Class Notes What you do is news to your fellow alumni and your alma mater! Tell us if you have: moved; changed your phone number or your e-mail address; become engaged or married; had or adopted a baby; reunited with a group of classmates; received an award, promotion, or changed jobs; or just want to say “hello!” Please forward details to the Office of Alumni & Parents, Holy Family University, 9801 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114-2009. You also may fax information to 215-637-2110, e-mail a message to alumni@ holyfamily.edu, or post a note to our online Alumni Community at www.hfalumni.com (you must be registered to access the site).
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Fran Kellagher Horn, Marianne Brady Mark, Mary Hark Evangelisto, Helene Kryszczun O’Neil, Barbara Brokowski Pilborough, Betty Anne Altman Zelinsky, and Mary Jane Roberts of the class of ’65 met for two events last year. On June 2, the group traveled to Riverton, NJ, to celebrate Victorian Day. They took a trolley tour, walked around the arts and crafts displays, and had lunch at Cafe Europa. On December 1, Marianne Brady Mark led the classmates on a walking tour of Newtown Borough’s historic homes. After touring the houses, they visited the Newtown Chocolate Shop, where the owner hand dipped the candy. Kathleen Franz-Keller ’68 recently retired from the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) in Oakland, CA. Franz-Keller retired after 29 years at OHA as the Information Technology Director. Lorraine Lees, PhD ’68 published her second book, titled Yugoslav—Americans and National Security During World War II, University of Illinois Press, 2007. Lees is a Professor of History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
The “Fab Five” from the class of ’68 enjoy a reunion in Ocean City, NJ. While on the beach, the grads observed a plane trailing a banner which read “Register Now for Fall Semester at Holy Family University.” Pictured are (front row, left to right) Joan O’Mara Peterson, Pat Healy McIlwain, Lynda Bell Schubert, (back row, left to right) Joan Hickey Urbanski, and Marianne McGurk Hughes.
Frances Yanni Prendergast ’68 retired from the School District of Philadelphia after 36 years of teaching math at Central High School. Prendergast is presently an Adjunct Professor of Math at Arcadia University. Louis Parisi, father of Bonnie Bartkowski ’69, passed away on September 27, 2007. Mary Franiak, mother of Dianne Reilly ’69, passed away on September 30, 2007.
A large group from Holy Family attends the marriage of Joann Pettit, daughter of Anne Marie McLaughlin Pettit ’69, to Brian Robinson on May 5, 2007. Members of the wedding party, pictured from left to right, are: Maureen Griffis (daughter of Joanne McLaughlin Griffis, ’73), Jennifer Stefano (daughter of Dorothy Covone Turner, ’68), Annie Sabo (daughter of Joan Hickey Urbanski ’68), Edward and PatrickGriffis (sons of Joanne McLaughlin Griffis, ’73), T.J. Bartkowski (son of Bonnie Parisi Bartkowski, ’69) and John Sabo (son-in-law of Joan Hickey Urbanski ’68). Loretta Hennessey ’71 was a reader.
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Marine Lt. Col. Harold B. Penne, husband of Pamela DoylePenne ’70, passed away on December 21, 2007. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Monica Schroth Teesdale ’71 was featured in a November 27, 2007 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer titled “Second life as urban hipsters.” Teesdale and her husband, Tom, moved to Center City Philadelphia after living in the suburbs for 20 years. Myrtle Bohr Wilke ’73 passed away December 31, 2007. She is
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