Jones Beach Bum News
Sad news
Our beloved Jeff (Curtis) Kjellgren lost his
valiant battle
with leukemia Tuesday January 18th, 2022.
Services were held Thursday, January 27th
Burial is taking place on May 6th at 1:00
PM at:
St Joseph's Cemetery
145 Cemetery Rd
Richfield Springs, NY 13439
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Message from Jeff:
"We will
soon be gathering for our 50th reunion celebration,
which will begin at field 4 at Jones Beach
and culminate in a party at my house.
(For more
info on locations, please go on Facebook or
text Shari - just click on Sharyn Fuller link
below every page.)
Here's a brief synopsis of what I have planned:
Start time is 1:00 PM (although coming
ealier is okay!)
End time is when the last guest leaves -
(I really don't care how late it goes, even
if until dawn!)
After the band finishes their set after 9pm,
it will be time for our own talented musicians
to play the Beach Bums open mic for the rest
of the evening.
I love all of
you beyond words! No one has a group of friends
like this anywhere and I can't imagine what
my life would have been like without knowing
all of you!
I have already begun to receive donations
to help defray the costs. The suggested donation
is $50 per person. If you can give more, great!
If you can only afford less, every little
amount will certainly help. If you can't donate
anything, please just make sure you show up!
Lastly, as we get older, more folks are leaving
us for the next world every year. Most of
us know who they are and the memorial roster
that I update each year unfortunately now
has several more names on it. So please, do
whatever it takes to come home for this awesome
milestone anniversary - 50 years is quite
an accomplishment for any group. It may be
the last time that some of us see each other
in this world again and it absolutely should
not be missed!
With love and gratitude to all of you for
being who you are, and for who you are to
me!"
Six excited
Bums!
Debi Red, Lisa,
Donna, Julie, Robbie, & Donna
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The Jones Beach Bums Website
This
website was launched as a labor of love in
March of 2004, but due to the invention of
Facebook several years later (and it's superior
interactivity) coupled with the recent loss
of it's pro bono status from the original
hosting company I worked at in 2004, it has
for several months now been slated to disappear.
However,
even though it is not really necessary anymore,
I still LOVE it. To me this website is something
akin to a child. I have always felt like I
gave birth to it, after which I then sculpted
it with many hours (perhaps thousands)
of loving attention.
So
in early 2021 I decided I was not going to
let it go, that I would find an inexpensive
way to keep it going, for at least a little
while longer. (After all, it has been written
up in New York Newsday FOUR times!)
That
is why it is still here, even though I warned
you all that it was on the chopping block.
And it will be here for the next 3 years (I
got a quantity yearly discount). Worth every
penny to me! I love the pictures and the messages
too much to lose them.
I'm
sorry the Jukebox no longer works (perhaps
one day I'll figure out how to get a replacement)
and that the password protected Directory
page is defunct. But if
anyone wants or needs to see a copy of the
directory, just message me on our Facebook
page and I will send it to you.
Hoping
for a 50 year reunion this summer!
Shari
(aka Sharyn Friedman) Fuller
February 22, 202
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2015 JONES BEACH BUMS REUNION!
Saturday, July 25th
It was a beautiful day and a great turnout!
CLICK
HERE TO SEE PICS
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The Jones Beach Bums
2014 REUNION
TO
SEE PICTURES
CLICK HERE
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Jeff backstage with Joe
after Joe's concert in Westbury
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Our Winter Party
Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 7pm
Pictures
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New-Old
Pictures!
discovered
in an attic in Plainview
CLICK
HERE
to
see additional pics from 1972
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Very
sad news.
Our beloved Bobby
Vanderhall passed away on Wednesday, June
9, 2010.
He had routine surgery, came out of it fine,
and then suddenly he was gone.
The funeral is on Sunday, June 13 at:
Carl
Burnett Funeral Home
456 South Franklin Street
Hempstead, NY 11550-7348
(800) 540-9941
CLICK
HERE to get directions
1:30-4:30 viewing
5:30-6:30 another viewing
6:30 Service
Burial will be
on Monday, June 14 at:
Greenfield Cemetery
Uniondale,
New York 11553
(516) 483-6500
CLICK
HERE to get directions
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CLICK
HERE
...to read an article about our old pal Scott
Berkowitz.
The article was printed in MONEY Magazine September
2007
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Very,
very sad news.
Ronnie Lancaster
soul mate and husband of Joanne (Isaacs) Lancaster,
devoted father of Michelle and Jennifer, loving
grandfather of three, beloved brother of Paul,
one of the Jones Beach Bums founders and also
one of the most popular members due to his dazzling
good looks, charm and generous spirit...
passed away on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009.
In addition to his loving and adoring wife,
his beloved brothers, his mother, many other
close relatives and a tremendous amount of close
friends, Ronnie leaves behind Jennifer, a 9-year-old
daughter. And we, the Jones Beach Bums, have
decided to create a fund to help her.
UPDATE ON "JENNY'S FUND":
In order to get a NY 529 College Savings program
started,
$1,000 needs to be raised.
NEWS FLASH:
the minimum has been raised!
NOW Jenny can get the benefits of
having a NY 529 College Savings program! Thanks
to all who helped reach this milestone towards
her college fund!
TO ALL WHO HAVEN'T YET AND STILL WISH TO HELP
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For now, continue to send checks directly to
Joanne's address listed on the directory (in
Jenny's name). When the fund is established,
the new address will be posted
If you don't
remember the password for the directory, contact:
shari@jonesbeachbums.com
PLEASE
NOTE:
Our annual reunion date is the
same and we will meet
at the beach from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
THEN, starting at 3:00
PM on 7/25/09
there will be a fundraiser for "Jenny's
Fund"
The Village Pub
174 North Wellwood Ave.
Lindenhurst, NY 11757
(631) 592-4260
Food, music by our own musicians and amazing
raffles into the night -
a fabulous time for a great cause, in memory
of Ronnie Lancaster.
Please contact Danny Calvagna at dc_tarsus@yahoo.com
if you are
interested in helping out, would like to entertain,
or just have general questions.
Joanne, Ronnie and little Jenny in 2002
just a couple of years ago...it doesn't seem
possible he is gone...
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The adventures
of Mama Pfeff, Debi Red and Shari going to
the Watkins Glen Festival in 1973
CLICK HERE to read
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The annual "Winter Party" is on Sat,
March 7th
Despite the shocking
news of our dear friend Ronnie's passing,
the party will continue as planned. Ronnie would
want it that way.
Jeff skiing
with Dave Title in Colorado - 1/09
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"Jones
Beach Bums" is now on Facebook
open to all who'd like to join.
Please do, and help us out by tagging names
on pictures!
CLICK
HERE to get started
(type 'jones beach bums'
into search)
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Check
out Mitch Ritch competing in a 5K Run at Jones
Beach!
For a close up
of Mitch, CLICK
HERE
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Joe
Satriani has just released
a great new album
and returned to the US from a World Tour!
On October 25, 2008 Joe played in Durham North
Carolina
Shari was DELIGHTED to see him:
Joe and Shari after the concert
which, BTW, was SOLD OUT for weeks!
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John Hanc wrote about
the Jones Beach Bums again
in New York Newsday, Act 2
July 12, 2008
Click
here to see
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3 Man Rush Performs
Alan Koch (with red guitar) in 3 Man Rush
Come see one of Al's shows:myspace.com/3manrush
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JOANNE
MEETS JON BONJOVI!
Jon Bon Jovi and Joanne (Isaacs) Lancaster
Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, March 22,
2007
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We made Newsday!
SUNDAY, SEPT. 19th, 2004
Yes, an article about the Jones Beach
Bums was in the paper on Sunday, September 19th,
2004. Thank you, Ed Lowe, for taking an interest
in our story and helping us to find some of
our long-lost friends!
Click
Here to read the article...
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