SPRING-OA 2022

C L A S S N O T E S away on November 26. Please continue to support the Woods Fund. We hope 2022 will bring good health to each of us. ’60 Mary Janice Robertson Jaqua 52203 E Terra Fern Dr Sandy, OR 97055-7415 503-318-2104 janjaqua@gmail.com Barbara Beach Hogan wrote that she had retired from her duties as Class Secretary and sent a thank you to all for your support these past seven years. “I look forward to a face-to-face Reunion in 2025!” said Barbara. We all thank Barbara for her service on our behalf. Mary Janice “Jan” Robertson Jaqua is recovering from COVID and a 10-day isolation/quarantine. The family is all safe and thriving. She and Jeff are still farming in Sandy, Ore., and continuing their hobbies – me genealogy, knitting, spinning and dyeing yarn – Jeff and I planting saved seeds in a newly constructed redwood greenhouse for our 2022 garden– Jeff serving on several boards, giving tours at Timberline Lodge, raising sheep and chickens, running his on-the- property garden stand, and keeping this nine-acre farm going. Dolores “Dodie” Hoss Pflumm wrote, “Basil and I attended the high school graduation of our two grandsons – one in Las Vegas, Nev., and one in Fishers, Ind. Our five children and 18 grandchildren are doing well, some still in school. Our Community of Faith is presenting one of Pope Francis’ Encyclicals for our parish.” Mary Ellen Greubel Coates wrote that her daffodils are growing like crazy and she is looking forward to the spring so she can get out and dig in the garden dirt – her most loved hobby. She says, “I need to get my knee replaced but there just doesn’t seem to be a good time to do it.” She’s hoping to attend her grandson’s graduation in June in Lansing, N.Y. Ann Berger Frutkin wrote, “Our world in Indianapolis, Ind., has been in stasis generally since the onset of COVID. This really makes location so important. So, I have been finding joy in gardening in my now very familiar yard, meeting with my art group, checking in with grandchildren and in general keeping up with the challenging world around us.” Mary Morley, SP, wrote, “In 2020 we could not attend our 60th Reunion due to COVID-19 and again in 2021. We had the option to attend but few in our class planned on going. Kathleen Desautels, SP, and I came up with an alternative idea to go virtual on the very day Reunion was taking place at The Woods. With the help of Sarah Stultz Mahady ’05 from the Alumni office, we were able to gather with 28 classmates. Hopefully, in 2025 we will be at SMWC to celebrate our 65th.” Charlene Simons Longnecker shared “After many years of volunteer work in the Freer Museum at the Smithsonian, I have recently retired. My project in the archives, cataloging works of art on paper, was always interesting and educational. I miss my work project. However, I do visit the gallery to keep in contact.” Vivian Larkowski Kozak was in Florida as she wrote on February 20. She has had many losses in her family this year including her sister Florence, her niece and her youngest son Steven. She has asked for our prayers for her dear ones. She noted, “I am glad to be functioning and miss all The Woods has to offer.” She sends peace to all. Sarah Popp Ward sends greetings from Fort Myers, Fla. “Enjoying my winter days in the sunshine state.

My four children have been coming periodically to keep me company. It will be three years in May since my hubby passed away. I am here six months of the year and in Fort Wayne, Ind., the rest of the time. I am happy and content in both places doing yoga, water aerobics and exercise class as well as daily walks.” Dorothy Wilson Felix, wrote from Broken Arrow, Okla., “I just returned from a week in Florida. Visited my brother and sister-in-law and niece and her husband. Erica (daughter) and Matt are busy. I am doing a senior aerobics class three times per week and line dancing classes on the other two days. While in Florida, I began learning pickleball. I hope our class can get a Reunion at The Woods soon.” Jeanne Smith Rielly said, “I am still in Maine and surviving the pandemic. No COVID at all in my family. Finally retired from running the food pantry after 20 some years, but then joined our church group making lunch once a month for the motel nearby filled with homeless families. My husband and my grandson both have books coming out. We are so blessed to have both our kids and their families right here in Westbrook. Cheers to all at The Woods.” Andrea Unruh Linde wrote, “Other than too much snow, I am enjoying my new independent Senior home. Meeting lots of new friends as well. Having lost my husband, Harry, in July, this has been a good move for me. Maybe we can make it to our next Reunion??” And finally, we received this thoughtful message from Nancy Kotowicz Williams that exceeds the word limits – but must be included in its entirety. “As we move beyond our ‘average life expectancy’ (yipes!), I’m reminded that making smart decisions on how time is spent in the remaining years…is important. Get out the bucket list…work on it diligently…and stay connected to friends…one never knows! There is still time to amend, fix, and rejoice…but a day will still always have only 24 hours. Family members and friends disappear, but I am thankful for being of ‘that’ age. I pray our world stays safe, even though we must weep for those not so fortunate. Moving back to upstate New York…originally planned as a ‘brief two years’…is now permanent – D.C. no longer lures. Life in upstate is interesting and busy without the caustic politics! Although we’ve honored all COVID advice, careful travel continues…I loved a month camping in Botswana last summer and travel back to my old stomping grounds in South Africa. Am looking forward to an ‘official trip’ to The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Staying internationally involved continues…I am about to take over as the President of the World Affairs Council here in Rochester. Engaging global speakers for our member programs is always interesting and challenging. Cultural life abounds… and Board work with the Finger Lakes Opera takes me back to that Junior SMWC semester in Vienna that led to a love of opera. Am grateful for every new day, every old friend, an occasional nap and a good snow shovel.” ’61 Alice Steers Lingenfelter 4726 Carlene Way SW Lilburn, GA 30047-4704 404-314-7907 alice.lingenfelter@gmail.com As I watch the 2022 Winter Olympics, my memory drifts back to sneaking into someone’s room in Le Fer Hall watching the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif., with Penny Pitou skiing the downhill and the men’s hockey team winning the gold. Little did I know I would be skiing in Squaw Valley 15 years later… not in competition… but I did meet my husband there.

We have lots of memories especially those of Margaret “Peggy” Pollard Felsenthal who passed away on December 15, 2021 after a long illness. Her artistic capabilities were her life in Memphis, Tenn., even owning an Art Gallery there where she would send me pictures of her art. Madeline Cavanaugh Hautz informed me of her death reminding me that she was Peggy’s partner in bridge for four years at The Woods. I did send condolences to her son from the class. Madeline has released 5,000 email messages so she can now respond to friends rather than spam (a problem appearing often when I am emailing). She loves living in South Carolina and still plays bridge, is in an Art class and crochets. Ann Stephen Stouffer, SP , we know her as Judy Stouffer, passed away on December 9, 2021, after 61 years of ministry in Indiana, Illinois and California. Maryanne O’Connor Donahue and Sally O’Connell informed me in time for me to send flowers to her funeral service from the class. Claire Hanson, SP , sent me a lovely note saying they were right next to her with lots of family members present. She did have a lovely smile God will enjoy that in heaven. We have been lucky to have so many of our classmates keeping up with each other. I took Maryanne’s, Sally’s and Madeline’s advice and “Googled” some of our classmates who haven’t returned any of my requests. Alice Bradshaw Allen’s obituary appeared with accomplishments in her life (June 3, 1938-April 28, 2021). She continued her education at the University of Tulsa and Oklahoma obtaining a Master’s Degree in social work. Her career started in Tahlequah, Okla., and in Muskogee working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and then to Osage Agency in Pawhuska. She was proud of her ancestorial lineage as a member of the Osage and Quapaw Nations. She married in 1962 and had two children, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Valerie Dziubek Kuck texted me she was hanging in there and hopefully this pandemic will be history. She continues to be active in the American Chemical Society by organizing efforts to reach out to middle school students for minority groups. She teaches the real science and the real chemistry, not doing the razzle-dazzle experiments with liquid nitrogen where they don’t learn anything. Remember those days? Nancy Gillespie Putney-Abernathy commented the list of our lost classmates was “staggering” and “all I can see are the young faces at our graduation.” She lives in Calistoga, Calif., and has survived the pandemic with much gratitude. Mary Kathleen Hilger Barnes sent a Christmas message which was a card from her family. I believe her oldest son, Tom, died this year saying there was joy and thankfulness but great sorrow too. Her sister, Nora, who lives in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, came to visit and felt the “coldness of Northern Ireland” in August 2021. She sends “joy, peace and safety” to all of us. Carol Thoms Lindley called and we had a lengthy chat about where she has been for the past 60 years. Following her marriage to Jim, they lived all over the world from Indiana to Rhode Island, Taiwan, Nevada, Iowa, Chicago, England (ran the marathon) and now living in Moorhead, Minn., near her daughter. She lost her husband after 16 years with Parkinson’s Disease. The light of her life is a great-granddaughter, Delilah, who is 22 months old. Martha Nordloh Klevay is on the fast track with her Zoom meetings giving a short program on “Coping with changes in our lives due to outside difficulties”.

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