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As much as we’ve been curious about what our classmates have done and where they are, the next most frequent questions have revolved around our teachers. What did they do after they survived our shenanigans; where are they now, and unfortunately, when did they pass away.
We’ve done some preliminary research and once again, there are stories here. As ever, if you have any information about one of your favorites, please let us know.
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Then and Now
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Administration
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John Van Dyken
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Norman Harrison
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Kenneth Sinofsky
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Pompano Beach FL
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1927 - 11/27/2003
Kenneth Sinofsky, Coach of Champions - Grid Great led Wayne Valley, East Rutherford to 5 titles.
Kenneth S. Sinofsky, a legendary football coach at Wayne Valley High School, died Thursday at his winter home in Pompano Beach FL. He led teams for 5 state titles in a coaching career that spanned more than 30 years. The gymnasium at Wayne Valley is named in his honor.
(Jon Berry, Bergen Record 11/30/2003
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English
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Robert R. Ruffing
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Sea Girt NJ
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D. August 1988
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Esther Lombardo
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Wayne, NJ
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Charles T. Tucker
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Elizabeth Marcello
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Charles E. Ringle
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Fairfield NJ
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Bernice Cofer
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Arthur C. Edelhof
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Carol Pohli
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Boca Raton, FL
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D. 5/19/1994
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Charles F. Ackroyd
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Warner, NH
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Louise Dette
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D. 1996
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Thomas Gannon
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Geralyn Gould
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Sun Lake, AZ
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Location confirmed
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Virginia McCann
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Social Studies
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David T. Wagner
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D. 2005
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Joseph M Romano
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Fred F Paul
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Donald L Sweetman
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Hardwick, NJ
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Angelo T. Caruso
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Lucille Attenasio
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Fairlawn, NJ
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Alfred Threlfall
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Edison, NJ
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Hillel Felder
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Media PA
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D. 1/20/2009
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Joann E Falco Ranalletti
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Wayne, NJ
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Edward J. Sorock
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Fairlawn, NJ
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Mathematics
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Ruth D. Thomson
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Michael A. Rosenthal
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Cassie DeBow
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Pompton Plains, NJ
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Retired from principalship of Our Lady of Consolation grammar school.
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William A. Graf
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Bloomingdale, NJ
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Location confirmed
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David Gambuti
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Cape May, NJ
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D. 4/12/2000
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Jean Whitford
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Manasquan, NJ
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Possible
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Diana L. Walker
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Glen R. Pierson
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Marmora, NJ
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Location confirmed
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Frances Kaplan
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Reported deceased
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George H. Spaulding
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Wayne, NJ
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Science
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Robert W. Frauenhoff
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Laurel Grove, NJ
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D. 8/29/2007
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Henry E. Weiss
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Kinnelon, NJ
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Elaine D’Amico
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Wayne, NJ
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D. 1/20/1998
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Louis A. Domin
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Oro Valley, AZ
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Eleanor Kiersten
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Jamesburg, NJ
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D. 3/23/2011
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Jack D. Foster
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Jamesburg, NJ
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Joseph Maccaro
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Pompton Plains, NJ
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Michael Pelak
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Franklin Lakes, NJ
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D. 8/19/2004
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Charles Anderson
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Language
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Edward J, Galbierczyk
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Reports of his demise are greatly exaggerated according to his nephew Michael!
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Gay Harding
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Reported deceased
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Judith Bradley
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Totowa, NJ
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Took a hiatus from teaching in 1969 to begin my family--had 2 sons.
Came back to WHS in 1973 to teach supplemental part time.
Retuned full time (to WVHS, as it was now called) as French teacher in 1981.
Got Masters in counseling, but never went that route.
Continued to teach French until retirement in 1998.
During teaching years, my husband John (who taught in Wayne Hills until 2000) and I made 25+ trips to Europe with students at first, and later with adults. We went to France at least 20 of those times, and never tired of visiting that beautiful country.
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Margaret B. Link (Lash)
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Kinnelon, NJ
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Barbara Albanese
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Naples FL
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Located thanks to a 1971 classmate
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Mary Jane Pellegrino (Tierney)
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Anne P. Bogardus
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Marie A. Cancelarich
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Hillsdale, NJ
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D. 11/12/2002
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Art
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Ronald W. Kerr
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John Kuzmich Jr
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Denver, CO
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Lois Hlavacek
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Elaine Douma
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West Milford, NJ
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Deceased 4/18/2005
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Samuel M. Ciresi
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Pompton Plains, NJ
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Barbara Heyderhoff
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Business Education
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Ruth A. Wright
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Beatrice Gersie
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Medford, NJ
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Location confirmed. Alive and Well.
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Esther J. Van Kampen Lacey
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Farmington Hills MI
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After high school I attended Montclair State College and received a BA in business education. Then in 1966 I received a MA from Paterson State College in special education I taught business education and special education for a total of 13 years in NJ, MD, and MI where I have lived for almost 40 years. While still single I had a whirlwind trip around the world visiting 13 countries.
In 1973 I married my husband, John Lacy, and we had a daughter and a son. I was a stay at home mom until my children were older and in school. Then I went back to work having various part time jobs – substitute teacher, physical therapy aide, medical records transcriber, bookkeeper, and office assistant I also volunteered at my children’s school and at my church. Our family spent many vacations going camping in the MI state parks.
Now I am retired and spend most of my time doing charity sewing. The fabric calls me! I make bears for adult cancer patients (Sojourn Bears) and quilts for preemies and ICU babies (Tiny Miracles). I also enjoy reading, riding my bicycle, doing handwork, working as a church volunteer, and participating in various activities that come my way.
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Elise Morgan
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Reported deceased
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Industrial Arts
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Adrian Van Zweden
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West Milford, NJ
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Adrian Van Zweden taught his first class when Harry Truman was in the White House, and his most recent class this month.
The ramrod-straight 92-year-old towered over a roomful of fourth-graders at Eastern Christian Elementary School in Midland Park. He was showing them his collection of colorful rocks and minerals and his big, old magnet.
"There's something outside this magnet — I can't see it, I can't touch it, but I want to prove to you it's there," he said, milking the suspense.
He took a copper wire spooled around an iron core and swiped it by the magnet, creating sparks that prompted a giggly chorus of awesome! and cool!
"Whoa!" Van Zweden cried. "We're making electricity! I told you there was something there!"
Twenty-seven years after retiring as the Wayne schools' director of career and occupational education, Van Zweden is still at it. And he still has it (NJ Record)
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Lawrence C. Church
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Rockport MA
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John P. Young
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Joseph E. Gadjo
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Hawthorne, NJ
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Richard Klas
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Mahwah, NJ
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Robert G. Breitinger
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Lincoln Park, NJ
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Charles Carter
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Physical Education
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Lester W. Ricker
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Allegheny, PA
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D 4/27/2008
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Wilma Sorsby
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Montville, NJ
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D. 11/24/1998
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Patrick Dilemma
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Morehead City, NC
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Patrick "Pat" DiLemma, 71, of Morehead City, NC passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011.
A Memorial Service will be held 4:00 pm Friday, June 3, 2011 at Munden Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jack Mumford officiating.
Pat was born and raised in Paterson, NJ and received a degree from Rutgers University. He was a physical education teached for 20 years before owning and operating Chatham Deli in Chatham, NJ. He was married to the late Linda DiLemma for 42 years and raised their family in Jefferson and Madison, NJ.
He was an avid golfer and fisherman and thoroughly enjoyed his retirement in Morehead City.
He is survived by two sons, Scott and Kurt; their wives, Wendy and Susan; two grandsons, Tyler and Brandon; and close family friend, Becky DeSilva.
(Courtesy Munden Funeral Home)
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Phyllis D. Frey
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Mt. Arlington, NJ
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Stanley Scher
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Charles W. Henry
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Kenneth R, O’Connor Jr.
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Harriet Campbell
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Sandra M Paulison (Singer)
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Pompton Lakes, NJ
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Ernest Zuberer Jr.
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Tampa FL
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Guidance
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Joseph F. Hannan
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D. 2009
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Elizabeth J. Benson
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Luella J. Kemble
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Lake Arial, PA
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D. 3/1/2001
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Michael Conte
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Arthur A. Berne
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Nurses
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Mary Sirch
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Virginia Lind
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