Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

husband, Bob, live in a
condo in Norwich, VT.
Both engage in water aerobics
3 times a week and
when away from the gym,
Raemah volunteers at the
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center and her
church. She’s a member of
the International Women’s
Club and Hanover Garden
Club. They snowshoe
for added exercise. Their
family consists of 5 children,
10 grandchildren,
2 great-grandbabies and
Mona and Lisa, their 2
Manx cats. I never did
connect with Joan Trainer
Kirsten and Ken after
our 1999 Reunion. Joan
has kept in touch with
Jean Larkum Hardcastle.
Joan and Ken have done
considerable traveling, including
Bermuda, Russia,
France and many other
European countries. This
year, they plan a roundtrip
from Barcelona to
Monaco, Rome, Portofino,
Tunis and Carthage. Close
to home, the Kirstens
are entertained at the
Morristown Performing
Arts Center. Whenever
needed, Joan volunteers
at the Great Swamp
Watershed Assn. Two
children live in MI and FL
and there are 2 grandsons
and a step-grandson.
Bobbie Laurie Prescott
loves her new location in
Rockport, MA. The water,
she says, “Has life of its
own and never ceases to
be interesting.” Florence
“Florrrie” Tornquist Tuthill
still resides in Hindsale,
IL, where they “have the
world’s best full-time
caregiver for Jim, who
has Parkinson’s.” When
the weather turns, they
head for Scottsdale, AZ.
Since the family is very
scattered, their 3 children,
12 grandchildren and 2
great-grandchildren only
get together for weddings
and other special occasions.
Last year a friend
and I visited Doylestown,
PA, where Audrey Bostwick
has finally retired from
Equine Studies Program
at Delaware Valley
College, where she taught
the horse and carriage
driving courses since
1988. She’s a licensed
Pleasure Driving judge
for the American Driving
Society and the U.S.
Equestrian Federation.
She has 7 ponies. Last
summer Audrey satisfied
a dream by competing
once again with Hackney
horses at the Royal Winter
Agriculture Fair in Toronto.
For 33 years, Jean Larkum
Hardcastle and Dennis
have bought and sold
residences in Vero Beach,
FL. For 22 years they have
resided in the oceanfront
community Sea Oaks,
where they’re active with
the chorus until they leave
to spend the summer
months in Avon, CT. We
had lunch, and I found
that Jean had lured Donna
Oosting Muenzberg and
Joan Hamilton Sweetland
to the Oaks, where they are
quite content. For years,
Mimi Coffin Ragsdale and
her husband spent time at
the theatre, traveling and
spending summers at their
home in Mattapoisett, MA.
She decided to continue
this way of life after his
death, from Alzheimer’s,
2 years ago. Last year she
and her daughter took a
Metropolitan Museum
tour to Cambodia and
Vietnam. In Mar. they
took a trip on Sea Cloud
2 in the Caribbean
Windward Islands. She
continues to schedule
museum exhibits and the
theatre in her routine.
1950
Class Correspondent
Needed
Over Mother’s Day
Bobbie Fetzer Herbert
and her daughter drove to
Washington, DC, to stay
with her granddaughter.
While there, she had lunch
with Gloria Demers Collins
and Priscilla Johnson
Greene. Bobbie’s oldest
granddaughter was featured
on the cover of the
Christmas issue of In Jersey
magazine. She’s modeled
for the magazine several
times. Their home in Red
Bank, NJ, caught fire and
was a total loss, but they’re
currently rebuilding.
Bobbie recently returned
from a week in Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico, with 3
friends, and was heading
to AZ to visit her son and
his wife. Jane Grayson
Slover is leading an active
life in spite of some health
issues for both her and her
husband. Their youngest
son, Tom, now 45, is
married for the 1st time to
a girl named Chun. They
I will never forget my experience at
Colby Jr. College. Those 2 years
were so special, they will never be
forgotten. They helped to shape
my life that lay ahead.
Mary Jane Critchett Lane ’51
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