Lori
(Alesin) Testerman
Lori, who had transferred and graduated from Central
Catholic, now works in the Maternity Ward at the Reading
Hospital. In fact, she was one of the nurses that Lori (Czarnecki)
LaPearl had for the birth of both daughters
...
The picture here is of
Lori
in 6th grade (1980). The picture to the right is from 5th
grade (1979). |
Dave Borst
Senior Yearbook, Top of Page 3, 4th Grade Picture, a must
see!
Kenny Butzer
Who is this guy? He was in our class in '84.
Anyone? ... According to Captain James T. Quirk, "If I can remember
right, he was only around for 1 year and had really long straight blonde
hair. Kind of a tough guy. May have threatened you a few
times and you were too traumatized to remember." ... Jason Miller
thinks Kenny Butzer lived in the Bedard house near Eric Delewski on Haag
Road. "If this is the same dude, both my sisters had huge
'crushes' on him. My dad wouldn't allow him around since he
wore makeup and parachute pants." |
Sue Crowel
Moved to Texas during elementary school.
Karel (Frymoyer) Guinther still has a picture of her.
Steve Curlin
Now has a lot of tattoos
...
The picture shown to the
left is of Steve in 8th grade. Click on the picture to see the
entire class! ...
My friend Mike Capilo sees
Steve Curlin at the Golds Gym in Exeter every now and then ... Steve had a metal gremlin
in 8th grade which he yanked off of someone's card which he kept as
his "pet." Brendan Kane revealed that he was often pressed in
"babysitting" for the metal gremlin. Steve even gave the
gremlin parental lectures ... One time as Suzanna Post was passing a
note in class, Steve bit her hand so hard that it bled as she was
passing a note in class. Hehe ... Karel Frymoyer lives in the
same development as Steve Curlin. Steve's son goes to school
with Karel's kids. She said that she sees him walking the dog
every now and then. |
Eddie Curry
Last seen at Bixler's 12/23/99 with a full beard and
appeared to be cleaning tables. (Both pictures shown here are from
the 1985 yearbook. The picture on the left is from 11th grade
Vo-Tech.)
Sue (Klempke) Curry is married to Eddie's cousin, Larry. |
Mike Delp
Transferred to and graduated from Central Catholic ... He
is married and works for Singer Corp as of mid-2001 ... The picture here
is of Mike Delp in 5th grade.
Anne (DiChercio) Miller
I occasionally played kickball in her backyard ... Anne
transferred to and graduated from Central Catholic. She married
Joe Miller who also went to Central ... Anne and her husband Joe own the Gymborie
in Spring Township over near the Berkshire Mall. In fact,
Julie (Hyman) Singer sees her there when she takes her son Isaac ...
The picture shown to the left is of Ann in
8th grade, the one on the right is from 7th grade. Click on
the picture to see the entire class! |
Leslie (Doll) Mallie
Pennside, PA
Transferred to and graduated from Exeter High school ... Her engagement
Announcement was in the 11/03/96 paper, and her wedding announcement was in the
8/03/97 paper. She married David J. Mallie, a graduate of Holy Name High
school and Penn State University where he received a bachelor�s degree
in Quantitative Business Analysis. He�s employed by Pottstown Metal
Welding ... Leslie received a B.S. in Elementary Education from Susquehanna
University. She works at Sovereign Bank in Wyomissing. They honeymooned
in Martha�s Vineyard ... Leslie and her husband have two children
and are living in Exeter.
Craig Fedder
Mindy Snyder was good friends with his older brother Chris
who was two years ahead of us. In fact, Craig's brother, Chris, got in touch
with Mindy thru Classmates.com in October of 2002 ... Chris Fedder's son (Craig
Fedder's nephew) was Mindy (Snyder) Hinnershitz's daughter, Daphne's
date for her 8th grade prom. Small world.
CLICK HERE to see a picture of them
on their date ... Sadly, Craig passed away in March of 2009. |
Kathy Fernandez
Lived down the street from the Majestic on
North 23rd Street when she was going to our school. |
Rusty Fletcher
Per Dean Germann, 1/22/06, Rusty is living in
Harrisburg ... Rusty's sister (swtchks4269@hotmail.com)
found this website in 2006, and let me know that Rusty has
four kids - 1 boy and 3 girls ... The picture here (left) is of Rusty in
4th Grade (1978). The one to the right is 5th grade
(1979). |
Karel (Frymoyer) Guinther
KarelG582@aol.com
http://www.myspace.com/blueyesk68
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Lives in Birdsboro, graduated from Exeter. According to Karel's AOL
profile, her hobbies and interests include: "Spending time with my
kids, watching different sports, dancing, shooting archery with her
compound bow, hiking,
being out doors, playing pool, going out with friends, and when I want
time for just me I cuddle up in a blanket and read." Karel works
as a school bus driver, and sells home interiors and gifts. She is
involved in her local rod and gun club, holding a position
on the board and works the kitchen for club functions ... Karel has three kids:
A daughter, a son and another daughter. As of 2005 they were in
10th, 6th and 4th grade, and are in the Exeter school district ... Karel has her own MySpace
page:
http://www.myspace.com/blueyesk68
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Shawn Ganter
Was in the Antietam school district with us until 10th grade when he
transferred to Exeter ... Shawn DJ'ed Jodi Brigel's 16th birthday party,
and DJ'ed Mindy Snyder's high school graduation party ... Shawn still sees Todd Weikel on occasion, but only for business
purposes.
Cindy Gardecki
My sister, Lynn, had a crush on her brother
when they were both in 2nd grade. |
Dean Germann
CompRepair@verizon.net
Dean was in our class thru 3rd grade, and graduated with the Class
of '87.
He has started his own computer business called
"Atlas Computers and Everything Else" (formerly "Hard and Software Solutions")
located at 2313 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA 19606; Phone:
610-370-2640. You can check it
out at
www.printerrefillkit.net.
Per Dean, 1/22/06, "We do
computer repair, and added some new things. Remember the Chink
Shop? Well I'm in the process of bringing penny candy back to
Mt. Penn. We started stocking the store with it. We also
carry a full line of roll-your-own-cigarette supplies. Plus
DVDs and PS2 games. Another service we added tot he block is
VCR to DVD duplication for $7.00 per disc."
|
Alex Grainger
This picture of Alex is
from 5th grade.
CLICK HERE to see the entire class.
After Alex left Antietam
School District he moved to Reading where he wound up graduating.
After graduation, he spent 4 years in the Air Force as an MP, after
which he enlisted in the Coast Guard. |
Sue (Green) Nordhoy
Went to Drexel (at the same time as me and
Thanh Lieu) after graduating from Central Catholic. Her brother
Mike married Sherri Becker's sister, Bobbi Jo (MPHS �90). I once
went to Hershey Park with her, Jim Quirk and their families ... I
think I saw her at the Fairgrounds Farmers' Market in June 2001 ... Sue's younger sister Kim was married in 1997 to
Frank Kerber (who played stickball with me and the Pennside crowd,
although I'm sure he wouldn't remember who I am). Unlike Sue, Kim
stayed in the Antietam school district and wound up graduating from
Antietam High School, and went on to obtain her bachelor's degree in
finance from Ithaca College. Sue was Matron of Honor, and Sue's
brother Mike was an usher in Kim's wedding ... The picture to the left is Sue in 4th Grade
(1978). On the right is from 5th Grade (1979) ... Sue and her husband own and operate
Valhalla Health and Fitness behind Arby's in Exeter
Township. Sue's sister Kim also works there as General
Manager. |
Jeff Greene
JGreene@FirstEnergyCorp.com
Jeff is married to Lori J. Gray and has a really cute little girl ... Tim McMahon was best man in the wedding.
Jeff's brothers Scott and Greg were ushers. They traveled to Maine on their honeymoon (Click on the picture to the left to
see the full wedding announcement!) ... Coincidentally, Jeff and
Lori's wedding announcement in the Reading Eagle/Times was right
below the wedding announcement of Heather Ruhe (Class of '88) ...
Jeff's wife Lori graduated from Muhlenberg high school and the
Reading Area Community College. She works for Kayeness Inc
... Jeff graduated from the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School in
Annapolis, MD; and Penn State. He served in the Navy ...
Jeff met his wife while he was also working at Kayeness. He
later worked
at Dana and designed their website, but started working at GPU Energy -
which is now First Energy - in
early
2001 in the office building near the Reading airport. He is
working in their Information Technologies department and is part of
their Lotus Notes team.
In the Fall of 2003, Jeff's
department was relocated to the building on Route 61. He is
not in an office one floor above me! ... Jeff visited Marta Weitz twice while she was
a college ...
When ever I see Jeff, he still asks me if I still see "Guker."
... Jeff and I were in Boy Scouts together (as was Jim Quirk and Dennis
Swartz.) ... Jeff and Kenny
Hoverter were the ones who introduced me to Dungeons and
Dragons way back around 6th grade ... Jeff's brother Greg married Kimberly Boardman in early
1997. At that time Greg was working at Lowe's in Hyde Villa.
Jeff and their brother Scott were ushers in the wedding. The
reception was at Stokesay, followed by a trip to Northern
California. They are living in Pennside ... Greg was always known
as "Spaz", while Scott had the charming nickname "Dog
Shit." ...
The picture in the
upper-right is of Jeff from 6th grade. Click on the picture to
see the entire class ... Jeff was not a big fan of beans in
elementary school, but that didn't stop him from eating them and
then shooting them out his nose. |
Tracy (Hartz) Wharton
Tracy was married, but is now divorced, but
engaged to be married again. She is a Reading Eagle/Times
carrier. She and her fianc� were just in the newsletter thingie
that the paper sends out to all of their carriers. She has
three kids - two boys and a girl ... Tracy transferred to and
graduated from Central Catholic ...
The picture here is of
Tracy in 6th grade! Click on the picture to see the entire
class and our lack of fashion sense. |
Barron Himmelburger
In my efforts to determine if I had spelled
his name correctly, I found a Barron Himmelburger that lives on South
18th Street in Reading. May or may not be the same person.
As a side note, I lived on South 18th-1/2 street until moving into Mt.
Penn after 2nd grade.
Ed Hitchens
Remember this guy?!!!! He used to chew
tobacco during class. I remember it used to absolutely infuriate Mr.
Strickler. |
1978 |
1981 |
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Kenny Hoverter
Transferred to Wyomissing in junior high and
died in a bad car accident a couple years later. Kenny and I were
fairly good friends in Junior High school. He and Jeff Greene and
I played a lot of D&D around 7th and 8th grade.
... Kenny was born the same day as Darren Max and Dave Knorr. |
Tanya
Keller
The picture to the left is Tanya
in 4th grade (1978) and the picture to the right is from 5th
grade (1979) ... Beth Klempke ran into Tanya at bowling in
the Summer of 2005. Tanya lives in the Governor
Mifflin area with her boyfriend. No kids at this
point. |
Mike Kelly
The picture here is from 5th
grade! |
Mark Kirn
The picture here is from 5th
grade! |
Julie (Kissinger) Morgan
405 South 14th Street
Reading, PA
610-736-3332
Hair1122@WebTV.net
Julie is Jay Kissinger's sister ... Julie has
no pets, still lives in Reading, has two kids (Tony & Autumn), works
as a bartender/server as of 2005 and according to her Classmates.com profile loves to dine with friends, go to movies, listen
to music, read, spend time with her family, surf the internet, vegetate,
do volunteer work and watch TV ... Julie has her own person web site at http://community-2.webtv.net/hair1122/
... Julie's nickname is "Hair." In fact, just
about everyone calls her that ... According to her website,
Julie likes friends, strange people, family, caring, laughing,
empowerment, doing for others, cooking, loving, autumn, long walks
and getting leaves in her hair. She hates people who
belittle others and people who don't replace the
the toilet paper roll ... As
of April 2003, her son Tony, 15 years old, was already 5'9"
and had a size 15 shoe! ...
Julie
has her own e-Group titled "Hair1122" on Yahoo which you can
join by
CLICKING HERE. |
Tony |
Autumn
(Born 1/19/97) |
10/27/87 |
April 2003 |
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Spring 2003 |
October 2003 |
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Monica Lemon
Todd Lemon
Todd Lemon is in our 1985 class picture,
although I don't really remember him.
Sharon
(Lewandowski) Young
125 Buena Vista Road
Maidencreek, PA 19510
Sharon was married in 1992, then
divorced in
1998, and was engaged in 1999 (announcement in 10/24/99 paper), and was
married a second time soon after (wedding announcement appeared in the
8/12/01 Reading Eagle/Times) ... She graduated from Central Catholic
and Kutztown University in 1994, receiving a B.S. in Computer
Information Science and Math. She is employed by Kutztown U. as a Help
Center Manager in their Information Technologies Services group, where
she has worked since 1990 ... Her husband graduated from Oley Valley and
works for Lehigh Portland Cement Company in Maidencreek Township ...
Sharon's brother, David, was an usher in their wedding.
Their reception was at "Jack D's" in Hamburg (which Lori
[Czarnecki] LaPearl says is highly recommended!) Their honeymooned was in Hawaii ... They have two Siberian
Huskies, love to go snowmobiling in the
winter, and camping and boating in the summer ... The picture to the
right is Sharon in 5th grade (1979). |
Alvin Long
Rusty Magazzu
You couldn't ask for a cooler name than this
... One person wrote in to note that not only did he have a cool name,
but he was also very cute and very nice ... The picture to the left is from 5th grade
(1979). |
Tom Malecki
Transferred to and graduated from Central
Catholic, then went on to become President of his class at Albright
College ... Tom's Mom used to work at the concession stand at the
Antietam pool ... Once was a proud member of the Dudeis Gang ...
The picture shown to the
left is
of Tom in 7th grade (1981), the one to the right is from 8th grade
(1982). Click on the pictures to see the entire class. |
Denise Miller
Denise transferred to Exeter. She had a sister named Wendy Miller, but it
was not the same Wendy Miller that was once in our class (below). Denise's
sister Wendy was a year older than us. |
1978 |
1979 |
Wendy Miller |
Dave Moleski
Dave is now the DJ at Al Diamond's Cabaret -
cool!
... Funny Mr. Minter moment per Marta Weitz: "Dave and I were in an
art class with Mr. Minter together. I remember Mr. Minter saying
something to him like, �Shave that sh*t off your face, you look like a
pig's ass.�" ... Dave is married. He
and his wife, Kerry, have twin girls named Katelyn and Amanda ...
The tiny picture to the right is Dave in 5th grade. |
|
10/18/03 - Steve claims
that all they feed their kids is Jif Peanutbutter |
|
Christmas 2004 |
Steve
Monroe
2900 North Willowside Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
Home: 208-888-7908
Cell: 949-291-4448
SWMonroe@cableone.net
Steve was my best friend back in 5th grade, my
first year in the Antietam school district after transferring from
St. Catherine's - we palled around in Mr. Leinbach's train
club! Steve, along with Barclay
Wilson, formed the original
"Screwdriver Mafia." ... Steve served in the Marine's
after high school ... My mom ran into him at Boscov�s around 1995
and he actually recognized her after all these years ...
Steve's wife's name is
Michelle, and they have two boys - Noah (10/08/97) and Nathanael
(11/12/00). Noah was on the radio in 2003 reciting the
Pledge of Allegiance. Steve thinks Noah will be the next
Marine in the family. Nathanael is the sneaky one, and was
recently found running down the street in his pajamas chasing the
dog. The Monroes now plan to lock their doors! ... His family use to
have their own website, but it seems to have been taken down and,
oddly, replaced by a Japanese kitchen sanitation site - everything
is in Japanese! ... The Monroe's were living in
Rancho Santa Margarita, California until moving to Meridian,
Idaho on March 5th, 2002.
According to an email I got from
Steve, 4/14/03, they are enjoying the mountains, camping, fishing -
all of the outdoor activities. He is currently working for the
state of Idaho as a senior tech for the veterans' division, and is
also pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Theology ... Steve's sister Peggy often
gets her hair cut by Mindy (Snyder) Hinnershitz at Fantastic Sam's
in Wyomissing ... Steve wrote in my 5th Grade Stony Creek Middle
School yearbook: "To the only person who gave you flats, Steve
Monroe." |
Tracy Moyer
Tracy transferred to and graduated from Central
Catholic. Per Valerie Whalon, she is married and has at least one
kid.
Stacey (Palm) Carey
Stacey works with Susan Pieja at Beverly
Manor (as of early 2005), and was a bridesmaid in Susan's wedding.
She lives in Exeter and is a Reading Royals hockey addict. |
Mark Pellerite
MCutter725@Verizon.net
Mark is the manager at the Giant off of
Kutztown Road near Albright College, and as of November 2002 is planning
to open is own photography business ... Julie (Hyman) Singer says that
Mark always gives her really good kabobs at Giant! ... A classmate who wishes to remain
anonymous has confessed that she and two other classmates had to walk by
his house on the way to the Stony Creek Middle School every day, and
would always look for him because he was REALLY cute ... Mark has no
pets, still lives in Reading, and has two kids ... Mark's two kids are both going to school at
Antietam. As of early 2003, they are in 4th and 8th grade ... He
still keeps in touch with Mark Schwartz ... The picture to the left is of Mark in 5th
grade. CLICK HERE to see the
entire class.
Bob Pettit
Home email:
Pettit2002@comcast.net
Work email: Robert.J.Pettit@questdiagnostics.com
Bob is living in
Doylestown ... He was in Jeff
Petersen's wedding party ... He transferred to Central because he wanted
to play Football ... I ran into Bob at a Pig Roast in 2000. His
sister Alanna has been dating a friend of mine (Chad
Shrawder) who I
played
Softball with for a couple years ... Bob and his wife adopted two brothers from Russia in 1999
(Nicholas and Thomas, born in 1994 and 1996),
and then adopted two more brothers from Russia in 2003 (Matthew and
Christopher, born in 2000 and 2001) ... Bob Pettit turned Dave Knorr on to Egg McMuffins ...
According to Bob's Classmates.com profile which
was new as of October 2002, he has at least one dog, drives an SUV, and graduated from Albright College in 1991
... Wendy Crow's brother, John, spit on me
from the balcony at a party at Bob's house once ... Bob wrote in my 5th
Grade Stony Creek Middle School yearbook: "To a good friend who can't
spell before, Bob Pettit." I do vaguely remember always spelling
"before" without an "e" on the end for some reason. Thank goodness
they invented spell-check ... The picture shown here is the Pettit's
family picture from Christmas 2005.
Tina Raifsnider
Married and works in the medical profession
... Tina's dad once fixed a radiator leak in Mindy Snyder's car ... Marta Weitz's last memory of Tina before she moved to Exeter was
being at a roller-skating party with her (she thinks it was a birthday
party for Tina.) Tina fell while skating and broke her wrist. |
Mike Rapp
Mike was the shortstop of the Antietam
Traveling team back in 7th grade. Here's an amazing fact: I tied
Mike for team lead in home runs with 4 (all over the fence) - hard to
believe, I'm sure, but I actually knew how to swing a bat early in my
life! ... Mike used to have a shirt that said "On a scale of 1 to
10, I�m an 11." ... Like Bob Pettit, I think Mike also left Mt.
Penn to play football at Central Catholic.
Nelson Rodriguez
Sam Rothrauff
The picture to the right is of Sam in 4th
grade, 1978. |
Wendy Seidel |
Richard
Smolan
Richard had cystic fibrosis (CF), and
passed away sometime between
around 1988 - he had just turned 21. Richard's younger brother Desmond, who also had
CF, passed away as well. |
Jay Sockel
Jay was married in 1997. I know that
because I had scanned the wedding announcement a couple of week ago
knowing I would soon put it right here. Unfortunately it seems I
must've deleted it by accident and now the original is long gone.
Oops ... I think Jay transferred to Central Catholic ... Jay was spotted at an Easter Egg hunt in 2001
... Jay's wife works in the same building as
another former classmate, Jennifer Ziegler ... Jay has two boys: Jake
and Lucas ... Jay wrote in my 5th Grade Stony Creek Middle School
yearbook: "To a cool dood, to a good friend, Jay Sockel."
Lori (Stoss) Weimer
Around 1995 Lori attended Empire Beauty School
at the same time as Mindy Snyder. At that time she was married
and had several kids ... The picture
to the left is of Lori
in 6th grade (1980), and to the right is from 5th (1979). Click on the pictures to see the entire
class! ... Lori's sister Heather
(Stoss) Ortlip
Stoss graduated from MPHS in 1982. Her email address is
CGD27@aol.com. |
Dave Strickler
Charlottesville, VA
Wife: Laura
Kids: Sierra (born in
1999), Luke (born in 2001)
Dogs: Maggie, Mason,
Sadie
Home Email:
Strickler6564@embarqmail.com
* Dave was another
who transferred to Central Catholic to play football.
*
Per Dave,
who cleared up the rumors of him being struck by a car not long
after graduation: "I was struck by an auto after leaving
Stopper's Pub in 1988. Allegedly, we had parked on the opposite side
of 422 and I made it halfway to the car. I don't really remember
anything about the accident, so I pieced this together through
medical and legal documents.
I sustained 4
craniofacial fractures, my jaw was wired shut for 7 weeks; a closed
head injury; tore 3 ligaments in both knees; and avulsed have my
left hamstrings. I spent several days in ICU then ~3 more weeks in
the hospital Jim Cinneli's dad sewed me back together. Then my
hospital room was moved to my family's living room and my
grandmother moved in to take care of me. I had a cast on both legs
for six weeks. It took about 6 months until I could walk without
assistance. I can't complain though, I'm alive. And in a strange
way, the night I got hit was the best day
of
my life. I am a better person for it. Next time you are driving down
422 check your speedometer when you go by Stopper's, if it is still
there. The cement dividers were not there when I was. A good
friend's father was killed in a car accident about 100 yards down
from Stopper's, the dividers went up after that."
* More
from Dave: "I graduated from Albright with a BA in psychology.
From there I went to Washington D.C to attend American University. I
received an MA in psychology there. I also met Laura who eventually
would lower her standards and marry me. An aside: I've learned if I
set my goals lower I can attain more of them, it's good for the self
confidence. After American U, I lived in D.C. for another 4 years
and I worked with the chronically mentally ill. I look at the 4
years as my pay back to society. From D.C. we moved to San Antonio
so Laura could do her internship at the V.A. hospital. Once we moved
I enrolled in college again to take biology, chemistry, physics etc,
all the hard stuff I skipped in my prior life, so I could apply to
PT school. I graduated with a master's degree in PT in 2001, that
amounts to 11 years of college after high school. At that time I
also
moved
back to the east coast, I really missed the change of seasons, but I
did not enjoy the winters above the Mason-Dixon line. So we just
kind of picked a place on the map, packed all our stuff in a U-haul
and headed east."
* Per Marta Weitz: "His brother Bill went to West Chester U. at the
same time as I did. My sophomore year I dated a guy who lived in
the apartment next to mine. One day I went over to see John, and
there was Bill (Strickler.) It turns out he was the new roommate -
how weird! A few times when I went home to see my parents I gave
Bill a ride back to West Chester. (Mrs. Strickler would drop him
off at my house - that was weird!) Bill is a really nice
guy. I realized that once he became my neighbor and got to know
him. He's now a Reading cop, and has been for quite a while."
* Speaking of Dave's brother, Bill - Lori (Quaintance) Hevalow's
husband works with Bill as a police officer in Reading.
* Brendan Kane ran into Mr. & Mrs. Strickler at the Oley Fair in
September 2001.
*
The picture shown in the
upper left is of Dave in 8th grade. The picture in the upper
right is Dave in 7th grade. Click on the pictures to see the
entire class.
* The other pictures are of
Dave's two kids, Sierra and Luke, in April of 2005.
* Dave became a Dad for the
third time on Saturday, February 25th, 2006. Sawyer Jacob
Strickler was born at 12:31 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.
* I give Dave credit for keeping Steve Curlin from
tormenting me during my "awkward years."
* Dave said that his
memories of me include my kicking his butt in Atari Football and my
printing in ALL-CAPS. |
Theresa Sullivan
The only info that I have is that she was
living in Reading in the late 80's/early 90's ... The picture here is from 5th
grade! |
Dave Thomas
This is not the same Dave Thomas who is spokesman for
Wendy's, however Dave does apparently own a
restaurant. According to Jennifer (Ziegler) Eisenhard, as of
October 2004, Dave owns the Yellow Submarine, a sub shop over near
Vanity Fair ... We think that he transferred to Governor Mifflin. According to
Marta Weitz, Dave had gotten into the "Punk Rock" look, and
she notes that "he was a really nice guy." ... Dave dated
Mark Schwartz's sister after graduation.
Theresa Vozella |
1978 |
1980 |
Theresa transferred to and graduated from
Central Catholic ... Jim Quirk and I used to get rock battles with
Teresa's younger brother "Tigger" (his real name was
Walter). I'm not really sure why, although Tigger was an angry
little kid, plus he often encroached on our Bean Pod Racing games ...
Jeff Petersen's wife Debbie's maiden name is "Vozella." I
think Debbie and Theresa are cousins if I'm not mistaken ... The picture
to the left is of
Theresa
in 6th grade (1980), and to the right is 5th grade (1979). Click on the picture to see the entire
class! |
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Valerie Whalon
(a.k.a. "Our Pal Val")
Location: Admore, PA (just
outside Philly)
Home Email: VWhalon@hotmail.com
Work Email:
VWhalon@e2M.net |
|
Valerie spent 6 years in the Antietam School
district before transferring to Central Catholic. She says she was
"forced mercilessly...I did not want to go." :o) She lived on Carsonia
Avenue and had 4 siblings - two brothers and two sisters. Her brother Chris, who did
graduate from MPHS sometime in the '90's is in the Marines and
returned home safely from Iraq in February 2003 and again in March
of 2005. In fact, two
of Chris's classmates from MPHS - Mike Schaub and Devon Simowitz -
joined the Marines at the same time he did ... Val received her M.S.
in Fisheries. She was previously working for the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council working on fish regulations for fish
like summer bluefish, flounder and
others. In 2003 she began working
for "engineering-environmental Management, Inc. (e2M),
http://www.e2m-inc.com/, where she works on
environmental analyses of military actions. Her work mostly revolves around the Coast Guard since
she's more of a marine/fish biologist. Her title at e2M is
Marine Ecologist. She was originally working
in Dover, DE, but her office moved to Bala Cynwyd (outside of Philly) at the
end of 2003 ... Marta Weitz ran into her at a West Chester fraternity party. Marta notes that "she was really nice, and was
really very pretty." ... As of 9/2001, Valerie still talks to Laura
(Schnader) Van Aken with regularity (she says Laura was the first person
that she met at Antietam in 2nd grade and still is her best friend.
(In fact, Laura's husband calls her "Our Pal Val".) Valerie
saw Sharon Lewandowski at their Central Catholic 15-year reunion, and
occasionally bumps into Missy (Ryan) Wittig, Jay Sockel and Ann (DiCerchio)
Miller
... Valerie's sister (who
graduated from MPHS around 1991) has a son named Jadan who was on
TastyKake billboards around the area and in Philadelphia in 2005
when he was in 1st grade ... Valerie got a dog in early
2005 (shown above). His name is Griffin ... In 2005 Val helped out at a
shelter in Corpus Christi, TX for a few days after the devastation
created by Hurricane Katrina. |
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Carolyn Wolf
The picture here is from 5th
grade! |
Michael Young
Last I heard he was a poet and living in Manhattan ... Mike lived across the street from Marta Weitz's parents. He was
born on Christmas Day ... According to Marta, "He was really into
Martial Arts, poetry and writing. He does live in New York and is
doing a lot of writing." ... Before moving across the street from
Marta's parents' house, Mike used to live about a block from MY house
behind St. Catherine's. He and I spent a LOT of time together when
we were very young listening to Kiss and Queen in our bedrooms, hiking
around Neversink Mountain, flying balsa wood planes, racing Match-Box
cars, playing kickball, going roller-skating and throwing a Frisbee back and forth. |
Jen married John
Eisenhard on 6/17/94. John would have graduated
from MPHS in 1987 but transferred to Central Catholic.
(And, not only that, he and I were in the same Boy Scout
troop way back when!) He is very involved in
the
Mt. Penn Fire Company. (As a side-note, former
MPHS graduate, Mike Vogt, was chief of the Mt. Penn Fire
Company for many years and now owns "Reading Fire
Equipment,
http://www.readingfireequipment.com/)
... Jen transferred to Reading school district in
October of 6th grade when her family moved and graduated
from RHS, finishing in the top 10% of her class ... They have one beautiful son - Timothy John
(TJ) who was born 6/24/97, and came in at an impressive
10 pounds, 11.4 ounces and 22-1/2" long. John, TJ
and Jen are living on Carsonia Avenue ... Jen is
currently working for Sovereign Bank as an
Administrative Assistant ... She went through Junior
High with Barb Yerger before Barb transferred to Mt.
Penn. She still talks to Karen Rimby periodically,
and sees Jay Sockel and Todd Weikel frequently ... Jen's hobbies include:
Crafts, jewelry making, cross stitch, her child, her
husband, cooking, and web surfing ... Jen's birthday is
March 20th. |
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