Ruth R. Stieglitz Hooley ’60, Lone Tree, Colo., moved from teaching at the University of Colorado to a private practice in psychology. Jeannette Eby Hostetler ’62, West Liberty, Ohio, is retired but works one day a week at Oakhill Medical Assocation, where she opened their lab in January 1966. Jep Hostetler ’62 and Joyce Metzler Hostetler ’62, Goshen, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2012.
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Jane Oswald Lambert ’66, Salina, Kan., a certified mediator, works with nonprofits on communication and conflict resolution styles, mentors and coaches young women and developed a course, “Find Your Passion.”
ROBERT BRUNK ’63 BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE AUCTION HOUSE
How does an activist become an auctioneer? For Robert Brunk ’63, who gave up the gavel and retired this year, the journey from being a community organizer to an auctioneer has taken many twists and turns. After Brunk graduated from Goshen College, he attended the University of Michigan and became aware of a need for social change. He began working in
Christopher Leuz ’60 and Lois Gross Leuz ’61, completed a one-year GO! assignment with Eastern Mennonite Missions in Halle, Germany, in June 2012. Raymond S. Martin ’66, McLean, Va., was recently honored with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the 1,500-member American Public Health Association. Lois W. Barkey Miller ’62 moved from Sarasota, Fla., to Harrisonburg, Va., to be near her daughters. Susan Miller ’69, Hesston, Kan., was featured in timbrel magazine, the publication of Mennonite Women USA in the March/April 2012 issue. Ron Milne ’67 (faculty ’76-09) and Sally Jo Miller Milne ’67 (faculty ’84-09), Goshen, returned at the end of May 2012 from Uganda, where they served as interim country representatives for Mennonite Central Committee for 15 months. Lorraine Murphy ’64, Sarasota, Fla., a lyric soprano, was one of the soloists on two international choral tours, one to Spain in May and the second to Ireland and Scotland in July.
Asheville, N.C., for the Office of Economic Development in three segregated housing projects, helping tenants resolve issues and organizing youth activities and Head Start programs. When his position was eliminated less than two years later, Brunk began a short teaching career as a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He had a nononsense teaching method; when called on, a student could either say: “I’m prepared for class but lost,” “I’m not prepared” or “I’m bored… and leaving.” He applied this rule to himself, and would leave mid-class if he felt that he couldn’t get his students to reach their potential. Since Brunk did not hold a postgraduate degree, he left the world of teaching and spent the next decade as a woodworker and sculptor. Because of his anthropology background and passion for beautiful handicrafts, he decided to enter the world
Carl R. Newcomer ’65, West Liberty, Ohio, is semi-retired. He works two days a week at his social work counseling practice. During the school year, his wife Elaine Bachman Newcomer ’64 manages Bethel Mennonite Church’s Homework Help Program for students who are referred by their teachers.
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Dorothea Dyck Honn ’66, Waukesha, Wis., continues to be actively involved in two professions of nursing and chaplaincy, specifically as minister of congregational care at a Methodist church and precepting senior nursing students in community health and chaplaincy at the local hospital.
Bob Smith ’61 retired after 40 years of teaching and coaching and is enjoying life on the beach in Emerald Isle, N.C. Linda Yost Spohn ’67, Mount Airy, Md., continues as a church organist and also teaches ESL classes in Frederick, Md. Rebecca Tyson ’69, Elkhart, Ind., is a lay minister at Belmont Mennonite Church and facilitator for a spiritual direction group. Jan van Donk ’64 and Carol van Donk moved to Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va., after living in Ohio for 22 years. Michael L. Yoder ’69, Orange City, Iowa, after retiring in 2011, accepted a one-semester interim teaching position in sociology at Westmont College in California.
of auctioneering. In 1983, Brunk Auctions was born. Brunk’s was one of the first auction houses to provide a written program with descriptions of the goods for sale. He later began providing a full-color catalog to buyers, and now items are listed online for the more than 15,000 regular buyers from around the world. What started as a passion 30 years ago has grown into an internationally recognized auction house specializing in paintings, furniture, silver, jewelry, folk art, rugs and myriad other antiques and fine art. When Brunk recently retired, he passed the business to his son, Andrew, who is a formally trained antiques expert and grew up watching his father in his element. And while Brunk is officially retired, he still plans to take the stage and call bids now and then as president emeritus of Brunk Auctions. –Brian Yoder Schlabach ’07
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