Thistletalk Autumn 2008 - Winchester Thurston School

In MemoriamThe following members of the WT community willbe missed by their classmates, friends, students,and colleagues. We offer sincere condolences totheir families.Jean Hansen Stirling ’37, September 30, 2008Mary Cooper Dunn ’38, September 13, 2008Margaret Moore Mills ’49, summer, 2007Mary Cunningham Bailey ’44 toured WT’s Upper Schoolwith Jean Forncrook Armstrong ’44.Constance Blum Marstine ’55, June 5, 2008Anne Sauers Brassert ’57, August 28, 20081941Ruth Weimer Tillar had awonderful two-week trip toItaly in June with her son, Tom.She enjoyed going to footballgame weekends at William andMary and Virginia Tech, andattending meetings for the DARand the Hospital Auxiliary inRichmond. Ruth attends WWIIseminars each month at W&M.One of her favorite projectsin Emporia is working with agroup on saving an old schoolauditorium for a civic center.rtillar@verizon.net1940Jane Blattner Kreimer visitedPittsburgh in September andenjoyed lunch with her cousins,Joan Frank Apt ’44 and LoisKaplan Finkel ’39. Jane says,“Time hasn’t changed us onelittle bit. We are the same as wehave always been—just a littlecreakier.” Her son, A.J., came toPittsburgh to visit for a coupleof days from Moorestown, NJ.They had dinner parties everynight, which does not happento Jane in Fort Lauderdale.She keeps in touch with AnnGare Keck ’42. “Thoseclose associations withWinchester girls never die. Ijust love it! We moved to FortLauderdale in 1980. They sayyou can’t go back home, but Ihave not found that to be true.I am thinking of moving backto Pittsburgh in a few years.”jnanak@aol.comHonorary AlumsHead of School Pam Shaw withWilliam Healy, Mayor of Canton,Ohio. The mayor was the guestspeaker at Pinwheels for Peace,Canton Country Day School’scelebration of the United NationsInternational Day of Peace onSeptember 22nd.Class NotesPlease send us your news andphotos! Send information toAlison Wolfson, Director ofAlumnae/i Relations,Winchester Thurston School,555 Morewood Avenue,Pittsburgh, PA 15213or wolfsona@winchesterthurston.org.Class notes do not necessarily reflect theopinions of Winchester Thurston Schoolor the editors of Thistletalk.Ann Schofield Mullin-Renshaw ’58, May 1, 2008Coco (Susanna) Corbett ’66, October 10, 2008CondolencesTo Gretchen Biesecker ’86 on the death of hermother, R. Carol Biesecker, May 2008To Lisa Whitcomb Capra ’76 on the death of hermother, Dot Whitcomb, June 8, 2008To Julie Tarasevich Dever ’85, on the death ofher mother, Millie Tarasevich, June 14, 2008To Carolyn Slease Frahm ’65 on the death of hermother, Eleanor Cunningham Slease, June 2008To Jean Harchelroad ’71 on the death of herfather, Fred P. Harchelroad, March 13, 2008To Bryan Holland-Minkley ’96 on the death ofhis mother, Florence Holland, April 25, 2008To Jane Blattner Kreimer ’40, on the death ofher husband, Milton Kreimer, March 9, 2007To Randy Lyon Mayes ’75 on the death of hermother, Mary Lou Lyon, May 15, 2008To Nancy Packer ’79 and Patty PackerSuhody ’75, on the death of their mother,Betty Jane Packer, October 20, 2008To Janet Marstine Polishook ’77, on the deathof her mother, Constance Blum Marstine ’55,June 5, 2008To Corey Powell ’85 on the death of her mother,Karline Powell, October 3, 2008To Stacey White ’99 and former TrusteeKaren Farmer White, on the death of theirfather and husband respectively, Dwight White,June 6, 2008.w w w . w i n c h e s t e r t h u r s t o n . o r g39