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.

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

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.

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

Barry L. Constantino '70 passed away in January 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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. 

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

Stephen Yochum '74 passed away on August 14, 2011, at the age of 55. 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, Alumni & Alumnae Development Coordinator,
at kclinton@vasj.com or 216-481-8414 ext. 284.