Classmates

SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS...Dave Barzler, Nancy McClintock, Biv Schnure and Jack Pfunder
SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS...Dave Barzler, Nancy McClintock, Biv Schnure and Jack Pfunder

60 years have gone by since we graduated from high school
so you can bet we don't look the same as we did back in the 60's...

Some of us have more pounds, or less hair, and some...  
actually look better than they did at USC. 



This page will remind everyone of what we looked like back then and the way we look now, as well as update us on what we are doing in this stage of our lives. 
 
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They will give you access so that you can make necessary changes and add an updated photo. (you can no longer make a change on the this page due to upgrades to the site)


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We will enter your "then" (senior) photo after you submit your information. Should appear on the website within one to two days. (Please make sure your info and comments are correct...once submitted, can only be changed through us)
 
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Hopefully this page will allow you to re-connect with former classmates...

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Enjoy...    

Classmates

Nancy Thomas (McClintock)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Widowed
Children: 3
Occupation: homemaker and grandma
Comment: Bob and I have lived in St Louis for over 30 years, after graduating from Penn State and spending 5 years in the USMC. Bob has an aircraft charter business here. We have 3 sons, 2 wonderful daughters-in-law and 2 perfect grandchildren, with 2 more on the way. Our third son is in DC right now, but is returning to St Louis in the fall. Life is good.

Miriam Thomson (Rosenshine)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Secretary/receptionist
Comment: I live 60 miles north (wine country) of San Francisco with my husband. We have been married 15 years and decided not to have children. We have 2 loving, wonderful, spoiled cats. For our 15th anniversary in the fall we'll be going to Hawaii to celebrate. Pittsburgh has turned into a really pretty city, and I'm proud of it. A lot of my aunts, uncles, cousins live there, but I don't get back there much. My most immediate family - my sister Ellen - and her husband, kids and grandchildren all live in Atlanta.

David Toerper

Then Then
Now Now
Children: 2
Occupation: Boarding School Administrator
Comment: I agree with Bruce -- 41 years is a long time. Linda and I've been married for 38 of them. Met in Chicago in 1966 where I was working off my two year Selective Service conscientious objector obligation to the draft. Been living in Iowa since 1988. Linda grew up out here. Our children were born in Colorado where I finally finished college in 1977. Our Christian faith sustains and drives our lives. Linda has civilized 4th graders for all of her working outside the home years. I've worked away at a number of things -- father, masonry, grocery produce department, postal service, theological seminary/church, construction sales, long-haul trucking safety department, and boarding school business office/development/and admissions. Enjoy yourselves in August! (I'll be getting our school year started here in Iowa) Life is something, isn't it?!

Pamela (Pam) Trainer (Heald)

Marital status: Widowed
Children: 2
Comment: After 41 years some things never change. I still love the Pirates, the Steelers, and Rock and Roll.

I left Upper St. Clair for Morgantown, WV and WVU. I was going to be a fashion designer; somehow, I graduated in Geology. I was given the opportunity to attend graduate school at WVU on a teaching assistantship, and was able to also get a part-time job with the West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey.

I met my husband in Morgantown and we were married 4 days before he started law school. I worked to put him though school, while at the same time working on my MS in Geology.

Did I use my education? Well, not too much, as I had my first son 10 months after Bill graduated from law school. I was a “stay at home mom,” in a matter of speaking. I took drawing and sculpture classes at Marietta College, and at the local community college. How else was I to keep my sanity with the mothers of other small children? Plus, maybe, I’d get that fashion design thing in hand after all.

I have two boys. Both have graduated from college. I’m proud of them, and I think their greatest accomplishment has been their ability to cope with their mother. Though, their accomplishments in other areas are pretty nice, too.

I have taught on the college level, and still do fill in for the science and math people from time to time. I have sculpted a few bronze, stone, and wood pieces. I paint and my favorite medium is watercolor.

I was married on August 19th, and nine years later on our wedding anniversary my youngest son was born. I’m sad to say I will not be able to attend the Reunion, but I want photos!!

Cindy Webster (Hunter)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Retired Teacher
Comment: I taught Health, P.E., and Science at South Fayette Jr. Sr. H.S. for two years. Married Roger 7/17/71. Taught at Montgomery(WV) H.S. & Elem. for a year until Matthew came along. We lived awhile in Bradford, PA, on to Wheeling, WV where Adam joined the family, then to Washington, PA for six years. In "83 Amanda was welcomed into the family. Lucky me got to raise the children at home for about 17 years. In "86 we moved to Shepherdstown and have called it home for 20 years. I began a Masters program in Special Education/ Learning Disabilities, graduating from WVU and teaching here for the past 16 years. I love what I do! Our youngest(Amanda 22) just graduated from WVU in December in Communications and is now starting graduate school in Public Health. Will it ever end? Son Adam (29) is the Director of Conservation for the WV Rivers Coalition based in Elkins, WV and son Matt (32)and his wife live in Fredericksburg, VA where he is Manager of Historic Architectural Resources at the Kenmore Plantation. Roger and I just enjoy our "empty nest" and enjoy the phone calls and visits.



2014 Entry: I loved seeing all of you who attended the last reunion.  Wasn't it great?  Thanks to Cheryl for all of her hard work in pulling this together. 

After 23 years, I retired from teaching in 2010.

In 2011, Roger and I were blessed with our first grandchild. 2012 brought us twin grandsons, and another granddaughter in 2014. We will welcome another little one in 2015! Thankfully, all of our children now live within four hours of home.

I look forward to seeing many of you in September 2015.

Betty West (Ives)

Then Then
Children: 2
Occupation: Preschool director
Comment: We live outside of DC in the beautiful foothills of the Shenandoah Mts. Have raised the Best 2 kids in the world! and have 3 fabulous grandkids. Two live within miles of us--what a joy. The third lives in CO and so I suddenly have become an airline traveler. I have been teaching and directing my preschool for 23 years now and so my life revolves around children as well as husband, church (SS and choir), scrapbooking, and the Grands. Will try to send a pic later- I am computer semi-illiterate and need Lynn's help to do anything except type. He is a computer engineer for BAE systems in Reston, VA.

Cheryl Whitehead (Hawkins)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Divorced
Children: 2
Occupation: Hutchison Whitehead Wealth Management
Comment:

Taught Art in Charleston, WV...later became a Guidance Counselor in Fort Knox, KY...Divorced...then returned to Pittsburgh in 1980 at which time I started a "New" career in Real Estate. Have two wonderful sons and just became a grandmother to William Michael Whitehead.



2014 Entry:  Now have 3 grandsons  Will  (9), John  (7), and Henry (4) and 1  

                     granddaughter, Lily Grace  (1)



Presently working "part time" for my son at Hutchison Whitehead Wealth Management.



The Reunion Committee has put together a "Great" Weekend and "Website"...but The success of this reunion depends on YOU ! Hope you will make every effort to be in Pittsburgh  September 18-20th... Can't wait to see EVERYONE !!

 

Cristy Willer (Willer)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 4
Occupation: Bureaucrat
Comment: Let’s see…I spent 15 years in the San Francisco bay area, worked at Antioch College/West as their registrar, did a BA and MA at Berkeley, then went to a fishing village in rural Alaska in ’81 to finish my Anthropology PhD (but didn’t). Instead married an Eskimo fisherman, raised his two children and two of our own. Built and directed a drug/alcohol treatment center for the Alaska Native hospital in Bristol Bay and worked there 17 years. Divorced two years ago. Soon after, tried to stop a half-ton truck by hand – a really bad idea – and ran over myself, resulting in a face constructed mostly of titanium; but otherwise I’m fine. Reunited with an old love from 30 years ago, moved to Anchorage, took a job with the (brrrrrr) Republican state government directing their Mental Health/Substance Abuse Division, and now live with my new husband (wedding picture attached) and 15-year old daughter; the other one is in college in northern California. It’s amazing to see all of your strangely familiar faces (old and new)—and to think that I’ve heard Jay Young on Prairie Home Companion! Yes, David, life sure is something…

Linda Wright (Massol)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Divorced
Children: 2
Occupation: Parish Administrator
Comment: I graduated from Bethany College with a degree in History and Political Science and promptly moved to Florida with a job in the insurance industry. Lots of years and two grown children later (son and daughter) I received the Paralegal Certification from Rollins College in 1995 and spent a few years working in the legal profession. Following that I worked on the financial side of a real estate company for 7 years, followed by bookkeeping for two small businesses. I am currently the Parish Administrator for Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Orlando. I kept the old photo from the previous reunion on this site because I like it. This is a big year for my family as my daughter is due in June with her second child and my son is getting married in October. I am still involved with horses and ride regularly, exercising a retired show horse for a friend.

Jay Young

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Lawyer
Comment: I attended Cornell University, graduating as an English major in 1969, and then taught high school English in Cortland, New York (about 20 miles from Ithaca) for 5 years. I met Martha Johnston at Cornell, and we were married in 1970. I went to Georgetown Law School, graduating in 1977. Within about a 2-month period, our son Zack was born, we moved to Portland, Maine, bought a house, and I started work as a lawyer. Ten years ago, two other lawyers and I left the big firm and started our own firm, LeBlanc & Young. We do mostly estate planning and estate and trust administration. Our daughter Maretta was born in 1986. This fall she will start her junior year at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. Zack and Retta are wonderful. So far neither is married, so grandchildren are still over the horizon. Although no one in high school, including me, would have expected it, music has taken me to some surprising places. I began playing folk music on guitar in high school and progressed through rock and roll, blues, bluegrass and a couple of church choirs. Along the way, I learned to play upright bass. About 15 years ago I started playing with a group of Franco-American fiddle players and other musicians descended from people who immigrated to Maine from Quebec and the Canadian maritime provinces. There is a substantial French population in Maine, whole communities especially in the old mill towns where for several generations French was the primary language. A band called the Maine French Fiddlers coalesced out of these house parties (four or five fiddles, piano, one or two guitars, bass, sometimes an accordion) which represented the traditional Maine French culture. I was a ringer. The rest of the band had names like Lucien Mathieu, Gerry Robichaud and Ben Guillmette. We played at Carnegie Hall, on Garrison Keillor’s “Prairie Home Companion” radio show a couple of times, at a National Folk Festival, and at Wolf Trap. The core of that band is now playing as a trio, with Don and Cindy Roy on fiddle and piano, and me on bass. In 2004 we played at the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress, and another National Folk Festival. I continue to enjoy playing music, and I’m grateful to have had such opportunities. Thank you, Cheryl, for your efforts in organizing our reunion.