Reflections 2009:Reflections v4 - Manlius Pebble Hill School

Final Roll CallJoseph Alpert ’86 passed away suddenlyJanuary 28, 2009 after a heart attack. (seealumni notes for Class of 1986.)Herman L. Bernhard ’41A passed awayMarch 23, 2008.Francis W. Corbett ’49A passed awayFebruary 11, 2008.Mario DeLucia ’49C passed away April 8,2008.Joseph DiCarlo ’72 passed awayNovember 16, 2008 from pancreaticcancer. His wife, Debbie, wrote to say thathe was so very proud to have attendedManlius and to have played footballthere. He talked about this all the time.She said, “God Bless all of you.”Clifford Fletcher ’49A passed awayJanuary 20, 2009.Stewart F. HancockIII ’68, who led thecreation of EagleNewspapers in 1992,passed away at hishome on Jan. 15.Hancock was born inSyracuse, New York,the son of Judge Stewart F. Hancock Jr.and Ruth Pass Hancock. After attendingPebble Hill School, he graduated fromDeerfield Academy and went on to attendColgate University. He was an activeparticipant in the Central New Yorkbusiness and political community for hisentire life and had served as a trustee ofManlius Pebble Hill School. He was anewspaper man, a husband and the fatherof five children, and he will be missed.Stew is survived by his wife, Kimberly; hisdaughters, Kolbe ’04, Annie ’05, Torrey’07 and Mary ’11; his son, Stewart IV; hisparents, Judge Stewart F. Hancock Jr ’40.and Ruth Pass Hancock, of Cazenovia; hisbrothers, R. James of Hopkins, MN,Christopher ’74 of Sugarland, TX,Nathaniel ’78 of Slingerland, NY, andJonathan, of Lebanon, NH; his sister,Marion Hancock Fish ’72, of DeWitt; andseveral nieces and nephews.Clarence C. “Bud” Larkin, ’44A passedaway January 28, 2008 in his home townof Ithaca, N.Y.Karl D. Malcolm Jr., ’49C passed awayat his home October 3, 2008 fromcomplications of pulmonary fibrosis andmetastatic lung cancer.David H. Mills ’52C passed away onNovember 12, 2008.Richard Monroe ’44HQ passed away onMarch 13, 2008.David J. Parker ’61B, 65, of Canastota,N.Y., died unexpectedly December 4,2008 at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse. Hewas born April 20, 1943 in Utica. Davidspent most of his life in Utica, later livingin Canastota, and had lived on QuarryRoad since 2005. He graduated from TheManlius School and then received a B.A.in English from St. Lawrence University.He later earned his master’s degree fromNortheastern University. He was a realestate broker for 30 years and had taughtEnglish at Northeastern University forseveral years, as well as Albany University.David served in the U.S. Army during theVietnam War and was a general’s aide,stationed at the Red Stone Arsenal inHuntsville, Ala. He was an active soupkitchen volunteer at Hope House inUtica, a former EMT volunteer with theGreater Lenox Ambulance Service inCanastota and a member of theChittenango Rotary Club. David enjoyedmusic, art, photography, hiking, biking,cross country and downhill skiing,sculpting, canoeing and kayaking, rockclimbing, fishing and was an avid reader.He married Sandra M. Munger onFebruary 19, 2000, in Canastota.John E. Raymond ’32C passed awayon June 16, 2008 at the age of 92. Hisson, Mike Raymond ’62C, wrote “AfterManlius my dad went on to CornellUniversity. He was also a two-timewinner of the Old Boys Manual of Armswhile I was attending Manlius. He was anavid follower of the Manlius School’sprogress. He and my mother owned andoperated the Palisades Hotel on BrantLake, N.Y. and managed numerous otherresort properties during the winterseasons in Florida. He was the pastpresident of the Ballston Spa, N.Y.Chamber of Commerce, started a USOchapter in Ballston Spa and worked as arealtor there. He had four grandchildrenand five great-grandchildren.”Sam Restivo ’48C born July 10, 1927,and the father of four, died in hisJamestown, N.Y. home Sunday, January18, 2009, at the age of 81. A JamestownHigh School student, Sam spent twoyears in the Navy before completing highschool in 1948 at Manlius MilitaryAcademy. A 1952 Grove City collegegraduate, Sam majored in politicalscience and also received his socialstudies and French teaching certificates.Sam earned his master’s degree in 1956from the University at Buffalo with asuperintendent’s, supervisor’s andsecondary principal’s certificate. Hisaccomplishments in the Panama CentralSchool District included the initiation,supervision and completion of $6million worth of programs and bondreferendums. He was instrumental infounding the Ashville BOCES location,and after retiring from the PanamaCentral School District in 1983, he servedas interim superintendent of both theForestville and Falconer school districts.He is survived by his wife Arline, twodaughters and two sons.William Richardson ’48B passed awaySeptember 30, 2008.Gary F. Sargent ’64B of Wilmington,N.C., formerly of Manlius, died suddenlyon October 23, 2008. He attended TheManlius School. Gary worked for theFayetteville-Manlius School District for 10years and was a member of the Fayette -ville Masonic Club. Prior to that hew wasthe director of facilities at Manlius PebbleHill and for many years, he helped withthe MPH Clambake.Angelo Michael Sassani ’50B passedaway on October 6, 2008.Carl F. Schenkenberger, ’60C, 68, ofKirkville, passed away on November 28,2008. Carl was a life resident of theSyracuse area and a graduate of TheManlius School. He was a coordinator forthe Security Department at St. Joseph’sHospital, where he was employed for 22years. Previously, he owned and operatedSchenkenberger’s Meat Market. Survivorsinclude his wife, the former DianeHogan; one daughter, two grandchildrenand two sisters.L. Bruce Thompson (SUAF-Ret.) ’51C, ofOcala, Fla., and Norway Lake, Maine, aCold War US Air Force intelligence officerwhose duties took him to stations onthree continents, died Sunday, September40 MPH REFLECTIONS 2009