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One of Shoe’s cousins, her husband,
and their daughter arrived
for a short visit in July. When it
was time to return to the
Poconos, they used the southern
route so they could see their 2
grandsons, Stephen and CJ. Ann
Wyllie Jarrett moved to a condo
in June but has kept the same
phone number and email. She
has great views from her big windows
and lives 5 miles closer to
Wilmington, DE. All her artwork
was now hung and she had given
her first dinner party. She
enjoyed a 2-week trip to Aspen
in between her moves. Jan West
Williams traveled to New
London in June for her bi-annual
family reunion at Twin Lakes
Villa. 37 family members ran
relay races, played tennis and
golf and went swimming. They
all stopped at CSC and drove
around the campus, which Jan
said looks lovely. Mary “Oggie”
Ogden Sutcliffe and Herb were
also in NH this summer. They
had a visit with both Herb’s and
Oggie’s relatives. After their time
in NH, they headed out to DE
and MD for some camping.
Oggie talked to Jeanne “Woody”
Woodruff Ramsey on Jean’s
birthday. Woody’s husband John
turned 91 this year. Woody met
John, a former airline pilot, during
her stewardess years. Oggie
says Woody is still head of volunteers
at a local hospital. After
two hip replacements, Fran
Wannerstrom Clark happily
reports that she is back to being
“herself.” Two days after her final
PT session, she headed for Philly
on an Elderhostel trip with a
small group affiliated with her
local community college. The
historic Philadelphia tour was
her “coming out party.” She had
signed up for the trip in the fall
as a goal to speed up her
“recoup” time, and it worked!
Fran and her good friend climbed
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those zillion steps (a la Rocky
who ran up them) at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. She
also had a great reunion with her
2 daughters in NYC and NJ. In
Aug. Fran took one day trip to
Saratoga, NY, to see the “ponies”
and one to ME. In Sept, her “biggie”
for the year was a cruise
around Greece and Turkey with
her daughters. Jane “Jimi”
Adams Darnell went into a year
of depression when she turned
80 and doesn’t want to go
through that again. It’s hard to
believe that we have now
reached the term of “elderly”!
Jimi said that her husband
remembered she did the same
when she turned 20, 30, etc. Jimi
planned to go to her Sanibel, FL,
vacation home in Oct, even if
she had to take her doctor with
her! She had a lousy year last
year and not only wasn’t allowed
to make the trip to FL but had to
give up her potting hobby. 50
pounds of clay is too much for a
woman with 2 herniated discs
and 2 hip replacements. Polly
Carver Watson has had a bit of a
balance problem that has prevented
her from doing much
traveling and, worst of all, she’s
had to give up golf. She keeps
busy with bridge, movies and
dining out with her friends. Her
3 children and 6 grandkids also
help to keep her busy. She works
out twice a week in both MA and
her FL home. Beryl Knight
Brown sent me a note saying she
was temporarily grounded as she
had been having chemo treatments
for her lung cancer. She
had an X-ray to check on how
much her tumor had shrunk, and
if it hadn’t, she would have to
undergo another session with a
different treatment. About 2
weeks later, she called to let me
know she had received great
news from her doctor: There was
no sign of any cancer. Naturally,
she was ecstatic and anxious to
correct her news. Mase and I
took life easy this summer by
staying home in Gainesville. We
still have a couple of trips we
would like to take but haven’t
made any firm plans. We have
lots of friends right in our golf
course community so life is never
boring. Please do write as I think
of all you and wish you the best
of health during our Golden
Years.
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e-mail: alumni@colby-sawyer.edu
Betty Pearson Brennan could
not attend the 60th reunion
but did visit the campus in the
summer of 2008 with 2 of her
4 kids. “The mix of old and
new buildings was great to see,”
she says. Betty lives in the San
Diego area and spends a lot of
time visiting her family, which
includes 5 grandchildren. After
almost 50 years of marriage to
Fred Brennan, Betty was widowed
9 years ago. They had met
in Worcester, MA, while she
was in high school. Now she
enjoys cruising and meeting with
friends and relatives around
the country.
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Pat Davis Hoffman
400 Avinger Lane
Apartment 345
Davidson, NC 28036
(704) 896-1345
I have moved from MA to NC to
be near family. My son Brad and
wife Lisa with 4 of my grandchildren
are nearby. I’m a happy resident
at The Pines at Davidson, a
senior retirement home next to
Davidson College. The Charlotte,
NC, airport is nearby and provides
easy access for my daughter
and family to visit from CA, as
well as you all! My roommate of
both years at the college, Joan
Hubley Sundeen, passed in
2009. Both her husband Bob of
NH, and her twin, Jean Hubley
Meyer of NY, called me with
the news. Joan also leaves a son,
Randall of NH. Ginny Colpitts
Bowers and Buzz are enjoying
life on Cape Cod and would like
to hear from classmates in their
area. Bobbie Bishop MacLean
reports, “My Milburn High
School, NJ, class had its 60th
reunion. We have done well. We
gals agreed we probably will not
have any more formal reunions,
so a small group of us decided to
try to have a mini reunion every
year. In May 2009, we met at
the home of one gal who lives
on Cape Cod. It was a very good
time. Otherwise I continue to
be active in my DAR chapter.”
Lindy Clapp Macfarland and
Will have been grounded in
NY for 2009 while Will’s health
improves. Bobbie Fetzer Herbert
tells of the passing of hubby Bill
in 2006. With choices of UT or
NJ, Bobbie built a new home in
a retirement community in NJ
near her daughter, and moved
there in 2008. She loves her
new house and the community
and has joined many new clubs.
She was lead tap dancer in “Bye
Bye Birdie” in Nov. She plays a
lot of tennis and won her local
tournament, is taking French
lessons, volunteers at the food
pantry, cooks for the Ronald
McDonald House, and belongs
to a book club, the singles club,
the Women’s Association and the
Brandeis Women’s Club. Her son
lives in UT and they visit several
times a year. Gretchen Siegfried
Nymoen tells of her successful
knee replacement surgery in
2009. She and hubby plan to be
in HI in Nov. to celebrate their
4th wedding anniversary. If they
stay healthy, they’ll be cruising
from Capetown to Lisbon on
the Silver Wind in Feb. 2010.
Gretchen had fun chatting with
Anne Bailey Shealy and Lindy
Clapp Macfarland recently.
Nan Frost Smith of NH and her
hubby Mort delight in being in
Ann Bemis Day ’50 with her
daughter Debbie Day Barnes and
grandchild Haven.