Pre-Reunion Messages
Jan-Nov, 2002

Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   I am starting this message board on January 24, 2002. Let's start networking and try to reach all!
Your Name :   Ellen Carroll
Message :   Nice job Gerry! Great idea! Hope all is well with you. You can contact me at logcabin@warwick.net. Take care, Ellen
Your Name :   Scott Sewell
Message :   Hey Gerry. Shouldn't George Beck be included. I think he attended WV through his Junior year and moved to Cal. I've kept in touch with him. What do you think? Scott
Your Name :   Gerr y Wade
Message :   Actually Scott, if he pays me a lot of money. Seriously, we should stick to WV graduates. Tell George to post a message.
Your Name :   Bobby Peschel
Message :   Gerry, the heavy chevy never ran the same after that fall'72 trip to boston in the rain. I know where neiwirth is so will get to him
Your Name :   GW
Message :   I miss that car. I remember the stick shift was off the steering wheel. Besides the Boston adventure, I recall driving it--remember the Joan Collins concert down the shore and Instant!
Your Name :   Allan Dewes
Message :   Great Idea! Look forward to seeing everyone.
Your Name :   Claire Garthwaite (Minarick '71)
Message :   Just saw in the Pack-A-News today that Pat Odierno (nee Tonkin) passed away suddenly on 1/12/02 in her hometown of Medford, NY.
Your Name :   Lori Molcsan
Message :   I found this website via Classmates and I see many people listed on classmates that are unlisted here. Hey Gerry I ain't no webmaster, do you want help reconiling the two sites! I'll help with the tracking and tracing.
Your Name :   Gerry
Message :   Hi Lori--Glad to have any and all help with classmate tracking. Unfortunately, with Classmates.com most people are just listed and not "gold members" whereas my labor is free! If you are a member of classmates, send a message to all and refer them on.
Your Name :   Linda Saunders (now Chelius)
Message :   Gerry - Sounds like a great idea. You can reach me at chelius@comcast.net or cheliusl@gghlaw.com
Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   To Merrie Butler: Were you in the class of '72? If so, please resubmit your information and include your maiden name.
Your Name :   Dale Distasio
Message :   This is a wonderful idea. If I can do anything else to help let me know
Your Name :   Susie Gonzalez Secondo
Message :   This is so much fun - nice job Gerry! I would love to hear from anyone!
Your Name :   Carol Maloy LeCates
Message :   Hi Guys! Susie just told me about this site. I'm not sure I can match the humor, but it's a great idea and Gerry, you're an angel to have started it. Hey, Scott, I never knew about that crush on GW.
Your Name :   JoAnn Rosone McGuire
Message :   Hey Gerry It's Ronzoni Can't wait to see everyone in Nov.!!!! Hope all is well Thanks for starting the message board. take care JoAnn
Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   Hi JoAnn, former Varsity softball star (and team mate). Remember eating all those chocolate bars and never gaining weight.
Your Name :   joan frisco-campbell
Message :   Melissa (Silvano) Rizzi yes we are still friendsand I will be happy to attend let us know if you need any help. Friskysoup@aol.com
Your Name :   Tony Forte
Message :   The website is great, well done to all of you. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion. I've contacted a couple of people from the class to let them know that there is a reunion scheduled. I'll keep passing the word along. See you in Nov.
Your Name :   Brad Myers
Message :   Hey Peschel, Where you guys been? I lost all e-mail addresses in a computer crash. I can be reached (by anyone) at bam@snowcrest.net
Your Name :   craig radhuber
Message :   Great job putting this thing together. Hope to see everyone at the reunion. Gerry, how do you have so much time on your hands to do this??? Is this what you do when the patients are in the waiting room forever?? craiger0154@aol.com
Your Name :   Gerry
Message :   It's worse than that Craig. I work for the Federal Government! (at Centers for Disease Control). I am slightly more productive than our postal service but am having fun.
Your Name :   George Beck
Message :   I would vote for including everyone who attended, or else I won't ever get a chance to see any of you guys... they don't have Packanack Elementary Reunions.
Your Name :   craig
Message :   George, Just show up.
Your Name :   Bernadette Scibetta
Message :   Hi Gerry, Hello Class of '72!!!! Merry Butler is Merry Tesch. I have informed some people to contact this site to submit their information. Let me know what else needs to be done.
Your Name :   frank aiello
Message :   hey gerry, i'm still at a 770#. when i tell eileen smith(stevens) about this site she'll go crazy. i keep in touch with leslie foy. she'll be excited too.
Your Name :   Leslie Foy
Message :   Hi! Remember me? Susie Gonzalez told me about your website. Great to reminisce with you all about Wayne/Packanack Lake etc.
Your Name :   Leslie (Brooks) Petrichko
Message :   Hello to all from the North Country! Looking forward to Nov. and want to offer whatever assistance I can. I know where Kerry O'Connell is (WA), and will contact her. Thanks, Gerry, for being the glue that holds us together! For the moment, my e-mail is le
Your Name :   Denise (Du Bosch) Archer
Message :   Hi to all fellow classmates... Barbara(Ege)Guzman told me about the WV site and great job Gerry.I will pass the word to others.I contacted WV and they knew nothing about a "72" reunion.Maybe some people will call. Let's keep chat'in. Susie G. e-mail me. D
Your Name :   Linda (Saunders) Chelius
Message :   Leslie Foy - Your name brought a flood of memories back - Susie, Leslie, George Washington etc. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well with you & all my old memories and friends!
Your Name :   JoAnn (Rosone) McGuire
Message :   Hey Gerry Do you still hear from Tracy?!? Remember field hockey Now my younger daug. Ali plays here in W. Milford with Tracy's niece Rory. She is the spitting image of Tracy.... What fun we used to have. The message board is growing each day. Thanks again
Your Name :   Barbara Ege Guzman
Message :   Anyone who would have graduated with our class should be included in the reunion. The more the merrier...Hey, George Beck!
Your Name :   Claudia Carl
Message :   This is so great to see what everyone is up to. Gerry, will this site still be here after nov? This is a great place to get back in touch. I'm still waiting to see more names show up? Hi to all and can't wait to see everyone.
Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   It is possible I could maintain the site after November depending on the work load/interest level. For now, contact all the classmates you know and have them sign on or send us leads so we can track them.
Your Name :   Denise Archer (Du Bosch)
Message :   My e-mail has been changed since my last posting. archerd1@att.net The list is getting larger.Claudia you really out did yourself.I,m not sure if you received my info, but I would like to help out in the advertising and marketing area. Let me know what y
Your Name :   Eileen Smith (Stevens)
Message :   10th reunion, I was pregnant. 15th reunion, I was pregnant. 20th reunion, I had just had a baby. I'm coming this time and if I'm pregnant, I'll be the one having hot flashes and crying in the corner. Thanks Gerry. Frank is right, I'll go crazy with this!
Your Name :   Melissa Silvano(Rizzi)
Message :   Hi Gerry! This is a great thing u have done. I still live in Wayne and I will pass this on to others. Will be great to reconnect.Melissa
Your Name :   Denise Archer
Message :   This weekend GAA now SDA celebrated its 50th anniversary. There were many overalls there from the past. The White Teams Marybeth(Schroeder)Hughes was present. The show brought back many memories and there were alot of people to share them with. White Wo
Your Name :   Brian Gordon
Message :   Looking forward to seeing the Friar Tuck Inn PACKED TO THE RAFTERS with the Class of '72. Hope you will be there.
Your Name :   Janice Besso (Tamecki)
Message :   Hey Brian I was just reading about what you've been up to and realized that we both worked for Prudential between 1980 and 1984. What division were you in? I was in the Group Insurance end.
Your Name :   Bob Drag
Message :   Hey Grendel. I saw Hazel at IHM Easter Mass. I am back East quite a bit for business and will try to make the reunion. I know I would like to see many of the people who are responding. If Forte and Threlfall can make it, so can I but I won't do most of th
Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   Bob, Thanks for the leads on Gary Kansler and Mike Kileen. Keep up the good work. I must be getting old. Who is Hazel?
Your Name :   LOUIS J AZZARONE
Message :   DEAR GERRY. PLEASE SEND ALL INFORMATION REGARDING REUNION TO LOUIS J AZZARONE/LOEB HOUSE 12 BETHUNE BLVD SPRING VALLEY N.Y. 10977 TAKE CARE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Your Name :   Gerry
Message :   Lou--I sent you a postcard to 40 2nd Ave in Nanuet NY. I guess you moved or I got the wrong one. Since you found this site, all info about the reunion will be posted here.
Your Name :   Linda
Message :   Just found this website and was reading about the old friends. I was extremely upset to read about Jill Newton's death. Can someone PLEASE post a message as to what happened??. We lost touch many years ago, and I'm living in Florida. thankyou
Your Name :   Jackie Cassera-Ginocchio
Message :   Hi Gerry! I got the postcard today, I'm so glad you found me. This is going to be very interesting!!
Your Name :   Donna (Grieves) Carey
Message :   This is wonderful. Look at you all. LOL. Still in NJ, but getting ready to move to Pa. P.S. My God, 50 is breathing down our necks!!
Your Name :   JoAnn (Rosone) McGuire
Message :   Jackie Cassera!!!!!! I've seen your brother Al at field hockey at West Essex with our Alison these past two weeks !!! What a small world. He told me everyone is doing well. I miss you. Can't wait to see everyone in Nov. 40+ years of friendship. .
Your Name :   Bob Drag
Message :   Gerry, Hazel is Rosemary Finnegan. She is a gradma now and lives in Wayne.
Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   Its now June 2002. Start posting new messages. The old messages can still be read via the Jan-Jun link on the main page.
Your Name :   Denise Archer
Message :   Who ever wrote that Jill Newton died of old age, please state your last name. Jill died of cancer and you should be ashamed of yourself. I would like to know what other Denise was in the class of "72" because I thought I was the only one.... Remember it h
Your Name :   Nancy Chichin McManus
Message :   Denise - First of all, "hi!" Do you (or anyone else)have ANY idea where Jill's daughter, Erin, can be found?? I am heartsick about Jill.
Your Name :   JoAnn McGuire
Message :   Nancy Chichin!!!! How the heck are you?? Hope to see you in Nov. Hope all is well.
Your Name :   Pat Brodhead
Message :   Hey, Wayne Valley Choir and All-School Production alumni--is anyone still performing? I received a BA and a Masters of Fine Arts in Theater, but I finally left performing in 1985 (I was doing children's theater and summer stock) and I got serious about pa
Your Name :   Valerie Carlin Villee
Message :   nancy chichin mcmanus, Hi nancy. Jill's last name was Meyers (sic?)and lived in boulder I know her huband is still there and probably knows where erin is. I am looking for her last address and will send it to you.
Your Name :   Valerie Villee
Message :   Hey Nancy, Scratch that last message. Sorry. Jill's Husband is Kevin Scott and he is living in Boulder. He is a wonderful guy and took care of Jill for quite a few years. Jill died of ovarian cancer just like her mom. I still think of her alot.
Your Name :   Ken Snook
Message :   Hey Bobby Peschel, ol family friend, hope you get this message, give me an email. ksnookprwid@castlenet.com
Your Name :   Jackie Cassera
Message :   Nancy Chichin, You better come to this reunion! I would love to see you again!
Your Name :   craig
Message :   Jimmy Bowater and Dave Peck!! We should do lunch like old times in N.Y., where we went for school lunches.
Your Name :   George Beck
Message :   My family moved to California in '69, and I've only been back to NJ once since then. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Your Name :   JpAnn (Rosone) McGuire
Message :   
Your Name :   JoAnn(Rosone)McGuire
Message :   Sorry about the last entry I hit ENTER!!!! Hi Vito, I just finished reading your message. Thank you for the thoughtful invitation to all our friends. Can't wait to see everyone Nov. 9. take care
Your Name :   Vito
Message :   Hey Jo! Thanks for your message. Thought about you over the years . . . it's good to my paisana doing well. Catch up with you in November. . . Lf to it!
Your Name :   Vito
Message :   Jo, you think you got problems hitting enter? I still can't put a sentence together, as in "good to see my paisana doing well." Oh well, I need to go back to Mrs. Conolly's 10th grade English class.
Your Name :   Brian Gordon
Message :   Great to see all the new names finding our WEBSITE!! Please pass along the info to your contacts of your Wayne Valley friends.... lets see if we can at least FIND everyone. Great job Gerry!!
Your Name :   Val (Schubert)
Message :   Hi Everyone! This has been such a gift finding so many after so long. I was honored to be able to put Nancy Williamson and Gary DuVal together after so many years. Watching their love grow and then getting married in June was the greatest honor I could ha
Your Name :   Claudia
Message :   Hey Tony, It was so good seeing you and Panico in San Fran last week. Wish you could have been up north with us. see you in nov.
Your Name :   Tony
Message :   Claudia, it was terrific seeing you and Jeffrey. The Cliff House was great. How did you like Medicino? E-mail the photos Jeffrey took of all of us to James and me. See you in Nov.
Your Name :   Kevin McGill
Message :   I received a call from Carol Maloy yesterday informing me of the website. I have enjoyed visiting and will place a blurb to fill in the blanks in the near future. Greetings to old friends...warm regards to all. Kevin
Your Name :   Ana Popeck
Message :   Hey Merrie Tesch,Joanne Bailey and Beth Neilson where are you guys? Kevin Kasperowicz I hope you make it to the reunion as
Your Name :   Micky Vandegaer
Message :   Hey all you IHM grads, I found my 8th grade class picture. We're in for some laughs. Looking forward to the reunion.
Your Name :   claudia
Message :   How about all the IHM first holy communion angels. I lost that photo in a move. Joe F does your mom still have it?
Your Name :   Denise Archer ( Du Bosch)
Message :   Claudia, How many tickets have been sold so far for the re-union. Haven't sent in my $$ either, but just wondering what the head count is.Thanks Denise
Your Name :   Claudia
Message :   Hey Dennise, I am not on the $ collection committie so I am counting the green $ and waiting for more. OK all you procrastinators....get with it!
Your Name :   Claudia
Message :   I just thought, maybe some of you are waiting to decide if you will come only if you see the green $ next to a name of someone you would come to see? Send in your bucks and we will PARTY in nov!
Your Name :   Jill Melick
Message :   Greetings from Chicago! What fond memories of WV, Packanack Lake & the Chrystal Bay. I miss my pals Susie G, Denise D, Jackie C, Beanie, and of course Rick M. Thanks Gerry for doing so much work in organizing this reunion!
Your Name :   Denise
Message :   Hey Jill Melick what a surprise to see you found the WV site. Say Susie a few weeks ago and we wondering where you were. Will you make the re-union? Your more than welcome to stay with me. Or better yet the night of the re-union we are going to have a GNO
Your Name :   Jill
Message :   Denise, it's so great to hear from you. Unfortunately, I won't be attending the reunion, and I'm truly sorry that I'll miss the GNO. It's just not a good time of the year for me to get away to NJ. What have you been up to the past 30 years?
Your Name :   Kathy Singer(Fisher)
Message :   Hey Nancy Chichin, how are you doing. Email me and let me know.
Your Name :   Kathy Singer
Message :   Claudia, If you are interested, I still have that IHM First Communion Picture. We were all such angels.
Your Name :   Denise D.
Message :   Hey you guys, In the memorial section..There is a mistake in the death of that Diane Cawenbergs girl.. Whoever posted it, better check again. She died in that accident BEFORE we even graduated. The correct year is either 1971 or 72. NOT 1989.
Your Name :   Gerry Wade
Message :   Thanks for keeping me on my toes. OK, I'm a bad typist. The correct year was 1974. FYI, all of the information to date on the Memorial page has been submitted directly by family members of the deceased. We greatly appreciate their contributions.
Your Name :   Ken Snook
Message :   Bill Simpson,Paul Renchall,Marv Krame, If you read this give me and email ksnookprwid@castlenet.com
Your Name :   Lynn Rosenthal
Message :   Hello everyone. How's life? I can't wait to see old friends and my old life at the reunion. I am saddened by the number of the deceased members of our club. I wish their families strength and care. See you soon.
Your Name :   Claudia
Message :   In one week we will be back together in Wayne and I am bringing my yearbook. How many of you remember Austria, partys, the rope swing, golfcourse, Buxtons? See ya soon!
Your Name :   Carol Maloy LeCates
Message :   Is anyone going to the hospitality suite on Fri.? Denise D., Barbara Ege, and Kim Immig will be at my house on Fri. and we were thinking of going.
Your Name :   Denise Archer
Message :   Claudia, I have pics of Austria somewhere, if I find them I will bring along. Speaking of pics, how about GAA etc.
Your Name :   Carol "Chi"
Message :   Or I'm called "chill" now. WAS 'Browne' Married name now Hill.. ALthough, after 22 years plus its FINALLY OVER! Yeah... There is life after death :-) (and 4 kids later ) :-)
Your Name :   Claudia
Message :   so carol brown hill chill can you get away from race track photography in tenn. and cone to wayne on saturday nite?
Your Name :   Linda Saunders
Message :   Carol - please go (with everyone at your house) to the Hospitality Suite tonite. I am going with Donna Hempstead and understand that Marilyn Albanese and Laurie Molscan are going too...
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