or 2 on this trip of a lifetime. Hope this finds you all well and happy and healthy. Don’t forget to share your news and to remember all that Colby Sawyer has done to make you the fine person you are and think about how different your life would have been without the Colby-Sawyer experience!
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NANCY R. MESSING nrmessing@aol.com We are officially empty nesters! Our son, Peter, heads to Boston College this fall; we’re thrilled he will learn his way around Boston. He’s in for a big surprise, as he’s worn shorts to school for 12 years. Alyssa Lederhos is headed to Wagner College, making parents Anne Lederhos and Dave Butenhof empty nesters as well. Alyssa starred in many HS plays, so finding a college a stone’s throw from Broadway seems logical. Janet Gilfoy Stark loves to spend time with her granddaughter, Sienna. Janet is an ER nurse at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA, and was in the medical tent again at the Boston Marathon. Jane Haslun Schwab shared sad news of her husband of 37 years, William, who passed away after a 3-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Jane wrote, “The girls and my nieces (Nancy Haslun Wall’s 2 girls) organized a team, “Willie’s Warriors,” for the Purple Stride Run for the Pancreatic Cancer Network in NYC on Apr. 11, and they raised over $10,000 in his name.” Condolences also go to Pattie Crowell Mitchell, who lost parents 12 days apart. Beth Hammond-Robinson and husband, Stu, have retired to Prescott, AZ. Picture them sitting on hay bales with cocktails, enjoying the desert colors, and routinely taking sunset horseback rides. Home on the range, indeed!
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SUSAN BROWN WARNER warners@optonline.net Patricia Brink writes, “Living in Southbury, CT, by way of Mystic; Washington, DC; Salt Lake City; and Manhasset, Long Island. It’s been years, but I’d love to hear from anyone! Email me at patricia_a_brink@sbcglobal.net.”
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JILL MCLAUGHLIN GODFREY Jillgodfrey25@gmail.com Victoria Strand Weaver writes that she retired Mar. 1 from Owens Community College after 30 years as admin assistant to the Dean of the School of Health Sciences. She says, “Looking forward to spending quality time with my husband, Frank, daughters Megan and Tatyana, and granddaughter Mackenzie Isabella. Megan and her husband, Keith, live in Rossford, OH also.” Paulette Guay Stelmach’s daughter, Suzanne, was married on May 9 at the Salve Regina U Mercy Chapel; she is a 2010 graduate and the groom is a 2007 graduate. Paulette is busy managing laboratory sales in pathology and molecular diagnostics.
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JANET E. SPURR spurr1@msn.com Colby-Sawyer continues to be a special place in my heart. I was led there through a HS friend, Melinda Miller Sexton, with whom I’m still in touch through Facebook. I recently caught up with her and was excited to hear that her mom went to CSC as well! In the last issue, it was reported that Melinda had passed away. The Alumni Office is happy to know she is alive and well in Hopewell, VA. We regret the error.
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Thank you to Wendi Braun for her many years of service as Class Correspondent. If anyone is interested in taking over this duty, please contact the Alumni Office. In July 2014, Margery Hudson Dumaine and Kim Spence Honig ’79 got together at Margery’s vacation home near Reno, NV. They explored museums, ancient petroglyphs, the ruins of a Pony Express station and enjoyed a day in old Virginia City. Margery spends summers in NV and the rest of the year at home in RI, where she is an elementary school librarian. Kim lives outside NYC and works for HBO. Andrea Clifton Harper and her husband, Gary, traveled to Costa Rica and met a good group of people through the Road Scholar program. They stopped in San Jose and viewed the Poas volcano, then traveled to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica to Tortugero, where sea turtles lay their eggs. They enjoyed sea kayaking, hiking, rafting, zip lining and incredible opportunities to see a variety of animals and birds. Andy and her husband will spend the summer in Flagstaff, AZ. Suzanne Voth Gorman lives in Nashville, writing and singing her songs. She also writes for pitching purposes for TV and film. She has been an extra on the TV show “Nashville” for the last 2 years. She recently played a show in Philadelphia, performing her new CD “Hold Me Still,” which is on iTunes and all online digital download stores. She will move to Orlando, FL, to pursue music and other adventures and to help take care of her mother. Kathy Brown Teece and her husband, David, celebrated their 35th anniversary last Sept. Their eldest daughter, Erica, who turns 30 in Nov., works in NYC at a photo op company as the assistant to the president. Alex, 29, lives in Honolulu and works at the Bank of HI. Their daughter Samantha, 25, also lives in NYC. She recently completed her master’s in public health and is the diabetes and wellness coordinator at the American Indian Community House. Wendi Braun and her husband moved to
Marlborough, MA, after 22 years in Lexington, MA, where they raised their 2 children. Wendi’s children attend Elon U (stats major, junior) and U of Denver (microbiology grad student). Wendi was promoted last year to a senior director of leadership development at Fresenius Medical Care and is creating a new leadership education infrastructure for the company. She and her husband enjoy their 2 new kayaks and are grateful the winter storms are over.
1978
JODY HAMBLEY COOPER jcooper323@aol.com Rebecca Reeves ’78 MT lives with her husband, Greg, in Stockton, NJ, but they also have a home in Cape Cod and try to spend as much time there as possible. Becky is still with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics after 23 years but is now part time, allowing her time for “organizing her life and perfecting her yoga practice!” Becky keeps in touch with Linda Tanoian Doherty ’78 MT and Molly Cutting Werner ’79. Victoria Gallucci is president of her company Get A Wife Personal Assistant Services. In her spare time she paints and she is writing a memoir. Victoria says she lives a life of quiet contentment with her dachshund, Pennylane, and stays in touch with CSC alumni on Facebook. I only heard from a couple of you this time—hope a few more will send news so that we can all catch up!
1979
DEBRA BRAY MITCHELL dbraymitch@gmail.com Heidi Caswell Zander is a painter/ gallery owner of Tidal Edge Gallery in Rockport, MA. She met her husband, Erik, while in Berlin, Germany, teaching art for the German government. Her fond memories of CSC have inspired her to reconnect with our classmates, so please check in with Heidi at www.tidaledgegallery.com. Kimberly Dahl Hoag has moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, with no
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