Deceased Classmates
Class of 1971
Cherry Hill (NJ) High School East
https://tinyURL.com/71deceased-2

Two versions of the list:

1. in ABC Order by Last Name used in High School.

2. in Approximate Chronological Order by date of death. (Fast scroll to the very bottom, then move up just a little.)

(There is no list in the order of when deaths were reported and then added to the page. The fastest way to see who has been added since your last visit is to scan list 2 for a new name, then read his/her known details above in list 1.

—> A list of To Be Added names is at the very bottom of the page.)

This list was created on FaceBook as a Notes page. In 2020 FB stopped allowing edits to its Notes pages, so the whole page was simply copied then pasted here, thus the big gaps around the photos below due to formatting differences. The FB Notes page is now out of date and can’t be updated, but the Comments on those pages can still be added to.  Any text below mentioning Liking or Homepage or Comments are related to the FB page. The new, current, Google doc versions of the FB page links below are linked to on the FB pages. There is no commenting on these Google doc pages, but remembrances posted to the FB Comments may be copied to here under any name.
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Those with an * have more details on either the

A-M https://www.facebook.com/notes/cherry-hill-nj-high-school-east-class-of-1971/classmates-on-facebook-a-m/777868835603254/ 

or the

N-Z https://www.facebook.com/notes/cherry-hill-nj-high-school-east-class-of-1971/classmates-on-facebook-n-z/1417182498338548/

pages, so please visit their listing there. Use the updated Google docs below.  

Some (with or without the *) were mentioned in individual posts on the class FB homepage as I became aware, with classmates posting remembrances in the Comments.  Some with 1991: have info from the 20 year reunion.  List created 8/10/2019 8:29 pm ET and maintained by Barry Schifreen.  If not on FaceBook please email me: chhse71 ‘at’ yahoo.com .

Please Like (sorry) this page to show you’ve visited.

Please add remembrances in the Comments below, as well as any info you have on any other classmates you are sure have passed, with links to Obits preferred.  I still have some names to add from my In Memoriam page at my former east71 (dot) org website.  Does anyone have a copy of Karen Hummel’s FB page that existed from 1/2010 - 10/2017 (last updated 11/2015)?:  https://Facebook.com/Beloved-Classmates-of-71-Cherry-Hill-High-School-East-266602178033/ . Note that FB has few page editing tools available, thus a lot of white space below. The transfer of the page from Facebook to Google made the white space even worse :( .

Our updated lists as Google docs, which have replaced the FaceBook Notes pages which can no longer be edited.:

https://tinyURL.com/71onFB--A-M

https://tinyURL.com/71onFB--N-Z

https://tinyURL.com/71onFB-All

https://tinyURL.com/71deceased-2
https://tinyURL.com/71faculty-2
https://tinyURL.com/71notOnFB

To those who passed before us

To those who left too soon

To those whom we still remember

The memories still linger on.

Last update or edit: 3/30/2024, 653pm ET.  (7.9 % of the class, based on 590.) An ‘update or edit’ does not necessarily mean that a new name has been added to the list since your last visit.

• 1. ABC Order by Last Name used in High School (47), some with details. Last name in Bold.  Photos from our Senior Yearbook where available.
  
  * Linda Bleakly Caffrey     6/17/1953 - 3/26/2004 in VT. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1995.
                                                                     
  

• * William Brown     12/23/2015. No Senior Yearbook photo.  A few years after high school photo from his FB page courtesy of Penny Lee.

                                        William Brown

• Joan Bruno, Class Advisor     9/1/2018.  She was an active member of all our reunion committees since graduation, and we were the only class she was Advisor to in her decades at East.  Age 71.  See homepage post of 9/13/2018. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=joan-a-bruno&pid=190194503& .
•                                                        Joan Bruno

Glenn Carlson    4/26/2018.  He was a logistics specialist for 32 years at Lockheed Martin in Moorestown. Died of cancer in Atco, NJ, leaving his wife of 42 years Ellen, a daughter and grandson. Reported by Dave Willis.  https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=glenn-r-carlson&pid=188861574&fhid=3275

Bryan Cary    10/1987. He was a carpenter. Had colon cancer, died in Westmont, NJ, leaving his wife https://www.facebook.com/deborah.sautercary/ and 3 children.

• * Frank Clayton died by suicide 5/19/1979 in San Diego, CA. His sister (West ’68) is https://facebook.com/debbie.c.lamay , who provided me with his details.
                                                                     

Ron Cohen, R.Ph.     9/28/2006, Cherry Hill, from complications after surgery. Reported to me by his brother Randy ’73 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001181217176 . Retired pharmacist in New Holland, PA, he attended the University of Sciences (PCPS) class of 1984. 1991: wife Ramona, children Eric (11), Rachael (7). https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/courierpostonline/name/ronald-cohen-obituary?pid=131545340 .


Barbara Costanza Donahue     7/31/2019.  Reported by Rhonda Hudson.  See homepage post of 8/14/2019.  https://www.perinchief.com/obituaries/Barbara-Donahue-3/#!/Obituary .  In 1991: Lived in Mt. Holly, NJ, was a Special Educator, a Principal in Burlington Co. Special Services District.  Married to James (2/1985). Children Gregg Fahrenbruch (8/78) & Jamie Donahue (9/86).

• Walt Crane, D.O.     2014.  1991: Osteopathic Physician in Hammonton, NJ, lived in Medford.  Married to classmate Jo Ann Burns (1976), 3 children.
  

• * Loretta Crawford O'Donnell     4/15/2014.  1991: Lived in Mt. Laurel, NJ, married to Bill (11/79), children Michael (11/83) & Laura (12/86).  Was a freelance writer & Public Relations.
  
                                                                                                           

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• Alan DeCoster, D.D.S., senior year class president    2/13/2016.  See homepage post of 8/23/2016. Lived in Conroe, TX.  General family dentist.  1991: Wife Barbara (12/74), children https://www.facebook.com/christine.decoster (4/81) who is a member of  our https://www.facebook.com/groups/522677188560133/ & Catherine (3/86).
  

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• Marianne DeMartin     6/8/53 - 9/23/2005.  She went missing that evening and was later found murdered.  Her remains and the killer were found a couple years later.  The killer pleaded guilty and is serving a 40 year sentence.  Funeral was 5/2/2008 where about a dozen classmates attended.  See this article for the timeline: https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/article/20160310/NEWS/303109667 .
  Here’s a legal update from 2016: https://www.leagle.com/decision/innjco20160310270 . https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=marianne-demartin&pid=124403828 .  1991: Was  the District Manager of a woman’s clothing store and reunion committee member. Formerly married to Richard Santackas (11/86), (step?) daughter Diana (2/81).
                                                                   

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* Steve Deptula     4/8/2014     1991: Lived in Brooklyn.  Home improvement contractor; cabinetry & custom woodworking.  Wife Julia Kaleniak-Deptula (9/87). Son (1997?).

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John Doherty     7/30/2011.  See homepage post of 3/19/2015.

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Cliff Ellis, Jr.     Died sometime between 1987-90 of asthma, in Lindenwold, NJ, leaving a wife and daughter.
                                                                   

• * Helen Fowler Thorne     8/17/2017. Reported by Sue Croft.  See homepage post of 8/13/2019.  1991: Lived in Marlton, NJ.  Title Processor at Continental Title.  Husband Donald (11/88). Children Donald (12/89) & expecting 2/92.

Gary Fratis     2005.  1991: Songwriter & warehouseman.  Cherry Hill.

Garry Granack     4/18/1996

Marc R. Harris     1/17/1952 - 6/1/2008 of hepatitis.  1991: Computer engineer. Wife Valerie, daughter Valerie (~1972).

* John W. Hicks     11/26/2020 cancer. Accountant.

Donna Hienkel     2/14/1971 before graduation.  See senior yearbook page 325, PDF page 329 at https://chplnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/e71_rotated.compressed.pdf .

Robert Edward Holthausen     1983?

Les Hooks     5/2008.  United Parcel Service driver. Cherry Hill.

* Karen Hummel Hassinger     10/18/2017. 1991: Living on the US military base in Stuttgart, Germany.  Husband CDR Jack (12/74). Children Kevin (10/77), Mr. Kristian (3/79), Brooks (11/83), Joshua (8/90).

* Joe Johnson     11/25/2016

Pat Julavits     12/17/1973 at the Rome airport during an Arab terrorist firebombing attack on her plane awaiting departure. She’s listed as from Franklin, Ind., an Aramco employee, at: https://web.archive.org/web/20150211154144/http://www.aramcoexpats.com/obituaries/1973/12/terrorist-attack-in-the-rome-airport-december-1973.aspx

Here’s what happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Rome_airport_attacks_and_hijacking

Here’s the news story from the next day: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/18/archives/arab-guerrillas-kill-31-in-rome-during-attack-on-us-airliner-take.html 

And the next day: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/19/archives/arab-hijackers-land-in-kuwait-hostages-freed-in-return-5-guerrillas.html

Ron Kauffman, Class Valedictorian     2/12/2001. Cherry Hill. Motion Picture Producer & Owner of Animation Arts cartooning school in Marlton.  See filmography & bio at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442041/ .

Paul Kelley    7/1985, heart attack.

* Jeff Kloss     2/9/2014.  1991: Lived in Medford, NJ. Marine Customer Service/Warranty Manager at Johnson & Towers Inc. in Mt. Laurel.  Wife Joy Rogers (7/76), daughter Kayley-Anne (6/86)

* James (Jim) Lese, Jr.     4/27/2022. “Suddenly”, New Bern, NC. Former Amtrak conductor, he may have owned a country & western bar while living in Turnersville, NJ, in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Wife Marian and 4 children, 4 grandchildren, 1 great-grandson. Reported by Cathy Williams Rea.
https://www.gardnerfuneralhome.com/obituary/644484/James-J-Lese--Jr/ 
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/james-lese-obituary?id=34536486 

* Leila Lore Leavengood     2/12/2018.  1991: Lived in Haddonfield, NJ. Senior Architectural Designer/Project Manager at Lee Berg Design Associates in Cherry Hill.  Husband John (1/81).

* Rick (Rich) Maggio     5/12/2018

Dave Mitchell    11/24/2009. Mortgage Loan officer in Audubon, NJ. Reported by Dave Willis.

Sharon Palmer Freedman     7/20/2020

George M. Pawl     5/2/1953 - 5/25/2005, age 52, in Philadelphia. Found via an internet search by David Schaff, and confirmed to me by a friend of his sister Patti ’74, and later by Patti to David; https://www.facebook.com/pat.filippone & https://www.facebook.com/pat.filippone.1 ; his older sister is https://www.facebook.com/pampawl West ’69.

Ray Perkins     5/17/1953 - 1/27/2012, age 58, San Diego, brain cancer. See obit at https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-glenwood-perkins&pid=155763198 and guest book at https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/raymond-perkins-obituary?pid=155763198 .

“Big” Dave Rahm     Died of cancer around age 28 in CA.

* Deborah (Debbie) Robertson     a couple months after March 2011 (June or July).  1991: Cazenovia, NY.  Insurance company management.

Steve Sheetz     Rumored to have died a couple years before 1986, unknown date, place, cause.

* Steve Shpeen, DMD     4/19/2022, of ALS, at home in Voorhees, NJ.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/stephen-shpeen-obituary?id=34375598
https://www.levinememorialchapel.com/obituary/DrStephen-Shpeen
https://www.jewishvoicesnj.org/pageview/viewer/2022-05-04#page=23 Scroll to page 23.

Janice Taddei     1991: Lived in Phila., husband Bud, daughters Jennifer (~1973) & Margaret (~1977).

Tom Wagner     3/4/2019 age 66 in Mt. Ephraim. Reported by Cinda Widmayer.  Tributes, photos and obit at https://www.schetterfh.com/obituaries/Thomas-G--Wagner-Jr-?obId=4214586 .

Chuck White    7/21/2017 age 64, Walkertown, NC.  Married for 43 years to Carolyn Stuart ’73, with 2 daughters, grandchildren and 4 siblings. He worked mostly in the hardware industry. Reported by Steve Gill to Dave Willis. https://journalnow.com/obituaries/white-charles-j/article_0d72fcd9-a3cd-58d0-9e28-11f11e37793e.html .

Loral Whitney Morrison    3/15/2023 age 69, Mt. Laurel, NJ. Married for 47 years (12/27/75) to Lt. Col. Robert L. Morrison, EdD, with a son & daughter-in-law and two granddaughters. Reported by Penny Lee and Rhonda Hudson. https://www.facebook.com/loral.morrison .
https://www.courierpostonline.com/obituaries/ccp104288

* Ruth Wilber DiPalma     6/4/2014. Wife of classmate Tom (11/76). Children Michael (4/82), Douglas (9/86), Nicholas (10/89). 1991: Homemaker in Cherry Hill.

Greg Wiley    7/1991. Former Manager of Williamstown, NJ, Dodge.  Died of cancer  in Ft. Myers, FL, leaving his wife Ceceilia and no children.

Silvio Zappasodi, D.O., F.C.C.P.     12/13/2002. 1991: Cherry Hill.  Pulmonary Physician in clinical practice & Associate Prof. of Medicine at the Univ. of Med. of NJ--School of Osteopathic Med. Ran the Sleep Center in Stratford. Wife Dawn Cerami (5/83). Children Alexander (7/86), Silvio (8/88), Annamarie (6/90). https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=silvio-j-zappasodi&pid=130711384 .

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2.  Approximate Chronological Order by Date of Death, names and dates only.

Donna Hienkel     2/14/1971, before graduation

Pat Julavits     12/17/1973

* Frank Clayton     5/19/1979

“Big” Dave Rahm     around age 28 (~1981)

Robert Edward Holthausen     1983?

Paul Kelley     7/1985

Steve Sheetz     a couple years before 1986

Bryan Cary     10/1987

Cliff Ellis, Jr.     sometime between 1987-90

Greg Wiley     7/1991

Garry Granack     4/18/1996

Ron Kauffman     2/12/2001

Silvio Zappasodi     12/13/2002

* Linda Bleakly Caffrey     3/26/2004

Gary Fratis    2005

George M. Pawl     5/25/2005

Marianne DeMartin     9/23/2005
Ron Cohen     9/28/2006

Les Hooks     5/2008

Marc R. Harris    6/1/2008

Dave Mitchell     11/24/2009
Janice Taddei     (reported sometime before 2011)

* Debbie Robertson     a couple months after March 2011 (June or July)

John Doherty     7/30/2011

Ray Perkins     1/27/2012

Walt Crane    2014

* Jeff Kloss     2/9/2014

* Steve Deptula     4/8/2014

* Loretta Crawford O'Donnell     4/15/2014

* Ruth Wilber DiPalma     6/4/2014

* William Brown     12/23/2015

Alan DeCoster    2/13/2016

* Joe Johnson     11/25/2016

Chuck White    7/21/2017

* Helen Fowler Thorne     8/17/2017

* Karen Hummel Hassinger     10/18/2017

* Leila Lore Leavengood     2/12/2018

Glenn Carlson    4/26/2018

* Rick (Rich) Maggio     5/12/2018

Joan Bruno, Class Advisor     9/1/2018

Tom Wagner     3/4/2019

Barbara Costanza Donahue     7/31/2019

Sharon Palmer Freedman     7/20/2020
* John W. Hicks     11/26/2020
* Steve Shpeen, DMD     4/19/2022
* James (Jim) Lese, Jr.     4/27/2022
Loral Whitney Morrison    3/15/2023

Remember, there is no list of when someone was added to this page.

To Be Added to lists 1 & 2:

John Schoeck     3/2/03, age 49, suddenly, while on a family vacation in Sint Maarten. Reported by Tom Scardefield.  

Mark Hiestand     4/28/19

Linda Hudson Martin     6/3/23

Ira Greenbaum     8/31/23

Matt Heuer     2/__/24

Mark Orlando

Gail Yeloshan