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Joanne Caruso Garges ’64 is known as GiGi to her three beautiful grandchildren: Olivia, 6, Meredith, 3, and Zackary, 2. She and her husband, Ron, are planning a trip to Provence, France to check out the lavender fields. Then onto Florence, Monaco, and the highlight of the trip is in Siena: the Palio di Siena horse race. Jessie Ross ’64 is still working and has two grandchildren: Timmy, 11, and Abby, 8. Denise Burke ’66 is retired after 43 years in the nursing field. She’s been a long-time freelance health writer for ABC. She resides in Flourtown near lots of family, with one daughter living in New York City. Cecilia Abbamondi Grant ’66 has been enjoying Florida for the past 18 years. She retired four years ago to take care of her mother with Alzheimer’s. Both daughters are married and doing well. She has two wonderful grandsons, ages 15 and 6.
Jane Hinton Koch ’66 retired after 34 years of teaching elementary school. She now volunteers with a local dog rescue and helps students in first grade once a week. She enjoys retirement and spending time with friends and family. Susan Forster Lowery ’66 is working part-time as a personal caregiver for the elderly with her business, Elder Helper, LLC. She and her husband welcomed their first grandchild this spring. Susan has just returned from two glorious weeks in Spain with her oldest daughter, Amy, and she got to visit her youngest daughter, Kathleen, in Chicago. Daughter Sarah was married in Montana last summer and it was the highlight of the year! God has blessed us and all is well.
Lillian Guerrina Haig ’66 recently retired and is enjoying the extra time traveling with her husband; spending time with their six grandchildren; and taking some time for herself sewing and gardening.
Eileen Corr McDermott ’66 has three children living in New York City, Hawaii and New Jersey, with four beautiful grandchildren. Eileen volunteers for Hospice. She enjoys painting watercolors. Eileen resides both in Avalon and Bonita Springs.
After working in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Chicago (with a stop at Trinity College in Dublin to get a M.Phil. degree), Jane Kelly ’66 is back in the Philadelphia area. In addition to the four Jersey Shore mysteries published by Plexus Publishing (Killing Time in Ocean City; Cape Mayhem; Wrong Beach Island; and Missing You in Atlantic City), she has started making mysteries based in Philadelphia, available through Kindle.
Joan Morasco Parsons ’66 and the class of 1966 celebrated their 50th anniversary, and missed many of their sisters, but knew they were with them. Her years at the Mount were rewarding. She can’t say enough about Catholic education in a private school. She was so lucky because of her parents’ wish that she attend the Mount. Thank you, Mom and Dad! Joan is blessed with a wonderful family and seven beautiful grandchildren.
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Roseann Bickley Iuvone ’67 shares that her life has been blessed with a good husband; four healthy and wonderful children; and four healthy and very beautiful grandchildren. She and her husband are enjoying their senior years traveling, attending cultural events, and enjoying life. Roseann is enjoying retirement from teaching as a grandmother. Her husband enjoys his profession as a dentist, in a practice with their son, on a limited basis. Madalene Foster Rohde ’67 is enjoying seeing her two beautiful granddaughters on her trips to Manchester, Vermont.
1970s Mary Maginnis Fisher ’72 announces the birth of her first grandchild! Kate McCauley Hathaway ’71 is enjoying her “Act II” career as a Broadway producer. Her new musical, Southern Comfort, just completed a sold-out run at the New York Public Theater and is headed for Broadway in the spring of 2017!