Mary Harper Dake: 100 m.p.h winds? Hang onto your hat…..or your house!
Sixteen years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana, Hurricane Ida arrived with the same idea. Mary Harper Dake was...
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Aug 30, 2021
Shaya Gardner-Hayum: Not everyone starts out their career as a showgirl
There have to be a lot of interesting stories about what many of us did in those first few years after high school, but I’m not sure...
Aug 27, 2021
Vicki Guenther Farrell: When you’re lucky enough to live in a family treasure
In June, Vicki put up a Facebook post that intrigued us: “I have a dream. I want to repair/restore our house.” Not just any house, but...
Aug 27, 2021
Diane Wahl: making a difference in kids’ lives for 50 years
A 50-year-long teaching career is a phenomenal achievement and “I never would have thought I would last this long”, Diane said on...
Aug 26, 2021
Martha Collins: The alchemy of turning 1200 tiny pieces of wood into a work of art
A very successful artist working in a less common medium is classmate Martha Collins, who has made her name creating extremely intricate...
Aug 26, 2021
Bill Kirchen: “Need a break from the revoltin’ developments on the Delta front”?
Bill could finally hit the road again on June 25, 2021, after having to hunker down in his home studio in Austin, TX, for the entire...
Aug 26, 2021
Mary Jean Raab: At the helm of an Ann Arbor institution
Something that many of us probably don't know is that Mary Jean owns the Washtenaw Dairy with her husband, John. She was running the...
Jul 30, 2021
News about Mary Wagner Fink
Sharon Ralph Gingras got in touch to let us know that Mary died in early July after a fall. Mary was a member of the class Facebook...
Jun 16, 2021
News about Jeanne Van Buren Reed
3/22/21. Class member Bill Gale sent us the news about Jeanne's passing, saying "I’ve known her since middle school at Slauson. Her...
Jun 16, 2021
News about Bob Cope
6/12/21. Barb Kendall Souza posted a note in the class Facebook group three days after Bob’s passing to let us know. She had wonderful...
May 31, 2021
News about Nancy Dever
6/9/2020. Nancy was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Ann Arbor. Sara Stubbins remembers doing a lot with her when they were kids...
Feb 24, 2021
News about Jill Crabtree
1/15/2021. Ann Munster, Jill’s good friend from our high school days and their college years at the UM, let us know about Jill, who died...
Dec 2, 2020
News about Tom Folk
11/28/2020. Like many of us, Tom was an Ann Arbor native and he remained a Michigander all his life, getting three degrees from Eastern,...
Oct 15, 2020
News about Dick Cobb
7/13/2020. Jim Datsko sent us the news about Dick. Known later in life as Rich, he moved to Ann Arbor as a 3rdgrader and went to Haisley...
Oct 15, 2020
News about Bart Harrington
9/26/2020. Pamela Conn Hyde let us know that Bart, who was a dear friend, had passed away. Bart was described by Susan Magid Bergin as ...
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