Engracia Dougherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of last year and went through a lumpectomy, 2 rounds of chemo, and 6 weeks of radiation. She says she always knew she “had a constitution like a horse!” She is doing well.
1971 40th Reunion April 29-30, 2011 Reunion Committee: Leslie Sawyer, leslie.j.sawyer@hotmail.com Lisa Westwater, lwestwater@aol.com Sandra Mendel Furman, sandramendelfurman@gmail.com Nancy Pace, pacely@aol.com
Jeanne Ferguson Fansler’s (Class of 1972) daughter, Alison’s wedding. The Fansler Family: L to R: Sam, Tom, the bride, Alison, the groom, Andy, Jeanne, and Molly.
drivers take a route that ends in Minneapolis. On a non-dog note, still married to Bill (Schiffman), still playing tennis and still vegetarian! Lots of love to everyone and hope we can reunion more often than every 5 years. Anyone in town please feel free to call any of us alumnae here and we will promptly get everyone together.
1972 Caroline Farrar Orrick, Class Representative Jeanne Ferguson Fansler and her husband, Thomas, are still living in Minnesota, and loving it. The kids are all grown and keeping them busy with lots of projects and performances. Alison (27) is a Minneapolis based singer/songwriter who just released her 3rd CD, Chinese Whispers, on September 11th. Biggest gig so far has been opening for Bon Jovi at the St.Paul Xcel Center last April. Quite the story. You can read about it on her website www.alisonscott. com. Also, they had their first family wedding in August of ’08. Alison married Andy Mattila and a good time was definitely had by all. Molly (25) is currently a second year med student at the University of Minnesota and loving every minute. Last summer, she spent a month working at a medical clinic in Les Cayes on the southern coast of Haiti. Loved it and can’t wait to go back. Sam (21) is a junior at Northwestern studying computer engineering and performing with his a cappella group. He loves Chicago! As for Jeanne, she’s looking for her next big adventure! Marnie Chapman Black joined Bill and Caroline Farrar Orrick (and daughter Sarah) for dinner at their lovely house in Washington, DC in November while Tim was attending “judge school” for his new position as Federal District Court
www.columbusschoolforgirls.org 39
Class News
Lesley Willson Schaab’s son, Hank, is a Junior this year at Bishop Watterson High School, where he plays football. Beginning in August, the team had “twoa-days,” which means practice from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. and again in the afternoon 1:00-3:30 p.m. It was decided that the boys would go, by class, to a player’s home to eat, rest, and cool off during lunch. All the families gave money to purchase food, drink, etc., and a committee planned and prepared daily menus. For the Juniors, they volunteered their house, which meant that for about 3 weeks, they hosted 22 football players for lunch and loved every second of it! The boys were all very polite and appreciated being able to relax. The season went beautifully, culminating in the Division III State Championship!! The State Championship rings will be delivered in a few weeks (enormous things!) and all the guys are swaggering around in their letter jackets. We’re proud of them all! Hank is also on the Watterson bowling team and loves singing in concert choir. College visiting is coming up, so that will be their new project!
Kim Williams has 3 grandchildren. Her youngest daughter Cathy, has a 10 year old daughter - Jeneil (and Kim still calls her Baby J). Jeneil was diagnosed with leukemia in Nov of 2009. She has steered her fund-raising efforts to St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital - she cannot begin to tell you how heart-stopping it is for the doctor to come out of surgery and say, “Sadly, yes, it’s leukemia.” Right now, those in the Columbus area might be able to see her on TV - Jeneil is one of the children working with the Blue Jackets for their Feb 24th fund-raiser for Childrens Hospital: Black Tie Blue Jackets. The other two grandchildren are Brian & Jeannie, ages 4 and 2 1/2. They are the children of Kim’s daughter Megan and her husband Richard. Two years ago they moved to Alabama for his job and in January that same job moved them to Denver, Colorado. Their life is busy! Oh - they also have one dog and one cat. Kim’s oldest daughter, Jenny, is head coach for the Prep Op team at Cyclone Gymnastics in Gahanna. She loves it, and is very busy. Cyclones are the host team for everything gymnastics at the Arnold. Her son, Wesley, served in Iraq, was injured, and is now out of the service and a fireman in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where he and his wife, Ali, and their 2 dogs and 2 cats are now living. Kim still helps organize MARCON, a science fiction and fantasy convention - this year it will be May 27 - 29 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus.
Teri Gockenbach, Class Representative anuragart@earthlink.net