CLASSNOTES
Dwight-Englewood School
Maur are now planning our next gettogether. We all had such a wonderful time renewing old friendships and realizing how valuable each one of us is in each other’s lives. We are looking forward to keeping in touch from now on.
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We missed those who could not be with us for the reunion. We had regrets for health reasons from Susan Roberts Womack in Pawley’s Island, SC, but I hear she is now doing very well. Margaret Carey Clime in Palmetto, GA, has a brand new hip, but had to stay home on doctor’s orders. Susan Colthup Kalmbach writes from Stuart, FL, that her husband’s pacemaker needed a tune-up and she sent her regrets. Diane Van Dusen wrote from Snellville, GA, that she had to stay home with her pack of Rottweilers as she has a rescue mission there. Kathie Wolin in Laguna Woods, CA, was traveling in Japan. Regrets also came in from Judith Ann Williams in Charles Town, WV, Nancy Stock Young in Silver Bay, NY, Vickie Williams Morizzo in Hawthorne, NJ, Judy Kytle Hanshaw in Richmond, VA, and Dr. Ingrid Rosen-Flink in Alingsas, Sweden. Late news: Report from Bobbie about a kayaking trip Sarah, Connie and she were planning for September. Wendy just became a grandmother for the second time in August—a girl, Ryland Powell Brooks. Kathie Wolin missed the reunion in order to visit friends in Japan. Otherwise, life continues much as it had. She is still working for a nonprofit organization. Her daughter, Julie, is a freelance writer-editor and a mother of Isaac, now seven. Laura resides in Alaska, where she is a wildlife technician and documentary filmmaker.
E 60 Class Rep: Armand Pohan Email: APohan@aol.com
D 61 Class Rep: Donna Dederick Ward Meadowood Farm 557 Bennett Hill Road Shaftsbury, VT 05262 Email: hungrytrout@comcast.net
E 61 Class Rep: Warren M. Duffy 20 Glattly Drive Denville, NJ 07834 Email: Wmmfduffy@aol.com
Class Rep: Dr. Charles E. Kordula 9 Elm Place Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 Email: yo_corto@yahoo.com Peter Getz writes: “I recently retired as hospital administrator from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Columbia. Now I have more time to spend with family and at our North Myrtle Beach home. My son Alex (M.D.), daughter-in-law April (M.D.), and granddaughter Anna (2.5 yrs. old) just moved back to Columbia…much to our delight. Our other son, Matt, is at Midlands Tech. My wife, Libby (R.N.), and I have just celebrated our 36th anniversary. As a Vietnam veteran, I’m interested in helping vets by volunteering at the Columbia VA Hospital. Contact me at 2101 Shady Lane, Columbia, SC 29206 or peterggetz@Netscape.net.”
Class Rep: Wouter de Nie 9 St. Peter’s Road, Apt. 7 Tamaqua, PA 18252 Email: wouter_denie@yahoo.com
Class Rep: Andrew L. Odell 36 Wayside Lane Scarsdale, NY 10583 Email: alodell@duanemorris.com
Class Rep: Wendy Schnee Geisler 2342 Fountain Way San Antonio, TX 78248 Email: wsgeisler@aol.com
Anina Erslev Bachrach writes that son Drew Bachrach has become engaged to Lucy Acerno: “This will make for an exciting year. They want to get married in my garden. What an honor but lots of work. Ben and I live in Estero, FL, for half the year and then in Dearborn, MI, during the summer. Drew is a TV producer in Los Angeles. This tends to be the busiest time of the year. I do the advertising for the Michigan Garden Clubs’ Festival of Trees and the Holly Berry Brunch. I am also on the Board of the Dearborn Symphony Foundation and besides raising money for them, I throw the donor appreciation dinner in my garden at the beginning of the new season in the fall. Ben likes to also have the kick-off picnic for his Kiwanis Club in the garden in September.” Lynn Henschel Klein states: “Life has taught me to take the good from yesterday and today to build a happy tomorrow. My life has given me much beauty, including the ability to work with impaired, both old and young, to help them light beauty into futures. Thank you, Mrs. Pershouse, for teaching us learning and its uses.” Here’s the report from me, your Class Rep (Wendy Schnee Geisler): I’ve been living in San Antonio, TX, for the past 14 years with my husband, Phil, of—YIKES— almost 40 years, and we just returned from meeting our third grandchild, Quinn, in NYC! Our other son lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two little ones, so it looks like retirement may be back in New Jersey…CRAZY! Well at least I’ll be able to attend the reunions. I have been in private practice as a personal nutrition coach for about 16 years, and I still love it with a passion. My newest niche is working with breast cancer patients, and it is probably the most rewarding work I’ve done thus far (see http://thrivewell.org/diva/nutritioncouns eling.htm). San Antonio has been a wonderful home. It’s a fabulous city to live in or visit. Hope more ’66ers start making entries. We need to come back in the fold. Oh yes, almost forgot to mention that my singing is still an active part of my life. I sing with my temple choir AND I recently created a personalized Lullabies from Grandma™ CD for my grandkids and friends’ grandchildren. Hope to see you all at our coming 45th reunion next June 3 and 4, 2011.