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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76 - Quadrangle<br />
Bob Conrad ’71: always looking for a new trail to hike<br />
After a stint in Washington DC, where<br />
he served as Deputy Med Director of the<br />
State Dept, BROOKS TAYLOR & Betsy<br />
have moved to Johannesburg, South<br />
Africa where he is now the State Dept’s<br />
Regional Medical Mgr for Sub-Saharan<br />
Africa. This means that he supervises the<br />
care provided by 35 State Dept physicians,<br />
nurse practitioners & physician<br />
assistants in 26 different countries. He<br />
will be on the road a lot. Betsy will be<br />
painting & both are thrilled to be back<br />
in Africa, though they’ll miss being near<br />
children, Andrew & Sarah, who are both<br />
still in Boston. They’ll be there 3 yrs.<br />
Come visit! BETH ROADARMEL has<br />
been working for the last 4 yrs establishing<br />
an assisted living & sr care facility in<br />
Chiang Mai, Thailand. She visited sister<br />
JUNE BLICKENSTAFF ’70 & REID in<br />
Shanghai, China last Apr.<br />
Class of 1972<br />
We mourn the loss of MARTHA LAR-<br />
SON THOMSEN who passed away at<br />
home with her family present on Feb 24.<br />
She & Jeff served with the Mennonite<br />
Class of ’71: Greta Mason, Smruti Bhagat, Anita Johns, Becca Jennings<br />
& Kitty Barnhouse at Kitty's in Pasadena, banner by Iris Hunter<br />
Central Committee in Africa. Martha we<br />
carry you in our hearts! OREEN LONG<br />
EDDYis a nurse at St Joseph’s Hospital<br />
in Phoenix AZ currently with the family<br />
med residents, Jerry is retired. Son<br />
Andrew (25) is with the forest service,<br />
Jonathan (27) looking for work with<br />
the Fire Dept. They took a wonder vacation<br />
to Moab UT & saw all the sites,<br />
met Jerry’s HS friends, then visited his<br />
parents in CO. SHALINI PRAKASH<br />
AGARWAL is transitioning from the<br />
security of a corp job to starting a small<br />
business. Her favorite way to unwind<br />
is to be out in the mtns & has beautiful<br />
trails close by. Her son has settled in<br />
Seattle, daughter SHEENA ’02 is in DC<br />
working in develop’nt. Shalini reconnected<br />
with WOODMAN TAYLOR, dir<br />
of the SE Asia Center, whose preferred<br />
mode of transport is the bike, even in the<br />
middle of winter in Chicago! REBECCA<br />
KOSE NOAH & Mike are in Eugene OR,<br />
where he enjoys work with Holt in the<br />
Philippines & Haiti. Bec resigned from<br />
Holt 2 yrs ago. Currently she works part<br />
time as an educ asst with pre-school<br />
children with autism. They garden, hike<br />
& Bec absolutely loves time with 3<br />
grandsons. PEGGY SMYRES RAMSEY<br />
has a full house with daughter, son in<br />
law & 3 children living with her, along<br />
with 3 cats & a dog! The time spent<br />
with all of them is precious & she is so<br />
very grateful. PATRICIA WHITCOMB<br />
GREEN-SOTOS faced the very difficult<br />
death of youngest daughter, Rachel, in<br />
Feb. Each family member is grieving in<br />
their own way. She has cut down her hrs<br />
as a nurse in the Newborn ICU to 60%.<br />
She & husband Peter treasure their time<br />
together & with their families. Patty<br />
attended MARK BAUR’s wedding to<br />
Sadaf, whom he met skydiving. Mark<br />
was radiant with joy<br />
& we wish them both<br />
all of the happiness<br />
in the world! MARY<br />
CONRAD LO & Matthew<br />
thoroughly enjoy<br />
their new home in<br />
MD. Mary loves being<br />
in a place where<br />
so many classmates<br />
live or visit. Last<br />
summer she had curry<br />
dinner with JANINE<br />
CLAYTON, joined<br />
by KENYON ER-<br />
ICKSON & ZAHRA<br />
COX RICHARDS.<br />
She has connected<br />
with classmates JENNY MULL REILLY,<br />
RAY KAWATA & Jen, LOIS KNISS<br />
JONES & DALE(S) at a local monthly<br />
curry club. In Aug she reconnected with<br />
TOM WYON & Karen, after being out<br />
of touch for 40 yrs! BARBARA PHIL-<br />
LEO MILLER works for a USDA agency<br />
& finds working for the Fed govt these<br />
days is a little trying, will retire in 3 yrs.<br />
Ken is mostly retired, helping a local<br />
dairy with haying & taking care of the<br />
homestead. They visited Zion, the Grand<br />
Canyon & Bryce with their sons who<br />
came from CO & San Diego, as well as<br />
camping in ME with them. During a trip<br />
to WI they stayed with PAT WHITCOMB<br />
GREEN-SOTOS & Pete; GIL HALSTED<br />
& Stefania came over for a great dinner.<br />
JANINE CLAYTON & Rick are working<br />
for the US Forest Service in the Pacific<br />
NW, but are starting to think about retirement.<br />
They have taken a couple of<br />
trips to Europe; one of the highlights<br />
was Tosca at La Scala in Milan, on their<br />
must do list. Janine’s mother is keeping<br />
busy at home in AZ full of energy & good<br />
attitude! In her own words, MARGARET<br />
RHODES BURNETT’s news still centers<br />
around cancer, living with the sense of<br />
death in the background, which can be<br />
frightening, but also living as though<br />
forever. A complicated mixture. I draw<br />
with soft pastels & I’ve started writing<br />
again, just when I feel like it. I tend<br />
to do things when I feel like it now;<br />
cancer gives you permission to do that.<br />
JANE LOANE GORMAN finds her job<br />
as a speech-language pathologist for<br />
the school bd in Toronto, stimulating &<br />
enjoyable. Tom looks forward to retiring<br />
from his HS teaching. They re-energize<br />
at their peaceful cottage in Nova Scotia.<br />
Both kids live at home; Dan (22) works<br />
long hrs for an organic food distributor,<br />
interested in heavy equipm’t, Emma<br />
(20) enjoying work at a local restaurant.<br />
DIANE MCLAIN-SKILLICORN<br />
& BRUCE SKILLICORN in Drakes<br />
Branch VA & can now interact with the<br />
world after having exchanged dial-up<br />
connection for hi-speed internet! Bruce<br />
has been accepted into a well-known<br />
juried artists org & is taking part in some<br />
excellent exhibitions. Diane became a<br />
grandmother & feels blessed to care for<br />
little Mia 3 days/wk, although with a 3<br />
hr commute. Bruce’s 3 grandkids live<br />
in AUS. Bruce’s father came from AUS<br />
to visit over Thanksgiving. And youngest<br />
daughter Christina came for the<br />
mo. They all took a wonderful jaunt to<br />
NYC to see the musical Witches. Bruce