Active ● Deceased:  M, N, O and P (30) as of May 04, 2010

Nancy Lou MacBeth (Linhart)
March 11, 1998
Harrisburg, PA.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  Nancy MacBeth died March 11, 1998 in Harrisburg, PA.

Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  This will be a very tough one to write.  Nancy was a neighbor that I enjoyed great outdoor fun with.  I used to go to her house at every opportunity to play with her and her friends in their back yard.  One day she invited me in for some lemonade and we started wrestling in the living room.  That was the day I realized that girls were different from boys!  Nancy felt different from the guys I used to wrestle with.  I was so unnerved that I went home early and never went back - Ah for the naive days when we grew up.  Kids today don't have these earthquake type experiences anymore.  They know too much too soon!

Nancy, I've always wanted to talk with you to see if you remember that momentous day - I'm sure you wouldn't have and I probably have been too embarrassed to ask you.. You are a special person to me.

, May 2008

Virginia MacKay (Kelley)
Circa 1988

  40th Reunion

Dr. Carl Mastandrea
July 26, 2002
Pittsburgh, PA

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008, confirms Carl Mastandrea died July 26, 2002, in Pittsburgh, PA

From Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  Bob Woeber just advised me that George Dulski and Carl Mastandrea are reported as deceased.  I did not know either one of them very well but I mourn their passing just the same.  Sorry I have so little information to report about them other than Carl was a "Doctor."

, May 2003

Donald Matthews
March 1, 1993
Pittsburgh, PA.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  Don Matthews died March 1, 1993 in Pittsburgh, PA.

From Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  Don was a favorite of mine from high school.  He was a pleasant guy that seemed to get along with everyone.  I guess the girls would have called him, "The strong, silent type."  Whatever.  I wish i knew more about his accomplishments in life.

, May 2008

Howard McAfoos
July 1976
Las Vega, NV.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  Howie McAfoos died July 1976 in Las Vega, NV.

Patricia Ann McCarthy (Fetherlin)
Chesterfield, MO
July 17, 2001

     50th Reunion

I just received my mom's (Pat McCarthy) invite to the 55th reunion.  I see on your website it shows mom passed away in March of this year.   It was actually on July 17, 2001, when Jesus called her home.  She was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away just 4 weeks later.  Her loving family and friends miss her terribly but rest in the assurance that we will be reunited in our next life together.

Her family consists of her wonderful husband, Jim; their 4 children (Jim Jr., Bill, and Sue Fetherlin, and Donna Fetherlin Houser), 1 precious grandchild (Tommy Houser).  Her sister, Peggy McCarthy, still resides in Pittsburgh.

Please feel free to contact me if you want additional information.  Sue Fetherlin

From Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  Too soon!  Seems like I just wrote about Virginia Smalley and now Pat McCarthy.  To date we have 74 classmates that we don't have any record of them and 73 listed as deceased!  What a loss that we were never able to thank each of them for whatever effect (good or bad) they had on our lives.  Like it or not, we were a group on the way to somewhere when we graduated.  Almost 55 years later we know just a little about the 245 kids we went to high school with that are still alive.  If we assume* that those listed as "lost" are also deceased, 147 out of 379 known graduates are dead - 39%.  Over one third of us!

Yep.  It sounds morbid but unfortunately its true.  Make today count and call your spouse, kids, grandkids and tell them how much they mean to you.

, March 2003

*Good news before I even up-loaded this page:  We "found" Trudy Albright and Eleanor Bloom!  This shows that my assumption above was incorrect.

John F. McCune
Washington, DC
May 9, 2007

John Foster "Jack" McCune, 76, a popular history teacher and Upper School head at St. Albans School who returned from retirement to serve as the school's headmaster in the late 1990s, died of complications from leukemia May 9 at Sibley Memorial Hospital.

During his three decades at the upper Northwest academy for the sons of Washington's wealthy and elite, Mr. McCune taught, coached football, basketball and tennis and directed the history department, international seminars and summer school.  He was dean of faculty and head of college counseling at a school that routinely sends more than a handful of its graduates to the Ivy League.

Described by colleagues as intelligent and graceful, he was dubbed "Gentleman Jack" for the value he placed upon courtesy.

"Never, never underestimate . . . the power of graciousness and simple politeness," he told students at commencement.  "Be ever gentle and caring, and you cannot help but quit yourselves like men."

A colleague, Paul Piazza, called him a mentor to a generation of teachers at the school whose great gift was making people feel good.

"He was an extraordinary teacher who was also one of the gentlest people I know," Piazza said.  "He was able to draw the best out of everybody who met him, and he called upon the best in the boys.  He never talked down to them -- he was always positive, always at the highest level, and I think the boys responded to that."

He was held in such regard by students that the senior class awards an annual prize to the faculty member who best emulates Mr. McCune's demeanor.

He retired in 1995 after 14 years as head of the Upper School but was called back to work in the summer of 1997, when headmaster Mark Mullin was ousted.  Mr. McCune served as the top school official until 1999, when he retired a second time.

Born in Pittsburgh, he graduated from Princeton University and served in the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps in Baltimore and Stuttgart, Germany.  After leaving the service, he became a history teacher at the Choate School in Wallingford, Conn.  He received a master of arts degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan University in 1966.

He arrived at St. Albans that year and by 1970 was the Folger Chair in History.  A 1991 Washington Post Magazine article about the school said Mr. McCune was "known for a ferocious game of tennis, the world's neatest illegible handwriting (locally called 'McCuneiform') and a perennial youthfulness."

Mr. McCune also enjoyed hiking, sketching, reading and listening to classical and jazz music.  He tutored at the Garrison School after his second retirement and taught English as a second language at Briggs Memorial Baptist Church in Bethesda for the past five years.

He was the author of the Washington National Cathedral's scholars program and taught art history in Zermatt, Switzerland, in 1996.  He served on the governing boards of St. Albans, the National Cathedral School, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School in Alexandria and the Norwood School in Bethesda.  He also was on the College Board's advisory board for the mid-Atlantic states.

Mr. McCune also was a member of the Chevy Chase Club.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Elizabeth Reid McCune of Bethesda; two children, John F. McCune Jr. of Bethesda and Rebecca Jewett of Washington; a sister; and five grandchildren.

On Wednesday May 9, 2007 JOHN FOSTER McCUNE of Bethesda, MD died at Sibley Hospital.  He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth Reid McCune.  He is also survived by son John Foster McCune, his wife Gretchen and their children Chloe, Margaret and John Foster McCune, III; daughter Elizabeth McCune Jewett, her husband T. Sanford Jewett and their children Reid and Georgia.  Also survived by his sister Joanne Horton.  Services will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Washington National Cathedral.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The John F. McCune '52 Scholarship Fund, Princeton University c/o Nancy Kalmikoff, Gift Records, P.O. Box 5357, Princeton, NJ 08543-5357 or The Jack McCune Chair for Excellence in Teaching, Development Office, St. Albans School, Mount St. Alban, Washington, DC 20016.

John F. McCune; St. Albans Administrator, Teacher and Coach.  John Foster "Jack" McCune, 76, a popular history teacher and Upper School head at St. Albans School who returned from retirement to serve as the school's headmaster in the late 1990s, died of complications from leukemia May 9 at Sibley Memorial Hospital.  - May 10th, 2007

Baseball Captain, Basketball Co-Captain, Executive Board President, Home Room President, National Honor Society
  40th Reunion

Bob Eby gives his last comment on Jack better than I could:  "Jack and I were roommates at Princeton and the best man in each other's wedding.  He was a great gut, a true gentleman, and will be missed. - Bob Eby, 05/13/07

On May 16th, Tom Arganbright added:  It certainly was sad news to hear about Jack's death.   Jack and I enlisted in the army together in the summer of 1952 for 3 years.   We went to infantry basic training at Indiantown Gap near Harrisburg and then spent 14 months at the Counter Intelligence school outside Baltimore.   We learned how to be "counter spies" then spent 6 months in German language school and 6 weeks in investigative photography and microfilming.   Jack and I made numerous weekend trips between Baltimore and Pittsburgh in my 1939 Chrysler!   We then went to Germany and Jack was assigned to Stuttgart and I to Berlin.   I had a good time in my 3 year army experience made all the more enjoyable by being with Jack most of the time.   He really was a great guy.    Tom

Rosanne McIlvane (Casey)
Washington, D.C.
May 10th, 2005

GAA, Honor Roll, Home Room Officer, Traffic Squad, Ways & Means Committee Chairman

40th Reunion

55th Reunion

Barbara Adams Norris sent this picture of the latest "DBC" reunion in Stone Harbor, NJ, July 7th, 2003. Suzanne Divine Williams, Jeanne Vayda McCallum, Ann Bowman McClymonds,  Barbara Adams Norris, Roseanne McIlvane Casey, Ann Mosites Miller, Nancy Godden, Ann Pritchard Evanson and Mary Murrie Hardy. (Click to enlarge)

Barbara Adams Norris Bwrote:  I'm sending along to you the sad news of the death May 10th of Roseanne McIlvane Casey, apparently from liver complications associated with Hepatitis C.  Roseanne and I go way back to Junior High days when she moved to Colony Circle, two houses away from me.  Her death brings back many memories of good times together including her being a brides maid in our wedding 53 years ago.  When I last saw Roseanne 2 years ago at a small gathering of "old" '48 friends, she seemed fine -- just as witty and enthusiastic as ever.  That's how I'll always remember her.

From Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  A very pleasant e-mail from Barbara Adams Norris brought sad news about Rosanne.  As Barbara prophetically noted in 2002, "...my procrastination (about writing about myself) came from feeling that I have little of substance to report..."  I know we all have accomplished much in our lifetimes and procrastinate.  But I also regret that little of substance has been reported about Rosanne except Barbara's friendship over the years.  Again, it is so sad that we know so little about each other and then when I move an individual's "history" to the "Gone" page, nothing more is ever added.  We are sad but life goes on and we will soon forget her along with the 139 other classmates that have preceded her (78 known deceased, 62 lost & presumed dead) .  Rosanna's "dash" is over (1930 - 2005 which reads "1930 DASH 2005") and all of her classmates reading this will join her in a few years.  "Few" doesn't seem like a lot, does it?  Enjoy today and tell everyone dear to you that you truly love them.  Don't wait.

Bill Erdman <><, May 2005

William McKendry
August 1984
Bethel Park, PA.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  Bill McKendry died August1984 in Bethel Park, PA.

Jerilea McNeely (Frankowski)
March 24, 1994
Houston, TX.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  Jerri McNeely died March 24, 1994 in Houston, TX.

ILA JANE MILLER,
Sharon, PA

Activities Play Business Committee, GAA, Honor Roll, Library Squad, Medical Squad, Y-Teens

"Lost" - No information about Ila Jane in over 10 years

Robert Miller
January 25, 1996
Pittsburgh, PA.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  Bob Miller died January 25, 1996 in Pittsburgh, PA.

John Millington
March 21, 1988
Virginia.

Information found by Tom Arganbright, May 2008:  John Millington died March 21, 1988 in Virginia.

From Roy McEwen, February 2007:  Update on John:  He was best man at my wedding in June 1954 at Arlington VA.  He joined the army shortly after graduation and was a radio operator.  He spent a lot of time at Ft Knox and then in the Pacific.   Returning he went to Pitt and got a degree in Transportation.  He lived in Fairfax, VA. for several years.  We exchanged Christmas cards and one year mine was returned as "unknown"  I believe his brother Andy still lives in Mt L on Ashland Ave. - or used to.

John Mitchell
April 8, 1994
Pittsburgh, PA

     MtL Blue Devil

Carol Lee Murdoch (Maynard)
October 13, 19784

In 1968, Carol was married to Thad N. Schott - they lived in Kuwait.  In 1973, Carol married J. Peter Maynard and lived in Knoxville, TN.  Carol moved to Maryland with Peter.  Tom talked with his married daughter, Julie Maynard.  She said he had been married to Carol, but they were divorced.  Carol moved to the Eastern Maryland shore, Berlin, MD, and died October 13, 1994.  Carol was an editor of a small paper in Brunswick, MD in the late 1970s.

 Tom, July 2008

Dorthea Ann Nill (Bowers)
May 11, 2006
Presto, PA

Attendance Squad, GAA, Honor Roll, Poster Squad, Scenery Squad, Y-Teens

      50th Reunion

Information found by Tom, May 2008:  Jack and Dorothea moved to Presto, PA, 15142, and in the SS Death records, Dorothea died on 5/11/06, and Jack on 5/25/06 (broken heart?)

Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  Unfortunately, Dorothea's death notice came along with many others that Tom Arganbright dug up from the Internet and since I did not know her well, I can only comment that it was my loss.  I wish we all had known her better.

Bill Erdman <><, May 2008

Joy Irmelin Ostergaard (Hunter)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 25, 2004

Armed Service Committee, GAA, Home Room Officer, Ways & Means Squad, Y-Teens

    7th grade

From Gretel Braun Barnes:  I have some more information about Joy.  She died the  morning of February 25th due to complications from heart failure.  The service was held at Beinhauer Funeral Home last Saturday.   Truly sad.

 50th Reunion    

From Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  I was not ready for this news.  Bob Woeber sent a simple note, "Bill, I just heard that Joy died recently."   Nothing else.  I sadly moved Joy from the "Active" page to the "gone.htm" page.  A relatively simple operation.  But the memories aren't so simple.  The only information on her page after 55+ years was a 7th grade picture, a senior picture, a 50th reunion picture, one line stating what she was involved in in High School and "Died early 2004".  That's it!  I can only remember her as a vibrant and attractive classmate who was always nice to talk with.  Fifty-five years later I haven't a clue as to her accomplishments, family, successes or any thing else that would be nice to reflect on at this point.  How very, very sad.  Joy, we never knew you and it was our loss.

If you have read this far, stop, think about Joy, spend a little of you precious time left on this earth and drop a line to me so your classmate will have some little idea of who you turned out to be.  Just click here and send it to me on-line:    I'm taking my own suggestion and going to update my page before I send this.

, February 2004

Joan Adele Peck (Maury)
September 21, 2006
Atlanta, GA

GAA, Home Room Secretary, Traffic Squad, Ways & Means Squad, Y-Teens

At reunion - Click to enlarge

50th Reunion

Per Tom, May 2008, Joan's husband Thomas J. Maurey was a Regional Manager for Marsh & McLennan and they moved around; Little Silver, NJ, Laguna Niguel, CA, Atlanta, GA, etc.  On SS Death Records I found: Joan P. Maurey died September 21, 2006 in Atlanta, GA.

Nancy Joyce Piper

"Lost" - No information about Nancy in over 10 years

Charles Portman
Pittsburgh, PA
April 20th, 2001

     8th grade

Bill, one of the few upsides regarding our deceased classmates is finding the obituary and being able to revel in reading the accomplishment of our departed friends.  I had forgotten how involved Chic was in Three Rivers Stadium.  All reference to him in the obit is Chic and we use Chick, but not sure what his preference was. – Tom, August 2008

Deceased: CHARLES E. PORTMAN HE RAN STADIUM IN STEELERS, BUCS GLORY DAYS
April 25, 2001 Obituary - Charles E. "Chic" Portman ran Three Rivers Stadium in the 1970s, the glory days when the Steelers won four Super Bowls and the Pirates won two World Series.

Mr. Portman, a lawyer and lifelong Mt. Lebanon resident, served as the stadium's executive director for 10 years, from its opening in 1970 until resuming his law career in private practice in 1980.

"That place was always busy.  It was a great deal of fun," said James L. Smith, a Mt. Lebanon insurance executive who chaired the Stadium Authority board when Mr. Portman was director.

"Chic was the guy -- the point man on tickets.  Everybody wanted tickets for the playoff games or World Series, but sometimes he would have to say no," Smith said.

"Just as there is with PNC Park now, there was a lot of excitement back then with Three Rivers," said former Mayor Pete Flaherty, who named Mr. Portman as stadium director.

"Chic had to do yeoman's work to get the new stadium all figured out.  It was a big move, going from Forbes Field in Oakland to the North Side.  But he was a lawyer and could understand the complicated lease terms with the teams."

Mr. Portman died Friday of complications of pancreatitis. He was 70.

“Mr. Portman did a great job of running the stadium and making it a viable and terrific place for the Steelers," said team owner Dan Rooney.

Brian Portman, the youngest of Mr. Portman's eight children, recalled how his father would take them to the stadium in the 1970s.

"It was brand new back then.  We went in through the back doors and went into Dad's office.  We had access to the locker rooms.  The equipment manager would let us run around.

"One day the Steelers and Pirates played a softball game (at the stadium).  My brothers and sisters and I got to run around on the field that day.  [Steelers founder] Art Rooney gave us a football signed by the players, and [then-manager of the Pirates] Chuck Tanner, I think, gave us a baseball signed by the players.  It was really cool."

Shortly after the stadium opened, some children were injured jumping off one of the ramps, Smith recalled.  For some reason, there was a lot of red tape involved with getting protective rails installed.

"But Chic said, 'I'll get it done,' and he did," Smith said.  "Everything about the stadium was a big deal.  Whatever was newsworthy, it was three times as much because it had to do with the stadium."

Mr. Portman's first wife, Anne, the mother of his children, died in 1991.  He married Maureen Coyne in 1999.

In addition to his wife and his son Brian, who lives in Chicago, Mr. Portman is survived by four other sons, Charlie, Mark and Eric, all of San Diego, and Dan of Portland, Ore.; three daughters, Jean Mosites of Peters, Emily Klink of North Canton, Ohio, and Christine Hunter of Chicago; three sisters, Mary Lou Ward of Wheeling, W.Va., Patricia Cain of Pittsburgh and Virginia Wintz of Orlando, Fla.; a brother, James Portman of San Diego; and eight grandchildren.

Chick's first wife was Ann Brown, Class of 1949 or 50 from Mt Lebanon.  She died of Cancer.  Chick re-married Maureen Coyne 2 years ago.  A wonderful couple.  He had been in the hospital for an operation which was a "last ditch" effort to take care of his complicated problems.

Bob Woeber says, "We had been good friends.  We will miss him."  - April 2001

40th Reunion

50th Reunion

At Bud Stevenson's 70th BD party

Bill, I just heard last night that Chick Portman died yesterday (April 20th, 2001).  He had been in the hospital for an operation which was a "last ditch" effort to take care of his complicated problems.

Chick had been married to Maureen Coyne for around a year.  We had been good friends.  We will miss him. - Bob Woeber - April 2001

Ann Pricer (Niepp)
December 31, 2001
Pittsburgh, PA

From Bill Erdman, WebMaster:  Ann Pricer and Mary Jane Wibner are 2 more sad additions to this page.  I didn't know Ann very well in High School but that doesn't ease the pain of moving her from her rightful place on the "P" page.  Mary Jane is a lot tougher as I knew her reasonably well from various classes we had together.  Again, I am so sorry that we didn't get a chance to know more about them as I am sure that they both made this world a little better place for all those that knew them.  So long you two, it's been good to know you both, even for  little while.

, May 2003