Tag: Faculty
Charles Kalinowski Teacher/Coach
June 24, 1934 ~ October 1, 2022 “I’m sorry to leave you on such short notice, but this morning I joined my son and other family and friends in Heaven. I will miss all of you terribly especially my wife of 66 years Carole. She was the best friend, wife, and mother that a man …
Anton Davies Principal WJHS
May 1, 1928 ~ February 22, 2019 Andy was born on May 1, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY, to Irving M. Davies and Dorothea Bauersfeld Davies. Andy attended NYU University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Education and a Masters in Guidance. He married Evelyn Marie Klein in June of 1950. Andy actively served in …
Edward Russell – Teacher
RUSSELL – Edward, 78, passed away on July 5, 2012 after a short illness. He served his country honorably in the Air Force before beginning his career as an English Teacher at Wantagh High School. He retired in 1991 after 28 years of teaching. He is survived by his sister Margaret Eterginoso, brother Charles Goldstein …
James “Jim” Grady – Teacher/Coach
APRIL 22, 1927 – FEBRUARY 28, 2021 On Sunday, February 28, 2021, James J. Grady (Jim), loving husband and father of seven children passed away at the age of 93. Jim was born on April 22, 1927, in Whitehall, New York to Ted and Ellen Grady and was the older brother of Joan Grady Hurley. Jim enlisted …
Eric Cohen – Teacher Earth Sciences*
COHEN – Eric, 51, went home to be with the Lord on June 13th, 2009. Survived by his three sons, Paul, Andrew and Daniel Cohen; significant other Jeanine Ryan; mother Sondra Swarbrick; brother Russ Cohen; and the mother of his children Linda Cohen. Eric dedicated 20 years to teaching Earth Science at Wantagh and Westhampton …
Robert “Bob” Lambert – Teacher WHS*
Industrial Arts and Athletics Coach LAMBERT – Robert J., age 73, died peacefully on July 3rd, 2020 at his home in Massapequa, Nassau County, NY suddenly after one of his favorite pastimes- working in his garden. Bob was born on November 9th, 1946 in Bay Shore, Long Island to Gerard and Dorothy Lambert. He graduated …
Harriet Harter – WHS Teacher Business Education
HARTER – Harriet H. (nee Lorenzen) on December 25, 2012 in her 71st year. Beloved wife of 45 years of Robert C. and loving mother of Lisa (David) Tubbs and Christian (Lynne, Robert and Ashley), Cherished Grandmother of Sarah, Madeline and Kathryn Tubbs. Dear sister of Frederick (Margaret) Lorenzen and the late Jan Lorenzen. Also …
Josaphine Stencel – Teacher
STENCEL – Josephine Catherine “Chickie”, age 72 of Wantagh, NY, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 in Mineola, NY. Josephine was born on January 11, 1944 to the late Michael and Frances Chioccariello. In 1967, Josephine married the love of her life, Gerald, after meeting a year before at a dance at Fort Hamilton …