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notes and I have just started a letterpress and design business, Tucked. www.tuckedletterpress.com.
ANNE BRADSHAW married Will Varnum on Dec. 1. 2012 Class of ’95 in attendance (left to right) CHRISTIN WILLIAMS KIRBY, MATT CANTANDO, HILLARY HOSKINS VILLAREAL, JENNIFER MADISON SNOOK, and KATHRYN CAMPBELL CALHOUN
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Matt Cantando mattcantando@msn.com
This is the first update for the Class of ’95 in some time, so here we go …
JENNIFER MADISON married Steve Snook on May 25. RYAN KRAMER is still living in Tallahassee, Fla., where he takes in FSU football games every chance he gets. He recently added a sixth member to his family … a yellow Lab named Trixie. STEELE PARK is currently living in Southport, N.C., JEN MADISON ’95 (far right), HILARY HOSKINS VILLAREAL ’95, Becca Madison (Bobby Madison’s wife, second from right) and friends celebrating at Jen’s bachelorette in May
Trixie the puppy, the newest addition to RYAN KRAMER ’95’s family
where he has been with his wonderful wife Ashley and children Abrey, 4, and Zoe, 3, for the past four years. He and his wife opened a Brightstar franchise 18 months ago, providing private duty home care for infants through seniors in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties. In addition to their new business, he is also a sport fishing charter captain at the Ocean Isle Fishing Center in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. In his free time (how does that exist with two kids and two jobs?) he is also a nationally ranked Professional Kingfish Tournament team member. As I write this, I am wondering why I must still buy my fish from Costco. The 1977 Raleigh Spartans, winners of the 1995 U.S. Youth Soccer Under-18 Francis J. “Frank” Kelly national championship, were selected as the second team to be recognized on the NCSHOF National Champions Hall of Honor. Players on the team included ELIZABETH BURNETTE GIBBONS ’96, MEREDITH CAGE QUALE, MELISSA SUTTON ’96, and LENA VIKEN. The team’s march to the national championship was dramatic, facing and conquering two previous national champions and becoming North Carolina’s first youth soccer national titleholders.
KATIE PRESSEL GILLESPIE had her fourth child and
JEN MADISON ‘95 with Amy and MATT CANTANDO ’95
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first daughter, Susanna, on Jan. 14. She, her husband, RICH ’96, and the family are living in Raleigh. He is a surgeon at Rex and their oldest two sons are in second grade and Kindergarten at Ravenscroft. Katie is involved with Parents’ Association at Ravenscroft and co-chaired the 2012 book fair with MARIAN MORRIS ADAMS ’98. The best part about this update is that even if you were not reading this, you knew that Katie was going to end up doing exactly what she wanted to do … raise your hand if this surprises you.
KAJSA NASLUND MALMSTEN is living in Sweden, married and has two sons, 3 and 4 years old. Her brother, HAMPUS NASLUND, is also living in Sweden. Hampus is engaged and is working in the telecom industry. KATHRYN CAMPBELL recently moved to Atlanta to join a private fertility practice. The family (husband, son, and daughter) is settling down well in their new city. If Kathy continues to follow my path from Philly, to Raleigh to Atlanta, we should expect to see her in Seattle in about 12 months. ERIC BUTTERFIELD recently moved from Wilmington to Charlotte, N.C. He is a market manager for a property management company that is new to the area. He is handling their acquisitions, rehabilitations and rentals of properties. And, based on the autoposts to Facebook from his Nike+, Eric seems to exercise regularly and is in good shape … I am jealous. As for the Cantandos, after nine years in Seattle, we’ve moved back to the east coast and have settled down in Arlington, Va. Jack turns four in September and has already placed out of “AP Trucks” and has just joined his first soccer and “Slamball” teams. He is an avid engineer (he gets that from his father) and loves to read (he does not get that from his father), but mostly he is enjoys spending time with his dog and friends. Amy continues to work at Microsoft, where she helps define the small business sales strategy for the company; she continues to amaze me with her athletic feats, her culinary skill, and patience in all aspects of life (read: me). After helping build a handful of businesses at Microsoft, I moved over to LivingSocial where I owned their worldwide sales strategy. I am now with Micro Focus, a large software company based out of the UK, where I am responsible for the Sales Operations for North America. Fun, exciting stuff, I know … Jack said this week that “he is going to get me a computer for my birthday, because I spend so much time playing with them that I obviously love them.” Hope to see more and more of you over the next several months and years!
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Katy Geil Smyth katygeil@hotmail.com
After going to Ravenscroft with many of you for 12 years I can still hear your voices in your emails and messages … and this quarter I heard quite a few! Thank you so much for keeping us updated and a part of your lives. The 1977 Raleigh Spartans, winners of the 1995 U.S. Youth Soccer Under-18 Francis J. “Frank”