◗2000s more recently on the Creede Repertory Theatre Board of Trustees. Jenna loves the area and enjoys time playing in the outdoors: hiking, biking, camping, and snowboarding. Scott Brown `97 (Gilbert, AZ) is married and recently had his first child, Hudson. He is the director of golf at Alta Mesa Country Club in Mesa, AZ. Maria Gabriel `97 (Pueblo, CO) has learned how to ski and ride a dirt bike and used her new-found skills to go trail riding. Amy Wilcox Ortega `98, `06 (Alamosa, CO) is the assistant principal at Alamosa High School. Her husband, Jose Ortega `00, `04, `07, is the dean of students at Alamosa Elementary. They have 3 daughters that keep them busy: Alexis (14), Lora (11) and Morgan (6).
Jesse Crock `04, `10 (Golden, CO) had his acrylic paintings featured in the Denver-area magazine 5280. He rock climbs and mountain bikes, which must be why his paintings so accurately depict the Colorado experience.
Suzanne Bratina `02 (Pueblo, CO) is a school counselor at Corwin International Magnet School, a 4-8 grade IB school with 630 students.
Liz Thomas Hensley `05 (Alamosa, CO) was recently elected vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Alamosa. Tashina `03 and Justin `05 Garrett (Denver, CO) were blessed with a second baby boy, Hosea Kenji Garrett, on August 16. They are all doing well.
Kendra Hansen `04 (Alamosa, CO) married Dave Hansen in 2005, and they have a 3-yearold daughter, Danica Reese. Kendra went back to school and earned a medical assistant certification in 2012 and is now a chiropractic assistant.
Jesus Solis `07 graduated from the University of Colorado with a dual-M.A. in Japanese History and Japanese Language in the summer of 2012. He took a year off while he was getting his M.A. to study in Yokohama, Japan, but he had to leave Japan earlier than expected, because the school closed after the March 11, 2011, disaster. He recently received a scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to do research at the University of Tokyo for the next two years. He is studying Japanese economic history and working on a research project related to the American Occupation of Japan after World War II. He lives in Shinmatsudo, Japan, with his wife, Azusa Yamamoto.
remembering . . . Naomi Wing `49 (Alamosa, CO) passed away July 14 at the age of 97. Antonio Valdez, Jr. `51, `65 (Del Norte, CO) passed away Aug. 24 at the age of 86. Nick DeSalvo Jr. `55 (Pueblo, CO) passed away Oct. 10 at the age of 85. Bert Hansen `58 (Las Animas, CO) passed away Aug. 7 at the age of 77. Raymond Mann `58 (Montrose, CO) passed away Sept. 10 at the age of 78. Among his survivors is wife, Fern Mann `67. Michael Barry `59 (Troy, MI) passed away Oct. 18 at the age of 77. Loretta Nicodemus `60 (Louviers, CO) passed away Oct. 13 at the age of 76. Among her survivors is husband, Donald Nicodemus `62. Jim Colbert `61, `65 (Imperial Beach, CA) passed away Sept. 18 at the age of 73. Larry Summers `63 (Lamar, CO) passed away Oct. 1 at the age of 72. Among his survivors is wife, Zelma Summers `63. Raymond Sweeney `63 (West Farmington, OH) passed away Aug. 2 at the age of 71. Elinore "Chris" Hugins `64, `70 (Cañon City, CO) passed away July 20 at the age of 85.
Among her survivors is husband, Emeritus Professor George Hugins.
Daniel Edwards `86 (Pueblo, CO) passed away Mar. 31 at the age of 63.
Elizabeth Poage `66 (American Canyon, CA) passed away May 28 at the age of 95.
Sandra Fitzgerald `89 (Alamosa, CO) passed away June 18 at the age of 51. Among her survivors are mother, Charlie Walker, and sisters Lori Laske '91, '01 and Shawna Walker `96.
Donald Brendel `67 (Cañon City, CO) passed away Aug. 10 at the age of 81. Joe Wolcott `67 (Tyler, TX) passed away Sept. 4 at the age of 75. Edward "Gene" Nally `68 (Alexis, IL) passed away Sept. 27 at the age of 68. Nancilee Donley `70 (Pueblo, CO) passed away Sept. 17 at the age of 66. Nancy Hume Jones `72 (Albuquerque, NM) passed away Aug. 13 at the age of 61. Among her survivors is sister Kathy Howard `72. Judith Kerrins `72 (Chico, CA) passed away July 18 at the age of 71. Elisario "Charlie" Padilla `72 (Trinidad, CO) passed away June 9 at the age of 79. Among his survivors is wife, Betty Padilla `72. Diane Capps `75, `77 (Rifle, CO) passed away May 21 at the age of 60. Jacquelyn Finney `76 (Sun River, MT) passed away May 20 at the age of 77. Keith Andersen `78 (Grand Junction, CO) passed away Aug. 24 at the age of 57. Among his survivors is wife, Jill Andersen `78.
James Hannebaum `90 (Rocky Ford, CO) passed away Oct. 1 at the age of 63. Leonard Griego `62, `64 (Buena Vista) passed away Oct. 14 at the age of 85. Among his survivors is wife, Sylvia Griego `61, `64. Ronald Boehm `04 (Phoenix, AZ) passed away Oct. 27 at the age of 32. Among his survivors is brother Bradley Boehm `01. Ralph Tafoya `06 (Rocky Ford, CO) passed away Sept. 3 at the age of 35. Elizabeth Marino `07 (Pueblo, CO) passed away Sept. 27 at the age of 40.
friends Fran Marvel (Santa Fe, NM) passed away Sept, 25 at the age of 89. Among her survivors are husband Dr. John Marvel, former Adams State president; son John Marvel `70; and daughter-in-law Connie Marvel `75.
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Alice Taylor `42 (Albuquerque, NM) passed away July 17 at the age of 92. Among her survivors is sister Mary Cruz `45.
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