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In Memoriam

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM, O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM. MAY THE SOULS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD, REST IN PEACE. AMEN.

The following notices have been received January 1 to June 30, 2022. Please email advancement@hoban.org to notify us of a death within the Hoban community.

Patrick Beyman, Class of 1957 died Feb. 10. Brother of David Beyman ’57 (d). Father-in-law of John Davis ’76.

Gerald Lesniak, Class of 1959 died Nov. 28, 2019.

Stephen Dougherty, Class of 1960 died March 10. Brother of Michael ’58, James ’64 and Timothy ’67 Dougherty. Robert Klocker, Class of 1960 died Jan. 7. Brother-in-law Harry Cummings ’60. Uncle of Matthew ’93, Robert ’94, Jennifer ’96 and Mark ’98.

Paul Mignano, Class of 1960 died June 29, 2021.

Joseph Lionetti, Class of 1963 died April 17.

Marshall Pierson III, Class of 1963 died Jan. 7. Father of Margaret (Pask ’88) Pierson. Brother of Jack ’65 and David ’68 Pierson (d).

Thomas Pinto, Class of 1963 died June 15. Father of Thomas Pinto ’04; Brother of Charles ’64, Lawrence ’66 and Frank ’70.

Louis Basile, Class of 1964 died Feb. 3.

Michael Szalay, Class of 1964 died July 5, 2021. Brother-in-law of William ’73 and Charles ’74 Carpenter. Stephen Bralek, Class of 1965 died June 8. Brother of John ’68, Helen (Taras ’71), Thomas ’72 (d), Paul ’76 and Patty (Wartko ’77) Bralek; Brother-in-law of Dave Wartko ’75. Uncle of David Wartko Jr. ’05.

Timothy Heffernan, Class of 1966 died April 22. Jeffrey Jesser, Class of 1966 died Feb. 7. Brother of Joseph Jesser ’65. Charles Joseph, Class of 1966 died May 26.

John Schmitt, Class of 1967 died Jan. 30. Brother of Thomas Schmitt ’64.

Michael Brandl, Class of 1968 died Dec. 31, 2021. Brother of John Brandl ’67

David Pierson, Class of 1968 died March 24. Brother of Marshall ’63 (d), John "Jack" ’65 Pierson. Uncle of Margaret (Pask ’88) Pierson.

1970s

David LaBate, Class of 1971 died Feb. 1. Father of Christopher LaBate ’95. David Griesmer, Class of 1976 died Nov. 2, 2020. Brother of Michael ’75, Lisa (Schroeder ’79) and Daniel ’89 Griesmer.

Albert Sawaya, Class of 1976 died Feb. 20. Brother of Nadine ’77 and Corey ’79 Sawaya.

1980s

Margaret "Peggy" Wichman, Class of 1981 died Feb. 1. Mother of Margaret "Jenn" ’03, Charlene ’07, Zach ’09 and Dylan ’15 Wichman. Sister of Helen (Rothberg ’81) and Christopher ’90 Colant.

Michael Fox, Class of 1982 died April 13. Brother of John ’79, Willard ’80 and Mary (Riemenschneider ’83) Fox.

Douglas Sain, Class of 1982 died April 25. Brother of Gregory ’68, David ’73 (d) and Jeffrey ’78 Sain. Paul Shiplett II, Class of 1983 died Feb. 18. Nephew of Michael Shiplett ’86.

Marie Terese Hilton, Class of 1986 died Feb. 2, 2019. Sister of Frank ’87 and Charlotte (Miller ’91) Hilton. Aunt of Gabrielle (Alderman ’12), Angelina ’13 and Isabelle ’15 Miller.

1990s

Jennifer Ehrmann, Class of 1990 died April 24. Fiancé of Christpher Bahmer ’90. Joseph Frola, Class of 1990 died June 18. Son of former Hoban employee Cynthia Frola. Brother of John ’86. Uncle of Guiliana ’15, John ’18 and Joey ’23 Frola. John Gilchrist, Class of 1991 died March 15. Uncle of Michael ’19, Thomas ’20 and Joseph ’22 Bee. Murray-Akil Poole, Class of 1996 died May 21.

2010s

Angelina Sapp, Class of 2016 died May 5. Sister of Jonathan Sapp ’14. Brian Beitko, Class of 2019 died May 31. Brother of Mary "Molly" (Tyler ’12) and Patrick "Paddy" ’21 Beitko.

Friends of Hoban

Joan Brown died Dec. 22, 2021. Grandmother of Audry Fleming ’21. Jeff Clark died Aug. 16, 2021. Father of Danny ’17, Caden ’20 and Victor ’25 Clark. Noreen Collins died June 21. Mother of Alicia ’13 and Sean ’16 Collins.

Concetta Cornacchione died May 15. Mother of Fabiola (Vaccaro ’89) and John ’90 Cornacchione.

Helen Davies died Feb. 10. Mother of Beth ’77 and James Jr. ’78 Davies. Grandmother of James III ’08, Anna (Nelson ’11), Paul ’11, Sarah (Bolender ’14), Michael ’18 and Christina ’20 Davies. Grandmother-in-law of Felicia (Franze ’14) Davies and Russell Bolender '13.

Stanley Foster died April 15. Father of Sharon ’80, Vendora ’81 and Brandon ’90 Foster. Grandfather of Brianna ’22 and Taylor ’23 Foster.

John Frola, Sr. died May 1. Spouse of former Hoban employee Cynthia Frola. Father of John Jr. ’86 and Joseph ’90 (d) Frola. Grandfather of Giuliana ’15, John ’18 and Joseph ’23 Frola. Louise Garbinsky died May 31. Mother of Donna (Gruic ’91) Garbinsky. Sister-inlaw of Joseph Accurso ’62 (d). Mother-inlaw of Matt Gruic ’90.

Richard Garbinsky died July 4, 2021. Father of Donna (Garbinsky ’91) Gruic. Brother-in-law of Joseph Accurso ’62 (d). Father-in-law of Matt Gruic ’90.

Sally Garrett died April 10, 2021. Spouse of Michael Garrett ’59.

Gregory Godar died Jan. 27. Father of Sean Godar ’01.

Michael Hardman died May 4. Father of Gerald "Jerry" ’90 and Daniel ’92 Hardman. Father-in-law of Patricia (Godzinski ’92) Hardman. Grandfather of Andrew '22, Elizabeth "Ellie" ’22 and Joseph ’24 Hardman. Margie Joiner died April 2. Mother-inlaw of Hoban employee Cheri Joiner. Grandmother of Hollie Heisser ’09.

Marian Kern died Jan. 15. Sister of Robert Longstreth ’67. Mother of Edward ’76, Nancy (Fannin ’77), Debra (Stewart ’78), Teresa (Keckler ’80) and Julia (Hoenig '82) Kern. Grandmother of Alexis Canto ’07, Victoria McMillen ’08, Jessica Keckler ’09 and Samantha Stewart ’12.

Larry Lavelle died Feb. 11. Brother of Brother Robert Lavelle, CSC, former Hoban employee and Holy Cross Brother. Thomas Lynett died Feb. 26. Father of Thomas III ’71 (d) and Gregory ’76 Lynett. Uncle of Cathy (Keller ’80) Reeves and relative of many other Hoban alumni. Carmela Manno died Feb. 26. Mother of Hoban employee Jo Gallo, Motherin-law of Susan (Carano ’77) Manno. Grandmother of Nicholas DeVitis ’02, Christina Reifsnyder ’05, Jacqueline Guinto ’07 and Vincent Manno ’08.

Louise Mojzer died Jan. 15. Mother of Carolyn Mojzer ’81. Joseph Onders, Jr. died May 24. Fatherin-law of Hoban Board Member David Kunce. Grandfather of Nathaniel Kunce ’11, Nicholas Kunce ’13 and Elizabeth Kunce ’17.

Sally Pack died June 25. Mother of Christopher ’79, Donald ’82, David ’88 and Samantha (Saxour ’91) Pack. Grandmother of Sarah '09 and Madalyne ’16 Peters. Daniel Pillitiere died May 23. Mother of Gina (Wooden ’85), Daniel ’87 and Michael ’93 Pillitiere. Father-in-law of Jennifer (Gobrogge ’95) Pillitiere. Andrew Preston died Feb. 26. Grandfather of Charlotte ’19 and Stephen "Charlie" ’21 Wilt.

Stephen Quinlan died March 16. Fatherin-law of Hoban employee Henry "Hank" Kappel. Marian Ray died June 22, 2021. Mother of Donna ’83 (d). Aunt of Raymond Hill ’65.

Thomas Rizzo died Nov. 26, 2020. Brother of Don ’59 and Robert ’63 Rizzo.

Elizabeth Ruip died Nov. 23, 2021. Mother of Terry ’67 and David ’72 Ruip. Grandmother of Jackie (Rutherford '94) and Kelly (Greer '95) Ruip. Greatgrandmother of Anna Rutherford ’22 and Joshua Greer ’24.

Donna Schobert died Feb. 21. Grandmother of Christopher Papajcik ’08, Jessica ’08 and Chelsea ’13 Schobert.

Elizabeth "Betty" Schorr died April 20. Mother of Mary Theresa (Stanley ’81) (d), Chrissy (Allshouse ’76) and Amy (Gahres ’83) Schorr.

Dorothy Serva died Jan. Sister of Kenneth Serva ’70. Mother of the Rev Donald ’67 and Richard ’70 Serva.

Angelo Simone died Jan. 11. Father of Rosa ’81, Suzanna (Ginella ’82) and Judy (Conway ’85) Simone. Father-in-law of Shawn Conway ’81. Grandfather of Colin ’21 and Thomas ’23 Conway. Federick Starr died April 22. Grandfather of Karen Starr ’91.

Dwayne Tomlinson died Dec. 27, 2021. Grandfather of Airyonah Tomlinson ’25. Michael Vegh died Jan. 14. Father of Richard ’82, Dana (Bostic ’83) and Michael ’85 Vegh. Cora "Jean" Watson died Jan. 18. Mother of Hoban employee Jessica Fasig. Christine Yakubowski died Nov. 7, 2021. Wife of former Hoban Dean of Men Tom Yakubowski. Mother of Hoban Board Member T. Mark Yakubowski. Grandmother of Katie ’08, Amy ’10, Tom ’12 and Anna ’14. Sept. 22, 1935 – Jan. 28, 2022 Brother Paul Houston Kelly, C.S.C., age 86, died on January 28, 2022 at Columba Hall on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. He served as Hoban's president from 1991 to 1996, and he served in other ministries including teaching business courses at Hoban from 1962 to 1969.

He was born in McCordsville, Indiana, the third of six children of Thomas J. Kelly and Lena (Duzan) Kelly. He received all 12 years of schooling in a single building, McCordsville High School, graduating in a class of seven in 1953. Kelly joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1958, taking final vows in 1962.

BROTHER DONALD CHARLES MORGAN, CSC

June 22, 1933 – June 9, 2022 Brother Donald Charles, age 88, died on June 9 in South Bend, IN. He joined the United States Navy in 1952. Serving as an aviation mechanic until his discharge in 1956, he returned to work in Beaver Dam until 1961, when he entered the Congregation of Holy Cross as a Brother, taking final vows in 1968.

He ministered as a teacher at Hoban from 1966-1973. From 1980 until 2010, he served in various congregational business offices.

Brother Donald devotedly attended to his assigned ministries. On the occasion of his 50th anniversary of taking vows, he wrote, “I am so happy and privileged to have been called by God to be a Brother of Holy Cross. It is truly a blessed life.”

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