Regards,
Phyllis
NORTHWEST HERALD NEWS PAPER
Barbara Ann (Baker) Hill
North Form Meyers, Florida
Barbara (Baker) Hill 70, of North Fort Myers,
Florida and formerly of Fox Lake. Died Sunday August
28, 2005
She Was Secretary Treasure for Am vets Auxiliary
Post No. 81
Survivors
include
five
children,
Valerie (Scot) Millar of
Batavia, Mayor
Richard (Mary) Hill of Round Lake Beach, and
Michael (Dawn) Hill of Fox
Lake. Vicki (Mike)
Nielsen of
Hebron, and Gary
Hill of Round
Lake Beach; 13
grandchildren,
Dennis
Brey,
Christy (Michael)
Bartolain, Richard (Dawn) Hill,
SPC Leonard
Bill, Matthew
Hill, Lauren
Hill, Brittni (Tom)
Bruce, Kariann
Hill, Coryn Jean
"CJ" Hill,
Jennifer Hill, Steven
Hill, Melanie
Nielsen and Jake
Nielsen;
a
great-grandson,
Thomas
Bruce: a sister, Tari
Snow of
Westminster, Colorado.; and many nieces and nephews.
Slug also
was known
as "Mom" to the Bertam Children.
Her husband, Richard Hill, and her parents, Guerdon
and Mabel (Tonkin) Baker, preceded her in death.
The memorial service will
be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Calvary Presbyterian Church 510 Cedar Lake
Road, Round
Lake.
in lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to Hope
Hospice, 9470
Healthpark Circle, Fort, Myers, FL 33908, or to
the
American Cancer Society,
Attn: Donations,
P.O. Box
102451, Atlanta, GA 30368-
Those whom attended were blessed to
be with Barbara for the our 50th class reunion.
Here is the link to Barbara's Bio as it appeared in
the class reunion book edited by Phyllis
(Werhan) Bauer.
Barbara
Baker
Response's To Notice About Barbara
FROM JACKIE "CAVETT" WALKER
Hi Jim
How sad that yet another class mate has gone. It
seems that those of us that grew up in that area are
experiencing early deaths. Makes you wonder why.
Wonder if any of us will make it to our 80's and
90's. I am sure I will not be on the list. As I have
told you before, I have a serious heart condition
called, congestive heart failure. There are four
stages to this condition and I am now in the high
side of #3. There is not any cure or therapy for it.
At the end of #4, it is all over with.
There is not any way to forecast how long the
different stages last. I have already taken all the
treatments available for this condition. I just
swallow lots of pills now. Hopefully, either I or
one of my kids, will be able to inform you and
others, when the last stages are here. It is all in
the hands of our Lord. Take care my friend. Hope all
is going
well for you and your family.
Jackie
Email From Pam "Hartigan" Jacobs
Just a note to advise I have
joined the fast track and have a new e-mail
address.
pamelmst@hotmail.com. Some of you I have
neglected for quite some time and you might not
remember I exist. Would appreciate your sending
me an e-mail at the new address so I can
automatically add you to my address book without
me having to type same.
We have been blessed as Katrina
went way to the west and we had no damage, not
even electric out. Hope all is well with all of
you. Pam and Larry
Email From Donna "Casey" Cushing
dcushin380@earthlink.net
Jim, Barbara
(Baker) Hill was in Illinois when she passed
away. She had a blood clot. I do not know
any more details. Her death notice was in
the Waukegan paper the week of 9/3/05.
Donna
Obituary for Donna “Casey”
Cushing’s Mother
arie
C. Freund
Marie C. Freund (formerly
Casey), a
resident of Bonita Springs,
FL and formerly
of Ingleside passed away Tuesday
June 28, 2005 at the age of
98. She was
born March 16, 1907 in Fox
Lake, IL to
the late William and Carrie
Tonyan.
Marie was a member of St.
Bade Catholic
Church and had retired from Grant
High School after working in
the cafeteria
for over 40 years.
Marie is survived by her
daughters,
Marlene (Joseph) Keefe, Donna
(Dan)
Cushing, Marjorie Meade; her grandchildren,
Linda (Dave) Bowles, Harry (Polly)
Meade,
Denise (Mark) Seifried, Mark
Kathy)
Meade, Jennifer Meade, Patrick
Dawn)
Keefe, Debra Smith, Cindy (Dave)
McGilvrey and Diane Kramer; her
12
great-grandchildren; three great
great-grandchildren; and her brother-in-law,
Charlie Larson.
She was preceded in death by
her parents;
her husbands, James Casey and
Beno Freund; her son, James
Casey, Jr.;
her sisters, Gertrude
(Charlie) Wolbing,
Evelyn (Phil) Wagner, Helen
(Webb) Ambacker,
Frances (Beno) Freund, and Velma
Larson; and her brothers, Willard (Lucille)
Tonyan and Jerome (Bernice) Tonyan.
A funeral mass is scheduled
for Saturday,
July 2, 2005 at 10:00 am at St. Bede
Catholic Church, 36455 N.
Wilson Rd.,
Ingleside, IL 60041.
Interment will be held
immediately after the service
at Ascension Catholic Cemetery. Friends of
the
family may visit on Friday,
July 1, 2005
from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00
p.m. at STRANG
FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM,
410 E.
Belvidere Rd., Grayslake, IL
60030. For
more information please call
(847)223-8122.
Note From Fred Knaack
10/12/2005
Hope all is well with you and
your family, my wife and I attended The All
Years Grant Reunion held at Marvel's Rt 59
and Grand Avenue Fox Lake Phone (847)
587-5812.
It is held 1st Wed in May and
October at 4pm. We enjoyed seeing other
class mates. Hope to see you at the next one
in May. Thank you again for all your
efforts!
I get all my info off my
daughters computer I still haven't taken the
plunge yet.
"Thank you Fred for the check
to help keep the web site on line"
Email From Lester Gnadt
10/25/2005
lestergg@earthlink.net
Wilma's gone, and I
guess it's timely for me to say hello,
and let you know that I'm fine, and
suffered no losses from her
fury......and just had a day off from
work until things could settle down
again. Some of you from other parts of
Florida, I know didn't fare as well, and
my thoughts, prayers, and best wishes
are with you for a quick recovery.
Sincerely, Lester Gnadt
Email From Patricia Mauck 10/27/2005
pmauck@cfl.rr.com
Hi Jim,
We live here from October until the
first week in May. Our address is
11306 Autumn Wind Loop, Clermont, FL
34711.
Patti
Email From LaVerne
"Beskow" Thompson 1027/2005
LMTANTIOCH@aol.com
great idea, thanks. Now with all
the hurricanes in the south, they
will become a little more personal
for all of us. Warm Regards, Mouse
Email From Erwin
Buchholz
irjan@verizon.net
Jim,
It has been a hectic year
for me this 2005 with some non
stop remodeling and a couple of
computer crashes (of course not
much back up). So here I am
finally with some time to play
catch up. First of all Jim may I
ask you for our class website
address as I know I have missed
a lot in the news letters.
Second, I do not know if every
one has my address up to date.
It is
irjan@verizon.net . Once I
receive the website info I will
forward an update of my life.
Also Jim I know you must be
still accepting donations for
all of your work. Is your
address still the same?
Irwin
Email from Donna "Casey"
Cushing
dcushin380@earthlink.net
Jim, We are
going to Dolphin Tiki Bar in
Marco Island with Ruth
Grooveld (Bechner). Dave
Switzer will be there. He
lives on Isle of Capri.
Ruth said you know him.
Donna
Reply:
Donna
I sure do
know Dave Switzer I worked
for his family at Switzer
Boat Company for 10 years
starting in 1953, in fact
Dave stood up at my wedding
when I married Jane in 1962.
Ask Dave if
he could send me an email I
don't have his.
Jim
Letter from
Gerry "Krippner" Spears
WA9SHH@aol.com
December
2005
Merry
Christmas... Happy Holidays
...Season's Greetings to all
As usual, it
was a very quick year for us
...
with dividing
our time in our home without
the wheels and the one with
the wheels. Started the year
wandering
Florida and
getting out of the Illinois
cold winter....still like
our stay in Fort Myers
Beach the
best...as the temperatures
and things to do like taking
the trolley bus to
the beach
fits us fine. Traffic
doesn't bother us. As we are
used to living around
here! We left
the motor home in the park
for a few days and went to
the east coast
of Florida
and took a cruise with
Ralph's retired Navy FOX
Division
... that gets
together
every other year. It was a
first cruise for me and as
Ralph's gang said
...
it
was a bit
fancier than his old ship.
So a good time was had by
all.
Arrived back
to Prospect Heights in April
...
and of course
was delighted to see
our smallest
Spears had grown so much in
such a short time. We
decided "Jaidyn" was more
interesting to add to our
Christmas picture-then just
seeing us.
Would
have liked to
have had the picture of the
Spears "six" but that is
hard to do with
everyone's
schedules being different.
Rory has
managed to get a few short
trips out in different
directions over the year...
(Has golf clubs. will
travel)... With trips to
Hawaii, Pinehurst, NC (HIS
FIRST HOLE IN
ONE!
YEAH!)....
Arizona...
Las Vegas
...
and any other
place that
has his
friends and golf courses. I
think the golf keeps him
sane as it gets him
away for a
short time from covering one
sports event to another and
the Chicago
traffic. Of
course this year he added
covering a "World Series" to
his list. .with the White
Sox win.
Reid and
Stacey keep their usual busy
pace plus now keeping track
of where
Jaidyn is
getting to around in the
house. Stacey teaches music
at a private school
and Reid
accompanies high school
chorus classes all day. We
laugh that Jaidyn will tell
people that Mommy teaches
but Daddy just "plays"...
Reid's school took
top honors
with their winning a first
place Golden Grammy Award
for their chorus department
... so it was
a big year for them. Stacey
also teaches and directs a
summer park
district program and this
year they did the Peanuts
Charley Brown
play with
Reid playing for the main
performances...so Stacey
could concentrate on
just
directing
...
so we were
happy to help with the baby
sitting for a couple days.
We spent a
couple months of summer
...
doing "fun
things”. Like Ralph adding
on to our
storage shed. .and other
misc. work around here
...
then in
August we took
off and went
to PA for another class
reunion
...
on to CN, NJ,
DC and VA to
sightsee and
visit with relatives and
friends
...
had a really
nice time
...
but a very
fast
month or so
on the road.
We wish you
all a very happy and healthy
2006
Letter from
Gerry "Krippner" Spears
WA9SHH@aol.com
December 17, 2005
Hi Jim and Jane....
Was just thinking of you
the other day and
realized I had not
checked
our school site in
awhile. You have done
one great job with it
...
many thanks! We are into our
last couple weeks in the
cold country... have had
enough of the "snow
flurries"...that we keep
having to clear away. If
all goes as planned we
will pack the motor home
and head south right
after Christmas.... back
probably in April some
time.
Hope both of you and
your family have a nice
Christmas and a happy
and healthy year to come
Am
enclosing a donation to
help keep the site going
Here is the
Christmas card Gerry sent
