VASJ pays tribute to the following members of the VASJ family who passed away within the last six months:

Joanna R. (Skuns) Abbate '58 passed away in September 2011 at the age of 70. Read the obituary here.

Michael Alexander ’68, brother of Ted Alexander ’64, passed away on December 4, 2013 at the age of 62.

Thomas Alvord '62 passed away in February 2013. Read the obituary here.

Peter Asseff Jr. '57, husband of Mary Colleen (Brucker) ’63, passed away in October 2011 at the age of 72. 

James Audia '57, father of David Audia '85 and Dan Audia '86, passed away on Match 25th, 2012 at the age of 72.  Read the obituary here.

Jerome "Jerry" F. Bayer '57, husband of Jean (Shaber) '57 and father of Mark Bayer '80, Debbie (Bayer) Smith '80, Rob Bayer '84, Jim Bayer '91, Jeff Bayer '92 and Sue (Zigmund) Bayer '92, passed away in January 2012 at the age of 74. Read the obituary here.

Marie C. Beebe, mother of Robert Beebe SJ ’58, passed away in November 2011 at the age of 92.

Gerald D. "Jerry" Boer '58 passed away in December 2011.

Jeannette Rita Buchta, mother of Anthony Buchta ’81, Richard Buchta ’83 and Michael Buchta ’86, passed away in October 2012. Read the obituary here.

Lisa Rini Bearden '85, sister of Christine Valigore '70, Paul Rini '72, Maryanne Miano Royer '75, Janefrances Welsch '77 and Anthony Rini '82, passed away on January 12, 2012. Read the obituary here.

Nick Catanese ’77, brother of Pete Catanese ’74, passed away on October 12, 2012 at the age of 53. Read the obituary here.

Joann Cencula ’70 passed away in September 2011 at the age of 59. Read the obituary here.

Walter Cole Jr. ’79, passed away on February 18, 2013 at the age of 52.  Read the obituary here.

Augustine “Gus” Cooper ’86, brother of John Cooper ’82, Jim Cooper ’83, Carole Cooper McCarthy ’85 and Susan Cooper-Pytel ’87, passed away on March 30, 2013 at the age of 44. Read the obituary here.

Barry L. Constantino '70 passed away in January 2012 at the age of 59. Read the obituary here.

Leonard Dannemiller ’58, passed away in July of 2012. Read the obituary here.

Antonina DiGulis, mother of Rosemarie Zeitz '74, Elizabeth Garin '76 and Regina Boone '78, passed away in February of 2013.  Read the obituary here.

Frank J. DiMarino '70 passed away on April 24th, 2012 at the age of 59. Read the obituary here.

Irene D'Onle, mother of Leon D'Onle '61, passed away on January 13, 2012, at the age of 91.

Therese Bringman Dottore '50, passed away in June, 2012. Read the obituary here.

Stephen J. Emser ’61, passed away on February 11, 2013.  Read the obituary here.

William Eppich ’58, passed away on March 18, 2012 at the age of 73. Read the obituary here.

Nick Farinacci '77 passed away on March 27, 2012 at the age of 53. Read the obituary here.

Gerald "Jerry" Finneran '55, brother of Leo Finneran '57, passed away on May 23, 2012 at the age of 76.

Agnes E. Floyd, mother of Mary Floyd ’73 and Mark Floyd ’75, passed away in January 2012 at the age of 83. Read the obituary here.

Daniel Fyfe ’69 passed away in October 2011 at the age of 60.

Nancy Gallagher, mother of Neil Gallagher SJ ’77, Michael Gallagher SJ ’78 and Patrick Gallgher SJ ’82, passed away in November 2011 at the age of 76. Read the obituary here.

Brittney Gallagher, daughter of Mariann Gallagher and Neil J. Gallagher ’77, passed away on March 16, 2013 at the age of 21.  Read the obituary here.

Daniel Gillen '59, passed away on March 23, 2013 at the age of 73. Read the obituary here.

Timothy Gorman '73, passed away in January, 2013 at the age of 57. Read the obituary here.

Michael Hoag '76, son of James Hoag '55, brother of Anne Hoag Savage '81 and James Hoag Jr. '86, passed away on January 10, 2012 at the age of 54. Read the obituary here.

John Hoste '89, son of John A. Hoste '57, passed away in November 2011 at the age of 40. Read the obituary here.

Paul B. Hribar '67 passed away on December 15, 2011, at the age of 62. Read the obituary here.

Anna Jesensek, mother of Frank Jesensek '67, passed away on October 17, 2012 at the age of 89. Read the obituary here.

Joseph J. Juska '54 passed away on December 14, 2011, at the age of 75. Read the obituary here. 

Gary Jones, father of Jason Jones '00 and Samantha Jones '03, passed away on April 21st at the age of 53. Read the obituary here.

Patricia Hilliard Kander, mother of Mary Beth Simon '73, Ed Kander '82, Tom Kander '84, Jane George '84 and Partick Kander '89, passed away on November 24, 2012 at the age of 82.  Read the obituary here.

Matthew Kaschalk '82, passed away in May 2013 at the age of 48.  Read the obituary here.

Judge Ted R. Klammer '64, passed away on March 13, 2013 at the age of 66. Read the obituary here.

Fr. Mike Lisbeth, S.M., former VASJ chaplain, passed away on December 25, 2012.  Read the obituary here.

Doris Lechowicz Karovics '40, mother of Julie Karovics Knepley '74 and Joe Karovics '83, passed away in January, 2012. Read the obituary here.

Carol Lentz '68 passed away in January 2012 at the age of 61. Read the obituary here. 

Emily Lighty, mother of David Lighty '06, passed away in February 2013. Read the obituary here.

Patricia Lucha, wife of Richard Lucha '58, passed away in March of 2013 at the age of 70. Read the obituary here.

Mary D. Macharoni, mother of Frank A. Macharoni JR.'66 and William Macharoni '69, passed away in November 2011at the age of 93.

Walter T. May '77 passed away in December 2011 at the age of 53. Read the obituary here.

Rose Marie Misny, mother of Tim Misny '73, passed away in December, 2012 at the age of 88. Read the obituary here.

Mark McGee ’81 passed away on July 7, 2012 at the age of 49. Read the obituary here.

Kenneth Novsak ’57 passed away on January 23, 2012 at the age of 73. Read the obituary here.

Denise J. (Eichhorn) Oblocki '70 passed away in June 2012 at the age of 59. Read the obituary here.

Tony Oust '82, passed away on August 26, 2010 at the age of 46.

Tom Okulovich '82, passed away on April 16, 2013 at the age of 49. Read the obituary here.

Dr. Elmer J. Perse Jr. SJ ’65, brother of Allen John Perse '67, Dr. David Perse '72 and uncle of Brian Perse '97 and Jeremy Perse '00, passed away unexpectedly in August 2011 at the age of 63. Read the obituary here.

Katherine "Kitty" (Manning) Pierce '60, sister of Ellen Justus '61, Mary White '65 and Joanne Evanchick '69, passed away on December 27, 2011 at the age of 69. Read the obituary here.

Joseph Perko '69, passed away on July 12, 2012.  Read the obituary here.

Robert D. Petrasko '69, passed away on April 8, 2012 at the age of 59. Read the obituary here.

Norman F. Ponge '62 passed away in February 2013. Read the obituary here.

Robert Pugel '67, brother of Ronald Pugel '81 and Richard Pugel '83 passed away in June 2011 at the age of 62.

Thomas J. Radina '61, passed away in January 2013 at the age of 69.  Read the obituary here.

James Raglow '57, brother of Mary Raglow Snyder '53, Nancy Raglow Lang '56, Dan Raglow '58, Jane Raglow Widman '59, Kathy Raglow '60 and John Raglow '61, passed away on November 16, 2011 at the age of 72. Read the obituary here.

Thomas Rask '67, passed away on March 11, 2012 at the age of 67.  Read the obituary here.

Frances Rock, mother of Tom Rock '56, Rosalind (Rock) Beverick '57, John Rock '61 and Ed Rock '72, passed away in March 2012 at the age of 94.

Jerry Rogers '69, passed away in December 2012 at the age of 61. Read the obituary here.

Paul "Ragu" Rogowski '70, passed away on May 18, 2012 at the age of 60. Read the obituary here.

Robert A. Rumes '59 passed away in January 2012 at the age of 69. Read the obituary here. 

Richard Sandy '58, passed away in August 2012 at the age of 71. Read the obituary here.

Christine Shaefer '78, mother of Zach Shaefer '15, passed away on March 23, 2013 at the age of 53. Read the obituary here.

George H. Shima Jr., father of Scott '79 and Keith Shima '85, passed away on January 30, 2013 at the age of 80. Read the obituary here.

Anthony Smetona '56, passed away in December 2012 at the age of 72.  Read the obituary here.

Mary Ann McDunn Stevenson '53, passed away on April 7, 2013 at the age of 77. Read the obituary here.

Tony J. Sustarsic, father of Jerry Sustarsic '68, passed away in January 2012 at the age of 86. Read the obituary here.

Anthony Spech, father of Tony (SJ '72, deceased), Tom '75, Rich '80 and Bob '82 passed away in October 2012 at the age of 94.

Gregory Takacs '62, passed away on March 16, 2013.

Arlyne Marie Taddeo, sister of Tim LaGanke '58, passed away in January 2012. Read the obituary here.

Father Thomas Tifft ’60 passed away on July 9th 2012 at the age of 69. Read the obituary here.

Michael Tizzano Sr., father of Steven Tizzano '68 and Michael Tizzano '72, passed away in December 2012. Read the obituary here.

Dennis W. Tommasone '61 passed away on January 7, 2012 

Timothy M. Tulley '66 passed away on August 31, 2011, at the age of 62. Read the obituary here.

Lou Turri Jr., father of Louis Turri '77, Gerald Turri '79, John Turri '82, Matt Turri '87 and Dan Turri '89, passed away in February, 2013 at the age of 89. Read the obituary here.

Frank Urbancic '68, passed away on April 13, 2013 at the age of 62. Read the obituary here.

Nicholas Valentino ’64, brother of Bruce Valentino ’71, passed away on December 2010 at the age of 63.

Sylvia (Barto) VanDerWerff '42 passed away September 2011.

Christine Vicchiarelli, mother of Judith Vicchiarelli ’58 and sister of Theresa Ferritto ’44, passed away on March 27, 2012 at the age of 97. Read the obituary here.

Donald J. Voss '63, passed away on March 11, 2013 at the age of 68. Read the obituary here.

Sr. Angela Marie Waldron, OSU ’54, VASJ Hall of Fame member and sister of T. Gerald Waldron ’54, Harold Waldron ’61, Roseann (Waldron) Weibel ’53, Sr. Brigetta Waldron ’51 and Sr. Catherine Waldron ’57, passed away in February 2013. Read the obituary here.

Lorna Webb, mother of James Webb '80, passed away in December 2012.  Read the obituary here.

Fredrick G. Woeste '55 passed away on April 25, 2012 at the age of 74. Read the obituary here.

Patricia Green Wolf '82 passed away on September 12, 2011, at the age of 47. Read the obituary here.

Gayle Ann Woods '44, passed away on July 30, 2012, at the age of 86.  Read the obituary here.

Louis Worch '77 passed away on February 22, 2012 at the age of 53. Read the obituary here.

John V. Yasenoksy Jr. ’59, father of John V. Yasenosky III ’85, passed away on March 14, 3013 at the age of 71. Read the obituary here.

Albert Yerkish '63 passed away on August 24, 2012 at the age of 67. Read the obituary here.

Stephen Yochum '74 passed away on August 14, 2011, at the age of 55. Read the obituary here.

Alexandra Lewis Zeroff '49, passed away on March 26,2013 at the age of 81. Read the obituary here.

VASJ deeply appreciates being notified when a graduate passes away. If you have such news to share, please
go here to submit the information or contact Kellie Clinton '03, alumni & alumnae development coordinator,
at kclinton@vasj.com or 216-481-8414 ext. 284.