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Dorothy StachowiczHaviland CHS ’61
has finally chosen to leave snowy New England for a warmer climate and is now happily living in Southport, North Carolina.
John Keleher CHS ’65 is enjoying an active semi-retirement in San Francisco. He is pleased to read about the continued success of the hockey program. He wishes everyone good health and happiness.
Alan Sypek CHS
’67 is now retired after serving 31 years in the Londonderry New Hampshire Fire Department, retiring as Chief in 2003. Alan served 8 years as a part time Deputy Sheriff in the Rockingham County, NH Sheriff's Department. Alan enjoys being busy with many roles within his community. Currently he serves as the vice president of the Londonderry Citizens Emergency Response Team, is the secretary for his town's planning board, and serves on the Board of Directors for his Condominium Association where he resides. Alan is a chairperson for the NH Fire and EMS Committee of Merit, a FEMA certified CERT instructor, a member of the South Central NH Medical Reserve Corps and a hunter education instructor for the state of NH fish and game.
Edward ’68 and Anne (Thibodeau) ’69
Cote HCHS recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. They currently reside in South Hadley, MA.
Richard ’67 and Jo-Anne (LaValley)
’70 Koetsch CHS have been married for 49 years. They have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. Their younger granddaughter, Grace, attends Pope Francis Prep. Jo-Anne is retired from the Springfield Public School System and Richard works part-time for Cartamundi. They both love to travel.
Mark and Paula (Laberge) Chevrier
CHS ’71 are happy to announce that they will be celebrating 45 years of marriage.
David Estabrook HCHS ’74 recently retired in 2019 and is enjoying life. He enjoys hanging out with his wife and grandson. His son currently teaches at Pope Francis Prep and his daughter teaches in Oklahoma.
James and Mary (LaFlamme) Millette
CHS ’74 met at Holy Name Elementary School in Springfield, and went on to Cathedral in 1970 and were named class couple. James and Mary will be celebrating their 43rd wedding anniversary this year. They spent much of their adult life in the Washington, DC area and now live in Amelia Island, FL.
Mark and Paula Francis Pijar (Laberge) Chevrier
Peter and Pamela (Sitek) Tellier CHS
’74 have been married for 43 years. They currently live in Roseville, CA for one half of the year and in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for the other half. Together they have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.
Maryann Wojczyk-Wang HCHS ’74
received her BSN from the University of San Francisco and worked as an RN, most of her career was in a cardiology unit. She is married and has one daughter who graduated from Seattle University. Maryann has been living in the San Francisco Bay area for over 40 years.
Steven Hooper CHS ’75 has been married for almost 41 years. He and his wife Linda have three children and eight grandchildren. He is a retired pharmacist at the age of 59. Steven would like to share that life is good and he enjoys zooming in his red miata.
Peter and Pamela (Sitek) Tellier James and Mary (LaFlamme) Millette David Estabrook Richard and Jo-Anne (LaValley) Koetsch
Raymond LaMarche Robert and Kelly (Relihan) Sitek
Edward and Anne (Thibodeau) Cote
Robert and Donna (Evon) Brunton CHS
’78 are happy to announce that they have been happily married for 33 years and have three children and six grandchildren.
Raymond LaMarche CHS ’79 is a 28-year United States Air Force Veteran and retired as Colonel and KC-135 Pilot. He is currently employed with Northrop Grumman Defense Systems managing a USAF contract. He is happily married to Karen Alexandria Schneider LaMarche and they recently celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary. They have three wonderful children. His hobbies include long-distance road cycling, brewing, woodworking, cooking and BBQ smoking.
Robert and Kelly (Relihan) Sitek CHS ’83
have been happily married for 34 years. Together they have two daughters and one granddaughter. They currently reside in Belchertown, MA.
Pierre Pelletier CHS ’83 recently retired after his 31 year career as a physician in the United States Navy traveling the globe and meeting great people. He has settled in Coronado, CA with his family and enjoys being a full time Dad to his wonderful 8 year-old son and 14 yearold daughter.
Gregory McCarthy CHS ’85 was promoted in August 2021 from Lieutenant to Captain in the Groton, CT Police Department. Greg previously served on active duty with the United States Coast Guard, retiring as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in 2007 after 20 years of service. He and his wife Mary (Garvey) McCarthy CHS ’87 currently reside in Niantic, CT with their children Delia and Liam.
Pierre Pelletier
Gregory McCarthy
Scott and Rose (Liquori) Laviano Salvatore and Melissa (Longo) Manzi Randy and Lucy (Morello) Bianchi
Michael (Clark) CHS ’06 and Caitlyn Streit
Craig and Diana (Patterson) Therrien Robert and Renee (LaFlamme) Dill Josephe and Kelcy (West) Beaudry
Michael Dias Robert and Rachael (Mahoney) Duffy
Robert ’84 and Renee (LaFlamme) ’87
Dill CHS recently celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. Together they have two children, Cassidy & Tess.
Tracey (Pippin) Coleman CHS ’86
received two degrees from American International College in 1990 & 2003. Most recently in 2016 Tracey completed her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in School Administration. Tracey currently works as a guidance counselor in one of the Springfield Public Schools.
Scott and Rose (Liquori) Laviano CHS ’92 will be celebrating 26 years of marriage this September. Scott and Rose live in Valrico, FL with their three children.
Randy and Lucy (Morello) Bianchi CHS
Michael Dias CHS ’97 loves reminiscing about the sports teams he was a part of at CHS, especially the CHS 1996 Hockey Team. Following high school he studied at UVM.
Salvatore and Melissa (Longo) Manzi
CHS ’98 will be celebrating their 15 year wedding anniversary this year. Salvatore and Melissa live in Springfield with their three children.
Craig and Diana (Patterson) Therrien
CHS ’01 are happy to share that they reconnected after high school graduation and will be celebrating 17 years together. They are currently living in Fiskdale, MA.
James Beaulieu
CHS ’04 and his wife Genevieve welcomed into the world their fourth child, first girl, Robin Renée on June 22, 2021. She was born in Albany, weighing 7lbs. 3oz.
Samantha Wohlers HCHS ’05 studied Psychology at Westfield State University and went on to get her Masters at Westfield in Applied Behavior Analysis and is now a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Currently she works with children who have a variety of different developmental disabilities and Autism. She loves what she does.
Michael (Clark) CHS ’06 and Caitlyn Streit recently celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary and together have five children.
Josephe and Kelcy (West) Beaudry
HCHS ’11 are celebrating their three-year wedding anniversary. Josephe and Kelcy have welcomed a new baby to their family.
Caitlyn (Blanchard) Champagne HCHS ’14 is pursuing her DMD at Boston University Dental School.
Robert and Rachael (Mahoney) Duffy
CHS ’14 were married in May 2021. The couple lives in Springfield, MA.
