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Denise Anastasio Sarto

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Denise Anastasio
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Mt. Pleasant, WI USA
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Patrick Sarto - passed away on April 30 2020
Occupation
Retired Dean of Biological and Health Sciences, College of Lake County
Children
Stepson Perry, born 1961, 3 children
Son Angelo, born 1977, 1 child
Daughter Nicola, born 1979, More…2 children
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50 years is a lot to catch up on! After graduating from Case, I attended UW-Parkside and earned a degree in English. Then I went to Seattle University and got a degree in Health Information. I returned to Racine and worked at St. Mary's for 10 years. I married Pat Sarto and helped him raise his son Perry.
After working at St. Mary's, I went to work at College of Lake County in Illinois (commuting from Racine) as a faculty member in the Health Information program. After 19 years as a faculty member, I was appointed the Dean of Biological and Health Sciences, where I served for 8 more years until retirement.
Along the way we had two children of our own. Now in my retirement I enjoy spending time with the 6 grandchildren (3 grown and 3 young) and even 1 great-grandchild! I learned bridge after retiring and though I'll never be very good I enjoy it. I also spend some time swimming and gardening and reading.
I enjoyed my work but I was ready to retire when I turned 60. Now I stay busier than I ever thought I would be! I always lived in Racine/Mt. Pleasant and love it here.
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My memories are pretty fuzzy of high school. I do remember the Theater 32 class with Mr. Mittag and the play The Generation Gap!

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Celebrated Pat Kissinger’s mom’s 100th birthday on Saturday! Happy Birthday, Bernice! We got a picture of 5 members of the Class of 1970 at the event! Debbie Elsmo DelCampo, pat Kissinger, Pat Wemmert Maugham, John Tradewell and Denise Anastasio Sarto.

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Congratulations to Kevin Wentzel who is being inducted into the 4-H National Hall of Fame. Here is a message from him:
On Monday, I'm being inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame. I've been volunteering in 4-H since 1989 and have been deeply involved all the way to the national level. The ceremony will be live-streamed at 2pm Eastern time (1pm central) on Monday, October 27. You can get a link to the ceremony at the Hall of Fame website.
https://4-h-hof.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR54egnNP5YXaP0P4YCcdJNKulL_SVBQXuyimLIJLWCHfyyk4vmBMopGfml2CA_aem_Fv9LZW7mXTTtg-LWjQmrrQ

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For those of you who will be in Racine this Friday, August 1, here's an opportunity to relive some of your old memories! There is a Scoop the Loop event! Here is the link to the Facebook page: https://facebook.com/events/s/august-1st-scoop-the-loop-firs/1278313830108076/

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Many thanks to Tom and Sandy (Mertz) Hunt for the veggie trays and to Dale and Vicki (Johnson) Steger for a monetary contribution that helped us celebrate our 55th! Many of you asked if you could contribute and it was not necessary but anytime you want to bring some snacks to a get-together feel free. The reunion bank account is now closed so if we do anything else that requires $$ we will be passing the hat at that time :-)

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Posted on: Jul 06, 2025 at 7:24 PM

Thank you, Velia Castillo, for sharing this photo of you, classmate John Anderson and his wife Linda.

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A couple more photos from the reunion on 6/28/2025. If anyone else has photos I’d love to see them.

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Welcome Aimee!

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Have a wonderful birthday, Sue!

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