It’s been 9 months since Mary Louise Baker Orsini, who began at
Monongah High with the Class of 1948, broke her hip, but the pesky rascal will
keep her from warming up in Florida this winter.
Writes Mary about the February Monongah High Alumni
Reunion/Florida:
“I'm sorry, but we won’t be there this year. Since I broke my
hip the last of April 2015, I don't know if I could even ride that far. I'd
love to be there, even with a broken hip.
“I'm doing very well, going shopping, walking without help,
but now with the snow, I got to be careful. We will see you again, even if it
has to be at lunch somewhere.”
Mary and
husband of 66 years, Tony Orsini, Class of 1946, live on Swisher Hill.
Last year Mary and Tony had a reunion with Bob Cottrill, Class
of 1951, who lives in Melbourne, Florida.
Bob played
football with Tony’s late brothers, Tom "Bum" Orsini, Class of
1950, whose widow, Peggy Rauer Orsini, lives in Titusville, Florida, and
Bum’s brother, Cocoa Orsini.
Tony was one
of the six athletic Monongah High Orsini brothers: Tom “Bum”, Larry,
Jimmy, Junior (Cocoa) and Bill. Only 2 are still living, Tony and
Jimmy. Jimmy lives in Virginia Beach, Va. Nick
Orsini, Jr., Class of 1949, had moved to Warren, Ohio. Larry was Class
of 1945.
The
Orsini family had a grocery store in Worthington run by mom, Sylvia
Orsini.
Tom passed
away in 2005.
Mary
Louise and Tony’s daughter, Terri, lives in Durham, North Carolina and is the
widow of Dr. Jerry D. Saye, who went from Fairmont State to be librarian with
School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill from 1985 till his 2012 passing.
As
for the 6th marvelous Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Florida, if you will be on the Gulf Coast side of Florida in February,
email Bill Meredith at billmere@aol.com
or phone Bill at (941) 342-0030 or (614) 582-0335 because he has
to make reservations.
Bill
will pick a date when the most former Lions can be in Punta Gorda. For those
farther north, there will be a carpool from Bill and Roleta’s home in
Sarasota for the 54-mile journey to Punta Gorda.
Contact
Bill soon so he can give the restaurant the number of reservations to make.
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