Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

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