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.