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1958
Priscilla Knowlton Tavenner
tavenner@gwi.net
I have sad news to report: the untimely and accidental death of Betty Zoller Kneen in July. Marcia Shriver Wells e-mailed me; she learned about Betty’s passing from her brother-in-law, who sees Betty’s husband, Phil, on the golf course. We send our condolences to Phil and their family.
In August we had a delightful luncheon visit with Mary Avery Gessner and husband Russ, as well as old friends of Mary’s who were enjoying the scenes of coastal Maine while visiting family and friends. Mary has had less trouble with her knees after a long convalescence.
Sally Kear Braun and her husband retired to Sedona, AZ. They donated horses to a 27,000-square-mile Navajo reservation south of Tucson, which they visit every few months to ride the horses.
Since husband Toby’s death, Gretchen Koehring Strong is the sole operator of Penury Hall, a bed and breakfast in Southwest Harbor, ME, that she and Toby ran together for 27 years. Gretchen goes to the Bahamas for three months each winter. She was visited by roommate Virginia Peters Aires, Annarae Tong Hunter, and Sally Flagg Schipellite last May. Annarae helped her brother Curtis Tong write a book, about their life growing up in the Philippines in a Japanese detention camp during World War II, titled Child of War: Son of Angels.
Ginny Aires and husband Randy attended a mini-reunion of Dartmouth ’57ers in Phoenix, AZ, where they met up with Betsy Rugh Douglas and husband Bill. Betsy is a silver and gold metallurgist. Ginny and Randy have seven grandchildren; she stays busy with quilting, gardening, and a book club.
Retired high school Spanish teacher Ruth Elmquist taught in Chatham, NJ, and Manhasset, NY, before retiring from the Westfield, NJ, public school system. Her travels include trips to Europe and a cruise to Alaska. She spent last February in Fort Myers Beach and was on Cape Cod in July. Ruth has taken mini-courses at Drew University in history, literature, music, and art. She has been in touch via e-mail with Lois Fancher Field, who lives in Essex, VT.
After losing husband George last January, Joan Bowles Averette is planning a trip to the Mediterranean with a swimming buddy. She would love to hear from Skidmore friends at jbaverette@cox.net.
Claire Steinmetz McCleery keeps busy with husband Jerry, commuting between San Francisco and Palm Springs. Her eldest grandchild just received her PhD in biology from Tulane.
Carol Gilligan Mushaw’s granddaughter Paige joined Skidmore’s Class of 2013.
Patricia Wuytack Ennever still enjoys working full-time for Lockheed Martin. She had a wonderful trip to Australia and New Zealand last January (in 113-degree heat) and took a Disney cruise with her daughter and family to celebrate their twins’ fifth birthday. She stays in touch with Barbara VanPopering Keyes, who also has twin grandsons. Pat says she has taken care of old age by having one son who is an oncologist, another son who is an attorney, and a daughter who is a nurse.
Caryl Storrs Castellion and her husband celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last September. Daughter Nina lives in Boston, and their two sons are doing well. Caryl lost two other daughters, one in 2004 and another in 2005.
Condolences to Gail Dodge Meade, who lost husband Ron last September.She keeps busy teaching classes at Granite State College and working with seniors.
Elsa Daspin Suisman and husband Mike entertained Linda Gross Singer and husband Lou at their home in the Berkshires this past summer. The Suismans also enjoyed a spectacular dinner at the home of Carol Santry-Covello ’60 and husband Tim in Connecticut. Elsa convinced Carol to attend her 50th reunion this year.
Minneapolis, MN, resident Anne Davis Carrier and husband Tom travel to Chicago and Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. They have eight grandchildren, ranging in age from 10 months to 17 years. Anne volunteers for the Crisis Nursery and the University of Minnesota Medical Foundation; golf is also very much part of their lives. They see Anne Mintener Heegaard and her husband occasionally.
Susan Sprague Brady took a trip with granddaughter Emma to the Saratoga Race Course in August. They stayed with Johanna Wethly Anderson-Boehm, who Sue says is “the perfect hostess.” An avid sailor, Sue is a self-described member of a “geriatric racing team.”
Anne Bachman Walmsley and husband Doug have moved their primary residence to Spring Island, SC, but still enjoy a few months each year at their Key Largo, FL, home. Anne is grateful to Skidmore for the strong influence of art on her life, which continues at a thundering pace. They recently traveled to Denver to see daughter Lynne and her family and to watch a football game where grandson Tyler scored five touchdowns and ran almost 300 yards. He is being courted by professional scouts. They also went to Lake Bluff, IL, to see daughter Cilla and her busy group, and to Milwaukee to see daughter Jill and husband Jim. Jill now teaches at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Anne and I keep in touch as past “roomies” after 50 years, and the bond gets stronger every year.
After leaving Skidmore at the end of her freshman year, Ann Cook Nelson graduated from Chamberlain College in Boston and married husband John in 1959. She has been an interior designer, director of development at Becker College, and involved with Holy Cross College. Founder of the Worcester (MA) Children’s Theatre and Friends of Hope Cemetery, Ann authored a children’s book titled Siegfried and is active in historic preservation work. She and John have been married for 47 years and have two children and three grandchildren.
Barbara Osborne Vulkoff and Sidney Wright Coursen, along with their husbands and good friends Libby and Skip Beardsell, traveled to Boothbay in October. We told tall tales over lobster rolls and sailed on son Tom Jr.’s 40-foot Gulf-Star. I have recovered from a broken ankle and am still needed (so I am told) on the 21-foot One Design sailboat (even though the bones don’t think so). I work at Tom Sr.’s law office three days a week to keep him out of trouble. I also spend time with Mary Brown Bowden ’56 and Eleanor Davies Bowden ’60 here in Boothbay and enjoy my book club and piano lessons (though Carnegie Hall is not in the picture).
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