Chi Omega - University of California, Berkeley

4 MU NEWS A L U M N A E Barbara McGaffey Peterson '44 is in good health and enjoying life at 99 years old. Her daughter, Amy, and her dog and cat have moved in with her and are a blessing. Barbara is planning on having a big 100-year birthday party. She resides in Lafayette, CA. Email: barb.lib.7@gmail.com Joan Podstata Parsons '50 is still independent in Santa Rosa, CA. "I'm widowed and see my three sons often. I just cruised around the British Isles for 12 days." Email: parsonstahoe@aol.com Barbara "Bobbie" Weeks Neely '51 shares that after 30 years in education, she retired to Arnold, CA, where she is enjoying the beautiful scenery. Email: neelybd@comcast.net Carol Havner Porter '53 has moved to Houston, TX, to be near her daughter and her family. "My 90th birthday was in August 2024, so I decided it was time!" Email: chavnerp@gmail.com Sheila Buchanan Ruyle '53 retired after many years in Boston/Lincoln, MA, to Blue Hill, ME, after spending many August vacations there. "My son, Patrick, moved here too with his family!" Jessa Thompson Stevenson-Doll '55 enjoys having lunch with her Palm Springs, CA, alumnae group during the season from November to May. Email: jessadoll58@gmail.com Elizabeth "Bette" Bedford Duncan '57 shares, "I'm just taking it easy in retirement. My new hobby is making candy to give away, including Christmas boxes." Bette lives in Mequon, WI. Email: bduncan3@wi.rr.com Jan Kemp Leaton '59 shares that she and her husband, Ed, raised seven boys and loved their home in Connecticut, but after Ed developed Parkinson's, they moved out of necessity. Ed passed in 2001, and Jan has kept busy since retiring in 2010 with committee leadership and volunteering in her living community in Henrico, VA. "I'm busy, active, involved, and enjoying my life!" Email: leatoncats@comcast.net Margaret Matthews Angell '62 shares, "My husband, Ron (a Delt at Berkeley), and I recently celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. As my brother always said, 'I think it will last!' I keep busy with activities here in Sunriver, OR. I'm also involved with PEO and volunteer as a Sunday School Teacher." Email: mangell0402@gmail.com Leah Pedersen Haygood '62 is working full time on transportation projects in Berkeley, CA, doing structures aesthetics design, landscape architecture, and environmental visual impact reports. "Highways, Bart light rail, airports, and local streetscapes are the projects I am involved with. I also authored four mystery books/ international intrigue under my own name (available on Amazon.)" Email: lhaygood@haygoodassoc.com Paula Palmquist Knoll '62 is "Enjoying my granddaughter, road trips with my husband, and photography (especially wildlife) in Carmichael, CA. 1965 seems like a long time ago!" Email: normanandpaulaknoll@gmail.com Sandra Sayre Flattery '64 is "Living the life in Sun Valley, ID, and visiting our four children and seven grands in Oregon and California! We travel internationally often, and I am a photographer (sandraflattery.com)." Email: ssflattery@aol.com Loie Graves Musso '64 says, "All's well here! We're still enjoying our life in the Greenwood, CA, foothills. We most love time with our family … everyone is growing up—especially us!" Email: loiemusso@gmail.com Marilyn Edwards Rupp '64 retired from real estate, is very active in First Presbyterian Church, and is a quilter in Eureka, CA. After celebrating over 50 years of marriage, she and her husband travel and enjoy their three kids and 11 grandchildren. "It's a life filled with joy and love." Email: mbr1@suddenlink.net Cathy Theobald Peck '65 lives in Novato, CA, and spends her time playing golf, fly fishing, traveling, gardening, walking with friends regularly, and spending time with family and friends. Email: cathleenpeck100@gmail.com Patricia Yim Cowett '66 shares, "When I was in Shark Bay, South Africa, last year, there was a family of brown owls near our hotel: a mother, father, son, daughter. I thought of my Chi O lavalier, which I still have in my jewelry chest!" Patricia calls Santa Monica, CA, home. Email: patricia.cowett@gmail.com Margy Wattron Molenkamp '66 just returned to Livermore, CA, from a three-week trip to see her grandsons, a junior at Boise State and a freshman at the University of Utah, and finished at Half Moon Bay. "I feel blessed to be able to travel." Email: mmole1@sbcglobal.net Wendy Camp '67 retired in Napa, CA, after 47 years of operating room nursing and first assisting. She is still singing with Sing Napa Valley and the First United Methodist Church and is very active in church activities. "I love spending time with my three children and three (soon to be four!) grandchildren." Email: wcamprn@aol.com Kelsey Patton Jouanicot '67 shares, "After retiring as an Air Force civilian, I bought and rehabbed a rental house. Now I live in Las Vegas, NV, and have enjoyed traveling the world." Email: jouanicotk@aol.com Melody Tennant '67 is a board member of a conservation organization in Rockbridge County, VA. "I am chairman of the Waste Prevention Committee. We have done county- wide plastic education events to highlight environmental, health, and climate harm as well." Email: melodytennant100@gmail.com Debbie Klohs DeZarn '71 and her sister built a vacation house on land they inherited on the central coast. When she's not there, she's at home in Stockton, CA, and remains active in her local and district bridge clubs. She volunteers as an assistant to a bridge teacher for beginners at the local community college. Email: debdiet@yahoo.com Carol Hill Hasegawa '73 is retired and living a quiet life with her husband in Concord, CA. "Sons David and Steven and their wives are living in Boise, ID, and Portland, OR, respectively. David has three children." Email: clhasegawa@yahoo.com Victoria Umphreys Curtis '74 is running a family real estate business in Northern California! Email: msvicc@gmail.com Maureen Cunningham '76 is a volunteer naturalist at Sabino Canyon Recreational area in Tucson, AZ. Teresa Finn '76 is enjoying life in Northern California. "With 43 years of marriage, a busy retirement, and three grandkids, I also still engage nearly daily with XO sisters from 'back in the day.'" Email: tfinnhead@aol.com Catherine Marshall Smith '76 is a member of the Women's Club of Mann and chairman of the community opportunities committee for philanthropy. "I will be traveling to the Galapagos Islands and Machu Pichu. I'm also working hard on my second novel, The Resilience of Red Thread, to be published in summer 2026." Catherine lives in Novato, CA. Email: catherinemarshallsmith@gmail.com Diane E. Tussey '76 shares, "Music is large in my life! I am playing in a community college

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