This poem was originally presented by Tom Lavin in Memory of Dale Bowes. We felt it was so appropriate it has been placed here as a a further rememberance of all our lost classmates.

The Song of the River

The snow melts on the mountain.
And the water runs down to the spring,
And the spring in a turbulent fountain,
With a song of youth to sing,
Runs down to the riotous river,
And the river flows to the sea,
And the water again
Goes back in rain
To the hills where it used to be.
And I wonder if life's deep mystery
Isn't much like the rain and the snow
Returning through all eternity
To the places it used to know.

For life was born on the lofty heights
And flows in a laughing stream,
To the river below
Whose onward flow
Ends in a peaceful dream.
And so at last,
When our life has passed
And the river has run its course,
It again goes back,
O'er the selfsame track,
To the mountain which was its source.

So why prize life
Or why fear death,
Or dread what is to be?
The river ran its allotted span
Till it reached the silent sea.
Then the water harked back
To the mountain-top
To begin its course once more.
So we shall run
The course begun
Till we reach the silent shore.

Then revisit earth
In a pure rebirth
From the heart of the virgin snow.
So don't ask why
We live or die,
Or whither, or when we go,
Or wonder about the mysteries
That only God may know.

- W.R. Hearst

Display:
By Year Deceased Alphabetically Yearbook Photo



2025

Richard R. "Dick" Allen
Richard R. "Dick" Allen

 

Eugene Cunningham
Eugene Cunningham

 

Sharon Gettinger (Murphy)
Sharon Gettinger (Murphy)

 

Toby Wolfe (Muskat)
Toby Wolfe (Muskat)

 

2024

Sharon Bernhard (Rosenthal)
Sharon Bernhard (Rosenthal)

 

2023

Steve Banks
Steve Banks

 

Peter Byrne
Peter Byrne

 

Michael Giles
Michael Giles

 

Barbara Johnson (Hole)
Barbara Johnson (Hole)

 

Andrea LaPorte (Riley)
Andrea LaPorte (Riley)

 

Garth M Potts
Garth M Potts

 

Monte Snell
Monte Snell

 

Joe Sorrento
Joe Sorrento

 

Joseph Toczek
Joseph Toczek

 

Ron Wheeler
Ron Wheeler

 

2022

Janet Ansell (Maxon)
Janet Ansell (Maxon)

 

Robert (Bob) Dana
Robert (Bob) Dana

 

Tony Laughlin
Tony Laughlin

 

Antonio Manzella
Antonio Manzella

 

Bruce Mendleson
Bruce Mendleson

 

Frederick (Rick) Niedermeyer
Frederick (Rick) Nied…

 

Frank Vollmer
Frank Vollmer

 

2021

Kathy Lenihan
Kathy Lenihan

 

Charlene Lentini (Muscarella)
Charlene Lentini (Musca…)

 

Charles Lestition
Charles Lestition

 

Richard Mohr
Richard Mohr

 

Marlene Nocera (Noltee)
Marlene Nocera (Noltee)

 

Gary Walker
Gary Walker

 

2020

Dennis Carson
Dennis Carson

 

Karen DeGlopper (Ray)
Karen DeGlopper (Ray)

 

Steven Dentinger
Steven Dentinger

 

Charles Goetz
Charles Goetz

 

Elizabeth Lade (Sharkey)
Elizabeth Lade (Sharkey)

 

Donna Spier (Rybicki)
Donna Spier (Rybicki)

 

Charles Vicario
Charles Vicario

 

2019

Bruce George
Bruce George

 

Robert Kleindinst
Robert Kleindinst

 

Jerry LaMotte
Jerry LaMotte

 

Gary McDannell
Gary McDannell

 

Susan Simon (Sheehan)
Susan Simon (Sheehan)

 

Lynn Takats (Leavitt)
Lynn Takats (Leavitt)

 

Carl Yotter
Carl Yotter

 

2018

Marcia Boguslawski
Marcia Boguslawski

 

Judy Homesberger (Rastelli)
Judy Homesberger (Rastelli)

 

Bryan McCracken
Bryan McCracken

 

David Zander
David Zander

 

2017

Marcia Ksiazek
Marcia Ksiazek

 

Sharon Sepp (Deck Andrews)
Sharon Sepp (Deck Andrews)

 

Andrea Yaeger (Rush)
Andrea Yaeger (Rush)

 

2016

Diana Gorski (Lloyd)
Diana Gorski (Lloyd)

 

Lon Hacker
Lon Hacker

 

Ray Hennessy
Ray Hennessy

 

Charles Hitzel
Charles Hitzel

 

Charles Perlette
Charles Perlette

 

Ed Solomon
Ed Solomon

 

Steven Wiseman
Steven Wiseman

 

2015

Dale Bowes
Dale Bowes

 

Alice Chisholm
Alice Chisholm

 

Jim Hoefert
Jim Hoefert

 

Del Maxson
Del Maxson

 

2014

Virginia Anderson (Graziano Clark)
Virginia Anderson (Graz…)

 

Rod (Skip) Berg
Rod (Skip) Berg

 

Nancy Brown (Schlack)
Nancy Brown (Schlack)

 

Michael Curry
Michael Curry

 

Skip Grossman
Skip Grossman

 

David Miller
David Miller

 

John Murphy
John Murphy

 

Barry Peterson
Barry Peterson

 

George Styn
George Styn

 

Edward T. Summer
Edward T. Summer

 

Dick Watkins
Dick Watkins

 

2013

Christine Brown
Christine Brown

 

John Dunlap
John Dunlap

 

Allen Eddy
Allen Eddy

 

Russell Grisanti
Russell Grisanti

 

Robert Mathisen
Robert Mathisen

 

Carol Montague (Eakin)
Carol Montague (Eakin)

 

Patricia Sloan (Vane)
Patricia Sloan (Vane)

 

Susan Townsend
Susan Townsend

 

Jonathan Welch
Jonathan Welch

 

Robert Wolski
Robert Wolski

 

2012

Joy Clark
Joy Clark

 

Russell Scanio
Russell Scanio

 

Leigh Steiger
Leigh Steiger

 

William Walsh
William Walsh

 

2011

Charles Alcock
Charles Alcock

 

Fred Bauer
Fred Bauer

 

Don Bolles
Don Bolles

 

David Hodges
David Hodges

 

Janine Nowalski (Hughes)
Janine Nowalski (Hughes)

 

Linda Randall (Salemi)
Linda Randall (Salemi)

 

William (Bill) Reid
William (Bill) Reid

 

Mike Smyton
Mike Smyton

 

Samuel Starr (Class Advisor)
Samuel Starr (Class Adv…)

 

2010

Bill Blair
Bill Blair

 

Cheryl E. Morgan (Tate)
Cheryl E. Morgan (Tate)

 

2009

Dave Bogdanowicz
Dave Bogdanowicz

 

Marguerite (Marty) DeVries (Major)
Marguerite (Marty) De…

 

Robert E Drennan
Robert E Drennan

 

Maureen Duggan
Maureen Duggan

 

2008

Floyd Bimber
Floyd Bimber

 

E. Jeffrey Daucher
E. Jeffrey Daucher

 

John Ort
John Ort

 

2007

George Deck
George Deck

 

Kathleen Klaus (Andrew)
Kathleen Klaus (Andrew)

 

Janet McPherson (Swartz)
Janet McPherson (Swartz)

 

Paul Vallely
Paul Vallely

 

2006

Russ Bavisotto
Russ Bavisotto

 

Ed Dewyea
Ed Dewyea

 

Lucille Diehl (Kinsey)
Lucille Diehl (Kinsey)

 

Jennifer Landis
Jennifer Landis

 

Heather Tremblett (Herman)
Heather Tremblett (Herman)

 

2005

Joe Chleba
Joe Chleba

 

Arnold Glaser
Arnold Glaser

 

Marilyn Gray
Marilyn Gray

 

John J McCarthy
John J McCarthy

 

Barbara J. Mohr (Sweeney)
Barbara J. Mohr (Sweeney)

 

Susan Reis
Susan Reis

 

2004

Jeff Citron
Jeff Citron

 

Judy Coffey (Merlino)
Judy Coffey (Merlino)

 

Russell Guenther
Russell Guenther

 

Virginia Stauffiger
Virginia Stauffiger

 

2003

Beverly Bernd (Robert)
Beverly Bernd (Robert)

 

Charlene Popp (Burlakos)
Charlene Popp (Burlakos)

 

2002

Ernest Pike
Ernest Pike

 

James (Jim) Whitehead
James (Jim) Whitehead

 

2001

Rich Daoust
Rich Daoust

 

William Hamister
William Hamister

 

Miles Neistat
Miles Neistat

 

David Schendel
David Schendel

 

2000

Dr. Ruth Kriz (Adams)
Dr. Ruth Kriz (Adams)

 

Allen Kubala
Allen Kubala

 

Ross McKee
Ross McKee

 

Diane Morton (Baetzhold)
Diane Morton (Baetzhold)

 

Kathleen Rycombel
Kathleen Rycombel

 

1999

Stephanie Chase (Brainard Alegre)
Stephanie Chase (Braina…)

 

Byron McKinley
Byron McKinley

 

Lorraine Pellegrino (Byrne Borschel)
Lorraine Pellegrino (By…)

 

Judith Weyland (Varney)
Judith Weyland (Varney)

 

1998

Michael Cavarello
Michael Cavarello

 

Ronald Feldmann
Ronald Feldmann

 

Robert F. McManamon
Robert F. McManamon

 

1997

Salvatore Tripi
Salvatore Tripi

 

1996

Esther Ewald (LeVine)
Esther Ewald (LeVine)

 

Dick Kermode
Dick Kermode

 

1995

JoAnn Nashek (Fik)
JoAnn Nashek (Fik)

 

1994

Jackie Moulin
Jackie Moulin

 

1992

Dale Soos
Dale Soos

 

John Swalm
John Swalm

 

1991

John Hicks
John Hicks

 

Peter Levy
Peter Levy

 

John Oldfield
John Oldfield

 

1990

Herbert Revill
Herbert Revill

 

1989

Robert Burns
Robert Burns

 

Thomas Rovner
Thomas Rovner

 

1983

Richard Schultz
Richard Schultz

 

1978

Peter Hoepfinger
Peter Hoepfinger

 

1974

Sharon R Wexler
Sharon R Wexler

 

1973

Richard Lupke
Richard Lupke

 

1972

Nancy Carncross
Nancy Carncross

 

1970

Judith Liddle
Judith Liddle

 

Joanne White
Joanne White

 

1968

Harry Kordasiewicz
Harry Kordasiewicz

 

Cynthia Rice
Cynthia Rice

 

1966

Kenneth Kelly
Kenneth Kelly

 

Lowell Kutner
Lowell Kutner

 

1965

Barbara Veverit
Barbara Veverit

 

1964

Dennis Bell
Dennis Bell

 

Ed Ziolkowski
Ed Ziolkowski

 

1962

Diana Szucs
Diana Szucs

 

DECEASED YEAR UNKNOWN

Jane Bank (Pickering)
Jane Bank (Pickering)

 

Sandra Ann Shields
Sandra Ann Shields

 

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