Nancy Besser (Selfridge)

Ilene Siderman (Ewy)

I would like to say that Nancy did a fantastic job on this website!! Thank you!!!

Anita L DiFrancesco (Herguth)

I am so glad our alumni are finding there way to this site.  If you are in touch with anyone that has not signed up, please mention to them where they can do so.  Thanks.  See you at the reunion. 

Dennis Barley

 Hi All,

 Just wanted you to know my son Devon Barley made it to the Live Round on NBCs The Voice. He will be in NYC tomorrow May 31 and be on The Today Show (we think at about 9:30 am ) and MTV and E news.

The show is different from American Idol and is receiving great ratings. There will be a voting option on  the June 14 and June 21 shows. 

Hope to see you all at the reunion.

Dennis Barley

Dennis Smith

I was shocked to see that Glen is no longer with us!

Cheryl Brumbaugh (Sikkema)

Nancy and committee--Thanks for all your hard work on this.   I had been on the fence about going--no chatter from old friends about going--but a close friend has decided to attend, so I'm in.  Look forward to seeing you all!

Cheryl Brumbaugh Sikkema

Nancy Besser (Selfridge)

Dennis, we were all shocked and saddened about losing Glenn (Kaplus).  Such a great guy.

Ruth Liebesman (Martiniuk)

Thank you Nancy, for doing so much.  And thanks to eveyone who worked on this reunion.  It was terrific.

Ruth

Victor Wilson Canessa (Wilson Canessa)

Kudos to Nancy for making this website.  I did not initially realize that she did this herself for everyone.  Really great!
Hope everyone enjoys the reunion.

Felicia Mandell (Festa)

We are in the planning stages for our 50th Reunion. Email was sent to all who are registered here with an email. You can also find info on our facebook page.

Felicia Mandell (Festa)

If you go to the tabs on the left under user forum I have set up a section for reunion discussion.

Patricia (Trish) Baker (Aka Hatfield) (Bowman)

Have to report a death of a classmate Westfield High School Westfield, NJ 1976.

Maureen King Yacker. Died February 4, 2010 in Tampa, Florida.

Nancy Ceccon

Just signed up for Saturday night at Ferraro's, and I noticed that Frank Schaefer is on the "missing" list. Please move him to the "in memory" list, 2022, I believe.

Looking forward to seeing everyone (boy I hope there will be name tags)!

Barbara Fuller (Biagi)

Looking forward to catching up with so many classmates. Thank you Nancy and your committee for organizing our reunion and for all your hard work.

Rich Goski

Hey YaAll, I can't make the reunion but canattend Garwood Station Bar & Grill the night before. Hope to catch most of you therer. Rich Goski

Oh and don;t look for that guy in this picture, you won't fbe able to find him LOL

Rich Goski

Hi my fellow classmtes, it was so nice seeing everyone Friday night in Garwood. Unfortunitly, I couln't make the reunion as I went to Chuck Cosenza's son's wedding which was amazing until we hit a deer on the way home. I dont think Bambi made it home but we did after putting "Pellets" into our hissing/spitting/steaming radiator at 11PM - UGH.

I got to chat with many old friends, like Don Villani, Patty Conway, Lisa Mann Bijwas, Jim Bivona, Ken, Nancy Besser, Kevin Cooney, Stewart Goldstein and the "hot" Allison Staffin LOL & a few others and of course my old cronnies, Mike Turk, Pete Pinto, Ron Nachbar and some of their lovely wives as well as my old girlfriend Mary Crandall and her bestys, Robin Piesco and Eileen Fisher who made the rounds. In fact all the boys and girls were Rockin it!

It was difficult to link up with everyone and many went home at 9:30 (way past their bedtimes) so if I didn't talk with you it was only beacause of the crowded bar but I was CHECKING YOU ALL OUT to see if I looked better than you (LOL)

It was very gradifying seeing you all- everyone looked the same once I remembered who you were and looked into your eyes. I had a few SENIOR monments but I think I did OK once I settled in. 

Yoyu may not have known but I was always a bit of a loner deep down but once you fed me alcohol and some doobie brothers, of course, I became social & a bit nonsencical. I wish you all a Blessed Holday Season and good health sailing ahead. Rich 

My email is RichGoski@Yahoo.com. Still in Cranford and married to my wonderful wife (Vicky) who was our competitors (Cranford Basketball) cheerleader - go figure. We have 2 children (Jimmy & Catherine (Kitty) - 3 grandkids with 1 in the over with Kitty so I'm always tied up with good things going on. Stay Healthy my friends

Ilene Siderman (Ewy)

Hey Rich, it was great to read your note and hear that you are doing so well! It sounds like Friday nite was a good one as well! I am very jealous though, that I wasn't there! I really hated missing the reunion, and now I find out that there was more! Anyways, it was good to see your note!! Take care! And hopefully there will be another one that we can both attend!!

Ilene (remember me??)

Laurie Schramm (Lavietes)

Hi Reunion Attendees,

I was so disappointed that I could not attend this monumental reunion. We had a close friend's daughter's wedding in Charlotte this past weekend. I am enjoying vicariously catching up with you through posted conversations and photos, though.  Keep them coming, and I hope to make the next one.

Robin Piesco

I was happy to see so many of you on Friday at The Station. I feel like I only had time to circle the room a few times, say Hi, hug, tell people they look the same (which most of you do) and move on. None of this helped by the fact that I can't seem to hear anything anymore. I know some of you have the same problem. I wish I could've have more conversation.

I have really mixed feelings about missing the Saturday reunion. I promise I will be at the next one, no matter what, unless you find my name on the "In Memory" page. I just added quite a few classmates to that page who we've recently been made aware have passed away. We don't hear everything about everyone. It's a wake up call to see so many names.

So I have two asks from the class:

#1   Try to come to the next reunion. Even if you've never been to one before. We've all had ups and downs in life. Marriages, divorces, children, all kinds of struggles that we think no one else could understand. After 50 years, I think we all understand everything. I saw a lot of love at The Station on Friday and in the pictures from Saturday. So just come. And get your friend who never comes to accompany you. 

#2   We're trying hard to fill in the "In Memory" list. Please check out www.westfieldhighschool76.com. Look over the names. If you know of someone who is no longer with us, please let us know. Any info you have would be great. You can email me that info directly at robinlpiesco@yahoo.com or via Facebook Messenger.

Can't wait to see you al in 2031.  OMG! 2031. That's crazy.

- Robin Piesco

Mary Crandall (Owens)

Dear Classmates,

I briefly stopped in at the Station House and, although I wasn’t able to attend the reunion, it was so very nice to see some of the WHS Class of ’76. The smiles, hugs, and familiar faces brought back so many wonderful memories.

I am grateful for all the people who walked those halls together, attended parties, played sports, cheered for our team, were educated together, and walked to school together. We didn’t have cell phones, iPads, or computers back then, but we had each other — to support one another, have fun, fall down and get picked back up, and grow together.

Wishing the very best to the Class of ’76! And a very special thank you to Felicia and Nancy for all the time, energy, and fun you put into making our class reunion special.

It was wonderful to see some of you, even if only for a little while. And all the best to all the others! ❤️ Hope to see you all next time!

Mary Crandall Owens