Class Notes
(Pictured above) Alumni at the wedding of Caitlin Maguire ’04. Back row: Argo Caminis ’93, Caroline Nisenson ’05, Lucy Bostwick ’11, Kit O’Brien Rohn ’78, Ryann Tookes ’04, Christian Tookes ’02, Tessa Tookes ’10, Alice Huck ’04, Averill Roberto ’02, Kesal Patel, Julia Maguire Henderson ’05, Channing Tookes ’04, Honor Sargent ’12, Cam Sargent ’09 and Charlie Huck ’04. Front row: Caroline Downer ’04, James Maguire ’12, Charlotte Maguire ’10, Caitlin Maguire ’04, Laura Bostwick ’04 and Kathryn Bostwick ’05.
Editor’s note: Please keep in mind, as you enjoy reading these Class Notes, that they were submitted to the Bulletin back in late February, well before the global challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1942
Patricia Edwards Dennis, formerly of Old Lyme and New Canaan, CT, passed away on August 12, 2019. Please see In Memoriam.
1945
Ellen Wadsworth Vestergaard writes, “In August I had the rare treat of being with my three siblings (including Katharine Wadsworth Wilson ’43) for a family reunion in Dingle, Ireland. Most of our children and grandchildren and my two great-grandchildren were with us!”
1946
Ruth Shedden Crane visited campus in the fall of 2019 to share her memoir titled Kicking the Can on Frogtown Pond, which depicts her childhood spent in New Canaan and at New Canaan Country School. For more please see page 43.
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Virginia “Kip” Macdonald Farrell writes, “I am taking a 10-week course at the Silvermine Art School in abstract painting — really looking forward to it!”
1949
Pamela Miller Gerard of New York, NY, passed away on August 18, 2019. Please see In Memoriam.
1951
Louise Clark Smith writes, “Life at Kendal, a retirement community in Ithaca, NY, continues to be very busy, with concerts, lectures and movies. I am well.”
1953
Joan Abernethy Wright is still showing and selling work at the Art Space Gallery in Rockland. She is a member of the City Harbor Trail Committee, while enjoying small town living. Joan writes, “Daughter Eden Wright ’84 and her husband were here for Thanksgiving!”
1954
Edward Tuckerman Esty of Chevy Chase, MD, passed away on August 23, 2019. Please see In Memoriam.
1955
For information about Reunion please visit countryschool.net/reunion or reach out to Reunion Chairs Caroline DuBois Hutton (huttonbooks@hotmail.com) and Cathy Cody (clcody@webtv.net). Susan Carr Pickett writes, “In love and charity with our neighbors in my home since 1976 — with my husband and my maid from Algeria. Have had great joy with classmates Cathy Cody and Caroline DuBois Hutton.”
1958
Late classmate and NCCS Alumni Award winner Hardy Jones Jr.’s final film, Dolphins in Danger, is now available through Amazon Prime Video.
1960
For information about Reunion please visit countryschool.net/reunion or reach out to Reunion Chairs Rick Ackerly (rackerly@gmail.com), Lyn Bremer Chivvis (lchivvis@earthlink.net), Peggy Hubby Heck (dandpheck@gmail.com) and Seeley Hubbard (dseeleyhubbard@sbcglobal.net) 1 Lyn Bremer Chivvis writes, “I’m still doing my massage practice, and I’m still on the board of Staying Put in New Canaan — the organization that helps our elders stay safely
