Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 29
Class Notes
Savings Institution Board of Directors
on July 1, 2015.
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Class of 1990 Rhonda A. MarquisIrwin shares she is happily married
with two daughters (4 1/2 and 3 years
old), living and working in Chicago,
IL.
Class of 1950 Robert Pate shares, “The
Class of 1950 passed all other classes in
donations to the Thornton Fund with
50% of our class contributing. Thank
you all!”
Class of 1996 Chad Collin is married
to Minnie Harrington Collin ’99 and
will celebrate 14 years of marriage in
August. They have 3 children.
Class of 1972 Stanley “Bucky” Knox
invites anyone traveling in South
Carolina to get in touch and visit.
He is a retired park ranger and is
happy to take visitors hunting and
fishing. Please contact Brittany at
207-602-4439 or brittany.brown@
thorntonacademy.org
Class of 1975 Scott Davis and Loretta
Yerxa ’76 were married on August
30, 2014 at their home, in a beautiful
outdoor wedding ceremony on the
shores of Lake Arrowhead in North
Waterboro, ME.
Class of 1981 Joyce Leary Clark
shares, “The building that housed my
Scarborough law office was destroyed
by fire in September 2014. Luckily, the
attorneys at Prescott Jamieson Murphy
Law Group on Beach Street took me
in, and I joined the firm this year. Ed
and I also relocated to Saco three years
ago, just in time for Emma (Class of
2016) to start at TA and Henry (Class
of 2022) to start at Burns.”
Class of 1981 Eric A. Purvis was
elected to the Saco & Biddeford
Class of 1998 Jennifer Conley
Burnett shares, “On January 11th,
2015 I finished my first marathon
during the 2015 Walt Disney World
Marathon weekend. During my
time at TA I ran both indoor and
outdoor track, but never really raced
anything longer than the 400. After
completing two half marathons I
decided it was time for the full. One
of my first thoughts crossing the
finish line was Coach Defo would be
so proud! Stephanie Shuler Walsh is
the Course Medical Director for the
Boston Marathon. She coordinates all
the medical tents along the marathon
route. This past marathon was her
second year working in this capacity.
She is a disaster relief volunteer for the
American Red Cross who was called
to respond in Boston the year of the
bombing. After her experience that
year, she was asked to assist with the
marathon the following year. Last year,
she was awarded Volunteer of the Year
by the American Red Cross.
Class of 1999 Kelly Giddings Butler
has added to her family with her
two youngest children Maggie born
(L to R): Jeffrey Gaylord ’85 (Florida), Joel
Levesque ’85 (Virginia), Jim Nathanson
(attended TA Sophomore year, 1982-83),
John Nadeau ’85, and Chris Gordon ’85.
Photo by brother-in-law, Jim Bunting,
in April 27 at a Change of Command
ceremony, Coast Guard Headquarters,
Washington DC, where Nadeau was
relieved as the Commanding Officer of the
Marine Safety Center and promoted to Rear
Admiral.
4/28/13 and Evan 9/25/14. Elizabeth
(McGee) Capdevielle gave birth to
twins on January 19, 2015—Andrew
Robert & Alyson Elyse. Elizabeth
and her husband of 7.5 years, Jason,
resi