1977
Elizabeth Anderson Comer
443.463.6437
ecomer@eacarchaeology.com

Elizabeth “Betsy” Stevens Watson died on November 21, 2018. Betsy’s obituary described her as “the light and life of everything she touched. She was always positive and encouraging, funny and insightful, and had a profound love for her family and friends.”  Our sincere condolences to Betsy’s family and her many Hood College friends. Nancy Armstrong Crochet passed away on June 19 from complications associated with her three and a half year battle against lung cancer. On July 14, a celebration of her life was held at her son’s restaurant in Philadelphia with husband Mike and sons Ed and Mike, and friends and family gathered.  There was an open bar, great food, and a lot of laughs as we remembered the awesome wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend that we were lucky enough to know.  Denise Swan Isacson writes “just crossed 40 years with Delta. I clearly remember Nancy Armstrong Crochet from our Hood days.  Her obit photo could be her Hood yearbook photo – she hardly aged!  Getting ready to go to Stockholm for about 5 weeks -Örjan has been there since Father’s Day.  Liv just got her Masters in Marketing from Stockholm Univ’s Business School.  Now, after she returns from Singapore and Bali, she’ll focus on securing a J-O-B.” Sharon Thorpe Kourtz writes “I enjoyed a long weekend in NYC in the fall.  Times Square has improved immensely since my last visit in the early 1990s.  We did the normal tourist bus tours and took in three plays.  I’m looking forward to a cruise in February.”  Ann Kowitski Barber’s says “My first grandchild arrived 7/23/18:  Jack Bryan DellaGrotte! Elizabeth and her husband live 3.5 miles away so I am babysitting one morning a week and whenever they ask! It’s the best thing having a grandchild! Last spring I took a Collette Tour and had a marvelous time while visiting Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, and Warsaw. Beautiful countryside, marvelous cities and many points of historical interest.  Just returned from a week at Marco Island, FL! In between all of this I still have a busy law practice!” Kas Kluth Rohm reports:  “Greg and I are enjoying life in a seriously refurbished 1940’s house in Lutherville, Maryland. Why didn’t anyone ever tell us being grandparents was going to be so much darn fun!  We have a one-year-old grandson, and this little guy has changed our lives! We’ll be celebrating our 42nd anniversary in a month, and we fondly recall all those weekends when husband Greg drove up to Frederick to visit the beautiful Hood campus so many years ago!” Adaline C Smith says “Megen Mack Opsahl, Faith Voth Stone, Kim Anderson McDonald ’78, and I have been getting together since we left Hood. In 2017 we enjoyed an Alaskan cruise together with our husbands, and we met this year (without husbands) in Nashville.  Megen has been living in the Seattle area for the last 15 years with her husband Mike, who is an infertility specialist with his own practice.  Their son Kevin is a writer for a newspaper in Utah and Matt, who was just married this year, is a graphic designer living in Boston.  Faith married Rick Hoffman in 2015 and moved to Florida. Their next big trip is to the Galapagos Islands.  Adaline has been living in Boston with her husband Gene where they both work in the pharmaceutical industry.  Their oldest daughter, Monica, was married this year, and Darrin and Ginger are both back in school working on advanced degrees.  Kim just moved to Williamsburg VA with her husband Brad and enjoys traveling (frequently to India) and visiting her growing number of grandchildren.  Their son Tyler is a Naval Officer currently stationed in Hawaii with his wife, Mary, and 3 children.  Poor Kim has to force herself to visit them in paradise quite often. Their son Luke and his wife, Rose, are living in Virginia, so they are close by and Kim can get a lot of “Mimi” time with her grandchildren! Kath Weslock was on campus in June and it was abuzz with excitement!  All were getting ready for reunion – tents were up – bars being set up (of course!) and there was a level of anticipation about the returning graduates.  Record numbers were expected for reunion 2019!  She reminded us to start planning for ours because it is literally around the corner!  Mark your calendar for June 2022! Kathy reminds us all that more than ever, the college needs our support.  “We have a wonderful President, terrific faculty and administration and they need our support, both in terms of our attendance at events as well as in financial contributions.  I know I’ve talked to some of you who, like me, have competing colleges that ask for help – and, we’ve come to the conclusion that Hood needs it more than others with large endowments and have begun to rethink how we allocate between our charitable contributions. You’ll hear a lot more from the college but I just wanted y’all to hear it from me that I have never been prouder of Hood or to have been a member of the class of 1977.” Kathy is correct on all accounts! News from the Comer family: Anne received her B.A. from Bard College and Margaret received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, both in 2019!  Jacob is juggling his writing career and work trips to the Federated States of Micronesia, working on NASA funded grants.  If you are near Catskill, New York, stop by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and take a tour.  You may have Anne as a tour guide as she has a yearlong fellowship at the site!  I so enjoy being a member of the Hood Board of Associates!  It gives me an excuse to visit campus, hear about exciting new programs, and meet amazing students!  We have hosted several excellent Hood students for internships at the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. and one recent graduate, Alyssa Watson ’19, is our first emerging professional board member!