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the changes happening on campus. Joyce Sullivan Mucci, Dawna ProvostCarrette, Mary Lou Osborne, Dr. Sylvia Pattavina, Sharon Lally Doliber and Sara Monahan were all in attendance. As were our guests of honor, Sister Betty Cawley ’63 and Sister Lee Hogan ’61. Lee is on the leadership team of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Betty stays busy on campus as Academic Assessment Liaison. ¶ Unable to attend included Debbie Bachry Sandler, who was on the West Coast visiting one of her children; Susan George McNulty, who was on a family trip in Ireland with their three children; and Carmel Coughlin Donoghue, who has moved to Camden, Maine. ¶ Val McGee Fry wanted me to thank all of you who generously donated to Denise Garvey’s children’s college fund. She also wanted to thank Andrea Menna Taylor for handling and distributing the donations for Cassie, Louise, and Richard who are starting college in the fall. Andrea lives in Concord, Mass., and has a daughter who is a Veterinarian and heads up an Emergency Clinic in New Jersey. Val recently ran into Cindy Janski McMahon and her husband at a wedding in DC. Cindy has two daughters, one is a doctor and the other is in her third year of medical school. Val’s daughter Thea is at Regis in the Accelerated Nurse Practitioner Program. Despite an undergraduate degree in biology/ chemistry and a master’s in forensic science, she decided she wanted to have a career with more patient contact. ¶ I apologize to the classmate who sent me a picture of a recent group of ’77ers who got together for lunch. I can’t find it. Please send again and I’ll include in the next edition.
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✒ Sheila Walsh, 13B Beal’s Cove Road, Hingham, MA 02043, 617-319-0823, sheila.walsh@comcast.net ¶ Happy fall greetings to the Class of 1978! Mary K. Ames reports that Mary Roche
bought a new sail boat, a 28' Morris, and sailed it from Northeast Harbor, Maine, back to its new home in Hull, Mass.. An adept and experienced sailor, Mary encountered some extreme weather on the trip down, but has been enjoying the bright red “Queen Mary” every weekend. Last October, they went on a river cruise to Germany, Austria, and Hungary, then spent another week driving through Munich, Salzburg, and Linz, where they visited the Mauthausen concentration camp. “Very moving and unforgettable,” says Mary Ames. “On the ship we bumped into Julie O’Connor McGinn ’77. What are the odds?!” Leany Godas De Martinez wrote from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to share memories of living in
College Hall with Frances Mongiello Buck and in Domitilla with her good
friend Anita Brennan ’77. Leany has been happily married since right after graduation, has four children and four grandsons. Her oldest daughter is a psychologist, she has one son who is a CPA and one who is a Dentist and her youngest daughter will be a sophomore at Fordham University in NYC this fall. Leany says “My mother is still with us in good health and enjoying the great-grandchildren.” Her family has had a clothing boutique for the last 40 years and now has a children’s shoe store. Nancy Salvetti Naimey did the “Tri for a Cure” again this summer in Maine, along with Lynne Davis Haddock’s daughter Riley. Lynne says, “It is a really big deal here and supports breast cancer awareness and research.” Patricia DiPasqua Woodward’s son Redmond graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton in June and will be attending UMass Boston Honors College Program with a Chancellor’s Scholarship. He plans on majoring in criminal justice; her daughter Harley will be starting her sophomore year at Cardinal Spellman, where Pat has just begun her 36th year teaching Spanish. She and Harley also enjoyed a summer visit to Mooresville, N.C., where they visited her cousin. Eileen McCormick Langenus, who just completed two terms on the Alumni Board of Directors and whose husband, Peter, currently sits on the Board of Trustees, reported that Mary Kay Milley’s brother, General Mark A. Milley, an Army four-star general, will be the next Chief of Staff of the Army. He will be the highest-ranking general in the entire U.S. Army. Congratulations to the Milley family! Ellen Harrison Finn reported in with lots of family news: her son and oldest child, Tommy, graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth Tuck Business School with his MD/MBA in June 2012 and recently finished his residency at Brigham & Women’s in Boston. He married a classmate from medical school, Dr. Avni Patel, last May at Hummingbird Ranch, Santa Susannah, Calif. Both of them are currently applying for fellowships. Her eldest daughter, Kiirsten, graduated from Boston University school of Dental Medicine in June 2014, and married her love and Holy Cross classmate Tom Murphy of Bernardsville, N.J., last August, at Brewster Academy, in Wolfboro, N.H. Kiirsten just graduated in June from a postgraduate Tufts Dental School general practice residency in Portland, Maine, and satisfied a lifelong dream by joining her dad, Ellen’s husband Tom, in their dental practice in Laconia, N.H., in August. Ellen and Tom’s youngest
daughter, Lauren, after graduating from Williams and some research work in between, is one year away from graduating from PNWU medical school in Washington and is currently in medical rotations and applying for OB/GYN residencies on the east coast, which is great news for Ellen! She and Tom continue to practice and manage their dental practice and are building a new facility to allow them more space as they welcome Kiirsten to the practice. “We love what we do,” says Ellen, “but are hoping Kiirsten joining us will finally allow Tom the chance to slow just a bit.” Deirdre Keough Ball sends news from Singapore, saying that she and Dorian are finally through with college, as their youngest, Daniella, graduated in May from U.C. Berkeley. The family all attended, and even managed a nice drive down Route 1 together. Deirdre’s son Darren graduated from Brown in ’09, followed by her daughters Devona, Tufts ’10, and Domina, USC ’12. She and Dorian returned to Singapore, which has been their home for over 30 years, following Daniella’s wonderful ceremony and their lovely West Coast holiday. Deirdre now works for Stanley Gibbons Singapore, Head of Investments in Stamps and Coins, alternative tangible asset class. “Who knew passion assets would be the new go-to?” she says. “Loving buying into history!” Deirdre sends warm regards to all. Diane Bednaz Gabel reports that her oldest son Adam Matthew, 29, will be married on September 19, 2015, to, literally, the girl next door! Diane says “We love her like crazy and I can’t wait to have a female in the family!” Her younger son Andrew, 26, will be the best man. I recently had brunch with Paula Bellorado Wolfert, who recently joined a new dental practice here in Hingham, Mass.; she has been spending time in Maine and Florida with family. I also recently changed jobs, leaving my teaching position at Milton High School to join the Hanover Public Schools as Humanities Director, grades seven through 12. Back on the learning curve again and enjoying the shift into administration! So great to hear from all of you; enjoy the holidays and keep me posted on your news!
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✒ Debbie Southworth Howard, 1817 Primrose Lane Osceola, IA 50213, 515-441-9539, deboo813@hotmail.com ✒ Janet Mills-Knudsen, 12B Lawrence Street, Woburn, MA 01801, 781-4910698, janet@knudsen3.com ¶ Cindy Kosak Dube lives in Shrewsbury and
works for the Mass. Chiefs of Police Association and the Shrewsbury Public Schools. Sadly, Cindy lost her 24-yearold son Richie on May 13. Her four