Class Notes

We spent a week with family at Corolla in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, walking on the beach and eating crabs, and saw magnificent fall colors in the Smoky Mountains. Rod and I have a 3-year-old grandson and expected a new grandchild in April.

Those active in the Campus Christian Community remember director Loreeda Jones “Jonesy” Niemann. She passed away in September, and a celebration of her life was held in Fredericksburg in October.

Janet Hedrick continues her job search and recently learned the pastor of her church, Franconia United Methodist, is Catharine Tidball Guest ’72. Catharine, or Cathy, as we Jefferson basement residents remember her, has four grown children and was finishing course work on her doctorate of ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary.

Sharon Richmond Janis closed the doors of The Delaware Inn in October. Kaye Carrithers continues her Spanish class. Virginia Davey Addison looks forward to retirement and babysits her two granddaughters and granddog. Deb Reynolds Linder welcomed grandaughter Arabella Grace in August and traveled with Bruce to England to see her.

Patricia Stewart had fun seeing those at our 40th reunion. Now that life has quieted a bit she hopes to make more of these events and participate in the local alumni chapter. A semi-retired physical therapist, she has lived in Richmond’s Fan/Museum District since 2006, after living in Tidewater since 1974. She and husband Bob Traub live in a house built in 1914 and can walk to restaurants, shops, and museums. Her two sons moved from California to Virginia. Patricia swims, bikes, and participates in community activities. She’s active with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the country’s largest grassroots mental health organization, and recently trained to teach its Family-to-Family educational program, a 12-week course for families of those with severe mental illnesses.

Dale Cole Carter has a new grandson, earned an Indiana health facility administrator license, and will provide leadership in a long-term care community. Dale founded Transition Aging Parents, wrote a book, and has a radio program.

Susan Regan’s September Mediterranean cruise left from Barcelona and stopped in Marseilles, Monaco, Pisa, Rome, Naples, and Sicily. Susan lunched recently with Debbe Heiman-Hughes and Ruth Siko; they try to get together a couple times a year.

As always, thanks to everyone who shared news. Please continue; without you, there will be no entry for the Class of ’73.