Tuesday, June 2, 2015



Fairmont East grad Brenda Manzo and Danny Manzo, Class of 1957, celebrated their  52nd wedding anniversary Monday, June 1.

Brenda, who organizes reunions for the Honeybees and their honeys, and Danny have lived in Monongah since 1967.

 
Danny was on the 1955 Monongah High state champ football team and was co-captain with Joe Meffe of the 1956 Monongah High state football title game runnerup.

Ron Manzo, Class of 1969, has been married to Fairview High grad Janice for four decades. They live in Morgantown. Ron works for Consol Energy, the Bailey mine. Janice is into physical therapy, once with Lakeview Fitness Center.

Ron and Janice have five children – Evan, Andrew, Aaron, Ashley and Jared. They have two grandchildren in Illinois.

Andrew lives in Lady Lake, Florida and works for The Villages’ Village Sun newspaper.

 
Ron’s parents are Helen Cecelia Manzo and Phil Manzo; his sister is Monongah’s First Lady, Debbie Manzo Vandetta; his nephews are Ernie “Frog”, Joe, Duke and Raymond “Pigeon” Manzo.

Ron and Debbie’s parents are Helen Cecelia Manzo and Phil Manzo.

There has been a Manzo at Monongah High in at least four decades -- from 1935 through 1949 and 1969 through 1978 (the year before the final 1979 MHS graduation class that preceded the consolidation into North Marion High), so I hope I get all of them straight in this article.

Other Monongah High Manzos:

 Phyllis Manzo Berardo, Class of 1935.
Genevieve Manzo Lopez, Class of 1937.
Mike Manzo, Class of 1941, on the 1948 world champ coal-loading crew at Monongah Mine No. 63 which loaded 1,536 tons on one shift.
Patsy Manzo, Class of 1942.
Helen Manzo Raspa, Class of 1945.
Mary Manzo Tiburzi, Class of 1949.
Nancy Manzo Bolyard, Class of 1970.
Pat Manzo, Class of 1973.
Karen Manzo Tennant, Class of 1974.
Lisa Myers Manzo, Class of 1977.
Tina Manzo Prodanovich, Class of 1977.
Jim Manzo, Class of 1978.

And, at North Marion, Kim Sapp Manzo, 1980 grad (she was at Monongah High for its final 3 years).

Whew!
If I got all the Manzos right it will be a miracle.

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