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Greer School - Hope Farm School
Alumni / Staff
In Memoriam
Latest Update:08/19/24
This page is dedicated to those former Greer School & Hope Farm School residents and/or associates, both students and staff, who have passed on.
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Students
Jean Wilkinson Adams-Acton {1920-2002}
Kenneth W. Albrecht {1934-????) Non-veteran
Charlotte Amelia Glover Allegretto {1927-2013)
Yvonne Lucie Alexander {1931-1957}
Jean Augusta Decker Baack {1934-1970}
Bruce Barton {1939-1957} Died before reaching draft age
William "Bill" Beer {1935-2014} Non-veteran
Elaine "Hirshey Bar" Hirsch Bellant {1924-1986}
Donald Austin Berger {1943-2024} Non-veteran
Betty Chaumont Bernard {1950-2013}
Burton Edward Berry {1942-1962} Non-veteran
Charles A. "Charlie" Berry {1939-2018} * also Staff - Non-veteran
Douglas F. "Doug" Berry {1944-2024} - Non-veteran
Nadia Rataj Biancardi {1937-1986}
Albert "Al" Louis Borsodi {1940-2020} - Non-veteran
Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Bunn Boulware {1927-2007}
Ida Farley Bove {1932-2019}
Naomi Alene Gazan Bowes {1914-1996}
Betty Brammer {194?-2021}
Jean McKinley Bremiller {1926-2002} * also Staff Member
Janet Brewster {1921-2010}
Barbara Caroline Wilkinson Burak {1921-2015}
Robert Page "Bob" Burruss Jr. {1942-2021} Non-veteran
Violet Smalec Bysznski {1924-2002}
Thomas James "Tommy" Campesi {1943-1982} Non-veteran
Anna Roesler Chapman {1905-1964}
Arthur Vaughn Clarke {1929-2016} Non-veteran
Dorothy Irene Coates {1923-2009}
Audrey Prewitt Cooper {1934-1998}
Robert A. Cooper {1931-2013} Non-veteran
Joan Beatrice Craig {1912-1997}
Peter Vincent Craig {1914-2003} Non-veteran
Victoria Katherine Tuttle "Vicki" Craig {1947-2017}
Edna Partington Crawford {1918-2012}
Edward George Crump {1933-2009} Non-veteran
Evelyn Brown Daly {1926-1996}
Angela Elaine Oliver D'Ambrosio {1943-2023}
F. Sue Thompson Dauley {1938-1992}
Gloria Gabsa Davidson {1924-2007}
Amy Robertson Loncher-Davis {1947-1996}
Judy DeCsaby {194?-1997}
Rebecca Louise "Sue' Lovett Dennis {1940-2018}
Barbara McGiffin Derrey {1934-2006}
Eugene Ellsworth "Gene" Devaux {1937-1993} Non-veteran
Richard Norman Devaux {1933-2020} Non-veteran
Frederick Raymond "Ray" Dewey {1941-2016} Non-veteran
Edna May Vose Dicker {1921-2018}
Robert "Bob" Dillon {1934-2017} Non-veteran
Robert G. Doel {1931-2010} Non-veteran
Helen Theresa Greene Drake {1937-2014}
John P. "Jack" Edmonds {1934-2003}
Theresa Giarrusso Elbe {1934-2021}
David Thomas Elliott {1939-1964} Non-veteran - medically exempt due to a spinal birth defect
William "Billy" James Elliott {1936-2002} Non-veteran
***also Staff member***
Michael Neil "Mike" Ennis {1940-2022} Non-veteran
Dean Allen Farrington {1954-2004} Non-veteran
Irma DeSantas Felicelli {1914-1988} Class of '27 President
Harriet Hammond Cormier Flanagan {1935-2013}
Charlotte Chiyosan Otachi Fox {1923-1989}
Raul Enrique Gandara {1939-2022} Non-veteran
Doris "Dot" Woelke Gabsa {1924-2014}
Donald Gartner {1939-2001} Non-veteran
Doris J. Gildersleeve Gill {1923-2013}
Kenneth George Golden {1935-2010} Non-veteran
Vivian "Tiv" Joyce Goewey Greene {1922-2017}
Diedre "DeDe" Renee Greenway {1945-2014}
Judy Wallace Gries {1954-2008}
Phyllis Margaret Pequeno Gue {1947-2016}
Peter Mann "Goop" Guild {1936-2020} Non-veteran
George Hansen {19??-2013} Insufficient birth information to determine military involvement
Janet Maltz Harrington {1928-2013}
Josephine Mary Manasek Harrison {1923-2009}
Dean Allen Hartz {1941-1996} Non-veteran
***Past commander for the Sons of the American Legion Post 337***
Richard Rehn "Dick" Heisel {1938-2018} Non-veteran
Roderick "Rod" Arthur Hilsinger {1931-2000} Non-veteran
Patricia Anne "Pat" Dean Hilsinger :{1934-2023}
Jeanne F. Lattin Horodyski {1923-2020}
Robert Arthur Hougasian {1932-2012} Non-veteran
Pearl Louise Farley Jarvis {1936-2008}
Paula Marie Pequeno Jeffrey {1944-2012}
George B. Johnson {1939-2015} Non veteran
Robert Johnson {19??-1998} No records due to absence of birth year or middle name
Martha Jones {1914-1994}
Raymond Jordan {1943-2013} Non-veteran
Margaret McKean Kalik {1931-2012}
Virginia Anne Hougasian Karibian {1934-2008}
Victor William Kastner {1901-1988} Non-veteran
Fenton Joseph "Chubby" Keenan III {1942-1991} Non-veteran
James Robert "Bob" Kennedy {1940-2016} Non-veteran
Harry Kerten or Ketten {19??-1996}
Bessie Kidd {19??-1991}
Irene "Rene" Marden Kiely {1920-2014}
Georgia Ann King {1937-2023}
Thomas Martin "Tom" King {1936-2017}
David Kipp {1927-1992}
Richard Klein {1925-2001}
Leo "Gipper" Kraft {1929-1994}
Agnes Slewick Kraker {1933-2012}
Helen Agnes Manasek Kranert {1920-2013}
*** also sisters Louise, Emily and Josie Manasek {dates unknown}
Winifred "Winnie" Partington Krasting {1919-2015}
Mary Louise Cuevas Krawczyk {1925-2005}
Joy Andristte Kunze-Roget ( Masoner) {1944-2011}
Susan Ellen Kunze-Roget (Stevenson) {1941-2006}
Joseph Kurka {1903-1961}
Pamela Georgette Lauricella {1945-2020}
Marideen "Deanie" DeWaal Lee {1934-1994}
Joan Morton Lovelace {1915-1999}
Elizabeth Margaret "Betty" Brown Lucas {1935-2018}
John C. "Jack" Lucas {1925-2018}
Jacqueline MacGregor (Long) Sabatino {1946-2015}
Rosemary MacGregor {1946-1994}
Mrs. Seward Marshall {19??-1995}
Edward Nathaniel Martin {1944-2019}
Pauline "Rusty" Ann (nee Russell) Maryanov {1936-1960}
Thomas Albert McCandless {1944-1995}
John "Mac" McKeon {1921-????} WWII - No record of military service found
Irene Carol Magnussen Meyer {1926-2013}
***Helen Grace Magnussen (Keating?) {1924-2004} (reported by brother-in-law)
***Walter Ralph Magnussen {1928-2001} (reported by brother-in-law)
Dean R. Miller {1949-2014}
Dudley Charles Miller {1918-1977}
Betty Roe Mitcheltree {1927-2019}
Harriet Evdoxiades Mock {1934-2022}
Clarke Towne Moffitt {1934-2018}
John William Moffitt {1936-2014}
Francis James Morrow Jr. {1936-2009}
James V. "Jimmy" Morton {1925-2005} * also Staff
Hoover "Heeny" Mountcastle Sr. {1914-2004}
Peter Arthur "Pete" Munzer {1936-1998}
Alexander "Alex" Bruce Murray aka "Alan" {1932-2014}
Selma Knutsen Myerly {1923-2009}
Vivian Saari Nakos {1916-2001}
Madelyn Niemann {1943-2011}
Adelaide "Addy" Immediato O'Connor {1917-1993}
Alva May Otachi O'Donoghue {1926-2005}
Ingo Orlamunder {1941-2021}
Egils Peter Osis {1941-1979}
Mark Parliearos III {1941-2003}
Berndt Joachim "Bernie" Pilz {1939-2000}
Kathleen "Kippy" Pitcher {1944-1988}
John E. Pittaway {1923-2018}
John Robert Pownall {1916-2013}
Samuel Pratt {19??-????} Non-veteran
Cathleen Marie Bunn Proska {1932-1987}
Peter Ernest Puig {1941-2011}
Joseph R. Rauchle aka Edward Joseph Sullivan (1942-2021}
Fleata "Fleas" Gregory Rechsteiner {1925-1994}
Marion Ann Rothenberg Reiss {1936-1997}
Grace Marion Richie {1936-2003}
James "Jim" Potter Richey {1929-2020}
Mario J. Rinaldi {1919-2005}
William Robertson {1941-1997}
Vaughn Eleanor Rocha {1948-2022} Buried on Hart Island, NY
John Tyler "Johnnie" Rogers {1924-2022} No military records found; further resesrch pending.
Judith Marion "Judy" Mahler Rowland {1937-1987}
Barbara Deane "Babs" Southwick Runestad {1930-2010}
Pauline Ann Russell {1936-19??}
Robert Laurence Russoman {1943-1963} Non-veteran
Joyce Louise "Buffie" LeBoeuf Schaeffer {1927-2000}
Louise Partington Schneider {1915-2006}
William K. Scott {1943-2021}
Anda Marina Selga {1939-2006}
Gloria "Glo" Evelyn Moshier Shoemaker {1925-2008}
Gwendolyn Mae "Gwen" Jones Sidney {1935-2010}
Theresa Percival Siegler {1939-2001}
Margaret Louise "Peggy" Mathewson Sparks (1940-2022)
Fleming Standerwick {1929-2002}
Robin Standerwick {1931-2020}
Marilyn Nance "Nancy" Steele {1944-1974}
Duncan Stevenson {1934-1972)
Viola "Vicki" Farley Stiles {1929-2016}
Peter Gerard Thorp {1939-2011}
Benjamin Walker "Ben" Townsend {1945-2006}
Police Captain Thomas Ames Tracy {1944-2022}
William "Bill" Kenney Tracy Jr.{1943-2005}
John A. Travlos {1937-2021}
Elizabeth Trommsdorff {1939-1990}
Frederick Bruno "Freddy" Trommsdorff {1934-2012}
Theodore Hans "Teddy" Trommsdorff {1937-1999}
Elmer Van Horn {1911-1991}
Norman VanRaay {1930-2004}
Elma Gabsa Vitiello {1926-202?}
Angeline "Angie" Vitolo {1914-1997}
Brunhilda Flak Walker {1938-2016}
Mary Ann Packer Webster {1937-2013}
Robert Wehenkel {1929-2000}
Betty Welch {1930-1995}
Melissa "Missy" Ann Poole Whitney {1940-2019}
Tom Wilkinson {1912-1994}
Thomas Harrison Wilkinson {1917-1991}
Jerome Roger "Jerry" Wolf {1936-2017}
Alvina Woods {Class of '21}
Esther Woods {1906-2002}
James Woods
Matilda Woods
Rita Wynne {1916-1992}
Charles William Young {1952-2017}
George C. Zachary (Zarakovitis) {1931-1995}
Helen Zarakovitis {1928-2005}
Paul Michael Zebrowski {1924-????} Died before 2009.
Student Military Veterans (In Progress)
Lt. Frederick.M. Allen {1925-2005} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Marion Forbes Allen {1923-2002} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Harold Lee Arvidson {1936-2013} Post-Korean War U.S. Air Force retired veteran
***Unkown period over 20 years, possibly Viet Nam and/or Irag***
Edward E. Baker {1937-20??} Post-Korean War U.S. Air Force veteran - No death record found
***Unknown service period - further investigation required***
Kenneth Baschuk {1932-1989} Korean War U.S, Marine Corps veteran
Randolph Thomas Beaupain {1919-2001} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps veteran
Ida Mae Bell (married name???) {1919-????) WWII U.S. Navy WAVES veteran
Ens. Herbert Bender {1925-2015} WWII U.S Navy veteran - Pacific Theater aboard USS Adhara AK-71
Peter Michael Boykey (Berkey?) {1924-1982} WWII Draft Registrant - No militatry records found
Amos Garold Berry {1937-2019} Peacetime U.S. Air Force Veteran
Robert Joseph "Bob" Best {1935-2016}Korean War U.S. Navy veteran - Served aboard USS Paricutin AE-18
***aka Roscoe Sweeney***
Jay Richard "Bilge" Billig {1922-1994} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps/Air Forces veteran
Robert William (Rilley) Billig {1924-2007} WWII/Korean War U.S. Navy & U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Harvey Robert ("H.B" or "Bob") Blake {1920-1979} WWII U.S Army veteran
2nd Lt, Herbert Albert Blownstine Jr.{1921-2010} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Capt. Nelson Dowd "Nelly" Bowes {1914-1947} WWII U.S. Army veteran
John Wesley Brewster {1926-1992} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Frank Louis "Hap" Brancato {1927-2021} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Phillip Edward "Buddy" Brancato {1931-2011} WWI U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Dr. Donald Douglas "Don" Brown, Ph.D {1935-2017} Peacetime U.S. Navy veteran
John Edison Brown {1925-1991} WWII Draft registrant - No record of military service found
Harvey Spencer Buchanan {1923-1972} WWII U.S. Coast Guard veteran
Gloria Lynde "Smitty" Smith Bucher {1922-2007} WWII U.S. Navy WAVES veteran
Capt. Edward Lewis Bunn Jr. {1926-1998} WWII- Korean War - Vietnam U.S.Army retired veteran
***Bronze Star Medal*** -
Frank James "Bud" Bunn {1928-2007} Korean War - Vietnam U.S. Army retired veteran
***Bronze Star Medal and Army Commendation Medal***
Richard Donald Bunn Sr. {1933-1976} Korean War - V.A. BIRLS Death File does not show service branch
***BIRLS=Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem***
George P. Burns {1935-2007} Kprean War U.S. Army veteran
James William Burroughs {1914-1989} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Peter Thomas "Pete" Caram {1947-2018} Viet Nam War U.S. Air Force veteran
William H. Carlson {1926-1974} WWII U.S. Army Air Force veteran
***POW per 1943 Honor Roll***
Donald Ray Charles {1931-2006} Korean War U.S Navy veteran
Edwin Ogden Childe {1931-1986} Post-WWII U.S. Air Force - Medical discharge after 3 months in boot camp
Jack Gregory Clarke {1931-2002) Korean War U.S. Air Force veteran
Mathew Andrew "Matt" Coleman {1942-2021} Pre-Viet Nam U.S.Army - Served in West Germany
Howard Albert Cook {1918-1999} WWII Draft registrant - No record of military service found
Alphonse Carmine Corcillo {1922-2003} WWII Draft registrant - No military records found - likely college student exempt
Oscar James "Ozzie" Cordoso {1924-1975} Korean War U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Herbert Cormack Jr. {1929-1994} WWII-Korean War U.S. Army veteran
2nd Lt. Beata Christine Peterson Cox {1920-1994} WWII U.S. Army Nurse Corps veteran -
Served in Burma
Richard Franklin Crossett {1899-1976} WWII Draft registrant - No military records - likely exempt
farmer
Charles Curculis {1926-2008} WWII Draft registered as veteran - No military records found - assume USN, USCG, or M.M.
***a.k.a. Charles Demetrius/Dennis Seadale a.k.a. Kourkoulis/Curculis***
Bates Lee Cutten {1929-2018} WWII U.S. Army veteran - Served in Northern Italy
*** Retired New York State Trooper***
Kenneth Stuart "Kenny" Davidson {1922-2003} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps/Air Forces veteran
Charles John Dailey {1924-1996} WWII U.S. Army veteran
William Howard "Billy" Davis {1927-2010} WWII/Korean War U.S Navy veteran
Angelo Anthony DeCaro Sr. {1925-2003} WWII Draft registrant but no military records found
Gabriel Philip DeCaro {1914-2005) WWII U.S. Army veteran
John Angelo "Johnnie" Decaro {1919+1996} WWII U.S. Army veteran
James F. Decaro {1917+1996} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Alexander Emile "Mose" Deeb {1921-2015}WWII Draft registrant - no miltary records found
***Possibably exempt due to work or attendance in pharmacy college in February 1942***
Edward Deeb {1922-2018} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Lt Col. George William Dennis (1920-1964} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps veteran
Lawrence Wiliam. "Larry" Dent {1934-2017} Post=Korea New York National Guard veteran
Jack Maynard DeWaal {1932-2015} WWII U.S. Merchant Marine Reserve/U.S. Navy Reserve veteran
Daniel David "Danny" Dewey {1942-2015} Vietnam War U.S. Air Force veteran - Served in Thailand
Albert "Al" Lloyd Dilks Jr. {1945-2020} Vietnam War U.S. Navy Seabee veteran
1st Lt. Louis Dinsmore {1922-1992} WWII Draft registrant - insuff. mil. records to report service branch
Charles Frank "Chic" Doll {1921-2009} WWII U.S. Army veteran - Reported POW - Hospitalized July 1944
Herbert Joseph "Herby" Doll {1919-2006 WWII U.S. Army / Korean War Connecticut N.G. veteran
Dr. Guy Russell Doran (D'Onofrio) {1951-2011} Viet Nam War U.S. Navy veteran
George Edward Downs {1916-1998} WWII Draft registrant - no military records - possible chemical industry exempt
Charles Howard Edmonds {1937-2008} Korean War U.S. Army veteran
Charles Irwin "Charley") Duncan {1919-1943} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps
*** Killed on duty in Jeep crash accident
James John Dunckley {1916-1954) WWII U.S. Army Air Corps veteran
Richard Burton Fassett {1918-2014} WWII U.S. Army veteran / Post war U.S. Air Force retired veteran
Georges Henri Foss {1922-1996} WWII-Korean War U.S. Navy veteran
John Raymond "Johnnie" Fredericks {1921-2018} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps/Air Forces veteran
Emil Freitas {1938-2014} Pre-Viet Nam War(?) U.S. Air Force veteran
John "Johnny" Freitas {1941-2013} Viet Nam War U.S. Marine Corps veteran
***V.N. Campaign Medal, V.N. Device Medal ww/ 3 stars, V.N. Presidential Unit Citation***
***Bronze Star-Combat "V" Medal, and Combat Action Ribbon***
Oscar Joseph Gabsa {1922-2000} WWII U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Leon King Gildersleeve {1929-2014} Korean War U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Marvin Roger "Dick" Gildersleeve {1924-2000}WWII U.S. Army veteran won World War II Victory Medal,
***Combat Inf. Badge w/ 2 Battle Stars, Good Conduct Medal; American Theater Ribbon, Purple Heart***
William Gilmer {1921-1994} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps (?) veteran
Joseph Paul Glass {1922-2004} WWII U,S. Army veteran
William Robert "Wild Bill" Goewey {1917-1981} WWII / Korean War U.S.Army retired veteran
Frank Oakley Goodrich {1917-1972} WWII N.Y. National Guard veteran
Harry Raymond Grahn {1908-1987} WWII Draft registrant - no military records found
Henry C.E. Grahn {1907-1995} WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps. - D-Day invasion of Normandy in the 3rd wave
***Later assigned as a correspondence clerk under General Eisenhower in the ETO***
Charles George Hafner {1924-2008} WWII U.S. Army veteran
William Henry "Billy" Hallenbeck {1922-1968} WWII U.S. Army Air Force veteran
Charles Perry Hammill {1918-2008} WWII U.S. Army veteran
CDR Darryl Robert "Darry" Hannon {1943-2017} Peacetime U.S. Coast Guard retired veteran
James William "Harry" Harrison {1920-2010} WWII U.S. Army veteran
William Lewis "Bill" Herbold {1925-2013} WWII U.S. Army veteran
LTJG Richard Hine "Rich" Hilsinger {1930-2022} Korean War U.S. Navy veteran
Birch Charles Hinckley {1923-1945} WWII U.S. Army - Combat Engineer Battalion
***KIA in Arsdorf, France***
Wayne Willard Holton {1925-2007} WWII / Korean War U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Russell Walter Housen {1933-2010} Korean War U.S. Navy veteran
Bruce William Huffine [1939-2020] Post-Korean War U.S. Navy veteran - Unknown oficer rank - medical discharge for injured knee
Thomas Hughes {1913-1996} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Ralph Victor Immediato {1923-2004} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Richard Irwin {1917-2001} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Robert Kemp Irwin Sr, {1919-2013} WWII U.S. Marine Corps veteran - Irish immigrant
Stanley George Irwin {1922-2013} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Irene Lundberg Jester {1919-2006} WWII U.S. Army veteran - Registered Nurse
***Air Medal***
James P. Johnson {1926-2000} WWII U.S.Navy veteran
Charles Adam Kastner Jr. {1902-1989} WWII Draft registrant - Non-veteran - assume age exempt
Robert Keene {1921-1992} WWII U.S.Air Force veteran
1st Lt Richard Kenilworth Klein {1921-2001} WWII U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kaspar Gotfred Knutsen {1921-2021} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Branislav "Browny" Lalich {1923-2006) WWII U.S. Army veteran
Dean Lalich {1921-1991} WWII U.S. Army (NY National Guard Co. L, 165th Infantry) veteran
Matthew William Lightowler {1916-2001} WWII Draft registrant - No military records found
Pilot Officer William John Locke {1922-1943} WWII U.K. Royal Air Force Allied volunteer
***KIA/MIA near Malta in Spitfire Mk Vc vs. Bf109 dog fight***
Egon Wilhelm "Iggie" Loffel {1921-2020} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Arnold Arthur Lutz {1916-1981} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Reginald Osgood Mabie {1926-2019} WWII U.S. Army veteran
William Paul Mabie {1121-2012} WWII U.S. Coast Guard - Pacific Theatre of Operations
***(2) Bronze Star Medals, Asia Pacific Campaign, America Area Campaign,, Philippine Liberation Ribbons and Good Conduct Medal***
Elsie E, Bohnel Mar {1913-1982}WWII Registered Nurse veteran
***Dept. of Veteran Affairs does not identify her military service***
Robert Raymond McClellan {1923-2010} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Walter William McGraw {1921-1978} WWII U.S. Marine Corps veteran
William McKinley III {1917-2001} WWII U.S. Navy Reserve veteran
Dudley Livingston "Dud" Miller {1921-1969} WWII Draft regitrant No military records found
***Potential exempt student at Yale***
Brian Valentine Hugh Morton {1918-1943} WWII U.S. Navy KIA
***Japanese torpedo attack on USS Strong DD-467***
Llewellyn (Edward) Charles "Ed" Neal {1923-2001} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Robert Allen "Nick" Nicholes {1916-????} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps/Air Forces veteran
Verdie Rusell "Rick" Nisi {1922-1980} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Albert Lopez Obregon {1919-1975} WWII U.S. Army veteran
William Caesar "Spain" Oquendo {1915-1942) WWII Royal Canadian Air Force
***Killed In Flight Training Accident***
Eugene Allen "Bosco" O'Rourke {1923-1946} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Richard Daniel O'Rourke {1919-1983} WWII U.S. Army veteran
2nd Lt. Virginia B. Smith Parisen {1917-1998} WWII - No record of military service found
***assume U.S. Army Nurse Corps***
Clifford Andrew Petterson {1918-1982} WWII U.S. Army veteran
William Francis "Prent" Prentice {1920-1999} WWII N.Y. National Guard/U.S. Army veteran
Harold Andrew Plummer {1921-1982} WWII - Korean War U.S. Army veteran
James Mervin Rabold {1925-2003} WWII U.S. Navy / Korea & Vietnam U.S.Air Force veteran
John Alexander Rankin {1918-1971} WWII U.S. Army veteran - D-Day Omaha Beach, Isigny, Fr., onto Ger.
***Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal (2) and European Theater of Operation Ribbon***
Mitchell (nmn) Rankin {1920-1998} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
James Alfred Reeves {1923-1995} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Thomas Richmond {1924-1995} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
LTJG Douglas Harding "Lefty" Rogers {1922-1977} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Robert Allen "Rollie" Rolston {1936-1957} Peacetime U.S. Navy
***Lost at Sea***
Walter Bernard Rossler {1925-2008} WWII U.S. Coast Guard veteran
Edward George Rossman {1924-1996} WWII U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Randolph Ruthvin "Rub" Rudder {1922-2001} WWII/Korea/Vietnam U.S. Marine Corps retired veteran
Herman Adolph Schafer {1921-1990} WWII U.S. Army veteran
LCDR Samuel Frank "Sam" Schneider {1907-1967} WWII U.S. Navy Reserve veteran
Fred Henry Slaton Jr. {1924-1945} WWII U.S. Army Transportation Corps veteran
***Died post war***
Richard Smith {1920-????} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Edward A, Stadler {1917-1991} WWII U,S. Army veteran/Korea+ U.S. Air Force veteran
William Albert Stadler Jr. {1929-1994} WWII U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran - WIA Marrianas Is.
Robert W. Stillwell {1925-2010} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Maj..Edward Albert "Ed" Storey {1922-1968} WWII/Korea/Vietnam U.S. Air Force retired veteran
***Interred at Arlington National Cemetery***
Benjamin F. Todd {1911-1995} U.S. Army veteran - may have been a mil. acad. candidate, but no records
Capt (USAF) William Simmons Todd {1925-1955} WWII U.S. Army veteran
***post WWII as West Point cadet / Korean War - awarded Air Medal***
***Killed when the new B-57 bomber he was piloting crashed in Montgomery County, Maryland***
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John Joesph Vitolo {1919-2003} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Charles Anthony "Tony" Voight {1942-2015} Vietnam War U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Elmer Guy Van Horne {1920-1991} WWII/Korean War U.S. Navy Constrution Battalion veteran
***SeaBee Steel Worker Chief in the Pacific***
Alfred Louis Volpe {1921-1946} WWII U.S. Army - Medical Discharge - diagnosed with carsoma of leg
Larry von Radics {1942-1980} Peacetime U.S. Navy veteran
John Hunter Wells {1921-1993} WWII Draft registrant - No record of military service found
Henry T. Widmer Jr. {1915-1996} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Walter B. Widmer {1916-1999} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Alphonse Paul "Al" Wiehle {1922-2009} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Thomas Harrison Wilkinon {1917-1991} WWII U.S. Navy veteran
Spencer Atkinson Wingate Jr. {1921-1984} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Robert Hamilton Witherby {1914-2000} WWII U.S. Army veteran served in PTO - WIA
Ernest G. "Ernie" Zarakovitis (Byron) {1924-2006} WWII U.S. Army veteran
Capt. Bernard John Zebrowski {1921-1999} WWII N.Y. National Guard/U.S. Army retired veteran
***Served in Europe/Korea/Vietnam - Won Silver Star Medal***
William John "Willie" Zebrowski {1925-2009} WWII U.S. Army Air Corps veteran
Staff Military Veterans
William T. Allen {1913-1973}WWII U.S. Army veteran ? Staff or Student ?
Frederick Gardner Behrends {1894-1958} WWI / WWII Draft registrant - exempted both wars due to
***Loss of right eye (1917) - Past age of inductability (1942)***
Carmine DiArpino {1916-1999} WWII U.S. Army veteran - ETO with the 4th Infantry Division
***Awarded 2 Purple Heart Medals and the Combat Infantry Badge***
Dr. Arthur Randle Elliott {1914-1990} WWII U,S. Strategic Bombing Survey in Europe
Coach Jack Heifner {1904-????} WWII Field Diector, American Red Cross
Robert Eugene Lull {1918-2018} WWII U,S, Army veteran - served in ETO
CAPT Alfred Lyman Musson {1911-1990} WWII - Registered in Draft as 1st Lt. U.S. Navy
*** No record of military service or burial found - listed on 1943 yearbook Honor Roll as Captain***
Warren Olsen {1927-2020} Post-WWII U.S. Army veteran - (1945-1947)
John Reaney Wall {1915-1991} WWII U.S. Army veteran - began working at Greer School after the war
Staff
William Ross Adamsen {1916-2006}
Phyllis A. Andrews {1925-1994}
Alice Evelyn Austin {1927-2019)
Joseph Frederick Austin {1925-2009}
Alta Bauchmann {1903-1998}
Walter Raymond "Walt" Bell {1947-2013}
Ward Bell {1915-2005}
Herbert A. Bender {192?-2015}
Charles A. "Charlie" Berry {1939-2018} * also Student
Garold A, Berry {1913-1984}
Bessie Bliven {1902-1996}
William "Bill" Nelson Bosanko {1937-2009}
Frank Braynard {19??-2007}
Charles L. Bremiller {1929-1994}
Jean McKinley Bremiller {1926-2002} * also Student
William C. Bricker {1918-2002}
Janet Hortense Gregory Clarke {1905-1991} - Mother of students Arthur Vaughan and Jack Gregory Clarke
Martha Jane Countryman Nixon {1916-1983}
Dr. Helenjane Weiner-Cougan {1930-2021}
John S. Cougan Jr. {1924-2008}
Clifford Cronk {1901-1983}
Charlotte U. Day {1910-1998}
Madeline Taylor Duckles {1916-2013}
Vincent Harris Duckles {1913-1985}
Dr. Gwendolyn Stager Crawford "Gwen" Elliott {1919-2016}
William "Billy" James Elliott {1936-2002} * also Student
Helen Christmas Fink {1893-2001}
Mapledoram Fink {1889-1980}
Beatrice Fahys Fischer {1923-1991}
Joseph C. Fischer {1917-2013}
Arthur Freitag {1898-1978}
Ruth Freitag {1900-1988}
Gordon Goudey {1922-2010}
Bishop David Hummell Greer {1844-1919}
George Groh {1898-1975}
Eleanor J. Hamilton {1926-2011}
James R. Hamilton {1930-2005}
Clarence Harpell {1892-1968}
Jeanette Harpell {1896-1998}
Betty Vance Bullock Hazzard {1872-1936}
Rev. Thomas Robert Hazzard {1871-1957}
Madeline Cutting Hibbs {1877-1968}
Dr. Russell Aubra Hibbs MD {1869-1932}
Dorothea Stillman Humphrey {1888-1978}
Isabel Johnson, RN {19??-1986}
Kenneth Kenneth-Smith {1890-1988}
Vernon Ladeau {1922-2008}
Donald S. Law Jr. {1926-2015}
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Law {1926-2014}
Kenneth Wayne Lilley {1944-2008}
Clarbel H. Luthardt RN {1907-2003}
Kenneth S. Lynn {1935-2018}
Alfred "Al" Mathewson {1908-1999} **
John E. "Jack" McHenry, Jr. {1923-2014}
Dorothy Schafenacker Mcmurtry {1926-2023}
Dr. E. Gordon MacKenzie MD {1899-1978}
Andrea Mattice {1937-2023} per USPS -obit pending
Marie McKinley {1892-1975}
William McKinley II {1882-1958}
Eleanor Mitchell {1913-1993}
Anna Berki (aka Boykey) Moreira {1919-2008}
Ian A. Morrison {19??-2001}
James V. "Jimmy" Morton {1925-2005} * also Student
Nellie "Mom" Morton {1892-1966}
Thomas Murphy {1938-2019}
Virginia Ann Swanson Neville {1940-2014}
Walter Nowakowski {19??-2006}
Bertha Packer, RN {1893-1993}
Rev. Robert Packer {1900-1992}
Thomas "Tom" Percy {19??-2019}
Florence Rapallo {1858-1928}
Greta Reiners {19??-1961}
Helene Robertson {19??-1998}
Eldred Ross {1918-2012}
Ethel Sackett {1???-1961}
Dorothy G. Schaefer {1920-1993}
Isabelle Rebecca Burk Shay {1923-2014}
Thomas L. Shay {1921-2000}
Loren A. Shirar {1935-2017}
Sylvia E. Shumer {1933-2006}
Rev. Charles F. Speakman {1913-1990}
Constance Speakman {1917-1984}
Gertrude Sutton {1898-1993}
Herta Taussig (Freitag) {1908-2000}
Herbert Thien {1???-1961}
Donald R. Thompson {1914-2009}
Herb "Herbie" Van Anden {1921-2014}
Philip S. Van Hook {1914-1998}
Dr. Herman Leroy von Lackum MD {1891-1928}
Marinus M. Wesdorp {1917-2006}
Harold E. Westerhoff {1915-1993}
Ruth Ann Wichelman {1927-2011}
Morris Wistar Wood {1930-2022}
Friends of Greer - Hope Farm and the Alumni Association
James Cagney {1899 -1986} He accepted an honorary chairmanship of Greer School on November 10, 1956.
Lorenzo Camilieri {1878-1956} Founder and Conductor of the People's Chorus.
Eleanor "Ellie" Mae Barker Trommsdorff {1930-2019}
**Dr. Elliott hired Al during the 1950's to do much, if not all, of the publicity photography for Greer School (as well as the work he did for the yearly Talisman publishers).
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