Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

ing a move. Joan Durkee
Reed writes, “Still living in
the Bethlehem, NH, area,
although we sold the big
house and moved into a
condo for easy living. We
spend a couple of winter
months in FL visiting 5 of
our 10 grandchildren and
our kids along the way.
The other 2 children live
in VT, so we go to many
concerts, graduations
and sporting events.” “I
am sad to report of the
passing of my husband,
Jack, after 57 wonderful
years,” writes Carol Nelson
Reid. “I live at Brooksby
Village in Peabody, MA,
where I enjoy activities,
going on trips and meeting
many friends.” She’s
been enjoying lunches with
Nancy Paige Parker. Carol
traveled to London to visit
her son and his wife, who
will be living there for 3 to
5 years. While there she
took the Eurostar train to
Paris for 2 days. Carleen
“Sunny” Madsen Dukstein
and her husband have
lived in a Sewickley, PA,
retirement community for
8 years, where there are
many activities to keep
them busy and active. Her
husband is an artist and
spends most of his time
in the studio. Sunny has
started working with color
pencil. They try to get to
ME every fall, and have
stopped at CSC campus a
couple times on their way.
At Christmas, she keeps
in touch with Frances
“Fran” Moody Bacon,
Carol Myers Ditmore and
Barbara Frank Ketchum.
Barbara Knight Price ’55
MT, who lives in CA, loves
having her family around
her, including Ivy, the black
retriever. That includes
children and grandchildren
who returned home to
assist with her care due
to changes in her health.
Nancy Brown Cummings
says summers are spent
at the family cottage on
Newfound Lake, NH.
Their daughter Eleanor
Cummings Bowe ’74 and
Jerry Bowe live in a cottage
nearby, and the Cummings
have a condo where
family and extended family
come and go all summer.
Christmas 2011 found
them in Miami at their
son Richard and Marcia’s
home. On Dec. 5, 2011,
great-grandson number 3,
Ross Gerald Tornabene,
arrived to join big brother,
Graham and cousin,
Grant Ullman, both now
2. In Mar. they flew to
Tahoe to see daughter
Eleanor and husband’s
new ski house. Then it was
on to their home to see
granddaughters Stephanie
and Gretchen and their
growing families. Daughter
Andrea and Will are still
nearby in Manchester,
NH. Andrea is working
with special needs kids in
the Manchester Schools.
Granddaughter Ashley
graduated cum laude from
UNH in May 2011. Zachary
is finishing his 2nd year of
college. Eleanor and Dick
are comfortable and happy
in W. Lebanon, NH. From
West Ossipee, NH, Ann
Rosenbach Scott writes
that she and Roger celebrated
their 57th wedding
anniversary in Sept. 2011.
In Apr. she and one of her
granddaughters, age 7,
went on a 4-day cruise on
the Disney Dream Ship
out of Port Canaveral.
Future plans included a
spring trip to Nassau for a
weekend with her son and
daughter-in-law and their 3
children. “Bill and I spent
6 weeks traveling from ME
to NJ to FL, stopping along
the way,” writes Shirley
Wright Cantara. “Our 1st
stop in FL was a visit with
Percilla “Per” Horridge
Savacool and her husband,
Ron, on Pine Island
on the Gulf. We spent 2
weeks in Ft. Lauderdale,
a week in Daytona Beach
and Easter week in NJ with
daughter Laura, Mike and
grandsons Cameron, 14,
Jordan, 15 and Brandon,
17.” Joan Potter Nelson’s
son and grandson started
their college years at Keene
State College in NH, and
moved on to engineering
schools. Emily Spencer
Breaugh lives in Traverse
City, MI. She and Neal
celebrated their 35th wedding
anniversary on Aug.
25. Margot Thompson
planned to be on Cape Cod
in Aug. In Sept., she was
looking forward to a cruise
on the Dalmatian Coast
from Croatia to Greece.
She is a gardener when
not traveling. From her
summer home in Wellfleet,
MA, Barbara Frank
Ketchum writes, “This past
fall I took one item off my
bucket list: My daughter,
Sarah Ketchum Reilly ’85,
and I flew to Churchill,
Canada, and then boarded
a bus and went out on the
tundra in the Hudson Bay
area. Our mission was to
see the polar bears. Bears
we saw, and many other
I’m still teaching
Special Ed. at
Legacy Elementary
School … I have 6
grandkids and one
great-grandchild
and am loving life!
Doris Gustafson Baran ’54
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