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included our good friend
Caldwell. . . . Caldwell was a
happy soul. He loved life. He
loved his friends and his fami-
ly. We will miss him dearly. God
seems to take the really good
guys from us early – he must
have a plan for them.”
Hillary Goodridge: “Cald-
well, that great accent and
smile, full of life.”
Bruce Patton: “Caldwell was
always a trulywonderful human
being, one of the very bright
spots in my time at SPS.”
Liz Munson: “He was the
best fun to laugh with (over
anything whatsoever).”
Sue (Rueter) Quintana: “I
can see his smiling face so
clearly – and hear his voice. . . .
I treasure memories of all my
classmates. . . . Seems like just
yesterday at our last big reunion
that Caldwell was so happily
sharing about his three girls. He
is and will continue to be very
definitely in my thoughts.”
Karen Sawyer: “He was al-
ways a very bright spot in a day.”
Jeff Keeler: “Caldwell, the one
who created the greatest num-
ber of meaningful relationships
with his classmates. . . . One of
the world’s truly nice people.”
Peter Starr: “Caldwell was
one of the warmest, most genu-
ine people I’ve ever had the
pleasure of meeting, with a
terrific sense of humor.”
Ed Shockley : “I loved
Caldwell.”
Mike French: “I have a clear
memory of Caldwell as a cheer-
ful, friendly, and very humorous
guy.”
While dividing his time be-
tween Ghana and Cleveland,
Ohio, Ben Sperry writes: “I
teach history in both locales. I
also try to keep up with various
writing projects. I’m married
and have two grown step-
daughters. Many blessings to
count. I was, of course, very sad
to hear the news of Caldwell
Davis’s death. Very sweet, gen-
tle, upbeat guy. Humor, in ado-
lescence particularly, of-
ten leaves a welt, intentionally
so. That wasn’t Caldwell’s
style. You got the quicksil-
ver irony, and the endearing
self-deprecation, but after 40
yearswhat lingers is thewarmth
and the smile. Nothing quite like
hearing ‘Je m’appelle Caldwell’
in that West Virginia accent.”
Bruce Chan shared this
news: “I am starting my fifth
year as a superior court judge in
San Francisco, currently
assigned to a trial court in the
criminal divisionwhere I hope to
remain for the balance of my
career. Even though I was away
fromthe criminal courthouse for
10 years while working in the
State Assembly and then in our
court’s civil division, my 15 years
as a public defender were good
training forwhat I do now. Start-
ing next fall, Hanna and I will
have an empty nest as our son
Gabriel will be heading off to
college – destination unknown.
Our daughter, Hanna, is enjoying
her Fourth Form year and it’s
great to visit the School in non-
reunion years. The food is sur-
prisingly good; shepherd’s pie
seldom appears on the menu,
and there is always the salad bar
as an alternative.”
Art Sistare writes: “Back at it,
one last time . . . off and on over
the last six years after retiring
from 27 years of law enforce-
ment and private investigations,
I worked as an equipment op-
erator for several hay ranch
operations in the Minden-
Gardnerville area of Nevada in
the valley east of Lake Tahoe. I
also drove commercial trucks
between Reno and Sacramento
during my quasi-retirement
period. Now, for the last hoorah,
I have once again, become a
police officer, this time for the
State of Nevada Legislative
Police at the State Capitol com-
plex in Carson City. My wife,
Sonya, and I live in the ‘wildlife
sanctuary’ foothills northwest
of Carson City.”
1975
Randy J. Blossom
randy.blossom@
blossominsurance.com
FormDirector Randy Blossom
writes: Spring greetings to the
Form of 1975 from the banks of
Turkey Pond, which is still thick
with ice asMarch departs. Inmy
role as form director/agent, I
have come to appreciate how
critical our support of the An-
nual Fund is to the continued
success of St Paul’s School.
Please show your support this
year. And please be sure to let
Dayle and me know if you make
it toMillville for Anniversary on
May 31 – June 1, as we would
love to hear from you.
1977
Gordon R. Stanton
gstanton@bhsusa.com
Michael Opheim sends this
news: A late spring in Northeast
Wisconsin is hampering the
spring golf season for the Laco-
nia High School golf team and
CoachOpheim. Any formmem-
bers who might have any extra
sun and warm weather, please
send it to Rosendale, Wisc. We
will gladly send you some snow
and ice.”
CatherineLievensGallagher
sends this inspiring update: “I
guess one might say that I have
experienced amid-life...adjust-
ment. Two factors: I was wid-
owed in 2005 and was fast ap-
proaching the age my mother
had died (55). I really began to
feel the reality of how fleeting
life is...and how I was hastening
my own demise bymy lifestyle. I
was overweight and had con-
tinued my decades-long heavy
smoking habit. Serendipitously,
in 2006, I changed jobs and
began working for a boss –
marathoner/bike rider/triath-
lete – for whom fitness was a
Michael Opheim ’77 (center) with his Laconia High (Wisc.) golf team.
Catherine Lievens Gallagher ’77
(in red) competes in her first
Half-Ironman triathlon on
March 30, 2013. “Interesting
that my triathlon club colors
are pretty close to SPS colors!”
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