Class Notes 1970s
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1970
Carole LaMonica Clark
P.O. Box 3136
Boone, NC 28607
clarktjcj@apptechnc.net
Last July, Edith “Dibby” Clark enjoyed an “outdoor” vacation in Oregon, taking in the beautiful scenery of Mt. Hood, the Columbia River Gorge, and Crater Lake. Last year, she visited Istanbul, Turkey, and Cappadocia. After crossing the rugged Taurus Mountains, she continued to the Turquoise Coast where she went cruising and hiking. She has done some home remodeling, and she really is enjoying retirement!
Kirsten Mackey Fleisher has been living in Newtown, Pa., for 30 years. Since graduation, she spent most of her career teaching kindergarten or first grade in Trenton. For the past few summers, Kirsten has been a part of a medical mission team that travels to central Guatemala. She organizes and implements the “duffel bag” pharmacy, traveling from village to village. Last year she also helped Liberian refugees in her school district adjust socially and academically.
Last year, Martha Veasey Sawyer’s beloved cat, Shadow, finally succumbed. However, two new kittens, Butch and Sunny, are now keeping Martha and husband Roger entertained. I continue to enjoy hearing about all the “critters” that keep them company on their property, including bucks and bears. Gaye Gregory Elliott was back at Mary Washington last August helping her son, Matt, move into air-conditioned Willard Hall. Gee, I don’t recall dorms being air-conditioned when we were there; however, I do remember the window fans!
After her husband’s death in 2005, Brenda Jennings Louthian sold the farm and moved into a new home. Her daughter bought an adjoining property, and now Brenda can see her grandsons, 5 and 2, regularly. Brenda’s other neighbor is Betsy Guilliams Haynes ’90, and they delight in talking about our alma mater. Brenda retired from teaching in 2005 and also enjoys retirement. She had a partial knee replacement last year that helped relieve her pain. Her son, Todd, is engaged and plans to be married at Lee Chapel at Washington & Lee in June.
Ted and I continue to enjoy our mountains and the Appalachian State University football games. Last July, I enjoyed a road trip to Pennsylvania with my sister and my parents to visit family. On the way back to my sister’s home in Richmond, we stopped in Fredericksburg to visit my Dad’s cousin and her husband. Their daughter, Lucille Cascio Cralle ’67, is a Mary Washington alumna. When I was a high school senior, Lucille graciously hosted me one weekend so that I could experience college life and influenced my decision to apply to Mary Washington – a decision that I never regretted.
Please write and send your news. I would love to hear from you.
1971
Karen Laino Giannuzzi
CMR 450, Box 632
APO AE 09705
kapitankl11@yahoo.com
1972
Sherry Rutherford Myers
2236 Foxbane Square
Baltimore, MD 21209
dllmyers@netzero.com
Julie Obarski Simpson and I were at a Reunion planning meeting recently, and there are some new and interesting changes in the weekend lineup. We hope everyone will try to make it for the entire weekend. Given some of the horror stories about getting stuck in traffic on I-95 over the past few years, we encourage you all to take that Friday off and get an early start. There will be plenty to do. By the time you read this, you should have received a letter from Julie about the upcoming events – Friday evening promises to be even more special than usual.
Julie and John still live in Fredericksburg, where Julie works as a business consultant for Caldwell Associates, which specializes in travel and entertainment; John is a commercial real estate broker for Prudential Simpson Associates. Son Trey is a senior at Hampden-Sydney with a major in philosophy, and daughter Cara is a sophomore at Fredericksburg Academy.
What a pleasure it was to interact with Julie and Brenda Franklin, who is part of the gift-giving committee. Brenda retired in March after nearly 34 years with the government. The finale in her career was in the congressional liaison area, but she spent time early on as an air traffic controller in order to see the operational side of aircraft, worked in factories where aircraft were built and tested, and worked in program offices where aircraft were designed and financed. One assignment took her to Melbourne, Australia, where she worked on the Navy’s sale of fighter jets to the Royal Australian Air Force. Most of the aircraft she worked on also have been retired, and the office building where she worked was torn down to create the new Air Force memorial.
Cheryl Prietz Childress and husband Dave have also retired; Cheryl from her many years as a librarian and Dave from more than 30 years with HUD. Their farm is an empty nest, with daughter Thea in her freshman year at Virginia Tech. Cheryl and Dave are catching up on home maintenance and hope to travel
My dear friend, Norah Heckman, says that Crystal City and the surrounding area have grown by leaps and bounds and we probably won’t recognize the area when we see it again.
Lorraine Wright Feuerstein ’73 and husband, Steve (actor, Stephen Furst) live in Moorpark, Calif. In the years since earning her law degree from Pepperdine, Lorraine has worked part time for a friend and is handling pro bono work and some other matters from her house now. Husband Steve has written a book and is a spokesman for the American Diabetes Association in addition to the enjoyable roles we have watched him in over the years. Son Nathan was a child actor for a time and is now composing. Younger son Griff does some acting and plays in a band.
As for life in Baltimore, Dennis has also retired. He will probably pick up something part-time, but for now still is enjoying catching up on rest. My job continues at a good clip at the ever growing law firm of DLA Piper, where it seems that every month another office opens somewhere around the world. I still find time for some freelance singing, framing sheet music, and quilting.
Let’s make this reunion the best attended ever!
1973
Debby Reynolds Lindner
1433 6th St.
Coronado, CA 92118
bdlinder@mac.com
1974
Karen Sunnarborg
3 Parkside Drive
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
ksunnarborg@msn.com
Elizabeth “Betsey” Hazen Williamson
1812 Frenchman’s Crossing
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
BWilliamson8310@aol.com
From Betsey:
The fall season was a busy one for the Williamsons. First we went to Europe, where we explored Austria, southern Germany, and Switzerland. After returning home and dealing with the mundane necessities of life, we headed northwest to visit friends in Montana and Washington State.
Thanksgiving always means a visit to Virginia with extended family, but Indiana was where we spent Christmas. Our daughters visited from Chicago and Milwaukee, and that is always a memory maker. Please share your special events with your class agents so that we can keep everyone current on the important news concerning members of our class.
1975
Armecia Spivey Medlock
1605 Fairmount Road
Westlake Village, CA 91362
vagirl1805@msn.com
Maureen Argo Marks went back to medical school in 2000 and is in her third year of family practice residency. Maureen is really excited about her new career since it is what she has always wanted to do, and her prerequisites dated back to Mary Washington! Maureen is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for her residency, but she will go back to San Diego, where home really is, once she finishes. She has been married to Bob for 32 years, and they have five children. Maureen’s oldest child, Chris, is married and planned to return in December 2006 from his second tour in Iraq. Second child Michael is married and, like Maureen, majored in German. He spent last year in Austria with his wife teaching English. Third child Andrew is a computer engineer in San Diego. Daughter Ellen is a sophomore at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and plans to go to Madrid next year. Youngest son Daniel is a freshman in high school. Maureen is still an avid swimmer. She and her husband, Bob, have swum from Alcatraz to San Francisco three times, and Maureen does the La Jolla rough water swim every year. Maureen’s sister, Margaret Argo Page ’82, is a Mary Washington alumna. Maureen hears from fellow classmate, Amy Hoffman Deitch. Amy has four children and lives in Gettysburg, Pa. Maureen said she saw sophomore roommate Ellen Flemer a couple of years ago when Ellen came to visit her son in California. Maureen said Melody Boch Womble ’78 is an attorney and has two children.
Bob Barron celebrated his 15th year at The National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C., and his 10th year as the publisher of Preservation, the magazine of The National Trust. Bob lives in Old Town, Alexandria, with his partner William Donovan. They purchased a carriage house (circa 1900) in the historic community of Staunton, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley. They plan to renovate it as a weekend place.
Barbara Buchanan Shepherd is director of national partnerships in the education department of the Kennedy Center. In that role, she works with 150 communities around the country to strengthen and support arts education programs. Her son, Benjamin, graduated from college this year, and her daughter, Julie, is a high school senior. Barbara’s husband of 30 years, Dave, still enjoys teaching high school German.
Faith Geibel Moore is living in a golf/tennis/boating community in eastern North Carolina. Faith works part time with the GED program at the local community college. Her husband retired from the Army six years ago and works with a Department of Defense contractor doing logistics work, which requires a lot of travel. Faith accompanies him when she can. Son Jeff loves living in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., and is quite the snowboarder. Daughter Lauren lives in Alexandria, Va., teaches kindergarten, and plans to be married in July 2007. Faith’s youngest child, Christy, is a senior at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Faith and her husband enjoy good health, travel, and sports.
Jan Pace Brice is executive director of a very nice retirement community. The sad part, Jan says, is that, by the time she retires, she will be eligible to live there! Jan’s middle child, Colby, just got voted class clown in his senior year at Lowndes High – something to always cherish! Jan and her youngest child, 15-year-old Rebecca, just returned from a mission trip to Nicaragua. It was Jan’s second trip and her daughter’s first. Jan said her daughter will go back next year.
After taking two years off from writing, Carol Pappas Bartold got a jumpstart at the Summer Seminar for Writers at Sarah Lawrence College, where she took a nonfiction workshop with Vivian Gornick. Carol has drafted a children’s book, has an illustrator in Delaware who is working on drawings, and planned to ship the book to editors and agents at the San Diego State University Writers Conference. She spent Thanksgiving with Peggy Reinburg, formerly of the UMW Music Department faculty. Carol sings in Moorpark with the Los Robles Master Chorale.
An empty nest feels quite new and different for Joanne “Jody” Rehm after taking her son to Wake Forest University last fall. She is reassessing her job and home, and whether it’s time to seek a better quality of life outside the D.C. area. North Carolina is a strong contender, since it’s closer to Wake Forest University and definitely closer to the beach!
In early October 2005, Billie Rosenberger was in a head-on auto collision with a driver talking on a cell phone. Billie sustained multiple injuries and nearly died; now she is alive and well, but still healing. Billie is working hard to get back to her mural and commission painting, as well as being an exercise teacher at the local YMCA. She and husband, Steve Stroop, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last fall, and Billie said the accident made them appreciate each other that much more. Billie said she would love to hear from her friends at UMW, especially Melissa Mann, Krysten Hill, Karen Tilley, and Sue McCauley.
If you’re looking for a way to get re-connected with former roommates or classmates, you may be able to use the UMW’s “Alumni Online Community” program to help. The program allows you to look up fellow classmates’ email addresses and, if available, postal addresses. By the time you are reading this article, UMW will have sent out a message to all of us by email regarding the “Alumni Online Community” program. If you use email and didn’t receive the University’s message, send me your email address, which I will forward to UMW.
It’s been great receiving your news and being able to pass it on. Please keep your information coming! Your classmates love hearing how you’re doing!
1976
Helen Salter
2494 East Harbor Circle
Grand Junction, CO 81505
salter2@earthlink.net
I am so sorry I am unable to submit any news for this issue. My father has been ill with pneumonia and a stroke, and I haven’t been able to devote the time I would have like to to my Class Notes. Please send me news for next time, and I will get it submitted to TODAY.
1977
Vicki Sprague Church
155 Arbor Creek Way
Roswell, GA 30076
churchflint816@aol.com
Please put June 1-3, 2007, on your calendars to attend our 30th – gulp! – Class Reunion at Mary Washington. Come have a great time renewing old friendships and enjoying time on our beautiful and ever-growing campus. We are looking forward to a great turnout with lots of fun activities. Don’t miss it!
1979
Patrick Everett
2022 Columbia Road, NW #307
Washington, DC 20009
everettp4@aol.com.