2002 WEST COAST ALUMNI GATHERINGS

REUNIONS

2002 West Coast Alumni Gatherings

Many thanks to all the alumni who attended this yearís alumni gatherings in Washington, Oregon and California. If you would like to inquire about hosting or attending an alumni gathering in your area, please email development-alumni@maryknollschool.org or call the Office of Development & Alumni at (808) 952-7310.

SEATTLE, WA February 22, 2002

ROCK BOTTOM RESTAURANT & BREWERY

Alumni attendees John Reh í64 Marilyn Dougherty Sprague í69 and Albert Sprague Patricia Klingler í70 and Jon Klingler Sydney Sakamoto í84 Jenn Cion Tagorda í85 Lucy Baraquio Rossi í86 and Geoffrey Rossi Erin Hormell í89 Kyle Wong í89 and Angela Kim Lincoln í90 Deborah Felix í93 (and guest Diana) Cielito Matias í93 Nicole Mazzola í93 Shannon McCue í93 Jennifer Weiner í93 Raynette Magno í96 Angela OíMalley Reed í93 and Shawn Reed Jonelle Pahukula í96 Kristopher Kern í98 Doris Wong í00 Katie Cupp í01 Elizabeth Kam í01

(Lto R) Shannon McCue í93, Angela OíMalley Reed í93 and husband Shawn, Patricia Klingler í70 and husband Jon, Deborah Felix í93 and guest Diana, and Jen Weiner í93.

(Lto R) Jonelle Pahukula í96, Kim Lincoln í90, Nicole Mazzola í93 (and friend, standing) (Lto R) Geoffrey Rossi and Lucy Baraquio Rossi í86, Jenn Cion Tagorda í85, Sydney Sakamoto í84, and Raynette Magno í96 (standing).

(Lto R) Cielito Matias í93; Kyle Wong í89 and wife Angela.

PORTLAND, OR February 23, 2002

NOHOíS HAWAIIAN CAF…

Alumni attendees Myrna Pasion Boyce í56 and Ransom Georgiana ìGigiî Viveiros-Black í62 John Tejada í63 Yvette Flair Elledge í83 and Gregory Elledge

(Lto R) John Tejada í63, Gigi Viveiros-Black í62, and Myrna Pasion Boyce í56.

Alumni attendees Jimmy í86 and Lisa Mendes í87

Ventura and daughter Tawny Bobby Kleckner í87 and Patti Kathleen Peltier Larson í88 and Chris Kristopher Kern í98

(Lto R) Lori Kern Carlos í87, Bobby Kleckner í87, Lisa Mendes Ventura í87, and Jimmy Ventura í86 (with daughter Tawny). Standing (Lto R): Chris Larson, Kathleen Peltier Larson í88, Kip Hewahewa í83, and Yvette Flair Elledge í83. (Seated Lto R): Gregory Elledge and Kris Kern í98.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA February 24, 2002

NORTH SEA VILLAGE RESTAURANT

Alumni attendees Audrey Chock Swiderek í49 Carol Young í58 Andy Corcoran í64 Patricia Yap í65 and

George Perazzo Elyse Kukono í71 Susan Wynne-Piters í71 and

Ken Piters Jon Lam í81 Laura Domondon Lee í82 Peggy Shiu í87 Shannon Couvillon George í88 and Chris Kevin Corcoran í91 Kristopher Kern í98

Standing (Lto R): Peggy Shiu í87, Kris Kern í98, Jon Lam í81, Maryknoll School President Michael Baker, and Carol Young í58. Seated: Audrey Chock Swiderek í49 and guest. George Perazzo (left) and Patricia Yap í65.

(Lto R) Peggy Shiu í87, Andy Corcoran í64, Kevin Corcoran í91, Laura Domondon Lee í82.

(Lto R) Ken Piters, Susan Wynne-Piters í71, and Elyse Kukonu í71.

CLASS NOTES

Maryknoll Grads Gather at the Kekumano Scholarship Dinner

March 17, 2002 – Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom

Classes of 1937 and 1940 ñ (front Lto R) Violet Ramai Kekina í40, Agnes Sills Cordeiro í37, Lucile Smith Mistysyn í37, Christine Ribble; (top Lto R) Akimasa Sano, Sr. Sandy Galazin, Sr. Ernest Chung, Kazuko Sano, Nancy Hada Nakamura í40, Edwina Leong Goo í40, Michael Johnston, and Joanne Martin.

Class of 1949 ñ (front Lto R) Luella Zablan, Marie Trask Pukini í49, Stan Lum (husband of the late Betty Fernandez Lum í49), Br. Venard Ruane, Chris Ikeda; (back Lto R) Dr. William Dung, Daisy Pang Dung í49, Viola Pavao Quinn í49, former faculty member Capt. Tom Davies, Jr., Fr. Elias Tederous.

Class of 1954 ñ (front Lto R) Fred Chang í54, Betty Ontai-Chang í54, Gwen Chang Fu í53, Denis Fu; (back Lto R) Doris Lee, George Niino, Thelma Lee, Nina Rodrigues Rapozo í54, Lilian Ohira Kane í54, Evelyn Niino, Robert Kane. Class of 1954 ñ (front Lto R) Elliott Mattos í54, Maynard Kwock í54, Beatrice Kam Kong í54; (back Lto R) Douglas Mattos í54, Francis Gomes í54, Ronald Goo í54, Nina Rodrigues Rapozo í54, Loretta Leong Chee í54, Harold Botelho í54, Lorraine Sawai Noda í54, Milton Chang í54.

Class of 1955 ñ (front Lto R) Dennis Chong í55, Bernice Chong, Phyllis Martin Stephensen í55, Judy Wong í55; (back Lto R) Pam DeVito, Clem Paiaina í55, Brian Yano, Eloise Uyeda Yano í55, Agnes Domdoma í55, Jeanette Mattos Souza í55.

Class of 1955 ñ (front Lto R) Albert Chang í55, Renee Kam, Florita Dos Remedios Zane í55, Maxina Echols Pada í55; (back Lto R) Jane Asing, Patrick Asing í55, Bobbie Jones Kaaihili í55, Walter Kaaihili, Ambrose Pada.

Class of 1956 ñ (front Lto R) Carolyn Wong Mau í56, Norman Mau í56, Vernon Souki, Marlene Soares Souki í56, Sr. Dolores Rosso; (back Lto R) Ronald Chun, Jeanette Lum Chun í56, Frances Leilani í56, Mel Vios í56, Beverly Shinnick Aldrich í56. Class of 1956 ñ (front Lto R) Christina Davey, Gwen Au Leong í56, Joyce Lee Goo í56, Nancy Chang; (back Lto R) Raymond Ohara í56, Thomas Wong í56, Jerry Pang í56, Hoon Yee Goo, Ken Funakoshi í56, Robert Chang í56.

Class of 1975 ñ (front Lto R) Michael Look í75, Leslie Look, Jim Hiramatsu í75, Aileen Hiramatsu; (back Lto R) Dr. Thomas Ching í75, Trang Ching, Jill Blaisdell, Mitch Blaisell í75, Garrett Liu, Travis Liu.

Class of 1945

Anna Boner Chenault celebrated her 75th birthday in January 2002 with ìgood food, great music and wonderful friendsî at a luau held at the Lionís Club Pavilion in Ewa Beach. Six of her classmates attended, which, Anna says, ìmade it a most wonderful celebration!î

Members of the Class of 1945 at Anna Boner Chenaultís 75th birthday: (front Lto R) Theresa Ho Kirkpatrick, Alice Newman Trani, Josephine Hickey Santos and husband Edward; (top Lto R) May Lee Chang Ou, Margaret Goto Sato, Edna Marie Santos Porter, Anna Boner Chenault.

Class of 1968

Mahalo to Sandy Asejo Campos for putting together a class table at the Kekumano Dinner, which included Carol Kwak Wong, Derrick Wong, Danny Tom, Stella Wong, Gabrielle Makuakane, Edward Ho and Marylene ChunÖWe were glad to hear from their classmate Jeff Strauser who lives in Terrebonne, OR with his wife of almost 27 years, Sandy. Jeff works for Deschutes County Mental Health. He still enjoys performing music, which he does almost every weekend. Jeff and Sandy have two daughters and one grandson.

Class of 1970

Russell Dung has been named Hawaii Pacific Universityís new head basketball coach, stepping out of the shadow and into the shoes left vacant by Tony Sellitto, Maryknollís former athletic director, who retired recently from HPU. We look forward to great things ñ after all, Russell coached Maryknollís girls varsity basketball team to the state championship title in 1977 and 1978. Congratulations, Coach Russell!

Class of 1975

Kudos to Nonie Toledo, vice president and general manager of Sprint Hawaii, who was welcomed into the 2002 Alumni Hall of Honor by the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Business Administration and School of Travel Industry Management. Of the 49 members who have been inducted into the Hall of Honor in the last ten years, only 10 women (including Nonie) have achieved this recognition.

Class of 1979

Angela Wong, MD and her husband Greg Witmer announced the birth of their son, Harrison James, on December 2, 2001. Angela writes, ìMy husband (Greg Witmer) and I live in Phoenix, AZ. I am in private practice as a pediatrician and doing well. We also have an older son, William, age 4.î

Mike Amore í79 shared his musical talent while Kekumano Dinner guests shopped at the silent auction in March 2002.

Class of 1980

Dr. Sheri Chinen Biesen married Dr. John Evangelos Gizis in Las Vegas, NVon September 8, 2001. Because of the events of 9/11, the wedding reception and honeymoon were delayed. The brideís parents, Teddy and Nanci Chinen, welcomed the newlyweds home with a reception and honeymoon in December/January. Sheri is an assistant professor of Radio, Television and Film at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ; her husband is an assistant professor of Astronomy and Physics at the University of Delaware.

Class of 1982

Abig mahalo to those who represented the Class of í82 at this yearís Kekumano Dinner: Monica Siu Brissette, Stacey Chong Foy, Lisa Wong Gruebner, Richard Kishaba, James Lee, Mary Mau, and Lisa Tom Spencer.

Class of 1983

Next time this year, the Class of 1983 will gather for its 20th reunion. Class members are asked to do one of three things: volunteer to help with planning, fill out and return the questionnaire you received in the mail, or block off July 2003 on your calendar. Class agent Monica Domaloan Ng Pack, who is coordinating the reunion planning, also writes, ìThanks to Lori Tseu Rodriguez for holding a get-together for Kevin Sullivan, whoís back from teaching English in Japan. Jill Matsuda Matro, Lorraine Samson Kojima, Darrin Chun, Sue Lee, Sharon Hiu Ong, and Micheline Soong arrived with kids in tow. Also, I ran into Michael Siracusa, now president of Distributors Unlimited, Inc., at Longs Drugs in Hawaii Kai, where he was checking on the electronic merchandise that his own company supplies for their shelves. Back from Guam where he worked for Servco, Michael and his wife, Jennifer Tom Siracusa ’84, have two children and a sprawling home in Mililani.î Please continue to send newsworthy items for Class Notes to Monica at monica@mvnp.com.

Class of 1984

Glenn Nishimura and wife Michelle welcomed the arrival of their second son, Ricky Kazunari Nishimura, who was born on manager in charge of all the sports groups (ILH, OIA and collegiate), plus schools, bands and kamaaina groups. She has been with the hotel for three years and says, ìNeed a room? Call me.î She and her husband Lance, whoís with HPD, have two girls, Tyanna Marie (4) and Taylor Christine (16 months). Cheryl Ann has also been with American Airlines for 16 years, where she works part-time in reservations/sales. And if that isnít enough, she still sells homes as a part-time realtor at Royal Hawaiian Land Co., Ltd. She writes, ìLife is busy working so many jobs but family is my #1 priority andÖlife is good! Quality time is the answer. Thank you for all the good things happening at Maryknoll School.î

June 3, 2002. Their son Brandon is now two-and-ahalf years oldÖ Kristi Lucas spent her Ricky Nishimura springtime jetsetting and road-tripping on the mainland. Visiting in New York City with her mom and sister, Kristi met up with Cecelia Gibo Sasaki. During a visit with family in Tennessee, Kristi drove to Louisville, KYto

Cecelia Gibo Sasaki í84 and Kristi Lucas í84

stay with Tessa McAniff Ramsey for the baptism of Tessaís daughter Isabella Maria on Easter Sunday. Joanna Filbert Vazquez and son Matthew were also there, making their annual visit from Colorado, where Joanna is in culinary school...Not to be outdone in the travel department, Camille Domaloan Michel attended a conference in St. Louis, MO in April and had brunch with Kim Laboy Catolos and her son Quinn. Then it was off to New York for the alumni trip to the Maryknoll Mother House. On a layover at Chicago OíHare, Camille ran into Mara Ishida Saito, who was on Kim Laboy Catolos í84 her way back to and son Quinn. Hawaii after a buying trip ñ two mommies on the mainland missing their three kids at home! In New York, Sharon Goo took the train from the city to the Maryknoll Mother House to have lunch with the alumni group visiting from Hawaii. (Camille and Kristi later shared their trip experiences and were surprised to discover each had met up with classmates in New York. The flurry of emails that followed resulted in Sharon and Cecelia reuniting for the first time in 18 years. Coincidence? We think not!)ÖCheryl Ann Sanchez Vierra was recently honored as Staff of the Quarter at the Ala Moana Hotel where she is the sales

Tessa McAniff Ramsey í84, Kristi Lucas í84, Isabelle Maria Ramsey, and Joanna Filbert Vazquez í84 at Isabellaís baptism on Easter Sunday.

Cheryl Ann Sanchez Vierra í84, husband Lance, and daughters Taylor and Tyanna.

Class of 1989

Congratulations to Brandon Ho and his wife Alette on the birth of their son Ethan on April 16, 2002.

Class of 1991

Gary Dela Cruz has been accepted to the Pediatrics Residency Program, Harlem Hospital Center in New York City, which begins in July. Gary says, ìWoo-hooooo!î

Class of 1994

Jason Tongson recently earned his MBA

Jason Tongson í94 (right) and Dr. Francis Duhaylongsod

Jeff Chang í94 shows his ìAlohaî with his fourth graders at Maryknollís May Day program. LeAnne Mistysyn í97 and fiancÈ Adam MacAllister

from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. During his program, he and MBAclassmate Francis Duhaylongsod, a heart surgeon, entered the annual business plan competition with a plan for Dr. Duhaylongsodís company, Surgical Devices of Hawaii, Inc., which makes a catheter designed to prevent stroke during heart surgery. They won second place, including a $15,000 prize, and the award for best techonology teamÖWendy Bartolome Mason works with the state of Hawaiiís Department of Public Safety as a registered professional nurse at Halawa Correctional Facility. She married police officer Joshua Mason in May 2001, and they welcomed their daughter, Savannah-Marie Mason, on May 15, 2002. Congratulations!

Class of 1995

Wesley Lum emailed, ìAfter graduating from UH with a degree in Food Science in December 2000, Iíve been living in San Jose, CAworking for IBM doing computer stuff. I miss Hawaii a lot! And where the heck is the rest of the class of í95? I mean, geez, I know of at least three í95ers that are getting married!î He wouldnít divulge names, but one-third of the mystery was solved ten days later when Valentino Valdez emailed to say he was marrying Katrina Souza (a í95 graduate of Kamehameha) on June 29! Valentino has been working in the creative department at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin for about a year now, and gave us these updates: ìCori Nasu (í96) is also working at the Honolulu StarBulletin, in the accounting department. Tyrone Cheung is working at Canopus (California) as a database administrator. James Lee is working at Infospace (Seattle) as a manager in software development.î He also included Wesley Lum in his update. Glad to see you guys in í95 looking out for each otherÖ

Class of 1996

Monica Lum graduated in May from the University of Redlands (CA) with an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction/Elementary Education. She will continue to live and work in the Redlands area. Proud father Robert Lum announced the good news and thanked Maryknoll School for all it has done for Monica. Congratulations to the entire Lum family!

Class of 1997

LeAnne Mistysyn is working on her masters in international business on a full assistantship at Fairfield University in Connecticut. She was recently engaged to Adam MacAllister. They will marry next summer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where Adam is a cadet. Classmates Tiffany Young and Lori Moskal will be bridesmaids.

Class of 1998

Congratulations to Kristopher Kern who recently graduated from the University of San Francisco with a B.A. in politics. He has been awarded a Herman S. Doi Memorial Fellowship in association with his admission to the Public Administration Masterís Degree Program at the University of HawaiiÖGlenn Dela Cruz, a student at USC, got his 15 minutes of fame as NSYNC member Joey Fatone on the MTV show, ìBecoming,î in which fans are made over into their favorite stars and remake a music video. Glennís classmate Lynie Liezl Pascua emails, ìHe was kidnapped in the morning by an MTVstaff and met up with other people, flown in from all over the country, who also idolize NSYNC. The five men were treated like rock stars. Not only did they get to learn the intricate dance routine, but they were given makeovers, taken on lavish shopping sprees, and given luxurious gifts such as cell phones with unlimited minutes, phone cards, karaoke boxes, PlayStation 2, $500 sunglasses and other pricey memorabilia.î Liezl added, ìIím sure that no one from our class would be surprised that this is all happening to him!î The show aired on May 11.

Class of 1999

Niles Bartolome is working for the state of Hawaiiís Department of Health in management information systems as a data processing user support technician. He became an uncle in May (see Wendy Bartolome Mason í94).

Class of 2000

Kainani Collins completed her sophomore year at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she is majoring in criminal justice. She is on the Deanís Honor List and this past spring was inducted as a lifetime member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholarship, and was presented an achievement award from UNLVís Golden Key International Honor Society. Her plan for Fall 2002 includes traveling to San Sebastian, Spain as an exchange student at the University of the Basque Country. Muy excellente!

Class of 2001

In Fall 2001, Russell Sypowicz earned a 4.0 GPAand a place on the Presidentís List at Gonzaga University. Weíre proud of you, Russell!

CLASS NOTES

Alumni Reunite at the Maryknoll Sisters Center

April 2002 – Ossining, New York

Elizabeth Haggood Helfrich í39 and Joan Brenchley Campbell í40 were thrilled to see each other again for the first time in more than 60 years.

Mercedes Wong Manalili í58 with husband Donald, who kept the group laughing with his witty remarks. Classmates Alice Bugman í95 (left) and Brian Mistysn í95 (right) reunited with their former teacher, Carole Ota, who is now vice principal of Maryknollís grade school.

Classmates Napua Prado Demers í58 and Mary Finnegan Ehring í58 traveled from California to join the alumnae group.

FACULTYNOTES

Former Teachers at the Maryknoll “Mother House”

Grade school vice principal Carole Ota visits Sr. Timothy Marie Healy in the mailroom at the ìMother House.î

Sr. Anne Callahan serves as the treasurer for the Maryknoll Sisters. Sr. Kostka (Gladys Green)

Sr. Mildred Fritz

In Memoriam

Irene Kalanikauleleiwi Hoke Spencer Howell gave 44 years of loving service to Maryknoll as school secretary, principalís secretary, and college guidance secretary. She passed away at the age of 82 on March 6, 2002 while her children and grandchildren recited the 23rd psalm (ìThe Lord is my shepherdî) nearby. Among her survivors are daughter Faye Spencer Kim ’63 and grandson Matt Kim ’84.

The family has started a fund to establish a scholarship in Ireneís name, and welcomes donations. Checks can be made payable to ìMaryknoll Schoolî and sent to the Office of Development at 1526 Alexander Street, Honolulu, HI 96822.

Mercedes Wong Manalili í58 and Sr. Virginia Therese Johnson

Fr. Joseph Matheis, former pastor of Sacred Heart Church, passed away this year on Easter Sunday at the age of 74. Fr. Matheis was ordained a Maryknoll priest in 1956. Among the parishes he served were St. Benedict (ìthe Painted Churchî) in Honaunau on the Big Island, and St. John the Baptist in Honolulu. He was also assigned to build a church near the developing resort area of South Kohala on the Big Island. According to the Honolulu Advertiser, ìWhile the church was under construction, tourists joined local residents at Sunday Mass under a coconut grove. Matheis has a hand in the construction of the church and he became known as the ëbuilder priest.íî

Fr. Matheis began serving as the pastor of Sacred Heart Church during the 1972-73 school year. In 1981, he left to enter a treatment center for alcoholic priests on the East Coast. Six months later, he returned to Hawaii to help others fight substance abuse, earning his certification as a counselor. His counseling office and residence for nearly seven years was a 37foot motor home that he bought and parked on the grounds of St. Pius X Church in Manoa.

Fr. Matheis retired in 1993 and spent his remaining years in the residential care facility in Maryknoll, NY.

Grade school vice principal Carole Ota said, ìSome of us will have fond memories of him zooming around Makiki in his silver Honda coupe with personalized ëFA JOílicense plates, and his traditional ëMoí bettah we whack íemíafter saying grace.î

After Fr. Matheisípassing, students and faculty at the grade school remembered him with a special prayer at their morning assembly.