Williamson County Sun

[Patsy Ayres]

Hi all,

My cousin Donna (Bishop) Mickan passed away on Sunday.  She went to GHS, and lived in Georgetown while attending school.  It is my understand that there may be a write up in the Sun today, or whichever day it comes out now.

 

I would love to have a copy of the write up, if anyone here gets the Sun and would send it to me.

Email me at txblu...@aol.com if you are able to do this, and I will send you my mailing address.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Our board has sure been quiet lately, any news going on with our class?

 

Patsy (Rhea) Ayres

[Claudia True]

Patsy - so sorry to hear about your cousin.  When did she graduate?  The name Donna Bishop sounds familiar but it's been a long time.  My heart goes out to you and your family.

Yes our group has been quiet.  Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.  Ours were wonderful - relatively quiet with the local grandkids, which is nice - and Im so happy they're over.  

I do have some news from and about our class.  Would love to hear some of you "expound" on these if you can:

Jan's mother Jo Sloan died before Christmas.  If you don't know, she had been suffering from Alzheimer's for many years.  Did any of you go to her service?  I've heard from Joy and Ernie and they say their Dad is doing okay.   On a brighter note for the Sloan family, Jan's daughter has a new son and Jan's 2nd husband Chris (whom I know) says they're a happy family.  

I got a surprise call from Lee Gardner - we're friends on Facebook and he thought he had read that I had heart problems (I was talking about my family history) and he shared that he had a quadruple bypass recently.  Very fortunate he paid attention to his "body" and went to the emergency room before he had a heart attack.  We're all at that age . . . .  I guess Woody has also had bypass surgery a few years ago.  Lee shared very sad news - Eddie Leffler's wife died recently.  Lee said she had the flu and ended up in the hospital and never went home.  Lee - do you have more info to share about both you and Eddie?  Do you have a mailing address so we can send cards to Eddie?  

I also spoke with Johnny Gamble during the holidays.  He and his wife are coming to Kansas City to visit their son who plays French horn in the Kansas City Symphony - and that's a HUGE accomplishment!!!  They'll be in town this weekend - hope to see him this time or when he's here in May.  He sounds good -

A few months ago I had lunch with Patricia Litzler Rogers - Jim's younger sister.  What a fun reunion!!  She's an OBGYN Dr in the Bay Area of California.  Her husband was in town for business and she joined him for a wedding, so we got to get together.  Her oldest daughter is in grad school in Austin - she and her husband are considering retirement in the Austin area.  She's got that fun, spunky Litzler personality.

  

I'm gearing up for a year of art events and travels to see friends and family.  Mike and I celebrate our 30th anniversary this year!  Most of us are about to turn 65 - with a 9/15 birthday I'm one of the earliest of us to start Medicare so I'll let you know about that adventure.  I think turning 65 is the last major age-related change in our lives??  Let's have fun!  

So that's my news.  Would love to hear from the rest of you. Patsy - thanks for getting us started - I'm sorry for you for the reason you contacted us.  I know it's hard to be away from family during these times.

Wishing all of you a healthy and happy 2013.

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[Patsy Ayres]

Hi Claudia,

So good to see someone posting on our site, I thought maybe it was no longer "in business", ha, ha.

Thanks for all the updates, I enjoy hearing how our classmates are doing.  Hopefully, we can all stay healthy in the new year.  Some days it is a struggle though!

Donna was six years older than me, so she probably graduated in '61.  I have that old yearbook somewhere around here, but haven't found it since we moved here almost eight years ago. Guess it is up in the attic.

I am so glad you keep in touch with so many of our classmates and others that went to GHS.  What fun to have lunch with Jim's sister!

Lee, I am so sorry you were having heart problems, hope you are doing much better now.  So sorry to hear the news regarding Jan's mother, and Eddie's wife.  I would love to send a card also.

I was not able to attend my cousins memorial service today, so was wanting the obit from the Williamson County Sun.  Stephen has graciously offered to send it to me.  Thanks Stephen:))

Just a little update on me, I am always fighting this autoimmune disease (Sjogrens Syndrome), so I have my good days and bad.  We had a wonderful Christmas with kids and grandkids.  Our grandson is in the Navy and fixing to be deployed on the USS Truman on January 14th for a year.  He came in from Maryland for Christmas and brought his girlfriend with him for us to meet.  Found out a few days later that they got engaged while he was on leave.  She is a sweet girl, so happy for both of them.

Our little dog Jewel,  (we have had for 13 years) died on November 26th.  We miss her so much, she was a sweetheart.  It is so different without her here, it has been hard to adjust to just me and my husband all day long!  Ha!

Living on the coast of Texas is sure different from living in Austin, but after almost eight years, I think I am finally getting used to it.  I slacked off on my painting "career" for about a year, but am fixing to get back into it.

All in all, I am looking forward to a happy, healthy New Year and I wish the same for all of you too.

Thanks Claudia (and Stephen) for responding.  We are still in shock over Donna's passing.  She is the oldest of the cousins on my mother's side of the family.  She had been ill for over a year, but didn't tell any of us, so that is why it was such a surprise to hear of her passing.  She had breast cancer about 10 years ago, and it came back on her.  Nothing the doctors could do for her this time:((

[C. D. Nunn]

I haven't seen the Sun yet (it takes several days to get here), but we get it mailed to us so if I see it, I'll scan it and send it.

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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:13 PM
Subject: Williamson County Sun

[Sharon Tays]

Glad you passed this information along and that you are doing well at the moment.  Sorry to hear about your cousin.  Take care.

[Claudia True]

Sharon - how are you doing?  We haven't heard an update in a while.  

Hope you're having fun with kids and grandkids!

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[Sharon Tays]

I'm great.  Thanks for asking.  I had my 4 year cancer free anniversary  on December 4th.  Everything looks good.  We've even had a little rain, so our trees are happier.  We could still use a lot more as, I know, many others could.  We take what we get!  The family is fine, too.  The grandkids are growing up entirely too quickly though.  We have two weddings in our family this year.  Teri, my younger sister, has a daughter getting married the end of March.  Paula, another younger sister, has a daughter getting married in June.  I guess we'll be keeping busy with "wedding stuff".

 

It's always good to hear from any and all of you.  Stay in touch.

Sharon