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The REUNION Place
IN MEMORIAM

When someone you love dies...
you never quite get over it.
You just slowly learn how to go on without them.....
But ALWAYS keeping them close,
tucked safely and deeply in your heart.


~ We are greatly saddened by the loss of the following 39 members of our Class of 1961 ~

( If anyone has additional information related to the death of any one of these classmates,
please let us know
)







  AHEARN, Patricia ("Pat") Anne
Pat died of heart disease at home on June 9, 1999 in Melbourne Beach, Florida, at the age of 56 (please see her "Classmate Profile" page for more family-related information)



  
COOPER, Rick
(Unfortunately, nothing is known about the date, place or circumstances related to Rick's passing......)



  CORN, Stu
Stu was living in Pompton Lakes when he died in August 2010 of complications related to kidney cancer (please see more on his "Classmate Profiles" page)




  COVENY, George
George died December 2005 (please see more on his "Classmate Profiles" page)



 
CRONK, Len
Len died in August 2020, due to complications from a severe infection
(please see more about Len on his Classmate Profile pg)


 
DEGENAARS,Dick
Dick died in July 2021, having recently moved to Colorado with his wife, Jan.  (Please see his "Classmate Profile" page for more photos and family-related information)





  EGGERT, Jim
Jim died in July, 1979, while living in Houston TX.



  ELSASSER, Rich
Rich died March 2013 (please see more of his life's story on his "Classmate Profile" page)


 
ELVIN, Ken
Ken died of a heart attack in February 2018


FARNKOFF, Irene ("Renee")
Renee died April 2021
(please see more about Renee on her "Classmate Profiles" page)



  GIBSON, Charlotte
Charlotte died April 26, 2015, while living in Miami Beach, Florida (Please see more about Charlotte on her "Classmate Profiles" page)


  GOULD, Russ
Russ passed away in May 2009 of lung cancer while living in retirement in Clermont, FL
(please see his "Classmate Profile" page for more family-related information)



  GRASS, Erlinda (DeVincentis)
Erlinda died of heart disease in late August 2014  (Please see her "Classmate Profile" page for more about her and her family)



  JELLIFFE, Patricia ("Pat")
Pat died June 2018 (please also see her Classmate Profile page for some delightful family information)




  JORDAN, Bruce
( The date and circumstances surrounding Bruce's death are unknown )


  LANGERLAAN, Jim
Jim died in Jan 2010 (please see more about Jim and his life on his
Classmate Profile page)


 
LAUT, Lisa (Van Rossum)
Lisa died October 2017, of cancer
(please see more about Lisa on her Classmate Profile page)



  LOCHRIE, Carol
Carol died of cancer in 1993



  McKIM, Bonnie
Bonnie died in May 2008



  McLAUGHLIN, Rich
(Unfortunately, the date and circumstances surrounding Rich's death are unknown)



  MENNING, Chuck
Chuck was living in Pittsburgh, Pa., when he died 02-Aug-2007 of complications following surgery.  He was 64.  He is buried in Oak Wood Cemetery, Pella, Iowa. (Please see more on Chuck's "Classmate Profiles" page).


 
MOORE, Ron
Ron died in December 2018, of complications from Parkinson's Disease (please see more about Ron's life as shown on his "Classmates Profile" page)


  NAUTA, Charlene
Charlene died of cancer in 2000




  NESSLEIN, Jonni
Jonni died of cancer in November 2012



  NIBLETTE, Bob
Bob died of cancer in 1995 while living in Coldwater, MI  (please see more of Bob's life story on his "Classmate Profiles" page)



  PERINO, Stan
Stan died in 1999


  POST, Bev
Bev died in 2008



  POTTER, Russell ("Jack")
Jack died in 2010 while living in Rochelle Park, NJ (please see more of Jack's life story on his "Classmate Profiles" page)



  SCOTT, Bob
Bob died of cancer in March, 2005  (please see his "Classmate Profile" page for more family-related information)



  SHEARD, Pat
Pat died in December 1999, at the all-too-young age of 55, while at her home in Hatboro, Pennsylvania  (please see more of Pat's life story on her "Classmate Profiles" page)



  SMITH,Tom
Tom died September 2016 in Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ




  SPENCER, Gladys
Gladys died in December 2009




  ST.CYR, Bob
Bob died in December 2014, in Portland, Oregon, of complications related to Alzheimer's Disease



  STONEHOUSE, Al
Al died at his home in October 2014
 


  STRACHER, Bob
Bob died in October 2015





  WILLIAMS, Margaret B. ("Peggy" Zimmerman)
Peggy died April 4, 2021 in a nursing home.




  WILSON, Bob
Bob died in October 2005





  WITTE, Pat
Pat died of cancer in 2005




  ZIMMERMAN, Al
Al was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967 (see more information about Alan on his "Classmate Profile" page).

 



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