Stefany Amaro Rhodes

Stefany has been married to Jay since 1978 and has 1 son. Her fondest

memory was cheerleading. They lived in Wilmington, NC in a beautiful

brick old Salvation Army building & turned it into a 12 room inn. They

operated the inn for 13 years where they raised heir son and loved every

minute of it. She is quite happy living in the mountains in SW Colorado 

on 27 acres in a house they hand built in 2006. Her son Jesse, who is nearly 31, is a boat designer

and has a lovely girlfriend that is a delight. Stefany still does the horse thing with Sisco, her quarter

horse who she rides western “her parents would cringe”. She still loves and misses New England.

Diana Argeropulos Gould

Diana’s fondest memory was hanging with Joyce, Marcia, Jill & Kathy. She

was married to Robert, an attorney, since 1973. He passed away in 2009.

She has 2 children. She worked as a teacher and is presently a

development director for a hospital and VNA. She recently had a kidney

transplant. She works out daily & has run many marathons. She is now

semi-retired & winters at her condo in Boca Raton, FL.

Walter Bartniski

Walter has been married to Lorraine since 1973 and has 2 children. He

was in the US Navy. He worked for Elliott Fuel for 10 years and he now

works for the Post Office and plans to retire at 65. He plays softball and

hockey

Nicholas Bouzianis

Nick has been married to Sandra since 1970. They have 2 children and 2

grandchildren. His fondest memories were playing football and hanging

out with friends!! After high school he went to Atlantic Airline School in

Hartford, CT. From there he went into the commercial airline industry and

worked there for 42½ yrs. He has traveled to many countries and islands around the world. Nick

currently plays golf, enjoys fishing, and does a lot of skiing in NH, Colorado, Nevada and California.

He loves the Patriots.

Linda Brack Wood

Linda attended her oldest son, Brian’s wedding in AK in August. She will be traveling in Oct. to NH for

another wedding. Unfortunately, she will not be able to attend the reunion. She says hi to everyone

and hopes to make it to the 50th.

Gary Bruce

Gary has been married to Barbara Hazen since 1967. They have two

daughters and three grandchildren. Gary is semi-retired. They have lived

in Cumberland, Maine for forty years and moved to Windham, Maine in

July. Winters are spent in Longboat Key, Florida.

Linda Jean Burton Ernst

Linda has been married to Rodney Ernst since 1994. She has one child and 4 grandchildren. She has

lived in Florida, Cape Cod, California, New Zealand, Spain and Louisiana.

Paul Campus

Paul has been married to Mia since 1986 and they have 4 children. He has lived in Boston and now

resides in Putney, VT. Paul has been a book seller for the past 38 years and has recently retired. He

also has his own woodworking shop, which is located on his property. Lately he has been studying old

ship carvers and is now using their method to carve a 6 foot tall mermaid. Much of Paul’s work has a

nautical theme.

Kathryn, Carolan Dias

Kathy has been married to Joseph since 1984. She has 2 children, 2 stepchildren and 13

grandchildren. She lives in Gloucester and retired in 2007. Her fondest memories are graduation and

senior prom. Kathy thought her senior year was great.

Sandy has been married to Ken since 1995. She has 1 son. She

retired from the phone company in 1995 as a Yellow Page sales rep. – a

great job but the offer was too good to refuse. She married Ken at a      

surprise 4th of July party in 1995. Her son Scott, a Commander in the

Navy (24 yrs in), gave her away. Even their matron of honor and best

man, Ron & Laurie Cameron, did not know. Sandy & Laurie are the best of friends and do many things

together. They went to Japan to visit her son for 19 days. They had a fantastic time and have lots

more trips to plan. Ken & Sandy are power boaters and now spend lots of time on the back side of

Crane Beach after traveling the coast from NY to Bar Harbor, ME. It’s their second home. They also

spend a couple winter months in Florida. She does stained glass, lots of gardening & yard work and

she is the Vice Chair and web master of her retirement group.

Margot Cleary

Margot has been married to Howard Brockman Jr. since 1986. They have 2

sons together who are both in college. He has a daughter who is a Navy

physician and they have 1 grandchild. Her fondest memories were the

football rallies after they won the game. After Margot graduated from

Regis College in Weston, MA she went to graduate school at Columbia

Univ. where she received her PhD. then stayed 2 years to do postdoctoral

work. In 1978 she moved to Philadelphia to teach & do research at Drexel Univ. In 1982 she moved to

Austin, MN to work at the Hormel Institute. She is presently a professor at the Univ. of Minnesota,

doing research on the effects of body weight & food intake on the development/ prevention of breast

& prostate cancer. They do lots of gardening & just bought a motor home. They are looking forward to

more travels now that the kids are gone & Howard will be retiring soon.

Judith Comeau Branch

Judy has been married to Robert since 1995. They have 4 children and 4

grandchildren. Judith is retired and volunteers at the Ipswich Museum and

Salem National Historic Site. She lives in Rowley, MA and loves to travel

all over, especially national parks. She is very crafty, making rugs,

embroidery, hand quilting, weaving and sings in the church choir

Fondest Memory: Teen Club

Dennis Como

Dennis has been married to Carol since 1972. They have 2 children and 2

grandchildren. He has been retired since 1987 and living in Ipswich,

Bradford and Lehigh Acres, Florida. Dennis worked many different jobs

including West Lynn Creamery, managing a Richdale, Sylvania, Demoulas,

Town of Ipswich. He was hurt on the job, retired and now his favorite

thing to do is cruise. Dennis’ fondest high school memory is football with Elliot Roundy.

Ronald Como

Ron has been married to his best friend Linda since 1971. For the

past 12 years Ron and Linda have been all over the country getting

well paid to do fun stuff as Professional Tourists. For instance, they

delivered the black box to Air Force One, they set up a M.A.S.H. unit for

Gulfport MS the day hurricane Katrina left and spent 2 weeks helping the people there. They were

with the FBI at the Super Eight Summit on Seal Island, GA and have done a lot for NASA & shuttle

missions. “Sounds crazy but…there were dozens more strange assignments”. Their daughter

graduated from Tufts Univ. with 2 degrees. She’s been happily married for 8 years & has a

career she loves. They have a very nice home in Worcester, MA but aren’t there very often.

Robert Desmond

Bob has been married to Mary for since 1971. They have 4 children, 6

grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Bob describes himself as quiet and

reserved. Jack of all trades and master of none. He literally fell of a

wagon and broke his right leg and several years later fell off a roof and

compound fractured his left leg. Six surgeries later, he can now walk

around the hills of KY without limping. Bob was in the U.S.A.F. for almost

7 years. He received 2 Associates Degrees in Louisville, KY and went

into business for himself as a Contract Computer Programmer from 1984-2009. In 2010 he went back

to work for “ the man” as a Mainframe Computer Programmer. Bob likes to deer and turkey hunt. He

also enjoys camping, family and listening to most music.

Jack Dragoni

Jack and his wife were married in Oct. 1970 while he was in the Army and stationed in Washington,

DC. They had 3 sons. They lost their son, Justin, at age 13 to cancer. John was stationed in Berlin

for a year, then was transferred to Vietnam where he was an infantry officer. He returned home and

got out of the army in 1973. After various sales jobs, John ended up working for the US

Postal Services. He is on disability from the VA . John and his wife are living a quiet life in her

hometown in Southeastern Missouri.

Edward Dziadul

Ed has been happily married to Pasqua since 1972 and enjoys a close

relationship with their 33 yr old daughter. He finished a 27 year career on

Wall Street last November. His 20 years workingfor Lehman Brothers

came to an unceremonious end 2 years after they filed for bankruptcy –

the only major firm not to get bailed out in 2008 during the economic

downturn. He is now working from home putting together commercial real estate deals. Ed is still a

big baseball fan (Yankees, of course) and plays softball in Central Park on a co-ed softball team

comprised mostly of 20 & 30 year olds, despite his advanced age and weight. His daughter has also g

otten him to fill in on her Men’s ice hockey team, also 20 & 30 year olds. She is a center, he plays

goalie and defense. The last time he played with her team, the doctor told him he should be off his

crutches in 4 weeks.

Joanne Federico Kelliher

 Joanne has been married to Paul “Greg” since 1971. They have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.

Joanne is a RN and retired in 2004. She has lived in Lawton, OK,

Northampton, MA., and now Leeds. Her fondest memories are entering

the brand new high school sophomore year and school dances in the gym.

Joanne baby sits three of her grandchildren, in Middleboro, one day a

week that involves an overnight. Joanne and Greg spend most of their summers in RI on their

sailboat, where they entertain family and friends. Joanne loves to read all kinds of books especially,

thrillers. They have a little sheltie named Jake, who is treated like a baby. Joanne is also involved in

her church ministry.

Rebecca Fessenden Cormier

Becky’s fondest memories were Graduation and if you talked football in

Art Carey’s class you never had a history lesson. She was married to Paul

Cormier for almost 22 years. She has 3 stepchildren and 4 grandchildren.

After high school she worked at FW Woolworth’s for a short time in the

office. She then worked at Sylvania from 1967 until retirement in 2001.

She started in the mail room, became Supervisor of Documentation and was in charge of all the

Engineering Drawing. She retired at age 55 after leaving work at 53 with ½ salary for 2 years before

retiring – the offer was too good to refuse. She & Paul married in 1989 and built a home in Ipswich.

After retiring she helped take care of her grandchildren for 3 or more years and still does when

needed. Her husband died of Leukemia in 2009. She has taken up flying small planes which is very

exciting and has made her life worth living again

Margot Fisher Sherwood

Margot was married to Bob for 35 ½ years. He passed away in 2007. She

has 7 children, 5 are stepchildren. Her fondest memory at IHS was Elliot

Roundy and the school staff. She works full time for the Ipswich Utilities

Dept and part time for Tedford’s True Value. She spent 14 years as a

School Committee member. Margot lives with her 13 year old

granddaughter. Her house is on the market and she hopes to soon be living in eastern TN close to

her son.

Dave Fyrberg

Dave has been married to Sarah since 1968 and has 3 children & 3

grandchildren. He owns a fishing vessel and is a marine equipment vessel

broker. His fondest memory was beating Masconomet in hockey and

playing Santa Claus. He is fortunate to be self employed, likes what he

does and has a wonderful family around to enjoy.

Dennis Gaspar

Dennis has been married to Pam Rhoades since 1977 and they have 2

children and 1 grandchild. He spent 12 months in Vietnam. He works at

Shore Country Day School in Beverly in building & grounds maintenance.

He is the proud owner of a Harley Davidson and rides it 9 months of the

year. He has boated & camped with the family when the kids were young

and enjoys boating with old friends & camping with new ones. They have

traveled to many different National Parks in many different states. He is looking forward to retirement

to do more traveling.

Joyce Geanoulis McNamara

Joyce has been married to Arthur Stavropoulos since 1998. She

has 2 stepdaughters and 4 grandchildren. Her fondest memory was

realizing that she had musical abilities. She sang and played electronic

keyboard with the Ipswich rock group “The Dimensions”. She graduated

from Fisher College in 1969 and Salem State in 1971. She was employed

at State Street Corp as Assistant Vice President from 1971-2002. She was then Vice President at

Eastern Bank in Boston from 2002 until she retired in 2010. Music continues to be one of her loves. In

June 1994, as a member of the Paul Madore Chorale, Salem, MA, Joyce had the honor of representing

the US at the 50th anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy. The Choral was one of ten choral groups,

9 were from various European countries, that sang Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony accompanied by the

City of Caen’s, France, symphony orchestra.

Her fondest IHS memories are having fun with friends, cheering at

football and basketball games, Teen Club dances, Minstrel Shows,

“borrowing” apples from Goodale Orchards in Dave Fyrberg’s truck,

“stealing” Joe Roger’s pumpkins from his front steps, the Senior Prom,

sleepovers, and lots more. One of her goals is to visit all seven

continents - she only has Australia and Antarctica left on her list. She plans to go to Australia in

about 5 years; not sure yet about Antarctica but she will try to make that happen. She heard National

Geographic has a great tour. She wants to travel more through Asia, South America and Africa. She

needs to go back to Greece and its beautiful islands. They had a trip planned to Greece for September

2011 but they postponed it due to the chaos in the Greek economy and riots on Athens! Elaine enjoys

all kinds of music and dancing - American, Greek, Latin. She is happy to say that she has shared her

life with the best man in the world for 42 years (married since 1973) They are proud of their daughter

who received her BFA in Theater from Emerson College. She is currently a high school English teacher

and director of her school's drama program. She's also the Education Director for the Theater in the

Open in Newburyport. Elaine was recently elected President of the Logganiko Society, an organization

that was formed almost 100 years  ago by Greek immigrants from her mother's parents' village in the

Peloponnese, Greece. She had a rewarding and successful career in education. She taught ESL

(English as a Second Language) to immigrants for 14 years and then directed and supervised ESL and

Bilingual Programs in Connecticut, Lawrence, MA, Salem MA, and Lowell, MA for 37 years. Elaine

retired in 2007 to help her sister as caretakers of their parents who are 92! Since retiring, she has

taught undergraduate and graduate international students at Salem State University and currently

does teacher training, consulting, and tutoring for local school districts. There are plenty of things on

her "bucket list" !!!

John Gianakakis

John has been married to Elaine since 1968. They have 2 children and 4

grandchildren. After graduation, John worked in restaurants cooking. He

ran John’s Texaco for 10 years, was co-owner of Auto Diagnostic for 3 years

and owned John’s Citgo for 23 years. John retired in 2010 but still enjoys

going down to JC to help out his son, Jay. His interests are golfing, old

cars, motorcycles and escaping to Largo, Florida in the winter.

Judy Graffum Trocki

Judy has been married to John Trocki since 1968 and has 2 children and 3

wonderful grandchildren ages 16, 12 & 2. Her fondest memory is the 

Senior Prom. She retired 2 years ago and helps out a couple of hours a

day at a pre-school program in Hamilton. She also enjoys working in the

garden and walking their dog Maggie.

Bobby has been married to Leslie since 1984. They have 2 children & 1

grandchild. His fondest memories were playing sports. He is retired now

and if he told us what he has been up to, he doesn’t think we would

believe it!

Larry’s fondest memories are friends, sports and teachers. He has been

married to Cynthia (Beck) since 1970. Larry spent 4 years in the Marine

Corps and served combat tour of duty in Vietnam. He returned to Ipswich

and worked as a Patrolman for the Ipswich Police Department for 12

years. He completed a Bachelor Degree program at Salem State College

then completed a Masters Degree Program at Northeastern University / Boston. He worked for

Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO. and after 24 years retired as Director of Risk Management. He and

Cynthia returned to Massachusetts and bought a home in Salisbury, MA. We have three great

children, two wonderful daughter-in-laws and one precious grand daughter. We enjoy retirement:

hiking, backpacking, fishing, the beach, vegetable and flower gardening and cooking dinner for family

and friends. Larry recently bought a Harley Davidson and rides as much as possible.

Bonnie has been married since 1985 to Frank Tiangsing. They lived in

California for 17 years and are now residing in Seattle, Washington.

Bonnie and Frank have 1 child, Stephanie, who graduated from the

University of WA (UA Business School 2010). Bonnie was one of the lucky

ones beating Lymphoma and has been in remission for one year. She is

retired and likes to garden. Frank works for the F.A.A. still so that keeps

him busy.

After High School Bill attended Paul Smiths College for forestry near Lake

Placid, NY. After graduation he enlisted in the Air Force. He had top

secret clearance so he could process pictures for U2’s, drones, F4’s,

SR71’s and other sources. He then enrolled at Colorado State Univ. in

Forest Hydrology. He started his fire career in 1973 on the Pike IR Fire Crew. After graduation he went

into the alphabet soup of government agencies; NPS, BLM, USGS, FS. He semi-retired in 2006. He still

fights forest fires or other incidents (hurricanes, etc) as a safety officer. Bill taught grad-students

conversational English in China for 3 weeks. Along the way he was married for 10 years and has one

son and one grandson. He enjoys hiking, tennis, photography, gardening, computers, chess, reading,

traveling, camping, working out and showing Tucson to New Englanders in the winter. He has an extra

bedroom just waiting for his frigid friends.

Susan has been married to Larry since 1995. She has 2 children, 3

stepchildren, 6 grandchildren and a whoodle puppy named, Molly. She has

lived in the towns of Marshfield, Sharon and has recently moved to

Plymouth, MA. Her fondest memories are the people, cheering, teen club

dances, chorus, decorating for prom and cranes picnics. Susan graduated

from the Northeastern/Tufts Dental Assistant Program and, also attended Green Mt College in VT. She

has worked as a Dental Assistant for 36 years, 26 of those years with her husband Larry. Susan and

Larry love to travel and have been fortunate to have visited some of the most beautiful places, not

only in the US, but, also around the world. Susan enjoys music and reading. She plays a lot of tennis,

golf and picked up figure skating in 2005. Sewing is her passion, especially, quilting and embroidery.

Candace MacCormack Stella

Candace has been married to John since 1968. They have 1 child

and 2 grandchildren. After graduation, she attended North Shore

Community College and got an EXEC Secretary degree. She worked in

Boston and hated secretarial work. After she married and had a daughter,

Candace went to Montserrat College of Art and started living her dream.

She continued to paint and show paintings in gallery and her website,

artbycandacestella.blogspot.com  Four years ago, Candace beat pancreatic cancer. Her view of life

changed and she realized life is not a dress rehearsal and learned to live in the present and to love

each moment. She is so happy to be here to celebrate the 45th reunion.

Bob and his wife have 5 children and 12 grandchildren. After high school,

He entered the U.S.A.F. and was discharged in December of 1969. Bob

worked for Fairview Machine for 14 years and then moved to California for

2 years. Upon returning east, Bob got into weatherization work and

started an energy consulting business. He retired in February of 2010.

Walter has been married to Noreen since 1995. They have 2 great kids

both living in Ipswich, with 3 wonderful grandsons. Walter is a USN

veteran, has a BS from U-Lowell and an MBA from Northeastern. He

started a company in 2001 which develops and implements online

learning environments for engineers and technicians in the

communications industry. His wife, Noreen, is a software engineer for Liberty Mutual Insurance

Company. Walters’ fondest high school memory is graduating.

John and Gail have been married since 1979. They have 3 children and 2

grandchildren. John and his family lived many years in Ipswich where he

enjoyed boating and time at Crane Beach. John retired in 2007 and he

and his wife moved to Goodyear, AZ. They love to travel and plan to

explore the National Parks. John and Gail return to New England during

the summer months and Christmas season to be with their children and grandchildren.

Trudy has been married to James since 1969. They have 2 children and 4

grandchildren. They have lived in Patuxent River, MD and now

Jacksonville, FL. Trudy retired in May 2008 after 19 years with the same

company as Office Manger. She enjoys sewing, cooking and spending time

with the grandchildren.

Polly has been married to Paul since 2003. She has 2 children. Her fondest memory was walking home

(actually gabbing more than walking) from school with Margot C., Carolyn Y, Nancy G, Sandy W,

Sandy C,  Kiki and others. Lots of laughter and conversation. She is Director of the Employee

Assistant Program at the University of Maine (Orono). She had a very fulfilling life with the full

spectrum of human emotions. She's blessed with a fabulous husband (second) and two terrific kids.

She use to tell her kids not to feel they needed to live in Maine because that is where their parents

live, that the world is their oasis and to go wherever they want. Well, now she is eating her words as

George lives with his wonderful wife in San Diego and Alexis (in a serious relationship) lives in

Denver. Great cities but very far away! The first phase of her adult life centered around family and

sailing, including living aboard their boat in Greece in the summers. She really got in touch with her

heritage. Besides, going to the Greek islands was incredible. Her next phase could be called

transition (divorce)...and that was "very tough, to say the least", but well worth the process when

she finally got to the other side. This third phase, now, is a combination of a resurgence of love,

aches and pains, looking in the mirror and saying, "Do I really look like that???", and more foreign

travel to various continents. She is starting to think about retirement, and this time with excitement!

She was very disappointed that she would not be able to reconnect with many of her classmates for

the reunion and wanted us to all have a fabulous time and dance hard for her!

Joanne has been married to Pierre since 1971. They have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Joanne

works as a Sous Chef. She has always lived in Ipswich.

Steve has been with Mary Ellen St. George since 1983 and has 2

children. His fondest memories are Susan, Stephanie, Jill, Linda etc.

and geometry class with Mr. Holmes.  Their daughter, Sarah, is the

director of the sports celebrity endorsement division for Reebok, so they

have lots of cool sneakers and lots of tickets to football, basketball and

baseball games. Their son Tim is serving in the Marine Corp and is waiting to be deployed from his

current base of operation in Fort Leonarwood, Missouri. MaryEllen just bought a horse and he is still

peddling real estate on Cape Cod after 35 years. But he's starting to slow things down and spend

quite a bit of time on his boat, aptly named the "Branch Office" Steve’s favorite pastimes are

camping/hiking with Mary Ellen and anytime with the kids. He is a semi-retired realtor,a part time

fishing guide, a past director of the Cape & Islands Board of RE, and a published author of various

fishing & sports magazines. He says to say "hello" to everyone for him and is looking forward to

seeing everyone when we get to the 50th.

Bob has been married to Geri LaJoie since 1989 and has 3 children and 2

grandchildren. His life was changed after participating in the first “Earth

Day” his senior year in college which changed everything for him. He is

currently a Management Consultant /Professor. He received his Ph.D. and in

40 years of consulting he has traveled to all 50 states and more that 30

countries helping companies with their sustainability programs. He now

teaches sustainability at Harvard University’s Extension School. This is his

chance to change others around the world & get them to take on the challenge of protecting the earth

for our grandchildren. Bob & Geri now enjoy visiting the National Parks to experience the natural

wonders that are protected as a result of that first Earth Day.

Stephen has been married to Doris since 1981. He has 2 stepdaughters and 5 grandchildren. His

fondest memories are John Dragoni, John Messelaar. Richard Horsman and Larry Wanzer.

Stephen has been retired since 2008.

Linda has been married to Glenn since 1969. They have 2 children and 2

grandchildren. Linda and her husband are residence of Ipswich once again.

She has lived in Danvers, Hamilton, Middleton,Topsfield, NJ, FL and PA.

She loves spending time with their 2 grand-daughters. She and Glenn 

escape the winters in Fort Myers, FL.

Pamela Rhoades Gaspar

Pam has been married to Dennis for 34 years and has 2 children and 1

grandchild. She went to college for Radiological Tech and worked in many

M.D. offices. She is now semi-retired and spending her last years before

“real” retirement doing something fun as a candy maker. They have

traveled quite a bit and love the West. They have seen many National

Parks & Monuments & have visited old classmates along the way.

Linda Rouff Cordeiro

Linda has been married to Frank for 16 years (20 yrs together). She has

held several positions, a secretary, sub shop owner, a 24/7 restaurant

owner and a personal care health aid. She is now a full time housewife

and has a wonderful family. Linda has 3 daughters, 8 grandchildren and 1

great grandchild. She has a grandson that is a US Navy Sea land is so

proud of him. Linda feels that Ipswich is a wonderful, charismatic place,

full of beautiful places to see and visit.

Thomas Smith

Tom’s fondest memories are tough to address since most memories

have faded. Possibly his time with the band, playing at football

games, exchange concerts, etc. as his love of music led him, at the

time, to apply to college as a music major, thinking he’d become a

musician and perhaps a music teacher. At Denver University Tom

switched from music to business and over the years has worked in

the building industry, hospitality, real estate development, and

finance. During those years his MBA was earned at the University

of New Hampshire. He never cared to marry or raise children so he had the freedom to live as he

wished. About 25 years ago he bought a large piece of land, named it Secret Pond, and created his 

paradise where he enjoys gardening, boating, and the simple joy of living. A long time bachelor friend

joined him a few years ago and they share their companionship, along with traveling and entertaining

family and friends.

Paul has been married to Linda for 42 years, has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. His fondest memory

was his Freshman Year. He doesn’t have much to say about himself – he is “just a generic guy”.

He has done some traveling and boating. He had cancer and beat it! He will be on vacation during our

reunion in Northern Maine and is sorry he can’t make it. He wishes that everyone has fun!

Eddie has been married to Stephanie for 39 years. They have 2 children

and 1 grandchild. His fondest memory is wrestling for the undefeated

1965 wrestling team. Eddie and his family lived in Danvers for 24 years

then moved back to Ipswich where they built a house on Emery Lane. A

couple years ago, they downsized and moved to Great Neck where they

share a house with their two little dogs. Eddie is a Painting Contractor.

Richard Taves

Butch has been married to Debby (Girard) Wile for 19 yrs. They have 4

children, 3 hers, 1 his, 2 grandchildren, 1 due in January. His fondest

memories were any gym class with Coach Burke & climbing the peg wall in

the gym. He built his own house in Essex and was lead singer of 2 bands,

“Loose Change” & “One for the Road”. He still loves mechanics & enjoys

restoring old cars that he buys & sells. He owns and operates Butch’s Auto Service, Antiques &

Classic Cars. They have enjoyed boating & traveling to England, Hawaii, California, Mexico & many

tropical islands. His passions are fishing, hunting, outdoor activities & reading on the Nook. Last

summer they went to FL to do the Family Feud Show and had a blast. Butch was in the audience &

Debby & other family members were the contestants – a fun memory!

Laurie Tedford Cameron

Laurie and Ron have lived in Ipswich forever. On June 2011, they

celebrated 43 years of marriage. Laurie and Ron have three daughters,

two, almost three, son in laws and five wonderful grandchildren.

They built their present home in 1980 and have been pleased with the

success of its passive solar benefits. Boating has been a long time

passion for them rambling through ownership of all sizes and styles and levels of comfort. Boating

trips along the coast from Maine to Cape Cod have been enjoyed with family, friends and pets! Laurie

has two memorable vacations: 1. a trip to Nassau, Bahamas, staying at the Atlantis with her entire

family of twelve was the best family time anyone could hope for. 2. A trip to Japan with Sandy and

falling in love with the food and culture under the patient guidance of Sandy’s son Scott. Laurie is still

employed at the family business, Tedford’s True Value, in Ipswich.

John has been married to Judy (Graffum) for 43 years and has 2 children

and 3 wonderful grandchildren ages 16, 12 & 2. He still works for GE and

is getting ready to retire soon. He enjoys playing golf, and kayaking on

the Ipswich River as well as the marsh and ocean.

Kiki has been married to Sturgis for 40 years and has 1 son. Her fondest memories were raiding

Goodale’s Orchard to get apples to sell at football games and painting the water tower. She received

a BA in Zoology from UNH in 1970, a MST from UNH in 1976, a MED from Salem State in 1986, and an

EdD from Nova Southeastern University in 1992. She taught science in HIS from 1970-1985. She

coached HIS girl’s basketball from 1970-1985. Kiki was inducted into the first Athletic Hall of Fame in

2010. After teaching she became a High School Principal until retirement in 2006. She published

educational & athletic journals. Since retirement in 2006, Kiki is an Educational Consultant Nationally,

Statewide and for Local School districts.Ipswich

Keith Wallace

Keith’s fondest memory was Larry Jordan’s 50 mile hike. He worked a variety of

occupations. He accepted a position with the Postal Service and moved to NH.

He was able to transfer within the organization to a number of locations in the

US. He graduated from U-Tampa in 1998 and retired from the Postal Service in

2008. He is presently working in the gaming industry as a pari-mutual teller in a

variety of temporary positions.

Dave Warner

Dave has been married to Susan for 34 years. He worked in high tech for 24 years as a Field Service

Engineer, design, installation, and maintenance of large computer networks. His last 11 years

were with GE which ended in 2002. Dave now works for himself in “low tech”. He and Susan like to

boat, ski and travel by car, plane or motorcycle. He has dabbled in rock & ice climbing.Ipswich

Elizabeth Weston Sanborn

Betsy was married for 13 years, then widowed, remarried and divorced. She had 5 children. Her

youngest passed away at 23. She has 4 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. Betsy has lived in Maine

since 1968. Her fondest memories are the inspiring words from Mrs. Lovely to be creative, explore and

validate each other. Betsy was educated at N.H. Community Technical College, School of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Hathaway School of Conservation. Betsy was employed by the

Wenham Museum and Christian Molly Antiques in Essex. She was also an artist-in-residence

educator at a private Country Day School, greenhouse technician and cooked creatively at a bistro in

Portland, ME. Betsy is a very serious organic gardener and land steward. She homesteaded for many

years on her wooded lot, offering services as a equine handler and communicator. Betsy is presently

employed as a Community Integration Specialist. She looks forward to retirement when she will

dedicate time to her art work and freelance writing.

Kathy Wile MacLennan

Kathy has been married to John since 1969. They have 3 boys and 4

grandchildren. Her fondest memory was the uniqueness of our class to do

everything differently. She graduated from Salem State in 1970 and

stayed home for a few years to raise their 3 boys. When her youngest

was in the 1st grade she returned to work part time in retail and then

worked at the Peabody Institute Library in Danvers. Kathy stayed there several years, becoming the

Acquisitions librarian in charge of ordering the books for the library. She then became a middle school

librarian at the Higgins Middle School in Peabody and returned to Salem State to obtain a Masters in

Education. She then went on to Bishop Fenwick HS as a librarian & French teacher for 6 years before

retiring to take careof her first grandchild. They returned to Ipswich a few years ago & purchased their

“retirement” home.

Sandra Woodworth Galanis

Sandy has been married to Chuck for 42 years. They have 2 children and 4

grandchildren. Her fondest memories are lunch time,because most of us were

together and prom, because everyone helped to make it a success. Sandy has

been a hairdresser for 44 years and has loved every minute of it. Retirement is

really not for her. She semi retired in 2010 and plans to continue working part

time for a couple more years. Sandy has always enjoyed doing art work. She now

takes classes and paints in watercolors.Ipswich

Maureen Wright Hilton

Maureen has been married for 26 years. She has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. She is off traveling

and unable to attend the reunion.

Carolyn Young Hood

Carolyn has been married to Bill for 39 years. They have 6 children

together and 10 grandchildren. She opened an antique shop in 1984 and,

shortly after, became a Personal Property Appraiser. Carolyn’s husband

started his second career in 1991 as an auctioneer. One son, Christian,

became a partner with them, running a small auction house in Delray Beach. All their children and

grandchildren are involved to some extent. Carolyn doesn’t see retirement happening any time soon.

She and Bill take the children and grandchildren somewhere different every year, so they keep on

working in order to do that.