BHS Class of 1965

Reunion 2022

Dear graduates of the Berea High School Class of 1965,

Friday, June 10^th, 2022 marks the 57^th year since we graduated from Berea High School. 

The last two years we held a virtual reunion over Zoom that went very well.

Therefore, on Friday, June 10^th, 2022, starting at 3:00 PM Eastern Time, we will have our third annual reunion over Zoom.  Zoom meetings aren’t as good as in person reunions BUT they are easy to attend – just click the link Tom will send you.  Zoom is a free application available for all makes of computers, tablets, and smart phones.  Clicking on the link that Tom will provide will allow you to download the application if you have not already done so.

Please contact Tom Nosek by e-mail (tmnosek@aol.com) and let him know that you would like to participate.  Tom will then send you the Zoom ID link that we will use for the BHS Class of 1965 Reunion 2022. After we take a tour of the new Berea/Midpark High School and share a couple of pictures, we’ll open the microphone to those who would like to share with the whole group.  Sharing may include where you are now living, what you enjoy doing in retirement (We’re assuming we are all retired now!!!!), and possibly one favorite high school memory.  If you would like to share with the whole group, let Tom know in your e-mail and he will call on you in turn.

Five to ten minutes before 3:00 PM Eastern Time on the 10^th, click on the Zoom link that Tom will send you and you should be directly linked to our reunion. 

If you have new e-mail addresses for any of our classmates that we may not have, would you please let Tom know and also go ahead and share this e-mail with them.

Before the reunion starts, we can all have our microphones open and say hello to everyone.  Once the short program starts, we will mute everyone’s microphone and only open it for those who are speaking.  We will call on each person in turn who would like to share something with the group.  After that, we will open the microphone so that we can have a group chat until we all fall asleep.

The reunion organizers,

Tom and Corky (Wilchek) Nosek (tmnosek@aol.com)

Rick and Diane (Doutt) Langner (fwlangner@yahoo.com)

Sorry to announce Corlee Gillette passed away on March 17, 2022.

I would like to thank Gerry Danzey for letting me know that George Behrend passed away on March 3, 2022.  George and his wife (Donna Duresky Behrend) were living in the Villages, FL.

Please note that the time of George's memorial service has been changed to ONE O'CLOCK PM on June 18, 2022. Due to limited parking, we request that those planning to attend try to carpool. This is a Celebration - please wear your tie died apparel or your brightest colors - George would love that! We are hoping to stream George's service; additional information will be posted when available. We thank you all for your kind and supportive words during this challenging time - Donna, Tracy, Nancy and their families

I want to thank Dick Cutner for letting me know that Marena Belfi Niskala passed away November 4, 2021.

Gregory Macosko made a GREAT videos based on the Berean, thanks!  

The old and the new, photo compliments of Peter Kouris, Class of '65.  Thanks, Peter!

Berea-Midpark High School Virtual Tour, September 2020.  Wow, very nice!

This was compiled by Greg Macosko, thanks Greg, great job!

I'm sorry to let you know that Berea English teacher, James Pae, passed away on June 4, 2020 at age 87.  

There has been a lot of interest and discussion about the future of the Tree of Knowledge outdoor sculpture.  

Here are some articles provided, in the link above, by Leslie Douglas (Class of ’67) , thank you Leslie.

Don't forget to check out the Supplemental Site from time to time, among other things it includes the obituaries from some of our GREAT teachers we were fortunate to have.

Here is a YouTube video animation of the new Berea - Midpark high school.

Thanks to Dick Curtner, we have some more great class pictures from Loomis School, Central, and Roehm!  Thanks Dick!

I hope you like the new layout.  I wanted to let you know, the "Log Out" selection is in the drop down menu, click on the little "head and shoulder" in the upper right hand corner.  Let me know if you have any questions or comments!

Karen Sauke is asking our help to try to identify a student who went to Loomis School (pictures link here).  As she recalls, his name was Joel and lived at the Berea Children’s Home.  He and a companion were skating on ice in the Berea Metro park and his friend slipped under the ice. Joel attempted to rescue him and drowned instead.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas?  We all love a good mystery!  

50th Reunion pictures click here, upload your own pictures too!

This web site now has a “Class Connection Facebook Application”, so you will be able to access our web site through Facebook!  Log onto the 1965 Class Web Site, then look under Member Functions (on your left) click “Class Connection”, Facebook opens, then click “Join Class” and Okay!  To go to your regular Facebook page click on your name on the top tool bar, and to go to the class web site, click on Facebook “Home”, then under Apps, click “Class Connection”.  Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.  Thanks, Larry

We have a new feature called "Rewind", a 60 second audio of what happened on this date in history.  

The Class of 1964 now has a web site, click to visit!

I have posted some great "Swim Team" pictures Tom Dameron sent in! Click on the picture to enlarge it.  Thanks, Tom

Web sites:

Class of 1960 web site, 

Class of 1966 web site, 

Class of 1967 web site,

Class of 1971 web site and the supplemental site for Berea and Berea High School.

45th Reunion pictures!

Here are some great pictures from the Berea 2012 Community Guide, published by the City of Berea and the Chamber of Commerce.

We added many Class of '65 Fairwood Elementary School class pictures on the Misc Pix page!

We have added a new feature, Misc Pix, which allows any Class of 1965 classmate to "upload" pictures after they log on to the web site.  We hope many of you contribute pictures.