Class Notes

Jonathan and I had a mini-reunion in Fredericksburg with Mary Russell of Laurel, Md., Alice Eckenrode Alkire of Ashburn, Va., Cynthia Whitaker Finnelly of Holly Springs, N.C., and Sally Sutherland of Crozet, Va. Jonathan and I planned our annual trek to the Jersey Shore in August with the children and grandchildren and to visit Washington state in September, Cape Town, South Africa, in November, and Vermont for Thanksgiving.

Nancy Slonim Aronie teaches her Writing from the Heart workshop at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif., and at holistic institutions and has conducted writing workshops on Martha’s Vineyard for 18 years. Her book, Writing from the Heart, is in its seventh printing. Their 38-year-old son, Dan, died two years ago from complications of MS. Their other son, Josh, owns Saltwater Café on Martha’s Vineyard. Ann Reardon Crowley Rowe and husband Mack live in Madison, Va., near Charlottesville. Annie does some ghost hunting, is writing a novel about a local haunted house, and sells books on Amazon. Annie wrote that Charlotte Hudson died last fall. Sue, as she was known to family and friends, lived at Cameron Glen Nursing Home in Reston, Va. Nancy Pida Remmers of Palm Coast, Fla., participates in art shows at local galleries. Daughter Debbie placed third for a color monotype in a recent competition.

Sue Bentley Varn of coastal South Carolina, a retired hospice nurse who left Mary Washington to attend nursing school at U.Va., has six grandchildren with her retired physician husband. Bonnie Smith Wescott of Virginia’s Eastern Shore planned to visit Europe for a Baltic Sea cruise. She retired in 1999 as director of elementary instruction in Spotsylvania County, does ballroom dancing, is active in the garden club, and has two grandchildren. Lynne Kolarsey Blair of Blue Hill, Maine, retired from Wooden Boat magazine. She worked at the Maine Maritime Museum and another museum in Bar Harbor, and she volunteers at the food pantry. She and her husband have two daughters, one of whom is Sarah Blair Reeves ’90.

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