August 26, 2023
Denise Wendt and other classmates report that Barb Sanduski has passed away.
June 20, 2023
Lisa and Lillian Lee report that Al Glock died on January 19, 2019. Al had an exceptional career. He attended the Air Force Academy where he majored in Astronautical Engineering and Political Science, earning his BS in 1974. He received an Olmsted Scholarship and attended the Institute of Political Studies in Paris before earning his Master’s degree at Harvard in International Relations. He completed a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, where he was a computer science instructor. He also served as a volunteer firefighter and was fluent in French and German, and spoke some Russian and Hebrew.
April 22, 2023
Ron Sherman's wife reports that Ron died recently after having suffered a stroke. Ron was very helpful in organizing our reunions, and will be missed.
November 9, 2022
Tom Kadon's brother reports that Tom has passed away.
July 17, 2022
Cliff Johnson has passed away. Cliff was our King of Hearts. Thanks for all you did for us Cliff.
April 28, 2022
OPRFHS Class of 1970 Reunion Postponed
Classmates, Guests, and Advisors,
We will not have an OPRFHS Class of 1970 reunion this fall. Here’s why.
The reunion committee consists of twenty-seven volunteers. When asked whether we should hold the reunion, only eleven said “yes.” The lingering Covid threat is clearly an issue for many of our classmates and is the main reason for our volunteers' reticence. What's more, since the respondents to this poll are the reunion volunteers, a group that has a higher-than-average desire to attend a reunion, it seems clear that the attendance percentage of the class at large might be even smaller than what our survey suggests.
No one wants to attend a sparsely attended reunion.
We still hope to hold a reunion again someday. For that reason, if your email address changes please submit the new one using the Contact Us page at oprfhs70.com. This will allow us to contact you about any future reunion plans.
Bruce
November 29, 2021
Bill Kavanagh, OPRFHS class of 1971, reports that Mike Ruane has died from Covid.
July 23, 2021
Next OPRFHS Class of ’70 Reunion Postponed Until 2022
Classmates, Guests, and Advisors,
• Twenty of our volunteers have voted 16 to 4 to postpone the reunion until 2022, due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns.
• Recently the only fall of '22 Saturday nights still open at the 19th Century Club were:
09/10/22 (it can be in the mid-40s in Oak Park in late September)
10/29/22 (it can snow in Oak Park in late October)
I have booked the Club for September 10, 2022. To schedule a subsequent date we could book the Club for a weekday night.
• If anyone would organize a small, informal 2021 reunion let me know. I would help somewhat.
This email has been added to the Announcements page of our reunion website at oprfhs70.com.
If your email address changes please send us your new one via the website's Contact Us page.
Bruce
April 18, 2021
Next OPRFHS Class of ‘70 Reunion
Classmates, Guests, and Advisors,
Hopefully the reunion will be this fall. But we may need a backup COVID plan. As of this writing the Illinois Department of Health website says: “Gatherings with 50 people or fewer will be permitted.”
The decision to hold the reunion this year or postpone it again will be announced when such gatherings are deemed safe or in mid-August, whichever comes first. Some U.S. high school classes of 1970 are already planning to hold “70 turns 70” reunions in 2022.
This email has been added to the Announcements page of our reunion website at oprfhs70.com.
If you change your email address, please go to the website's Contact Us page to send us your new one.
Bruce
April 17, 2016
In addition to some of our OPRFHS class of '70 sophomore cheerleaders, Gerry Sullivan is also briefly shown in an opening scene of the movie Concussion, according to an email from his wife Liz (see Guest Book page).
January 23, 2016
Some of our OPRFHS class of '70 sophomore cheerleaders appear for a few seconds in the opening scenes of the recent Hollywood movie Concussion, starring Will Smith! (Thanks to John Meyer for making this possible.)
Denny Corry died of a heart aneurism on December 3, 2015.