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C L A S S Eileen Bride, Andrea Bride, and Cecelia Marrs; seven grandchildren; and one greatgrandson. He was predeceased by his first wife, Bernadine; and son, Bill. The family suggests donations to the University of Portland in lieu of flowers. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Benedictine Abbot Joseph Wood ’49, who led Mount Angel Abbey from 1997 to 2001, died at the age of 91 on December 17, 2014. A veteran of World War II, Wood was one of a flood of GI Bill veterans who came to UP after the war’s end. He entered Mount Angel Seminary after graduating in 1949. He made his monastic vows in 1952 and was ordained in 1956. Wood taught sociology, economics, anthropology, Catholic social doctrine, and a host of other subjects in the seminary until 1975, when he was assigned as assistant pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Tillamook. He worked for the Archdiocese of Portland and St. Paul Parish in Eugene before returning to monastic life at the Monastery of the Ascension in Jerome, Idaho, in 1991. It was then that God surprised him with a new assignment as Abbot of Mount Angel Abbey at the age of 74. By all accounts a personable, dedicated, cheerful, and spiritual man, Abbot Joe Wood will be missed. Our prayers and condolences to the family and his religious order. Please remember Nick Cassinelli ’49 and his family in your prayers after the loss of his wife, Dolores Cassinelli,
on January 12, 2015. She was a homemaker, and went to work as a secretary at Bridlemile, Normandale, and Laurelhurst grade schools after her children were grown. Survivors include Nick; sister, Bernice Pluchos; children, James, David, Richard, Robert, and Ann; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Emil Nemarnik ’50 passed away on January 10, 2015, surrounded by family. Emil was a produce man by trade, starting in the produce section in a small, neighborhood grocery store while attending Central Catholic High School. He eventually developed Pacific Coast Fruit Company in 1977, a thriving business to this day. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen (Spada) ’51; children, Nancy, Dave, MaryAnn, John and Diane; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brother, Evo; sister, Angela; and many friends. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Prayers, please, for Don Dorres ’51, who lost his wife, Suzanne, on April 9, 2014, when she passed away peacefully after a great game of golf. Survivors include Don, her husband of 61 years; children, Bob Dorres, Peggy Ashworth, Nancy Nuerenberg, Bill Dorres, Kathy Grogan, and Trish Keaton; brother, Mike Meaney; and grandchildren, Michaela, Daniel, Jamie,
Al Goldsmith ’50 was an active soul while a student on The Bluff—he was secretary of his class, he wrote a regular column for The Beacon (“Gold Dust”), and he was, bless our souls, the University band’s drum major, along with his classmate Al Witty. You know, not every day do we have the glorious chance to print a photograph as alluring as this one, but today is the day. Our thanks to Al’s son Peter Goldsmith.
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N O T E S Here’s a photo of the late Commander Jack Bahlman ’42, finishing Navy flight school in Florida before he went off to war against empires that sought to enslave the world. He served on the U.S.S. Essex as flight squadron skipper; made an emergency landing on the U.S.S. Hornet during the Battle of Midway, because his home ship the Yorktown had been hit; served again in Korea; flight instructor and pilot and real estate man after the wars. Like so many men of that time, he didn’t think what he had done was especially notable; it was what any decent fellow would do, standing up against murderous bullies. His son Ron tells this story: when his dad’s memory was fading, at the end of his life, Ron would read from this magazine to his dad, which set the Commander to remembering his childhood, and his days at UP, and the first years of his marriage, and many other “aspects of my father’s life I had never known,” says Ron. This magazine helped a son know his dad better, and helped a dad walk back into bright memories of a life he loved as a youth. We love when the magazine matters deeply like that. A prayer for the Commander, and for all the men and women who stood up against bloody bullies, and still do. —Editors Jeanne, Jenny, Nolan, Bridget, Sarah, and Joe. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Joseph Brugato ’51 passed away on December 20, 2014. A three-year letterman in baseball at Portland’s Washington High School, Joe was 1st Team All-PIL as catcher and member of the state championship baseball team. He coached at Cascade Locks and Central Catholic High School in Portland, where he took both the basketball and baseball teams to the state playoffs each year he coached from 1955 to 1957. He was inducted into the PIL Hall of Fame in 2010. Joe was a mathematics teacher for over 20 years at Madison and Wilson high schools, and later established Brugato and Sons Realty
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in Newberg. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Marita Brugato; sons, Gary ’77 and Greg Brugato; daughters, Mary Jo Wagner, Debbie Brugato, Karen Lamb, Cathy Brugato, Theresa Brugato, and Angela Davis; 19 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. His daughter, LaDonna Brugato, preceded him in death. Our prayers and condolences to the family. John Waite ’52 died peacefully on January 7, 2015, in Portland, Ore. His wife of 60 years, Janet, preceded him in death just five weeks earlier. Following his high school teaching career, John was a college professor for 30 years. John, Janet and their four children enjoyed many adventures while living in Oregon, Virginia, Guam, Colorado, and Washington. Survivors include their children, David, Richard, Nanci, and Karen; six grand-