It was a celebration of life for birthday girl Colleen Cameon-Sobczak, a Chicago State graduate living in Munster, Indiana, but the Cameons of our Monongah High days were in the crowd, too.

Such as Bill Cameon, Class of 1960, who lives in Highland, Utah and works for All Systems Electric. Like most Cameons, he grew up in Carolina. Bill celebrated his (73^rd?) birthday December 18.

And Sheri Slamen Cameon, 1980 North Marion grad, married to Stan Cameon, 1981 North Marion grad who is from Monongah but lives in Fairmont. Stan is Insurance Connexion owner/agent in Fairmont. Stan’s aunt and uncle, Virginia Cameon Mezzanotte and Pat Mezzanotte, live in Fairmont and include former WVU basketball star and current Fairmont State coach Joe Mazzulla among their dinner guests.

Virginia is a daughter of Clyde and Maggie Cameon of Carolina. Her siblings are Bill Cameon; Nathaleen Cameon Oliverio, Class of 1948, of East Chicago, Illinois; Pete Cameon, Class of 1958, of Clarksburg; Linda Cameon, Class of 1966, of Carolina; and, all deceased, Arthur Cameon, Joe Cameon and Rudy Cameon.

Also on the extensive Cameon family tree somewhere are Francis King Cameon, Class of 1942; Constance Koldres Cameon, Class of 1963; Angela Cameon Viney, Class of 1968; Francine Cameon Jurasko, Class of 1978; and Albert Cameon of Mannington, deceased.

Besides Stan and Bill on the Cameon Family Facebook group is Peter Cameon, from Monongah. Cynthia Cameon, who lives in the Italian hotbed of Clarksburg, runs that Facebook group page.

Others in the Cameon Family Facebook group:

Christopher Cameon, a graduate of Eastlake (Ohio) North High.

Denise Cameon Jett, assistant manager at Jo-Ann Fabric who lives in Farmington and is from Carolina.

Craig and Laura Cameon.

Brian Cameon, Stan Cameon’s friend on Facebook.

Albert Cameon, Class of 1947, passed away in 2014. He is survived by brothers Bill Cameon and Peter Cameon; three sisters, Virginia Cameon Mezzanotte, Natalie Cameon Oliverio of East Chicago, Indiana, Linda Cameon of Carolina; and a sister-in-law, Frances Cameon of Carolina.

 

Albert was preceded in death by brothers Arthur Cameon, Joe Cameon and Rudy Cameon.

Other Cameons at Monongah High:

Angela Cameon Viney, Class of 1968.

Constance Koldres Cameon, Class of 1963.

Francine Cameon Jurasko, Class of 1978.

Stan’s cousin, Joanna Cameron Reeves, Class of 1971, is married Adam Reeves. 

If I didn’t get all the Cameon connections correctly (and it would be easy to get confused with so many in the collection), email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll make the fixes. And if you know about any of the Cameons that I did not identify completely, and what happened to them, email me about that, too. We former Lions stick together when it comes to helping each other keep track of the lives of other former Lions.