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03/24/11 - Many thanks to Lori (Wait) Dupont, BHS '60, for a heads-up on this sad news.
Richard L. "Rick" Bolton, age 69, died Sunday, March 11, 2012, peacefully at home, of
cancer, in Higginson, Arkansas. Richard served in the United States Air Force and was an Alderman of Higginson,
serving his adopted town proudly. He will be missed by his wife of 50 years Susan, sons Eric Bolton (Wendy)
of Qunicy, IL., Kevin Bolton (Nicole) of Elk, WA., a daughter Christine Bolton of IL, several grandchildren,
two great-grandchildren, two brothers Jeff Bolton (Debbie) of MA, Bob Bolton (Marilyn) of Vermont, other relatives
and numerous friends. This information is according to his obituary
on the Roller-Daniel Funeral Home website.
03/24/11 - Many thanks to Janis (Tilson) Thomas, BHS '60, for a heads-up on this sad news.
Barbara E. (Manning) Ayers, age 69, died Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Beverly Hospital,
Beverly, Massachusetts. She is survived by her longtime companion of thirty five years, Gerald Kuperstein of Beverly, a sister, Faith A. Richard
and her husband, Peter of Underhill, VT, a brother, Ernest A. Manning of Beverly and many nieces and nephews. She was also the sister of the late
Janice Trombley. This information is according to an obituary published in the
Salem News.
03/24/11 - Again, many thanks to Bruce Turner, BHS '60, for a heads-up on this sad news.
William J. Doherty, age 69, retired financial services expert, died Monday, January 17, 2012 in Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts. He is survived by two sisters Carol E. Michaud of Salem and Susan and her husband Stephen Feit of Pocatello, Idaho; five nieces and nephews, Jon Skerry of Salem, Patricia Julian of Salem, Scott Michaud of West Yarmouth, and Aaron and Adam Feit both of Pocatello Idaho and many cousins, grand nieces, grandnephews and friends. He was predeceased by his brother Peter Crean. This information is according to an
obituary published in the Salem News.
01/17/12 - Many thanks to Bruce Turner, BHS '60, for a heads-up on this sad news.
Alfred "Doc" Nunes, age 70, retired chiropractor and entrepreneur, of Rockwall, Texas,
died on Sunday, January 8, 2012. [Note: Location and cause of death unspecified]. Al is survived by his wife RaeJean; daughters Jody Harris and Jennifer Nunes; grandchildren Erica, Robin and Natalie Harris; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Daniel, and brother Ronald Nunes. This information
is according to an obituary published in the January 11, 2012 Gloucester Times. There are cute pictures of Al attending the 2002
"Picnic in the Park" on
August 2, 2002 (see collage at top right). Al and RaeJean attended our "40+1" reunion in 2002 (click on "41st Reunion"
tab in the menu bar at the top of this page). I have not found any pictures of him other than those mentioned in 2002,
however.
03/24/11 - Many thanks to Paul Weinberg, BHS '58, and other classmates, for a heads-up on this sad news.
Francis J. Conte, age 68, Professor of Law at the University of Dayton
School of Law, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at home in Oakwood, Ohio. Fran is survived by his mother, wife,
four children, one brother, two sisters, and 11 nieces and nephews. This information is according to an
obituary published in today's Salem News.
Fran attended both our 50th reunion and
Casual Night 2010. 
03/16/11 - Many thanks to Don Aucone, BHS '60, for a heads-up on this sad news. Robert J. Berg,
according to his Social Security Death Index record, died on December 24, 2010, at age 68, location unspecified (thought to
be Boston, MA). This is the only information I have for him. I learned last summer that he was suffering from cancer, so I
assume this was the cause of death. If anyone has any more information, such as a copy of the obituary, I will add it here.
This holds true for anyone else on this page, for that matter, including obituaries, photos, remarks, etc.
02/27/11 - Many thanks to Terri (Farmer) Mikszenas, BHS '64, for a heads-up on this sad news. Judith
(Stanton) Caron was sent an invitation to this year's Beverly-Florida Reunion, as was every BHS '60 classmate
for whom I have a Florida USPS address. The word came back that she was deceased. According to her Social Security Death
Index record, Judith died on September 02, 2009, at age 67, at Live Oak, Suwannee, FL. This is the only information I have
for her, so cause of death and any survivors is unknown. I know her website, "Judy's Ceramic Bisque," was taken down by
early March, 2009, which was not a good sign. The email address I had for her went "bad" around the same time. If anyone
has any more information, I will add it here.
02/17/11 - Many thanks to Paul Weinberg, BHS '58, for a heads-up on this sad news. According to an
obituary published in today's Salem News,
on Monday, February 14, Mrs. Pamela M. (Hansen) Spencer died at the Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Boston (cause not given). She was a life-long resident of Beverly. She is survived by her husband, a daughter,
three sons, and 12 grandchildren. She was predeceased by 3 sisters and a brother.
10/18/10 - Many thanks to Roz (Barnett) Cunningham for a heads-up on this sad news. According to an obituary published in
the Los Angeles Times on November 1, 2009, Ronald J. Anastacia
died almost exactly a year ago, on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, from a long-term illness. He was 67 years old. He last known
to be living in Marina del Rey, California. Ron was involved in the "Free Speech Movement" at Berkeley in 1964. Note: Our
yearbook does not show the letter "a" at the end of his last name. A complete
obituary is now available, in which you will notice his father does not
have the letter "a" at the end of his name. Ron lead an interesting life.
09/25/09 - Picture added today. Several people have asked me about Dana McCormack him over the years, so on 01/12/09
I decided to add to our class Roster. Unfortunately, he died back in 1988, so he, sadly, belongs on this page, too. The SS Death Index result shows Dana R. McCormack, b. 02/02/42, d. 03/21/88. Last residence Beverly 01915. He died of cancer of the jaw,
probably due to chewing tobacco. He was well liked...sad way to go.
01/10/09 - According to the Salem News of today Saturday, January 10, 2009, Sandra (Tredway) Appleton of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009 following a long illness
She was a 1963 graduate of the Beverly Hospital School of Nursing. She worked at various local hospitals, and other
locations as a nurse most of her life. Her last position was an IV Therapist for a doctor in Lac Cruces. She was once
married to Daniel Appleton, BHS '58, and has one daughter Robin Ann. You can read her obituary here.
According to the Salem News of Tuesday, December 9, 2008, Niels-Peter Hansen
died on Thursday, December 4, 2008, in UMass Memorial Healthcare in Worcester, after an extended illness. He leaves
beloved wife Deborah of 43 years, two sons, a daughter, three grandchildren, one brother, and two sisters. He was
predeceased by one sister. He was an electrical engineer, and was listed in the Who's Who in Physics in America.
He was on our "Missing" list, so he never received reunion invitations, and the like. You can read his obituary
here.
07/01/08 - According to the Salem News of June 30, 2008, Barbara E. (Anderson) Husbands,
died on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at the Sawtell Hospice House in Reading, after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She leaves
two children, a brother, and a former husband. She was in the education field most of her life. Her last job was the Education
Resources Librarian at Salem State College, retiring in 2007. You can read the obituary
here.
04/30/07 - Today I located the obituary for Patricia (Gentleman) Rathe,
previously overlooked in the "Salem News." She died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at Beverly Hospital. Her
obituary was in the Saturday, April 21, 2007, "Salem News." The obit says Pat was married to husband Richard
for 39 years. She was employed for 27 years at the children's day care program for the Sterling Center YMCA
in Beverly. She was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist church in Beverly. Pat is survived by one son,
his wife, and three grandchildren; also two brothers. She was predeceased by another brother.
from Dick, this would have happened after March 12, the date of my last email from him, and sometime before April 15, 2006, the approximate date he planned to return home. The story is that his Thai friends found him deceased in his hotel
room. I have no other information at this time.
07/07/06 - Today I called Paul Gardner out in Oklahoma, to get his
new email address, only to learn from his wife Mary Sue that he
died on Sunday, June 21, 2005, from lung cancer. Paul was a beloved biology teacher for 20 years at Holland Hall,
a prestigious private school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the consummate naturalist according to a tribute I read.
He was adept at carpentry, and anything he put his hands to, and personally built a greenhouse for Mary Sue's
orchid collection. Mary Sue says, "He was incredible happy, and looking forward to retirement in a few years."
Drum and Bugle Corp. Later on he worked for Frito-Lay, and retired in 1997 as a district manager for Pepperidge Farm. He leaves his wife, Sally (Low) Sederquist, a son, and two daughters; eight grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters.
04/04/06 - I contacted Charles (Chuck) Deering, '63, who posted his email address on the Beverly High Alumni website.
He is Ann (Deering) Lucas' brother, and gave me the sad news that Ann died of an apparent heart attack in 1994 or 1995,
in Clearwater, Florida. On April 13th, good 'ole Bill Shay, '59, our detective, provided me with a copy of her Florida
Death Index record that shows the DOD is May 6, 1994. Thanks, Bill!
For further details, see note.
03/23/06 - From Jane (Ayers) Reever '62, "I would just like to inform you that my husband, Robert S. Reever, died on 2-24-06 at
home after a long battle with kidney failure." Jane and Bob met when they were in the band during Bob's senior year. Jane was
from Wenham, so that was her first year in the Beverly school system. They were married for 42 years. We are sorry for her loss,
and condolences from Bob's classmates.
01/19/06 - More sad news. I found the SS Death Index record for Margot (Burke) Brooks
She died in Westchester, Illinoise, on Chrismas Day, 1994. Many thanks to Andrea (Raymond) Stackpole, Nancy (MacDearmid) MacDowell, and
Elizabeth (Mavrakos) Kitsopoulos. Betty gave me Margot's correct married name, place of residence in Illinois, and approximate year of death. Nancy is
the one that told us that Betty knew these details, and Andrea notified me that Margot had passed away in the first place, after visiting Nancy.
This is yet another example of someone for whom we thought we had a valid address, this time in Beverly. Whomever was receiving our reunion
invitations and newsletters by mistake did not bother to let us know. I hope there are no more deceased classmates on our valid contact list. I don't like
surprises, especially sad ones like this.
09/03/05 - According to an obituary from the Salem News, provided to me by Bill Shay '59,
Sandra E. (Barker) Graves died on Tuesday, March 26, 2002, in her home.
She was married to Wesley Graves for 35 years. She was a customer service rep at Mass Electric for 31 years.
Our own Sean McCarthy gave me a heads up on this, and Bill Shay '59 provided an obituary. [Sadly, Sandy was on our
"missing" list, so we never contacted her about BHS '60 happenings...and she lived only minutes away from
Angelicas, too. I believe more instances like this will be found in our "Missing" list.
07/22/05 - According to an obituary from the Beverly Times, provided to me by Bill Shay '59,
Larry Thibodeau died on Thursday, April 13, 1989, after a long illness.
He was a self-employed fisherman for many years. Our classmate database showed Larry living in Danvers
for years until the wife of that Lawrence Thibodeau told us we had the right name but the wrong person.
I believe more instances like this will be found in our "Missing" list. Thanks again, Bill Shay,
for all your hard work!
06/14/05 - In a phone call tonight from his wife Janet, sadly I learned that
Dr. Frederick Kitterle passed away, in Chicago, on May 3, after a six-month battle with
a rare form of cancer. Dr. Kitterle was Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at
Northern Illinois University. He was the former chairman of the University of Toledo's Psychology Department.
He was a very nice person and will be missed by all that knew him well. Dr. Kitterle is survived by his wife;
daughter, Kristine Wielgopolski; brother, Gregory Kitterle; sister, Diane Kitterle; mother, Marie Kitterle;
and one grandson, and his very good lifetime friend, Jack Delaria, MD, who is himself
a member of our Class of 1960. Fred's obituary did not appear in the Salem News.
See a picture of him at our 2001 reunion here.
05/10/05 - According to an email I received from Charlie Fiory,
Albert Fabri died on May 8. He had lived in Saugus for 24 years and in Wakefield
for the past 12 years. Al received his Bachelor of Arts from Northeastern University and had been employed as an
electrical engineer at VFA in Boston. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, one son, nine
grandchildren, and two brothers, Donald and Larry. His obituary was published today in The Boston Globe.
To my knowledge, this did not appear in the Salem News. [It did appear in the Beverly
Citizen according to an email from Carol L. (Nickolson) Clark on 05/15/05.]
04/17/05 - According to an email I received from Joanne (Dodge) McGee,
"Pamela Ruth (Fitzgerald) Pound
died Feb 6, 2005, in Vista, California. She had been suffering from a form of leukemia. Apparently,
her family is not sending an obituary to any of our local papers. My husband and I flew out to visit
with her in January. Now that I'm writing this message, I realize that I'm not absolutely positive
about the date. I will try to confirm the day." [Sadly, she has been on our "missing" list, so we were
never able to contact her about BHS '60 happenings. (Bill Nisbet)]
12/23/04 -According to the Salem News today,
Lewis A. Belanger
died on Sunday, December 19, 2004, at home in West Newbury. He graduated the University of Pennsylvania, and attended
the Warton School of Finance and Harvard Business School. He co-founded Commonwealth Carrier Corp in 1972, which he
sold last year and retired. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Dianne (Landry), a daughter, two sons, two grandsons,
a sister, and his parents.
10/29/04 -According to the Salem News today,
Joseph Maggiacomo
died on October 29, 2004, at home in Beverly. He graduated from GE Apprentice School & Tufts University.
He was employed at GE for 40 years, and continued his affiliation as a consultant through early 2004. He
was the husband of Mary (Edgel) Maggiacomo. He leaves behind two children and their spouses, three sisters,
seven grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, and friends. He was the brother of the late Antonio Maggiacomo.
10/06/04 -According to the Salem News today,
Harry "Hutch" Hutchinson
died on September 18, 2004, at home in his residence in Selah, Washington.
He leaves behind three children, a step-son, a sister, and five grandchildren.
He was the brother of the late John Hutchinson. He ended his career as a
manufacturing engineer with Mitchelson Packaging in Washington. Earlier
he spent many years at the United Shoe Machinery Corp in Beverly.
12/30/02 - According to the Salem News today, Patricia C.
(Conti) Dupont died Sunday morning, December 29, 2002, at her home.
She was the wife of Wayne (Chick) Dupont, also a member of our BHS Class of 1960,
with whom she shared 37 years of marriage.
She was a nurse at MGH, and most recently,
a pediatric nurse for a Topsfield doctor for fifteen years. She is survived by
a daughter and three sons, seven grandchildren, and her husband. She was a Beverly
High School Class of 1960 officer, i.e., Treasurer.
09/24/02 - According to the Salem News, Gerald A. ("Jerry")
Pelonzi passed away on Monday, 09/23/02, in Mass General, after a long
illness. He owned the Hearthside Restaurant in Essex and the Golden Circle in
Lynn. I remember he said in homeroom one time he wanted to own a restaurant, and
he did.
RESURRECTED but LOST
04/20/02 - Happily, Ann Deering has moved from this list
to the "missing" list, because I learned she did survive her horrible accident.
We do not know where she is, however. The 60 classmates in the table below are listed on this webpage as a remembrance, and because people have asked about this person or that person who may or may not have passed on. I am doing my best to keep this as accurate as I can. It may not be complete, as some entries on our "missing" classmates list may actually be deceased. Sincere apologies in advance for any errors or omissions discovered here. If you see any errors, please let me know.
Bill Shay '59 did some incredibly meticulous research for us, and single-handedly provided a copy of the obituary and/or details for almost half the number of once-unknown dates in the following list. Many thanks to Bill! And he is not even in our class!
You understand why I must have verification from several sources or a copy of the actual obituary write-up before adding to this list. Please don't let this stop you from notifying me of new names; just be aware the information won't be posted immediately.
| 05 | Ronald J. Anastasia | Tuesday, October 20, 2009, from a long-term illness. Obituary |
| 06 | Barbara E. (Anderson) Husbands | Cancer, in hospice, June 24, 2008 Read Obituary |
| 16 | Sandra E. (Barker) Graves | Cancer, at home, March 26, 2002 |
| 24 | Lewis A. Belanger | Following a long illness, at home, Sun 12/19/04 |
| 25 | Robert J. Berg | Fri 12/24/10, (Cancer?) (Boston?) Details, anyone? |
| 28 | Robert "Ricky" Birkemose | Unexpectedly, of short illness, Wed 06/04/80, MGH |
| 31 | Richard L. "Rick" Bolton | Peacefully at home, cancer, Higginson AK, Sun 03/11/12 Obituary |
| 37 | Mary Jane (Briggs) Bampos | Oct. 27, 1983, of liver cancer, in W. Springfield, MA See note. |
| 40 | Kathleen Mary Burke | Died 11/01/09 Alzheimer's complications. See picture from better days "June 1959". Also, note from Kathy's brother Joe. Read Obit. |
| 41 | Margot (Burke) Brooks | Westchester, Illinoise, 12/25/94. Esophageal carcinoma. |
| 54 | Ellen M. Chessman | at home 05/01/03, unexpectedly |
| 61 | William Comeau | 07/22/1977, at MGH after a long illness |
| 62 | Richard Conant | 01/01/1999, in Norway ME (diabetes related?) |
| 65 | Francis J. Conte | Died at home, Sunday, 03/20/11 Pancreatic Cancer(?) Obituary |
| 66 | Patricia (Conti) Dupont | Died at home, Sunday 12/29/02 Pic (2nd one on page) |
| 67 | Gail (Conway) Seggel | 06/26/05, heart attack |
| 78 | Richard Dansreau | 09/13/1959, while in high school, Salem MA car crash |
| 84 | Ann (Deering) Lucas | May 6, 1994, apparent heart attack, Largo FL See note |
| 89 | Geraldine (DiStefano) Pinciaro | On March 17, 2003, after brief illness (brain tumor) |
| 94 | William J. Doherty | 01/17/2012, Beverly MA, cause not given. Obituary. |
| 96 | M. Patricia Doyle | 05/07/74, hepatitis, Manilla P.I., worked at US Embassy |
| 110 | Albert Fabri | May 8, 2005, apparently cardiac related |
| 114 | Jay Faulkner | 08/29/1995, at home after a brief illness |
| 116 | Thomas A. Field | 06/28/2010, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, MA |
| 120 | Pamela Ruth (Fitzgerald) Pound | Feb 6, 2005, in Vista, California, leukemia |
| 122 | Jeffrey Forbes | 01/08/1990, at Dana-Farber, after 13 year battle with cancer Visit His Chapel at Dana-Farber |
| 130 | Cynthia (Fullerton) Killeen | 03/05/1990 (Anyone know details?) |
| 133 | Paul Gardner | 06/21/2005, of lung cancer, in Tulsa Oklahoma. |
| 136 | Patricia (Gentleman) Rathe | 04/19/2007, cause unknown, in Beverly, Massachusetts. |
| 148 | Edward (Dick) Hajdys | 03/13/06, in Thailand, peacefully in his sleep. Obit His Pics |
| 152 | Pamela M. (Hansen) Spencer | Died Monday, 02/14/11, Brigham and Women's, Boston . Obituary |
| 153 | Niels-Peter Hansen | Died Thursday, 12/04/08, Worcester, extended illness. Obituary |
| 168 | Harry "Hutch" Hutchinson | 09/18/2004 in his residence in Selah, WA |
| 182 | Dr. Frederick Kitterle | 05/03/2005, in Chicago, of a rare form of cancer. See 1st Pic |
| 190 | Dennis A. Lawler | 03/14/2002 after a brief illness |
| 201 | William A. Lemire | 04/16/02 massive heart attack Pic (last one on page) |
| 212 | Kathleen (MacQuarrie) Cole | 08/31/97 after long, courageous battle with ovarian cancer (she died same day as Princess Diana) |
| 213 | Joseph Maggiacomo | 10/26/04, at his home in Beverly |
| 215 | Barbara E. (Manning) Ayers | 02/26/12, in Beverly Hospital. Cause unknown. |
| 220 | Clinton R. Martin | Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, congestive heart failure Picture Obituary |
| 240 | Linda (Michetti) Nicosia | September 30, 1991 See Pics Read Note |
| 249 | Richard Morse | 05/25/1986, unexpectedly (bad heart?) |
| 253 | Eleanor Murphy | 12/24/59, Wegener's (allergic) Granulomatosis, after several months |
| 265 | Alfred "Doc" B. Nunes | 01/08/2012, Where & Why N/A, Obituary. |
| 269 | Norman Deane Palmer | 08/23/85, Pacific MO, long illness See Pic [2nd down on right] |
| 277 | Richard Perkins | 09/13/1959, while in high school, Salem MA car crash |
| 279 | Kenneth W. Peterson | Sudden heart attack, 12/21/02 |
| 291 | Judith (Potter) Durgin | 03/16/2000, at home, following a long battle with cancer |
| 301 | Robert S. Reever | 02/24/06, at home, after a long battle with kidney failure |
| 310 | Kent Robinson | 09/01/1998, in Boynton Beach FL,after a long illness |
| 326 | Scott S. Sederquist | Sunday, April 23, 2006 - at home in Manchester NH after a long illness |
| 343 | Judith (Stanton) Caron | 09/02/09, cause unknown, at Live Oak, Suwannee, FL |
| 358 | Larry Thibodeau | Thursday, April 13,1989, after a long illness |
| 361 | Frederick S. Tobin | Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Alzheimer's(?) Obituary |
| 366 | Alice (Toorks) Taylor | June 14, 1996, extended illness |
| 369 | Sandra (Tredway) Appleton | Wednesday, 01/07/2009 following a long illness (cancer) Obituary |
| 370 | Joyce (Trenoweth) Brewer | 01/06/95, heart attack & seizure, at home in Beverly |
| 391 | Deborah (Wilkinson) Angelini | November 15, 1976, unexpectedly |
| 398 | Gerald A. ("Jerry") Pelonzi | September 23, 2002 See Pic (1st row, far right, #53 in that photo) |
| 412 | Dana McCormack | 03/21/88 Cancer of the jaw. |
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