Bernie Banks, husband of Joan Bank, retired principal’s secretary at Middleville, passed away on July 16. Reposing at Nolan & Taylor-Howe Funeral Home, 5 Laurel Ave., Northport, Monday 2-5 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Mass Tuesday 11 AM, St. Philip Neri Church, Northport. Interment parish cemetery. Donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908 in Bernie’s memory appreciated.

The son of Lois Hutwagner, a former secretary at Northport Middle School, want R-UTN members to know about a fund raising Walk to End Alzheimers in honor of his mother. A Florida friend and neighbor of Lois started a team to help fund Alzheimers research. The name of the team is C.H.A.P. — the H stands for Hutwagner. To make a donation, or find out more about the Walk, you can visit Lois’s FaceBook page, or the the C.H.A.P. Team webpage.