Vicky Eddy reports that her five children are doing well. Pamela is a provost at William & Mary College and her three children are all college graduates. Lisa works in finance for the Pennsylvania Court System and has four children with advanced degrees. Son Brian started his own business as a consultant. Son Christopher retired from the FBI and as Brigadier General from the Air Force Reserves, is running for congress in Florida. Maria retired as a physical education teacher in Olean, NY.
Tom Holman now spends his winters in Naples. He wishes classmates good health and a peaceful 2024.
Marian Newton Knight is living in a fancy old folks home called Stonehenge in New Jersey. She is learning to draw and do water aerobics.
Nancy Frey Pettinelli still lives in Missouri near her eldest son and his wife. Her six grandchildren are all doing well. One granddaughter has an athletic scholarship in basketball, and another graduated from art school and is working in Canada.
Gwendolyn Gallivan Ripp has lived in Heron Cay near Vero Beach, FL for 35 years. Dorothy Hartman Newman is her neighbor. Gwen has been active in the Homeowners’ Association for 20 years and is involved in church. She feels blessed with good physical and mental health over many years since graduating from college and retiring from the State Education Department.
Shirley Feinstein Rosenbaum reports that one grandchild graduated from Columbia with a degree in music, and another is still a student there. Shirley’s daughter is a teacher a concert performer in Kentucky. Shirley’s son runs a non-profit bicycle shop in West Virginia. Shirley is in a book club and discussion group. She sends her best regards to class members.
Joyce Leavitt Zanchelli and husband Joe ’49 have been married for 72 years. Because of an unsuccessful knee joint surgery, Joyce is wheelchair bound and living with Joe in an assisted living facility near Saratoga Springs.
Class Councilor: Joyce Leavitt Zanchelli, jjzanch@yahoo.com
Gerry Holzman, former public school teacher/administrator in Long Island and professional woodcarver/sculptor, passed away Dec. 8, 2023. His most important handiwork is the Empire State Carousel, a full-size operating merry-go-round housed at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, NY. His other pieces can be found in museums, synagogues, churches, and public libraries. Gerry also was a prolific writer on carousels, folk art and travel, having visited every continent except Antarctica. Gerry’s life was celebrated in a New York Times featured obituary.
