Married names that I have on the Class of 1971 graduation list:

Gloria Abel Hawkins

Susan Ahouse Schrader

Loretta Faith Cain Edwards

Joanna Cameon Reeves

Doris Carpenter Rogers

Beverly DeBalski Craig

Christine Hinerman Muriale

Judy Lemley Shaffer Mancino

Nish McClain Davis

Toni Moyer Nesselrotte

Julia Pellillo Beafore

Dorothy Starron Bice

Brenda Urban Fullen

Laurann Vance Allen

The Class of 1971 is one of the most active Monongah High graduation classes. They show up in numbers in Monongah High Alumni Reunion after reunion.

Jay Holman seems to be the driving force behind getting the 1971 classmates together again and again.

It helps that party girl and traveler Sue Ahouse Schrader is a 1971 graduate. Sue has homes in Piscataway, New Jersey and Monongah’s  Stoney Lonesome, but doesn’t stay put long in either with all her gallivanting. Sue’s son, Chris Schrader, lives in Philadelphia.

And that Susan Staron Sanders, the angel of Thomas Street, keeps adding Christmas street lights to Monongah with her fundraising efforts.

Jennifer Sabo Yanero’s brother, John Sabo, is Class of 1975. They were among the six children of Worthington’s late Mary Greynolds Sabo.

The late Ed Graffius’ siblings are Brenda Graffius Barna, Class of 1974; Dave Graffius, Class of 1973, and the late Donald Graffius, Jr.  Their parents are Helen Prahl Graffius, daughter of Paul and Beulah Toothman Prahl,  and the late Donald Graffius.

Brenda Ridenour Graffius, Class of 1974, a Licensed Practical Nurse living in Pleasant Valley, is Ed’s widow.

Siblings of the late John Lushinski, Jr. are Laraine Lushinski, Class of 1964, married to Denzil Clark, and Rosemary Lushinski Tetrick, Class of 1958, living in Ambridge with husband Ronald Tetrick. Their parents were John Lushinski, Sr. and Sophie Sobolewski Lushinski.

Donald and Ronald Collins’ sister is 1986 North Marion grad Sandra Dee Collins. Their mother was the late Martha Shaver Collins of Worthington.

Deborah Puccio’s sister, Josie Puccio Dalton, Class of 1973, is the widow of Larry Dalton, Class of 1968. Larry’s sister, Janice Marie Dalton Bayne, Class of 1965, lives in Georgia.

Fairmont State graduate Brenda Urban, who moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is Stanley Urban, Jr.’s daughter and the granddaughter of Stanley Urban, Sr., long-ago proprietor of Urban’s Grocery south of the UMW Hall.  Brenda's brothers are Greg Urban, Class of 1966, who lives in North Carolina, and the late Mark Urban, Class of 1969, who lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Robert Bonasso’s siblings are Jack Bonasso Jr. of Florida; Linda Jones, who lives with husband Charles in Morgantown; Jo Ann Bonasso Rengers of Morgantown, Annette Bonasso Ellyson, who lives with husband Jeff in Carolina; Maria Bonassoa Bluestone, who lives in Pittsburgh with husband Jim; and the late Danny Bonasso, Class of 1975, whose widow is Jan Bonasso of Carolina. Their parents are Virginia Ann “Dee” Bonasso and the late Jack Ignatious Bonasso, Sr.

The late Gary Haught’s sister is Tammy Haught Vandergrift of Frankfurt, Kentucky. Gary and Tammy’s mother is Nellie Fortney Haught and the late Jennings Haught.

Judy Lemley Mancino studied secretarial/office at OIC Training Academy and lives in Enterprise. She grew up in Carolina.

Jay Holman lives in Carolina or North Carolina, depending upon his jobs and moods.

Doris Carpenter Rogers lives in Charleston with husband Scott Rogers.

Nisha Davis lives in Morgantown.

Pat Levelle lives in Athens, Georgia

 

     71yearbook

Class of 1975 was special, both during their Monongah High days and as adults.

Jay Feltz quarterbacked the last of 5 Monongah High state championship football teams in 1973. His father, Coach Jim Feltz, was responsible for the 1952 and 1955 titles. After 1968 (Nick Saban quarterback) and 1969 (Kerry Marbury running back) state crowns, Jay made it a fine five finishes.

Greg Vandetta is Monongah’s mayor, and a darn good one, too.

Jerry Koloskie was a major force in the athletic departments at the University of Las Vegas during basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian’s remarkable run and is currently at the University of Albany in New York, which is racking up some great athletic memories, too.

Mike Hess has had an interesting life with Parma Fetty.

At the Class of 1975’s 10-year reunion in 1985 there was Jane “Nene” Pritchard  Moore, an LPN at Pediatrics Associates; and Monongah Mayor Greg married to Debra Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973, Monongahfest president.

Sherry Diana McIntire, Class of 1975, daughter of the late Roberta Jean Martin McIntire, has beaten cancer and is in remission. She spent a dozen years at Aegis Communications Group and lives in Bingamon after growing up in Worthington.

Eva Jarvis, who grew up in Everson, lives in Grant Town.

Denise Wood Roncone sang the MHS Alma Mater at a Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Fairmont. Denise’s daughter, Danielle Williams, is leading a campaign to save the Blumberg Building (the former drug store) in Monongah.

Debra Rutherford Basnett is married to Michael Basnett and lives in Worthington.

       75yearbook

Monongah High’s Class of 1974, shown here with seniors photos and some adult pictures, did pretty well for itself.

Just off the top of my head I see:

Monongah Town Council member, Johnboy Palmer.

Monongah Middle School teacher, Marcia Michalski Westfall, who has ridden a Harley Electro-Glide thousands of miles around America during summer vacations.

The effervescent Goldie Basagic Huffman.

Brenda Ridenour Graffius, who lives on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina with husband Chuck Graffius.

WVU Health Sciences graduate Karen Manzo, daughter of Raymond Levar Manzo of Monongah and Marie Ozie Manzo of Shinnston and granddaughter of Emilio Manzo and Frances Raymond “Raimondi” Manzo of Monongah.

                                                  74yearbook

1939 through 1967 Monongah High yearbooks

 

Free! Just click on the one you want to see

 

Anyone in the world can see the 29 Monongah yearbooks via the Internet, from 1939 through 1967. And it’s free.

 

 I have promises of yearbooks through 1979 (the final graduation class) when I’m ready for them. I’m converting them one at a time because it takes up to 4 weeks to transfer one yearbook from the printed version to the online album.

 

I also have a promise of a 1938 yearbook, so I’ll work the older ones, too.

 

There are 46 online albums with Monongah High alumni in them, including the 29 yearbooks.

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1939 yearbook 

 

 

 

       https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/1939MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

 Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1940 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1940MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1941 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1941MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1942 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1942MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1943 yearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/1943MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook?authkey=Gv1sRgCK-jxabN5YaQdw#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1944 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1944MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1945 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1945BlackDiamondMonongahYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1946 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1946MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1947 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1947MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1948 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1948MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1949 yearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/1949MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook?authkey=Gv1sRgCL36u9jE8r_WiwE#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1950 yearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/MonongahHighClassOf1950Book#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online 2015 version of the Class of 1950 that updates their lives since Monongah High

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/115483244393507838338/albums/6146905814649173217?banner=pwa  

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1951 yearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/1951MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook# 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1952 yearbook

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/1952MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook?authkey=Gv1sRgCNOYy9uP__yZ9AE#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1953 book

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1953MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1954 book 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/1954MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook?authkey=Gv1sRgCL3exdyNkuif8wE#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1955 book

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1955BlackDiamondMonongahHighYearbook#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1956 book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1956MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook# 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1957 book

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1957MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook# 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1958 book

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1958MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1959 book

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1959MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1960 book

 

 

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/111741206573856893163/albums/6068000765192827553?banner=pwa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1961 book

 

 

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/115483244393507838338/albums/6154872249500943905?banner=pwa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1963 book

 

 

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/115483244393507838338/albums/6158397626030676993?banner=pwa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1964 book

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/109595153419846725152/1964MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1965 book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1965MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1966 book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1966MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1967 book

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1967MonongahBlackDiamondYearbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High Alumni email group album

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/MonongahHighEmailGroup#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see miscellaneous photos that have appeared in Monongah High Alumni newsletters, mostly recent photos of MHS grads mentioned in 2013 or later newsletters

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/MissingMHSNewsletterPhotos#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High’s Kendzior family

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/KendziorFamily#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Sarasota Jan. 21, 2012  

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2012MonongahHighAlumniReunionInSarasota#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Sarasota Jan. 19, 2013

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2013MonongahHighAlumniReunionInSarasota#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the 2015 Monongah High Alumni Reunion.

 

 

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/115483244393507838338/albums/6152867613044171713?banner=pwa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos the 2013 Monongah High Alumni Reunion

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2013MonongahHighAlumniReunion#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the 2012 Monongah High Alumni Reunion.

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2012MonongahHighAlumniReunion#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the 2010 Monongah High Alumni Reunion. Everyone who was there, except those in the balcony at Westchester Village, is in the photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/MonongahHigh2010Reunion#

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the Kubiets, Pigotts and Weises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnOlesky/KubietPigottWeis?authkey=Gv1sRgCManzbPpk7KPyQE#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the trip to Tom Dean, Class of 1949, to the Offutt AFB of his Air Force career, Missouri relatives, Monongah High classmates in Ohio and his Fairmont birthplace

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/TomDeanS2012Trip#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the Henry “Dinkle” Martin tribute

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/HenryDinkleMartin#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next 3 lines into your Internet browser’s http destination spot, one at a time, to see each of the photos of the 3 visits by John Olesky, Class of 1950, to the summer home of Bob Kasper, Class of 1950, on Grand Lake, between Alpena and Rogers City in Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2011VisitToGrandLakeSummerHomeOfBobKasper#

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2012VisitToBobKasperOnGrandLake#

 

 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/Michigan2013VisitToBobKasper#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the visit by Bob Kasper, Class of 1950, to the home of John Olesky, Class of 1950, in Tallmadge, Ohio and the LSU-WVU game in Mountaineer Field

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/BobKasperS2011VisitToJohnOleskySHome#

 

John Olesky, Class of 1950

 

newspaper editor, reporter and sportswriter for 43 years; retired in 1996

 

 

West Virginia University School of Journalism 1954 graduate

 

Living in Akron, Ohio suburb of Tallmadge

Winterizing in The Villages, Florida