incorporate digital graphics and magery based on biological processes affecting the environment into her paintings and prints. Her artwork was included in the 2014 Marin MOCA Summer Exhibit in Novato, Calif., earlier this year. Maureen Kelly Cooley’s oldest daugh-
ter, Martha, authored the murder mystery Ice Shear, published in July. Barbara Herbert von der Groeben has chosen Nantucket as her permanent home and sold her house in Belmont, Calif. She invites any member of our class who travels offshore to give her a call. Barbie will continue to serve as class presi- dent until our next reunion. I completed a 100-km walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain a week before Reunion. It was a physical chal- lenge; some days we hiked over 15 miles! Galicia is a lovely area that is lush and green in the spring, and Santiago is an inspiring city. I traveled with four close friends and was deeply moved by the spir- it of community I discovered among the Camino pilgrims we encountered. It was a long-anticipated personal milestone for me, and I was proud of the accomplish- ment. I hope to return to Spain to com- plete the entire Camino in the near future. To those who could not be with us at Reunion, put our 50th (can that be true?) on your radar right now. MARY HARDMAN LAPORTE 143 FERN ST. HARTFORD, CT 06105-2248 860-236-0742
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she’s “definitely in the sandwich-squeeze gen- eration.” Still working as a clinical psycholo- gist in Asheville, N.C., she loves spending time with
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tion for veterans in the region. She draws on her creative side to weave functional and fine-arts items that she shows and sells in Erie.
Retired school teacher Lori Rusling Shearer and husband Fred like traveling to London, where three of their children and two grandchildren reside. Two chil- dren and a grandson are in San Francisco, Calif.
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two granddaughters in Oakland, Calif., and Houston, Texas. She is also caregiver for her 93-year-old parents; her mother has been under Hospice care in Laurie’s home for 18 months. Laurie says, “I’m trying to practice every coping skill I know of.”
Barbara Hauck is a board member of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. As an advocate for northeastern part of the state, she helped raise funds to construct the Erie County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which was dedicated this past Memorial Day and has become a destina-
Margaret Broz practices law in the Florida Keys. Son Will Beery ’98 is a bank loan officer in Norwalk, Conn., with two great little boys and a great wife. Daughter Brie is a doctor and head of the outpatient dermatology clinic at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, Calif., and has two lovely girls and a wonderful hus- band. Margaret visits the boys in the sum- mer and the girls during the winter holi- days. “We are a happy, productive family, albeit so far apart.” Gail Kern and husband John winter in beautiful, sunny Scottsdale, Ariz. “The landscape here is amazing and the weath- er is almost perfect!” she notes. Barb Akers is retired and living in a condo in Maui, Hawaii. Maui was a long- time dream, but her diagnosis with Lyme disease immediately after our 40th reunion and her chronic fatigue syn- drome are what forced her to retire. Nan Healy Schwanfelder lives in Santa Fe, N.M., where she works on the state’s early-childhood initiative. Her sons live in the Bay area and she now has a condo in San Francisco. She hikes in the mountains of New Mexico with her German shep- herd and also loves walking the hills of San Francisco. Betsy Evans is in her 25th year as an early childhood consultant and conflict- resolution specialist. She completed her third DVD on negotiating with children, I Want All the Turns! Supporting Children in Resolving Problems and Conflicts, which includes a section on bullying (check out the trailer on YouTube), and is working on a second edition of another DVD, You Can’t Come to My Birthday Party! Conflict Resolution with Young Children. She loves the adventurous company of her five grandchildren, ages 8 months to 11 years. Betsy and her husband took a two-week biking trip through Vietnam earlier this year.
Liz Miller Grasty retired in April after 22 years with Northwest Federal Credit Union and a total of 43 years with five credit unions. “It’s been a wonderful career helping people achieve their finan- cial dreams,” she says. Liz and husband Warren celebrated with a trip to England
to visit their grandsons, followed by a Viking river cruise on the Rhine. Liz makes jam, quilts, and takes jewelry- making and exercise classes. She wel- comes hearing from classmates at
Lizgrasty924@aol.com.
I’ve begun a two-year term as president of the Syracuse Sounds of Music Association (formerly the Syracuse Symphony Association). I was vice-presi- dent for the past two years, which is always good practice! The association is over 50 years old and supports such groups as the Syracuse Opera, Society for New Music, Signature Syracuse, and Syracuse Youth Orchestra, including giv- ing two scholarships to high school sen- iors pursuing music careers. I have a sec- ond grandson (my fourth grandchild) and am wondering how “grandma’s little house” can possibly expand to fit more children! But of course it will, as my heart already has.
Reunion 2015 planning has begun: watch for more information soon. and be prepared to return to campus with all the energy and enthusiasm we exhibited in 1970! BARBARA CROSSMAN BELL 218 CANDEE AVE. SYRACUSE, NY 13224-1608
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the country. When not on the dance floor, she fills her time visiting her four grandchildren. Two of them, ages 5 and 6, live in Salt Lake City; 1-year-old twin granddaughters reside in Cleveland. Jaye Scholl Bohlen and husband Charlie live in Glendale, Calif., most of the year and travel to Maine every August. Last May they walked part of the Cotswold Way in England with friends. Daughter Anis is a lawyer in London; sons Charlie and Peter work in the entertain- ment and fashion industries. Betsy Polezoes D’Annibale spent a week in 2013 traveling through north- western California and watching the America’s Cup races in San Francisco. Maggy Ames has fully retired from her life as a lawyer and started on the next chapter. She spends her time in her pot- tery studio, slowly but surely building her new business, Maggy Ames Handmade. Janet Lee Beach is happily living at the foot of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. She runs a consulting firm, U.S. Marketing Services, and volunteers helping people find jobs at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Husband Ralph is a professor,
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