Marc Chizek

There will be a Memorial Service for Tom on Sunday, July 17 at 2:00. Service will be held at Berkowitz, Kumin Funeral Chapel.

Judi Bachman (Holtze)

I will be there i spirit...

James R Krause

Tommy and I called each other cousin because we were almost that. When his mother's parents died in the Spanish flu epidemic she was taken in by my father's family and raised with them. She was always Aunt Freema, and he was for practical purposes my cousin. I will miss him dearly. 

Evie Fertman (Braman)

Berkowitz Kumin has published the information that you will need to have if you want to attend Tom Fuerst's funeral.  It will be on this Sunday, July 18, at 2:00.  For those who are interested but cannot attend, the instructions given on the BK website are to go to BKBMB.com at 2:00 on Sunday and scroll to the Fuerst obit, then scroll to "join live" then click on join live stream.  You can go to their website for these instructions if you have an issue getting on the live stream.

George Justin Ely

Please add Doug Heinlein  passed away 02/10/2016 to the Memory section.

Thanks Buzz Ely

Joseph G Blake

I wanted to share an interest with you all- the Shaker Heights Community Rose Garden.

It has been located in the Onaway area near Woodbury and many of you may recall it. It is now nearly 100 years old. There are two links here which will tell you more.

1. Here is the FB page which includes pictures of its current gardens,

https://www.facebook.com/ShakerHeightsCommunityRoseGarden/?ref=page_internal

2. This link tells you more about its history and development.

https://www.shakersquare.net/roses/history.htm

I have long been a rose enthusiast. I planted my first garden when I was a teenager. I just expanded my garden here. Not long ago I discovered that the Shaker garden is a charity (501 c) and able to take donations. I made a donation and wanted to do more. Hence I hope you will excuse offering the information about the garden and how to support it. As most of you know I am an ehusuatic advocate for almost everything in Shaker even of I have not lived there since 1979. 

If you would like to make a donation as I have please send the domation as follows. 

Shaker Heights Community Rose Garden, c/o Nikki Evans. 2680 Landon Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44122-2006. 

The SHCRG does not have its own web site to make a donation directly.

Thanks for your patience and I hope you can help them. 

Joe Blake

William L Kahrl

Earlier this year, I asked the members of the Class of 1964 to join me in nominating Thomas Young to the Shaker Alumni Hall of Fame. Many responded with calls and letters to the Shaker Schools Foundation endorsing this effort. I learned this week that we've been successful and our classmate will be inducted into the hall later this year.

I'm writing to express my thanks and congratulations to all of you who helped make this happen. Thomas Young's extraordinary achievements in the world of music speak for themselves. But it's wonderful that so many of you took this opportunity to speak on his behalf as well.

The Foundation currently plans to conduct the induction ceremony at a dinner November 13, which will follow an Assembly at the high school the day before. Those plans could change depending on the pandemic. But whenever this happy occasion takes place, I will hope to see you there.

Dana Shepard (Treister)

My pleasure to have been a co-nominator!

Joseph G Blake

A little late but may I wish all our Jewish classmates a Happy New Year. May we all have a better year than the last 18 months.

Joe

Betsy Dennis (Frank)

Thanks Joe!

Joseph G Blake

Two items 

In 2014, when we had our 50 th reunion, there were group pictures taken by elementary schools. I wanted to know if anyone has a copy of the Fernway group picture. Someone asked me if I had one but I do not. Let me know if you have one and could send a copy. jblake9147@aol.com

Second item is a question or invitation.

As we all get near the 19th hole in life, what things, events or persons are you most grateful about? 

I will offer a few- my  4 great kids and 8 grandchildren and their mother who was the indispensable parent, all the places in the world I have been able to visit or live, Mr Burnett, and many other great adults I knew in Shaker as kid who helped shape me and are still so vivid in memory. 

Paige Fields (Hoebel)

If anyone has the elementary school photos taken at the 50th class reunion in 2004 please post.  I would really like to see the Malvern photo and I see that others are looking for their elementary school photos taken at our reunion.  Thanks!

Dana Shepard (Treister)

Judi Bachman (Holtze)

Agree with Dana..would love to see them.

Hope everyone ok over there...

Betsy Dennis (Frank)

Just saw in Cleveland Jewish News that William Stern passed away. I think he was in our class. 

Myrna Passov (Eglin)

Yes Bill Stern was in our class. He had a bad fall in Florida. He was in the hospital all week and passed away from a brain problem and died.

Joseph G Blake

I saw a link to Bill Stern's obituary in the Jewish News.But for that I would not have read about his passing. 

I deeply regret to hear to this news. I will always recall Bill as a happy guy with a smile. He was tall and hence that personality was hard not to notice in high school. He was such a promoter. He took on the job of getting a class ring for us. But the good news is that the obituary and the picture told the same story, He still had that great smile and zest for life. I am saddened to hear this good man has left us. And I regret even  more that our paths rarely crossed after graduaton. I left Cleveland in 1979. Hence, that was not to happen. But I recall him as one of the good guys who always was a GOOD GUY!  50 years of marriage, lovely family and a lot of career milestones worth recalling.

I wonder if you can wear your class ring in heaven. 

Joe Blake

Ellen R Friedman (Smith)

Unfortunately, there is another name to be added to the Memorial List.  Elayne Senser Miller passed away last October.  Below is a link to her obituary. My condolences go out to Arlene and Elayne's entire family.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/cleveland-heights-oh/elayne-miller-10384059

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

From a few years back, a reunion of next door neighbors from Hildana Road. Ellen Friedman Smith and me, Alaina Weisman Zachary. 

Myrna Passov (Eglin)

How do you guys look so good!! Wow to both of you. Decided to send message about Bill Stern the other day. What a great guy he was. 

Alan L Farkas

I would like to underline Joe Blake's recent praise of Bill Stern. In my view, Bill was one of the most outstanding members of our class. Joe is right to note Bill's campaign to champion our class ring. He brought such creativity and drive to this campaign that it should come as no surprise to us that he went on to such a successful career in advertising. And as his obituary suggests, he was much more than just a successful businessman. I am sorry that our paths never crossed after graduation, but I am happy to learn that he lived a full life, albeit cut way too short. Here is the link to his obituary from his temple's website: https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/william-stern-obituary?id=32171314 

Alan Farkas

Dana Shepard (Treister)

Thanks, Alan, for adding the link to Bill Stern's obit.  I also remember Bill as a "good guy" in high school for sure.  Having read in the obit that  'Bill was responsible for many iconic advertising tag lines such as "Every Kiss Begins With Kay"...' - I will never again hear that earworm of a jingle without thinking of Bill!

Way too many classmate obits these days - I also remember Elayne and her sister Arlene, otherwise known as "The Senser Twins", who neither looked alike and who had very different personalities.

Thanks to our Cleveland classmates for keeping us informed, even with this sad news of deaths~

And, please everyone else, STAY WELL~

Dana Shepard (Treister)

OY, how awkward my SHHS AP English teachers just rolled over and groaned in unison...!

Please scratch "who neither looked alike and who had very different personalities.", and replace with this:

"... "The Senser Twins", who neither looked alike nor shared a single personality.  "

And, may I add, my deepest sympathy to Arlene~

Alan L Farkas

From a friend in Cleveland who knew Bill Stern well, I received the following explanation of the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. It is a cautionary tale. Stay safe, everyone.

"He and his wife were down in Florida. I believe they have a winter place there.

They were out for dinner, he stood up, got lightheaded, lost his balance or fainted and fell backwards.  He hit the back of his head very hard. He was conscious as the ambulance took him to the hospital.  I don’t actually know if it was a few hours later or the next day… but I think he slipped into a coma, they determined there had been some brain damage because of the fall and impact to his head.

He was on life support for almost a week when they realized nothing could be done.  Took him off life support and he peacefully slipped away that day."

Brenda Siegel (Cohen)

I also attended Moreland, K-12 and it was a given that each year there would be a Senser Twin in your class.  I was friendly with both   As Dana said the two were very different.  Arelene accompanied her mother to my dad's funeral in 1996 and we spoke briefly.  I haven't seen Elayne since high school where both girls were in my homeroom. 

My mother was friendly with Frances Senser for most of her adult life.  I see from the obit that Frances Senser is still alive at 100 years of age.  A wonderful long life but losing a child is would be overwhelming.

My sympathies to Arlene and her mother.