After several years of tracking down our friends from the Chapel, Ann Zettel-Backys organized a reunion at Mary Code Johnson's home in Elm Grove on June 11, 2013. Thirteen of us from classes 1959-1961 gathered for a great afternoon of telling stories, catching up and, of course, eating. For me, some of the women were immediately recognizable while for others, I had to search their eyes looking for the teenager I last saw in Robinsonville half a century ago.
Ann, a.k.a. Sherlock, did a fantastic job of finding our classmates. If anyone wants more info, Ann has a list of addresses for women she has located. Ann's e-mail is: ann45nov@aol.com
We'd love to get together again and hopefully add friends from the Class of l962 and, as Sue Marin, suggested, our classmates who are sisters.
In the meantime, here are a few photos for those who couldn't make it:
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| Reunion Cake: Beyond The Beanie and The Veil |
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| Our Sacramento contingency: Barbara Zettel and Ellen Huguet-Yee |
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| Our gracious hostess, Mary Code Johnson |
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| Top row: Donna Brey, Barbara Zettel, Mary Raisleger-Hughes, Barbara Stahl-Graf, Ellen Huguet-Yee, Mary Ann McNamara-Crosby; Middle Row: Mary Ellen Loberger-Spoerke, Mary Code Johnson, Ann Koenig-Hoban, Sue Marin-Johnson; Lower Row: Kathy Zambrowicz-Pigeon, Ann Zettel-Backys, Marie Therese Cider-Rogers |
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| Barbara Zettel organizing us for the group photo. |
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| We gathered on Mary Johnson's deck to sing the Blessings of St Frances hymn. Ann and Barbara Zettel with Barb Stahl-Graf. I wish we had recorded it; the four-part harmony was beautiful. |
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| The class of 1960 with Kathy Zam gathered around Mary's dining room table. |
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| Reunion organizers: Mary Ellen, Mary and Ann. |
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| Class of 1959: Kathy Zambrowicz-Pigeon and Ann Zettel-Backys |
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| CLASS of 1960 Top Row: Mary Ann McNamara-Crosby, Ellen Huguet-Yee, Sue Marin-Johnson, Donna Brey; Bottom Row: Ann Koenig-Hoban, Barbara Zettel, BarbStahl-Graf |
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| CLASS of 1961: Mary Ellen Loberger-Spoerke, Mary Code-Johnson, Marie Therese Cider-Rogers |
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| Marie Therese was in the area visiting her mother in OshKosh but definitely gets the award for coming the furthest, Mexico! |
