SPRING-OA 2022

C L A S S N O T E S ’49 Lois Patton Olzawski 2840 E 23rd St Tulsa, OK 74114-3107 918-747-4844 zawski@aol.com Our 14 Forty-Niners greet all alumni! Kathleen “Kitty” Hannon Morton answered my call as soon as she received the mailing! Six of her seven children are retired and she proudly said she is a Great-Great-Grandmother to a boy and a girl who live in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Marie Hartmann Kalaher’s daughter in New Jersey answered for her as that’s where her mail goes! Marie is in Sarasota, Fla., and is doing great, though she had broken her hip in July. Nice letter from Joan Kane Ryan . “Blessed with good health both mind and body”, Joan enjoys her piano in her apartment, plays bridge weekly and enjoys her friends! Four of her children also live in St. Louis, Mo. Tom and I ( Lois Patton Olzawski ) are still “at home” in Tulsa, Okla. Three of our six live here and are so helpful! I still drive - everywhere - do some church work and organizational committee work, but I have given up my hospital volunteering. Don’t forget -- Nothin’ could be finer than to be a Forty-Niner! Our reunion has come and gone!! None of us were able to make it; 92 is not a great age to be! News from a few! Joan Lewis Ingram now needs daily assistance. She spends a lot of time reading, playing card games on her iPad, and gets rides to The Woods, recalling memories that were made there. Anne Farley Schemel is in an assisted living facility in Madison, Wis. Anne Stack Connell, living in Vera Beach, Fla., keeps in touch with her. On June 21, Rosemarie “Rory” Roney Eckman and Charles will celebrate 70 years of marriage. She is keeping busy cooking and grocery shopping and is staying well. They are still living in a house they built in 1965 in Indianapolis, Ind. I got a call from Joan McCoy Larsen and husband Howie. They are living in an assisted living facility in Gig Harbor, Wash. I know we have all heard from Angela “Angel” Crowley Kenny ! She has 38 great-grandchildren!! She lives in a suite in her daughter Colleen’s home. She gets to Mass every day and does her own cooking. As you can see, family keeps her busy. She is looking forward to Colleen’s son’s wedding in June. Julia Rooney Ladner is living alone with help. Her family checks up on her on a regular basis, even though they all live away from Lawrenceville. I am still able to live by myself! I am at home a lot – reading and cooking. I will have surgery on my left shoulder at the end of March. We have lost three classmates since my last report. Jeanette Williams Carrol l, Mary Jo Hughey Matheny and Joanne Sullivan McCarthy , RIP. Until next report, stay well. ’51 Mary Hoynes Duhigg 2365 Manchester Ln Avon, OH 44011-1670 216-221-7820 mchduhigg@att.net

In spite of Covid and impending 90’s (birthdays) the class of ‘54 is hanging in there, and some have ventured to travel. I had a call from Arlene O’Rourke Hamm whose daughter drove her from New York to celebrate Christmas with family in the south. Arlene’s Christmas card always has lots of smiling faces of several generations. Miriam Courtney Pecora also had travel plans. When she said she wanted to make a winter trip to Florida, a granddaughter was ready to take her. Miriam also has a still growing large number of offspring who are in the Chicago, Ill., area. Lois Guertin Doherty has been more confined due to immunodeficiency and bad effects of vaccination but has gotten better. Highlight of the week is a Skype session with her eight-year-old twin granddaughters who are beyond grade level in reading but like that Lois reads them books that they don’t have. Katheleen Thorne Higgins who was our classmate for two years has welcomed three great granddaughters in the last three months. Her daughter Judith “Judy” Higgins Price ’79 , lives in Terre Haute, Ind., and keeps her up to date on SMWC. When I hear from Patricia “Pat” Carbon Etling it’s full of news, not only about her large and interesting family, but a close-to-home (Terre Haute) update on The Woods. One of her grandchildren had an internship at Guantanamo, and another was anticipating one at the Vatican. When I expressed concern that I wouldn’t know the college of today she was very reassuring about the changes. Come to think of it, it was a different century when we graduated. Carol Nolan, SP lives in Providence Hall at The Woods after leaving the California Desert in 2018. The College is gloriously busy! She keeps as active as possible in justice issues. She is a member of the SP Justice Coordinating Committee. Last March a large caravan of nieces, nephews and several generations of greats came for a belated memorial service for our sister Nancy Nolan, SP ’59 , who died in 2020. Lois Guertin Doherty summed it up well. The world news doesn’t give us happy thoughts. I like to reminisce and find myself resorting to it more and more. ’56 Maureen Sullivan Brady 380 Church St Apt 3 Saint Ignace, MI 49781-1600 mbrady758@gmail.com I appreciate being asked to do the “somebody has to do it job”. It allowed sweet memories to be stirred-up and hopefully more letters will be coming in the future. Maureen Sullivan Brady calls to realize how a goodness that went before was part of an influence that many don’t have. I don’t take it lightly. Before my grandfather died as he laid in a coma, I asked the Lord why he was still here. Silver or gold he will not pass down but the fruit of the spirit. This I proclaimed at his funeral. Now when I see it in my family, I praise the Lord. My love and I have 63 years of practicing a marriage that makes the Lord laugh and rejoice as we trust in him. Donaldeen “Donnie” Vinton Connealy lives in Lincoln, Neb., now. All seven children have graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and all are happily married and go to mass – “quite a feat in today’s world”! She does volunteer work at Madonna which is very uplifting, especially since her dear husband had died in 2011. Mary Ann Miller Barrett is now living in Cleveland, Ohio, among many lifelong friends. Her photos from The Woods grow more special each passing year. Her

husband of 41 years has now passed. Three of her four children live in Florida, all in the healthcare business. Joanne Coughlin Ehrman is glad to see us in Onyx Anneau again. Since her husband died nine years ago, she lives with a daughter and son-in-law. Between the three children, two sons and daughter, she has seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She taught school, supervised PSR, been the secretary/treasurer in church, favorite ministry, cooking for church functions – but now retired due to heart problems, COPD. She has been blessed with a wonderful caring family and thanks God daily for them and the doctors that keep her going. Joan Steed Kunst shared how coming to The Woods sight unseen but was in love with at first sight and has never stopped. She calls her home now “Little house in The Woods”. She had no intention to go away to school but received several scholarships and chose Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. ’57 Martha Jacob, OSU 128 N Peterson Ave., Apt. 6 Louisville, KY 40206-3103 502-338-3331 mjacob@ursulineslou.org Greetings and blessings to each of us as we mark the 65th anniversary of our graduation! Since I am writing this in February, the May Reunion is still in the future. Patricia “Peach” McDonald King reports “noteworthy events.” These include a Covid-delayed celebration in May 2021 of a grandson’s wedding that was in October 2020. The family also spent a week together at Lake Geneva, Wis. She was busy updating her condo, which has been ‘home’ for 19 years. Sheila Sullivan McIntyre is happy to be back in Vermont year- round, lucky to be near two of her children and enjoying the lake in the summer and snowshoeing in the winter. Mary Hayes Garvin sends “[W]arm memories of our shared Woods experience.” She continues to live “in my treasured house.” She keeps in touch with Rosalie McGlynn , who is now living at St. Joseph Village in Chicago, Ill. Peggy Curl Doak reports two weddings in 2021: grandson in Philadelphia, Pa., and granddaughter in Genene, N.Y. She misses the guests now that the Bed and Breakfast is closed, but she is kept busy supporting grandchildren in their various sporting events. Peggy sent a note that she and Marilynn Burdick Stadtmiller are planning to attend the May Reunion. I have also sent in our reservations. Julia Rice King says, “not much new.” She still works at the parish rectory four days a week. She shared, “We all miss Marty but as I tell people, “I’m doing well and Marty is doing very well.” She asked if anyone had heard from Alice Geary Sgroi. Kathryn “Kay” Morrill Mancuso is into playing bridge and Mahjong and volunteering at her parish. Her daughter, Ann, who lives near Indianapolis, Ind., “comes over monthly.” Kay was able to travel to Denver, Colo., for a grandson’s wedding reception, “a year after the wedding.” Marilyn Marschall Antonik continues to live in Wilmette, Ill., near Jolynn and family, and in Ashburn, Va., near Steve and family. “I love spending time in each place near everyone and continue to be involved in Eco-justice, Anti-racism, Women’s issues, and just enjoying nature.” She is a SP Associate. Mary Howard Brown reports “a year of weddings for the grandchildren.” These required traveling, and she also spent time with her daughter, Jennifer, and granddaughter, Allie at Jumby Bay in the Virgin Islands, and with many of the extended family celebrating

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Jane Antrobus 5135 Tarrytown Dr Memphis, TN 38117-2125 901-685-7497 jantrobus3@aol.com

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