1951: A PARTIAL LIST OF DECEASED CLASSMATES FROM HHS CLASS OF 1951

Below is a gallery of classmates who have passed on.
I will be adding more as they are uncovered. TO ENLARGE AN IMAGE, RIGHT CLICK ON THE IMAGE, CLICK ON OPEN LINK IN A NEW WINDOW, CLICK ON THE MAGNIFYING GLASS.

HHS '51: Ray Danberry - 1933-2007

IT IS WITH DEEPEST REGRET THAT NOTE THE PASSING OF RAY DANBERRY, OUR CLASSMATE FROM THE CLASS OF 1951. OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO SANDRA AND THE FAMILY.

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER RAY AS OUR BURGOMASTER" ("BURGOMEISTER"). I PLAYED THE PART OF HIS LACKEY, A CHARACTER NAMED "HANS" IN OUR 1951 HAMILTON HIGH PRODUCTION OF "TULIP TIME." RAY PLAYED THE PART LIKE A SEASONED TROOPER. ON A RECENT VISIT TO MY OFFICE AT THE LIBRARY, RAY AND I RECALLED THE PART IN "TULIP TIME" WHERE HE PHYSICALLY PICKED ME UP AND MOVED ME FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B" AS CALLED FOR IN THE SCRIPT. WE HAD A GREAT LAUGH WHEN I CHALLENGED HIM TO TRY TO PICK ME UP THESE 55 YEARS LATER, WITH THE ADDED 100 POUNDS OR

SO I HAD ADDED TO MY FRAME.

I really get a morose and melancholy reaction when I read of the passing of still another classmate. Especially those who went through twelve years of school with me, from Miss Mary Kelly's Reception grade at Kuser School, through Hamilton High Class of 1951. Clark was one of the stalwarts as a tenor in our years with Louise Baird's vocal music class. I have been blessed with an incredible ability to remember persons, places, and things from my very earliest years. Countless memories of Clark and his twin brother Art will always be with me. Louise Baird used to mix a bit of philosophical wisdom in with our music repertoire. One of those philosophical gems applies to my old friend, Clark:
"Make the world a bit more beautiful because you have lived in it." Clark did. Rest in Peace my friend, we WILL meet again.
GEORGE MOZER
JESS ANDERSON
CHARLOTTE WILSON
BILL LAWSON
BEVERLY BEIGER
GEORGE BLACKWELL
DORIS BELMONT
JIM BRITTAIN
JOAN DAVALA
JACK CONOVER
RAY DANBERRY
THERESA DEAN
BOB DePEW
JUNE DROBNAK
SHIRLEY ECKERT
JOHN HOSCHEK
BOB HERRERA
TOM JOHNSON
GENE JONES
CLARK PERRY
HORACE "BUDDY" RICK
BARBARA STRUPP
JOE SWEENEY
JEAN LIND

Lee Belardino said...

Tommy
Our departed classmates. I remember them well.Ray and Shirley and Bill Baggott,Bill Lawson Jake Conover. I totally remember Ray Danberry picking you up. It was the hi-lite of the operetta. As you put it,we will meet again.
Lee

Monday, March 12, 2012