‘69 Marcy (Stanko) Pesci also known as Ms. Burgess in the 1969 Production of “Curtain Going Up” lives in Brighton with her daughter, Katy, 15. Marcy also has a son, Nathn, 25. Marcy was widowed for 8 years and is currently planning her wedding to Wally Czerwenka, which will take place in February 2001.

‘71 Linda (Armbruster) Rivers is a production specialist for IBM and lives in Vermont with her husband, Frank and two sons, Joshua 20 and Eric 19. She is looking forward to attending the 30 year class reunion.

‘72 Thomas Kuzmiak has been serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Henry Ford Wyandotte and will be succeeded by Lawrence Kearney, ‘73 this January. Tom believes this is the first time a transition of authority for a major health system board has passed from one Richard grad to another. Congratulations!

‘74 Carmel (Stanko) Dalton lives outside of Sacramento, California with her husband, John, and various animals and birds. She works at the David University Primate Center.

‘75 Gil Yurly is living in Orange, CA and looking for part-time people who would like to earn good money from home in the health and nutrition industry. (888) 564–8393.

‘76 Lynda (Smith) Ramier married Doug Raimer this past July in Powell, Wyoming. Lynda was recently promoted to advisory programmer at IBM. She and her husband currently reside in Rochester, Minnesota.

‘79 Robin (Stanko) Donaghue lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband, John and his two daughters along with various animals they foster through the Animal Rescue Foundation. Both Robin and John work in advertising.

‘82 Stacie (Fron) Battaglia and husband, Bob, are thrilled to announce the birth of their third child, Jacob Robert, born May 29, 2000. He joins sisters, Jessica, 6–1/2 and Jordan 5. Congratulations!

‘83 Dave Silka and wife, Arlette have celebrated their 10th anniversary. Dave is a sale agent for AAA of Michigan. He would like to renew ties GR Classmates and can be reached at (734) 973–7289.

‘85 Jill (Toth) Martin and husband, Michael are the proud parents of one-year old twins, Nicholas and Faith. Jill earned a BS in Organizational Communications but presently enjoys raising her family.

‘86 Kristie (Blanchard) Wisterman earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Wayne State University. She has two children, ages 12 and 10.
Nikole (Fischer) Sokoll and husband Darryl are proud new parents of son, Mikail Carter Sokoll, born on September 12, 2000.

‘87 Anissa (Fuqua) Cobetto has been married for four years to her husband, Craig. She is currently taking some time off from teaching middle school in Trenton to raise two daughters, Christina, age 2, and Kayla, age four months.
Beth (Hendricks) Bartnicki earned a bachelor degree in education and is currently a full time home-maker. Beth and husband, Tom, are parents of Jessie 6, Matt 4–1/2, Brad 3, and Chris 11 months.
Laura (Rosko) Livingston is married to Mark from Boston, MA. They have a new son, Michael, now going on a year old.

‘89 Allyse (Barr) Eggleston was married on June 17, 2000 to Steve on their 14 acres in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Allyse and Steve own Life Essentials Massage Therapy and are contracted by Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel. Allyse is living up to her mock prediction but did not dye her hair black.
Carrie (Bulley) Truxall and husband, Bryan are the proud new parents of their baby boy, Brendon, born on July 24, 2000. Congratulations!
Kim Tharp was recently promoted to controller at the Downriver Community Conference. Kim has a one year old son, Jonathan and is planning a June, 2002 wedding to Bill Donahey, Jr.

‘91 Corrie (Gizicki) Lipson and husband, Howard, announce the birth of their new daughter, Emilie, born Septemer 5, 2000. Big sister, Allie, turned 2 on October 1st.

‘92 Carla Santo is engaged to Ken Chinavare. A September 1, 2001 wedding is planned. Congratulations!
Brian Garlej recently married Melissa Ostrander and built a house in Tuscon, Arizona.
Kathleen Lyall graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in Industrial Engineering and works for Robert Bosch Corp. Kathy enjoys living and working in Charleston, South Carolina, and built a house about five miles from the beach.

‘94 Kelly (Mauren) Bagley married Josh Bagley and is living in Grand Rapids, MI. They are proud to announce the birth of their son, Logan James. Kelly graduated from Central Michigan University in May, 2000 with a degree in social work and is also doing perfume modeling.

‘96 Melissa (Bucata) Martinez married Steve (of Muskegon) on April 29, 2000. Her wedding party included several GR grads: Katie Bucata, Amy Terry ‘96, Mike Bucata ‘01. Melissa graduated from U of M Dearborn in December 2000 with an Accounting degree. Steve and Melissa live in Allen Park.
Brian VanderKooi graduated from the University of Michigan, Dearborn, in December with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Brian has accepted a job with Ford Motor Company.
Rick Barrett graduated from Michigan Tech in May, 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He is working for the 3-Com in Chicago as a technical writer. Congratulations!