Class Notes

[Editor’s note: The following class notes, gathered and written by Joyce Bristow Wrestler, were inadvertently left out of the print version of the Fall/Winter 2017 UMW Magazine. We regret the omission.]

Sixteen 1957 grads were in attendance at the reunion in June. Walter Grantz, husband of Barbara (Craft) Grantz, made photos of events at Mary Washington, showing that the campus is even more beautiful than it was when we attended. Helen (Grantz) Fortner, sister of Walter, though unable to attend was treated to his pictures. Libby Fordham did a wonderful job of shepherding fellow classmates and guests through the events.

FIRST ROW: Nancy Lee (Holmes) Bolton; Marianne McDermott; Barbara (Craft) Grantz; Joyce (Bristow) Wrestler; Peggy (Gray) Williams.
SECOND ROW: Kay (Nelson) Richardson; Jean (Durham) Busboso; Joan (Callahan) Frankhauser; Libby Fordham; Sylvia (Swords) Graham.
THIRD ROW: Audrey (Neff) Knapp; Betsy (Jones) Ware; Lucy (Burwell) Meade; (Ruth) Ellen (Strickler) Richardson; Bruce (Richie) Sikes.
Missing from the photo: Mary Montague (Hudson) Sikes.

Downsizing and grandchildren are the prominent themes at this time. Ellen (Hertz) Hewitt, in the midst of moving last Christmas, wrote that she is now enjoying the ducks, geese, herons, turtles and other creatures around the pond at her new home.

Helen (Grantz) Fortner is enjoying life at Westminster in Lake Ridge, and is involved in painting and is on the Art on Campus Committee. She recently attended a wonderful family reunion at her granddaughter’s home.

Audrey Knapp is enjoying Boca Grande, Florida for seven months of the year and Marion, MA for five months when she can frequently see her grandchild.

Harriet (Henderson) Hazen of both Vermont and Naples, Florida also divides her time. She taught art at an elementary school in her early years after graduation form Mary Washington, and she is recommending her alma mater to two granddaughters who are approaching college age.

In May Jean (Durham) Busboso took a river boat cruise in Germany from Berlin to Prague, stopping in Wittenberg, Meissen and Dresden. She was very moved by the Stalingrad Madonna at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Marlene (Bost) Braun wrote of her husband’s surgery, stroke and rehab and the hope for his complete return to good health. We wish him well also.

Mary Montague Sykes was available at the book signing at the book store during the reunion.

My husband and I took a brief cruise to the eastern Caribbean islands in March, a nice time to enjoy the warmth. I enjoyed seeing the numerous donkeys on Grand Turk Island, and apparently one of them wanted to see the state of Virginia, as it followed me to the tour bus, and tried to board.

Thanks for sending any news you have. I wish you all good health and happy days.