In Memoriam
Dedicated to the memory of our classmates.
If you know of a deceased classmate, please send mail to info@gnalumni.org. To avoid the risk of mis-posting, we will only add names to this page if you include a link to an obituary or other notice.
Last updated April 28, 2013
I am personally saddened to hear that Lewis Love passed away on January 23, 2013. He was a science teacher at both North and South for 44 years and a teacher for 13 years outside of Great Neck. He was one of my favorite memories from GNS. He not only taught science, but how to treat others.
Barry Butner, GNS 1964, passed away on Nov. 22, 2010.
Joan Lazaunik passed along this list of graduates from 1963:
Edgar von Schmidt-Pauli (GNN '53) maintains information for the class of 1953. Send additions to him at EdgarvSP@aol.com.
Last updated November, 2005
Roberta Abbott Larson
Daniel Bernstein
Jackie Binder Sherry
Ann Bottjer O'Donnell
Sue Brin
Donald Brown
Crystal Carlson
Frank Cianciulli
Michael DjirdJirian
Margaret Dombroksi
Michael Drilling
Natalie Feiler Podell
Tommy Frankel
Marcia Goldenberg Gewanter
Stephen Goodman
Robert Gordon
Barbara Haller Woolman
Stuart Hires
Edward Jaeggi
Dorothy Kallmeyer Lukacovic
Joseph Kareck
Frances Kosik Freiberg
Jerome Kosmowski
Olga Lebo
Nancy Lincoln Martin
Kim Maloney McKenna
Janet Muller White
Roy Olson
Harold Osterby
William Paradisin
Robert Parker
Nancy Place Carter
Lynn Rauscher Wasserman
Helen Redman Klop
Aaron Reizen
Nancy Scott Hellman
Douglas Somers
Gary Spero
Eugene Stack
Charles Stanton
Norman Strax
David Turner
Edwin Teich
Pamela Tucker Pollet
Richard Vaules
Dorothy Weaver Bilanski
Suzanne Weldon Knife
Dick Kalt - July 19, 2000.
A graduate of Bucknell University, Dick subsequently studied medicine and received his MD from the University of Paris in 1971. After a residency in the New York area, he relocated with wife Ursula and sons Stefan and Brian to Florida in 1974. A board-certified practitioner of Internal Medicine, Dick lived in Boca Raton and practiced in Boynton Beach. He was known as a physician who was a superb diagnostician, and who connected deeply with his patients. Multiple sclerosis forced Dick to retire from his clinical practice prematurely, but he continued his work in medicine. Accomplishments in drug-free pain management techniques benefitted many other MS sufferers. Diagnosed with cancer in 1999, Dick passed away on July 19, 2000, leaving family, friends and patients saddened by the loss. He retained his wonderful sense of humor to the end, and will always be remembered fondly by the many people he touched.
Also:
Peter Camejo
Bob Simon
Pat (Jacob) Knight writes:
My friend Reina Baum who graduated in 1960 passed away last
June. Even though she didn’t make it to her 50th reunion, we had met in
Junior High and celebrated our 50 years of knowing each other in 2005.
Shortly after our celebration, she was diagnosed with cancer and put up
a great fight.
Vera (Dattner) Berv (veeberv@comcast.net) writes:
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of my sister, Dorothy
G. Dattner (married name, Almog), who died in Santa Monica, California,
on July 25th, 2008, after an heroic 10-year journey dealing with
breast cancer.
Vera (Dattner) Berv, Class of 1961, GNS
Betty (Enzel) Dawson: Betty Ruth Dawson (nee Wallace) formerly of Gary, Indiana and a graduate of Roosevelt High School Class of 1949, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2009 in Port St. Lucie, FL. more here and here.
Elizabeth (Betsey) (Simmons) Gray, died on June 30, 1992 of complications from heart bypass surgery. Contact info: Jonh.Simmons@ipaper.com
Steve Weiss (GNN '62) has maintains information for the class of 1962. Please send email with any corrections or additions. We are looking for more comprehensive biographies or obituaries.
Prior to his illness, Rich continued to be active in sports, including skiing and tennis. He was a great friend and a great guy, whose sense of humor, kindness and caring personality will be sorely missed by all those who knew him.
Steve Strand died in June, 2001.Please send email with any corrections or additions. We are looking for more comprehensive biographies or obituaries.
My brother Alan "Buz" Gitlin passed away in June 1998, at the young age of 52, after years of kidney and heart disease. He left a wife, Jane Samuels Gitlin, of 30 years, and a daughter Nikki Renee Gitlin Kranzler. He would have loved knowing that he became a grandfather of a baby boy, Alex Buz Kranzler this past January, 2005. Buz lived in Roslyn. - Sue Gitlin Cherlin
Barbara Kohan (Raskin) of Newport Beach, California, passed away February 21, 2006. She is survived by her loving husband, Xavier, and two sons; Nicholas and Scott.
Ellen Beth Sandler. April 15, 2003.
Wilmar Rios, December 27, 1991
Nathalie Ackerman, October 8, 2000.
Ira Goldwyn (Great Neck South) passed away on October 19, 2005 while awaiting a liver transplant. Ira was a dedicated teacher of English and computers whose students recognized his sincere commitment to his chosen profession to them. Ira continued his contact with several classmates, and was the moving force behind his class reunions. In fact the class 25th reunion which he planned took place just a week after his death. Thanks to the efforts of Claudia Greene and other classmates, the reunion went on as Ira would have wanted. His family can be reached at jgoldwyn@mail.com.
Sanford (Sandy) Gaster, 2001.
On Tuesday, January 8, 2008, Bruce F. Storch passed away in Delray Beach, Florida. He is survived by his parents, Fred and Barbara Storch, sister Emily (class of 1987) and brother-in-law Alan Cohen, nephews Matthew and Daniel, cousin Shawn Klein, aunt Audrey Klein, and many other loving relatives and friends. If you wish to make a donation or contact the family, you may e-mail his sister at emilysaracohen@yahoo.com.
Ilene Jarolem (ilenejarolem@aol.com) writes:
Liza Jarolem Great Neck North Class of 1988 died May 6th 2004 after
a two year battle of breat cancer. Donations may be made to the Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, in the memory of Liza Renée Markus.
Ilene Jarolem (ilenejarolem@aol.com) writes:
Jessica Jarolem Great Neck North Class of 1990 died June 1992
Sheridan Gayer