Mary McMunigal Burland
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Mindy Laighton Wilcox
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Janice Letts Utsch completed her 44th year as a Library Media Specialist at Lower Cape May Regional School District and states that retirement is not in her near future. Janice and her husband Ernie live in Cape May where Ernie runs the family marina on Cape May Harbor.  Since Janice works during the school year and Ernie works all summer, her vacations consist of sitting in her back yard on the Cape May Canal with a good book!  She visits her daughter, Rachel Utsch ’11, in Baltimore and reports that Rachel still travels to Frederick every week to sing with the Frederick Community Choir and to sing the Messiah every year. Cynthia Chabot Tencza retired in December of 2014 after almost 28 years as a children’s librarian. After 20 months of retirement, she and her husband Bob started a new “full time job” – day care for their 6 month old grandson, Sawyer. He is now 2 years old, and they have him 3 days a week this year.  Their son Nate, 41, died tragically on April 25, and their daughter, Gretchen, 37, gave birth to their second grandson, Callan, on April 26, joining his big brother Sawyer. Cindy says that Gretchen and her family will help keep them going, giving them joy, as they grieve and remember their son. Diane Wooding Burgess and her husband Ed were Nate’s godparent.  Our sincere condolences to Cindy and her family. Jane Darling Spratt, formerly known as Jed, went to Canada to finish her degree after she left Hood.  Since she is Canadian, she said it made sense.  She settled in Toronto after university where she met her husband.  She dabbled in a couple of different fields and eventually went back to school earning a diploma as a library technician.  She finished off her working career in the library of a very large Canadian law firm.  She has four children, and three grandchildren (with another one coming soon!). She and her husband, Rob, spend winters in Florida, summers at their family cottage, and the in-between times in Toronto.  They try to squeeze in a trip during the spring or fall.  This fall they will be doing a river cruise from Budapest to Prague. Mary McMunigal Burland and Bill recently welcomed the arrival of two grandchildren. Brendan and Kristina’s daughter Shelby was born in November, 2017 while Patrick and Kate’s son, Matthew, was born in May 2018.  That brings their total, so far, to 3 granddaughters and 1 grandson.  They both are still busy substitute teaching and are looking forward to summer when they can spend more time on Kiawah Island.  This is the 48th year of teaching for Mary, which she finds hard to believe. Mary and I are always very glad to hear from you.  Please send us your news any time and we will include it in the next issue of the magazine.  We would love to publish news from all our classmates.
Pam Borden Heckert and Clark have sold their home in Delaware and are now permanent Colorado residents. Clark has published a novel titled Sudden Storm which is available on Amazon and Pam is working on one of her own to be ready this spring.