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Members of the Lower School Class of 1976, who were also members of the Class of 1980, posed for photo in March. Back row: Judy Oliver Schmidt, RoseAnn Ruccello Fischer, Cathy Lockwood Wimberg, Debbie DePaoli Vollstedt, Colleen Condon Marquez, Julie Lambert, Betsy Burton; Front row: Franca Gargiulo, Amy Kajikuri Martinetto, Ellen McGuire Gaucher
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occasional assistance. I travel much for my work and I love it. One of the perks is being able to keep all of my reward points and these allow me to travel more than I would ordinarily. I enjoy traveling and now that we have no kids in the house; I want to travel as much as I can. My husband, Butch, and I took our kids to Sicily this May. We visited some family in San Vito Lo Capo and had a great time. Keeping healthy and happy is my main goal and all else falls into place. Diana Kendrick Untermeyer: I was so sorry to miss the reunion. I had plane tickets and everything and then had to go to Qatar at the last minute. My book on Qatar is almost out-of-print, so I am working on putting out a new edition. It was fun to see the photos on Facebook. It seems like a huge proportion of our class is now connected by social media—so fun to see
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Lisa Tarleton Johnson ’80, Kathleen Nicolaides ’80, and Joan Goodfellow Knetemann ’80
people’s lives and children in pictures at least! Mignon Stapleton: I am doing well, getting back into shape and happy being close to my family. I went back to school to study early childhood education and although nervous about being older, did surprisingly well, and have a 4.0! I am getting my site supervisor teaching credential this summer and am teaching preschool children. It is challenging, fun, and keeps me young. I also tutor elementary school children during the school year, which is also rewarding. I have been doing some architectural design for friends in the area. I can’t seem to find a “Mr. Right” yet, but am hopeful one day that will happen, too. I am sorry I missed the last reunion; it looked like so much fun. My sister and nephews live close, and my mother also, so I see them more often. My nephew, Connal, is at UC Davis studying botany, and Rowan is a sophomore in high school and loves lacrosse. My sister is flying him all over the country trying to get on a team for college in two years! It is a very competitive sport. My sister, Joelle Stapleton ’81, battled breast cancer last year and thank God is healed and doing well now. I am active in my church and have good friends in Sacramento. I enjoy going to Lake Tahoe in the summer.
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Marisa D’Amico marisad111@hotmail.com We publish notes for each class once a year—oddnumbered class years in the spring and even-numbered in the fall. Look for your class notes in the spring issue!
1982 Mindy Malisoff Baggett mbaggett@cox.net
Many great accomplishments are happening to the Class of ’82 in 2015! We have all turned 50 (or older), grandchildren have been born, many have become empty nesters and are celebrating
(Chrissy Bozzo Daily) and many wish they could be an empty nester, classmates have moved to different states and even to a small village in the middle of “nowhere” Alaska (Debbie Petteway) and some of you are growing your family by adding daughters or sons-in-law and now have to share the holidays because your new family members have families, too! Just think, we only have 15 months until our 35 year reunion. Where does the time go? It was just yesterday that we were sitting in Study Hall, eating cafeteria food, hanging out on the front lawn, sneaking boys behind the wall, being taught by Mr. Oder or Dr. Jay, and going to Carmel on the weekends getting in plenty of trouble. First let me thank each of you that have shared your correspondence and pictures for the Bulletin. As some of you know, my family has relocated to the Pacific Northwest and we are now living in Seattle. Yes, Kelly Dwight Heuga-Hamill, it is beautiful in Seattle and the myth of rain every day is not true. After 30 years with Intel, my husband Jeff retired on a Friday and moved to Seattle on Saturday to begin a second career. There was no way I was going to allow him to play golf and go to the casino everyday. Five months after Jeff’s relocation, commuting back and forth between Seattle and Phoenix, our daughter Jessica relocated to Olympia, WA. She has an amazing job with the Washington State Department of Health as the state medical counter measures coordinator. She is also pursuing a MPH from the University of Washington and a second master’s degree from DePaul Stacey Pruett Taddeucci ’82 poses with her husband Dominic, daughter Alex Taddeucci ’07, and son Patrick Taddeucci ‘05 LS