Category: Updates

In Memoriam

UPDATED September 2026

51st Reunion

Since the days of the Roman empire, the words “in memoriam” (in memory) have been found on monuments and gravestones. None of us want to think about losing people we know, but the reality is that over the course of the years since our graduation, we have lost a number of our classmates. At the 50+ Reunion, we thought it was important to acknowledge those who have passed.

Laura Krampetz Cuevas is a lifelong artist and teacher who is on the reunion committee. She volunteered to create an in-memoriam display for the 51st Reunion. Using yearbook photos and electric votive lights, she made luminaries and set up a multi-level display that was set up in the corner of our event room. For our 55th Reunion, Laura created a new display.

Reunion 55 (2026)

At both reunions, we saw attendees walking around the display and sometimes thinking of a friend now gone, and sometimes discovering that someone they did not know had died was there.

If you open your yearbook, take a look at those who have passed or just remember someone noted here that you knew in high school, and send out a good thought or prayer.

The alphabetical list of classmates below is from the current class database and includes a date when one was found in an obituary or a “?” when the date is unknown. Women are listed by the last name used in our yearbook. Some class members’ obituaries have been posted on our private Facebook group.

  1. Frederick Adamcsik – January 2021
  2. Carmen Algarin – 2017
  3. Lu-Ann Alliegro – 2019
  4. Julie Alliston – 2008
  5. William Alves – 1976
  6. Charles Ambielli – 2017
  7. Michael Balkun – 2014
  8. Jacqulyn Bellas – 2006
  9. Frank Bellis – November 2024
  10. Anthony Blasi – 2008
  11. Thomas Blasi – 2007
  12. Frederick Bol – 2015
  13. Linda May Boyce 2025
  14. Howard Brennan – 2019
  15. Peter Brunarski – 2004?
  16. Joanne Carbone – December 2010
  17. Reynold Catelli – while in high school
  18. William Charniga – 1974
  19. Paul Cocuzza – April 2020
  20. Glenn Conrad – ?
  21. Andrea Corrao – ?
  22. Karen Crawford – 2016
  23. John Crispin – ?
  24. Tom Denora – 2022
  25. Diane Demers Massino – 2015
  26. Joanne DiCecco – ?
  27. Frank Dobrowolski – 1993
  28. Philip Dombrowski – 2001
  29. Harry Donovan – Many years ago
  30. Michael Droppa – 1999
  31. Kim England – January 2022
  32. Richard Flynn – ?
  33. Phyllis Foti – late 1970’s
  34. Frank Fox – February 2023
  35. Beverly Friedman Bruno – 2023
  36. Kathleen Gallagher – before 1991
  37. Connie Gargiulo Kusher – June 2023
  38. Mike Geller – January 2022
  39. Alice Colleen Gensinger Yednak – January 2024
  40. Kenneth Gerisch – 2007
  41. Kenneth Gladd – 2012
  42. Elizabeth Grasmueck – April 2022
  43. Jeffrey Greenspan – 2019
  44. Marc Greenspan – April 2020
  45. Linda Gresham – 2022
  46. Michelle Grohol Andolino – July 2021
  47. Roy Gross – ?
  48. Warren Gross – 1971
  49. Thomas Gruppuso – ?
  50. John Haderthauer – 1996
  51. Jerry Heda – ?
  52. Hazel Hohweiler – ?
  53. Peter Jensen – 2009
  54. Joanna Junger Ciccone – January 2026
  55. Richard Kahl – April 2022
  56. Richard Kiefer – 2016
  57. Arlene Kokosinski Fetta) – August 2023
  58. Paula Kolodich – ?
  59. Joseph Kormylo – April 2016
  60. Eugene Lalevee-?
  61. Barbara Laue – 2014
  62. Karen Long Rohe – February 2024
  63. Joe Longionotti – January 2026
  64. Bruce Lovenberg – August 2002
  65. Frederick Lucking – ?
  66. James MacConchie – 2007
  67. Linda Maciolek – 2017
  68. Faye Mauriello Menzel – June 2026
  69. Grace Murn Fairchild – 2019
  70. Rich Murray – 2018
  71. Gloria Neander Cignarella – 2018
  72. Esther Niwinski – ?
  73. Charles Nystrom – 2008
  74. Janis Olsson – September 2020
  75. Joseph Patriarca – 2018
  76. Sally Peralta-Wain – 2018
  77. Frank Pospisil – 2011
  78. Joann Raddi – October 2014
  79. Joyce Reingold Ciaburri – October 2021
  80. Clare Riggio – 2022
  81. Mario Russo – 2011
  82. Sandra Sanko – 2009
  83. Carol Schaffer – 2010
  84. Edward Joseph Sienkiewicz – 2023
  85. Keith Spaeth – 2007
  86. Dennis Testa – ?
  87. Steven Thatcher – 2017
  88. Gerald Turi – ?
  89. Joanne Urso – ?
  90. Manny Vazquez – July 2001
  91. Wayne Vogler – 2001
  92. Barbara Weekley – 2015
  93. Cinda Weldon – 1990
  94. Alexander Wieczorek – March 2007
  95. Ray W. Wills  – 2011
  96. Jane Woody – before 1996
  97. John Zabriski – 2014
  98. James Zangari Jr. – 2009
  99. Michael Zielinski – ?

Any updates to this list can be emailed to our class email. If you have a link to an obituary, please include that.

UPDATE: New Date for the Class Reunion

“Anticipation of pleasure is, in itself, a very considerable pleasure.” – David Hume

We hope all of our ’71 classmates are well and staying safe. Our Reunion team met earlier this month to discuss the Reunion. We told you that we would send out invites and request payment for tickets in January 2021 since we had until June to cancel our contracts if we did not have enough participation. We had hoped that by this time we would have had a much clearer picture of the pandemic and the safety of having a large group get-together.

Unfortunately, with the slower than anticipated rollout of vaccines as well as the introductions of new COVID variants that our scientists are still learning about, it is doubtful that we would be in a position to receive enough ticket commitments and funds by June to solidify our contract with the hotel. Additional considerations were classmates’ comfort levels with travel and hotel stays.

We discussed all these factors in our virtual meeting and the Reunion Team unanimously agreed it would be safest to move our 50th Reunion to 2022. We discussed when we should try to reschedule. We decided against the Spring and Summer due to vacations, holidays, weddings, graduations, etc., and decided we should stick with October, if possible.

Thanks to the efforts of John Manning, we were able to change our reservation for our now Reunion 50+ to Saturday, October 1, 2022, at the same location. The hotel was very cooperative and understanding and has had to deal with other class reunions and cancellations as well. Amazingly, our price will remain the same.

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We know many of you will be as disappointed by this news as are we. We think, however, it is the right call and hope you agree. We are hopeful that by 10/1/2022, we will be able to hug, kiss, shake hands, have fun and reminisce without having to worry about protocols.

If things get better quicker and it is again safe to gather with each other, there is no reason that there couldn’t be more informal gatherings like breakfasts or lunches this coming year. If we can help facilitate or communicate such gatherings to others, let us know. Though much of the Reunion information will remain the same, as of now, we foresee sending out invites and more details in January 2022.

As always, we will post this information and any other updates on our Reunion website and on the IHS Class of 1971 Facebook Group which are linked below.

“The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.” ― Andy Warhol

IHS Class of ’71 50th Reunion Team (Michael Emanuele, Manny Fernandes, Rhonda Goldberger, John Manning, Terry Masucci, Laura Krampetz Mueller, Karen Long Rohe, Ken Ronkowitz, Vita Venturi Stohler, Karen Mericle Suter, Tom Trokan)
Join the ongoing discussions in our Class of 71 Facebook group facebook.com/groups/ihs1971/

Reunion Update for September 2020

IHS 50Hello Classmates

I hope this communication finds you and your families safe and well.    It’s hard to believe that almost 6 months have passed since we last updated you on our 50th Reunion.   We are now just a little over a year until the event.    That’s exciting, and with what has been going on in the world, I think we can all use a little positive excitement.

Just to refresh everyone we will be celebrating on October 9th, 2021 at the APA Hotel in Woodbridge NJ. 

Since our last email we have contracted with a DJ.  We have yet to find a photographer at a price that will not unnecessarily inflate the cost of the Reunion.    Since most of us have cell phone cameras, I’m sure we will collectively have plenty of digital memories to share with each other.   But, it would be nice if we had someone outside of the class with at least amateur skills and a decent camera that could take the large group photos and grammar school group photos.  If you have any family or friends that might be willing to do that for us, please let us know.

Of course,the big question that is probably on everyone’s mind right now is what impact COVID-19 will have on the Reunion, if any?  That is a question that nobody can really answer yet, but we are all hoping that by October of next year we will be in a much better place than we are today.   The contracts we have with the Hotel and DJ allow us to get out of the contract as long as we give 3 months notice.    So, we are moving forward with the hopes that by June of next year we will have a much better picture of the situation and make a final determination to hold the Reunion on 10/9/21 or defer it until a later date.

We expect the cost of the Reunion to be approximately $115 per person.    In January of 2021, we will send out an email with more event details and start collecting for tickets.   If by chance the event is cancelled due to the situation in June, we will refund all monies that we’ve collected.

The DJ will work off a list of bands and songs, if we provide one to her.   So, start thinking about what music is on your must-have list.  We will be polling  you for your favorites other questions n the near future.

Are you on our mailing list? Then this update was emailed to you along with an EXCEL file and WORD document with the latest class list and reunion attendance as known at this time.

Stay safe and be happy.

The best antiques to collect are old friends. 

for the IHS Class of ’71 50th Reunion Team, Michael Emanuele
Manny Fernandes, Rhonda Goldberger, John Manning, Terry Masucci, Laura Krampetz Mueller, Karen Long Rohe, Ken Ronkowitz, Vita Venturi Stohler, Karen Mericle Suter, Tom Trokan, Doris Woitowicz Wendell )

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The Reunion Team on Zoom for the September meeting.