Class of 1961 let us all know how you are doing and what your are doing to not need a padded room. For those who travel a lot this may help you navigate though the house and if you have a WNC can we all come shelter at your place?
Hit the message forum and share your day. Post some pictures of what you are doing what ever you sounds interesting.
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Pandemic ??? Is it over? Closer?
I believe in Vaccines and I have received my second shot with minor discomfort and great joy to participate.
Let us know how you are doing and what you have done to survive 2020!
2021 will mark our 60 year anniversary. Anyone interested in a gathering later in the year maybe fall lets talk.
Please help me welcome Janet Rocha who has joined our group. Send Janet a welcome message.
I failed to keep this page up dated and did not mention that we lost our friend and classmate George Mullen. I spoke with George after his cancer diagnosis and his words to me were "I have had a good life and a beautiful family and if it was God's will for me to go now I have no regrets".
Peter Millikin was signed on as an admisistrator incase I am unable to continue I would appreciate anyone who is interested in co-administering this site to please contact me.
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Our friend and classmate Peter Milliken passed away in June.
His home address is 7611 Outlook Lane, Prescott Valley, AZ 86315
After sharing 50 wonderful years with his wife, Karen, Peter Milliken passed away peacefully on June 14, 2019, at his home in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Born in Oakland, California, in 1942 to Dr. Joseph H. and Mary Elizabeth Milliken, Peter grew up alongside his three brothers, Joseph, Franklin and Robert “Barry”, all who preceded him in death.
Peter attended St. Elizabeth’s High School (Class of 1961), married Karen in 1969 and resided in the Valley Trails neighborhood of Pleasanton, California, for 40 years surrounded by long-time friends and neighbors. His incredible work ethic led Peter to a career in human resources and fleet management, ultimately retiring from Top Grade Construction.
Upon his retirement to the Prescott area, Peter owned Onsite Drug and Alcohol Testing, enjoyed gardening and getting to know his new community, where he was known for his generous spirit and genuine concern for others. Peter made his final arrangements through Science Care to contribute to finding a cure for pulmonary fibrosis.
Peter is survived by his loving wife Karen, three sons and daughter-in-laws, two beloved grandchildren and many caring family members throughout Northern California and Arizona.
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Our classmate Pat Smith Lydon lost her husband. We all new Dan while they dated in high school and enjoyed their many contributions to our class and our memories.
Daniel Thomas Lydon
Died peacefully at home in Fremont March 18th, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Oakland on October 30th, 1941, to James and Joan Lydon (deceased) of County Galway and County Kerry, Ireland. Loving husband of Patricia Smith Lydon for 53 years. Devoted father of Bridget (Dennis) McGrath, Daniel, Kevin (Olivia), Margaret, Michael and Monica (deceased) Lydon. Cherished grandfather of Finn, Margaret, and Claire; Aidan and Elias. Loving brother and brother-in-law to James (Linda), and John Lydon, John and Maureen Brosnan, James Noonan (Claire, deceased), John and Rosemary Smith and Jimmy Smith (deceased). Beloved uncle to numerous nieces and nephews. Loyal and caring friend to many. A humble Irish kid from Oaklandʼs Temescal district who rose through the ranks to become chief of the Fremont Fire Department. Retired after 39 years of service to his career and his community. First president of Firefighters Local 1689. Recipient of numerous professional and community honors and awards. Attended Sacred Heart Grammar School, St. Maryʼs High School, Laney College, and
numerous fire service academies. Honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps. A member of St. Josephʼs Catholic Church. Dan never met a stranger and always had time to give a lift-up to those in need of a boost. He mentored countless applicants for fire service jobs, asking nothing in return but to “pass it on.” His generosity had a far reach. He was dedicated to his fellow firefighters, the fire service, the city of Fremont, his many friends, and especially, his family. He was a gifted story teller with a quick wit, in the finest Irish tradition, and could spend hours regaling a captive audience with his tales. That same Irish charm extended to funerals where he comforted countless friends and relatives over the years with a remembered story and consoling word. A kind and gentle Irish soul has gone home. May the road rise to meet you, Danny Boy!
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Ed Smith passed away January 4, 2019.
Donna and Ed were married On October 6, 1968. Ed worked for the Alameda Fire Department as an engineer from 1965-1995. Ed was kind and generous to all. He believed in live and let live and always believed that each day was a good day, he would always find a way to make it good and because of that everyone has wonderful memories of being around Ed Smith. More than life it self Ed loved to laugh, play cards be wtih his pets and maintain a beautiful garden.
Donna and Ed have two sons and four grand children; they started with a pocket full of dreams and they were able to realize most of them and enjoy their families and friends.
Married 1968, Turning 70 1942-43
Celebrating 50 years of marriage with family. Oct. 6, 2018
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John "Jack" George Locke
John "Jack" George Locke, 74, Studio City, California passed away peacefully 17 July 2018 at home, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born 26 December 1943 in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Frank and William James Locke, Jr. Jack received a four year scholarship and graduated from Santa Clara University. He proudly served in the US Navy. He worked for the FBI for fourteen years and taught religion classes for 10 years in Burbank, California. Following retirement, Jack volunteered weekly for Aids Project Los Angeles for over 10 years. Jack was a kind hearted, gentle soul with a wonderful sense of humor that lasted until his final breath. He enjoyed playing bridge and was an expert at the LA Times daily crossword puzzle. Jack is survived by his wife Paula Mulle Locke, his daughter, Deborah Susan (Scott) Chin; his sons, James Patrick (Jessica) and David John (Sarah), his stepson Gregory Philipps; Brothers, William James (Janet) and Terence Robert (Sue); Sisters, Sister Anne Elizabeth, and Margaret Mary "Mimi" (Joseph); Grandchildren, Heather Philipps, Cassandra Philipps, Daniel Chin, Samuel Chin, Julianna Lucille. Jack was predeceased by sister, Helen Teresa, brother, Peter Raymond, and stepson Michael Philipps. He will be greatly missed by so many friends and family. A Memorial Service will be held 4 August 2018, 10am at St. Charles Borremeo Parish in North Hollywood.
Jack announced in April that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Thank you Ken Raphael for a copy of Jack's obituary.
Jack's obituary from the LA Times
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Janice Ann Smith
October 22, 1942 ~ May 26, 2018
Janice Ann was born to Elmer and Alice Hansen on October 22, 1942; she entered into rest on May 26, 2018 in Clayton. She was raised in Oakland with her three sisters and two brothers and graduated from St. Elizabeth’s High School with the class of 1961. She met the love of her life, Brian Smith in 1957 and they were wed during the torrential rainstorms of 1962. Brian and Jan lived in Oakland, then San Leandro, San Ramon, Walnut Creek and most recently in Clayton – always call the Bay area their home. Brian and Jan had three rambunctious boys and Jan juggled a career in business with her motherly duties. She retired from the work-world as an EKG Tech. for Rossmoor. She enjoyed playing the guitar, painting and bible study, but what she liked most was being a ‘grandma’ to her five grandsons.
Jan is survived by her loving husband Brian Patrick Sr.; her sons Brian Patrick Jr. and Barney (Catherine); her grandsons Josh, Riley, Jordan, Mason and Mitchell; her sisters Marion Disperati (Ramon), Victoria Kazak and Sandra Hanson; numerous in-laws and many nieces and nephews. Janice is preceded in death by her son Patrick Smith; her parents and her brothers Anthony and Dennis Hansen.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00PM with a Rosary Service at 7:00PM, Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Ouimet Bros. Concord Funeral Chapel, 4125 Clayton Road, Concord. Funeral Liturgy will be at 10:00AM, Monday, June 4, 2018 at St. Bonaventure Church, 5562 Clayton Road, Concord. Interment will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Lafayette.
Donations may be made in her name to St. Bonaventure Food Pantry or the charity of your choice.
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RIP Laetitia (Tish) Cotter Presant
Laetitia passed away March 30, 2018
Tish had complications after receiving stints and suffering with A-fib.
No services are planned per her request, however her daughter Maggie is planning in the near future to invite friends to her favorite toasting spot to share some memories. We will let you know when and where
Bob Presant
852 Cloverland Way
Oakdale CA 95361
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A few classmates managed to get together for lunch in Walnut Creek
Donna Fernandes Cesario, Judy Bean Bristow, Donna Baker Smith, Ken Raphael, Barbara March,
Laeticia Cotter Pesant, Pat Smith Lydon
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Marina Inn still a good location? If not list some suggestions.
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Are you suffering from A.A.A.D.D.
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. – Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I’d been drinking.
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye–they need water.
I put the Pepsi on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I’ll be looking for the remote, but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the car isn’t washed the bills aren’t paid there is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter the flowers don’t have enough water, there is still only 1 check in my check book, I can’t find the remote, I can’t find my glasses, and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all the damn day, and I’m really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem, and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my e-mail….
Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don’t remember who the hell I’ve sent it to.
Don’t laugh — if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!!
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1961-2017 56 years!
Great time to review your profile and make some updates.
Ed and I wish you well and please send photos. This picture
was taken at our 70th birthday party bash in the summer of 2013.
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Let's Get Together
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February Outing!
Waterfront restaurant in SF some took the ferry and some of us took BART. A great lunch and lots of laughs
If you want to join us on our next outing please leave anyone in the photo a message. We would love to see you.
pictured above Donna Baker Smith, Ken and Helen Raphael
Donna and Lou Cesario, Hal Nickle, Tish Cotter Presant, Pat Smith Lydon
Judy and Jim Bristow
Tish Cotter Presant and Pat and Dan Lydon
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November Meet and Greet.
From left to right: Pat Smith Lydon, Tish Cotter Presant, Donna Fernandes Cesario, Barbara Charley March, Donna Baker Smith, Rosanne Novak Lippert, Judy Bean Bristow.
Barbara Charley March looking good while still recovering from a stroke earlier this year. Looking good Barb!
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A day at the races
Alameda County Fair
June 20, 2013
Kaki, Donna, Pat and George all came to play!
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August 24th Picnic will be arranged at the July Luncheon. This year we are thinking pot luck with a small fee for misc. Please submit comments.
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May 3rd Luncheon in Pleasanton
at Blue Agave, 16 of us attended including Geri's 4 year old grand daughter.
Tish Cotter, Pat Smith, Rosanne Novak, Donna Fernandes, Donna Baker, Judy Bean, Barbara Charley, Geri Keele, Ken and Helen Raphael, Lucy and Mike Seereiter, Janet Rocha, Ruth Ann Eacurcee, Kaki Sheridan and Geri's 4 year old grand daughter.
Next gathering is June 20 at the Alameda County Fair to watch the horse races. Admission on Thursday is free for seniors. If you are coming let us know and we can text our location in the stands.
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HISTORY EXAM BOOMER
1. When you were growing up, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch
c. Next to the horn
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. To capture lightning bugs
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing
c. As a large salt shaker
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn’t produce milk
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.
4. What post-World War II car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn’t tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker
5. Which of the following was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter
b. Chocolate licorice bars
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
6. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing
c. On the wheels of roller skates t! o prevent rust
7. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot
c. Long pieces of twine
8. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts
b. Ask Mom
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
9. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940’s through early 60’s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio
10. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy’s pet pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni
11. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window
c. Wrote another pupil’ s name on the top, to avoid their failure
12. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos
13. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
1. b. On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Jand controls popular in Europe , took until the late 1960’s to catch on.
2. b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?
3. c.Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.
4. a. 1946 Studebaker.
5. c. Wax coke bottles containing super sweet colored water.
6. a. Wax for your flat top (Butch) haircut.
7. a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
8. c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
9. c. Polio. At the beginning of August, swimming pools, movie theatres and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
10. c. Macaroni.
11. a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
12. b. Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.
13. a. Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.
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The Picnic was a great success
An announcement was made to do this annually
on the 4th weekend of August
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Regardless of your choice this is going to be a very interesting year.
Can we agree to disagree?
The Pope goes to New York. He is picked up at the airport by a limousine. He looks at the beautiful car and says to the driver, "You know, I hardly ever get to drive. Would you please let me?"
The driver is understandably hesistant and says, "I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm supposed to do that."
But the Pope persists, "Please?" The driver finally lets up. "Oh, all right, I can't really say no to the Pope."
So the Pope takes the wheel, and boy, is he a speed demon! He hits the gas and goes around 100 mph in a 45 zone. A policeman notices and pulls him over.
The cop walks up and asks the Pope to roll down the window. Startled and surprised, the young officer asks the Pope to wait a minute. He goes back to his patrol car and radios the chief.
Cop: Chief, I have a problem.
Chief: What sort of problem?
Cop: Well, you see, I pulled over this guy for driving way over the speed limit but it's someone really important.
Chief: Important like the mayor?
Cop: No, no, much more important than that.
Chief: Important like the governor?
Cop: Wayyyyyy more important than that.
Chief: Like the president?
Cop: More.
Chief: Who's more important than the president?
Cop: I don't know, but he's got the Pope driving for him!
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New Activity Survey
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