Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

Fraker Wynkoop, Susie
Webster Suplee, Vicki
Clark Linville, Karen Loder
Davis, Gail Constantinides
Morrison, Wynne Jesser
McGrew, Sue Shonnard
Brenner, Sally Mollenberg
Lawlor, Linda Caldwell
French, Myrna Lloyd,
Judy Park Kukk, Ellen
Gessner Clowes, Suzanne
Mayberry McCollum,
Pam Tobey Reilly, Susie
Clay Wunderlich, Robin
Leach Moody, Susan ‘Bo’
Jannicky Brownwood, and
Judith Bodwell Mulholland
are all planning to attend.
We all hope you will join
us in what is going to be
a very special weekend.
As a result of pleading for
news via email, I have received
13 responses, some
of which I will convey to
you this issue with others
that will be in the next
issue. Suzy Fitz Peterson
retired in 1998 from a 20year
career in medical research
at the University of
CO Health Sciences Center
working as a biochemist.
She took 10 years off to
raise her 2 daughters and
now has 3 grandchildren.
She and her husband,
Allen, have lived in their
beautiful Timberframe
home, which she designed,
in the Winter Park
area since 2004 when her
husband retired, but after
3 years he began working
part time for the company
he previously sold.
They are both guides for
the SkiMeisters (a large
group of 55 and over
skiers, hikers, cyclists, etc.)
at Winter Park. Some of
their travels have included
sailing up the Willamette
and Columbia Rivers to
the Snake, taking a cruise
from Seattle to Anchorage
and onto Denali, clipper
ship cruise around the
BVI, taking a 16-day trip
through Italy, and taking
a hiking tour through
England and Scotland.
Kathy Oram Why went to
Katie Gibbs in Boston with
her Abbey roommate, the
late Ellie Fales Hibbert, so
they could both learn how
to do something to earn
them a living. She married
Hank in 1966 and had 2
boys and a girl in short order.
They lived in Villanova,
PA, where they enjoyed
their children’s activities,
took as many ski trips as
possible, summered at
their NH cottage, and did
lots of volunteer work.
Kathy had a part time job
which she loved, and Hank
worked for Philadelphia
Electric his entire career.
In 1998 they rebuilt their
Lake Winnipesaukee
cottage and moved to
Wolfeboro, NH, where
they have made many
new friends. Coincidently
Priscilla “Patch” Hatch
Jones lives right down the
street from them. She is
sorry that they will be
traveling at reunion time,
but she wants us gals to
have a great time and take
a lot of pictures to post on
the Colby-Sawyer website.
Pat McMahon Barton-
Dobenin wrote that in 1991
Classmates Sherry Smith
Hayes ’62 and Ellen Gessner
Clowes ’62 enjoyed catching
up at the Colby-Sawyer
College alumni luncheon
at the Governor’s Residence
in Ohio.
her husband applied for
restitution of his family’s
properties after the fall of
the Berlin Wall and then
the Velvet Revolution in
what is now the Czech
Republic, and in 1992 after
the majority were returned
to him, he moved back to
the country of his birth.
She remained in TX until
they were certain that all
was worth it and moved
there in early 1994. She
is now semi-retired but
continues to teach English
to 10 students. Their son
followed them to the
Czech Republic and has
now taken over most of
their businesses. Their
daughters remain in TX
and between their 3 children
they have 8 grandchildren
ranging in age from
9 months to 16 years. Her
husband continues to be
active and is on the board
of the private Czech forest
owners association, plus
he represents the Czech
Republic on the board of
the European private forest
owners association. Ellen
Cordingley Maitre and her
husband, Tom, are both
retired. They have been
living in Coeur d’Alene,
ID, for 8 years and love it.
They are in a rural setting
on 10 acres complete with
6 foster cows during the
summer months. They
have 2 grown sons and 3
grandchildren, all of whom
live in southern CA. They
keep busy, as she is an
avid gardener and Tom
takes care of the pastureland
and the timber
projects. Carol Schmid von
Wattenwyl and her parents
took a trip to Switzerland
in 1963, and she never left
after meeting and marrying
her husband, Jean-Jaques.
Fifty years later they have
4 grown children and 4
grandchildren all living
in Switzerland. Life has
been good, and they are
thankful for their health,
close family, wonderful
friends, and are privileged
to be living in such a
stable and secure country.
They are really enjoying
retirement, having a chalet
in the mountains which
they visit frequently to
go hiking, cycling, swimming,
or to just relax.
At home Schmidy keeps
busy babysitting, playing
bridge, attending book
club, walking the dog, and
gardening. She is not able
to attend our reunion but
wishes everyone a won-
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