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These
are the names of those who have passed away from our classes. It started with a large remembrance board that hung in the Commonwealth
Club during the reunion. We had markers to allow folks to write additional names during the evening, and people have continued
to send me names since then. It is important we remember them always and how they touched our lives.
We Remember...
Michael Aiello 75
Bobby Anderson 74
Blaine Anderson 75
Catherine Arteaga 75
Pearl
Augustus 70
Donna Bailey 78
Norm Ball 71
Carl Banta 75
Michael Black 74
Charlie Blackwell 74
Peter Bradley 76
Robert Brooks 73
MaryEllen
Caggiano 72
Stanley Campbell 70
Barbie Cannon 72
Kirk Casto 78
Craig Champney 70
Daniel Chatellier 72
Bernard Cherry 76
Oscar
Collins 74
Roger Cozzolino 71
Cecil Crews 75
Nicole Decombe
Michelle Denicola 76
Joe Denicola 78
Kirk DuVal 74
Daniel
Eigo 70
Tina Erickson 72
Bill Ewing 75
Joann Fabrizio 73
Josephine Faiella 70
Christian
Fleetwood 78
Greg Fleming 73
Kenneth Fortunato 70
Susan Fugate 75
Glen Good 77
Joe Grady 74
Douglas Greulich 76
Cathy
Griffin 75
Dougals Hazell 78
Andre Henley 78
Keith Hillman 72
Linda Hull
John Jochem 73
Doug
Jones 72
Linda Johnson 70
Stacey Johnson 75
Andy Krehel 79
Willie Lampley 76
Chris Lawes 75
Cecile Manion 72
Stanley Marlinski 71
Robert Mc
Clellan 70
Leroy McCornell 75
Timothy McCornell 77
Gail McIntosh 70
Neil McMenamin 78
Gregg Miller 75
George Miller 74
Sandra
Mittelsdorf Bamber 75
Thomas Mittelsdorf 71
Terry Nance 75
Tara O'Brien 79
Les Plonsky 72
Richard Pounds 75
Alvin Richter 76
Diane
Robinson 70
Aaron Rodgers 79
Valerie Ross 72
Sarah Rudnicki 70
Patrick Ruggiero 71
Simon Schattner 75
Jay
"J.J." Schlegal 74
Charles Schnugg 79
Jay Scully 78
Elizabeth Shull 78
Gail Simpson 77
Barry Smith 71
Kelley Smith 78
Denise Stivaly 75/76
John
Strenz 76
Randy Umbach 73
George Vaxter 76
Stephen Villarosa 71
Marcia White 77
Gary Whitlock 77
Jonathon Wicks 76
Carlos Wormley 77
Nancy Zichelli 78
Ode to Youth
o
woe is me
can it truly be?
my 30th high school reunion is about to be!
when i walk throu' the doors of tierney's
will
anyone recognizes me?
o how can it be, just yesterday it seems
i was a child with such hopes and dreams
cutting
classes and skinny dipping in the reservoir
the future never seemed near
smoking pot and playing frisbee in the park
and
endless summer days on the tennis court
o woe is me
i walk along montclair's streets
pass by the houses that
shelter my old friends
and think of the brief encounters my life has been
of the smiles i've known and lost
and if
i could just relive one day
it would be a spring day in may
with the iris garden all a bloom
i would forget my
shyness and find my voice
and tell all of you, how i love you so
o lordy be
can it truly be?
30 years have
passed but yet i feel that same old insecurity,
of awkward growing pains
whizzing throu' my hometown, one more drive
up and down eagle rock i go
growing up in the seventies, of bell bottoms and grateful dead concerts
remembering first
kisses and sneaking out at night
riding my bicycle throu' mountainside park in the heat and humidty under jersey's street
lights
o woe is me
i placed a rose on your grave
i remember in silence your childhood laughter
and how your
spirit touched me
o how i long for you to be
at tierney's tonight toasting to old times
and rejoicing with me...
For Rich Pounds, Greg Sullivan, Alfred Hackett and Pete Bradley
Meggen Dietsche Gardner, July 2006
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