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Greetings Classmates.

Well, another overdue update. How is it that we become busier in retirement than we were when we were working for a living? Again playing "catch-up" ...

Belated June birthday greetings to June (Lish) Ball (3rd), Don Northrop (25th) and Brian Taranto (26th). A Happy July Birthday to Carolyn (Jones) Arventis (8th) and Joyce Ann (Toth) Van Dyke (27th). Happy Anniversary to Brian Taranto - July 6th, Bernard Schnaudt - July 16th and Virginia (Black) Stoehr- July 21.

If you haven't already done so, why not notify us of your birth date and/or wedding anniversary date for inclusion on the webpage.

A Memorial Service for our class advisor, Ms. Helen Elliot, was held on May 1 in Orleans, Massachusetts. Three people from our class were able to attend, Barbara Collins Steenstra, Jane Meyer Lee, and Ernie Spicer. During the service, a framed picture and plaque was given to the family, depicting the class gift given in Ms. Elliot's memory. Some of Ms. Elliot's family members attended Ramapo High and were most pleased to meet some of the class. They mentioned that the Class of 1958 was always special to Helen, since this was the first class that she advised, and some of the antics the class pulled made her sure that she would have to return to Paterson to stay in teaching. However, Ms. Elliot always said that she learned a lot from the class.

Memorial Photos & Plaque

A memorial slide show, prepared by Helen's nephew, can be viewed by clicking the link below. NOTE: This file is approximately 56 Mb, so if you do not have a high-speed Internet connection, you probably don't want to try viewing this.

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Also, we have received the following letter from Helen's niece.

Dear Members of the Class of '58,

I am writing in response to your overwhelming tribute to our Aunt Helen and your Ramapo high school class advisor, Miss Helen Elliot. I have delayed responding because I haven't been able to come up with words powerful enough to thank you. Miss Elliot (Helen) was a very special lady as you know, but it is astounding that a class of students from 52 years ago felt so strongly about her that you came up with such a wonderful way to memorialize her! She would feel so honored to have a physics laboratory at the Rosary School named in her honor due to your generous donations. It is easy for her family to understand why she always bragged about her Class of "58.

Education was paramount to our aunt; so much so, that she paid for three of her nieces and nephews to graduate from four year private universities. They never would have had the finances to do so. Not bad, on a teacher's salary! So you see, nothing would have pleased her more than your tribute in her memory of supporting education, but especially her passion, physics!

Our family greatly appreciated Jane Lee making the effort to not only attend Helen's memorial as a representative of your class, but she spoke passionately about the tribute in Helen's name. We were all very touched.

The framed photos of the students at Rosary High are a wonderful reminder to our family of Aunt Helen and her favorite class.

Go Ramapo Raiders!

Warmly,
Linda Elliot
Class of '66

What is going on in the lives of the rest of our classmates? We would love to share stories and/or photos of your latest activities.

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