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Ann (O'Malley) Shake '61 is a Senior Judge and mediator, and has been married (almost 26 years) to Jim Shake. They have 2 boys, ages 36 and 32 and 1 grandson.

John Lauterbach '68 is living in Tempe, Arizona and retired from the
Post Office after 32 yrs. "It's been a great honor and pleasure to serve all my loyal customers in Phoenix, Arizona after so many years!"

Nancy Petersen Jones '79 - is married living in St. Charles, IL. She has two boys: Jeffrey, 20 and Kevin, 14. Says Nancy, "I have been working at a flavor company in Geneva, Il as a Corporate Meeting and Event Coordinator. I would love to start getting a reunion going for sometime this summer. 30 year anniversary. WOW!"

Four members of the Lee Family - Kathryn (Kaye) Lee Hunter, Jim '66, Mary Lee Roche 68, Margaret (Margie) Lee Carrick '69 - graduated from St Joe's. Younger sibling Janie Lee Larson attended until Spring of 1969. Youngest sister, Carolyn, attended grade school in Northbrook. I think I can speak for all of us when I say it is so great to have St Joe's open again! When I went to my 25th anniversary reunion, in so many ways, it felt like I was back in school. This grade school reunion was SO much better then any high school reunions could be. We were all so close growing up and attending St Joe's. Jim, Mary, Margie and Janie have stayed in the Chicago area the whole time growing up, getting married, having kids, etc. Hope to hear from more alumni from this time period.

Hugh Grimes '69, Paula Grimes McEachen '70, Dan Grimes '72, Sally Grimes Robey '74, Nancy Grimes Couto '76, and Jenni Grimes O'Brien '84 lost their wonderful father, Hugh Gavin Grimes, M.D., on June 26, 2008. He passed away peacefully.

Jenni Grimes '84 married Dan O'Brien on June 7, 2008 in Ireland.

Edgar Sensi '70 is currently living in Jupiter, Florida with his son, Francesco. Despite having lived in New York City, Rome (Italy), Connecticut and Florida over the past 35 years, Ed has maintained his best-friend relationship with Lawrence Messina, also class '70. They met at the bus stop the first day of Kindergarten in 1961 and have remained friends ever since! Larry lives in nearby Lake Worth, Florida with his wife, Brenda, and their two children: Andrew and Lauren. Their two sons are now best friends and Ed is Lauren's godfather. Larry still teases Ed that he has been pining away for Maureen O'Connor ('70) ever since first grade! Ed & Larry would like to hear from other classmates: esensi@bigfive.com and larry@glander.net.

Actor Bill Murray. Below is an excerpt from a recent interview by Bill Murray in the Washington Post, Dec 24, 2004. What's made him happy, lately? was the question he was asked: "I went to the reunion of my grade school graduating class," Murray says. "Not the high school reunion, which is a whole different thing, but grade school. St. Joe's. These are the people that I was a little kid with. And nothing's really changed. You go and you really feel happy to have grown up and be alive and you really feel just completely like yourself. That was one of the greatest times I've ever had, seriously, just being with those people again. Not talking about work or anything. Talking about our kids . ."

Diane Cossarek – Baker, 1981. Currently resides in Littleton, Colorado with her husband Michael and step-son Nick. Diane is currently employed at ADA Technologies in Littleton, Co. which is leading the industry in Government SBIR funded Research. Michael who is employed at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Co. just completed work on the much talked about “Deep Impact Project” which made contact with its intended comet-target on July 4th, 2005. Nick has just earned his degree from The University of Colorado at Denver this past Fall. In their free time Diane, Mike and Nick help to work their two ‘field-trial’ (Calypso) Labrador retrievers. Anyone wanting to keep in touch, drop a line or share a memory from the class of 81’ --- feel free to email Diane: dianeb@adatech.com

Brian C. Donovan, 1962. Four Donovan's attended St. Joe's in the 1950's and early 1960's (Denny, John, Brian and Nancy). I graduated in 1962. Our family moved out of the area in 1963. I graduated from John Carroll in Cleveland in 1970. My wife (Connie) is a professor at Roosevelt Univ. We have been married for 35 years; two children. We returned to the Chicago area in 1982 after spending time in Cleveland, Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh. I am president of an insurance company and my office is in Arlington Heights. I also own a golf store in Prescott, Arizona and Connie and I are beginning to spend extended time at our home out there. Since four Donovan's attended the same school, we have some of the same memories. We all remember Sr. Gregoire as either our teacher or Principal. I remember it was hard to keep a low profile after two older brothers with the same last name has gone before me. Interestingly, I met her once again in 1983 when enrolling my kids into St. Mary's in Buffalo Grove. Please keep me informed of any reunion plans for the class of 1962.

Lorena Casas, 1974 - 1978, is trying to get in touch with her friends from grade school - especially Elizabeth O'Donnell, Liz O'Malley, Mary Solger, Moira Dempsey, Becky Snyder, Judy, and Ken Carlson. Lorena can be reached via email at lorena.casas@prado.mcu.es. Lorena works at the Museo del Prado in Madrid as Executive Assistant to the Director.

Lt. Col. Thomas F. Dietrich, USMC, '75, has been awarded three of the highest military awards during his tenure in the U.S Marine Corps, most recently when his squadron was deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Under his skillful leadership, Unit VMGR 234 deployed nine aircraft and over 250 Marines to Bahrain in less than two weeks. Amassing an unheralded list of mission accomplishments while participating in hostilities, his unit flew 3,435 mishap-free combat flight hours while completing 2,059 assault-support missions and delivering ammunition, water and supplies directly to the troops advancing in Baghdad. In recognition of his achievements, he received the Bronze Star. In addition, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Air Medal for his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Lt. Col. Dietrich resides in Trophy Club, Texas with his wife, Teresa, and their two children. His parents reside in Wilmette.

Andrew Boros, class of 1983, is an attorney practicing defense litigation and is married to Danielle, a grade school teacher. They live in Wilmette with their twins, Andrew and Julia. Andrew’s brother, Chris, graduated in 1979. He and his wife, Laurel, live in central Illinois.

Yvonne Ebstein attended St. Joseph School from 1954 - 1958. Yvonne was one of eleven children. She currently lives in Houghton Lake, Michigan and is a Christening gown designer and manufacturer. She has been married to Dave Ebstein for 34 years and has 2 grown children.

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