class notes Ellen Kagan was in Massachusetts during this winter’s many snowstorms. During the blizzards, Ellen served as a Red Cross volunteer at Sandwich High School, which sheltered about 29 people (and a few dogs). Ellen’s job was to register everyone and make sure they were comfortable. Susan Kirshnit Woodall lives with husband Charles Kochakian in Madison, Conn. They are both writers and gardeners. Susan would love to hear from former classmates, especially anyone living in Naples, Fla., since she is thinking about relocating to Pelican Bay in Naples. Sue Leverton, who lives in California, went to Antarctica in January. She found the weather there balmy compared to what she experienced while driving from Ohio to Long Beach a month later. Marian Silber and Bridget Donahue Healy have begun planning for Koiné Gold, a special edition that will be distributed at our 50th Reunion in 2016. Each classmate will have an opportunity to write about life since graduation and to submit one or two pictures. Marian and Bridget seek 1520 volunteers, each to contact 10-15 classmates by email or telephone, in order to collect bios from over 200 classmates. If you would like to be on the “contact committee,” please email Marian (auntmarsil@aol.com) and/ or Bridget (bdhealy@yahoo.com). As usual, Marian spent the winter in Naples, Fla., where she saw Asia Rial Elsbree and Ruth Zaleske Leibert, as well as other CC alums at events sponsored by the CC Club of Southwest Florida. In October, Betsey Staples Harding and husband Sam took a very active Sierra Club trip to Vietnam that provided opportunities for hiking up steep trails frequented by villagers and water buffalo, biking on wonderful mountain roads, and kayaking through inlets and cave openings in Ha Long Bay. Then, they proceeded to the Mekong Delta for more biking. They are thriving in Jackson, N.H., and sometimes get together with Sara Walbridge, who welcomed her third grandchild in Essen, Germany. Betsey and Sam travel periodically to San Francisco, where their two grandchildren live. Condolences to family and friends of Paula Mittleman-Edelson, who passed away on Feb. 7. Paula is survived by her husband of 29 years, Alan Edelson; her niece, Tracy Sibilia;
and her great-niece, Abigail. Please save the date: Our 50th Reunion will be Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, 2016.
1967 ——— Correspondents: Debby Greenstein, debbyg837@verizon.net; Marcia Matthews, marciamatthews3@gmail.com
Audrey Stein Higbee reported to us from a cross-country trip. In January, she retired from her position as chief program officer for a large human service agency, where she worked for more than 33 years. After leaving her home in Massachusetts, she headed immediately south and enjoyed a four-day visit with Mandy Vernaglia in Tucson. She then headed to California with stops in San Diego and Palo Alto, hoping to find someplace to live eight or nine months of the year. Audrey plans to keep her house in Granby, Mass., to rent during the school year and to live in during the summer. Elizabeth Deane Loutrel is retired from a second career in libraries, and husband Steve is also retired. Daughter Lara is an artist nearby in Boston, and son Dan is a Swiss mountain guide and ski designer in Andermatt, Switzerland. Dan has two children, so Liz and Steve like to visit, and they enjoy skiing and hiking the magnificent Swiss Alps. Liz’s interest in botanical topics has flourished over the years, and she is active in local work in land conservation and stewardship. They continue their summer sailing adventures in Newfoundland and Labrador, where they go ashore to hike extensively. Liz still enjoys many outdoor activities, photography, gardening, music and reading. She occasionally sees Carole McNamara Malcolmson ’65 and Claire Wilcox ’68, but her days at CC seem very distant! Marcia Hunter Matthews is feeling “oh-so lucky” as she turns 70. She is grateful for her dear CC friends. She had a wonderful luncheon in New York in January with Judi Rosman Hahn, Nancy Blumberg Austin and Leslie Freidin Cooper. They all started out together in Jane Addams in 1963. Marcia’s mother is 94 and lives near her in Venice, Fla., where Marcia spends six months of the year. Her nine grandchildren are around a lot in Kennebunkport, where Marcia lives for the other six months. “Thank God for good health, good friends and nice family!”
Susan Kirshnit Woodall ’66 P’94 (right) spent time with daughter Serena Woodall Berra ’94 (center), son-in-law Jim and grandson Jake in Naples, Fla., in January 2015.
Marian Silber ’66 (center) celebrated her 70th birthday with Asia Rial Elsbree ’66 (left) and Ruth Zaleske Leibert ’66 P’92.
(L-R) Elsa Allyn Soderberg ’67, Connie Wormser Mitchell ’67 and Debby Wood Lilly ’67 met for dinner in Boca Grande, Fla. CONNECT WITH YOU R CL ASSMATES: //
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