Author: Hal Gordon Brown

Answer to “Lest we forget”… Sayville Alumni veteran history quiz

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“Lest we forget”… Sayville Alumni veteran history quiz – part two.

“Lest we forget”… Sayville Alumni veteran history quiz – part one. Can you name this amazing alumna who enlisted in the US Navy WAVES during World War II? In the next post, will be a letter she wrote back home to the Suffolk County News in 1943.

Many thanks to Erick Baumeister for research assistance regarding Muriel Anna (Dvorak) Byrne, Class of 1937.

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Modern technology… enhanced and colorized photograph of iconic, beloved teacher and coach, Dominick T. Vallone.

Many thanks to Erick Baumeister, Ann Van Wyen Fleischmann, and Nancy Brannan Rowsam for providing clues and information to help solve this mystery!

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Class of 1937 research project.

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Our alumni in today’s world… Come read the remarkable story of Miriam (Citron) Burhans, Class of 1965!

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The passing of Thomas (Tommy) Weeks, Class of ‘71

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The passing of Mary C. (Brady) Kennedy, Class of 1946

[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] Thank you to Bill Gohier (Class of 1972), for letting us know about the sad passing of a classmate, Mary C. (Brady) Kennedy, Class of 1946, on January...

Prayer request for Thomas (Tommy) Weeks, Class of ‘71.

[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]Margie (Weeks) Beltran has requested prayers for her brother Thomas (Tommy) Weeks, Class of ‘71. The Weeks Family were longtime Sayville Residents on Alfan Drive, before retiring to Fort...

The passing of Danielle Santiago, Class of 2002.

[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]Sadly, a more recent graduate has been taken from us by the evil that is cancer. Danielle Santiago, known as “ Red” was the Class of 2002. Our...

The passing of Alfred E. Kunsch, Class of 1950.

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The passing of Webb Nash Morrison, Class of 1942.

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Sayville ‘83 is looking for 220 classmates’ email addresses – see list below

[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] Diane Steffen Martynowicz, Sayville ‘83 is looking for 220 classmates' email addresses - see list below. Please email Diane at sayvilleclass83@gmail.com Richard Acierno Jan Alker Donna Arcella Debra Attanasio-McKenna Patricia Badolato-Schanz Donna Baker-Marinelli Doug Barnes Timothy...

The passing of Susan R. (Collins) Keenan, Class of 1965.

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Additional photos and post-publication commentary

[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]Chris Horn has added some additional photos and post-publication commentary to his very popular 50th Anniversary of the 1971 State Champions! Sayville High Cross Country Team article. Come...

The passing of Ruth Adeline (Greene) Smith, Class of 1937 at age 102.

[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]Our hometown paper, The Suffolk County News published the obituary of Ruth Adeline (Greene) Smith, Class of 1937, on December 30, 2021. Just two days shy of her 103rd...