Class Notes
1940s
1950s
Blanche Lampke Benton ’43 lives in Joan Chopp Scheuermann ’53 lives
Bloomfield Hills. She celebrated her 80th in Pleasant Ridge with her husband,
birthday in August and is “happy to report Robert.
I had a hole-in-one in February!”
Elsa Verneau Lodholz ’54 writes
from St. Clair Shores: “During this past
summer, my life took an unexpected turn
when my husband of 50 years passed
away. So many plans have changed.”
Although unable to attend the 50th
reunion, Else sent greetings to all in the
Class of ’54 and added, “I also want to
thank all those great women who were
the spirit of Siena. They liberated us
long before society decided we were
capable creatures. I remember well
Mother Gerald’s challenge to us: ‘Be
valiant women.’ I hope we have lived up
to her expectations. Thanks to Siena for
a lifetime of good memories.”
Above: Students Jeff Beyer, Student Senate president, and Amy Beyer entertained guests at the
Alumni Weekend prayer brunch.
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1960s
Janet Wright, OP ’62 and Grace
Dennis, OP ’66 showed their artwork
last spring in a joint exhibition, “Watercolor and Wood,” at the Lenawee County
Visual Arts Gallery in Adrian. Janet, a
full-time studio painter, creates close-up
portraits of flowers, plants and trees that
reflect her love of the fleeting beauty
of nature. Grace, a professional wood
carver, specializes in Old World Santas
and clown figures, carved in basswood,
then painted and stained by hand.
Janet Vorst Dyer ’67 of Springfield,
OH, was appointed clerk of Moorefield
Township in September 2003. She then
ran for the office two months later in the
November election and won a full fouryear term. “We have a very large township with an almost $3 million budget of
which I am in charge. I never thought I
Virginia Kelbley Smith ’54 traveled
would be in politics!” Janet and her husfrom her Puget Sound home in Silverband Terry have four children and four
dale, WA, on Bremerton Island, to attend
grandchildren.
Alumni Weekend and her 50th reunion.
Joining her for the festivities was Dr. Pat Hoffman Kostell ’67 of Rock
Jeannine (Frances) Gunn Martin ’55 Hill, SC, was elected in April to a threeof Cleveland.
year term as a member-at-large of the
Association for Childhood Education
Rose Marie Campbell Freeman ’56 is a
International (ACEI). An educational
retired teacher living in Garden City. She
consultant who is known as a strong
sends the sad news that her husband,
advocate for children’s issues, Pat will
Bert, died in December 2003 after a long
chair ACEI’s “Week of the Classroom