Class News
LEFT: Class of 1967, 45th Reunion. Front: Nancy Benson Wibbelsman, Susie Goldberg Cohn, Anne Bonney, Sally Ross, Wendy Lazarus, Carol Benua Major, Barbie Van Fossen Weidner, Mary Larrick Schmertz. Middle: Linda Krech Archer, Helen Cummins Strahinich, Catherine Sirak Bardsley, Priscilla Leach, Phebe Miller, Marilee Gallagher. Back: Mary Monaghan Lisko, Joy Jelliffe Endo, Patty Kauffman Strickland, Molly Carlile, Julie Van Allen Shamos, Cynthia Porter Brown, Kitty Isaac Croke. RIGHT: The Class of 1967 on the Senior Stairs. Standing: Ann Hertenstein, Barbara Van Fossen, Ellen Epstein, Helen Cummins, Priscilla Leach, Wendy Lazarus, Carolyn Davidson, Martha Lanman, Cynthia Porter, Mary Louise Monaghan, and Susan Yassenoff. Seated, 1st row: Susan Goldberg, Carol Benua, Cathy Sirak, and Marilee Gallagher. 2nd row: Sally Ross, Judy Davidson, and Nancy Emig. 3rd row: Patty Kauffman, Kitty Isaac, and Caroline Johnson. 4th row: Katherine Mills and Virginia Wolfe. 5th row: Joy Jelliffe, Liz Tynan, and Julie Van Allen. Not pictured: Molly Carlile and Mary Larrick.
1967 Carol Benua Major, Class Representative mmcmajor@bellsouth.net 2110 Moscow Avenue Hickman, KY 42050 270.236.3752 Nancy Emig Jones and her husband, Bruce, are still parked in St. Charles, IL (45 miles due west of Chicago). Bruce is an executive recruiter and Nancy is still a retail buyer for a store called The Little Traveler in Geneva, IL (about 2 miles from their home). Nancy’s health is good (with a few not-so-noticeable exceptions) except for a huge bone spur on her foot that is problematic for a retailer. Nancy’s son, Preston, will be 30 this fall. He has a real estate company in Chicago and San Diego which he is running with friends from high school. He continues to be involved in the music industry as a Tour Manager for Second Hand Serenade, although the travel is getting to him a bit. He and his girlfriend, who is also in the
music industry, (she works for Warner Recording in the country music recording side) are all over the world doing things Nancy can’t even imagine!
long. Park joins older brother, Ridge, who is three year sold.
Bruce’s oldest son, Brent, who works for Juniper, and his wife, who works for Brooks Sports, Inc., and is training for the New York marathon, were married a year ago last July in Washington D.C. They had a fabulous time with the whole family. Then last September they met all their kids and “significant others” for a family vacation at the Outer Banks where Bruce and Nancy have been vacationing for the past 33 years. Everyone had such a good time that they are going to join them again this fall. Bruce’s daughter is doing real estate in New Jersey and remains single as does Preston.
Twenty-three members of the Class of 1967 celebrated our 45th reunion in grand style. We had classmates return from throughout the United States, with Phebe Miller Olcay getting the long distance award for traveling from London, England.
Carol Benua Major and her husband, Mike, are the proud grandparents of their third grandson. Park Major Lossen was born to their daughter, Laura, and husband, Kyle Lossen, of Austin, TX, on June 13, 2011. He weighed 8 pounds and 11 ounces and measured 22 ½ inches
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Our 45th Reunion: By Marilee Gallagher
Friday morning several of us gathered for the school tour and to honor classmate Wendy Lazarus, 2012 Alumna Award Winner, as she addressed the Upper School students and alumnae. Wendy, who lives in Santa Monica, CA, was recognized for her many accomplishments as a leading advocate and policy expert on a wide range of children’s issues. Over lunch, we listened as Head of School, Liza Lee, brought us up-to-date on the state of the school. Friday evening we were hosted at the lovely home of Jackie Isaac, Kitty Isaac Croke’s mother, for a gourmet meal of