RIP Carole Bruner

I just heard from Denny Johnson.  His good friend, and our classmate, Stew Ackerman, called him today to say that his lovely wife, our own Carole Bruner, had passed away this morning.

I remember pretty Carole with her gorgeous red hair sitting at one of the tables on the stage in the cafeteria, busy knitting away on a sweater - probably for Stew.  She always had a smile on her face and a friendly word for everyone.

It was so nice to see her at our mini-reunions.  She'll be missed.

More Late Pictures

These are pictures that Carole Lehman posted on Facebook.  I'm not sure if some of them have already been posted here, but if so, you can look at them again! Here they are, in no particular order.

Sandi and Carole

And now Nancy jumped into the picture

The night before at Sue's house

Denny does Tina

Tina and Carole

'63 produced some great looking kids!

Gambling pays! Sandy won the 50/50

More from Sue's house

And again!

The cake was yummy

Professor Denny at work

Ray and Carole

Sandy, John and Carole

And one more of these cuties!

From the 35th Reunion

Sandy Marchant found this old picture.  Donna said it was from the 35th reunion.

Stoney Eggleston, Sandy Granato, and Nick Festa

Stoney, gone too soon.  Has anyone seen Nick lately?

Latecomers

Here are some more pictures from the reunion from Sally.  

Doris, me and Sandy - we look lopsided!

Bonnie and Tom.  He's been to so many reunions with Bonnie, I'm making him an honorary UMHS 63 grad!

Nancy and Sammy and me.  Nancy told me that she and Sammy had a "thing" back in elementary school!

Two handsome dudes - Jimmy and Tony

Me and my sweetie!

Donna, Sandy, Tony and Doris.  Sandy, what are you looking at?

Sandy and Carole

Sally and Jimmy - who's grabbing who?



Hands off, Sally - he's mine!

Great looking group - Denny, Donna, Charlie and Robin



Love the smirks, Charlie and Denny



One of the few pictures of Harvey with Donna and Judy.  He must have been hiding from the cameras this year.



Sally and Bill



Sally snuck into this 4-some, with Donna, Sandy, Tony and Doris

After the reunion, Donna and Sandy traveled down to North Carolina to spend a few days with Sally, and finished their visit with a dinner at Judy's.

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

The line up - Sandy, Sally and Donna

Looks like they all got the "black tops" memo

Old ladies in their rocking chairs - NOT!

The swing looks like fun

Captain Wally and Donna enjoying the breeze

Sandy just chillin"

The three lovelies enjoying the sunny day



Last night dinner at Judy's

Safe flight, Donna - see you next year!

And a safe flight to Sandy too!

And that, boys and girls, ends the 54th reunion of the fantastic UMHS Class of 63. We'll see you all again for our big #55 on October 20, 2018.

54th Reunion - September 9, 2017

Yes, we are still here - and still having fun!

A beautiful fall day, sunny and mild.  A great group gathering at the Victorian Village clubhouse for our 4th mini-reunion.

Classmates came from California, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, as well as nearby locales. We stood around, sat around, talked, laughed, ate goodies, had an arts and crafts class led by Denny Johnson, ate hoagies and cake, had a 50/50 raffle, sat around some more, and started working on our 55th reunion for next year.

I think everyone had a good time!

Getting to Know You - All Over Again

Sandy Granato, Sue Ritchie, Ron Lear, Sam Paone

Carole Bruner, Robin Wright

Donna Dreisbach, Ron Lear

Ray Roberts, Ron Lear, Sue Ritchie, Sam Paone, Tony Pileggi

Tony Pileggi, Sally Eynon

Donna Stricklin, Carole Lehman

Sandy Granato

Sandy Granato, Carole Lehman, Nancy Lyons

Carole Lehman, Tina Hollingsworth

Allan Brandt, John McDonald

Bonnie Mills, Tom Goodnow, Carole Lehman, Tony Pileggi, Tina Hollingsworth, Allan Brandt