Perspective, Fall 2011 - University Liggett School

the marina, and after a little “lie down,”
drinks on the deck and a repeat dinner
at Chez Fish. Monday, en route to the
airport, we stopped at Stono Market for a
real country lunch on the fly. We were
blessed with super weather and it was fun
to be together again.”
Soon after the reunion Jean Ellen
Martin Doelle had her second knee
replacement and with great success.
Her three daughters came up in shifts
to be caregivers. She hopes to return to
her travel adventures soon
Vivian Michael Hiedeman writes that
she continues to enjoy retirement keeping
busy with many varied activities. “During
the school year I tutored several students
in German. Volunteering at our Hospital
Hospitality House is very rewarding.
I am once again playing bridge after a
long break and love to read. Vivian and
I exchange emails on our book recommendations.
Vivian just returned from
Seattle where she celebrated granddaughter
Zoe’s third birthday. Both her
daughters are doing well, one in
Cleveland and the other in Seattle.”
News from Sue Laurence Wehmeier:
“The whale migration, along our Southern
California beaches, has ended and now
we are experiencing a migration of
visitors to our coastal community. The
weather is great this summer as it has
been sunny and the temperature has been
averaging 75 degrees during the day. Our
2012 class gathering will be held at my
home in Palos Verdes. Patricia Bisceglia
and I will be co-hosts. We look forward to
seeing you next May in sunny California.”
Anne Hardy Merritt says she and Jerry
have cut back on their excursion travel, as
Anne continues to be on oxygen full time.
They are concentrating on Atlanta, where
their daughter and family are. “Our 40th
family reunion at Watervale in Michigan
is coming up. Marion, Emily and I with
our families have a wonderful time each
year. This year there will be 38 of us. We
thank our parents for starting the tradition
many years ago.”
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Pam Keena Bell writes she is going
on a 10-day cruise with her niece,
Diana Keena’s daughter, to the eastern
Caribbean. “In May I’m taking my two
girls for a five-day getaway at the
Pinkbeach Club in Bermuda. Pure heaven!
Still doing my volunteering at the
hospital. Somehow I keep busy. The
family is fine and the grandkids are
growing like weeds.”
Patty Bisceglia continues to put out
her quarterly magazine “The Foothills”
serving several areas around her
neighborhood. She and her whole family
are gathering together to go on a threeday
cruise in late August. She continues
to find peace and strength from the
Ashrama Center, a 120-acre retreat,
dedicated to all world religions. Some of
her family members are having medical
issues so Patricia has been a strong
shoulder to lean on.
I was so sad I had to miss our past
reunion due to medical problems. I am
now hooked up to a heart pump that
pumps medicine directly into my heart.
With my defibrillator I’m the bionic
woman. Now I can enjoy life with more
energy, coupled with rest periods. Anne
Hardy Merritt and I have commiserated
about our tethered lifestyle. With my love
of reading I get more time to enjoy books.
I am so grateful Liggett gave us all such a
love of books. I still volunteer at our local
food pantry and hope to go back to my
volunteer job at the library. Although
I’ve resisted, Kindles seem to be taking
over the world. Our youngest son and his
wife are expecting their first baby, so
that’s happy news for us. Our older
grandsons just visited us for five days
from Arizona. At Busch Gardens, my
husband went on all the roller coasters
with them. Guess we’re not so old. I still
have my antique business, but have
slowed up on buying trips.
We Liggett sisters are so lucky to have
spent so many wonderful years together
and continue to keep in touch by phone or
email. Those of you we have lost track of,
please send me an email: GaelStan@gmail
.com. You’re missing lots of fun at our
reunions.
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Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Joanne (Streit) Stewart
5 Debeaufain Drive
Bluffton, SC 29909-2500
danawsa@sc.rr.com
Gloria Jacobs August is residing in El
Paso, Tex., and spends her days working
out and playing tennis. Gloria is still
working with Helen of Troy skin care
products and she just returned from a
beauty show in Las Vegas. Her pride and
joy are her three dogs, including two
standard poodles.
Betsey Rose Hansell writes: “I am
lucky to be able to do what I most enjoy
and am, so far, in good health and humor.
My husband, Cliff, and I have turned
our small plot of land into an oasis for
all creatures — excepting the terrible
Mr. Woodchuck, who visits anyway —
and a riotous garden with rare plants and
shrubs in all colors and sizes. I am active
in the Hardy Plant Society and take many
trips with my gardening buddies. Cliff
and I were in Morocco in March, where
we visited gardens, the souks, and learned
how to cook tagines, couscous and
Moroccan bread in handmade clay ovens.
We watched Berber women jump on their
laundry in an Atlas mountain stream and
brought three handmade Berber rugs
home. I still work on photography, taking
many photos in Manhattan. You can see
some of my older work at www.
betseyhansell.com.
Kaye Neff Huffman lives in Las Vegas.
She lost her husband two years ago and
misses him dearly. Kaye was the manager
of the Las Vegas Hilton for 10 years and
worked at the Treasure Island Mirage
when it first opened up.
Jean Dodds Mitchell lives in Hyannis,
Mass. She travels to Detroit to check on a
house she rents out. She’s hoping to travel
to Scotland and England soon.
Linda Ross Radionoff writes, “Lennie
had a total knee replacement in August
2010. Physical therapy helped him get
moving. He now has an exercising bike
and I tell him for all his pedaling he’s
going no place fast. We are both happy
and blessed to be in a wonderful church
fellowship where we are both used.