RIP Cheryl Kelleher

Cheryl Kelleher was in our grade all through high school.  It was just brought to my attention that she had died in 2016.  I had no idea that she was a transplant from Russellville, Arkansas. Her father had died and her mother re-married and her step-dad Daniel Kelleher moved the family to Oshawa. Apparently she returned after high school.  Here is her obituary:

Obituary for Cheryl Ann Lambert

Cheryl Ann Lambert was surrounded by her loving family when she went home to the Lord on May 6th, 2016. The daughter of Raymond and Patricia Marx Lensing, she was born June 24, 1955 in Russellville. When she was a child her family moved from the United States to Canada. She attended Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High school in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, graduating in 1973.
In 1972, she met the love of her life; Robert David Lambert. They wed June 15th, 1974 in a beautiful ceremony attended by family and friends. In 1975, Robert and Cheryl welcomed their first child, David Patrick Lambert into the world. She often referred to David as her sunshine based on the song "You are my Sunshine". On May 2nd, 1980; Robert and Cheryl welcomed their second child, Billie-Ann Teresa Lambert.
She was both a mail carrier and a mail clerk for the United States Postal Service. She was an avid reader, talented gardener and crafter. The greatest gift we all received was having her as “Big Momma.”
She loved nothing more than spending time with her family. She would attend any game, meet, event or function with full support and love. She was known as “Big Momma” not for her stature or demeanor but for the size of her heart. She always had time to listen, talk and play no matter how she felt. She was the sweetest of girls and will be missed by many.
She was preceded in death by her father, Raymond Lensing; stepfather, Daniel Kelleher.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Lambert, Russellville; daughter, Billie and her husband, Daniel Bruce, Benton;  Son, David and wife, Robin Lambert, Russellville; 3 grandchildren, Ty Bruce, Dani Lambert, Ashlyn Lambert; mother, Patricia Kelleher, Dardanelle; 3 sisters, Monica Bond, Emporia, KS, Cathy Lensing, Little Rock, Mary Kelleher; 3 brothers, Dennis Kelleher, Illinois, Kevin Kelleher and Mike Kelleher, both of Dover.


In pace requiescat 


Comment (Maureen Moloney):  Cheryl's younger sister Cathy was in my grade all through elementary school (St. Paul on Garrard Road in Whitby). The Kellehers lived on Rossland Road in Whitby. Cheryl and Monica walked to OCHS (no buses back in the day) and Cathy ended up going to Anderson. The family moved back to Arkansas in the mid-1970s and none of us ever heard from them again! I remember that Mrs. Kelleher had a pronounced Arkansas accent. 

My 1970 Class ~ Part X

Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Chris Montgomery, Mike Ivanco, Chris Moskalewicz, Lucy Karcich, Yvonne Jensen, Cheryl Kelleher, Cathy Jones, Nancy Kennedy

Yvonne Jensen has passed away.

The Girls In My Class

Without a doubt, my class had the prettiest girls in it ever, at OCHS. Pictured here in English class are some of them: Sharon Clark, Barb Finley and Cheryl Kelleher.

In Mr. See's Class

These are my classmates in Mr. See's English class. Left to right: Pat Kilistoff, Colleen Bulger, unidentified, Sharon Clark (foreground), Barb Finlay (back to camera), Cheryl Kelleher (foreground), Jeanette Kowal (behind Cheryl, Mr. See, and Elsa Lack with her back to camera.

Comment : Maureen Moloney

I teach in Mr. See's classroom right now. He was my Gr. 9 English teacher...(same room)....weird.

Siblings

There were many many sets of siblings attending OCHS, my family included. Pictured above is Kathy Seaver, and below is her older brother Tony Seaver.

In this blurry shot, Tony is at a dance accompanied by Mary Ellen Barrett, and to the right in the foreground (apologies for the poor negative) is Cheryl Kelleher.

Picture Dump

Today's entry is just a picture dump and I have to run. I will amend the blog later with comments, but it is a long weekend holiday in the Bahamas, and my boat ride to an offshore island beach is waiting.

I fear that I will have to stop this blog shortly. Another phase of my life has started and I will be stretched over two continents. I am doing the private banking software in the Caribbean, and very shortly I will also be doing the data mining for the performance analysis of a major British sporting team. So I am trying to pump out as many pictures as I can before I have to cease posting here.

Stay tuned.

A student band sets up and prepares for the talent show.

Cheryl Kelleher sits on the bus.

This is from the fashion show series. I don't know who this is, but the psychedelic fashions are wild!!

This photo of girls' gymnastics is from 1969. Note the dorky gym uniform that the girls had to wear.

Cheryl Kelleher

Once again, the negative of this print suffered greatly in storage with scratches and embedded dust. The photo is of Cheryl Kelleher. She was a quiet, gentle soul, and again I never took the trouble of getting to know her very well during my school daze at OCHS.