Each month, Tri Delta publishes In Memoriam, highlighting the lives of some of our Distinguished Deltas and longtime volunteers and sharing a full list of sisters who have recently passed away. Below is the In Memoriam for November 2021.
ADELPHI
McMahon, Marlene Steinruck ’50 d. 11/2017
Riley, Patricia ’51 d. 9/2007
ADRIAN
Miller, Ruth Murbach ’40 d. 11/2014
ALABAMA
Eastman, Shirley Petzing ’54 d. 11/2021
Jones, Jane Scruggs ’59 d. 6/2021
ALBERTA
Baker, Mavis Appleton ’47 d. 11/2020
ARIZONA
Barker, Rosemary ’46 d. 11/2015
Kay, Dorothy Condon ’52 d. 7/2017
Simley, Ann ’52 d. 11/2018
AUBURN
Wise, Beth Machtolff ’66 d. 10/2021
BAKER
Rippey, Barbara Wright ’47 d. 8/2015
BELOIT
Barraclough, Joan Hanger ’47 d. 1/2015
Ford, Barbara Moore ’57 d. 10/2021
BRENAU
Crudup, Alice Hochuli ’47 d. 3/2012
BUCKNELL
Crane, Beverly Swingle ’57 d. 10/2021
Haun, Diana ’63 d. 7/2018
McBride, Lorraine Yaufman ’48 d. 7/2021
BUTLER
Keuhrmann, Dessa ’59 d. 9/2021
Ross, Catherine Mathews ’28 d. 1/2021
CAL STATE-LONG BEACH
Stinnett, Dorothy Woolley ’55 d. 8/2021
CA-LOS ANGELES
Cummings, Linda Guy ’63 d. 3/2019
French, Meredith Marshall ’49 d. 5/2021
Wylie, Marilyn George ’55 d. 12/2020
CARNEGIE MELLON
Baldridge, Lois Schafer ’47 d. 11/2005
Schnelle, Mary Dabney ’51 d. 10/2020
CHARLESTON
Cutler, Mary Cecil ’47 d. 12/2018
Sturm, Sarah Gregorie ’43 d. 10/2021
CINCINNATI
Bunis, Ann Johnston ’47 d. 6/2017
COE
Johnston, Gerry Lorenzen ’51 d. 11/2021
COLBY
Bosworth, Barbara Vanevery ’46 d. 1/2016
Ludwig, Nancy Winters ’52 d. 12/2019
COLORADO
Bell, Betty Gaunt ’47 d. 12/2019
Cooper, Martha Stone ’46 d. 1/2021
Light, Lindy Lindenman ’46 d. 7/2021
Williams, Lois Kessler ’48 d. 1/2021
COLORADO STATE
Birmingham, Lois Westerman ’51 d. 1/1
Carson, Anita Choate ’52 d. 9/2021
Crick, Willa ’47 d. 5/2018
CORNELL
Anderson, Ellen Meitzel ’52 d. 6/2021
Barger, Mary Baxter ’47 d. 3/2019
Foy, Carole Andersen ’50 d. 1/2021
DENISON
Taft, Sara Leonard ’59 d. 8/2021
Welles, Doris Flory ’36 d. 1/2021
DRURY
Anderson, Catherine Oreilly ’47 d. 5/2018
Bohnenkamp, Jane Felton ’47 d. 4/2012
DUKE
Bolton, Marge Lockhart ’47 d. 9/2020
Wold, Barbara Armstrong ’47 d. 9/2019
EMORY
Bains, Caryn ’75 d. 9/2021
FLORIDA
Heck, Evelyn McKinley ’48 d. 2/2021
GEORGIA
Beaver, Lucile ’47 d. 12/2020
Jeffries, Alice Mitchell ’47 d. 5/2019
IDAHO
Thometz, Florine Hahne ’49 d. 8/2020
ILLINOIS
Nankivil, Mary House ’53 d. 10/2021
Smith, Patricia Haselwood ’50 d. 10/2021
IOWA
Campbell, Mary Anderson ’47 d. 1/2021
KANSAS STATE
Carter, Janet Taylor ’53 d. 1/2021
Dockstader, Alice Warren ’39 d. 11/2018
KENTUCKY
Cunningham, Sarah Hunt ’47 d. 12/2015
KNOX
Daly, Margaret Swanson ’47 d. 7/2018
MAINE
Brown, Elaine Lockhart ’47 d. 7/2012
Darrah, Constance Drew ’47 d. 11/2016
MICHIGAN
Gilbert, Marjorie Hardy ’41 d. 10/2021
Humrich, Mary Stone ’48 d. 4/2017
MICHIGAN STATE
Hawkins, Mary Ellen Groves ’58 d. 1/2021
MIDDLEBURY
Wood, Virginia Wedemann ’54 d. 2/2019
MISSISSIPPI
Buntin, Celia Wiygul ’47 d. 11/2013
Holmes, Cynthia Ruffin ’47 d. 4/2016
Ruleman, Lois Estes ’65 d. 5/2020
MOUNT UNION
Baylor, Jeane Archer ’47 d. 4/2021
NEBRASKA
Cottingham, Mary ’47 d. 8/2013
Melker, Lois Dietrich ’37 d. 7/2017
Rankin, Patricia Boyd ’47 d. 8/2017
Stock, Sharlyn Houtchens ’69 d. 10/2021
NEVADA
Clauder, Marilyn Kotter ’60 d. 10/2021
Comer, Dorothea Shidler ’32 d. 11/2010
Galli, Marilyn Tavernia ’48 d. 4/2017
NEW MEXICO
Palmer, Janet Haney ’59 d. 1/2019
NORTH CAROLINA
Austin, Linda Thomas ’61 d. 9/2021
NORTH DAKOTA
Ackert, Lynda Tallackson ’66 d. 2/2019
Anderson, Mary Evenson ’58 d. 4/2021
Austinson, Sharon ’61 d. 10/2011
Buckley, Ruth Meldahl ’47 d. 6/2018
Campbell, Marjorie Bye ’60 d. 4/2020
Marquiss, Merle Rhodenbaugh ’45 d. 10/2021
NORTHWESTERN
Beck, Margaret Hempel ’39 d. 11/2021
OHIO STATE
Bradbury, Ann Tisdale ’47 d. 11/2012
McKitrick, Evelyn Means ’44 d. 1/2021
Milford, Rebecca ’80 d. 8/2021
Ternent, Alice Hill ’49 d. 8/2019
OHIO WESLEYAN
Bonner, Nancy ’71 d. 10/2021
OREGON
Herkes, Marni Dyer ’52 d. 11/2018
Manser, Carolyn Taylor ’55 d. 12/2020
OREGON STATE
Lander, Lorraine Losee ’50 d. 7/2021
Pearson, Marny Stromsness ’63 d. 1/2021
Ross-Macky, Joan Watt ’44 d. 11/2020
Williams, Carol Erickson ’50 d. 2/2020
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Beutner, Gloria Parks ’47 d. 10/2019
PUGET SOUND
Buffington, Mardell Hodges ’54 d. 9/2021
RANDOLPH-MACON
Alfriend, Sue Landon ’47 d. 9/2020
Queen, Jo Taylor ’45 d. 5/2021
RHODES
Bitner, Carol ’47 d. 6/2020
Hungarland, June Johnston ’59 d. 11/2021
Ruleman, Lois Estes ’65 d. 5/2020
SAINT LAWRENCE
Gustafson, Jane Knap ’47 d. 1/2021
SIMPSON
Annear, Alice Hansell ’47 d. 10/2015
SOUTH CAROLINA
Bowen, Virginia Woodruff ’47 d. 3/2021
Cooper, Connie Simms ’56 d. 11/2021
Milliken, Anne Walker ’68 d. 11/2021
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Ward, Gene Jacob ’55 d. 5/2021
SOUTHERN METHODIST
Boyd, Sarah Parker ’47 d. 7/2020
Chenoweth, Ann Wharton ’47 d. 8/2014
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Murray, Lynda Hedgepeth ’53 d. 9/2018
SOUTHWESTERN
Davis, Peggy Kerr ’42 d. 4/2013
Mattson, Frances Stocklas ’38 d. 7/2018
Roberts, Janice Fleming ’58 d. 11/2019
STANFORD
Ruggles, Virginia Scott ’37 d. 10/2010
Taylor, Joan Kibbey ’41 d. 10/2021
SYRACUSE
Chappell, Roberta Smith ’47 d. 1/2014
Hurd, Lorna Stanhope ’47 d. 1/2018
TEXAS
Cook, Bette Ruth Williams ’47 d. 8/2014
Hunter, Shirley Long ’51 d. 6/2021
TEXAS CHRISTIAN
Galbraith, Christie Smith ’59 d. 3/2021
Phillips, Janet Hayles ’71 d. 11/2021
TEXAS-EL PASO
Gevertz, Patricia Patterson ’52 d. 11/2021
Giles, Ruth Mann ’42 d. 4/2016
TOLEDO
Cooper, Phyllis Kramb ’47 d. 3/2012
TORONTO
Baines, Audrey Addems ’47 d. 1/2020
Bould, Alice Doyle ’47 d. 4/2019
TULSA
Lyons, Frances Riley ’55 d. 10/2018
UTAH
Ballinger, Patricia Kennedy ’47 d. 6/2021
WASHINGTON STATE
Clark, Ann Zimmerman ’57 d. 6/2021
WICHITA STATE
Wise, Virginia Ramsey ’58 d. 10/2020
WISCONSIN
Normington, Sally Mueller ’53 d. 5/2018
Schneider, Karen ’77 d. 10/2021
WYOMING
Diegelman, Bonnie Davidson ’45 d. 7/2020
Nelson, Cynthia Meyers ’59 d. 9/2019