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ETERNAL CHAPTER
HONORING OUR SISTERS: In Loving Memory
We forever remember these Sisters who have entered the Eternal Chapter. Their legacy lives on through their loved ones and their contributions to the progress of mankind. This memorial listing includes all members whose passing was reported to National Headquarters between September 1, 2019, and February 29, 2020.
ALPHA / EASTERN MICHIGAN Dolores Olds Gaska (1953) Judy Menerey Jurk (1966) Edna McElver Lefler (1908) Isabel Lamport Welch (1911)
BETA / CENTRAL MICHIGAN Olga Jones Denison (1940) Margo Helber Link (1960)
DELTA / IUP Cheryl Clifford (1973)
IOTA / EMPORIA STATE Bobbie Ross Tyler (1946)
OMICRON / CONCORD Helen Tate Green (1939) Lois Faulkner Harloe (1945) Sibyl Keesee (1942) Genevieve Harvey Spangler (1943)
PI / HARRIS-STOWE Maxine Stevens Graflage (1933) Jacqueline Hudson (1954) Ruth Priebe Maher (1938)
SIGMA / SUNY BUFFALO STATE Dorothy Heath McGarvey (1925) Jean Ryckman McNamara (1951) Sally Sturm Wales (1951) Marcella Dellinger Wisniewski (1945)
ZETA TAU / LONGWOOD Helen Marbut (1944) Elizabeth McLean Nanney (1943) UPSILON / CENTRAL ARKANSAS Tempa Jo Poindexter Moore (1964) Linda Foshee Shock (1959)
CHI / SHEPHERD Shirley Horner Swartz (1957) Carol Wolford (1955)
PSI / JAMES MADISON Narice Keezell Bowman (1944) Virginia Burke Dotson (1944) Sue Dunton Duer (1944) Mary Gore Early (1945) Anna Blackwell Gordon (1944) Evelyn Norment (1944) Margaret Ritchie Pence (1945) Carol Sheldon Sheldon (1944) Joan Pease Sullivan (1952)
ALPHA ALPHA / BALL STATE Helen-Jean Hite Bokelman (1961) Carolyn Miles Bryan (1959) Alpha Epsilon/Western Illinois Bernadine Brown Koomar (1948)
ALPHA THETA / DETROIT MERCY Mary Burke Audia (1965) Jean Forte Ceru (1965) Alpha Lambda/Radford Siiri Riisen Fenix (1965) Betsy Kupec (1981) ALPHA TAU / EDINBORO Martha Piontek (1971) Beta Epsilon/Shippensburg Cobie Bean (1989)
BETA ZETA / UAB Kelly McCulley Murphy (1989)
BETA UPSILON / NJIT Jean Kaminski Tyrrell (1983)
GAMMA THETA / PENN STATE BEHREND Shannon Weber Lewis (1999)
DELTA ETA / BELMONT Megan Montgomery (2006)
* Initiation date unknown
Join Us to Honor Our Late Sisters
Tune into our 2018-2020 National Memorial Service on Alpha Sigma Tau's Facebook page and astconvention.org. We honor these Sisters and others from the past biennium.
Megan Montgomery
DELTA ETA 2006 / BELMONT
Megan had a lifelong passion for saving animals. At the age of 16, she organized her friends in a protest against the circus in Birmingham due to its history of cruelty with elephants. She continued this passion into adulthood and was a founding member of the Greater Birmingham Humane Society's Jr. Professional Board. In addition to being an animal lover, Megan was an Iron Tribe Fitness athlete, talented writer, loving daughter, and supportive AΣT Sister. Megan will be forever remembered for how she lived, and her legacy will continue to have a lasting impact on the world.
Jean Ryckman McNamara and Sally Sturm Wales
SIGMA 1951 / BUFFALO STATE
Jean and Sally joined Alpha Sigma Tau together in 1951, starting what would become a lifelong friendship. A Buffalo, New York native, Jean earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Buffalo State College. Throughout her career as an educator, she taught pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. She enjoyed serving her church, traveling, and gardening. Like Jean, Sally was also a devoted educator, having a long career as an elementary school teacher. Sally, who was a mother of four, was also heavily involved in her church and served as a Sunday school teacher.
Throughout their nearly 70 years of membership, Sally and Jean remained close to one another and their close group of Sisters, including Mary Glor Bolton and Florence Kuczma Sodus. The women took part in each other’s weddings, served as Godparents to each other’s children, and enjoyed family vacations together. Sally and Jean left many legacies with Alpha Sigma Tau, but none greater than sharing the Sisterhood they loved so much with their daughters Pam Wales Szafarczyk and Susan McNamara who also joined Alpha Sigma Tau at Buffalo State College.
Brittani Fussinger Berg
EPSILON ALPHA 2007 / EMBRY-RIDDLE PRESCOTT
Brittani, a science enthusiast with a bachelor's degree in space physics, lived life to the fullest. Always up for an adventure, she enjoyed camping, traveling, hiking, going to festivals, and cheering on the Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB) and Coyotes (NHL). Brittani, who was married to her high school sweetheart, was deemed the “glue that kept her AΣT Sisters together.” She was an active member of the Phoenix/Valley of the Sun Alumnae Association, serving as the group’s most recent President. In 2019, the Epsilon Alpha Chapter Scholarship was renamed to be the Epsilon Alpha Chapter – Brittani Fussinger Berg Scholarship in her memory.
