Wheeling High School Class of 1972 News for 2004

12/25/2004

Cal Chany has moved from Bolingbrook, IL, to Asbury, Iowa.

12/10/2004

Monica Smart Tilhu has been found. Monica lives in Virginia Beach, VA [242].

11/09/2004

Ken Wright has been found. He is living in Carlton, OR. [244]. Ken is the owner of Ken Wright Cellars Vineyard.

10/24/2004

News from John Wellbank.

Married Sarah J. Welch in '79. Some of you know her from Forest View High, graduated '72. We met at Harper and attended Illinois State U. together. We have move around a little, from Chicago area to Seattle, then Cincinnati (attended Xavier for MBA), and 6 years ago So. California. We have two fantastic kids in college, Clayton is in his third year and Calyse is a Freshman. My picture is not in the '72 yearbook as I had temporarily lost my head in high school. Common problem with teens back then. Sarah and I live in an old adobe home, up on a cliff over the ocean. No heating system, no a/c, just thick mud brick walls and lots of sunshine. We walk the dogs down the hill to the beach several times a week, and often I take a swim for a mile or so. Sarah watches the dogs watch me. For the dog lovers out there, Mangus is a Bordeaux Mastiff (remember the movie Turner and Hooch), and Elwood is an Old English Bulldog, not the "canned ham" body type, but the kind you see on a Mack truck. I wish I could write something funny or witty about my time at Wheeling, but those stories that I remember are personal, and the ones that are not personal, I can't remember.

10/15/2004

Website
Updates

There have been a lot of recent additions to the website. I want to thank all those alumni who allowed me to borrow their originals so I could share them with all of us. I have added several sections under each class.

One is for each years school calendar. Remember those great calendar girl pictures??? So far just the '66-'67 calendar is available

On Stage is for pictures and programs from stage performances, plays, musicals, orchesis, etc. If you're looking for a particular performance you'll may need to check all the years to find the right one.

Another is Commencement Memories which will include the Commencement Program for each year. So far I only have the programs for the class of '68 and '69.

Another section is the Senior Spokesman which will be copies of each classes senior edition of the spokesman. So far the Senior Spokesman for '69 and '70 are available.

The class of 1972's 20th reunion (1992) books is now available.

I've also added a section for the high school bands, but I don't have them linked from the main page yet. The direct link to these pictures is http://www.whs69.com/band/index.html.

If you have any materials, programs, newspaper articles, personal pictures you took, or any other memorabilia that you'd like to contribute and share with all the alumni please contact me. The more stuff that's offered here the better the memories. Thanks! Gary Hedberg '69

10/02/2004

Search
Note

I'm in the process of going through every name on the missing list from every class (1,349) and checking it against the 2001 WHS Alumni Directory, and then checking to see if the missing person may have had any siblings that went to WHS, or Hersey, or BGHS. I've decided to just make all the phone calls myself. Trying to coax others to do the calling is a lesson in personal head bashing :-) Unfortunately more and more of us are passing away and my opportunity to take advantage of sibling-alumni is going to become less and less useful the longer I wait to do this. So I'm just going to bite the bullet and do it myself. I'm already up to the "B"'s :-)

10/01/2004

Ron Wildenhain has been found. His wife, Cindy, a '76 Alumni sent in the inforamtion. Ron and Cindy live in Missouri. More details will hopefully follow shortly! [250].

09/11/2004

Tragedy has befallen Patti Comstock McClary's family. Patty sent this:

John and I lost our oldest daughter, Katherine Ann McClary (Katie) on September 11, 2004. Katie was struck by a bus as she was crossing the street in Durham, NC where she resided. Katie was 25 years old, a graduate of Duke University and resided in Durham where she coached basketball and volleyball She is further survived by two sisters, Meagan and Erin. Please keep us in your prayers as we try to go on after this tragedy.

09/05/2004

The class of '72 has been reduced by one more member....NO, NO ONE passed away. The Virginia Sanfilip that was listed as missing from your class was really Virginia 'Ginny' Brown who was part of the class of '70; but left after her sophomore year and finished up at Wheeling at night school and received her diploma in 1972. She has been moved to be part of the class of '70.

08/27/2004

Jim Johnson has been found. Jim lives in Palatine, IL. [252].

Another member of the class of '72 was discovered by information provided by Jill Siler Knogl. Janice M Rickett was up until now not just missing but missing from the database also. [253].

08/23/2004

David Zelinske moved from Algonquin, IL to Hutley, IL.

07/04/2004

Cathy Cetwinski and her alumni husband Kim Wettering '71 are moving from Tucson, AZ out to the boonies of Vail, AZ. Here is a picture of their new home:

Welcome to the neighborhood Kim & Cathy! This makes a total of 4 WHS Alumni living in Vail, AZ. It's getting to be a popular place!

04/28/2004

I have received information and confirmed that Vickie Thomas Dupree is deceased. In checking in the 2001 WHS Alumni directory she is listed as deceased. Additional information provided was she was the City Clerk and Treasurer of Black Earth, Wisconsin. Vickie died some time prior to 2001. She reportedly died from complications of diabetes.

04/13/2004

This in from Scott Henke My wife Sandy and I became grandparents for the first time last night. Our son Randy and his wife Michelle had Ryan Marie 8lbs 11oz and 21in.

04/06/2004

Frank Bohac

Frank John Bohac formerly of Rolling Meadows Visitation for Mr. Frank John Bohac, 82, will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the Patterson Funeral Home, Braidwood, Ill. An aloha ceremony in Hawaii celebrated his love of family, friends and life. He died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at Kona Community Hospital, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Frank was a former Arlington High School coach, teacher, administrator and director of student affairs from 1956 to 1965. He then transferred to Wheeling High School, where he served as an administrator until his retirement in 1979. He and his wife lived in Rolling Meadows from 1956 to 1997. Frank played two sets of tennis on the morning he died. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Shirley Mae Bohac; his children, Bob, Nancy, Tom, Frank, Don, Sue and David, all graduates of District 214 high schools; 22 grandchildren; and by six great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made in Frank's honor to the Nursing Scholarship Fund of Kona Hospital Auxiliary, or to the Gift of Hope Organ Tissue Donor Network, c/o Shirley Bohac, 78-6800 Alii Drive, Unit 7-101, Kailus-Kona, HI 96740. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express condolences and sign the guest book. For funeral information, (815) 458-2336. Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on 4/6/2004.

03/25/2004

I received word today from Jim Wilbat that Donna Marie Smith passed away on March 15th, 2004. This additional information just came in from Janel Ketelsen Jensen:

Hi Gary, Yes this has been a week of sad news. Donna Maria Smith DeLucca, died on March 15, 2004 at 1:00 a.m. of a massive heart attack. Donna was married to Sam DeLucca for 21 years, they have 2 daughters, Angela (Smith) Greek, her husband Trey, and one daughter Kiana; Jamie (Smith) Simon, her husband Josh, and one daughter Tara. They all live in California, near their father Sam DeLucca. Donna has an older brother Ned (Edwin?) Smith, sisters Nita, Debbie, and one younger brother Ken. Which I believe all graduated from Wheeling. Her brother Ken was a wrestler in his years at Wheeling. Her parents, I believe live in Virginia. There is a memory service on Sat. March 27, 2004 at 12:00 noon. I don't know where. Donna was my best friend for 37 years, she lost all contact with friends and family during the past couple of years. Until a month ago. She will be deeply missed, but I know that she is finally at peace. Attached are a few of my favorite pictures of Donna, one with my son back in 88, one with Me Janel, Cindy, and Jill, in 88, and the two of us in 1991. I will send more info as I get it. I hope you can share these pictures on the web. Janel Jensen (Ketelsen)

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NOTE: There were two Donna Smith's in the Class of 1972. The one who is deceased didn't actually graduate from Wheeling but finished high school at a different school.

03/24/2003

News from Phillip Bonanno: "Hi, I am writing to let you know that on 04-01-04 my e-mail will change to fourbpb@gosparky.net . I am still in the horse bussiness but we slowed down a little, still married going on 22 years, my son Phillip will be 20 in april, my son Scott will be a 11 in April. My son Phillip will be a Daytona Beach cop at the end of April. Well I have to take care of our animals take care and God bless you all..."

03/06/2004

Donald Guzi has been found. Don lives in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. [254].

03/01/2004

Gary Kieca turned himself in and is once again off the missing list. Gary lives in Woodbridge, IL [255].

01/23/2004

I found this 'resume' for Gary Baney on the home page of the business he is the CEO of, Boundless Flight

Gary Baney is the Chief Executive Officer of Boundless Flight.

Prior to joining Boundless Flight, Gary held multiple CTO positions including CTO of Flashline. While at Flashline, Gary influenced the OOP software development community as an advocate of component-based software engineering using Java and the J2EE development architecture. Baney was also the VP of Distributed Systems and Automation Technologies at Key Bank where he architected the operational support of their first two generations of Key's internet banking as well as Oracle Financials and a PeopleSoft Procurement. Before coming to Key, Baney enjoyed a stint with IGS and was the Chief Operating Officer of Easter Seal Systems.

Gary has authored an industry-influencing white paper entitled "Keys to Successfully Calculating ROI for Enterprise Software Reuse Initiatives" and was one of the lead technical resources on Sun's J2EE Component Certification model and the JSR77 Java spec.

Baney holds a Master's Degree in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and is an Adjunct Professor in the MBA/MS-IS program at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western University.

ComputerWorld magazine honored Baney as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders of America in 2001.

01/02/2004

Jack Olesky was the first to check in for 2004. Jack has moved from Corpus Christi, TX to San Antonio TX. Jack also provided this information:

Graduated: Northwestern University, 1976 B.S.ChE

Married: since October 1980 to Kathleen Olesky (nee Biletnikoff - Fred's cousin), no kids

Current Title: Director, Process Optimization (for 13 oil refineries)

Current Employer: Valero Energy Corporation (corporate headquarters in San Antonio) - past 2 years

Valero's Corpus Christi Refinery - previous 16 years (engineering and operations)

01/01/2004

Happy New Year! Currently there are still [256] Class of 1972 Alumni Missing.