Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

animals that make the
tundra their home.”
Barbara’s winter home
is in PA. Virginia Sbarra
Boeck writes, “I am a
library trustee and very
busy now since our director
has resigned and we
have begun the search
for a replacement. We
also have a new dog—a
Westie!” Glenice Hobbs
Harmon and Vic went
from NH to AZ in Apr. for
a family gathering. In May
they visited their oldest
daughter and family in
Austin, TX, where they
went on a tour of Lady
Bird Johnson’s Wildflower
Center. As for me, Jim
and I celebrated our
29th wedding anniversary
last spring. We enjoy
discovering unusual and
interesting places, including
historical sites along
less-traveled roads. We
watch for markers, museums,
old inns and meeting
houses. We both have
enjoyed the outdoor life
and have a special interest
in preserving the forest
and clean water sources
in NH. When at home we
grow some vegetables
and what isn’t cooked up,
served and shared, we
freeze for winter meals.
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Gretchen Davis Hammer
210 Winter Street
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802) 424-1221
gdh777@hughes.net
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The last issue of the Colby
Sawyer Alumni Magazine
was spectacular, I thought.
Rosie Carhart Keenan
had a wonderful vacation
visiting her son Mark and
his wife in Clearwater,
FL. She was able to visit
the surrounding areas of
St. Petersburg, Treasure
Island and several of the
beaches. Rosie is busy
now helping to arrange her
high school class reunion
in the Fall. Marcia Symmes
Harmon and her partner
Norm spent part of the
winter in Boynton Beach,
FL, taking a trip to St.
John and then to St. Croix
during their time in the
South. Marcia’s grandchildren
are world travelers
as well: One spent
time in London, another
in Greece, a 3rd went to
Costa Rica, and a 4th took
her spring semester in
New Zealand. After a river
cruise from Switzerland to
Vienna, Marcia and Norm
planned to spend the
summer in ME, where they
would catch up with Nancy
Petke Silverstein and
her husband. Mary Jane
“Mimi” Downes Watson
and her husband spend
time between Medford,
MA, where her husband
is a professor at Tufts U,
and Harwich, on Cape
Cod. Mimi has her own tax
preparation business now,
after having spent the majority
of her professional
life in healthcare. She and
her husband married late
and have no children, but
are enjoying being surro-
gate grandparents to Joan
Banning Cassel’s son, and
Joan Nichols Rizzo’s son,
as well as her nephews!
Mimi fractured her hip in
the fall at a wedding reception,
but is recovering
well. Joanne Holden Miller
and her husband, Jim, are
almost finished restoring
their 1803 house in the
historic district of Canaan,
NH. Joanne enjoys hooking
rugs, a craft she’s been
involved in for the past 27
years. Stephanie Brown
Reininger is a member
of ILEAD, a volunteer
organization in Lyme, NH,
where she lives with her
husband, Rob. Stephanie
takes classes there, and
also teaches a watercolor
class. Her website is theplayfulpainter.com.
Irmeli
“Imie” Ahomaki Kilburn
gets up to Hardwick, VT,
to visit some close friends
once in a while. Imie has
2 grandchildren graduating
from high school this
year, and a granddaughter
who is doing research on
“far-off continents” for
a year, having received a
Watson fellowship when
she graduated from
Amherst last year. Imie
adds that she thankfully
has 2 VT grandchildren
who are still in elementary
school. In the Adirondack
Mountains of NY, Alethe
Laird Lescinsky and her
husband are taking advantage
of the various outdoor
opportunities that region
offers: hiking, canoeing,
cross-country skiing, etc.
They’re also very involved
in doing volunteer work
in their community of
Lake Placid. Their 3 sons
are married, each with
2 children, the closest
being near Columbus,
OH. Their other 2 sons
married Australian women
and are living there. Trips
Down Under have been
many, and Lethe claims
that she and her husband
have actually seen more of
Australia than they have of
their own country. For their
50th wedding anniversary,
the whole family gathered
for 2 weeks of fun in the
sun. Lethe looks forward
to our 60th Reunion! Jan
Saylor Turney in Arroyo
Grande, CA, and her
husband are now retired
after working for many
years primarily in the
commercial and residential
design field. She’s now
involved with some of the
outreach programs in her
town, as well as singing
in her church choir. She
looks forward to getting
back in touch with many
of the Class of ’55! Chris
Huckel Kinnamon had a
hip replacement in Mar.,
spending just 2 days in
the hospital before going
home, with the assistance
of the visiting nurses and
physical therapy. Her husband,
Tom, is back to playing
golf after having both
hips replaced, and is now
in good health. Their oldest
son, Tim, is doing well
after having been diagnosed
with Stage IV prostate
cancer. The doctors