Historical Summer 2007 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Welcome! Double trouble, double take! Kristina Stierholz and husband Albert Webster, along with children Eric, Lily, and Karl are new residents of Waterman in Parkview. Kristina is twin sister to Katrina Stierholz of the 6100 block of McPherson. Something about this neighborhood attracts families to all live here (and stay here).
With that said, we welcome the Webster/Stierholz family to the neighborhood.
Another welcome to the same street in Parkview goes out to Dennis and Laurie McGrath and their beautiful daughters Mia and Mazlin. Both Dennis and Laurie are originally from St. Louis and are thrilled to be back. Dennis recently joined the Lawrence Group as Design Director, leading the Lawrence Group Retail. Baby News! Welcome, Patrick Scanlan McGroarty! Born on February 23rd to Cristina and Sean McGroarty, Patrick is their fourth son. Big brothers are Charlie, Brendan, and Joe, and a very proud Grandma, Mary Fleener, resides is Parkview.
The first day of spring was a grand day for Kim Pitliangas and Mike Scheller of the 6100 block of Westminster, with the birth of baby girl, Thaxton Bond Scheller, 7 lbs. 8 oz. and ready for action.
On the 26 of April, one of our neighborhood’s finest, Georgi Fox (61xx McPherson), moved to a smaller, single-level home on the Hill.
She had lived in Skinker DeBaliviere for the better part of four decades. For many years, she represented St. Roch on the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council.
She was there at every neighborhood function from Rags to Riches to National Night Out and many in between.
She was a very active parishioner at St. Roch and raised her son Alex and daughter Genny here. Both are married and live out of town; Georgi’s sixth grandchild is on the way. Hopefully, she’ll continue to stop by. We’ll miss her. Melissa Lake Smith, who grew up on the 5800 block of Waterman and now lives with husband Mark and two kids in DC, is receiving her master’s in early childhood education from Johns Hopkins this month. Proud family Rick, Venita and Beth Lake will be enjoying a visit from granddaughter Georgia soon. Parkview resident, Scott C. Jones, DO, MPH has been appointed medical director of BJC Corporate Health Services.
In his role, Dr. Jones will oversee medical staff operations at BarnesCare and will direct network physician relations for OccuMed. Prior to joining BJC HealthCare, Dr. Jones served as regional medical director of Union Pacific Railroad and medical director for SSM Corporate Health Services.
He has been providing occupational health care in the St. Louis area for almost 20 years.
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Bertha Black Rhoda Section, presented its Humanitarian Award to Officer Michael Butler, of the 5800 block of DeGiverville, at the organization’s 25th Annual Distinguished Service Awards Dinner held in October, 2006. Officer Butler was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the community through his Bicycle Incentive Program at Ford Elementary School. Officer Butler and his wife Ronda started the successful program nine years ago with the thought of rewarding students with bicycles as an incentive for the students to do better in school. Officer Butler is a 18 year veteran of the police department and is currently assigned to 7th District as a School Resource Officer. Congratulations to Jan Scott, of the 6200 block of Washington in Parkview, publisher of the Women’s Yellow Pages and St. Louis Women on the Move Magazine. Jan was recognized for “Distinguished achievement in communications” at the 26th Annual Virginia Betts White Quest Awards ceremony recently. And with this issue of the Times, we have a changing of the guard in our “News of Neighbors” column.
After years of writing this column, longtime Skinker-DeBaliviere resident, Jo Ann Vatcha is passing the column on to someone else. Jo Ann has written the column off and on for about 30 years, (Pat Kohn and Lisa Horner have also written the column).
She and her family have lived on the 6100 block of Westminster since 1973 and in the neighborhood since 1965. Taking over for Jo Ann is one of many second generation neighborhood residents. So allow me to introduce myself, I’m Rachel Boxdorfer.
My maiden name is Bender and I grew up on the 6100 block of Kingsbury. Happily, my husband Matt and I moved back to the neighborhood six years ago, to the 6000 block of McPherson, and reside there with our children, Gretchen, Christian, and Maddalyn.
I look forward to your input and news for the column, so please feel free to pass it to me when you see me in the neighborhood, or email your news to rboxdorf@ cbgundaker.com. Thanks to Jo Ann for her years of writing the column. Thankfully, she’ll be continuing all of her efforts and leadership for The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere!
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Dr. Scott C. Jones. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2007.
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