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Recruiters Cleveland-West. He was a rental property inspector for the city of Rocky River, a past president of the NE Ohio chapter of Financial Executives International, and the Junior Achievement, Cleveland Chapter. His wife, Dolores, predeceased him. He is survived by two sons, including David Minko ’82, and extended family. MICHAEL C. NARDI, Richmond, MA, died June 29, 2015. After earning a master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame he had a long and successful career as a sales representative for the Mead Corporation in South Lee, MA. He enjoyed travel and sailing, and was a passionate letter-writer to newspapers and politicians. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Robin; three sons, six daughters, a sister and extended family. DR. JOHN H. O’CONNOR, Bridgewater, NJ, died June 21, 2015. He served in the Army before earning his dentistry doctorate from the University of Indiana. He established a dental practice in Bridgewater and practiced there for 38 years. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Margaret; a son, a daughter and extended family. GEORGE A. VERRETTE,
Haverhill, MA, died May 9, 2015. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he worked for many years as a social worker for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He enjoyed golf, the Red Sox, bowling, and restoring
houses. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Janice; a son, three daughters, a sister, and extended family.
1953 DR. ERNEST J. DIONNE II, Ridgefield, CT/Longs, SC, died November 12, 2015. He graduated from Loyola Dental School in Chicago before enlisting in the Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. In 1959 he started his longtime dental practice in Ridgefield. Ernest loved golf, the Red Sox, and humor. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; two sons, including Josh Dionne ’82; two daughters; his wife’s son and daughter, and extended family. His late father, Ernest J. Dionne, was a 1930 Saint Michael’s graduate. DR. FRANCIS M. DWYER, Pittsford, VT, died November 13, 2015. Before college he was a boarding student in 1945–49 at the Edmundites’ Juniorate in Swanton, VT, and after Saint Michael’s earned his master’s from Brown University. He worked for the Atomic Energy Commission in Brookhaven, Long Island, before enrolling in New York Medical College. After receiving his M.D. in 1960 he completed his internship in Fall River, MA, followed by a three-year cardiac residency at Rhode Island Hospital. In 1964 he opened his private practice in Fall River and served on the medical staffs of nearby hospitals. Retiring in 1982, he lived many years
in Florida before moving to Vermont in 2004. He loved reading and the sea, including boating and maritime history. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Marilyn; a son, a daughter, and extended family.
23 years with the Vermont Department of Human Services at Brandon Training School and Rutland Regional Correctional Center. He co-advocated the establishment of the Center for Developmental Disabilities at UVM in 1978 and was a former member of the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council. He also was past president of the Epilepsy Association of Vermont and post commander/service officer of his American Legion post, and belonged to the Knights of Columbus, Elks, and local Polish-American clubs, and was active in his parishes as Eucharistic minister. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ellen; two sons, including Peter M. Zuk ’04, a daughter, and extended family, including daughter-inlaw Katerina Wisell Zuk ’99.
DAVID M. MULLIN, Newcastle, ME, died June 18, 2015, of myelodysplasia. As president of his Saint Michael’s class, he forged a lifelong relationship with the College and priests of the Society of Saint Edmund, receiving the Alumni of the Year Award in 2013 following six years on the Alumni Board. Dave enlisted in the Army after college and became a lieutenant. After retiring from Newsweek magazine in 1989 (following a long career there in advertising and sales), Dave moved to Maine, where he was president of a local hospice and served on boards for an arts center and libraries. He 1954 loved golf, the Patriots, nature, the ocean, travel, JOHN P. DIAMOND, storytelling and jokes, poetry, Cheshire, CT, died July 21, and convertibles. His wife of 2015, of Parkinson’s disease. 23 years, Margie, died in “Jack” was named Alumnus of 1982. He is survived by two the Year in the late 1970s for daughters, two sisters, his service and was a member longtime companion Alice of the College’s Athletic Hall Quinlan, and extended family. of Fame as part of the undefeated 1951 football PETER P. ZUK, Shelburne, team. He recruited countless VT, formerly of Rutland, died students and athletes to the June 13, 2015. After earning College. He was a captain and both his bachelor’s and pilot in the Air Force, working education master’s degrees many years for International from Saint Michael’s, he Silver Co. and later founding served as a captain in the his own company, JP DiaMarines during the Korean mond & Associates, a War. He began a career as a manufacturer’s representative teacher, coach, and headmasfor promotional premiums. ter at Brigham Academy in He was very active with Bakersfield, VT, followed by