Class of 1965

Hazel Farrell Murray called me in March to let me know about a Mass being celebrated on Zoom in honor of Sister Seton Cunneen shortly before she died. She wrote that Seton was in her wedding to Matthew 56 years ago and felt that Seton was a blessing to so many. Hazel saw 2020 as a strange year, but one that had some good things come out of it. Nothing is taken for granted anymore. Priority lists have taken on more importance…and as Matthew said “we are rounding third base.” One wouldn’t think that as “we watch our fabulous Nancy Pelosi work hard and make such a difference.” Hazel’s vision would be: “spending much time with my family, looking after friends, staying curious and painting and being grateful for so much…realizing too that difficulties are usually opportunities to learn something new.”

Sandra Skwirut Jaszek wrote that she can picture Seton among us, 60 years ago hearing people ask many times why she chose Latin and Greek as her major. The answer to “What can you do with it?” lies in Sr. Seton’s life work! In this proclaimed year of St. Joseph, he eased her into death with the joy of knowing that she made a difference in the world. Sandra and Alex spent many hours watching movies from the 1930s through 2019. Anniversary editions include features about casting, screenwriting, filming on location, special effects, and more. It was a diversion from both the pandemic and the presidential election. In the near future, hallelujah to a visit with family. In the long-term, she would love to return to Paris when the renovation of the Cathedral of Notre Dame is complete.

Anne Cavanaugh Habbick had a terrible year of grief and loss, losing eight friends and colleagues, half of them from COVID. What made it more difficult was the inability to mourn them in the normal ways. When she read of the death of Sr. Seton Cunneen, her heart broke. Seton and Anne were roommates for the last three years at Trinity and although very different in their habits, had many good times together. Anne was an early riser, loved to study in the library and finished papers early. Seton was a night owl, studied to music and would be up typing away late the night before a paper was due. She visited Seton when she had begun her journey to becoming a SND and her peace and sureness of her decision made a strong impression on her. They both had academic careers which was something they had in common. Anne wrote that “Seton was without doubt the most generous and thoughtful person I have ever known.”

In 1996, Trinity established the Sr. Seton Cunneen Fellowship Program with a generous grant from the Maurice R. Robinson Fund. Every summer for the last 25 years, Trinity students chosen as Cunneen Fellows work in social service settings to deepen their commitment to social justice. If you would like to honor Seton by contributing to this fund you can contact the Development Office at Trinity, kelloggp@trinitydc.edu.

Hedy San Denis Glenn described working in two local elections this year and a three-week stint of early voting in Fairfax Co., VA. The voters were masked and well-behaved, about 1,000 a day. There were ten different ballots because it was a county-wide election which made it complicated. Workers wore several layers of protection, and someone described them as ‘bee-keepers in hazmat suits.’ Hedy and Wayne have seen their four grandchildren only a few times since March 2020 and they are all in school remotely until further notice. Both parents work from home. Wayne is making mobiles in his studio and is currently in one show and is preparing a second show, both virtual.

Martha Moon Pavlick’s big adventure after months of quarantine was attending the priestly ordination of their eldest son in Arlington, VA in June. The entire family was able to be together for the first time in three years and to attend his first Mass together during which he gave First Communion to one of his nephews. He has offered the traditional Latin Mass privately in their home several times. They are expecting their 22nd grandchild and second great-grandchild this year.

Susan Walker Wilson retired in December of 2019 and got her fourth joint replacement surgery, a hip (after the other hip and both knees previous years), on March 2 – and was at home recovering when the whole world joined her for staying at home! She is extremely grateful that she retired in the nick of time. She now spends her days in the garden. She noted that she is ecstatic that Trump is out of office and is rooting for Nancy Pelosi.

Mary Beth Nason has remained in good health during the pandemic and is looking forward to meeting the three new babies in her extended family when she can travel. She is also looking forward to returning to tennis doubles this summer.

Marianne Novy’s niece stayed with her while getting a master’s in public health at Pitt. She loves having this spirited and generous young woman with her. Before the lockdown Marianne had started volunteering in ESL conversation groups for immigrants, some of whom have stayed on as they moved to Zoom, and she has taken online training to do more structured tutoring. Through the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Marianne arranged two Zoom forums on police reform, which gave useful information to 60+ people each time. She received the Iris Marion Young Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Justice from Pitt’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program. She is looking forward to the opening of the Canadian border so they can visit their daughter in Vancouver, happily working as a trainer and coach there, and married to a lovely woman who teaches grade school.

Jane Raymond Smith reported getting through the “big freeze” in Houston-no power for 24 hours and no water for several days, but no damage on the whole, other than the back and front yards which are pretty much brown. They have everything cut back and are hoping for green sprouts of life at some point. She and Joe are both vaccinated but are still being careful – staying masked and not going out much. They continue to attend book clubs and take several classes through Zoom on various topics – music, art, etc. She hadn’t yet returned to the gym, so continues to walk along the bayou trail each morning. They have planned a family vacation to FL for the end of June. She had been in touch with Margaret Hammann Way and Christine McHale O’Connell. Christine’s husband Vincent died in January. Christine will continue to live in Hawaii where she has been for the last few years.

Margaret and Gunner are still in Witchita; her older son and grandchildren live in Idaho and her younger son lives in Kansas City. Their granddaughters are in college and high school so no little people anymore! Her biggest change in 2020 was re-retiring last summer and this time not having gone back to work. It is an adjustment – especially with being more homebound with the pandemic. Their 50th wedding anniversary celebration of 2021 will be delayed for now.

Many of us were disappointed that our 55-year reunion had to be cancelled and hope that we will be able to get together for the next one. Dominic and I and our family members have been fortunate to stay healthy during the pandemic but miss being with the extended family. I’m currently serving as the President of our Residents’ Association which keeps me busy.

Best wishes to all of you and your families,

Robin Spence Costa
Robinc1209@gmail.com

Thank you all for sharing your lives with me and the other blue class members. Terrel Funk Gagermeier reported a lovely 2018 including the marriage of her son Michael to Karon, a family reunion with Terrel’s siblings in Big Sky, MT and time spent with daughter Kate and Luke and their four children. Kate’s family lives only 25 minutes away.

Sandra Skwirut Jaszek has retired from her major involvement at the library and enjoys visits with son Alex, his wife and their twin granddaughters who are in third grade. She also is trying to deal with their forty-year accumulation of “stuff.”

Eileen O’Donnell Jacxsens has also sorted through their accumulations in preparation for a move to Richmond, VA, where they will live across the street from their daughter. Eileen and Peter have 11 grandchildren to enjoy and sent a photo of nine of them.

Purging the accumulation of many years is something Mary Reinhard Webster and I dealt with before moving to our respective continuing care retirement communities. Mary and Gary keep busy with volunteer activities at church and the Denver Metro community. They also take cruises about twice a year and have been to seaports on five continents. They hope to add a sixth this year. Gary was among the veterans honored with a “Quilt of Valor” in recognition of his military service by a quilting group affiliated with their church.

Dominic and I had two wonderful trips in 2018. The first was to northern Spain and Barcelona. We were awed by Santiago de Compostela with its many pilgrims, as well as La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. In the fall we traveled to Croatia and Slovenia with their beautiful scenery. We look forward to three graduations this spring: two grandchildren from college and the third one from high school.

Hedy St. Denis Glenn and Wayne also traveled to Slovenia to visit her cousins and went to the beach in Croatia with them. They also visited friends in Hawaii where Hedy had lived while in graduate school. In the fall they attended the 50 year reunion of the Great Gull Island Project, an ornithological research project at which Hedy had spent several summers. She continues with several French and Italian language discussion groups while Wayne spends time building mobiles and stabiles and participating in some shows.

Christine McHale O’Connell and husband Vincent live permanently in rural Waimanalo on the windward side of Oahu. They spend summers in Boulder, CO, close to one of his children. She is looking forward to our 55 year reunion next year.

Margaret Hammann Way still lives in the same house in Wichita, KS, but is in the midst of getting a new kitchen and adjacent family room. Christopher and his family are still in Coeur d’ Alene, ID.  An older granddaughter is a sophomore at Boise State University and is a STEM girl and is on the E-Sports team – not a thing like her grandparents.  Their younger granddaughter is in eighth grade and is a competitive, champion swimmer.  Son Matthew has moved to Louisville, KY, so now they have a new place to visit.

Jane Raymond Smith also mentioned looking forward to reunion. She and Joe got back into their rebuilt home in July about a year after Hurricane Harvey did its damage. They are enjoying their new, improved surroundings and hope to stay there for the foreseeable future. Jane keeps busy with exercise, book clubs and academic classes.

Emmy Portuondo Eaton is sporting two new hips and a new car. The latter is due to a rear-ender in which her car was totaled, without serious injury to Emmy. She is grateful for good health and being more mobile after the surgery.

Martha Moon Pavlick and Tom are enjoying excellent health and a “quiet close-to-home” lifestyle. Their eldest son will be ordained a transitional deacon in June and their first daughter has found a new vocation in nursing. Another daughter is expecting their twenty-first grandchild this summer and the youngest has a cooking series on You Tube called Anne’s Family Recipe. Martha and Tom enjoy CD and DVD courses, gardening and a Latin Mass community.

Marian Patrizio is still teaching refugees in NZ and is very active in a Buddhist Sangha. She feels equally engaged in New Zealand and the US, keeping up via the internet and her annual family visit to the States. She recommends Jill Lepore’s “These Truths” as a highly readable history of the United States which made clear to her that “the current conversations taking place have been going on since the beginning of the country. These are conversations about   civil rights, social justice and the willingness to change, in the face of our fears about wealth and the accumulation of power to protect wealth.  We are so focused on individualism at times, we forget the need for community.”

Leila Gonzalez Sullivan completed work on a NSF grant in May and was able to have a summer of leisure at the beach with family and doing some travel. She took a river cruise on the Nile with some friends from church which she found amazing. This winter she visited Vieques Island off Puerto Rico and afterwards visited some cousins in San Juan. She continues to study Italian in hopes of returning soon to Italy. She has also been growing her photography skills.

Ruth Chojnacki continues teaching part-time for DePaul University’s Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program which she describes as a wonderful way to keep learning and staying in touch with the rising generation. She also teaches in the Archdiocese of Chicago’s deaconate and lay leader formation program for Spanish speakers. She and Cary spent two weeks in As, Norway with family where her niece and husband studied goats and cheese at the Norwegian Life Sciences University, followed by a stay in a renovated nineteenth century farm building on an island near Bergen. She recommends this “model social democracy” and its natural beauty as a vacation destination.

Lee Rogers Matyola occasionally looks up the achievements of the Millburn Township Science Research students where she was Science Supervisor. They had 15 Intel Semifinalists and two finalists in the course we designed to support student interest in science while she was at Millburn. She still volunteers occasionally at Students to Science, an organization that provides laboratory experiences to students that do not have lab activities in their inner city schools.  This year a second location in downtown Newark, NJ, was added. Students work in a professional chemistry lab with about four million dollars’ worth of equipment. She and Dan enjoy a yearly getaway to Maui.

Maribeth Flynn is still teaching art history, Art and Architecture of the Catholic World and the basic Western survey, at Caldwell University in New Jersey. She and Tom took a quick trip to Madrid in January and will be taking a brief sabbatical this fall to spend time in Paris. She notes that 2020 will be a big year for all of us, and not just Reunion. I do hope to see many of you on that occasion.

Jane Fee Baker Apollony had the happy news of her marriage in Williamsburg last December to Paul Apollony.  After working for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and its predecessors for almost 40 years, she retired in 2014.  Her husband Paul Baker had passed away in 2012 after 43 years of marriage. While attending some classes after retirement, she ran into Paul Apollony with whom she had worked with in the late 1960s.  Life for her is very, very good right now.

Robin Spence Costa

203 Foulkeways

Gwynedd, PA 19436

robinc416@comcast.net

I was pleased to hear from several classmates again after a break since our last Reunion, but was sad to hear from Chuck Johnson that Blanche Coughlin Johnson passed away. Blanche wrote six cookbooks and was his business partner and editor of their publishing company, Wilderness Adventures Press. She was also an avid bird and big game hunter and fly fisher. We also lost Pastor Jake Kopmeier, whom we knew as Anne Kopmeier, within the last year.

Happier news was received from Martha Moon Pavlick who with her husband took a nine-day pilgrimage through England and Wales following in the footsteps of the English martyrs, including an ancestor of hers, as well as the oratories of Blessed John Henry Newman. She and Tom expect their first great-grandchild and 20th grandchild later this year. She still is active in her church and sings in the funeral choir. Gardening, reading and the piano are also favorite activities.

Gary and Mary Reinhard Webster have settled into life at Wind Crest, a senior independent-living community of about 1,300 residents in Highlands Ranch, CO. She and Gary are active in a few of the many groups there, as well as church and community organizations. Gary is a Denver International Airport Ambassador, and dressed in a bright plaid vest and a black cowboy hat, he provides information and assistance to travelers. Last summer’s eclipse was one of the amazing events of the year for them. They have planned trips in 2018 to the Panama Canal and the South Pacific.

Leila Gonzalez Sullivan got to take her dream trip to the Galapagos Islands and is now planning a river cruise on the Nile, another dream. She is in the second year of work as director of research for a National Science Foundation grant to investigate the STEM programs in historically black colleges and universities. She traveled all over the south and met some wonderful leaders and students. Analyzing thousands of lines of transcribed interviews, along with nudging a few students to finish their dissertations keeps her busy.

Margaret Hammann Way and Gunnar spent two weeks in England, France, Scotland and Ireland with their children and grandchildren last summer, and this year went on a 10-day driving trip to UT via NM and AZ that included visits to national parks. Son Christopher and family live in Coeur D’Alene, ID, which Margaret describes as beautiful. Their other son is closer in Kansas City. Margaret’s mother passed away in 2016 at age 98.

Sr. Seton Cunneen’s brother, Monsignor Sean Cunneen, passed away in March of this year. Ann Schroeter Mangone’s husband, Bob, and one of her sisters both passed away in the last quarter of 2017. She indicated that her daughters have been wonderful during this time and in February she got together with her London daughter, traveling to India and the Maldives, a very interesting trip.

Hedy St. Denis Glenn went to Macedonia twice in Oct.-Nov. as an international election observer for municipal elections and went to VT in August for a Peace Corps reunion. Her husband Wayne has had his mobiles displayed at the Smithsonian (Ripley Gallery and Hirshhorn Museum) and elsewhere. Her sister Shari Lama ʼ66 moved to two miles from them in Reston, VA.

Mary Ann Maloney Murphy left Chevy Chase and her friends and moved to CA in 2005 to be near her son, taking a big leap into the unknown. She was able to use her MSW from Smith to find a job, from which she retired in August 2016. She loves sleeping in late and doing what she feels like doing after so many years of pushing herself. She spent time in Bulgaria in 1991 while her former husband was teaching law on a Fulbright fellowship there and learned how awful Communism is in terms of destroying trust between people since everyone was afraid of being reported to the KGB. She is thankful to Trinity for so many blessings.

Terrel Funk Gagermeier and Dave are still in their house where they can host sleepovers for their four grandchildren and enjoy the large porch in summer. Their grandson Ben is improving after the head injury he suffered in 2015. During Lent, Terrel was reading a book on thankfulness rather than worry.

Jane Raymond Smith and Joe are in the process of rebuilding their home of 39 years after losing pretty much everything in it to the Houston floods of 2017. They hope to spend a number of years in it before making another move. The idea is to modernize it so that it will be easier to sell when they are ready. They are living in a furnished apartment, which is working out well and work is proceeding. She is still working out, taking classes, participating in two book clubs and staying as busy as she wants.

Hazel Farrell Murray is still enjoying painting, museums and volunteer teaching at a camp in CO for children facing cancer, epilepsy, autoimmune disease or transplants. She looks forward to visiting her 3 grandchildren in San Francisco. She is also pleased to be able to spend time with Kathleen Amend Collins and Margaret (Cis) Keller Sperling when in NY. Her daughter Kathryn has a few Aillea stores, which sell toxin-free cosmetics. Hazel has done some of the artwork for her.

Marian Patrizio is enjoying being a grandmother and having her son and his partner in Auckland; they are expecting a boy to join his sister in May. Marian is still teaching English as a second language to UN Quota refugees. She is pleased that New Zealand has elected a government more aligned with economic and environmental concerns since NZ needs to look at the effects of corporate dairying on its waterways. She returns home to see family annually and follows developments in the states. She is hopeful that the questioning and push back that is developing will continue to create a force against the current dismaying mess. For her, the elephant in the room is campaign funding by large corporations who write the agenda for members of Congress. Elections in NZ are within a specified time frame of months, not years, and there are very strong public disclosure regulations around funding which makes such a difference.

Susan Walker Wilson is still working full time teaching human anatomy and physiology at a CA community college. She loves her work and has no retirement incentives. She had three joint replacements in the past four years, both knees and a hip. Her non-work passion is her garden, where she spends any free hours on weekends pruning, weeding, and planting. Pat Cawunder successfully completed chemotherapy for lymphoma, which was to be followed by radiation to prevent its recurrence. She wrote that the other parts of her life were doing well.

Sheila Tully Hamilton shares that she and her husband Perry moved to San Diego to be closer to their son, Nicholas.

Marianne Novy retired from Pitt in August 2016, after teaching there since 1971. Since retiring she finished and published another book, “Shakespeare and Feminist Theory” (Bloomsbury) and an article, “Transcultural Adoption Literature for Pediatricians and Parents,” to appear in a journal, “Adoption and Culture,” published by Ohio State University Press in cooperation with the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture, which she helped to start about 20 years ago. She also hopes to do some more writing about recent adoption memoirs and novels, and is trying to educate about adoption in other ways. She has also been working with church-related groups to arrange panel discussions of issues ranging from race to fracking. Her husband David Carrier has recently published a book about art galleries and is working on another one about Naples, Italy.

Dominic and I moved to Foulkeways, a continuing care retirement community, in December and are adjusting happily to the change. We recently spent a weekend in NYC with all three of our sons and spouses and four grandsons, a real treat. In May, we’re traveling to northern Spain as well as Porto, Portugal, and some of France near the Pyrenees, finishing in Barcelona.

I look forward to hearing more news from classmates on the Trinity website.

Robin Spence Costa

Many of you wrote about how much you enjoyed renewing friendships at our 50^th Reunion last May. Thanks to Maribeth Flynn, Leila Gonzalez Sullivan, Jane Raymond Smith, Marie-Jeanne Marcouyeux Gwertzman, for organizing it and to Jane Raymond Smith, Kathy Kennedy Chapman, Melanie Martinelli Gajarsa, and Dorothy Ryan Siden for leading us to surpass our class gift goal of $100,000. Several of you commented on wanting to support Trinity’s current mission of educating lower income women. Over 50 class members were able to attend all or part of Reunion.

People started to gather informally at the Washington Court Hotel on Friday afternoon and some attended afternoon talks at Trinity and then a reception buffet. Then it was back to the hotel where additional time to get reacquainted was enjoyed by many. Saturday was the luncheon for all classes at which we were presented with our Trinity Golden Jubilee medals and photographed as a group. During our class meeting we had a memorial for the eleven deceased members of the class where each one was remembered individually.

Mass followed in the chapel celebrated by Sr. Seton Cuneen’s brother, Sean. The class party followed at the hotel in the evening. Dan and Lee Rogers Matyola and Mickey (Marilyn to the world outside Trinity) Demorest had put together a slide show of photos from our Trinity years which played continuously during the class party. Their roomie, Cappy Finn Smith, brought her usual humor. She has recently moved to a condo in Lowell, MA, following husband Gene’s death a year ago. Lee & Dan celebrated the 50^th anniversary of their elopement during reunion. They had just returned from a trip to Japan and China.

Hazel Farrell Murray and Matthew came to the luncheon but missed the other events due to the conflict with Matthew’s Georgetown Reunion. Eileen O’Donnell Jacxsens enjoyed seeing people at the luncheon and the memorial. Her husband Peter joined us for the Mass.

Gunner and Margaret Hammann Way came from Wichita, KS where Margaret is still working part-time for a law firm. They combined it with one of their visits to her mother in NJ. Afterward they enjoyed a visit at home with Christine McHale DiBenedetto and Vincent who were on their way from their winter home in Hawaii to a family vacation in Provincetown, MA. Margaret’s one son and grandchildren live in Coeur D’Alene, ID and the other in Kansas City. Jane Raymond Smith & Joe are enjoying time with their nearby grandchildren and planned to take an African Photography Safari.

Terrel Funk Gagermeier asks for prayers for her grandson’s recovery from a fractured skull and brain injury. She had intended to come to Reunion but cancelled due to his accident which occurred shortly before the birth of a younger sibling. Nana Terrel was needed to help. She did get a firsthand report from Paula Pratt Pomainville who stopped on her way home to see Terrel and deliver greetings from Reunion attendees. Paula and Ruth Chojnackiare two reunion attendees who left Trinity before graduation but still feel a special attachment to the class. Ruth taught a Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies course at DePaul University and planned to teach a new course on poverty ethics in the fall. She also teaches 10-week theology modules for the Chicago Spanish-speaking diaconate formation program. Her husband Cary coordinates the math center at Truman College. They planned to return to Penobscot Bay, ME, and perhaps a bit of Quebec later in the summer for vacation, followed by multi-generational Chojnacki family reunions soon thereafter.

Marion Patrizio reported that, although too far away to attend, she enjoyed reading about reunion and the photos that were posted and thinks we are aging graciously. Portia Saponaro Redfield and Itti Hartigan Furlong were unable to come due to family deaths. Health issues prevented Cis Keller Sperling and Mary Harrington Post from coming. Kathy Mullin Mullinix was with her daughter-in-law who died a few weeks later.  Ellen Corge Umlauf is in nursing home after a serious stroke a few years ago. We were sorry to miss seeing all who could not come for whatever reason.

Sr. Seton retired last year from Gonzaga and traveled to Nemours for a retreat celebrating her Jubilee with the SNDs. Sr. Ann Gormley ’45 (Sr. Frances while we were at Trinity) is also accompanied Seton. She and Sister Margaret and two other members of the class of 1945 also attended the reunion luncheon.

Anne Hunter Ganley and her husband hosted Tere Jover Tibbetts for Tere’s first reunion, coming from S. Lake Tahoe. She told us about arriving from Cuba and being sent to Trinity by her father, determined that she would get an education. She also related how after a few years teaching and a trip out west she decided to quit her job and move out west, convincing a few more teachers at her school to do the same. Also attending were Phil and Aldonna Picardi Noto; Aldonna  was in the midst of chemo but feeling good and doing well. Phil was as gracious yet humorous as ever. A new grandson arrived after reunion.

Tom and Karen Jesatko Kenyon, Alex and Tina DePaulo Ross, Nina Scoma Jannik, Ginny Hamill, and Tina Scarcia Pugliese, who is still operating her PR business in Florida also attended. Mary Ann Fintz Alt, Aileen Armstrong Murck, Kathy Schiltz McDaniels, Cathy Norton McRae, Cecily O’Donovan Gargaro, and Kathy Amend Collins all came together. Sandra Skwirut Jaszek and Jenny Hart Lavail roomed together again for reunion. Jenny & husband Russ have taken up sailing. Pat Moylan Capozzi had Emma Portuondo Eaton and Blanche Cummings as house guests during reunion.

Dick and Kathy Kennedy Chapman , Liz Meunier Landis and Kathy Murray Matthews, Cora Glassmeyer Ogle, Ann Carroll Nealon and Louise Cleary Lintz also came in great humor. Maribeth Nason made a speed trip to reunion. She took the train from Boston early on Saturday, came to the luncheon and party and then returned overnight. Sheila Tully Hamilton and her husband Perry also added to the good cheer. Eileen Cooney kept us amused with her stories.

Art & Melanie Martinelli Gajarsa are enjoying new friends and activities in NH. Flo Robinson Ford is still on her farm in Vermont. I learned that she is only known as Flo with Trinity friends. Her family called her Dover, starting with little brother’s mispronunciation of “sister.”

Maribeth Flynn took the lead in planning the Reunion. She still is involved with the Brooklyn Museum. After reunion she and Tom took a trip to Amsterdam. Marie-Jeanne Marcouyeux Gwertzman led the planning for the memorials and Mass arrangements. She is still doing parish religious education in NY.

Marianne Novy continues teaching at Pitt and is pondering when to retire. She brought a collection of old Trinity publications to share. Leila Gonzalez Sullivan and Charlie had just had their new vacation home on Long Beach Island completed. Their prior one was destroyed by super storm Sandy. Mary Gillen McElroy and her husband finally got into their new home in VA last spring. Mary Reinhard Webster and Gary moved into a retirement community in Highland Farms after living in a suites hotel for several months. They also celebrated 50 years of marriage last June, as did Tom and Martha Moon Pavlick, and Anne Schroeter Mangone and Bob. Anne has taken up Master Gardening.  Martha’s eldest son, formerly a D.C. contract lawyer, is now in the seminary studying for the diocese of Arlington, VA.  He lives right down the street from Trinity.  Tom and Martha celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with three days in NYC and then with a surprise cook-out/pool party at the home of their second son with all five children, their four spouses, and 16 grandchildren present.

Judy Szalontay Grosch expressed an interest in photos of reunion and reported that she is currently very involved with Syrian families in Germany, helping with school work, doctor’s appointments, etc.  Hedy St Denis Glenn and her sister Shari Lama ’66 have been spending a lot of time in FL with their mother who is doing well at 102. Hedy got to do some business travel last November to Moldova, as an international election observer (one of 18 Americans in a group of 200 observers) sent by OSCE (Org. for Security & Cooperation in Europe) and ODIHR (Office of Democratic Institutions & Human Rights). She has also gone to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Ukraine with this group.

Judy Sugimoto Sykes called from Hawaii to catch me up on her extensive international travels which included Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Japan. She is part of the International Federation of Real Estate Professionals and their meeting last September was hosted in Hawaii. She indicated that Hawaii is currently a good market. Her mother is now living in a care home in Pearl City which takes a good bit of time to reach due to Oahu’s lack of mass transit. She is still enjoying her work and believes that age is how you feel.

I also enjoyed spending time with friends at the Reunion and wish even more of you could have come. It’s hard to convey the closeness experienced in writing about reunion. Several people suggested trying to have local mini-reunions in between those held at Trinity. I hope you’ll share them with your class scribe. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2016!

Robin Spence Costa