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Maryl Riter Walker, wife of the late John Y.G. Walker, Jr., passed
away peacefully on May 20, 2016 at her home in Lincoln Park, N.J. She was a graduate of The Kimberly School in 1939. Mrs. Walker was an avid equestrienne, having been inducted into the Montclair Kimberly Academy Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 for her accomplishments as a rider. She rode in the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden qualifying for the National Equitation Championship for five years running. She also competed in the NJHA Adult Equitation Championship. Mrs. Walker was also a respected horse show judge. For many years, she was the commandant of the Girls Mounted Troup, an organization that offered horsemanship training for hundreds of girls. Mrs. Walker is survived by her daughter, Maryl W. Lewis, her son, John Y.G. Walker, III and his wife, Kim, Her daughter Caryl Walker Griesenbeck is deceased. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Dana Griesenbeck Howard(Robert) and Rebecca Walker Stern (Cameron), and her grandson, John Y.G. Walker, IV. In addition she had great grandchildren she adored: Emma Hazel Howard, Lucy Caryl Howard, James Henry Howard, and Imogen Rose Stern. Services were held on June 2, at the Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair, where Mrs. Walker was an active member, particularly with the church choir. Mrs. Walker was related to the following graduates of The Kimberley School and Montclair Academy: • Margaret Riter Agens TKS ’33, sister and mother of Henry R. Agens MA ’58
• Henry G. Riter, IV MA ’36, brother • Sally Jennison Riter TKS ’37, sister-in-law and wife of H.G. Riter, IV. Henry R. Agens MA ’58, nephew • Maryl Walker Lewis TKS ’61, daughter • Margaret E. Agens TKS ’62, niece • Caryl Walker Griesenbeck TKS ’65, daughter
to Singapore where Richard’s brother has long resided, and asked them to visit; they took in Hong Kong en route. From Singapore to Butan, then after a brief return to Singapore for “au revoir”, on to Osaka, Japan. They termed it their “trip of a lifetime”. They expected to spend August on the Vineyard working on golf, and seeing Alison’s family member, and her son between terms on his Masters’ studies at Wayne State. Your secretary hasn’t left New England lately. The vineyard now offers latest movies in fine film
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/ Mrs. Eleanor
Ketcham, 4 White Oak,
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center, year-round, a “Bowl and Board” opened in 2015 with excellent cuisine, plus other restaurants; come visit any time but overcrowded July–August! Volunteer piano-playing at hospital’s nursing home branch and May–October golf efforts help keep me going. Please all stay well. / MA /
/ Mr. William Grant, 537
Milano Road, Kissimee, FL 34759, grantwb@cfl.rr.com
M KA review / Mon tc l a i r K i m b e r l e y A c a de my
Elon, NC 28244, ellieketcham@aol.com
Ellie Ketcham writes: So it is 70 years since our class graduated from Kimberley! I’ve written and called some of you to see if you might attend the Alumnae Luncheon on Saturday, October 29th. If you think you might attend, please email or call me and let me know. I have a cousin who lives in Montclair whom several of us could stay with. It would be great to see you, so do think about coming! / MA /
/ Dr. Peter Lawrence, 4802
Olympic Lane N #D, Wilson, NC 27896
MKA’s Director of Alumni Relations has written me that it was very moving to hear the current MKA chorus sing the Kimberley alma mater at last year’s Reunion Luncheon. That song is outdated now, of course, but her comment made me try to remember some of the words. When I sent a fragment of what I remembered to those of you who have email, Heidi immediately wrote me back with the missing words! (MKA has kindly published the words for us in this issue.) Email me your comments! I had a nice talk with Christa Arnold Buergin on the phone. She told me about her early life in Germany before her parents brought her back to the U.S. in 1939. Her dad’s family had come to the U.S. from Germany in the 19th century, but he went back to Germany in the 1920’s and found a bride (who became an American too) and settled near Munich. In 1930 American citizens were advised to leave, so her parents went to Switzerland and then to Italy and then by Italian steamship in a potentially dangerous crossing to the U.S., where Christa entered the 5th grade. She says that first year she remembers a classmate asking “You’re not a Nazi, are you?” She was, of course, an American citizen. Pretty soon, she skipped 6th grade because her German education qualified her,