Fall 2013 - John A. Coleman Catholic High School

Alumni Mass was held on November 2nd to Honor all of our Deceased Alumni. Thank you to Father Hommell for
celebrating this Mass with Coleman and for Breda McMahon for organizing another wonderful event.
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from the Principal’s Desk
Last Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of
escorting nine of our seniors to a daylong
conference called God and Country. They
were able to listen to veterans of WW II, the
Korean War, Vietnam and Iraq tell first hand
accounts of their experiences in wartime.
We met with and listened to two Medal of
Honor winners as they described their deeds
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Our Spirit Walk is this month on October
18th and November has numerous
opportunities for all alumni to come
back and visit. Nov. 2nd is the Alumni
Memorial Mass. The Craft Fair is Saturday
and Sunday of Veterans weekend. The
fall show this year is a musical revue
titled “Lights Up! A Coleman-ation of
Broadway Hits”. It will take place on the
weekend before Thanksgiving.
Please remember all of us here in your
prayers as we continue Coleman’s great
tradition. Know that you will always be
part of this family.
All the Best,
Mr. James Lyons
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The 2013 – 2014
school year is off to a
great start. Memories
are being made each
day as our students
learn and grow in the
wonderful atmosphere
that is Coleman. So far this year our
students have had opportunities for learning
and exploring on Art trips and French
and Spanish field trips. Our AP Biology
students spent a day in kayaks exploring the
Rondout ecosystem. All of our juniors, now
studying the Old Testament in Religion,
will visit a synagogue next week. Business
Law students will spend a morning in the
Kingston Courthouse. Criminal Justice
students will visit a prison as part of their
course work.
and actions. For four hours our students
were on the edge of their seats listening
how ordinary citizens responded to the
horrors of war. The Coleman students will
not soon forget what they heard and were
so thankful to have been able to hear it.
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Greetings to All in the
Coleman Family,
John A. Coleman
Catholic High School
Board of Trustees
President: Kate Smith ‘81
Vice-President: Kathy Larson
Secretary: Kathleen Sickles
Treasurer: Keith Miner
Board Members:
Jodi Ashmore
Deanne Bradley ‘77
Joseph Deegan ‘80
Mary Ann Forgey ‘73
Sue Gage
Father George Hommel
Jodi Markle-Adam
Thomas Petro ‘78
Bryan M. Smith ‘77
Sandy Terrone
Louis Tullo
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Coleman is alive and the halls are full of excitement
as our first academic quarter hits its half way mark.
Theater is rehearsing for their show on November
22nd - 24th and the soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf and
cross country teams are basking in their successes as
they finish out their matches, meets and games of the
Fall Season.
you would like to attend the event, please call the
Chamber office 845-338-5100 and register with them.
Our award winning Chef at Coleman is graciously
donating all of the delicious food for the mixer. This
is a huge contribution to the school to allow us to host
this event. Thank you to Eric Eck and his crew from
Catskill Mountain Catering.
I am still settling into my new role at Coleman and
having fun every day. I have met so many wonderful
people and have enjoyed “bragging” about Coleman
to all that will listen.
Remember to join the Alumni Website…you can
find the link directly from Coleman’s HomePage.
We also hope to have a new Facebook page up and
running shortly. We will use it to keep you apprised
of the many activities going on at Coleman.
We have some exciting events coming up that we
invite you to be part of this Fall. Join us for the
Coleman Craft Fair on November 9th and 10th!!
Volunteers are still needed!! Please call Nancy at
(914) 466-5924 if you would like to help. We are
actively preparing for a huge mixer on November
20th from 5-7pm. Coleman will be hosting an Ulster
County Regional Chamber of Commerce Mixer, in
which the Benedictine Health Foundation will be
sponsoring. This will be an amazing opportunity to
showcase Coleman to the business community. If
Thank you to the many generous people that have
contributed to Coleman High School this year. We
appreciate your generosity and we invite you to
connect with us and meet some of the new faces
here and reconnect with the cherished faces you may
remember.
Patty Deegan
(845) 338-2750
development@colemancatholic.net
Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce
Membership Mixer
When:
Where:
Sponsor:
November, 20, 2013 • 5pm - 7pm
John A. Coleman Catholic High School
430 Hurley Avenue, Hurley, NY 12443
Benedictine Health Foundation, Inc.
John A. Coleman Catholic High School is hosting the November
Membership Mixer. Enjoy complimentary food & drink courtesy of
Coleman’s new Chef, Eric Eck of Catskill Mountain Catering. Big E, as
he likes to be called, is the 4 time Championship winner of the Ulster
Chamber’s Wing Fling. Come meet Eric and his crew as he prepares some
amazing delights for Coleman’s mixer.
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We can also use volunteers to help with parking, tours, set up and clean up. We invite you back to Coleman to enjoy an evening
hosting the local business community. Contact Patty Deegan 845-338-2750 for more information or to volunteer.
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June - October, 2013
Alumni & Coleman
Friends News
kindergarteners in Westchester. She has lived, and worked
in France and Holland and now makes her abode in New
York City. A busy lady, Martha spends time with her two
children sings in a chamber choir, jogs, hikes and travels.
Lee Schichtel Post (’73) has had an interesting life
following her baseball star son David’s career. He played
professionally, so off she and her husband Dave went in
2005 to live in Oregon. After years in the Kingston area
this was a big change but it was not the only move. In
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brudner of 2008 they moved again, this time to Georgia, where they
University Park, Florida (formerly of currently live. David and his wife Donna live nearby and
Woodstock, New York) announce the are the parents of two children, Gianna and Gabriella,
engagement of their daughter, Carolyn Lee’s pride and joy. She is a nurse and works at Piedmont
Elizabeth Brudner (’06) to Cristofer Mountainside Hospital.
Jason Schiavone, son of Karen and the
Brian Mathews (’74) recently completed an intensive
late Michael Schiavone of Hopewell
three
year program for bank executives in local, state,
Junction, New York. Carolyn, a graduate of Sacred Heart
University is a tax associate at Pricewaterhouse Coopers federal and international financial service organizations.
LLP in Stamford, Connecticut. Cristofer is a New York The course is offered through the American Bankers
City Police detective stationed in the Bronx. A September Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the
2014 wedding is planned. Congratulations and God bless University of Pennsylvania. Brian has twenty one years
of banking experience and is currently a loan specialist at
them both.
the Red Hook branch of Ulster Savings Bank.
Engagements
Graduations
Jeanne O’Connor McDonald (’74) has retired from her
career as a speech-language pathologist, and is enjoying
Morgan Miller (’93) graduated from Franklin Pierce life. She lives in Clifton Park, New York with her husband
University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in mass of 35 ½ years, Dennis McDonald. Her daughter and four
of her brothers and sisters live in the Capital District so
communication.
there are lots of O’Connor Family gatherings.
Katharine Martine (’08) graduated magna cum laude
Sean Roche (’74) and his wife, Patricia Fay Roach,
with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Japanese.
(also ’74) returned to the Hudson Valley after thirty years
Travis Rask (’09) graduated from Siena College with a in Los Angeles, California. They are the “happy owners/
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
innkeepers of Maple Stone Inn Bed and Breakfast” in New
Paltz. They have restored a two hundred year old stone
Some of our graduates completed their course of study farm house which is also their home. It is from here that
at Ulster County Community College. They are:
Sean continues to write and produce animated TV shows
which are shown around the world.
Gina Rutigliano (’08)
Corinne Callahan (’09)
Cassidy Scanlan (’09)
Lindsey Albert (’10)
Lovepreet Cheema (’12)
More Alumni News
Karen Sangaline Pillsworth (’74) and her husband
Patrick live in Kingston. She continues to teach in the
local school system. As Kingston’s storyteller laureate,
she educates and entertains the young and the young at
heart at local community events. We’re sure she also tells
wonderful stories to her four grandchildren, Cameron,
Violette, Townes and Kaegan, the children of Sean-Paul
(’99) and Kaitlyn (’01)
Martha Hansen (’71) credits Coleman with her love
Gina DiDonna Daly (’75) and her husband Jim have
of learning and learn she has, speaking five languages been married since 1980 and are the parents of three
and teaching ESL, English as a second language, to children. They live in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas where
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she works in the administrative department of the local
Catholic church. Jim is an American Airlines pilot. He
and Gina are the grandparents of an almost three year old
and a new baby. She looks back at her Coleman years
with fond memories.
Mary Lou Hutton (’77) still lives in Kingston. She is
the mother of one son and grandmother of two, a grandson
and granddaughter. She is a special education teacher.
Caroline McFadden Hailey (’78) and her husband,
Keith live in North Carolina. Remember that her family
moved there when Caroline was a senior at Coleman.
She never left. She and Keith enjoy all outdoor activities
especially boating and fishing, and are avid gardeners.
Rene Patenaude (’81) has retired from the Ulster
County Sheriff’s Department and has moved to
California. He is in the process of building a ranch where
he plans to raise cattle and cultivate olive groves and
a grape vineyard as well as a large garden. Rene is an
elected representative and vice chairman of the advisory
board of his local board of supervisors
and their loved ones, our Coleman brothers and sisters.
They will be remembered at our annual Memorial Mass
for our deceased alumni, students and staff. It will be
celebrated by Fr. George Hommel in the Coleman Chapel,
on Saturday, November 2nd at 7 p.m., very appropriately
All Souls Day.
Melissa Buone Heese (’78) known as Missy to
her classmates and those of us who knew her, died on
August 27th. She attended St. Mary of the Snow School
in Saugerties before coming to Coleman. In 2002, she
moved to Denver, Colorado, where she worked for the
Century Middle School in Thornton. Melissa is survived
by her parents, Patricia and Richard Buono, her husband,
Henry Herman and her children, David and Angel Heese,
and John Herman. Also surviving are her grandchildren
and her sisters and brothers, Lisa, Bridget, Patrick and
Daniel with their respective families. Donations can be
made in Missy’s memory to National Right to Life or
Myasthena Gravis Foundation of America.
Howard S. Shambo (’77) died on August 20th
following a short illness. He attended St. Catherine
Laboure School in Lake Katrine, and following his
Please pray for all of our families whose loved ones graduation from Coleman, he attended SUNY Plattsburgh
have died.
and New Paltz. He then served in the United States
Army, and after his honorable discharge, returned to New
Mary Spada DuBois
6/27/13
Paltz to work toward his Masters Degree in education.
John Joseph Prizzia
7/6/13
He also operated a very successful paint contracting
Regina A. Salvatore-Marcucci
7/6/13
business. He is survived by his mother and father, Joyce
Mary Mullaney Embree
7/8/13
Halloran Shambo and Donald Shambo and a daughter
Esther Bodie
7/13/13
Katherine Shambo. Other survivors are his sister, Danna
Mary Ann Schoepf
7/14/13
and his brothers Donald (’80), Darryl and Kevin as well
Joan J. Henke
7/27/13
as many extended family members. His brother, Daniel
(’79) predeceased him. A Mass of Christian Burial was
Geraldine (Lowe) Noble
7/28/13
celebrated at St. Philip of Jesus Church in Willsboro,
Rose D. Schatzel
8/3/13
New York.
James “Jim” Bonestell
8/29/13
In Memoriam
Christine Marie Gilliland
8/29/13
Michael S. Perry
8/31/13
Donald J. DuBois
9/11/13
James Joseph Murtagh
9/15/13
Dr. Barbara C. Desicke Vosburgh
9/18/13
Once again we are very saddened by the reports of the
deaths of two of our alumni. This has been a difficult
year for our families, and we ask you to pray for them
Many thanks to all of our alum and alumni parents who
have contacted us throughout the year. Please continue
to keep in touch and let us know what is happening in
your life/lives. Personally, I am delighted to hear from
you and remember so many of you with smiles and warm
thoughts.
Breda McMahon
Alumni News Coordinator
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Eating Out Coleman Style
I neglected to include Lox of Bagels of Saugerties
in the Eating Out Coleman Style section of our last
newsletter. Their bagels are delicious and it’s a great
place for breakfast or lunch. Apologies to the Farcher
Family who own Lox of Bagels. Make sure you tell all of
our restauranteurs that you are a Coleman alum, student
or family.
Thank you
Thank you to Breda McMahon for all that she
does for Coleman and for the Alumni Newsletter.
Craft Fair
November 9th and 10th
Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 10-3
Thank you to the dedicated people that spend countless hours
working on ensuring that the Craft Fair is a successful and
profitable event for Coleman.
a message from the
Coleman Cares 4-H Club!!
They will be continuing to an ongoing electronics collection
again this year. Please send in the following:
• Cellphones • Laptops • Digital cameras • Ink cartridges
• And other electronic items
All proceeds will benefit a charity! Thank you.
COLEMAN GOLF UMBRELLAS FOR SALE
The Coleman Parents Association is selling Golf Umbrellas for
$25. Green and White with Coleman in bold letters. We have
a limited number in stock, but orders can be taken. Call the
school for to place your order or stop in and pick one up.
We also have short and long sleeved t-shirts and sweatshirts!!
Available in white and green!! Show you still have the Coleman
Spirit…buy yours today!!!
Lights Up!
A Coleman-ation of Broadway Hits
will feature about 20 fantastic Broadway songs & dances
from a variety of fabulous shows.
Dates:
Friday, November 22 @ 7:30pm
Saturday November 23 @ 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, November 24 @ 3:00pm
Call to Reserve Advancd Tickets:
(845) 338-2750
Tickets:
Adults: $15
Children (Under 12): $10
Tickets can also be purchased at the door before each performance
You don’t want to miss it. Tell your friends, spread the word, and get your
tickets now! It’s new, it’s different, it’s Coleman Theatre. See you there!
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