Fall 2012 Alumni Magazine - Lake Erie College

Class NOTES
1949
JANET B. RAMSEY wrote, “It’s amazing
to me how well and large LEC has
grown since our graduation. It still
surprises some people that we 49ers
of 19 in number were the smallest
graduating class in many years. I’m still
healthy, and my husband and I still live
in Austin, Texas.”
1951
PRISCILLA (ALTHOUSE) KESLAR is
an artist and sent an original cartoon
drawing of “High Hopes,” which is how
she feels students should start their
college experience.
1956
Seven
members
of the
Class
of 1956
gathered
for a minireunion
in Boston in Sept. 2011. Pictured (left to
right) are JENNIFER (FIELD) STOWELL,
MARY (LILL) GARDNER LEE,
SUZANNE (CONRAD) SELFRIDGE-
BOOTH, CAROL (DOUGHERTY)
HOOD, BETSY (JONES) JOHNSON,
BOBBIE (LEDRICH) BREMMER and
MARY ANN (HENDLER) HOWARD.
SALLY (COTT) SKILLMAN later joined
the group in Vermont.
1957
JOAN (ABAJO) COLWELL made a
surprise visit to campus on May 15,
2012. She shared memories of her time
as a student, including her experiences
the night of the Memorial Hall fire, and
is delighted with how the College has
progressed. She was especially pleased
with the appearance of Morley Music
Building, which she said looks just as she
remembered it.
1958
SARAH (SHELATREE) MAXWELL and
JUDY (BERGER) JOHNSON met at
Johnson’s home on the Delaware River in
Shohola, Pa.
in September
2011 to laugh,
remember
and cherish
their Winter
Term Abroad memories.
1959
BARBARA D’ATRI contacted many of her
classmates to notify them of the deaths
of JEAN (SWITZER) BEATTY and Don
Devney (see In Memoriam). Barbara’s
granddaughter, Emma Bockius, is a
sophomore at Lake Erie College.
JEAN S. (McINDOO) SANDERS sent
some photographs from 1957-59 for the
College Archives, including a photo of her
class’s Step Sing.
1960
JOAN (BLANCHARD) GAY has
volunteered to be the Class Agent
for the Class of 1960. She will share
detailed class notes with her classmates
by e-mail. If you want to receive these
updates, please make sure the College
has your e-mail address by sending it
to LECalumni@lec.edu.
Joan and her husband, Bill, visited
DONNA (ELSLAGER) DAVIS in Erie, Pa.;
MARY (SCARRATT) JENKINS and her
husband, Gary, in Chicago; and NANCY
(PICKETT) SCHULTZ and her husband,
Dick, in Minnesota.
LINDA (FULTON) JOHNSON plans to
purchase a new home in Arizona, possibly
in Sun City West. She got together
in the spring with ARLENE (KANE)
BEN-HORIN and received updates about
CHRISTY (GILLMER) ERDMANN, SUE
(WELLS) DEMIDOVICH, CISSY (CURRY)
EDEL, CHRIS (LAPP) DONAHOWER,
MARIAN (MELLISH) THOMAS and
DONNA STONER.
1962
From Apr. 29 to May 3, 2012, six members
of the Class of 1962 gathered in Sarasota,
Fla. for a mini-reunion. Referring to
themselves as The YaYa’s, they are
DEBBY (BRYANT) HIRSCHEY, SUSAN
(RUCKERT) OWENS, GRETCHEN
(BERRY) CLEAVES, PATRICIA (FRINK)
McNICKLE, NANCY (SHUTTER) JONES
and LINDA (SMITH) HANLON. Their
activities included a day at The Ringling
Estate, a day in the Venice area and a day
at Hirschey’s winter home in Sarasota. At
the Ringling, they were also joined for
lunch by PEGGY (WISNER) PONTIOUS,
who surprised
the group
with beautiful
frosted
cookies that
were replicas
of their 1962
beanies! The members of the Class of
1962 were looking forward to their 50th
reunion at Lake Erie College in October.
1965
JANE (Anderson)
LENTZ and LEILANI
(ADAMS) MAGUIRE ’68
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