Class Notes

Susan Hutcheson Jurgens and Maxine Haley Hazelgrove attended their 66th high school reunion in Ashland, Virginia, last spring. There were 10 in their group out of a possible 25. Susan planned a fall Road Scholar trip to England.

Ginny Orkney Philbrick has nine children and two great-grandchildren, one of whom lives in Bedford, Virginia, Ginny’s hometown.

Carol Edgerton Cooper still lives in her Falls Church, Virginia, house but was considering a retirement community. She no longer plays tennis but enjoys yearly visits from her six grandsons. A granddaughter is training to be on the U.S. volleyball team, and a grandson, a Navy SEALs representative, teaches leadership at the Naval Academy.

Weege Attianese Harlow spent three months in her Florida condo last winter and was visited by Carol Edgerton Cooper and Marge Davis Palmer.

Elaine Nader Powell of Springfield, Virginia, who received a kidney transplant in September 2012, is one of the few patients to have received one at her age. Elaine worked part time during the holidays, dines out with her husband, and goes to her grandchildren’s soccer games.

Joyce Long Moore spent time with her daughter in Victoria, British Columbia, where they visited Butchart Gardens. They took an Alaskan cruise and visited Denali National Park. Joyce expected her fourth great-grandchild in October.

Gwen Amory Cumming still lives in her Hampton, Virginia, home. Her four children live in Richmond, Williamsburg, and Hampton. Gwen is involved with her church and the Hampton History Museum. She returned to Mary Washington recently with daughter Ann Randolph Cumming ’84, who celebrated her 30th reunion. Gwen lost her only sister, Alyce Amory Roach ’42, in April.

Rita Morgan Stone enjoys her retirement community at Lakewood Manor in Richmond and occasionally visits Buckingham, where she maintains her family home. Since moving to Richmond, she has renewed her friendship with MWC roommate Betty Montgomery Handy. Carol Oliver Headlee, who also lives at Lakewood, recently joined Rita on the putting green. Rita and Gwen travel to Fredericksburg for UMW Foundation board meetings.

Ernie Friesen and I celebrated 62 years together this summer. I miss my sister, Marjorie Gibson Blaxill of our class, who died in 2011, but I’ve adjusted to life in the Denver area. No more skiing or mountain climbing! Send news. We like to hear about you!