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Lamp Post Lamp PostThe Alumni and Community Newslettter
FALL 2015 VOL 93: NO. 2
John Vess
Christmas Blessings
Holy Family High School
Upcoming Events
For complete information on events at Holy Family High School and Alumni Association Events, visit our website,
www.holyfamilyhs.com .
Alumni Association Event information can also be found on the HF Alumni Association Facebook page.
8th Grade Makeup Placement Test - January 9, 2016Class of 2020 Registration - March 5, 2015School Musical - April 16, 2016Prom - April 23, 201625th Annual Tiger Gala - April 30, 2016Pops Concert - May 16, 2016Baccalaureate Mass - May 25, 201690th HFHS Graduation Class of 2016 - May 26, 2016Last Day of School - June 2, 2016
Principal’s Letter 2Memorial: Rich Haber 3Goldem Diploma Class of 1965 4Reunion News 5Alumni News 6Tiger Tales 7, 8, 92005 State Football 9Military Appreciation Night 10Gala Save the Date 11
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I would like to extend my appreciation to every member of the Holy Family High School alumni community who supported us during our Tree and Wreath fundraiser or on Colorado Gives Day. We had record setting support at both events! Whether you are an alum from the North Denver campus or whether you graduated from the current campus in Broomfield, your contribution is appreciated. The generosity of our alumni makes it possible to maintain a high quality of programming at HFHS. Our retreats, mission trips, academics and extracurricular are all prospering because of your support. Thank you for everything you do and thank you for being part of the Tiger “Family”!
The next week is an opportunity to celebrate the birth of our savior and the joy and hope he brought to the entire world. In the midst of our feasting and gift-giving it is essential to remember that we are not celebrating something seasonal, secular, and vague. We are celebrating the birth of Christ and the possibility of salvation that
came with him. I know I speak for the entire Holy Family community when I say that we are grateful for this above all other things.
One of the greatest thrills of working or attending a Catholic school is the ability to say what you really feel at this time of year.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Pax Christi,
Matt Hauptly
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From Our Principal
The Holy Family Community lost one of its prime architects, mov-ers, shakers, and supporters, when Rich Haber, former Principal, pho-tographer, substitute teacher, and face of the community, lost his on-going battle with many health re-lated issues. Rich was 72 years old. Before Rich was first introduced to the HF community in North Denver, in the late 60s as a student teacher, he had served in the US Air Force, earned degrees from Regis College and the University of San Francisco. He had overcome a great deal of tragedy in his younger days, as he was raised in chil-dren’s homes, and lost both his wife and daughter to untimely deaths. In 1984, he became the Principal at Holy Family. He served in this role for five years. He then went on to teach at at Marian High School in San Diego. He returned to Colorado to teach at Mullen School. He returned to HFHS after retirement to take on the his new roles as a substitute teacher and school photographer.
Early in his tenure as Principal, Holy Family was suffering from declining enrollment, financial instability, and a declining reputation in terms of academic and behavioral standards. However, during his administration improvements to the school included a new library, gym floor, conces-sion stand, shades and movie screens in every classroom and improved heating and security systems. Haber was also instrumental in slowing
the enrollment decline, and in pointing the school in the right direction in terms of higher standards of behavior and academic growth. The school survived its financial cri-sis, increasing its enrollment ultimately lead-ing to the growth and move to Broomfield.
Rich stated in 1989, as he left HFHS for California, “I will be watching Holy Fam-ily from California. HF is a part of me and I’m a part of HF; I always will be and always have been, since I started teach-ing here in 1969. It was my first teaching experience, but I was never able to forget
Holy Family High School because it made such an impact on my life.”
Rich Haber 1943-2015Steve Blair
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M ay they rest in peace...
Remembrance List: We continue to pray for our deceased alumni and their families and for the special intentions of our community members who are ill on our weekly prayer list. Due to limited space in our Alumni Newsletter, we have only listed the names of alumni and former faculty. If you would like to add a name to our e-mail prayer list, please send your intentions to Patty Gabriel: [email protected]
Sr. Carol Dunphy, SL (Sr. Peter Michael), ‘40
sister of Sr. Lois Dunphy, SL, ‘41
Inez Landrum DePinto, ’49 mother of Mark DePinto, ’69, Andrew, Ann, Edward and John; grandmother of
Lauren, ’07, Megan, ’08 and Matthew, ’12, sister of John Landrum, ‘45
Dolly (Pohs) Ansay, ’50,mother of Karen (Ansay) Golesh, ’76 and
Jeanne (Ansay) Stafford, ’77; Julie (Ansay) Volz, ‘78; sister of Henry Pohs, ‘46 (dec) and Frank Pohs, ’48; mother-in-law of
Matt Golesh, ’76 and Tim Volz, ’77;aunt of Michael and Eileen (DeBello) Pohs, ’80; Mary (Pohs) Spretnjak, ‘84; Anne Marie
Pohs, ’79; Kathleen (Pohs) Moronni, ’85; and Mary Elizabeth (Pohs) Ireland, ’85
Walter Grisdale, ’52 husband of Mary Lou (Powers) Grisdale,
’52 brother of Jane (Grisdale) Heston
Tom Hansen, ’58 brother of Donald Hansen, ’57
Eugene Troilo, ’58husband of Rose May Sliemers Troilo, ’58,
uncle of Connie Troilo Milligan‘63 and Brian Troilo, ‘73
Jim Callaway ‘64brother of Jerry Callaway, ’66 brother-in-
law of Jane Kaminski Callaway, ‘68
Mike Coffey, ‘65brother of Diane (Coffey) Herbka, ‘57,
David Coffey, ‘59, Pat Coffey, ‘65, Cindy Coffey, ‘67 and Bill Coffey, ‘71;
uncle of Kevin Coffey, ‘83
Charles Connely, ‘65
Marge Kelly (Reed) Humphrey, ‘67
Theresa Ciberay Jenkins, Class of 1970
Greg Wozny, Class of 2001brother to Jill Wozny, ‘01 and Kevin and
Lauren Wozny, ‘14
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The Class of 1965 celebrated its 50th reunion on July 31, August 1 and 2, 2015. Activities included a cocktail par-ty and dinner on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, the graduates attended their Golden Diploma mass and cer-emony at Holy Family High School’s Broomfield campus. After the mass which was officiated by Father Marty Lally, ‘68 those in attendance received a golden diploma from HFHS Assistant Principal, Mike G. Gabriel and Principal Matt Hauptly. Following the ceremo-ny, they enjoyed a beautiful brunch prepared by the school’s cafeteria manager, Vicki Burke. Holy Family’s student ambassadors hosted tours of the current campus for the classmates..
The reunion planning committee in-cluded Rita Koch Day, Liz Swartz Lo-gan , and Mike Coffey who has since passed away.
1965
Class of 1965 Golden Diploma
Although there were few who attended, the 45th reunion for the Class of 1970, those who did had a great time at the
HFHS homecoming chili supper and football game. Teri (Boetcher) Dal-bec took the lead in getting the class together to be a few among the 300 who attended the chili supper prepared by Patty Gabriel. Attendees at the dinner included Teri, Patty, Vicki Allen Eakins, Kay Beard Simpson, Joannie Ziska, Cathy Chergo, Dave Robinson, and Mike Flynn. Following the game the group met at a local brewery where they were joined by Leanne Collins Ditirro, her husband Danny and Mike Gabriel. Leanne had been in contact with Anna Amato who lives in Italy so all enjoyed a few minutes of face time with Anna.
Reunion Note
DON’T MISS THE FUN
Reunion News
Stay in touch with HFHS
by sending us your current e-mail and mailing addresses
along with your phone number.
If you are a parent of an alum, help us keep in touch with your HFHS alumni offspring. This is your chance to keep up with
HFHS events and news.
Please contact Patty Gabriel at [email protected]
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Members of the Class of 1975 celebrated their 40th class reunion this summer with a backyard gathering at Tony and Dar Garba-
rino’s home. Thirty members of the class attended the gathering along with some of their family members. They enjoyed a casual evening in a beautiful setting. A great time was had by all. Special thanks to Cheryl Au-gust-Sanellli, Rita Dunnebecke-Brown, Dar Garbarino, Sheryl Hunt, Delia Mcllree-Prezkuta, Teresa Piro-Immel, Doug Richards and Joe Somma for finding classmates and helping with the event. Plans are underway for their next reunion.
1975
1970It's hard to believe, but one by one the HF Classmates of 1963
turned 70 years old this year! As is the tra-dition of their "Zero Birthday Club", they celebrated their new decade together in September. This time they invaded Duran-go, CO. Thanks to the invitation and careful planning of Stan and Mary Dunlap, they hit every bar, restaurant and happy hour pos-sible in downtown Durango, culminating with a delicious farewell brunch at Dunlaps before heading back to Denver. They also experienced the fantastic train ride from Durango to Silverton, tried some pickleball, and added some wonderful memories and fun times with special people in their lives. The classmates celebrated their 60th in Lake Tahoe, CA, 70th in Durango and at this writing Ed Malenk, President of "Zero Birth-day Club", is researching details on visiting the healing waters and miracles in Lourdes, France for their 80th! Watch for details....
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On July 6, 2015 Tony Garbarino, ‘75, forwarded an e-mail to his classmates that he had received from a gentleman who lives on Raleigh St. in north Denver. The man had asked Tony for help in locating the owner of an HFHS class ring which he found in the yard of his house.
He had been landscaping his yard, clearing the top three inches of dirt and putting it into piles. A major rain storm struck, washing the dirt down the gutter. The next day while cleaning up the mess, he found a 1975 HFHS class ring with the initials “LS” on it.
His family purchased the house on Raleigh in 1992 from a family with the last name Smith. It seemed possible to him that one of them may have graduated in 1975. The father of the Smith family worked for the Denver Fire De-partment.
Tony received a message from classmate, Joe Somma, ‘75 who with the help of these clues, had solved the mys-tery announcing that the name of the owner is Lauren “Bill” Smith. Bill and the ring were reunited this summer.
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The Holy Family High School Alumni Association hosted the 10th Annual Holy Family Bocce Tournament on Oc-tober 3. Over one hundred participants in teams of four-competed at the Sons Of Italy Lodge in Wheat Ridge for first and second place cash prizes. The participants en-joyed breakfast which was donated by Chick-fil-a. Clyde’s Sausage donated sausage for lunch time sandwiches. Beer was provided by Matt Zarlengo, ‘93; wine and coffee were provided by Alumni Associatioin board members.
Under the watchful eyes of scorekeepers Matt and Mike, ‘17 Zeman, the field was narrowed down to the repeat winners, Team Louisville, Paul Lasnik, Lenny Volpone, Emiliano Ruscitti and Alberto Navara.
The funds raised will provide $500 scholarships for three HFHS students for the 2016-2017 academic year. Since the fall of 2012, the group has sponsored scholarships of $500 each year to five HFHS students with proceeds from its annual Bocce tournament.
Current scholarship winners are Gillian Ebersole, ‘16, Charley Scerbo, ‘16, son of Mary Wall Scerbo, ‘93; Mary Coufal, ‘18 and Sara Rode, ‘19, daughter of Christine Sturm Rode, ‘85.
As the need for scholarship funds increases, the group is looking for new ideas to fundraise. Young and new ideas are essential to the success of the Alumni Association.
The Association is searching for HFHS Alumni who are in-terested in becoming active members of the Association in the roles of committee members, board members and volunteers. Please consider making a contribution of your time and talent to this worthy cause. Contact Marianne Alonzi, ‘63 at [email protected]; Kelli (Martinelli) Frank, ‘95 at [email protected]; Nicole (Martinelli) Rondi-nelli, ‘98 at [email protected]; or Patty Gabriel, ‘70 at [email protected] for more information.
AMAZING NORTH DENVER STORY
Alumni Association Bocce TourneyClass Ring Mystery SolvedAnother Successful Event
Tiger Tales
Monica Jewell Pfannenstiel Hen-dell , ‘02 with husband, Matthew, sons, Jordan (almost 2) and Dominic Matthew Hendel live in Parker, CO. Dominic who was born September 23, 2015 weighed 6lbs 10oz and was 18.5 in tall, is happy and healthy. “We are so happy to welcome him into the world,” said Monica.
delightful charmer and already plans on joining the HFHS Tiger Nation in the fall of 2029!
Andrew Saulino '03 and his wife Lyndsee welcomed their daughter Ella Nicole Saulino on July 10, 2015. Ella is a great niece of Michael Frazzi-ni '70 (dec), Karen Frazzini '72, Maureen Frazzini '77, and Mark Frazzini '77, niece of Brian Saulino '98 and Jennifer (Sabell) Saulino '97, Ashley and Tony Saulino '03. Great granddaughter of Mary Ellen (Henry) Frazzini ‘36 (dec) Grand-daughter of Francine Saulino, Holy Family High School staff member.
Tell Us Your Tiger Tale!Please send your news and we’ll print your information in an upcoming issue of the Lamp Post. Attach your pictures, too! If you have moved or if you have news about yourself or your classmates, please notify the Development Department to update our records.
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Holy Family High School Mrs. Patty Gabriel Development Department 5195 West 144th Avenue Broomfield, CO 80023
Fax: 303-645-4624
Name: __________________________________ Class of: _________ Email: ______________________________________________
Address: ________________________________ City, State, Zip: __________________________ Phone: _______________________
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Cliff Williams ‘10 graduate of HFHS, and his wife, Becky, proudly an-nounce the arrival of their first child, Margaret June Williams, on February 25, 2015. A healthy little peanut, 6 lbs 6 oz and 18 inches tall. She is a
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USAF Captain Chris Demmon ‘04 and Lara Brown Demmon ‘05, wel-comed their second child, Arabella Anne born April 17, 2015. Arabella ar-rived a month early weighing 5lbs 4 oz and 19 in long. She joins her sister, Aria Marie, born January 21, 2014. The family resides in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach, California.
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HFHS faculty Rebecca Barger, hus-band Tim and son Xavier welcomed Cynthia Grace to their family on June 5, 2015. Big brother Xavier reminds everyone to be gentle with his baby.
Tiger Tales continued
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Mike D. Gabriel, ‘94, HFHS head football coach and Director of Curriculum and Staff Development was selected as the Denver Bronco High School Coach of the Week on September 14, 2015. A total of ten head football coaches from all of Col-orado’s high schools are selected for the award during the regular season. Each weekly winner receives a $1,000 donation to his school from the NFL Foundation. From these ten honorees, one is selected as the Coach of the Year and will receive a $2,000 grant for his school. The announcement of the honoree for Coach of the Year will be made on the field at a Bronco game later in the season. Mike follows in the footsteps of HFHS Bronco Coach of the Week, his dad, Mike G Gabriel, ‘70 who received the award in 2002.
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Brianna Sanelli '08 became engaged to Bryan Zerr RJHS '05 at the Christ statue summit of Mother Cabrini Shrine on July 4th. Brianna just com-pleted her post-doctoral pharmacy residency and is a pharmacist in the Denver area. Bryan is a Realtor & CPA and owner of Greenwood Estates Re-alty. The couple are planning a July 2016 wedding. Brianna is the sister of Dana Sanelli, ‘11.
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Erika (Navarrete) Nagle, ‘05 and husband, William "Billy" Nagle, Mul-len High, ‘05 celebrated their first wedding anniversary this fall. They were married in Erika's hometown of Miami, FL at the Church of the Little Flower on September 27, 2014. The couple met through a mutual friend, Trisha Esquibel, ‘05.
James Fross, ‘14, now at the University of Oklahoma, published his first book entitled The Millennium Dawn, Book 1 with Dorrance Publishing Company. It is a fantasy novel of some 684 pages. James is the brother of Shaneann, ‘16 and Tristan, ‘17 Fross.
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Daniele (Kehoe) Mack, ‘05 triathlon champion, can be seen performing in her first commercial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGH2ZrKqx-A&feature+youtu.be.
Rob Parker, ‘70 along with his son Ryan starred on the Weather Channel’s “Brainstormers.” The showed premiered on March 22. You can view the clips of the series at www.weather.com/tv/shows/brainstormers.
Shea Zeman, ‘16 ended her high school gymnastics career as a mem-ber of the Pomona HS team with a 5A State Title. Zeman was voted by the coaches as the 5A Jefferson County Senior Gymnast of the Year and has been selected as 1st Team All Confer-ence for three years of competing in High School as a varsity participant and has qualified for State the last 3 years as well. Her Freshman year she won the 5A JV Gymnast Title. Shea is the sister of Michael, ‘17 and Mck-enzie Zeman, ‘12.
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Joshua John Cheshire ar-rived on December 7, 2015 weighing in at 7 lbs 6oz. Joshua is 19 inches tall. He joins his sister, Annie; dad, Joshua and mom, HFHS fac-ulty member Susie (Pow-ers) Cheshire.
Nicki (Martinelli) Rondinelli, ‘98 along with husband, Shawn, daugh-ter Ava and son, Enzo welcomed CJ Rondinelli on November 10, 2015. CJ is the nephew of Kelli (Martinelli) Frank, ‘95.
Blake Estrada celebrated his first birthday in November with his dad Josh Estrada aka DjRipm, ‘98 and his mom, Sara. Josh has provided the music for the last three HFHS Tiger Galas.
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Remember When
2005 State Football Champs RegroupMembers of the HFHS Tiger Football State Champion Team gathered on September 18, 2015 to celebrate the ten year anniversary of their win against Buena Vista. They watched as the 2015 team played a close game against Roosevelt losing 64 to 63. Following the game the 2005 team members got together at C B & Potts to catch up with each other and to reminicse about their season and their fi-nal championship game. Coach Mike G. Gabriel joined his fellow coaches and his champions, Ellis Von Rivenburgh, Mike Langfield, Mike Burke, Matt O’Brian, Paul O’Brian, Mark Gabriel, Matt Gabriel, Eric Nakayama, Mike D. Gabriel, Albert Kuczak, Bill Lewis, Patrick Chappell, Shawn Clynke, and Jon Castillo for their trip down memory lane.
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HF Honors the MilitaryFriday September 25, marked the second annual HFHS Military Appreciation Night. The event was the concept of three Holy Family footballl team seniors, Willly Cle-ments, Cooper Hsin and Jack White, all from the Class of 2015
Ben Lavoie, ‘16 took the reigns this year along with Coach Mike D. Gabriel, Athletic Director Ben Peterson, Assistant Athletic Director Mitch Martinez, Special Events Coordinator Mary Fountain and Director of Alumni Relations Patty Gabriel.
Once again, the turnout was impressive. Fifty-five veterans or current military members received personalized jerseys from the 2015 football team while anoth-er forty-five were recognized in the event program and at the dinner provided for the military and their families prior to the game. This was a great event which we hope to repeat in 2016.
Thank you to those who sponsored or made donations to the evening. Your support of HFHS and those who serve the USA is greatly appreciated.
Our SponsorsDBC Irrigation Supply, John Alderman
Mike and Janean Hart, ‘63
Mike and Judy Karty
Zeman Sells, Molly Zeman
Troy Domier - Builder
Joe and Mary Carey
Troy and Lisa Domier
Spencer and Leslie Duchene
John Elway Dealerships, Todd Maul
Blair and Barb Lavoie
Denny and Karen Neilson
Matt and Molly Zeman
2015 HFHS Military Appreciation Night
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SAVE THE DATE
Westin WestminsterSaturday, April 30, 2016
Watch for Sponsorship Packages in January 2016Invitations will be mailed on March 1, 2016
Please plan on joining us to celebrate our 25th Annual Gala.For more information contact
HFHS Theme for the 2015-2016 school year: “Serve one another through love.”
(Galatians 5:13).
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
Marianne (Amato) Alonzi, ‘63 President [email protected]
Sam Roskopf , ‘77 Vice President [email protected]
Kelli (Martinelli) Frank, ‘95 Scholarship Committee Chairwoman [email protected]
Nicole (Martinelli) Rondinelli, ‘98 Events [email protected]
Peggy (Cullen) Jones, ‘54 Scholarship Committee [email protected]
OFFICE OF ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT
Patty (Langfield) Gabriel, 70 Director, Alumni Relations [email protected]
Mary Fountaine Special Events Coordinator [email protected]
HFHS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Lisa Doroff - Admissions Director
Ben Peterson, ‘01 - Athletic Director
Sam Roskpof, ‘77 - Facilities Manager
Tammy Sloan - Communications/Admissions
John Vess - Activities Director
HFHS ADMINISTRATION
Matt Hauptly Principal
Mike G. Gabriel , ‘70 Assistant Principal
Tricia Darschewski Dean of Students
Mike D. Gabriel, ‘94 Curriculum & Staff Development Director
Gloria Olson Business Administrator
Fr. Gabrielle Azzaline Chaplain
Dave Good Faculty Representative
Ellen Quinn Faculty Representative
School Office: (303) 410-1411 • www.holyfamilyhs.com • ©2013 All rights reserved
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