CLASS NOTES Vietnam; granddaughter Caroline works in music in Nashville. Son Scott and family enjoy life in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Clara Sue Durden Ashley and Clarence attended his nephew’s wedding in Charleston, South Carolina, and then they drove to St. Augustine, Florida, to visit son Dennis and family. Another trip took them to Beaver Creek, Ohio,
From Renee Levinson Laurents: Sandy Phillips Conklyn and Dan met their month-old twin grandsons in San Francisco last fall. River and Kai are Sandy’s son’s second set of twins! The older twins are Ellyse and Ryan, 17, from a first marriage. Sandy’s oldest grandchild, Bridget, is in law school at University of Oregon. Sadly, Sandy and Dan’s beloved Tibetan mastiff, Ketu, died at almost age 10.
Connie Booth Logothetis ’61 celebrated the fourth anniversary of her lung transplant in December. to visit son Park, his wife, and their seven children. The oldest Ashley grandchild, Christopher, got married. Clara still repairs quilts at The Quilt Shop of McLean and wrote, “The dog chews can be particularly challenging.” Joan Gibson Lippold and Jim enjoy family, friends, traveling, and their house overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. They have cruised all the rivers of Europe, plus rivers in Russia and China. They toured England, Wales, and Scotland last summer, and spent a week in Texas with their daughter and family to celebrate their granddaughter’s 17th birthday. They planned to spend the week before Christmas at Disney World with their children and grandchildren. Bev Carlson Shea and Jim, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, enjoy getting together with son Dan and his family – including children Katherine and Jack – who live in northern New Jersey. The family enjoyed a Christmas dinner at the New York City Harvard Club. For me, Connie, my health is holding up and I celebrated the fourth anniversary of my lung transplant in December! Last year included a week in Yorktown, Virginia, with my sister Linkey Booth Green ’63 and hubby David; my August birthday lunch with Mary Hatcher; and a quick weekend in Delaware, where Andy and I had dinner with Barbie Upson Welch and Charlie. High water canceled our October paddlewheel riverboat cruise from St. Louis to Red Wing, Minnesota, but we changed to a road trip, stopping at the places the boat would have stopped. We planned a cruise to Cuba in February.
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Mary Hatcher and Bill traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, and to Williamsburg, Virginia, after Christmas. October’s Hurricane Matthew did little damage to their home in Wilmington, Delaware, and they even kept power. Sylvia McJilton Woodcock and Stuart had a wonderful trip to France in October. Highlights included a B&B just minutes from Notre Dame and a week in the Burgundy region on a barge that took them through canals and the most beautiful scenery. They were
From Lynne Williams Neave: In October, Sandy and I boarded the Seabourn Quest in Montreal and cruised through Canada, visiting marvelous places including Quebec City, Prince Edward Island, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. We visited Art and Lloyd Tilton Backstrom in November before going to Fredericksburg for the UMW Foundation meeting. Lloyd and Art spent Thanksgiving at Kiawah, later skied in Vail, and planned to go to Sun Valley in January. Sue Wilson Sproul and Dave have just completed a year in Tucson, Arizona, and love all of the music, art, and dining venues the town offers. Their big event in 2016 was a trip to France, inspired by Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence. They visited Avignon, Arles, Camargue National Park, Aigues-Mortes, Narbonne, and Toulouse, before spending a week in Paris. Jim and Janie Riles took a cruise around Scandinavia and the Baltic region in June 2016. They shuttle back and forth between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego. In San Diego, Janie teaches watercolor classes, and in Fort Lauderdale, she paints with some great snowbird artists.
Sandy Phillips Conklyn ’61 has two sets of twin grandchildren. The first were born 17 years ago and the second last fall. served three full meals a day with regional red and white wines and cheeses! Twenty family members gathered at their daughter’s home for Thanksgiving, where they got to hold their then 3-month-old grandson.
Graham Walker Burns wrote with the sad news that Sarah Leigh Kinberg’s husband, Tom, died recently. He became ill in May, thus preventing him from attending our reunion.
After traveling to western Georgia for five days, Marcia Minton Keech and Bill returned to Savannah after Hurricane Matthew to a big cleanup job. Jerri Barden Perkins on Hilton Head was hit harder, so during cleanup, she went on a wonderful trip to Italy.
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After my fabulous trip to Australia and New Zealand, I, Renee, taught a class on the Constitution at UCLA Extension. I attend classes there, too, and love them: astronomy and cosmology, current events, and Shakespeare!
Joan Akers Rothgeb erothgeb@earthlink.net Kathleen Sprenkle Lisagor klisagor@yahoo.com Jane Walshe McCracken janemcc@cox.net From Kathleen Sprenkle Lisagor: Many thanks to those who sent news, as our 55th reunion, June 2-4, 2017, is just around the corner. I am still in Fredericksburg, where I moved to be near my oldest daughter after Barry died. Emily Lewis reported on the success
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of our Class of ’62 scholarship projects, which continue to have a powerful impact on special UMW students. Diana Copple Smith rarely gets to Richmond since her father’s passing at age 100. She is investigating numerous retirement communities along the I-40 corridor near Greensboro, North Carolina, yet near her daughter in Wilmington. Louise Couch Girvin and husband John ventured from Kentucky to Wilmington, Delaware, to visit Peggy Downs Gerber and husband John. The Gerbers are celebrating the birth of son Pete’s first child, a son. We extend our deep sympathy to our dear Joan Akers Rothgeb, whose husband, Eddie Rothgeb, passed away in October. At his Nelson County, Virginia, services, people remembered Eddie’s special contributions as an educator, patriot, loving husband, father, and grandpop. Among those in attendance were Gale Taylor Drew and husband Lewis and Bettie Stewart Kienast. I, Kathleen, plan to celebrate three of my eight grandchildren’s college graduations in May 2017. Kelly, my oldest, is teaching in Manassas and pursuing a master’s degree at George Mason University. I still teach piano and play at church with my daughter, Amy. My family enjoys making music and jamming at family gatherings. I tell my children that college at “MWC” made my dearest and most faithful friends. Hopefully we can meet again for our 55th and continue to make special memories!
1963 Linkey Booth Green linkeyg@embarqmail.com Betsy Lydle Smith betsy@virtuestraining.com From Linkey Booth Green: On a beautiful spring day in March 2016, I took my granddaughter to
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