Class of 1960
Class of 1960 bursary total as at August, 2025 | $43,169.14
Frances Smith Stronach writes, Jim and I celebrated our 60th Wedding Anniversary last Sept. We took many trips throughout the past year. Greece was a highlight especially the Acropolis; with Croatia being a close second. We took our first ever BUS Tour. However, the three different occasions we toured in the U.S.A. will likely be our last as we both now have issues with Trump!! We have never been to Quebec City!! So have made plans to do so. We are both aging and slowing down but still live in our home and manage to keep fit. Our 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren keep us on our toes. Good they are around, or we never keep up to date on the new technology. Cheers, Fran.
Class of 1961
Class of 1961 bursary total as at August, 2025 | $84,977.03
Once again Willo Murby Heesom takes centre stage for our class this year! Willo was married to Ian Thirlwall last September, 2024 in St. Margaret’s Church, Chipstead, Surrey, U.K. People were so happy to go to an octogenarian wedding, rather than a funeral of which there are so many these days. So, Willo reminds us “It is never too late to be hitched!” WOW… 82 and happily newlywed!!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Willo! Plus a few of us hope to see Willo this July when she comes to Toronto with Ian. Joey Legate is absolutely thrilled to become a great-grandmother and claims to be “over the moon” with excitement! She is eagerly waiting for our 65th reunion next year: Details will follow soon.
Bobs Ongley also loves her role as a new great grandmother! Janet Little Finlay and Bill still go each July to their shared family cottages in Notre Dame du Portage in Eastern Quebec. She is Looking forward to that holiday after this long cold winter and really damp spring. Diane Stewart Nixon and Ted went to Bermuda in May to visit friends, followed by a trip to Ottawa to an interesting stamp show, as her husband is really keen on stamp collections. She and Ted are also planning a Western Mediterranean cruise from Rome to Barcelona in October. Margo Taylor Morgan is a constant whirlwind thriving on her MANY social activities around Toronto! Still a keen traveller, Lynn Robinette Mekinda is looking forward to spending two weeks in Japan in November. Her hopes are to visit Egypt and India before she is 85. Go for it Lynn! Karen Rechnitzer entertained Judy Clarkson Galloway and Susan Davis Conacher for lunch in May. They had many chuckles reading over old journals.
A very proud Susan Harris Sniderman and Paul went from their lovely home in San Francisco to Middlebury, Vermont, to attend the graduation of their eldest grandchild, Sophie, who is aiming to head to medical school. Their second eldest grandchild, Aly, is a sophomore at Princeton and plays on the water polo team, Terrific! Susan and Paul are enjoying going to see many of her games. Otherwise, they save their travel time to come to CANADA where they stay at her old family cottage on Clear Lake that her brother now owns. Jill Cumberland Trennum scoots down from Stony Lake to share fun visits and LOTS of laughs! Sally Taylor enjoyed a great 60th reunion reconnecting with her old pals at Smith.
Another proud grandmother is Melinda Northway Thompson who, along with John, will be attending the graduation of their eldest grandson from Biconni Economic University in Milan. Fabulous! Another glimpse from the past was when Jill Cumberland Trennum had lunch in Lakefield with Mary Lou Cook whom NONE of us have seen since the end of Grade 2! A long lunch covered many of the missing 76 years! She is hoping to come to our 65th and is full of SPUNK!!!! To celebrate Bill’s 90th birthday, Christie Cohrs McKechnie and Bill are taking a River Cruise down the Rhine in October. Congrats! Susan Davis Conacher’s granddaughter, Magnolia, graduated from Burke’s (Ski) Academy in Vermont, and is heading to Williams College in Massachusetts. Wonderful! Remember to watch for details of our 65th Reunion in September/October 2026. We want a HUGE turnout as usual! The close friendships in our class continue to thrive. Keep healthy, happy and busy! “Friendship means memories last even if contact is lost.” Submitted by: Jill Cumberland Trennum, Susan Ortved Armitage and Betsy Bell Perkin
Class of 1963
Class of 1963 Bursary bursary total as at August, 2025 | $38,245.45
It’s quite clear that even though we celebrated our 60th class reunion two years ago; we have not slowed down. Despite having been mowed down by a snowboarder last winter that might have ended any chance of ever skiing again, Nancy Milne was able to take an amazing trip to Norway and cruised from Bergen to Kirkness, Shetland Islands & back, crossing the Arctic Circle and experiencing the Aurora borealis. Barbara Key Lea had a hip replaced last fall but was able to hit the gentle ski slopes last winter. She and her husband, Ted, travelled to Costa Rica to attend the wedding of Mary Glendinning’s ‘64 daughter. And yes, she and Mary (class of ’64) still do canoe trips in Algonquin Park – but no more portages!
Caroline (Peebs) Pack-Beresford Clarke and Mike also travelled to Costa Rica to “escape” her 80th, spending two weeks touring the country. She came over in June to celebrate 80th birthdays with Pat Blachford, Joey Bell ’64, Penny (Penner) Hillary Heath-Eaves and any other classmates that could make it. Hope Muskoka survived! Pat continues to volunteer at her local hospital and hospice, doing the onerous work of instructing patients how to wear their hospital gowns, (her words, not mine). She still plays duplicate bridge and dedicates her winters to trying to improve her golf swing. All she wanted was breadsticks, a Caesar salad and some red meat! But for her 80th, the sons of Carroll Wistow Willer arranged a grand celebration, hiring a private chef and sommelier. Her grandchildren attend the summer program at Havergal and enjoy it very much. Lynn Gaby was too funny! In her reply to my request for news, she replied – nothing exciting but had she mentioned she recently spent three weeks in Tanzania? That’s pretty exciting! She continues to do tours with her art group and has a trip to Newfoundland planned that will take in St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Other travellers include Jenny Le Riche who went out to Great Bear Rainforest hoping to see a Kermode “spirit” bear, but no luck. She reported that the humpback whales in the Douglas Channel, off Kitimat, are increasing. Great news! Promoting Canadian tourism, Jackie Cogan Smith toured Saskatchewan with her son, Charlie. She had a cataract operation in May; all went well. Marilynne Carr Nowell continues to spend time at her homes in Palm Springs and Vancouver; she was planning to come to Toronto last June. Barb Jeffrey Stimer recently celebrated her 55th wedding anniversary and invites “anybody brave enough to visit her in Spokane”. On a sad note, Margaret Fisher Galbraith lost her younger sister, Helen ’66 in March. Helen was chiefly responsible for the high quality of Niagara wines, the obituary details her outstanding career. Luba Frastacky’s news – well, I had to put a new roof and new cedar shingles on my house. Enuff said!
Class of 1964
Class of 1964 Bursary bursary total as at August, 2025 | $155,988.95
We have celebrated our 60-year reunion this year. In September, 10 of us attended the Old Girls Annual Luncheon at the school and then our class event the following evening which was hosted by Mary Susanne Lamont at her home. The 16 attendees honoured Susan Swan’s Order of Canada award for her library accomplishments. She was presented with a cake which was a replica of the Order of Canada medal which we all enjoyed. Several came from out of town – Bonnie Bryce Gibson and Mary Gausby Collins from Collingwood, Joanne Henderson Nelson and Carolyn McMaster from Ottawa, Anne Zurrer Martin from Brantford, Jane Watson from Stratford and Joey Bell Brown from Bracebridge. Mary Susanne Lamont and Margot Kay Hillman wore their uniforms.
Kathy Smalley announced she had just received the King Charles award for service to Canada, and Ontario and the Royal Geographic Society Quest Expedition to find the Quest, Sir Ernest Shackelton’s last ship which sunk in the Strait of Belle Isle. This year sees many of us celebrating our 80th birthdays. Bonnie Gibson and Mary Collins travelled to Australia to celebrate with Kathy Batten Johnson as she can no longer travel long distances, so they visited Hamilton Island and Sydney with her. Joey Bell Brown is having a prolonged 80th celebration with Caroline Pack-Beresford Clarke ’63, Penny Hillary Heath-Eaves ’63 and Pat Blatchford ’63, on July 1st weekend at her new home on Lake Muskoka.
Jo Nelson celebrated by having lunch at Highgrove Estate, UK. Di Davies is celebrating in PEI and Halifax with family and friends; Margot Kay Hillman had a special fall/birthday gathering with many of her birth family. Joey Bell Brown travelled to N.S. for her 55 year reunion from Acadia University, Margot Kay Hillman visited the Dominican Republic in Feb, Barb Heidenreich recently provided the Trent University Archives all the records of her work in the Arctic between 1983-1986 when she attended every community meeting that discussed the new constitutions for the western (Dene & Inuvialuit) and eastern (Nunavut) territories, where the boundary should be drawn, plus calculating the additional costs to be borne by the federal government. Di Nugent Cathro has relocated to Cadbury Bay, Victoria following her husband’s death; along with being busy with her children and grandchildren she is involved with the Japanese Tea Ceremony Association with her 20 years’ experience, Di Davies and Teresa Woods Snelgrove were featured in an article about old girls maintaining their ties to Havergal in the spring Torch magazine because of their many years of volunteering to Havergal in various capacities.
Di Davies has been on the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association and has been involved in the planning of its termination and the final alumnae event before it is dissolved in 2025. Andrea Moore Ritchie continues to recover from a stroke but along with her family went on a Christmas cruise. Nancy Wells continues her passion for running and was featured in an article “We are best friends despite our 53-year age gap: how 2 Toronto runners forged a generation-defying friendship” in Toronto Life magazine. Susan Swan’s latest book “Big Girls Don’t Cry” is being launched on May 27 to which she has invited our class to attend. We are all looking forward to attending a special luncheon for the class of 64 at Havergal hosted by the school and the Old Girls Association on May 28,2025.
Class of 1965
Class of 1965-1966 Bursary total as at August, 2025 | $123,238.61
Happy 60th reunion year to our class! We are now Stoneagers! Margaret Payne Hammond who now lives in Dundas, Ontario, has connected with several classmates and makes this important observation: “Our lives have taken us in many different directions. Sharing our experiences, and getting to know each other, sometimes really for the very first time, is enriching, comforting, and still enjoyable!” “The Cabinet” – Mary Ross McKee, Cass Campbell Kernohan, Marg Payne Hammond and Judy Jennings McMunn get together annually in Niagara-on-the -Lake to overnight and see a play. Karen McNair Morgan, Joyce Allan McAlpine, and Susanne Knox Gammond enjoyed dinner at Shan Pinkerton Abate’s home.
Several classmates have been getting together in small groups over the years and hopefully this will happen even more after this significant reunion year. Many classmates mentioned the joys and accomplishments of children and grandchildren – Ann Woodrooffe Ferguson with family visits in western Canada; Vicky Osler Baxter driving grandchildren to activities; Susanne Knox Gammond with grandchildren graduating from college and university and getting married; Jane Grand Clark with granddaughter Claire Hicks playing goalie on the HC ice hockey team; Ele Johnson Kyle’s 10 grandchildren involved with sports, drama, and dance; Virginia Armstrong Day who is a great-grandmother! Margot Nielson is enjoying living in Stratford, Ontario.
Susan Armstrong Angus puts all her energy into looking after her youngest son, now 44, who is “a dear soul and worth so much more than he has been dealt” – making Susan laugh every day. Jane Morley Cobden enjoys visits with her sister Ros (HC ’70) when Ros comes to Halifax four times a year to teach the viola da gamba. Virginia Evans writes from Vancouver that she’s still here and enjoying life immensely. Pamela Cooper Bowen attended the annual Cathy Charles (HC ’66) Lake of Bays Foundation bird count in May. Susan Sheen’s 12th poodle puppy, Maui, from the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, graduated in May in the diabetes alert program and is now living and working with a retired French-speaking gentleman in Quebec – so Maui will be learning some French! Travel has been enjoyed by many classmates including Jill Thompson Andersons who had a “dream trip” with her husband for a month in Japan. Patricia Carter Cooper went on a hiking trip in Colombia and is off biking and hiking in the Dolomites and Slovenia this year.
Catherine Eddy went on a fascinating cruise with her sister and family to Buenos Aires around the Horn and up to Valparaiso. Several classmates living in the United States apologized for the American leadership and gave an “Elbows up, Canada!”, cheering on we fellow Canadians to take collective action north of the 49th parallel. Linda Galley Stokes writes, “hard to believe that 60 years have gone by since our last days at Havergal. My family and I have been living in Georgia for over 40 years now. Hard to believe but our first grandchild (of 6) is getting married in Mississippi in June. Tom and I are still working. It certainly keeps us busy. Looking forward to seeing everybody in September.” We remember especially all those classmates who have been going through health challenges and those who have lost loved ones this past year. A huge thank-you to Jane Grand Clark and Ginny Armstrong Day for heading up the reunion planning team! Submitted by: Susan Sheen and Ann Woodrooffe Ferguson.
Class of 1966
Class of 1965-1966 Bursary total as at August, 2025 | $123,238.61
We haven’t heard from as many of you as we have in the past, but I expect it’s because you are all saving your news to tell us next year at our 60th reunion. We are really hoping that everyone will try to come to share our memories. After all, it won’t happen again! Grandchildren are playing a huge part in most of our lives, but we still seem to find time for other interests. New Zealand is an extremely popular destination for our year. Jane Rowe Rees travelled around Australia and New Zealand for 9 weeks on a motorcycle She also sings with the Victoria Scottish Gaelic Choir and is active with the Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Liebes Austin is recovering from her second knee replacement and hopes to get to New Zealand in the fall for her grandchild’s birthday.
Marjory Glassco Patterson had a wonderful trip there on a National Geographic/Lindbald expedition ship. Jane, Liebes, Marjory, Jenny Stevens Ucar, Rosemary Campbell and Karen Corlett Drucker all keep in touch. Sharman Scoon McKinnon’s daughter’s family is returning to Arizona after spending a year in Spain. Her son lives in Wisconsin and has two children. She says she will always welcome visitors! She and Lea Aird Menear had a great visit to Maui again this winter. Lea swims every day and plays bridge often with Havergal friends. Gay Mills McNeil had a successful hip replacement and is about to have the second one done soon. Roz Kaye Stollery had a fun trip to a bridge tournament in Barbados and often plays at home with Lea and Sue Aziz Innes.
Barb Smith Broadhead loves her garden, swims 3 times a week, and is still trying to perfect her bridge game. Connie Corbett is still living in Presqu’ile, sails and vacations in Portugal. Barb Beatty Taylor spent part of the winter in Hilton Head and had an outstanding trip to Scotland where her granddaughter is at university. Unfortunately, we have bad news as well. Sadly, Helen Fisher and Maureen Terry McKeown have both passed away and Lindy Robinson James is in poor health. We can’t stress how much it would mean to see you all next year. Both Lea and Barb are both offering beds if anyone needs one.
Class of 1967
Class of 1967 Bursary total as at August, 2025 | $15,099.16
This year’s entry is dedicated to all those who’ve left us too soon: Diane Easton, “Tasha” Angus, Ann Alford, Risa Lipson, Lyn Laidlaw, Betsy Kiddell, and most recently Bridget Barber. Bridget had a great talent for friendships, one of these her lifelong friend Posie Weldon Ross. She joined the book trade where she spent her entire career, eventually partnering with Hornblower Books, a sales agency where she was a welcome face at independent bookstores in Atlantic Canada. After retirement, she worked part-time at Ottawa’s Books on Beechwood and sang in the Shout Sister Choir. Her rescue pups went everywhere with her.
Carmen Bartram Shields now lives in Port Hope, Ontario where she is within range of her daughters and grandkids. Carmen writes she was sad to read that we have lost Di, Tasha, and Bridget “who got her through chemistry – amazing!” She extends her best to all and is looking forward to getting together with classmates. Andrea Young Bernier sends travel news. After a “very tough old-fashioned winter in Ottawa with cold and lots of snow that never seemed to end”, January and February were spent in Morocco and Spain. Morocco was fascinating, a whole new discovery, and Spain was excellent with a wonderful tour of Granada and the Alhambra palaces. She and her husband also enjoyed a round-trip voyage on the Hurtigruten Coastal Express which resupplies 34 towns and villages along the west coast of Norway from Bergen to Kirkenes and back. The land/seascape of mountains and fjords was spectacular, she says.
Another traveller was Cathy Gray Gravely, who loved her 23-day trip to Africa in March which included safaris in 3 game parks in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa, as well as seeing the spectacular Victoria Falls and numerous other beautiful places. Cathy comments on the impressive geography with such lovely local people and was grateful for the opportunity to join such a fun group of travellers. Charmaine Jones and Linda have decided to sell their island home where they have lived (when not traveling) for the past 20 years. They are moving to an eco-village community on a 20-acre organic farm in Yarrow, BC to be closer to their daughter as they get older. Linda and Charmaine decided that they should do this move now while still fit and able.
Always good news to hear: Judith Welch Schuett is healthy and happy with her husband of 52 years. They have a delightful German Shepherd, six years old, who refuses to behave, she says. Very charming, knows his obedience training when it suits him. Hence, they do little travel – for now. Always a pleasure to keep in touch with classmates of 1967 and most recently to reconnect with Linda Leader Lownds, who lives in Kincardine on Lake Huron. A twice daily pastime is walking her rescue husky Goth. She also enjoys reading and having friends visit. I (Jane Stevens Westlake) continue to enjoy volunteering a couple of times a week at Sunnybrook in the Veteran’s Centre, 11 years there now since retirement. It’s also been fun and interesting reconnecting with the school as a volunteer in the archives with Luba Frastacky, Edwina Stoate, and Sarah Parry. Travel plans include an annual holiday to Nova Scotia to visit family.
Class of 1968
Class of 1968 Bursary total as at August, 2025 | $19,447.34
Vicky Dunbar Koudstaal – We went to Iceland on an 11-day Intrepid tour last fall, then to Rome for 2 weeks near the Pantheon in an Air BnB, loved every minute. Then the Netherlands for our annual family reunion with Erik’s family. Barbados in February for a bridge tournament and this May we’re driving to Tadoussac to see the whales breaching in the St Lawrence. We feel blessed to be so healthy and able to travel. Anita Fallis Taylor – A highlight for me was enjoying the amazing Havergal Grandparent’s Party with my 10-month-old granddaughter Maddy in late November 2024!
Janet Fraser – My partner Debbie and I were fortunate enough to have a wonderful year filled with travel as we caught up with some delayed COVID plans and adventures with neighbors and friends. First, we enjoyed a relaxing 2 weeks in Mexico. Mid-summer, we explored the Broughton Archipelago of the west coast on a working freighter learning about deliveries to isolated communities and weather and wildlife. Then we took a bike and boat trip up the Rhine after which we (I) drove in Scotland visiting numerous family castles, some piles of rubble, some not. Finally, I spent my 75th watching a sunset on Maui. We will be at the family cottage on Lake Huron (north of Grand Bend) in August and September… do drop by if you are in the area.
Class of 1969
Class of 1969 Bursary total as at August, 2025 | $51,523.74
55th Reunion and Reflections at 75. In September, classmates gathered to celebrate their 55th Reunion, including Alex Thun Frazee, Annabel Graham Gallier, Carolyn Wilkie Hill, Debbie Casey, Diana Steele Ellingham, Diane Mara Knight, Gillian Duder Huntley, Ginny Marshall, Helen Sinclair, Jane Aird Blackmore, Joan Doran Innes, Kathy McCain, Marianne Oundjian, Suzanne Park Wright, Sydney Hedderich, and Wendy Evans. Events included a Havergal luncheon and Boarders’ dinner, a lunch at Florentia, and a lively cocktail party at the school with Ratty and Miss Robson. As Debbie Casey remarked, “Thoroughly enjoyed our class reunion… keeping our class engaged and connected. Hope to continue this for future milestone events!” Classmates also shared a wide range of updates.
Andrea Solomon Schulte recently sold her Florida winter home after 20 years. Ann Woodland reflected on Canada’s sovereignty with pride, while Diana Steele Ellingham continues meaningful work with Brock University students. Joan Doran Innes and her husband are travelling again, Marianne Oundjian is pursuing her love of music, and Sue Inch Nicholson expressed gratitude for the support of Havergal friends following the loss of her husband, Ron, in September 2024. The class also remembers Kathy Renison Kosa, who passed away on January 22, 2025. Reaching 75 inspired many reflections: Andrea Solomon Schulte – “For me, having a young (think 20s) mind and outlook in an aging body.”
Ann Woodland – “I will not be 75 until 2026! Ha Ha! The Much Younger Woody.” Carolyn Wilkie Hill – “Looking back at 75, many good memories and experiences… Looking forward with a goal of health and a positive attitude.” Diana Steele Ellingham – “With our anti-retirement pact, 75 is irrelevant!” Gillian Duder Huntley – “By my 75th year I never thought I would feel so young. Health and energy, gardening, Scottish country dancing, keeping in contact with old Havergal friends is a joy.” Liz Maunsell – “What is not to like about 75 when you still have friends and relatively good health. Our generation has experienced a golden age…so privileged.”
Mary Ann Evans Turnbull – “Reaching 75 is a gift and we were given the time we so hoped for when we left our youth.” She will celebrate her 75th birthday with her entire family in Bermuda. Sue Inch Nicholson – “I am not turning 75 until next year, but I am enjoying hearing how others are celebrating this milestone and how active we all remain.” Helen Sinclair – “Our lives have unfolded during a vacation from history, seven decades free of global conflict. As young women we were welcomed, largely without reserve, into the ranks of higher education and the career world. We kept our jobs, or returned to them, as we raised our families. Our country and its leaders had our backs. We hit the jackpot.”