Onyx Anneau Spring 2021

Bruce and Rosemary Fratto Malec celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at their daughter’s home in Wisconsin after canceling plans for a party in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Daughter Michelle’s oldest son Ryan married Meg Harvey at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on October 3, 2020. The party was held in an open tent. Mary Burtch Fetters has remained well and healthy during this pandemic year. Camille Filar Kopielski fell in her kitchen on Election Day and suffered a broken hip. She has fully recovered after spending several days in the hospital and a month in rehab. Gaye Salerno Kenny and Phil enjoyed their time staying at home at their retirement apartment that afforded the opportunity to reconnect with old friends via email and Zoom. They spent time cleaning out files and other projects while both remaining to stay well. Grace “Ann” Doran McLaughlin and Bob are well and staying close to home but keeping busy helping neighbors. Son Peter is living with them and grateful for the assistance he provides. Last summer the family camped at Lake George, enjoying the outdoors and visiting with family members. During the unusual 2020, they truly thank God each day for one another. Marilyn Rogge DiNardo reported that due to COVID, lots of plans were canceled including a family trip to Hawaii at Christmas. She spent time at home with projects, working puzzles and just organizing everything! Due to COVID-19, Mickey and Rosemary “Dee” Cirando Coyne had to change their plans to celebrate their 60th anniversary in Syracuse, New York, but their pastor in Naples arranged for a Mass and renewal of vows shown on YouTube for family and friends. Two of the three surviving members of the wedding party live in Naples so were able to attend the liturgy. Mickey and Dee pray daily for family and friends that they may be spared from COVID-19. Anita Wehmer Philpott passed away Aug. 14, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Richard. Our thoughts and prayers are extended to her family and friends. I, Agnes Piszczek , continue to serve on the National Alumni Board for Loyola University Chicago and continue as an active member on Maryville Academy’s Board of Directors. I plan to spend several months in Florida. Please continue to support the Woods Fund. C L A S S N O T E S ’60 Barbara Beach Hogan 4119 Fieldbrook Pass Fort Wayne, IN 46815-5580 MBHogan1963@gmail.com There is not a lot of news to report. With the restrictions due to the Pandemic, most of us are staying close to home. Mary Kay Schreier, DC has been living in Chicago with her community of Daughters of Charity while acting as POA for health and finances for her brother, who is single. He suffered a massive stroke,

is paralyzed and needs 24-7 caregivers. Sister also ministers part time as pastoral associate at the African American Mission Church of St. Peter Claver in Robbins, Il. This ministry brings much joy as well as challenges during this pandemic. Lois Leinenbach Mootz , Vivian Larkowski Kozak and Patricia “Pat” Vassallo Freebern all live near one another in Southwest Florida. They used to play golf together, but now it’s lunch and dinner. With Covid restrictions, they dine outside. How lucky they are to be in Florida! Recently Pat arranged for dinner with their husbands to celebrate birthdays for Lois and Vivian. Lois and Pete are faithfully following CDC guidelines and have received their first vaccines with the second one scheduled. Jeanne Smith Rielly still lives in Maine and runs the local food pantry. With Covid restrictions, distributions are curbside with some boxes prepared elsewhere. Jeanne’s husband, Edward, is finishing a book on Native American women in leadership roles. This includes the new Secretary of the Interior for President Biden. The grandchildren have adjusted well to virtual and hybrid learning. Birthday celebrations are being held in backyards with heaters and lights. Grandson, Morgan is now in the state legislature. He has a book coming out in August on new immigrants to Maine. Andrea “Andy” Unruh Linde reports that she and Harry staying home except for rare doctors’ and quick trips to the grocery store. They have just received their first Covid vaccination. Andy still holds out hope for Reunion. Ann Browne Martin is happy that she and her husband traveled when they did. Between transportation difficulties and health concerns, travel may be a luxury of the past. Ann hears from Mary Ann Schraffenberg Burger and Elizabeth Vessels Ayers regularly, but has not seen either of them recently. Nancy Kotowicz Williams and her husband arrived back in upstate New York from a trip to New Zealand and Australia days before New York locked down. Certainly, they didn’t have a clue what the following year would bring. They have received their first dose of Pfizer vaccine, but getting an appointment was a real challenge. Nancy misses her usual global travel. Now however there is no excuse not to work on the book she has been meaning to write. Nancy is amazed (as we all are) that we graduated sixty one years ago…..and happy we’re mostly all vertical! Although the past year has presented many challenges, I am blessed! Facetime and Zoom have allowed visits with the grandchildren, but I look forward to being with them in person. Now that I have been fully vaccinated, I am hoping that day will soon be here. ’62 Gail Sitzman Westhoven ‘62 401 Highland Ave Neptune NJ 07753 egwesthoven@mac.com 732-774-6885 News this year is a combination of news from 2019, 2020 and a little of 2021. As you know,

we had no alum news in Onyx Anneau 2020 and although it wasn’t because of COVID-19, it does seem weirdly coincidental that it followed suit with everything else that didn’t happen! Judy Reich Hoyt’s letter reaffirmed that her big family keeps her very busy and very blessed! Pre- COVID, she enjoyed studying the Bible with two groups of friends. That gift of faith helps ease the pain from the loss of their son, Patrick, in 2018, as does having a very large and supportive group of family and friends. I attended a 2019 high school holiday luncheon with Judy, Kathleen “Kathy” Feeser Voigt and Celestine “Cel” Hamant when I was in Indiana for a family wedding. Kathleen “Kathy” Feeser Voigt vacationed in Arizona where she was meeting up with other high school friends. They began 2020 with “big 80” celebrations that continued through winter and into the spring. Kathy keeps in touch with Mary V. Sherman Krebs. Mary V. Sherman Krebs had a mitral valve replaced in January 2020 and a Maze procedure to correct A-fib. Mary V. finished rehab right before the pandemic lockdown. Car rides every afternoon got them out of the house and she kept busy with exercises, knitting, reading, making puzzles plus keeping in touch with family and friends. Steve and Margie Cahill Ban would rather walk on the warm sand in Florida than endure the cold winters of northern Illinois. All their kids live near them so moving south isn’t an option. She and Frances “Fran” Hogan Luby still met for coffee, in their cars parked side by side, windows down. The coffee venue changed when Frances “Fran” Hogan Luby and Joe moved from Tower Lakes to Arlington Heights, Illinois, in February 2020. In August, Fran’s allergic reaction to dental medication hospitalized her with heretofore unsuspected heart problems. By-pass surgery followed. Fran “never had a clue” about her clogged arteries. She’s back to unpacking moving boxes. Fran sent word that Camilla Carbon was having surgery for the removal of a cancerous kidney. Camilla had successful surgery March 24, 2020, and was home recovering five days later and even though up she was up and about, recovery was slow. She’s very appreciative of everyone’s prayers. Judith Anne Smith is still recovering from a surgical procedure in early 2019 and the continuing long sessions of chemo and radiation. Please continue to keep her in your prayers. She still lives in North Carolina and hopefully missed some of the colder winter weather. Janet Srebalus, MM, wrote from Mwanza, that Tanzania had precautions and testing programs in place trying to prevent Ebola from entering from their neighboring Congo so they were quite proactive with COVID. Schools, closed since March, reopened in July and the village was back to normal. Her ministries of helping those with special needs, retreat accompaniment and seminar facilitation continues. Celestine “Cel” Hamant hoped that 2020 would be better after spending most 2019 trying to

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