and picnic area. All rooms have Wi-Fi and 40-inch LED TVs. They invite all UVMers to inquire about special rates for upcoming reunions and special events at 1-800-335-5029 or 802-985-3663. Nancy McGoughran Blanchet writes, “I get a lot of happiness watching my children grow and take their place in the world but I must say that I get a like amount of pleasure having my annual visit with my Tri-Delt buddies each year! I look forward to seeing them all at our 60th Reunion in October!” Send your news to— Jane K. Stickney 32 Hickory Hill Road, Williston, VT 05495 stickneyjanek@gmail.com
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Helene Sarr Kamer shares, “My husband, Harvey Kamer, passed away in August. We were married 60 years. I will be a great-grandmother in July from my granddaughter in California.” Don Kidder writes, “I’ve been living at Whitehorse Village, a full service retirement community, for 11 years. My wife, Barbara, passed away in 2008. My apartment is just over a mile from our farm, now home to two daughters in their respective houses with eldest daughter and spouse living in the original 1700’s farmhouse on the property. I keep active with several corporate board memberships and farm related projects. I recently visited Peg ’56 and Charlie Maxson ’56 and Libby Michael ‘58.” Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 411 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401
Alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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Charles Pitman ‘58, MD’61, sadly reports that Myrna, his wife of 53 years, has recently passed away. Don Karp is a brother in one of two sets of brothers who are cousins and UVM graduates. You can see them in a photo taken at a family function on the Alumni Association’s Flickr gallery. Don writes, “Samuel J. ‘Skip’ Laufer ’65 is my first cousin, and he graduated in 1965. He is a surgeon and went to medical school in Tennessee. At UVM he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. I graduated from UVM and then from Cornell Law School in 1961. I practiced law in New Jersey and later became the chairman and CEO of Broad National Bank, in Newark, New Jersey. At UVM I was a member of the Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity. Adrian I. Karp ’54, my brother, graduated from UVM in 1954. He graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1959 and practiced law until retirement in New Jersey. He was an honored trial lawyer. At UVM he was also a member of the Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity. William M. Laufer ’70, my first cousin and Skip’s younger brother, graduated from UVM before graduating from law school. He is also a member of the New Jersey Bar and is still a practicing senior member of a law firm in Morristown, New Jersey, where he has also been in public service.” Robert H. Tafrate, M.D., age 79, of Cape Coral, Florida, formerly of Schenectady, New York, passed away on October 9, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Tafrate was a
graduate of Harrison High School, class of 1954; The University of Vermont; and Bologna University in Italy, class of 1965. He did his internship at Grasslands Hospital (Westchester Medical Center) in Valhalla, New York, his residency at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and a pulmonary fellowship at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He also served in the United States Army. Bob worked as a pulmonologist in Schenectady, New York, for his entire career. He was the chief of respiratory diseases at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York, from 1972-2001. Marcella Webbe Elliot writes, “My final move is to Myrtle Beach, and we love it here. I’d welcome any fellow UVMers in the area.” Carol Conner Frei shares, “Rudy and I had a very nice visit from Joan Cook who was doing alumni work in South Florida. It was great to hear about all the additions to the campus. We have a grandson at UVM in his second year and hope to visit before too long. We went to Holland to see the tulips, followed by a river cruise to Basel, Switzerland where we lived for two years.” Send your news to— UVM Alumni Association 411 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Alumni.uvm.edu/classnotes
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Send your news to— Henry Shaw, Jr. 112 Pebble Creek Road Columbia, SC 29223 hshaw@sc.rr.com
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