St. Mary High School, Class of '60

Don passed away on the Friday before Easter, 2001.

Mike Selwa passed along this obit for Judy's mother from his local paper. She was a fellow parishioner of Mike's.

DeNoyer, Annis Louise (Butler)
Born July 9, 1917 in Bellaire, Michigan, died March 27, 2003 in her home in Redondo Beach, CA. She was a former resident of the San Gabriel Valley. Ann married Francis Joseph DeNoyer in 1935. She worked as a nurse for over 40 years and was a member of St. James Catholic Church. She had 6 children. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1974 and her daughter, Judith Ann Clayton in 1988 and is survived by 5 children, Richard Allen, Douglas James, Janet Marie Couste, Michael Francis and Edward Eugene; 16 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren. She liked music, playing cards but most of all she loved bingo.

I will not bore you with all the details of my life rather just those things that I consider notable at this time.

I recently remarried to Karen (June of 1999) in Savannah Ga. Karen had lived most of her life in Ga. And hails originally from Pennsylvania. Between us we have 7 children (I have 4 and she has 3). People always say she looks great for having 7 kids. Not only did we marry in Savannah; we also bought a house located in its historic district. Initially this was to be a get away home for us to escape the stress of the hectic work schedule but with the sale of our business we now actually spend more time in Savannah than we do in Atlanta

Kids in order of their appearance into the world:

Shane Austin age 37 married with two sons ages 7 and 4 located here in Atlanta.

Michael Dean age 34 married with one son age 1 located in Atlanta.

Tim Dean 33 single living and working in Minneapolis MN.

Scott Dean 31 single with a daughter of 6 months living in Worten New Jersey

Shannon Austin 28 living and working in San Francisco. (Peace Corps graduate)

Megan (Dean) Osorio 28 married one son, living and working in Santiago, Chile in the Peace Corps)

Travis Austin single (but in a relationship that we anticipate will be permanent) living and working in Denver Co.

Karen and I met at the church we attend - Unity Christ Center. What initially drew us together was that my daughter was in the Peace Corps and her daughter was considering going into the Peace Corps. She began talking to me about what Megs’ impressions were of her experience.

I went into the school business in 1986; a medical allied health career school. The school, Georgia Medical Institute, in 2000 graduated 1,000 students into medical careers. We felt real good about the work that we have been doing over the past 15 years and what we had accomplished. However, it was time to move on and we sold the business in April of 2000.

We have homes in Atlanta (which is a newly constructed downtown loft Condo) a block away from Olympic Park and, as I said earlier, a 110 year old home in the historic district in Savannah.

It seems for the last year we have been working on the houses in both locations getting them decorated and furnished the way we would like them to finally look.

We are soon planning to spend more time traveling and enjoying the softer side of life. I am working on Karen to learn how to sail with me and we are also planning to take dance lessons.

Life is good and we are enjoying it. We look forward to seeing all of you and catching up on the last 10 years since we have gotten together.

Sandy Diehl Kelly

Carol Dowdell Oliphant coliphant@ameritech.net

We are truly enjoying our retirement years and have been doing the traveling that we had always hoped to do. We went to Austria and Germany last fall, Sorrento, Italy this past April and are scheduled to leave for Cape Town, South Africa and a Safari in late October and early November.

We spend 2-3 months in the winter in Florida and still spend our summers at our cottage in Northern Ontario.

Our granddaughters, Allison 12-1/2 and anna 11, are both in middle school. Those two little girls are my passion. Grandchildren are so special and I know you all agree with me on that.

Looking forward to the reunion!

Bill and I have been married for 39 years and we have two children.

Bill and I have Our son Bill is 38, still single, lives in Jackson Hole, Wy and is the Assistant Principal at a Special Education resident school.

Our daughter Lora is 37, married, lives in Saginaw and has two daughters; Allison 8 and Anna 6. Lora is a stay at home Mom.

We both retired in May 2000. Bill worked for Ford Motor Co. 36 years, and I worked at a Credit Union in Plymouth in the Finance/Accounting Dept.

Bill and I spend most of the summer months at our cottage on Lake Superior in Northern Ontario. We both love to travel and are looking forward to it.

I especially enjoy gardening, bird watching, and reading. Bill likes whittling and wood carving, but is starting to like "gardening" (with a gentle nudge).

Looking forward to the reunion.

Marshall English

Mary Anne Foley Birr

Kathryn Fulner Genaw

A week to the day after the reunion, Joe called to check in thanks to a message on his answering machine from Dom Piestrak.

Joe retired from his job as a pipefitter and is busy as a consultant on energy installations. His three children are all college grads including one who is now a rocket scientist in Georgia. Remarried after his wife's death three years ago, his extended family now includes 4 more "children". Joe will be moving to a retirement home in Curtis, MI in the UP.

Bill & Diane Lubaway visited Mike at the New Camaldoli Hermitage on Highway 1 at the south end of Big Sur, CA -- look for Lucia on the map. The Hermitage is reached via a winding 2 mile road up the side of the Santa Lucia Mountains. Its peaceful setting overlooks the Pacific. Most important, Mike has found his place and enjoys his calling. I'd have to call our visit inspirational.

I just got the Reunion Invitation, but I just miss being there because I
already have airline tickets for a visit to Detroit April 27 through May 4.
It's too bad that I'll miss seeing everyone. I looked forward to coming, but
providence just didn't work out that way. I told Bill Lubaway that I would
call to see about getting together during my visit. Maybe you would want to
get together also. Let me know. I would be great to see you.
I'll give a few items for my life's profile.

After St. Mary's, I went to U of D for a Bachelor in Mechanical
Engineering. I then went to Connecticut to United Technologies, & working
engineering for about 20 years. There I was married, & had a daughter. I was
divorced about 15 years ago. After the divorce, I did much existential
enquiry, & decided to my a radical change to go on the inner journey. I
arranged for my daughters schooling at Boston University, relocated to CA in
1988, & joined the monastic life. I'm at the Immaculate Heart Hermitage in
Big Sur, CA. Our web site is "contemplation.com." Anyone who comes to CA
could stop be for a retreat. The monastery is Camaldolese, which is a
contemplative branch of Benedictine Monasticism.

I do engineering type work here at the monastery to keep all the
infrastructure intact. For the last year I've been doing
spiritual/psychological WORK in the Ridhwan School in Berkeley,
"ridhwan.org." I find the life rewarding, since I'm coming closer to much of
what I always longed for, but never really knew what it truly was.

My ex-wife died about 6 years ago. I visit my daughter each year, & my
father in Livonia each year. My daughter, Heather, is in NY, & is just
beginning her own modern dance company. I went to NY this past Nov. to see
her first professional concert. Enclosed is a photo of myself with Heather
in a NY restaurant.

Give my best to all my classmates.

2005 Update

Tom Hill… Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1964. Attended the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia for six months after getting a commission from the NROTC unit at Notre Dame. Served aboard the destroyer, USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) out of Mayport Florida, until he left active duty in November of 1966. During this tour of duty he traveled extensively to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Pakistan, and he also married Karen Beckley from the northeast side of Detroit. After leaving active duty, Tom and Karen returned to the Detroit area and began a 25 year career with IBM as a Senior Marketing Representative responsible for several large national/international accounts. After 10 years with IBM and living in first Dearborn Heights and then Bloomfield Township, Tom and Karen moved to Carmel, Indiana (just north of Indianapolis). After retiring from IBM in 1991, Tom joined Dean Witter (now Morgan Stanley). He retired from Morgan Stanley this year and joined Planned Investment Co. Inc in Indianapolis as Vice President. He is on the Board of Directors and is a part owner of this full service brokerage firm with an associated trust company, Hoosier Trust.

In 1969 after being out of active duty Navy for nearly three years, Tom affiliated with the Navy Reserve and eventually retired from the Navy with 37 years of service in August of 2002. Tom attributes the poor quality of his golf game to all this Naval service. Instead of spending time on the golf course he was working up new carrier battle groups in the Caribbean, running command and control / logistic support to a large NATO exercises in the North Atlantic and briefing the Secretary of Defense at a large Joint Command, where he commanded all the reserves from all of the different services. He retired at the rank of a two star Admiral.

Tom and Karen have four daughters, Sandy, Kathi, Kelly and Tracy. Kelly will be the last of the daughters to be married and that will take place on October 29th of this year. The Hills have three grandchildren, Nathan (5), Abby (4 ½) and Caden (2 ½). Karen assisted the special ed program at the local high school until the grandkids came along and now spends a good portion of her time with them during the week. Tom and Karen have done some traveling especially since Tom retired from the Navy and they plan to do a lot more. Their next trip is to Hawaii in November after the wedding, to attend the retirement of another Admiral and friend. Tom and Karen are looking forward to the gathering of Blue Knights and spouses with great anticipation!!!