Claudeen Smith Lindberg (Atlanta, GA): “Eric and I have lived in Atlanta all but two years of our 52-year marriage and raised our three children here. Two children now live in California, Lafayette and Lake Forest, and one, thank goodness, in Atlanta. We have eight grands and our oldest is a freshman at Princeton.” 1958 Carol Morris Fruit (Bluffton, SC): “My husband and I are settling into our retired life in the lovely South Carolina ‘low country.’ I’m still playing golf a couple of times a week and am enjoying my new volunteer job as a docent at the Hilton Head Island Coastal Discovery Museum.” 1959 Gloria Newhouse Martin (Santa Barbara, CA): “In the spring, we took a fabulous cruise of the Italian and Adriatic coasts. I contributed to the monograph on the artist Roy Strong.” Carol Fisher Minelli (Longmont, CO): “Both my husband and I are enjoying perfect health. All our children, grandchildren, and great grandson are happy and well. Life is great!” Margaret Pohlman Schweizer (Aurora, CO): “I continue to love living in Colorado, and, of course, I send my greetings to the class of ’59. I’m wishing you all a happy and healthy year.” 1961 Alice Myers Brown (Palo Alto, CA): “In the last six months, I have seen so many classmates: Jan Russell, Mollie Paul Collins, Karla Stromberger, and Virginia Corlette Pollard. We enjoyed the Laguna Art Festival with Andi and Jake Rohrer in August— Linda Wheaton Hollister Lunfort in my PA studio lately and came to my booth at the Art Festival last weekend. I look forward to seeing Virginia soon with her sister Nancy Corlette Lloyd ’58. Mary Anderson ’69 has become my sister as she is my brother Jifford’s better half. We will all miss Jane Hoffman Popovich so very much. P.S. Deanie and Tony visited us in Carmel with Andi and Jake recently.” Virginia Gerner Heinrich (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA): “With the passing of our classmate Jane, and more recently my younger brother, I am increasingly aware of the unpredictability of life. Acceptance and gratitude are my watchwords now. ( Actually, ‘Surgere Tentamus’ has new meaning these days!) Although we enjoy our West Coast home and ocean view, my husband John and I travel a lot, mostly to our condo in Maryland, where we get to babysit two precious grandkids. I’m especially grateful for life-long friendships forged at Westridge. Y’all know who you are!”
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Susan Higginbotham Rehm (Oakland, CA): “I was able to attend Jane’s service, highlighted by the SC band at the end. Spent time with Nadine Smith Danz and, as always, had a great time with her. My grandson Jackson Roberts started Swarthmore College this fall—another one of life’s chapters to get used to. I am living in a senior community in Oakland only four minutes away from Sarah and her two daughters who are left at home. Hope to see you all in March at our 55th reunion.” 1962 Ann Sturges Deyo (Park City, UT): “I enjoy living in Park City and am grateful for family, friends and being part of the Spiritual Care Team at Huntsman Cancer Hospital.” 1963 Judith Hereford Galloway (Pensacola, FL): “I recently published my first novel entitled Chosen Commander in Chief, available online at seattlebookcompany.com.” 1964 Carol Horton Hawkins (Hollister, CA): “All is well in the Hawkins household.” Elizabeth Safford (Carbondale, CO): “I’m semi-retired and enjoying mountain climbing and skiing in the Colorado Rockies.” 1965 Kathleen Gilbert Levin (Sedona, AZ): “Fabulous 50th reunion spearheaded by Mary Douglas and enhanced with a catered dinner at Ann Higginbotham’s followed by a tour with our very own Huntington Gardens docent, Laurel Babeaux. Travelled to the Netherlands last fall and our former (1988-89) German foreign exchange student joined us for a week. Love to all! See you in 2020!”
Martha McCook (Bend, OR): “Our 50th reunion was wonderful! I encourage all alumnae to re-visit Westridge School today. Still a progressive, cutting-edge environment for young women to learn to excel in the world.” 1966 Virginia Good Falconer (Moraga, CA): “Fall 2014 I traveled with my sisters, Kathy Good Podley ’68 and Mary Good Lindgren ’71, on a Danube cruise from Budapest to Nuremberg. Great fun to visit new sites with family. Prior to the cruise I had time in Prague on my own—lovely city!” 1967 Taffia Kennedy (Los Angeles, CA): Retired from my environmental job, so environmentalism is an avocation, not a vocation now. I never stopped being a tax preparer and that work has stepped up. I’m active in American Association of University Women and in my church.” 1968 Judith Wesley (Los Angeles, CA): “Retired in 2015 from 15 years teaching writing in college, and after 25 years in the film business as a post production project supervisor. No husband now, after a divorce in 1997, and no children, but writing poetry and fiction and doing freelance proofing and editing.” 1970 Laurie Barlow (South Pasadena, CA): “Incredible trip this 2015 year—a month in India! Exploring Rajasthan and Punjab, Taj Mahal, Holy City of Benares on the Ganges, and the Golden Temple at Amritsar were highlights not to be forgotten. It was kind of ‘rough travel’—lost 10 lbs., but learning about Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism ‘on
Members of the Westridge Alumnae Readers Book Group gathered in July include (front row, from left) Ann Morrison Wachter ’83, Anne Crotty ‘58, Barbara Davis Reynolds ’72 and Madeline Emslie ’16. Back: Gretchen Todd Schofield ‘79, Sylvia Crowley Holmes ‘76, and Jossalyn Turner Emslie ‘83.