TOP TEN REMIXES

"You’re So Varicose Vein" by Carly Simon

 "How Can You Mend A Broken Hip?" by the Bee Gees

 "I Can’t See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash

 "These Boots Give Me Arthritis" by Nancy Sinatra

 "Once, Twice, Three Trips to the Bathroom" by the Commodores

 "I Get By with a Little Help from Depends" by the Beatles

 "Talking’ ‘Bout My Medication" by the Who

 "Bald Thing" by the Troggs

 "You Can’t Always Pee When You Want" by the Rolling Stones

 "I Heard It through the Grape Nuts" by Marvin Gaye

Father McKenna

The Reverend F. Charles McKenna

The Reverend F. Charles McKenna died on Saturday, 4 January 2014, at Holy Family Villa

for Priests, Bethlehem, PA, at the age of 79.Born in Allentown, Father McKenna was the only child of the late Francis Charles and Ouida M. (Petit) McKenna.Father McKenna attended Thirteenth and Union Grade School, North East Junior High School, and Reading Central Catholic High School, Reading. He received his Masters Degree in American History from Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA. He studied for the Priesthood at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, PA.Father McKenna was ordained to the Priesthood on 14 May 1960 by The Most Reverend J. Carroll McCormick, D.D., at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia.His first Priestly assignment was Parochial Vicar, former Saint Canicus Church, Mahanoy City, followed by Parochial Vicar, Saint Anthony of Padua Church, Easton; Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Church, Summit Hill; Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Church, Girardville; Professor, Nativity High School, Pottsville; Professor, Marian High School, Hometown; Vice Principal, Pius X High School, Roseto; Professor, Holy Name High School, Reading; Professor and Chaplain, Alvernia College, Reading; Parochial Vicar, Saint Patrick Church, Pottsville; Parochial Vicar, Holy Infancy Church, Bethlehem, and Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Church, Reading. Father McKenna retired in 1992.During the course of his Priestly Ministry, Father McKenna also served as Berks County Clergy Representative, Diocesan Board of Education.

 

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial for Father McKenna will be celebrated at Saint Joseph Church, 1022 North Eighth Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, by His Excellency, the Most Reverend John O. Barres, Bishop of Allentown, on Friday, 10 January 2014, at 11:00 AM. The Reverend E. Michael Camilli, M.S.C., will be the Homilist.Main Concelebrants will be Reverend Monsignor Gerald E. Gobitas, Secretary for Clergy, Chancellor, and Rector, Holy Family Villa for Priests; Reverend George R. Winne, Pastor, Saint Joseph Church and Saint Paul Church, Reading, and Reverend E. Michael Camilli, M.S.C.  Calling Hours will be held on Friday, 10 January 2014, in Saint Joseph Church, Reading, from 9 to 11 a.m.Interment will take place at Gethsemane Cemetery and Mausoleum, 3139 Kutztown Road, Laureldale, PA.

 

 

Published in Morning Call on Jan. 8, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

 

Barbara Purcell

Barbara M. Liebner, 63, of Pottsville, died Wednesday December 18th at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville, after a long illness.

Born in Pottsville, March 7, 1950, she was a daughter of John F. and Mary Alice Purcell.

She was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville, and a 1968 graduate of Nativity BVM High School.

She was employed for many years at the Pottsville Hospital.

Barbara was a former member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Liebner, in 2010.

In addition to her parents, Barbara is survived by her daughters, Beth Liebner, Pottsville, and Teresa Liebner, Baltimore; two sisters, Sheila E. Purcell, Pottsville, and Kate Epstein, West River, Md.; four brothers, Paul Pur cell, Virgina, Jack Purcell, Baltimore, Md., Matthew Purcell, Flanders, N.J., and Patrick Purcell, Odenton, Md.; several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 26th, at Lord-Bixler Funeral Home Inc., 1818 Mahantongo St., Pottsville. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family. The family requests contributions in Barbara's memory be sent to St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church Memorial Fund, 319 Mahantongo St., Pottsville, PA 17901 or Pottsville Free Public Library, 215 W. Market St., Pottsville, PA 17901. Lord-Bixler Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at www.lordbixler.com.

Published in Republican & Herald from Dec. 20 to Dec. 22, 2013

Requiescant in pace

photo captured with my Iphone

The photo above was not captured by my Iphone, nor

was it taken at Sweet Arrow Lake. If you really want to know, it was taken in 1967 at

the Whimsey, which was located between Wadesville and St. Clair on the old Darkwater Road.

 It was taken on my Kodak Instamatic.

 

 

 

 

 

                                          This is the photo that I captured on my Iphone!
                                               Sweet Arrow Lake in the autumn....

                                       “Fall has always been my favorite season.
                                  The time when everything bursts with its last beauty,
                           as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
 
                                                                                                         Lauren DeStefano, Wither

St. Patrick's and St. John's grade school attendees

                                   attendees who went to St. Patrick's grade school together

attendees who went to St. John's grade school together

 

 

 

45th Anniversary Reunion of Nativity BVM Class of 1968

     Nativity BVM High School Class of 1968 45th Anniversary Reunion

                                                             Sweet Arrow Lake Park
                                                                   Pine Grove, PA
                                                                 October 19, 2013

                                                                     more to follow
                                                   photo compliments of Jo Ketner Gallagher

the reunion of 1978

The reunion held in 1978 was also held in Rick-Ann Hall, Primrose.  City chicken, halupkies and mashed potatoes. I ask you....could it get any better? No sir..eeee....bob.....

1978 was a great year! "Animal House" was released. Could it get any better? No sir...eee...bob......

Can you identify any of these people? Come on....I dare you....

Remember to sign up now.  Reunion will be held on October 19th at Sweet Arrow Lake whether or not the federal government reopens or the government goes into default or goes to hell in a handbasket.  Party on! 

Information and details on the upcoming event are on prior blog posts. Procrastinators still welcome. Email the blogmaster.

Remember...mystery faculty members are scheduled to appear....Who can they be???? Sister St. Isabelle?  Eggs Benedict???  The whole town is buzzing with anticipation and suspense.....