It's our sad duty to announce another passing. Glenn Strohl, 1967 graduate of LHS, passed away March 31, 2025, in a battle with mantel cell lymphoma which is a blood cancer. Glenn recently emailed Joe Kempfer information about himself and asked for prayers for winning the battle against cancer he was in. Here is that posting:
Thank you Joe for the updates on our two friends . I wanted to give you an update on my situation. I have a condition called mantel cell lymphoma which is a blood cancer . This ugly disease does not have a cure but can be managed . I am currently in the hospital at the the T Boone Pickens cancer Center where we live in Dallas , Texas. They will try a new treatment on me which is called Cart T which is very much like a weird scientific experiment. If successful it will have me back on the pickleball courts and golf course so prayers are appreciated. I wanted to give all an update . Go LHS . Keep moving!!!!
Unfortunately, Glenn's new treatment did not work. There isn't any more information that we have yet. When I get it, I'll post it here, along with an obituary. Glenn resided in Texas. If you have any information we could use, please feel free to send it to me kwilty@gmail.com or Joe Kempfer: jek1926@rcn.com. Thank you.
It's with great sadness we announce a 3rd passing of John F. Lehman, Jr., 75, of Bethlehem, who entered his eternal rest on Friday, March 21, 2025, at his home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born on August 17, 1949, in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late John F. and Anna C. (Ivankovits) Lehman. For more information, please see our Memorial page for a link to his obituary. Remember to keep his family in your prayers.
We are so sorry to have to announce another passing of LHS '67 classmate Wayne Koffel. Wayne passed away March 8, 2025 at home after a long battle with HPV throat cancer. Please remember his family in prayer. For more information and a link to his obituary, please see the Memorial page.
It's our sad duty to announce yet another LHS '67 classmate, William Woodring.. William Henry “Woody” Woodring passed away quietly on Tuesday 03/11/2025 at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital in Syracuse, NY at the age of 75. For more information and a link to his obituary, please see our Memorial page. Please keep his family in your prayers.
I received an email from Joe Kempfer about our classmate, Craig Eby. The email is from Craig's wife, MaryLou. Here's the email:
Greetings everyone,
If you are not "friends" on Facebook with MaryLou Eby, Craig's wife, she posted an update on Craig's condition a day or 2 ago and she has said that it was OK for me to share it with you all. So, without further ado, here is her update in her own words:
Dear Facebook Friends,
As determined by a multitude of physicians over the last year, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, Craig has an incurable and A-typical form of Parkinson’s Disease, called Corticobasal Degeneration. He has nerve pain on the whole right side of his body, struggles with standing and walking, and is always at risk of falling. His brain cells are shrinking on one side of his brain, affecting both physical movement and his ability to express his thoughts. This causes symptoms similar to dementia, such as frequent frustration, agitation and tears.
Physical and Occupational Therapy for over the past 14 months have been very difficult and painful for him. Therefore, since his prognosis is both progressive and incurable, we are now using hospice, in order to improve his quality of life, for as long as he has left on this earth. Craig appears to be in no imminent concern, as he is much more comfortable now, and still able to walk with his walker, under my supervision and support. In fact, unlike the common perception, he may be on hospice for a year or two, (God willing, that it is renewable. Jimmy Carter is a perfect example).
Craig has a hearty appetite and fully enjoys 3 meals a day!!! He watches and understands NFL football and college football (Go Eagles and Go Penn State!!). And is still better than me at Jeopardy (although it takes him a minute to think about what he is trying to say. He also continues to have a great sense of humor and we laugh at the same jokes that we’ve always enjoyed in 46 years of marriage!
We appreciate your prayers on our behalf. We know that God is with us, and we find comfort in our morning devotions together, and especially in our blessed assurance of eternal life with Jesus Christ, our Savior. I so appreciate how the Apostle Paul describes it in 2 Cor-inthians 5:1-9. (Interestingly, these verses are expressed particularly well in the good old “Living Bible” version!)
Thank you for taking the time to read this….
Mary Lou
I'm sure Craig would love to hear from a bunch of his old classmates: phone, text, e-mail, snail mail, whatever. Do it today - Penn State plays tonight!
Craig and MaryLou Eby
117 Laurel Wood Way, Unit 201
St. Augustine, FL 32086
904-540-3777 (Craig’s cell)
cweby@bellsouth.net
904-540-3612 (MaryLou’s cell)
Stay well,
Joe
The Liberty High School, Class of '67, 50th Reunion was a huge success! A big 'thank you' goes out to all who attended. The Reunion Committee members felt that all our efforts were worth it! Everyone had a great time and the display's that were set up had a steady stream of classmates gazing at pictures and items brought in by other classmates. The room was filled with chatter and laughter as people reconnected with classmates they hadn't seen in 50 years! I believe we will carry many warm memories with us for years to come from this milestone event.
Other thanks goes out to our guest speaker, Gary Lavelle for sharing his heart with us. Many will carry those words home with them. Thanks to John Bereuter for his help in setting up and tearing down. He also contributed many pieces of memorabilia to our display table. Thanks John. You've got the gift of helps.
And last, but not least, a huge thank you goes to our tour guide, John Quigley, and Liberty High School, for allowing us to see the new renovations made to our ole' Alma Mater. It was fun. We were so impressed with the new additions and changes made to so many areas of the campus. The cafeteria was amazing and the pool ...wow! I wanted to jump in and take a swim, lol.
All things do come to an end and even though it's over, the memories we took with us from this weekend will warm our hearts for a long time to come. Stay connected to this website for future events, maybe even before 5 more years :)