Souvenirs

Well the 50th reunion of the school is come and gone, and I have to say that I was a little disappointed at the turnout.  The website has less than 100 graduate profiles out of a cast of thousands.  Considering that high school is a seminal part of our development as adults, I would have thought that the turnout would be larger.

I have come to another logical end of my content for this blog of memories of St. Joseph High / Oshawa Catholic High / Monsignor Paul Dwyer High.  I have run out of pictures to post.  If you have some, please forward them to me, and I will post them.

Thanks for stopping by. The late Steve Goodman wrote a song called "Souvenirs" made famous by John Prine.  I think some of those lyrics are appropriate at this juncture:

Broken hearts and dirty windows

Make life difficult to see.

That's why last night and this morning

Always look the same to me.

Memories, they can't be boughten.

They can't be won at carnivals for free.

Well it took me years to get those souvenirs,

And I don't know how they slipped away from me.

Shirley Smegal ~ Rest in Peace

In Memory of
Shirley Victorine (Patterson) Smegal
April 8, 1932 - July 3, 2013

Obituary

SMEGAL, Shirley Victorine

(Retired long time secretary at Monsignor Paul Dwyer High School)

Peacefully at Hillsdale Estates on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013 at 81 years of age. Beloved wife of Frank Smegal for 56 years. Loving mother of Viki Collins and her husband Al, John and his wife Isabel, Richard, and Cathy Duignan and her husband John. Cherished and devoted Bobby of Lee, Chantal (Brandon), James, Julianne, Jonathan, Rosabel, Christian and her wee great granddaughter Kallie. Dear sister of Joyce Kashul (Predeceased), Joan Rife (Bob), Wayne Patterson (Veronica). Shirley will be lovingly remembered by her extended family and many friends. Visitation will be held at the OSHAWA FUNERAL HOME, 847 King Street West (905-721-1234) on Friday, July 5th from 2 – 4 and 7 – 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. GREGORY THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH (194 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa) on Saturday, July 6th at 11:00 a.m. Interment Thornton Cemetery. Prayers will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 8:00 p.m. Memorial donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.

In pace requiescat.