Thomas Herget

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Thomas Herget
Thomas Herget

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Thomas Herget

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Thomas Herget

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Yes! Attending Reunion
Residing In: Braintree, MA USA
Spouse/Partner: Jill (Jane) Coleman Herget
Occupation: Retired
Children: Danielle, 46,Professor at Fisher College, Boston
Lenore, 43, Physical Therapist at Mass. General More…Sports Medicine Clinic
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I graduated from Springfield College in 1970, and from University of Oregon in 1971. I taught Physical Education and Health for 36 years in Milton, MA. I also coached Varsity Soccer (and other sports) for 21 years. My last 16 years at MHS, I was the Director of Athletics. Since retiring in 2007, I have thoroughly enjoyed babysitting our two twin grandsons a few days each week.
We have been fortunate enough to travel to Ireland and Amsterdam since retiring, although we spend a lot of great times down Martha's Vineyard at our gingerbread college, and visiting good friends in Florida. I played in the adult soccer leagues until I was 50, then bum knees and a burning love for fishing changed my focus.

School Story:

I still cherish the good times I had at Braintree HS, both in athletics and academics. Fortunately I also have stayed very friendly with a lot of our classmates, and get to hang out with them on a very regular basis. Many sports memories, soccer, Tech Tourney, and tennis. Also, many nights skim boarding and surfing down Nantasket, Horseneck and the National Sea Shore. I have always wished I could relive one day in High School, although I'm not sure which one I'd pick.

Where else have you lived?

Eugene, Oregon
Whitman, MA
Oak Bluffs, MA (vacation home)

Grand kids?

Two twin boys, Cole and Dylan Herget-Harris

Still have family around Braintree?

Sister Kristine lives in Kingston;
Sister Janice lives in Kingston

How often do you get back to Braintree?

every day

Would you ever move back to Braintree area?

Will probably always live here, with grandkids next door

Do you ever see/talk to/hang out with any classmates?

Chris Smith, Dave Ellis, Larry O'Brien, Tom Hamilton--see all the time; more infrequently I see Butch (Don) Shepheard, Bob Keigan, Fred Welsford, Jimmy White

What's the farthest you've been from home?

Hawaii in 2015; before that Ireland and the Netherlands, Aruba
Hawaii in 2021

Favorite place to go?

Hawaii--would go there again in a flash!
I love the North Shore of Oahu, as well as the whole island of Kauai!

Jill and I also love going to Lake Placid once a year. Martha's Vineyard is our other favorite.

What schools did you attend?

Penniman
Hollis (grade 7)
East Junior High School
Braintree High School
Springfield College
University of Oregon
Bridgewater State College

Who lived in your neighborhood?

Butch Shepheard
Bobby Tapper
Nancy Sharp
Chris Smith
John Taylor
Fred Welsford
John Burkholder
Scott Cameron
Ronny Payne
Jim Sacchetti

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Posted on: Oct 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM

Greetings Fellow Classmates,

After months of planning, our Reunion Committee has finalized the time and date for our much anticipated 60th Class Reunion.  Please consider this email an official "Save the Date" for our next/great get-together:

When:  Sunday, September 20, 2026

Where:  Braintree Town Hall from 1pm-5pm

We will be returning to the site of our wonderful 50th Reunion, which has been updated with a newly refinished floor, as well as Braintree Wamp-Blue seating.  Therefore, now is the time to start making any necessary travel plans for this fun affair.  Hopefully, all of us will contact old friends they haven't seen forever, and encourage them to come to the reunion, as well as join our class website (braintreehsclassof66.com) if they haven't already.  If anyone has forgotten their password for our website, please email Tom Herget (tfherget@hotmail.com) for help in resetting it.

Over the course of the next few months, we will be sending along more information regarding our 60th Class Reunion.  Braintree-based Fasano's Catering will be providing their usual fabulous food and drink at the very reasonable cost of about $50/ticket.

So mark your calendars, call your friends, and let's make this the best reunion ever.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact any of the following:

Tom Herget    617-653-9612.    tfherget@hotmail.com

Chris Smith    401-451-7560     ccsmithp38@gmail.com

Diane Harvey Spencer     617-549-6724     diparis@verizon.net

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Posted on: Oct 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM

Had a great night yesterday with old friend, and BHS alumni, Larry Hatch. Larry was visiting from Pheonix, stopping by his home town for a bit. We were good friends in high school, and hadn’t seen one another since graduation! Larry was manager of both our boys soccer team and boys basketball team. It was like we never missed a beat. Thanks for making contact Larry! Safe trip.

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Glad to see you logging into the site Scott!

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