American School of Tegucigalpa Alumni

“Those who are no longer with us, but remain in our memories and in our hearts”

American School’s Development / Alumni Officedevo@amschool.org 239-3333 Ext. 721Vicky Diaz Produced by: Alina Fernandez (Class of 1981)

Please note that this tribute to our ALUMNI is a work in progress. We apologize for any alumni who we have inadvertently not included. If you would be so kind as to contact Vicky Diaz (devo@amschool.org) at the American School Alumni Dept, we will be more than grateful, and will immediately update the information.

Lourdes Perez

Class of 1966

“Nothing can ever take away

The love a heart holds dear

Fond memories linger every dayRemembrance

keeps them near”~unknown author

“Sadly missed along life's way,

quietly remembered every day...

No longer in our life to share,

but in our hearts, you're always there”

~ unknown authorClass of 1966

Ronald Funes

Class of 1966

Eduardo Erazo Lara

“Nothing can ever take

away

The love a heart holds

dear

Fond memories linger

every day

Remembrance keeps

them near.”~ unknown author

RIP August 2014

Yvonne Handal Bendeck de Facussé

Class of 1967

RIP: September 24,1996

“Death leaves a heartache

No one can heal, but

Love leaves a memory

No one can steal”~ Unknown Author

Patricia Ann Linton

Class of 1967

RIP: January 25, 2015

To live in hearts we leave behindIs not to die.~Thomas Campbell

Class of 1968

Dennis Perdomo

“The tide recedes but leaves behindbright seashells on the sand.The sun goes down, but gentlewarmth still lingers on the land.The music stops, and yet it echoeson in sweet refrains.....For every joy that passes,something beautiful remains”

~unknown author

Alicia Rosario Pratts Carias

Class of 1969

RIP: January 2011

Her beautiful

smile remains in our hearts forever!

William Laurence Lady

Class of 1969

RIP: January 2011

“The angels are always near to those who are

grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God.”

~Eileen Elias Freeman

Salomon Ciliezar

“It will be the little thingsthat you will remember,

the quiet moments,the smiles, the laughter.And although it may seem

hard right now,it will be the memoriesof these little things

that help to push away the pain

and bring the smilesback again”

Class of 1971

Edmundo Soto

“Those we love don't go away,They walk beside us every day,Unseen, unheard, but always near,Still loved, still missed and very dear.”

~unknown author

Class of 1971

Marjorie Kivett

“Those we have held

in our arms for a little

while,We hold in our hearts forever.”~Unknown Author

Class of 1971

Ana Lila Sahli Arguello

Gone, but not forgotten…

RIP :August 24th

1999

Class of

1972

Luis Rómulo Reyes

Class of

1972

“Death is the hardest part of lifenot for those who

have passedbut for those who are left behind.”

~unknown Author

“Remembering you is easy

I do it everydaymissing you is the

heartache that never goes

away”

~ Unknown AuthorClass of

1972

Rina Elena Abudoj

Class of 1973RIP: July 2015

Maria Teresa Gutierrez

“I feel a warmth around melike your presence is so near,And I close my eyes to visualizeyour face when you were here,I endure the times we spent togetherand they are locked inside my heart,For as long as I have those memorieswe will never be apart.”~Louise Bailey

Sergia Jimenez Lorenzana

Class of 1973

RIP: Jan 19th, 2004

“Do not cry for me, I am not gone.

I am walking with the Lord in His heavenly light.

Do not cry for me, I am still here. I am the wind in

the trees,the rain on the flowers and

the sun on your face.”

~Ruby Heintz

Hector Cecilio Ham

Class of 1973

RIP: Jan 2015

"What we have once enjoyed, we can never

lose. All that we love deeply becomes part

of us." -Helen Keller -

Class of 1973

RIP: May 13th,

2014

Helen Cordoba Gonzales

“Don’t think of her as gone

away

Her journey’s just begun.

Life holds so many facets,

This here is only one.

Just think of her as resting

From the sorrows and the tears

Think of her as living in the

hearts of those she held so

dear.” ~ unknown

Patricia Rivera

“Life is eternal, and love is immortal,

and death is only a horizon;

and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our

sight.”

~Rossiter Worthington RaymondClass of 1973

Thelsa Bendaña

Class of 1973

RIP November

2014

“Don’t think of her as gone

away

Her journey’s just begun.

Life holds so many facets,

This here is only one.

Just think of her as resting

From the sorrows and the

tears

Think of her as living in the

hearts of those she held so

dear.” ~ unknown

Gabriela Hoffman

Class of 1973

“You shall live in the hearts of those who

loved you and will thus never die or

be forgotten”

~Unknown Author

Class of 1974

Regina Younger

Brenda Younger

Tony Suárez

Class of

1974

“Those we have held

in our arms for a little

while,We hold in our hearts forever.”~Unknown Author

Erick Fajardo

Class of

1974

“Nothing can ever take away

The love a heart holds

dearFond memories

linger every day

Remembrance keeps them

near”~unknown author

Alejandro Gregg

Class of 1975

Unable are the loved to die. For love

is immortality. ~Emily Dickinson

Cesar Augusto Montes

Class of 19761958-1989

“No farewell words were spoken. No time to say

goodbye. You were gone before we

knew it. And only God

knows why.”~Unknown Author

Luis Fernando Cordoba

Class of 1976

“Someone so special

….can never be

forgotten.”~ Unknown Author

Jorge Alberto Rivera

Class of 1976

“We had so little time to share,Too soon, I had to leave.I know how much you love me,I know how much you grieve.

I know how sharp your pain is,I feel the aching in your hearts.My life so quickly endedBefore it barely had a start.”

~Charlotte Collins

Maria del Carmen Gonzales

Class of 1976

“Death leaves a heartache No one can

heal butLove leaves a

memoryNo one can

steal”~Unknown Author

Eloisa Gamundi

Class of 1977

“It is the little things

that we remember, the

quiet moments, the

smiles, the laughter..It is

these little things that

help push pain away and bring

the smiles

Julio Zelaya

Class of 1977

Now you're goneWe're left to carry

onIn the wind I hear

your songWith every passing

hourI'm feeling more

aloneBut we will meet

againSomeday…

Luis Tomé

Class of 1977

“If tears could build a stairway, and memoires a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.”

~Unknown Author

Mark Goldstein

Class of 1978

"For He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways" ~Author: Psalm 91:11

RIP: March 10, 2010

Praxedes Martinez

“Those we love don’t go away,

They walk beside us every day,

Unseen, unheard, but always near,Still loved, still missed and very

dear.”~Unknown Author

Class of 1978

Richard Victor Lima Bello

Class of 1978

Dionisio Matute

Class of 1979

Your memory lives on in our

hearts

Hector Alonso Gallardo

Class of 1979

“Sadly missed along life's way,

quietly remembered every day...

No longer in our life to share,

but in our hearts, you're always there.”

~ Unknown author

Carolina Williams

Class of 1979

There is comfort in friendship

Hope in prayer,Peace in

love~ unknown author

Javier García

Class of 1980

"Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. “~ Unknown Author

Ingrid Reichle

Class of 1980

"Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. “~ Unknown Author

Gloria Bueso

Class of 1981

“To live in hearts we leave behind is

not to die.”

~Thomas Campbell

Francisco Avalos

Class of 1981

“Those we hold closest to our hearts never truly leave us. They live on in the kindness they have shared and the love they brought into our lives”~Unknown Author

Coronado Ortega

Class of 1981

“Those we love don’t go away,

They walk beside us every day,

Unseen, unheard, but always near,Still loved, still missed and very

dear.”~Unknown Author

Eduardo Lazarus

Class of 1982

“ For death is not more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.”~ William Penn

Marco A.Batres

Class of

1982

“Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart. For as long there is a memory, they’ll live on in our hearts. –”Author Unknown

RIP June 2014

Gene Tong Ham

Class of 1982

RIP : Feb 1, 2006

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose… All that we love deeply becomes part of us.”~Helen Keller

Salvador Villela Franco

Class of 1982

RIP: August 14, 2003

“Nothing can ever take away

the love a heart holds dear. Fond memories

linger every day,

Remembrance keeps them

near.”

Oscar Martinez

Class of 1983

RIP: 2008

“There is comfort in friendship

Hope in prayer

Peace in love”

~Unknown Author

Peter Motz

Class of 1984

RIP: May 29, 2010

“Death leaves a

heartache No one can

heal butLove leaves a memory

No one can steal”

~unknown author

Patricia Regalado

“Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone. Those we love can never be more that a thought apart. For as long there is a memory, they’ll live

Class of 1984

Mauricio Flores Mendoza

Class of 1984

Unable are the loved to

dieFor love is immortality

~ Emily Dickinson

Roberto Martín Kafie Larach

Class of 1984

RIP :1995

“No person is ever truly alone. Those who live

no more, Whom we loved, Echo still within our thoughts,

Our words, our hearts”

~ Richard Fife

Class of 1985

RIP : 2011

“To live in hearts we leave behindIs not to die.”

~Thomas Campbell, "Hallowed Ground"

Italo Zanoletti

Rita Rivera

Class of 1985

RIP: 2000

“When someone you love

becomes a memory

The memory becomes a treasure”

~Unknown Author

Margarita Maria Montes

“You shall live in the hearts of those who loved you and will thus never die

or be forgotten”~unknown Author

Class of 1985

RIP: March 11, 2011

Fernando Gaborit

Class of 1986

“When the heart weeps for what is lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found.”

~ Sufi Aphorism

Juan Carlos Castillo

Class of

1988

“When you speak of him speak not with tears

for thoughts of him should not be sad.

Let memories of the times you shared give you

comfortfor his life was rich because

of you.And though for now you

had to part,though to part he did not

choose;he'll be with you along

life's path,Forever In Your Heart.”

~Unknown Author

Juan Fernando Santos

Class of 1988

“When tomorrow starts without me, don't think we're far apart, for every time you think of me, I'm right here in your heart.”

~Unknown Author

Karlo Burgos Molina

Class of 1989

“The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary,That it is to be found in one’s daily life,In one’s neighbors, friends and family,In one’s backyard.”

~ Abraham Maslow

Mario D. Nufio Pratts

Class of 1989

“Our Creator would never have made such lovely days,and given us the deep hearts to enjoy them above and beyond all thoughts, unless we were meant to be immortal.”

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ricardo Ernesto Maduro

Class of 1989

“If love could have saved you,You would have lived forever”

~ Unknown Author

Ian H. Merriam

We were blessed to have you in our lives.

Your kindness,

your laughter and your joy will always be

present in our hearts

Juan Carlos Zapata

“Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone. Those we love can never be more that a thought apart. For as long there is a memory, they’ll live on in our hearts. “~Author Unknown

Class of

1990

RIP: 2014

Roger E. Bendeck Zablah

Class of

1994

Please God forgive a silent tear,a constant wish that he was here.Others were taken, yes we know,but he was ours and we lovedhim so. He bid no one a lastfarewell, nor even said good-byeHe was gone before we knew itand only God knows why.If all the world were ours to givewe’d give it all and moreto see that loving face of hisjust once more.

For those of who havesomeone who means a lot, treasure them with care.For you never know their valuetil you see their vacant chair.

~Unknown Author

Stephanie Magermans

“La vida de los que en ti

creemos, Señor,

No termina, se

transforma”

~Unknown Author

Class of 2000

RIP: 1995

Stephen and Anastacia Hayes

Class of 1998 Class of 2000

Emil and Lucia Belibasis-Ramirez

Class of 1995

Edgar Sierra

Class of 2000

“Heaven’s not a place that you

go when you die, it’s that

moment in life when you

actually feel ALIVE!”

~Unknown Author

Nora Maradiaga

“ Le dijo Jesús: Yo soy la resurrección y la vida; el que cree en mi, aunque esté muerto, vivirá”

~Juan 11:25Class of 2001

Andrés de Anda Freije

“La familia de la Escuela Americana,

a través de su Oficina de

Desarrollo y Ex Alumnos, al igual que

la Clase del 2004 lamenta

enormemente esta terrible partida, de

un alumno, hijo, amigo y compañero que recordaremos con mucho cariño.”

Senior 2004

RIP: Sept. 28, 1985- Feb. 2, 2010

Class of 2005

Salmo 83 - AÑORANZA DEL

TEMPLO!

Qué deseables son tus moradas,

Señor de los ejércitos! Mi alma se

consume y anhela los atrios del

Señor, mi corazón y mi carne se

alegran por el Dios vivo. Hasta el

gorrión ha encontrado una casa; la

golondrina, un nido

donde colocar su polluelos:

tus altares, ..Señor escucha mi

súplica; atiéndeme, .,,Amén

Cristina Tsai

Ashton C. Taylor

Senior 2007

RIP: Dec 23, 2013

“When the heart weeps for what is lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found.” ~ Unknown Author

Class of 2016“Those we have held in our arms for a little whileWe hold in our hearts forever” ~Unknown Author

MAY GOD KEEP THEIR SOULS

* Pictures not available at this time

Juan DanziloClass of 1974

Gregory MathewsClass of 1977

Valerie de AgueroTeacher

Margaret BladinClass of 1969

José Jorge LázarusClass of 1974

Rosa Margarita Rosales

Class of 1963

Guillermo San MartínClass of 1978

Billy KivettClass of 1963

Martha Berlioz

Juan GarcíaClass of 1972

Heli AraziClass of 1978

Our Beloved Teachers

“Thank you, my teacher, for being thereAt times when skies were grayThank you, my teacher, for lending an earWhen I had things to sayYou showered love on me lavishlyWhen no one seemed to careYou brought me joys untoldTo fill my heart with moments of goldI would have felt isolated and lonelyIf you had not been thereI lack the words to let you knowHow much you mean to me,But I will profusely thank God for youUntil the Eternity.”

Written by Maryam Mashhadi

Mr. Rubén Pinel

Mrs. Carmen Fortín

Mrs. Nury TofféProf. “El Pollo” Toffé

Mrs. Olga Erazo

Prof. Raúl Aleman

Mr. Eduardo Hooker

Mr. Barry Booth

May They Rest in Peace

Mrs. Lidia Amador

Ms. Eloisa GamundiProf. Guillermo Inestroza

Mrs. Blanca Osorio

Mrs. Marta DominguezRIP 2012

Mrs. Julia MendozaRIP 2012

“Nikki”April 20 1948- April 9, 2005

Prof. Martha Rivera

R.I.P. April 2015

“What we learn forms the filter

through which we view the world.

What we learn

determines how we live our lives.

Some teachers teach us the right

things

and make them easy to understand.

Some teachers make learning fun,

a joy that enriches all we do.

Some teachers help lead us

toward success and happiness.

Some teachers are very important to

us;

we will always remember them.

You are one of those teachers.”

~Joanna Fuchs