Monongah High Lions

                                    DONALD "JAKE" HALPENNY CATCHING UP WITH Donald “Jake” Halpenny, Class of 1950   Donald Halpenny, called “Jake” when he ran around with what I called faceitiously The Gang That Terrorized Marion County (we were harmless), still lives in Fairmont.   Fairmont State graduate Jake, Class of 1950, lives with his daughter Kathleen, a retired nurse. His late wife, Anita Rosalee Cremeans, had 5 children – Brian, Colin, Kathleen, Keith and Shawn – and 9 grandchildren.       When I saw the name Barbara Phillips Halpenny on Facebook I asked her if she was related to Don Halpenny. Turns out she is married to John Halpenny’s son, Randy. John and Don/Jake are brothers.   Barbara and Randy live in Monongah.   Jake ran into Tony Eates, Class of 1950, who also ran around Marion County with us in our teen years, at a groc...

  Help me track Class of 1950 members!   As most of you know I am diligent about trying to keep track of my fellow Class of 1950 members. Enough so that I have the names of the 35 who have passed away, out of the 45 who graduates. That leaves 10 other Class of 1950 members (including me). I have communicated in recent years with Tony Eates, Frank Franze, Don Halpenny, Mary Ann Puffenbarger Moore, Pat Urban Utz and Leatrice Yokay Greaser to know they still are alive. But I’m not sure any more if Bernice Grandstaff Maranville, Arnold Ray Morgan or Kathryn Toothman Crim are alive or waiting for me in the Great Beyond. If you have positive proof of dead or alive, let me know, and details about where they are living and what they are doing, or when and where they passed away. Email me at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com or Facebook PM me at John Olesky. Thank you.   John Olesky, Class of 1950         2023 Class of 1950 update   IN...