Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

Quadrangle - 77
was thrilled to share a white Christmas
with his daughter—unheard of in AUS.
MARY RUTH POWELL works 68 hrs
a wk between her job as custodian at
an ES & running the welding lab at
W WY CC, her 18th yr. She estimates
that she walks an average of 8 mi/day
between her 2 jobs & takes advantage
of season tickets provided by the CC to
see Broadway shows in Salt Lake City.
Mary represented our class along with
PAT & SHALINI at the WOSA reunion.
Although I am far from any classmate, I
continue to share, in spirit, your joys &
sorrows. MARY NAVE DAVIS works as
a home care PT in the Phoenix area. She
trekked the Grand Canyon in Mar, something
she has wanted to do for a long
time! JOIE MORRIS DEWOLF works
as an outpatient nurse at a county mental
health clinic & Dave is with Post in
Battle Creek. They travel a lot to see kids
& just got back from Bliss Fest in Upper
MI where they camped with the Class of
79 & saw DAVID BUNCE. They took a
trip to Trinidad & Tobago to celebrate
youngest son’s graduation from Duke.
The Indian cricket team happened to be
there at the same hotel, so they had great
fun watching all the ‘tamasha’! Rachel
just finished up her Masters in sustainable
systems & is pursuing a career in
yoga. Sarah & Jake are in Pittsburgh,
busily building onto the homestead for
arrival of their 3rd child. GIL HALSTED
works as a reporter at WI Public Radio.
Stefania continues as a nurse in the recovery
room at the Univ Hosp, very active
in her union & in working with state
Peace & Justice Network. They took
their annual trip to Italy to see Stefania’s
family. Son, Ien spent 6 wks in Tuscany
which included a solo bike camping trip
around the Island of Elba. Gil got a stent
in his coronary artery this May & says
now he really has to quit smoking & eat
better! LOIS KNISS JONES still does
mediation. She has been training in the
Dialogue Educ method of adult ed & will
be offering Parent Ed classes in the fall.
DALE (S) continues teaching & doing
his own art—currently pastel landscapes.
They recently visited their daughter in
San Francisco & while there had lunch
with JOHN LOWE. REBECCA RABE
& KEVIN KOSE ’70 had a wonderful
trip to India visiting 3 places they had
never been to before: Ranthambore, Goa
& Karwar. Kevin hadn’t been back to the
Motherland for 22 yrs & found he is as
attached to the place as he always was!
He returned again in Feb to work with
Becky Rabe Kose ’72 and Kevin Kose ’70 (middle) with their two sons and families.
Op Smile in Assam, where their medical
team performed 500 corrective facial
surgeries in 1 mo! On the home front,
kids & grandkids are well & Rebecca’s
mother (90) recently celebrated her
birthday with most of the family present.
RUTH ANDERSON BRADING enjoys
living in the N Beaches area of Sydney,
working in a local hospital 3 days/wk.
She remains passionate about building
local churches & still loves running!
Youngest son (23) lives with them &
attends uni. She became a grandma &
although her gorgeous granddaughter
lives in England, Ruth has been over to
see her 3 times since she was born! Another
highlight was a snorkeling holiday
in Fiji, celebrating 31 good yrs of marriage!
DAVID MARRIOTT has retired as
a lawyer from the Appeals branch of the
Public Prosecutor’s Office in Edmonton
AB. He and wife Janice Storeshaw live
in Leduc AB.—Mary
Class of 1973
MARK HACKNEY is currently working
at Publix grocery store in Crystal River
FL in the customer service department.
He has written his memoirs of growing
up in India called There & Back Again,
Almost Paradise - Twenty Yrs in India
& hopes to publish it. He also hopes to
start a canned chicken curry business.
KIMMY THIESSEN WARREN works at
a naturopathic clinic very close to their
new home in Federal WA. They welcome
guests in their home as they come
to the US World Vision office, where
JONNY works, for workshops/meetings.
They also do impromptu gatherings for
BBQs or just to let folks come & enjoy
the beautiful sunsets over the Olympic
Mtns & Puget Sound. KIMMY spends
Mondays at the Seattle Cancer Treatment
& Wellness Center with sister KAREN
THIESSEN MINER who has a Caring
Bridge Site where she loves to get words
of encouragement. Son Dan & Alison
live in Portland, daughter Rachel & son
Ben & Sarah in Seattle. Jun 21 the Warren
family celebrated their Dad, Charles’
90th birthday at the Ebenezer Mennonite
Church in Bluffton OH. This included
BETH ANN BAKER ’64, RUTH WAR-
REN ’67 & DALE ’64 SEEFELDT,
DORA WARREN ’70, JONNY & KIM-
MY, BARBIE WARREN ’78 & PAUL
’77 WINDSOR & families. What an
Gil Halsted ’72 calls in a story to NPR in Madison,
WI