Bob Hartwig Shares An Interesting Link To The “Nostalgia Machine” For Everyone To Enjoy

Posted on March 3, 2015 by webmasterchuck

Hi,

Bob Hartwig sent the following email and link (below) to a great website I think you will enjoy.  It’s a walk down memory lane of the music we listened to “when we were young”  😉

Below it I’ve also included a link to a new website I just created for addressing party invitations — anniversary, birthday, wedding, etc.

Here are 53 years  worth of music videos where you can find about a hundred songs for each year.

*One of the best websites I have seen.*

*Set at 1960 but you can change the year to view*

*YouTube clips of the hits of the particular year.*

           

http://thenostalgiamachine.com

Enjoy.  And here’s the link to my website.

www.CalligraphyByJ.com

Cheers,

JoAnn
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News About “Bette McNabb’s husband

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmasterchuck

2/9/15
Hi

Sorry I didn’t get to forward the following email from Trudy Johnson Gibbs sooner. It is additional information about Terry Thomas McNabb’s husband.

JoAnn,
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Terry Thomas, now better known as Bette McNabb, lost her husband this week. Wylie McNabb was a 16-year survivor of a lung transplant, setting an all-time high survival record. His good fortune came largely though perseverance and extraordinary case management on the part of Bette. Wylie was a distinguished faculty member at the University of Chicago Medical School. He continued service even after he retired. Bette would drive him to meetings and stand by with a good book while he attended to important medical school business.

Trudy

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Shared Photos

Posted on February 5, 2015 by webmasterchuck

Hi,

I am forwarding photos I received from Nancy Theilen Ohmann of her Mom’s 100 birthday party and from Marsha Clinard of Marsha, Marilyn Metz and husbands.

I am also sorry to inform you that Betty Jo (Terry) Thomas McNabb’s husband, Wylie, died recently. 

Sincerely,

JoAnn

nancytheilen

photo 2 photo 3 photo 4

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Bob Christensen’s Obituary Notice

Posted on January 21, 2015 by webmasterchuck

Dear Classmates,

I received the following email from Jerry Paulson and am sorry to inform you that Bob Christensen passed away.

“Another classmate has passed. Bob (Chris) Christensen died last evening, 15 Jan 2015 in San Francisco, CA. He developed bladder cancer about a year ago and went thru chemotherapy but kept having recurrence and had a number of surgeries. Another classmate, David Black lived a few blocks from Chris and was a great help this past year helping him with appointments, etc. Chris and I go back to 2nd grade at Dudgeon so our friendship has been long. His mother passed away this spring at age 103 at Oakwood West. He is survived by a younger brother, Donald.”

I am also sorry to inform you that Don Manson died. Carolyn emailed me that “Don died Friday, January 16. A highlight of the past few years was the 50th reunion.” He enjoyed seeing his classmates again. It was fun! I have printed his obituary below and you can also click on the following is a link to read it online and view a photo of Don.

http://wSww.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=donald-b-manson&pid=173918723

I also received an interesting and amazing email from Jean Verthein.

“A cousin of mine was Abraham Lincoln and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Dr. Benjamin Rush, (re Rush Memorial in Chicago) was a forebear.”

Sincerely,

JoAnn Friedman Salin

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Message From Katerina Moberg

Posted on January 7, 2015 by webmasterchuck

Hi,
Below is an email I received from Katarina Moberg Steen.

Cheers,
JoAnn Friedman Salin

Thank you for all your mail. Happy New Year. I always enjoy reading about West High 1958.

Steen and I went to Cuba nov 25 th till dec 9th. 2014. Very interesting trip. Talked to some Americans who were also tourists there. The pictures you sent of cars from the 50-ties reminded me of the cars we saw in Cuba. They had changed the engines….

A year ago our youngest daughter, born christmas eve 1979, went with her husband and two children born jan 2011 and march 2014 for 3 weeks to Cuba. They, the parents enjoyed it but realized it was much harder to travel with two children than with one. The year before they spent 2 months in South-America with one child and there they visited friends of ours and theirs.

We spent Christmas in Denmark with one of our three daughters , Sophie her husband and there two daughters. Their younger daughter who is 15, is going to spend a year in the States next year. They don`t know yet where. I recommend her to go but it is not AFS.

My year 1957 -58 has been of great value for me. I hear from Giorgio Sinigaglia on and off and hope to see him in Sweden with his family some day like all of you.

(1964 Steen and I went to Spain on our honeymoon, we studied spanish which was useful in Cuba).

I enjoyed seeing the pictures of Marsha, she and her husband visited me in Sweden summer 1967 and I hope to see her with her husband within a near future again in Sweden.

I was really lucky to have had this chance of being an AFS student at West High 1958.

Katarina (Moberg)

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