Reflections Magazine Issue #47 - Winter 1998 | Page 35

Reunion Notes elementary teacher, and continues his involvement in education as a coach (baseball, iceless hockey and basketball for the past 10 years with more than 30 teams) and school board member (seven years on the board including one term as president). There are four Petkus children: Matthew, Andrew, Maegan and Katherine. “Katie joined our family in 1997. What a 25th wedding anniversary gift from the People’s Republic of China! We received her at Changsaw City, Hunan Province in mainland China. That was our journey of a lifetime.” John says Siena contributed “to my belief that BMWs, luxury condos and overflowing bank accounts do not make one rich. Rather, community service, family commitment and Christian values always provide a higher yield of personal prosperity. I believe that Siena is still a broker of those priceless commodities.” Bonnie Mae Baughey Watters of Adrian has been involved with children for five decades: In addition to 50 years teaching Sunday school, she taught elementary students in rural Lenawee County and in Adrian for 27 years before retiring in 1989. She and her husband, George, also have worked with the children’s division of Adrian Probate and been foster parents to 35 young girls and boys. They also enjoy being parents and grandparents to their two grown children and six “grands.” Although George had quintuple bypass surgery two years ago, “with the help of God, we plan to enjoy our future years traveling and enjoying our home, family, church and friends, living our lives to the fullest.” Carol Weber, OP made her final profession as an Adrian Dominican in 1975, then earned a Master of Divinity