Mark Beckwith

Mark Beckwith was elected Bishop of Newark on September 23, 2006. He was consecrated as Bishop of Newark on January 27, 2007 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

Prior to his election, Mark Beckwith was Rector of All Saints Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts since 1993. He also served as Associate Rector of St. Peter’s, Morristown and Rector of Christ Church, Hackensack. Mark is a 1973 graduate of Amherst College, and a 1978 graduate of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. While in the Diocese of Newark, Mark was a co-founder of Morris Shelter, Inc. and a co-founder and first President of the Inter-Religious Fellowship of the Homeless in Bergen County.

Mark has been married to Marilyn Olson since 1982, and they are the parents of two recent college graduates: Christine and Paul.

Jerry Betts Obituary

Jerry Betts passed away on May 4, 2005, due to complications resulting from a motorcycle accident. Jerry was born April 15, 1951, the devoted son of Charles and Wilma (Spofford) Betts (both deceased). Jerry leaves behind his cherished wife Peggy; loving sister, Rene Brin and her husband, Mike Brin, (a long time high school friend), and their son (nephew), Matt, of Amherst, N.H. All of Peggy’s family mourns the loss of a devoted and loving son-in-law, brother-in-law and “funny Uncle Jerry.” Jerry was also predeceased by his brother Terry in 1969. Jerry was well-loved and respected by his local and business community.
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He was best known for his random and compassionate acts of kindness experienced by anyone who crossed his path. Jerry owned Betts Wire Trap, serving the local community for 23 years. Jerry was also a fifth generation fisherman prior to opening his own business “J.B.’s.” Family and friends find solace in knowing that, with his wife, Peg, next to him, he died quickly and peacefully doing that which he most loved, riding his Harley on a sunny day Down East.
Penobscot Bay (Maine) Press

Doug Baird

Doug Baird is a talented and multi-faceted artist working in Lansing NY. a stones throw from Cornell University. View his latest work and get free downloads on his website  http://www.dougbairdart.com/.

Anne Cady

Anne Cady is an amazing Vermont landscape artist whose paintings grace collections throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. She has a number of colorful and stunning paintings on display at

http://www.annecady.com

It is good to see how our many art classes with the mercurial Robert Lavigne at Middlesex truly paid off for someone!

Doug Campbell

Briefly, after HS I graduated from Univ of Miami, FL with BS and MA and ended up in the insurance business which got me transferred from Miami to Orlando to Chicago.  In 1996 I moved to San Diego and started my own insurance business, CRES Insurance Services (www.cresinsurance.com). We currently stilll own the business and live in San Diego.

In 2002 I bought a 47' catamaran sailboat named PLAN 'B' and since then my then girlfriend, now second wife, and I have been spending 12-20 weeks a year slowly working our way around the world.  We started in the Mediteranean, where the boat was built and I am writing this email in Raiatea French Polynesia (near Tahiti).  Next week we depart on a sail from here to the Cook Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga and Fiji.  We return to San Diego on July 1st.

We do plan to attend the reunion in August, I haven't been back to Darien or been in contact with anyone from our class except Randy Lunn since graduating so the reunion should be lots of fun.

Danny Summerton - Obituary

I am sad to report that my brother Daniel Summerton passed away from a sudden heart attack back on June 27, 2006 at his home in Sumner, WA. Dan is survived by his beloved wife Katie and daughter Jo. Dan was an IT support engineer at Echostar Communications at the Kent, WA office where he was highly regarded by his colleagues. He was a wonderful son, brother, husband, father, and a friend to all who would always go the extra mile. "The Road goes on Forever and the Sun Shines on for Miles".

With best regards to the Class of 1969 40th Reunion.

Dale Summerton - Class of 1973

George Wehmann


REALLY looking forward to the DHS 40th reunion.  But weekend before reunion also REALLY looking forward to rafting the Delaware River. It would be great if any DHS alum can join us.  See web links below.

Rafted and canoed the Delaware every year for about 10 years before moving to NC. By far the most fun all Summer.  Kids grew up hearing about these trips, but they've never been. At 23 and 27, they're old enough and they're coming.

Good chance about a dozen or more people joining us - people from the Fairfield and Westchester County.

More information about the place that rents the rafts and has large camping area along the River.
http://landersrivertrips.com/

There's information about fees:
http://landersrivertrips.com/landers/rates.htm

There's information about location:
http://landersrivertrips.com/landers/directions.htm

There's information about various ways to get down the river.
http://landersrivertrips.com/landers/river.htm

Some videos showing the experience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kdd42zjDCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hUXG1W83OY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in14RgE9Q4c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWBKvXyzDYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-mgY0Uhic  Search YouTube.com look
for "Delaware River Trip"

We hope DHS alum can join us.  No organizing committee.  Reply to this email if you're interested, have questions, etc.  Or check me out on
Facebook.