Author: Hal Gordon Brown

[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 an exceptionally talented man, William H. "Bill" Paauwe November 30, 1929 ~ January 4, 2021 (age 91). Bill graduated in the Class of 1947. He regularly held reunions at his...

[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] Link to Eleanor Ann (leach) Hammond, Sayville High Class of 1942 [/vc_column_text][/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][vc_column_text] Link to 1LT Bernadette Marie (Leach) Davis memorial page [/vc_column_text][/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][vc_column_text]Have you seen Tom McMahon's very nice article and video about Jacob Ockers, the "Oyster King"? Jacob was a Sayville Village Schools pupil in the days before even old "88". Come check it out at; Jacob Ockers, the Oyster...

[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]An addition to our birthday remembrance calendar; Andrew Edward Steuer, Class of 1953. We do not have a photo of Andy. Andrew Edward Steuer (1933-2013) - Find A Grave Memorial[/vc_column_text][/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][vc_column_text]Sadly, the family of Walter George “Buddy” Maure (class of 1971) has informed us that Buddy was laid to rest in Calverton National Cemetery earlier this week. Buddy was a long-time resident of Sayville and West Sayville and...

[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] Sayville will have two alum playing at Notre Dame next year, both outstanding young men who had great HS careers here in Sayville. Jack Coan for football and Brock Murtha for baseball. Best of luck to both of them! Photo and...

[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] Hazel Mae (Ockers) Van Emmerik BIRTH 16 Dec 1908 West Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, USA DEATH 13 Dec 1989 (aged 80) Englewood, Sarasota County, Florida, USA BURIAL Union Cemetery Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 89062383 · View Source   Daughter of Adriaan "Edward" Ockers and Gertrude J. Van Popering, wife of...

[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] Happy New Year everyone!   Listed below are deceased Sayville High alumni and one teacher whose birthdays are not yet known to us.   We've searched many resources such as newspapers, genealogy websites and also reached out to people who might...

[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]Please come read “Holidays in a War Zone“, specially prepared for the Sayville Alumni Association by US Army Brigadier General (Retired) Richard K. Sele (SHS Class of 1979). Please share! https://sayvillealumni.org/holidays-in-a-war-zone/ [/vc_column_text][/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][vc_column_text] Click here! Sayville High students who married… [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...