Class Notes

Kip Durrell ’85 and Michale [Becker] Durrell ’84 Lauren Durrell ’22 (left), Emily Durrell ’18 (right)

Elisha Pa’aga ’14 Ty Mahoney ’13

Chad Brown ’13

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1984, 1985

Kip Durrell ’85 and Michale [Becker]

Durrell ’84 celebrated their oldest daughter Samantha’s wedding on July 31. Samantha and Ian McLoughlin met at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California and are residing in Kirkland. Samantha is currently working in human resources for Luxottica and Ian is working in brokerage for CBRE. Also pictured are Lauren Durrell ’22 (far left) and Emily Durrell ’18 (far right). 1988

Kari Lynn Claussen is on the Seattle Skihawks Racing Team. The Skihawks Racing Team inspires and involves athletes with intellectual disabilities in the winter sport disciplines of alpine, Nordic, snowboard and snowshoeing. Kari also participates in the Special Olympics of Washington.

2004

Kerry Lynch Engle was recently hired as the Development/Offi ce Assistant at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Bothell.

2010

Brian Brezarich is pleased to share that he became an uncle to a niece and nephew this year.

2011

Allie and Joe Mahan were married this past August. It was a beautiful wedding along the Columbia River Gorge. Allie is a Marketing Specialist at Lease Crutcher Lewis in Portland, Oregon. Joe is a full-time member of the Oregon Air National Guard working for the 102nd Civilian Support Team. Kalli [Heric] Willis married Colin

Willis on June 19, 2021 at Harmony Meadows in Lake Chelan, Washington.

2013

Chad Brown ’13 and Katie Brown welcomed Griffey the goldendoodle into their family in September 2021. Ty Mahoney and Matthew McGory of Texas announced their engagement and plan to marry in March 2022 in Austin, Texas.

2014

Alex Kovar is currently working as a loan offi cer at Evergreen Home Loans. Elisha Pa’aga joined the Eastside Catholic staff in 2020 as the Student Life Associate. He also is the Linebackers Coach and Assistant Academics Coach for the Athletic Department. He earned his BA from Central Washington University in 2019.

2017

Cameron Gross graduated from Cal Poly with a mechanical engineering degree in June 2021. While fi nalizing his career path, he has been pursuing his passion for boulder and rock climbing in Joshua Tree, California. 2018

Scott Lees is a senior at Cornell University and a kicker on the football team. In his last football game this season, he kicked 4/4 fi eld goals and 2/2 extra points, equaling the Cornell University record. He was awarded Ivy League player of the week. He will graduate in May 2022 with a major in applied economics and management. In October, Emmie Head completed a funded research project with St. Olaf College’s Institute for Freedom and Community. Emmie presented her paper “Substantially Similar?: Forensic Musicology, the Expert Witness and Challenges to Artistic Freedom” at the meeting of the Midwest chapter of the American Musicological Society.

2021

Vinny Do’s fi rst year at Gonzaga went well even with the diffi culties of the pandemic. He continues to pursue his interest in computer science which began at Eastside Catholic, and he is grateful for the foundational skills he learned in high school.

Cameron Gross ’17 Kalli [Heric] Willis ’11

Emmie Head ’18 Scott Lees ’18 Alex Kovar ’14

Joe Mahan ’11

➺Save the Date!

Class of 2001 Reunion

The Class of 2001 is hosting their 20th reunion (a year late) on Saturday, June 25 at Tavern Hall in Bellevue and a Family Picnic on Sunday, June 26 at Eastside Catholic!

For more information, please contact Nicole Campbell at Nicole.pietromonaco@gmail.com

IN MEMORIAM

To the following members of our EC community who have died, but whose spirits live on always in our hearts.

Charles Beach Former EC faculty Erin Cox ’93 Diane Foreman Alumni grandparent Jim Joliffe Alumni parent Bob Murphy Alumni parent and grandparent James Rambaldini Alumni parent and emeriti Jim Sepic Alumni parent and emeriti

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