Reflections Magazine Issue #63 - Fall 2005 | Page 21

Class Notes

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Wanda Kutchan-Rueckert ’80/MA lives in
Clarklake and is a guidance counselor at
Onsted High School.

Linda Hewlett Lucas ’80 lives in Cleveland
and works for the managing partner of a large
downtown law firm. She is a sports fan (“Go
Tigers! Go Browns! Go Cavs!”) who enjoys
reading, writing, crafts, home remodeling and
raising her 14-year-old son.
Thomas Mc Canna ’80 lives in Rochester,
NY, where he works for Marshall’s and runs
his own job coaching business.

Amy Lillywhite Sturtevant ’80 is division
secretary for Siena’s Division of Visual and
Performing Arts and Teacher Education and
runs a boarding kennel with her husband,
Gary Sturtevant ’85, at their home in Addison.

Jewel Swindle ’80 of Adrian volunteers as
a driver, a visitor of shut-ins, and a foster
grandparent in the schools. The mother of
five, grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of four also enjoys “cards and bingo. I
especially delight in playing pool at which I am
extremely mediocre!”
Jane Broadbridge Yount ’80 of Westminster,
MD, is a disaster response coordinator for a
religious organization that helps repair homes
for disaster survivors. She and her husband
Mark have two children.

1980s

Kurt Fleischhut ’85 is a contract specialist
for the Department of Defense, U.S. Army. He
lives in Warren, MI, with his wife Jody. They
have two children, daughter Meta Grace (5)
and son Erich William (almost 1).
Bonnie Milliken ’80 and her husband, professor emeritus Chuck Milliken, (see photo
above) have moved south from Toledo’s Old
West End to Norway, SC, where they are
enjoying life in “a small house on a large
lot right on the Edisto River.” Two dogs, two
goats, a boat and a kayak all help keep life
interesting. “We did not miss the snow this
past winter.”
Jennifer Ann Fischer Mitchell ’80 has a private counseling practice about 25 miles south
of Atlanta in McDonough, GA, where she lives
with her husband Bobby and daughter Jill.

Joseph Graves ’87 of Linden, MI, is an engineering manager for General Motors.

Mark Schroeder ’93 and his wife, Judy,
live in Jacksonville, NC, with their daughter
Charlotte (1). Mark serves in the U. S. Marine
Corps as a Major, and is currently deployed
to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF). Previously, he was deployed to Kuwait
in 2003 for OIF and to Haiti in 2004 for Operation Secure Tomorrow. Recently, Mark and his
family moved to Fort Leavenworth, KS, where
he will attend the U.S. Army’s Command &
General Staff College.

Mary Hellner ’88 lives in Chelsea, MI, with
her two daughters, Hannah and Sophie,
shown below before Christmas.

Patti Weinlander Shafer ’80 of Leslie looks
forward in the future to retiring from Vandercook Lake Public Schools (after 18 years
teaching business and career prep, she calls
herself a “lifer”) and assisting the elderly with
financial and daily services.

Andrew Schiller ’97 lives in Broomfield,
CO, where he is a recording artist and music
instructor at the Rocky Mountain Center for
the Musical Arts. Last August 2004, he married former Siena student Angela Lloyd.
Others in the wedding party included Shannon Dumire ’01 and Chris Matthias ’04.
Lisa Novak ’98 married Justin Love on New
Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2004. Among the attendants were Jeanine O’Brien Novak ’96 and
Michael Novak ’97. The Loves live in Blissfield, MI. Lisa is office manager at Blissfield
Family Care. Justin works for Shrader Tire
and Oil.
Amy Siler Sellars ’98 and her husband,
Dave, celebrated their son’s first birthday.
Ronan Ayer Sellars was born March 12, 2004,
a healthy 7 lbs, 8 oz (see photo below). The
family lives in Mahwah, NJ.

Sean Jorgensen ’95 began a new job in May
as director of advancement at St. Mary Catholic Central High School in Monroe, MI. Sean
lives in Lambertville with his wife, Lisa Lauber
Jorgensen ’93, and their son, Rory.
Gary Newell ’96 of Saranac, MI, was reelected this past fall as State Representative
for the 87th District. Previously, he spent 26
years with the Michigan State Police before
retiring as the Post Commander at the Hastings Post.

Bruce Philbrick ’80 lives in Sterling, MA, with
his wife Cindy and two sons. He is an exhibits,
events and tradeshow manager for a medical
device company. He still plays soccer (“in an
over-40 league”) and enjoys weekends with
the family in Vermont.

Steve Schwartz ’80 changed jobs recently
and is now support services manager for
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP in
Washington, D.C.

Tracy Smith-Jackson ’96 of Jackson,
MI, opened her own art studio, “Whimsical
Images,” last summer and now teaches
children’s and adult art classes as well as
working as a professional studio photographer
doing weddings, family photos and portraits.
She also teaches 2-D design and art history
at Jackson Community College. Tracy and her
husband, Gary, have three sons, Andrew (5),
Bailey (3) and Nathan (1).

Mary Boneville ’95 of Grand Rapids, MI, is
a training consultant with Foremost Insurance
Group.

Bruce Lee ’85 accepted a new position in
April, leaving Toledo, OH, where he was
president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank’s
Northwestern Ohio affiliate, for corporate
headquarters in Cincinnati where he is leading Fifth Third Bancorp’s Commercial Banking
Division. A 24-year veteran of banking, Bruce
joined Fifth Third in 2001.

Susan Nichols ’80 of Adrian is busy teaching full-time at Adrian College, leading a Girl
Scout Troop (which includes two granddaughters), and maintaining a counseling practice at
the Maple Hill Family Center, which she and
her husband founded in 1988.

Allan Rodewald ’80 is an abstract artist,
painter and mural artist living in Houston,
TX. His public murals can be seen at the
Aquarium in downtown Houston, River Oaks
Grill and the Visitor Center in Ho