41 year reunion

 41 year reunion

September 17, 2022

RiverRock

 Cheryl Malburn

October 23  2019

Curtis Weber

May 29 2022

Curtis wants you to drink a Budweiser and think of him.

 

Update From Terri Bowers

Hey Everyone!!!

So here is the scoop.

Fresh off the press...

September 17, 2022 will be our informal "formal" 40+1 reunion. We don't have a venue yet and will most likely use word of mouth after a place is chosen. These days this seems to be working out the best for other classes as people don't like to commit with tickets. Meetha has an old class list but I don't think we are planning to hire a company to help track people down. Cathy Degnan Massessa will be in Brick in May for a week. If anyone is local please reach out and help us scout a fun venue.

I think Jenks Inlet would be fun. Riverrock, Belmar... We can use all the help and ideas we can get so start thinking and spreading the word... There sure were alot of us!!!

This will be fun. I'm already looking forward to catching up with people to plan it!!

Please come, everyone!!!

Feel free to post here, pm message myself Meetha Pai Gould , Cathy Degnan Masessa , Kara Bradley Ertle , Sherilyn Reitemeyer-Piantadosi , Lori Mueller Martz , R Kurt Meier III , Carol Borshowsky , Bill Porter , Jack Connolly , Keith Ortner , Roy Hersey , Michael Monda , Daniel Newman , Craig Batzel , Eric Lehnes and it goes on and on with your help.

Start tagging your friends.

This will be a team effort and long overdue!

Sadly updating this page

Its been a longtime  since  I have updated the passing of our classmates,  its very sad to have to add these classmates to this page.

Claire Smith 

Claire Martin   her  maiden name was Claire Smith

October 11, 1963 - July 12, 2016

Elizabeth A. Gooley,

Elizabeth A. Gooley, 54, of Brick passed away suddenly on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the Ocean Medical Center in Brick, surrounded by her family. Ms. Gooley was a regional manager for Dunkin Donuts in the State of Rhode Island for many years. She was a 1981 graduate of Brick High School. She was born in Point Pleasant, grew up in Brick and lived in Providence, RI where she attended Johnson & Wales Culinary school before returning to Brick 25 years ago.
One of her greatest strengths was her compassion for others. She befriended many people over the last several years selflessly offering home assistance, rides to appointments, and always homemade treats. She was the “Cesar Millan” of the Jersey Shore and relished her time spent with her own “Romeo” at the dog park in Brick.
She was predeceased by her parents, Albert and Betty Anne Gooley; her Aunt Jeannette Flek, and by her brother, Ronald Gooley. Surviving are her brothers, James Gooley of Neptune, Edward Gooley of Jackson, Patrick Gooley and his wife, Nancy of Brick; sisters, Debbie Laird and her husband, Dwight of Toms River and Susan Testa and her husband, Joseph also of Toms River. She also leaves 9 nieces and nephews: Karen, April, Christian, Ashley, Nicole and Samantha, Sly, Christina and Amanda; as well as 5 great nieces and nephews: Sadie, Dean, Devan, Lola and Isabella. She also will be deeply missed by many of her extended family: Lin, Julie, and Lori, just to name a few…..

Visiting will be on Friday from 4-7pm at the O’Brien Funeral Home, 505 Burnt Tavern Road, Brick. A prayer service will be offered at 7pm in the funeral home. Cremation will be private. Ms. Gooley provided the Gift of Life to others through the NJ Sharing Network after her passing and wishes in lieu of flowers, that donations be made in her name to the Popcorn Park Zoo.

 

Eva M Conklin   Maiden name Eva M Berger  

Eva M Conklin (nee Berger) She passed on June 29, 2018.

Peggy Graham

Peggy M. Matthews

April 02, 1963 - January 01, 2019

COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, 2170 HIGHWAY 88, BRICK, NJ

Peggy Matthews age 55 of Toms River passed away Tuesday January 1, 2019 at home surrounded by family. Peggy was raised in Brick Township before moving to Toms River 30 years ago.

Peggy was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Toms River. Peggy started her Soccer Coaching career at Brick Memorial High School before being selected as the head women’s soccer coach at Ocean County College from 1994 to 1998 where she had a record of 69 wins and only 9 losses. There she won 3 regional championships and was a 4-time regional coach of the year. She was also a runner up for the NSCAA national coach of the year. While at Ocean County College she also received the Shore Conference Sportsmanship Award. In 2011 Peggy was inducted into the College’s Hall of Fame. After her career at Ocean County College she was selected as head women’s Soccer coach at Rider University from 1999 to 2003 making the conference finals twice. She retired from her collegiate coaching career to focus her time on family. Coach Peg then brought her talents to St. Josephs grade school where she coached the Girls middle school basketball team to a 2008 Run for the Roses championship. Coach Peg also started the St. Josephs grade school soccer program. Coach followed up her St. Josephs coaching days also coaching at Monsignor Donovan High School and Manasquan High School. Coach was also very proud of their family business Graham Family Soccer Training.

She is pre-deceased by her mother Lillian Graham in 2006.

Surviving are two sons. Graham Matthews and his fiancée Mara Danoski of North Carolina and Shamus Matthews of Toms River. She is also survived by her father Donald Graham of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and her sister Patty Maldjin and her husband Peter of Brielle. She also leaves behind her beloved dog Fancy.

Viewing hours will be held on Monday, January 7, 2019, from 2-4 & 6-8 at Colonial Funeral Home 2170 Hwy. 88 Brick. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Tuesday at 11:15 am at St. Joseph’s Church in Toms River. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Brielle. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.colonialfuneralgroup.comI   

Marc Manuel Ariza

Marc Manuel Ariza, of Brick Town High School class 1981 passed away September 21, 2018

Tina Ca

JOA, Tina 56 (Castrol), of New Port Richey, died Dec 11, 2019. She is survived by children, Justina, Casey, and Von; six grandchildren; parents, Jerry and Gertrude; siblings, Eddie, Jerry, and Michelle. Dobies FH/Holiday

Lisa Herder

Freehold - Lisa Herder, 54, of Freehold, NJ, passed away on June 3, 2018 at home. Born in Orange, NJ, she was raised in Brick and graduated from Brick Twp. High School. Lisa later relocated to Freehold. She was a gymnastic instructor and enjoyed skiing and outdoor activities. Lisa was affectingly known as "Miss America" by her friends. She had a great love for animals and was never without a pet.

She was predeceased by her mother Mary Elizabeth Herder and her brother Charles R. Herder Jr. Lisa is survived by her loving father Charles R. Herder; her brother Arthur Herder and his wife Sandra and her sister Tracy Ely and her companion Robert Olsen; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, June7, 2018 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with a Service at 7:30 p.m. at Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home, 703 Main St., Toms River. Cremation will be private. Memorial Donations in memory of Lisa may be made to Calling All Cats Rescue Farm in Jackson, NJ.

Pati Milder Zielinski 

 passed on 1/14/21.

Steve Walker

March 17, 2014  

Julie Soper

March 10, 2022

Antoinette  Di Lauro

February 5, 2022

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Ocean County Animal Facility in Antoinette’s name would be greatly appreciated.

Quick hello

 I just got back in here after a very long time.    A lot of visitors this month.   I will post update soon.  Reunion plans are in the works for sometime next year.     Once i have any update I will post it.

Random thoughts

Some  random thoughts   

I know many people would like to do a reunion for what would have been our 35 year.   I wish I had the time to try to put something together.   It turns out life has planned my next 2 trips to NJ   one the week on Oct 27 the year one April 27 next year.     I am still working on how we can do this and will get the info to the proper people to see what we can do worse case we have 40 coming up.  Everyone stay healthy and happy until then.

I was thinking about the class favorites etc and thanks to facebook and other means we have all managed to keep in touch with most if not all of the class.   

So often I think of the good people we lost sara, bob, brian, lisa, maureen, judy, gary, ira, chris michael, patrick, joseph, jimmy, marie, joe, gregg, chester, anna, timothy, robert, billy and mike.  I am sure i missed some.

So much water under the bridge since 1981, it seems fitting that i let go of my last piece of the past.   I will not post the name(s)   but to those of you who tortured me with the milk bone dog biscuits i forgive all of you even the one who passed.   I held onto that anger for too long.  That anger drove me for years to overcome so many things, but I no longer need it.   Working within the Opiate recovery facility has shown me what happens when we hold onto the bad energy. 

I was bullied as a child so when i see these school shootings I can understand what drives some of these kids over the edge.  We were lucky growing up there was no social media to make the impact so much worse.  Social media is a blessing and a curse in one package.    Please use it wisely.

The simple moral to my thoughts is this.  Life is too short don't waste a single day.  Make sure you make time for the people in your life.  Please never hold a grudge for too long it only hurts you in the end. I truly believe that we can change the world around us with one act of kindness at a time, granted its a slow and painful course. 

Brian Swift and Bob Nichols

Sadly need to add 2 more people to the in memory page  May you both rest in peace.   

Brian C. Sweeney Jan. 15, 2016   

 Bob Nichols October 15, 2015 

Life is like a journey on a train

Life is like a journey on a train…with stations…with changes of routes and with accidents!
At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone.
As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our life. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize that they vacated their seats!

This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.

Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers…requiring that we give the best of ourselves.

The mystery to everyone is: “We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So we must live in the best way—love, forgive, and offer the best who we are.”
 It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty—we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
I wish you a joyful journey for the coming year on the train of life. Reap success and give lots of love.

More importantly, thank God for the journey!
Lastly, I thank you for being one of the passengers on my train!

25 Year Reunion info

Here goes The official reunions are over now, there are plenty of all class reunions at any given time still. I would love to set one up for the VA, NC, TN, and SC folks or anyone who wants to travel. Got a suggestion send it please. Maria is back at it for next year at Winward Beach. Maybe somemore of us can make it next year. Will update the info here. Will get some pictures up here ASAP. I am starting a database for the class if you wish to email your contact info and whatever else you want to share email me here or if you have facebook my contact info is there also. I was talking with Meetha and we may try to get better prices if we can organize the event ourselves. Again if you have a sugestion please pass it on. I have updated the in memory page, sadly I had to add a few folks. If you dont see it, look under April 2008. I tried to move the post. Sadly I seem to be hitting a few technical difficulties. No worries I will continue to work on it. I learned something this trip back (actually I learned alot of things). Will update ASAP Carol Links for the pictures http://bths1981.shutterfly.com/ look down the page a bit the folder name is meetha or http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=52b97ee91452b4fd&sid=2KbsmLRs0co pictures should load from at least one of the links

REUNION REMINDER

Just wanted to remind everyone the reunion is set.

this from Meetha

If you haven't gotten anything in the mail yet please register at
http://www.reunions-unlimited.com/registration.htm
Maria and I are trying to coordinate the whole weekend So please say you'll come
We would love to see everyone!


this from maria
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=127246033958072


Where: Windward Beach, Brick, NJ,
When: Sunday, July 31 from 11:30 am to 9:00 pm

If you cant come help spread the word.