St Cat her i ne’s Old G i rl s’ A s s o c i at ion
Vale and Obituaries
THE BULLETIN
Ann Annand (Moran ’40)
Margaret Low (Carlyon ’45)
Alison Booth (Fullard ’43)
Mary (Mars) McMillan (’61)
Deidre Drummond (Candy ’70)
Eve Maberly (Chauvel ’41)
Hope Heron (Down ’41)
Penelope (Pip) Pullen (Wilson ’43)
Patricia Jaffé OAM (Andrew ’42)
Louise Reeve (Desborough ’57)
Minnie Law (’83)
Jenny Young (Bassett ’42)
Nancy Thorne (Crowe ’33)
Jean Campbell (Dalrymple ’37)
Pamela Williams (Granowski ’51)
Susan Young (Travers ’60)
Born in Melbourne on 21 August 1915, Nancy completed her schooling at St Catherine’s in 1932–33.
Third child of Wanda Dalrymple (St Pinnock) and William Alexander Dalrymple.
Susan (Susie) started her education in Barbreck, St Catherine’s, finishing as a prefect in 1960.
Nan then attended Invergowrie where her high standard of cooking was appreciated, as she was asked to cook at the McPherson factory during the war effort. In 1940 Nan married Lt. Commander Stanley Thorne, an architect. They had two children.
Siblings: Alison Mary, Sydney Ian and William Ross.
Our Mother attended St Catherine’s from 1948 to 1951. The School had a lasting impact on her and she made many life long friends including Judith Mayes (’51) and Elizabeth Royston (Duckett ’51).
Nan served on the board of the Queen Victoria Hospital for 16 years, becoming Vice President, was Treasurer of the National Trust Women’s Committee for 16 years and Life Member of the Alfred Hospital. People naturally warmed to Nan, a gentle, kind, generous lady with great strength of character and wonderful sense of humour. An avid reader to the end, Nan retained an extensive general knowledge, travelling the world through books. Nan and Stan moved to Warramunda, at Kyabram, to be near family. After over 60 years of marriage Stan died aged 98 in 2000, Nan passing away at 96 in 2011. Devoted to her family, Nan is survived by Peter and wife Jenny, Janet and husband Peter, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Janet Dolheguy (Thorne ’61)
Jean grew up at Glenluce, a 1,300 acre property at Gisborne and attended St Catherine’s School from 1934 to 1937 where she was a prefect and sports captain. Jean and her brother Ross ran Glenluce during WWII until she married in 1948 in Gisborne to Peter Somerville Kemp, a fighter pilot. Children: Wanda Huntington 1949, Andrew Peter Somerville 1951 married Ann Macdonald (‘71), Simon Dalrymple 1953 and Caroline Somerville 1957. After separation from Peter, Jean moved back to Gisborne in 1968 to again manage the family property, Glenluce. Jean married Dugald Campbell and moved to Holbrook in 1976. They purchased Woodlands in 1978 where Jean, after Dug’s death in 2002, continued to manage her breeders, and entertain. She spent a lifetime on the land with horses, hunting, jumping and winning Gretna Greens until her sixties when she started riding the mechanical variety daily until her nineties. After her wonderful 90th birthday party in 2009, in 2010 Jean moved off Woodlands into varying stages of care until her peaceful death in Holbrook.
Simon Kemp
Following Pamela’s experience at St Catherine’s, it was an easy decision to send us there. While at School, our Mother was an active member of the School community, serving on the Committee of the Old Girls’ Association for many years. She managed the Swap Shop, helped at the Jumble Sale at St John’s and at tennis days. We loved that she was involved and always a smiling face around the School. The Old Girls Association enabled her to make more friends from the School community. Pamela was delighted when two of her grandchildren, Eloise and Sebastian, started at the ELC and was a regular visitor to the school. She enjoyed attending everything she could, including swimming carnivals, gymnastics, athletics, music recitals, school plays and she even joined a discussion with Eloise’s Year 2 class about what it was like when she was at school. Pamela shared stories of the exercises they had to do before School everyday! Pamela was a proud grandmother to Georgia, Emma, Eloise and Sebastian and loved spending time with family, her adored pets and in her lovely garden. Victoria Williams (’82) and Rowena Rudge (Williams ’87)
Thereafter, she travelled with a devoted chaperone, her Aunt Mary, to Paris for a term at finishing school, and then to the U.K. and Canada. Once home, she undertook a secretarial course, and after a rigorous security clearance, worked for ASIO. Susie married Peter Young in 1966, and moved to Keith where Peter managed a property. From there, they bought and enjoyed a farm near Frances for the next 29 years. Robe, being the family’s chosen summer location, was where they then moved for the next 20 years and ran a real estate business. They were central to the community, both being awarded Citizens of the Year in 2016. Susie also served as a Justice of the Peace, and was very involved with bridge and amateur theatre. She was exceptional at keeping in touch with all generations, as witnessed at her memorial. She was vivacious and wise, capable and loving, kind and thoughtful, with a delicious sense of humour. Susie was always there for her children, Vicki, James and Tiff, and her seven grandchildren, who were with her to the end. Wendy Kirkwood (Stamp ’60) Robbie Little (Tait ’60) Letitia Shelton (Cole ’58)
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