Class notes
MARRIAGES AND ENGAGEMENTS Michael Clark ’85 married Lisa Capan on Jan. 9, 2016, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Michael is superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Albion and Lisa is a senior customer success advocate for Blackboard, Inc. Robert Lawlor ’05 married Christina Yetter on Oct.1, 2016, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Groomsmen included Shaun Lux ’05, John Waldheim ’05 and Dr. Kevin Tidgewell ’03. Sara Houston ’06 married Jamie Carracher on Nov. 5, 2016, at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington, D.C. Lucille Murphy ’07 married Shane Healy on June 18, 2016, in Dennis Port, Massachusetts. Lucille works as the school district treasurer in Saratoga Springs, New York, and Shane owns CrossFit Shatter in Albany, New York. Sara Kuntz ’08 and Taylor Dutton eloped in Gibraltar on May 31, 2016. Sara works for the Town of Gull Lake as recreation director and Taylor is assistant plant manager at South West Terminal. Sarah Blackwell ’10 and Michael Herhal ’12 were married in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Bridesmaids included maid of honor Hailey Glover ’11 and bridesmaids Mary Vuono Lamancusa ’10 and Colleen Gafney ’10 . The couple was married at Excelsior, where Sarah previously worked planning weddings and special events. Michael and Sarah live in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, with their daughter, Isabelle, and expect their second child in late April.
Bruno Didiano ’10 and Elizabeth McMullen ’10 were married in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 17, 2016. Amy Breininger ’10 was maid of honor. Shannon Reed ’10 married Richard
Rachel Torgesen ’12 married Chris Duzen ’09 on Oct. 1, 2016, at the Ellicottville Brewing Company in Ellicottville, New York. They honeymooned in Italy, Germany and Austria. Victoria
Scott ’12 , Jordan Pirrone ’12 and Amy Deer ’12 were bridesmaids. Groomsmen included Nicholas Johnson ’09 , Matthew Tolbert ’13 and Zach Pekor ’09. Chris and Rachel reside in Manassas, Virginia. Samantha Strathearn ’15 married Ian Gayford ’15 on June 25, 2016, in Perry, New York. Kimberlyn Bloise ’14 and Dillon Shidemantle ’15 were in the bridal party. Samantha is a graduate student in art education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and works as a research assistant. Ian works as an extended-day lead teacher in Richmond, Virginia. ALUMNI DEATHS
Grube on Aug. 13, 2016, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Kali Seech ’10 was a bridesmaid. Shannon and Richard reside in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Lindsay Cox ’12 married Thomas Frank ’13 on Aug. 13, 2016, at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Erie. The bridal party included Elizabeth Eidnier ’12 , Alexa Dewey ’12 and Rhona Boyle ’13 , groomsman Jeremy Dickey ’13 , and mothers of the couple Denise Veshecco Cox ’93 and Betsy Herzog Frank ’81. Bethany Coon ‘16M and Michael Reilly Jr. ‘12 were married at Mercyhurst’s Christ the King Chapel by Father Mike Allison on Oct. 8, 2016. Groomsmen included Shane McCabe ‘12, Thomas Hall ‘12, bridesmaids April Clark Adamczyk ’06 ,
Lucille Heintz DeCarlo ’49 Agnes Nakich Olesky ’49 Carol Cairns Brabender ’50
Mary Jachimczyk Bankowski ’53 Donna Albrycht Hausman ’54 Mary Jane Odell ’55 Victoria Argana Rosato ’55 Mary Ann Bittner Simpson ’57 Elizabeth Bott Fitzgerald ’65 Sr. Janet Staab, OSB ’69 Katharine Duda Newman ’71 Diana Swain Chandley ’73 Margaret Hughes Muckinhaupt ’74 Frances Portka Woytek ’74 Louis Cucuzza ’75 Edward McGraw ’75
Aaron Ullman ‘12, Andrew Jaouen ‘12 and T.J. Reilly ‘14 . Jen Reilly ’09 was a bridesmaid. Bethany is the granddaughter of Gloria H. Sullivan ‘44 , daughter of Sheila S. Coon ‘72 , and niece of Maureen S. Maus ‘73 and Mary Ann S. Hathaway ‘88 .
Celebrating the 4th of July Laker-style Every summer, a group of Mercyhurst alumni who’ve settled in South Florida gather for a big family picnic. Most of them met in Florida and happened to connect the dots back to Mercyhurst. Pictured during last year’s event are (front row) Kevin Schultz ’93, national senior director of lifestyle content at The Golf Channel, Windermere; Tom Craig ’94 and Erin Strucker Craig ’94 , owner/operator and pharmacist at Gulfstream Pharmacy, Delray Beach; (back row) Elizabeth Strucker-Meador ’94, a dermatology nurse practitioner at ClearlyDerm Center for Dermatology, Boca Raton; Adam Morettin ‘05 , national senior director for learning and development at DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc., Boca Raton; and Allison Strucker-Goodridge, who attended Mercyhurst for two years, also of Delray Beach.
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