Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

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events were Mosher and Schrader family
reunions. Linda & BOB FLEMING flourish
in OR where RAY SMITH visited them. Bob
will be doing research at 3 Brazilian biomes:
the Atlantic rainforest, the Pantanal wetlands
& the Cerrado savannah. In Washington DC,
BOB SERVICE attends to rightsizing for the
US State Dept, holding the line against ever
larger embassies and consulates abroad. Bob
plays golf & Karol enjoys gardening. They
plan travels to Vienna, Prague & Budapest.
Carmen & BRUCE JOHNSON love living
in downtown Denver CO where they garden,
bicycle (using Denver’s bike sharing program),
attend sporting & cultural events &
enjoy grandchildren. Bruce was on the planning
committee for the Ft. Collins CO
WOSA reunion. Brenda & CLEM DOUG-
LASS live near Minneapolis MN. They have
lovingly nurtured their high-functioning
autistic son, Dax, who is now enrolled in a
program for 18-21 yr olds to learn to live &
work independently. CONNIE SANFORD
TRAVAILLE is teaching KG in Spartanburg
SC where she keeps busy with church, gardening
& family. She hopes to celebrate
retirement in ’12 by attending the Seattle
WOSA reunion. DAVE EVANS & Molly
made their annual summer trek (since ’96)
from CA to Nobleboro ME, near the coast.
Dave recommends a movie, My Favorite
Year, significantly (for our class) set around
1954. On a sad note, Molly has been diagnosed
with early stages of dementia. Her
personality and sweet disposition are unchanged.
The motto of Nancy and DAVE
HOLMES is “Gotta keep movin’ while we
can”. Recent travels from their FL home
include Israel, Croatia, Slovenia & the eastern
Adriatic as well as Ft. Wayne IN to visit
Paul & ANN EICHER WELTY. DIXIE
CORTNER BROOKE enjoys skyping with
2 grandsons in London, kayaking & attending
plays & concerts with Julian & ROBBIE
FOSTER CROWELL, who also live in
western MA. She spent time in Costa Rica.
Wade & ELIZABETH (MURIEL) HAGEN
SMITH attended the adoption ceremony in
England of daughter Karen’s Abigail. The
colorful ceremony included a judge in wig
& lavender-hued stole. Travels from their
Richmond VA home included Grasse, the
world perfume capital in Provence FR. EVA
SEEGALL CHANDLER’S new hobby is
taking photos in south Devon UK of skies,
clouds, landscapes & the people in between.
Son David, professor of int’l politics at U of
Westminster, travels worldwide. Daughter
Debi, a chiropodist, lives nearby. Eva welcomed
a visit from Tony & DITA KASHUP
HOLLINS ’52. Ed & IDA ALTER STRICK-
LAND, who live in Los Gatos, south of San
Francisco, enjoyed a wonderful trip with
Overseas Adventure Travel to Machu Picchu
& the Galapagos Islands. They visited longtime
friends in Wales & went sightseeing in
Scotland. ILSE PAULSSEN NAJ traveled
from Minneapolis MN to Western AUS to
visit Michael & MARGRIT BUTZ WALMS-
LEY. They had so much fun remembering
all the mischief, silly & stupid things they
did while at WS and at home in Bombay.
While visiting her daughter in Denver, Ilse
joined Carmen & BRUCE JOHNSON &
MARIANNA PRESLER MCJIMSEY for
dinner at an Indian restaurant. Ev & JERE-
MY DAVENPORT are happily celebrating
52 years of marriage, as they continue to
enjoy the closeness of their kids, grandkids
& great-grandkids. They are still RVing
around the Pacific NW & staying active in
hobbies and srs’ organizations. Gordon and
JOANNA REITTER GREEN have moved
from their mtn home back to San Jose CA to
be close to children and grandchildren. She
has enjoyed reading the 75-100 letters that
she wrote to her parents in Rangoon while
she was at WS. Her mother had saved them
all. JOHN CHU is the full time lab manager
at the CA State Prison in Soledad. Wife Judy
is a Licensed Vocational Nurse, also at the
Soledad prison & also working full time.
John’s triple by-pass surgery of 2 years ago
was very successful; he primarily has to
watch his diet. KAVAL SINGH GULHATI
(Delhi) had a lovely reunion with MIREILLE
THIMAYYA CHENGAPPA in Bangalore &
later visited her daughter Amrita’s organic
farm in Kumaon. Amrita went to Kodai
where she met husband Santosh, a German.
Kaval wrote, “Viva Indian multiculturalism”.
We congratulate KENNETH STEPHENS,
Claremont CA, who has completed his memoirs
The Meaning of These Days: Memoir of
a Philosophical Pastor & is looking for a
publisher. Access portions of the book on
http://themeaningofthesedays.com. LORE
VON TUCHER is beautifully settled in
Leamington Spa UK, near her 2 sons & their
families. She is improving her bridge, playing
the violin in chamber music groups &
holidaying in the Persian Gulf, the Azores,
SE France, Iceland & Ireland. Michael &
MARGRIT BUTZ WALMSLEY excitedly
showed ILSE PAULSSEN NAJ how they
live down-under in W AUS. When Margrit
tells people here that we are all in touch with
each other after all these years, they are
absolutely astounded. The Walmsleys celebrated
their 50th with a trip to Dubai, Rome,
Florence, Venice & an E Mediterranean
cruise. Glenn & MARY ELLEN ENS-
MINGER ATWOOD moved into a 2-bedroom
independent living apt near Akron,OH.
Mary Ellen is the Regent for her Daughters
of the American Revolution chapter. The
Atwoods are active in their church, work out
regularly & conduct genealogical research.
They enjoyed dinner with Maria & RICH
PARKER on a Columbia MO visit. MYRA
DOWNIE VANUXEM flew with her niece
and grandnieces to Queensland, AUS to
visit Myra’s sister Joyce & family. While
visiting the Great Barrier Reef, they watched
the release of 4 green turtles which had ingested
plastic & recovered at the Turtle
Hospital. Myra noted the dangers to worldwide
wildlife that plastic imposes. KARIS
MANTON lives in Mattoon, IL She has an
int’l family of 4 children, 1 born in Mexico,
1 in Canada & 2 in the US. RAY SMITH
would like to sell his co so that he can retire.
However, he is keeping it going so that his
7 employees do not have to join the ranks of
the unemployed. He and Letty enjoy the
fruits of their extensive orchard in LA
County. He looks forward to the ’12 WOSA
Seattle reunion. RICH PARKER helps care
for his grandson Dontay (2). Rich continues
to serve on two Columbia MO citizen boards
dealing with renewable energy and energy
conservation & has been on the boards long
enough so that he occasionally has some
influence. Maria works full time on the night
shift at a nearby nursing home. Julian and
ROBBIE FOSTER CROWELL are pleased
with their spacious & bright new apartment
in the Loomis Village retirement community
in South Hadley MA; although the
waiting was stressful, they were able to sell
their house. They would love to have Class
of 54 visitors for New England’s legendary
leaf peeping season. Orval & RUTH BAUR
WILLIMANN enjoyed the visits to their MI
lake home of all of the Willimann children
& grandchildren, including 13 biological
grandchildren & 3 significant others. They
totaled 27 around the table. Thank goodness
for the girls who love to cook & are real
gourmets in the kitchen. Aloke & SUNITA
CHAND BOSU, who live in S CA, celebrated
Sunita’s 75th birthday & their 50th anniversary
with a European trip. Sunita hones
her magician skills. Even folks who do not
know her name know her as the magician
lady. She continues to compile family history
albums dating from her great-great
grandfather. During WIN MCGAVRAN
GRIFFEN’s visit with her granddaughter
Mena (3), to the Pacific Asia Museum in
Pasadena CA, Mena stood in front of a
Hindu god & exclaimed loudly, “He’s naked”.
Then she moved on to one with a loin
cloth &, said in a very loud voice, “He has
underwear on”. The music playing in the gift
shop was an Indian raga to which Mena re-