In Memoriam 1963

The Salvation Army Band played
Sinatra from a younger day
And the morning lasted all day
All day.
Winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
and The Beatles
— Dream Academy, 1985*

Robert Arriet
Thomas "Tommy" Arriet
Donn Beedle
Sharon Blackmer
David Boccardo
Dave Brandl
Annette Brittsan
David Brown
Timothy Cefalia
Kay Grieco Dejusto
Gary Fahy
Gary Fleming
Anthony Fierro
Robert Franco
Kathy Frye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Kathleen Egan Hall
Claudia Hart
Terri Worsley Hollender
Michael Lacy
Thomas Lasek
Alicia Manuszak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


Margaret McLean
Nick Pantaleo
Patrick Pickett
James Pronovost
Angelina Lastra Rocha
Cheryl Rowland
Calvin Schexnayder
Michael Sweeney
Susan Luther Yensen

JULY 9, 2025 UPDATE

Dave Caudillo
Kathy Foraker
Jim Gaffney
Ernie Seita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requiescant in pace in vitam aeternam—Amen, amici mei.


The News from 1406 North Fresno Street, c. 1963
Whom to blame, including SJM's Sister Steven:
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Tempus fugit.
5-20-1963 Red & Blue Page 1

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Class of '63 Surprise Guests : Tennis, Math and (shhhh...) Sex

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*Lyrics from "Life in a Northern Town" by Gilbert Gabriel and Nick Laird-Lowes, Dream Academy, 1985

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Betty J. Barbano
2-7-1941 / 12-27-2005
Remember her laughter

My Golden Girl
50 years ago today

On January 16, 1959, two babies were born.
They became sisters in both life and death.

Larry Barbano, Frater Mei
12-18-1947 / 10-18-2023



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