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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Quadrangle - 65<br />
Class of ’65 at WOSA-NA Reunion l to r: Janice (Dobson) Blankenship,<br />
Beth (Hawkes) Decker, Mary Kay (Burkhalter) Larson, Jonathan<br />
Larson, Allan Keislar, Dale Brown.<br />
FIE, who is doing wonderfully & son<br />
Chris, who is finishing up uni in London<br />
while working full time. Alfie’s limerick<br />
composition on Chris was put to music by<br />
bro JEFF ’68 & nephew Cameron & other<br />
family members gathered in CA. <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
coming through Kathmandu are asked to<br />
look Gabriel up. ANJU DAYAL MATHUR<br />
enjoyed spending time with 16 classmates<br />
with some spouses, after 48 yr, in Noida,<br />
Delhi & at WS. A tour of the new WS revived<br />
a lot of memories. Memorial service<br />
for DAN TERRY brought grief to all & we<br />
prayed for his peace. This visit was also<br />
momentous for our class as Gabriel Campbell<br />
received the Distinguished <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Award. Upendra & I visited son Sanjeev<br />
and family in Hong Kong, a planned visit<br />
of 45 days extended to 3½ mo. JANICE<br />
DOBSON BLANKENSHIP retired from<br />
teaching & admin in the Broken Arrow<br />
Pub <strong>School</strong>s in OK after 36 yrs in educ.<br />
She will continue to work part time in<br />
various positions in the field in the Tulsa<br />
area. Husband Duane is also semi-retired<br />
so plenty of time to exercise & work on<br />
projects together. Janice & sister ELLEN<br />
DOBSON LIVINGSTON ’63 drove to the<br />
home of cousin MARCIA MCKELVEY<br />
OLSEN ’66 in Colorado Springs. Then<br />
the 3 of them drove N to the WOSA reunion.<br />
It was fun to reconnect with WS<br />
friends again! CATHY FORMAN is in<br />
New Haven, with 3 grandsons in Brooklyn<br />
& in the process of moving mother Ruth,<br />
from DC to a retirement home near her,<br />
so lots of commuting to see the boys &<br />
pack up mom. I am also back to teaching<br />
Op Mngmt at the local state uni, online &<br />
ground. The trip to WS & Kathmandu was<br />
so important for me, a time warp, having<br />
been gone so long. But the magical nature<br />
of Landour itself<br />
remained the same; I<br />
had forgotten that, lost<br />
in the midst of adolescent<br />
turmoil. ALLAN<br />
KEISLAR (Anand<br />
Kishore das Babaji)<br />
is writing, practicing<br />
multi-religious bhajan<br />
& delving ever<br />
deeper into the lifegiving<br />
mysteries of<br />
transcendental tantra<br />
with goddess-guru Savitri<br />
Devi. Allan’s latest<br />
book, God’s Work<br />
Among Us, presents<br />
stories from various<br />
faith traditions as integral<br />
parts of humanity’s<br />
common faith journey. In Aug JESSIE<br />
LACY gathered with the extended Lacy<br />
family to celebrate the lives of parents<br />
Hank & ELIZABETH PICKETT ’35<br />
LACY & to scatter their ashes. It was a day<br />
of memories & gratitude for their lives &<br />
the life & love they gave to us. Last fall,<br />
it was a joy to share the experience of our<br />
class reunion with daughters Elizabeth &<br />
Miranda Doxology sung before breakfast,<br />
the walk through the bazaar, hot cups of<br />
chai, jalebies hot off the fire, chatting with<br />
Mrs. Kapadia, langurs racing across the<br />
roof, the snows, the crisp night air, rain<br />
on the tin roof, exploring Doshisha, the<br />
familiar & the exotic, old friends & new,<br />
but most of all, the camaraderie of our<br />
group. Although Lee & KAY MARING<br />
ROSSELLE still run our Mirror Place<br />
business, we have cut back hrs so consider<br />
themselves semi-retired. Fortunately, we<br />
have very competent employees. We fly<br />
small airplanes & were able to take oldest<br />
grandson Alex with us to AirVenture<br />
in Oshkosh WI, where we camped next<br />
to the wing of the plane. I am going to<br />
Portland, OR for the Karachi Am <strong>School</strong><br />
reunion. KAREN MCCRAY MODDER-<br />
BORDER asks: has anyone else noticed<br />
how incrementally faster time passes the<br />
more birthdays we celebrate? Thoughts of<br />
our reunion give me joy over & over again!<br />
I remain very busy as night shift nursing<br />
supervisor, serving in the church choir,<br />
on the week-end services team, directing<br />
dramas & many other opportunities. David<br />
& I will be traveling to Greece, Israel<br />
& Egypt, missions trip to Thailand - 2nd<br />
time. Son Ben has also been living with<br />
us, actively looking for employment, Nate<br />
remains in Milwaukee taking classes on a<br />
ministerial track, Sam & Liz, with Uriah<br />
& Willa live nearby, Josh & wife Kristin<br />
will welcome Hank in Dec to join Jack<br />
(5) & Finn (2). We were all together the<br />
last wkend of Aug & spent much time in<br />
our pool - such fun! MARVIN MODDER<br />
is just lovin’ our little acre an hr N of<br />
Chicago along Lake MI. Great vegetable<br />
garden this yr with bountiful yields. Glad<br />
that sons are nearby, all now college grads.<br />
The oldest, Josh, the urologist soon to have<br />
a 3rd boy to keep him busy. I still edit my<br />
union newsletter, the GLUE & teach an<br />
occasional adjunct course at Concordia;<br />
& Mary continues the good fight as pres<br />
of the Kenosha Ed Assoc. The lives of<br />
EMRYS REES & Usha changed forever<br />
when they added HIV/AIDS work to their<br />
free hospital in S India in ’02. Over 5,000<br />
positive cases benefited from treatment.<br />
We have been able to keep children from<br />
becoming HIV positive through our Prevention<br />
of Mother to Child Transmission,<br />
a project which now covers 4 million.<br />
Our toughest task is getting funding to<br />
help about 100 HIV positive kids, many<br />
of whom were once in the AIDS categories,<br />
improving their immune system with<br />
govt. help, but also improving their lives.<br />
We are in the final stages of setting up a<br />
home for 8 HIV orphans, trying to find the<br />
funding to finish the construction. PATTY<br />
RIDDLE won 2 gold medals (in the 500<br />
m & match sprint) at the Masters Bicycle<br />
Track Nat’ls in PA, also helping her coach<br />
write a book about coaching bicycling &<br />
being a volunteer volleyball coach at a<br />
local HS.—Jessie<br />
Class of 1966<br />
This is the 45th yr since we graduated.<br />
CLAIRE BLICKENSTAFF BEERY continues<br />
to teach Child Developm’t at Santa<br />
Rosa JC & is Dir of Parents Place at Jewish<br />
Family & Children’s Services. Oldest<br />
daughter Willow was married in a beautiful<br />
outdoor wedding in Berkeley CA,<br />
Mama Claire’s jazz band provided some<br />
of the music. Daughter Mira was awarded<br />
the 2-yr Stegner Fellowship in poetry at<br />
Stanford U, has published her 1st book of<br />
poetry, is completing her PhD & moving<br />
with husband Greg & Tillie (2) to Berkeley.<br />
Youngest Zoe is a sr at SF State U<br />
studying Broadcast Engineering & Communication<br />
Arts. EVELYN BRYANT<br />
PITTS reports that Dan is starting a new<br />
pet food business specializing in whole<br />
ingredient/less processed therapeutic diets<br />
available by veterinary prescription. She<br />
teaches math at Washburn U in Topeka.<br />
Son Kevin married Jessica. Daughter Michelle<br />
works at Grosvenor Cap Mngmt in