ABINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1968

IN MEMORIAM

"They got away from us."

The following is a list of those classmates who are no longer with us. The information comes from the Abington High School Alumni Association official class database as well as reports from classmates. Information, corrections or inquiries - Email Ed.

Thanks to Jill Stange for various notices and newspaper clippings

And thanks to all of you who have sent me updates about our classmates.

CLASSMATE	info & source
1 - Elizabeth Allen	Deceased (reported 06/2001)
2 - Stephen C. Benner	Deceased 12/27/2005, of a heart attack at his residence in Doylestown. Steve was born January 13, 1951. Reported by Jill Stange and appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer (see below)
3 - Frank T. Betz	Deceased 8/13/2007 (see below) Reported by Elyse Ozer Fels on 9/16/07
4 - Kay Blumenthal	Deceased 10/5/2009 Reported by Hank Meyers (see below)
5 - Kay Brabitz	Deceased 4/26/2001 (see below)
6 - Robert A. Bruno	Deceased (reported 7/2001)
7 - Timothy Bumgarner (no photo available)	Deceased (reported June 2002)
8 - William (Chip) Carter	Deceased (reported 6/2001, reportedly from leukemia)
9 - David Clausen	Deceased (AHSAA 5/1989)
10 - Thomas Coley	Deceased (AHSAA 12/1976) (see below)
11 - Gregory Herbert Doyle	Deceased August 5, 2005 Reported by Peg Kinnally August 22, 2005 Also appeared in Philadelphia area papers (see below)
12 - Thomas Frantz (no picture available)	Deceased (AHSAA 1973)
13 - Kathleen Gallagher	Deceased August 2009 Reported by daughter Patty Thurman January 2010
14 - Brenda Green	Deceased (1995 - reported by family September 2001)
15 - Susan Green Clair	Deceased April 29, 2002. See obit below. (reported by Cathy Zaengle O'Neill December 2009)
16 - Scott S. Hawkins	Deceased From Jeannie Macrie Galick, June 16, 2009
17 - Ronald C. Hartranft	Deceased 1997 from cancer Reported by his son Scott May 2007
18 - Howard L. Krevolin	Deceased February 6, 2010, Baltimore, MD Reported by Russ Kratzer, April 5, 2010
19 - George Holliday (no picture available)	Deceased (AHSAA 06/1973)
20 - Walter Ketchum	Deceased (reported 7/2001)
21 - Glenn W. Madison	Deceased January 27, 2005 reported January 29, 2005; Doug Krause and Bob Kremer. Confirmed in local papers (see below)
22 - Barbara Major Jadczak	Deceased January 5, 2011 reported by Pat Wells Amey (see obituary below)
23 - Douglas Martin	Deceased (reported 7/2001)
24 - Wendy McClelland	Deceased July 29, 2002 (see below) (previously reported in Reunion Newsletter 9/02)
25 - Stephen Morris	Deceased (AHSAA while in Navy)
26 - Linda Myers Gallagher	Deceased August 10, 2008 (reported 8/18/08 by Jill Stange) Obituary below
27 - Charles Nazarene	Deceased (reported 3/8/02)
28 - David Oliver	Deceased (AHSAA, no date given, Approximate DOD 1977) Obituary received here December 2002 from Jill Stange (see below).
29 - Ronald Pawell	Deceased March 31, 2006 Obituary received from Jill Stange. Published in Philadelphia area papers (see below).
30 - Gail Pinkerton Anderson	Deceased 3/15/02 (Reported 6/29/02)
31 - William E. Regimbal	Deceased 2/11/04 Reported 6/5/08 by Chris Beahm Hood No obit available
32 - Ron Rhoads	Deceased 01/08/09 (reportedly from lung cancer Reported 01/21/09 by Nancy Corrigan See obituary below
33 - Marshall S. Roberts	Deceased 6/01/07 Reported 9/13/07 by George Williams See below
34 - Evelyn Rufino	Deceased April 21, 2007 Reported by Linda Weisel Keys Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal (see below)
35 - Raymond Serogo	Deceased (AHSAA 1996)
36 - Leo W. Sharkey (no picture available)	Deceased August 14, 2006 Reported June 6, 2008 by his wife Carolyn Sharkey Obituary published online (see below)
37 - Dennis K. Stanislaw	Deceased August 29, 2005 Reported by his Daughter Julie Stanislaw Published in The Intelligencer newspaper (see below)
38 - Ramona Statkevicz	Deceased May 2, 2006 Reported by friends and co-workers
39 - Donald G. Widdoes	Deceased December 12, 2004 Reported by Kevin Corcoran and Linda Weisel Keys Also appeared in Philadelphia area papers (see below)

Obituaries

Timothy Bumgarner

Published 6/24/02 - The Montgomery County Record, Montgomery County, PA

Timothy Bumgarner of Horsham died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at his home. He was 52.

Born Oct. 8, 1949 in Lock Haven, he was the son of the late Richard L. and Josephine (Young) Bumgarner.

Mr. Bumgarner was a graduate of Abington High School, Class of 1968. He was an automobile painter. He loved classic cars and music.

Survivors include his sister, Vicki L. (Richard) Greim of Chalfont; his nephew, Richard Greim III; his niece, Pamela Greim; his uncle, Harold Young of Howard, Pa.; and his aunt, Betty Waite of Beech Creek, Pa.

Visitation with the family will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. today at John R. Freed Funeral Home, 124 N. Easton Road, Glenside.

Scott S. Hawkins

Scott S. Hawkins, 59, of Palmer Township, formerly of Glenside, Pa. died Tuesday in VNA Hospice of St. Lukes. He was a son of the late William and Elizabeth (Stagg) Hawkins. Scott was a construction inspector for Arora and Associates, Lawrenceville, N.J. Prior to that he was an engineer for Verizon in Philadelphia for 36 years retiring in 2006. Survivors: Wife, Carrie A. (Lincoln) Hawkins; sons, Glenn, Michael and Jonathan Hawkins and Jonathan Edly; daughters, Lindsay Dawson and Jessica Borrelli; sisters, Wendy Hawkins, Susan Fink and Holly Hawkins; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A brother, Bill Hawkins died earlier. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday in the Ashton Funeral Home, Easton. Call from 3 p.m. until service time. Contributions: Hospice of the VNA of St. Lukes, 1510 Valley Center Parkway, Suite 200, Bethlehem, PA 18017. Published in the Morning Call on 6/18/2009

Susan Green Clair

Barbara Major Jadczak

The Intelligencer

Posted: Sunday, January 9, 2011 4:00 am | Updated: 9:42 am, Sun Jan 9, 2011.

Barbara Lynne (Major) Jadczak of Horsham passed away Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. She was 60.

She is survived by her husband of more than 40 years, Raymond Jadczak; her children, Jeremy Jadczak (Michelle), Allison O'Brien (Dennis), Samuel Jadczak (Melissa Rudnecki), and Rebecca Jadczak; her brother, Scott Major; her sister, Janet Mundell; her granddaughters, Kylie and Oliva O'Brien; and her grandson, Julian Jadczak.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Claudette Johnson; and a daughter, Jessica Jadczak.

She was a longtime employee of PJ Auto Repair of Horsham.

Barbara was active in Women Aglow, Red Hatters, and North Penn Clown Alley.

Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday Jan. 8, at the John J. Bryers Funeral Home, 406 N Easton Road, Willow Grove, where the funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to River of Life Church, 3434 Durham Road, Doylestown, PA 18902. John J. Bryers Funeral Home.

Evelyn Rufino

Published in the Daytona Beach, FL Journal-News

For all of our classmates who have left us too soon ...

Sorry, Dave. I wish I could have been there ...