Class of 1959

Monday, December 10, 2012

In Memory/Celebration Of Classmate

Our dear friend Katherine Meyer Turcotte, Class of 1959, passed away recently. In her memory, and in celebration of her wonderful basketball career at St. Francis Xavier, her sons are donating retro uniforms for the girls’ team at Vicksburg Catholic School. Once each year a scheduled game will be played in which the current girls’ team will wear the retro uniforms. The fun part for all of us who cherish our memories of great high school basketball is we are to be the invited guests at this game! The date chosen for this season is January 11th, 2013 against Natchez Cathedral, at 6:00 PM.

PLEASE, if you have phone numbers and/or email addresses for anyone – especially girls from the 50’s and 60’s who would have known Katherine – PLEASE give them the above information OR contact Myrtle Loviza Curro Alvarado at mlcurro@att.net or 601-661-0847.

We’ll have a pot-luck get together for all former players on Thursday night, January 10th in the School Cafeteria at 6:00 PM. It will be fun sharing memories with Katherine’s boys and each other. St. Francis Xavier has an enviable history of girls’ basketball – AND they have a very good team this year, so ALL FORMER SFXA and VCS GIRLS’ basketball players, managers and coaches are invited and encouraged to join us.

Please let us hear from you.

Another Classmate's Mother Passes Away

So sad to get news within a week that another classmate's Mother has passed away. Sue McNamara's Mother, Mrs. Verreen McNamara, died yesterday afternoon and arrangements are incomplete at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home, 1830 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS. Her obituary will follow.
www.fisherfuneralhome.net
601.636.7373

Friday, December 07, 2012

Garden Donation

St. Aloysius Dean of Students Mike Jones, second from left, stands with children of John J. and Mabel H. Loviza at the future site of the Loviza Garden in the courtyard at St. Aloysius, where two 5-foot-tall statues they donated will be installed. Jones said the statues will be of St. Francis Xavier and St. Aloysius Gonzaga and will arrive in about three months. From left, Myrtle Loviza Curro Alvarado, Jones, Joseph Loviza and Blanche Loviza Irby. Other siblings are the late Dottie Loviza Vedros and John W. Loviza.

Thursday, December 06, 2012

Classmate's Mother Dies

Elizabeth C. Melsheimer ~ Elizabeth C. "Libby" Melsheimer died Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at the Vicksburg Convalescent Home. She was 90.

Born in Vicksburg, Mrs. Melsheimer was the daughter of the late John Ira Cronin and Harriet Katherine Metzger Cronin.

She was active in community service, including serving as chair of the Arthritis Foundation of Vicksburg, chair of the Vicksburg-Warren March of Dimes and other service organizations.

She was a longtime "Pink Lady" with the Mercy Medical Center and ParkView Medical Center Auxiliary.

Mrs. Melsheimer was a past member of the Mother's Club of St. Francis Xavier Academy and St. Aloysius. She was a member of the PAK Alpha Chapter Sorority and the Green Hills Garden Club. Mrs. Melsheimer was an avid bridge player and the last surviving member of the "Twenty Dinner Club." She as a communicant of St. Paul Catholic Church and a member of the St. Paul Altar Society.

She is survived by a daughter, Jacqueline "Jackie" Melsheimer Doiron (Class of 1959) of Vicksburg; three grandchildren, Julie Lizabeth Doiron Sosebee (Craig), Jacqueline "Danielle" Warnock (Brad) and Phillip L. Doiron (Kara); and six great-grandchildren, Jack Sosebee, Elizabeth Sosebee, Mary Bradley Warnock, Wes Warnock, Anna Kate Doiron and Ally Doiron.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Julius Daniel Melsheimer; and a brother, A. J. Cronin.

A funeral Mass will be at 11:00 Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church with Monsignor Patrick Farrell, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the church from 10:00 a.m. Friday until the hour of the service.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Vicksburg Convalescent Home, 1708 Cherry St., Vicksburg, MS 39180 and to the Vicksburg Catholic School, 1900 Grove St., Vicksburg, MS 39182.

Pallbearers will be Craig Sosebee, Jack Sosebee, Mike Jackson, Philip Doiron, Brad Warnock and Jerry Cronin.