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REGIS TODAY
is her last column. Please join Regis in
thanking her. If anyone would like to
volunteer to be class reporter, please
Advancement and Alumni Relations.
1945
✒Annette P. Pendergast, 101
Weatherbee Drive, Westwood, MA
02090, 781-326-1230 I’d like to wish
each one of you a happy and healthy
New Year in 2013. During 2012,
however, 2 classmates passed away,
Jane Erickson Flanagan on March 27,
and Frances Ford O’Toole on Dec. 10.
In addition, Jacqueline Penez Criscenti’s
husband Joseph passed away on Jan.
3, 2013. Let us remember them in our
prayers. This past November 18,
the Memorial Liturgy at the college
chapel was crowded. Some individuals
even stood. Three of us — Doris
Lynch, Philomene Winchester Murphy,
and myself — represented our class.
The brunch was held in the Student
Union Dining hall; it was delightful.
At our table was Betty Cronin Crane’s
stepson David Crane. We reminisced
over Bett. Please note: The Annual
Fund is now called The Regis Fund.
the fund’s constant focus on Regis. As
a member of The Regis Fund Executive
Committee, I attend the bimonthly
meetings held at the College. I still
maintain my assignment of being the
fund agent of the Class of 1945. I may
be calling some of you now and in the
future. Our goal this year is $1,102,500
for unrestricted annual giving.
1946
Longtime class reporter Elizabeth
Brugman O’Brien passed away on
Jan. 9. Regis is honored by her
service to the College and prays
that she rests in peace.
1947
✒Phyllis Brosnahan Richardson,
3 Wingate Road, Lexington, MA
02421, 781-862-6262 As a group,
we continue to travel and thrive.
Marguerite Donovan and her family
had a marvelous river cruise from
Paris to Provence in late summer.
After a beautiful fall on Cape Cod,
she spent the winter months in Aruba
and St. Maarten. Peg reports keeping
up with the walking tours in France—
sometimes miles a day! In July
2012, Alice Marie Noonan Cote moved
to Bemidji, MN. Her Christmas note
was penned on a typical winter day:
20 below and snow. Alice Marie is
another one of our many classmates
experiencing better living through
technology — with 2 knee replacements!
She misses FL yet enjoys being close
to her son and his family. Rita Dailey
Fahey and S. Dorothy McKenzie, CSJ,
came to my home for tea over the
Christmas holidays. Rita is back
driving after a full hip replacement:
the November Memorial Liturgy. Rita
and her husband Frank celebrated
Christmas surrounded by family. Her
oldest grandchild is a practicing CPA
S. Dorothy is active in the community
at Bethany and is excited about her
grand- and great-grand-nephews and
-nieces. Now that all 7 grandnieces
and -nephews have college degrees,
the McKenzie Clan is nurturing 5
college-bounds, keeping up with 6
grade-schoolers, and delighting in the
wonder of the “little ones.” Gertrude
Breen Alfredson, S. Dorothy McKenzie,
Jeanne MacDonough Cronin, and Phyllis
Gallinelli Campbell gathered for a holiday
lunch at Alice Dunbar O’Halloran’s
home. Our new class president Alice
way to share information about the
Regis community and to keep us connected.
Catherine Gately McGunigle
had quite a brush with Hurricane
Sandy. Her home in Far Rockaway,
NY, is a mile from the ocean: She got
7 feet of water in the basement! With
the help of her son, a pair of generators,
and new basement windows, her
home is now restored. She is lucky.
As I write this, I am pleased to be
spending the 2013 winter in Naples,
FL, after a challenging 2012 that
included extended periods in rehab
for a shattered pelvis and then recuperation
from heart valve surgery.
Grateful for the thoughts and prayers
of so many, my husband Al and I look
forward to more fun and adventure
in Naples and Cape Cod! Dorothy
Mahoney McKenna continues to thrive
in her new apartment living. Dot’s
busy taking trips to theater and family
celebrations. The Regis community
remembered 4 of our classmates at
the 2012 Memorial Liturgy: Catherine
Doyle Curran, Patricia Baatz Murphy,
Anne Whalen Owens, and Patricia Kelly
Webb. Gert Alfredson said it was “a
beautiful service,” followed by a brunch
that gave our classmates a chance
to reconnect.
1948 65th Reunion
✒Mary Lou Cooney Manning, 4942 Bel
Pre Road, Rockville, MD 20853, 301-
460-5992, jemlmanning@msn.com We
remember 2 classmates who passed
since our last column: Rosemary Cheng
Stowe on June 15, 2012, and Margaret
“Peggy” Graney Lewis on Sept. 2, 2012.
Ann O’Hare Smith wrote to tell us of
her storm adventure. She chose to stay
at home with no heat and light instead
of going to son David’s house. She slept
in her clothes on the living room sofa
—and survived. I apologize for the
brevity, but both John and I have had
resisting all our efforts to get rid of it.
So I say God bless us all, and return us
to good health.
1949
✒Betty Ann Hynes Elliott, 38 Oxford
Road, Wellesley, MA 02481, 781-235-
4697, baelliott2@verizon.net As I
write in Jan., snow is falling and most
of the country is in the midst of a deep-
time this reaches you I presume the
weather will have improved considerably
and we can enjoy spring at last!
For our fall luncheon, held at the
Marriott in Newton, only 6 braved
the stormy day. Those who did “had
a great time,” according to Cay Foley
Hines. Marion Comerford Cowie drove
up from the Cape, Betty Perrault Joyce
from Weymouth, Mary O’Brien Pratt
from Woodville, Mary Breslin from
Charlestown, Eileen Dewire Locke from
Billerica, and Cay Hines from Medford.
There weren’t many taking in the
lobster cruise from the Cape last summer
either, but Lois Moulton McWeeney
and Cay did and had a wonderful time.
Again the Hollyfest in December
was held at the Dan’l Webster Inn
in Sandwich. Nancy Natoli Fay, Dot
Costello Merrill, Dot Waldron Fitzgerald,
Marion Cowie, Betty Joyce, and everfaithful
Cay Hines attended, enjoying
a delicious meal as well as remarks
from Regis President Antoinette M.
Hays, PhD, RN. Dr. Hays updated
them on the latest developments at
the College. Both Dot Fitzgerald
and Jane Dawson McKearin have joined
the leisure-living crowd. Dot and her
husband Nick claim Heatherwood
in Yarmouthport as their new home.
Jane lives at Century Hill in York,
ME, near the NH border area where
she taught and brought up her family,
some of whom still live nearby. Mary
Hines Hodgdon leads a busy retirement
after teaching in the Waltham Public
Schools. She uses her teaching skills
volunteering at St. Jude’s school in
Waltham. Mary is active in her parish,
Our Lady Help of Christians, in
Newton. Meanwhile her 7 children and
their families make sure she doesn’t
get lonesome. Mary enjoys cheering
for the Bruins, Red Sox, and Patriots.
Ann Bolger Mangum’s husband
emailed that Ann passed away on Dec.
20, 2012, at their home in Sun City
Center, FL, after a long battle with
gastric-esophageal cancer. He said
“even though she had graduated from
Regis over 60 years ago, it was always
near and dear to her and she was
very proud to have gone there.” Abie
had 2 sons, 1 of whom died at 36 from