ALUMNI NEWS
WE WELCOME NEWS AND PHOTOS related to your career, awards, reunions or travel with your Monmouth College friends, and any other information of interest to your classmates or alumni. We also welcome announcements and photos of alumni weddings and births, as well as alumni obituaries. Please see page 39 for submission guidelines.
1952
Ralph Whiteman 301 Courtyard Blvd. Monmouth, IL 61462-1098 njwherry@gmail.com
We had a very upbeat card from Barb Atchison Bailey and husband, Jim Bailey ’51, who celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in March. They both are still quite active in their retirement home in Penney Farms, Fla. Janie Black Snyder has moved to assisted living in Indianapolis. Having lived in many places, she is struggling to keep up with friends and family from Maine to California, with some in St. Petersburg, Russia. Barb Watt Johnson of Moline, Ill., was given a surprise 90th birthday party—of the drive-by variety—last August. Shirley Moser Irion of Normal, Ill., and her husband, Ron Moser ’51, are keeping busy during the pandemic planning future trips. “If you keep moving, the virus can’t find you!” she contends. Pat Acosta Wiedenman checks in from Avinger, Texas, where the community threw a big boat parade to celebrate her 90th birthday—a really special event. Pat is physically pretty active and swims regularly. Her Christmas letter closing says it all: “With loving thoughts,” and she does. She’s very grateful to have made it to 90 and reveres and regrets those ’52ers who did not.
1956
Sally Smith Larson 5135 Davantry Dr. Dunwoody, GA 30338-4554 njwherry@gmail.com
1960
Nancy Van Natta Wherry 1910 Highwood Ave. Pekin, IL 61554 njwherry@gmail.com
Joe Suffield and his wife, Janis, moved back
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Ken Knox ’62 of Libertyville, Ill., and his wife, Judith, took their granddaughter, Emma Celaric, on a European cruise in the summer preceding her senior year in high school—a fortunate decision rather than waiting until the COVID-19 travel shutdown after her senior year. Emma entered Monmouth College as a freshman last fall.
to Peoria, Ill., in 2008 to be closer to families. He has become an author of historical fiction, set in Colonial America, and is currently at work on book No. 5. Joe has seen Pete Margetis, Bob Smith, Mary Ann Smith Work, Ken Rager, Gary Wellman and Darrel Edson (in the Phoenix and Peoria areas). Judy Lamb of Tamarac, Fla., is enjoying retirement following a high school teaching career in Egypt and the Philippines, but has still managed to travel extensively, including Habitat for Humanity trips working in Ecuador, Mexico, Romania, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. She has also backpacked in India, Morocco and Peru, and loves to go kayaking with a companion. Judy maintains contact with the Rev. Martha and Skip Schmidt. Floyd Sours of Zanesville, Ohio, is a retired clinical psychologist who has written three
books based on his experience, including Burnt Offerings: The Art of Politics and the Consequences of Freedom. His website is burntofferingsbook.com. Patty Baird Link of St. Louis has retired from Pi Beta Phi headquarters after having served as its receptionist for 30 years. Over the years, she enjoyed visiting the Alpha chapter at Monmouth 14 times. William “Soapy” McBride of Elyria, Ohio, is on Facebook and would love to hear from classmates.
1962
Deeks Carroll 12433 Steamboat Springs Dr. deekscarroll@yahoo.com
After 20 years of hiking and backpacking I was in great shape. But because of a knee
