Doug Nielsen welcomed the arrival of great-grandson Theodore in September 2023 and great-granddaughter Josephine in December 2024. Doug and wife Gail celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in April.
Class councilor Rose Mary (Rosie) Keller Hughes also has a great-grandson named Theodore, born in 2021. She also has a great-grandson named Brooks and a great-granddaughter named Lily Rose, born on Father’s Day 2024.
Patricia Wilkerson Smith recently passed. She was Rosie’s roommate for three and a half years. Pat and Rosie served as each other’s maids of honor, and their friendship continued for many years.
We have all benefited from a relationship with Loida Vera Cruz and, sadly, she will be retiring from her position at the Alumni Association in November. I’m hoping that those of you who have had positive relationships with Loida will send me some kind of tribute to her. I will compile the tributes with one from myself to give to her. She has been such a wonderful helper to me as a class councilor.
I’m hoping I will be able to hang longer in my position as class councilor. I’m sure that a lot of you who are the same age as I am are struggling with the loss of words and sentences. Please send your news to me—I would like to send it to you via the column in the next issue. Stay well. Best wishes for the holidays!
Class councilor: Rose Mary (Rosie) Keller Hughes, rosemaryk.hughes@gmail.com
Joyce Schueler Thomas had a bad fall which put a pause in her regular work as a freelance copy editor with clients at Stanford, UC-Berkeley. She is writing slowly with her left hand. Joyce would love to hear from more alums!
