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In Memoriam – November 2025

December 9, 2025
Sisterhood

This In Memoriam list includes sisters who were reported as deceased to Executive Office November 1 through 14, 2025. If you know of a sister who has passed away, please report her information to Executive Office by emailing memberrecords@trideltaeo.org.

Alabama

Carolyn Covington Branton ’46 d. 2/2021
Susan Foster Haigler ’60 d. 9/2025
Alice Wartman Waldon ’40 d. 5/2018

Arkansas

Mabel Thweatt Chapman ’51 d. 5/2025
Marylu Trigg Garrett ’46 d. 12/2019
Steve Stevenson Ruley ’40 d. 12/2016

Auburn

Dorothy Terry Owens ’58 d. 1/2025

Brenau

Rhetta Thompson ’44 d. 1/2019

Butler

Norma Rahe Decker ’37 d. 7/2020

CA-Berkeley

Jo Spindt Brean ’46 d. 6/2023
Adele Brodginski ’62 d. 11/2025
Shirley White Clune ’33 d. 5/2020
Marilyn Martin Gschwind ’54 d. 9/2022
Jeanne Cannon Lacy ’45 d. 12/2024
Barbara Church Mulit ’41 d. 1/2024

Cal State-Long Beach

Dolores Dahlquist Garren ’55 d. 6/2024

CA-Los Angeles

Lynn Judson Chase ’49 d. 1/2024
Lucile Engstrom Chirico ’60 d. 8/2025

Charleston

Valerie Schoeck ’16 d. 11/2025

Cincinnati

Margaret Noble Wilson ’42 d. 9/2016
Jane Rowe Zimmerman ’42 d. 8/2017

Colorado

Mary Heisterman Atkinson ’36 d. 7/2016
Kristina Spears Hilkhuijsen ’82 d. 4/2021
Janet Johnson Howsam ’38 d. 12/2017

Colorado State

Jean Herdman Sudduth ’43 d. 9/2022

Cornell

Barbara Crohurst Howell ’39 d. 5/2017

Denison

Janice Carlson Donat ’60 d. 10/2016
Shirley Frye Paffrath ’45 d. 12/2019

Drury

Linda Nicholson Abney ’54 d. 9/2025
Mary Dunlap Alderman ’47 d. 7/2023

Duke

Elizabeth Caldwell Parish ’57 d. 5/2024
Virginia Currier Stickney ’40 d. 7/2020

Emory

Jaquelyn Clarkson Thomas ’70 d. 8/2025

Florida State

Helen Beals Bickerstaff ’40 d. 4/2020
Sandra Guilbert Early ’59 d. 12/2021
Marie Byrd Neighbors ’40 d. 6/2018
Ann Teague Trufant ’47 d. 7/2022
Carol Skinner Wells ’50 d. 7/2024

Georgia

Evelyn Edge Mitchell ’50 d. 12/2016
Jane Randall Nessen ’46 d. 7/2025

Idaho

Beverly Baker Hawk ’52 d. 9/2025
Catherine Reese Wood ’46 d. 1/2023

Illinois

Adelaide Gest ’44 d. 1/2020
Jane Rothgeb Hackett ’63 d. 4/2025

Iowa

Marilyn Anderson Evans ’48 d. 11/2023
Louise Johnston Roalson ’44 d. 12/2021

Iowa State

Kay Wiegand Kraai ’60 d. 1/2025
Barbara Raeder Palmer ’43 d. 1/2019

Kansas

Donna Johnson Vanier ’53 d. 5/2020

Kansas State

Donna Casey ’75 d. 10/2025
Georgi Gress Dawson ’46 d. 1/2023
Mary Heath Gibson ’51 d. 1/2019
June Light Lank ’39 d. 11/2024
Marlys Waln Marston ’47 d. 3/2021
Patricia Collister Warburton ’44 d. 9/2017
Mary French Wheatley ’41 d. 12/2018
Mary Quinlan Wingate ’52 d. 6/2020

Kentucky

Emma Puryear Kirkpatrick ’40 d. 4/2016

Louisiana State

Joy McCann Culverhouse ’39 d. 4/2016

Maryland

Sylvia Shade Eckhardt ’42 d. 12/2019
Kathryn Kenney Grelecki ’40 d. 7/2022
Ann Ames Groves ’40 d. 12/2020

Michigan

Charmaine Studer Bauer ’52 d. 11/2025
Bunty Bain Macdonald ’38 d. 9/2018

Millikin

Helen Rush Hutchison ’45 d. 10/2021
Ruth Rigsbey Laverty ’51 d. 2/2022
Helen Warnack Magill ’38 d. 1/2018
Myra Stiehl Ramers ’43 d. 7/2016
Ann Cline Shellabarger ’40 d. 2/2019

Minnesota

Georgiana Cousineau Coursolle ’42 d. 10/2016

Mississippi State

Lynn Chamblee McAdams ’72 d. 5/2025

Mount Union

Betty Burton Frankenberg ’41 d. 2/2016



Nebraska

Virginia Bodinson McKinney ’47 d. 9/2023
Mary Richards Reed ’43 d. 4/2017

Nevada

Joanne Fike McKee ’59 d. 5/2024

North Carolina

Peggy Miller Johnson ’44 d. 3/2016
Rosalie Andrews Ruffin ’55 d. 9/2022

North Dakota

Kandy Keegan Hartson ’62 d. 1/2025
Caroline Kuznia Lippincott ’59 d. 9/2024
Rita Rinehart Rice ’59 d. 2/2025

Northwestern

Ruth Loder Burnecke ’59 d. 1/2025
Myonne Stueber Ehler ’44 d. 4/2019
Linda Heinrich Wheeler ’54 d. 11/2025

Ohio State

Rosemary Adams Lewis ’41 d. 7/2025
Patricia Bateman Lockard ’43 d. 11/2020

Ohio Wesleyan

Jeanne Robinson Bodeman ’40 d. 1/2016
Laura Flieger Phelan ’81 d. 11/2025
Iris Hulse Spurrier ’45 d. 1/2019

Oregon

Sara Bjorset Hamilton ’46 d. 6/2023
Barbara Spangler Kuhne ’45 d. 6/2023
Mary Fitzgerald Pierson ’44 d. 1/2021

Oregon State

Phyllis Meeker Tarter ’51 d. 6/2025

Pennsylvania

Dorothy Macfarland Haviland ’43 d. 1/2024
Anne Brumbaugh Rafetto ’42 d. 9/2018
Christine Martinoff Smith ’62 d. 8/2022

Pennsylvania State

Sandra May Johnson ’61 d. 12/2022
Mary Miles ’92 d. 1/2019

Puget Sound

Leslie Miller Goldsmith ’63 d. 10/2025

Rhodes

Annette Van Peene Gleason ’58 d. 6/2018
Betty Wilkinson Isbell ’42 d. 6/2019
Mary Almeda Schadt ’43 d. 9/2015

South Carolina

Alice Forbes Boyle ’44 d. 8/2024
Coles Cathcart ’57 d. 11/2024
Marian Ridgeway Fuller ’38 d. 11/2020
Margaret McLeod Hunter ’44 d. 2/2021
Kitty Bird Storrs ’40 d. 11/2015

Southeast Missouri State

Cassandra Crow Barbara ’57 d. 4/2025
Penelope Holmes Meisenheimer ’57 d. 1/2022

Southern California

Julia Martin Astle ’44 d. 2/2025
Erla Martin Coulston ’47 d. 8/2025
Joan Johnson Follis ’46 d. 12/2019

Southern Methodist

Bertie Hinman Hoch ’48 d. 3/2019

Southwestern

Lee Whittle London ’57 d. 5/2025

St. Lawrence

Elizabeth Blaisdell Van de Water ’57 d. 10/2025

Stanford

Helen Schwab Henrickson ’41 d. 8/2020

Syracuse

Doris Price Fellows ’43 d. 7/2023

Texas

Julia von Blucher Jordan ’39 d. 10/2025

Texas Tech

Lynda Elmore Burford ’60 d. 9/2016
Karen Shahan Hayden ’61 d. 11/2016

Toronto

Janet Garden ’58 d. 12/2023
Muriel Smart Masson ’46 d. 5/2022

Transylvania

Susannah Herrick Prather ’67 d. 9/2025

Utah

Maxine Crookston Schmidt ’34 d. 1/2016

Vanderbilt

Sue Golden Atkinson ’59 d. 9/2021
Susan Winters Edwards ’52 d. 1/2025
Ann McCarley Greer ’43 d. 3/2019
Betty Ayers Kelly ’59 d. 9/2016

Washington

Barbara Afflerbach Hink-Henry ’47 d. 11/2015

West Virginia

Lorene Edwards Wilkie ’55 d. 5/2023

Whitman

Marilyn Schilling Payne ’56 d. 6/2025
Muriel Kanahele Tice ’45 d. 10/2023

William & Mary

Ann Parks Fredd ’61 d. 4/2024
Amelia Fisher Holtman ’33 d. 7/2015
Sunshine Trumbo Williams ’43 d. 8/2019
Gene Griffin Wilson ’46 d. 3/2022

Wisconsin

Mary Wedemeyer Walker ’60 d. 10/2021

Wyoming

Eunice Dalzell Lowe ’50 d. 12/2023
Betty Essert Quade ’42 d. 6/2016

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