Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 20

C L A SS N OT ES

Class of 1958 Mary Gay Baldyga
writes, “The weekend celebrating
our 55th reunion flew by so fast.
Many thanks to the organizers. What
fun to see classmates and spouses
who attended. Those who could not
attend were missed.”
Class of 1959 Edward K. Simensky
is still working full-time but trying to
spend as much time in Florida as
possible. Robert Spulick is enjoying
retirement and taking trips with the
50+ club.
Class of 1960 Andy Kochis writes,
“Thanks to social networking, I
reconnected with a friend that I
saw last in June 1960. All is well
in Maryland; I do not miss Maine
winters.”
Class of 1961 Peter C. Gordon
writes, “Being fully retired, I have
dedicated my life to the Christian
Ministry. I am an Assistant Chaplain
at a maximum security prison in
Indiana. I dedicate consultant time
to Wheeler Mission and plan to
be in Zimbabwe, Africa installing
water purification units in December
of 2013. I still get a chance to
play a mean game of golf. Life is
a joy! Wonderful family and four
grandchildren.” Alegra Eunson
Soorus writes, “My husband
passed away in October. I have
three daughters, all married and

two beautiful
grandchildren.”
Class of 1963
Sally Stoddard
Dearborn writes,
“Our youngest
grandchild is now
a freshman at
Assumption College
in Worcester, MA.
None of the four
grandchildren
are married yet.
We celebrated
our 50th wedding
anniversary in
January...where
has the time
gone!” Richard A.
Pelletier retired
from the Federal
Service January 31,
2014.
Class of 1965
Paula Langelier
Armstrong is currently working
for US State Senator Angus
King. Norman R. Dubois writes,
“Son Christian is a lawyer in San
Francisco and his wife Christen is
a lawyer for Facebook in Palo Alto,
CA. Daughter Renee has our first
grandchild, Charlie, and is a teacher
in Portland her husband, Rob, is
a teacher in South Portland.” Ron
Forest’s company was honored
by Scarborough Economics
Development Corp as a Legacy
Company of 2013.

Class of 1966 William F. Stacey is
currently the Executive Director for
Prince William Ambulatory Surgery
Center in Manassas, Virginia.
Class of 1967 Nancy Scamman
Pike writes, “Kenneth W. Pike and
I are both retired and just celebrated
our 45th anniversary. We met in the
halls of TA many years ago.” Helge
Scheibe writes that, after selling
her urologic practice in Germany
in 2006, she went to Zurich to lead
“one of the biggest Swiss polyclinics.
This happened as I was one of the

pioneers of quality management
in medicine in Germany. As I was
member of a small group of these
pioneers in Europe, I was asked to
come to Switzerland by one of the
biggest insurance companies here.
So I have been here for the past
5 years, having 59 employees...
Last year I wanted to come to the
US, but as there is such a fuss with
all these controls and immigration
papers, we did not go. My friend and
I went to the Caribbean. I sold our
houses, bought a flat in Germany
near Freiburg.” Roger C. Turcotte
writes, “I have been working for
Bureau of Reclamation for the last
nine years doing corrosion mitigation
work and living in Colorado. I plan to
retire in the next couple of years and
move back to southern Maine with
my wife Eleanor who retired at the
end of 2013. Our oldest daughter,
Lisa, works win the IT department of
Empyrean in Denver and youngest
daughter, Julie, is Medical Physicist
at Mass General.”
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