Mary Bienkoski Domico, Class of 1950, of Monongah, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 30, her granddaughter, Lucinda Moore of Augusta, West Virginia reports sadly.

Mary was the widow of Louie Scoogum Domico and a daughter of Matthew and Stella Bienkoski. Scoogum passed away in 2004.

Their children are Louis Domico, Jr., who passed away in 1964, Cindy Domico Chism of Monongah, Gary Domico of Monongah, John and Susan Domico of Morgantown and Tim and Patty Domico of Monongah.

Mary’s sisters are Irene Bienkoski Plachta of Farmington, who passed away in 2013, Loretta Bienkoski Domico of Monongah, Pauline Bienkoski Cosco of Florida and Wanda Bienkoski Allowatt of Parkersburg. 

Deceased siblings are Edward Bienkoski, Lucy Bienkoski Goldsberry, Ann Bienkoski Plachta and Irene Bienkoski Plachta.

Mary was a close friend during her Monongah High days and later in life with the late Nancy Robinson Saunders, also Class of 1950 and John Olesky’s Monongah High senior prom date from Hutchinson.

The funeral probably will be Saturday in Monongah’s Holy Spirit Catholic Church with Friday viewing hours at the Domico Funeral Home in Fairmont.

When Domico posts the arrangements on its web site I will post the obituary on this Monongah High Alumni blog.

If you have memories of Mary or the Bienkoski or Domico families, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll add them to this Monongah High Alumni blog article.

Sally Wood Tarley, Class of 1959, will celebrate her birthday Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Sally lives in Fairmont and is retired after a 1972-2002 career as a Fairmont State professor. She is a Fairmont State graduate with a master’s from West Virginia University.

She also hangs out with a rowdy crowd – Sue Ahouse Schrader, Class of 1971, and Doris Carpenter Rogers, also Class of 1971 – at least at the 2014 Monongah High Alumni Reunion.

If your name is not on this list, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com  with your full name, including maiden name, your birthday date, your graduation year and your current hometown.

September

6 – Dave Domico of Monongah, Fairmont West grad married to Andrea Justice Domico

7 – Mary Louise Orsini, Class of 1948 (honorary)

7 – Phillis Tarley, North Marion grad from Idamay living in Fairmont

8 – Fred Moorehead, Class of 1964  

8 – Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955

13 – Karen Manzo, Class of 1974

14 – Suzanne Barr Loss, Class of 1948

14 – Jim Shaver, Class of 1954

15 – Bettie Hensley Lowther, Class of 1948

17 – Patti DeMary Evans, Class of 1972

20 – Greg Patrick, Class of 1970

23 – Sally Wood Tarley, Class of 1959

24 – Joe Fazio, Class of 1974

25 – Marylee Hertzog Gwinn, Class of 1948

25 – Jim Davis, Class of 1964

26 – Nathaleen Cameon Oliverio, Class of 1948

27 -- Bonita Lavencheck Waybright, Class of 1968

29 – Dietta Harden Goush, Class of 1959

October

7 – Sherry McIntire, Class of 1975

8 – Valerie Vandetta Aldridge, Class of 1973

9 – Mary Frances Miller Myers, Class of 1951

11 – Jay Holman, Class of 1971

12 – Brenda Manzo, wife of Danny Manzo, Class of 1957

20 – Leona “Duckles” Davis Schooley, Class of 1953

21 – Dorman Keith Beckner, Class of 1942

21 – Ken Slovekosky, Gilmer County High Class of 1976.

26 – Lori Hawkins Ice, Fairmont East graduate.

29 – Robert Boydoh, Class of 1956

31 – Patty Steele McCombs, Fairmont East graduate.

 

November

1 – Tom Dean, Class of 1949

5 – John Olesky, Class of 1950

10 – Tony Orsini, Class of 1946

14 – Ann Marie Mascak Davis, Class of 1955

19 – Jim Weaver, Class of 1948

20—Hellen Snider Carpenter, Class of 1950                

20 – Kathryn Toothman Crim, Class of 1950

23 -- Antheai Justice Turner, North Marion 1982

25 – Gerald Nelson Hartley, Class of 1955

December

2 – Adam Michna, 1980 North Marion graduate

4 – Ronald Pearse, Classs of 1961

5 – Duane Harbert, Class of 1951

8 – Brenda Urban, Class of 1971

13 – Otis “Sarge” Shaver, Class of 1948

22 – Frances Wimer Miller, Class of 1951

January

6 – Jeanette Barr Baczuk, Class of 1940

13 – Beatrice Salisbury Mills, Class of 1951

17 – Susan Colaneri Monell, Class of 1949

18 – Arlene Marteney Decker Edgell, Class of 1951

?? – Marie Bee Zwiegel, Class of 1951

18 – Bertha Pazdric Sullivan, Class of 1954

18 – Greg Vandetta, Monongah mayor, husband of Debbie Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973

19 – Joe Martin, Class of 1957

19 – Joann Thompson, Class of 1962  

22 – Jo-Jo DeMary of Monongah, who lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is married to Yvonne King DeMary

24 – Marcia Michalski Westfall, Class of 1974

29 – Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968

February

1 – Debra Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973

2 – Sylvia Edwards, Monongah grad living in Idamay

3 – Debbie Weaver Hurley, Monongah grad living in Monongah with husband Milton Hurley

3 – Rebecca Urish Anderson, Class of 1971

8 – Tom Fleming, Monongah grad living in Bridgeport

9 – Bob Nichols, Class of 1964

10 – Bonnie Nicholson Moats, Class of 1960

11—Linda Renay Hess Postlethwait, Class of 1968

15 – Jerry Koloskie, Class of 1975

17 – Larry “Danny” Eates, Class of 1970

18 – Mark Tarley, North Marion grad

20 – Harold Dean Kniceley, Class of 1960

21 – Eva Huey Jarvis, Class of 1975

24 – Mary Kelly, Monongah & North Marion

29 – Betty Sikinow Cunningham, Class of 1954

 

March

5 – Phil Colanero, Jr., Class of 1963

5 -- Doris Carpenter Rogers, Class of 1971

6 – Karen Fitzwater Pausch, Class of 1961

9 – Richie Basagic, Class of 1975 

9 – Brian Evans, Monongah graduate married to Patty DeMary Evans

11 – Benny C. Morgan, Class of 1948

15 – Donna Colvert Davis, Class of 1961, married to 1958 MHS grad Bill Davis

21 – Denver Browning, MHS grad, brother of Dorothy Browning Woods, Class of 1955

22 – David Haines, Class of 1964

25 – Sandy Cook, Class of 1959

25 – Richard Fitzwater, Monongah graduate

 

April

4 – Charlotte Walker Cahill, Class of 1954

9 – Paula “P.J.” Hickman, North Marion 1983

11 – Leo Kubiet, Class of 1942

12 – Linda Sawyer Duckworth, Class of 1966

14 – Lyla Cosner Howell, Class of 1958

16 – Becky Shelosky Carvillano, Class of 1961  

30 – Shirley Knight Ritterhouse, Class of 1954

May

4 – Freddie Jane Colosino Villers, Class of 1964

5 – Frank Franze, Class of 1950

6 – Jerry Loss, Class of 1956

12 – Arlene Kitchin, main squeeze of Joe Martin, Class of 1957

14 – Donna Post Swiger, Class of 1955

14 – Mike Jurasko, Class of 1957

14 – Virginia Belle Littleton Curtis, Class of 1957

17 – Colette Stanley Melton, Class of 1970

20 – Linda Tomlinson Stevenski, Class of 1955

21 – June Paxton Rogers, Class of 1948

27 – Ed Graffius, Class of 1971

28 – Terri Orsini Saye, Class of 1972

June

1 – Parma Kay Fetty, Class of 1973

3 – Jim Birdsell, North Marion grad from Monongah; married to Angela

7 – Kenneth Kincaid, Class of 1968

8 – John Koloskie, Jr., Class of 1944

8 – Pat Slovekosky Morris, Class of 1970

13 – C.L. “Roy” Parker II, North Marion Class of 1982

13 – Rick Morrison, son of Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968  

14 – Pamela Bombardiere, Monongah grad

14 – Regina McCoy Murphy, Class of 1973

17 – Delmas Gene Hartley, Class of 1979

17 – Dennis Jones, Class of 1954

23 – Ramona Fullen Michalski, Class of 1949

23 – Kathryn Manuel Marshall, Class of 1960

23 – Ron Manzo, Monongah grad

23 – Frankie Vandetta, North Marion grad

July

3 – Susan Ahouse Schrader, Class of 1971

4 – Bob Fox, Class of 1948

4 – Barbara Fleming Marsh, Class of 1947

5 – David Gowers, Class of 1971

5 – Bill Meredith, Class of 1957

7 – Alex Fazio Huff, North Marion 2005 grad

14 – Ted Nagel, Class of 1954

14 – Bentley Evans, Class of 1978

21 – Robin Huffman Satterfield, Class of 1973  

16 – Jean Nagel Viglianco, Class of 1949

19 – Jane Pritchard Moore, Class of 1975

29 – Pete Basagic, Class of 1972

August

1 – Kim DeMary Clowers, Class of 1979

3 – (Agnes) Jean Larry DiLaura, Class of 1950

5 – Penny Delovich, Monongah graduate

7 – Dorie Mike Whetsell, Monongah graduate

9 – Paula Kerns Fazio, Class of 1979

12 – Angelo Catania, Class of 1943

16 – Debby Morrison Harden, Class of 1966

18 – Jim McDaniel, Class of 1960

18 – John Fazio, Class of 1970

19 – Greg Postlethwait, Class of 1964

19 – Barbra Eller-Hanning, Monongah grad

20 – Irene Fazio Preolitti, Class of 1966

20 – Connie Warash, Monongah grad

29– Pat Meredith Wills, Class of 1950

30 – Beth Pritchard Brooks, Class of 1978

30 – David Harbert of Idamay, Farmington grad

Ah, the rewards of politics.

According to OpenSecrets.org, Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. James Manchin’s net worth was $5.2 million in 2012.

And the West Virginian ranks only 29^th among U.S. Senators in that category.

Fairmont Man Get 1-5 Years for Sexual Abuse of Boy

By Emily Gallgher, Fairmont Times West Virginian

David Lemley of Fairmont was sentenced to one to five years in prison Tuesday after he pled guilty to sexual abuse in the first degree. Lemley was arrested in February 2012 for having sexual contact with a 13-year-old boy while the victim was at his house.

Marion County Judge David Janes also sentenced Lemley to 30 years of probation once he is released from the one- to five-year sentence. Lemley is credited for time served.

When asked if Lemley wanted to say anything, he stood, visibly shaking, and replied, “I’m sorry.”

Lemley’s attorney Roger Curry requested that Lemley be sentenced to home confinement.

Prior to the sentencing, Marion County Assistant Prosecutor Brandon Flower called the victim to the stand to testify. The victim, now 16 years old, read to the court a statement he prepared.
“I cannot tell you how I have waited for this day,” the victim read. “On that day I became a victim, along with many more kids in this world. On that day my life changed.”

The victim continued, stating that because of the “man who did this to (him)” his decisions in life have been impacted. The victim stated that he has gotten in trouble with the law involving alcohol and drugs.

“I tried to cope with drugs and alcohol,” he told the court. The victim said that Lemley should be locked up to “help kids like (him) be safe.”

“I’m here today to tell you I’m not a victim; I’m a survivor,” the boy said.

Flower requested that Lemley be sentenced to prison and 30 years probation following his release. Flower made the argument that, because the incident occurred in Lemley’s home, he should not be sentenced to home confinement.

“(Lemley) will be in his 70s when off probation and hopes to not be a danger then,” Flower told Janes.
Janes said that Lemley must register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life when released from incarceration. Lemley also must pay court costs and attorney fees within five years of being out of prison.

Joe Martin’s health situation

Arlene Kitchin, wife of Joe Martin, Class of 1957, Facebooked this account:

“Joe started having post chemo pains last night, didn't sleep, couldn't move without extreme pain this morning. Had to cancel our drive to Deland, FL to attend Jen's mother’s funeral. Joe is resting now with a heating pad, a big fluffy blankie, and some oxicodone. But if he coughs or moves he groans in pain. In the past these pains usually last 3-4 days. Poor Joe.”

Joe, a professional photographer, had strokes in March and lung surgery in June in St. Petersburg, Florida. Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system caused by the body’s cells behaving abnormally.

Joe and Arlene, an artist, show up regularly at the Monongah High Alumni Reunion/Sarasota at the home of Bill Meredith, Class of 1957, and wife Roleta, a Clarksburg Washington Irving High grad.

West Virginia jobless rate up at 6.6%

CHARLESTON (AP) - West Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up in August to 6.6 percent.

WorkForce West Virginia says the unemployment rate went up three-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. That translates to 1,900 more unemployed West Virginians.

The national unemployment rate for August was 6.1 percent.

In West Virginia, unemployment was driven up by losses in nonfarm employment and in the goods-producing and service sector.

Happy birthday today, Patti DeMary Evans, Class of 1972!

Patti is a retired nurse (1987-2006) and graduate of MHS and Fairmont State. She lives in Fairmont with husband Brian Evans.

Patti’s sister is BettyAnne DeMary.

Kim DeMary Clowers lives in Red Bank, Tennessee.

Patti's cousin, Junie Osborne Aldridge, lives in Farmington.

Next birthday on the Monongah High Alumni birthday list: Greg Patrick, of the Jenna Won’t Sing Band, on Saturday, Sept. 20, the day that Oklahoma visits Mountaineer Field.

 

If your name is not on this list, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com  with your full name, including maiden name, your birthday date, your graduation year and your current hometown.

September

6 – Dave Domico of Monongah, Fairmont West grad married to Andrea Justice Domico

7 – Mary Louise Orsini, Class of 1948 (honorary)

7 – Phillis Tarley, North Marion grad from Idamay living in Fairmont

8 – Fred Moorehead, Class of 1964  

8 – Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955

13 – Karen Manzo, Class of 1974

14 – Suzanne Barr Loss, Class of 1948

14 – Jim Shaver, Class of 1954

15 – Bettie Hensley Lowther, Class of 1948

17 – Patti DeMary Evans, Class of 1972

20 – Greg Patrick, Class of 1970

24 – Joe Fazio, Class of 1974

25 – Marylee Hertzog Gwinn, Class of 1948

25 – Jim Davis, Class of 1964

26 – Nathaleen Cameon Oliverio, Class of 1948

27 -- Bonita Lavencheck Waybright, Class of 1968

29 – Dietta Harden Goush, Class of 1959

October

7 – Sherry McIntire, Class of 1975

8 – Valerie Vandetta Aldridge, Class of 1973

9 – Mary Frances Miller Myers, Class of 1951

11 – Jay Holman, Class of 1971

12 – Brenda Manzo, wife of Danny Manzo, Class of 1957

20 – Leona “Duckles” Davis Schooley, Class of 1953

21 – Dorman Keith Beckner, Class of 1942

21 – Ken Slovekosky, Gilmer County High Class of 1976.

26 – Lori Hawkins Ice, Fairmont East graduate.

29 – Robert Boydoh, Class of 1956

31 – Patty Steele McCombs, Fairmont East graduate.

 

November

1 – Tom Dean, Class of 1949

5 – John Olesky, Class of 1950

10 – Tony Orsini, Class of 1946

14 – Ann Marie Mascak Davis, Class of 1955

19 – Jim Weaver, Class of 1948

20—Hellen Snider Carpenter, Class of 1950                

20 – Kathryn Toothman Crim, Class of 1950

23 -- Antheai Justice Turner, North Marion 1982

25 – Gerald Nelson Hartley, Class of 1955

December

2 – Adam Michna, 1980 North Marion graduate

4 – Ronald Pearse, Classs of 1961

5 – Duane Harbert, Class of 1951

8 – Brenda Urban, Class of 1971

13 – Otis “Sarge” Shaver, Class of 1948

22 – Frances Wimer Miller, Class of 1951

January

6 – Jeanette Barr Baczuk, Class of 1940

13 – Beatrice Salisbury Mills, Class of 1951

17 – Susan Colaneri Monell, Class of 1949

18 – Arlene Marteney Decker Edgell, Class of 1951

?? – Marie Bee Zwiegel, Class of 1951

18 – Bertha Pazdric Sullivan, Class of 1954

18 – Greg Vandetta, Monongah mayor, husband of Debbie Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973

19 – Joe Martin, Class of 1957

19 – Joann Thompson, Class of 1962  

22 – Jo-Jo DeMary of Monongah, who lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is married to Yvonne King DeMary

24 – Marcia Michalski Westfall, Class of 1974

29 – Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968

February

1 – Debra Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973

2 – Sylvia Edwards, Monongah grad living in Idamay

3 – Debbie Weaver Hurley, Monongah grad living in Monongah with husband Milton Hurley

3 – Rebecca Urish Anderson, Class of 1971

8 – Tom Fleming, Monongah grad living in Bridgeport

9 – Bob Nichols, Class of 1964

10 – Bonnie Nicholson Moats, Class of 1960

11—Linda Renay Hess Postlethwait, Class of 1968

15 – Jerry Koloskie, Class of 1975

17 – Larry “Danny” Eates, Class of 1970

18 – Mark Tarley, North Marion grad

20 – Harold Dean Kniceley, Class of 1960

21 – Eva Huey Jarvis, Class of 1975

24 – Mary Kelly, Monongah & North Marion

29 – Betty Sikinow Cunningham, Class of 1954

 

March

5 – Phil Colanero, Jr., Class of 1963

5 -- Doris Carpenter Rogers, Class of 1971

6 – Karen Fitzwater Pausch, Class of 1961

9 – Richie Basagic, Class of 1975 

9 – Brian Evans, Monongah graduate married to Patty DeMary Evans

11 – Benny C. Morgan, Class of 1948

15 – Donna Colvert Davis, Class of 1961, married to 1958 MHS grad Bill Davis

21 – Denver Browning, MHS grad, brother of Dorothy Browning Woods, Class of 1955

22 – David Haines, Class of 1964

25 – Sandy Cook, Class of 1959

25 – Richard Fitzwater, Monongah graduate

 

April

4 – Charlotte Walker Cahill, Class of 1954

9 – Paula “P.J.” Hickman, North Marion 1983

11 – Leo Kubiet, Class of 1942

12 – Linda Sawyer Duckworth, Class of 1966

14 – Lyla Cosner Howell, Class of 1958

16 – Becky Shelosky Carvillano, Class of 1961  

30 – Shirley Knight Ritterhouse, Class of 1954

May

4 – Freddie Jane Colosino Villers, Class of 1964

5 – Frank Franze, Class of 1950

6 – Jerry Loss, Class of 1956

12 – Arlene Kitchin, main squeeze of Joe Martin, Class of 1957

14 – Donna Post Swiger, Class of 1955

14 – Mike Jurasko, Class of 1957

14 – Virginia Belle Littleton Curtis, Class of 1957

17 – Colette Stanley Melton, Class of 1970

20 – Linda Tomlinson Stevenski, Class of 1955

21 – June Paxton Rogers, Class of 1948

27 – Ed Graffius, Class of 1971

28 – Terri Orsini Saye, Class of 1972

June

1 – Parma Kay Fetty, Class of 1973

3 – Jim Birdsell, North Marion grad from Monongah; married to Angela

7 – Kenneth Kincaid, Class of 1968

8 – John Koloskie, Jr., Class of 1944

8 – Pat Slovekosky Morris, Class of 1970

13 – C.L. “Roy” Parker II, North Marion Class of 1982

13 – Rick Morrison, son of Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968  

14 – Pamela Bombardiere, Monongah grad

14 – Regina McCoy Murphy, Class of 1973

17 – Delmas Gene Hartley, Class of 1979

17 – Dennis Jones, Class of 1954

23 – Ramona Fullen Michalski, Class of 1949

23 – Kathryn Manuel Marshall, Class of 1960

23 – Ron Manzo, Monongah grad

23 – Frankie Vandetta, North Marion grad

July

3 – Susan Ahouse Schrader, Class of 1971

4 – Bob Fox, Class of 1948

4 – Barbara Fleming Marsh, Class of 1947

5 – David Gowers, Class of 1971

5 – Bill Meredith, Class of 1957

7 – Alex Fazio Huff, North Marion 2005 grad

14 – Ted Nagel, Class of 1954

14 – Bentley Evans, Class of 1978

21 – Robin Huffman Satterfield, Class of 1973  

16 – Jean Nagel Viglianco, Class of 1949

19 – Jane Pritchard Moore, Class of 1975

29 – Pete Basagic, Class of 1972

August

1 – Kim DeMary Clowers, Class of 1979

3 – (Agnes) Jean Larry DiLaura, Class of 1950

5 – Penny Delovich, Monongah graduate

7 – Dorie Mike Whetsell, Monongah graduate

9 – Paula Kerns Fazio, Class of 1979

12 – Angelo Catania, Class of 1943

16 – Debby Morrison Harden, Class of 1966

18 – Jim McDaniel, Class of 1960

18 – John Fazio, Class of 1970

19 – Greg Postlethwait, Class of 1964

19 – Barbra Eller-Hanning, Monongah grad

20 – Irene Fazio Preolitti, Class of 1966

20 – Connie Warash, Monongah grad

29– Pat Meredith Wills, Class of 1950

30 – Beth Pritchard Brooks, Class of 1978

30 – David Harbert of Idamay, Farmington grad

Penny Nichols Freshwater, Lionel Nichols’ daughter who lives in Ocala, Florida, straightens me out of all the Nichols running around in my brain: Bob Nichols, Dad's older brother, only had one child, Jeannie, who was married to Dinkle Martin.  There are two younger Bobs....one was Fritz's son and the other was Si Nichols’ oldest son.  I think he might be the one who you are coming to the Villages with.  Dad's store closed in 76 or 77 and he opened the game room shortly thereafter. Someone asked on Facebook if he had worked in Worthington.  He did work at the A & P there then moved to the one in East Fairmont before buying Salvati's in 1960. Aunt Eileen and Uncle Jim did pass through Texas but their children were all raised in Oakland, CA. Clay and Mary Fullen both lived upstairs until her death in 1974. The part about the St. Bernard should have gone with Ellen Shaw's obit. Dad's parents were Troy and Davina Nichols --they had the restaurant across the street for many years, having bought it from Clay and Mary Fullen.  I am sure a lot of folks who read your blog will remember Grandma's pies. Thanks for getting this together so fast. Since I am only a few miles from The Villages I will see you next winter. Penny Thanks, Penny. Even with 43 years of newspaper experience sometimes I connect dots that aren’t there. And I look forward to meeting you when Paula and I are in The Villages. Call me on my cellphone at (330) 388-4466 in January 2015 through March and we’ll have a good old-fashioned Monongah High Alumni reunion. Now, read the original article with Penny's clarifications in mind. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Lionel Nichols, Class of 1942, has passed away. He will be cremated. That are no funeral services at Lionel's request. He was the widower of Thelma Fullen Nichols, who left Monongah High to work at the newly opened Westinghouse.  His parents were Troy and Devina Nichols.  Lionel has one daughter, Penny Nichols Freshwater, Class of 1969, who lives in Ocala, Florida. Goldie Basagic Huffman, Class of 1974, remembers when she bought her first bike from Penny, for $12. Goldie worked to pay it off. Goldie Basagic Huffman, Class of 1974, remembers when she bought her first bike from Penny, for $12. Goldie worked to pay it off. Chris Shamrock Hennig, who lives in Abilene, Texas, remembers her brother delivering papers as the Saint Bernard dog barked away. Chris’ siblings, all deceased, were Celia Shamrock Eller and John and Joe Shamrock. The Shamrocks used to come to the Olesky house on Church Street to pay their PNA insurance dues, which my father, John W. Olesky, Sr., handled in the 1940s and 1950s. Lionel served in the Army as a Medic during World War II.  He saw action during the London Blitz and in France.  Lionel owned and operated Nichols Grocery in Monongah for many years and also the Nichols Game Room before moving to Ocala, where he lived for 30 years.  He moved to Fairmont and was still driving at the age of 90. Clay Fullen lived with Lionel and Thelma above the grocery store in Monongah. Lionel was the oldest graduate at the 2012 Monongah High Alumni Reunion. He also attended in 2013. So did Everett Jones, another Class of 1942 graduate. Gary Nichols, Class of 1967, and Bob Nichols, Class of 1964, attended the MHS Reunion in 2014. Lionel's sister, Maxine Nichols Morrison, Class of 1939, attended Lionel’s 90th birthday party in 2012 and was still driving.  Lionel's siblings, Bob Nichols, the barber and former Monongah mayor; Fritz Nichols; and Eileen Nichols Wood Stansberry are deceased. Ellen passed in Woodland, California in 2002 after she and her husband, Jim Stansberry, raised five children in Texas. She was survived by children Diane Edwards of Woodland, Scott Stansberry and wife Linda of Prunedale, California, Steve Stansberry and wife JoAnn of Fremont, California, Melanie McReynolds and husband Pat of Woodland and Mary Ann Lott and husband Michael of Woodland. Adam Michna said he believes the grocery store closed in 1974.

Lionel is Ramona Fullen Michalski’s uncle. Ramona’s grandfather was the half-brother of the father of Shirley Fullen, Class of 1954.

Bob Nichols, son of the former Monongah barber and mayor, and his wife have wintered in Florida for nearly a decade – in Lakeland, in Weston (Fort Lauderdale suburb) and this coming winter in Clearwater. Since Bob and his wife and Paula and I – renting in The Villages, Florida – both will be there January through March 2015, maybe we’ll arrange a Monongah High reunion.

If you have memories of the Nichols or Fullen families, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll add them to this Monongah High Alumni blog article.

Vivian Lambert, a Monongah High and Fairmont State graduate who lives in Monongah, later posted: PENNY WE ARE SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS OF YOUR DAD.. HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN, MY HUSBAND PAUL LAMBERT IS SO HURT. LIONEL WAS LIKE A DAD TO HIM. LIONEL PUSHED HIM TO GO TO COLLEGE.. YOUR DAD ALWAYS STOP TO SEE US WHEN HE CAME IN. LOVE + PRAYERS PAUL + VIVIAN LAMBERT. WHEN THEY FORCED THE NICHOLS GROCERY STORE OUT BECAUSE THE TOWN STOPPED THE PARKING THIS TOWN WENT DOWN HILL.. Paul Lambert is Class of 1973. = = = = = = = =  Mike Loss, son of Suzanne Barr Loss and the late Arnold “J.B.” Loss, comments on the passing of Lionel Nichols: Hi John,      Was saddened to learn of Lionel Nichol's passing.  He was my former father-in-law.  Always liked him and had a lot of respect for the man.  As Tom Brokaw pointed out, he was a part of "The Greatest Generation."   Raised during the "Great Depression,"  served his Country in WWII,  returned home and led a productive life.   Guitar player, wonderful sense of humor and all around good guy.  Rest in peace, Lionel.   Mike