Author: Hal Gordon Brown

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[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 css=".vc_custom_1719427012138{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #d9cce2 !important;}"]Did you ever think about the idea that remembering and preserving our Sayville alumni history captures the essence of different eras, including social changes, educational trends, and...

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[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 css=".vc_custom_1718209745960{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #d2bee2 !important;}"] Sandy Flanagan shared this with us at SAA and with the Rollstone Ave FaceBook group. Buzzy Gertzen kindly cleaned up the imperfections and enhanced and colorized this amazing...

[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 css=""] John Michael “Mike” Madigan BIRTH 9 Jun 1944 White Plains, Westchester County, New York, USA DEATH 30 Dec 2008 (aged 64) Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/270109159/john-michael-madigan THANK YOU to Erick Baumeister for his research on Mike! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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[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 css=".vc_custom_1718047073010{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #e2c7e2 !important;}"]We express our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and classmates of Royal Ernest Fliedner, Class of 1948. For more information about Royal's life, please visit the...

[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 css=".vc_custom_1717766935737{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #d8c5e2 !important;}"]Sayville and beyond, its history and people. By Thomas McMahon   Here is the story of James Martin Mullen, a little boy who grew up living with his grandparents on...

[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 css=".vc_custom_1717724095769{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #e1e9f7 !important;}"]Our good friend Jeanne Schuhmann has shared with us the sad news of the passing of Douglas Lauten, a member of the Class of 1970. Douglas was...

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[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 css=".vc_custom_1717515136481{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}"]We are saddened to learn of the passing of Robert A. Klatt, an alumnus of the Class of 1971.  We extend our sincere sympathies to Robert's family, friends,...

[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 css=".vc_custom_1716323925999{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}"]It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the passing of Myrna Joan (Bismarck) Becker, a member of the Class of 1952. She peacefully passed away at...