Gracie!  What a character!   we always told each other that if we'd have been closer in age, we would have been best friends!  (I'm now 71.)  I first met her in Jane Huyck's Movement class.
We traded teaching stories.  We always sat next to each other at the luncheons. God bless you my dear buddy, I'll miss you!  Until we meet again, Gracie! Judy Scarlata