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Ruth Mook Kerr and husband Don

have been working on his recovery from a stroke last July. Don spent a month at an inpatient rehab facility before return- ing home. After a couple of setbacks, he is almost back to normal. The Kerrs were grateful to be able to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. In Los Angeles, CA, Tomi Kuwayama-

Tedesco is active on the boards of the East Asian Art Council and the Folk Art Coun cil of the Craft and Folk Art Mu - seum; she also volunteers at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Barbara Ketchum Lahey’s children gave

her a surprise 90th birthday party. In good health, she says she has “no excuses for not taking full care of house, garden, and self.”

Bettina Towne Moore’s son Jim has re - organized his law firm in Saratoga Springs, NY, and has another office in Albany. He and wife Susan, who works for the state, live in nearby Burnt Hills. They have a dear granddaughter, Amelia, who lives in New Jersey. In all, Bettina has two great- granddaughters and six great-grandsons. Husband John has mild dementia but does well.

Jean Clements Natale was an art in - structor at SUNY-New Paltz before her children were born. As they got older, she returned to teaching and “subbing” until 1960. She had been a longtime foster grandparent and YMCA day-care volunteer until three years ago, when a leg infection required a major skin graft that has been slow to heal. A widow, she has lived on her own for the last 26 years. Jean’s two sons are potters, one daughter is a nurse, and the other is a hair stylist. Jean still makes her own greeting cards and says she is quite content without a computer, cell phone, or e-mail.

Jean Summersgill Neiswinter enjoys life

in Kansas. She plays bridge three to four times a week and participates in activities at her retirement home. She likes being close to daughter Joan, who, she says, “takes good care of me.”

Eileen Mitchell Roberts has lived in

Sarasota, FL, for the last 22 years. She misses the seasons in the Northeast but finds the Florida climate has “satisfying compensations.” Her husband, Bob, died last year. Their two children live in Cali - fornia and New York. Eileen is in touch

with Nancy Forester Padden, in Naples,

and gets together regularly with other Skid more grads in the area.

Artist Eleanor Dillaway Rowland’s most

recent commission was a painting of a beautifully designed home-office for an

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area orthodontist. She says the subject was engaging but not very creative. Eleanor and Jim enjoyed the annual Capital Dis - trict Skidmore Club’s Christmas party at the Surrey-Williamson Inn. She says “the speaker was interesting” and “surprisingly, Jim didn’t win a single poinsettia this year.”

Last year Genevie Wyckoff Sewell trav-

eled to California to visit her daughter and son in San Diego and Carlsbad and later returned for her grandson’s high school graduation. Her daughter from Houston visited her for the Christmas holiday. Still in her own home, Genevie gets along well with the help of a cleaning lady and good neighbors. She still drives, although not on the highway.

Mildred Herridon Webster’s daughter

was married this winter.

Audrey Mayforth Wetzler and Bob

spent much of the winter at Indian River Estates in Vero Beach, FL, where they hosted daughter Sally.

Eleanor Coleburn Zoller loves to hear

what others are doing. Mookie doesn’t drive and feels uncomfortable asking peo- ple to take her and her three-wheeled walker. She is not a fan of bridge because she can’t remember what’s been played! Otherwise, she is feeling good. I myself use a cane for balance but still seem to stumble over my shadow. I play bridge with three gals (all of whom are 10 years younger), but we lose track of whose deal it is. I enjoy my nine grandkids, but I’m out of it as far as Facebook or Skyping goes. My advice to Ellie: Do ask people to pick you up.

MARY PHILLIPS MURRAY 102 LAWRENCE STREET SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866-1310

518-584-9227

MMURRAY102@VERIZON.NET

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Barbara Lee is approaching 90 and living independently. She lives in a self-managed condominium complex, which she says helps keep her mentally alert. She wishes the best to classmates.

ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE SKIDMORE COLLEGE

815 N. BROADWAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866

Gina Rathbun Stuart-Howard’s

family is widely scattered, in South Dakota, Oregon, North Carolina, England, Thailand, and Mexico. Happily, she doesn’t find it too difficult to keep up with all of them. After the holidays, Gina

spoke with Marian Posner Glickman,

who lives in Florida.

In Essex, CT, Midge Kennedy Gillie and Bob have lived in Essex Meadows retire- ment home for the past 12 years. They have children and grandchildren nearby. Midge believes that “Skidmore gave us our best friends and fondest memories.”

Marty Blight Lent spent last summer

recovering from three surgeries. Her three children gave her lots of support. In December I was interviewed by Jap - anese Public Television about hanging laundry to air-dry. News of the attempted at tack by the “underwear bomber” on Christ mas Day cut the program short; I was informed that the interview would be aired again in its entirety.

MARY LOU SINON SAYER 7 AMOSKEAG ROAD

CONCORD, NH 03301 603-228-4635

MSAYER@COMCAST.NET

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Virginia Gray McNear loves being

a “foster grandparent” in a first- grade classroom from 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Her younger son completed a mas- ter’s in nursing education and teaches mental health courses at the Virginia School of Nursing.

Priscilla Comins Craig says she’s “still

kicking” but has given up golf because of her “objecting” knees. She spends sum- mers at Big Alum Pond in Sturbridge, MA, and has lots of company—especially Su -

san Craig Gross ’73, who lives in Antrim,

NH.

In Norwich, VT, Libby Cone Gardner

struggled through January hoping for snow and got it. She attended husband Clint’s 65th Dartmouth reunion last fall and reports, “What a production! But it was good fun.”

After 11 years on Cape Cod, Barbara Douglas MacMillan moved back to her hometown of Colonie, NY, near Albany. Bobbie is looking forward to a new life and seeing old friends.

Genevieve Gerard Conroy’s husband,

Dick, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and a balance problem, forcing them both to slow down. Still, they made a trip to Maine last spring, visited family in New York in the fall, and went on a cruise to Quebec. Genevieve feels blessed that their La Jolla, CA, retirement home is on the beach and right in town. They have met some good people and know they made the right deci- sion, living on what she refers to as a “per- manently docked cruise ship.”

Alice Mungall Porter volunteers for

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