Year 45 Belleville High School Reunion

Ready for our 45th reunion?
We've got a separate Facebook group for that.
It's a closed group so anyone can see it, but only members can post.
Looks like, if you ask to join, anyone in the group already can approve you. 

October 7, 2017 - it'll be here before you know it.
Come celebrate No. 45
Park Pavilion at The Sawmill,
1807 Ocean Avenue, (on the Boardwalk)
Seaside Park NJ 08752

Columbus day weekend and seaside has a great parade and street fair all weekend.

Belleville High School 45-Year Reunion on Facebook

Ok People, 45 is coming soon, we started to work on it, so if you want to send updated info on you or someone you know, send it to loujolee@gmail.com or lou.pallante@markelcorp.com . 

REUNION UPDATE

October 2017 - it'll be here before you know it. 
Come celebrate No. 45 

Ok People 45 is coming soon, we started to work on it so if you want to send updated info on you or someone you know. 

Send it to loujolee@gmail.com or lou.pallante@markelcorp.com or anthonybuccino@gmail.com. 

 Oct 7th 2017 Park Pavillion at the Sawmill in Seaside Heights 

 I'm sure. make the weekend out of it, it's Columbus Day weekend and seaside has a great parade and street fair all weekend. 
-- Lou Scaltrito 

Park Pavilion at The Sawmill, 1807 Ocean Avenue, (on the Boardwalk) Seaside Park NJ 08752
Room rates
Ocean Terrace condominiums
Hotel room 135.00 per night (20 available)
1 bedroom deluxe sleeps 4 160.00 (10)
2 bedroom sleeps 6 200.00 (1)
3 bedroom sleeps 8 250.00 (5)

Charlroy motel
79.00 queen
99.99 2 queen size beds

Both located across the street in Seaside Park NJ
no DUI's to worry about plenty of parking

Find us on Facebook-Reunion 
and here:
Belleville High School, Class of 1972

Ernest M. Zoppi - Obituary

Ernest M. Zoppi, 59, of Belleville, NJ, passed away on October 29, 2013. Funeral Services will be on Friday 11 A.M. at Shook's Cedar Grove Funeral Home, 486 Pompton Ave. Cedar Grove. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover.

Visitation will take place one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Memories and condolences may be shared at www.shookscedargrove.com.

Born in Newark, NJ,  Mr. Zoppi lived many years in Belleville.

He is survived by his children Toni-Ann Rodriguez, Ernest Zoppi, Danielle Zoppi and Michael Zoppi, grandchildren Michaela, Ava and Sophia Rodriguez and his sisters Donna Paxon and Michele Addis.

Stephen "Risi" Risimini

Obituary

Stephen "Risi" Risimini, 60, of Cedar Grove, N.J., passed away on Nov. 3, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will begin on Wednesday at 10 a.m. from Shook's Cedar Grove Funeral Home, 486 Pompton Ave. (Route 23), Cedar Grove, N.J. 07009. Funeral Mass is at 10:30 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena R.C. Church in Cedar Grove. Interment will be private. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.shookscedargrove.com. 

Risi was born and raised in Belleville, N.J., and moved to Cedar Grove about 17 years ago. He was a carpenter with Bergen County Local 15 for 25 years, retiring in 2010. 

He was the beloved husband of 30 years to Janice Risimini (DeCaito); devoted father of Stephanie, Vincenzina and Michael; cherished brother of James, Mario and Joyce Murphy, and loving companion of his dog, Oreo. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or or the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

 http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=stephen-risimini-risi&pid=167864464&fhid=17142#sthash.GHMkVWaB.dpuf

The Big Picture - Class Reunion

Belleville High School Class of 1972 - 40th anniversary reunion

The crowd was so big it took two photos to capture them all!

Class of 1972 - 40th Annual Reunion, 10/6/2012

TENTATIVE INFO:


Saturday, October 6, 2012 
7 PM to 11 PM.
Buffet dinner, 4-hour open bar, DJ. 

The Chandelier, Franklin Avenue, Belleville, N.J.
Approx. $65/person.

For more information, write: 
Steve Rovell sjrovell@ajrovell.com

Where were you in '92

Click on photo to enlarge - 20-year reunion photos

More yearbook photos

Let's get ready for our 40th reunion in 2012.

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Yearbook photos

Enjoy.

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Meet the Class of 1962

Do to the wonder of modern scanning technology and the Internet, now we can travel in time to visit the BHS class of 62 - and make fun of their haircuts and names!

Not to mention keep track of how many of them became our teachers! Whew! Quite a few if you scan through the yearbook.

Here's the link

PS - Don't let your older brothers or sisters let know you found this.... LOL

Find Mr. K in this photo:

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Belleville Sons Honor Roll - second edition

Belleville Sons Honor Roll, second edition
is now available in print or as a download.

Biographies of the men of Belleville, N.J., who died while in service. Remembering the men who paid for our freedom. These Belleville sons proved that freedom is not free. These sons, brothers, fathers, friends and uncles walked, played, worked and died for our little township. In the last century, 156 Belleville sons died while in service to their country.

The 174-page second edition updates information from the 106-page original printing, including more information on Belleville actions in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and peacetime casualties.

Hero Way and Hamilton Street

Sgt. William Hamilton was killed in action in Germany on April 2, 1945. He served with the 7th Army. Hamilton grew up in Newark but lived on Arthur Street for years before he entered the service in 1942.

His nephew and namesake was our classmate.

Phillip Maiorca Jr.

A Mass for Phillip Maiorca, Jr. 49, of Belleville will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holy Name of Jesus Church, East Orange, after the funeral from the Zarro Funeral Home, 145 Harrison St. Bloomfield.

Mr. Maiorca, who died Sunday at home, was a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Born in Newark, he lived most of his life in Belleville.

Surviving are his mother, Antoinette Maiorca, and a sister Joephine Mlodzienski.

Source: Star Ledger, 3.16.2004