On June 26, the Class of 1980 had a great reunion celebration at the Long Beach Marriott. Approximately 100 people were in attendance. The celebration kicked off on Saturday at the 4:00 Mass at Our Lady of Refuge celebrated by classmate Fr. Peter Mallin '80. When the class arrived at the Marriott, the entry of the Sports Bar displayed two large banners which were donated by Jerry Stevens '80. One banner displayed the class of 1980 picture on the football bleachers and the other had yearbook pictures of the class members.
"A DJ, dancing and chatting with classmates was like we were back in high school," says Theresa Trevino-Hardesty '80, who headed the reunion planning. "We celebrated and honored our veterans, law enforcement and nurses with the National Anthem playing. It was so great to see our classmates. The quote of the night was, 'I think our class is super special'. We just seemed to carry on as if we were back in high school. A fun night had by all!"
Highlights of our classmates, sent by Hardesty:
An amazing 20 classmates married each other and are still married to this day:
Tony Castillo '80 & Sue McMahon '80 (39 years)
Tom Hardesty '80 & Theresa Trevino '80 (37 years)
John Vollmer '80 & Sandy Zabel '80 (36 years)
Tim Frei '80 & Lisa Walski '80 (35 years)
Tim Forney '80 & Alice Woodward '80 (35 years)
Rob Petroni '80 & Ann Kustic '80 (33 years)
Ray Yinger '80 & Stephanie Schmitt '80 (33 years)
Greg Gomez '80 & Vicki Leach '80
Tim Hurley '80 & Jana Prada
Tim Moore '80 & Margo Montano '80
Firefighters- Willie Cajiao '80, Rob Kohlhepp '80, Ron Hayes '80, Steve Regalado '80, Brian Jones '80
Police Officers- Joe Pueliu '80, Dave Porter '80, Al Reyes '80, Greg Gomez '80
Veterans - Joe Pueliu '80, Terri Miles '80
Pilots - Lulu Fernandez '80, Jim Miller '80, Jerry Dessert '80
Joe Mansueto '80 makes his own beer and wine.
Eric Munoz '80 wrote a book called Caulerpa Conquest
