John's Update

Inspiration from John

"Today marks 8 months w/out cigarettes or alcohol. I've been fasting and meditating a lot. It's been 6 months w/out eating bread, cake, soda or anything sweet; not even my favorites chipotle or pizza! No sugar, no bad carbs. I get 2 hours of exercise every day and the changes in my body have been fantastic."

I don't know who wrote this or if it depicts the true St Joe's guy but I'm proud of him.

John Hart

Frank's Update

Frank Rameaka

I live in Plymouth Massachusetts with my wife Sue. We have been married for 35 years and are the proud parents of two children.I am currently retired after a long and exciting career in High Tech and Non Profit companies. I was a Senior VP in Finance and Operations for Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Federal , Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Massachusetts and I owned a computer networking company on Cape Cod for many years.

Sue and I have traveled the world together. We lived in Sydney Australia and Mexico City  in the early 80's where I was responsible for managing the  start up of Digital subsidiaries. We were avid skiers early on and skied all over Europe, Western US and of course New England. Our current passion is golf which we renewed playing after a 15 year absence (owning a business will do that to you).We traveled to Florida and the Dominican Republic this past winter to enjoy some golf and sun.

We enjoy our family get togethers and of course all New England sports teams.I am an avid reader, approximately 2 books per week of all types of genres. I am particularly fond of anything historic. Despite Bill O'Reillys current issues I did enjoy all of his Killing novels (Lincoln, Patton, Reagan, Rising Sun etc.)

I wish you all a wonderful reunion and much health and happiness in the years to come.

 


Jim's Update

Jim Kohl

Living in McKinney, TX, approximately thirty miles north of Dallas with Dee, my wife of 46 years. I am completely retired after 41 years of building sales teams for building material companies and improving operating profits.  We have three children, two in the DFW area and one in Scottsdale AZ. We are very lucky to have four Grandchildren. We spend our time traveling a lot seeing the Grandkids and involving ourselves in their activities. My favorite title has surely become Gramps!

My hobbies are Fishing, hunting and golfing. I am involved in local, county and state politics somewhat and an active supporter of second amendment rights.  However my time is invested in slightly. differently. I practice Yoga about three times a week, ride horses about three times a week, volunteer at a Therapeutic Horsemanship place working with wounded vets once a week. We have a time share in Incline Village, NV. (Lake Tahoe) where we ski every year with our extended family. We have a granddaughter involved in Barrel Racing and we take her and her horse and friends all over Texas participating in Rodeos and Playdays. It is great fun to watch your grandkids develop into serious competitors.  We moved away from Western NY in 1972 and have lived in California, Boston as well as Dallas. My siblings are in Hawaii, New Orleans and Kansas City so there is not much of my family left in WNY.

I hope the note finds you all not aching too much, still active in your community and still learning new things. I am grateful every day for the lessons learned on Kenmore Rd and truly appreciate the gift of that education. It has served me well over the years.

We enjoy our family get togethers and of course all New England sports teams.I am an avid reader, approximately 2 books per week of all types of genres. I am particularly fond of anything historic. Despite Bill O'Reillys current issues I did enjoy all of his Killing novels (Lincoln, Patton, Reagan, Rising Sun etc.)

I wish you all a wonderful reunion and much health and happiness in the years to come.

 


 

Russ' Update

Russ Christopher

50 Years have passed since we walked across the Kleinhans stage and started our separate journeys.  As we’ve scattered all over, it seems to me, that we haven’t forgotten the friends we made through our 4 years at SJCI, and still enjoy getting together and reminisce as well as telling our stories of what we’ve done and where we’ve been.

I’m now living in Fort Myers, FL, with my wife Judy.  Married 43 years, and our first date was our Senior Prom, 50 years ago.  There was a gap after that, but it couldn’t be better.  I retired from General Mills after 34 years in 2008, living in Buffalo, California and Minnesota.  We have two children, living in Minnesota and three grandchildren.  Our daughter’s family has the two boys and our son’s family gave us our granddaughter this past January 1st, and we couldn’t be happier.  Of course, it’s nice that we can fly direct to Minnesota from Florida, as the frequency increases as we try not to miss the special events that the kids have.

I enjoy trying to play golf but still can’t figure the game out.  Started biking after the move to Florida and enjoy just going for a ride.  Judy and I like to travel, and there is so much in this country that we haven’t seen.  I know she’s always looking for a new route to take. 
 
I can’t believe we’re old enough to have a Golden Jubilee Reunion and can only pray that we can celebrate many more happy times with fellow classmates and with our families.

 



Steve's Update

Steve Rodriguez

May 13, 2017 photo from Fairbanks, Alaska working as a Senior International Conference Officer for the White House and State Department.



Joe's Update

Joe Reger

Atlanta in a condo … the new Atlanta Braves stadium is a mile away … been here too long … time for a change, so, following my family (or part of it) to Reynolds Plantation about an hour and a half East of Atlanta – guess I’m going to have to reinvigorate my erstwhile un-invigorated golfing skills ... been on the board and President of my current condo association for a short time that seems very long, and I'm going to avoid such at Reynolds! 

For last couple of years have been reading legal thrillers … latest by Scott Pratt, Joe Dillard series
Stream most of the stuff I watch on TV  … binge on TV comics like The Green Arrow, Iron Fist, and legal and detective thrillers.

Son & daughter- pics left and right below ... six grandkids (three from each) – so much fun!

Son & I started business in ‘96 ... it's still going, but son founded Springbot and forgot to invite me! :)

Estate sales are addictive … my new place at Reynolds will give me plenty of opportunity to do some online bidding … 

See you all very soon!



Dave's Update

Dave DiCarlo

 

Hard to imagine, 50 years since graduation.

Living in Kenmore NY with wife Susan.
Will be married 47 years this June 13th.
We were blessed with three children, David Jr. , Daniel and Michelle. We were so young when we got married we literally grew up with our kids.
Blessed again with four grandchildren ages 21 to 15. As the saying goes "If you knew how great grandchildren were you would have had them first "

Retired for about two years having worked in mainly Banking and Retail Auto business. Starting with Erie County Savings all through college and five years after. Then got my feet wet in auto sales at local Chevy store.
A ten year education in real direct sales, fun.
Recruited to Citibank and work my way to Branch manager. Then the Auto bug called again and spent a number of years in management ( Finance and Sales Manager ) Back  to Banking combining sales experience and banking.
Worked for Bank One out of Ohio as their NY Auto Dealer Rep.
Super fun job. Plenty of golf, lunches, travel. Developed wonderful lasting friends and relationships.
As the economy changed and banks merged I found myself back in retail Auto as Finance Director of two dealerships.

As the years went by there was always the St Joe's class of 67.  Though separated by many miles for most of us that tie that binds is still strong.

God bless to you all , so sorry I could not participate in this years event.

Jim's Update

Jim Driscoll

Hello to all. Really looking forward to meeting again and what a great celebration. 

I am now retired after 25 years of law enforcement with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office. A great experience but glad it's over.  

Still only two women in my life, both daughters. Shannon is finishing up her medical internship at Mt sinai hospital in Chicago and will begin practice in August. My other daughter Dana is completing her degree and will enter the teaching profession. 

I travel constantly to any place I can and have been known to hit a few bars on the way. 
My favorite time is happy hour and I take it seriously. I do believe I have perfected it well. 

Looking forward to seeing you all!

 




John's Update

John O'Brien

Graduated from Canisius College and followed Reger in the US Army at Indianapolis and Virginia.

Joined Tom Kingston at KPMG accounting firm in Buffalo and stayed there and in NYC for 17 years.
Joined the Diocese of Buffalo in the Finance area and retired in 2004.
Remained active in Western New York on the Evans Bank Board, a small community bank in Western New York, and on a number of rotating not-for-profit boards.

Married to Maureen for 46 years…yes, she was the prom date in Junior and Senior years.
Son Kevin is an 89 grad of SJCI and daughter Kerry is a 91 Sacred Heart Academy grad.  Both are married and live in the Buffalo area and each has a son and daughter…the pride or our lives.

Enjoy golfing and tennis with Kingston and others and much bike riding, workouts and yoga.



Tom's Update

Tom Kingston

A lot has happened over the last 50 years.  Can you believe it? - 50 YEARS!!!

After St. Joe's, I attended Canisius College and graduated in 1971 with an Accounting degree.  I earned my CPA while working at KPMG (with John O'Brien).  After 5 years there, I spent 7 years at Hooker Chemical in various financial management positions in Niagara Falls and western Michigan, followed by 7 years as Controller/Treasurer at Comptek Research in Buffalo. I finished the last 24 years of my career as VP-Finance & Administration at Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc., the North American subsidiary of a company based in Liechtenstein.  I have been enjoying retirement since May, 2014.

I've been married for over 43 years to Diane.  We have three kids (a girl and 2 boys).  All are married and we have 6 grandchildren, with one on the way next month (June 2017).  They keep us very busy.  

We have lived in the same house in Williamsville for the past 36 years (but it's our 4th house) and I still mow my own lawn.  We also enjoy spending time in our condo in Siesta Key, Florida.

John O'Brien already mentioned our common extracurricular activities of tennis and golf.  Another of my activities that some of you may be aware of is reunion planning.  Not sure how I'll  keep myself busy after this weekend.  Oh, never mind...  more time for golf!

Looking forward to our Golden Jubilee!


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