CLASS NOTES Life beyond graduation
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June Dorion writes, “Although I have not heard from any members of the class, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all a healthy and happy year ahead. I was 98 in June and was serenaded by about thirty friends on the front lawn, all wearing masks. It was overwhelming. Although the world has changed dramatically for the members of our class since graduation from UVM, the concern and love of friends has not. So we have much to be grateful for. We offer our sincere condolences to the family of Mildred (Millie) Anderson Layn who passed away on January 3, 2021. Millie lived a long and productive life. She will be greatly missed.” Send your news to— June Hoffman Dorion 16 Elmwood Drive, Rutland, VT 05701 junedorion@gmail.com
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Judy Tarshis ’73 writes with great sadness of the passing of both her father, Robert Tarshis, and sister, Ellen “Elly” Tarshis ’75. Robert graduated from UVM and joined the war effort as an engineer with NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. After WWII, he returned to his home in Montreal with his bride Ethel to work in the family business, raise a family of three daughters—all UVM graduates, and eventually go into business for himself. Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT 05401 alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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Send your news to— Mrs. Harriet Bristol Saville Apt. 11, 1510 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403 hattiesaville@comcast.net
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Send your news to— Louise Jordan Harper 573 Northampton Street Holyoke, MA 01040 louisejordanharper@gmail.com
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Theodore (Ted) Battles, and his wife, Lisa Olsson Battles ’47, migrated from the Green Mountains through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Oklahoma before settling in the West Texas town of Midland. Com-
bining his lifelong passions for sports and writing, Ted was the sports editor for the Midland ReporterTelegram for nearly 40 years. Ted was the editor for UVM’s Cynic newspaper in 1948, the same post held by his cousin, Doris “Impie” Battles, in 1924. Ted was conscientious in his coverage of local and regional sports. He was a pioneer in the racial equality arena, as evidenced by his coverage of the local black high school’s state football championship in the early 1960s, which most local papers and writers did not even consider. Ted was inducted in 2014 into the Midland Sports Hall of Legends, the first sportswriter to be so honored. He also won several Texas Sportswriters awards. Ted acquired a passion for skiing in his fifties and schussed areas in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and the Alps over the next three decades. His traveling companion in the twenty-first century was UVM friend, Pat Buckingham Ballou ’47. Ted and Lisa raised two sons: Byron, a retired telecommunications consultant in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Brandon, who lives near Fort Worth and is an aviation consultant. Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT 05401 alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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David Huntley ’83 shares that his mother, Marilyn Lynn Davis Huntley, of Middletown, Connecticut, passed away in January 2021 from complications of COVID-19. Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT 05401 alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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Roberta Leslie Bicknell Piper, author, psychological counselor, sportswoman, and feminist, died on October 4, 2020, at a nursing home in Littleton, Colorado. See online class notes for details on Roberta’s remarkable life and a photo of her sailing on Crab Orchard Lake in the 1980s. Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT 05401 alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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Theodore (Ted) Thomas of Bennington, Vermont, and Lawrence Larry Reilly of Barre, Vermont, met in Rutland to celebrate their 92nd birthdays. Ted’s wife, Norma Fowler Thomas, passed away in April 2020, and Larry is the caretaker for his wife, Constance Carpenter Reilly ’53, who has Alzheimer’s. Ted and Larry first met at UVM freshman registration in 1948 after serving in the US Army. Both resided at Buckham Hall and were members of the Theta Chi fraternity. Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT 05401 alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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Richard C. Wolfe (formerly Alumni Prexy) is still going strong. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, and continues to operate his Nantucket properties. He’d love to hear from you! Virginia Vincent passed away in August 2020. A Montana resident, she was active in the US Forest Service and served as a fire lookout specialist for more than 30 years. She was also a leader in bird watching field trips and worked and volunteered at the University of Montana’s plant collection herbarium. Mary (Molly) Beresford writes, “What a great way to share with other UVM friends. I so enjoy reading about everyone!” Her life as a recent widow has led her to parts of the world she’d never seen. Just before the COVID-19 lockdown, she had a fabulous trip to Vietnam. See online class notes for a photo of Mary in Ha Long Bay. Rose-Marie Tarbell had a wonderful talk with former roommate Joan Friendburg Griffin during the December holidays. She writes, “So many good memories, our special group of eight gals doing the five-year nursing program at UVM was so very different than today’s program. Both Joan and I keep very busy learning, providing social services for others, and learning to live with COVID. We were in Mary Fletcher when polio was being controlled; penicillin became a wonder drug, as well as streptomycin, and the installation of radium to kill uterine cancer. I am forever grateful for two ladies who believed it was on the right course of studies at the time, Dean Simpson and Faye Crabbe.” Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT 05401 alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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