Ethel Nelson Wetmore
107 Manteo Ave.
Hampton, VA 23661-3423
Ruby Lee Norris
Sandy Hook's Pinegrove
State Route, P.O. Box 158
Topping, VA 23169
rnorris@oasisonline.com
From Ethel Nelson Wetmore: We extend our sympathy to the family of Vernie
Blankinship Knight, who died at Goodwin House East in Alexandria last November.
She was a staunch supporter of our class. We especially remember Vernie as
the chair of our 50th reunion, with the slogan “50 for the 50th.”
She gave such a wonderful toast at the award ceremony for Ruby Lee Norris
in 1986. Nona Deckert Morse wrote that Vernie was always the stalwart member
of the class. At her memorial service, Vernie’s minister said, “Thank
you, Lord, for sharing Vernie with us.” Among Vernie’s survivors
are her husband, daughter Edna Knight Roberts ’64, son John Knight,
a son-in-law, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren.
We also extend our sympathy to the family of Lillie Turman. Her sister, Mary
Alice Turman Carper, wrote that Lillie died last December. She had served
as dean of freshmen at Mary Washington.
Marjorie Dement Britton ’37 and her husband are in a nursing home in
Richmond. Nona Deckert Moose is in a retirement home in San Antonio; duplicate
bridge is her big hobby. I sent her Mildred Ware Barta’s phone number
and address. She thinks of her often and the members of Dr. Lautz’s
home economics class.
Dorothy McGuire Bunch attended a special reception honoring her daughter,
Susan Brittingham ’57, who had her quilts on display at Virginia Tech’s
Perspective Gallery.
Frances Liebenow Armstrong keeps busy working three hours a day at Mary Washington.
Ruby Lee Norris sent me lots of news. Audrey Davis Smith chairs a committee
that has been compiling a history of Lancaster County, where Ruby Lee has
some ancestors. Ruby Lee reports that the book, full of old pictures and sketches,
is beautiful. Lillian “Mike” Boswell Rothery ’38 lives in
White Stone, Va. She and Ruby Lee have had cataracts removed by the same doctor;
now they both have nearly 20-20 vision!
Also in the same vicinity are Connie Hook Felvey ’56, who lives in Northumberland
on Bayberry Island; Jean Polk Hanky ’69, who lives in White Stone; and
Sylvia McJilton Woodcock ’61, who lives in nearby Mathews County. Sylvia
invited several Mary Washington folks for brunch last December, and they celebrated
Ruby Lee’s birthday.
My San Francisco family – granddaughters Dot, 5, and Julianne, 11, and
grandson T.J., 15 – visited last winter.