Theresa Walsh Welch has updated her email address -  taw4750@yahoo.com

Del (Delmar) Weaver Obituary

NOTE: Del was a classmate of ours, but did not graduate with us in 1968.

On October 14, 2011, of Sicklerville, formerly of Camden. Age 62. Beloved husband of Anna (nee Morrow). Son of Florence Bonshock (Weaver). Dear brother of John Weaver. Uncle, best friend and riding buddy of Alan. Faithful companion Deuce. Survived by many brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Del was a member of the American Legion Post #247 of Camden and Post #1000 of Trenton. He was also a member of the NRA, Associated Locksmiths of America, Moose Lodge #548, HOG (Harley Owners Group), and the US Motorcycle Club. Del retired from the Philadelphia Navy Yard/NAVASSES. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Friday evening from 6pm to 9pm and Saturday morning from 8:15am to 9:15am at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Mass 10am Saturday at Our Lady of Hope Parish, St. Agnes RC Church, Blackwood. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery, Chews Landing. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Del's memory to Gift of Life Donor Program, 401 N. 3rd Street, Phila., PA 19123 or to Samaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Drive, Suite 300, Marlton, NJ 08053. Family and friends may share memories at www.gardnerfuneralhome.com. Del is now riding in Harley Heaven.

Just added a page called Retro Life that I "borrowed" from another website. It's a collection of photos of products and items that you will remember from the 50's and 60's. Enjoy the memories!

Jane Fanuka Obituary

NOTE: Jane was a graduate of St. Agnes in Blackwood and was with the Class of 1968 for freshman year. When her family moved to Cherry Hill, she transferred to Cherry Hill H.S.

On August 14, 2011, of Pine Grove, PA. Age 61. Beloved daughter of Anthony and Mary Jane (nee Rihl). Devoted sister of Mary Ann Jose (Michael), Kathryn L'Esperance (Kenneth), Paul Fanuka (Brett), Thomas Fanuka (Lisa), John Fanuka, Nancy Hammond (Michael), and the late Margaret Fanuka. Lifelong best friend of Anita Small. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

Jane attended American University majoring in communications and marketing. She was a successful marketing manager for Don Beyer Volvo in Falls Church area as well as president of her own company, Ad Vantage. Jane was passionate about many things, including her family and friends, her animals and her Philly sports teams. Most of all, Jane had an abiding faith in God that will carry her through to eternal life. Jane will be sorely missed by her loving family and friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her visitation Friday 10:00 to 11:30 am at Egizi Funeral Home, 119 Ganttown Road, Washington Twp. Memorial Mass 12:00 pm at the Church of the Holy Family, Washington Township. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery, Chew's Landing.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jane's memory to Carbon County Friends of Animals, 900 Walnut Avenue, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 or Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA, 18 Wertz Drive, Pine Grove, PA 17963.

Condolences may be shared with the family at www.egizifuneral.com.

5th ANNUAL BISONS AT THE BEACH - An All Class Reunion

When:  Saturday, September 10, 2011,  3 to 7 PM

Where: LaCosta's, 40th & Landis Avenue, Sea Isle City, NJ 08243 - (609) 263-1111  http://www.lacosta-seaisle.com/

Price:   $20.00 in advance,  $25.00 at the door.

Includes:  BBQ buffet, featuring kielbasa, plus unlimited draft beer, house wine and soda. Discounted drinks also available.

Also Includes:  Music and Dancing by Juicy - Lots of Laughter!

*** NO TICKETS WILL BE MAILED -- JUST CHECK-IN AT THE GATE ***

Please make check payable to:   St. Joseph Alumni, by September 1, 2011
Mail to: Kathy Gehringer, 113 Knox Blvd., Marlton, NJ 08053

For questions, contact:  Kathleen Slupski Gehringer ('61), 856-983-5563, kgehringer@hotmail.com
                                    Denise Cannon Bennett ('69), 856-546-5215, Bennett.Denise@Philly.sysco.com

Due to time constraints and cost, we are emailing and posting this notice on the St. Joe's Alumni website only. It will not be sent via snail mail. So make sure you pass the word!!

Overnight accommodations are available at The Colonnade, the Sea Isle Inn, as well as The Coast Motel.  Call or email for rates.

• The Colonnade is located at 4600 Landis Ave. and has only 19 units (former B&B), http://www.thecolonnadeinn.com  , 609-263-8868

• The Sea Isle Inn is located at 6400 Landis Ave. www.seaisleinn.com  , 609-263-4371

• The Coast Motel is located at 4000 Landis Ave. (La Costa's),  609-263-1111

John Asher Obituary

ASHER, John W. on April 25, 2011, of West Berlin, formerly of Fairview, age 60. Beloved father of John (Lisa), James (Stephanie), Joseph (Kimberley) and Jeffrey. Dear brother of Jimmy, Judy, Joyce and the late Janet. Loving grandfather of 6. Mr. Asher proudly served his country in the US Navy during the Vietnam War and was a former Camden City firefighter. There will be a viewing Wednesday morning from 10 am to 12 noon at Gardner Funeral Home, Runnemede. Funeral Service 12 noon Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment private at the request of the family. Relatives and friends may share memories at www.GardnerFuneralhome.com.

Gary Bembenek has updated his bio page, see it here.

Photos from the 2010 Florida Get-Together hosted by Jean and John Giacobbe are here - Florida Photos

Ron Martin Obituary

MARTIN, Ronald E. On August 11, 2010, of Ft. Lauderdale, formerly of Camden and Bellmawr. Age 60. Beloved brother of Carol Martin of Ft. Lauderdale and cousin of Edward Suski of Absecon. Also survived by other cousins. Mr. Martin graduated St. Joseph's High School, Camden and Ft. Lauderdale College. Ronald was employed by Amtrack for 26 years and Comcast in FL for 11 years. Relatives and Friends are invited to attend his Life Celebration Friday 9:00 - 10:00 AM at the CIECHANOWSKI FUNERAL HOME, 1100 N. Black Horse Pike, Runnemede, NJ 08078. Mass of Christian Burial will follow 10:30 AM at St. Joseph's Church, 1010 Liberty Street, Camden, NJ 08104. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Chews Landing. Memorial contributions in Ronald's memory can be made to St. Joseph's Restoration Fund.

Remember Father Pie? Here's a link to his website - www.cup4change.com, where you can learn more about his writing and work related to the married priesthood.
 

Mike Hocker Obituary

HOCKER, Michael T. Age 61, of Williamstown passed away peacefully Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2010, at his home with his family at his side. Born in Philadelphia, Mike was a lifelong resident of Williamstown. He graduated from St. Joseph's High School in Camden and later worked as a Union Carpenter for Local 8 in Philadelphia for many years. Along with his family, Mike was passionate about riding his motorcycle and sharing laughs with his many good friends. He is predeceased by his mother, Cass Hocker. Mike will be sadly missed by his loving family including his daughter, Megan Hocker (and Michael Trush); his son, James (and Shanti) Hocker; granddaughter, Joella Trush; father, William Hocker; brother, William (and Judy) Hocker; sister, Kathy (and Marty) Fulmer. Also survived by nieces, nephews and cousins. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Fri. at 10am in Our Lady of Peace Parish (St. Mary's Church), 32 Carroll Ave., Williamstown, where viewings will be held Thurs. from 6-8pm and again Fri. from 9-10am. Interment St. Mary's Cem., Williamstown. In lieu of flowers, donations to American Diabetes Foundation, 1060 N. Kings Highway (Suite 309), Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.

The Class of 68 has been invited to participate in a multi-class reunion with the 69, 70, 71 and 72 classes.
 

Bisons at the Beach 2009.

Classmates,

This was a really nice event. The weather was great - upper 60's, no humidity, no wind - and everyone had a good time!

Believe it or not, there were many classes that had fewer representatives than the class of 1968.

Our class had Maria Wilk, Charlie Blank and yours truly in attendance, and we will be there again next year.

Hopefully we can have more classmates make this event in 2010.

Regards,

Frank

March 12, 2009 - 2009 Russian River Wine Road Reunion - Sonoma, California

Frank and Ronnie Piotrowski, John and Jean Giacobbe,
and John and Dianne (DeMusis) Sweeney

Hi Frank,

Hello from Florida,

Here is an update for John Paprzycki
Married for 37 years to Debra Kwoka Class of 1970
Two children - Stacey 36 and Jeffrey 33
Three Grandchildren - Kaitlyn  11 years old - Ashley 8 years old - and Joshua  2 years old
Living in Florida since 1986
President of his own landscape company for the past  21 years in the Tampa Bay area, Florida

Take care up there,
Debbie (John's wife)

dpclaims@tampabay.rr.com

The 40 year reunion will be held from 7 PM to 11 PM on Saturday, November 29, 2008 Fontana's Restaurant, 30 East Main Street, Maple Shade, NJ. The price is $40 per person or $80 per couple and includes a buffet dinner, DJ entertainment, and dedicated bartender. The price does not include drinks
as there will be a cash bar. You are advised to make your own arrangements for transportation and / or lodging.

The closing date for sending in your deposit was July 7, 2008.

The members of the reunion planning committee are Mary Ann Bruno De Marco, Paul Christy, John Giacobbe, Chris Krowicki LaLena, Larry Nelson, and Frank Piotrowski. You can contact the reunion team by e-mail team68@kvhr.com, telephone (John Giacobbe at 1-856-287-4270), or mail (Frank Piotrowski - 1971 Pleasant Hill Lane, Lisle, IL 60532).

I have just set-up the official SJHS Class of 1968 YouTube Channel.

If you have video files that you would like to post, please let me know and I will provide you with the Username and Password, or you could e-mail the video file to me and I can post it for you.

Here is the first video that has been posted.  Its title is "The Bison Cheer."

June 6, 2008

Ray Kopakowski was robbed! Cops get a "mighty" thank you!

Ray Kopakowski, left, owner of the Mighty Cup Coffee House at 7021 North 57th Avenue in downtown Glendale, thanks Glendale police for their professional handling of a robbery at his shop May 8.  Standing at the front counter is Office Corley McClung, the first officer on the scene.

Ben Stein and our own Steve Kondracki

Hi Frank !

I do remember you from high school.  Janet (Cori) B. just sent me an e-mail saying you added my name to the "other classmates" list.  Thank you.

Yes, I'd like you to add my e-mail address to the site - paulawtaylor@comcast.net. It will be nice to hear from others in our class.

I left SJHS and graduated from Audubon High School because my parents moved.  It's funny, I went to Audubon's 25th year reunion, and most people didn't remember me. (Kids in my home room did though.)  They remembered all the ones that stayed in NJ or had gone to school with them since grade school.  By Junior year, most kids had their cliques and specific circles of friends.

I moved to Hallandale Beach, FL 4 years ago.  It's just south of Ft. Lauderdale.  I lived in or around Pittsburgh for 25 years.

I hope all is well with you and your family and look forward to hearing the occasional news about old friends.

Paula (Jozwiak) Taylor

Frank,

My twentieth bike tour of Europe started in Luxembourg in early June. I traveled with Jim Hall, a photographer and retired school principal, who had joined me on four previous trips. After visiting "Lux City", and the American military cemetery, we cycled to Trier, Germany, then along the Mosel river for about 4 days, until it joined the Rhine in Koblenz.

For the next two weeks we traveled along the Rhine through Germany, France, and Switzerland, until reaching Lake Constance. The large lake forms the border between Germany, Switzerland and Austria, in a major wine region, and is an extremely popular tourist destination for Europeans. The lake shores are dotted with resort cities and towns, connected by passenger ferries which criss-cross the lake frequently. From the lake we cycled towards Munich for two days, where we encountered the only hills on the whole three-week trip. Easy hills, really, but they slowed us down enough so that we decided to travel the final 50 or 60 miles by train to Munich, where we toured the city's beer gardens for two days. After that, Jim's wife joined him for two weeks of bike-free sight-seeing, and I returned home to plan next year's trip.

We cycled nearly 900 miles, but we had great weather, the route along the rivers was nearly all flat, and more than 95% of the route was traffic-free, bicycle-only roads.

One of the highlights of the trip was when we were finishing dinner at an Italian restaurant in Lindau, and  "Snow White" and her 19 "Gnomes"  trickled into the dining room. It was Snow's batchelorette party, and as per local custom, she was selling kisses for 50 (euro) cents apiece. Jim and I each bought two. The gnomes urged me and Jim to stay, even buying us another round of beer. We shared our table with half a dozen gnomes, and had lively conversation, furthering international understanding, and making for a memorable evening for us. You just don't see many gnomes in the U.S. At least not 19 at a time.

Steve

Hi Frank,

We had a mini get-together yesterday with Janet and Drew Bartoszek, and Barbara and Paul Christy. What a great time! We met at Janet and Drew’s house and enjoyed a sumptuous luncheon prepared by Janet and Drew, and spent time catching up on each other’s lives. The guys then took off for the golf course and the girls to – where else – the mall. It was such a nice day and such a joy to know that the friends we had as teenagers can now be friends in adulthood (although I think all of us feel 18 inside still!). We went for a late dinner at the Cheesecake Factory – a favorite down here where we managed to snap a few shots. Too bad we never took pictures when we all gathered at Green Valley Farms – now those would have been interesting.

We think of you often and hope to see you if/when you come down this way.

Take care and I’ll keep you posted on any more gatherings.

Love,
Peg

Hi Frank,

I recently moved from Bumpass, VA back into the west end of Richmond, VA and while unpacking the numerous boxes came across the post card you sent out in 2002 letting us know about the SJHS web site. I noticed that the information I provided you back in 2002 has changed a little and wanted to give you an update. 

My e-mail address is jmzb1b7b@hotmail.com. I am currently employed by Sedgwick CMS as a Safety Consultant working with self insured construction companies, wood product manufacturers, school systems and retail business. My two daughters Claire (30) and Jenny (28) are both married and I have one grandson age 8. My son Jim (22) is going into his senior year at Radford University and his major is Business Management. Plan to retire in a few years and move south to FL to enjoy the warm weather, great sunsets, fishing, golf and dining out.

Thanks again for keeping this web site up and running and bringing back so many good memories!

Thanks, Jim Zolty

Frank,

I've had some interesting jobs lately, but this week, I had one of the neatest experiences in my career as a cameraman. I covered the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Jamestown, Virginia, as part of the official crew for Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg. Security was extremely tight for the event. I had to submit an application to the British Embassy in order to get credentials, and the amazing thing is, I passed the background check! Apparently they didn't have access to the records kept by George Plocharski at St. Joe's.

I didn't get particularly close to Her Majesty, but very few outside her official visiting party did. I shot the attached photo with one hand, while operating the TV camera with the other. That's Dick Cheney on the left.

Our video was made available to all news organizations, and was on NBC, ABC, and other network newscasts on Friday. I guess I did OK, because I'm going back to Jamestown next weekend to cover the President's visit. (It's the 400th Anniversary of the British arrival there).

Cheers,
Steve

P.S. In the last few weeks, I shot live satellite interviews for the O'Reilly Factor and The CBS Early Show, and for Inside Edition, I was an off-camera reporter, interviewing a witness in the New Jersey "suitcase murderer" trial.

Frank,

Another mini-reunion! 

For several years in the mid-to-late '60's, a group of St. Joe's students from the Atlantic Avenue and 10th Street section of Whitman Park serenaded the neighborhood with Polish and English Christmas carols. Since 2003, we've been getting together after Christmas, and on Friday, Dec. 29th, the 4th annual reunion of "The Seven Sons" was held at The Pub near Camden. This year, six of the seven reunited.  Joe Marini (Class of '69) was unable to attend.  We didn't sing Dzisiaj w Betlejem, but we did break out into a chorus of Sto Lat, in memory of Monsignor Strenski!

In the exterior photo are Steve Kondracki, Larry Nelson and Joe Perpetuino (Class of '68) Denny Barolin ('67) Joe Pierzynski ('68) and Tom Kasprzak ('69).  In the photo at the table are Joe and Pat Perpetuino, Joe and Carol Pierzynski, Steve Kondracki, Denny Barolin, Larry Nelson, and Irene and Tom Kasprzak.

By the way, this is the 3rd year we've met at the Pub. It was a good dinner and a good atmosphere (and a couple of us worked there in the '60's).

Steve Kondracki

Hi Frank,

Hope you had a great holiday season and that the New Year is good to you! Ed and I finally got together with Janet and Drew Bartoszek this past weekend. We met at The Cheesecake Factory in Boca Raton and spent about 2 ½ hours reminiscing about old times – it was great! Attached are a few pix that we managed to take.  We hope to remain in touch now that we have reconnected. Any other Floridian’s in the area – contact us and we’ll see about getting everyone together. Again the invite stands – if you’re going to be in the area and want to get together – contact us and we’d be happy to have you at our place!  

Peace, love and happiness to all in the New Year!

Peg and Ed Kuzniasz

Hi Frank,

My sister Conni was diagnosed last February with fallopian tube cancer. She has had several operations and now that the surgeon has cleared her, she will be finishing up with her chemo in the next couple of months. She asked me to contact you, and ask if you would post it on our St. Joe's web page.  She just would like for those who remember her, would keep her in their prayers. She would really appreciate it.

I would like to thank you for keeping up with the class of 68, I enjoy visiting the site and seeing all the faces from the past.

Sincerely,
Carol (Szczech) Thomas

Hello Frank,

My name is Chris Gehringer and my mother is Kathy Slupski, class of 1961.  I am a Cherokee H.S. graduate (1992) and currently a Cherry Hill resident.  I'm currently working on a project and wanted your help in contacting all the members from the class of 1968.

I recently have set up a web site for St. Joe's that allows individuals to register themselves and maintain their own profiles, email and mailing address.  This is a free site.  My business is to sell this service to local schools, but for my mom I have set up a site for St. Joe's and hope it will help each of the classes keep in better contact with alumni.

I see you are keeping things active for the class of 1968 so I wanted to invite you to contact all the members of your class to join the new site.  I didn't want to confuse your class members so I thought you could decide if it's best for '68 and share the news with them if you decide it's okay.
Please let me know what you think.

http://stjoe.schoolalumnisites.com

For four years I have been working with local schools on a web-based alumni service for local high schools.  It's a customized, automated Alumni Database solution and thought that it might be something that would be an interest to you.  I have just contacted most of the other email addresses on the Salt Lick site for the other classes.  The site offers class directories, discussion forums, news posting, photo gallery links, and reunion postings.

My solution allows for alumni to self-register and self-update with no interaction needed from an administrator.  This saves valuable time by allowing alumni to easily get posted and start sharing information with each other about happenings in their lives as well as upcoming reunions.  At any time reunion planners would have access to the names, addresses and email addresses of all registered alumni for use in reunion planning, school notices, fundraising letters, etc.  And any registered SJHS alum can email another alum at any time.

The site has been successfully set up in several local schools and over 13,000 students have self-registered.

Sincerely,
Chris Gehringer

Dear Frank,
Have enjoyed your website concerning the class of “68” and noticed that you did not have our e-mail addresses. Please add them if you will. I was very surprised to see that we actually had a reunion in 2003. We were told that plans fell through and there was not going to be one.  Janet and I sure enjoyed the photos.

Just a brief note about Janet and I.  We have been in SE Florida for 20 years and survived a vicious hurricane season last year; we just had a wedding for our younger son Eric who is a commercial pilot and our older son Ian is a biologist in the Everglades.

Regards,
Drew Bartoszek 

Hope to hear from you 

Janet Bartoszek (nee Cori) gatormom@acninc.net
Drew Bartoszek drew@fredbrowninc.com

Buon Giorno!

Well, I'm back. Sorry for the lack of updates, but internet access was difficult to find in Italy.  And enjoying the food, wine and weather was more fun than emailing anyhow.

A quick summary: Four of us completed the 3 weeks by bicycle: me, Jim, Lanney and Naran.  Steve O'Rourke only had 2 weeks vacation, and Lee finished the 2nd half by train (he's 82, you know).  We had GREAT weather, rode over 600 miles, and ate dozens of pizze!  The ice cream was especially good, but I still managed to lose 10 pounds.

The Italian people are friendly, and seem to like Americans.  The motorists are very accommodating to cyclists, and everyone we asked was helpful with directions.  Northern Italy is densely populated, however, and the roads are very busy, even in the countryside.  We managed to find bike trails and quiet roads on most days. 95% of the route was flat.  No flat tires or major mechanical problems.
The highlights of the trip were Venice (of course), Bergamo, Verona, Chioggia, and especially the lakes, Como and Garda, which were exceptionally beautiful.  We also stayed in places we'd never heard of, which were very pleasant, like Salo, on Lake Garda.  No place was disappointing, except for Milano, one of the least appealing large cities in Europe.

As soon as I figure out how to resize my photos and attach them to email, I'll send a few pictures.  In the meantime, if you have any questions, please ask.

Happy Memorial Day weekend.
Steve

Ciao from Italia!

Well, the trip started out OK, six cyclists arrived at Milan Malpensa airport nearly a week ago, however, only 5 bikes arrived. One lost in transit. So we spent a day at a small hotel in a village near the airport, and awaited the arrival of bike six, 24 hours late.

So we started off on our journey a day late, but had a wonderful day cycling from Milano airport to Pavia, on a bike path along a canal almost all the way (43 miles) with little or no traffic, and great weather.

The second day, we followed what we thought was to be a small country road to Cremona, only to find that we were on a busy car/truck route. The weather was great, though. Since then, we have stayed mostly on small roads through farm country.

We have some small personality clashes in our group, mainly Lanney, who insists on speaking broken Spanish to the Italians (Spitalian) in a loud voice, and English to us, also in a loud voice. But his enthusiasm is hard to fault. I think he'll have the Italians speaking Spanish within 2 weeks. I have picked up a few dozen words in Italian, and am able to ask directions, get hotel rooms, read menus, etc.

The food has been great, even when we just settle for pizza or a snack. And Italian beer is better than I would have imagined. But where the Italians surpass us in food, they lack ingenuity in plumbing and efficiency in general. And what passes for breakfast is a joke, or would be, if we weren't paying for it. In some cases, it is small toast and jam, and espresso. The best has included some lunch meat and cheese, cereal and yogurt.

Today, we encountered heavy rain in the morning, so we opted for a train to the Adriatic resort of Rimini, maybe 100 miles south of Venetia. Tomorrow we may visit the tiny country of San Marino, and the next day cycle to Ravenna, on the way to Venetia. My bike computer lost all its data, but I think we've gone about 200-225 miles so far.

Hotels have been slightly more expensive than we anticipated, but not enough to break the budget, Tonight, Steve O'Rourke and I are staying in a modern hostel, which will help him stay on budget. I haven't stayed in a hostel since I toured Scotland alone in 1990. This one is very up-to-date.

Internet facilities have not been easy to find, but thankfully, this hostel has free access for its guest, but time is limited, so until next time, Ciao.

Stefano

PS- I have a mobile phone with me, with an Italian phone number, so if you want the latest weather from Northern Italy, or a first-person description of the canals of Venetia, plase feel free to phone me at 011- (from the US), then 39-328-568-5131. My incoming calls are free, but you may have to pay 15-20 cents a minute or more, depending on your long distance company. Italy is 6 hours ahead of NYC, and a good time to call is evening, here 6:00-9:30PM (Noon to 3:30 PM Eastern time) Grazie

Frank,
I visited Joe Perpetuino on Easter Sunday. He had just begun radiation and chemo therapy, and he's lost the ability to speak, but he was in good spirits. Physically, he looked great. He's even put on a few pounds since I saw him at Christmas.
 
In other belated matters, I've attached a photo of the small group of SJHS alumni which met at The Pub on the day after Christmas. (2nd photo, posed group, is better)

Left to right, top row: Larry Nelson and Joe Perpetuino. Bottom row: Steve Kondracki, Joe Marini ('69), Denny Barolin ('67), and Tom Kasprzak ('69) (Not shown: Miss Szumska, who was taking the picture....only kidding!)
We all lived in Whitman Park, Camden, and for a few years in the '60's, we formed a vocal group to sing Christmas carols (in Polish and English) in the neighborhood. Also in our vocal group was Joe Pierzynski.

Steve K

Frank,

I wanted to let you know that Joe Perpetuino underwent surgery for throat cancer about a month ago. His larynx was removed, and he's lost the ability to speak. He was in the hospital for nearly two weeks and went home about two weeks ago.

I was thinking about Joe because Friday, March 24, is his 56th birthday. Joe is staying with his girlfriend Patti at her house in Deptford.  I just got off the phone with Patti and she tells me that Joe is feeling a little stronger, but it's still a struggle, and he faces both chemo and radiation therapy. She doesn't mind if Frank posts a notice for the Class of '68, letting everyone know that best wishes and birthday greetings can be sent to Joe via e-mail at jpp324@hotmail.com or to Patti’s mailing address:

Patti Dalbow
510 E. Penn Blvd.
Deptford NJ 08096
(856) 217-5598

Text or voice messages can also be sent to Joe's cell phone 609-217-4563.

By the way, I'm doing well. I'm planning to tour Northern Italy by bicycle in May, and I expect to be around for the 2008 reunion. I may forward that photo from the Pub, and let you decide if it belongs on the Class of '68 web page.

I hope everything is well with you.  

Steve

Hi Frank,
Our new e-mail addresses are pegkuz@bellsouth.net and ekuzniasz@bellsouth.net – Ed is doing great at his new place and seems pretty happy.  I am taking some time off to decide what I want to do next – volunteer or work for pay! We’ve had a wave of company lately and expect more, so my plans are on hold for awhile.  Can’t play hostess if I’m working!

Better go and get supper started.

Take care,
Peg