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Carol Fleischer Boswell

Adele Weeks Dupuis and husband Harlan of Orinda, CA, took a trip to the East Coast to see her brother and his family. The couple’s two sons each have two children, and since home base is
fairly close, the Dupuises are able to see them during school breaks. They were looking forward to
a few weeks in Maine this fall.

Marjorie Hill Laughton continues to substitute teach and travel and is now a great-grandmother (granddaughter Cassidy had a baby girl in Tokyo recently). Marjorie says she thinks of Skidmore often, with fond memories.

Kathryn Krauskopf Brylawski had dinner with Mimi Blechman Grimes ’46 and Mary Wolfe DiRenza ’46 (separately) this year. She also spent a long weekend in Annapolis, MD, this fall.
She exercises, plays bridge, and enjoys theater, art museums, and lectures.

Birgit Aron Neuberg has started her second year in a senior-care facility with spectacular views
of the Hudson River. Three grandchildren are in college—including Julie Neuberg ’08, a happy junior at Skidmore.

Phyllis Sperans Halpern sadly informs us that her husband, Parker, passed away in April. We
send her our sincere sympathy. Phyllis stays active in the arts; she is on the boards of Young Audiences of Virginia and a summer performing-arts festival there. She stays in touch with
Marilyn Maier Feinberg and feels very lucky to have her children and grandchildren living close
to her.

Being in California, with a backyard view of the Pacific Ocean, makes Carol Weyand Yorston’s place a popular one to visit. She has visits from her granddaughter and English husband, and two grandsons (ages 3 and 1), as well as her son and his wife from Colorado. Carol remains busy in community affairs; she just chaired a large fundraiser gala for the renowned Old Globe Theater
and will head for New York for the opening of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with the author’s widow. She says the play originated in the Old Globe Theater and recommends seeing it; “it’s much better than the movie!”

Marjorie “Jo” Ploger Eger has the pleasure of being a friend of the family of Diana Cristina Chiriboga ’09. Meeting Diana gave her the opportunity to share her own college experiences. Following graduation, Jo joined the US Foreign Service and spent a couple of years in Quito, Ecuador, where Diana’s mother and paternal grandfather were born, “making it all a happy circle.”

Sally Bogan Jenkins attended Toodie Sneve Starkey’s funeral in Duluth, MN. It was “a wonderful gathering of family and friends for a super mom, gardener, homemaker, and friend.” Sally stayed with Virginia Lintern Sneve (who married Toodie’s brother), whom she saw again later in the summer.

Mary Jane Seaman Mills stopped in to see Lib Stevens on a recent trip to Connecticut. It was a
great visit, and they “picked up after not seeing each other in 35 years without missing a beat.” Mary Jane is thrilled that daughter Sally and family are moving to Buffalo from Mt. Shasta, CA.

Nancy Morison Miller, son Geoffrey and his family, and daughter Christina and her husband visited a new museum called the Wild Center (founded by Betsy Lowe ’76) in Tupper Lake, NY,
last summer. She says, “It’s a must-see nature museum in the Adirondacks.”

Olga Massimiano Gigante and Jim are all settled in The Fairfax retirement center in Fort Belvoir, VA. Olga says it’s a very active and pleasant place, full of old friends. While Jim was recuperating from heart surgery, all five daughters came (one at a time) to help Olga out—and shop! We wish Jim well.

In September the Westport (CT) Public Library had an exhibit of Susan Rabinowitz Malloy’s artwork, both old and new. In October she received a patron’s award from the Westport Arts Advisory Committee, in honor of the various projects she has sponsored in Westport.

Jean Birnbaum Perlmutter is moving to a senior residence in Pompton Plains, NJ; she has retired from doing art and craft shows.

After living with daughter Marianne Boswell ’75 and her son, Sam, for 10 years, I moved 15 minutes away, into an assisted-living establishment in Bedford, MA. Carleton-Willard Village is beautifully situated in a hilly, rural setting. The residents and employees are very congenial; and there is so much to do, I sometimes have to actually make choices! My only problem is that either my room is too small or I have too much junk—I’m afraid it’s the latter.