CLASS NOTES 1937
life-care community ‘Brookhaven at Lexington’ in the town where American colonists first
Miriam Scott Apter ’37 died Aug. 21, 2021.
confronted British troops in 1775. “It is a big adjustment for us and the move was harrowing last fall, but now we are getting acclimated to a very nice place and new way of living,”
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Barbarra writes. “I find the security we now have comforting and the new lifestyle much
1969 Sidney Gunst ’69 died Oct. 22, 2021.
1970 The Class of 1970 gathered a year late at the Virginia House for their 50th reunion. What a great venue! The turnout was great, the flowers
Lucy Cabell Pyle
less stressful. Have any classmates made this
Summerell ’51 died
transition or are planning to do it? Please reach
Sept. 29, 2021.
out at bamccahill46@gmail.com.”
mood music was perfect. The alumni also enjoyed
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Collegiate faculty.
1954 Connie Booker Moe writes, “Carter, Elsie and I attended a lovely but cold luncheon at the School.”
Hal Barnes reports that after 25 years in Kailua, Hawaii, he has moved to the foothills of the Cascades, 20 miles from Seattle. “It’s good to see fall colors and snow again,” he says.
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were beautiful, the food was delicious and the a blast-from-the-past video put together by
Barrie Miller Sutton writes, “I had so much fun working with the reunion team. For over a year, we perfected our Zoom skills. Thanks to the whole team, we had a great reunion. It was nice to squeeze in a visit with Margot Keppel Fritts. Personally, I recently celebrated
Barbara Warriner Roehrich died
Melissa Lehigh wrote that 2020 was a tough
a monumental birthday with my kids. I also
Nov. 1, 2021.
year, and she nearly had to close the adoption
traveled to Nantucket for the first time and to
agency that she and John run. The nonprofit
the US Open for the umpteenth time. And I
was saved financially by a benefactor on Sept. 1,
started a new job helping out at Patient First
2021. They feel blessed to be able to go on with
a few hours a week as well, scrubs and all. My
their work.
sister, Lindsay Miller ’65, and I spend many
1962 “It’s been fun to reconnect with classmates now that we’ve moved towards retirement,” writes Marion Chenault. “Cabell and I live
hours on Zoom working on our family tree on
at Westminster-Canterbury where I see Libby
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Coleman Price and Nancy Bain regularly.
“I am grateful that I studied at Collegiate
Harriet Franklin ’61 lives across the hall from
during my first six years of school,” writes
friends, so I’ve remet her as well. I say moved
Arthur “Art” Thomas. “I am now a retired
‘towards’ retirement because I went to work at
United Methodist minister who lives at
held Novemver 2021, could not have been more
Dogwood Preschool in June. It’s been exciting
Westminster-Canterbury in Richmond, and I
perfect, due in large part to the planning and
to be part of starting a preschool. I was not a
teach part time church history and spirituality
hard work of Anne Gray Siebert ’97, Director
founder, but I am so grateful for the parents and
at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington,
of Alumni Engagement,” says Betsy Cockriel.
teachers from St. Stephen’s preschool who liked
D.C. and am writing historical books. Since
“On that Friday, Collegiate hosted a tour of
the model and created Dogwood.”
most of my pastorates were in Maryland, I did
the School followed by a delicious luncheon
not return to Virginia until 2017 and hope to
with entertainment from the 5th Grade and
one day tour Collegiate, which has expanded so
speeches from Penny Evins, Head of School,
much since I left in 1962.”
as well as four members of the Senior class.
1964 Barbarra Ann Kemp McCahill and Michael have reluctantly left Cambridge, Mass. for a
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the Ancestry website.”
1971 “Our 50th reunion on Homecoming Weekend,
We were joined by the class of 1970 as they
