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✒ Christina Mackiewicz McMahon, c2themax53@gmail.com ¶ In August, Marsha Biernat, Kate O’Connor, Joan Monahan Boecke, and Barbara Roberts Madsen joined classmate Janet Rich Bayley at her home on
Martha’s Vineyard.
1977
✒ Karen Driscoll Montague, kdm55@ verizon.net ¶ We had a great 35th
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reunion and already look forward to the 40th! In attendance were Dawna Provost Carrette who lives in Concord with her family; Patrice Dentremont, who lives in DC and travels extensively for her health care consulting practice; Carmel Coughlin Donoghue, who recently downsized to a new townhouse in Harvard with husband Ken, now that their 2 children are off on their own; and Nancy Norton Sarvis. Mary Edwina Colpoys and Joy Toomey came for dinner Saturday night. Mary is a Pediatrician with a practice in Watertown and Joy is a Tax Lawyer for the MA Dept. of Revenue. Jan Rutkowski works for Regis in IT. Maureen Callahan Zander recently moved from the ‘burbs to downtown Milwaukee and sells real estate. Sylvia Pattavina is the Title 1 Director for the Quincy Public School system. Kathy Cafarella Tusini lives in Boxford with her 2 sons. Anne Marie Hurley Darling came for pizza Friday night with Sara Monahan and Sharon Lally Doliber, whose husband Howie recently passed away after a long illness. Our condolences go out to Sharon and her 4 children who live in Marblehead. ¶ Attendees also included Sheila Barry, Mary Lou Osborne, Debbie Andrews, Susan Gelmini Tammaro, and Joyce Sullivan Mucci. Jan Gleason Rogers
lives and teaches in West Virginia. Jane Lenox Leary is the Alumni Director at Northwest Catholic High School in Hartford, CT. Representing College Hall were Betty Mazeiko Abdulla who is still with Fidelity and lives in Salem, NH. With her son married, she looks forward to becoming a grandmother. Kathy Cove Curley moved from Wellesley to a beautiful new townhouse in Natick. She looks forward to her oldest daughter Carolyn’s wedding next year—if they survive the planning. Marion Quinn Jowett came from Williamstown where she lives and works for the Council on Aging. Her son Christopher is in his last year at FIT in NYC. Janet Prior teaches at Lawrence High, lives in Andover and enjoys her summers on the Cape. Julie O’Connor McGinn lives in Peabody and has 1 daughter still in college. Julie’s daughter Bridget graduated from Brown
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last year and teaches in Texas. Her son Mike works for City Year. Nicki Girouard works for Raytheon and lives in Newburyport. Apologies if I’ve missed anyone! ¶ Prior to Reunion, a group including Mary Edwina, Joy, Donna Cellucci Sumner, Jill Alexander Belastock, and Dianne Novak met in
Dedham for lunch. ¶ From those who weren’t able to make reunion: Carol Manning Chicarello lives in Arlington and attends Divinity School. Her oldest son Paul works in Biotech in Cambridge; her daughter is still in high school. Kathy McNulty lives in Fort Bragg, CA. Pam Witt Wadzita lives in Vancouver, WA, has 3 children, and is the Principal of an elementary school. Maura Brown Gost lives in Polesville, MD. She is a recent grandmother, but unfortunately her grandson lives in San Diego. She has 3 more children, 1 in grad school and 2 undergraduates. Susan Anderson Stirrat lives in Boston with her husband Reno and youngest son Jack, an avid sailor, who recently competed in the Sailing Junior Olympics in Gloucester. Joan Whalen Wilson missed the reunion for a good reason: Her son received his MBA from Providence College. Joan lives in Chelmsford and works for a small high-tech start-up. Bonnie Walsh Davidson reports on Facebook that 2 of her 3 children are married and 1 is still at home. If you are on Facebook, please join the Regis Class of ’77 group. ¶ So after all the news of empty nesters, kids off to college and married, and even a few grandchildren in the mix, it seems strange to report that my daughter is in the 2nd grade. My husband Ira and I adopted AiLi from China 5 years ago. After 32 years in advertising at Arnold Worldwide, I left in June to become an almost fulltime mommy. I’ll be consulting while balancing parent, Girl Scout leader responsibilities, and all the other stuff that I’m discovering goes along with being a mom to an active kid.
1979
✒ Debbie Southworth Howard, 12315 Winston Avenue, Urbandale, IA 50323, 515-619-9258, deboo813@hotmail.com ✒ Janet Mills-Knudsen, 12 B Lawrence Street, Woburn, MA 01801, 781-4910698, janetknudsen@rcn.com ¶ The
class extends our profound sympathy to Bonnie Szarzynski McIsaac on the loss of her mother on July 18, 2012, following a courageous battle with cancer. ¶ Congratulations to Karen Walsh Fortin on the birth of her 1st grandson, Kaleb, born June 26, 2012. Mom and Little Kaleb are both doing great and Grandma Fortin is beaming. (Karen does not look old enough to be a grandma!) ¶ Also congratulations to Lori Seccareccio DeMartin
on her fabulous 1-woman art show “Unconditional” held at Eyeful Beauty in Lowell on July 27, 2012. Attendees reported it was a great success. We are all proud of you, Lori (but not surprised!). ¶ Kathy Shepard returned from Bosnia-Herzegovina. She reports it was “a great pilgrimage but it was very hot there—115 degrees!” I’m still waiting for the pictures on Facebook. ¶ Look out for “Blue Tropic Soul,” a band featuring the sons of Kathy Mulvihill Brutzman. They are making quite a name for themselves in New York. We wish the boys success. ¶ Janet Mills Knudsen and her husband Bob recently gave a week of service in New Orleans. They rebuilt houses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina with the St. Bernard Project. ¶ My family has moved again. This stop is in Des Moines, IA. Talk about living in Niceville. Our 1st winter was mild and our 1st summer here was hot but we are enjoying it so far. One of these days I’ll get to Chicago to see my old friend, Marva Taylor.
1980
✒ Judith A. Allonby, 7 Rockland Park, Apt. 2, Malden, MA 02148, 781-3247735, judithallonby@aol.com ¶ Long overdue condolences to Cynthia Aimo Ross on the loss of her husband sev-
eral years ago. Cindy’s twin boys are now adults. She ran a tour boat company for 20 years then went to law school. Cindy now lives in Falmouth, where she has a law practice and serves as a bar advocate. ¶ Karen Callahan Masters attended the Regis Cape Cod Luncheon, where she sat with members of the class of ’81, before vacationing with her husband in Yarmouth. Karen’s daughter recently graduated Laboure College, where Karen works, with a degree in Radiation Therapy. Karen herself graduated from Curry College with a Masters of Education. Congratulations, Karen. Karen keeps in touch with sister-in-law Carol MacGillivray Masters, who is amazed to be the mother of college-touring teenagers. ¶ Wynn Foley Fargo just drove her daughter Molly to school in Tampa. ¶ Anthea-Maria Poole’s Facebook postings provide insightful updates on the political and economic crisis in Greece along with poetic appreciation of the islands’ beauty. ¶ MaryBeth Untersee Klotz moved to Tega Cay, SC. Her husband had eye surgery recently and MaryBeth hopes for a speedy recovery. ¶ Ellen Sheehy is recovering from knee surgery and looking forward to a Disney World trip. ¶ Gabriela Suib Marchitelli recently visited the Cape. ¶ Maura Goulding Driscoll moved back to Massachusetts from Seattle and is
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