We've FINALLY caught up with Nancy Jones, now Nancy Evans-Jones (Evans was her mother's maiden name, and she added that to hers)! She lives on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Sound from Seattle, Washington with husband Frank Mandt, their two cats and two dogs.

Nancy went to Kent State for a year after CW, but then caught mono and didn't return. "I worked for my dad for a while, got married in '70 and moved into a house on Marathon right behind Colonel White," she said.

While in Dayton, and later in Cincinnati, she got into the travel business and even had her own agency for a while. In '84, she divorced, and then met Frank and the two moved to the Seattle area, where they've stayed.

Unlike our recent weather, Nancy says "it hardly ever snows or freezes here - it's very temperate."

Once settled in the area, Nancy met someone in the Navy's Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department, applied for a job as travel coordinator, got it, and worked as a Regional Travel Manager for 20 years.

"There are four Navy bases in the Seattle area, and did a lot of traveling." She's been to Japan, South America, Ecuador, Japan, and Europe - among other places - and even escorted tours to Australia and New Zealand.

Since retirement, she and Frank still enjoy travel, but not as often or to such exotic places; they recently went to the Canadian Rockies.

She and Frank started a Unitarian Universalist church near their home and are very active with that. She also spends her time walking the dogs, gardening, and reading. "We're voracious readers," she says.

To get to Seattle, they take a 30-minute ferry; the closest town is Kingston, and they built their house by a 20-acre beaver pond, where they often see bears, otters, deer and other wildlife. "We're both animal lovers."

Although Nancy doesn't get to Ohio often and doubts she'll make our 50th reunion, she enjoys reading the class website. "I peek in every month or so to see what's going on - it's very interesting."

She's still wondering about some of our classmates that haven't been located, and that's why it's so important for other "lost" members of the class of '64 - whether or not they plan to attend the reunion - to keep us informed.

I've wondered what happened to Nancy since our last contact when she was at Kent State, and, even though I probably won't see her at the reunion, it was wonderful to touch base with her again and catch up on her doings.