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regrets of leaving the snows of 2015 behind, but has not yet retired. 9 years ago she co-founded a very preppy business; Just Madras and its best-selling collection sailor-sailor. Check it out at www.justmadras.com. Now that she is an empty nester and Brittany (25) and John (23) are off on their own, Kimberly keeps busy with skiing, yoga, entertaining, travel and paddle boarding. Patty Joy Stewart ’80, Karen Griffiths Smith ’78, Kay Kendrick Reynolds ’78 and Karen Huntley Freeman ’79 MT send an open invitation to all Abbey alumnae of ’79 and ’80 to attend Colby-Sawyer’s Alumni Fall Festival. They all had a great time last fall and plan to meet again Oct.1618. Mark your calendars! A quick update from yours truly: Bill and I changed our residency to UT last May, although we are keeping a little piece of “God’s Country” in New London, NH, for extended summer visits and my “happy” place in Ft. Myers, FL. As a result of the move, I was able to ski 48 days before a fall on St. Patrick’s Day made me hang my skis up for the season. We have a great home in the Park City, UT, area that is perfect for guests both summer and winter, so let us know if you are in the area.
1980
NATALIE JACKSON THRASHER LifeGrd121@aol.com Natalie Jackson Thrasher is in England and married a wonderful Englishman with her 4 daughters and his 3 on Mother’s Day. Darlene Chamberlain is a certified flagger with New England Traffic Control Services, Inc. She had been a front end team member with Target for 8 years, which provided the safety skills that led to her new job.
grocery stores, cafes and bakeries. My husband teaches online and in-house courses in pharmacology. Here in the Upper Valley, I enjoy practicing yoga, attending classes at warm-water aquatic centers, and accompanying my grandchildren to community events.
1984
DIANE PLACE STATKUS d.statkus@comcast.net In the fall of 2014 an Abbey Hall reunion took place at Lake Sunapee. front row l to r: Mary Beth Cosgrove ’80, Kim Hamilton Schwartz ’80, Helen Smith Gorman ’83; second row l to r: Carol Campbell Mokler ’79, Laurand Donnelly Bryant ’79, Terri Presutti Campbell ’80; third row l to r: Sara Prouty ’82, Marcia Brodhead ’82, Jenny Lubrano Clayton ’82; fourth row l to r Lisa Hayward Lalumiere ’82, Ellen Demers O’Kane ’83, Ali Scarry ’87, Nancy Breen ’80, and Virginia “Sis” Clarke ’79.
1982
SUSAN HOLDERNESS CUSACK sehchoy@aol.com In June I attended a CSC alumni gathering in beautiful Hanover, NH, hosted in a 1907 arts and crafts home on the Connecticut River. I was delighted to meet “new” alumni, including the daughter of the family who built the house and a lovely lady who graduated from the college the year I was born. President Galligan gave an energetic speech on the amazing things going on at our alma mater. I am proud the college is teaching its students, in a hands-on way, how to be entrepreneurs in a manner that supports our environment. A highlight was meeting the HR director at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Clinic, who is a CSC board member and committed to a closer connection between New England’s finest medical clinic and Colby-Sawyer’s health care and science graduates. My daughter and her husband have their own bagel company in NH’s Upper Valley. Their thriving company provides artisanal bagels to Dartmouth College and local
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Lauren Smith Hoffer and family live in Maplewood, NJ. Her husband, Eric, is self-employed and works at home. Lauren has been designing and making jewelry for 6 years. Her business, sparkL designs, focuses on crocheted bracelets, necklaces, earrings and rings. She and Eric stay in shape with CrossFit. Her daughter, Jennifer, attends Skidmore and studied in Italy; her son, Gregory, is an upperclassman in HS, plays soccer and is beginning his college search. Brigid Rice Gunn is the director of operations and HR at C.M. Smith Agency in Hartford, CT. Last summer, a group of classmates and their daughters met up at the home of Karen Walles Wilber ’83 on Winnisquam Lake in NH. Present were Brigid Rice Gunn, Sharon Blount ’82 and Jennifer Enos Iacopino ’85. In Apr., Marion “Quinny” Quinn McElwee and Theresa Grella celebrated a family birthday at Martingale Wharf in Portsmouth. Marion and Theresa see each other often, as Marion’s brother lives near Theresa’s realtor job at the Bean
Group in Amherst, NH. Theresa and her daughter, Amey, run lots of road races together and volunteered at this year’s Boston Marathon. Robin Gagne-Wright lives in Derry, NH ,and has her own law practice in MA. You can sometimes catch her on TV as a public defender for the state of MA. She has 2 grown daughters and 1 son and keeps active taking care of her house and doing some pretty intense stress relieving exercise. She writes, “I am doing a few Spartan races and a 1/2 Marathon to prep for my goal to run my 1st marathon.” As for me, Diane Place Statkus, I’m a project manager at IBM in Littleton, MA. My husband, Mike, and son Michael, 18, help me with my real passion as a weekend puppy raiser with the organization NEADS, which trains dogs for the deaf and disabled. I’ve been with them for 4 years and am working with my 3rd service pup. I also keep busy managing volunteer events at IBM and was one of 12 worldwide recipients of the 2014 IBM President’s Volunteer Award for leading large volunteer efforts with the New England Center for Homeless Veterans in Boston, MA. Keep the news coming. Friend me on Facebook and let me know how you are doing!
1990
JANETTE ROBINSON HARRINGTON janetteharrington13@gmail.com Tracy Howe Chiaverini ’89 and her husband, Paul, live in North
l to r: Brigid Rice Gunn ’84, Karen Walles Wilber ’83, Jennifer Enos Iacopino ’85 and Sharon Blount ’82 enjoying a summer 2014 get together at Karen’s home on Winnisquam Lake.