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 <strong>School</strong> props & an adobe house for the summer Sunday <strong>School</strong> 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
Quadrangle - 67 David Rugh while counting bowhead whales during their migration past Point Barrow, the northernmost tip of Alaska. He was standing on a perch of sea ice piled about 30 feet above sea level, and it was cold (-20 deg F much of April), so the ice in his beard is real. Behind David is a canvas windbreak and radio antenna. Betsy Taylor waiting to get arrested in front of the White House in Sept 2010 as part of "Appalachia Rising" - an environmental justice coalition of people concerned about climate change & devastating strip-mining in Appalachia (called "mountaintop removal"). She is the one holding a white cross in the back row. In the front row are James Hansen (preeminent climate scientist in US) & grassroots Appalachian activists with whom she's worked for years. It was pouring down rain...but spirits undimmed. John & Barbara Chaffee, Rajan Kose, Phil De<strong>Vol</strong> (all 1966) Carlton Hoke ’66 family summer <strong>2011</strong> Steve Cox, daughter Stephanie, Sherry Sergeant Cox ‘66, and daughter Sarah at Stephanie’s graduation with a Bachelor’s in Nursing, May <strong>2011</strong> Frances Hilliard Dawson ’66 with daughter Kathleen's babies, Rebecca and Kate
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