Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

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