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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50 - Quadrangle<br />
took a tour of the Hawaiian Islands when<br />
his granddaughter was married there. He &<br />
Abby visited Russia, Finland & Norway.<br />
Cruising along the Norwegian fjords offered<br />
many photo opportunities. JIM RYBURN<br />
has quite a busy life in Feilding NZ. He is<br />
very active in the Presb Ch, in 2 sizeable<br />
choirs & practicing for a presentation of<br />
The Messiah. As a member of the Probis<br />
Club, he went on a trip to the N Island &<br />
later with 3 friends toured the S Island. He<br />
helps Hospice with housekeeping as well as<br />
working with patients in writing their biographies.<br />
ABBY SALZER STADTLANDER<br />
turned 80 & got a chainsaw for her birthday<br />
from her son. Upon arriving at her camp at<br />
Lake Champlain this spring, she was met<br />
by a flood that brought much debris onto<br />
her place. Fortunately, the house was high<br />
enough on cinder blocks to keep the water<br />
out, but for about a mo she had to wade to<br />
get in & out of the house. She hosted a WS<br />
Focus mtg at her house in Hartford last Jan,<br />
is a member of the church council; she extends<br />
an open invitation to WS classmates<br />
to visit at Lake Champlain and/or Hartford.<br />
BETTY SCHERLING HAZEN & Norm<br />
live in a retirement home in Lawrence, KS,<br />
where they are close to daughter. She still<br />
has on display, her Silver W for WS athletic<br />
achievements! LEO TELLER & Lorna are<br />
in AUS. He is still coping with the results<br />
of a stroke. Recently when Johnny’s wife<br />
passed away, Leo wrote a letter of condolence<br />
which was very much appreciated by<br />
Johnny as well as the rest of us, because we<br />
all knew of the tremendous effort involved.<br />
MARGUERITE THOBURN WATKINS &<br />
Gordon say they are both becoming bionic,<br />
he with a hip replacement & she with a<br />
cornea transplant (done outpatient). For fun<br />
they traveled about the Eastern seaboard<br />
attending a granddaughter’s wedding, the<br />
50th wedding anniversary of brother TED,<br />
’49 & visiting WS friends & classmates.<br />
They are downsizing & Gordon is dismantling<br />
& selling his magnificent model<br />
railroad system. MARTY WEIR CLOSE<br />
& Ray are doing just fine for being as old<br />
as the rest of us in our class. He lost his<br />
brother last yr. As an aside, Marty was in<br />
the same hospital at the same time when our<br />
classmate ED WISER passed away; though<br />
she did not it know it at the time. They do<br />
enjoy short trips visiting friends & family.<br />
JOHN WENDER has moved from London<br />
to Winchester where he is closer to daughter<br />
Juliet & family. This is working out nicely<br />
after the passing of Sherry, John’s wife of<br />
many yrs. He visited the Bergs & Robin on a<br />
3 weeks jaunt to the US. He is full of stories<br />
about his very active life as a photographer.<br />
HOWARD WHITFIELD continues the good<br />
life in Redland CA, where he enjoys life on<br />
the internet.—Robin<br />
Class of 1949<br />
NANCY ALDRICH INMAN enjoyed a<br />
Mediterranean cruise with sister & brotherin-law<br />
to Mikonos, Santorini islands & Istanbul.<br />
She is writing her ‘after India’ stories &<br />
is well. HELEN (BANKER) SYSWERDA &<br />
Ivan spend winters in FL. They keep active<br />
in their church & with family. BETTY BAU-<br />
MAN SHELLY attended granddaughter’s<br />
college graduation in VA & a 4th generation<br />
Jefferson Medical <strong>School</strong> graduation in PA.<br />
Another granddaughter graduated from home<br />
schooling. Due to surgery, she did not attend<br />
WOSA but attended the class reunion in<br />
Mobile AL in Oct. HARVELLA BAUMAN<br />
STUTZMAN welcomed her first greatgrand<br />
in Apr. She attended WOSA & also went to<br />
Mobile. She still enjoys quilting & reading.<br />
DIANA BOND HOLTSHOUSER attended<br />
her oldest grand’s Eagle Scout ceremony. She<br />
has spent time with children & family in DC,<br />
SC, and VT. Guests were BISHAM & Kathy<br />
PARMAR & sister MIDGE ’50. She had<br />
knee arthroscopy in Jul; plays in the church<br />
bell choir & attended the Mobile reunion.<br />
RUTH BROCK GILCHRIST enjoys quilting<br />
& keeping in touch with children, grand<br />
& greatgrand. JOE CHACKO & Joan enjoy<br />
retirement & spend time with children doing<br />
handy work & babysitting. Joe is involved<br />
with retirees of Union Oil, Scouts & the<br />
Black Point improvement club. He had left<br />
hand surgery .They were in Mobile. FRED<br />
DOWNS & Mary went to Israel, Palestine<br />
& Jordan in May. They attended a missionary<br />
reunion at the Am Baptist conference<br />
in Green Lake, WI with daughter SUSAN<br />
’78, visited ELLEN ALTER in Wooster OH<br />
& son MILTON ’81 in VA. They were at<br />
the Mobile reunion. BOB ERNY & Norma<br />
Jean enjoy good health & have traveled<br />
to New England, CAN, CA, HI & visited<br />
children in IN, TN, PA & VA. They have six<br />
greatgrands and they were at Mobile. BOB<br />
FORSGREN & Eva spent the summer in<br />
Sweden, wintered in FL with the BERGS<br />
’48, KURTZ (S) & SHERERS (S). In the<br />
spring they enjoyed gatherings at the home<br />
of ROBIN PARKER ’48, in OH with other<br />
WS’ites. Family activities include soccer,<br />
long walks, climbing, picking strawberries<br />
& good fishing. They were at Mobile. DAVE<br />
KETCHAM & Gwen (Hillary) are enjoying<br />
retirement & continue in reasonably good<br />
health. DILSHAD NAJMUDDIN & Joy live<br />
in Lahore, Pakistan. Travel to the States has<br />
been limited this yr. They spent some time<br />
in Singapore. LUELLA OSGOOD SPIRUP<br />
& Dick keep busy with church & family;<br />
have two greatgrands to add to their many<br />
blessings. BISHAM PARMAR & Kathy attended<br />
his nephew’s wedding in VT, visited<br />
with Diana in NH & her sister Barbara They<br />
drove to Quebec City & went whale watching<br />
at Tadoussac where they saw 15 blue whales<br />
& 2 other species. At the Atlantic Ocean, they<br />
observed the sandcastle competition. In Sep,<br />
Oct they visited in the Netherlands, France,<br />
Italy & India, Belgium & Luxembourg. BILL<br />
PARSON & Norma spent time in San Francisco,<br />
S CA, HI & Cabo San Lucas MEX.<br />
At Christmas, 15 family members visited<br />
from Europe. Bill’s esophageal cancer does<br />
not seem to be as aggressive as had been<br />
anticipated. He is not in pain, eats well, but<br />
tires easily & needs blood transfusions. In<br />
Mar & May, they went to Holland MI to visit<br />
friends & a 100th birthday celebration. They<br />
were at the Mobile reunion in Oct. LISTA<br />
(Paulus) WINGER EGER experienced the<br />
east coast earthquake, cupboards flew open<br />
& things fell on the floor. She sings in the<br />
choir & now has help with her gardening due<br />
to arthritis. She enjoys reading, spends time<br />
with her sister Miriam in Harrisburg, PA.<br />
JOHN SHAW & Abby drove 6,000 miles this<br />
summer visiting family & friends. John still<br />
enjoys golfing & painting. Abby has had knee<br />
surgery this fall. TED THOBURN & Sandy<br />
have moved from ME winters to Bluffton<br />
SC to a new house with fenced backyard<br />
for the dog & Ted’s trains. Relatives came to<br />
celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in<br />
Aug. They have found a new church & enjoy<br />
the community & the friendly neighborhood.<br />
Guest rooms are available. PAUL VON<br />
TUCHER & Becky with her sister Nedra<br />
planned the class reunion in Mobile in Oct.<br />
Son Martin runs a farm in south Germany,<br />
Fritz is COO of Luca fashions in NY. Lisbeth<br />
is a lawyer with Chubb in Munich. Paul is<br />
active as past president of the English speaking<br />
Franconia Society & family cultural fdn<br />
in Nuremburg. Last fall, they cruised on the<br />
Rhone & Saone Rivers in France & took a<br />
trip to Minorca in the summer. ANNA MAE<br />
WHITCOMB LENNINGTON continues to<br />
deliver Meals on Wheels in St. Joseph MO.<br />
She coordinates an Angel Food Ministries<br />
program she started at her church. She quilts,<br />
reads & works her garden. The family gathered<br />
in MO to celebrate her 80th birthday<br />
in Jul. HAROLD WILKINSON & Maxine<br />
drove to FL last Mar & to the reunion in<br />
Mobile. In Jun ’10, Hal had surgery for colon<br />
cancer with lymph node & liver involvement.<br />
With naturopathic treatment, it seems that the<br />
cancer has been arrested. He gets CT scans &<br />
blood tests every 3-4 months. A great success<br />
story.—Harvella