Frank H. Morrell High School NJ
Author: Ken
Irvington, New Jersey currently has a high school, 2 middle schools and 8 schools covering Pre-K through grade 5. There are several schools that no longer exist or have been converted to a different grade level.
Mike Emanuele emailed this update on the Reunion based on our survey results. (If you didn’t get the mail, you’re probably not on the class email list. Send your info to us at ihsclassof1971@gmail.com)
As of now, we have 144 classmates indicating they intend to come to our reunion and they would bring 48 guests (194 total). An additional 46 classmates have indicated they may be coming to the reunion and if they do they will bring 17 guests (63 maybes). So, we could potentially have 257 people at our reunion or even more as we are still finding people and still haven’t heard from quite a number of you. A list of those who plan to attend or are maybes is at the bottom of this email.
The reunion team would like to thank all of you who took the time to submit a survey. Your input has been very valuable to us and is giving us some direction in our planning. Here are the actual numbers:
Our thought is to have the reunion on a weekend in October of 2021 – this avoids conflicts with holidays, heavy vacation times and inclement weather.
We are looking to have it at or within walking distance of a hotel that has both a bar and a restaurant. We are thinking that there could be an informal meetup at the hotel bar on Friday night for those interested and who live close enough to the hotel or who might be traveling from a distance and would want to stay at the hotel on Friday night.
Some of you have expressed an interest in touring the High School and we have contact information for Dr. Hackett who is the Superintendent of Schools. Once we have a firm date we will contact her and ask for permission to tour the school on the morning of the Saturday of the reunion event.
On Sunday morning anyone interested can again informally meet up for breakfast or brunch at the hotel restaurant before heading back home.
Friday night and Sunday morning is also an opportunity to organize an informal elementary school reunion.
Now that you have given us our marching orders, the team is researching venues to see what we can book that allows us to achieve the above at an affordable price. We also intend to negotiate a reduced room rate for anyone wanting to stay at the hotel.
If you have any questions feel free to email the team at ihsclassof1971@gmail.com. As soon as we book a venue, we will let you all know the date and location so you can mark it in your calendars, make travel arrangements, etc.
| Name | Likely to Attend |
| Edward Aimutis Jr. | Yes |
| Marie Ambrusico Kimbrough | Yes |
| Ellen Armm | Yes |
| Steven Ball | Yes |
| Shelley Barchanowitz Goldberg | Yes |
| Kathleen Barnes Kugelman | Yes |
| Frank Bellis | Yes |
| Michelle Benkoski Bonte | Yes |
| Kathryn Betza Catalfamo | Yes |
| Eileen Bojar Botro | Yes |
| Kathleen Bono Hyland | Yes |
| Kenneth Bordens | Yes |
| Dean Braithwaite | Yes |
| Marco Budnyj | Yes |
| Maryann Calabrese Giglio | Yes |
| Nancy Carpenter Bratmeyer | Yes |
| Patricia Cataldo Ardente | Yes |
| David Celeste Jr. | Yes |
| Joseph Cleary Jr. | Yes |
| Noreen Coleman Ranz | Yes |
| Maureen Cooney Furr | Yes |
| Janet Cooper Sayre | Yes |
| David Crownover | Yes |
| Diane Day Flaherty | Yes |
| Julia DeAraujo Cino | Yes |
| Wayne Decker | Yes |
| Michael DeNorscio | Yes |
| Joseph DePasquale | Yes |
| Diana DiTommaso Siniscal | Yes |
| James Dubel | Yes |
| Tina Eckhaus Hegyes | Yes |
| Steve Eidel | Yes |
| Michael Emanuele | Yes |
| David Emmer | Yes |
| Kim England | Yes |
| Barry Feigenbaum | Yes |
| Laya Fermon LaRuffa | Yes |
| Emmanuel Fernandes | Yes |
| Audrey Fey | Yes |
| Linda Fidnick | Yes |
| Susan Fix | Yes |
| Ellen Fox Tamblyn | Yes |
| Frank Fox | Yes |
| Gayle Fucci McKeon | Yes |
| Denise Garramone Maddaloni | Yes |
| Doreen Gashlin Guenther | Yes |
| Michael Geller | Yes |
| Robert Girnius | Yes |
| Kathleen Goeb Brown | Yes |
| Rhonda Goldberger | Yes |
| Marilyn Goldberger Ur | Yes |
| Marilyn Gramm Pacheco | Yes |
| Wilma Grenz Mende | Yes |
| Carl Gueci | Yes |
| Steven Guss | Yes |
| Linda Healy Richardson | Yes |
| David Heller | Yes |
| Waldo Himelstein | Yes |
| Joseph Hollywood | Yes |
| John Holroyd | Yes |
| Patricia Husar Harris | Yes |
| Thersea Impellizzeri Quick | Yes |
| Johnn Jennings Jr. | Yes |
| Joanna Junger Ciccone | Yes |
| Janice Katz Salomon | Yes |
| Amy Kaufman Wszolek | Yes |
| George Kleiner | Yes |
| Laura Krampetz McDonald | Yes |
| Lawrence Kukan | Yes |
| Nancy Kuscher Mehrbach | Yes |
| Edward Lang | Yes |
| Joyce LaSalvia Goldstein | Yes |
| Paul Lieb | Yes |
| Linda Ligenza | Yes |
| Paul Lobozzo | Yes |
| Karen Long Rohe | Yes |
| Joseph Longinotti | Yes |
| Donna Luciano | Yes |
| John Malyshko | Yes |
| John Manning | Yes |
| Denise Marcell Sullivan | Yes |
| Alan Martino | Yes |
| Teresa Masucci | Yes |
| Faye Mauriello Menzel | Yes |
| Joseph Maurus | Yes |
| Robert Mayer | Yes |
| Lorraine McAuvic Tracey | Yes |
| John McCrone | Yes |
| Kathleen McMinn Cowie | Yes |
| Jacqueline Mennitt Franz | Yes |
| Manuel Mera | Yes |
| Karen Mericle Suter | Yes |
| Steven Mermini | Yes |
| Barbara Mikolajski Szynalski | Yes |
| Melinda Miola Klaniecki | Yes |
| Leonard Misuraca | Yes |
| Marlene Mondino Yacenda | Yes |
| Gus Mouhtis | Yes |
| Andrew Muscato | Yes |
| Michael Nazzaro | Yes |
| Anthony Nufrio | Yes |
| Lucia Orlando Nitti | Yes |
| Peter Palermo | Yes |
| Ellen Patrinick Girnius | Yes |
| Marilyn Petersile Bellis | Yes |
| Joyce Petrallia | Yes |
| Patricia Potter Freeman | Yes |
| Elizabeth Prusak Spring | Yes |
| Brian Reichle | Yes |
| Beverly Reilly | Yes |
| Karen Repke Guthreau | Yes |
| Judith Ribiero Matysik | Yes |
| Kenneth Ronkowitz | Yes |
| Audrey Russo | Yes |
| Brian Sanchez | Yes |
| Cynthia Santora Soloway | Yes |
| Victor Sardelich | Yes |
| Craig Schreiner | Yes |
| Raymond Senkiw | Yes |
| Miriam Sherry Kaftal | Yes |
| Cynthia Sikora Maurus | Yes |
| Richard Spitzer | Yes |
| Paul Stahl | Yes |
| George Stecyna | Yes |
| Olga Stepowyj Coffey | Yes |
| Allen Strahl | Yes |
| Orysia Stryzak | Yes |
| Patricia Thompson Shandra | Yes |
| Denise Tissot Muoio | Yes |
| Nick Todaro | Yes |
| Rosemary Tomae Vacca | Yes |
| Thomas Trokan | Yes |
| Vita Venturi Stohler | Yes |
| William Vivona | Yes |
| Peter Vizzi | Yes |
| Nancy Walker Pendle | Yes |
| Bruce Warner formerly Warshawsky | Yes |
| Barry Weichman | Yes |
| Doris Woitowicz Wendell | Yes |
| Mary Linda Xavier | Yes |
| Hortensia Zapico | Yes |
| Stephen Zmijewski | Yes |
| Anita Bergen | Maybe |
| Merle Bogner Patten | Maybe |
| Jeannie Bonzel Kehoe | Maybe |
The Reunion Team sent out two surveys and received almost 200 responses from the class. The surveys were very useful to gauge your feelings about reunion plans such as food, drinks, music and most importantly how many of you plan to attend and perhaps bring a guest.
Here is an aggregated summary of the comments people included in their responses. If someone responded as a MAYBE on attending, we asked what would encourage or discourage attending.
Irvington High School Class of 1971 