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CLASS OF 1924 EVA E. STREFF, age 102, Hallahan’s oldest known graduate, died December 21, 2010 at her home in Wesley Enhanced Living, Pennypack Park. Born in Hungary, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna (nee Welsch Streff. CLASS OF 1933 MARGARET GAFFIGAN BOYLE celebrated her 95th birthday in February with her 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. CLASS OF 1936 MARIE TOMMINS POSTEL’s daughter says her mom, 92, has poetry published in numerous publications, including the Smithsonian. CLASS OF 1937 ALFONSINA CUSANI KELLY’s daughter, Sister Patricia Kelly, SSJ, former President of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill for ten years, is now the Evangelization Director of St. Andrew’s Parish, Newtown, PA. MARY FISHER MCMAHON has five great grandchildren, four girls and a boy. CLASS OF 1938 LORETTA REIFF BORNAK celebrated her 90th birthday with a party given by her family. ROSALIE FLYNN HIGGINS has reached 90 years old! Her fourth
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great-grandchild was born on her birthday. DOLORES BENTZEL KLEINFELDER has six lively great grandchildren - four boys and two girls. CLASS OF 1939 SISTER ROSA (ANNE) CARMICHAEL, OSF is retired and living at Our Lady of Angels Convent (Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia.) FLORENCE WASSMER DOEBLEY and her husband Eugene celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in July. They have five children, twelve grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She celebrated her 90th birthday in February. GERTRUDE FERRO FARAGHER celebrated her 90th birthday in Boca Raton, FL, where she and her three children reside. She is very proud of her grandson John Renna who graduated from Drexel University. Gertrude enjoys keeping in touch with her Hallahan classmates. NORM A D ’ALLES AN DRO GRASSI has been married for 68 years to the man she took to her senior prom at Hallahan! They have nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren, all doing well. One grandson, a West Point graduate, is now stationed in Italy, but also served in Bagdad, Kuwait and Hawaii. Another grandson is in
Devon Prep on a full scholarship. DOROTHY KOLBE GRIFFITH ’39 retired from the Medical Society of NJ after more than 20 years. “I traveled in Europe: England, France, Germany, Italy; but got bored until I took a job with the Betz Dearborn Co. where I really enjoyed the job and the people. When they moved to Michigan, I would have gone with them had I been younger. Now I’m a stay-athome!” HELEN WORTHINGTON HAWKINS ‘s husband Larry died in 2009, but in that year she was blessed with a great-granddaughter and a great-grandson this year. Altogether, 13 grandchildren. MARIE SCHIBO PARSON and her husband Francis celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in November. They welcomed their eleventh great-grandchild in September. CLASS OF 1941 ELIZABETH HENNESSY HUGHES celebrated the birth of her tenth great-grandchild on November 4, 2010. MARIE NOLL REYNOLDS is enjoying her four great-grandsons, all brothers. She sees them all at one time and often. MARIE DORSCH STAUFFER is still enjoying life. MARIE MCGARRY WISE’s hus-
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