Onyx Anneau Spring 2021

Judith “Judy” Cronin Krugman was delighted with the birth of her third grandchild on Jan. 11, 2020, a day after Judy and her husband returned from a Caribbean cruise. Judy did have a mild case of COVID-19 mid-October. Her husband was having rotator cuff surgery and she went to be tested because of a cough. Since she tested positive, her husband’s surgery was delayed three weeks and then the surgeon contracted COVID-19 and the surgery was delayed. Judy’s case was mild. Ann Purcell Kuick has been spending her time as a caregiver for both her husband Paul and daughter Meg. Joan Wylie Hall has retired after teaching English for 40 years at the University of Mississippi. The on-line instruction from March through June of 2020 was the final challenge. Joan has enjoyed Facetime visits with her 3-year-old granddaughter from Atlanta. Joan has enjoyed recent phone calls with Judith “Judy” Curtin , Mary Ann Gibbons Rennels , and Catherine “Cathie” Rodefer , before her passing away on Feb. 21, 2021. We know that many of her Woods classmates will miss Cathie. Marsha Speth, SP has been staying home or very close to home to keep her SP community safe. One of her new volunteer jobs is helping to carry meal trays at Providence Hall since the Sisters are no longer allowed to have buffet style meals. It is a joy for her to be able to see them in person even if briefly! Mary Anne Walker Rahm has been staying home and getting bored, but finishing a few pieces of needlepoint and a quilt, so the time has been somewhat productive. Mary Anne and her husband Alan skipped going to Cape May, New Jersey last summer and really missed seeing Margaret “Margie” Hanson Sleght . Mary Anne commented that she “misses all our people, going to Reunion took us right back and it seemed like no time had passed. It was so great!” Kathleen “Kathy” Shine Wright noted that 2020 was certainly different from any other year she had experienced. The entire family did travel to upstate New York for a week in a beautiful cottage on Keuka Lake. The retreat house where Kathy volunteers was closed until the beginning of the year, but thankfully, she is back each Wednesday now as the seniors from several of the Catholic high schools in Indianapolis area have their retreats. Her Bible study group has continued to meet (socially distancing) since last fall. Mary Fran Roberts Bennett and her husband Richard had a wonderful trip to Egypt at the end of January 2020, and since then have quarantined. Their daughter, Nicole, is on the front lines at IU Health and their son Robert is working from home in Seattle. Zoom calls keep them connected and everyone is well. Mary Kay Campbell Watson and husband Al sold their Maryland home in July and are now full time Florida residents. They are working on getting their vaccines. They were able to spend the holidays with the families of Donna Eichmuller Liszewski and her sister Susan Eichmuller Hamilton ’66, ’90G . They have returned to the Board of Trustees. Mary Kay continues to support

frequenting restaurants, grocery shop once a month, live-stream weekly Mass, and Zoom gatherings with their sibling and four sons. They hope to have their vaccine by the time you read this news and plan to visit their sons in Florida and California. Darlene thought our 50th Reunion was the highlight of 2019. Susan Starr Tomaszewski retired from teaching in the summer 2020. She really misses the students. She hopes that 2021 will give her a chance to resume visits to her family and friends. Cynthia “Cindee” Catalano has been busy since graduating from The Woods, attending Law School at Western Reserve and getting her JD. She went to work at Catalano’s Stop-N-Shop. In 2007, Giant Eagle bought out the store and Cindee became self-employed as an accountant for businesses in Chagrin Fall, Ohio. She currently lives there with her rescue dog. Timothee Maloy Keys spent the majority of 2020 staying safe by staying home, wearing a mask at the supermarket, and trying to stay six feet away from the cart in front of her. Timothee is glad to be retired and not having to relearn how to teach through a Zoom screen to 24 wiggly third graders. Luckily her family has been COVID-19 free and they have been celebrating birthdays and holidays via Zoom. Her hair is almost long enough to donate for cancer wigs. Emily Franco has had a difficult year dealing with family and inheritance issues. She has been spending a lot of time remodeling her condo and that of another unit for a professor who moved to live with her niece for health reasons. Emily is considering moving and has been looking into the advice given by International Magazine on the cost factors of living in different international locations. Georgette Harber Schraeder has sad news. On Oct. 3, the Feast of the Transitus of St. Francis, Georgette and her husband Don were headed for a retreat at their local Franciscan Prayer Center when he had a stroke. He passed away on Oct. 13. Georgette is appreciative of the comforting words she received; Cynthia “Cindy” Evard Hodapp , Suzanne Sainz Bouwens , Ellen Gildea Douglas , and Anita Redoutey Bowlin . I hope all our classmates will keep Georgette and her three sons in their thoughts and prayers. She is thankful for 51 years of joyful memories and laughter she got to share with him. Kathleen “Kathy” Truffa Cowperthwait is glad to be retired. Not much is new in her life except that she had knee replacement surgery and dealt with all the things involved with recovery. Anne Becherer Hambly can add to the bad news of 2020. She was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. She has finished chemotherapy and radiation and her prognosis is excellent. She is a survivor and is looking forward to visiting and hugging her Colorado grandchildren. Our class will keep you in our thoughts and prayers too. Judy Sadler Nelson made a big move in June 2020, from Texas to Greenville, North Carolina.

the AARP as a tax preparer, although in a socially distant format this season. Patricia “Pat” Bihl-Miranda took advantage of the down time to have both knees replaced. Not being able to garden sealed the decision. She said the process was relatively easy and recommends it for anyone considering the procedures. The only downside was the amount of time needed for physical therapy. Her three children had a challenging time keeping their businesses going while dealing with the opening/closing of schools and daycare. Unfortunately, all her husband Fernando’s overseas trips were cancelled. Karen Erazmus McNeal and husband David are both still teaching college classes as their “retirement” careers with everything has been virtual or strictly on-line. In August, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family by renewing their vows in church where they were married. In January 2020, they were able to take a nice cruise, but after that all their cruises were cancelled. Their daughter, Karleen McNeal ’92 and son- in-law Erlandas, as physicians, were both involved in caring for COVID-19 patients. Luckily, the family stayed safe. Catherine “Cathie” Rodefer died of congestive heart failure in Salisbury, Maryland, on Feb. 21. Cathie was always among the first to encourage classmates to attend each Reunion. She taught chemistry from middle school through college, served as director of continuing education at The Woods for eight years and traveled the country for Johns Hopkins University’s Success for All program for curriculum reform. She visited at least 30 countries, 26 islands, and 18 national parks. The islands included Puerto Rico, where Cathie greatly enjoyed the hospitality of Norma Valle Ferrer , her Woods roommate. Norma Valle Ferrer , Judith “Judy” Curtin , and Joan Wylie Hall all spoke with Cathie in the month before her death. She was as enthusiastic as always about The Woods, already looking ahead to the next Reunion. On each visit to campus, Cathie spent time with her beloved Sisters of Providence, among them Ruth Eileen Dwyer, SP, ’60 , Alexa Suelzer, SP, ’39 , and William Eyke, SP, for as long as they lived. Cathie is survived by her brother, Dale Rodefer; her sister-in-law, Susan Rodefer; and by hundreds of Woods friends. To help us keep in touch, please let me know if you change your e-mail address or move. Several of the addresses I have are invalid, so if you have not received any of my emails in a while, please check to see if I have your correct contact information. My e-mail address is karen.mcneal@ comcast.net. Think about the fun we’ve had together making and sharing memories and consider celebrating together again as we turn 75 in 2022.

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