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Flora Posson was featured in the January 17 Daily News, serving
western New York in celebration of her 100th birthday. The business major and former executive secretary attributes her longevity to a lifelong passion for tennis. ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE SKIDMORE COLLEGE 815 N. BROADWAY SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866
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riage. “Between us, we have two cars, two walkers, three hearing aids, five artificial joints, and most of our marbles.” She and Charles still drive. On a sad note, my beloved husband
of 67 years, Gordon, passed away on December 20. DOROTHY ROMAN GUENTHER 248 PINES LAKE DRIVE EAST WAYNE, NJ 07470-5009 973-835-1869
SYNCHRODOTTIE@AOL.COM
FLORANNA CHAYES LATHROP 3336 LAKE PARK CIRCLE ANCHORAGE, AK 99517 907-248-1947
Thanks, Skidmore! Mary Lib Tierney has authored a mys-
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A NOTE ABOUT CLASS NOTES
If your class is not listed, please send your class notes to the Alumni Affairs Office, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1632.
Class notes are also posted on Skidmore’s public Web site:
skidmore.edu/scope.
tery novel, The Runaway, set in New Jersey during the 1940s. It is available online at
www.lulu.com. MARY LOU SINON SAYER 304 ALTON WOODS ROAD CONCORD, NH 03301
99SAYER@GMAIL.COM 603-228-4635
our 70th reunion at Skidmore! I’ll be attending with my daughter, Gail. Please get in touch with me if you are planning to make the trip. I hope to see you there! Genevieve Gerard Conroy can’t believe that so many members of our class have left us: “It certainly makes me think that we better make the most of 2014.” Genevieve is already tackling a to- do list, which includes having fun. She is “truly grateful” that she is driving and living independently in a beautiful oceanfront retirement community. Alice Mungall Porter reports that she
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and Charles are in pretty good shape for two people in their 67th year of mar-
This year we will celebrate
I am still reminiscing about our wonderful Reunion last year.
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Glenview, Ill., resident Sally Bogan Jenkins stays busy keep-
ing up with her six kids and many grand- children. Sally spends summers in Minnesota and visits her family during the winter months. She enjoys golf and stays in touch with good friend Jan Sharp Adkins, who lives in Williamstown, Mass. Barbara Mirsky Baker resides in an independent living facility in Rye Brook, N.Y., where she plays lots of bridge, reads, and attends many community activities. She sees her children and grandchildren often. Barbara is in good health except for disc problems that affect her walking. Marjorie Duffett Reid lives in her own home in West Chester, Pa. She passed along sad news that her good friend and sister-in-law, Martha Reid Cucci, died last June, just five days before her 90th birthday. Marjorie attended the funeral in Rochester, N.Y, with her children and Martha’s sons. Martha and Marjorie spoke on the phone almost daily. Ruth Reid Gjessing is “hanging in there” in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. She often reflects on her years studying nursing and wonders about her fellow nursing majors. She maintains regular contact with Janet Pike Harvey, who lives in Pensacola, Fla. Betty Spoerl Eckerson lives in Boxford, Mass., where she paints and is involved with the Historical Society of Early American Decorating. Married for 67 years, she has six great-grandchildren. Betty gave up horseback riding but likes to visit her youngest daughter, who owns
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