Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

everyone at Reunion in
October! Jane Campbell
Engdahl shared the sad
news that her husband
of 52 years, John, died on
April 28 following a 65 year
battle with Type 1 diabetes.
He had been in failing
health for the last 10 years.
The Engdahls moved from
CT to Rochester, NY, in
2009 to be closer to one
of their daughters and her
family. They settled in a
small retirement community,
which was developed
with Rochester Institute of
Technology, and are able to
enjoy many of the benefits
of the college. Betty
Kendig Eastman attended
an alumni luncheon in
June in Columbus, OH,
at the Governor’s residence.
The Governor’s
late mother-in-law graduated
from Colby Junior,
so The First Lady hosted
the luncheon in memory
of her mother, Leslie
Moore Waldbillig ’50. Betty
reported it was a grand
time and a beautiful home.
Betty’s oldest granddaughter,
Natalie, goes
to U-Conn and is on the
tennis team. Janice Eaton
Atkins and her husband,
Court’s, daughter Andrea
recently graduated from
seminary, and their granddaughter,
Madeleine, graduated
from Baylor and is
engaged to her childhood
friend, Jake Darsey, a West
Point grad. Katie Stott
Shaw spent 20 years living
in Traverse City, MI, but
moved to Bozeman, MT,
in 2000. They love it there
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I have great photos and
delightful memories.
Judy Morrison Gentry ’57
and say it’s a great town in
which to retire. Katie has 2
children, 3 grandsons and
6 step-grandchildren. She
gave up skiing last year as
she was afraid she was getting
too old. Unfortunately,
Katie has lost touch with
all her Colby-Sawyer classmates,
and hasn’t been
back to NH since her son
graduated from Dartmouth
over 25 years ago! If any
of you are planning a trip
to Bozeman, Katie hopes
you’ll be in touch with her.
Phyllis Goldfine Berenson
sends her regards to all
classmates. Her volunteer
activities include serving
as a Docent at the Taft
Museum of Art, preparing
salads at the Sycamore
Senior Center, Alzheimer’s
Assoc., and working at the
gift shop of the Evergreen
Retirement Community. In
May she and her husband
participated in the
Escape Route Tour of John
Wilkes Booth, a 12-hour
event from D.C. to VA.
Their grandson, Jacob has
completed his 2nd year
at Kalamazoo College in
MI and interned at the
Holocaust Museum in
D.C. this summer. He is
planning a 9-month stint
in Ecuador for his 3rd
year of college. His sister,
Emily completed her 1st
year at Rhodes College in
Memphis, TN, and was
a counselor at a camp in
Ashville, NC, for kids with
autism and other learning
problems. Harriet Fiorito
Kelly wrote me, “Seeing
your email address makes
me wonder if you are
somehow working in
photography, which has
become my passion! After
all, Grandma Moses took
up painting quite late in
life”! Harriet has started a
photography committee in
her garden club and it has
become extremely popular.
She has been singing with
a group called the Hudson
Bells for about 30 years.
The group recently celebrated
its 50th anniversary.
The Hudson Bells originally
started as a project
of the Junior League of
Westchester-on-Hudson
in 1962. They sing 4-part
harmony at nursing homes
and hospitals at least once
a week. “It’s a little like The
Buzzin’ Dozen,” Harriet
says! The grandson count
is now up to 8—not one
little girl in the bunch! Her
husband, Ken, is doing
better after being hospitalized
with congestive heart
failure last fall. Madge
Hewitt Staples retired last
year and spent most of
the recent months selling
her home and downsizing
to a smaller one. She
volunteers at the hospital
one morning a week in
outpatient surgery and
hoped to pick up another
day. Her girls are spread
around with just one
living nearby in Lincoln,
NE. Her grandchildren
are all grown up. Madge
says, “Doesn’t seem as if
I should be that old, but I
guess we all are.” Suzanne
Vander Veer had a chance
to see Elaine McKenzie
Kutrosky in March, and
Robin McDougal and Kim
Yaksha Whiteley visited
for the Philadelphia Flower
Show. Suzanne hoped to
see Robin again in Aug. for
her son Scott’s wedding in
Salida, CO. Scott owns 2
river companies in Co and
AZ. The wedding was on
his land on the Arkansas
River and the bride and
groom rafted down the
rapids in full regalia to the
reception! Audrey Russell
Wayland is retired from
the real estate business
after 25 years. She enjoyed
the business but decided
it was a little much at this
point. She is now taking
life easy, and is in 2 book
clubs, goes to art openings,
enjoys the beach,
photography and friends.
Audrey has 2 wonderful
sons and 4 beautiful
grandchildren. Son Mark
and his family live on
Selden Cove in Hadlyme,
CT. LauraLee turned 13 in