Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

Kay Kendrick Reynolds ’78, Morah Alexander ’78, Sue Gallup
Filin ’77, Karen Griffiths Smith ’78 at Peter Christian’s in
New London.
Teece’s daughter Erica,
29, started a new job in
NYC, where she’s been
living for 7 years. Alex, 26,
graduated from Simon
School of Business at the
U of Rochester with his
MBA last June. He was to
head to HI in July to join
Teach For America’s staff.
Samantha, 23, completed
her 1st year of graduate
work in Public Health at
Hunter College in NYC.
Kathy volunteers at a food
and clothing distribution
organization called The
Survival Center. Husband
David is still very involved
with his wholesale
plumbing and heating
business, opening new
branches and growing the
business. Jennifer “Jen”
Harwood Peterson writes,
“My husband and I have
2 daughters, one of whom
has just graduated from
Syracuse U. Our other
daughter works in the
biotechnology field in CA. I
keep myself busy working
in the family business and
see Heidi Platt Gruskowski
’78 and Meredith Andrews
Benjamin on a regular
basis.” And in closing,
from Fairfield, CT, Carolyn
Adams Skiba writes,
“Nothing new, nothing
has changed (except
my weight), life is
good!” I hope you all
are enjoying life too!
1978
Jody Hambley Cooper
Post Office Box 1943
New London, NH 03257
(603) 526-4667
jcooper323@aol.com
Editor’s Note: In the last
issue of the Colby-Sawyer
Magazine, class news from
Karen Griffiths Smith ’78
was inadvertently credited
to Kay Kendrick Reynolds
’78. Our sincerest apologies
to both ladies.
1979
Debra Bray Mitchell
17 Rope Ferry Road
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-7138
dbraymitch@gmail.com
By the time you read this
Bill and I will have hosted
our 4th annual cocktail
reception for CSC alumni
and friends. We have so
much fun entertaining
students, current parents,
old and young alumni,
and administration in our
home. I encourage you all
to attend a function in your
area, or, better yet, host
one of your own. Contact
the Alumni Office for help
and information. Karen
Huntley Freeman wants all
Abbey alums to check out
the Abbey Dorm Group
on Facebook. Karen, Josie
DeBragga-Levendosky
and Kathy Scott Rowell
’80 also invite all to come
back for the Alumni Fall
Festival Oct. 12 -14, 2012!
Sue Kearns Hubbard in
Summit, NJ, reports on
her 2 young boys (Peter, a
high school freshman, and
Kyle, a 6th grader) and lawyer
husband of 16 years,
Eric. They spend most of
their free time on playing
fields and ice rinks all over
NJ or listening to their
“Guitar God” son, Kyle.
Sue’s best friend from
Colby-Sawyer, Mary Bartlet
“Barty” Nicholson ’81, of
Seattle, WA, visited last
summer with her 2 girls,
Kelsea, 20, and Molly, 16.
Sareen Sarna has been
VP of Central Intake with
the Beacon/Amedisys
Hospice for the past 7
years, after completing a
15-year career with Bristol
Myers Squibb in a variety
of roles. Sareen lives in
Dover Point, NH, with
her husband, John Gesek.
They’ve been renovating
their waterfront home for
the past 2 decades. Along
with 2 dogs they have 7
godchildren they travel
the world with, including
Turks and Caicos, where
they rented the home of
Terry O’Neil Jaxtimer ’76.
1980
Lee Hartwell Jackson
Cypress Creek Estates
6180 9th Avenue Circle NE
Bradenton, FL 34202-0561
(941) 747-0406
Lifegrd121@aol.com
1981
Pamela Aigeltinger Lyons
436 Round Hill Road
Saint Davids, PA 19087
(610) 989-0551
pamalyons@verizon.net
1982
Melissa Buckley Sammarco
Viale Alessandro
Magno, 446
00124 Rome
Italy
011-39-06-509-8273
mbsammarco@virgilio.it
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