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CLASS NOTES Welcome to Class Notes online. Moving notes online helps us be good stewards of both the environment and your generous contributions. We encourage you to continue to share any recent life events at beaumontschool.org/classupdate or through your class rep so we may share your news online in future Class Notes.
1949 Class Representative: Annette Rini Geraci amgart8@aol.com Ann Dunigan Traverse, Jeanne Ackley Hoffmeyer, Martha Fiorette Adams, and Annette Rini Geraci recently got together to catch up at Cedar Creek Grill. They are looking forward to celebrating their 70th reunion this fall with their Beaumont Classmates!
1950 Class Representative: Mary Ann Black Warner mastepkawarner@hotmail.com Sr. Charlotte Trenkamp was the artist of the month at Apple Tree Books in Cleveland Heights during the month of November. Congratulations Sister Charlotte!
1951 The Class of 1951 is in need of a Class Representative! Please email csalata@ beaumontschool.org if you are interested.
1952 Class Representative: Carol Baird Roddy cbroddy35@gmail.com
1953 The Class of 1953 is in need of a Class Representative! Please email csalata@ beaumontschool.org if you are interested.
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1954 Class Representative: Patricia Koehn dbloh7@gmail.com
1955 Class Representatives: Sr. Maureen McCarthy, OSU mp.maureen@gmail.com Judy Kish Amundsen channelbend@cox.net Classmates attended a lovely Fabulous 50s luncheon in the Beaumont Theatre on October 9th; Christy Salata and committee did a great job! President Wendy Hoke and Beaumont Senior Meghan Kessinger spoke about enjoying her time at Beaumont. Chef Bo's food was so good! It was fun to chat with our classmates and others from Beaumont as well! We enjoyed seeing the slides of the 40's and 50's classes, and finding ourselves in them and in the yearbooks on the tables. Class of 1955 attendees: Rose Mary Selvaggio Fitzgerald, Patricia Meyers Willkomm, Lee Gibaldi Juratovec, Micki Comella Maniscalco, Terry Pezzino Lentini, Donna Cellura Brant, Joyce Pyne Hogsdon, Kathleen McMannaman Lasby, Merici Paulus Kramer and Sr. Ann Winters, OSU. Two classmates weren’t able to attend, due to illness: Sr. Maureen McCarthy and Mary Lloyd Deutschman. Sr. Maureen is looking forward to her move to Merici Crossings February 19th. Her suite mate is another Beaumont alumna— Sr. Joan Petersen.
1956 Class Representative: Patricia McIntyre Westropp pwestropp@yahoo.com Suzie Baird Fitzgerald had a wonderful visit with Sheila Dunn Burke in Arizona. It was perfect weather, lots of activity, good food, and always fun to be with a good friend. In October, Connie O’Connell Strong and Marie Penote Queenan went to visit Ann Mishler Hutzel and her husband Don in Tiffin, Ohio. Kathleen ONeill Dunn and her husband joined them. They had a wonderful time catching up and remembering lots of fun times over the many years they have known each other. Carol Hart Keck planned a fun trip to the winery in Geneva. Suzie Baird Fitzgerald, Janet Neff Newsome, Mary Anne Corlett Rotatori, Dolores McDonnell Ritt, Diane Junglas Richardson, and myself stayed at the Inn in Geneva, and had a driver take us to four wineries. We learned a lot about wine! The memorial Mass at Beaumont was very well attended. We remembered our deceased classmates Karen Kline Smith and Phyllis Bleich Greenhalgh. After Mass, Carol Egan Grady, Judy Bopp Loach, Dolores McDonnell Ritt, Diane Junglas Richardson, Janet Neff Newsome, Rosemarie Miceli Surace, Mary D'Agostino Mandalfino and myself attended brunch at Cedar Creek Grill. Our Fabulous Fifties Luncheon was also well attended. Lynn Harvanian Boyd, Peggy Walsh Varga, Diane Junglas Richardson, Dolores McDonnell Ritt, Mary Anne Corlett Rotatori, Rosa Schembri & myself all enjoyed the afternoon. Patricia McIntyre
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Westropp went on a bus trip to New York City in November. It was amazing to see Ground Zero, Manhattan, Brooklyn and the theatres. We encourage you to continue your support for our Scholarship Fund!
1957 Class Representatives: Barbara Schuele Schubert bschubert100@gmail.com Judy Patterson Nieser jpnieser@att.net Happy and Healthy 2019 to all! Maryann Papes Semancik reports not being tired at all(!) after a month-long visit from her five year old granddaughter followed by a two week visit after flying with her to her family home in San Francisco. A group of us met with Maryann while she was visiting in Cleveland (Thank you, Diane Toronski for arranging the breakfast at First Watch in Pinecrest). Maryann keeps busy visiting friends and family in San Francisco and San Diego, in addition to Cleveland. Cathy Hyland Hannon wrote from Battle Creek, Michigan (where she has lived since 1972) that her seven children, seventeen grandchildren and one great grandson live all over the country and the world. Cathy worked for twenty one years as a deputy clerk for the District Court and sang with her church choir. Since her husband, Jack’s death twenty two years ago she has volunteered in schools, helping children with reading and for the past six years has tutored a boy who has severe dyslexia. It must be thrilling for Cathy, who ranks reading and learning among her greatest pleasures, to see this boy actually enjoy reading. I, too, tutor young children who are struggling with reading and I can attest to the great rewards to the volunteer from this work. Mary Cavanaugh Lewis wrote about the trip she and Tom took to Ireland, reuniting with relatives, and then sightseeing on the west coast of Ireland with their daughters, son in law and three grandchildren. They also visited Hong Kong and Cambodia and the UK this year. Their daughter, Maureen, is relocating to London, where she will remain
with her present law firm in its new headquarters. (Seems like a good excuse to visit a wonderful city!) Mary also wrote about the stress seen in families over college admission for grandchildren. This is a comment that has been heard regularly from many grandparents of the class of ’57. In September, a dozen of us from the class of 1957 met at the Heights Grill for lunch and lots of talk. Present, were the following: Marsha Corlett Sarakaitis, Diane Golubski Toronski, Lynn Mann, Kitty Callinan Busher, Marianne Rocco Walton, Carole Margareth Marciano, Joyce Raviotta, Mary Lou Deucher Fuerst, Kay Winters O’Mally, Janet Wakefield (Sr. Praxedes, OSU), Judy Patterson Nieser and Barbara Schuele Schubert. We plan to do it again, with an even larger group, in the spring. On October 9th Beaumont hosted the “Fabulous 50’s Luncheon.” Peggy Madigan and Edie Holtzheimer Gruber joined the usual group, who reported that it was great to get together. I was sorry to miss the fun. On Nov. 29 Mary Ann Kinney came to Cleveland and all those available met at the New Heights Grill on Lee Road. A good time was reported as well as fun to catch up with Mary Ann. These notes come with a promise to plan a lunch, with plenty of lead timed, after the last freeze.
1958 Class Representatives: Mary Jo Abraham Antoon mjantoon@roadrunner.com
Diane MacDermott Mehling dianemehling@gmail.com
1961 Class Representative: Joanne Eafanti Gilliam (440) 461-2193 It seems some class members are on the move. Carol Geck Machael splits her time between condos in Iowa and Florida. Her kids and grandchildren are not close by, which can be difficult. Pat Friel Mayer is moving to the Pennsylvania countryside, close to her youngest daughter, and two hours from NYC. She will keep her house in California, winter, don't you just know! Touchstone Gallery is excited to present Mary D. Ott’s solo show Branching Out: Original Prints. The exhibit features hand-pulled prints that celebrate natural arboreal beauty.
1962 Class Representatives: Christina Collura Embrescia mceone@hotmail.com Cathy Reilly Doyle mcd11144@aol.com Donna Welsh ’62 and Terry Welsh ’65 share coffee where they live in The Villages, Florida. (Their sister, Sr. Ritamary Welsh, OSU, ’63 was visiting and gets the photography credit).
Sr. Martha Mooney mmooney@ursulinesisters.org
1959 The Class of 1959 is in need of a Class Representative! Please email csalata@ beaumontschool.org if you are interested.
1960 Class Representatives: Mary Carol Kundtz Lewis mcarollewis@roadrunner.com
Donna and Terry Welsh.
1963 Class Representative: Kati Callahan Crawford kati7845@aol.com
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Class of 1963: (Left to right) Standing: Kati Callahan Crawford, Mary Jo Rini, Regina Fana, Mary Redmond O’Malley. Seated: Linda Baurcky, Pat Gilmore Kearney.
Sr. Sheila Tobbe and Sr. Ritamary Welsh will be “roomies” at the Merici Crossings, the new residence at Ursuline College . It will accommodate 70 sisters, and as the numbers dwindle, lay people will be invited to move there. They will have a chapel, community dining room, great room and ministry offices as well as underground parking. These St. Ann’s “girls” will still be having pajama parties 60+ years later! Mary Jo Rini hosted Linda Barucky, Kati Callahan Crawford, Regina Fana, Pat Gilmore Kearney and Mary Redmond O'Malley for a weekend at her condo on the beach in Naples. Fun, games, laughs and wine as they remembered Paulette & great old times. Mary Jo is moving to Treetops in SC—an hour south of Charlotte. Good Luck in the beautiful new home she’s building! Carole Dugan Benz gratefully retired as CEO of ETC Compliance Solutions in Tucson on June 1, 2017. Her new email is carbuzz45@gmail. com if you’d like to get in touch. Carol Greuloch Graham reports a travel year! Columbus for her daughter’s 50th, Cincinnati for granddaughter’s graduation, 10 days in Greece—Athens, Mykonos and Santorini, then niece’s destination wedding in New Orleans in Nov. They did the traditional “2nd line” afterward with band and stilt walker-all waving silk handkerchiefs! Finale in
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Arizona for Thanksgiving with their daughter. Kathy Gyarmath Eckhart and husband Steven welcomed their first grandchild, Emma, in Sept. 2018! After 34 years in DC this prompted their retirement to N. Carolina to be near their daughter’s family. Sharon Gates Moynihan lives in Washington State. She and husband Pat have raised 3 biological and 6 foster children. Two are still growing up at home—a bit different than their planned retirement but they love it. She supports women’s independence but has loved being a stay at home mom. After our 55th reunion, she and Suzanne Hughes reconnected via the web—rekindling an
old friendship. Gerry Hall Urbanic has downsized after sadly after losing her husband, Jack, Christmas 2017. She would love to reconnect: 3100 Tradition Circle #3138, Mt Pleasant, SC, gerryurbanic@ gmail.com, (843) 860-8706. Kati Callahan Crawford: For the first time in 13 years we spent the holidays in Ohio. We hosted the “mom no work” Thanksgiving. My daughter and daughter in law cooked and grandkids did cleanup! My granddaughter did ask while doing the dishes (for 24) if we could have paper plates next year! (NO) My daughter & husband did Xmas eve dinner and a huge open house for all the extended family Christmas day. Our adult children opted not to exchange gifts with their families but pool the money and support a family in need...warmed my heart to see such charity and true Christmas spirit. Health and blessings to all in 2019.
1964 Class Representative: Mary Ferrara Supler marysupler@aol.com Can it really be 55 years since we graduated! Please update information so we can keep you informed of our plans! The picture below is of our lunch bunch which meets the third Friday of the month. Thanks to Louise Searson (lsearson@mindspring.com) for all she does to arrange these luncheons. Yes we now even cross over the bridge. Sue Keane
Class of 1964: Our lunch bunch which meets the third Friday of the month enjoying time together.
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helps to coordinate the west side restaurants. Please come and join us and renew friendships. It really is so much fun and we all look forward to sharing our thoughts. Send Louise an e mail and we will happily add you to our list. On a personal note my oldest grandchild, Meghan Kessinger, will graduate from Beaumont this Spring. She has had an amazing experience and I have joined her often at events. Please feel to e mail me at marysupler@aol.com with any information. Love to hear from you and hopefully I will do a better job of communication among us. Peace, love, hope and health to all.
Mickie Burkhart O’Donnell passed away November 22, 2018.
1968 Class Representatives: Catherine O'Connor Holzheimer katiern45@att.net Geralyn Campbell Geralyncampbell@gmail.com Kathryn Wood McGrorry madkath0714@yahoo.com
1969 Class Representatives: Deborah Koenig Brinda debrinda@aol.com
1965 Class Representatives: Robin Harvey raharvey39@gmail.com
Linda Circillo Hickey momplc@msn.com
Betsy DeFino Wilson mzbwilson@hotmail.com
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Kathy Gang Rini kgrini@hotmail.com
Class Representative: Rosemary Amato ramatoams@gmail.com
Sister Carol Pelegrin, OSU is having a gathering of her classmates who live in Florida in February.
1966 Class Representative: Barb Kolezynski kolezynski@aol.com
1967 Class Representative: Mary Ellen Shannon Malone nrlshannon@cox.net Lucy Oliphant has retired from the Columbus Association of Realtors after thirty years. She plans on traveling and visiting her 10 grandchildren. Her one daughter, Grace Adele, is a singer in her country swing band. Micki Krupitzer Mackin is retired and has an art business on Etsy called Micki Word Art. Micki has three grandchildren. Sally Sauto Gambatese is retired as an adjunct professor at Kent State. She volunteers as a North Pole elf for the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Rail Road on the Polar Express! Kathy Burkhart Donohue’s mother,
Well the class of 1970 only has 18 months left before they will celebrate their 50th anniversary. I have reached out to everyone that we have email addresses for, so if you have a new email address, please update it at Beaumont. It was great to hear from Fran Pertz Zettl, Helen Callahan Hirsch, Patricia Kurtz, Mary Myers Ferron, Patricia Bresnahan, and Carol Young Sterba. Carol mentioned that she retired several years ago and now resides in Florida but spends the summers in Cleveland and always tries to see old friends. So keep the news coming. Rosemary Amato— ramatoams@gmail.com
1971 Class Representative: Marianne Kerr mkerr@jcu.edu
1972 Class Representatives: Adrianne Senft Kohn adriannekohn@gmail.com
Mary Beth Walton Guzzo mbguzzo@gmail.com Happy New Year! The holiday season found many of us on the move. Brenda Woodworth O’Toole and her son visited her dad in Pebble Beach, CA. Judi Szabo toured Southeast Asia. Mary Beth Walton Guzzo returned to Shaker Heights to spend Christmas with her mom and family. She also connected with Tess Dreka Rosch. Tess and her husband spent time over New Year’s in Sturbridge, MA. Peggy Wood VanDyke vacationed in Cabo San Lucas. Kathy Simoson O’Brien is spending part of the winter in Naples, FL. Nice! Karen Ferrato Small, owner and chef of The Flying Fig, was a James Beard semi-finalist for 2018. In a true farm-to-table approach, her restaurant has been named one of Cleveland’s best. Well done Karen! Karen Bartko Reming has had another successful year of Baskets by Karen. Karen also organized a pre-Christmas get-together at Geraci’s Restaurant of Pepper Pike on December 18th. Along with Karen were Brenda Woodworth O’Toole, Mary Sciotto Novotny, Tess Dreka Rosch, Mary Roncagli Johnson, Pat Connelly Dubiel, Kathy Simoson O’Brien, Mary Beth Jamieson DiCorpo, Maryann Anderson Falco, Ellen O’Haire Celmer, Juliana Scurec Barnick, Sue Robinson Andrassy and Kim Binder Carroll. Thank you to Geraci’s for the special dessert and to Juliana for the candy treats. It was a wonderful evening walking down memory lane and sharing stories filled with laughs! The next gathering is scheduled for June 15th. Please contact Karen, Kathy or myself for details. We'd love to see you! Pat Connelly Dubiel and her husband hosted a sleep-over for all eleven grandchildren. I wonder if anyone got any sleep? The grand-baby stork delivered our first granddaughter in July. Beaumont could be in Maddy’s future, you never know! Please continue to keep our classmates and their families in your prayers.
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1973 Class Representatives: Annie Kachurek kachurek@msn.com Pamela Smith pamelapeeblessmith@gmail.com Pamela Peebles Smith traveled to Israel and the West Bank on a mission trip/tour! It was a trip of a lifetime to see all the beautiful churches, temples, Wailing Wall etc. in Jerusalem, and the food was fabulous. She recommends it to all and everyone to make it to see Israel.
1974 Class Representative: Teri Ianni tid515@sbcglobal.net
1975 Class Representative: Sharon Latkovich Valente drsvalente@gmail.com Susan Gorris retired from 43 years of teaching Visual Art at the elementary, secondary and University levels, and is now working full-time in her studio making oil paintings, ceramic sculptures and figure studies. She just completed a year-long organization of the Aldergrove Mural Project: a public collection of eleven large outdoor painted murals that depict individual artists’ descriptions of her beautiful community. Her image depicted a selection of wild and domestic animals that she is involved with
as a farm and pet owner and volunteer for a wildlife rehabilitation center. Suzanne DeGaetano, co-founder of Mac’s Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was the recipient of the Martha Joseph Prize as part of the 2018 Cleveland Arts Prize winners. The Martha Joseph Prize is awarded to an individual or an organization that have made a significant contribution to the vitality and stature of the arts in northeast Ohio through exceptional commitment, vision, leadership, and/or philanthropy. As noted in the Heights Observer article by Robert Brown, the Arts Prize trustees explained why they chose Suzanne for the award: “Within the Cleveland arts community, she has established herself as a patron saint among emerging and seasoned poets, writers and artists. She knows most by name. Her generosity and commitment to Northeast Ohio’s literary community knows no bounds.”
1975 Class Representatives: Ellen Triskett Strand strandfam6@oh.rr.com Karen Eichhorn Straub kstraub@gesu.com Betsy Miller finished an Ironman Competition November 19 in Arizona to celebrate her “big” birthday. Go Betsy!! We are so proud of you! Please remember in your prayers Ellen Triskett Strand, who lost her mother this December.
1977 Class Representatives: Nancy Busch Montgomery nlcbmontgomery@aol.com Maureen Reilly Callam mosie59@aol.com Happy New Year Class of 1977! Starting off with the wonderful news that Judy Miller married Mike Gottleib October 6, 2018. Having received a new liver in July of 2017, Judy just celebrated her 35th year as Environmental Program Manager for the Urbana, Illinois Park District. Our sympathy to Cathy Crawford, who lost her mom, Bea, in September. Cathy continues to help manage Summit Animal Hospital in Northfield, and train and show collies. Joan Thoma Carney is now an instructor for the Institute of Catholic Studies at John Carroll University. Rita Price Keuber is one busy freelance writer. Her work appears in Currents and other Cleveland publications. Donna Ruther, having retired from East Ohio Gas/Dominion after 32 years, is enjoying her second career as a reference librarian for Euclid Public Library. Molly Rourke Stinn, CPA, is a director for Corrigan Krause in Westlake. Barbra Kay has been a teacher for the New York City Department of Education for over 12 years. Our sympathy to Cooper Friend on the loss of her brother Bill this January. Friends, I am sure there are exciting and wonderful things you are doing that should be shared and celebrated. I love hearing about your lives and families. Living in Columbus, I am really out of the loop. Please send me your news to nlcbmontgomery@aol.com. Wishing you all a wonderful New Year.
1978 Class Representatives: Rosemary Leone Nemeth rnemeth001@aol.com Maidie Volpe McGarry maidiemichael2@sbcglobal.net Class of 1975: (Left to right) Grace Sims, Donna Schuele, Rosemary Hammer Lancos, Mary “Biz” Fox Stewart, Kathie Corbett Skerkoski, and Ann Dahlman Luebert. 5
Margaret Reardon margaret_reardon@att.net
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We have some sad news to pass on to you about one of our classmates. Karen Killeen Dittoe passed away late this fall. Please keep Karen's family in your prayers. We will miss Karen's smile and laugh. Mary Stevenson was selected to attend the Canonization of the Archbishop of San Salvador, St. Oscar Romero at the Vatican. She has done much work to support the mission in El Salvador. Mary is the Executive Director of the COAR Peace Mission that serves Salvadoran children in need. Congratulations to both Diane Coviello Mackay and Judy Puckett Hannon on the birth of grandsons. Diane welcomed Finn into her family and Judy welcomed Peter into her family. We want to extend our sympathy to Meg Rourke Murphy and her family. Her brother Dan passed away in April. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
1979 Class Representative: Mary Kelley Ebner marymebner@gmail.com Pat LoPresti is the Executive Director of The First Tee of Cleveland, and is being honored with the 2019 Distinguished Marketing and Sales Award from SME Cleveland. Congratulations Pat!
1980 Class Representative: Dee Curtis Deirdre.Curtis@yahoo.com Classmates of Judge Melody Stewart ’80 traveled to Columbus, Ohio in to see her investiture ceremony for the Supreme Court of Ohio at the end of January. Sister Martha Mooney ’58 also made the trip! Melody credits her career in Politics to Sister Martha’s suggestion to run for Student Council when she was at Beaumont.
1981 Class Representative: Marianne DiSanto Storath mstorath@sbcglobal.net Clara Allen was promoted to the position
Class of 1980: Classmates of Judge Melody Stewart ’80 traveled to Columbus, Ohio in to see her investiture ceremony for the Supreme Court of Ohio at the end of January.
of Executive Director with her organization. She is now the Executive Director of Friends House, a Quaker inspired continuing care retirement community in Santa Rosa, California. She’s loves living in the Bay Area and working for a nonprofit organization. Joi McLaughlin Wilson is a proud new grandmother; During Joi’s recent visit to Cleveland Jean Gruber, Arlonda Stevens, Karen Quilter Brady, and Ann LoGalvo Bolton got together to catch up Monica Hart Finch got married August 25th in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Karen Quilter Brady, Ann LoGalbo Bolton, Chris Ralstin, Michelle Dowdell Haley, Susan Grace Reid Kathy Parker Eva Di Franco-Swan and Ronna Toombs. Ronna all participated in celebrating Monica’s wedding weekend. Peggy Monastra celebrates a milestone with her job: She has been working with the same company for 25 years now—G. Schirmer Inc.—music publishers in NYC. Also three years ago she began to do additional freelance consulting work—with living composers and also in the opera field. Mary Callaghan “Cal” Zunt is working for the Rocky River Public Library in Rocky River, Ohio. She and her spouse, Brooke Baker, will celebrate five years of marriage in 2019. Barbara Sweeney Rabin is working at a new clinic starting this month in Chardon called Ubuntu Wellness teaching medical yoga therapy and Self Myofascial Release workshops and classes— also offering physical therapy and personal wellness training.
1982 Class Representative: Mary Walton McBride mwm1128@gmail.com
1983 Class Representative: Kristin Nigro Kranz dockiki@neo.rr.com
1984 Class Representative: Pam Strong-Marlow prsmarlow1@sbcglobal.net Shelli Strickland Lewis welcomed her first grandchild, Gianna Laurenne on April 26, 2018. Mary Dowling Kitko and her husband, John welcomed their first grandchild, Finnian Patrick Kitko on July 8, 2018. Parents are Brian Kitko (St. Ignatius ’10) and Kristen Mackay Kitko (Beaumont ’10). Rita Hanna Pappas’ daughter, Hanna Pappas, is a senior at Beaumont will be graduating in May 2019. Monica Brown Jones is the new Chair of Women’s and Children’s Service Line at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. Ann Flood has a new job as the Workflow Administrator at AmTrust Financial. Jennifer Coyne Cooper owns and operates Flow Physical Therapy for Total Well-being in San Francisco, CA. Laura Kopfinger Chase
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CELEBRATING BEAUMONT ALUMNAE married Chris Chase on April 7, 2018. Danyll Jones Lockhart is getting married to Mitchell Blake, Sr. on August 10, 2019. She is currently a franchise owner for the #1, invitation only Lifestyle Club in the world. She supports her passion for helping youth by contracting with the Urban League of Greater Cleveland as the Director of Education & Youth Development as well as sit on the board of the Zollie McClendon Foundation. Reaver Nelson is a Program Coordinator at the VA and is in private practice with Family & Personal Counseling Services of Lakewood.
1985 Class Representatives: Rachel Schuele Verderber lowellver@aol.com Karen Ritt Grealis Kgrealis32@gmail.com
1986 Class Representative: Heather Fowler Nacke nackeheather@gmail.com No new news from the class of 1986. Please contact me, Heather Nacke, to update any information at nackeheather@gmail.com.
1987 Class Representative: Gina Robinson-Harris rrobskee5@msn.com Mimi Krebs Shaughnessy was inducted into the Dioceses of Cleveland CYO Hall of Fame for her coaching of girls basketball and volleyball in the Cleveland area since 1988. Congratulations Mimi!
Kathleen Whalen Crowley ’91, Suzie Winings Mayer ’91 and Ann Winings Lavelle ’86.
1988 Class Representative: Laurie Klopper Laurie.klopper@yahoo.com
1989 Class Representative: Marie Miechelle Luna Javitch mjavitch@aol.com
1990 Class Representatives: Jennifer St. John Bolander readbooks2@hotmail.com Shannon Brown Burke Shannon.Burke@UHhospitals.org
1991 Class Representative: Lethia Grimes lethal5@prodigy.net
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Kathleen Whalen Crowley ’91, Suzie Winings Mayer ’91 and Ann Winings Lavelle ’86 recently visited the Chapel of the American Churchwomen in Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador, which is a memorial site for Sr. Dorothy Kazel, Jean Donovan, and Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford and Maura
Clarke on a mission trip with Saint Dominic Church in Shaker Heights.
1992 Class Representatives: Tresa Rice tresarice@gmail.com Terese Adomaites Fennell tfennell@hotmail.com Johanna Keenan Henz johannahenz@gmail.com Johanna Keenan Henz I’m back! As most of you know, I had a Bone Marrow Transplant last December in an effort to cure my Myelodysplastic Syndrome (a bone marrow failure cancer). The transplant was successful, and I am thrilled to report that I’m in remission! But then an unknown virus caused pneumonia in May, and after almost two months in ICU, I was given an emergency double lung transplant. I am recovering very well, and provide this update mostly to say that I wouldn’t have had this success without all the love and prayers from the Beaumont community—my classmates and beyond. Thank you, thank you, thank you—I am grateful to all of you. (Also, if you are not an organ donor, please consider signing up to be one!). Beth Fairman Kinney serves as the
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South Side Neighborhood Pride Center Manager for the City of Columbus Department of Neighborhoods. She writes, “In my role I am an ambassador/advocate between the City and its residents. Every day presents a different challenge. My office is within the Reeb Avenue Center, which is also home to 14 other non-profits, which serves as a ‘hub of hope’ on the South Side. The area I serve is between Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Racino (City limits). One of the ZIP codes I serve is 43207, which has high rates of opiate overdoses, high rates of infant mortality, and high rates of poverty. (Just to put it in a public health perspective. And yes, I work very closely with Columbus Public Health!) In December, I will receive my Master of Public Administration from Ohio University George Voinovich School. I have been working on this for two years. This degree relates to the work that I am currently doing with the City!” Beth lives in Columbus (Clintonville), with her two boys (ages 8 and 10), husband, two dogs and a cat. Pomfila Watson has a lot going on! First, she recently married Joey Young! All the best to you both from all of us, Pom! She made the transition from the sky to the road when she switched from flight attendant work to driving the big rigs! She and Joey just got a new truck, and they drive together! One sleeps while the other drives. How cool is that? She lives in Cleveland but ends up all over the place through work. The Class of 1992 and the whole Beaumont community lost a true gem with the recent passing of Danielle Tripodo. We miss her, and are sending prayers to her family and friends. Some of the donations to Beaumont from our class have been dedicated to her memory. Please consider her when making your contribution this year. Miriam Metlock is moving from Panama City to Tallahassee, Florida. With this move comes a change in work—she will switch from being a nurse on a progressive care unit to working in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. This move is prompted in large part to her being a victim of the Category 4 Hurricane Michael earlier this year. Ever the optimist, she kept us all posted about how they were doing and
stayed positive even in such a hard time. One special thing she noted was receiving a care package from the girls in our class to help them get back on their feet. This class is really something special. Erin Marks Labovitz writes from Indiana: “I have news! I ran for Center Township Board in Valparaiso, Indiana!” Though Erin didn’t prevail, we know this is just the beginning of what we see of her on the campaign trail. We are proud of you, Erin! Aimee Caschera lives in Cleveland and is getting married to Gilbert Blomgren in December! As anyone who sees their pictures on Facebook will tell you, they are a beautiful, smiling couple and we wish them a lifetime of happiness! Heidi Hughes writes: “After 3.5 years in the SF Bay Area, we moved to Jackson Hole, WY this summer and will move again to São Paulo, Brazil in January (for my husband's job, which has taken us to 5 countries so far!). In CA, I was the Executive Director of the Francophone Charter School of Oakland but have happily downshifted to enjoying the mountains and learning Portuguese. Kids Éamonn (10) and Maeve (8) are getting in as much skiing as possible before the Brazil move and come home every day with a tally of bison, moose and elk they saw from the school bus. Hi to all 92s! Let me know if you’re ever in any of my parts of the world!” Please keep sending updates! You can send them to me through Facebook or by email at johannahenz@gmail.com.
1993 Class Representatives: Megan Comiskey Bayhurst meganbayhurst@yahoo.com Amy Fistek abfistek@gmail.com
1994 Class Representative: Kathleen Koehler Quail quailkk@yahoo.com
1995 Class Representatives: Meredith Owendoff Sonby msonby@yahoo.com Molly Mooney Beam 216mmb@gmail.com Kate Fitzgerald Herberth kateherberth@gmail.com
1996 Class Representative: Helen Curak helen.curak@hotmail.com
1997 Class Representative: Christine Natemeyer Walanka CNats025@gmail.com
1998 Class Representatives: Maureen Christy Yates mcyates@gmail.com Jennifer White Mulligan jmulligan22@yahoo.com Karen Mastrangelo was featured on Fox 8 News during “Kicking it With Kenny” on Fox 8 news for her work in acupuncture.
1999 Class Representatives: Tia Durham tiamdurham@gmail.com Lauren Santoriella Meek lmsant1980@yahoo.com Jennifer Bencin jbencin@hotmail.com Beth Cogan is getting married March 2019, and baby boy due June 10, 2019. Beth Ruane welcomed baby girl, Ryann Grace Crane, in January 2018. Katie Hauer Landies welcomed her 3rd child, Grace Margaret Landies, on September 28, 2018. Erin Ellis Spencer is starting a new job January 2019 as a Senior Research Analyst at Deloitte. Kristina Lechner Esposito is
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CELEBRATING BEAUMONT ALUMNAE deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan currently, and has been selected for promotion to Lt Col. She will pin on June 1st, and has been selected to be a Squadron Commander, moving to Robins AFB, Georgia in late June. Kari Mazanec welcomed her second child, a baby boy, on September 23, 2018. She also celebrated 13 years with Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, and was promoted to Sr. Director, Meetings and Conventions. Megan Lewicki Quesada moved back to Cleveland after 20 years, and took a job with University Hospitals, as a Licensed Acupuncturist in Rocky River. Christina Byrne welcomed a baby boy, Jake Thomas Talley, on July 17, 2018.
2000 Class Representatives: Alisa Benedict anbenedict@gmail.com Lauren Conochan Smith lconochan@aol.com Carol Ferkovic carolferkovic@aol.com Maggie Mooney maggiemooney@gmail.com Jennifer Kramer jkramer42@gmail.com Jen Kramer writes: In addition to promoting our city through my work at Destination Cleveland, in 2018 I had the privilege of joining two new boards: the first is the Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation which advocates for businesses and residents, and inspires strategic growth in the Gateway District in Downtown Cleveland; the second is Community Assessment & Treatment Services (CATS) which aims to help rebuild the lives of those suffering from opioid addiction. This new year (2019) marks the third year serving on the Planning & Design Commission for Fairview Park, the community in which I purchased my first home almost two years ago. This past year, I welcomed a new four-legged family member to the house. Bubba Watson Kramer is a nearly two year old black lab who joined the family in February and is nothing but love. 9
Dana McKinley Dibling welcomed her second son on January 2, 2019, Connor Patrick. He joins big brother Matthew (3).
2001 Class Representative: Gina Mazzone gmazzone216@gmail.com Elizabeth Santo Bull welcomed her third baby, Abigail Emily Bull, on 9/24/18! She and her husband have two girls already, Grace (6) and Claire (3). Kayla Murphy Cousineau and husband Mark welcomed their 3rd child in June- a baby girl named Margaret Eileen. Molly (Rallo) and Zac Zaluski welcomed their first child, Alice James, into their family on August 3rd, 2018. They are currently living in Worthington, Ohio and Molly is working in Marketing & Advertising for Columbus Crew SC. Evelyn Cash-Santos graduated from Beaumont in 2001 and went on to earn her Bachelors of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2006. Evelyn joined Boeing in Wichita, Kansas in 2006. She spent the early years of her career in the Aerodynamics group supporting FAA certification analysis and flight test activities for the 767 Tanker, 747-8 and 787-8 airplanes. In 2010, she and her husband Luis relocated to Seattle, Washington where she went on to be promoted to management in 2015. Evelyn led the team that successfully achieved commercial certification of the USAF KC-46 tanker airplane, a military derivative of the 767 designed for aerial refueling. She now leads the team responsible for ensuring that every 747, 767 and 777 airplane delivered from the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington meets the safety and airworthiness requirements of the FAA. Evelyn is an active mother of two amazing children: Elisa (age 4) and Jason (age 1 and a half). Last year, she climbed the Space Needle (832 steps!) in addition to completing her first Spartan Sprint Obstacle Course Race while also leading Fit4Mom classes for new moms in the North Seattle area. Evelyn is passionate about staying active even with small children and inspiring moms to get out
and stay active with their families. Evelyn also recently launched a new podcast: Objectively Typed discussing the Objective Personality System, a self-growth and personality typology system based on the cognitive functions of Carl Jung. Evelyn is also an avid tabletop gamer, always on the lookout for the next amazing board game to try and explore.
2002 Class Representative: Ana Tremaglio Hinchcliffe atremaglio@att.net Congratulations to our newly engaged classmates! Gabriella Mileti became engaged to Mark Petruziello in August. The happy couple plan to tie the knot in Taormina, Italy in June. Lesley Monachino and her fiancé, Jason Bertin, a 1997 graduation of St. Edward’s High School, also were engaged in August. They are planning a June wedding in the Napa Valley of California. Kerry Monreal and her fiancé, Nic Cross, became engaged in September and are planning a November 2019 wedding. Kerry is an oncology nurse at the Cleveland Clinic. Chrissie Primisch became engaged to Mike Abounader on September 14 while on vacation in New Orleans. They are planning a 2019 wedding. Jennifer Ina Adamczyk married her husband, Jake, on September 29th and honeymooned in Italy soon after. Congratulations, Jen and Jake! Welcome to the new Beaumont babies! Marti Fudge Pike and her husband, Kevin, welcomed Charlotte “Charlie” Grace on July 18. Arter Kalman, born December 1 to Catlin Payne Michelberger and her husband, Alex, joins big brother, Eddie 20 months, as a future Fall Fling date. Congrats, Marti and Catlin! Congratulations to Ohio State Representative Juanita Brent, who was sworn into office on December 16th by newly-elected Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart (’80) at a ceremony held at Beaumont. We know you will do great things in Columbus! On a final, sad note, the Class of 2002 lost its valedictorian, Kirsten Hansen Zeiss, on December 27th, after a valiant battle against brain cancer.
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In addition to being a loving wife and mother, Kirsten was a physician practicing in Virginia. Please continue to send prayers and positive thoughts to her family, including her husband, Dan, and two young children, Lucy, age 3, and Ben, age 10 months.
2003 Class Representative: Shannon Hawkins shannonhawkins03@yahoo.com
2004 Class Representatives: Jaime Vleck-Mitra jaimers98@aol.com Victoria Yuko victoriayuko@gmail.com Suzy Music smusic08@gmail.com Molly Dise molly.a.dise@gmail.com Tara Lundeen Belisle and husband John, have a toddler who is 2 ½ years old. Her family is about to grow with the addition of identical twin girls arriving December 2018!
2005 Class Representatives: Dia Dalsky dia.dalsky@gmail.com Kaleigh Gallagher gallagher.kaleigh@gmail.com Danielle Vala Scott is the Creative Director at a design agency in Denver. She has spent the last decade enjoying the mountains, traveling with her husband and telling everyone how awesome Beaumont girls are. Daniela Turcinov is a general Dentist practicing at Fioritto Family Dental in Concord, Ohio. Katherine Turano Timcho had a baby boy and is still in the Army, living in Hawaii. Kristel Travis started working for DIAGEO in the Greater Chicago area, DIAGEO is a global leader in the alcohol beverage industry responsible for brands such as Ciroc, Crown Royal, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker. She was promoted in March
Class of 2005: Kaitlyn Pietras ‘05 and her husband Jason.
2018 to NA Procurement Category Manager, purchasing all glass for North America manufacturing operations. Barbara Polster Griffith graduated with her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; She will be the upcoming Artist in Residence at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, March 2019. Margaret Lanigan Miceli welcomed her 2nd daughter, Caroline, in April of 2017. She joins big sister Grace. Nicole Kusold-Matheou is currently working as a technology consultant with Sapient Razorfish. She enjoys traveling, cycling and renovating a century home with her husband. Emma Knoth Farrell lives in NYC with her husband and their pug Beatrix, started a new job as Title IX Investigator at New York Institute of Technology. Laura Ivec was recently promoted to Development Associate at Clevelend State University. Sophie Hilaire transitioned from the Army to consulting via earning her Wharton MBA, and now lives in NYC. Dia Dalsky Vavruska took a new position in October 2018 as a
Client Accountability Partner with IMPACT, an inbound marketing agency based out of New Haven, Connecticut. Currently Dia serves as Secretary and Chair of the Engagement Committee for the Board of Directors at Front Steps Housing and Services, a local nonprofit that offers permanent supportive housing and life services to chronically homeless men, women and children in Cuyahoga County. Kaleigh Gallagher launched fluttersocial.com in Northeast Ohio and Greater Philadelphia. Flutter Social is a website that helps easily build a wedding vendor dream team, and tap into the network of local professionals to get a prioritized list of businesses that fit your criteria and have experience working together. Kaitlyn Pietras and her husband Jason live in Los Angeles, California, and recently received the La Drama Critics Circle Award for CGI/ Projection Design for Vietgone, produced by the East End Players. Congrats Katie!
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2006 Class Representatives: Ronni Garofoli veronica.garofoli@gmail.com
Class Representative: Kristen Mackay kemackay10@gmail.com
Anne Roberto annemroberto@gmail.com
Where in the world is the Beaumont Class of 2010? 18.5% reside in the northeast, the midwest (other than Cleveland) and west regions are tied at 11.1%, and the southeast and non-mainland US are tied at 3.7%. Home sweet Cleveland houses 51.9% of our girls. Ashley Sullivan is starting grad school in two weeks at Ursuline to get her Masters in Education!
Kaitlin Daly Heisler kaitlin.heisler@gmail.com
2007 Class Representatives: Margaret Eppright margareteppright@gmail.com Maura Jochum mfjochum@gmail.com
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Caitlin Monahan Caitlin.a.Monahan@gmail.com
Class Representatives: Mia Delcalzo adelcalzo@kent.edu
Kerry Hawkins kashawkins@gmail.com
Leah Adams laa63@case.edu
Nicole Hilaire (2007) graduated from Columbia Business School and became Mrs. Paul Gabriel this year. Prior to moving to NYC, she attended and graduated from West Point, spent five years in the Army, and deployed to Afghanistan twice.
Liz Calvey calvey.elizabeth@gmail.com
2008 Class Representatives: Sara Keller saragkeller@gmail.com Kristian Gist kristianjoy08@gmail.com Katie Seringer got married to Nathan Russell on October 13,2018. Kellie Huebner Jones, and Charlotte Guzzo, were bridesmaids and Christy Koncilja read during the ceremony. Beaumont, we love!
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Diana Hauptman dianahauptman@gmail.com
2012 Class Representatives: Elaine Sims e.m.e.sims@gmail.com Gabriela Leskur gleskur@gmail.com Maribeth Teresczuk met80@case.edu Kaleigh Wilkie-Smith is living in the United Kingdom directing musical theatre—her most recent production was nominated for a Broadway World award. Madeline Haas is NICU nurse at Hillcrest Hospital, and will be getting married December 2019. Leslie Cancelliere is in graduate school for her Master’s degree in Counseling and Art Therapy at Ursuline College and is working as the experience management at Citizen Yoga. Samantha (Jones) Zurcher married last September, and welcomed their boy, Mason Evan, on August 21, 2018. Julia Pilla is currently in graduate school for school
psychology at Youngstown State University. Elizabeth Dolinar is working as an architectural designer and healthcare facility planner at DLR Group/Westlake Reed Leskosky here in Cleveland. Taylor Pacak is working at Interactive Health performing health screenings. Alexis Garnek is living in Louisville, Kentucky working as a full-time Graphic Designer and Production Specialist at Signarama. Marina Oney is living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania working as a coordinating producer and studio manager. Rachel Slingluff is a full-time graphic designer for WRL Advertising, and is running competitively for Cleveland Elite. Anna Brick is living in Chicago working as a rehabilitation nurse at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. Tori Kulbago lives in Brooklyn, New York and is working as a data engineer at NBC. Lisa Gyurgyik is a nurse at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital working in the pediatric operating room. Colleen (Michael) True got married in July and is teaching at St. Bernadette School in Westlake. Sarah Sternbach is in the third year of her neuroscience PhD program at Kent State University focusing her research on Multiple Sclerosis. Nicole Bondy is living in Colorado and working as a nurse home visitor for Nurse Family Partnership, a home visitation program for low-income families. Samantha Heuer is working for Branch and Bloom, a floral design company in Cleveland, and is the manager of an exhibit at the Cleveland International Film Festival. Becky Haritonovich graduated with a Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Aurora University and is now a certified Behavior Analyst working at Monarch Center in Shaker Heights. Meghan Roach is working as a pediatric occupational therapist for the Achievement Centers for Children. Sarah Militello is a fourth grade teacher at Roxbury Elementary School in Solon, Ohio. Casey Battel is working for Norwegian Creative Studios performing on cruise ships and traveling the world. Caitlin Reynolds is living in Milan, Italy where she is the Operations Manager for UGottaEat, promoting eating and sharing homemade food to eliminate food waste.
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Jackie Horrigan is an associate teacher at the Monarch Center for Autism working with kids aged 12-18.
2013 Class Representatives: Johanna Tomsick jobejojo@gmail.com Chelsea Day chelsea.m.day@sbcglobal.net Katie Hankins katiephankins@me.com Kailyn Brooks kailynmbrooks@icloud.com
2014 Class Representatives: Christine Baucco 14cbaucco@gmail.com
2015 Class Representative: Bethany Garin bethanygarin@gmail.com
2016 Class Representatives: Brianna McElrath bm495415@ohio.edu
2017 Class Representatives: Reba Bartram reba.bartram@gmail.com Deja-Verenda Baker dbaker.chaisson@gmail.com Alexandra Andrus andrusa1@udayton.edu
Elizabeth Skeli skeline1@udayton.edu Reilly Girardot reillygirardot@gmail.com Isabelle Klayman iklayman@kent.edu Molly McCann mccann.281@buckeyeemail.osu.edu
Ellen Fisher fisherellen24@gmail.com
IN MEMORIAM Beaumont Alumnae: Catherine Politzer ’35 Christine Pekoc Eichhorn ’47 Dorothy Leonard Wilkinson ’47 Therese Demchock ’48 Mary Meaker Gillis ’49 Barbara Finneran Triskett ’51 Rita Perko Nassif ’52 Joanne Day Ulwelling ’52 Dorothy O’Neil Donahey ’52
Ann Marie Butler Emmerich ’53 Patricia Bright Mawby ’54 Margaret Zyta Miller ’54 Beth Lanigan Reese ’55 Phillis Bleich Greenhalgh ’56 Kathryn Zahony Livingston Forgan ’57 Marianne Skelley Reim ’58 Patricia Bergen Cunningham ’62 Patricia Conkey Fahey ’64 Robin Harvey McGrane ’65
Kathleen Sweete Stadtlander ’65 Mary Beth Hunter Musk ’68 Marjorie Brown ’73 Karen Killeen Dittoe ’78 Amanda Calhoun ’80 Jill Mooney Cancelliere ’80 Danielle Tripodo ’92 Claire Kew ’95 Lian Shalala Gravelle ’98 Kirsten Hansen Zeiss ’02
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