Larry English

Condolences to Larry on the loss of his mother:

LaVonne M. English
August 11, 2009 LaVonne M. English, 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at her home in Manlius following a lengthy illness. The daughter of Harry Tupper and Beatrice (Mathison) Tupper, she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 14, 1926, but spent most of her childhood in Malone, NY. Vonnie met her husband Robert in Syracuse in 1946; Bob predeceased her in 1998 after 52 years of marriage. Vonnie was also predeceased by her sons, Robert and Bradley; and her grandson, Wesley Harridge. Her early career was spent working in the advertising department at the Addis Company and E. W. Edwards department stores. The responsibility of raising a family caused Vonnie to "retire" from advertising in the early 1950s. In 1962, she returned to the work force and began a 25-year career at Dey Brothers Department Store as a copy writer and layout artist. Her advertising work was the recipient of numerous Clio awards. She maintained lifelong friendships with many of her coworkers. In 1987, Vonnie entered retirement for real, spending time with her family, playing bridge several times a week, caring for infirmed friends and volunteering at her church. Vonnie was a lover of the arts and a lifelong painter and watercolorist who produced many works of art adorning the walls of family and friends. She was a member and officer of the Onondaga Art Guild (OAG) and the Cazenovia Watercolor Society. Into her 80's Vonnie continued to attend art workshops every year to perfect her artistic technique. She loved her church, St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Manlius, where she was a member, supporter and avid volunteer for over 40 years. Surviving: her sister, Mary (Tupper) Roth of Webster; sons, Jonathan English of Syracuse, Kevin (Helen) English of Ithaca, Larry English of Manlius, Steven (Teresa) English of Fayetteville; daughters, Karen English of Ithaca and Laura (David Powers) Harridge of LaFayette; grandchildren, Bryan English, Carolyn English, Scott (Larissa) English, Quincy English, Patrick English, Joshua Robarge, Andrew Robarge, Justin (Michelle) English and Lindsey English. Funeral Services: A Mass of celebration of Vonnie's life will be held on Monday, August 17 at 10 a.m. at St. Ann's Church, 104 Academy St., Manlius; burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery on Salt Springs Road in Chittenango immediately following the funeral. Calling hours will be held on Sunday, August 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Newell-Fay Funeral Home, 8171 Cazenovia Rd. (Rt. 92), Manlius. For directions, local florists, or a guestbook, please visit www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com NEWELL-FAY Manlius 682-5300
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on August 14, 2009

Sandy Jackson Epoch

Summer News from Texas

It's been a hot, hot, hot summer here in Austin (Georgetown, TX). Over 45 days of three digit weather. I keep myself busy with belonging to the Single Volunteers of Austin and bowling twice a week in the afternoon. I bowl with three great guys over the age of 75 with averages above 170 on Tuesday and with three great guys, two of them in their 80s, also with averages way above mine on Thursday. It was a fluke that I was hooked into bowling with these guys other than my regular friends but have enjoyed bowling with them alot. I just hope I have the same energy and humor at their ages. I had to leave the guys to bowl on their own for three weeks while in San Diego but I was sure with my average and handicap, they would move up in place. On Tuesday, the guys moved to 1st place and on Thursday, the guys landed in last place. The Thursday guys must have missed me.

Anyway, the heat looks like it is sticking around until el nino hits so I am glad to be going home to Syracuse in September for 10 days for a wedding and back to San Diego with a one way ticket in October. Not to move there (even though it's always in my thoughts), but just because I can stay as long as I want and have many friends and family there to keep me busy for awhile.

I hope everyone else is enjoying their summer and getting ready for the holidays coming up. Take care and keep on blogging. Debby is trying her best to keep the blog alive and we need to help her do that. If anyone out there is in Texas or San Diego, let me know. Maybe we can connect and share memories. Got to go bowling with my Thursday guys.....

Sandy from Texas Today

Camp Tellman

I have been away for most of the summer. Sailed from Key West to New York City delivering a boat that had been sold. It was a great trip with super weather and no problems. It took 6 days. Then I flew back to North Carolina and began a motorcycle trip that covered about 5,000 miles. My wife Lisa is a reluctant rider but we did some of it together. I spent a week in the Tennessee mountains at the BMW Owners Rally. The mountains of Tennessee/Virginia and North Carolina are the most challenging I have experienced.We're still working on our sailboat and she should be ready next spring. We hope to retire in 2011 and begin our travels to the islands, South America and maybe the Northeast.Anyway, that is a little news. I am not yet comfortable with the concept of retirement. I will always have something going on

Any information ....

Does anyone have any information on the following people:

Joan Bettman
Susan Fancher
Linda Van Newkirk
Carol Christenson
Jim Johnson
Janet Wolf
Linda Heels
Linda LaBarge
Janet MacMakin
Gail Becker

45th Reunion October 2011

As a reminder, the 45th reunion is being planned for a beautiful, CNY Fall in October 2011.
That's not that far off now for plans and arrangements to be made. Anita Cottrell and Terry Steenburg vonSneidern have agreed to help out in the continuing effort to locate people.

If you would like to help in ANY way, please let me know.

Debby

Marcia Stager Livingston

I am retiring from Precision Systems in January.
I have been with the company 25 years.
This will give me more time to spend with my 5 grandchildren.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Marcia Livingston

Charlene Owens Maguire

Hi Debbie,
It has been a very interesting year so far. Our middle child got married in Denver and another wedding 3 weeks later in Jacksonville, Florida. While juggling these two events, I had been diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery to remove 2/3 of my right lung. Working on recovery, slow and easy, I am now planning a road trip to St. Louis, Cincinnati and then to Baltimore to visit a new grandchild to be born in early Sept. Interested in lunch or a quick drink September 15?? I can give you a call earlier that week so maybe we could get together for a short while. It could be fun.
Charlene

Frank Carroll

Hey there Deb

!i'm in oakland right now, primarily getting my house re-roofed and enjoying the myriad bay area pursuits under azure skies.
talk to you soon!
Frank

Camilla Zankowski Daniels

Jerry and I are becoming grandparents once again in early February 2010. Unfortunately, we'll also have the new parents moving to Troy, Michigan in early January. This means a four hour trip to see our new grandchild, and not the eleven minute ride we've been use to for the last
7 1\2 years. Oh, well. We're all still employed.
Jerry and I are heading to the Daniels Family Reunion this next weekend.

Larry English

Sunday August 2nd my 24 year old son Justin was married to the girl that he had been dating since 7th grade. Pictures are not the best, luckily we had a professional photographer to do the real work, but we won’t see those pics for weeks, so attached are a couple of the early rushes. We had a very nice rehearsal dinner at the Brewster Inn in Cazenovia on Saturday evening, it was a beautiful sunny day. The day of the wedding it rained all day long. About 20 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony it just poured. Thank goodness all events were indoors and most everyone had arrived prior to the cloudburst and thunder. About 225 guests joined us in the festivities. The happy couple left the day after the ceremony for their honeymoon at Lake Tahoe. Justin is a graduate of Cornell University and is currently working on his PHD in Micro Biology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Michelle is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo, she just completed her master’s degree and is now seeking employment, along with a few million others. They planned the entire event themselves and it turned out to be a very personal and moving wedding. The wedding party along with about 30 “close friends” returned to the Double Tree Hotel near Carrier Circle after the reception wound up and Dad sprung for a few extra hours of drinks and munchies. I was very glad to escape around midnight, with my wallet!!.

45th Reunion

Lest, you all forget, the 45th reunion is being planned for a wonderful CNY Fall weekend.
October 14, 15, 16, 2011.

Dave Neary

Hi Debby,
Finally feeling guilty about ignoring your requests for information!

I've been managing the Wyoming Shakespeare Company's production of RICHARD II. We just completed our tour of Wyoming communities, and also finished the Kid's Theater Academy performance of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Here's a image from RICHARD, David playing Northumberland, with Neil Worden and Joe Lefever as Bullingbrook and Harry Hotspur (my son). Now that the play is over I'll finish several strategic planning projects, then head for the Wind Rivers for three weeks of hiking and fishing.
Hope all is well with you.
David

Debby

Jury Duty,

I made it through jury selection. I sat in a room from 8:30 in the morning till 11:45 and then again from 1:30 to 3:15. And then it was over. I was not picked. From the group waiting, 3 groups of 45 were selected.

Ah, it's over.

The 36 Hour Day

For all of you who are dealing with parents now with memory loss, The 36 Hour Day, is a good book to have. I spent my time in the jury selection room going through the book. It helps you to organize your thoughts about what is going on with an aging parent. My mother never knows what day it is and forgets the instant you tell her.

The 36 Hour Day
The Definitive Guide to Caring for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses and Memory Loss in Later Life.
by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins

Roberta Weeks Beagle

Hi Debby--

My husband, Jim, and I will be celebrating our 40th anniversary this month--Aug 16--
We are both teachers--recently moved to Greenville, SC--Last year I taught biology at
JL Mann Academy High School in Greenville-

We have 3 grown children--Debbie, Lauri and Jeff--and 6 grandchildren--3 girls--Taylor, Emily, and Olivia and 3 boys--Matthew,Mark, and Luke--

Thanks for keeping in touch--Hope all is well--

Robbi Beagle
Greenville, SC

Mike Krall

I mentioned I have been building knives. I build them on an occasional basis, as time permits, mostly working them in around building a house. This is the latest. The blade is 3.5" and forged from 1/2" round O1 tool steel... guard is etched wrought iron from an old wagon tire... handle is spacer of black, paper micarta, aged elk antler stabilized with dyed epoxy and a stainless steel pin. I've got 9 or 10 more in process, both straight steel and damascus steel I've made, but it seems like I only get a couple done in a year.

Jury Duty

I have to report for jury duty in the morning. I have to be in St. Louis county court by 8:30am. I will have to leave my house about 7 am to travel, find my way through road construction, park and report. I reallllllly do not want to do this. In fact I've got to hit the hay so I can get up early enough to walk the dogs before I go and get ready. Yuk.

Rob Whitaker

Through the magic of Facebook I found out by accident that Bob, Robert, Orville, RC, Whitaker
is back in the US in Virginia. Evidently the family's stint in the middle east is up. They were in Doha Quitar. Waiting for some kind of communication from him directly.

My email

My email to the class asking for news generated responses from the following people but with nothing to share :(

Pamela Revercomb
Dan Sheedy
Terry Euston
Vivian Bender Munson

Debby

My mother's memory is down to nano seconds now. She seems happy and content in the Dolan Residential Care home. There are 9 residents in this house -- 7 singles and 1 couple. Each person has their own room. All other facilities have you share a room. Each person has some form of dementia. It's quite a world to enter.
You have to use a code to get in the door. My mother has no desire to go out at all. There's a fenced in backyard with a lovely porch. We sit out there most days and enjoy the air, when it isn't too humid. Sometimes I bring one of my dogs.
The desire to read and even watch TV is not there. A year ago my mother was glued to the TV for all the election coverage. Now she only watches golf matches.
I've seen a remarkable improvement since she has gotten individual care and attention. She no longer uses a wheelchair, but a walker. In April when I moved here she was not communicating much. Now she talks and laughs and even helps take care of some of the other residents.
It's been an interesting transition.

Kirsten Mackey Fleisher

I leave for Guatemala in a few days. As soon as I get back I'll send some pictures and text!

I taught a summer session until last Friday, and am now enjoying a few days off until I leave. Then shortly after I return, I crank it up for another school year

Smiling Dalmatian

This is so funny. Dalmatians do actually smile like this. My dog Savana does -- but really hard to get a picture.

Debby

The Birkenstock store had a sale. 65 % off. Hard to pass up. Bought a few. Not just brown, black and beige either:

Terry Euston

Received an email from Terry Euston. No news

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