Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

Heidi Grey Niblack ’68 with President Tom Galligan and CSC
Board Chairman Tom Csatari taken in NYC last September.
on St. Croix and was sure
to point out that the St.
Croix weather is much
more enjoyable than New
London, NH, weather!
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Debi Adams Johnston
3727 Moorland Drive
Charlotte, NC 28226-1120
(704) 542-6244
navypub@aol.com
Meredith Bennett writes,
“My husband, Tom, retired
from the U of VA but
continues to pursue his
interests in computers
working with other scientists.
My mother, Jeane
Morrison Bennett, who
graduated with the Class
of ’37, injured herself while
chasing one of our cats
and is now in assisted living
at a wonderful facility
here in Charlottesville. I’m
spending a lot more time
riding at the barn with access
to a great trail system.
We recently added a dog
to our animal inventory,
which has been a lot of fun
for both of us.” Jane Hyde
Williams and her husband
of 41 years, Craig, moved
to the San Francisco Bay
Area in 1977, following
their jobs. They now have
2 CA boys, Hunter, 28, and
Chris, 25! In 1982, Jane
launched an investment
management company
with a partner, who is now
retired. Over the years,
they’ve developed a particular
capability in serving
women, many of whom
are going through major
life transitions. Jane and
Craig are doing more traveling:
They visited Hunter,
who was in Singapore in
2011 for his work, and this
year they joined Chris for
2 weeks in Australia. Their
principal travel, though,
remains their annual
pilgrimages back to the
coast of ME, where they’ve
built a home side-by-side
with Jane’s 2 sisters.
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Gail Remick Hoage
64 Valley Road
New Durham, NH 03855
(603) 859-3241
gail@michaelsschool.com
Gale Spreter has no
grandchildren to report
on, but has a 10-year-old
cat and 10-month-old
puppy living in her NYC
apartment! Her apartment
brings lots of visits from
friends while they’re in
the city. Her most recent
guest was Christy Hoyt
Walmsley, who lives in
Australia. In 2011 Sarah
Haskell was in Cape Town,
South Africa, celebrating
the New Year with her
brother, Weston, and
friends, and they signed
on as crew for a friend’s
sailboat that was crossing
the Atlantic heading back
to ME via the Caribbean.
Upon her return, she
launched the closure of
her 4-year global peace
project, “Woven Voices:
Messages from the Heart.”
She raised over $4K to
complete this project.
Then her beloved brother
Weston was killed in a
construction accident, and
her life has been turned
upside down. Here are her
blog and website should
you wish to read more
about it: www.sarahhaskell.
com, www.wovenvoices.
blogspot.com and www.
macomberloomsandme.
blogspot.com. Gail Beever
Cook has been married for
38 years to Andrew Cook
and is living in Shropshire,
England, working for
Operation Mobilization.
She’s the mother of 3
girls and grandmother
of 4. Joan Kirby Ragsdale
lives in Dallas, though
she makes an occasional
foray to New England to
visit family in the Boston/
Southern NH area or for
a Cape Code vacation.
She has 4 daughters, and
her 1st grandchild was
brought into the family in
Nov. 2011. She stays fit by
running daily, about 150
miles per month. Jeannette
Colardo Vermilyea and her
husband are both retired;
they spent the winter in
FL in their RV, returning
home in Apr. They love
camping, visiting friends
and traveling. Her son Jeff
lives in Windham, NH,
and gave her the 1st grandchild,
Ryan. Son David
lives in Bristol, RI, with
his wife, Heidi, so she’s
busy between NH, RI and
FL. As for me, I’m looking
forward to a fabulous
summer reunion in VT
with Beth Constantinides
Meurlin, Susan Pomerantz,
Valerie “Val” Turtle, Lynn
Winchester, Deb Marcoux
Deacetis and Karen
Dunnett. Don’t miss the
Colby-Sawyer Facebook
page—they have their
regular college site and
their alumni page, and it
helps to stay in touch.
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