Onyx Anneau Spring 2021

completed numerous jigsaw puzzles, and read a plethora of novels. The address you see above will be good through 2021 and then I hope to be moving. Kathy Robinson Goldstein wrote, “As for me, the ovarian cancer has not returned, and I am grateful. I now live only seven miles from my daughter Elana. I have fantastic doctors here. My granddaughter Lorelai is almost eight and is quite a girl! Tennessee is beautiful. It has been an adjustment for a woman from Los Angeles.” Diane Mikol Cunningham enjoyed Zoom holiday gatherings. Her organizations and Jazzercise were active on Zoom and Vimeo. Three grandsons are in college, one is a senior in high school and her granddaughter is a high school sophomore. She and Jack spent most of the summer enjoying weekends at his home on Muskegon Lake. Margaret “Peggy” Varro Koegler informed us: “My husband Bob passed away on Father’s Day from a short bout with lung cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam. All four children and two granddaughters were with him as he passed. Life is changed and how we approach that change is up to us with the support of family and friends.” Annette McMullen’s husband Lynn kept busy all summer with his garden and her with the canning. She feels “at a loss about why I can’t get everything done that I want to do, let alone the housekeeping and laundry chores that I really don’t want to do.” They managed a brief visit with Judith “Judy” White Stoffel just before Christmas. Gaines Chapman Chastain, the husband of Gail Holland Chastain , died June 9, 2019. She is well but learning to cope with bills and all the things he always took care of. She is thankful they had a 50th anniversary trip to Alaska. She now has four children, seven grandchildren and two great granddaughters! Virginia “Gay” Morrison McHugh wrote from Greenwood, South Carolina, that she has retired after years in educational administration. She now teaches an introductory education class at the university and supervises three student teachers. Gay and husband Tom are enjoying nine grands and building a “tiny house” connected to their daughter’s home. Wayne and Susan “Sue” Eichmuller Hamilton have “cleaned out drawers and closets multiple times” and enjoyed lots of golf. Sue continues to facilitate Adult Faith Formation for their church. Their grandchildren (Lexie-20 and Zach-18) provide fun involvement in their lives. Sheila Kelley Smock and John now live full time in South Carolina. Two of their children with families live nearby. They have “12 perfect grandchildren, unlike our children.” Sheila (and many of you) shared her hopes for a spring Reunion. Mike and Carol Kobar Moulton are “in good health for our ages – no joint replacements and still can walk and get around. By the time you get this we will have had our vaccine shots.” Their daughter Lizze is expecting a son in March! Many new adventures for 2021! Nora Hilger McGowan loves her 15 years of living in Tucson with the desert, sunsets, mountains C L A S S N O T E S

and dear friends. She has two sons with families in Chicago and a daughter and family in Washington, D.C. Jeanne McGrath Anastasi writes that her daughter and family live close so they have safely gathered during the pandemic. She has enjoyed a variety of virtual classes: Yale’s The Science of Well Being, a weekly New York City book group, and an Epiphany retreat, Wise Women Also Came. She sends blessings to all of us “wise women!” In fall 2018, Bonita “Bonnie” Liosi Stevens spent vacation time in Arizona with Ann “Patti” Sharrer Bokermann , Barbara Dieter Momper , Rita McGrath Mayer , Mary Anne Lightner Kowalski , Anne-Marie “Nene” Markosky Bouteiller , Winikay Toomey Reese , Maureen McDonnell Silhasek , and Cathy Murphy . Mike and Bonnie are healthy and staying close to home in Florida, looking forward to receiving the vaccine. Roger and Anne-Marie “Nene” Markosky Bouteiller are home in Connecticut with son Matt, family, daughter Kate, and family nearby. Nene and Ann “Patti” Sharrer Bokermann manage an occasional outdoor lunch. Nene voices all our hopes for a May Reunion, but “if not, let’s plan for 2022!” Since our last report, Sheila McBride Beaupre is doing very well, despite breaking her left arm at the surgical neck and having two knee surgeries, one a total knee replacement. Her husband Glenn is on his second year of treatment for a rare skin cancer and has just been diagnosed with cancer on his eyelid. She concludes with “We have an AWESOME God who loves us all and will take care of us.” Elizabeth Baginskis Kursitis and Vitalis are in Florida for the winter and the pandemic. Their two children with spouses and two boys each enjoy board games, “some controlled” video games, and the pool when they come for spring and Christmas breaks. Geraldine “Gerri” Gornik is semi-retired and working permanently from home. She tested positive for COVID and had seven days of hospitalization right before Christmas. She is now fully recovered and “grateful to be alive!” She hopes an in-person May Reunion is possible. Despite being homebound, Alice Beha Frerman celebrated with granddaughters: two college graduations without the ceremony and one wedding in a backyard and limited to forty guests! She is starting her fourth quilt, reading up a storm and working many jigsaw puzzles. Don and Margaret Curley Burk have “hunkered down” in Oak Park, Illinois, this last year. They have only seen children and grands virtually. Margaret is writing personal and historical family stories, producing, and participating in virtual storytelling shows. She is eager to be “live and in person” again! With 14 grandchildren, Bob and Billie DeBeck Brunsman are spending lots of virtual time! Billie hopes to attend at least one ceremony when the two oldest girls graduate from law school and Purdue in May. She sends “huge hugs to the class of 1966!”

From Sedona, Arizona, Melissa Crider Andrea reports, “doing fine here.” She is staying well and reading a lot, feeling blessed to be sheltering in such a beautiful location. “As I watch awesome sunrises and sunsets, I feel much gratitude for being protected in these times that are cruel to so many people.” Following the COVID guidelines and mostly staying home is the theme for David and Marilyn Marks Oberhausen . A February hip replacement, productive vegetable gardening, outdoor walks, and 6:30 a.m. Mass and virtual coordination of parish lectors help to fill Marilyn’s days. Praying for all of us is a daily part of Dennis and Margaret “Peggy” Dooley Nitka’s life. They welcomed a new grandson on March 1. They walk every day and are “grateful for everyone’s health so far and for backyard family fire pit gatherings warmed by love.” From Venice, Florida, Jennifer “Jen” Jones Endsley has reached out because she “felt a need to connect.” (Don’t we all, Jen!) She has missed traveling to see her two children and reaching out with her volunteer work. “But after my vaccine, I will be right back at it!” Winter has passed more quickly for Mary Ann Lightner Kowalski because she has moved to a condo and remodeled and decorated with her daughter’s help. She alerts us “moving and changing addresses is a big pain.” However, she is happy with the move! Marilyn Gaudreau Hackett expressed her appreciation for Zoom: she and her children live in four different time zones! So, communication with all online is a challenge and has to be coordinated. She has stayed healthy and anticipates her vaccine shot. Then there’s our own Mary Jo Augustine ! With Team JoJo’s enthusiastic family support in 2019, she won two golds, three silvers and one bronze in the six strokes she swam in the Senior Swimming Olympics! Husband Jim and Jo were both hit hard by COVID this past year and are slowly but surely recovering their “mojo.” When I shared Jo’s video of her swimming events, I blew it! I did not record all the appreciations Jo received for her accomplishments nor the names of those who sent them. I apologize to several who are not included here even though I did hear from them! Margarita Felipe Gonzalez did write “Thank you for sharing! Having been a swimmer, a mother of swimmers, and grandmother of swimmers, I enjoyed every minute of it.” Another person taking advantage of “home- bound-ness” is Jo Ann Surmont Hribernik . She and her husband are sorting and getting rid of “overbought stuff” in preparation for a downsizing move. Jo Ann says, “We are off for our 17 move…I am an expert.” Diana Schmitt Barry shares her news “such as it is.” She and her cat Kiki are home together. Diana has served virtually on two boards, worked on quilts, made about 100 masks and had several phone conversations with Billie DeBeck Brunsman . Hearing from Masako “Micki” Ishii Inoue in

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