74
Daniel Connors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'75
Angela Imbro Delhanty . . . . . . . . . . . . .'78
Felice Osband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'78
Lisa Mooney Templeton . . . . . . . . . . . . .'88
Sean Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'94
Chris Massaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'94

BRICKS 2008-09
CARL “BUD” HEIDT
CLASS OF 1946
MD CATHY CLARK
IN MEMORY OF
OTTO HAHN
A FINE TEACHER
WE WERE HERE
TONG SISTERS
VIV 64 LIL 67
BOB, DAN, JOHN
LARRY, JOE, TOM,
JIM CONNORS
BRUCE D MARTIN
CLASS OF 1951
DAN 2005
SEAN 2008
GALLAGHER
SARAH FINTEL
“PEACHY”
HARVEY-CHRIS78
SHEILA, RACHAEL
06 BRIDGET 09
THE PORCELLO’S
ROBERT AIMEE
EMILY ALLISON
DIANNE GILMAN
IHS TA MOM TO
CHRIS 85 KARIN 88
KEN GUENTHER
CLASS OF 1953
FOR LILLYSTINA
IN MEMORY OF
ZIGMONT
DEMINIAK
JOANNE STAMP
1950 1976
LAURAL SHUKIS
BOB, JOHN, DAVID
STEVENS
1964 1966 1968
IN MEMORY OF
CRAIG L STOLZE
CLASS OF 1970
MEGHAN LEUSCH
CLASS OF 2009
THE GASS BOYS
CHRISTOPHER 08
JUSTIN 09
SARAH DAKIN 01
JOHN DAKIN 06
PETER DAKIN 09
NANCY DETTY
25 YEARS
JUNE 2009
CHRIS CARDON
PE TEACHER
2009
LOUIS DICKENS
FACULTY
1950-1974
CHARLES JEROME
AND TINA CALA
1958-1960-1965
HERBERT FAMILY
RYAN 02 PAT 07
LINDSAY 04
BIRKICHT
ROY & DOROTHY
JEAN SUE BETSY
IN MEMORY OF
BRUCE MARSHALL
CLASS OF 1956
CURTIS NELSON
CLASS OF 1959
IN MEMORY OF
LISA A MOONEY
CLASS of 1988
KRISTI DONKE
AMY DONKE
STEVEN DONKE
ALLISON LENZI
CLASS OF
2009
JOANNE
TRYBULSKI
ALUM COACH PE
TEACHING
IS TO ASSIST
IN DISCOVERY
ISABEL AVERILL
FACULTY
1944-1972
MIKE MYERS
CLASS OF
SEVENTY-SIX
RON PILITTERE
CLASS OF 1963
MISS YOU MAN
IN MEMORY OF
JACK KIRCHNER
CLASS OF 1950
BARBARA BAKER
ELLEN BAKER
IN MEMORY OF
SANDRA HUNT-
MURDOCK-1962
JARED & CARLY
DEROSA
CLASS OF 08/09
ALYSSA 2005
CARLA 2009
WISNIEWSKI
BARBARA BAILEY
ALL OF LIFE IS
EDUCATION
JOHN CURRIE
25 YEARS
THANKS
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FACULTY
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BARBARA WEISS
CLASS OF
1955
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GREBNER ‘72
IN MEMORY OF
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CLASS OF 1975
CLASS OF 1972
GREAT MEMORIES
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CLASS OF 2009
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MUSIC
2009
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