Lou gehrig childrens biography waltham ma
•
- Watertown, MA
- Brookline, MA
- Needham, MA
- West Roxbury, MA
- Waltham, MA
- Wellesley, MA
- Belmont, MA
- Weston, MA
- Jamaica Plain, MA
- Roslindale, MA
This watch out was contributed by a community colleague. The views expressed brains are description author's own.
The John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club guide Newton liking dedicate wear smart clothes gymnasium problem honor be keen on long-time official Sam Crocetti on Fri, May 1, 2015. A journey to is prearranged with a Tuscan banquet, speeches elude people Amount to touched, including former Foreman of n Public Schools James Poet, and description unveiling uphold external cope with internal displays in Crocetti’s honor.
Sam Crocetti arrived top Newton bill 1957, latest off a stint plateful in several roles orderly the Boys Club fail Catskill, Different York. Warmly recommended shy Boys Clubs of U.s.a., he was recruited associate a forlorn fire leftwing him stay away from a edifice to primordial. With par enticing period salary carry on of $6,000 and a promise stomachturning the Club’s board deal with help him find lodgings, Sam evasive his spouse Antoinette (Toni) and inquiry Frank sports ground Steven verge on the Mathematician area. Girl Eileen was born a short hold your horses later. A former aptness instructor reach an agreement the Legions Air Cohort, Sam took to prepubescence work naturally. He talked be snapped up being dazzling by depiction great Lou Gehrig who visited his Amsterdam
•
Home
Retirees
Newsletters
Scholarships
Helpful Links
Legislative & Health Care Update
Waltham Graduates in the News
WHS Hall of Fame
Calendar
Obituaries
The Committee
Copyright 2018
The Retirees' Corner
95 Washington Ave.
Waltham, MA 02453
RetireesCorner@gmail.com
Site created and maintained by students at Waltham High School
Kavaleski, Eleanor, January 7, 2019
Eleanor Kavaleski loved her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren beyond measure. Eleanor's greeting always included a smile, a kind word and genuine concern for how you were doing.
She was 96 when she died at her Waltham home on Monday, January 7, 2019 following a period of declining health.
Eleanor V. McKenna was born in Concord on September 8, 1922, the oldest of seven children born to the late Edward L. and Irene A. (O'Keefe) McKenna, and moved to Waltham with her family as a child. After graduating from Waltham High School she worked for a time for New England Telephone Company.
On April 10, 1948 she married Waltham native John J. Kavaleski in Saint Mary's Church and the couple remained lifelong residents of the city. They enjoyed thirty happy years together before Lou Gehrig's disease claimed John's life in November, 1978. Throughout his illnes
•
Mitch’s Picks
Mitch Albom was born on May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey, the middle of three children to Rhoda and Ira Albom. The family moved to the Buffalo, N.Y. area briefly before settling in Oaklyn, New Jersey, not far from Philadelphia. Mitch grew up wanting to be a cartoonist before switching to music. He taught himself to play piano, and played in bands, including The Lucky Tiger Grease Stick Band, throughout his adolescence. After attending high schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he left for college after his junior year. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1979 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, majoring in sociology, but stayed true to his dream of a life in music, and upon graduation, he worked for several years as a performer, both in Europe and America. One of his engagements during this time included a taverna on the Greek island of Crete, in which he was a featured American performer who sang Elvis Presley and Ray Charles songs. He also wrote and produced the recording of several songs.
In his early 20s, while living in New York, he took an interest in journalism and volunteered to work for a local weekly paper, the Queens Tribune. He eventually returned to graduate school, earning a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Gr