Purnell Alumnae

Notes from those who can't make it

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Will miss due to a prior commitment. Enjoy!

Cynthia Drayton1970

 

Paige Peabody

I wish I were going but Ryan has a lacrosse tournament in Pennsylvania that weekend. Please give our Purnellians my love!

Paige Dotson Peabody  1986

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I will be thinking of all my Purnell family.

Tricia Posey 1986

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Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it this year. Sorry I’ll miss it.

I hope it’s a big success.

Thanks,

Ann Griffith O’Connor - 1983

 

Thank you so much for your email. Sadly, I will not be able to attend the visitor day or the dinner.  I live near Boston Massachusetts and have an event for one of my boys that day. 

Again, thank you for the lovely invitation. 

Take Care, 

Isabella Patty Bessert

Class of 1991 

 

Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the reunion...maybe next year.

Enjoy and have fun!!

Beth Blair Lechner / Class of 92

 

I wish I could attend but I have no plans for being on the East Coast this year. It's a long trek from Southeast Alaska! I hope you all have a wonderful time! 
Mim Sawyer McConnell, class of '71

 

Unfortunately, I can’t make the reunion this year.

Sue Keith Elverston, Class 1978

 

I am unable to attend this year.

Lezly Patterson Lingenfelter

 

Unfortunately I will not be able to make it.
Suzanne Meister ‘06

 

Hi All!! Sorry I can’t make it this year but hoping I will see you next year. 
XO Meredith Spink 1991

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It is so nice to see that you are arranging this. I will not be able to make it this year but hope that everyone has a really nice time. It is wonderful that you are doing a reunion for Purnell’s Alumnae. 

Thanks, and all the best to everyone from Tempe, AZ,

Tacy Trump ‘84

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So sorry to miss this! May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I actually just got back from NJ. 

I hosted a "Stick it to Stigma" Women’s Lacrosse event. After losing my brother Greg to suicide in 2020, I started The Gregory H. Montgomery Jr. Foundation to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention programs and mental health education for schools and communities. We recently put funds in Greg’s name at Red Bank Regional High School and Michigan State University. RBRHS has used some of the funds to certify all their coaches in Mental Health First Aid Training to identify children in crisis. MSU used some of the funds to hire two mental health professionals last year that they relied on heavily on how to handle the shooting tragedy in February. If anyone is interested in collaborating by way of donating, volunteering, brainstorming, anything…please reach out https://www.ultimategrowthfoundation.org/

Have a wonderful time. I so wish I could be there!

Much Love,

Margot Montgomery Moran ‘88

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Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it as my cases never seem to let up. I do apologize that I will be missing out on seeing everyone at Purnell June 17th. I hope the Purnellies have a fantastic time and look forward to pictures.

My very best to everyone and safe travels.

Dr. Jennifer Shelden-Jubik '88
 

So sorry to miss out. Have a wonderful time!
- Sarah Nothstine Peterson '98

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Hi Gail,Thank you for taking on all of the Purnell community communication. I will not be able to make it this year. Those two years were the some of the most impactful years in my life. Coincidentally I was just telling someone about our trip across country! [Cross Cultural Express 1981] What an amazing experience. 
Thanks again for working hard to help keep us all connected. 
Fondly,
Connie Hecker Simonson ‘81

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I am so sorry to miss the day. My second oldest son is graduating. 
I hope to make the event another year. Purnell was a very special place and am so grateful I attended such a wonderful school.
If anyone is around Massachusetts this summer, I would love to connect.
Katriena Pless Devlin 1988

 

Have a lovely time together in early June! We will miss seeing old friends.

While going through dusty files, our “we’re over 70 and need to purge stuff” process in full swing, I came across some special Purnell memorabilia: The faculty banquet song circa 1978, Christmas Vespers program circa 1977, programs for Mame, Once upon a Mattress, and Godspell, 12th Graduation Program, programs for the ’78 and ’79 Revues, and a complete  script of the 1978 Revue (which, obviously, was the last!). Oh Sigh. Such memories. Happy to donate these treasures to whatever archives might exist.

Love to all,

Peter and Mary Pierson- former faculty 1976-1980

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I am so sorry that I will not be able to attend this great event! I will be thinking of everyone and look forward to next year.

Whit Barhydt Ryan '81

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Hi All! So sorry to miss this! Enjoy!
Sally Davidson Rhodes '79

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I can not attend on June 17. I hope y’all have a good time! 
Amy Isler, Class of 2012

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I will be in the UK most of June and won’t be heading back to the US until the 24th of June. Enjoy, class of ’76! I wish I could be there. Please send photos!!

Best wishes, April Arbon Russell ‘76

 

Hello - Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this year’s visitors day. 

Thank you for keeping Purnell alive and all of us connected!

All the best - Staige Grymes 1986

 

I’m sure the reunion will be a blast. Next year for sure!

Becky Christy 1990

I’m sorry, but I will not be able to attend this year. I wish all who do return the very best. I hope you do remember your days at Purnell, how great it was and how it changed your life. I know it did mine! There will never be another school like Purnell. Have a great time.
Meg Purnell 1974

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Thank you so much for including me. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. Hopefully, there will be another date in the future. Enjoy! I’m sure it will be wonderful! 

Best, Mimi Marcus  1984

 

So sorry to miss. I would go and help out if I did not have have a family wedding on 6/17 in Hyannisport, MA.

Carey Churchill Cort ‘77

 

I wish I could be there but I am working a horse show. June is my busy horse show month. 

Kelly Martin Munz ‘88

 

Thank you so much. I am sorry to be missing this great day in June... I live in Italy in the summer  and will be unable to attend. Have a super time on June 17!
Gabriella Plimpton Ressler 1972

 

I’m sorry, but I will not be able to attend.  Have a wonderful day! 
Debbie McLennan Scully 1978

 

I will not be able to make it this year on 6/17. I’m very sad and really hope to make it next year. 

Thank you for all that you do for our beloved Purnell School. I am so grateful that you keep our collective spirit alive. 

Liz Fisher McLean 1989

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I have a work trip so can’t make it this year!  Hugs to everybody!   

Elaine Thomas Buck 1984

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I regret that I will not be able to attend.

Hopefully next time?

Katherine "Kathy" Wadhams Cox 1978

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Sorry, can't make it this year, thanks for the invitation, hope it is a success!

Elisabeth (Lisa) Roberts, '70

 

Love to all the Purnellies!
Hope to return next year!
Louise Sewell Lee 1986

 

Hello, 
I am sorry to say that I will not be able to attend. 
I know that it will be a special time for those Purnell grads who can attend.
Thank you,
Joan Riddell McNamara (class of ’72)

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I am so sorry but I can't come to the reunion on the 17th. Have a wonderful time and enjoy!

xo-Sarah Rowland 1985

 

So sorry I won’t be able to attend this year. I have a prior commitment that extended the time. Please take plenty of pictures and videos! Hope to be back on campus next celebration to see all of the new changes and remember the good old days! 

All the best,

Kyra Lynch Jones-Terrell ‘98

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So sorry I won’t be able to attend.
It would have been super to get together again!
Gretchen Gurr Cooney ‘79

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Thank you so much for organizing.  I will not be able to attend.

Have a wonderful day at Purnell.  It lives very clearly in my mind and I am grateful for my wonderful time on campus and even more so for my teachers and great friends from Purnell.

With love,

Cade Little Tompkins 1978

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Sorry I won't be able to make it to the reunion. Have a great time and take lots of pictures.

Dru Torian-Hickman 1997

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I so enjoy my visits to campus, but I will not be able to join you in June due to another conflict.  

Enjoy every minute -

Cathy/ Del Wynne del Colle 1985

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What a wonderful way to keep us connected to the most wonderful school! I wish I could come but I had a fall off my horse and fractured my pelvis in two places as well as both hip sockets. I have to stay off my legs for a month and then PT my way back. I am so blessed - I’ll be back before you know it!
I hope you get more “Purnellies” on the list these upcoming weeks. It was a fabulous school!! Love to all.

Susie Karr Menzies 1972

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Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it this year. Sorry I’ll miss it.

I hope it’s a big success.

Thanks,

Ann Griffith O’Connor 1983

 

Thank you so much for your email. Sadly, I will not be able to attend the visitor day or the dinner. I live near Boston Massachusetts and have an event for one of my boys that day. 

Again, thank you for the lovely invitation. 

Take Care, 

Isabella Patty Bessert / Class of 1991 

 

Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the reunion...maybe next year.

Enjoy and have fun!!

Beth Blair Lechner / Class of 92

 

I wish I could attend but I have no plans for being on the East Coast this year. It's a long trek from Southeast Alaska! I hope you all have a wonderful time! 
Mim Sawyer McConnell, class of '71

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Hi All!! Sorry I can’t make it this year but hoping I will see you next year. 
XO Meredith Spink 1991