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MILWAUKEE-DOWNER Roylee Ross Pflughoeft M-D’45 • I am still trying to enjoy life during this pandemic year. Hope 2021 will be better! Jeanne Albrecht Young M-D’46 P’70 • Jeanne has been having some health setbacks this year but is much better now and would love to hear from classmates. Send notes to her home address. Ruth Mehring Bernat M-D’49 • I’ve been living with my daughter, Ann, for 5.5 years. Wishing I was still on my own in Arizona! I can’t get a drivers license here as my right eye is dead. I’m only out when I have a doctor’s appointment or groceries, as I’m a grad of ’49 and born Sept. 1, 1925, which means I’m 95. I am in reasonable health except for a memory problem, which doctors are still deciding about a medication to help. I sure miss being on my own. Beverly Olsen Schumacher M-D’51 • My life seems just the same, day to day, as I wait for the call to come in for the vaccine. I have been nowhere since March 13, 2020, and only three family members have been inside my house. But I am well, strong and mentally alert, not depressed and am thankful for that. I would like the addresses of classmates (class of M-D’51) because I enjoy writing letters.
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Before coming to Lawrence, I could not have imagined having the chance to delve so deeply into fascinating topics with my professors, getting my dream internship, or joining a sorority and holding leadership roles in Greek life. Such opportunities have allowed me to learn and gain so much about myself and my studies during my time here so far. I am inexplicably grateful to those whose gifts to the Lawrence Fund have greatly shaped the experiences of students like me. Without this support, there would not be nearly as many wonderful opportunities for us grow and learn.” —Anna Kallay ’22
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Gloria Groleski Tolaro M-D’51 • I made it through the worst of the pandemic in Arizona, but 2020 was more difficult in other ways. Jay Tolaro, my 94-year-old husband, friend and lover of 66 years bravely suffered and beat prostate cancer but then succumbed to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in August. With great support from children, family and friends, I am well and feel so fortunate to have had this great experience and memories. Nancy Chadbourne Maze M-D’52 P’88 • In 1960 I was invited to go to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill., to attend classes and field trips in “Reading The Landscape” by M.T. Watts. I have been absorbed with Illinois prairies ever since: gathering seed, planting seed, attending lectures and field trips and spreading and encouraging Illinois prairie information. Nancy C. McLoud M-D’53 • At 90, I’m still detesting the time (life) consuming pressures of income tax data compiling for the accountant. Once I’ve turned in that slavery’s product and then checked and revised the drafts of the tax returns, I can get back to working on the anthology of my favorite poems. I indulge myself in studying Scottish Gaelic, Russian, Italian, Spanish, German and French. Friends treat one royally, and I scramble to keep up, profoundly grateful for the glorious blessings I’ve enjoyed. I’d love to hear from classmates. 3213 Ellendale, Springfield, IL 62704 or 217-787-5209 Elizabeth Schumacher Windsor M-D’53 • At 89 I live with my son. I enjoy my kids and grandkids, reading and an occasional Hallmark movie. All my best to my classmates. Here’s to a better 2021! Lurinda Mack Davis M-D’54 • Since I live in a senior community in a part of Houston where there was the highest rate of COVID-19 in March, we were put in “lockdown” on March 13. There have been active cases and death in all areas: staff, skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living where I live. Fortunately, I am well and happy to report we all received a Pfizer vaccination on Dec. 20. We are living proof that wearing masks, washing hands frequently and maintaining social distancing makes a difference. Best wishes to all Milwaukee Downer Alums. My New Year wish is if 2021 is healthy, it will be happy! Betty Heistad Barrett M-D’55 • Life is quieter than usual as we mask and social distance. I am in Naples, Fla., January through April, home in Huntington, W.Va., the rest of the year. Life is slowly and slightly less restricted since I have had COVID-19 vaccine. I look forward to the every-other-Sunday Zooms with my family
