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year olds, and volunteers at a
hospital. Erica does animal care
for working people and belongs
to a community center where
she does aerobics. Judy Runge
Hjerpe celebrated her 50 th anniversary
in June. She golfs a lot, is
active in theatre and is learning
to play bridge. She also belongs
to a 150-member choir and
loves to travel. Gail Goff Even
is enjoying retirement, going
on day trips and going south in
the winter. Her children are in
VA and KY. Sandra Harper Di
Vincenzo is retired and spends a
few months in FL in the winter.
Marion Hill Dunn is retired
from her own music store, where
she and her husband sold mandolins
online as well as in the
store. Marion belongs to the FL
Federation of Garden Clubs. She
is a flower show judge and treasurer
of the State Garden Club.
She is also a master gardener and
is now studying landscaping.
Grethchen Seabold Johnson
is retired and learning bridge
and golf. Both of her boys are
pilots. Priscilla Tufts Bartle has
6 grandchildren. They have been
in the same home for 43 years.
She retired in Jan. from an early
intervention program school,
and is now volunteering for an
integrated pre-school. Her class
was half 3- and 4-year-olds with
special needs and half children
with ordinary needs. Virginia
“Gina” Tupper Anderson lives
on Cape Cod in the summer and
goes to SC in the winter. She
sees Carolyn Farrand Hager frequently.
Barbara Mitchell Ellis
is retired and enjoying life. She
has 3 children. One son is flying
for NetJets International and is
a glider pilot. Her daughter was
a glider pilot and now teaches
in a CA school for learning
disabled children, and she has
one living in OH. She and her
husband traveled to Argentina
and Chile for 2 months and
met many well-known glider
pilots there. Her husband, who
worked for Cambridge Aero
Instruments, designed the secure
GPA system for gliders when
they went to an event in New
Zealand. She says she is a glider
passenger “under protest.” She
is very proud of her 2 grandsons
and 2 granddaughters. Priscilla
Allen Doel enjoys teaching
Spanish and Portuguese at
Colby College in ME. She has 3
children who have “flown the
coop” and they enjoy the company
of their dog and cat. Susie
Gurney Buckey writes that their
children and 4 grandkids keep
them busy. “We have 6-yearold
twins in Dublin, OH, and a
2-year-old and an 8-month-old
in Winnetka, IL...plus John and
Lauren in Napa, CA, both in the
wine business, and Rob here in
Jacksonville. I have started the
Pink Ribbon Golf Classic at The
Ponte Vedeta Inn and Club.
We are giving lots of money to
the Mayo Clinic and to Baptist
Beaches Medical Center for
Breast Cancer Research.” Ann
Darracq Graham and hubby
have lived in La Mesa, CA, since
1968. Their 8 grandchildren live
close by. She and her husband
travel in their motor home several
months each year, mostly
to the eastern seaboard to visit
friends and relatives. In 2007
they went to Alaska and then to
Quincy, MA, for her 50 th high
school reunion. Babysitting for
grandchildren, Curves, scrapbooking,
reading, crossword puzzles
and eating out with friends
are all part of an enjoyable life
for Ann. The class of 1959 celebrated
their 50 th reunion on
Oct. 2–4, 2009, at Alumni Fall
Festival. 23 classmates returned,
some with husbands. A farewell
brunch was held on Sunday at
the home of Marsha and Bruce
Johnson. To commemorate the
deaths of classmates we gathered
outdoors. A poem was read, and
as each name was read a balloon
was released. It was a lovely way
to remember those who had
once been with us. Those who
returned were Judith Anderson
Anderson, Judith Christie
Anderson, Priscilla Tufts Bartle,
Deborah Clark Benedict, Diane
Taylor Bushfield, Patricia
“Penny” Doyle Donius, Bonnie
Bladworth Fallon, Mary Joyce
Klapproth Forsyth, Sarah
Beal Fowler, Judith Gilmore
Getchell, Marilyn Winn
Goodwin, Marsha Halpin
Johnson, Carolyn Farrand
Hager, Catee Gold Hubbard,
Nancy Cooke Latta, Shirley
Noakes, Janet Preble Prew,
Carolyn Bokum Redmond,
Suzy Parris Ten Broeck,
Jane Dittmann Voss, Carole
Hammell Wenthen, Judith
M. Wilkinson, Linda Bereton
Wirts, Jacquelyn Duffany
Is 2010 your Reunion year?
Reconnect with
classmates during
Alumni Fall
Festival
October 1– 3, 2010!
visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/
alumni/fallfestival for details.
Schmidt. We look forward
to our 55th and hope for a
larger turnout.
Please See In Fond Memory
1960
Class Correspondent Needed
Please send your news to the
Office of Alumni Relations
and Annual Giving
541 Main Street
New London, NH 03257
e-mail: alumni@colby-sawyer.edu
Judy Gemmill D’Errico writes
that after graduating from CJC,
she graduated from Mount
Holyoke College in 1962 and
then worked at McGraw Hill
Publishing for several years. She
married Lionel Smith in 1964
and had a daughter. After she
and Lionel divorced, Judy worked
for 7 years at the Fellowship of
Reconciliation, an international,
interfaith pacifist organization.
She and Robert D’Errico were
married in 1992. Judy earned her
master’s degree in social work
in 1992, and she worked for 20
years in foster care in NYC. Judy
is now retired and doing some
volunteer counseling. Robert
works in Human Services and has
no plans to retire yet. Daughter
Robin is an attorney with her
own part-time practice, primarily
defending poor people, and
her husband Michael designs
websites. Their son Lorenzo is
8½ years old. Robert’s 2 sons and
their families live near Albany;
his son Rick and his wife Betsy
have 2 children, Grace, 13 and
Zach, 12. Robert’s son Rob is an
executive recruiter and his wife
AnnMarie is a high school music
teacher and choral director.
“Robert and I enjoy vacations at
the NJ shore and Key West,” Judy
says. “Last winter we took our
first Caribbean cruise and will
go again this coming winter.”
Judy’s CJC roommate Katherine
“Tucket” Batchelder Gibson
was Judy’s matron of honor at
her first wedding. “I have seen
my other roommate Ellen Boldt
Kaiser over the years but she
now lives near Seattle,” Judy
adds. “Now Ellen, Tucket and I
exchange Christmas greetings.”
1961
Susan Olney Datthyn
55 Pressey Court
New London, NH 03257
(603) 526-2283
susanolneydatthyn@hotmail.com
I had a nice phone chat with
Prue Jensen Heard the first part
of July. She had just had a golf
lesson in the pouring rain! Sue
Greene retired from her job in
DC and is living in NYC. Her
mom is 102 years old. Nancy
Oakes resides in East Aurora,
NY. She has retired as a professional
gardener. Prue roomed
with Nancy our senior year.
Betsey Burbank Sink has an
apartment in Dallas and would
enjoy hearing from her classmates.
Contact Prue for details.
Sally Cook Gregg and husband
Arthur reside in Chapel Hill, NC,
and summer in ME. They are
retired and enjoying life. Thank
you, Prue, for the class news that
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