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NDA Class of 1978
The Class of '78' needs you!
We would like to get together
in '08' to celebrate our 30th
reunion.
We need you to make it happen.
This is our last pitch for volunteers
for a planning committee. Please
contact Yvette Scott-Rosendo at
yvette.rosendo@prudential.com
(484-557-4756) or Laurene Grugel
at WendyWyner@windstream.net
(440-342-2874).
NDA Class of 1988
The Class of 1988 is having
their 20th reunion on November
1, 2008 at 6:30PM at the
Maggiano's Restaurant in
Beachwood, Ohio. The '88 graduates
that are coordinating this
event are Jocelyn McCullough
and Bridget Joyce. Please contact
Jocelyn at c: 440-479-0117;
email: nylecoj8@yahoo.com; or
Bridget at c: 216-536-5363; email:
gidgewheels@yahoo.com if you
would like to assist with any
reunion activities or to share the
whereabouts of any other graduates.
PLEASE take a moment to
visit our reunion website at
www.nda1988.myevent.com to
know more information about
the reunion and to enter a short
message about yourself. Thank
you so much!
NDCL Class of 1998
A small group has currently
begun putting together some
ideas for our 10-year reunion
next year. Contact Katie
Fitzgerald at kfitz41@gmail.com
or Sarah (Wetzel) Likowski at
(440) 886-0527 or
sclikowski@yahoo.com. You
may also contact Alumni
Director Keven Krajnak at (440)
286-6226 or stop by and see him
at NDCL.
Tentative plans call for a
Thanksgiving weekend gathering.
Plans are in progress so check
the updates at www.ndcl.org or
contact any of the planners.
Class News
Notre Dame Academy
1947
News from the Class of ’47 contributed by Agnes
Krebs Kermode. Contact Agnes at (440) 843-2351 or
agnesker@sbcglobal.net.
I hope everyone has received your class reunion
picture. Peggy O'Connor Egan and I put our heads
and memories together and have given each one
of you a name. If you would like a copy of this list,
give me a call and I will mail one to you.
Legacy Day on Friday afternoon, April 11, 2008
at NDCL sounds like an encore to our 60th Class
Reunion. It will include the alumni from CL, NDA
and the present students. I think it is a great idea
to stir up those memories once again and share
them with others. Hope all who attended our
reunion will try to join us. We are working on bus
transportation from an eastside location to NDCL.
Our future luncheons will be on the first
Wednesday of each month at the Holiday Inn,
Mayfield at 12:30 p.m. Reservations are not
necessary. We can always find a place for YOU!
It so happened that I heard via the grapevine
that our mountain climber, Margarite Jost
Hrabak's successful climb of Mt. Everest can be
attributed to the fact that she rested her bones
prior to that adventure. You see she has an elevator
in her home! Jack Mikals, son of Marilyn
McDonough Mikals won Best of the Show at the
American Wine Makers competition. Helen
Mulchrone Tuck lives in Fairborn, Ohio close to
the Wright Patterson Air Force Base where her
husband was stationed. She has seven children
and six grandchildren and is the manager of a
very busy Bridge center with 700 members! Leona
Whitney Gibbons and her five children enjoy
celebrating the holidays together. Lillian Magilo
Blakemore, a retired schoolteacher, is active in the
Christ Child Society in Lake County. She visited her
family in Anna Maria, Florida in March but promised
she would see us at our luncheon in April. James
and Theresa Planisek Meehan will be celebrating
their 60th Wedding Anniversary in April. They have
three children, four grandchildren and one great
grandchild. Mary Sterk Zupancic's grandson, Jim
Walaencic, graduated from the Police Academy in
Avon Lake and is now one of their officers in blue. .
.and the beat goes on for the Class of ’47!
1948
Vivian Muliolis Samerdyke was recently highlighted
in the St. Basil the Great newsletter. Vivian
has served as the Sacristan of St. Basil for the past
seven years and has been an altar server for over
10 years. She also sings in the funeral choir. She
and her husband, Frank, have been charter members
of St. Basil since 1959. Vivian is also the current
treasurer of The Brecksville Little Theater and has
been twice honored with their Jones Award. She
has participated as an actor, backstage hand and
even costume design. She is also a volunteer driver
for the Brecksville’s human services department.
Her favorite job, however, is being a doting and
dedicated grandmother.
1952
Marilou Battista Strathern, after 33 years as a
teacher, is now the Volunteer Coordinator for the
Sisters of Notre Dame in their Advancement Office.
While her main focus is to supply workers for the
annual Barbeque/Boutique, she is also expanding
the entire volunteer program. Marilou says the
Sisters’ ministries are vast, varied and encompass
the world. There are any number of opportunities
to serve and “give back” not only to the Provincial
Center in Chardon, but in many other areas they
serve. If you can be of service in any way, large or
small, please contact her by phone at 440/ 279-1174
or e-mail her at mstrathern@ndec.org.
1954
Janet Trudy Naso and her daughter, Diane,
recently spent three weeks touring Italy. They
toured Rome, Venice, Milan (where they saw
Leonardo daVinci’s “The Last Supper”), Florence
and Piza. They also had a side trip to visit
Switzerland. She said the highlight of their trip was
the Christmas Eve midnight Mass with the Pope
sitting about 20 rows from the front!
1955
Germaine Grdina Amato tell us that she and
her husband Mel Amato, CL ’53, have now been
married for 52 years and counting. They have lived
in a beautiful wine country area of California going
on seven years. She says life is good and they thank
God every day for what they have!
1957
Quinzella Casimire Hobbs has recently
returned to the Cleveland area to be caregiver for
her mother, age 90, and her aunt, age 88.
1958
Mary Louise Kirk tells us that she is running for
The Ohio House of Representatives, 13th District
which is all of Lakewood and Cleveland East of
West 117th Street to the Cuyahoga River and just
south Tremont. She is unopposed in the March 4th
Primary and should be on the November 4th ballot.
She would like her classmates to think of her and
wish her “good luck.”
1964
Donna Pleckaitis Keefer tells us that she finally
retired in August 2007 and moved to Dover,
Pennsylvania where it’s half the cost of living in
Jersey. The hard part is not being able to see the
grandchildren as much … she has six of them and
five are still in Jersey. Donna said it’s definitely an
adjustment, and a lonely one. She misses all her
old friends. She also said she lost her ’64 class ring
and wants to know if anyone wants to sell one. If
so, contact her at thekeef@comcast.net.
1971
Barbara Brayack tells us that February 2008
marks her 20th anniversary as a breast cancer survivor.
After high school, she earned a BA in English
from Kent State, then another BA in
Communication from Cleveland State and worked
in public relations. It was during her graduate
assistantship, while earning her Master’s in applied
communication theory and methodology at CSU,
that she discovered how much she could learn
from her students as their teacher. Through Notre
Dame College, where she also served as adjunct
faculty, she became certified in secondary English
and speech communication and in K-12 reading.
She currently teaches 11th grade honors English
and special needs inclusion English in Miami,
Florida. Barbara said she continues to learn every
day and is grateful to God for every day He gives
her.
1972
Patricia Nowak Yarcheck and her husband,
Larry, recently moved from Brecksville to Avon.
She asks that you all pray for her brother, Chris
Nowak, who is currently stationed in Baghdad,
Iraq for a year. He is serving in the U.S. Air Force
and has two children and a home in North
Carolina.
1976
Susann DeBrody Stergios says she misses all
of her friends from the Class of ’76. She thinks
the NDA Class of 1976 needs a reunion! Call
her at 330/ 478-8848 or e-mail her at
susann.stergios@csauh.com. She wants to
get together.
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