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cottage.
Suzanne Mayberry McCollum
is very involved
in supporting her 10 grandchildren’s activities. Her
grandson’s hockey tournament took Suzanne to Quebec
City, where she hoped to find another “Havergal grandma.”
Skiing and kayaking with her 11 grandchildren are some
of
Penny Anne Stride Davidson
’s favourite activities.
Visiting her sons in northern Ontario is a summer ritual for
Judith Cory Mangoff
, who celebrates her 55th wedding
anniversary this fall with a special trip.
“Artist, teacher, mother, grandmother, advocate for child
literacy” was how
Mary Osler
wished to be remembered.
We would add that she was a great friend and loyal Havergal
supporter. Mary died on July 29, 2016 in Waterloo.
DEATHS
Mary Osler
CLASS NEWS
The Class of 1959 celebrating Alice Payne 2016 Havergal Old Girls
Life Achievement Award. Standing: Marilyn Metcalfe White, Nancy
Sewell Lorimer, Kathleen Bourke Bell, Alice Payne, Anita Krische Von
Graffen, Christine Coutts Clement and Anita’s husband Adolf Von
Graffen. Seated: Ann Osler Malcolmson, Penny Anne Stride Davidson
and Sandra Gordon Steen. Mary Jean Borden Potter and Judy Labatt
Ross Stewart were at the Old Girls dinner, but were unable to attend the
lunch.
CLASS REPS: Patricia (Pat) Weller Bent, Marsha
Davis Brooks, Rosemary Elder Dick and Cynthia
(Cyndy) Thomas Smith
Our classmates are in a period of transition. We have
experienced much that has been wonderful, but also
deaths of spouses and family members, illness, divorce,
job loss or change, transition from family homes to
condos or country havens ‒ and yet most of us are
“still standing.” We are among the first classes of HC
women who
all
had careers, many outside of the norm,
many continuing; many also raised families, volunteered
and travelled. Havergal encouraged us to pursue higher
education, to be independent, to develop emotional
resilience and to give back to the community…for that
we are grateful.
Anne Carter
wrote from her seaside home in Hahei,
New Zealand. Heavy seas have cramped her ocean
swimming this year, but spring will see her back at
the bridge table in Toronto.
Kathleen (Cathy) Cowan
Russell
wrote from her winter abode in Chapala, Mexico,
where she teaches ESL part time. When in Toronto,
she and
Elizabeth (Liz) Clough Munt
see each other
regularly.
Karen Taylor Alvarez
’s travel business in
Mexico City continues to thrive.
Patricia (Pat) Weller
Bent
and her husband will return to Ecuador in April for
another philanthropic surgical mission.
Sheila Milne Leach
has retired from her Sudbury
medical practice and now has free time at last.
Patricia
(Pat) Waterous Margetts
reports that she continues to
relax at her farm in the country, with occasional theatre
trips into Toronto.
Marsha Davis Brooks
encountered
Lynda (Fitz) Keyfetz Rapp
, now living on Bloor Street,
still shopping in her traditional North York haunts.
Jill
Gould Tierney
has given up her greeting service business,
Community Greetings, in Newburyport, Massachusetts
and seeks a new path.
We were all sorry to hear about
Mary Krug Ndlovu
’s
bad luck on her return from many years in Zimbabwe
to retire in Edmonton, Alberta, only to slip and fall on
ice, resulting in a broken hip. We hope that her visit to
family in Barbados will restore her health. Perhaps she
will connect with longtime Edmonton resident and former
CLASS OF 1960
CLASS OF 1960 ENDOWMENT
TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017
$
29,848