So sorry to read this about Bruce.  He was a really nice guy and classmate.  I remember that he also played the alto clarinet in Band.  Deepest condolences and may our Lord bless his family during this difficult time.

Hi Denise! Nice to see you on this site. Loved your photo. Hope all is well. Take care and God bless.

Hi Laura! Hope you and your family are doing well! Thank you for the kindness you showed to me whenever I came over to your home. Take care and stay safe. Sincerely, Theresa

Posted on: Dec 09, 2020 at 2:24 AM

Mrs. Ullman was our National Honor Society sponsor.  She gave us applications and we were selected according to our grade point average as well as our extra curricular activities.  She had a candle lighting ceremony for our initiation into NHS.  She gave us a pin and that same symbol was placed on our high school diploma.  She had these gold satin sashes made for us to wear on our Graduation Day for the Commencement Ceremony.  I will always appreciate all the behind the scenes work that she did to encourage us, and to promote our National Honor Society.  She will be missed.  Deepest condolences to her family.

Mr. Palahniuk was my driver's education teacher.  He was very patient with me, and told my Dad that I needed more practice.   I remember that he played guitar and he performed for a school assembly.  My brother Michael had him in Woodshop.  He also hung around the Art Dept., and if I remember right, he was the Department Head.  Deepest condolences to his family.  He will be missed.

Dear Mrs. Porteus, Thank you for all of your time and dedication in your role as our Principals' Secretary. I worked briefly as a typist and a receptionist, so I can appreciate all the hard work you put into your job. Most of all, thank you for planning our wonderful Commencement Ceremonies. Your son Jeff was in the Bsnd with me, and I always appreciated his good sense of humor.

Happy early Birthday Frank!

I was so sorry to hear about Miss Weber's passing.   She was a wonderful teacher!  She taught me and so many others such an important skill and that of Typing, without looking at your hands.  Because of this skill that I attained in her class, I was able to work as a typist for Kelly Services, during the summer months while I was going to college or teaching.  Best of all, I was hired by Millwood Lumber to work as an Export Typist for Ford Motor Company at the Warehouse in Dearborn.  They offer offered me an opportunity to apply to work for Ford Motor Company, but I chose to return to college to become a teacher. 

Ms. Weber always had a smile on her face and was very enthusiastic about her teaching.  She gave us timed tests which increased our speeds.  This helped me when I had to apply for temp jobs.  She also assisted with the book fair and encouraged me to get some good books.  Deepest condolences to her family.  She will be missed.

I was so sorry to hear about Miss Weber's passing.   She was a wonderful teacher!  She taught me and so many others such an important skill and that of Typing, within looking at your hands.  Because of this skill that I attained in her class, I was able to work as a typist for Kelly Services, during the summer months while I was going to college or teaching.  Best of all, I was hired by Millwood Lumber to work as an Export Typist for Ford Motor Company at the Warehouse in Dearborn.  They offer offered me an opportunity to apply  to work for Ford Motor Company, but I chose to return to college to become a teacher. 

Ms. Weber always had a smile on her face and was very enthusiastic about her teaching.  She gave us timed tests which increased our speeds.  This helped me when I had to apply for temp jobs.  She also assisted with the book fair and encouraged me to get some good books.  Deepest condolences to her family.  She will be missed.

He looks like a professional model in that last photo!  He was a nice guy. I was so sorry to hear of his passing.  Deepest condolences to Sheila and family.

Doug Roose died from an aneurysm of the heart.  His wife Mary was coming home from her work as a Social Worker, when she noticed an ambulance driving by, and she followed it to their door.  (She still lives in Howell, in the woods, on 10 acres of land ).  She thought it was her elderly mother who lived with them, but was shocked to find out it was her husband Doug, and that he had already died.  We were all shocked and there were long lines of people at the funeral home.  His children were still in school, except for Beth who was already married.  He also left Katie, Henry and Andrew.  Dale Marzewski was his Assistant Band Director, who eventually became the Head Band Director when Doug taught Middle School English.  Dale was instrumental ( no pun intended) in letting family and friends, like me, know of his passing.

I was blessed to have been part of his life and his bands.  I am still good friends with Mary Roose who has since remarried Dick Meyer.  I was invited to their children's graduation parties and their daughter Beth's wedding, as well as Mary and Dick's wedding.  Doug Roose encouraged me to switch from clarinet and take up the oboe to study, due to the need for good oboe players in Music Schools.  I sounded like a duck at first, and it took a couple years to become proficient.  My parents graciously provided me with oboe lessons from Ron Odmark, a Detroit Symphony Orchestra musician.   He also talked me into learning how to play the English Horn where he featured my playing in "Russian Christmas."  I tried out for a solo singing part in the musical "Kiss Me Kate " and he was pleasantly surprised at my vocal skills.  Finally,  our Senior year, he selected the piece "The Italian  (Girl) in Algiers" for us to play for our last concert.    He featured my oboe playing as a soloist, to perform the part of the Italian Girl, as well as 2 other Seniors on flute and clarinet.  It was a wonderful performance, as they all were.  He always brought out the best in us and because of the way he treated us, we always met the challenge.  He also began the Flag Corps and guess who performed in that as well?  Yes, we had great times in Marching Band, Junior Varsity Band and Varsity Band.

Everyone loved Mr. Douglas Roose.  He continues to be missed by his students, colleagues, friends and family.

When I was a student at Haston and Crestwood, you were always dependable and dedicated. Thankfully I never had to come down to your office. Later, when I was a long term substitute art teacher at Crestwood, I wrote up a student with a disruptive behavior problem. I was surprised to get a phone call from the AP, to meet with you and the student, and you remembered me from 1975! I really appreciated your support in dealing with that discipline issue, and you also invited her father who gave her a stern warning in Italian. She ended up crying in your office. She had also threatened my younger sister, Janet Cutajar, who was a cheerleader. Whatever you said or did it worked and I had no more discipline problems teaching that term. Also, she left my sister alone. I only wish I had had that same amount of support throughout my teaching career, especially in Special Education. So many principals have no principles and treat the parents like customers, while the parents of disruptive students often act like children by enabling and not doing their job. Thank you for all you did to make our time at both Haston and Crestwood an enjoyable and safe place to learn and grow.

Mrs. Jaworski used to ride her bike to school when the weather permitted. She taught us to read and to understand "The Tale of Two Cities."  What a wonderful book and we had a small copy of the same at home, so I didn't have to bring home that cumbersome book, along with my instrument.  I loved her laugh and the twinkle in her eye!  She was always so positive. Once, during the last teacher strike, I stopped her in the front hall lobby, but she told me to move away from the front entrance because she wasn't supposed to be there.  In my naivete, I didn't understand then that she had crossed the picket line.

Later on, in 1983 or so, we met again but this time at the Dearborn Public Schools Adult Education Graduation.  Our Mother was graduating with her High School Diploma!   All five children were there and we were so proud of her accomplishment, since she never went to high school,  but attended a school for Seamstresses in Malta.  Most of all, Ann Jaworski was there and beaming with pride as she had been Mom's English teacher, as well as my brother Michael's teacher.  She had greatly influenced all of our English reading and writing skills with her joyous attitude.

I am sorry to learn that she has passed on.  Deepest condolences to her family.  She will be missed.