Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
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in Greencastle IN & is happy for the break<br />
during summer. She made a trip to FL to see<br />
sister MARJORIE ’50 for a fun time. LULU<br />
WAGMAN BOYER & David finally sold<br />
their house after 2 yrs on the market, to a<br />
young family with 2 boys who should enjoy<br />
the ocean property with the old windsurfer &<br />
even older surfboard they left tucked under<br />
the house. Selling the house felt like a ton<br />
of bricks had been lifted from their shoulders.<br />
They continue to enjoy the activities at<br />
their retirement complex. HENK PARSON<br />
& GEORGIA spent last Christmas at Lake<br />
Tahoe where HENK again played the part of<br />
Santa Claus, driving in on a snow mobile!<br />
They continue their volunteer work with the<br />
Nat’l Park Service in Yosemite. GEORGIA<br />
has put together a Library for the Resource<br />
Mgmt Div, over 1000 books & manuscripts<br />
to date, more pouring in. Remember this is<br />
on-the-job-training & a lot of fun. HENK<br />
is continuing with large scale document<br />
scanning into Park servers, to have the<br />
documents available for res. For the summer<br />
mo they were given the additional task of<br />
surveying & locating all Interpretive Signs<br />
in Yosemite, hundreds of them & hundreds<br />
of mi of driving. They have completed 20<br />
yrs. of volunteer work in different places.<br />
While with the Nat’l Parks, all it has cost<br />
the Park Service is the electric power for<br />
their RV. How proud we are of their services!<br />
KAY MCLAUGHLIN lives in Boulder CO<br />
with working daughters nearby. ERNIE<br />
FORDHAM & Betsy live in La Grange IL.<br />
No more heart problems, he reports, but<br />
now knee pain, so he’s looking at a knee<br />
replacement. They welcomed a distant<br />
relative & husband from Scotland who were<br />
chasing down family genealogy. CHUCK<br />
HAZLETT & Pattie in Palm Coast FL enjoy<br />
the sunny weather. They also enjoyed their<br />
trip at Christmas to visit daughter in MI &<br />
to Atlanta for a wedding. JOAN GREEN<br />
SMITH says nothing unusual happens in<br />
her home in Austin TX, but she continues in<br />
great gratitude for family & friends, curiosity<br />
& activity & the beauty of each day. JIM<br />
WHITE & Virginia lead a busy life with their<br />
extended family. Medical problems keep<br />
their doctors busy. ANN LEEDER PICK-<br />
ETT & DOUG ’45 lead a busy life in their<br />
retirement home in Black Mountain NC.<br />
This yr their activities have been trimmed<br />
down due to medical problems. After her<br />
yrly mammo screening ANN had radiation<br />
for DC in situ. Doug is being treated for<br />
his RBC condition. During the winter mo,<br />
HERBERT FEIRABEND & Beverly continue<br />
to help build homes in MEX just across<br />
the border from TX. STANLEY SUBHAN<br />
& Helen live in NJ. Each yr they attend a<br />
family reunion. This yr they spent a wk in<br />
Tricase Porto on the heel of the boot of Italy.<br />
In Sep STAN visited India with the Brussels<br />
part of the family. They spent some time in<br />
Mussoorie visiting WS & Happy Valley,<br />
had 4 days in Varanasi & finally 2 in Hyderabad.<br />
In England, GORDON GILBERT<br />
& Patricia, OYSTEIN HOLTH & Claire &<br />
ELSIE MAEVE FROST keep in touch. They<br />
miss visits with CHRISTINE FULLILOVE<br />
PEARCE who lost her fight with cancer in<br />
the spring. OYSTEIN HOLTH officiated<br />
at her Memorial service. KAVI SINGH &<br />
Devika live in New Delhi, he teaches English<br />
to a group of young students & manages<br />
the family property in Bahraich along with<br />
his son who got married this yr. This fall,<br />
they visited daughter & family in London<br />
& will take a side trip to France to visit the<br />
HENDERSONS. VIJAY INGLE has moved<br />
to Indore, MP. SHIRISH PATEL & Rajani<br />
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary<br />
early in Jun with a small dinner for family<br />
& a few close friends. Early that morning,<br />
thinking over all the wonderful things that<br />
had happened to them over the last 50 yrs,<br />
he said to her “I have never come across<br />
anyone else I’d rather be married to.” “Huh”,<br />
she said, bringing him down to earth with a<br />
thud as usual, “Haven’t had much of a social<br />
life, have you?” (Touché, Rajani.) —Ann<br />
Class of 1948<br />
Class of 48 – That was 63 yrs ago! AL<br />
BAUMAN & Kathy were the only class<br />
members to attend WOSA meeting this yr.<br />
He also took sister HARVELLA ’49. He is<br />
very active in church as #1 handyman &<br />
carpenter. ARVID BERG & Marlys recently<br />
spent several wks with her sister in AL.<br />
Wintering in FL, where other WS connections<br />
such as BOB ’49 & EVA FORSGREN<br />
escape the winter chill, is a pleasure. IAN<br />
BRADSHAW & friend Mary Sue have been<br />
wandering the world again this yr: Europe,<br />
Mediterranean, many points in the US & a<br />
northern lights up the coast of Norway, plus<br />
several visits with son in FL. MARGARET<br />
BROOKS HUSTON & Al have moved to<br />
NC where they are working with JAAR,<br />
where the church trains pilots for support of<br />
remote mission stations in South America.<br />
Margaret is working in the mission nursery<br />
while Al is active in their museum. Their<br />
daughter is building a house nearby with<br />
facilities for Brooksie & Al. BOWEN CON-<br />
SER continues a quiet life in Fullerton CA .<br />
His legs don’t take him on long jaunts, but<br />
shorter ones are a pleasure. Just part of not<br />
dying yet. SNEIH DASS CHARAN & Kirti<br />
have moved into a retirement home where<br />
life is pleasant with new friends & less<br />
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housekeeping. He spends much of his time<br />
in a wheelchair, but is actually somewhat<br />
ambulatory & very much communicative.<br />
Their calendar is full of pleasant happenings<br />
with friends & events. They would enjoy<br />
visits from others. JOHN GAULT lives<br />
in Bendigo AUS where he was recently<br />
honored with a dinner celebrating 50 yrs of<br />
service with the Bendigo Hosp & St. John<br />
of God Hosp. It was a gala occasion featuring<br />
speeches, music and arts. John played<br />
the viola part of Mozart’s trio KV 498 for<br />
clarinet, viola, and piano that was featured.<br />
He has played violin & viola for many yrs<br />
with the Bendigo Symph Orch & is about<br />
to retire. He writes the most interesting<br />
letters with snippets of adventures about<br />
home & the world. MARVIN HARPER &<br />
Judy continue happily in their Willingboro<br />
NJ home. He is active in photography &<br />
restoration of vintage planes at the museum.<br />
They are planning a tour of the White Mtns<br />
& are enjoying children & grands. HELEN<br />
HILL STURBAUM & Bill are doing well.<br />
He had knee replacements & is happy with<br />
the results. They rented cabins at a lake<br />
this yr with children & families, including<br />
guitars & fiddles, for a memorable time together.<br />
Their grandson DAVID ABUD ’10,<br />
who attended 2 yrs at WS, is now studying<br />
at Columbia U; he had such a good time in<br />
India that he recently went back for a visit.<br />
LOIS HOSTETLER BJERKESTRAND &<br />
David report a low key life full of church<br />
functions such as choir, art projects, writing<br />
projects for social events & such. She<br />
leaves the outdoor work to David. In Oct,<br />
she visited daughters in MI & SC. Actually,<br />
quite an active life for what she calls<br />
‘geezerhood’. DAVID LE SHANA & Becky<br />
celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary<br />
in HI, with the entire family waiting there to<br />
help with the celebrations – all 27 of them!<br />
What a good time! David continues as chair<br />
of a board of trustees at the college & travels<br />
quite a bit in that capacity. WALTER ME-<br />
RIAN & Darlene now live in a retirement<br />
community in Sterling KS, where Walter &<br />
his dog visit older folks to cheer them up. He<br />
& his son still do an annual deer hunt – with<br />
success. Walter still speaks Hindi as well as<br />
English! CHARLES OGDEN & Anita are in<br />
Moraga, CA. Anita is very active with work<br />
with underprivileged women in Kasganj<br />
where Charles grew up during his India<br />
days. They are very involved with children<br />
& grands. IRWIN HLA SHWE has been in<br />
a nursing home in CA for a good number<br />
of yrs. ROBIN PARKER has enjoyed visits<br />
from Abby, Bergs, Watkins & Bradshaws at<br />
his home in S OH. There is always plenty<br />
for him to do about his place. In May he