Original bylines: Marcia M. Kerz and Lisa Horner. Historical May 1980 neighborhood column.
Through the willing assistance of Pat Kohn, 6100 Kingsbury, who knows the neighborhood better than most of us, Vicissitudes has gathered information about some of our former residents. . . . Elaine Moore, formerly from the 6000 block of McPherson, began a new career, founding her own real estate company one year and five months ago— quite aptly titled Elaine Moore Real Estate. Her company handles commercial and industrial properties and inner city rehab, employing ten full time sales people and five part time people. Elaine was selected to participate this year in the Danforth Leadership Program, and was recently elected Vice President of the Metro St. Louis Business and Economic Council. Not one to rest with a few activities, she also has been elected Director of Economic Development of the St. Louis Chapter of PUSH, Public Relations Director for the St. Louis Real Estate Brokers, and a Board Member of the United Developers Council during the past months. And the children —Chaunda and Vaughn are attending Mercy High School, Charmyn and Kai are in L’Ouverture Elementary School in Lafayette Square and Victor is attending Messiah Lutheran School. The family is living on Lafayette Square in a renovated townhouse. . . . Cate Dolan from the 6100 block of Waterman graduated from Washington University School of Fine Arts with her Masters in Printmaking and is now teaching at Dennison College in Iowa. A show of her prints just ended at Meramec Community College. . . . Ann Manganaro, also from Waterman, is living in the Loretto Community House on the near North Side. The home accepts women and children who need immediate shelter. Ann is studying medicine at St. Louis University with Pediatrics as an ultimate goal. . . . Steve and Dee Vossmeyer, formerly of the 6000 block of Westminster, are expecting a baby in November. Dee is completing her third year of law school at St. Louis University. Steve, also an attorney with a practice located in the Central West End, is our State Representative in the Missouri House. They are now residing in the 5200 block of Westminster Place and we understand that their new residence has sufficient room for a child. Back to the present neighborhood happenings . . . We regret to report the deaths of three long-time residents, Mrs. Chaffee of 6100 Westminster, Mrs. Smith of 6100 McPherson and Helen Jones of 6000 Kingsbury, whose father built their home in 1908 in which she had since resided. We know they will be missed by family, friends and neighbors. . . . Dee Schoenfeld of the 6100 block of Westminster will be graduating from the Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University on May 16th with a Masters in Social Work. After three years of hard work, interrupted by the rearing of Dee and King’s 22 month old boy, Jeremy, Dee certainly deserves congratulations. . . . Barbara Schmidt of 6100 McPherson is now Dr. Schmidt, having completed her Ph.D. in literature at St. Louis University . . .
Also graduating this May is Mary Coffey from the 6000 block of Waterman. She will cap her hooding at St. Louis University’s School of Law with her wedding to Bill Moench this June. . . . Best wishes to Kathleen Buckley, daughter of Michael and Katza (Kitty) Buckley of the 6000 block of Westminster. Kathleen will be married to Greg Schuette on May 10 at St. Rochs. . . Exciting news for Phyllis and Ron Stutzman of the 6100 block of Westminster. They are expecting a baby and we wish to congratulate them on the upcoming event. . . . Support for growth and improvement in our neighborhood has been clearly demonstrated by the Stuarts of 6100 Kingsbury. Cal and Georgiana, as joint entrepreneurs, have established a new office in the 300 block of North Skinker for their management firm of McPherson Management Inc., which manages condominiums, apartments and commercial property. . . . Two of our Washington neighbors, Maryse and Seth Carlin, are going to become Kingsbury neighbors. Maryse and Seth have purchased a home in the 6100 block of Kingsbury and will be moving two blocks south soon. . . . Evan and Sandra Dick, who are presently Central West End inhabitants, have purchased a home in the 6100 block of McPherson. Even during a period of economic constraints in the housing market we remain fortunate as our area continues to flourish with new residents.
Our welcome to Maryse and Seth and Evan and Sandra.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1980.
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