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Recognition of class giving was announced
at the reunion celebrations but formal recognition of the class gift to the
College occurred at the Alumni Banquet. This year the class of '66 was recognized with the highest total class gift and for
the highest percentage of class members giving to the college during their
reunion year. Chairs Ron and Kelly Lockhart accepted the James H. Bowen
’52 participation award for the class. First presented during
Homecoming 2005, this award was named in honor of
Mr. Bowen because of his consecutive financial contributions to the college
prior to his graduation and virtually every year after until his death in
2003. His wife, Clara, continues to give today because of their belief in the
Wesleyan education and experience. This year the percentage of class giving
ranged from 10% to a high of 43%. The class of 1966 achieved a 43%
participation rate.
Totals for class giving and participation were:
To view the pictures of the check presentations to President
Pamela Balch ‘71, click on the name of the class chair above.
Alumni Award Winners
The West Virginia Wesleyan Alumni Association was proud to
recognize four Wesleyan graduates and friends of the College during the
annual Homecoming alumni banquet on Saturday night. The Alumni Association
honored Francis
R. Millar ‘71 and Clarence
R. Robbins ’60 with the Alumni Achievement Award; Tamar
“Tammy” Auber '96 with the Young
Alumni Achievement Award, and William O. Goodwin, Hon ’05 with the
Extra Mile Award.
Class
Notes: October 2006
E-mail your Class Notes to alumni@wvwc.edu
1945 JAYNE CARDER SCHUMAKER,
Indianapolis, IN, would like her classmates to know that
she is 83-years-old and is writing a book about by-gone days.
1948 VELMA SMITH BENNETT,
O’Fallon, IL, and her husband, DONALD W. BENNETT,
celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary in August.
1954 FRED L. STANDLEY,
Tallahassee, FL, has been elected
vice president and program chair, and president-elect of the Association for
Retired Faculty at Florida State University, 2006-2007, also elected
president, of the Friends of the University Libraries, 2006-2007. Fred has also been appointed a member of the Board of
Directors, University Musical Associates, and a support group for the College of Music. His wife, Jayne, has
given keynote addresses in the field of music therapy in San
Antonio, TX, Salt
Lake City, UT, Windsor, CA,
and is the recipient of the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music
Award.
1956 DIANE DIETENHOFER
SUMMERHILL, Westminster,
MD, celebrated her 70th
birthday by skydiving from 13,500 feet along with her son, granddaughters and
her sister, CARYL
DIETENHOFER ZACHARY ’62.
 1957 MAX P. MULLER, Port Charlotte, FL,
recently was presented the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Medal in
recognition for superior performance and exceptional service while serving as
Honor Guard Captain, Division 8, Seventh Coast Guard
District during the years 2000 through 2006. He also teaches art
workshops in Florida,
and is still active in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Department of
Homeland Security. (picture right)
1961 EDWARD P. SEPULVEDA,
Pahrump, NV, was united in
marriage to Cynthia F. Mahoney in February 2006 in Pahrump.
* WILLIAM D. MILLER, Lake Lure, NC,
has retired from the West Virginia Annual Conference. He and his wife, ELEANOR LINGER MILLER, are happy living in North Carolina and
close to their four children and eight grandchildren. Their son, DOUGLAS W. MILLER ’88 and daughter-in-law, MARY ROWE MILLER ’89, are both clergy in the
Western North Carolina Conference. * JOHN (JACK) H. HODGE, Kennesaw, GA,
and his wife, MARY JO HERNDON HODGE ’62,
are still going strong. Jack works with construction and wood hobbies
and Mary Jo works in a private Jewish school and loves being with the
children.
1963 M. LURENE GOWER,
Buckhannon, WV, would like his classmates to know that
he celebrated his 86th birthday on October 11, 2006 with family and friends.
1964 MARY (MIMI) OTTO
HOLLEY, West Palm Beach,
FL, recently retired and is
enjoying a slower pace of life.
1966 RANDOLPH R. SCOTT,
San Francisco, CA,
has been promoted to Executive Director Policy &
Program Design Office of the President for the University of California
system. *  L. PAT CHAFFEY BOZEMAN, Houston, TX, (picture
left) in October celebrates 22 years of service with the University of Houston
Libraries, holds the Emily Scott Evans Endowed
Professorship, the first such endowment for Special Collections, where she is
department head. Pat is also an adjunct faculty member at the School of
Library & Information Sciences, University
of North Texas
where she teaches a special collections survey course and serves as a
graduate student mentor. * RITA LAWRENCE MENESES, Jonestown, PA, was appointed as
the Northeast representative to the National Guard Bureau Environmental
Advisory Council (EAC), which represents the interests of the United States
and their territories and advises the NGB Chief of Environmental Programs and
is responsible for developing, maintaining, and implementing environmental
programs; recommends solutions for environmental issues and provides
information to, and obtains information from, the states and territories for
special projects or program implementation. Rita is the Cultural
Resources Manager for the PA Army National Guard, a member of the EAC
Conservation Committee, and Chair of the EAC Cultural Resources Subcommittee.
1968 DAVID L. WATSON,
Homosassa, FL, has retired as a manager from Florida
Power Corporation and is planning to retire from teaching at the end of this
school year.
1969 CAROLE NORTON LEACH,
Cortland, NY, has joined the staff of the Cortland
County, NY Area Agency on Aging as an Aging Services Specialist. Her
areas of expertise will be the Home Delivered Meals Program and the long-term
Health Insurance Program.
1977 TODD R. BRERETON,
Mt. Pleasant, IA,
is spending the fall semester at Wuyi
University in Jiangmen, China,
near Hong Kong. He is in China as part of a faculty exchange program
for Iowa Wesleyan College
teaching several courses in the Department of Foreign Languages. Todd
is an associate professor of history at Iowa
Wesleyan College
in Mt. Pleasant.
1980 JAY B. PARKER, Everett, WA, would like
his classmates know that he and his wife, Darlene, have been in the Seattle area the past
two years. Jay is employed for RBC Travel
Protection. * KAREN ROTENBERRY
BUZZO, Vinton, VA,
recently received a promotion to Vista Systems Manager and System Support
Supervisor at the VA Medical Center in Salem,
VA, where she has been employed 17 years. * ROBERT G. DIETRICH, Shrewsbury,
MA, was appointed
Associate Dean of Development and External Relations, Harvard
Divinity School,
Harvard University on October 2, 2006.
1985 JACQUELINE
KEIPER-BLACK, North Waterboro, ME, and her husband, David, celebrated
the first birthday of their granddaughter, Maria, with her parents, Scott and
Missy Black, and big sister Miranda.
1991 ABIGAIL KIRK ZACHARIAS,
Pittsburgh, PA, would like her
classmates know that she was married in 2000 and has three children,
Dominick, Joshua, and Alexa. She is enjoying
church work, husband, and children’s activities.
1994 CAROLYN C. KING,
Newton Square, PA, has been named
president of the Philadelphia Area Alumnae Panhellenic.
Twenty-three (23) national sororities’ make-up this group in which
Carolyn represents Alpha Xi Delta.
1995 STEPHANIE GREAVER
JONES, Fairmont, WV, and her husband, David, would like to
announce the birth of their son, Hayden Thomas, on May 10, 2006.
* PAMELA
MILTENBERGER, Buckhannon, WV,
was united in marriage to Edward (Ed) Wovchko on
June 3, 2006, at the Meditation Chapel of West Virginia Wesleyan
College. Both Pam and Ed are associate professors at WVWC.
* STEPHANIE HAINER OJEDA, Alum Creek, WV, has
joined the firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle as a
senior attorney in the Charleston,
WV office. She was previously employed as a law clerk to U.S. District
Court Judge John Copenhaver.
1996 REBECCA FLESHMAN JAY,
Frederick, MD, and her husband, Stephen, announce the birth of their son,
Ryan Andrew on September 19, 2006. He joins big brother Matthew at
home. * THERESA JENKINS RANDALL,
Pittsburgh, PA,
is employed as the Fashion & Style Editor for Pittsburgh magazine, Weddings magazine, and
Home & Garden magazine. She and her husband, Marvin, celebrated
their sixth wedding anniversary on September 16, 2006. They are the parents
of a son, Miles, and a daughter, Marissa. * KERRI HALL SMITH, Hamlin,
WV, would like her classmates
to know that she and her  husband,
Christopher, just bought their first home in Hamlin. * MELINDA CRAIG DOBSON, Champaign, IL,
and her husband, Ray, announce the birth of their daughter, Lillis Talmage, on August 29, 2006. (picture left)
* SUSAN J. HENDERSON, Virginia Beach, VA, and her husband,
Michael Breitkrewtz, announce the birth of their
daughter, Janelle Catheryn, on February 20,
2006. Susan is a director of a non-profit organization in Virginia Beach that
helps adults with developmental disabilities to live in the community.
 1997 JASON M. DEPOY, Ontario, Canada,
and his wife, Pamela, announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Catharine,
on October 14, 2006. (picture left)
1998 ANDREW S. MCWILLIAMS,
New Market, MD, was married on August 19, 2006 near Perryville, MO,
hometown of his bride, Lela. Andrew has employed in the English
department at Urbana High School in Frederick,
MD for the last seven years and has
completed his M.S. in Educational Leadership from Hood College
in the summer of 2006. * MATTHEW
R. HISERMAN, Toms Brook, VA, and his wife, Heather, announce the birth
of their daughter, Paige Ryan, on August 5, 2006. Matt is currently the
athletic director at Strasburg High School in Strasburg, VA.
* SARAH HANKO MCKINNEY,
North Wilkesboro, NC, and her husband, Ed,
announce the birth of their twins, Issac Brooks and
Brigid Katherine, on September 23,
2006. * JEFFREY S. BROWN,
Rotanda
West, FL, has been named partner with Punta Gorda
certified public accountant Don Ashley’s firm, which has recently been
renamed Ashley & Brown CPAs. Jeff joined Ashley’s practice
seven years ago as a staff accountant.
1999 DANIEL E. OVERMYER,
Upper Arlington, OH, and his wife, Jennifer, announce the
birth of their daughter, Katie Michelle, on May 11, 2006.
* LORI COCHRAN WOODS, Buckhannon, WV,
completed her multi-categoncal special education
certification in the fall of 2005 and completed her master’s degree in
preschool special needs from West Virginia University in May 2006. She
is teaching pre-kindergarten at Washington
District Elementary
School in Upshur
County.
* COLLEEN LENIHAN NACCARATO, Wilmington, DE,
and her husband, Joe, announce the birth of their son, William Joseph, on
January 2, 2006.
 2001 THERESA CUMMINGS, Silver Springs, MD,
and ANDREW V. MARUSAK, IV, were
united in marriage on September 3, 2006. The wedding ceremony
and reception was held at Herrington on the Bay in
Rose Haven, MD. * AMANDA MACK,
Boliver,
PA, was
united in marriage to Ronald Penrose on September 23, 2006. (picture
right) * JILL WIECH,
Allentown, PA,
was united in marriage to Adam Jolley,
on December 3, 2005, in Buffalo,
NY. Alumni in attendance
were QUINTINA SMITH, and the groom’s
mother, SUSAN HOFFMAN JOLLEY ’72.
2002 ANNE THORNTON HELMICK,
Berkeley Springs, WV, and her husband, IAN
HELMICK ’00, announce the birth of their daughter, Audrey
Elizabeth, on July 31, 2006. Anne and Ian are teachers at Paw Paw School
in Paw Paw, WV.
 2003 EMILY BYRER LUTERAN, Meadville, PA,
and her husband, JARED P. LUTERAN ’98,
announce the birth of their son, Lucas Samual, on
October 2, 2006. (picture left)* JESSICA
PRICE, Cumberland,
MD, was
united in marriage to Dave Neff on June 10, 2006 at the Cumberland
Country Club. Jessica and her husband are both
employed at InfoSpherix, Inc.
2004 SANDRA ROSE, Herminie, PA,
was united in marriage to Ralph Speer Jr. on March
19, 2006 and announces the birth of their daughter; Cassandra May on August
26, 2006. * SARAH F. BITTNER,
Waynesburg, PA,
was united in marriage to Ryan Lewis on August 4,
2006 at Franklin United Methodist
Church in Franklin, PA.
Alumni in the wedding party were CHADWICK (CHAD) SLATER
and FRED MORLAN ’06.
2005 LISA B. FORT, Brevard, NC, was appointed director of
alumni affairs at Brevard
College in September
2006.
2006
MICHAEL J. SPAGONE, Bridgewater, MA, upon graduation, returned to his
hometown to work in the local government. He is currently a member of
the Bridgewater Master Plan Implementation Committee and
also serves as clerk for the committee.
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