Celeste Onka:  

CLASS OF 1968
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Somerville, NJ

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Hi All - we are currently planning a class reunion for SHS graduating years of 1965-1969. If you are interested, please send an email to celeste.onka(AT)gmail.com and I'll get a flyer out to you with the details. My story...after SHS I went to Somerset County College (now Raritan Valley). In fact I have the distinct honor of being the first student ever accepted at the college. Received an AA degree in Computer Science and went to work for what was then known as American Hoechst. The IT of that company changed in many ways over the years and we became Hoechst Celanese; formed two new companies called HISERV & FASTSERV (IT personnel from the former Hoechst organization). Then we were purchased by ThyssenKrupp and became Triaton (an IT consulting firm). In 2004 Triaton was purchased by Hewlett Packard and I worked non-stop for these companies for 42 years. Somehow I managed to maintain all my years of service. Took my fi...Expand for more
rst ever REAL vacation in 2012 when I went to Alaska. This gave me the travelling bug. I officially retired in August 2012 and took the buyout package that they offered. I've enjoyed almost a full year of travelling and having fun!!! I'm working a part-time job that I got as the result of my involvement in the class reunion. I'm totally enjoying the job and the part-time hours. I sing in my church choir and do a lot of work for the church which I find to be very rewarding. I was married for 37 years and my husband Lou passed away December '07. It took a while for me to get my hands around this tragic event but I've managed to learn to do many things around my own home by myself. I have 5 step-children but only two that are really a major part of my life. No plans for dating but I am looking for a good handyman...life is too short to get tangled up with issues and baggage and my plan is to travel and have a lot of fun!
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Remembering that on March 14th 1991 Louis Forsthoffer and I got married.  It would have been our 33rd wedding anniversary this year but we actually met back in 1970 and it took us 21 years to finally decide to get married.
Congratulations to Keith and Allison Decibus on their wedding.  They all look absolutely beautiful and the wedding was a lot of fun.
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Nice flowers received for my 73rd birthday.  Thanks!  And also happy birthday to Julia the great niece that was born on my birthday last year and her sister Abigail, who was born on November 25th just 2 years before her.  B
Received two beautiful birthday gifts from our choir director, Peter.  This was so amazing (and delicious & beautiful).  Thanks Peter!!!
I made 20 Christmas Trees that are 17" in height. I have donated 6 of them to RVCC for the December 10th Christmas Choir Stage Show that they will be having and 3 of us from our church choir will be singing at this event.
This Sunday, December 10th,  RVCC will have a holiday concert which will start at 3 p.m.  We have been having choir practice for several weeks for this show.    Our choir director is Dr. John Sichel - he is an amazing instr
Congratulations to Dr. John Sichel of RVCC.  Barbara Porter, Roberta Caswell and I joined the RVCC choir last spring when we did our first choir show and now today we did a show at RVCC for Christmas.  Working with John and
It was 16 years ago today that I lost my husband Lou.  I still love him and miss him so very much.  1-4-3  🙏🥰🥲
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