Alumni News Donald Miriani, SJ ‘52, lives in St. Clair Shores. He recently attended the St. Joe’s Class of 1952 60th reunion. He said it was very well done, and it was great to see so many of his classmates. Gary Rendz, SJ ‘55, notes he is happily retired. Joseph Orlando, SJ ‘56, competed in the Anchor Bay Triathlon. His team included his oldest son Ken who swam, and his oldest granddaughter Kathryn, who ran. Joe himself completed the biking portion. John Oman, SJ ‘57, lives in Canton, Michigan. Despite the distance, he planned to attend the Senior Alumni Luncheon on December 4, 2012.
Alumni in Florida
Dave Zelmanski, ’74, (left), recently met with Bill Sheridan, ’77 (right) and other alumni in Florida. Bill is currently the Defensive Coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and provided the group with pre-game sideline passes, and then joined the group for dinner. Dave reports the Brother George stories were “flying all over the place.”
Mike Goeddeke, ‘60, and his wife Dorothy, celebrated their 45th Wedding Anniversary on November 10, 2012. Mike Jolet, ‘96, graduated from Wayne State University in 2001, and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2004. Mike joined the firm of Hewson & Van Hellemont in May 2011. Over the past eight years,he has specialized in insurance fraud defense, and handled over a thousand cases.
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Roger Laske, ‘58, is editor of the Polish Eaglet, a journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan (www.pgsm.org), published three times a year. While researching items for the publication, Roger saw this headstone of some Christian Brothers in the Mt. Elliott Cemetery in Detroit.
Granddads on Grandparents Day
Several DLS Alumni were part of the annual FreshmenGrandparents Day in September. (L. to R.) Freshman Andrew Comito with his grandfather (seated) Anthony Comito, SJ ‘55, Jonathan Brillati with his grandfather Len Brillati, Josh Wilk with his grandfathers (seated) Ray Jurczyk, ‘60, and (standing) Mike Wilk, ‘63, and Roger Schocker (seated), SJ ‘55, with his grandson Jack Schocker.
Wigs for Kids
Mario Izzi, ‘90 and Chris Goeddeke, ‘86 shared a few moments at the recent Evening of Delights.
Mario Izzi and Chris Goeddeke.
Mario’s “long locks” will be donated to the “Wigs for Kids” charity in a few months. In 2011, Mario donated 14” of hair, which is then made into wigs for children who have lost their hair while going through cancer treatments.
Chris also donated hair in 2011 to “Wigs for Kids.” Although Mario and Chris had never met, their chance encounter revealed they had even more in common than being DLS alumni and growing their hair out for charity. Both grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same elementary school, and the same middle school.
