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 2023.
In Memoriam
This In Memoriam list includes sisters who were reported as deceased to Executive Office November 1 – 30, 2023. If you know of a sister who has passed away, please report her information to Executive Office by emailing memberrecords@trideltaeo.org.
Adelphi
Debra Savarese DiBella ’98 d. 11/2023
Joan Kirwin Satterley ’49 d. 8/2023
Miye Yoshimori Yoshida ’49 d. 9/2018
Alabama
Margaret Brister Shipley ’52 d. 1/2022
Mary Williams ’46 d. 12/2019
Alberta
Norma Fledderjohn Bannerman ’49 d. 10/2018
Wilda Fitch Hurst ’49 d. 8/2013
Arizona
Susanne Desbrow Fink ’60 d. 2/2023
Carol Bliss Torrence ’48 d11/2023
Martha Anderson Vincent ’49 6/11/2018
Baker
Mary Callahan Chubb ’49 d. 4/2017
Beloit
Barbara Kozel Hancock ’49 d. 7/2016
Susan Searle Jacobson ’51 d. 10/2014
Lois Hammerstrom Lyon ’49 d. 12/2016
Boston
Virginia K Kelly Steele ’47 d. 4/2017
Brenau
Peggy Cullars Guillebeau ’49 d. 3/2018
Grace Ohlmacher Hammond ’49 d. 9/2022
Helen Ross Maddux ’51 d. 10/2018
Bucknell
Suzanne Miller Shankroff ’55 d. 11/2020
CA-Berkeley
Luanne Bardsley Obergfell ’52 d. 11/2023
Dolores Deferrari Wilks ’49 d. 8/2022
Carnegie Mellon
Nancy Anderson Stockdale ’48 d. 9/2023
Barbara Laity Talcroft ’49 d. 1/2023
Charleston
Margaret Bell Forchheimer ’49 d. 1/2016
Colorado
Joan Braun Davis ’77 d. 11/2023
Mary Giese Herber ’49 d. 11/2016
Delta State
Beverly Meriweather Alexander ’69 d. 1/2019
Lynda Cain Blough ’62 d. 4/2022
Mary Turner Elliott ’62 d. 2/2021
Elizabeth Noble England ’93 d. 2/2022
Jeanne Benson Hendricks ’73 d. 5/2022
Alice Warren Hodges ’72 d. 6/2023
Marolyn Yurkow Jones ’68 d. 5/2023
Mary McVay Lee ’63 d. 10/2023
Helon Tackett ’77 d. 3/2018
Carole Ferris Wilson ’67 d. 5/2013
Denison
Carol Seffing Flack ’43 d. 5/2022
Phyllis Stevens Sharp ’49 d. 11/2015
Beverly Brown Telfer ’49 d. 3/2022
DePauw
Frances Chambers Joswick ’49 d. 7/2022
Margaret Reed ’56 d. 10/2022
Dorothy Henson Walker ’49 d. 5/2023
Nancy Rockhill Walters ’46 d. 6/2022
Drury
Jean Short Coday ’49 d. 11/2018
Patricia Macfarlane Collins ’49 d. 10/2021
Paula Lohmeyer Vinyard ’49 d. 3/2014
Duke
Jean Weyman Baker ’39 d. 2/2023
Patricia Carter Maxfield ’49 d. 10/2023
Florida
Jennifer Johnson Smith ’67 d. 11/2023
Franklin
Karen Zeigler Decker ’64 d. 11/2023
Pam Herring Hicks ’55 d. 11/2023
Georgia
Nancy Sorrells Brewer ’46 d. 10/2023
Anne Wilburn Richardson ’39 d. 1/2013
Idaho
Lynn White Miller ’59 11/2/2021
Illinois
Phyllis Kenney McGinley ’49 d. 2/15/2022
Indiana
Jane Addis Froehlich ’53 d. 7/2014
Joy Parducci Shoemaker ’59 d. 5/2023
Beverly Macy Tignor ’60 d. 11/2023
Iowa
Beverly Richards Weeber ’48 d. 6/2023
Iowa State
Emogene Olson Criss ’49 d. 4/2020
Nancy Center Fickey ’60 d. 10/2021
Kansas State
Margaret Paramore Canfield ’49 d. 3/2022
Lenita Childers Locey ’59 d. 12/2019
Kentucky
Patricia Sullivan Bollinger ’54 d. 5/2023
Caroline Lee Legette ’49 d. 3/2018
Elizabeth Hillenmeyer Weissmueller ’67 d. 11/2023
Knox
Jane King McLean ’50 d. 8/2023
Louisiana State
Carolyn Faller Cornelius ’60 d. 2/2023
Mary McKoy Hopkins ’49 d. 10/2013
Ann Bowlus Storey ’72 d. 9/2023
MAINE
Grace Rogge Perez ’45 d. 10/2023
Sarah Bouchard Pyne ’49 d. 4/2018
MARYLAND
Donne Bentley Wright ’49 d. 7/2016
MIAMI-FL
Nancy Usher Turner ’49 d. 5/2019
MIAMI-OH
Ann Calaway Bridgman ’49 d. 7/2014
Jean Hepler McDowell ’49 d. 5/2020
MICHIGAN STATE
Nancy Beghold Marr ’49 d. 9/2017
MIDDLEBURY
Janice Cassel Burnham ’49 d. 10/2021
MINNESOTA
Judith Stirneman Eliot ’49 d. 11/2015
Janet Rylander Myers ’49 d. 10/2021
Lois Peterson Taylor ’42 d. 9/2023
MISSISSIPPI
Emily Faulk Greer ’49 d. 7/2018
MISSOURI
Marie Praznik Kelly ’78 d. 9/2023
MONTANA
Evelyn Larsen Husser ’53 d. 8/2023
Leoda Johnson Lockwood ’49 d. 7/2013
Shirley Siebrasse Lund ’50 d. 12/2021
Dorothy Nielsen Willey ’47 d. 8/2019
NEBRASKA
Shirley Roach Barden ’49 d. 9/2023
NEW MEXICO
Patsy Murray Castleberry ’53 d. 1/2021
Dr Marian Benton Tonjes ’50 d. 10/2023
NORTH CAROLINA
Knox Jones Efland ’61 d. 5/2023
NORTH DAKOTA
Jan Storms Gustavson ’73 d. 5/2019
NORTHWESTERN
Shelley Rusteen Connors ’63 d. 7/2021
Elaine Carter Lang ’63 d. 7/2023
OHIO STATE
Marilyn Suddath Greeneisen ’52 d. 10/2020
OHIO WESLEYAN
Frances Jordan Beard ’47 d. 11/2023
Elizabeth Graydon Murray ’52 d. 11/2021
OKLAHOMA
Cheryl Dorsch ’67 d. 6/2023
Joan Brittain Hill ’49 d. 10/2017
Joanna Andreskowski Sullivant ’49 d. 9/2020
Virginia Ruprecht Wellshear ’52 d. 10/2023
Nettie Foster Wettengel ’49 d. 6/2019
OREGON
Mary Penwarden McCauley ’49 d. 1/2021
Jacquelyn Esenman Onstott ’43 d. 12/2022
OREGON STATE
Penny Foster Garrity ’57 d. 9/2023
Margery Blair McNary ’62 d. 2/2023
Jonlyn Haner Smith ’49 d. 11/2014
PORTLAND STATE
Judith Kertesz Hanks ’61 d. 8/2023
PUGET SOUND
Katherine Geist Zimmer ’64 d. 2/2018
RANDOLPH-MACON
Jane Willingham Weems ’49 d. 12/2020
RHODES
Betty McFadden Harvey ’50 d. 1/2023
Suzanne Smith Henley ’62 d. 6/2023
Peggy Fitch Witherspoon ’51 d. 6/2023
SIMPSON
Mary Eckhoff Barakat ’67 d. 11/2022
Jeannette Ogan Iske ’49 d. 2/2023
SOUTH CAROLINA
Jane Crum Covington ’39 d. 9/2023
SOUTHERN METHODIST
Carolyn Stark Crosby ’49 d. 10/2015
SOUTHWESTERN
Marjorie Dalchau Hutto ’49 d. 9/2016
Dorothy Davidson Mills ’35 d. 4/2013
STETSON
Lois Brock Harrington ’49 d. 5/2019
SYRACUSE
Wilfreda Brown Stone ’40 d. 6/2023
TENNESSEE
Peggy Wood Jones ’49 d. 11/2014
Nancy Burton Whittet ’49 d. 9/2019
TEXAS CHRISTIAN
Carol Diehl Washuta ’98 d. 8/2023
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
Barbara Milam Stovall ’70 d. 11/2023
TEXAS-EL PASO
Joan Carey Goodman ’49 d. 5/2016
TOLEDO
Marilyn Boysen Pearce ’50 d. 4/2023
TORONTO
Patricia Beckett Davison ’49 d. 3/2013
Sylvia Skinner Sproull ’49 d. 10/2015
TULSA
Melva Chancellor ’49 d. 6/2020
Frances Lindsay Patterson ’41 d. 11/2023
Marjorie Bottenfield Porter ’46 d. 11/2015
Mimi Raney White ’49 d. 2/2014
UTAH
Myrle McDermaid Dayhuff ’50 d. 1/2023
Karen Malmquist Russell ’53 d. 7/2023
VANDERBILT
Jane Thomason Darnall ’55 d. 1/2023
Marjorie Jones English ’40 d. 6/2017
WASHINGTON
Jacqueline Trullinger Parkhurst ’49 d. 12/2014
WHITMAN
Barbara Waddell McIvor ’49 d. 6/2015
WISCONSIN
Kathleen Knudson Damron ’52 d. 8/2022
Mary Huffman Dollase ’49 d. 2/2020
Barbara Miesbauer Zinkann ’49 d. 9/2016
WYOMING
Velma Reckling Bales ’47 d. 7/2023
Billle Snider Lucas ’51 d. 12/2022