Current News 2021 to present

 

December 19, 2024 AM

 

Two Updates today

 

#1 Jan Murphy passed along information that Ray Stackpole recently passed away. His obituary has been posted on his In Memoriam page

 

#2 While downtown Natick has undergone plenty of changes since 1959, there is still a lot that remains the same. One change in process, is the rebuilding at the corner of South Main, Pond and West Central streets. In the 50s, this building area housed the Middlesex Spa(luncheonette) among other stores lost in my memory. Then is burned to the ground and the Spa relocated to the corner od South Main and Pond which has now become a Bakery/Coffee Shop. The burned out building got rebuilt and then in July of 2019, it burned again. Five and 1/2 years later(Now) it is being rebuilt, finally.  I am in the process of creating a new page to show you pictures of the progress along with whatever happened to St Pat’s School.

 

November 9, 2024 AM

 

Jerry Hall and Ron Savilonis have been added to the In Memoriam page. Jerry passed away on Oct 31, 2024 and Ron passed away last year on November 25, 2023

The Class List is now up to date as best I know.

I have mentioned this before, but I’m doing it again. On the In Memoriam page, check out the Chronological Listing link at the top of the page. There is some very interesting data that you should find interesting.

 

September 23, 2024

 

William Whelan has passed away. His obituary was in the MetroWest Daily News this morning

 

July 21, 2024

 

Brad Leavitt’s obituary showed up on the John Everett web site today..

An In Memoriam page has been created and posted. The Class List has been updated.

 

June 22, 2024

 

Our classmate, Edward Lombard, passed away on June 14, 2024. An In Memoriam page has been created. The Class List has been updated

 

On the In Memoriam page, check out the Chronological Listing link at the top of the page.

 

February 15, 2024 PM

 

Judy Buckler informed me that Carol Coan passed away yesterday. Details are at the John Everett Funeral home and on her In Memorial page

 

July 30, 2023 AM

 

Ron Therieau has updated his email address. New address has been posted in the Class  List

 

July 27, 2023 PM

 

This week actually has seen something to report on. Things have been a little slow in Reunion Land which I think we can all identify with.

 

This week, I met with Maureen Bliss over coffee in Ashland. She is doing well. We had a nice chat about things from school days. She let me take her picture which is now posted in the Then and Now section.

Sending out that email to all of you telling you about this encounter, I found a problem with Harold Wright’s email address. I called him and got a new email which has been updated in the Class List. Harold is doing well.

 

June 22.2023 PM

 

John Kenney passed away on June 18, 2023.  An In Memoriam page has been posted in his honor. His wake is Sunday, June 25th between 2 PM and 5 PM at Matarese Funeral Home in Ashland on route 135.

 

May 9, 2023 PM

 

Pat Morgan called me today to inform me that Donna Pryor had passed away on May 4, just 3 days after her younger brother Joe had passed away.

 

April 13, 2023

 

Jan Murphy forwarded information on the passing of Herb Mingace

His obituary has been posted

 

January 15, 2023

 

Word filtered in a few days ago from Jim Walters that Dean Webb had passed away. I decided to wait until his obituary had been published which happened late yesterday. An In Memoriam page has been created and posted.

 

December 13, 2022

 

I received word from Bill Crabtree, Linda Lee’s husband, that Linda passed away this past November 16th.

An In Memoriam page has been posted and the Class List has been updated.

 

November 5, 2022 AM

 

Just wondering how everyone is doing. I got to thinking about how I viewed “old” people as I was passing through life.  When I was preteen, my folks and other parents seemed old, but not as old as my grandfather. He was in his 80’s and he looked REALLY OLD. You don’t have to wonder what youngsters are thinking about you.

Hope this little note cheers you all up. My mother used to tell me that you can get rid of a cold by giving it to someone else. I’m assuming that she would tell me a similar story about how to shake that feeling of being old. Tag, you’re it.

 

September 5, 2022 PM

 

While talking with Dick Soby last night about the upcoming Hall of Fame ceremony in October, we got to talking about a few of the guys we hung around with in the 50’s. Dick mentioned that when he was talking to Danny Donovan at Jim Linton’s Wake, Danny mention that his brother Richard would have made the trip, but was severely ill. Naturally that got me to thinking. So today, I went looking for Richard Donovan. He passed away in 2018, a little over 1 year after Jim Linton passed on.

I have posted an In Memoriam page for him, but no obituary as of yet

 

July 21, 2022 PM

 

I received word from my older sister that Janice Wignot has passed away on July 13, 2022. Details are slim, but there is a very small obituary posted on her In Memoriam Page.

 

June 29, 2022 PM

 

The MetroWest News provided a double serving of sorrow today, we have lost two more classmates. Bob Franciose and Aldo Pagliarulo. In Memoriam pages have been posted. ClassList to follow.

 

May 7, 2022 PM

 

Jim Walters has a new phone number and email address. The Class List has been updated.

 

April 27, 2022 PM

 

Our classmate, Fred Munro showed up in the MetroWest Daily News yesterday. He passed away this past Sunday. An In Memoriam page has been posted in his honor.

 

December 29, 2021 PM

 

Today, the MetroWest Daily News posted the obituary of Jackie Higgins. An In Memoriam page has been created and posted. Details of her service are included.

 

November 8, 2021 PM

 

Joanna Drowne has a new home address, The ClassList has been updated. Phone and email are unchanged.

 

November 3, 2021 PM

 

Cynthia Pierro has a new home address, phone number and email address.The ClassList has been updated and posted.

 

October 22, 2021 AM

 

Judy Buckler has moved. Her new contact information has been updated in the ClassList

 

October 8, 2021 AM

 

Yesterday I sent a Broadcast Email to the entire class email list concerning the whereabouts of our 3 (unable to find) Classmates. It included a picture of Lee Richard working as part of the kitchen staff at Framingham State sometime in 1961/62. It also mentioned Joe Vay and Bill Gour. To date, only Bill Gour’s whereabouts has been confirmed by Robert Graham. Bill passed away in 2015 in Sturbridge.  An In Memoriam page has been posted along with his obituary

 

August 30, 2021 PM

 

I had an opportunity to visit dear old Natick Center on a nice bright sunny day. I took a few pictures just to document the state of affairs in your hometown in the summer of 2021.

Some of you have probably been back from time to time to get reacquainted, some have never left, some may look forward to seeing these pictures and of course, some of you have pushed this town just to the other side of your memory bank, the part you can’t remember. That’s ok, so the pictures I have posted on the Natick Today page may not be for you.

 

June 5, 2021AM

 

The Milford Daily News reported that Robert Healy of Plainville(formally Millis) passed away on June 3. Many may remember that before Bob lived in Millis, he was living in Natick and was our classmate. He can be seen in our Coolidge Grad picture, #163. He moved to Millis shortly after the 8th grade.

 

June 2, 2021 PM

 

Beverly Long Clapper has a new email address. The Class List has been updated.

 

April 11, 2021 PM

 

I did some more searching for missing information and have found three previously unknown Dates Of Birth. Boyd Edmonston, Barbara Ligon and Theresa Leccacorvi have had their In Memoriam pages updated with this new information. There are now only three known classmates who have no known DOB. If anyone out there who might have that information, please drop me a line. Don’t ask why this is so important, it just is.

 

March 28, 2021 PM

 

I am always on the lookout for missing pieces of information concerning our classmates. So, when I do find some missing details, I update the website. Sometimes the information is relatively minor and sometimes a little more significant. Today, I added some of each. In the minor category would be George Westcott’s date of birth and also Sheila Sullivan’s date of birth. On the more significant side of the ledger, I found a memorial note from Sheila Sullivan’s sister, Rebecca, that gave new insight into Sheila’s life. That note has been added to Sheila’s In Memoriam page.

 

I have also added an additional column to the Chronological Death Listing that identifies the age of the classmate at the time of their death.

 

March 18, 2021 PM

 

Marie Raftery informed me yesterday that Barbara Ribotto passed away recently. Barbara did not graduate with us, but she was a long time classmate. Her obituary was posted to the John Everett Funeral home website and has now been added to her In Memoriam page on this website.

 

March 15, 2021 PM

 

Tom Balducci’s funeral was held today at St Patrick’s Cemetery. Met up with Larry Paul for the ceremony. It was cold and windy. The funeral brochure has been attached to Tom’s In Memoriam page.

 

March 10, 2021 AM

 

Our classmate, Tom Balducci, passed away on March 5th. His obituary has been posted on his In Memoriam page. Tom didn’t graduate in 59, but he was with us for most of our school years. There is a graveside service planned for Monday, March 15th at St Patrick’s cemetery at 12:30PM.

 

February 27, 2021 AM

 

I received word from Dennis Zicko, Class of 61, that his sister Carole(our classmate) had passed away on February 25, 2021. Her obituary has been posted on her In Memoriam page.

 

January 23, 2021 AM

 

I received word a few days ago from Anna Thompson that Jane Roberts had passed away. Today, her obituary was published on the Everett Funeral Home page which has been posted on her In Memoriam page.

 

January 19, 2021 PM

 

I couldn’t scan in the senior pictures for 56 and 57 and leave the class of 58 unaccounted for. So, back to the Sassamon librarian and signed out the 58 book, scanned away and now we have access to NHS senior pictures from 1956 thru 1961. 56 thru 59 are on our web page with 60 and 61 being available on their respective web page all accessible from www.natickhigh.net

 

 

January 16, 2021 PM

 

Well, once the 1957 Sassamon senior pictures hit the web, requests were received for the 1956 senior pictures. I contacted our Sassamon librarian, San Buswell Carlucci and signed out the 1956 edition.

 

January 4. 2021 PM

 

After many moons, I have added something new to the website. From the Sassamon Archives of San Carlucci(AKA Sandy Buswell), we have a new Sassamon entry for your viewing pleasure if you are so inclined. I took the time to scan in the entire senior picture pages of the 1957 Sassamon. Why I did this is immaterial. It is done. Look at the main page, right hand side, under Sassamon Picture.