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~~Alumni Bios~~
2006
Cripps (Sumy) Lucinda
trusted Jesus
Christ as my Savior and Lord in November 1970 through the
ministry of Dave Lishus at Trafford High School (THS). After
1971 THS graduation, earned an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts
from Westmoreland County Community College. In 1975, I earned a
Bachelor Degree from Slippery Rock College majoring in
Recreation - Community Leisure Services. Dave Sumy and I were
married on May 13, 1978. Dave's first wife Becky died of cancer
that year. Their son Joshua was three years old when we
married. I was delighted to join the Sumy family! We live in
Kittanning, PA and Dave is a Physical Therapist currently
working for Visiting Nurse Association, Ford City, PA. God
blessed Dave and me with three more children; Rachael, Karen and
Nathan. All four of our children have completed college and
work in their chosen fields. Rachael and Karen have married
very special men: Al and Rachael Boyko in Chicago, IL; Doug and
Karen Smith in Milltown, NJ. I served twelve years as director
of Pregnancy Support Services, Kittanning, to offer pro-life
assistance to men and women dealing with an unexpected
pregnancy. My life was redirected on October 11, 1997 when a
drunk driver wrecked into my small truck causing me serious
injury. God blessed me with wonderful doctors, nurses, praying
family and friends as I recovered from the accident. Presently
I baby-sit for friends and help with fundraisers for Life
Choices (formerly Pregnancy Support Services). Dave and I
attend Harvest Community Church, Kittanning. My prayer for THS
classmates is from Numbers 6:24-26: "May the Lord bless and
protect you; may the Lord's face radiate with joy because of
you; may he be gracious to you, show you his favor and give you
his peace." Cindy (Cripps) Sumy |
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Hayne (Draganjac) Judy
I'm up here in Beaver county. We've
lived up here for 20 years, grown the 2 kids married them off
and have 2 Grandbabies also. MY Anne is 29. She and Homer have
been married 11 years on July 22, their kids are (Ty, 9 and Dru,
2) the apples of my eye, of course and my reason to rack up the
flyer miles to Florida! Joe the "baby" is 26. He married his
Tiffany August 22nd last year |
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Istanish
(Grimes) Anne
Anne Istanish married Jim Grimes
Dec. 17, 1982.
Katelyn Grimes born Dec.3, 1985.
Joe Grimes born Nov. 26 1987.
English teacher since 1975 for Norwin School District.
Live at my lifelong Harrison City Road abode.
STILL the prettiest (sorry Terri); smartest (forget it, Rose);
wittiest (too bad, Dinky);friendliest (where were you, Greer?);
most popular (Dayna sucks); AND BEST DANCER (There. It's
finally in print, Laraine!)of the class of 1971
I'm not sending along a picture. You'll just have to take my
word on this. :) |
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Painter (McAlister) Susan Dian
Married to Tom McAlister
who has been dubbed by my friends as, 'The World's Most Perfect
Man,'.....hmm, well, he's not exactly faultless since he's a
graduate of Jeannette (Oh my!). We have eight kids:
Brandy 32, research chemist; Courtney 31, psychologist; Shelby
28, mathematician; Adrienne 23, high school math teacher; Jared
20, into fiber optics and communication; Matthew 16, high
school; Justin 14, high school; Jason 11, middle school.
We also have seven grandchildren between the ages of 13 and
three years. All our children live within 10 miles of us
so we are fortunate to see them often.
After college I became a caseworker under contract with
Westmoreland County Children's Bureau and Westmoreland County
Family Courts and enjoyed that until 10 years ago.
Tom and I raise Cocker Spaniels in addition to a Smooth Fox
Terrier. We have a country home in Jefferson County, near
Cook Forest, PA, that we spend a great deal of time at on
weekends and during the summer.
www.painter-mcalister.com |
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Perry (Stern) Rebecca
Married to Craig Stern 10
yrs. 1 bio son, Nick Perry, 25yo; 2 stepkids, Dannie, 14yo,
Robert, 15yo. Have been doing counseling for 30 yrs. -
substance abuse, 23 yrs., children and families, 7yrs. Have
been living in Tucson since Jan., 1976 and loving every day of
it. Would welcome contact from any of our classmates.
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Mathe, Bradley
Alexander
Graduated High School and became a phone man working for good
ole Ma Bell. Ended my career with Lucent Technologies after 32
years as a victim of menopause management and retired in 2004.
In that time I climbed enough telephone poles to have feet like
a crow, worked as an application programmer, digitized the Air
Forces microfilm before digital cameras were invented and pushed
people for a living. According to my first wife and the judge of
the civil court of Tarrant County, Texas I am the sperm donor
for 2 boys presently ages 27 and 21. I have one Grand Daughter
and a yellow lab named Nixon. It took me two times to figure
that marriage was a very expensive hobby before I gave that up.
Now I enjoy wetting a line in the lake, building furniture,
restoring antique firearms and will occasionally chase white
women in hillbilly bars on the weekend. My future goal is to
open a bait camp on the gulf coast. I have an apprentice license
now and after 5 years I can get my masters license and become a
Master Baiter. |
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Humlan, Audrey Lynn
I live in Mt. Lebanon and work for the
Municipality as an assistant in the Public Works Department. I
share my home with four rescued dogs, and have written 2 short
stories about them that are published in a book entitled
“Animal Friends”, with all proceeds from the book benefiting
local animal shelters. (It’s available on Amazon.com and at
Barnes & Noble, so go ahead and buy one to help a good cause!)
In my spare time I give piano lessons, take agility classes with
my dogs, and ride Arielle, my Anglo-Arab mare. She and I have
studied dressage – a classical form of riding - with
internationally renowned instructors, progressing from the pony
rides at Kennywood! We all hope to retire to the country in
Maine, where my heart is always pulled.
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Kirkpatrick (Hilbert) Kathy
I have been a resident of White
Oak PA since July of 1985 and still live in the same home. At
the age of 40 and the mother of 2 pre-school children, I was
lucky to find employment close to home at King's Family
Restaurants corporate headquarters, as an Executive Assistant.
I divorced in 2005 after 23 years of marriage and am now part of
the single mom/dating scenario. Megan is 15 and Kristy is 17.
They are my joy and we have all been blessed with good health.
My life is full - or almost. I hope to someday find a partner
to share my happiness with me. E-mails are welcome.
I have been a volunteer over the past 10 years, also. As a
member of theWhite Oak Recreation Board, we planned events for
the children of thecommunity aged 10 and under. I was White
Oak's unofficial Easter Bunny for8 years (definitely NOT a
Playboy Bunny), and a volunteer of the committeefor the American
Cancer Society's Mon Yough Unit's fundraiser, The DaffodilBall,
for 6 years. The only volunteering I do now is to give blood
every 56 days. (They do go fishing, Brad, but will never become
a Master, like you!) |
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Mock, Dayna
(Rockage)
Rockage, Roy
As for
Roy and I.....Our fairytale story started at the "all class
reunion" in Trafford, August of 2004 when I ran into his sister
Elaine. Well....she played matchmaker and it worked! After many
hours on the phone and just as many emails back and forth, Roy
and I met for the first time in 33 years....and it was
wonderful. As a result, we were happily married December 19,2005
and spent our honneymoon on a Mexican Riviera cruise.We now
share a happy life with all "our" children My handsome son
Derrick who is 32, beautiful daughter Krista, 23 who is married
to our wonderful son-in-law, David. Roy's beautiful daughter
Tiffany is married to our other wonderful son-in-law, Matt.
Roy's cat, Everest warmly welcomed my cat Shadow and we are one
big happy family now.We live in Los Alamos, NM where the sun is
shinning all the time. Roy is a machinist at the Los Alamos
National Lab where he has worked for the past 24 years. As my
little bio stated in our yearbook, I did become a Hairstylist.
Most of my career that is what I did, but finally grew tired of
that and worked my way up to be a Merchandising Assistant for
JCPenney, then took a position as co-manager of a Fashion Bug.
I'm currently not working due to a back injury.We enjoy
traveling,camping,fly fishing(Roy's favorite),white water
rafting(I walk around the big ones) and just enjoy being
together.My "life line" my entire life has been my best life
long friends. Anna, Mon,La,Mouse and Tammy(T).....our yearly
trip to Cape May keeps us close. I love you "guys"!!...a note to
Anna....I read your bio, hey babe!...until you start doing our
reunions, YOU will never be as "popular" as me!....but I still
love ya anyway Bud! :) |
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Coll, Linda (Barosh)
Barosh, Tom
Tom and I have been married for 33
years and have 3 children: Sue is 32 and married with 4
children, Tommy is 31 and single and Mari is 26 and single. We
are very fortunate to have our kids and 3 grandsons and 1
granddaughter living in the area. We have lived in
Elizabethtown (near Lancaster/Hershey) for 18 years. Tom's job
of prosthetic technician brought us here. I work at the E-town
Borough office mainly fielding complaints. Our main source of
enjoyment comes from our family, but in addition to that, Tom
spends as much of his free time as possible on his motorcycle
and collects trains (guy has expensive hobbies!!) and I play
tennis in my free time and am in a reading group. Although we
now call Elizabethtown "home", a chunk of our hearts will always
be in Trafford. We welcome visits & emails from classmates. |
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Berkstresser (Coombs) Joyce
I have been married to
Gary Coombs since 1978. We have been blessed with three of the
greatest children. Our daughter, 25, is married and a 5th grade
science teacher. Our son, 24, is also married and working in
Information Technologies. No grandbabies yet (are we really old
enough??) Our baby, 18, just graduated from high school and she
will be going off to college in the fall. Therefore, we are in
the process of selling this big house and downsizing. We moved
to Atlanta in 1987 to get away from the cold weather and just
love it here. I play allot of tennis and enjoy spending
weekends at our cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. I thought
the reunion was wonderful and enjoyed seeing everyone again. I
don't think we've changed a whole lot, have we?? Altho', I
wouldn't have recognized David Garbin. (yes, David, you're
still good looking, but never would have guessed it was you.)
Was surprised to hear that John and Eddie have never been
married. What's with that? Rose, I'm jealous that you live
near Roger Federer, my idol! If anyone finds themselves near
Atlanta, please look us up.
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