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Welcome to the Lansing Everett High School class of 1963 home page. Please email me with any information, ideas,

personal information or pictures that you would like included in the web page to tabcpa67@yahoo.com

LeRoy S. Clemens

Age 81, our loving father, and grandfather passed away August 5, 2010.
Born August 2, 1929 in Kent County, MI. LeRoy earning his Bachelors and Masters Degree in Music from M.S.U. He served in the U.S. Army as a Corporal and Ft. Knox Band Director from 1952-54.

He was the first Band Director and taught history at Everett High School for many years.

He was a member, manager, and second oboist of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, and was member of the Lansing Community Band.

He was a member of St. Gerard Catholic Church. He loved sailing.

LeRoy was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Carolyn in April 2010; parents, Alvin & Frances Clemens; sister, Elinore Watson; brother, Alvin Clemens
Surviving are his four children, Christopher (Kelli) Clemens, Joseph (Kate) Clemens, Frances (Marty) Jones, and Jeanne (Jerry) Sutton;

12 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, and friends.
Visitation is 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday with the Rosary being prayed at 7:30 P.M. in the Tiffany Funeral Home, 3232 W. Saginaw, Lansing.
Funeral Liturgy is 10:30 A.M. Monday, August 9, at St. Gerard Catholic Church, 4437 W. Willow, Lansing with Fr. Pieter van Rooyen presiding.

Viewing will be from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. Monday at church. Rite of committal St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Mausoleum.
Contributions may be made to St. Gerard Church in memory of LeRoy. Friends may visit the guest book at www.tiffanyfuneralhome.com

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Senior Citizen/Medicare friend goes wild! Tee Hee!! Live it up!!

Have you heard? Old is the new young!! Go class of 1963 - Love, Dawn

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Tom goes fishing - again

Tom Bradley with Northern Pike - June 5th - 13th, 2010 Northern Manitoba

All of the above ( including the bear) were released.

For additional information see www.greatfishingcanada.com

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May 4, 2010

We have been notified of the death of our classmate Mike Keen -

funeral service was held on May 7 at 11 AM at the

Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel from 10 to 11 AM

Interment followed in North Aurelius Cemetery.

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From Bill Blanchard (posted on Nov 10, 2009)

Hi all:
One of my paintings is on a web site of the Detroit Institute of Art. Well,
it's not there so much as a painting as a fashion statement. The DIA has a
show of Richard Avedon fashion photos opening soon. This relates to fashion through the decades.

If you have a minute, check this web site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detroitinstituteofarts/3984258746/

Bill

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About once a month some of the 1963 band members and classmates get together for lunch to talk about life, etc.

On November 6, 2009 Tom Struble, Dave Noonan, Ed Stephens and Mike & Diane Keen contacted

Le Roy Clemens and his wife and invited them to have lunch with us. We all met on that date with Le Roy and his wife for a great lunch and old time talk .

Le Roy and his wife live in Lansing. He retired from teaching in 1990 and is enjoying retirement and travel.

He has had some recent health problems, but was in good spirit at lunch. Many old stories were exchanged and he spoke fondly of the 1963 class band members.

He also performed with the Lansing Orchestra for 33 years but left music due to some hearing loss problems.

We invited them to join when they could. It was fun to talk about the last 46 years and looking forward to the 50th reunion.

If any class band members would like to join us for lunch periodically you would be welcome.

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This was received from Jerry Smrchek on 11-20-2008:

(Who we had mistakenly listed as deceased for at least the last 15 years - Welcome back Jerry)

My wife just today randomly found the 1963 Class list to Lansing Everett High School.
I checked my name and found out I was deceased.
Not surprising as the last contact I had with anyone from the 1963 class was in the late 1960's.

A few things have happened since then: Graduation from MSU; graduate school (Univ of Kansas);
U.S. Army service (drafted); graduate school again (Virginia Tech); marriage to a wonderful woman from SW VA;
career in U.S. gov't (FDA/EPA); two children arrived; marriage of son; daughter graduated from college and moved to Chicago;
and my impending retirement in early 2009, and relocation to Longs, SC.

Current address:

17416 Cherokee Lane, Olney, Maryland 20832-2163

Tel: 301-774-2270

email: smrchek@verizon.net

Continued Best of Luck to the Great Class of 1963!

Jerry C. Smrchek

Jerry with wife Debra, daughter Lauren and son Darrin and his wife, Melissa.