ALUMNAE

BIRTHS

Caitlin Bly (Davies, 2008) and her husband Sean welcomed their first daughter Charlotte Mairéad into the world on 1 July 2020. WEDDINGS

Heather Cunningham (2007) Since leaving Ruyton, Heather completed a Bachelor of Product Design Engineering and moved to New Zealand in 2014, where she works for Fisher and Paykel Appliances as a Verification Engineer. Heather met CJ Marland through some mutual friends in 2013 and he followed her to New Zealand. Heather and CJ were married at the Wattle Park Chalet, Surrey Hills in February 2020. All the girls in the above photo are Old Ruytonians. L-R: Joanna Clegg (2007), Anne Cunningham (2009), Kate Simondson (2018), Jane Cunningham (Simondson, 1978), Heather Cunningham (2007), Annie Looringh van Beeck (2007), Kelly D’Arcy (2007), Fiona Allen (Keks, 2007), Shinsa Enayeth (2007), Veronica De Poi (2007)

VALE

Deaths of Old Ruytonians or former staff members of which Ruyton is aware are listed here. Obituaries for the name(s) in italics below are on the following page.

CABENA, June (1946) Born 2.4.1929, RGS 1937–1945, Died 20.8.2019 MATHIESON, Kirsty (Frater, 1958) Born 11.03.1940, RGS 1954–1958, Died 1.12.2017 OWEN, Jennifer (Pullman, 1960) Born 8.9.1943, RGS 1947–1959, Died 4.6.2020 Jenny’s sister, Bron Hadley (Pullman,1965) attended Ruyton ROBSON, Jane (1971) Born 30.07.1954, RGS 1970–1971, Died 24.6.2020 Jane’s sister, Eve Robson (1973) attended Ruyton ROWLEY, Susan (1966) Born 18.11.1948, RGS 1961–1966, Died 3.9.2016 Susan’s sister Lesley Rowley (1963) attended Ruyton STEINICKE, Jennifer (1975) Born 30.3.1958, RGS 1970–1975, Died 14.8.2020 Jenny’s sister Rose Pockett (Steinicke,1977) attended Ruyton THRESHER, Pamela (Johnston, 1942) Born 11.09.1925, RGS 1930–1941, Died 4.09.1920 WORLAND, Judith (Nicholson, 1956) Born 30.12.1939, RGS 1954–1955, Died 21.03.2020

VALE

Kirsty Mathieson (Frater): seated front row, second from right

Jennie Owen (Pullman): standing right

Susan Rowley: seated, second left

If you have any updates of Old Ruytonians’ deaths, or wish to send an obituary to the School, please contact the Alumnae Relations and Bequest Manager, Kate Nixon by email at nixonk@ruyton.vic.edu.au or telephone on (03) 9819 2422. Jennifer Allison Owen (Pullman, 1960) Jennifer (Jennie) Owen, 1943–2020, did well at sports in school, and went on to study a secretarial course at RMIT along with one of her best friends Judith Durham from the Seekers, where they become involved with RMIT’s annual Revue.

One of her fondest memories of Judith was when she stayed at Jennie’s family’s holiday house, where they all sang songs whilst washing up! Jennie kept the show business trend going when she became employed at Channel 9’s continuity department, where she met and eventually married Doug Owen. Doug was a folk singer/lighting technician then, a protege of Graham Kennedy and appeared on IMT occasionally. Jennie then moved onto Channel 10 in Nunawading. They both loved food and cooking and became one of the earliest ‘foodies’ way back in the middle sixties; they even used a wok! They moved up to Sydney where the popular club scene had a better chance of employment for singers. They had one child, Joel. They opened a sandwich shop in Parramatta which was very hard work and gladly sold it eventually. Jennie then worked as a receptionist at a physiotherapist for many years while Doug started up a successful business making and selling semi dried tomatoes. They consequently, on retirement, chose to come back to Victoria in 2011, settling in Castlemaine where the arts and music community was thriving. They built a recording studio at the back of their house, joined the music community and Doug entertained at many concerts held in the town. Jennie met up with many Old Ruytonians living there and was an enthusiastic attendee of the Old Ruytonians’ reunions. By Bronwyn Hadley (Pullman, 1965)