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news. Shown in the photo are Joan Gagliardi Monahan, Sara Lee Hayden Murphy, Connie Goggin Stark, Marion Williams Berry, Judy Rhoads Morris Louise Barrett Zink, and Anne Schmidt Muir.
1948 Eileen McDevitt Heck Slawek returned home from a wonderful trip to Italy with some family and friends. In the photo, left to right
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are: Eileen McDevitt Heck Slawek ’48, Eileen Heck Nigro ’82, Maria Eileen Cilio ’12 (Daughter of Kim Heck Cilio, Class of ’84), a friend, Jeanette Griffin ’82, and Gabriella Cilio, Class of ’21. •
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1949 Anne Wilson Crane would like to share that her class had a joyous reunion in April. Twenty one of her classmates joined in for the weekend. They also attended Mass at St. Joseph Villa offered for their eighteen deceased classmates. All are looking forward to more reunions.
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1950 Sister Wanda Davidson, SSJ is asking prayers for her brother, Dr. Donald Davidson, who passed away last September. 1953 Janice Diamond Charlton announces that her oldest granddaughter, Kelsey, graduated from high school, winning multiple scholarships and grants for college. She will be attending Baylor. 1955 Kathy McGee Burns is proud to say that her daughter, Kelly Wall, is running for Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in November 2009.
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1956 Rosanne Barrett, Jeanne Shelton Crouch, Mary McElvenny Owen, Pat McGonigal Feulner Carroll, and Dotty Gallagher Hordubay all had lunch together in Marco Island, Florida. • Rosanne recently visited with Barbara Holm Quinn at Union Station in Chicago, while she had a layover on her way across the country via Amtrak. 1959 Marion Williams Berry announces that seven members of the class of 1959 (50th anniversary year) were able to spend time together in Florida this past February, catching up on 50 years of
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1961 Joan Smith Agostinelli would like to share that after retiring in 2006, she moved from Cape Cod, MA to the Pocono Mountains in PA. She and her husband wanted to be situated between the families of their grandchildren – five grandsons and four granddaughters. They are premiere babysitters and love every minute of it. Recently they attended grandparents’ day at Chestnut Hill Academy and Springside. Their seven sons are all doing well and are blessed with wonderful daughters-in-law. Twenty-five years in the human resources field has finally served her well as she is very active locally in Democratic politics and serving on a committee to promote the health care reform agenda nationally. Joan keeps busy and works at keeping fit. She hopes to see her classmates at the 50th. 1967 Alice Crane Loveman is thanking her classmates for taking time to send Mass cards for her mother or heartfelt notes with comforting words or resurrected memories about time at the Mount. She knows that all of you kept her in your thoughts even if time slipped by without writing. Alice and her husband, Richard, are still working together. While he is still fighting pancreatic cancer, nothing seems to slow him down especially when it comes to visiting and playing with their six grandchildren. She asks that you keep him in your prayers. 1969 Geraldine M. McTear has been the Business Manager at St. Matthew Parish, Philadelphia, for the last 19 years and with the archdiocese of Philadelphia for 39 years. She also has enjoyed selling real estate for 33 years. Geraldine extends a Happy 40th Anniversary to the class of 1969. 1978 Donna Peters Connell and husband, Chuck, adopted a beautiful baby girl, born on January 8, 2008. Her name is Mackenzie Leia. She is loved by her big brother, Wyatt, who is 12 years old. Mackenzie has brought more joy to their lives then they could ever imagine. 1984 Patricia Backus Fiore and husband, Jerry, are excited about the birth of their son, Matthew Belmont Fiore, 10 lbs., 22.5” long, born November 19, 2008. He joins his sister, Catie (5) and brother, Michael (2). 1989 Ann Lynch is working on getting a private pilot license. Her husband, Dr. Gunter Luepke, is a professor of Applied Science at the College of William and Mary. Susanne Laphen Miller has a new little one at her house. James Patrick Miller was born May 26, 2009. He joins big brother, Aidan (4), to make their family complete.