The Lantern: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Happy Labor Day!

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Peter Pierce's wife passed away! I just found this information on Facebook.

Florence V. (DeDonato) Pierce of Stoneham passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the Winchester Hospital. She was 71 years of age.

Born on September 1, 1942 in Boston, Florence was the loving daughter of the late Michael A. DeDonato and Angelica (Ciasullo) DeDonato. Florence was a warm and caring daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She will be missed by all who were privileged to have known her.

Florence was a dedicated supervisor in the Insurance Industry for several years. She was passionate about her family. They came first and foremost in her life. She loved spending time with the ones who she loved and thoroughly enjoyed traveling to Foxwoods.

Florence was the beloved wife of Peter F. Pierce. She was the devoted mother of Suzanne Pierce and her husband Scott Chandler and son Brian Pierce. Florence was the cherished grandmother of Ulric F. Pierce and Orson W. Pierce. She was the dear sister of Millie Tasker, Nina Lepore and her late husband Victor, Vera DeDonato, Diana Iula and her husband Tony and the late Frank DeDonato and Mary DeDonato.

Florence was the loving aunt of Lisa Tasker, Michael Iula, Christina Iula, Michelle Lescovitz, Paul Lescovitz, Richard Lescovitz, Jr. and the late David Lescovitz. She was the caring sister in law of Patricia Lescovitz and her late husband Richard, Sr., Donna Pierce, and the late Robert Pierce.

Funeral from the Barile Family Funeral Home, 482 Main St. (RT 28) STONEHAM on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 9am followed by a Funeral Mass Celebrating Florence's Eternal Life in Immaculate Conception Church, 600 Pleasant St. Malden at 10am. Family and friends are cordially invited to gather and share remembrances with the Family on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 from 4-8pm in the Funeral Home. Parking attendants and elevator are available. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.
For more information, www.facebook.com/BarileFamilyFuneralHome

Add your thoughts, prayers or a condolence to Florence's guestbook.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Earthquake in California! Received a response to my email from Steve Shaw so far.

Hi Rose, Leatrice, Jack and Anne,

Everything is fine at our house. We, my partner Kum Mo and I, live about 70 miles from the center of the real damage. At 3:30 this morning, I was awakened by a severe shaking of the house and everything in it. It continued past the usual five to ten seconds, and that led me to nudge Kum Mo, who otherwise, I guess, would have slept through it, saying to her: “This looks like a serious one.” It continued on for about fifteen or so seconds more, although not timing it, it’s hard to tell.

If you’ve never been through a quake, I can tell you that time extends in one’s perception so that 25 seconds feels like 25 minutes. Napa City, close to the epicenter, got walloped, with sever injuries to people and damage to buildings, as well as fires, enough so that the governor called a state of emergency.

It wasn’t the Big One, which we’re told to expect someday, but it was enough to rattle everything, including our sense of well-being.

Here’s a piece from the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/strong-earthquake-shakes-bay-area-in-california.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news#

Take care,

Steve

My original email to our classmates that live in California:

On Aug 24, 2014, at 4:07 PM, RJSISTI@aol.com wrote:

Hi, Leatrice Cardone, Anne & Jackie Anderson and Stephen Shaw:

Checking in on all that live in California. I just heard on the News about an earthquake in California.............I've never been there and don't know much about the area.

All I know as that four people I care about live in California.

Please let me know that you are o.k.

Hugs, Rose

Friday, August 22, 2014

Great Share from Arthur B. "Lost in the Fifties- Another Time, Another Place

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu

Click on the link above to view

Enjoy! Thanks for sharing Arthur! Oh, the memories!

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Sad News just received from Dottie Butler and John Henry also emailed me.

Hi Rosie - I sent this to the Lantern page.. you may not have received it...

ON 7/27 Brendon Kirby of our class passed away.

You can find the obit at www.vertuccioandsmith.com

Dottie Butler Terrell

Rose- The Boston Globe reported today the passing of RHS class of 1962 classmate Brendan Kirby ,age 69. Services are private. John Henry

Great Shares From: Anne Farrell Anderson!

Rose,

You are the best! 70??????? Hope all is well with you. We are being kept very busy with this house we moved into last September. Sold our 2-story for a single. It needed work inside and out. We have been working on the out.

I’ll tell you a brief story. The yard has a enormous Canary Date Palm. They need water. It was not watered properly so it sent roots into the grass area on one side of the yard killing the grass. Jack decided to dig up the dead grass.

It was a Sunday morning and I had to run a couple of errands. When I was leaving I went to tell Jack. He was bent over with this short handled pick or whatever digging up the grass.

He has a back problem so I told him to stop it isn’t worth it, we will have Jesus, our gardner, do it. He told me no that he can do it. So, I went on my way.

About 30 minutes later I get a text, “need beer”. I didn’t answer because I didn’t want to be pressured into coming home. I had things to do.

Another 30 min went by and another text, “union rules state 30 minute beer break”. I didn’t respond. A few minutes later another text, “forget the beer, bring a casket”.

Hilarious!!! So, I got him his beer and went home. We are hoping to go to the next brunch. What are your plans? Oh, and my birthdate is the 8th. LOL

Thanks for all you do. You have kept us together.

Anne