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Donna (McLeod) McNabb
Thanks so much for letting me read all the interesting things. I did turn 89 in July. I’m still working at the Shakespeare Festival as a volunteer. My husband passed away in March, and it’s really difficult not having him around, but he wasn’t really "here" for a year because of Alzheimer’s. I’m trying hard, with the help of my friends, to do lots of fun things. I went to see "Les Miserables" in St. George at the school theater.
09/05/26
Marlene (Shimmings) Suval
We bought a home here in Temple, TX and will be moving September 9. Finally, just tired of apartment living.
We’re also returning to Kauai, HI for a week from September 15-22. We will be celebrating Bill’s birthday on September 18. We were there last year and loved it so much that we decided to try it again.
09/05/26
Tom Crail
Happy 89th this month! I turned 89 at the end of June and am also plodding along. My wife Barbara turned 91 in July, but she can no longer walk and so she is wheelchair bound. Even as a ‘plodder’ I can push her. Barb was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 21 years ago and is doing amazingly well. Thanks for the newsletters. They are as well read as they are written.
09/05/26
Sue Ellen (Dikeman) Holleman
I just celebrated my 89th (Aug. 31) in the NC mountains with family and friends! Yikes, almost 90? Scary!
Now I am back in Wilmington, NC at Trinity Landing, my new villa place here with Maverick, my Cavalier companion. I see my daughter and grandsons often, so it's been a great year so far! The Road Scholar Queen Anne voyage of 3 months beginning in London was wonderful! Saw brother John and Susan Dikeman
briefly there in Sydney. Susan has now passed away so I am so glad I got to see her in March.
Cheers to our classmates and thanks for your news! 09/08/26
Loretta (Hause) Elliott
Loretta has taken several significant trips this year, and has another one planned.
She traveled to Chicago to share her grandson’s “bridging ceremony” as he finished his second year of medical school classes. He is now doing two years of rotations at doctors’ offices and hospitals. While in Chicago, she also saw the Field Museum and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. She saw the amazing Anne Frank exhibit and had her picture taken with Sue, the T-Rex dino.
Her trip to Vermont was to attend a wedding reception welcoming night at a brewery with appetizers, dinner, dessert, and dancing to a band. There were 120 guests attending who were transported in buses. She then toured Cape Cod and took a steamship to Nantucket Island. She drove to downtown Boston, hoping to see the historical sites, but she couldn't find parking, only later to learn that there was parking available under the Boston Commons park.
Next year, her son plans to go with her to New York, another trip to check off her bucket list.
Back in California, her granddaughter is getting married on October 8th in Fullerton and Loretta is hosting the rehearsal dinner. She wrote that she has shopped for a long gown and a cocktail outfit, with shoes coming next. She is mailing out printed invitations and will make sprays of artificial red roses for the table. Her doctor-grandson will be coming home for the ceremony.
Loretta and her friend watch all the UCLA Bruins football games on TV, but she had to give up her season tickets.
09/15/26
Jim Lindquist and Ben West
Jim and Ben were in kindergarten together at Lincoln Elementary School and were best friends during those early years.
After we both moved, we ended up attending Jefferson Junior High School and Wilson together.
Jim called me last week from Virginia to catch up on each other's news.
It reminded me of our winning first place ribbons in two different events in a bicycle-riding contest years ago.
