Births

Brian Hickey ‘97 and his wife, Colleen (Doherty) Hickey '97

welcomed a baby girl, Clare Francis, on 8-17-09. (5 lb 11 oz. and 18 ¾")

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Lieutenant Commander Gary W. Berger ‘73 was selected by the

United States Navy as Commanding Officer, Naval Security Forces, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana. He has been in the Navy and Naval Reserve since graduating Benet.

Peter Hlavin ’76 jumps for gold!

In Memory

Keeping in our prayers all our beloved friends, classmates and family members ...

Jack Baker of Naperville, IL, beloved husband of Helen, nee Hayes; loving father of John (Sylvia) Baker ’77.

August Joseph "Gus" Baumgartner,

born February 14, 1921, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the age of 88. Gus was the loving father of Steven Baumgartner ‘69 and his wife

Mary Dolatowski ’69.

Ralph M. Fogarty father of Patrick '65

(deceased) and James '67 was a 43 year resident of Naperville. He passed away on December 15, 2009 at the age of 97.

Lonnie Folk, dear wife of Frank and beloved mother of Laura (Spangler)

'68, Larry '70, Patricia (Kopitke) '72, Elizabeth (VanArsdell) '73, Tom '75, Mary (Shutt) '76, Jim '78, Tracy Ann (Bennington) '79 and Bill '86; loving

grandmother of the VanArsdells: Lora

'02, Kaitlyn '04, Mary '06, David '07, Stephanie '11, Carrie, and Trey

Bennington '12 passed into eternal life on September 30, 2009.

Kelly Ladesic ’82, formerly Kelly Ryan, resident of Glen Ellyn and Chicago, loving mother of Kellyn, Keenan and

the late Sean Ryan '05.

14 | Benet Connections Winter 2010

Several years ago Peter Hlavin dusted off his track shoes and began competing nationally and internationally in high jump competitions. Peter, former Benet record holder, is currently ranked as one of the top five high jumpers in the World (Men’s 50-54 age group). 2009 highlights include: Gold Medalist at the U.S. National Senior Olympic Games (Palo Alto, CA), 4th place at the World Masters Athletics

Championships (Lahti, Finland), and Silver Medalist at the U.S. Track and Field National Outdoor Championships (Oshkosh, WI).

Class of ’78 alumni players at the Coal Ben – Can you name them?”

Answer at bottom of following page.

Alumni football players and coach Tim Cedarblad gathered at the Coal Ben at Benedictine University on October 23, 2009 after the Benet football game. Word has it they closed the place down and shared a lot of laughs about memories and the poem written by Rich Gray ’77. Brad Webb ’78 presented the coach with a framed copy of the poem. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16