In Remembrance (Winter 2022)

Pius X Alumni

Marc Gorges ’66 passed away December 22, 2021.

Roger Maly ’84 passed away June 28, 2022. Father of Connor Maly ’15 and Chase Maly ’18. Brother of Kathleen (Maly) Arnt ’78. Uncle of Brian Arnt ’03, and Jamie Arnt ’07. Preceded in death by his brother Gary Maly ’77 and sister Terri Maly ’80.

Richard Heed Vestecka ’60 passed away July 4, 2022. Father of Scott Vestecka ’89, Erin (Vestecka) Henke ’94 and Carrie (Vestecka) Hutsell ’97. Brother of Margaret (Vestecka) Hoaglin ’68 and Christine (Vestecka) Taylor ’75.

Daniel James O’Hara ’85 passed away July 6, 2022. Brother of Anne O’Hara ’95.

Kathleen Carey ’65 passed away July 4, 2022. She was preceded in death by her brothers; Thomas Carey ’54, Michael Carey ’55, and Jere Carey ’59.

Patrick Breitfelder ’62 passed away July 9, 2022. Father of Bridgett (Breitfelder) Petzoldt ’92 and Shane Breitfelder ’93. Grandfather of Connor Bruggeman ’11. Brother of Beverly (Breitfelder) Hussey ’56, Donna (Breitfelder) Houser ’58, Sharon (Breitfelder) Hartz ’63, and Dixie (Breitfelder) Johnson ’65.

Barbara Ann (Beals) Wieland ’59 passed away on August 3, 2022. Wife of Mike Wieland ’58. Preceded in death by her sister, Mary (Beals) Donnelly ’63.

Thomas Joseph Curran ’69 passed away August 10, 2022. Brother of Cay (Curran) Naughton ’59, John Curran ’61, Michael Curran ’65 and Daniel Curran ’72. Uncle of Andrew Curran ’10 and Kevin Curran ’13.

Richard H. “Dick” Shasteen ’61 passed away August 15, 2022. Husband of Monica (Millard) ’62. Grandfather of Derek Wallman ’10.

John Lavelle ’62 passed away August 23, 2022.

Jeannine (Synak) Quinn ’64 passed away August 31, 2022. Sister of Susan (Synak) Cotter ’63, James Synak ’69 and Linda (Synak) Miller ’71.

Scott Michael Hain ’80 passed away on September 8, 2022. Brother of Anne (Hain) Buckley ’77.

Whitney Leigh (Kreifels) Wiley ’06 passed away September 12, 2022. Sister of Jeanne (Kreifels) Lisenby ’03, Tasylor Kreifels ’11. Granddaughter of Jack Partington ’59.

Ron Messineo ’61 passed away October 5, 2022. Husband of Carol (Batliner) ’62. Father of Lisa (Messineo) Carter ’86, Joseph Messineo ’89 and Daniel Messineo ’94. Grandfather of Nicholas Carter ’12 and Taylor Carter ’17. Brother of Anthony Messineo ’59 and Mary Jo (Messineo) Seaman ’66. Uncle of Debbie (Messineo) Washington ’84, Michael Messineo ’86 and Anthony Messineo ’90.

Mary (Kelly) Shipman ’58 passed away October 25, 2022.

Kathy J. Kuhle-Hall ’76 passed away September 14, 2022. Sister of Kim Kuhle ’74.

Emilia Plosky ’66 passed away September 21, 2022. Sister of Wallace Plosky ’64.

Leslie Childs ’64 passed away September 30, 2022. Sister of Richard Childs ’65, Nancy Childs ’69 and Cyrus Childs ’71. Aunt of Kathleen Chapin ’02.

Family of Pius X Alumni

Lillian Clara (Muell) Dugger passed away on April 8, 2020 at the age of 100. Mother of Larry Dugger ’64.

Lance Hobelman passed away June 11, 2022. Grandfather of Alanea (Hobelman) Riffle ’09, Caleb ’20, Noah ’21, Jared ’23 and Isabelle ’24 Hobelman.

Dr. Philip S. Metz, MD, FACS, Captain USNR passed away on June 21, 2022. Father of Amy (Metz) Thomas ’90, Dr. Wendy (Metz) Peterson ’91, Dr. Stephanie (Metz) Bird ’95 and Robb Metz ’00.

Sharon Ann Cheney, passed away on June 24, 2022. Mother of Michelle Cheney ’86 and Andrea (Cheney) Perrea ’88.

Agnes Louise (Hoffmann) Schleppenbach passed away Saturday June 25, 2022. Grandmother of Ben Schleppenbach ’02, Britney (Schleppenbach) Bandars ’04, Nick Schleppenbach ’05, Allison (Schleppenbach) Selig ’06, Eric Schleppenbach ’08, Andrew Curran ’10, Jamie Schleppenbach ’10, Kevin Curran ’13, Alex Schleppenbach ’13, and Jake Schleppenbach ’13.

Rosemary Stubbendeck passed away July 2, 2022. Mother of Will Stubbendeck ’96 and Ann (Stubbendeck) Adams ’97.

Joyce (Franzen) Urbanovsky passed away on July 6, 2022. Mother of Don Jr. Urbanovsky ’76, Diane (Urbanovsky) Breiner ’79, Karen (Urbanovsky) Martin ’80 and John Urbanovsky ’82. Grandmother of Jenna (Breiner) Espinal ’13.

Kathleen M. Bixenmann passed away on July 8, 2022. Mother of Ben Bixenmann ’01 and Elli (Bixenmann) Eastin ’05. Grandmother of Maddie Bixenmann ’26.

Seth Andrew Montecuollo passed away July 8, 2022. Father of Alexis Montecuollo ’23 and Alyssa Montecuollo ’26.

Regina “Gina” Rose Byers Dawson passed away on July 9, 2022. Mother of Christopher Dawson ’77, Bridget (Daawson) Woita ’79, Jennifer (Dawson) Meyer ’80, Greg Dawson’ 83, Matthew Dawson ’85,
Maura (Dawson) Browning ’92 and Rebecca (Dawson) May ’95. Grandmother of Kirk ’06, Elizabeth ’08 and Ben ’12 Woita, Emily (Dawson) Beans ’12, Madeleine ’18, Mare ’20, Charlie ’24 and Owen ’26 May.

Anthony (Tony) E. Heinzmann passed away on July 14, 2022. Grandfather of Kyle ’17, Joel ’18 and Anna ’19 Heinzmann.

Antonette Jean “Toni” Thomas passed away July 20, 2022. Grandmother of Thomas ’18, Charlie ’20, Joseph ’22, and Sara ’24 Iburg.

Sr. Ann Divis, MS (pictured) passed away on July 22, 2022 surrounded by her sisters in community. Sr. Ann taught many years at Pius X High School.

Barbara Partington passed on July 28, 2022. Wife of James (Jim) Partington ’57. Grandmother Ryan Reeder ’07, Jordan, Aislinn (Reeder) Goodrich ’07, John Hennagir ’11, Madeline Contreras ’14, and James Contreras ’16.

Eric T. Clark passed away July 28, 2022. Father of Amanda (Clark) Dolen ’08 and John Clark ’12.

Jack Pierce passed away August 8, 2022. He is preceded in death by his son Justin Matthew Pierce ’99.

Phyllis C. Buckley passed away on August 11, 2022. Sister of Judy (Imlay) Moser ’61.

Harold J. “Jack” Dawson, Jr. passed away August 17, 2022. Husband of Margy (Henggler) Dawson ’50. Father of Shannon Dawson ’71, Diane (Dawson) Reinsch ’72, Phil Dawson ’75, Brian Dawson ’77, and Stephanie (Dawson) Morrison ’79. Grandfather of Katie (Reinsch) Hayes ’99, Julie (Reinsch) ’01, Tyler Morrison ’02, Jack Reinsch ’04, Nicole Morrison ’05, Stefanie (Reinsch) Rash ’06, James Dawson ’07, Mary Dawson ’12, and Joseph Dawson ’17. Great-Grandfather of Matilda Hayes ’26.

Dwayne J. Sisel passed away August 18, 2022. Father of Daniel Sisel ’04, Melissa Sisel’07, Michelle (Sisel) Kramer ’13.

Roxann D. Lococo passed away on August 19, 2022. Mother of Marti (Lococo) Dugan ’11.

David Scheffler passed away August 22, 2022. Grandfather of Trent Scheffler ’11.

R. Terry Hunter passed away August 24, 2022. Grandfather of Katie (Krick) Bardsley ’13, Nathan Krick ’16, Thomas Krick ’16 and Anthony Krick ’18.

John Bernard Tharnish passed away August 29, 2022. Father of Natalie (Tharnish) Schlaebitz ’75 and Scott Tharnish ’77.

Alfred “Al” Frank Bolkovac passed away August 29, 2022. Father of Elizabeth (Bolkovac) Mitton ’77 and David Bolkovac ’90.

Marty Lee Habrock passed away September 11, 2022. Father of Zachary ’13, Noah ’17, Haley ’19, and Grace ’19 Habrock.

Dorothy Ann (Buresh, Rech) Dowling passed away September 9, 2022. Mother of Kathleen (Rech) Hurlbut ’84. Grandmother of Jessica Thompson ’04, Zachary Thompson ’06, Victoria (Thompson) Patton ’10, Katie Thompson ’13 and Eason Hurlbut ’21.

Ernest “Ernie” Leo Polivka passed away September 21, 2022. Grandfather of Sasha (Frazier) Kelly ’06, Vinson Warner ’11, Davis Warner ’13, Landon Warner ’15, Riley Warner ’17, Sanders Warner ’18, Selena Polivka ’18, Nathan Snitly ’18, Leah Snitly ’20, Mason Warner ’21, Presley Shonka ’22 and Gannon Shonka ’24.

Colleen A. Gill passed away September 24, 2022. Mother of Lindsay (Gill) Hood ’95, Staci (Gill) Anderson ’98 and Katie (Gill) Hraban ’99.

Myrna Maly passed away October 3, 2022. Mother of Kathleen (Maly) Arnt ’78. Grandmother of Brian Arnt ’03, Jamie Arnt ’07, Connor Maly ’15 and Chase Maly ’18. Preceded in death by her children Gary Maly ’77, Terri Maly ’80 and Roger Maly’84.

Diane Marie Spradling passed away on October 9, 2022. Mother of Ami (Spradling) Marx ’90 and Richard Spradling ’94.

Eleanore P. Kobza passed away October 12, 2022. Mother of Alan Kobza ’70, Wayne Kobza ’71, Julie (Kobza) Szalawiga ’73, and Jerry Kobza ’76. Grandmother of Christy (Kobza) Kruger ’05, Mark Szalawiga ’05 and Kevin Szalawiga ’10.

Robert James Kruml passed away October 13, 2022. Father of Ron Kruml ’86. Grandfather of James Kruml ’19.

Darlene A. (Koke) Kreifels passed away October 18, 2022. Grandmother of Jodi Kreifels ’08, Emily (Wallingford) Wiebek ’08, Taylor (Kreifels) Pederson ’10 and Matthew Kreifels ’15.

Eileen M. Raun passed away October 18, 2022. Grandmother of Adam Raun ’01, Ben Raun ’09, Sam Raun ’14 and Joseph Raun ’18.

Roger Gomez passed away October 21, 2022. Husband of Jan (Lackey) Gomez ’77.

George William “Bill” Miller passed away October 23, 2022. Father of Bill Miller ’85, Julie (Miller) Tooker ’94, and John Miller ’07.

Mary Riley passed away October 22, 2022. Grandmother of Rose (Fleck) Pinkman ’06, Father Luke Fleck ’09, and Hannah (Fleck) Curran ’11.