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Kenneth Kops ‘84 lives in West
Des Moines, IA, and is pursuing a
second master’s degree at the U.S.
Army Command and General Staff
College in Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Chris Tucker ‘84 of Grove City,
OH, has worked for Honda of
America for almost five years and
now is human resource manager at
the Marysville Automotive Plant
with leadership responsibility for
employee relations with about
6,000 associates. He was married in
November and spent a week cruising the Caribbean with his bride,
Melissa, public relations director
for the City of Columbus water
division. Chris and Melissa enjoy
sports, landscaping, karaoke and
“going for countryside rides on our
Harley Davidson cycle (a source of
ribbing from Honda co-workers).”
Ann Belote Weir ‘84 of Ossineke
does public relations, fund raising
and programming for a non-profit
substance abuse prevention organization. She has three children: Dylan (7), Jessie (19) and Nathan (21).
“I had Dylan the hard way and the
older two the easy way: I married
their father!” Ann is also a school
volunteer, has coached youth soccer and t-ball, and “recently started
writing again.”
is an export traffic manager for
Ford where he has worked for 13
years. He and his wife have one
son, Scott (12). Steve enjoys golf,
tennis, coaching Scott’s hockey and
basketball teams, and helping him
with school.
Maria Matamoros Mennechey
‘85 of Winter Springs, FL, is a floral
designer. She is married to Carlos
Mennechey and has a son Arturo
(16). She writes, “Arturo and I are
living in the Orlando area with my
husband Carlos and my three step
daughters Katherine, Lisbeth, and
Lorena. I am hoping that Arturo
will consider Siena Heights as his
future school.”
Bob Meszaros ‘85 lives in Cincinnati, OH, with his wife, Patti,
and kids Zach (8) and Alec (4),
and works as manager of internet
services for Strata-G Communications. In his free time, he coaches
soccer, camps with the family, and
enjoys long-distance biking to such
destinations as Mackinaw Island
and Niagara Falls.
Debbie Ridgway ‘85 earned an
MSW from Washington University
in St. Louis, MO, where she is now
working to promote alternative
transportation development.
Jo Ann Capaul-Smallidge ‘85 of
Ida works on a contingent basis
with the Sisters of IHM in Monroe
and helps run the Capaul Funeral
Home in Ida. She remarried in 1995
and is back in school studying parish nursing.
Eugene Campbell ‘85 of Canton is
a cost estimator for Ford.
Marcia Welsh ‘85, ‘88/MA lives
in Goshen, IN, and works as a
counselor and behavior consultant
for Elkhart County Special Education Cooperative. “I keep busy
biking, golfing, gardening, reading
and coaching at the Boys and Girls
Club.
Gary Dumeney ‘85 is omb