Joseph G Blake

I enjoyed the stories about old phones. When I was growing up we had multiple line phones like busineeses. We had one phone on each floor but each one had three buttons to allow two lines to be used on each phone. My father had many business calls  and he never wanted a client not to get an answer. There were two sins in my father's book- you had to take a proper phone message and be polite and the other will seem very unsual. Males  always had to wear a white shirt after 6PM if you were going out even on a date to the movies or dinner as teenager. Needless to say he was in the clothing business. 

On a different note I wanted to pass along some sad news. Jack Thalman died on Saturday after a long illness.I attach below the link to his Brown Forward obituary. Jack knew so much about Cleveland history. He was certainly my rival for class expert. 

https://www.brown-forward.com/obituary/JohnRJack-Thalman

David Gilliss

Edward B Dudley, III

Jack always had a good word and a smile on his face. I know he will be missed  by a lot of us.  Ed

Carolyn (Corkie) Corcoran (Inglis)

I am sorry to hear about Jack, but grateful for the picture of his life provided by Brown-Forward; he certainly lived a full and loving life. When I was president of Boulevard School in the sixth grade, Jack was the vice-president. We would meet periodically before school began in the morning with Mr. Evans, the exacting sponsor of the Student Council. Jack would cut through behind my house from Huntington to Woodbury so we could cross the schoolyard together for those meetings. He was calm, consistently kind and generous, and a pleasure to know. He had his mother's demeanor, which was lovely. I also poignantly remember that his father died when we were in grade school, which must have been beyond wrenching, and that he had many siblings; I knew he would help his mother with whatever needed doing for the family without complaint. I am blessed to have known him. Godspeed, Jack!

Jonathan Meyers

My memories of Jack have dimmed, but, when I read of his passing, the first thoughts I had of Jack were of his kindness and thoughfulness.  I wish there were more like him around these days.

Dana Shepard (Treister)

As a Shaker Heights "expat" living in Chicago for 51 of the last 53 years, I was amazed to read in a recent New York Times magazine this feature about a vineyard ... on Hough Ave in Cleveland! 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/t-magazine/food/terroir-american-cities.html

“When Mansfield Frazier planted his Cleveland vineyard in 2010, which he christened Château Hough, he became part of an unofficial movement of urban dwellers across America transforming vacant lots, rooftops and their own backyards into farms, vineyards and apiaries, encouraged in part by government grants aimed at revitalizing cities.

Frazier was warned about the potentially stunting effects of exhaust from passing cars, and was told he’d be lucky if the plants grew shoulder high. Instead, “they jumped out of the ground,” he says, reaching 12 feet the first year. The soil turned out to be good for grapes: Sandy and loose, it harbors heat, drains well, resists pests and allows the vines’ roots to go deep.  “

Etc!

;    )

Betsy Dennis (Frank)

Dana, I missed that article in the NYTimes. Thanks for posting. Betsy

Judi Bachman (Holtze)

Interesting article

Phyllis Hammer (Gubanc)

Thanks for sharing this article. And I didn't realize ... or had forgotten ... that you live in Chicaco! My second favorite city. After Shaker, of course. ;-) My husband is a Northwestern alum and my best friend, who now lives in Colorado, and I meet in Chicago for visits. So I get to Chicago often. Something about that city...can't really explain it. But I love it!

Evie Fertman (Braman)

I'm sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news yet again, but we have recently lost Pat Theisen Cornell and John (Jack) Thalman. 

Betsy Dennis (Frank)

May their memories be for a blessing. Unfortunately we are at that age...... Stay well all! Mask up and get vaccinated. Betsy

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

Yes, Amen and blessings upon them.

Phyllis Hammer (Gubanc)

Evie, thank you so much for keeping us all up-to-date. I'm so sorry to read of these losses, and I'll keep them and their families in my thoughts.

Terry J Tucker

It is with sadness that I provide an update on the passing of Pat Theisen Cornell in late January, 2021 during a routine medical procedure.  She was married to Edward P. Cornell who graduated from Shaker in the class of 62.  They had 3 children, Joseph, Carl and Pamela. and 4 grandchildren.  Pat earned degrees in Sociology and special education and was very involved in her childrens and grandchildrens lives.  Pat was an advocate for survivors of domestic viollence as well as a teacher of special needs students in her career.  Pats kindness, patience and compassion were evident to everyone with whom she interacted.  She made the world a better place and will be missed tremendously.  Private services will be held due to covid. Celebrations of Pat's life will be held in Cleveland and Fort Wayne, Indiana with burial in Pensacola, Florida at a later date. Anyone who would like to be notified of the final arrangements can e-mail joe.cornell@yahoo.com with their contact information.

Joseph G Blake

I recently read about the passing of Joan Tener. 

Paul Wasserman

This morning........I took my early morning walk and meditation, a little after sunrise, here at Copacabana Beach. Today I paid tribute to my Friend Tommy Fuerst. He fought the good fight and will surely be missed. RIP

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Betsy Dennis (Frank)

Paul thank you for this beautiful reflection. 

Evie Fertman (Braman)

As Paul Wasserman has written on this Forum, Tom Fuerst died on Friday, July 9.  He had been battling a numbef of health issues for many years and seemed to be doing all right.  I keep checking the Berkowitz Kumin Funeral website for inofrmation on a possible gathering in his memory, either in person or on Zoom but nothing as yet has been entered.  I'll update this Forum about Tom when I learn something useful.

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.