Year: 2022
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Deaf NCI Fellow Wins Awards for Research Presentation
Megan Majocha, WPSD Class of 2015, is featured in the article in NIH Record website. Megan Majocha, a Ph.D. student in tumor biology in the NIH-Georgetown Partnership Program, received a travel scholarship to present her findings at the International Mammalian Genome Society Conference (IMGC) in Vancouver. She works in Dr. Kent Hunter’s Laboratory of Cancer…
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Obituary: Jean Wilson, Class of 1952
WILSON – Charlotte Jean, 89, South Fork, died September 12, 2022. Born October 3, 1932, in Summerhill, last surviving child of Walter R. and Hazel I. (Krouse) Wilson. Preceded in death by parents; grandson, Devon Gregory, infant brother, James; brother, Donald W. Wilson; and sister, Sannie E. Wilson. Survived by son, Richard “Rick,” married to…
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Obituary: June (Carnahan) Paul, Class of 1948
June Lorraine Carnahan Paul, 95, current resident of Lighthouse Point in Aspinwall and longtime resident of Cheswick, passed away Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. She was born June 14, 1927, to her parents, the late Paul and Joanna McElroy Carnahan. Mrs. Paul graduated from the Western PA School for the Deaf (WPSD). She was married to…
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Photo of WPSD Class of 1972 Reunion
WPSD Class of 1972 Reunion hosted 50th anniversary on June 4, 2022 at DoubleTree by Hilton in Cranberry Township to respect their time to bring the memories at WPSD. Front, seating: Victor (Allen) Kibelbek, Robert Cominotti, Richard Guerin, Richard Aust, Allen Talbert and Charles Tasselli. Back, standing: Darlene (Lesley) Nelson, Kathleen (Goehring) Campero, Denise (Woelfel)…
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Deceased: John Williams, Class of 1985
John William, WPSD Class of 1985 was hit by car on June 9th and stayed in hospital for three weeks and died on June 24, 2022. No obituary at this time.
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Deceased: Anna (Smith) Reese, Class of 1953
Linda Majocha’s sister Anna (Smith) Reese, 89 passed away on Friday, June 17, 2022. No funeral home planned.
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Deaf student becomes first to earn doctorate at UH Mānoa
Emily Jo Noschese is WPSD Alumni – Class of 2005. Emily Jo Noschese is the first deaf student to earn a doctorate from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL) recognizes the recent graduate. “I feel honored,” expressed Noschese. “The linguistics department made this happen and took a…
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Obituary: Dorothy Fallon, Class of 1966
Dorothy Lea Fallon, born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on November 17, 1946, passed away in Westerville Ohio on April 25, 2022. She was a resident at Columbus Colony Elder Care. The cause of death was Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She is predeceased in death by her parents, John and Dorothy Fallon; and is survived by sister Linda (Bill) Pastore of…