| Resources Jersey Journal Sisters of Charity SMHS '52 Archives Spotlight Archives St Michael Church, JC * |
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| James F. O'Donnell 4 Sumutka Court Carteret NJ 07008 poppyod@verizon.net Birthday- Dec 12 |
| After graduation I went to work in the transportation field , a trucking Company, and stayed in that field for all my working years. I started as a billing clerk was a manager when I retired. In October of 1956 I married my childhood sweetheart Patsy Yeo. Together we had four children. Dennis, the oldest is the Head Men's basketball Coach and the Asst. Athletic Director at St Thomas Acquinas College in Sparkill, NY. Our second son, James Jr., is the Associate Athletic Director at Seton Hall University. Our one daughter, Eileen is the Customer Service Supervisor at Mausu Corporation, and our youngest son, Kevin is the Director of Operations at Marbella Highrise on Washington Blvd, in Jersey City. We remember this Street as Henderson Street. So in our family we get to see a lot of basketball games and visit Jersey City. Our children have given Pat and I five grandchildren, ages 16 to seven. Timmy, Chris, Elizabeth, Brianna, and Joseph. Timmy plays basketball for St. Joseph's in Metuchen. so we see a lot of high school basketball in our schedule also. In 1970 we moved out of Jersey City to Carteret, the children went to St Joseph in Metuchen and Eileen attended Mother Seton HS in Clark, one of her teachers was SMHS Sr. Mary Magdelen. My time these days is spent with my grandchildren, or at the Food Pantry at St. Joseph Church, where I have been the director for the past twenty years. One of my memories of St Michael's was Sr. Julia Ann rolling her eyes, and telling me how much of her teaching I was missing by serving all the funeral masses at the church. I'm sure she would be happy to know that since I retired, I still serve the masses at our church. I remember that my favorite song in SMHS was "Blue Moon"; Patsy and I had a special song, "There's A Time For Us" and the place to hang out was Sam's Candy Store. What's there now--- I have no idea! |
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