Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

78 - Quadrangle
At Charles Warren’s 90th birthday celebration: L to R: Ruth Bauman
Swygart, Mary Ina Hooley, Jonny & Kimmy Thiessen Warren, Paula Unrau
honoring celebration! The class of ’73
was represented by JONNY, KIMMY,
MARY INA HOOLEY, PAULA UNRAU
& RUTH BAUMAN SWYGART. Other
WSkers present were ELDON CLAAS-
SEN ’70 & his dad CURT, Linda Sommer
(S), Mary Bauman (P) & Ruth Unrau (P).
CARLA PETIEVICH continues to work
with the Hoshyar Fdn & was in Pakistan
last Mar. She works with the Fdn’s partners
on grant writing, serves as a liaison
between them & large donors who work
in an Anglophone environment. The Fdn
supports 3 neighborhood literacy centers
in urban & suburban slums of Lahore,
3 girls’ secondary schools in Mansehra
Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & partners
with the new al-Hamd Educ’l Girls’ HS
in Baagarian Village, outside Lahore.
SUSAN GROSE LOCKETT went to part
time, working 3 days a wk. In Aug 10
Andrew (S) took retirement & has now
set up his own consultancy for all things
involved in Early Childhood educ. He
has also become involved in helping out
at a centre for asylum seekers & refugees
in UK. He is nearly fully recovered
from his back operation in Feb. Daughter
Anjali has qualified as a teacher in
London, beginning in Feb. BONNIE
SMITH LUTZ spent 2 mos in the US at
the beginning of the yr visiting family
& friends. A grandson, Blaze Aslan,
was born 12/31/10 to oldest daughter,
BRONWYN ’00; he has a 16 mo old
sister, Mirea. Bonnie’s youngest, JOEL-
LAH ’06, graduated from Wheaton May
10 & is staying with Bronwyn & Trent
in Boston. Middle daughter, BONNIE
RACHEL ’03, moved to England in Oct.
10 where she is working at a YWAM base
in Holmstead. JULIE KEARS-NOEL is
managing & doing hair in the same salon
where she has worked for 19 yrs & continues
to love her work. MARY INA &
DON (S) HOOLEY are planning a 3-mo
sabbatical in India
Sep-Dec. Don will
be doing research on
Mental Math, visiting
ES in the Mussoorie
area. They hope to
enjoy some hiking
to spots such as Kedarnath,
Badrinath,
Valley of the Flowers,
Yamnotri & Dodi
Tal.—Mary Ina
Class of 1974
BINAYAK BANER-
JEE is currently
working as an Enterprise Architect for
Whirlpool Corp (yes, I can get you a
deal on appliances) about 3 hrs from
home. Enika teaches Japanese at the
local CC. Maintaining 2 establishments
is expensiv & I miss my family tremendously.
Eldest son is a HS soph, into
robotics, a 12 yr old who just finished
gr 6 & a 10 yr old who finished gr 4,
so you can see that I have Betsy beat
on the youngest child category. DAVID
BUCKNER is in Vietnam, slowly making
connections. I’m not sure how long
we’ll be here, but probably a few more
yrs. We’re maintaining Linnaea Farm
as home base/permanent address/mailing
address. SCOTT BUNCE & Elise
continue to enjoy watching & assisting
son Rowan & partners as their eco-agri
farm grows & becomes more viable.
They have added a commercially certified
kitchen & food processing area
which allows them to sell into stores &
restaurants. Elise continues to grow her
greenhouse business while working full
time as a psych nurse. Acacia is finishing
credits for her Psych major while
beginning classes in nursing at N MI U.
I am busy building a new woodworking
shop & plan to remodel kitchen & front
entry area once the shop is functional.
AMY BURKHALTER & Chris have had
a yr of loss - 4 deaths: his mother, my
mother, a brother-in-law on Chris’ side
sister-in-law & friend MARTHA LAR-
SON THOMSEN ’72 from the Larson
clan at WS. I’ve named & branded my
10-yr-old mngmt consulting business,
Vital Focus, LLC & will get out on the
internet. Chris is wrapping up a career
as a tool-maker with Ford Motor Co &
starting a new career as a realtor. He discovered
his love of houses while buying
& reviving a couple of distressed ones.
We got to visit with CINDY PETERS in
Durham, NC to explore the area for possible
relocation. DEBORAH CONRAD
BROOKS’ family is involved with Tribal
Trading teas from Tribal Brazil. We are
represented several places all over the
globe. They have 5 grandchildren - see
twelvetribes.com. JUDY FLISHER GIN-
GER working in Labor & Delivery area
of the hosp & keeps busy. We went to a
resort in Briggs ID, close to the Tetons
& Yellowstone, had a relaxing time &
enjoyed the beauty of the mtns. We built
a roof over our patio, a challenge & fun.
Daughter is a nurse, working in an OB/
Gyn office & working towards her Bachelor’s;
son was in the army & is looking
to go back to school. STEVE HARPER
joined a consulting firm & manages
software developm’t projects for a med
device co. Elizabeth is composing music
& running her publishing business
SeafarerPress.com. Simon is a soph at
U MI in Ann Arbo, in a program called
Performance Arts Tech where he gets
to study his 2 passions – music & tech.
Oliver started at the U Mi Nl, interested
in psych & econ. RACHEL LINDELL
NELSON enjoys a busy schedule of
helping Nepali refugee families fit into
life locally. I have appreciated how their
smiles, hospitality, language, clothes etc
have taken me back in time & stirred up
good memories. Have also found some
American friends, without any overseas
experiences, who enjoy the ministry
just as much as I do which is refreshing.
ANITRA MANSSON just started her
3rd & last yr at WS Health Centre. Son
Nigel will be graduating & they will be
returning to the States. Time for college
& job applications! Last winter they
traveled around India with the school
Winter Tour which was great fun. This
summer was college visits in the Pacific
NW where they spent some time with
LYLE POWELL & PEGGY NAUMANN.
KEVIN MCCONEGHEY & Terez are
happy & active grandparents looking at
career changes. I have been involved in
training in Motivational Interviewing. I
had dinner with MARGIE ROBINSON
’73, who visited Madison with husband
Scott. PEGGY NAUMANN gave ANI-
TRA & NIGEL ’12 MANSSON a quick
tour of Portland & then relaxed over
Thai food. CINDY PETERS lost her
dad, Tom Peters, in Nov 10 so we join
with Amy, Betsy & others who have lost
parents recently in celebrating their lives
of service. On the upside, my nephew
& wife welcomed their 2nd daughter!
My brother Jeff ’78 & wife are doting
grandparents & my mom loves to say