Bishop Armstrong Class of 1961 Reunion

In Legacy obituaries today: classmate Leonard Hill 1943- 2025

Leonard Hill Obituary

Lenny passed away peacefully in Sacramento, California. He was born in Vallejo, California and moved to Sacramento at age three. A 1961 graduate of Bishop Armstrong H.S. and a retiree of AT&T/Pacific Bell. He was a gregarious, passionate and curious man who loved golf.

Survived by his loving wife Patty, siblings Vicki, Emmett, Cecilia(Mike) and Marianne(Mark). Predeceased by siblings Tina and Michael. Loved and missed by family and friends. Lenny leaves an enduring impression on those who knew him.

No services are planned
Published by The Sacramento Bee from Jan. 12 to Jan. 18, 2026.

Here is an updated list of 89 deceased graduates…. I received a list from CB which helped a lot! Still not able to find enough information on about 5 classmates. If you know more about anyone you see missing…. Contact me!

BISHOP ARMSTRONG CLASS OF 1961 - Find a Grave Virtual Cemetery A curated virtual cemetery.

I found this on a newspaper database, Th Sacramento Union 1939.....If you have been around Sacramento awhile, Im sure you will see some familiar family names....Gormley, Keating, Bernardis, Smolich, Desmond and more!

Hi, this is Dave's wife, Susan, I don't know if any of you have heard of FindAGrave, but it's a database which is based on place of burial. I have contributed to it for many years and one thing you can do is make "virtual cemeteries" for your own use (but it can be public). I decided to make one for the Bishop Armstrong/ Christian Brothers Class of 1961. I thought I'd share with you. Let me know if you know of other deceased classmates, especially if you know where they are buried or if they were cremated.

Here are some that I know are deceased but can't find any info on them: Robert W. Armstrong, Jim C. Capineri, Sharon Clarke, Fredena Dorothy Markham, David McConnell, Lou Porta, Dorothy Marie Sanchez, Sandy Lee Smith, Walter Turner, Betty Wilson. Eleanor Thompson Turner. Let me know if you have any info on them.

I put graduation pictures in for any classmates that I was able to find.....there are over 70 in the database so far. Take a
look

Dave's CB Classmates - Find a Grave Virtual Cemetery A curated virtual cemetery.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/ronald-peters-obituary?id=59115186

Ronald Peters Obituary (1943 - 2025) - Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento Bee View Ronald James Peters's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Proud Class of 1961 graduate David Murphy with two Christian Brothers Graduate grandsons...Anthony Murphy 2021 and Cooper Murphy Class of 2016.

Vienna Cornacchioli Golsong. Rest in Peace. Vienna was the 2008 recipient of Past Alumni Service Award for Christian Brothers High School.

We received an updated list of the deceased members on the class of 1961 and I believe that all of the women are listed by their maiden names.

We just recently received word that Vienna Chornacchioli Golsong passed away. Vienna worked for years as the alumni person for the Christian Brothers Connection and kept us up to date on what was going on.....RIP dear Vienna

DECEASED CLASSMATES as of 2021:
Fred A. Allen
Gerri Allen
Robert Armstrong
Frank Bakarich
Carol Sue Balassi
Henry Joe Barajas
Charles Biffin
Robert Boschert
Kemer A. Breaux
James Capineri
Lou Carrigg
Barbara Jean Cheshire
Sharon Clark
Kathie Marie Conley
Terry Lewis Conley
Vienna Marie Cornacchioli
Illa Frances Corti
Carolyn Cotton
John F. Cox
Bob Cuff
Andy DeLaTorre
Douglas Demetre
Diane June Devlin
Maureen L. Douglas
David L. Ferreirae
Lawrence Forshee
M. Germaine France
Michael Giorgi
Gary Gray
Tom Gruneisen
Clifford Harder
Jeanine Hardesty
Marilee JoAn Harris
Richard Hopkins
George E. Konsmo
Jerry Long
Larry Lopez
Fredrena Markham
David McConnell
Michael J. McCormack
Douglas Mengali
Betsy Morebeck
Robert Mosher
Daniel Norboe
Leroy O’Connell
Nancy Pieretti
Lou Porta
Rosemary Rasul
Dorothy Sanchez
Nadine Sardelich
Michael Savin
Fred Schroeder
Jasper Schuering
Donald Semon
Charles Shaffer
Sandy Smith
Gloria Mae Stanley
Chris Stone
Kenneth Stone
Edward Stopper
Bert T. Swanston
Leonard Taormina
Walter Turner
Sharon Lee Turner
Sandra Urda
Patrick Valine
Raymond Valine
Joseph Vona
John Waterman
James Waterman
Betty Wilson
Fred Wilson
Lorraine Tacosa
Julie Zawacki
Fred Znider

A list of our deceased classmates...R.I.P dear friends

Mr. Fred A. Allen '61
Mrs. Nadine Angulo '61
Mr. Robert W. Armstrong '61
Mr. Frank M. Bakarich '61
Mr. Henry Joe Barajas
Mr. Charles Biffin '61
Mr. Robert Boschert '61
Mr. Kerner A. Breaux '61
Mr. James Capineri '61
Mr. Louis Carrigg '61
Ms. Sharon Clark '61
Mr. Terry L. Conley '61
Ms. Kathleen Conley '61
Mrs. Julianne Cornacchioli '61
Illa F. Corti '61
Ms. Carolyn V. Cotton '61
Mr. John F. Cox '61
Mr. Robert Cuff '61
Mr. Andrew De La Torre '61
Mrs. Maureen L. DeBerry '61
Ms. Diane Devlin '61
Mr. David L. Ferreirae '61
Mrs. Mary Eizabeth Flynn '61
Mr. Larry A. Forshee '61
M. Germaine France
Mr. Michael A. Giorgi '61
Mr. Gary Gray '61
Mr. Matthew T. Gruneisen '61
Mrs. Barbara J. Hamblen '61
Mr. Clifford Harder, Jr. '61
Mrs. Jeanine Hardesty '61
Marilee Harris Van Pelt
Mrs. Gerri Higgenbothom '61
Mr. Richard N. Hopkins '61
Mr. George E. Konsmo '61
Mr. Jerald B. Long '61
Mr. Larry Lopez '61
Mrs. Lorraine Magana '61
Mr. Mike McCormick
Mr. David Mc Connell '61
Mr. Douglas A. McNew Demetre '61
Mr. Douglas P. Mengali '61
Mr. Robert Mosher '61
Mr. Daniel J. Norboe '61
Mr. Leroy J. O'Connell '61
Ms. Nancy Pieretti '61
Mr, Lou Porta
Ms. Rosemary Rasul '61
Mrs. Sandra U. Rogers '61
Mrs. Dorothy Rogers '61
Mrs. Carol Rowe '61
Mrs. Sandy Rowe '61
Mr. Michael R. Savin '61
Mr. Fredrick Schroeder '61
Mr. Jasper Schuering '61
Mr. Donald V. Semon '61
Mr. Charles J. Shaffer '61
Ms. Gloria M. Stanley '61
Mr. Kenneth T. Stone, GRI '61
Mr. Edward W. Stopper '61
Mr. Bert T. Swanston, Jr. '61
Mr. Leonard J. Taormina '61
Mr. Walter A. Turner, Sr. '61
Ms. Sharon L. Turner '61
Ms. Sandra Urda
Mr. Patrick L. Valine '61
Mr. Raymond D. Valine '61
Mr. Joseph Vona
Mr. James C. Waterman '61
Mr. John Waterman '61
Ms. Chris Williams '61
Mr. Frederick Wilson '61
Ms. Betty Wilson
Ms. Julie Zawacki
Dr. J. Fred Znider, M.D. '61

We’ve received word of the loss of another classmate ...... R.I.P Doug Demetre