1960s
1960
Barbara Adelstein reports that she is happily enjoying life with her friends, family, home, and art class. She has four grandchildren.
Michèle Poirier Gorman had the pleasure of presenting the award established in her honor at the 38th annual Small Boarding School7 Association conference in Indian Springs, Alabama. As a founder of the organization, she gave the Michèle Gorman Award to a member “who made an outstanding contribution for the benefit and advancement of small boarding schools.” The award was first presented in 2017.
1961
Class Secretary | Elaine Butler Ryan
Marsha Shapiro Carpenter and her husband, Richard, celebrated their 50th anniversary in April. They have four grandchildren.
Betty Hood spent five days over Christmas in Mexico with her entire family and then traveled to New Jersey to spend New Year’s with Joan Franke Neustadter, which is their custom. She reports she underwent knee replacement surgery “to prepare for a long future of dancing.”
1962
Class Secretary | Joan Sastavickas Curtin
1965
Susan Constantine Buonocore and her husband of 44 years, George, live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is active with the Chapel Hill Garden Club, Wonder Connection, the University of North Carolina’s annual Jane Austen Summer Program, and book clubs. She writes, “I’ve acquired interesting knowledge and perspective about the South that this Yankee would never have otherwise learned.”
1967
Class Secretary | Katherine McDonough Ryan P’03
1968
Elizabeth Ensor Garcia died at her home in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, on March 1 surrounded by her family and husband of 52 years, Adolfo. She leaves two children and three grandchildren. Elizabeth worked in retail early in her career and was a self-taught and accomplished artist, interior decorator, and antique collector through her company, Cheswick Antiques.
Seven former residents of Nason House gathered in September 2023 at Von Trapp Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, to celebrate Stephanie Pendleton’s 75th birthday. Pictured from left, above: Marnie Ewart Bacot, Stephanie, Carol Spindler Picciano, Libby Wissman Walendziewicz, Livy Haskin Hitchcock, Jackie Hoffmeier Lee, and Pat Torbron Geoghegan. Members of the group get together every few months around Boston and Hartford.
1969
Mary Anne Conboy G’15 made a presentation at the Falmouth Genealogical Society during a session to assist members who were “stuck” in their genealogy research. Participants made suggestions to help find her family members in England and Ireland. The research was triggered by her October 2023 visit to St. Bede’s Church in Jarrow, England, where her great-grandparents were married and where her grandfather was baptized. In addition to learning about family members, Mary Anne became more acquainted with the history of the times. For instance, her great-grandparents’ marriage certificate from 1886 listed her great-grandmother as a “spinster.” The bride was 19 years old — the age of students at Lasell! How times have changed!
Marie Rondeau Lemoine misses her classmate Colleen Scribner Balestrieri, who passed away on November 1, 2023. They met as nursing students at Lasell and lived together in an apartment on Beacon Hill while working as registered nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital. Colleen married Peter Balestrieri and they raised two daughters, Kimberly and Alyssa. Colleen was a proud and loving “MiMi” to four grandchildren. Writes Marie, “Through frequent phone calls and visits over 50 years, we shared family and friends, laughter and tears, and memories and adventures.”
