Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

oat. ANNE HINDERER LOPEZ MOR-
RIS lives in Chico CA, near the OR border.
She was at WS in 56-57 & will never
forget it, loved it there. Now retired, 3
kids, 3 grandkids (almost all grown up),
works a little at the library, voluntees at a
homeless shelter. JIM MCKELVEY continues
to live in the wooded hills just N of
Colorado Springs in an underground, passive
solar home he built. Now retired from
teaching, Jim spends his time in Bible
study, running, biking, volunteering for
driving groups and rebuilding in disaster
areas, gardening. Singing to God’s glory
is his passion, in church, see first-pres.org,
and to shut-in groups. JULIA RITTER-
SHAUSEN BEERS & Jim are enjoying
Carpe Diem, where she still dyes fabrics,
performs on her dad’s violin now, travels,
attends concerts & plays, preserves her
local hills in Whittier CA & finds fun in
every day web.me.com/gojulia. ANIL
RAIKHY enjoys retirement in Pacific
Palisades CA, plays tennis 3-4 time per
wk, eating healthy foods & traveling (latest
cruise to Panama Canal) with Liz.
Daughter, Nicole, is not married, so no
grandkids, but a new Yorkshire Terrier
puppy. JIM RUGH though retired, continues
to provide training in evaluation to
staff & partners of many int’l developm’t
agencies. During the past yr he traveled to
14 countries. Recognized as one of the
leading experts of int’l program evaluation,
he received a lifetime achievement
award from the profession & is the American
rep to the Int’l Org for Cooperation
in Evaluation, where he serves as VP.
ANGELA SANDERS enjoys retirement &
works with others trying to get summer
jobs for Nepalese students who attend
college in the US. She enjoyed a WOSA
group meeting in Naples Fl where she met
with the FORSGRENS (S) & others. LES-
LIE SAUER & Sharon celebrated the arrival
of their 4th grandchild, Eli
Christopher Foraker-Sauer, on Jun 17.
PENNY SHUMAKE) PIETRE continues
to be involved with her non-profit org,
grandchildren, travel, friends & music.
BONNIE MCGRAW ’59 visited her recently,
and she looks forward to seeing
DALE FINLAYSON ’59 soon & anyone
who comes this way. SAGAR RANA &
EDITH THEIS-NIELSEN had a chat by
phone. SAGAR is fine with no major
health issues & still lives in Lalitpur, Nepal
with his wife. His daughter, now 40,
has 2 children (14 & 15). ALAN ROBIN-
SON & Yvonne continue to thrive on the
hilltop at Kaeo, NZ. The latest idea is to
start plantations of timber trees of various
sorts, on a relatively large scale, to help
combat global warming & to be able to
earn by selling carbon credits, starting
with about 12,000 pine trees & a few
thousand redwoods. JAGDISH SAGAR
worked 38 yrs as a civil servant with many
interesting tasks. He took a law degree in
’06 which was 2 yrs after retirement & is
now a partner in India’s leading intellectual
property law firm, Anand & Anand,
practicing in New Delhi. Wife, Gita, is
also a retired civil servant. They have a
married daughter, but no grandkids & a
son, who is not married. JAGDEV SINGH
is still doing family practice in Alamogordo
NM until he has enough money to retire,
but he is seriously thinking of
reducing his workload substantially. He &
his wife, a retired lawyer, travel all they
can to many interesting parts of the world:
Europe, India, S America & the US. DA-
VID STEIN & Achva have become involved
in developing a Master Plan for the
Greenbelt in Auroville, Tamil Nadu, where
they visited twice this yr & have been
tremendously recharged by the renewed
contact with the problems & opportunities.
It represents a microcosm of all the issues
involved in creating a sustainable response
to the impossibility of creating an American/European
standard of living for the
entire world. They also welcome visits
from friends at their home in Jersey City
- only 2 stops from Manhattan on the
PATH train! BOB WALTNER & Barbara
(S) continue settling into their retirement
in Mulvane KS. They are engaged in gardening,
book discussion groups & travel
to see 4 grandchildren. Bob’s trip to Taiwan
was delayed by several mos with
unexpected double bypass heart surgery,
but good recovery. BARRY WHETSTONE
continues to enjoy retirement yrs & stays
in touch with brothers David ’63 & Raymond
’69. He enjoys visiting with grandsons
in Birmingham, AL, but the highlight
of the yr was the birth of a granddaugher
in May. Grace Adair Whetstone was named
for her great grandmother, great-great
grandmother & great-great grandfather.—
Edith
Class of 1961
JULIE BUNCE ELFVING continues to be
active with the Extension Master Gardeners
program, which provides enjoyable
camaraderie & a sense of giving back to
the community. She serves on the board
& exec committee of The KS Rural Center,
was involved in the search for a new
Exec. Dir. Water aerobics, karate & tai
chi round out the active side of her life.
Quadrangle - 61
She took a brief garden-focused trip to the
Brandywine Valley area of eastern PA &
Philly area. At the WOSA reunion in Jul
she enjoyed conversations with Max, Walt,
Woody & other WS alumni.: During the
last yr WALT BELL managed to achieve
3 bucket list items: a rim-to-rim hike of
the Grand Canyon, climbing Mt. Sinai &
a hole-in-one in golf (1st in 50 yrs). They
travelled to the Middle East a yr ago. Syria
was calm at the time & they had a wonderful
trip, including a visit to Damascus.
They were especially blessed to visit the
site where Saul (enroute from Jerusalem
to Damascus) supposedly stopped to
water his horse & was blinded by the
Lord. A grandmother with her daughters
& granddaughter gave us some apples &
coffee. One of the greatest experiences of
his life! MIMI SORLEY HINTERKOPF
had delightful visits with WILLI KRE-
ITZ in TN in Jun & JANET SMITH in
KY.WILLI WELLMAN KREITZ is still
living in TN, made it thru this very hot
summer because of AC! Looking forward
to a long & pleasant autumn, if hopes &
prayers are answered. The highlight for
SUZANNE LA ROCQUE MCCLINTOCK
has been the birth of the 1st grandchild,
Gavin David McClintock, in May. She is
still in Sheridan WY exercising, gardening
& a few crafts. Travels have been to
the NE states last fall for leaf peeping,
Dallas & Branson & St. Louis MO for
fun & mtgs. Husband is the AARP WY
state Rep for the tax prep program. BAR-
BARA MACDONALD does watercolors,
has joined the Kitchener Waterloo Art
Society, is thinking of doing landscapes of
Mussoorie. Grandson continues to grow &
dazzle. PAUL MCGRAW’s son Oliver (26)
was married at their IN house overlooking
the Ohio River, officiated by Paul’s sister
BONNIE ’59. He & Marty have enjoyed
visits from old friends, including Phyllis,
the widow of JIM MCMEEKIN, who recently
remarried. In their camping trailer,
they visited HENRY PRESLER ’58 & others
& Paul helped JOHN WILSON cut 100
foot tall Aspen trees for firewood. JOHN
PARK was at WS only in gr 9. Although
at 1st he hated having to go to India, it
was an amazing yr & he has many fond
memories of escapades & experiences.
He returned to CAN, got an engineering
degree, worked for a couple of yrs, got
a MBA, worked as a mngmt consultant,
then started his own co & retired at the
ripe old age of 54. Now he is a compulsive
day trader in the stock market. This spring
MAX STEINKE & Judy bought a RV, reportedly
to simplify traveling. They found