Author: Hal Gordon Brown

The passing of Everett Walter Smith, Class of 1960

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]We are saddened to learn of the passing of Everett Walter Smith, Class of 1960, July 17, 1942 ~ December 20, 2023 (age 81) We extend our sincere sympathies to Everett's family, friends, and classmates. An obituary in on-line...

The passing of Leslie R. Jackson, Class of 1978

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text]We are saddened to learn of the passing of Leslie R. Jackson, Class of 1978, June 4, 1959, ~ December 5, 2023 (age 64) We extend our sincere sympathies to Leslie's family, friends, and classmates. A memorial...

Flashback; George Lawrence Cervenka, Class of 1936

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The passing of Betsey Beebe (Smith) Nixon, Class of 1949.

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]We are saddened to learn of the passing of Betsey Beebe (Smith) Nixon, Class of 1949. Betsey graduated from her hometown Sayville High School in 1949 and from Dean Junior College in Franklin, MA, where she met the...

2023 Veteran’s Day Message; Submitted to the Sayville Alumni Association by Brigadier General (Retired) Richard K. Sele, Class of 1979.

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The passing of Carol Ann Peterson, Class of 1970

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]We are saddened to learn of the passing of Carol Ann Peterson, Class of 1970. Carol Ann Peterson, 72 of Orange, CT (formerly of Hopewell Junction and Hyde Park, NY) passed away peacefully on October 30, 2023, surrounded...

Would you consider yourself a history enthusiast?

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Many thanks to Judi (Hone) McHugh for a donation in memory of her brother John Hone, Class of 1965, for the operating expenses of the Sayville Alumni Association.

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The passing just yesterday of Gary M. Horowitz, MD. Class of 1970.

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] We are deeply saddened to have learned from Thomas McMahon of the passing just yesterday of Gary M. Horowitz, MD. Class of 1970. Further details will be provided as they become available. Among many other titles and accomplishments,...

Post-Graduation trips… Check out this trip! Class of 1957.

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The passing of Robert William Roth, Class of 2014

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The Middle East…

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585 marriages!

The passing of James Robert Smith, Class of 1969

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]The passing of James Robert Smith, Class of 1969. Sadly, Martin Keane, Class of 1986 has informed us of the passing of his cousin, James Robert Smith, Class of 1969...

The passing of a beloved Sayville High Music teacher, Mr. George Morgan Seyfert

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are saddened to learn of the passing of a beloved Sayville High Music teacher, Mr. George Morgan Seyfert, April 23, 1933 - September 3, 2023 (aged 90). We extend our sincere sympathies to Mr. Seyfert's family, friends, colleagues,...

The passing of Madeline Bernadetta (Rosa) Walsh, Class of 1954.

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] We are saddened to learn of the passing of Madeline Bernadetta (Rosa) Walsh, an alumna of the Class of 1954. Madeline was born 6 May 1936 Suffolk County, New York and died 24 Aug 2023 (aged 87) in...

The answer to yesterdays history mystery quiz! Frederick Fisher Hammond, Class of 1954

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The answer to yesterdays history mystery quiz! Frederick Fisher Hammond, Class of 1954 Frederick Fisher Hammond was a renowned biographer of composer and virtuoso Girolamo Frescobaldi. Our SHS grad was also "knighted by the Italian government", for his extraordinary work...