Robert Evan Bailey (1940-2017) Warren High School class of 1958

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1958 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

• [county section] Bailey Helen Clarendon 
• [county section] Bailey Richard D Clarendon

1983 Warren City Directory

The popularity of Robert as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at Beatrice.

Source: Social Security Administration

Beatrice enjoyed her best years during the early 20th century, spending 24 years (1902-1925) in the top 50, peaking at #36 in 1910.  Since 2006, Beatrice has been on the comeback trail.

Other class of 1958 members.

Mary Ann Campagna Cross.  (9/19/2017)
Sally Jones Darling.  (9/7/2017)
Jack Colvin.  (12/14/2016)
Thomas Gerarde.  (11/11/2015)
John "Jack" Suppa.  (10/10/2015)
Susan Mead Mastrangiola.  (8/6/2015)
Barbara Baldensperger.  (6/21/2015)
Dennis Morell (3/8/2015)
Joyce Black Wohlers.  (3/16/2014)
Susan Leonard Anderson.  (3/15/2014)
Doris Musante.  (1/9/2014)

Beatrice Brown Bines (1936-2020) Warren High School class of 1954

Source:  Warren Times Observer

 1954 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Brown Rose 25 Yankee Bush Road

1983 Warren City Directory

• Bines Beatrice Mrs New Process h31 East Wayne Street

The popularity of Beatrice as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look grandson Zachary.  

Source:  Social Security Administration

Zachary made his debut in 1946, riding the front end of a Boomer wave.  He spent 41 years in the top 100 (1976-2016), peaking at #13 in 1997.  During the 1990s, he spent all but 2 years in the top 20.  The bloom is now off his rose, it appears.

Other members of the class of 1954:

2019
Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30/2019)
Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1/2019)
Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1/2019)
Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/28/2019)
David Neal Redmond.  (3/4/2019)

2018
Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3/2018)
Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19/2018)
Charles Salerno.  (3/19/2018)
Joan White Wood.  (2/12/2018)
Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11/2018)

2017
Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27/2017)
Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25/2017)
Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1/2017)
James Hornstrom.  (3/9/2017)
Richard Latimer.  (1/31/2017)
Guard Pierce.  (1/24/2017)

2016
Thomas Gray.  (10/16/2016)
Franklin Ristau.  (4/21/2016)

Richard Helmbrecht.  (3/27/2016)
Luella Wert Wile.  (3/15/2016)
Edward Erickson.  (3/4/2016)

2015
Keith Otterbein.  (7/20/2015)
Marlene Ceriola English.  (6/28/2015)

2014

Robert Johnson.  (8/10/2014)

Lois Egger Anderson McDanel.  (6/23/2014)

Phillip Stewart.  (2/20/2014)

Carol Hamblin Black (1939-2024) Warren High School class of 1957

 

Carol is in the first row at far right

1956 Dragon yearbook

McKinney Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Black Kenneth (Carol) 2719 Pennsylvania Avenue Extension
• Hamblin Waldo C (Beatrice C) Edgett Building & Supplies) h498 River Road

1983 City Directory

• Black Kenneth & Carol H h406 River Road
• Hamblin Waldo C (Beatrice C) Edgett Building & Supplies) h498 River Road

The popularity of Carol as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at Waldo.

Source:  Social Security Administration

During his 44 mediocre years on the baby names chart during the 1900s, Waldo peaked at #400 in 1913

Other class of '57 grads (23):

2022

Kay Taft Gray.  (7/26)

Donna Dobbs Young.  (1/13)

2021

Robert Weiland II.  (8/24)

Andrea Kirk Russ.  (4/11)

Joseph Duffy.  (1/27)

Sarah Green Burgeson.  (1/12)

2021

Robert Hansen.  (12/16)

Stephen John Rieder.  (12/15)

Loleta Steber Lawon.  (3/17)

2020
Theodore Rosequist.  (9/28)

James Confer.  (6/28)

Jo Lee Lobdell Hamm.  (1/9)

2019
Nancy White Williams.  (2/24)

2018
Greta Nelson Porter.  (8/5)
James Cameron.  (3/29)
Eugene Schwanke.  (3/8)

2017
JoAnn Plowright Lauffenburger. (6/6)
Jon Erickson.  (5/7)
Gerald Dorrion.  (2/20)

2016
Jay Anthony Hollingshead.  (11/21)
Robert McKelvy.  (8/2)

2015
Charles Still.  (3/21)

Margaret Broderick Manno (1949-2022) Warren Area High School class of 1967

 

1966 Dragon yearbook

Source: Donald Lewis Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

• Broderick Paul J (Beatrice M) department supervisor National Forge h610 Market Street

1983 Warren City Directory

• Broderick Paul J (Beatrice M) retired h610 Market Street
• Peg and Sam live in Pittsfield

The popularity of Margaret as a baby name is graphed here. Let's take a look at classmate Olivia.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Olivia was a steady, if unspectacular, performer during the first half of the 20th century, which was followed by a bit of aa decline during the 1950s and 1960s.  She then shot up more than 300 places on the baby names chart in the early 1970s, enough to flirt with the top 200 for 2 years.   After taking a breather, she continued her ascent and is now the ruling baby name for girls.  She's enjoying her 3rd year at the top spot.

Other class of 1967 graduates (13):
2020

Margaret DeMarco.  (10/21/)

Marjorie Edwards Bidwell.  (10/4)

Terry Littlefield.  (2/24)

2020

Linda Calla Grove Voigt.  (11/26)

Ronald Farnham.  (3/6)

2019
Craig Goodwin.  (11/25)
James Nelson.  (8/21)
Marcia Peterson Weyel.  (1/15)

2017

Judy Warr Tyler.  (12/29)
William MacKenzie.  (5/5)
Fritz Shoup.  (3/5)
William Lucia.  (2/22)

2015

Dorothy McClain Zimmerman.  (7/31)

Susan Shaver.  (3/30)

  

William Stevenson (1936-2022) Warren High School class of 1953

 1953 Dragon yearbook

Donald Lewis Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

• Stevenson Floyd (Beatrice) 14 Kinzua Road
• Stevenson William (Joann) 10 Crestmont Drive

1983 Warren City Directory

• Stevenson Beatrice Mrs  rWatson Memorial Home
• Stevenson William & Joann; employee National Forge h10 Crestmont Drive

The popularity of William as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at grandson Carson.

 

Source:  Social Security Administration

Carson had a bumpy ride during the 1st half of the 20th century and then went into a bit of a fade in the 1960s and 70s.  He managed to turn things around, moving up the chart with authority in the 1990s.  He has spent 18 of the past 21 years in the top 100, peaking at #70 in 2018.

Other class of '55 members (22):
2022

Carolyn Eddy Johnson.  (1/9)

2021

John William Shea.  (8/20)

Joan Angelotti Munella.  (4/12)

Judith Toner Scheno.  (3/16)

Roger Siggins.  (3/3)

Gail Dorsey McClellan.  (2/17/)

David Swanson.  (1/2)

2020

Raymond Morrison, Jr. (12/13)

2019
Rose Quiggle Barney.  (7/23)

2018

Donald Mahaffey.  (1/5)

2017

James Rose.  (12/17)

Howard Russell Buchanan. (7/13)

Carol Burgeson.  (6/9)

Theoidore Huber.  (5/3)

Mary Sperry.  (4/11)

James Graziano.  (3/28)

2016

Lavonne Devore Saber.   (12/8) 

Martin Gage . (12/5)

Sally Jean Nelson Kittner.  (11/15)

Lester Nero.  (9/8)

2015

Cleo Stack Yaegle.  (10/24)

Carl Stranburg.  (1/30)

Mary Jane Colvin Martin (1936-2023) Warren High School class of 1954

 

1954 Dragon yearbook

Source:  Donald Lewis Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Colvin Pauline (widow Christopher) employee Fladry's Corner Restaurant h227 Pennsylvania Avenue West

1983 Warren City Directory

• Colvin Pauline retired h18 Water Street
• Martin Mary J Mrs clerk New Process h105 Biddle Street
• Martin William & Mary J; machinist Clark h105 Biddle Street

The popularity of Mary as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at grandchild.  

Source:  Social Security Administration

Brandi's 42 years on the baby names chart can be best described as 'meteoric'.  She debuted in 1966 and quickly shot up into the top 100, where she spent 15 years, peaking at #55 in 1981.  After 1995, she experienced a quick and steep decline in popularity and fell off the chart in 2008. 

Other members of the class of 1954 (36):

2023

Wayne Arlo Smetanka.  (7/18)

Glenn Cook.  (4/17)

2021

Elaine Moore Larsen.  (9/17)
Margaret Hennessey Sorensen.  (5/21)

Margaret Scalise.  (4/29)

Marian Cable Rulander (4/24)

Nancy Zock Clark.  (2/16)

2020
Patricia Harrington McAvoy.  (8/5)

Elizabeth Ann Pasquino Deck.  (2/22)
Beatrice Brown Bines.  (1/26)

2019
Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30)
Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1)
Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1)
Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/29)
David Neal Redmond.  (3/4)

2018
Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3)
Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19)
Charles Salerno.  (3/19)
Joan White Wood.  (2/12)
Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11)

2017
Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27)
Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25)
Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1)
James Hornstrom.  (3/9)
Richard Latimer.  (1/31)
Guard Pierce.  (1/24)

2016
Thomas Gray.  (10/16)
Franklin Ristau.  (4/21)

Richard Helmbrecht.  (3/27)
Luella Wert Wile.  (3/15)
Edward Erickson.  (3/4)

2015
Keith Otterbein.  (7/20)
Marlene Ceriola English.  (6/28)

2014

Robert Johnson.  (8/10)

Lois Egger Anderson McDanel.  (6/23)

Phillip Stewart.  (2/20)

Richard Sherwood (1936-2024) Warren High School class of 1954

 

1954 Dragon yearbook

Source:  Peterson Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Sherwood Oscar S (Ethel M) locomotive engineer Struthers Wells home 3 Wood Street
• Sherwood Richard D (Mary L) clerk Sylvania home 201 Frank Street

1983 Warren City Directory

• Sherwood Ethel M Mrs retired home 3 Wood Street
• Sherwood Richard D & Mary L; employee GTE Sylvania home 100 Quaker Hill Road

The popularity of Richard as a baby name was last graphed in 2013.  Time for an update.

 

Source:  Social Security Administration

 Richard was one of the most consistently popular name for boys during the 20th century.  He spent 80 years in the top 25 -- 51 of them in the top 10.  So far during the 21st century, he has eased into a slow fade.

Other members of the class of 1954 (38):

2024

Norma Burgeson Farnsworth.  (4/18)

John Cotillion.  (3/31)

Elaine Cooney Spiller.  (1/6)

2023

Mary Jane Colvin Martin.  (10/19)

Wayne Arlo Smetanka.  (7/18)

Glenn Cook.  (4/17)

2021

Elaine Moore Larsen.  (9/17)
Margaret Hennessey Sorensen.  (5/21)

Margaret Scalise.  (4/29)

Marian Cable Rulander (4/24)

Nancy Zock Clark.  (2/16)

2020
Patricia Harrington McAvoy.  (8/5)

Elizabeth Ann Pasquino Deck.  (2/22)
Beatrice Brown Bines.  (1/26)

2019
Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30)
Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1)
Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1)
Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/29)
David Neal Redmond.  (3/4)

2018
Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3)
Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19)
Charles Salerno.  (3/19)
Joan White Wood.  (2/12)
Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11)

2017
Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27)
Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25)
Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1)
James Hornstrom.  (3/9)
Richard Latimer.  (1/31)
Guard Pierce.  (1/24)

2016
Thomas Gray.  (10/16)
Franklin Ristau.  (4/21)

Richard Helmbrecht.  (3/27)
Luella Wert Wile.  (3/15)
Edward Erickson.  (3/4)

2015
Keith Otterbein.  (7/20)
Marlene Ceriola English.  (6/28)

2014

Robert Johnson.  (8/10)

Lois Egger Anderson McDanel.  (6/23)

Phillip Stewart.  (2/20)

Betty Lou Emerson Smith (1936-2022) Warren High School class of 1954

 

1954 Dragon yearbook

Source: Donald Lewis Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Marshall Emerson and Betty Lou Smith live in Clarendon

 1983 Warren City Directory

• Smith Betty L waitress Candle Light Restaurant h9 Hertzel Street

SSA doesn't track double names by Betty Lou or Mary Sue. Let's take a look at great-grandson Grayson.  

Source:  Social Security Administration

Grayson debuted in 1984 and has steadily moved up the chart to reach the top 40, where he's been since 2016.  

Other members of the class of 1954 (36):

2022

Sylvia Johnson Zavinski.  (3/22)

2021

Mary Pasquerette Zaffino.  (11/22)

Elaine Moore Larsen.  (9/17)

Margaret Hennessey Sorensen.  (5/21)

Margaret Scalise.  (4/29)

Marian Cable Rulander (4/24)

Nancy Zock Clark.  (2/16)

2020
Patricia Harrington McAvoy.  (8/5)

Elizabeth Ann Pasquino Deck.  (2/22)
Beatrice Brown Bines.  (1/26)

2019
Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30)
Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1)
Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1)
Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/29)
David Neal Redmond.  (3/4)

2018
Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3)
Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19)
Charles Salerno.  (3/19)
Joan White Wood.  (2/12)
Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11)

2017
Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27)
Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25)
Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1)
James Hornstrom.  (3/9)
Richard Latimer.  (1/31)
Guard Pierce.  (1/24)

2016
Thomas Gray.  (10/16)
Franklin Ristau.  (4/21)

Richard Helmbrecht.  (3/27)
Luella Wert Wile.  (3/15)
Edward Erickson.  (3/4)

2015
Keith Otterbein.  (7/20)
Marlene Ceriola English.  (6/28)

2014

Robert Johnson.  (8/10)

Lois Egger Anderson McDanel.  (6/23)

Phillip Stewart.  (2/20)

Patricia Harrington McAvoy (1936-2020) Warren High School class of 1954

Source:  Farquier Times

1954 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Harrington P E (Bernice) vice president Pennsylvania Bank and Trust h1106 Conewango Avenue

1983 Warren City Directory

• Harrington Paul& Bernice retired h1106 Conewango Avenue

The popularity of Patricia as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look grandson Andrea.  

Source:  Social Security Administration

Andrea bounced along during the first 3 decades of the 20th century in something of a two-steps-forward-one-step-back pattern.  She then gained some traction during the 1930s, eventually climbing into the top 100 where she spent 51 years. (1962-2012).  She peaked at #23 in 1978.

Other members of the class of 1954:

2020
Elizabeth Ann Pasquino Deck.  (2/22/2020)
Beatrice Brown Bines.  (1/26/2020)

2019
Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30/2019)
Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1/2019)
Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1/2019)
Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/28/2019)
David Neal Redmond.  (3/4/2019)

2018
Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3/2018)
Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19/2018)
Charles Salerno.  (3/19/2018)
Joan White Wood.  (2/12/2018)
Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11/2018)

2017
Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27/2017)
Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25/2017)
Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1/2017)
James Hornstrom.  (3/9/2017)
Richard Latimer.  (1/31/2017)
Guard Pierce.  (1/24/2017)

2016
Thomas Gray.  (10/16/2016)
Franklin Ristau.  (4/21/2016)

Richard Helmbrecht.  (3/27/2016)
Luella Wert Wile.  (3/15/2016)
Edward Erickson.  (3/4/2016)

2015
Keith Otterbein.  (7/20/2015)
Marlene Ceriola English.  (6/28/2015)

2014

Robert Johnson.  (8/10/2014)

Lois Egger Anderson McDanel.  (6/23/2014)

Phillip Stewart.  (2/20/2014)

Libraries and Technology: A Successful Mix

Link to July 25 Wausau Daily Herald article, "Technology's been good for Marathon County, Merrill libraries".

Excerpt:
There was a time when the Internet was supposed to make libraries a thing of the past. If anything, it's given them a stronger future.

"I was told ... early in the '90s that libraries would be gone," said Beatrice Lebal, director of the T.B. Scott Library in Merrill. " Of course, that hasn't happened."

Library operators say the Internet and other technology are improving their services to customers -- and in most cases nationwide its leading to more use, according to a Gannett News Service analysis of state data.

Local libraries have seen a mix of that, but are unquestionably seeing the benefits.

Gerald Berardi (1936-2025) Warren High School class of 1954

 

1954 Dragon yearbook

Legacy

1967 Warren City Directory 

• Berardi Gerald J (Nancy M) clerk New Process 409 1/2 West Fifth Avenue 
• Berardi Samuel (Phyllis) retired 11 South Morrison Street

1983 Warren City Directory

• Berardi Gerald J & Nancy M; employee New Process 1410 Hall Street

The popularity of Gerald as a baby name was graphed previously graphed in 2015, when it ranked #765.  Let's take another look. 

Source:  Social Security Administration

Gerald enjoyed an impressive 63 years (1908-09, 1911-71) in the top 100, peaking at #19 in 1936, 1938, and 1939.  After 2015, he had just 5 more years to go on the chart.

Other members of the class of 1954 (42):

2025

Shirley Hoden DeVore.  (8/17)

Murray McComas.  (6/11)

2024

Richard Sherwood. (9/12)

Norma Burgeson Farnsworth.  (4/18)

John Cotillion.  (3/31)

Elaine Cooney Spiller.  (1/6)

2023

Mary Jane Colvin Martin.  (10/19)

Wayne Arlo Smetanka.  (7/18)

Glenn Cook.  (4/17)

2021

Elaine Moore Larsen.  (9/17)
Margaret Hennessey Sorensen.  (5/21)

Margaret Scalise.  (4/29)

Marian Cable Rulander (4/24)

Nancy Zock Clark.  (2/16)

2020
Patricia Harrington McAvoy.  (8/5)

Elizabeth Ann Pasquino Deck.  (2/22)
Beatrice Brown Bines.  (1/26)

2019
Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30)
Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1)
Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1)
Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/29)
David Neal Redmond.  (3/4)

2018
Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3)
Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19)
Charles Salerno.  (3/19)
Joan White Wood.  (2/12)
Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11)

2017
Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27)
Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25)
Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1)
James Hornstrom.  (3/9)
Richard Latimer.  (1/31)
Guard Pierce.  (1/24)

2016
Thomas Gray.  (10/16)
Franklin Ristau.  (4/21)

Richard Helmbrecht.  (3/27)
Luella Wert Wile.  (3/15)
Edward Erickson.  (3/4)

2015
Keith Otterbein.  (7/20)
Marlene Ceriola English.  (6/28)

2014

Robert Johnson.  (8/10)

Lois Egger Anderson McDanel.  (6/23)

Phillip Stewart.  (2/20)