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Deirdre McBride Radanovic , with time on her hands, started giving things away. She met a Catholic Charities supervisor who steered her to a group accepting donations during COVID. Deirdre says the job is tedious, but her kids will love her for it. She also participates in a Bible study group at her parish. Kathryn “Kathy” Sharp writes that due to excellent medical professionals, her husband survived a major health issue and is recovering well. She is blessed to have no health issues. Kathy has two grandchildren at Indiana University and one at the University of Kansas. Rosemary Krider Schmid is adjusting to PPSS (“post” pandemic stress syndrome) by moving from ESL classrooms to online private tutoring/consulting with professionals whose first language is not English. In February, she presented “Fitting in While Studying and Living in the USA” at Cambodia TESOL. She’s boosted and ready to travel. Theresa Rosner White is happily living full time in Florida in a CCRC facility which is now open for activities such as shopping, dining out and being “masked free”. She was able to visit Michigan and Colorado and stays healthy with water aerobics and line dancing. Mary Sue “Susie” Bachman Renn says, “Count me in on the ‘grateful for the blessings that this (COVID) has taught us about family, friends and health.’” She has survived COVID and is looking forward to 2022, hoping the new adventures in our 80s will be good to us. Mary Jo Carney Johnson celebrated her 80th birthday in October with a family reunion weekend involving her two sons Jim from Denver and Chris from Nashville, her five siblings and spouses from Connecticut and California and even nieces and nephews in Lake St Louis. She keeps busy with Zoom book clubs. Linda Hahus and her husband are going to independent living. They have been looking at places for several years, and now are ready, but staying in the San Antonio, Texas, area. Moving has been a major activity in retirement—eight residences including several short-term apartments. They’re ready to settle in. Kathleen “Kathy” Kearney DeVito says the biggest event was her granddaughter’s wedding in January, delayed one year because of COVID, with 200 vaxed and boosted guests. Another event was moving from a ten-room house to a five-room condo. She had been preparing for three years but felt “it was so hard.” Janet Scoggin Kerner and her husband Bill celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary! Anne “Dee” O’Donnell avidly follows the SMWC news and marvels at the changes and progress. She’s jealous of what is available to the current students but wouldn’t trade our unique time there for anything! Dee still volunteers for Catholic Charities. She hopes to have our Chicago, Ill., classmates get together soon. Kathleen “Kathy” Ennis Patinkin says the best part of 2021 was selling their home and moving into a high-rise in downtown Oak Park, Ill. She and her husband had mild COVID cases but were quarantined through Christmas and New Year’s. They did spend Thanksgiving at their daughter’s home in New York. Anne Lenhard Benington and George avoided COVID, spending winter months in Florida. Two grandchildren, Andrew and Anna, graduated from college, Andrew in December from the University of Illinois in computer science and Anna in history from John Carroll University in May. Youngest granddaughter Rachel made a beautiful First Communion in April. Finally, set your calendar for Reunion 2023 ---60 Years!

volunteers at the Science Center on a marketing campaign. Facebook friends love her photos. Clara Anne McKenna had a strenuous year with eye surgery and other medical problems but is pleased that the house she purchased with daughter CK has finally “closed.” December 107 mph winds bought down a spruce that fortunately missed the house and didn’t stop a delightful family Christmas gathering. Stella “Sally” Cratty Byant and daughter Paula enjoyed fall colors on a Boston to Canada trip. After Stella’s car developed problems, she went online and bought a car sight unseen and is delighted with her new transportation! She loves being a part of the Zoom quartet of herself, Marianne, Gloria and Marcia. Marianne Lautner Jones devours books and is back to crocheting prayer shawls. Marianne enjoyed a trip to Philadelphia, Pa., with her daughter and a trip to Rhode Island for a family Confirmation. She yearns for the return of international travel! Marianne has a biweekly zoom session with Gloria, Marcia, and Sally. Gloria Wegman Coen , another Zoomer, lectors at church and has three weekly line dance classes. Travels involved visits to Kansas City and Branson, Mo., some for family occasions, some just for fun. They lost their electricity when Texas experienced the ice storm and felt lucky, although they were freezing, their pipes did not. Marcia Zeeck Spranger, another Zoomer, and Bob don’t let health issues keep them from their twice- daily walks in the park that their fur babies insist on. Their thirty-eight-year-old house needed attention and Marcia is the chief supervisor and loving the results of her idea to install solar panels. Carolyn Fahrmann sounded good on a phone visit with Marianne. Carolyn shared that she enjoys her youngest sister’s grandchildren. Lois Fenlon Brinkman had all 38 of the family for Thanksgiving even after her September total knee replacement. Lois is co-leader of the Women of the Heart group at her parish and works with another woman on “Pathways to Prayer” involving researching spiritual journaling and poetry as prayer. Susan “Suzz” Maxheim Carter does paint-by- numbers of her own photographs and plays a little bridge. Suzz fell, was hospitalized, and the CT showed more problems. This led to surgery. Adding to the painful year, Suzz’ husband Peter died in early March. RIP dear Peter. MiriamWanjiru Chege reports from Nairobi, Kenya, that it is a delight to have two of her daughters and grandchildren living close by. She notes all the requests for prayers and shares that other than slowing down due to age, she has been well. Rosemary “Mickey” Hubeny does lots of virtual exercise classes, library informational classes and instructional zoom classes. Mickey has gotten into daily mediation and finds it rewarding. She is blessed with good health, continues to adjust to our new world and is thankful to still be a part of it. Joyce Schumacher Toothman enjoys good health and plays golf at every opportunity. Her children organized a special birthday celebration with all of her favorite things in Coronado. They have visited family in New York and been visited by the whole family at Thanksgiving who helped put up the Christmas decorations! Mary Ann Kelly Hellmann had a wonderful family Christmas and then she and Jerry were off to California, joined by Gay Gallagher Scherrer and Juliet Muro Oeffinger . Those Woodsies met up with Rachel Eberle Ambrose and Susan “Suzz” Maxheim Carter while in California. Gay Gallagher Scherrer loved joining the Hellmanns and Juliet on the trip to California with visits

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It is with sadness that I report the death of our classmates: Margaret “PK” Kelly Deputy (June 2021) Judith “Judi” Loman Albert (October 2021) How beautiful to note that the obituaries of both mentioned their love for and fond memories of our beloved college. Each treasured this place such that they both have their final resting place at The Woods in the Sisters of Providence Community Cemetery Columbarium. Denise King Maddux welcomes family visits, a new grandchild and a June wedding providing the opportunity for a family reunion. Denise serves on the Board of the Coachella Valley Boys & Girls Club helping thousands of young people. Denise now sports a monogrammed walker in hopes of avoiding future falls. Sheila Nolan Whalen reports that family has survived COVID and grandson Nolan is completing college. She and Pat look forward to getting back to live theatre in Chicago, Ill. In the meantime, she still leads book discussions at a local bookstore and leads a Scripture study group at their parish. Noreen Gorman Perrone has less work to do since Covid has slowed down her husband’s consulting/mentoring business. Noreen follows her granddaughter’s athletic success as Mia travels for tournaments. A bit of a spin on the ice did not stop Noreen from keeping a pre-op cataract appointment. Ruthann Hofer McGarry and Matt enjoy their winter in Florida although hauling her sewing machine has cut back on her sewing creativity. However, Ruthann has moved on to oil painting, joining a painting group in Florida. Her landscape and flower canvases cut time from Sudoku and walking on the beach. Sister Connie Kramer visited family in the Boston area and spent Christmas at The Woods. Since coronavirus has limited options, she continues to do retreat work in person and spiritual direction and grief counseling online and/or Zoom sessions and is grateful for technology making possible the ministries dear to her heart. Gretchen Stipher Cain attends grandchildren’s athletic events and musical performances. She plays bridge and euchre and works in a golf game. She and Jim volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul every week and go to weekly Bible study. They enjoyed a football weekend at Notre Dame with Maribeth Albers Smith . Therese “Terri” Grein Bivona fills her life with multimedia artwork, and “playing” with coloring. She attends AA meetings, watches TV series that she and Mark enjoy, and packs in as much reading as possible when not doing all of the above! Did I mention the 1500-word puzzle? Patricia “Pat” O’Brien Pagone has daughters living close by. They and the whole family traveled to Michigan to a rental house big enough to accommodate the Pagone gathering of 12. Pat spends time helping in the church food pantry and other parish guilds and enjoys the virtual programs available through the library. Rachel Eberle Ambrose made a trip to South Dakota that included stops to visit Clara Anne McKenna in Colorado and Bernadette “Bernie” Kwak Hogan in Arizona. Other trips included Northern California. When not on the road, Rachel

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