IN MEMORIAM: Donna Maronde Varnau

IN MEMORIAM: Donna Maronde Varnau
Donna Frances Maronde Varnau passed away of pancreatic cancer on May 7, 2023.  Donna was born December 5, 1945 and grew up in California.  She lived in San Marino with her brothers Bob, Jim and Craig and graduated from San Marino High School in 1963.  Donna is survived by her husband David Varnau and children Greg and Heather and grandchildren Henry and Abigail.  She and her husband moved to Seattle early in their marriage and enjoyed many vacations in Spain and France, especially their time together walking the Way of Saint James.  Donna was a marriage and family counselor and her practice working with patients was a very important and rewarding part of her life.  Her life was celebrated by family and friends in Seattle, Washington where she and David lived.  Donna passed peacefully on hospice surrounded by her family.  She will be greatly missed. Click here for San Marino Tribune obituary.

IN MEMORIAM: Pete Klinke

IN MEMORIAM: Pete Klinke
Richard Fyke My good friend PETE KLINKE who I grew up with and was in Cubby and my wedding passed on September 3rd 2020.  Enclosed is a copy of his “Celebration of Life” invitation

IN MEMORIAM: Phllip (Flip) Wilson

IN MEMORIAM: Phllip (Flip) Wilson
Flip passed away on May 30, 2019 after a fight with Parkinson’s.

SMHS1963- 60th Reunion: An Organ Recital😃

By now, you should have received a letter from Pam Bryan wth the final details of our ORGAN RECITAL Celebration (i.e, SMHS63 60th Reunion). Please RSVP to which, if any, of the 2 events you will be attending using card that was enclosed with a return envelope.

OTHER:  Can anyone help us get contact information for classmate VAL ESTEVA, Our Class of 1963 had 343 people graduate. We know that 77 classmates have passed away. And Caren Curry, who apparently has super detective skills that few were aware of, has recently tracked down nearly 50 missing or bad snail mail addresses. Only Val Esteva remains unaccounted for. Our Class “Open Rate” on these email blasts is an astounding, unheard-of 80%- great to be a “Connected class!” However, we are missing 111 email addresses. Please scan the list below for Classmates without a known email address- and either ask them to Contact me (or Pam Bryan at pambb17@yahoo.com) – or, at a minimum, to monitor our class webpage https://smhs1963.wordpress.com. As most of you know, we have NOT bombarded you all with constant emails. And we never, ever, give out your email addresses to ANYONE. Period. SMHS Name First Name Anderson Robert Andrews Linda Arnold Sandra Banck Kicki Barnes Nancy Beetley Betty Jo Bennett William Biles Pat Boran Michael Boyd Ann Brady Linda Braun Nancy Buchanan Heather Callister Thomas Campbell John Carson Charles Champion Donald Clark Carol Clarno Jeffrey Coburn Laura Jean Collett Brent Cotton Janice Crotty Peter Crowe Deanna Curtis Frances Damerel Jacqueline Daniels Linda Darwin Errol Dawkins Christopher Day Robert DeLong Maureen Donoghue Patricia Doovas William Duttenhofer David Gibbs Nancy Graham Alan Greene Roger Griswold James Guerrieri Marilyn Hamblin Eugene Hartley Thomas Henrickson Susan Hilleger Margery Hoffman Frank Holt Carol Holtermann Dianne Jolly Nancy Kacirek Suzanne Kaplan Denis Kenmir Jane Knight Carol Lillie James Little Benjamin Lucarelli David Ludwig Dell Maurer Scott McLaughlin Michael McNabb James McPherson Dr. David Merideth Grant Muellen Marc Murphy Nancy Nelson Christopher Nibecker Lynne Osorio Soledad Oxspring Carole Parshall Pamela Patten James Radzat Darlene Ramirez Val Read Maribeth Robison Pamela Roulac Stephen Saunders Deborah Say Rev. William Scott Jonathan Seyster J. Gary Sharpe Tina Sheets Elizabeth Shelden Geoffrey Shelton Janet Sherrer Ellen Siegel Richard Smart Rick Smith Ryland Smith Stephen Sprague Richard Stanton Margaret Strong Alexander Tarlton Judy Thomason William Thompson Tom Toland Tim Trankla Joanne Travis Joan Troost Marion Vallone Kenneth Waite Leslie Wallace Bruce Wetherbee Mardi Williams Alan Williams Malcolm Wilson Christine Winston Peggy Wolf Robert Wood Robert Woolridge Jeffrey Wrenn Josephine Young Kathleen

FROM Torun Almer

Dear Chris, Janet, Pam and Caren,

Thank you so much for all your work in keeping the rest of us connected on the web site and at reunions.  

I, for one, did not have a miserable time in high school because I realized the education I received there would, and has, served me well.  As far as I remember no one ever gave me a hard time and even though I may not have been the smartest person in any particular subject, my love of learning and world view was widened.  It is good to get to know folk with different thoughts/opinions/beliefs

 Otherwise talking with them would be like talking to myself and I already know what I think and/or believe.  Just a few thoughts.

I have lived an amazing life so far and hope to continue doing so for a while longer. 

Every morning when I wake up I am grateful for 3 thing.

1.  I woke up (because one never knows).
2.  David woke up (because one never knows).
3.  We have hot and cold running water in our home.

After that, its all good.  

Torun Almér, BS, MA, MPA

Janet Bruckner Maronde TYPO

Janet- I am so sorry. Not only did I transpose your middle and last name, but I also mispelled Bruckner. Not a good day for me. My apology.

Folks- our fabulous, and invaluable database manager is, of course, Janet Bruckner Maronde, not the transposed name on email. 

The DECEASED By Date of Death- and the DECEASED By Last Name Tabs at top of our webpage have been updated.

The DECEASED By Date of Death– and the DECEASED By Last Name Tabs at top of our webpage have been updated. Also, each list now has the Senior Class Photo of classmate attached. 

A big thank you to Janet Maronde Buckner, the Class’ offical database keeper, for taking her time to update the database with the Senior photos.

Also, a shoutout to Caren Curry Cameron who has used her magic to discover at least eight missing snail mail address of classmates.

Finally, be watching your MAILBOX in the next 2 weeks for a snail mail announceing details of our 60th Class Reunion as well as RSVP information. Another thank you to Caren Curry Cameron for managing these Class mailings.

As usual, all email blasts, as well as late breaking information on the 60th Reunion, will be posted to our webpage. See you all soon…