Bottom left: Peggy DiPaola, Melverta Townend Turek, Daryl Lussen Wilkinson, Bill Shorts, and Diana Taliaferro Huntley.Second row left: Mike Reynolds and Denny Haney.
Third row left: Jim Fleming, Kenny Porcase, Pam Summers Lee, and Betty Litsinger.
Fourth row left: Ricky Lyon, Nancy Drugan Koehler, Sam Shipley, Heather McEwen Fleming, Susie Akers McCarrell, Ruth Potisuk Ludwick, Angie Petty Toncar, Jane Kleinsmith Roop, Becca Lyon.....(How did she get in our class photo? LOL!!), Mike Marquis and Gary Livengood.
Top row left: Denver Lovejoy, Matt Cristino, Debi Johnston Williams, Jim Canterbury, Linda Edwards Helleckson, Joe Salamon, Eric Courtney, Mark Bowen and seated, Joanne Wise Heinz. Attended but not pictured are Danny Barber and Chris McVay.
As you can see, we had a nice little turnout. The weather was a bit warm, but with a nice little breeze and a lot of shade, it was absolutely perfect. Those who were not able to attend, we missed you! You missed a fantastic party. The hours were 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM, but we had so much fun, several classmates did not leave until about 11:00 PM.
I would like to personally thank Peggy, her sisters and their families for hosting such a wonderful party. With all their hard work, the party was awesome! THANK YOU DiPAOLA FAMILY!!!
I had many classmates ask if we are going to have a 45th class reunion. I obviously do not have the answer to this question, but it is worth thinking about and discussing. We had 267 classmates; 21 of whom are deceased. In the last 15 months we lost Bob DeSimio, Bill Crist, Rick Romito, and we just heard that Larry McCollum passed away on 1 August due to a blood clot traveling to his lungs. Please think about whether we want to have reunions every 5 years or every 10 and let me know your thoughts.
Those who took pictures at our birthday party, please send them to me and I will post them on our blog, or by all means, please feel free to post them yourselves.
