Class Notes

Jeanne Hepburn St. Martin of Louisiana, a Mary Washington music and theater arts major, earned a master’s degree in education from East Tennessee State University. She taught 20 years in Virginia and was recognized as an outstanding educator by the Governor’s School of Virginia. She and husband Jack Cline moved to Louisiana, where he’s in the petroleum industry. Son Richard is in university. Dog Fideaux, half Cajun, half Creole, loves to eat alligator. Jeanne’s mother, Jean Quillen St. Martin ’48, majored in chemistry and history and passed away in 2007. Sister Jo-Marie St. Martin ’82, married to Robert Green, majored in math and physics, went to law school at the University of Tennessee, and is general counsel for Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Sue Sendlein Luscomb was appointed to the P.E.O. International STAR Scholarship project’s board of trustees. She’s been a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic organization seeking to motivate women to achieve their highest goals, for 22 years. Sue does community Bible study, served this year as small group discussion leader, and works part time in a home décor fabric store. She and psychologist husband Rich travel and spend time with daughters Alicia, married and working on a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and Ashton, who works in e-commerce marketing for the Hunter Fan company and recently renovated her home.

Helen Taylor Salter teaches two autobiographical writing courses a semester at a Colorado university. She and Alison Haworth Regan do needlework and cook together. They planned to have Thanksgiving together at Red Cliffs Lodge near Moab, Utah, with their mothers. Helen said Judy Clark Hays’ two children are in medical school. Rebecca Reams still teaches choral music at SUNY Potsdam. Lundy Baker Updike’s youngest son is a UMW freshman. Patty Jo Anderson is retired.

Sharon Reel Fuhrmeister is retired and recently went to Chicago with friend Michael to watch son Greg run the marathon. They planned to visit Sue Smith Hane and husband Tom in Raleigh, N.C.

Janice Gernhart Bogy and husband live in southwestern Montana. She still teaches harp but was focusing on the visual arts. One of her scratchboard pieces was selected for publication in Strokes of Genius 6, highlighting excellence in drawing.

Helen Thornton Branch moved to Peachtree City, Ga., near grandchildren CJ and Avery. She works part time as a domestic violence victim counselor and advocate, doing education and prevention programs in the local jail. She travels when she can and loves to read. Cat Miss Gertie and dog Baxter think she’s privileged to live with them.

Sylvia Soutzos Pyle and husband Arnie traveled to Mammoth Lake, Calif., to fish and read. They escaped the San Diego heat with their children and grown grandchildren. Sylvia hoped to see news of classmates from ’55 and ’56, when she first enrolled at MWC.

Madelin Jones Barratt and husband Henry were preparing for daughter Ellen’s November wedding. Younger daughter Anna was to begin the pastry arts program at L’Académie de Cuisine in Maryland in January.