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away last year. She has 3 children,
5 grandchildren and 7
great-grandchildren. She also
told me that Mary Reed Cody
had moved to Newton Center,
MA, from Mexico, where she
lived for 20 years. Mary is near
some of her 5 daughters. She is
also only about 15 minutes from
me so I hope to see her before
long. Mary has 6 grandchildren
(5 boys and a girl) and is in fairly
good health, though no longer
driving. She lives in an apartment
complex which she loves.
Peggy Irwin Shattuck lives at
Piper Shores in Scarborough,
ME, a beautiful life care facility
overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
She is in good health and sends
her best to all her ’42 classmates.
Marcia “Mish” Barnes Shaw-
Straube also lives at Piper Shores.
Dave and I almost moved there,
too, but our children thought
it was too far. Instead we’re in
our own Paradise, North Hill,
in Needham, MA, just 20 minutes
away from our 3 sons. Our
daughter lives in Kennebunk
Beach, ME, 2 hours away. Dave
and I celebrated our 65th wedding
anniversary in Oct. and
thank God every day for giving
us so many years together. The
high point of this year was our
granddaughter’s wedding in July.
She and her husband, Eli Barnes,
met as sophomores at Deerfield
Academy, both 3rd generation
Deerfield alums. She went to
Bowdoin and he went to U. of
VA, but love persevered! We
think the world of him and his
family so it’s a happy time for
all. Although I enjoyed talking to
everyone, please do respond to
my plea cards. Everyone loves to
hear about their classmates! My
ancient age makes this job harder
each year. Thank goodness for
the patience of the Alumni
Office, but I do need word from
all of you!
Please See In Fond Memory
50 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE
1943
Peg Morse Tirrell
Post Office Box 37
Lower Waterford, VT 05848-0037
(802) 748-8538
e-mail: dptirrell@juno.com
“It’s somewhat odd, but very
exciting, living in what was to
be ‘the future,’ but realizing that
future is NOW,” writes Elizabeth
Stretch Henry, who recently
found a picture of her grandmother’s
86th birthday party with
herself, now 87, there beside her
grandmother! She’s also been
busy tending to 3 Siamese rescue
cats. Her first granddaughter is
now a graduate at NC and her
first grandson just entered West
Point. Pricilla Coan Barnes and
her husband Jim are thankful
for their good health. Priscilla’s
granddaughter Anna’s wedding
was Aug. 15. Granddaughter
Ginger will bless them with
great-grandchild number 11 in
Dec. Last Mar. Priscilla and Jim
flew to St. Paul, MN, to enjoy the
inauguration of their son, Dr. Jay
Barnes, as the president of Bethel
University & Seminary. Virginia
Hansen Gato still volunteers 2
to 4 mornings a week at nearby
Baptist Hospital and is able to use
her Spanish knowledge now and
then in this multi-cultural atmosphere.
“Thank you, Miss Alonso.
(CJC 1941-43).” Jean Spencer
Brown and Bob have their first
great-granddaughter plus 7 other
grandchildren, and are thankful
that they are well. They travel on
short trips, but summer on the
Jersey Shore is where they love
to be. Doris Douglas Butler’s
granddaughter graduated from
Wellesley College. Doris belongs
to the local chapter of DAR and
is preparing for their annual
tag sale to help support a historic
house the chapter owns.
Shirley Hobbs Craven hoped
her classmates were enjoying
nice summer weather, but her
part of NH has had 5 inches of
rain! Some people have reading
groups, but Carolyn Sigourney
Holtz has drawing/painting. Her
husband recovered well from
his bypass surgery in July 2008.
They traveled to the OR coast
and visited her daughter and
family at Cultus Lake, BC, in July
for kayaking. Carolyn’s brother
and his wife from Nahant, MA,
visited them in June. Frances
Morton Nugent has been happy
to live at the adult separate
unit community Trading Cove
Commons for the past 5 years.
After her husband Bob died, the
house became too much for her
to handle so she appreciated
the association taking over and
allowing her to have her own
small and convenient home. She
keeps busy with bridge, lunches,
her family, and reading the ’43
news. Margo DeGraff Hotaling’s
husband died and she moved to
the Sanford Home in Amsterdam,
NY, which she loves. Margo
writes, “The girls here are great
and there’s a lot to do with good
things to occupy our time. The
Alumni Magazine is great.” Since
going there, Margo lost her parents.
All is well with Blanche
“Blani” Worth Siegfried, who is
dividing her time between Vero
Beach, FL, and Bridgehampton,
NY. She has 6 great-grandchildren,
a Stanford graduate and a
wedding in Nov. in Philadelphia.
Jean Wackerbarth Hadidian’s
husband of nearly 60 years died
Nov. 9, 2007. Jean’s longtime
friend Jeanne “Penny” Losey
Bole ’44 was planning to visit
her in the summer. Jean’s 2
daughters, Olivia and Allison,
ages 13 and 14, are A students
and great soccer players. Frank
and Jean Thurman Ramsey celebrated
their 48th anniversary.
They’re enjoying retirement in
Good Samaritan Village, which
has many great amenities. Mary
Scheu Teach mailed her card
as she was heading down to
Irvington, IA, to visit relatives
after visiting granddaughter
Jessy and her husband in San
Francisco, CA, where she toured
the new CA Academy of Science.
Mary is busy in New London and
still playing tennis—barely! In
Feb. we and our daughter drove
to Hope College in Holland,
MI, to hear our grandson Paul’s
senior voice/organ recital; In Apr.
after dancing and cueing at the
New England Square & Round
Dance Convention in Sturbridge,
MA, we drove to Elizabethtown,
PA, for granddaughter Crystal’s
college symphonic band concert.
In May we were back at Hope
College for Paul’s graduation. In
June, we flew to Long Beach, CA,
for the ROUNDALAB Teachers
Convention and the National
Square Dance Convention,
where we danced and taught, set
up several displays on dancing
in New England, attended the
ARTS-DANCE meeting and took
a couple days to visit our son
and family in San Bernardino.
We planned to fly back there in
Oct. for grandson Ryan’s wedding.
In July we drove the motor
home 4,000 miles to Rayne,
LA, for the National Square
Dance Campers Association
International Camporee.
Virginia Mack Gregory has a
new address in Troy, NY. If anyone
has a new address for Ruth
Eberhardt Mason, please send it
to us as mail to her Parsippany,
NJ, address was returned “unable
to forward.” Since we had a
number of 3-year Med Tech students
who started their college
careers with our class of ’43, we
will include the few cards we
received. If you do not see their
writeup here, please go to the
class of ’44. Priscilla Bullock
Bubar of Littleton, ME, is busy
with a book group, art workshop,
gardening, good friends and
family. Her first great-grandchild
was due in Oct. She goes to her
daughter’s in Farmington, ME,
for a couple months in the winter.
Jean Marquier Molloy had
to cancel all her Colby-Sawyer
reunion plans last year when she
suddenly needed a heart stent
and coronary artery clearing. She
managed to spend part of last
Dec. in IN with her granddaughters:
Pam, married to Kevin,
with children Dillon and Olivia;
Jenny, unmarried and changing
careers; and Adrienne, who
is pursuing her doctorate at MI
State. In Feb., Jean traveled to AL
for her oldest son Michael’s commissioning
in the Air Force; he’d
been on fellowship in DC with
the Dept. of Transportation after
receiving his advanced degree in
chemical engineering. In May,
Jean went with Mike and his wife
Kathleen to the Police Officer’s
Memorial in DC and went on to
West Point for the 65 th reunion