Guilderland Central High School - Class of 1985

In Memoriam: Eric C. Mealy

We are very sorry to announce the passing of one of our GCHS class of 1985 classmates, Eric Mealy.
Below is the obituary that appeared in the Times Union on January 13, 2008.

Mealy, Eric Charles
LATHAM
Eric C. Mealy, 40, died peacefully on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Hospice in Naples, Fla.

Born in Troy, on October 6, 1967, son of Chuck and Gigi Mealy, Eric graduated from Guilderland High School in 1985 and the Albany College of Pharmacy in 1990.

Eric relocated to Naples where he was employed as a pharmacist and was the sole proprietor of Dreamquest, Inc., designing computer systems. Eric recently enjoyed working at the Albany Medical Center, where he received endless support and encouragement from his co-workers.

Eric was passionate about photography, hiking, cross country skiing, endurance biking, extreme downhill skiing, growing orchids, and vacationing in Puerto Rico. Eric had an interest in antiques and comic books, raising tropical fish and Schnauzers.

Survivors include his beloved eight year old daughter, Alexa J. Mealy of Naples; his parents, Gigi and Chuck Mealy of Naples, formerly of Altamont; sister, Michele Mealy Fatone; brother-in-law, Christopher T. Fatone, D.O.; niece, Nicole Fatone; nephew, Drew Fatone; maternal grandmother, Rose Grembocki; uncle, Lucian (Cindy) Grembocki; aunt, Diane Grembocki; and several dear cousins.

Services in Eric's memory will be announced in the spring. Donations may be made in Eric's name to Avow Hospice, 1095 Whipporwill Lane, Naples, FL 34105.

Published in the Albany Times Union on 1/13/2008.

In Memoriam: Allan J. Miller Jr.

It is with sorrow that we pass along the news that one of our fellow graduates, Allan Miller, passed away last Friday.

You may have noticed his absence at our recent reunion. Allan had been fighting ALS (better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease), and was unable to attend.

We're going to take $100 from the money we raised at the reunion and donate it in Allan's name to the ALS Center at St. Peter's Hospital.

Below is the text of the obituary appearing in today's Times Union:

Allan J. Miller Jr.
GUILDERLAND Allan J. Miller Jr., 39, died Friday, April 28, 2006 at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany following a long illness. Allan graduated from Clarkson University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He worked at Capital Services in Colonie until his health forced him into retirement. He was an avid Boston Red Sox fan and watched them with passion until his death. Survivors include his mother, Wilhelmina Miller of Guilderland; one sister, Lauren Miller (Leonard) Prezorski of Cobleskill; and one aunt, Louis Gade of Guilderland. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 12 noon at the Fredendall Funeral Home, Altamont. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10-12 noon. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Guilderland. Those who wish may make contributions in Allan's name to the ALS Center, St. Peter's Hospital, 315 S. Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12203.

FREDENDALL FUNERAL HOME
199 Main Street
Altamont, NY 12009
(518) 861-6611

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Reunion RSVPs

We're also maintaining a list of people who have already registered for the reunion.

You can click here to see that list now. We will keep this list updated regularly.

We'd love to see your name on this list too!
Please get your registration in ASAP.

Need another copy of the invitation? Click here to download one in PDF format.

People we've found, and others we haven't

We are maintaining three lists here on the web site:

People for whom we have a current email address
People for whom we have a current US Postal mailing address
People for whom we have no confirmed contact information

You can click here to see these three lists.

We're trying to do as much as we can via email, to save costs. If you have an email address for someone on list #2 or #3, or some kind of contact info for someone on list #3, please click here to tell us about it.

We'd like to contact as many people as possible, to let them know about the reunion plans.

Thanks!

Invitation available for download

As of August 7th, we've collected email addresses for roughly half of our graduating class.

On August 15th, we emailed a PDF version of the event invitation to these people, and we send a paper copy to those folks for whom we have only a postal address.

You can download a copy of the PDF from this web site. Click here and you'll see it.

Check back here often for more news as things happen.

Welcome to the GCHS Class of 1985 Web Site

Hello Guilderland web surfers,

This is the once and future site of the Guilderland Class of 85's virtual community. As the page develops over time, we'll use it to keep in touch, share resources, and all sorts of good stuff.

Think of it like Classmates.com, but without membership fees and all those annoying advertisements.

But even more importantly, this site will be the hub of information as we plan our 20th anniversary reunion.

Watch this space for more news as things develop.