WHAT'S NEW
ALL UPDATES OF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, NEWS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST TO THE CLASS WILL BE POSTED HERE. This will make it easier to keep track of changes that are made on the website. Go to the Biographical Page to view any posted changes to biographical information for classmates.
You can submit or update your biographical information by clicking on BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE. PLEASE COPY AND COMPLETE THE FORM WITH YOUR UPDATED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, WRITE YOUR PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY, and e-mail it to: prunevitch@aol.com or mail it to: DENISE TOBEY RUNEVITCH, 365 WALLACE DR., BEREA, OH 44017.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANY TIME YOU CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, OR TO BE ADDED TO THE E-MAIL LIST, please contact DENISE TOBEY RUNEVITCH at prunevitch@aol.com or call Denise at (440)234-9277.
It is very important that we maintain an up-to-date e-mail list for all classmates. Reunion information and updates, as well as other news of interest to the class, will be sent via e-mail. Many of the e-mail addresses on this website are no longer valid, so please check the E-MAIL LIST to see if you are listed correctly.
Please copy and complete the REUNION SURVEY. Your opinions and feedback will help plan future reunions.
Please check the LOST CLASSMATES/IN MEMORY page. If you have any contact information (married name, current address, phone number, e-mail) for someone listed as "LOST" or anyone who did not receive e-mail or mailings about our reunions, please forward the information to DENISE TOBEY RUNEVITCH. We are making every effort to maintain contact between reunions with as many classmates as possible.
We would like to pay tribute to our DECEASED CLASSMATES on this website. If you know any details regarding their deaths (such as how and when they died, cause of death, cemetery location), please e-mail the information to DENISE TOBEY RUNEVITCH. Anything you might know would be helpful, so we can remember those classmates who are no longer with us.
Confirmation is requested from anyone who has knowledge/additional information about the following deaths that were submitted by Adam Gockowski (MHHS 1971): Gary Gatskie (around 3 years ago-2005?), Franklin Hruby (June 2002), Rick Kozma (early 2007?), Janice Jindra Pasternak (around 5 years ago-2003?), and Mr. Byers (June 2007), former Accounting/Bookkeeping teacher.
NEWS UPDATES ARE LISTED BELOW WITH THE DATES THEY WERE POSTED.
03/14/09 Updated information and e-mail for Carol Rymaz
02/10/09 Updated information and new e-mail for Marcia Juszkiewicz
02/08/09 Updated information and e-mail for Thomas Revann
09/26/08 Updated information for Dianne Falcone Millstein
08/26/08 DEATH NOTICE: Donald Kocsis Marrs passed away in North Carolina on August 19. Details posted under his name on the biographical page.
07/03/08 Updated information for Mary Marnick Louis Morrison
06/10/08 New e-mail for Donna Sabo Ellis
06/05/08 New e-mail for Bob Rubaszewski
05/08/08 Confirmation is requested from anyone who has knowledge/additional information about the following deaths that were submitted by Adam Gockowski (MHHS 1971): Gary Gatskie (around 3 years ago-2005?), Franklin Hruby (June 2002), Rick Kozma (early 2007?), Janice Jindra Pasternak (around 5 years ago-2003?), and Mr. Byers (June 2007), former Accounting/Bookkeeping teacher.
05/07/08 New e-mail and updated information for Mary Hahner McIntosh
04/20/08 DEATH NOTICE: Marcia Mildenberger Papczun, wife of Bill Papczun (MHHS 1968), had a stroke on April 17 and passed away on April 20. She was the mother of 5 children and had 3 grandchildren.
02/19/08 Updated information for Dennis and Linda Umek Bregitzer.
11/01/07 Updated information for Mary Pientowski as provided by her son.
05/20/07 E-mail address for Frank Finelli.
09/28/05 E-mail address for Elaine Russu Puchmajer. E-mail address for Dennis and Linda Umek Bregitzer.
08/04/05 REUNION LOCATION AND TIME CHANGED. Saturday's dinner/dance was moved from Catered Elegance in Bedford to Doogan's of Aurora.
05/31/05 New e-mail address for Tom Lodwick.
05/16/05 New e-mail address for Gayle Zallar Cieslak.
05/13/05 New e-mail addresses for Al Moebius and Patty Sokol Kaminski.
04/27/05 Joe Klamar submitted an obituary for Forrest Merriam, former West Jr. High teacher, which is posted on the Lost/In Memory page.
04/21/05 New e-mail address for Carl Maneage.
04/08/05 New e-mail address for Gary Sorace.
04/04/05 New e-mail address for Sharon Talos Bohnak.
03/19/05 New e-mail address for Brian DeSantis.
02/18/05 New e-mail addresses for Al Moebius and Ted Zbozien.
02/16/05 New e-mail addresses for Georgianne Grigoli Boerner, Larry Schmidt and Sheila Limric Smoak.
02/12/05 New e-mail addresses for Rick and Lois Slaventa Rericha, Donna Valentine and Jean Vana Baker.
01/16/05 Reunion details have been posted on the 35-Year Class Reunion page. The 35-YEAR REUNION SURVEY has also been posted. It was recently sent to classmates for whom we have valid e-mail addresses.
01/15/05 New e-mail address for Barbara Purdy Goodall
12/21/04 New e-mail address for Beverly Grzymala.
11/25/04 Updated bio and e-mail address for Ed Tyler.
11/21/04 New e-mail addresses for Camille Camarato and updated bio and e-mail addresses for Mike Fiala and Angela Bruno Fiala.
10/09/04 New e-mail address for Martha Frindt Kirk.
09/16/04 Updated bio for Linda Gaiduk Lange.
08/31/04 New e-mail addresses for Marcia Juszkiewicz Ullo, Tim King, Nancy Krebs Bednarski, and Cathy Monnin.
08/27/04 Updated bio and e-mail address for Richard Yahraus.
08/26/04 New e-mail address for Fran Smocinski Kamenicky.
07/22/04 Death notice: Rich Leanza (MHHS 1968), husband of Jeannine Valenti Leanza passed away after being diagnosed 6 months ago with an inoperable brain tumor.
02/13/04 E-mail address for Ramona Paradise.
10/31/03 Updated bio and e-mail address for Betty (Cosentino) Czika.
04/19/03 Updated bio and e-mail address for John Krajny.
03/14/03 Death notice: John Romanov, husband of Helen Runevitch Romanov and brother-in-law of Denise Tobey Runevitch passed away after a 16-month battle with leukemia.
01/05/03 Updated bio and e-mail address for Joe Klamar.
10/26/02 E-mail address for Mary Pratt Black.
10/21/02 Updated bio and e-mail address for Sheila Limric Smoak.
10/05/02 Updated bio and new e-mail address for Meri Jo Alexander.
06/18/02 E-mail address updates for Bev Dorazewski Grady and Bill Panka. Updated bio for Marteenus McAfee, as submitted by his sister.
05/21/02 E-mail address for Paula Reese Cerveny and e-mail address and update for Barry Thompson.
05/20/02 E-mail address for Mary Hahner McIntosh.
03/06/02 Check out the "Comments from the 50's" posted on the JUST FOR FUN page.
01/22/02 There are several suggestions posted on the COMMENTS PAGE, that came up during the reunion weekend, about possible future class get-togethers in addition to our 5-year Reunions. If you are interested in being on a planning committee to organize any other group activities, please e-mail me at prunevitch@aol.com or call me at (440)234-9277. If anyone is, or knows of, a travel agent who might like to organize group trips for our class, be sure to let us know!
01/21/02 Click to see 30-Year Reunion Photos. This replaces the Photopoint.com website, which is no longer in business. Sorry for any inconvenience! PLEASE DO NOT DELETE OR REARRANGE ANY OF THE PHOTOS ON THIS WEBSITE! You may order copies of any of the photos you'd like to have.
01/10/02 Update and new e-mail address for Darlene Peskar Hoffman.
01/02/02 New e-mail addresses for Cathie Doubek and Donna Sacha Marco. Bio and e-mail address for Bill Manocchio.
11/29/01 New e-mail address for Mark Kenny.
9/21/01 Bio and e-mail address for Beverly Grzymala.
7/19/01 Bio and e-mail address for Janice Proctor Rozboril.
7/18/01 New e-mail address for Gary Sorace.
7/17/01 Bio and e-mail address for Karen Howell Waddle, as submitted by her daughter.
7/10/01 New e-mail address for Fran Smocinski Kamenicki.
6/26/01 New e-mail addresses for Bill Tompot and Linda Sawyer Tompot.
4/22/01 Bio and e-mail address for Meri Jo Alexander. Update and e-mail address for Madeline (Vranich) Toncar. E-mail addresses for Jeffrey Hoyt and Thomas Petronio.
12/20/00 E-mail address for Fabian (Ferri) Ferreri.
12/10/00 Update and e-mail address for Louis Cherney.
11/18/00 Update and e-mail address for Diane Soemisch Malik
10/14/00 Click on links to the following new pages to SIGN GUESTBOOK and VIEW GUESTBOOK
10/8/00 Update and e-mail address for Susan Morgan.
10/2/00 Updates for Pat Chaye Day and Dianne Smith Moore.
10/1/00 Updates for Kathy Sivak Skladany and Terry Sukey Burch.
9/23/00 Updates for Kevin Flanagan and Helen Runevitch Romanov. Update and bio for Tom Sirna. E-mail addresses for Mary Clines Tench, Cathie Doubek, and Neal Moss. Corrections to e-mail addresses for Kathy Cuttaia Zarachowicz and Diane Feller Noyes.
9/21/00 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES prevented me from accessing this website for the past 2 weeks. However, thanks to a new computer system, I am once again able to update information, so please check again soon for more class news!
9/4/00 Update and bio for Jeannine Valenti Leanza. Updates for Larry Baumgartl, Christine Carter, Precious Fitzgerald Burnett, Linda Gaiduk Lange, Barbara Purdy Goodall, Rich Rericha, Bob Rubaszewski, Lois Slaventa Rericha, Jim Thompson, Bill Tierney, Suzanne Valenti Tierney, and Madeline Vranich Toncar. New e-mail address for Ron Sercely.
8/28/00 Lists of people who attended the Casual Get-together at Shula's, the 30-year Reunion at the Terrace Club, and the Family Picnic at Valley View Woods were added to the Reunion page.
Reunion comments and suggestions for future class get-togethers on the Comments page.
8/23/00 Update for Mary Jednak Armbruster and bio and update for Alex Konya.
8/22/00 New pages added to website: Comments - share comments about the reunion or this website, or send a general message to classmates.
Memories - share memories of high school, junior high school, elementary school, other classmates, or growing up in Maple Hts., OH.
Updates to Home and Reunion pages, including additions to the list of classmates who will be attending Saturday's reunion. If you haven't read these lately, be sure to check them out!
Bring to the reunion any current photos of yourself alone, with your spouse, or with your family, or nostalgic "school memories" photos that you'd like to have added to the website, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope so they can be mailed back after they are scanned.
You might also want to bring your Elementary School class photos or other "school days memorabilia" to share with other classmates on a display table that will be set up for that purpose. Be sure everything has your name, address and phone number on it, for identification purposes!
And of course, you can't forget photos of your children and grandchildren to share with old friends. This is the appropriate time to brag about those kids!
DOOR PRIZE DONATIONS - call or e-mail Kathy Sivak Skladany at skladany@aol.com, or another reunion committee member, if you have an item, service, or gift certificate you'd like to donate as a door prize for Saturday's reunion.
GET THOSE RESERVATIONS PAID BY FRIDAY!
SEND IN YOUR BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES ASAP!
8/21/00 Reunion Committee Meeting - Reservations for Saturday's reunion now stand at 141, including 86 classmates. NO MONEY WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY, AUGUST 25!
Call or e-mail Kathy Sivak Skladany at skladany@aol.com by Friday, August 25, if you are unable to attend the reunion, but would like one of the limited number of "Reunion Directories" mailed to you. There will be a fee to cover the cost of mailing and postage.
8/20/00 Trivia responses from Ted Zbozien posted on the Fun page.
8/19/00 Update and e-mail address for Tom Pelsoczi.
8/18/00 Updates, bios and e-mail addresses for Aloi Grooms Hill and Michael Rinicella. Mike also submitted additional trivia questions for the Fun page.
8/15/00 Updates for Denise Adams Brobst, Michael Boden, Diane Feller Noyes, Arlene Fojta Miller, and Carole Kaminski Sindelar.
8/14/00 Update and bio for Mark Kenny.
8/14/00 List of classmates who will attend the 30-Year Reunion (August 26) has been added to the Reunion page. ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE PAID BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. Time for all you procrastinators to send in your reservations! Remember to COMPLETE THE BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE AND SEND IN YOUR BIOS, too!
8/13/00 E-mail addresses for Bill Barrett, Science teacher, and Richard Schultz, Social Studies teacher, added to E-mail page.
8/12/00 E-mail address for Physics teacher, Vinson Tate added to E-mail page.
8/10/00 E-mail address for English teacher, Sigmund Peck and his wife Rae Peck (Broadway/Stafford Elementary 6th grade teacher), added to E-mail page. Mr. Peck has recovered from a quadruple by-pass operation and a stroke suffered a year and a half ago. But recently, he has experienced additional cardiac problems. I'm sure it would do his heart good to hear from former students via e-mail. He attended the Class of 1969 reunion in July, 1999.
8/9/00 Update for Aloi Grooms Hill.
8/6/00 E-mail address added for Gayle Addis Michel.
8/5/00 Click BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE to go to this new website page - PLEASE COPY AND COMPLETE FORM WITH YOUR UPDATED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, WRITE YOUR PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY, AND E-MAIL OR MAIL IT IN ASAP!
8/5/00 Update for Vernon Cooper.
8/3/00 JUST FOR FUN page added to website - trivia, humorous and thought-provoking items submitted by classmates. Click on link at bottom of page.
8/2/00 Updates for Linda Batone Albro, Peggy Blodgett, Michael Boden, Lucy Bogolin Lukasik, Linda Danecki Musselman, Bill Hammerstrom, Mike Konicek, Alex Konya, Yvonne Ligato Kristofeld, Bob Reville, and Sharon Talos Bohnak.
7/25/00 Updates for Vernon Cooper and Mike Rinicella.
7/23/00 Update to Reunion page: Hotels and Directions to Jacobs Field.
7/22/00 Update for Deborah Hassink Thoden.
7/20/00 Updates for Martha Frindt Kirk and Suzanne Valenti Tierney.
7/18/00 Update for Patrick Bowen.
7/17/00 Reunion Meeting - Reservations number 123, of which 74 are classmates. The committee will begin making phone calls or sending notes to those who haven't returned their directory questionnaires and to remind them to mail their checks if they want to attend the reunion. IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Please check the LOST CLASSMATES list. If you know the address or phone number for anyone, contact Denise Tobey Runevitch at prunevitch@aol.com or (440)234-9277.
7/16/00 Yearbook photos have been scanned and can be seen by clicking on links above each biographical entry.
7/14/00 Updates for George (Ken) Beilstein, Beverly Covert Talbert, Darlene Hurley Waggoner, Karen Kanieski Roth.
7/13/00 Reservations for the reunion now number 120, which includes 70 classmates. Thank you to all who have responded, but we can certainly do better than that out of a graduating class that numbered over 55O. All you procrastinators, GET THOSE CHECKS IN THE MAIL SOON! We're looking forward to seeing you again.
6/28/00 Reservations for the 30-Year Reunion stand at 98. Although the original deadline has passed, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER!. Send your money to Kathy Sivak Skladany or contact her to request a reunion information packet, if you never received one. Many have been returned as undeliverable, either because people have moved or for some other reason. Encourage any classmates you know, who haven't registered, to do so as soon as possible, so we can have a great turnout!
6/28/00 Remember to send in your bios and updated information for the Biographical Information page on this website. In addition, Steve Rajtar has offered to scan senior pictures from the 1970 Yearbook so they can be accessed from each classmate's entry. This will help us to remember our classmates better, by matching names with photos of the way we looked in high school. If you would like to add more current photos of yourself alone, or with your spouse or family, please mail them to: Denise Runevitch, 365 Wallace Dr., Berea, OH 44017 and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope so the photos can be returned to you after Steve scans them. Check out the photos on the Class of 1969 website to see how they will appear on this site.
6/15/00 Update for Robert Rubaszewski.
6/11/00 Updates for Wally Bard, Donald Castro, Christopher Demas, Paul Guadagnoli, Thomas Klonowski, Linda Sawyer Tompot, Tom Sirna, Jeannine Valenti Leanza, Jim Valtman.
6/10/00 Updates for Kathryn Aquilino Lew, Camille Camarato, Carol Evanko Herberth.
6/9/00 Bios have been submitted by the following classmates so far:
Dorothy Dvorsack, Bob Hesselbein, Ron Sercely, Fran Smocinski Kamenicky, Gary Sorace, and Denise Tobey Runevitch.
6/9/00 Biographical information from past reunion directories added to website. Pages added for AOL Instant Message Buddy List and E-mail Addresses. Links created to other pages on website.
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35-YEAR REUNION SURVEY - Please copy and complete this survey. The reunion committee wants your opinions and feedback to help plan future reunions.
SIGN GUESTBOOK
VIEW GUESTBOOK
35-Year Class Reunion - Reunion Information
30-Year Class Reunion
Reunion Photos - Photos taken of individual classmates at the 30-Year Reunion in August, 2000.
BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE - PLEASE COPY AND COMPLETE THE FORM WITH YOUR UPDATED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, WRITE YOUR PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY, AND E-MAIL IT TO: PRUNEVITCH@AOL.COM OR MAIL IT TO: DENISE RUNEVITCH, 365 WALLACE DR., BEREA, OH 44017.
Biographical Information - Who's Who in the Class of 1970
Lost Classmates/In Memory - Help locate those classmates for whom we don't have current addresses. Remember those who are no longer with us.
Buddy List - AOL Instant Message users' screen names
E-mail Addresses - for 1970 classmates
Comments - share comments about the reunion or this website, or send a general message to classmates
MHHS Alumni E-mail List - for MHHS Graduates from other years
