Dan Kirkley has passed away

 

Obituary

     Daniel A. Kirkley, 74, of Fayetteville died peacefully at home after a long illness.  Born in Syracuse, Dan graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School.  Dan worked as a machinist specializing in computer  aided design and programing automated machinery.

     He had been active in assisting the ABC program at Fayetteville-Manlius School and was a member of the Manlius Historical Society and the Fayetteville Senior Center.  Though Dan lived in Canada for 25 years of his life, Fayetteville was always his home.  He loved the Fayetteville Library and spent many hours there  since moving back to Fayetteville. 

     He was an avid cyclist, frequently seen around the Village.  In 1976 he took a US Bicentennial cycle trip over the Rocky Mountains.  He was a former member of the Onondaga Cycling Club.  He belonged to Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club in Canada and enjoyed officiating at CORK sailing races.

     He is predeceased by his parents, Dr. George and Freda Kirkley.  He is survived by four siblings, Cynthia Kirkley of Baldwinsville, NY, David Kirkley of East Syracuse, Laurel (Peter) Notturno of Canton, OH and Scott (Martha) Kirkley of Rochester, NY; four nieces and nephews and four great-nieces and great-nephews.

     A private family graveside service will be held at a later date.

     Contributions may be made to the Fayetteville Free Library, 300 Orchard St., Fayetteville, NY  13066 or the Manlius Historical Society, P.O. Box 28, Manlius, NY  13104

 

56th reunion photo

 

group at Dinner at Craftsman on 9/24/2022

will post more later

Debby

Cinda and Kirsten

 

Cinda and Kirsten on a visit not too long ago.

Deborah Larus Doolittle

flowers around the house
 

Deborah Larus Doolittle

Christmas time with my new 7 ear year old Dalmatian named Zen.
 

The passing of Jon Flatt

 

Obituary

Jon Joseph Flatt, 73, of Westdale, NY passed away peacefully on his own terms, Sunday March 6, 2022 at 10:58am at his home. The youngest son of five children (Dorothy Flatt, Manlius, NY, Mary Jo Burrows, San Diego, CA, Sam Flatt, Cleveland, NY, and Elsie McConnell, Naperville, IL), Jon was born to Joseph M. & Gwendolyn Williams Flatt on June 3, 1948. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Class of 1966. He was married to Jacqueline R. Casler of Manlius, NY for 25 years.

After Jon attended Syracuse Brick Laying School, he went on to become an accomplished mason of both brick and stone. At that time, Jon was involved with the Dormitory Authority of New York State. Later, in 1973, he took a job with the USPS in Fayetteville, NY eventually retiring in 2004 as the Postmaster in Westdale, NY 13483.

Jon was instrumental in the reconstruction of the Westdale Dam. Reaching out to his local officials (especially Jack Plumley) he helped to ensure that the area became a Class Three Wetlands. The self-proclaimed Mayor of Frog Hollow (also honorary Frog Hollow Highway superintendent), Jon is survived by Julie Simmons Hotaling of Westdale, NY, his life partner of the last 30 years. Also, his three sons; Jason Flatt, Shelburne, VT, Jamie Flatt, Camden, NY and Jeff Flatt and his wife, Sarah, Cleveland, NY. Jon had six grandchildren, three girls and three boys.

As per Jon’s wishes there will be a gathering to celebrate his life later this summer. He desired no funeral or services. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of LaRobardiere Funeral Home, Inc., Camden, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to the NRA or Ducks Unlimited in lieu of flowers

Debby Larus Doolittle

 

Mr. Otis and his sixth grade class 1960

Debby Larus Doolittle

A visit from the Craigies 2011
Larry, Dana and Debby

 

. Edward Siegenthaler

This year has been going fast and I am hopeful that all this sickness is behind.  

My daughter and her husband in Fayetteville Tennessee are doing well working for the State of Tennessee. They spend time going to Nashville to see many artists as Chris has done many interviews published in the local papers.  

My daughter Lisa and her husband are raising their daughter where we all have a great time seeing her frequently.  

My daughters two older sons are in their last year of college.  

The older is still working on his major and I am sure that will happen. The younger is at the University of South Florida in St Petersburg. Studying in the theatrical and directing field as his interests are in the high school teaching profession.  My son Jon is still in Belize with his solar panel installation company.  There are times when he calls me with electrical issues and we work on resolving them.  My son and I have been talking and have decdited that next fall to go on a vacation to Peru and climb Machu Picchu. 

If all goes well we may explore the Nasdaq Lines in Paru.  

Edward Siegenthaler

Nice Letter from Cheryl Vermilya on David

 Nice letter including these photos of David's new tribute walk way brick and bench

davermilya@yahoo.com <davermilya@yahoo.com>

To:Deborah Doolittle

Mon, Nov 22 at 8:49 AM

photo of brick & location enclosed as labelled-  BEAVER LAKE NATURE CTR><  Baldwinsville,N.Y.in front of herb/smell/taste /rub small area on way from parking lot to BLNC Bldg.

Bench immediately down  Thompson Rd. ( above Erie Canal Simms Store entrance,turn right)    1st parking lot on right so AQUEDUCT END of Erie Canal Park,Camillus ,next to Aqueduct blue NYS historical sign,where I recently spent 3 +hrs.,no foolin' planting 16 yellow tulips donated to me by TS past participant & friend.

TY for taking care of any info...Happy Thanksgiving to you & all.    CV

On Monday, November 22, 2021, 09:07:33 AM EST, Deborah Doolittle <debbydoolittle@yahoo.com> wrote:

Barbara Kiggins Carlson brother

 

Timothy Kiggins Obituary

Here is Timothy Kiggins’s obituary. Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences.

We are sad to announce that on September 13, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Timothy Kiggins of Kirkville, New York, born in Syracuse, New York. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Timothy Kiggins to show support.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Robert Kiggins and Mary Alice Kiggins. He is survived by : his wife Sheri; his son Robert Kiggins (Nikki Bellinger); and his siblings, Barbara Carlson and Russell Kiggins (Irene). He is also survived by several loving nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 21st 2021 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the R. H. Schepp & Son Minoa Chapel (6530 Schepps Corners Rd, Minoa, NY 13116).

Dyke Chapman

                          Dyke and Ronnie visiting their son in Nashville

Debby Larus Doolittle

 Have had emails, texts and calls from the following classmates:

Gerry Phillips

Anita Cottrell

Kirsten Mackey Fleisher

Kent Langworthy

Duncan Hamilton

Jim Carroll

Gordon Webb

Jamie Steele

Jim Myers

Harriet Evans Betts

Melinda Mussi Lockwood

Suzanne Connor Myers

Larry Shipps

John Bergstrom

Chris Perry

Flip Benham

Larry Craigie

Pamela Revercomb

Dave Eckerson

Dyke chapman

Ralph Braun

Dyke Chapman

Ronnee and I hunkered in during 2020 like everyone else. I started working from home the year before the pandemic hit so there really wasn't much of transition for me with the exception of travel. I had been traveling globally about 150,000 miles a year but obviously that stopped. Just starting to travel again domestically and maybe later in the year internationally. Ronnee is a real estate agent and business was off considerably here but we have enjoyed just being together more.

Our son Michael just got his Masters Degree in Analytics at Georgia Tech and has been living in Nashville since he graduated from Belmont University in 2010. He is married to a wonderful girl...Lauren.  We love visiting them because Nashville is such a great place. As a matter of fact I am sending you this from there right now. Our daughter Sarah lives in Miami with her husband Chuck and we just found out yesterday they are expecting a baby girl in October!  Our first grandchild!

Michael, his wife Lauren, Sarah and I hiked to Everest Base Camp in October of 2017. It had been a bucket list of mine for a long time and Sarah said "Come on Dad...Let's do this!" So we did. What a great trip it was.

I'm still working and loving it. Can't wait to get back to traveling internationally.  Ronne and I got a puppy...a Schnoodle. Her name is Lucy and she company for Ronnee when I am on the road and so much to fun to have around.

I play a lot of golf in the summer with Greg Reynolds and my brother David.

I still have so much I want to do and see so I keep the pedal to the metal in my life.

I'll try to catch up more often. It is so good to read what everyone is up to and to stay connected through the blog. Thank you for all you do to keep this going!

So long for now...

Dave Eckerson

 Well ... life is rolling along far too fast,  Ms Doolittle

Been married 44 years now ... got three kids, all in their thirties .. all married ... all got jobs

One grand-daughter ... and another grand-kid coming this month

Did my last overseas gig three years ago, and have been chillin ever since spending summers in Seattle and the rest of the year in northern VA.  Grand-daughter is in Brooklyn and we spend time every month up there helping out ... will head up in a few days to be around for number two and spend a month on a mattress on the floor in a vacant apartment helping our daughter and husband cope with a new born and 18 month old in their miniscule 800 square feet of space.

Spent much of the year delivering food to seniors scared/not able to go out of their homes ... it was (and still is) pretty amazing how many people stand in line to get food from the county food bank every day

Whatever ... if I counted right using all my fingers and toes,  I think we are coming up on our 55th year since we graduated from FM this  summer.  It might be worth trying to do a zoom reunion for all interested?

Stay safe, Debby .. and keep on herding all us cats

Dave      

Jim Myers

 Not a lot of big news with Marsha and me in AZ during the ramp-up of vaccinations and the (hopefully) downslide of the pandemic and something approaching a return to normal.  We just had our initial Covid shots last week and are scheduled for seconds in early April.  Believe it or not, most of our 7 shared grandchildren are now in college, and one has graduated and is actually in law school!!  (He was born in Feb 1997 while we were honeymooning in Maui … you do the math!)

BTW all of that horrible weather the entire country seems to have experienced this winter?  Blizzards, ice storms, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, you name it… We got NONE of it in the Phoenix area, and I have probably spent more time cleaning the pool, planting flowers and trimming trees than repairing storm damage.  The big event on our time horizon at the moment is an upcoming visit in early May from Wayne and Sue Trivelpiece.

As always, we send our very best to one and all the FM-ers!

Pamela Revercomb

 We still have $811.39 in our bank account for the FMHS Class of 1966 Reunion Fund.  We'd be glad to put another reunion together if people are interested.  It could be something really simple - like coming for July 4th and having a picnic somewhere.  With our inevitably dwindling numbers, we could actually have a gathering at our house like we did for the 50th Reunion brunch.   And there is no reason to have reunions every 5 years - just pick a year!  We're all probably vaccinated by now, right?

Ralph Braun

 I don't  know if this is newsworthy or relevant to anyone other than myself but I became a fist time Grandfather 4 weeks ago. My son and his wife had a baby boy, Benjamin Oliver Braun.They live in Vancouver BC so there" no way to see them other than face time.

I hope all is well with you

Ralph

Flip Benham

 We “Benham’s” are doing very well.  Five kids, 16 grand kiddos, all within a 20 mile radius of our home here in Concord, North Carolina. 

Most of the traveling I do, I do with my boys (Benhambrothers.com), though I was recently in St. Louis a few of months ago dealing with your beloved District Attorney.  She is a real piece of work.  

The Lord brought you to my mind while I was there. We all ended up at “Ted Drews” which is always a great way to end a visit to St. Louis. 

Most all of us have had our run in with COVID.  It really is just a flu that ran its course.  The only difference I could detect was that we lost our sense of taste. 

Only Jesus could take a wretch like me and give me the privilege to make Him known to all of the world. 

He loves you Debby and is knocking at the door of your heart. 

In Christian love, 

Flip

 

John 3:19-20

                          2021

Looking forward to new information from classmates.

My husband and I just got our 2nd Covid shot. Felling better about things.

Just had cataract surgery in my left eye and am set for awhile. Don't need the other eye done for 6 to 12 months.

Still have 3 dogs and live in Wildwood, MO about 40 minutes from St. Louis.

Debby L. Doolittle

What about you?

Camp Tellman

Hey Debby,

Life is treating Lisa and me very well (today).  

We are pretty much done with home remodeling. 

We rent our house through AirBnB and have done many upgrades to make

it more user friendly, efficient and easier to clean.  

We are near the beach and excellent fishing so we have people revisit often.

We have a travel trailer for a go-to when there are guests in our home.  

The RV is excellent for isolation from others.

Sometimes we go to the mountains or the beach and hang out off of the grid. 

It is solar powered except for A/C.

Thankfully we are healthy and active for the time being.  

When I go through my "Oakleaves" I am reminded how lucky we are.  

I see many who were called  home early in their lives.

.

C

Campbell Tellman

252-528-0093

Dave Costello

Hi Debbie. We have moved back to St. Charles. Actually back to the house we previously lived in. 

24 Hanover Hills Ct. 

St. Charles, MO 63301

Cell 252-876-8721

Home 636-395-7191

cdave819@gmail.com

Hope you are doing well. Great to hear from you. 

Dave Costello 

Penrose Zimmerman Jackson

Hi, Everyone,

We are enduring our Year of COVID in fairly good mettle; so glad we love our home of nearly 37 years and, yes, each other (married those same 37 years; we moved in a week after we were married).  I am in reasonably good health, now that I said au revoir to my gall bladder last year.  Have mild hypertension and a “dodgy” lower GI tract, but compared to what so many others face … I cannot complain.

I am still working part time (primarily from home, so little change there) helping a public library raise money for its new home and keeping my toe in the waters of my former work (community/population health) on some paid (contract work with the Vermont Public Health Association) and unpaid (co-edited an e-book that will come out in the fall, The Evolution of Community Benefit; Perspective on Progress Toward Purpose; let me know if you’d like the link).

One of the few regrets I have in life is never having had children, but I was smart enough to marry a man, Schuyler, with four late teenaged offsprung (one son, three daughters) who have, in turn, blessed us (and the planet) with seven pretty special grandchildren (yes, I know you all say the same thing!).  They are scattered across the U.S. (Maine, Berkeley, two near D.C.) and we’ve kept in good touch in This Time thanks to Zoom.

We have traveled a bit, and this year it was to be Ireland in the early summer … will we go after the vaccine?  Don’t know … the first priority will be – as I bet for most of us – to reconnect with family and friends; just to physically touch one another will be a delight.

Attaching a picture of Zim, our Norwegian Elkhound, and one of our gardens, which hits peak the second week in July ever year … no exception in 2020.

Stay in touch …

Penrose

 

We have lost Frank Carroll

Frank passed away in Oregon  on July 13, 2020. an obituary will follow soon.

"Frank was the smartest person I knew growing up. He made a perfect 1,600 on his SATs and declined a full scholarship from Stanford to go to Harvey Mudd College. It’s a shame his mind left him first."
Steve Bickelhaup

A note from Harriet Evans Betts

I was so very sorry to hear about Frank. What a wonderful, kind and intellectual soul.
He will surely be missed!

Bruce and I are retired and still live in Phoenix. Our daughter and her family, who live in downtown Chicago, have been blessed to be at Ryan's family's beach house in Ogunquit, Maine for the summer and beyond. They both work from home while entertaining Finn who will be three in October. It was 116 yesterday so we try to swim in the morning and lay low the rest of the day. The highlight is FaceTiming with Finn each morning where we read books, tell jokes and share stories.
My email address is now: Harriet.betts@gmail.com.
I was adopted and through the gift of Ancestry.com, I discovered  that I have 4 half brothers and 2 half sisters. A year ago December, Kristina and I met one of my "brothers" and his wife In Washington, DC, and in July we went to a family reunion, near Syracuse, where we met 2 more "brothers" and 2 "sisters". We also had the opportunity to spend time with our dear friend, NancyWhite. It has been great fun connecting with everyone and they have been so kind and welcoming. Hope you are all well and thank you Debbie for keeping us all connected.