Halloween, and is way too busy enjoying that culturally vibrant and historic community. He expects to return to New England to celebrate the first birthday of his granddaughter Eleanor Miyen Sepulveda, a child of his daughter Jennifer, and to attend the 50th reunion of the Nashua High Class of 1964. His son Jason lives in Nashua, and youngest daughter Alyson has been tutoring English for a family near Moscow, Russia.
90’s
Nadine “Penny” Buros ’94 is moving to Seattle after serving six years with the Girl Scouts of New Hampshire and Vermont and volunteering with the
Births Christine Garrity Garner ’14G and her husband André Garner ’13G announce the birth of their first child, Claire Marjorie, on April 7, 2014.
American Red Cross for 15 years. She looks forward to joining the Rotary Club and Red Cross in Seattle, as well as looking after her new baby granddaughter. Susannah Schultz ’99 graduated from the University of New England in 2013 with a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine. She will be attending residency at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, Mass. for anesthesiology.
00’s
Michael Averil ’00 has been named to the Ag Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company Board of Directors. He will serve as their Sarbanes Oxley Director. Mike is currently on the Dynamic Health Insurance Company Board of Directors.
Rivier mourns the loss of former President and Sister of the Presentation of Mary Sister Gloria Lemieux, pm, a former President of Rivier and member of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, passed away on May 1, 2014 at the age of 90. Sister Gloria received her Bachelor’s Degree from Catholic Teachers College in Providence, R.I., Masters of Arts in English from Rivier University, Master of Theology from Fordham and Doctorate in English from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She taught elementary school in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire before her 31 years of service to Rivier. For six of those years, she served as President and member of the English Department. Later in life, she served as a writer, researcher, and translator for a major computer systems company, and she also developed an education program for the Boston Federal Aviation Administration. Sister Gloria was active in the Rivier Institute for Senior Education and in 2007 was awarded “Emerita” status in recognition of her exemplary service. Sister Gloria’s leadership and contributions to Rivier will be long-remembered and cherished by the many lives she touched during her career and lifetime. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rivier University in support of Resurrection Chapel and the Gateway Projects, 420 South Main Street, Nashua, N.H.
Deaths Sister Marie-Blanche Allard, pm ’55/’66G Jan. 23, 2013 Catherine Avitabile Kerr ’74 Nov. 6, 2013 Christie L. Fazio ’07 Dec. 14, 2013 Lucette Brien Alix ’43 Jan. 12, 2014 Janet H. Gustafson ’07 Jan. 22, 2014 Carol A. Tischner ’89 Jan. 24, 2014
Claire Marjorie Garner
In memoriam
Sister Ann Dyer CSJ ’65 Feb. 13, 2014 Elaine Guerin Hall ’51 March 12, 2014
Sister Adrienne Beauregard, pm ’43/’04H May 3, 2014
Sister Louise J. Mador, pm ’56 March 12, 2014
Sister Mary St. Edward Underberg, OSF ’58 May 8, 2014
Carol Chin, pm ’91/’03G April 22, 2014
Meghan Sullivan ’08 May 12, 2014
Sister Gloria A. Lemieux, pm ’60G May 1, 2014
Sister Maria Croteau, pm ’59 May 15, 2014
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