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✒Patricia N. Cross, 161 Oak Common
Avenue, St. Augustine, FL 32095, 904823-1394, tricia.cross915@gmail.com ¶ Marybeth Govoni Cormier is staying
warm in Bradenton, FL for 3 months where she owns a condo. She enjoys visits from her children and their spouses and exploring that lovely part of FL. Speaking of FL, I enjoy keeping up with Nancy Brine Fredrickson and her Facebook page and the Regis ’68 Facebook page. Check it out! Who knew (or can fathom!) that Nancy is a pilot! I am in awe of her energy and daring. ¶ Linda Gaioni Dranchak and husband John’s lovely daughter, Kate, a forensic psychologist, was recently married to Greg Williams in Hawaii. Linda and John also have a new grandson, daughter Sarah’s baby, Sam. That makes 4 grandchildren. She reports that her life in Bath, ME revolves around her business (www. gullcottagequilting.com), her grandkids, and traveling to visit family. Shortly after the Reunion, Marlena Belviso Santomero and husband Tony
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became grandparents again when daughter Jill gave birth to little Oliver in June. He now joins big brother Liam, who is 3. “As for travel, Tony and I spent several weeks in the UK last September, visiting London and the Cotswolds.” ¶ Tish Brush Petzke must be one of the busiest members of the class. Between her consulting business, family, social and professional events, and traveling, she is busy busy. She works hard and takes trips from Mallorca to Istanbul. ¶ Marcia Carey Walsh wrote that she and husband, Jack, are spending the winter in Naples, FL for the 3rd straight year. “Although it has been cooler than last Jan. it is still warm and sunny! So far we have missed 2 blizzards back home. I am looking forward to seeing my daughters. Tricia and husband Mark, and daughter Deb will visit with grandchildren Braddock and Thomas. ¶ Jeanne Gianturco plans to visit Lake Tahoe to ski and spend time with daughter Catherine. ¶ Ellen Grimes Aamodt is now fully retired but accepts UN consulting assignments from time to time and travels to some countries to visit UN friends she made over the years. “On the home front, I received a wonderful Christmas present—a new grandson born on Christmas Day.” Now that she is settled in Arlington, Ellen enjoys local cultural events. She serves as a trustee and guide at the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum and enjoys it very much. Home renovation projects in her 100-year-old house keep her busy. ¶ Judy Murphy Lauch and husband, Bill, arrived in St. Augustine in late Jan. and are busy furnishing their new condo. They both are still very involved in Boston activities, work, and volunteering. They plan to stay here during the coldest time of the year, but Boston will remain their home and favorite city. Tim and Maryanne Skeiber Burtman came through St. Augustine for their annual visit on their way to Stuart, FL. Maryanne and Tim are retired and keep busy with their 5 grandchildren. Maryanne is an avid pickle ball player! Judy, Maryanne, and I and husbands had fun catching up. ¶ Burt and I are expecting our 14th grandchild on St. Patrick’s Day. Our youngest daughter, Casey, and husband, Peter, live in Topsfield, MA and have 3 little boys— Cole, Mason, and Will. We are on pins and needles wondering if they will have a baby sister or brother! I am still working part time and getting back to tennis after a knee replacement. ¶ Our 50th high school reunion is upon us this year! Let me hear from you as you plan or attend. I am excited to see my St. Mary/Regis buddies, Sharyn Murphy McGann, Ellen Aamodt, and Judy Lauch. Hopefully we will finally catch up with ex-68er Joanne Davis Thomas,
who lives in Camden, ME. St. Mary’s HS will also remember our friends who have passed away, including ’68 classmate Mary Jane Griffin. And we always considered Mimi McDonald Concannon “one of us” since she was a member of the SMH carpool to Regis! Write and let us know about your reunion and tell us who, if anyone, you saw from Regis Class of ’68. Marybeth Cormier is looking forward to her Bishop Stang High School reunion, Carolyn Durant was a classmate. Jeanne Gianturco will be attending her Notre Dame Academy reunion but says most of her classmates went to Emmanuel or Trinity (Notre Dame sisters!) ¶ The column is brief this time. Help me out and email me a quick note or else I will have to start listing my grandchildren and telling you more than you want to know about all of them! Seriously, we all enjoy hearing about your comings and goings. Stay well everyone!
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45th Reunion ✒Linda Garstka Daigneault, 300 Forker Boulevard, Sharon, PA 16146, 724-3425306, tj.dano@verizon.net ¶ Hope that
all your holidays were merry and that 2014 has started on a good note. ¶ I have been busy trying to get the Reunion surveys together for the anticipated “booklet.” So far the response has been less than stellar but I’m hoping for a surge in responses before the deadline. I’ve heard from many classmates and am surprised at the diversity of experiences. I have been in contact with Mary Beth Stanton Cotter and other Reunion committee members and am enjoying the “catch up” conversations. The “Reunion Booklet” will be available at and after the Reunion. ¶ By the time you get this, I will have just seen you at Reunion. One thing for sure, this awful COLD will be behind us. What a winter!
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is a manufacturing engineer; and a daughter in DC, who works for the World Bank with a focus on Africa. ¶ Another CT resident is Ellen Mara Smith who lives in Madison. Ellen is a dietician, has been widowed, and enjoys her family, home, and work. Her son teaches in VT, and her daughter lives in NY and is planning a fall wedding in Newport. ¶ Our Jan. gathering at the Chateau in Waltham included Miriam Finn Sherman ’98, Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Christina Duggan, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving along with classmates: Patsy Connearney Deveaux, Peggy Jones Gigante, Phyllis-Mae Carberry Mueller, Paula Dempsey Beauregard, Patricia Driscoll Egan, Ellen Kearns, and myself. We discussed possibilities for our 50th Reunion. Contact Miriam Riley Flecca at mflecca@yahoo.com to get on the mailing list for the gatherings at the Chateau, and either Mim or Ellen Kearns at ekearns@constangy. com, our class co-presidents, with your thoughts about the Reunion. ¶ Our class treasurer, Patsy Deveaux, asks us to send our $25 class dues, made payable to Regis College Class of 1967, to her at 55 Clark Lane, Waltham, MA 02451. Patsy’s granddaughter, Emily Dewey, earned Dean’s List honors at her grandfather Don’s alma mater, St. Anslem. ¶ I am now serving on the Regis Fund Executive Committee, and ask you to please consider a gift. Two new scholarships are honoring S. Jeanne d’Arc O’Hare and S. Thérèse Higgins and you may designate your gift to these funds.
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✒Nora Quinlan Waystack, 126 Merrimac St. #50, Newburyport, MA 01950, 978314-4416, nqwaystack@gmail.com
¶ Greetings once again classmates. Do hope you passed happy, healthy, (warm?) winter months. ¶ We spent our first real FL vacation in Naples this past Jan., and I had a wonderful reunion with Nancy Adams Brisson. We hadn’t seen each other since graduation day 44 years ago, but managed to fill in the years. Nancy and husband Steve moved to Naples 38 years ago. She had just retired last June from 36 years of teaching; 29 years teaching accelerated math at Naples High School. She also served as a teacher representative on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SATS), which covers 11 southern
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