St. Vincent Ferrer High School

Class of 1957

55th Reunion Yearbook

August 2012

Garry Anderson ......   209-295-7878 ......   cptslick@volcano.net
26301 Golf View Lane
Pioneer, CA 95666

Married Marilyn from Crockett 1958, had 3 daughters. We have 6 grandchildren in California and Ohio. Moved to mountains in April/2005 and love it. Fish when I can. We do love the mountains, fresh air and lack of traffic.

Linda Belloli Coppo ......   530 647-1968 ......   gcoppo@wildblue.net
4205 Old Carson Road
Pollock Pines, CA 95726

Still living in Pollock Pines. We have been up here for 13 years and still love the area. George has been retired for 15 years. We just celebrated our 55th anniversary, and took a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands where it all started 55 years ago. We have three children and six grandchildren. Our son, Tony, was born in Hawaii before it was a state. Our oldest daughter, Gina, just turned 50 and our youngest daugher, Lynnette, is 43. Our grandchildren range from 21 to 10. We are dog free for the first time in our life and it sure gives the ability to travel a lot more.

Philomena (Blankenship) Bowman ......   925-682-8055 ......   pmtbowman@comcast.net
1003 Ridge Park Drive
Concord, CA. 94518

Hi Everyone, I'll see you at the reunion. I'm having cataract surgery on Aug 21 but Joan McDonald said she would drive. No idea what I'll look like but I will be there. I did not get sad news about Sally until after her funeral or I would have been there. She was always sweet & full of fun. Phil & family will be in my prayers. Still live in family home with my daughter, her husband & my grandchildren, twins 11 & 6yr old. They are the love of my life. Would love to hear from any of you. It seems so many friends are dying. I'm sometimes lonely; not always, but occasionally. See you all soon. Philomena

Owen Boyle ......   707 812-6448 ......   peregoy-boyle@mediacombb.net
PO Box 357
Monte Rio, CA 95462

Unfortunately, Suzanne and I can't make it to the reunion; maybe we'll get to the 60th. Like other people we too have added to the population with children and grandchildren; I haven't counted how many lately. In addition to entertaining grandchildren, we recently published the sixth edition of our college text and recommend it to insomniacs.

Because Suzanne has cousins in Paris, Geneva, and Las Vegas, we must go every year and usually plan a trip to Italy as well. We live in the redwoods in the Russian River area as well as in the Clearlake area. I start each day by reading the local obituary column; if I don't see my name, it's going to be a good day. My mother is 96 now and we are required to take her for a gambling trip every month to play the penny slots.

Enjoy the reunion!!!

Al Cattalini ...... 707-763-2946 ...... ac@cattalini.com
433 Clearview Place
Petaluma, CA 94952

Joan and I continue to enjoy life in Petaluma where we just celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. Our three daughters and seven grandchildren all live in the Bay Area so we see them often. I'm now fully retired from my consulting business but keep busy with family, home projects, church, Rotary Club — and serving as the class webmaster.

Bill and Pattie Chavez ......   916-642-8533 (Cell: Bill 916-390-9011, Pattie 916-390-9010) ......   billchavez@sbcglobal.net
2791 Chateau Montelena Way
Sacramento, CA 95834

Our retirement years are busier than when we were raising our family of five because they now include an additional nine grandkids, from eleven to six years old. Our days are blessed with loads of love and laughter.

We moved to Sacramento in October 2011 which puts us equidistant from our two children in Chico and the rest in the Bay Area. Every summer we have "cousin's" week, a time where the grandkids camp out on our living room floor (not enough bedrooms). The week is filled with swimming, park games, WII, sewing, mudpies and cooking and other fun things. Life is never dull or QUIET with family.

Bill keeps busy "nerding out". If you can't find him he is usually on his computer or reading books on many different subjects. Pat is hiding in her sewing room creating purses, scarves, tote bags and acting as "personal tailor" to many others. We are excited to visit with everyone. Bill& Pattie

Nancy Cirimele Devlin ......   707-224-4954 ......   nancymdevlin@sbcglobal.net
1596 Meek Avenue
Napa, CA 94558

Jack and I celebrated our 50th Anniversary last year.We have seven grandchildren. The oldest is nineteen and the youngest fifteen months and we enjoy spending time with them.

See you on the 26th of August.

Warm regards,

Nancy

Gary and Viane Coronado ......   916-209-3161 ......   GnVCoronado@yahoo.com
430 Lilypond Lane
Lincoln, CA 95648

We've had some major game changers since our last reunion! Most notably, we were fortunate to sell our home (of 40 years) in San Rafael and move to the Lincoln Hills Del Webb retirement community in Lincoln, CA. It's like living in Disneyland!

Most of all we are able to see our son and daughter-in-law more often. We have a golf course view here in Lincoln and have taken advantage of many amenities that are offered to us...golf, cooking classes, painting classes, garden and antique club, etc. Being elected to the Vallejo Athletic Hall of Fame exceeded my expectations. As a result I got to see a lot of old friends, teammates, former students, etc.

We continue to visit our snowbird relatives every winter in Mesa, AZ. We also spent some time vacationing in Quebec City ... and then hoped a cruise to NYC with stops in various ports along the way.

Terry Curtola ......   707 643-7231 ......   tcurtola@sbcglobal.net
50 La Cresenda
Vallejo, CA 94590

Jolyn (Kramer) and I have been married for 49 years. We have 4 children and 10 grand-children (5 grandsons and 5 granddaughters). We still live in the same home I did in high school. I have been retired now for the past 6 years and enjoying every minute of it. Jolyn has had a "real bad back" for the last 15 years, mulitple surgeries and in constant pain, but a real trooper. The grand-daughters, ages 4-12 spend a lot of time with her, which keeps her real active. I try to play golf at least twice a week and keep current with local happenings. I look forward to seeing everyone at the reunion, especially Ken Mickel, my Santa Clara roomate, who I haven't seen in almost 40 years. I also appreciate what Al does on our Class of '57 web-page. And no matter what Gary Anderson says, I am still taller than Moelk and Chavez...See you on the 26th.........Terry Curtola

Sandra Ellsworth Robben ......   970-344-5017 ......   sandyrobben@yahoo.com
685 Torrey's Peak Lane
Berthoud, CO 80513

I sent regrets some months ago. Have a wonderful time. Don and I live in Colorado close to our daughter, Dina, and her family. We continue to work in our business Rocky Mt. Outback Hats and travel extensively. Our son, Brett, lives in Denver and Rick lives in Napa. We have 9 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. We are going on Caribbean Cruise in Nov. to celebrate our daughter's 50th birthday. Boy, do I feel old. God Bless all of you - my fondest days were at SVHS

Bernie Esteves Kelleher ......   415-479-8436 ......   brehellek@aol.com
759 Tamarack Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903

Bernie & Ray recently celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They traveled to the Big Island and then on to Kauai where they were joined by their two sons, daughter in laws and three granddaughters. They had a wonderful vacation.

Ray stays busy at St. Isabella Parish serving as a lector and Eucharistic minister. He plays golf twice a week and is active with his Sons in Retirement Group.

Bernie volunteers as a Good Samaritan in the parish, continues to substitute teach, serves as President in her Alpha Omicron Teachers Organization, is a Godmother at St. Vincent's School for Boys and serves as a director

Teresa Flegge Welsh ......   510-407-1196 ......   teedance@sbcglobal.net
1532 SW Waterfall Blvd.
Palm City, FL 34990

Moved to Palm City, FL three years ago. Absolutely love it here. I can be in shorts, tank tops and flip flops all year round, well almost. I miss seeing friends in CA put do not miss living in CA at all. I have a little pet sitting business going which keeps me as busy as I want and puts a few exta pennys in the pocket. If any of you all are visiting the area let me know. Palm City is about half way down the Atlantic coast. I'm about 15 min from the ocean. Was able to go to Kauai and be with Pat Silveria Stegall and Danny as the celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary renewal. That was a magical day. Other than that it's just another wonderful day in paradise.

Jean Hasenpusch Matle ......   jmatle@sbcglobal.net

Sorry Don and I will not be attending as we are going to a wedding in Montana that weekend.....as for a bio not too much exciting......we spend most of our time between our homes in Carmel and Incline Village taking time to do a lot of golf vacations in the US and abroad...just returned from a great trip to Ireland....Our three children and 3 grandchildren all live in Benicia which is wonderful for us to be together ....we just celebrated our 52nd wedding anniversary and feel very fortunate to be healthy and well......hope all is well with you and your family....Jeanne

Sr. Ramona Krisha ......   415-453-4794 ......   RKrisha@juno.com
60 Lotus Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901

With all due apologies for delaying my RSVP for the Reunion, I must say that I am unable to attend.

This summer has been, and continues to be, very challenging.

My special greetings to our classmates!

Love,

Fran

Dolly Kuduk McDevitt ......   480-588-8417 ......   DollyMcDee@aol.com
27774 N. Amira Way
San Tan Valley, AZ 85143

We have been here in Arizona for 31/2 years. We really enjoy the weather, but do miss the green of the Pacific Northwest. We try to get up to Seattle a few times each year to see the grandkids. Jacob 16, Mia 9 and Finn 4

Ed and I both volunteer at the local hospital, Ed in the medical/surgical ward and I do the displays in the gift shop.

Health-wise, were hangin' in there. My vision is extremely poor but I manage with a strong magnifier and large print. So if I don't recognize you right off, you'll understand.

So many fond memories to talk about when we get together.

Patricia (Littleton) Rogers ......   310-948-6515 ......   pattiton@aol.com
2317 Midvale Avenue
Los Angeles, Ca 90064

Since our last class reunion, Bill and I have welcomed a new grandson and granddaughter. We also have done a lot of traveling - Russia, Peru, Bolivia, Italy and a couple of cruises. In fact, two days after the reunion we are leaving for a river cruise in Germany with some friends. Retirement has been very good to us and we are lucky to be in good health. Look forward to seeing everyone.

Judy (Marion) Barrow ......   775-831-0676 ......   tahoetravel@hotmail.com
Drawer 7000
Incline Village, NV 89450

The reunion sounds like a fun time for all attending unfortunely I will not be able to come down. The summer is very hectic here at The Lake. Grand kids etc.. Ken and I have been well and traveling in the off season. Finally made it to South Africa, Botswana, Zambai and Zimbabwe. The "big 5" are so beautiful. Victoria Falls very impressive. We celebrated our 54th wedding anniversay this June great time with family and friends. My best to you all enjoy the reunion and stay safe.

Judy

P.S. I have two email addresses #1 jbtravel@nvbell.net #2 tahoetravel@hotmail.com

Bob & Claudia (McKenna) Moelk ......   916-434-7080 ......   rmoelk@yahoo.com
1113 Lasso Lake Lane
Lincoln, CA 95648

Claudia & I have been enjoying retirement for the past 18 years-living in a beautiful Del Webb community with two golf courses, two pools, health clubs, etc. Life is pretty good for 2 old Vallejoans from SV.

We have one daughter, two granddaughters, (one starting U. of Washington in Sept.; the other a high school senior). I play golf 3 times a week and Claudia keeps busy with her tap dancing, bridge, golf lessons, pickle ball and on and on.

Laurel (Pritchett) Washam ......   321-775-3828 ......   lapridesgn@aol.com
1427 California Drive
Melbourne, FL 32940

This will be the first reunion I will not be able to attend and I will really miss seeing all of you again. I'm hoping to visit CA. sometime in the fall or early next year, so maybe we can catch up then. I keep track of Vallejo happenings on 'Harry's Monday Update' which is a great site for Vallejoans, lots of Pictures of old Vallejo and lots of old friends on it. If you haven't read it you must check it out. I look forward to it every Monday. Contact: harrydiavatis@aol.com.

In spite of the heat, summer in Florida can be a very busy time and I never lack projects, some I finish, some I don't! Some I haven't finished are paintings I started many months ago. They are still 'perculating' in the corner until my Muse moves me again! Lately I've been back in a 'writing mode'and not ready to stop yet. I backed off singing this year because of allergies and very high humidity levels. This is not a good climate for singers in the summer!

Usually by this time I am prepared for Hurricane season but that's one of those projects I haven't finished yet either! It can be very time consuming and tiring to 'batten down the hatches'! I'm 'keeping my fingers crossed' we can get by another year without a bad hurricane. With all the fires out west I will try to push any approaching hurricanes your way!

My sisters live in Daytona Beach, my son lives in Boca Rotan and my daughter lives nearby. We all get together and reminisce about how great California was and how much we miss the hills, the weather and even the fog!

I haven't traveled much this year but have plans to go back to Croatia or Italy next year if I can free up some time.

Say hello to everyone for me and wish them well. My thoughts are with all of you.

Laurel Pritchett Washam

Ethel (O'Neal) Stahlecker ......   707-732-6166 ......   stahlbnb@aol.com
1042 Easum Drive
Napa, CA 94558

Ron and I are still running our bed and breakfast in Napa. We celebrated our 54th wedding anniversary last September. We enjoy spending time with our three children and six grandchildren.

Margaret Riley Finley ......   503-655-6109 ......   finleymw@centurylink.net
541 Division Street
Oregon City, OR 94045

We have enjoying retirement, traveling, & our families. We now have 9 grandchildren, ranging in age from 3 years to 21.

We've made a few trips to Italy, the last to celebrate out 70th birthdays, cruised to Alaska and last year we went to Turks and Caicos with our daughter Sheila and her family.

Last year we bought a new SUV and drove to Penticton, BC, to buy a new travel trailer. This may, we took a cross-county trip to Ohio to visit our daughter and spent a month traveling there and back.

We are looking forward to the reunion and I hope to gather up some pictures to bring with me.

See you soon.!

David Shreve ......   shrevedc@cox.net
11855 Rocoso Road
Lakeside, CA 92040

I think your idea of putting together a “yearbook” is a good Idea. The thing that I wonder about is that there are not too many “pictures” in it. If you remember the “yearbooks” were full of pictures with very little text.

This picture is of me as of a month ago with my niece and grand niece-in-law.

The second picture shows what I have been doing for the past several weeks. I live in a eucalyptus forest with trees that are over a hundred years old and what the people from Australia call widow-makers.

As one can see, the branch that came down took out the railing on the porch to my house. I still am looking for someone that can put the railing back together.

Patricia (Silveira) Stegall ......   702-636-1067 ......   islandbreeze3@cox.net
1067 Via Saint Lucia Place
Henderson, NV 89011-0873

Hello everyone, unfortunately my husband Dan and I will not be able to attend the reunion. Dan and I still live in Vegas and since our last reunion we have added one son-in-law, two more grandsons and a great-grandson. It is our great-grandson that is the reason we will not be able to make the trip to the reunion. He will be celebrating his very first birthday so we will start up the RV and drive to southern California for a family reunion and birthday party.

At the end of April of this year, two of our daughters and son-in-laws, and three of our grandchildren flew to Kauai, Hawaii to be with us as we renewed our wedding vows of 25 years. Kauai is originally where Dan and I were first married. Teresa (Flegge)also joined us flying from Florida to Vegas and then on the flight to Kauai with us. It was a beautiful day set by a blue lagoon and surrounded by beautiful tropical gardens. Most of all seeing our loved ones there to help us celebrate is a memory I will keep in my heart always. It was a perfect day!

After returning home Teresa stayed with us for a few days and treated her and I to the stage production of "Dancing with the Stars" performing at the Tropicana Hotel. It was a fun evening and especially one for Teresa since she is into ballroom dancing. This was a special treat.

My newest hobby I guess you would call it that, is I have joined "Ancestry.com". This sure takes up a lot of time and is definitely a lot of work. I have found some very surprising and interesting information on my ancestors.

I hope everyone has a great time at the reunion, I will miss not being able to see and talk to some of you again, I had such a fun time during our last reunion. Best wishes to all!

Janice Stumley Andrade ......   707 252-7191 ......   grandmajan9795@att.net
2227 West Pueblo Avenue
Napa, CA 94558

All is well with me. I continue to substitute teach in the NVUSD. I went to China last November and it was incredible. My next big trip will be an African Safari for my 75th birthday. My 5th oldest grandson is graduating this year from High School here in Napa. My 13 year old grandson is a professional clown. His professional name is Fill-Up the Clown. You can see him on his web page under his professional name. He is pretty awesome and of course very handsome. I'll have 2 grandsons in college this next year and one trying to get on with a Fire Department up north. I am looking forward to our reunion and can't believe it has been 55 years. My prayers and blessings go out to all of you.

Jackie Valado Canepa ......   707-257-0757
33 Almar Way
Napa, CA 94558

I'm a credentialed teacher. I teach grades K thru adult education. I have a good life and enjoy it. I look forward to seeing all of my class mates at the class reunion.

Tina van Winden Lloyd ......   jntlloyd@sbcglobal.net
10774 Carillon Court
San Diego, CA 92131

Wanted to let you know that I am sorry, but we are unable to join you for the Reunion. We are going to be in Napa to take care of some business earlier in the month and have reservations elsewhere later.The Reunion falls on our 51st wedding anniversary this year, we had a party last year. Where have the years gone???? Jim and I are still in San Diego, we did move to a one story about 10 years ago. Jim had surgery on his Carotid Artery in June, it was 90 percent plugged, hope you have a doctor that keeps an eye on that. They have been watching him for about 4 years. We do a lot of traveling in our RV, usually gone about 6 months a year.

I was very sorry to hear about Sally Avellar.

I hope you all have fun and that we can make it to the 60th!!!! Tina