WASHINGTON IRVING HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1947

Charles D. Albrght and June.......

ALEXANDER TWINS

Geraldine Alexander Ray and Jacqueline Alexander Swyers

Ronald Ferman Allman and Betty.......

John H. Ash (Sundance) and Emilia.......

Homer Duane Baker.......

Barbara Levey Selman and Betty Bickers Leggett

Fred and Sue Brown....... updated to Thanksgiving 2002

Robert A. Danley, Jr. and Jan.......

Frank Demarino and Joann.......

John R. Denham........

Jo Ann Dodds Richardson and Ron.......

Angeline Teresa Fiora and Sue Ann Brown.......

James H. Garrett and Elizabeth.......

Jack Lyon Garrison and Elizabeth Robinson Garrison.......

Mary Lou Gay Jones........

Thomas Edward Gensel and Mary.........

Ernest Nile Griffin and Wonda

John B. "Jack" Hartman and Imogene.........

Raymond R. Keys and Gloria..........

Arrena Kirkpatrick Gaston and B.G. .............

Clara Lucent Matheny and Angela Oliverio Guzzi ...........

Lucille Marra Panetta.............

Evelyn Martiska Harris............

William Maxwell and Carol Smith Maxwell........

Raymond Anthony Mazza.........

Ralph Morris.......

Nancy Spelsberg Usifer and Sally Pierce Hall.........

Thomas Coleman Seckman and M. E. ...........

John Paul Sheets and Rosalie Stuart Sheets........

William Burton Snyder and Robert A. Danley, Jr. ...........

Carl Upton Stemple and Rose..........

Monta Sue Traugh Cunningham............

Dian Gantz Hurley

Richard Frederick Tetrick and Jody.............

Maurice Wadsworth and Joan...........

Carl Joseph White and Anita.........

Eugene Earl Wentz and Lola.........

Leroy DeValliere, Picture was taken 1-24-93 Leroy did not come to the reunion but he sent a CD of his music which we all listened too during dinner.......

Gene Wentz, Fred Brown, John Denham, Raymond Keys, Ralph Morris, Ernie Griffin, Jack Hartman, Raymond Mazza, Alexander Twins, Geraldine and Jacqueline, Monta Sue Traugh Cunningham, Arrena Kirkpatrick Gaston, Rosalie Stuart Sheets.

Bob Danley, Jack Garrison, Dick Tetrick, Duane Baker, Betty Bickers Leggett, Sally Pierce Hall, Barbara Levey Selman, Frank Demarino, Bill Snyder, Carl Stemple, Lucille Marra Panetta, Clara Lucent Matheny, Carol Smith Maxwell, Dian Gantz Hurley

Jim Garrett, John Paul Sheets, John Ash, Tom Seckman, Charles Albright, Nancy Spelsberg Usifer, Tom Gensel, Bill Maxwell, Maurice Wadsworth, JoAnn Dodds Richardson, Elizabeth Robinson Garrison, Mary Lou Gay Jones, Angeline Teresa Fiora, Angela Oliverio Guzzi, Evelyn Martiska Harris

A BLESSING................... May your purse always hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on your window pane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you until we meet again in .........................2007........................

Fred and Sue Brown................

This is the first web page we ever made.............. Hope you enjoy it.............

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WERE SENT TO US BY CASSMATES WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE REUNION...........

Mary Lynn Ferrell Reardon

Dixon and Jean Bewick

Hank and Anita Kiesel

LeRoy and Barbara DeValliere

Virginia Bennett Skinner (Widge)

Margaret Stump Maditz and Joe

George F. Brown and Dotty

Margaret Louise Cross (Peggy) and Paul................ Paul passed away November 2rd 2003................... Dishroon,Jr., James Paul   James Paul Disharoon Jr. of Chester, VA, passed away Sunday November 2, 2003. He was born in Hampton, VA. on May 27, 1924, the son of the late James P. Sr. and Abigail Hummer Disharoon He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Patricia McCrea Disharoon. He leaves a wife Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Kabler Disharoon, sons James P. Disharoon III and wife Barbara of Colonial Heights, Edward M. Disharoon and wife Nancy of Virginia Beach, step sons Phillip Kabler of Charleston, West Virginia, John Kabler of Chesterfield and a half sister Sarah E. Disharoon of Newport News. Six grandchildren, Mary Ann, Michael, Amy, Matthew, Steven and Mark. A funeral service will be held 11 A.M. on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 in the chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Home 2033 Boulevard, Colonial Heights, with the Rev. G. Thomas Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends tonight from 7:00-8:30 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Ivey Memorial United Methodist Memorial Fund, 17120 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Colonial Heights 23834 or the Bensley Bermuda Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 657 Chester, VA 23831 (11/03/03)

The following three pictures were sent to me by Betty Bickers Leggett, taken at the last reunion, five years ago

Betty Billingsley Barnes and Bill

Helen Merryman Frashure

Betty Bickers Leggett and Randall, Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary

Ed and Gloria (Gatrell) Rogers

Helen Farris Dawkins and Dutch

Below is a picture of John Fissel. John was a member of our class through his junior year in 1946. His dad was transferred to Baltimore and John finished High School at Towson, Maryland. If you look in your 1947 year book you can see John as a junior on the 1946 track team. He is setting on the bench in front of Dick Tetrick.

John Fissel and Faye

This "self portrait" was the first picture taken by Mary Jane Laurent Post with her new digital camera on Thanksgiving 2001.......

Mary Jane Laurent Post

This updated photograph of Carolyn Cline Ollom was taken in San Diego, California in September 2002.......

Carolyn Cline Ollom.......

Patty Pitts Morris and Dave....... This picture was taken at the 40th reunion, July 11th 1987...

The Following picture was taken from the Academy of Model Aeronautics Catalog...October 2003...

Orval Christy Stewart

Myrna Rae Davis Griffith, (1947) and John (1943)

Another picture of Myra and John on their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Frank J. Torchia and Diane.......

Dorethea Rider Whisner WIHS 1947 with Husband William "Bill" Whisner WIHS 1948 ... May 2003 ...

Bill Whisner 1948 ...... Dorethea Rider 1947 ...

Another one of Dorethea (Dee) taken at the fall celebration at the William Penn Manor (Founder of Pennsylvania) September 2003. Dee and Bill have been married for 53 years and have three children, two daughters and one son. Also four GrandChildren. Dee was head teller in a National Bank for years. Retired and then went to work for a Local Court Reporter Firm for 8 years and then retired again.

As you all know, Washington Irvng High School is no more. A new high school has been built and is now Robert C. Byrd High School. Below is a picture of U. S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, taken at Salem, West Virginia at the dedication of the Rails to Trails. Standing next to him is Fred Brown, who was there as a Representative of the WIHS Class of 1947.

U. S. Senator Robert C. Byrd and Fred Brown

Robert C. Byrd High School.......

FINIS.........................

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