In Memoriam – Taylor School District Staff

Abercrombie James – Elementary Teacher & Administrator (2015)
Adamczyk, Robert (Bob) – Teacher and Principal (11-18-2022)
Arsenault, Patricia – Lunch Staff Truman HS 20 yrs. (4-22-2021)
Atkari, Robert L. – Lunch Personnel Clarence Randall (3-22-2024)
Avery, Dale – Coach, Administrator at Titan, Taylor Junior High, West, Career Center (12-22-2021)
Ball, Jennifer – Academic Interventionist at Kinyon Elementary School (11-16-2020)
Bancroft (Eiden) Deborah – PRC Clerk (9-2-2015)
Beebe, Al – Biology Teacher (6-18-2010)
Beck, Joan – Lay personnel at Kennedy
Belanger, Elsie – Secretary (2-15-2023)
Bohn, Bob – Industrial Arts Teacher Kennedy (5-20-2020)
Bonner, Claudine – Teacher (6-22-2012)
Brehmer, Michael – Teacher at McDowell
Brewer, Barbara – Bus Driver (12-19-2024)
Bridgens, Joan – Teacher (2-9-2023)
Buono, Joseph – Band Teacher West Jr. High (4-11-2018)
Camacho, Carol Ann – Teacher Truman (5-24-2020)
Capion, Kathryn “Kate” – Teacher (11-7-2023)
Casey, Judy – Elementary Teacher (6-12-2016)
Casteller, Karla – Board office Secretary (1-23-2023)
Castle, Gail – Educator and Parent Facilitator (11-14-2020)
Charboneau. Peggy – Teacher (5-14-2016)
Clark, Ruth – Teacher Fairlane Elementary
Clutts, Joe – Maintenance (4-12-2007)
Collette, Georgia – Superintendent Orville Jones’ and board office secretary (10-25-2018, lived to be 101 yrs. old)
Constantine, Charles (Mr. C.) – Teacher Taylor Center, Truman, Career Center (7-8-2019)
Coutier, Robin – Lunch Cashier Randall Elementary
Conn, Donald – Teacher Taylor Center (8-28-2015)
Cope, Lil – Teacher (unknown)
Coutts, Janet – Teacher Brake and Kennedy (2024)
Craddock, Herbert – Board member in 60’s (8-9-2001)
Crain, Irene – Elementary Teacher
Creutz, Stephen – Principal Eureka Heights Elementary (6-14-2024)
Denman, Richard – Teacher West and Kennedy (12-27-2021)
Dickelman, Charles “Big D” – Teacher at all three high schools and tennis coach (4-5-2017)
Diroff, Leo – Counselor (1-14-2025)
Dobrovolec, Alan – Teacher, Admin., Asst. Superintendent
Doman, Marguerite – Teacher (3-24-2015)
Donaldson, Bruce – Utility Director/ maintenance (September 2016)
Ebeling, Robert “Bob” – Teacher, Taylor Center High (4-29-2022)
Elkins, Bonnie Horn – Teacher
Ellis, Sam – Principal HST(2008)
Erickson, Barbara – Music Teacher (3-6-2023)
Fater, Paul – Transportation Dispatcher/Bus Driver – (2-19-2025)
Farrington, Erna – High School Social Studies and English Teacher (2-16-2024)
Fencik, Mandy – Secretary (November 2017)
Ferrington, Gwen – Home economics Teacher JFK (3-27-2012)
Fletcher, Norm – Teacher Social Studies JFK (11-24-2011)
Flucht, Darwin – Maintenance/Bus Driver (1-13-2025)
Ford, Jim – Teacher (December 2016)
Forsythe Ocha, Barbara – Teacher Brake & JFK (2012)
Fortuna Roy, Pat – Speech Pathologist (7-2-2022)
Franas, Ben – Elementary Physical Education Teacher (11-11-2019)
Frank, Margaret – Teacher (5-29-2013)
Fuller, Russ – Teacher Language Arts TC (January 2008)
Furbush, Duane – English and Drama Teacher (11-22-1989)
Gallagher, Paddy – Social Worker (September 2019)
Gallas, Cecilia – Teacher Elementary Taylor Parks (1-16-2010)
Gapa, Kathleen – French Teacher (10-5-24)
Gardner, Richard – Teacher Truman High (3-19-2022)
Giles, David – Teacher, Coach TC Jr High & TC (January 2009)
Girard, Carolyn – Teacher (7-15-2015)
Giraud, Rick – Utility Director (12-27-2023)
Goertzen, Grace – Principal Treadwell Elem. (2-17-1958)
Goode, Pat – Teacher Fairlane Elem., TJHS, HST (11-23-2012)
Gotham, Camilla – Teacher at McDowell
Gray, Nancy – English Teacher at Taylor Center and Truman (2-25-2023)
Greaves, Donna – Teacher West & Kennedy (5-22-2012)
Grice, Lottie – Teacher Kinyon (5-18-2021)
Grinberg, William – Principal (8-5-1981)
Grzybowski, Chester “Chet” – Teacher, Coach (4-16-2020)
Hanson, Don – Band Director at West and Kennedy (5-21-2006)
Harris, Wanda – Teacher (5-18-2013)
Haydon, Jack
Healy, Emily – Algebra Teacher Truman (12-14-2023)
Heathery, Phyllis – Food Service Director
Helton, Doc -Retired Maintenance (12-25-2023)
Hendershot, Dale – Teacher Kennedy High (1-27-2014)
Hicks, William – Elementary Teacher (4-19-2023)
Hiedemann, Hans – Teacher Kennedy (3-9-2011)
Hill, Ellie – custodian and bus driver (9-28-2023)
Hines, Joan – Retired Teacher Holland Elem.
Hodges, Ellen – Algebra Teacher Kennedy and Truman (11-19-2020)
Holland, Gail – Elementary Teacher (3-6-2020)
Holmgren, Steve -Teacher (10-19-2004)
Hopgood, Rolli – Taylor Junior High
Horvath Cope,Lillian – Secretary (1-12-2012)
Ickes, William (Billy/Bill) – Maintenance for Taylor Schools (10-19-2021)
Irwin, Richard “Dick” – Math & Computer Science Teacher and Administrator (1-28-2025)
Ivey, Shirley – Worked at Board Office Secretary (5-6-2016)
Jablonski, Mary Ann – Elementary Teacher (2-10-2024)
Jacobs, O. Kendall – Music Teacher TC and Elem. Schools (11-25-2012, age 99)
Jacobs, William – Teacher, Athletic Director and Coach in Taylor over 30 years (6-3-2016)
Jarore, Ann – Secretary Special Education Dept. (November 2016)
Jasieniecki, Verna – Teacher Hoover and Taylor Center High (11-23-2016)
Jennings, Lynn – Speech Teacher Elementary (9-1-2015)
Jones, Charles – Teacher (1-14-2014)
Kasten, Maria – Teacher Kinyon (7/16/2021)
Kaunelis, Derek – Teacher Elementary School (4-29-2022)
Keith, Robert – Truman Counselor
Kellas, Anna – Teacher (September 2024)
Kelley, Shirley – Cook at McDowell
Kilbusz, Marilyn – Teacher (July 2008)
Kilpatrick McRae, Nancy – Teacher at Taylor Center and Clarence Randall (December 1999 or 2000)
Konarski, Maria – Teacher at Kinyon
Konarski, Ronald – Teacher Middle School and High School (5-8-2021)
Koppy- Arthur, Peggy – Teacher and Counselor (4-12-1017)
Kostegian, Vanar (Van) – Kennedy High Basketball Coach (11-30-2021)
Kozik, Richard “Dick” – Teacher, Class Advisor, Coach (3-11-2025)
Krause, Theresa – Teacher Elementary for 35 years. Retired from Kinyon elementary (12-3-2021)
Kurginski, Tom – Science Teacher at Taylor Center (10-22-2018)
Kyte, Ellen – Cook Taylor Schools 1966 – 1982 (2-14-2016)
Lakatos, James – School Board Member (7-25-2022)
Lambie, Gordon – Teacher and Adminstration (8-15-2017)
LaPointe, Audrey – Secretary (2011)
LaPointe, Norma – Lay Personnel (1991)
Leiby, Patricia “Pat” – Teacher and Principal (4-9-2016)
Lile, Suzanne – Teacher Elementary Taylor Parks (9-8-2015)
Lininger, Richard – Teacher, JFK Assistant Principal and Assistant Superintendent for Taylor Schools. Retired 1993 (12- 5-2015)
Loft, James – Principal Fischer Elementary (June 2019)
Long, David – Swim Coach, Retired 1997. (8-13-2018)
Luecke, Marv – Retired Building Engineer (4-18-2016)
Lucas, Herb – Maintenance (May 2017)
Maddalozza – TJHS
Malesky, Lawrence – (5-5-2017)
Maley, James – Principal Kennedy 1965-1978 (1979)
Maleyko, Cherie Jacob – Teacher Truman P.O.H.I. (2-21-2020)
Maliszewski, Eleanor – (9-1-2014)
Manders, Marie – Teacher Elementary for 54 years (5-29-2012)
Martin, Nina – Teacher Wareing Elementary (2010)
Matwiejczyk, Daniel – Randall Elementary Teacher (8-27-2023)
Matwiejczyk, Marjorie – Elementary Teacher
Maynard, Jack – Teacher Taylor Center (8-13-2017)
McConnell, Regis – Teacher & Coach (October 2010)
Mead, June – Elementary Librarian (6-23-2022)
McElhenie, Sandy – Bus Driver (3-17-2022)
McGhee, David – Teacher (9-7-2020)
McTaggart, Edythe – Elementary Teacher 1970-1986 (10-3-24 age 104
Melvin, Diane – Kennedy Physical Education Teacher and Coach
Meredith, Carol – Teacher and consultant (1-5-2022)
Merwin, Gary – District plumber (3-7-1998)
Merwin, Keith – History Teacher TC & JFK (1-17-2017) also TC alumni
Michalik, Bonnie – Head Cook Myers Elementary (May 2022)
Miele, Larry – Teacher (3-26-2024)
Miller, Wilbur Jack – Administrator (8-22-2014)
Miles, Thomas – Teacher (10-21-2016)
Minghine, Patricia – West Middle School Teacher
Montecillo, Jerry – Former Superintendent (12-27-2020)
Moscheck, Deborah – Elementary and Middle School Teacher (5-26-2024)
Mullins, Peggy – Lay personnel/cashier elementary schools (2-26-2020)
Munroe, Marlene – Truman High School Cook (10-19-2020)
Murray, Patrick – School Psychologist (February 2025)
Nalbandian, Richard – Teacher (3-20-2014)
Neil, Thomas – Teacher (10-21-2016)
Nelson, Willis – Taylor Center and Kennedy High School Teacher and Coach (1-27-2023)
Norris, Sally – Bus Monitor (August 2017)
Nugent, Earlene “Rusty” – Secretary Johnson Elementary (10-28-2015)
Nutt, Delphine – Teacher and School Improvement (1-1-2022)
Ocha, Monte – Teacher (1-12-2012)
Oelke, Maureen – Paraprofessional (March 2020)
Paasinen, Eugene – Teacher TC, JFK & Truman (August 2009)
Palumbo, John – TJHS
Parks, Charlotte – Lay personnel – Hoover, Truman, Kennedy (12-28-2015)
Patterson, Genevieve (Jenny or Grandma) – Retired Crossing Guard (1-22-2016)
Pearson, Kathy – Bus Aide (5-23-2018)
Pedley, Frederick Gene – Teacher (February 2016)
Pershin, Bernie – TC
Petitpren, Vincent – Superintendent Taylor Schools in 70’s. (3-17-2016)
Philips, Christine – Secretary Board Office and Holland (November 2016)
Polkowski, Susan – Kinyon Elementary Teacher (5-24-2018)
Potter, Don – Elementary teacher at Randall (10-2-14)
Pratt, Susan – Teacher Career Center (2009)
Pushies-Beltramo, Thomas – Teacher (March 2014)
Ray, Don – Teacher TC, Truman, Career Center (11-28-2011)
Rice, Lonnie C. – Teacher, Counselor (5-16-2023)
Rima, James Edward – Band Director TC & Truman (July 2008)
Ristovski, Loren – Athletic Director 2009-2024 (February 5, 2024)
Rudin, Sr., Walter – Bus Driver and Building Engineer (7-4-2012)
Ryan, Roger – Electrician (4-14-2024)
Sabastian, Alexander – Teacher and Principal (10-15-2020)
Salinski, Barb – TC
Sawyer, Roy “Doug” – Teacher (March 2017)
Schultz, James – Teacher, Principal, Coach (1-8-2021)
Schnieders, Bob – Vocational Education Director and Administrator (1-25-2022)
Schudlich, William – Teacher West (9-19-2021)
Schultz, Barbara – School Board Member (1-26-2025)
Schumacher, Dale – TC
Schrock – Reinhart, Linda – Taylor Junior High cooking teacher (6-1-2017)
Sclater, Helen – Cook TC Elem. & TC High) (1-11-2013)
Shaw, James – Director of Special Education and Dean of Students (1-6-2025)
Sherman, Harry – Maintenance (9-09-2024)
Sisco, Richard – Spanish Teacher West Jr. High and Taylor Center High. (5-22-2019)
Sielski, Andy – Teacher
Simons, Jane – Teacher (1-5-2025)
Sobieraj, Roberta “Bobbie” – Elementary Secretary (12-20-2020)
Stephens, Michael – Gym Teacher also alumni TC 1965
Stevens, Larry – Teacher
Streffan, William – Brake Jr., TC
Swanson, Sally – Elementary Teacher (5-16-2023)
Tear, Eddis – Elementary Teacher at Pine, Holland, Kinyon (October 1, 2023)
Temerowski, Howard – Board Member 12 years (December 2009)
Tocco, Jan – TC
Toffen, Ronald – Computer Tech (10-1-2023)
Tolliver, Carol – Secretary (1-13-2014)
Traub, Dana Richard – Elementary Teacher Fairlane (3-28-2021)
Tremba, Kenneth – Teacher
Trent, Laura – Teacher & Asst. Principal (November 2012)
Trierweiler, Stanley – Principal (4-13-2014)
Tuchich Sr, Rudolph P. – Teacher (2025)
Valentine, Joyce – Cook, October 1988-March 2007 (12-11-2018)
Valleau, Kristin – Elementary Teacher 2003-2016 (3-28-2016)
Vandette, Bernie – Teacher & Administrator Kennedy & Truman (December 2008)
Vandette, Jim – Teacher Truman (2-15-2010)
Volk, Judith – Teacher Taylor Center & Truman (8-10-1984)
Volk, Nancy – Teacher Truman and Taylor Center (4-3-2018)
Walker, Kenneth – Superintendent (2024)
Walkusky, Leonard – Former Board of Education Member (5-13-2015)
Wareing, Margaret – Fairlane/Wareing elementary
Weborg, John – Teacher (7-30-2014)
Whited, Alvin (Al) – Administrator numerous buildings, Principal TC (3-21-2017)
Wiggington, Marcia – Math Teacher (5-17-2022)
Williams, Ronald – Teacher & Counselor (9-2-2015)
Wilson, Gordon – Building Engineer (9-15-2005)
Wilson, Rosa Lou – Teacher (6-1-2014)
Winkleman, Margaret -Elementary Teacher (4-14-2023)
Woodward, Carol – Secretary, Professional Resource Center (PRC) (12-29-2015)
Work, Randy – Swim Coach JFK & TC (7-10-2018)
Worley, Elaine – Elementary Teacher (10-18-2020)
Worth, Rebecca – Kinyon Elementary Teacher (11-10-2020)
Zanotti, Carey Ann – Art Teacher (5-23-2023)