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Keller recently reconnected, as they both happened to attend the same software—training seminar. Our sincere condolences go out to Berta and her sisters Bet Keller ’70 and Sarah Keller Sipe ’72 on the loss of their mother last fall. Suzy Preston and her Princeton friends “descended upon Covs,” aka Elizabeth Covington, in Telluride on their annual ski trip. Suzy now lives full-time in Santa Fe, after years of dividing time between Maine and New Mexico. For Emily Irby Grimes, “lots of great memories from our days on those slopes” reemerged after taking her teenage boys skiing at Wintergreen in February. Emily also enjoyed a fall visit to Richmond and a “very fun dinner” with Susan Crenshaw Cary, Laura Towers and Sallie Cecil Stillwell. Keeping with the theme, Julia Michael Given and family spent their spring break skiing in Maine and Vermont, and also visiting son Michael at Bowdoin College. In December, Julia and Cecelia Faulkner Soscia ran the Rehobeth, Del. marathon together “for fun.” It was, according to Julia, “my 30th marathon and 20th state in my quest to run every state." Cecelia hadn’t done quite as many, but it was great to be there together and she beat me this time!” Cecelia, along with her mother Martha Alsop Faulkner ’54 and Maura Maguire Gaenzle ’82 were part of a UVA travel tour to Turkey last fall. Writes Cecelia, “We were able to plan an engaging meeting with Evelyn Sebik, a dual citizen and a teacher in Turkey whose students worked jointly with Lisa Foster’s St. C students on a global water project during the 2013-14 school year.” Carrie Reid Russell’s interest in keelboat racing is as strong as ever, and she sails competitively “as much as my job and husband let me.” She recently spent time in Miami for Bacardi Sailing Week. Carrie’s children are both juniors—Sam, at University of South Carolina, and Helen, in high school at the Steward School. Welby Whiting Fairlie is gearing up for “Mud Run season” along with her 7 year old, James, who loves the obstacles and the mud; and he promises to join her again as long as it’s a really hot day! Classmates who were Lower Schoolers will remember Ann Martin Gonya whose family moved from Richmond after fourth grade. She and her husband Jeff live in Baltimore and are celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary this June! The Gonya family spring break in California was filled with college touring with son Jay and visiting daughter Caroline, a 2013 UVA graduate who lives in Los Angeles. Louise Sloan is hoping you’ll check out her newly launched digital media company for single parents, www.singlewith.com, and spread the word to your single-parent friends and any prospective advertisers. Louise wrote, “it’s for moms AND dads, and…the idea is to help single-parent and co-parenting families thrive. It’s been scary but exciting to take the plunge into entrepreneurship.” Outside of work, Louise said,
1981 classmates Suzy Preston and Elizabeth Covington skiing in Colorado
Welby Whiting Fairlie '81 and son James compete in the Pretty Muddy 5k Mud Run
Carrie Reid Russell '81 sailing aboard a J70
Maura Maguire Gaenzle '82, Cecelia Faulkner Soscia '81, Evelyn Sebik and Martha Alsop Faulkner '54 in Izmir "enjoying our common bond."
“life is basically about shuttling my 8 year old son Scott to various sporting events. He’s the jock my mom always wanted me to be!”Last year Susan McDonald Gaddy loved teaching as an adjunct law professor in foreclosure law at the Charleston School of Law.
graduations in the family. Her youngest, Dalton, graduates from St. Christopher’s and is headed to UVA. Elizabeth, her oldest, graduates from college and is off to Union Seminary. Her stepson Mark is graduating from Michigan State with an M.B.A. Finally, Sydney, her middle child, is a rising senior at Virginia Tech. On the homefront, Mary is celebrating her 25th year as a lawyer with McGuireWoods. Allison Walker Steilberg is in Jacksonville, Fla. and was recently named the #3 realtor for Berkshire Hathaway. Congratulations! Her son Joe is a freshman at the University of South Carolina and daughter Charlotte is in 10th grade. She recently completed a “to the studs” renovation of her house and would love to have some visitors from St. Catherine’s! The evertalented Dana Gibson Longenderfer has a new line of fabric and wallpaper called Dana Gibson for Stroheim. It is quite gorgeous and doing well. Dana also has two boys in high school with one soon heading for college. Kate Anthony Rogers is in Westfield, N.J., and has an embroidery personalization business that she runs out of her
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Catherine Helderman Markwalter, 1796 Meadowdale Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30306; cmarkwalter@gmail.com Well classmates, we all made it through a year of 50th birthday celebrations and lived to tell the tales! Kathryn Thurman LeBey reports that turning 50 and watching her two girls, St. C. Kathryn 2016 and Isabelle 2018, run track motivated her to run a half marathon in south Florida where she finished fourth in her age division. She was inspired to not only continue running but is also preparing to climb the Matterhorn with other St. C and St. Chris moms. Kathryn claims that she was not very athletic in high school but I don’t believe her! Mary Dalton Baril is preparing to celebrate three
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