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Evergreen Park, IL  USA
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50th Class Reunion Photos are above and below.

Website Updated 11/15/2017


Our 55th class reunion may be held at the American Legion post (fall of 2018) 9701 S. Kedzie Ave. Evergreen Park, IL.

All reunions for now on will be very casual. Nothing fancy like the 25th, 40th, 45th and the 50th.


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Dave Mena & Rich Ott


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Pat Meehan, Carol Elseth & husband.


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October 12, 2013


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We all had a great time.


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Warren Long made a visit to see Coach George when he was in for our 50th class reunion, very nice.

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Maureen, Mary Beth, Karen


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Rich, Warren, Pat, Wanda, Corrie


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Joe and Phyllis


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Warren and Pat


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Warren Long and Jim Baker


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Tina wins the quilt that Dave made


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Maureen Thichava & Sandra Howell



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Class News

4/14/2021
Robert J. "Bob" Hooks,
age 74, a longtime resident of Naperville, IL, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2020, at Arista of Naperville. He was born on February 25, 1946, in Chicago, IL. Bob is survived by his be . . .  Continued

2/4/2021
Billie Jean Wolf
artist, healer, dreamer, and beloved mother, passed away from lung cancer Feb. 21, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Portland, surrounded by a lifetime of friends and coworkers. She was born in . . .  Continued

4/14/2019
David Post, 73,
originally from Chicago and recently Show Low, Arizona. Lost a short battle with cancer on February 3, 2019. He is survived by his wife Angela (nee Marasso) who he was lovingly dedicated to . . .  Continued

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HISTORY OF EVERGREEN PARK

EVERGREEN PARK, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS - Over one hundred years ago, while other towns surrounding Chicago were requesting annexation to survive, Evergreen Park boldly decided to declare its independence. The population at the time was approximately 500 people. Fifty-one residents turned out on December 20, 1893 when forty of them voted for incorporation and four squared miles of area became the Village of Evergreen Park. Many of the original settlers were hard working farm families. The Village acquired its name from the park located at 97th Street and Homan Avenue, originally intended to be the center of town. This part of the village was laid out to resemble Paris, with its wagon wheel appearance, but development in other directions has since caused it to be a residential section. The center of Evergreen Park is now 95th Street and Kedzie Avenue. From those few early settlers in the 1800's through the pre-war years of truck gardens, the postwar years and population boom of the 1950s, to its present stature as one of the leading southwest suburbs of Cook County, Evergreen Park continues to progress and flourish. Our 75th Anniversary was celebrated in 1968 and our 100th Anniversary was celebrated in 1993. Time capsules were buried at each of these ceremonies and will be opened in the year 2018. Evergreen Park is a residential suburb located astride 95th Street (U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 20) adjacent to the attractive Beverly Hills section of Chicago and seventeen miles southwest of the Loop. The Village encompasses an area of approximately four square miles and is bordered by the City of Chicago on the north, south and east, and by the Village of Oak Lawn on the west. Evergreen Park is known as the "Village of Churches" as evidenced by the thirteen established religious congregations serving the community.





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OUR 6TH GRADE PICTURES AT CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH.
"1957"



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Kristy Farnsworth Pokorny


Hi,
I am working as an artist and jewelry maker out of my home in downtown Chicago. I paint portraits of animals and people. If you attended the 40th reunion, then you know that it was held in the party room of our condo. We had such fun that night, I can't tell you how wonderful it was to reconnect with my high school classmates. I found it to be a very healing experience and will never forget it. I hope you all will be able to attend our next reunion, whenever that is.

I have been married for over 37 years to Stephen (PK) Pokorny who is a lawyer. We are working on retirement plans now and hope to move west in the next year or two. Hopefully Santa Fe, but we're not sure yet.

I had one son, Justin, who died in 2002, when he was thirty. It seemed like the end of the world to me, but the world moves on.

I spend most of the summers at my little townhouse in New Buffalo Michiagn. We are right in the Harbor with a boatslip at our backdoor.

My family started going to that area of Michigan in 1916, when my great-grandfather built a home next to Warren Dunes State Park. Maybe some of you have visited that area. My dad and mom retired there in 1980, but my mother died just 3 weeks after they moved. My father lived until the autumn of 2000, he was in good health until his last year. he was 82. Michigan seems like home to me now. My extended family has 6 homes in the area so every summer is like a reunion. I remember that Jill and Barbara Wolf had a place on Paw Paw Lake. I wonder if they still have any connections there.

At this point, I'm happy to be here and relatively healthy. I hope you are all doing well with your lives too.

August 4, 2006 UPDATE

My shoulder surgery last Halloween went very well and I am back to painting and carrying stuff with my left arm. We had a good winter and spring and now I am back to my nomadic summer ways. I leave for Oregon tomorrow morning where I will visit with a friend who lives on the ocean there for about a week. My husband and all the animals you might have met at the reunion are all doing well. I look forward to the 50th reunion of EPHS coming up in September.

FEBRUARY 1, 2008 UPDATE
Sadly, our dog, Thunder died last summer. this is our first time in 38 years of marriage without a dog. We miss him but still have the 2 boyz...Chuck and Hector, (cats)

I JUST GOT MY NEW WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING. I HOPE YOU WILL VISIT MY SITE TO SEE SOME OF MY PAINTINGS AND JEWELRY.

KRISTYRAINESLOVING.COM

I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND SEE YOU AT THE 45TH REUNION.


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 Death  ROBERT E. KELEHER (AGE 67) Called home to God
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 4/27/2014

 Death  James Riley Short Sr., age 64, died on Friday, Sep
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 9/18/2009

 Death  Bryan Richardson, passed away on Saturday, October
 Posted by: David Post

 2/2/2009

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