Here is a list of our classmates who have passed away.
Mary Ann Hancock Coon
Jacqui Wallpe Ernst
Kathy Rothan Lee
Patricia Buckley Lipka
Carole Lowe
Carol Miller
Eileen Donohue Mitchell
Patricia Gorman Mitchell
Mary Beth Hughes Reed
JoAnn Smith Regner
Jill Maisel Riesenberg
Cecilia Luken Ruter
Judy Frank Schwab
Patricia Ulm Sicking
Janet Linesch Simes
Maureen McEneny Sodgrass
Sandra Turner
Kathy Twohig
Mary Ann Cassil Watzeck
Marian Berta Wiley
Judy Gifford Witte
Mary Pangburn Yocum
May they rest in peace.
I was shocked to hear some of the names read at the Mass on Sunday and also at the number of names on the list -about 14% of our graduating class. If you wish, send me some memories of someone on the list that you knew well, and I'll post a story about her. My e-mail is Heimerm@fuse.net
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
More Reunion Pictures
Here are a few more reunion pictures. I swear we look better now than we did in high school - maybe it was the white blouse and blue skirt that gave us all the frumpy look.
Here are the first names of the people in the pictures: Top picture: Pat, Mary, Mary Ann, Ann, Joyce
Middle picture: Pat, Rita, Carol, Sheila
Bottom picture: Donna, Jane, Shiela
Monday, September 22, 2008
Some reunion pictures!
Here are a few more pictures - I apologize for just the first names. Bonnie is on the first picture and Ruth, Lois and Kathy are on the second. I must say, we look darned good after 50 years!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Reunion Chatter
The OLA Class of '58 Reunion is history! Hope everyone had a great time. Many thanks to Ruth Pahren Linesch for chairing the event and for all who worked so hard to make it happen! I managed to take a few photos and will start publishing them on the blog. Sorry I didn't get everyone but if you have pictures you would like me to include, send them to me, Mary Heimert, e-mail Heimerm@fuse. net
Looks like I can only get one on at a time, so our first is fittingly of Ruth.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
REMEMBERING MISS BOLLMAN
As I look back over my high school career, one of the teachers who had a huge influence on me was Miss Bollman, later known as Mrs. Maloney. I remember how math suddenly became fascinating to me - Algebra was so much fun - I loved working with symbols and understanding the logic of it all. I admired Miss Bollman's precision, not just in her mathematics, but also in her clothes, her speech and her demeanor. She really hated gum chewing!
Now that I see her age, I notice that she was only about 10 years older than us - she must have been 24 or 25 when she taught our class, but I remember her as the consumate teacher, always in control, but also always patient and helpful. I still remember Rita Link saying that we'd better try to get a seat in the front of the class, since her sister had told her that we'd better pay attention in Miss Bollman's class.
She had such an influence on me that I too went on to be a math teacher, teaching for many years in Wyoming and even now teaching and running the math tutoring center part time at Thomas More College. I wish I had looked her up to say thank you when she was still living, but I suspect she understands far more now the influence she had on so many.
Thank you Miss Bollman!
Here is the article I found on the internet:
Mary Maloney was steadfast in her religious faith
Teacher, mother, wife of state senator
BY REBECCA GOODMAN
MONTGOMERY - Mary Maloney, a high school math teacher who tutored hundreds of students after she retired, died Sept. 10 of complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 78.
Mrs. Maloney was married for 51 years to former Ohio Sen. Michael J. Maloney.
She was known to almost everyone as "Tickie." Her birth name was Mary Catherine Bollman, but when her older brother Bob said "Catherine" it sounded like "Tickie." The nickname stuck throughout her life. Mrs. Maloney grew up in St. Bernard, where she attended St. Clement School and Our Lady of Angels High School. She graduated from Edgecliff College and received a master's degree in education from Xavier University. She taught at Withrow High School and Our Lady of Angels before taking time off to raise a family of five children. She did that largely by herself because her husband spent four days a week working in Columbus, said her son, Richard Maloney of Springfield Township. Mrs. Maloney returned to teaching at Seton High School in the 1980s. She taught again at Our Lady of Angels before retiring from Mount Notre Dame High School in Reading in 1990. A devout Christian, she enjoyed debating about faith with her brother, a Jesuit priest. "She was the most faith-filled person I have ever known," her son said. "We used to kid that she was holier than the pope." To her 12 grandchildren she was "Mimi," the beloved grandma who gave great Christmas and birthday gifts. She also took them along on vacations to Michigan, where she climbed the Sleeping Bear Dunes with them the year before she was diagnosed with cancer in May 2005. "She remained positive until the end and was never afraid," said her son.
Mrs. Maloney was preceded in death by a 2-year-old son, Michael R. Maloney, in 1961.
In addition to her husband and son Richard, survivors include three other sons, Timothy of Hyde Park, Pat of Montgomery and Thomas of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Brigid Huber of Symmes Township; two brothers, Robert N. Bollman of Indian Hill and the Rev. Richard Bollman, pastor of Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University; and 12 grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Now that I see her age, I notice that she was only about 10 years older than us - she must have been 24 or 25 when she taught our class, but I remember her as the consumate teacher, always in control, but also always patient and helpful. I still remember Rita Link saying that we'd better try to get a seat in the front of the class, since her sister had told her that we'd better pay attention in Miss Bollman's class.
She had such an influence on me that I too went on to be a math teacher, teaching for many years in Wyoming and even now teaching and running the math tutoring center part time at Thomas More College. I wish I had looked her up to say thank you when she was still living, but I suspect she understands far more now the influence she had on so many.
Thank you Miss Bollman!
Here is the article I found on the internet:
Mary Maloney was steadfast in her religious faith
Teacher, mother, wife of state senator
BY REBECCA GOODMAN
MONTGOMERY - Mary Maloney, a high school math teacher who tutored hundreds of students after she retired, died Sept. 10 of complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 78.
Mrs. Maloney was married for 51 years to former Ohio Sen. Michael J. Maloney.
She was known to almost everyone as "Tickie." Her birth name was Mary Catherine Bollman, but when her older brother Bob said "Catherine" it sounded like "Tickie." The nickname stuck throughout her life. Mrs. Maloney grew up in St. Bernard, where she attended St. Clement School and Our Lady of Angels High School. She graduated from Edgecliff College and received a master's degree in education from Xavier University. She taught at Withrow High School and Our Lady of Angels before taking time off to raise a family of five children. She did that largely by herself because her husband spent four days a week working in Columbus, said her son, Richard Maloney of Springfield Township. Mrs. Maloney returned to teaching at Seton High School in the 1980s. She taught again at Our Lady of Angels before retiring from Mount Notre Dame High School in Reading in 1990. A devout Christian, she enjoyed debating about faith with her brother, a Jesuit priest. "She was the most faith-filled person I have ever known," her son said. "We used to kid that she was holier than the pope." To her 12 grandchildren she was "Mimi," the beloved grandma who gave great Christmas and birthday gifts. She also took them along on vacations to Michigan, where she climbed the Sleeping Bear Dunes with them the year before she was diagnosed with cancer in May 2005. "She remained positive until the end and was never afraid," said her son.
Mrs. Maloney was preceded in death by a 2-year-old son, Michael R. Maloney, in 1961.
In addition to her husband and son Richard, survivors include three other sons, Timothy of Hyde Park, Pat of Montgomery and Thomas of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Brigid Huber of Symmes Township; two brothers, Robert N. Bollman of Indian Hill and the Rev. Richard Bollman, pastor of Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University; and 12 grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Friday, March 28, 2008
WHAT WAS OUR SCHOOL SONG?
I don't know about you, but I always thought "Mother Beloved" was our school song. A group us (fondly known for 50 years as The Club) were discussing it at breakfast a couple of months ago, and somehow there was another song mentioned. We did agree that "Mother Beloved" was sung at all occassions, even at school dances. Can you imagaine that happening at a high school dance now. On second thought, maybe it would make a good rap... but could you hip-hop to it????
If anyone can remember the other song, please comment and show us your superior memory. Till then, here are the words to "Mother Beloved."
Mother Beloved
Join your hands Loyal bands
While we pledge one another
Unity and fealty
To our Queen and our Mother
One our faith One our love
One our leader and Lord
One our aim one hope above
One united accord
Chorus
Mother beloved of God and of men
Here at your feet Faithful we meet
Comrades of Mary Redeemed by your Son
Keep us who love you In all things one
If anyone can remember the other song, please comment and show us your superior memory. Till then, here are the words to "Mother Beloved."
Mother Beloved
Join your hands Loyal bands
While we pledge one another
Unity and fealty
To our Queen and our Mother
One our faith One our love
One our leader and Lord
One our aim one hope above
One united accord
Chorus
Mother beloved of God and of men
Here at your feet Faithful we meet
Comrades of Mary Redeemed by your Son
Keep us who love you In all things one
Saturday, March 8, 2008
SOMETHING TO WEAR TO THE REUNION?
I recently received this e-mail from Mike Murray at Roger Bacon: In the spring of 2007, permission was granted to the Business Outfitters division of Lands End to reproduce the OLA trademark logo for embroidered clothing sales. The OLA logo is now available to be embroidered at a nominal cost on a wide variety of clothing including shirts, knits, sweaters, outerwear and hats. To visit the OLA E-Store website, please click (or copy and paste into your browser) the following web address:
http://ocs.landsend.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/corpsales/OGS_HOME.d2w/report?store_name=corpsales&ogs=OLA
I can see it now: all of us coming into the Reunion wearing our sweaters with the OLA logo. Pretty cool - no, I mean spiffy - no, that's not right. What did we used to say when we thought something looked good? Oh, the memory is definitely going!
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