Washington campus, they ran into the assistant dean of admissions, who gave them a tour and showed them the renovations to Ball Hall. Charlotte said, “I am looking forward to seeing everyone.”
again. Carolyn spoke with Lynne Williams Neave about money for the Reunion Eagle Award and said that she is saving for that donation and hopes our class will be generous. She is thankful to have received a solid education and made lifelong friends at Mary Washington. Carolyn visited with Renee Levinson Laurents in Los Angeles twice, staying once with
Dee Doran Cairns and Doug returned from New York in November, having spent two days at West Point, seeing a parade and attending the Air Force-Army The Chesapeake Bay Foundation football game. Air Force named Kay Slaughter ’61 Virginia won, but Dee Conservationist of the Year for 2010. said that, as an Army brat and mom, she would have been her and her darling pet family happy either way! Being at West and again on Labor Day weekend, Point brought back memories when she and Kara joined Renee of weekend trips from Mary for a snack in Santa Monica. Washington and visits with son Carolyn planned to go to Dallas Rob during his four years there. for Thanksgiving with son Raj and They planned to come to the grandson Alex, a kindergartener reunion with Patty Cairns Hourin who is reading and loves sports and Jim. On a trip to Virginia and school. and Pennsylvania last year, Carol Grant LeMay visited Mary Babs Buse Johnson of Bowie, Washington for the first time since Md., transferred to Gettysburg graduation and couldn’t believe all College after two years with us, the changes. The highlight of the but she feels very close to our trip was meeting Bev Carlson Shea class and plans to come to the and Jim in Gettysburg, Pa. Carol reunion with Matt McCeney felt as though they had just seen Campbell of Nashville, Tenn., each other a week before. They and Jean Ryan Farrell. Babs lives also visited the National Museum close to her 96-year-old mother, of the Marine Corps at Quantico outside Annapolis, but her two and traveled through West Virginia daughters and five grandchildren on the way home. The LeMays are in Seattle and Orlando, Fla.! spend a lot of time running the Her husband died a few years roads to Birmingham, Ala., where ago. Matt, who also transferred daughter Jill lives with her family, from Mary Washington after two and they attended grandson Jacob’s years, went to the University of sixth birthday party. Carol still Tennessee in Knoxville, majored conducts tours of historic Natchez in English, and earned her master’s in Mississippi. They planned to degree in English education in take a 12-day cruise on the eastern 1982. Through the years, she Caribbean in February as an early worked as a newspaper reporter, celebration of their 50th wedding English teacher, and real estate anniversary. Carol hopes to make agent in Atlanta and Nashville, and it to the reunion and looks forward she served on a higher education to seeing everyone. commission. She has a daughter and a son, both of whom are Eleanor Knight Jensen married with children. Marie and Cliff of Connecticut took Butler Skalski of Springfield, Va., a short trip to New Hampshire sells furniture for JCPenney at and Vermont to view the fall Springfield Mall. Her ex-husband foliage. The weather cooperated died last year, and she has one son and the colors were spectacular. and three grandchildren. Marie isn’t They stayed at the Crotched sure she can come to the reunion Mountain Resort in Francestown, but is still in touch with former N.H., which is operated by Shell roomie Margaretta Kirksey Bir, a Vacations, the company they rent widow who lives in her hometown from on the Big Island of Hawaii. of Eutaw, Ala., and Sue Butzner Maschino of McLean, Va. Marie Carolyn Crum Pannu wrote also said that Sandy Noyes of that she is thrilled about the Florida has three daughters. reunion. She and Pat Scott Peck, who plan to be roommates, are to I talked with two classmates meet in Washington, D.C., before from freshman year in Cornell, the reunion and return there for roomie Carlotta Croghan Clark a short visit before heading west
of Annapolis, Md., and suitemate Sandee Judkins Armitage of Peoria, Ariz. Sandee married Bob in 1961, and they plan to take a family cruise from Bayonne, N.J., to Bermuda in June to celebrate their 50th anniversary! She and Bob lived in Connecticut for more than 25 years and have three daughters and five grandchildren. Sandee sounds as fun-loving as ever. Carlotta and Preston had a successful six-store lighting business for many years and sold it in 2009. Their two daughters and four grandchildren live nearby. After graduation, Carlotta worked for three years at NIH with Rosie Borke, and then taught science at a private high school before going into the lighting business. Now she has more free time to play tennis (she ranks 4.0) and travel. She and Preston planned to take a repositioning cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Copenhagen and to hopefully fly home in time for the reunion. Shirley Garman told her that our freshman suitemate Jane Snyder Osman Felber died of liver cancer a few years ago. Neither of us knows about former suitemates Ginny Cusick Hanlon and Sandy Kollender.
in Boca Raton, Fla. Pam has three children from her first husband. Bob promised to convey our wish that they both attend the reunion. I was delighted to talk with “Georgie” Georgeou Rahnias, as our husbands were classmates at the same high school in Thessaloniki, Greece. George has not attended any of those reunions, but Georgie said they plan to attend ours. He is a dentist, and she works full time as his office manager. They lead a quiet life in Holmdel, N.J., and have two married daughters and six grandchildren. Georgie took up ballroom dancing three years ago, after giving up tennis. Another classmate of Greek descent, Maddie Contis Marken, lives in Falmouth, Mass., and does per diem social work full time for local hospitals and clinics. She has three children, including a son who is engaged to be married in early June, and she hikes and bikes in various countries. She and her daughter visited the village her parents are from in Epirus, Greece. Maddie and Cathy Ledner Kuttner of Basking Ridge, N.J., who has three children and works as a mental health clinician, hope to come to the reunion together.
Beautiful Aundriette Miller Vesta “Monnie” Smith Smith and her Marine, John, have Newhouse, who has attended returned to her childhood home in Summer Shade, Ky., to a farm where several reunions, plans to come to our big one with Sue Southern they have a herd of 50 registered Roush of Gainesville, Va., and Angus cattle. After three years of Cherry Sarff Everett of Port Royal, Marine life, they lived in Belleview, Va. These three went to Wakefield Wash., where she was a hotel High School in Virginia and were caterer. They have a son, a daughter, freshman year roomies in Betty and four grandchildren, two of Lewis Hall. Monnie works full whom are considering attending time at NBC station WRC-TV UMW! Linda Sue Olinger Shaw in Washington, D.C., in the sales has a graduate degree from department and traffic area, and Harvard, is a retired economics professor at Longwood At age 68, Noreen Galvin Dunn ’61 University, passed the exam to become one of and lives in three commercial appraisers on St. Floyd, Va. Judy Reese Nye Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and went to Mary was appointed to the Real Estate Washington for two years before Appraisal Board. transferring to another school compiling the program log. Sue and lives in her hometown of went to Mary Washington for two Columbia, S.C., with husband John. years, then to nursing school at Judy worked as vice president/ U.Va. Cherry went for one year manager of an insurance agency before getting married. Monnie and has been in contact with passed on the sad news that their Sandra Williamson, who also suitemate Henrietta Overton lives in Columbia and was with us Hutchinson died several years ago. for one year. Pam Ristori Sigda is busy as a self-employed clinical In addition to Mary Hatcher psychologist, so I talked to her and me, Connie, there are at husband, Bob, a retired college least two other classmates in professor, instead. They enjoy life Wilmington, N.C., Elizabeth U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A R Y WA S H I N G TO N M AG A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 1 1
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