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1954

Sr. Jean Thomas Dwyer, DC

is living in Texas. Her legislative advocacy work is now at the State level. She is primarily focused on accessible and affordable health care for low-income families and individuals as well as immigration issues related to asylum seekers and DACA recipients.

1957

Ann Lind Bowers-Matthews had a wonderful reunion with Sheila McAnaney Kostanecki and Ann Thomason Oatway while visiting Vero Beach recently. They are living very close to each other in Florida and playing lots of golf and getting proficient at bridge. Ann Lind Bowers-Matthews is living in Far Hills, NJ. She has 4 children and 8 grandchildren, ages seven-29. Ann continues her work in the interior design field and is a past president of The Decorators Club in New York. During her free time, she enjoys spending time in her garden and teaching her grandchildren the joys and excitement of growing vegetables and flowers. Lynn Rhatigan Callagy is living in Rye, NY. She has three children and 12 grandchildren ages seven-24. She plays lots of golf and bridge and is active in many Sacred Heart activities. Judy Thompson Collins and her husband Dave are living in Nevada. Their summers are filled with golf, hiking, long walks with their yellow lab, and smelling the roses when they are in bloom. Mary Sue Flanagan is living in the Washington D.C. area and taking courses at Georgetown University as well as doing volunteer work. Sheila McAnaney Kostanecki has four children, 12 grandchildren, two stepchildren, and four step-grandchildren!

Michelle (Micky) McQueeny

Matthews is living in Westerly, RI. She has 12 grandchildren ages one-24. During Christmas 2019, Micky visited her son and his family in Bavaria. Lately, she has become a bridge whiz and continues to dabble in acrylics. Margaret (Peg) Power Mulry lives in Gulfstream, FL. Her husband, Tom, passed away eight years ago. She has seven grandchildren and is enjoying the company of her children who live close by. Ann Thomason Oatway has four children, 15 grandchildren, ages 30-seven. Sadly, Ann lost her wonderful husband, Bud, in 2019 after 57 years of marriage. Mary Jane Keck Proctor is living at Shell Point, FL. She remains very close to her four stepchildren and their spouses, as well as 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren!

Allie Lou Oeder Richardson

lives on a 51-acre ranch in East Texas. She has four children and eight grandchildren. Allie has held many volunteer positions, including teaching CCD, working at town and school libraries, and became an EMT on her local ambulance corps. Her first and only paid job was Secretary and Matron for her local Police Department, which she thoroughly enjoyed. Suzanne Assheton Van Vechten and her husband, Ben, are living in Kennett Square, PA. Being so close to Longwood Gardens and Winterthur, she developed a love for all forms of horticulture and Bonsai. Suzanne received a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare from Stony Brook. She became director of the town of Wilton Social Services department in 1984 and most recently became the first director of a program called WIC (Women, Infants and Children) at Stamford Health Department.

1959

Dolores Cox Agnew knows she made the right decision moving to Florida year-round in September 2019. Because of the calm weather, she is able to play golf and walk around the street without any fear of coming in contact with someone who is ill. She misses her Mah Jongg group and can’t wait until she can play with them again. Rita Murphey Cleary and her husband, Jimmy, are trying to stay healthy and safe during this pandemic. In her free time, Rita enjoys playing piano, reading, and gardening. Occasionally, she likes to enjoy an outside lunch with her friend who recently lost her husband due to Covid. Anne Kinney Duffy and her husband, John, flew to Tucson to enjoy the warm desert but unfortunately ran into a 3-day snow and ice storm! Thankfully, the storm has passed and they are ready to enjoy a few months of warm sunny weather. Barbara Bertrand Saxe’s granddaughter Kathleen Barbara Saxe entered Sacred Heart

1 Susie Craig Conroy ’65 and Patty Powers Woodlock ’65 enjoying the Boston Common. 2 Susannah Baker Bell ’70 makes a quick visit to campus in July 2020.

Greenwich this fall and is in the sixth grade. Barbie is very excited that her granddaughter is loving the School as much as she does!

1965

The class of 1965 virtual 55th reunion was a huge success, with almost all in attendance! Congratulations to classmate Steffi Beaudouin Piper who received the Outstanding Alumnae Award. Anne Margaret Buell Baum retired from the design and gift shop, “Trilogy” and lives in Bedford, NY. She is enjoying her two children and three grandchildren who live nearby. 1 Susie Craig Conroy’s husband, Dan, passed away on June 24, 2020. Susie has stayed in touch with Patty Powers Woodlock and the two enjoyed the Boston Common together during the holiday season.

1966

Kathleen Sanford Fentress’s

daughter Callie, her husband Caleb, and their 18-month-old baby Jack fled Brooklyn last March and stayed with Kathleen until the New Year. The gang was there to help in many ways especially since Kathleen had to have an aortic aneurysm repaired in June, which went very well. The “Aging-in-Place” organization

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she helped found in 2016 is going well and they have been able to continue to provide most services, but social activities of course are limited to virtual. The organization created a buddy system for their members to help counter isolation and in the good weather, encouraged people to walk with a friend or one of the volunteers. On a sad note, the Sanford family suffered a huge loss earlier this year. Deborah Sanford Knight ’68, passed away on January 8th. She died peacefully, but unexpectedly, in her sleep, after celebrating the 44th anniversary of her wonderful marriage to her husband Peter. Debbie will always be in our hearts.

1967

Mary Pat Murphy Slater and her husband, Carl, recently relocated to Lake Forest, IL from Vero Beach, FL. Nothing like going north in the middle of winter, in the middle of a pandemic! However, they are near her daughter Megan and her granddaughter Clementine. Mary Pat’s other daughter, Katie, is in DC with three boys under three. They enjoy being near family in a lovely town, plus it’s a lot easier to get to DC from Lake Forest than it is from Vero! Seemingly Mary Pat has “failed” retirement and is planning on acquiring a Real Estate license in Illinois.

1970

2 Susannah Baker Bell has retired to Prouts Neck, ME. She still keeps a place in Philadelphia and stops by Greenwich a few times a year. Back in July, Susannah took a quick drive around campus as a celebration of her 50th year! 3 Lisa Gowdey Prichard just welcomed a second great-granddaughter, Annalise, on October 21, 2020 and her first

3 (left) Lisa Gowdey Prichard ’70; (middle) Annalise, Lisa’s second great granddaughter; (right) Novah, Lisa’s first great granddaughter

great-granddaughter, Novah, just turned four on January 22nd! Lisa is celebrating her 29th year as a car salesperson and is still involved in county politics as a County Commissioner. Aside from that, she is also on the board of the Red Cross. Lisa asks that everyone go support your local Red Cross!

1973

Elizabeth Van de Berghe Brennan, MD, and her husband, Michael, are living in Fairfield, CT. The doctor duo is keeping busy working in their successful practices. Alice Burlinson is busy with life in Roanoke and her law career with the State of VA. Missy MacKenzie Cumings and her husband, Mike, are the proud new grandparents to their first grandson born in Colorado, Julian Damon. Kathy William Dunn is enjoying her new responsibilities this school year at Sacred Heart Greenwich as Assistant Head of the Lower School.

Rosemary Custer Glazier loves being back in Connecticut. She is retired and living in Old Saybrook, CT with her husband. 4 Debra Busby Kunces and her husband, Bob, along with daughters Erin and Kimberly celebrated the New Year together! Her oldest son, Rob, and his wife, Irina, are living in Sydney, Australia. Rob works for Ernst & Young. Debbie is going on 21 years working for Informa, based in the UK, organizing/producing tradeshows and conferences for the waste and recycling industry and Healthcare. Debbie continues to serve on the Alumnae Board at Sacred Heart Greenwich. Susan Mara McDonnell continues to thrive in her real estate career in Rye & Westchester County. She and her husband, John, welcomed their fourth grandson, Wellington Thomas, last November born to daughter-in-law Marisa and son Tim McDonnell. Caroline Riley is loving “retirement” and keeps very busy volunteering at various organizations out on the North Fork of Long Island in Cutchogue and in NYC. Our heartfelt sympathy and prayers to Marie Megaw Rubino and her husband, Vincent, over the loss of their beloved son Peter Benjamin this past January; also brother of Stephen and David.

4 Debra Busby Kunces ’73 enjoying dinner with her family at the Roger Sherman Inn

5 The Class of 1981 enjoyed catching up over a Zoom happy hour.

6 Nicole Peluso ’86 and her children

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1977

Dreux Dubin Claiden Zooms monthly with Clare Leibell Shaughnessy, Deborah Morelli Wygal, Carol Madden, Elizabeth Waldrup, Patricia Nischan, and their fearless host Julie Baskin Brooks. They are on different time zones but that doesn’t stop them from sharing updates during quarantine. Overall, the group is doing well and can’t wait for the day they can see each other again in person. Last summer, Joan Campo Carter, Lisa Becker Edmundson, Patricia Sullivan Merrick, Mary Davis Stanton and Dreux Dubin Claiden had a lovely socially distanced get-together. They hope to see everyone in person at the next reunion. Mary Ellen (Melon) Tirelli Pais is doing better than ever. She is adjusting to the new normal with young adults and spouses working from home. Clare Leibell Shaughnessy and her husband, Michael, are living in New Canaan, CT. The couple became empty-nesters this past fall. Their daughter Katharine (Kate) is now a freshman at Providence College School of Business and seems to be very happy with her classes and new group of friends. Elizabeth Waldrup is healthy, thriving, and newly engaged! Her wonderful job gave her more responsibility and another new boss. She is working mostly from home in White Plains but still commutes to PA for work about once a month. Liz misses running Santa’s Workshop at Come Home for Christmas but wishes to see everyone again during the Christmas season.

1981

Carroll Hanley Goggin has been appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to be a member of the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. The Florida Council on Arts and Culture is an advocacy council board appointed to advise the Secretary of State regarding cultural grant funding and on matters pertaining to culture in Florida. 5 Last May, members from the Class of 1981 had a Zoom happy hour. In attendance was Teresa Pica, Janet Morris Jones, Sharon Heller, Mariko Takewaki Otsuka, Sara Hussey Alden, Maria AuteraSheperd, Missy Marandino Breen, and Carroll Hanley Goggin. What a fun way to catch up with classmates during a pandemic lockdown!

1982

Cricket Telesco Burns transitioned from fashion to the interior design industry a few years ago. She and her husband, Richard, own a staging and interior design company, Crickets Crush, which services NYC, NJ, CT, and the Hamptons. Her daughters, Manzie and India, both CSH 91st Street Alumnae, recently graduated

7 (left) Children of Elizabeth Hawthorn ’87 and Anne Hawthorn Connolly ’89; (right) Children of Elizabeth Hawthorn ’87 and

Mary Hawthorn Kmetz ’91 8 Erin Plunkett Niehaus ’87, Mavie

Mendelson ’87, and Tyrrell Hammer

Mahoney ’87

from Trinity College and Bucknell University. Reach out to Cricket for any staging or decorating needs!

1986

6 Nicole Peluso welcomed her fourth child, Francesca Diana, in September 2020. She joins Tristan, Lexa, and Ava Vanech ’17.

1987

7 Elizabeth (Lizzy) Hawthorn’s

daughter Mary Hawthorn-Kanos ’22 is loving Sacred Heart. Thanks to their daughters Mary and Madison Mezzatesta ’21, Lizzy and Pamela Williams Mezzatesta ’86 were able to rekindle their friendship. Madison has been a great “big sister” to Mary at Sacred Heart. Cristin Connelly Rohan is living in Bronxville with her family. 8 Erin Plunkett Niehaus, Mavie Mendelson, and Tyrrell Hammer Mahoney have been keeping sane during Covid by getting outside and taking long walks.

1989

Anne Hawthorn Connolly has been living in NYC with her family.

9 Kate Lederer ’01 and her family

1991

Mary Hawthorn Kmetz is living in Rye, NY with her family.

1998

Nicole Palmer married Howie Hecht on October 7, 2020. Their original plans were postponed due to the pandemic in favor of a private backyard ceremony at their new home in Waban, MA. Nicole practices intellectual property law as a partner at Lando & Anastasi, LLP and just celebrated her 15th anniversary with the firm. Howie is an angel investor, startup accelerator volunteer mentor and judge, and principal at Appanite, Inc. where he is co-founder of startup AdsSciences, an advertising technology platform, and service. They are both MIT alums (and New Yorkers) but met the old-fashioned way out at a bar in Boston.

2001

9 Kate Kretschmann Lederer

and her husband Paul continue to live in New York City with their daughter Zoe (who is almost three). In September 2020, Kate’s job as a school social worker at PS 234 resumed in-person full time. Trying to navigate the new normal of public school life and weekly COVID tests has been jarring, but overall she is doing well. Kate and Paul, a history teacher, were happy to receive their vaccines early this year and are hoping for a more normal school opening come Fall 2021!

10 Grant, son of Kate Jewell Boerman ’02

2002

10 Katherine Jewell Boerman and her husband, Brian, welcomed their son, Grant, in October 2020. They live outside of Denver, CO, where Kate is Assistant Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for

11 Erin Morelli ’06 married Brian Vazquez in Boston, MA. Pictured on the left is Erin’s sister, Megan Morelli Dekanchuk ’09 12 Children of Katherine Scott ’06 13 Jacob Mark, son of Monique Febbraio

Irons ’07

Liberty Media Corporation. Margot Kearney Navins lives in Port Chester with her husband, Lee, and children, Casey and Claire. Margot works for Fidelity Charitable and continues to enjoy her involvement with the school serving as the Alumnae Board President.

2006

11 Erin Morelli married Brian Vazquez on February 29, 2020, in Boston, MA. Erin is currently employed as Software Development Engineer for the Alexa Speech team at Amazon. 12 Katherine Colihan Scott and her husband,Tom, welcomed their second child, Grace Elizabeth Scott, on December 10, 2020. Big brother Charlie is very proud of his new sister!

2007

13 Monique Febbraio Irons and her husband, Steve, welcomed their first child, Jacob Mark, on August 2, 2020. They currently reside in Westfield, NJ.

2009

14 Aline Souza Snietka has been practicing as an Emergency Medicine PA-C in Boston, MA during the Covid-19 pandemic and was recently awarded a SPARK grant with the goal of creating a mentorship program within the department to promote diversity in medicine. 15 Susannah Lawrence married William Colding on October 24, 2020, in an intimate ceremony held at the Church of Our Saviour in New York, NY. The two met while undergraduates at New York University and currently live in Manhattan. Eileen Rooney, the godmother of Mary HawthornKanos ’22, is preparing for her upcoming wedding.

2010

16 Elyse Yoder Gallagher and her husband, Michael, welcomed their first child, Lillian Anne, on October 17, 2020. Lilly was born at Greenwich Hospital. They currently live in Cos Cob, CT. Courtney Schmidt got engaged to Josef Schwan on December 12, 2020, in Malibu, CA.

2011

Nayara Souza opened her private practice, New Cove Counseling, and is now a full-time outpatient therapist specializing in anxiety and trauma.

2013

17 Sarah Hirshorn Coughlin

married Patrick Coughlin on August 15, 2020. Sacred Heart Greenwich alumnae in attendance included sisters Grace Hirshorn ’11 and Emily Hirshorn ’15, and mother, Hope Houston Hirshorn ’82. Mary Jane (Holly) Geffs got engaged to Garth Holden on December 19, 2020 in Cambridge, England. Lauren Ioli received her MSE from Fordham in the Spring of ’20 and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.

2016

Grace Passannante graduated from Hamilton College in May 2020 and started a new position as an Associate at AlphaSights in January 2021. Claire Squire graduated from the

14 Aline Souza Snietka ’09 and her co-worker, Lauren, after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine

University of Notre Dame magna cum laude in May 2020 and started a new position as a Product Designer at Expert Institute in January 2021. 18 Claire and Grace keep in touch and the duo went hiking in Keene Valley, NY.

2017

Kaitlin Kablack was named to the Dean’s List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the Fall 2020 semester. Katie is in the Industrial Design Program. Mary Livingston was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Vermont for the Fall 2020 semester. Mary is in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.

15 Susannah Lawrence ’09 married William Colding in New York.

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16 Elyse Yoder Gallagher ’10 and husband, Michael, welcome baby Lilly

17 Sarah Hirshorn ’13 married Patrick Coughlin with many Sacred Heart grads in attendance including sisters Emily ’15 and Grace ’11 and mother Hope Houston Hirshorn ’82. 18 Grace Passanante ’16 and Claire Squire ’16 go on a nice hike in Keene Valley, NY.