Alumni Posts

The passing of Ruth Marjorie (Zegel) Candreva, age 94. Class of 1944.

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Happy birthday Gail (Heinsohn) McNutt, Class of ’72!

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New, terrific “Endless Waves” biography about Robert Edwards Thornhill, Class of 1923.

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Post a photo of your lights and decorations to represent your class! 

[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]Our Sayville Alumni Christmas and Holiday Lights Cheer Gallery have three photos. Represented are; 1955 (The Woodlands, Texas) 1971 (Littleton, Colorado) 1972 (Ocala, Florida). Post a photo of your lights and...

West Sayville dock yesterday afternoon. Thanks Mr. Val Brinkmann, Class of 1970

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A very special thank you to Vanessa (Sanchez) Bishop, Class of 2004, and her Sayville High School sweetheart/husband Scott Bishop, also Class of 2004!

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Looking for something interesting to do?   Please consider sharing your own life story or writing about someone else. We have a long list of stories waiting to be told. We would also love to receive your own story!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Snowy Sayville…

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Thank you so much, Linda Villano!

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Anna Katherine (Uckert) Frederick, 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][vc_column_text]Yet another valuable tip from a really terrific local gentleman (who wishes to remain anonymous), led us to Anna Katherine (Uckert) Frederick, Class of 1949. Anna is now...

Marjorie S. (Uckert) Vitalone, Class of 1943.

[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]The tip regarding Bill Uckert then led us to his sister, Marjorie S. (Uckert) Vitalone, Class of 1943. Marjorie is now part of our annual alumni birthday remembrance...

Frederick William “Bill” Uckert Jr., Class of 1943

[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]Thanks to a very helpful tip, we have been able to edit a memorial page and add Frederick William “Bill” Uckert Jr., Class of 1943 to our birthday...

The passing of Barbara R. Martorello November 8, 1946 ~ November 16, 2020 (age 74)

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Sayville High Alumni around the world; Checking in from the Tateyama Mountains in Japan, is Peter J. Bakelaar, Class of 1979.

The passing of community icon, George E. Leigh-Manuell, Class of 1946

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2d Lt. Florence Berniece (Logan) Evans, Class of 1935. Please remember Veteran’s Day and watch Tom’s video.

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Just for fun; Come try our Sayville Union Cemetery Birdhouses Jig-saw Puzzle

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Thanks to a tip, we have been able to establish a memorial page and add Madlyn (Fitzgerald) Eleazer, Class of 1938 to our birthday remembrance calendar.  

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Some great news! An important piece of history located!

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