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Susan Mathews Heard ’62 with her greatniece, Addy Mae Anderson
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Susan Shea McPherson P.O. Box 506 Hyannis Port, MA 02647 508-775-1368 (Home) suebear3@gmail.com (Email)
What a wonderful surprise to hear from Lillemor Warnhammer: “Hallo from Lillemor Warnhammar Axell, AFS student from Sweden. I just want to tell you all that the year at Miss Fine’s, and with the wonderful Walker family, is one of my most cherished memories. I now live in Toronto and have children and grandchildren in Toronto, Denver and Gothenburg, my hometown. We spend a lot of time travelling between them. Thanks for the memory. Love, Lillemor.”
Susan Mathews Heard sent such a great photo of her red headed great-niece! “My great-niece, Addy Mae Anderson is now two-and-a-half and has my red hair! Since we don’t have children, that’s such a treat for me. She and her parents visited us last year at our timeshare in Palm Desert, where she swam like a pro. She now is learning to play the violin we gave her for Christmas. She and her family — mother Megan (my brother, Rusty’s, daughter), an attorney for the Federal Government, and her father Alec, in his fifth year of Ob/Gyn residency at the University of Michigan Hospital, move to Bangor, Maine in July, along with her new sibling, where Alec will join an Ob/Gyn practice.
“When we’re not thinking about this young treasure, we are enjoying our new home at a retirement community in Pasadena, which we love. Bruce and I co-chair the Dining Services Committee, and we both have additional responsibilities as well. Most importantly, we’re among fascinating and fun people. The only cooking I do is making sugar water for our hummingbirds! I continue my commitment and volunteer work at the Colburn Music School in Los Angeles and am also on the board of a young and small opera company in Los Angeles.” Cindy Brown is on the move: “I leave for NZ next Tuesday (2/12). It will be two weeks seeing the north and south islands with a small group and then three days on my own
“Over last Labor Day weekend one of my granddaughters was married in Bucks County and I enjoyed a visit with Linda Maxwell Stefanelli and Tony in her lovely house in Pennington that shows another of her talents besides writing those great articles in the PDS Journal — interior design!”
Wolfie, grandson of Susan Shea McPherson ’62, with red hair, eating a molasses ginger cookie from his Aunt Sandy’s bakery Susie Shea McPherson (your class correspondent for the Journal) just spent a long weekend in Washington, DC with my grandson, Wolfie Bear, and his family; what a fun time we had. In May I head to Bruges, Belgium because of the photos I’ve seen make it look fascinating; to Ireland (County Cork) to visit the cooking school my daughter, Sandy, went to; she now owns a bakery; and then to see Polly Dickey Cockburn ’66 (Win Dickey’s sister) in London. I had a great visit with all Win’s kids, two grandchildren and husband late fall in Salt Lake City and Denver.
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Alice Jacobson 2924 NE 21st Avenue Portland, OR 97212 503-528-8489 (Home) alice_jacobson@comcast.net (Email)
Kathy Sittig Dunlop sent a Christmas letter which summarized their activities for the year. She and Richard started 2017 on a Seabourn cruise, which took them to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica where they kayaked and walked among many varieties of penguins. They also travelled through the fiords of Patagonia and saw amazing scenery. Their “every day” life in Orchid, Florida includes walking their 10-year-old French bulldog, Emmy; singing with their church and the Treasure Chest Chorale; attending Community Bible Study; playing golf; exercising and being the leader of the Orchid Book Club. Additionally, she mentors a young boy named Alejandro and spends a lot of time with her sister, Sig. They spend a good deal of time with their daughter, Allison, her husband Brian, and their granddog, Lola. Kathy attended two 50th college reunions last spring: one was at Hollins
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in Wellington (where I hear one can get blown away). I am looking forward to the beautiful landscapes, exotic plants and birds, and am fascinated by recent research with DNA and structures as evidence that there are descendants of settlers on the islands from distant places many thousands of years before the arrival of the Maori from Polynesia, some with red hair!
Bonnie Grad Levy ’63 and Kathy Sittig Dunlop ’63 reminiscing recently in Orlando, FL
Kathy Sitting Dunlop ’63 and Bonnie Strong Berge ’63 visiting at a botanical garden outside of Johannesburg, South Africa College where she went for freshman year and made lasting friends; the other was at the University of Pennsylvania — from which she graduated. In August, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. While in South Africa, she had an excellent visit with Bonnie Strong Berge in Johannesburg. She also saw Bonnie Grad Levy when Bonnie was in Orlando for a conference. Bonnie’s son, Sam, was the cinematographer for Lady Bird. Fortunately, Hurricane Irma did not cause damage to the Dunlop’s home, but it did devastate much in the area. In late September, Kathy had her left knee replaced. Four weeks after surgery, she was back on the golf course! Kathy is very interested to know what people are reading. She loved In Between Time by Maria Duenas, Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult, and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.
Pamela Sidford Schaeffer and family celebrated her daughter, Jacqueline’s, 40th birthday in January, and Pam wondered “How can she be 40 if I am only 27?” She and Leonard have a major project, the landscaping of their home in Los Angeles. “When we moved in 12 years ago, the landscape architect thought our house should be the little house in the woods, and she planted 50 redwoods, all sizes. They are dying in droves all over Southern California so they are being removed. Now we have a lot more sunshine blazing down on our little house in the field.” The Schaeffers are organizing a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They are bringing together their son, daughter, and close nephew and their families, and in June will be yachting in the Cyclades Islands with a brief stop in Athens. Pam closes with the reminder, “I am still only 27!” SPRING 2018