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REGIS TODAY
interest in and dedication to her Alma
Mater. ¶ Mary Hastings Kilcoyne has
been a resident of Clinton, MA, since
her marriage. John, her devoted
husband, passed away in 2009. Mary’s
son Timothy moved in to care for her
and assist in household responsibilities.
Daughter Julia and son John and
their families live in nearby Sterling,
MA. She and I enjoyed reminiscing
about our happy Regis days and our
classmates. I don’t believe I have seen
Mary since our graduation, although
we have chatted many times. ¶ Rita
McNeil Schissel and her husband,
Charles, a retired physician, have
lived in Amesbury, MA, for many
years. All their children grew up in
Amesbury, MA, and all are in
professional fields: 2 physicians, 1
international pilot, 2 in business, and
3 teachers (Mary, Jeane, and Susan).
Betsy and her husband, both forest
rangers, transferred from Yellowstone
National Park to Clinton, NH. Rita
and Charles’s recent visit to the
Langley Lake region in Clinton,
Maine, was most enjoyable. Rita
commented that “she is blessed with
her wonderful family”; they are most
attentive and dedicated to Rita and
Charles. ¶ Claire Griffin Deveny has
been a resident of Clinton Township
Retirement Facility for many years.
She retired after 35 years in the
teaching profession in Clinton
Township. Her daughter Janice lives
nearby, with 4 grown daughters and
grandchildren. Sheila, residing in
Battle Creek, MI, and Ellen, in Bel
Aire, MD, visit and chat with their
mother frequently. Paul, Claire’s
brother, who lives in the family home
in Jamaica Plain, also visits and chats
with her frequently. ¶ A recent chat
with Marie Dillon Doran Marcellino
on Aug. 10 informed me that she
attended mass with 17 relatives
and friends in her home in West
Yarmouth, MA. Marie has 4 grown
children: Steven, Mark, Kathy, and
Jane, as well as grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and 6 stepchildren,
the children of her late
husband, Bill Marcellino. With this
extended family, Marie indeed has
a very busy schedule, enjoying
participation in their activities in
Massachusetts and throughout the
U.S. Marie continues interests in the
cultural and religious affairs in West
Yarmouth, MA, and in her winter
home of Lexington, MA. ¶ Ruth
Ferraro Tobin enjoys residing in the
Dorchester Assisted Living Facility.
Ruth taught in Boston for over 35
years. Ruth’s son Jim and his wife,
Anne, and their 2 sons, Jason and
Adam, are most attentive to Ruth.
Jason is a junior at John Hopkins
University, and Adam is a UMass
graduate. Ruth and family enjoy
their summer home in Westerley, RI.
¶ For several years Beatrice Cunniff
Quinn was ill with cancer. During this
period, I called her frequently. She
never complained. We enjoyed
chatting about our families, world
events, and news concerning Regis.
On Feb. 16, her daughter Judy called
to say that her beloved mother had
passed away peacefully at home
surrounded by her children: Francis,
Judy, and Mary Ann. A lovely lady is
rejoicing with her husband, Bill, in
their heavenly home. ¶ Due to a
recent fall injuring her pelvic bone,
Marie Scanlon Flaherty was hospitalized
with a long period of rehab.
During her rehab, her husband
underwent heart surgery. Due to good
care by her family, medication, and
physical therapy, they are both back
in their beautiful home in Scituate,
MA. Complete recovery is anticipated
in the near future. Marie’s nephews,
Jay, Richard, and Eric, and niece,
Elaine, children of Marie’s late sister,
Joey Scanlon Carlson, have been of
great assistance and dedicated to the
comfort of Marie and Matt. Matt and
Marie are looking forward to again
actively supporting the Boston
College Cape Club. ¶ As for me, Mary
Kerr Lynch, my family was invited to
the Alumni Luncheon, including my
sons, Kevin, Robert, and Michael,
Michael’s wife, Peggy, my daughter
Mary, and Lisa Kerr, the daughter of
my late brother, Peter Kerr, and Marie
O’Leary Kerr. Gladys Kiely McMakin
and her daughter Macia enjoyed
having luncheon at the 1940 Reunion
table. All were very proud that their
mother was the recipient of the
Loyalty Award 2010. President Mary
Jane England personally presented to
me a beautiful silver plaque inscribed
“Regis College 2010 Alumni Loyalty
Award ’40.” ¶ She announced that she
was retiring as president of Regis in
2011. She will be sorely missed as a
great president. ¶ Classmates, be
healthy and happy as summer ebbs
into a surrounding world ablaze
with fall color amid warm breezes.
Bless one and all and Regis high
on the hilltop.
1941
70th Reunion Class
✒ Mary Mullen Burke, 297 Pleasant
Street, Milton, MA 02186 ¶ Class of
1941, SAVE THE DATE of May 20,
21, and 22 of 2011 because our 70th
Reunion is approaching rapidly!
Reunion planning will begin in the
fall, and we welcome you to attend
and help us plan such a wonderful
weekend. Please contact the Alumni
Relations Office if you are interested
in participating in the planning!
1942
✒ Elizabeth Powers Hehir, 14 Eel River
Circle, Plymouth, MA 02360-2114
1944
✒ Margaret Kelly Young, 384 West
Street, Leominster, MA 01453-2049
1945
✒ Annette Pendergast, 101 Weatherbee
Drive, Westwood, MA 02090 ¶ As
I’m writing these class news items, I
am on Cape Cod on July 8, and it is
96 degrees outside. What a hot and
wonderful summer this has been! ¶
It is with sadness that I report the
deaths of Mary Osborn Rice on Jan.
8, 2010, and Eileen G. McSoley on
Apr. 19, 2010. Please remember both
of them and their families in your
prayers. They will be remembered
at the Annual Memorial Liturgy on
Nov. 14, 2010, in the College Hall
Chapel. ¶ The news events are many
on this writing. Our 65th Reunion
in May was attended by Philomene
Winchester Murphy, Doris Lynch, Doris
Burns Sullivan, Mary Carr Simeone,
Mary Foley Dowd, Betty McNally
Finigan, Mildred Burns Sullivan, and
yours truly, Annette Pendergast. True,
there were only 8 of us, and we 8
paraded and carried our 1945 banner
proudly. The events of our Reunion
were wonderful. The luncheons, the
welcome reception, the dinners, and
the parade of classes were noteworthy.
Even our own 2 parties that we
held were successful. They included
Chuck and Mary Carr Simeone
and their 2 daughters, and also
from Chicago came Betty McNally
Finigan’s daughter Anne and her
husband, Carl. Anne was celebrating
her 30th Reunion with the Class
of 1970. I heard from Betty Cronin
Crane from Naples, FL, that she could
not make it, and the same for Mary
Hannon Monahan of New Canaan,
CT, and Rita Manion Ludlum of New
Jersey. Doris Burns Sullivan made
the Reunion all the way from Winter
Park, FL. Her oldest son is a 3-star
vice admiral in the Navy Air Corps.
He is now the Military Representative
to NATO in Washington, D.C. Also,
her son Stephen is a pilot with
Delta Airlines and is making runs to
Tokyo. He was located in Brussels,
and Doris and her husband had a
great visit with him there. ¶ After
our farewell party we had time
for a class meeting when everyone
pitched in to see what leaders in the
class might keep the class of 1945
together. No arrangement of class
officers was recommended, nor were
there any volunteers who would be
willing to fill in. I’ll keep you posted
and update you on any changes. ¶