Mes Amis Spring 2011 - Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

claSS noteS
We’d love to hear from you! Please share
any news about yourself or a classmate
for the Mes Amis magazine. We also
encourage you to send any story ideas
or contributions. Please send your
submissions to the Communications
Office at peggyoc@forestridge.org.
1940s
Jean Parker romano ’44, manhattanville ’48 called from
Sun Valley, where she and her husband spend the winter.
She looks forward to visits from her daughter, Anne romano
sarewitz ’71. jean still stays in contact with classmates nina
Peabody o’neil ’44, Joan rogers Maclean ’44 and Jane
rogers ross ’44.
1950s
living most of the year in Palm Springs, Mary lou laPierre
’52 writes that she is “happily retired and taking art lessons,
volunteering at the living Desert in the Butterfly House and
learning to putt–as in golf.”
1960s
lynn teplicky hennagin ’61 tells of her recent travels
with her husband of 45 years to the southern United States:
jacksonville, Savannah, Hilton Head, Charleston, murfreesboro
and Nashville. As a television and video producer for the last
25 years, lynn particularly enjoyed her private tour of the
“exotic” production facilities at tennessee University.
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Considering retiring this year, lynn had a change of heart when
she realized how much she loves video production.
lynn’s work has garnered international acclaim; she has won
awards for three of her videos. The latest one was filmed in the
remote villages of tanzania, where there was no fresh water,
electricity or cars. She produced this video for Africa Bridge, a
nonprofit group that builds medical facilities and schools in
remote regions. This memorable experience left lynn appreciative
for all that she has and at the same time, envious of the inner
peace she witnessed in the amazing people she met. lynn is
married to an attorney and city councilor for lake Oswego,
Oregon, where they live. She is also the proud mother of three
children and six grandchildren.
Judy Pigott ’67 shares “my son, Stephan Boyd, and I collaborated
with Homestead Community land trust, Habitat for Humanity,
and the City of Seattle to bring 30 duplex town homes to be
permanently affordable communities of Seattle. to date we have
sold 21 of them. to learn more, check out Valtera townhomes at
www.Homesteadclt.org.” judy’s daughter cari Boyd, Ms ’89, her
husband, rob, and their 18-month-old son, Will, have moved to
Germany for a two-year deployment with the US Army.
judy’s company, Personal Safety Nets, is enjoying its fifth year of
existence. “to celebrate, all year long every part of our work will
be free or almost free, with a goal of putting 5,000 copies of our
book by the same name into the hands of people with whom we've
had a chance to introduce the idea of replacing fear and isolation
with security and connection,” judy writes. The Center for Ethical
leadership awarded judy the Bill Grace legacy Award for Ethical
leadership of Personal Safety Nets (PSN). She was invited to
present a session at Eric liu's Guiding lights Conference. judy
adds, “This is such fun, and the stories we receive help us
remember that our work is making a difference in people's lives.”
judy continues to love living in West Seattle and enjoying
spending time with her father, her seven siblings, and her four
children and four grandchildren. She has also discovered French
pastries in West Seattle, adding, “If you come this way, try out
Bakery Nouveau on California Ave. It's a treat not to be missed.”
Pam Wescott Djelidi ’68, manhattanville ’72 writes, “I have been
following the activities at Forest ridge with great interest. I live in
the midwest, right outside of St. louis in a city that reminds me of
Seattle in the 1960s. you can actually drive across the mississippi
river during commuting hours, just like I used to drive across the
floating bridge from mercer Island to Capitol Hill.” Pam works in
advertising sales for a small, Hearst-owned community newspaper
called The Edwardsville Intelligencer, where she is a product
specialist for the automotive industry. She adds, “After FrC
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