Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

66 - Quadrangle
Chicago as an accountant. DON CAMP
retired from the US Foreign Service. He
will be in NYC as the SE Asia advisor at
the US Mission to the UN. Daughter Catherine
is at the Columbus College of Art &
Design. He is helping to plan festivities
surrounding the 50th anniversary of the
Peace Corps. JANET EDLEFSEN & Frank
both work a 4-day wk, enjoy spending as
much time as possible out on their boat
kept in Anacortes, N of Seattle, where they
can quickly cruise in the San Juan & Gulf
Island & this yr travelled farther N to
Desolation Sound. Last Apr RICHARD &
SUZANNE MCCULLOCH FRIEDER-
ICKS visited Portland OR during Spring
Break to see their youngest grand, Adelle
Marie Nelson. They helped move ETTA
MCCULLOCH (S, 96), into a retirement
center. They also helped move Carl (90)
& Betty Anne (88) Friedericks to another
apt in the center where they live. They are
back in Hong Kong for another 2 yr contract;
Suzy teaches KG & Richard journalism,
film, web design & meditation at the
HS. LINDA GAMBLE MCKENDRY is
primary care-giver for her parents with the
help of 11 other people over each mo,
including siblings who rotate one weekend
a mo, to come & stay where they are living.
Jim bought a farm 4 hrs drive away
& lives there in a 5th wheel trailer each
summer. They rent the land. Their daughter,
Shelley Anne lives there with her
mother. She still does design work with a
few clients. MIRIAM HAQQ PRABHA-
KAR’s eldest son, Joshua & wife Josie
were blessed with Isaiah Aleem. It was a
joy to be in the US for the birth, making
her a proud grandmother for the 1st time!
She returned to Andhra Pradesh mid Aug
& is happy to be back & working again.
REBECCA HILL enjoys the group of WS
alumni STEVE VAN ROOY ’68 has organized
in the Dallas area as she lives 65 mi
E. She was a social worker, then an Officer,
retired from the Army, then became a
school teacher & volunteer for Nat’l
Council for Int’l Visitors. For 7 yrs she
helped parents before their death. FRAN-
CES HILLIARD DAWSON’s 2nd grand,
Kate, arrived in early Aug. Love at first
sight! Michael, posted in Colorado Springs
with NORAD, came to Calgary to meet
her. They drove back to Col Springs seeing
so much of interest & beauty on the way.
CARLTON HOKE has designed & built
sets for Hershey HS, the Hershey Area
Playhouse, the vacation Bible School
props & an adobe house for the summer
Sunday School program at his church.
They took a Caribbean cruise. He is preparing
photographs for his dad’s (98) 5th
book, A Rich Mosaic. MARCIA MCK-
ELVEY OLSEN’s engineer daughter has
finished school & after 2 yrs, is now ready
to clean teeth & give shots as a dental
hygienist; She enjoyed having cousins
JANICE ’65 & ELLEN ’63 DOBSON for
several days. She travelled with daughter
to NY to see son & grands, Ulysses (4) &
Miranda (1) & was expecting a visit by
oldest brother, BILL ’56. BILL MCVICK-
ER has re-appeared after many yrs. Following
a career in electronics, in the navy
& in San Diego, he did electrical contracting,
home schooled their kids, took in
foster children & adopted 11 of them.
They now live on 5 acres a few min from
Nevada City, CA. He now has a Master’s
in psych to be licensed to practice marriage
& family therapy. He has completed
the state requirements to qualify for the
state exams & is waiting to take the final
exam. Bill & Kathleen started a nonprofit
counseling agency that is slowly
growing, www.touchedbyachild.org. Only
7 children still at home, they have 6 grands
with one on the way. MARY MERCHANT
ANDERSON has 3 children & 7 grands,
all within 3 mi! They enjoy taking them
camping up in N MN. She works fulltime
as a school nurse at a large, diverse inner
city ES. They are involved in ministry at
their church, especially missions/trips/
girls club & srs. RUTH MORRIS PAIGE
retired from Wright State U & they celebrated
by visiting with RAJAN at PHILIP
DEVOL. She & Harvey began their retirement
with a birding trip to the Highlands
of Ecuador, saw 22 species of hummingbirds
at one sanctuary. They visited 9 islands
in the Galapagos & ended with a 4
day, 35 mile trek in the Andes of Peru to
explore the Little Sister of Macchu Pichu.
The trek was arduous (at a little over 1 mi/
hr) but rewarded by exploring the ruins
with just their guide & 3 other trekkers.
Son Eugene was married in Sep. DAVID
RUGH is enjoying retirement after 34 yrs
of doing research on AK’s whales, currently
working on a 55ft woodshed & a
3-story addition to their home on the
Olympic Peninsula. There have been excursions
onto the sea ice north of Barrow
AK, to count bowhead whales; to the
NOAA in Silver Spring, MD, to receive a
Distinguished Career Award; to Lancaster,
PA, for a nephew’s wedding & to little
Gabriola Island BC, for another nephew’s
wedding (CHRIS GREEN ’90 with mother
CAROL RUGH GREEN ’60 & aunt
KIM RUGH BERGIER ’69 attending).
JUDY SCHEUERMAN BENDER’s husband
Larry is in remission from colorectal
cancer & doing well. They are enjoying
retirement on Hat Island (Gedney Island)
where they have been for 10 yrs. PHIL
SCHOONMAKER’s little book (only 126
pages) of 16 short stories & vignettes from
his India yrs, Mish-Kid Mosaic, is available
on amazon.com. He works with
Steinway retail in Boston, teaches piano
& does tech work on the side. SHERRY
SERGEANT COX’s daughter Stephanie
was married (after receiving her BSN-RN,
passing her nursing boards & working full
time) & Sarah finished her BS & works
for a PT clinic. Sherry’s mother JUNE
SERGEANT (S), continues to decline with
Alzheimers but still at home in NE. Despite
a broken wrist for KAREN SMYRES
WOLNER & a torn right hamstring for
John, the yr has been good. They welcomed
1st grandchild, a beautiful little
boy, to son Jason & Lisbel. Daughter Kim
& Caleb are established at their jobs in
DC. However, Karen’s mother, Mary.has
advanced Alzheimer, only seems to recognize
husband Bob. PAUL SPOTTSWOOD
works as an anesthesiologist, has been on
mission trips to Rivas, Nicaragua &
Guiamaca, Honduras. Lydia is a moderator
on an online forum for parents with children
with eating disorders & leads the
Bldgs & Grounds Comm at church Son
Mark is an Asst. Prof of Law at FL State
U; Erin working on PhD at Cornell U &
Jayne is finishing MA at DePaul U &
works full-time as a social media dir for
Kemper Insurance. BETSY TAYLOR
spent much of the summer writing a memoir
of parents Mary & CARL TAYLOR
’32. HELKE WOLFF FERRIE recovered
from a sickness caused by EMF radiation
from a Smart Meter attached to her house
without her knowledge; the removal of
that device, other remedial action & successful
treatment has now restored health
& eyesight – see www.kospublishing.com.
Helke & Robert hosted wedding of oldest
granddaughter MIRANDA BRAR ’08 who
married a Pakistani businessman (born in
Canada); 2nd grand YSOLT BRAR ’11 has
started pre-meds at U of Toronto. Daughter
BRONWYN ’89 works in Mussoorie
for MGVS. RUTH YODER DYAL & son
Jon had an incredible, nostalgic journey
back to WS summer of 10. Meeting with
Cate & Jack in Delhi & together finding
Dolma in her Tibetan Antique shop was a
highlight. The most overwhelming moment
was learning of the tragic death of
DAN TERRY ’65 while they were visiting
the school - old memories flooding back.
Jon is now in 3rd yr med school at Johns