| CL ASS NOTES Beta eVTOL is a customer.” Robert P. Melcher has been the owner and operator of a Visiting Angels senior care franchise since 2010. He lives in South Hero, Vt., and volunteers with the local ambulance service as an EMT, so he visits campus frequently. Send your news to— Peter Andrew Beekman pbeekman19@gmail.com
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Patricia Ann Boera is a longtime volunteer with Burlington’s Lyric Theatre Company and encourages fellow alums to join her in volunteering with or attending their 50th-anniversary season productions of The Prom (November), The Wizard of Oz (April 2024), and The Sound of Music (June 2024). Abby Mandel continues to teach in the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at Northern Virginia Community College, fall semester only. Semiretirement makes way for spending more time with her six grandchildren. William Chandler Rowland recently went to his 50th high school reunion where he saw fellow Catamounts Sheila House, Sue Bernhart Scott, and Phil Van Wyck. “Everyone is doing well!” Rob Martin Waxman says, “I’m doing well on my prosthetic and playing music with my Allman Brothers tribute band, Idlewild West. Our daughter has been working as a nurse for two years. My wife and I went to Macon, Ga., in April for an Allman Brothers pilgrimage.” He was looking forward to his 50th high school reunion in October in Valley Stream, N. Y. Cynthia L. Wilkening published a book of haiku, Water is Faithful: Haiku for Mind, Body, and Soul, which she describes as “complex ideas of human nature, modern life, and God in 17 syllables each.” Send your news to— alumni@uvm.edu or submit online at go.uvm.edu/note
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Jason Perry shared the sad news that his wife, Linda Jane Perry, founder and “chief inspiration officer” of Gardenfire Farm, a flower farm based in West Milton, Ohio, died in February 2023. She was 67. Linda was an authority on numerous horticultural disciplines, a creative horticultural entrepreneur, a drafter and designer for civil engineering firms, and a devoted mother and school volunteer who touched the lives of many. Send your news to— alumni@uvm.edu or submit online at go.uvm.edu/note
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Candis Perrault-Kjelleren of South Burlington died with her heart full of joy and peace in January 2023. She lived a remarkable life through her positive attitude, enthusiasm, faith, fearlessness, and courage. Gratitude, love, and support guided her journey through an endof-life illness. Teressa Marie Valla is honored to be included in the recently published Earth Keepers Handbook, published by Ecoartspace Publications. Send your news to— Beth Nutter Gamache bethgamache@burlingtontelecom.net
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