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1970
Gail Remick Hoage
64 Valley Road
New Durham, NH 03855
(603) 859-3241
e-mail: gail@michaelsschool.com
Deb Marcoux Deacetis is busy
kayaking all over the place,
which is keeping her fit and trim.
Deb’s husband had hip surgery
only weeks following the reunion
and he is now back on track—
good as new. Sarah Haskell is
on her amazing journey to Cape
Town, South Africa, with her
community-woven prayer flags,
which is an interactive global
art project inspired by Tibetan
prayer flags that she launched in
2007. You can read more about it
at www.wovenvoices.blogspot.
com. Have not heard from
Beatrice “Bea” Korab Jackson
and could not find her or her
husband on Facebook, so please
write and let me know you are
safe and well. Back from the Rose
Bowl, Susan Pomerantz is busy
and back working hard at “The
View,” waiting to take a needed
vacation to Africa. Always good
to hear from my good pals Val
Turtle and Beth Constantinides
Meurlin. All is well with Beth,
her family and especially her
mom. I hope the rest of the
alumni will please keep in touch
and drop me a note to post in
the news. You can reach me on
Facebook or via e-mail.
1971
Bonnie Pratt Filiault
650 Old Stage Road
Centerville, MA 02632-1804
e-mail:
bfiliault@kinlingrover.com
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1972
Linda Kelly Graves
880 Tannery Drive
Wayne, PA 19087-2343
(610) 688-0230
e-mail: dikeroka@aol.com
Jane Woodworth founded the
Sturbridge, MA, Tea Party as she
continues her political radio
show. When time permits she
continues to work as a lawyer.
Brooke De Lench’s website,
MomsTeam.com, just celebrated
its 10 year anniversary as the
“trusted source for youth sports
parents.” Brooke still enjoys the
fast-paced workings of an online
media company. She has also
served as a national spokesperson
for Gatorade. For fun, Brooke
and Nancy Schaeffer von-
Stackelberg ran their 40th high
school reunion in Duxbury, MA.
I recently had the opportunity
to see Lydia Biddle Thomas,
Deborah Ross Chambliss and
Nancy Bianchi Miller. Lydia
tells me that she, along with
Nancy Schaeffer vonStackelberg
and Cynthia “Cindy” Warren
Kelley, were heading to San
Francisco in May to visit Kate
Dixon Rose and to see Napa
Valley and the San Francisco
area. Nancy Bianchi Miller’s
middle son, Andrew, will be getting
married on Oct. 1, 2011.
Deborah Ross Chambliss continues
to work hard and do a bit
of traveling (golf included). On
a sad note, we have learned that
Heather Rankin Clark passed
away in her sleep, late this past
fall. We are sorry to have lost
such a fine member of our class.
She will be missed. Hope you all
are well. Please feel free to email
me anytime with your news.
1973
Nancy R. Messing
908 Ponce de Leon Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
(954) 779-7449
e-mail: nrmessing@aol.com
Jane Haslun Schwab writes, “I
am in my 15th year as a teacher
assistant at our local junior
high, and I love it. My husband
has been with Amica Insurance
Company for 33 years. Our oldest
daughter, Lindsay, was married
this past Aug. She and her husband
live a few miles from us,
and she is substitute teaching in
town, hoping to be hired soon.
Our younger daughter, Taylor,
has been living in San Diego for
3½ years.” Elizabeth “Lilly”
Heckman Cleveland’s artwork
has won 2 awards recently. Her
painting “Poplars” was to be
on exhibit in the Duxbury Art
Complex Museum as part of the
Winter Juried Show and won
3rd place in watercolor. She still
teaches adult classes at the South
Shore Art Center in Cohasset,
where she’s also on their Board
of Advisors. Recently, she started
earning a certificate in genealogy.
She enjoyed doing her own
family research and is studying
to do this work for other people.
Her husband, Mark, is VP of a
pharmaceuticals company and
does new product development.
They’ve have been married 35
years in June! Their oldest son,
Matthew, is finishing his MA
in geology and younger son,
William, is living in Boston and
finishing at UMASS, majoring
in biology. Lilly keeps in touch
with her classmates/bridesmaids
Lorraine Carroll ’74 in
Cambridge, MA, who is engaged
to be married, and Suzanne
Wheeler McLymond ’74, who
is a hospital laboratory director
living in Rochester, NY, with
her husband and teenage son.
Recently, Lilly became reacquainted
with Nancy Schaffer von-
Stackelberg ’72. “You’re going
to Hollywood!” is what Sharon
Sawyer Cross’s daughter was
told at her audition for American
Idol. Chandler, who sings, acts
and dances, made it through to
the next round. Sharon and her
husband own a theatre company,
RISE on Broadway, now with 2
locations in RI. Their son, Clay,
moved back from CA and is living
and working in Boston for
an Internet company, and is
engaged to be married in Sept.
The family is hosting 2 Chinese
exchange students this year, and
has previously hosted 11 others
from various countries. Sharon’s
husband has accepted a position
as counsel with Wells Fargo in
NC, so Sharon will be moving
south when high school ends.
Dierdre Dennis just published
her 1st book! Walking into Spring
or, Bowling My Way Home…An
Appalachian Trail Story can be
ordered through Lulu.com under
biography/memoir. Dierdre is
about halfway through hiking the
White Mountain 4000-footers.
She also owns Lily Farm Artcards;
the cards are generated from her
paintings, so check them out!
Dierdre is a full time special ed.
assistant, and also owns and
operates a landscape design company.
Marcia Clemmer Carrier
lives in Mt. Lakes, NJ. Marcia has
2 granddaughters who live in VA,
ages 2 and 8 months, and she
drives down once a month to
see them and her son Jason, 33.
Her daughter, Brooke, 31, lives in
Bethesda, MD, and Marcia sees
her as well. Daughter Colby is living
with mom for the time being.
Sadly, Marcia’s sister, Leslie, died
of breast cancer 4 years ago, and
left 2 sons that Marcia keeps in
touch with. You knew Elizabeth
Marshall Weaver as Mary at
Colby, and now she goes by her
nickname, Beth. Beth lives in
Portsmouth, NH, and works part
time in medical sales, selling specialized
radiology products. Her
daughter is entering her junior
year of high school this fall. Beth
enjoys winter sports, gardening,
hiking and boating off the coast
of NH, but her passion for the last
30 years has been jogging in the
early morning. She stays in touch
with Mary Cunniff Lambert and
Susan Wheeler McLymond ’74.
The 3 get together every June
on the beach in Wells, ME. As
for me, we have Peter, who has
just graduated from 8th grade.
Peter has been on the fencing
team since 4th grade. Caroline is
wrapping up her freshman year
at Penn and has also joined Tri
Delt Sorority. We were fortunate
to spend 10 days together in Mar.
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