Reflections Magazine Issue #50 - Spring 1999 | Page 15

Class Notes are compiled using info
gathered from the reply cards in each
issue of Reflections, from
alumni updates sent via
e-mail, from newspaper
clippings, and letters. We do not
report engagements or pregnancies.

“Women of Toledo.” Siena Heights
alumnae accounted for two of the seven
honorees (see Janet Doyle, OP ‘70).
Phyllis Metz Doner ‘47 is a retired
librarian living in Grand Rapids.
Condolences go to Phyllis on the
recent death of her husband, Charles,
on March 7.
Rosemarie Van D’Elden Birman
‘47, a retired data processing
consultant and programmer living in
Ft. Lauderdale and Long Island, NY,
wrote in March: “My husband, Paul,
and I just returned from a fabulous trip
to Antarctica. Our journal is posted
on the web.” Check out this exciting
adventure at www.netcom.com/
~pbirman/

Corinne Schafer Simonsen ‘56 now
lives in South Lyon and reports:
“Having just returned to Michigan to
retire, I lost my husband a year ago.
We have two children and six
grandchildren.”
Mary Morton ‘56 was featured
recently in Club 50, a monthly
newspaper for active adults over 50.
The article, “Artist overcomes medical
challenge to paint again,” chronicled
Mary’s triumph over a stroke which
affected one side of her body and her
return to ѡ