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“Mary Francis Clarke; I hold her dearly in my heart and life.” Sister Catherine Dunn, BVM
Making a Making athrough difference difference through the years. the years.
We’ve come a long way since Mary Frances Clarke and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary completed
their difficult journey across the prairie in 1843. But we’ve never forgotten their sacrifice and vision for what Clarke University could and should be. Today, we remember and celebrate the many women who have instructed and inspired generations of Clarke students to make a real and lasting difference in the world. This list represents all the incredible BVMs who were part of the Clarke family through the years. You’ll likely recognize several of the names here and recall fondly the
M ary C atherine D unn, BVM Honorary Campaign Chair Clarke University President, 1984-2006
good times and traditions you and your classmates shared with them. I encourage you to retain this brochure as a keepsake. Hopefully, it serves as a reminder of your good times here at Clarke and the mission that we’ve all embraced to make our world a better place through our values and actions.
CLARKE BVMs 1881–2014
Adora Pelland, 1942–1965 Adoratrice Belanger, 1921–1921 Mary LaStant, 1967–1969 Adorine Meagher, 1942–1943 Adorinus McGuire, 1957–1958 Adorita Hart, 1941–1984 Adrian McGloon, 1900–1903 Agatha Farrell, 1933–1965 Harriet Holles, 1962–2004 Dorothy Feehan, 1966–1968 Agnes Loretta McElligott, 1938–1938 Agnesine O’Connor, 1923–1928 Margaret Mary Whelan, 1946–1947 Mary Alexander Carroll, 1963–1984 Agnes Byrne, 1940–1946 Alfreda Gorman, 1912–1913 Alice Marie Fox, 1960–1966 Alice O’Brien, 1935–1936 Alonzo Lawlor, 1908–1917 Aloysius Kreuser, 1940–1953 Alphonse Rock, 1924–1932 Alphonsine Shanahan, 1899–1900 Amabilis Kearney, 1936–1937 Ambrose Mulholland, 1918–1976 Ambrosia Biedermann, 1938–1949 Ambrosina McKinley, 1933–1934 Amy Golm, 2003-2013 Anastasius McLaughlin, 1940–1942 Mary Angela Buser, 1979–1992 Carol Ann Spiegel, 1975–1996 Ann Francis O’Connor, 1930–1936 Ann Ida Gannon, 1935–1935 M. Lynn Lester, 1996–Present June Mary Drnavich, 1967–1968 Ann Marie Dress, 1968–1970 Ann Michele Shay, 1937–1987 Ann Pauline Brasser, 1947–1963 Anne McCarron, 1941–1941 Anna Rose Callan, 1930–1946
Anna Ruth Bethke, 1957–1992 Annamarie Kane, 1969–1970 Louise French, 1956–1968 Anne Leone Graham, 1947–1958 Anne Marie Welu, 1968–1969 Anne Marie McKenna, 1992–1995 Mary Anne Lynch, 1966–1967 Annelle O’Dea, 1933–1933 Linda Marie LeClaire, 1968–1969 Annunciata Devlin, 1925–1930 Janice Mary Pertle, 1967–1967 Antonia Durkin, 1915–1941 Joyce M. Kowalk, 1967–1969 Antonilla McLaughlin, 1920–1925 Mary Gene Kinney, 1963–1976 Antonine Westland, 1931–1932 Maria Van Werkhooven, 1968–1970 Anysia Norkett, 1929–1930 Apollonia Delaney, 1910–1911 Aquin Lally, 1947–1960 Arlene Karnick, 1956–1956 Asella Commerford, 1892–1894 Mary A Cramer, 1972–1974 Assumption Lyons, 1932–1933 Attracta Brown, 1945–1947 Anne Siegrist, 1962–1991 Augustina Ray, 1926–1928 Irene Marie Brennan, 1928–1929 Barbara Ann Korak, 1976–1977 Basil McGinnis, 1936–1937 Basiline Bates, 1900–1932 Mary Benedict Phelan, 1957–1969 Berilla Doyle, 1936–1954 Bernard Farrell, 1911–1923 Bernardella Conley, 1915–1968 Bernita Hayward, 1931–1932 Bertin Hand, 1934–1966 Bertrand Wolniewicz, 1937–1939 Bertranda Wenniger, 1932–1933
Blanche Fosselman, 1896–1897 Jane McDonnell, 1959–1979 Bonifacio Noonan, 1911 Borgia Walsh, 1908–1931 Jane Dolan, 1947–1947 Martha Ryder, 1952–1972 Rita Garvey, 1967–1972 Catherine Mahoney, 1962–1962 Carlino Guyton, 1915–1956 Carmelette Kennedy, 1955–1955 Carmelita Ring, 1909–1914 Carmelle Zserdin, 1962–2011 Carolanne Miles, 1942–1984 Kathleen Antol, 1984–1990 Catherine Agnes Murphy, 1936–1936 Catherine Mary Fitzgerald, 1968–1968 Catherine Dunn, 1973–Present Catherine Wessels, 1935–1943 Cathlin Casey, 1952–1953 Cecil Kelly, 1934–1935 Celestine O’Neil, 1940–1940 Celine Jacobson, 1960–1961 Charitine Mahoney, 1935–1936 Mary L Stokes, 1962–1964 Cheryle Bartolo, 1971–1980 Chionia Cavanaugh, 1913–1919 Christella Dee, 1933–1945 Louise Szkodzinski, 1956–1972 Christine Mary Nemmers, 1968–1969 Dorothy Evans, 1966–1966 Cindy A. Sullivan, 1980–1981 Clara Russell, 1908–1928 Clara Louise Reuter, 1917–1919 Janet Marie Sippel, 1967–1967 Clarissina Fardy, 1930–1932 Clarita Shaughnessy, 1902–1904 Clarus O’Connor, 1910–1910 Mary Ann Zollmann, 1981–2004 Mary C. McGovern, 1976–1987
Colette Ayer, 1943–1984 Coman Shannon, 1947–1947 Joan M. Delaney, 1957–1959 Constantia Fox, 1926–1984 Consuela Martin, 1947–1951 Corda Schull, 1919 Corinne McGucken, 1916–1918 Cornelia Ryan, 1908–1912 Cosmas Ryan, 1912–1914 Crescentia Markey, 1908–1914 Margaret Thornton, 1939–1943 Cyrene Holloran, 1912–1914 Daniel Quill, 1931–1932 Susan Faust, 1967–1969 Denis Gregory, 1964–1976 Denise Murphy, 1890–1914 Diana Malone, 1969–Present Dolores Grewe, 1977–1978 Dolores Hartley, 1935–1936 Bertha M Fox, 1962–2003 Ann Marie Chidester, 1944–1962 Dorita Clifford, 1960–1975 Dorothea Kearns, 1949–1950 Editha Brown, 1943–1943 Edma Sinnott, 1921–1934 Edwardia Robinson, 1936–1969 Edwardine Armbruster, 1942–1942 Mary Hardiman, 1968–1968 Eleanor Ann Bisenius, 1954–1956 Elias Cassidy, 1901–1903 Elisa Gramling, 1959–1961 Elizabeth Ann Coffey, 1962–1991 Elizabeth Huber, 1958–1984 Linda DeNolf, 1969–1972 Helen Dillon, 1925–1929 Elmer Henry, 1912–1918 Elmo Pridal, 1925–1943 Elrita Archer, 1927–1929 Emerita Taylor, 1931–1932 Emiline Brady, 1920–1948 Emmanuel Corcoran, 1908–1910 Emmanuel Fitzpatrick, 1937–1941 Ernesta Lacy, 1896–1938 Etienne Olivier, 1928–1929
Eugena Sullivan, 1968–1996 Marcella O’Rourke, 1958–1959 Mary Ellen Caldwell, 1974–1998 Eunice Dougherty, 1969–1984 Euphrasia Ryan, 1888–1903 Mary Eustella Fau, 1969–1970 Evangel Morris, 1931–1932 Evangela Henthorne, 1938–1946 Evangelita Quinn, 1916–1917 Evarilda Lynch, 1931–1931 Evarita Graham, 1934–1934 Eymard Starrs, 1934–1939 Mary Faith Lautz, 1952–1953 Felician Duggan, 1910–1913 Anita Montavon, 1959–1959 Flavia Littig, 1911–1921 Joanne Hill, 1968–1970 Florentine Anderson, 1925–1958 Jean M. Bouchard, 1942–1942 Floriana Malloy, 1931–1963 Francette Dormedy, 1935–1935 M Francine Gould, 1933–1984 Frances Donnelly, 1969–1970 Mary Frances Shafer, 1965–1971 Francis Joseph Boylan, 1933–1938 Frances M. Aid, 1959–1986 Mary Lantry, 1959–1962 Francis Rose Urbanowski, 1925–1956 Francis Xavier Baldwin, 1914–1927 Francita Baer, 1964–1965 Mary Walter, 1942–1942 Patricia Nolan, 1981–2004 Gabriel O’Neill, 1915–1952 M Gabrielle Hagerty, 1945–1945 Barbara Kutchera, 1958–1992 Georgianna McGregor, 1952–1957 Georgeann Sieb, 1955–1956 Anastasia Marie Vonderheide, 1957–1959 Geralda McLaughlin, 1901–1906 Germana Kennedy, 1946–1949 Gertrude Ann Sullivan, 1990–1993 Gervase Tuffy, 1919–1925 Gina Donati, 1961–1962 Grace O’Connor, 1908–1918
Antoinette Mary Silva, 1966–1967 Grace Maurice FitzGibbon, 1933–1935 Catherine Barrett, 1935–1935 Harrietta Thoma, 1951–1984 Harrita Fox, 1965–1980 Helen Humeston, 1975–1984 Helen Ann Burke, 1954–1957 Geraldine Barker, 1939–1939 Hilda Fitzgerald, 1915–1920 Honorius Thornton, 1936–1937 Ethel Dignan, 1954–1968 Hugh Burns, 1937–1965 Ignacio Walsh, 1932–1984 Mary I Griffin, 1942–1954 Imelda Grant, 1881–1888 Mary Immacula DeVlieger, 1953–1953 Immacula Westenberger, 1923–1923 Lucille Villim, 1943–1945 Eileen Mary Roche, 1940–1940 Irene Buckley, 1889–1900 Irenea Dolan, 1908–1917 Irenea Burns, 1967–1978 Irma Cooper, 1908–1910 Isabel Nolan, 1932–1933 Isabella Kane, 1908–1908 Jacqueline Daly, 1949–1969 James Ann Walsh, 1933–1967 Eileen McGovern, 1968–1977 Mary Louise Callahan, 1968–1971 Dorothy Hollahan, 1957–1979 Janet Crotty, 1934–1934 Mary Louise Caffery, 1967–Present James Richard Foertsch, 1945–1946 Jamesette Ramsey, 1935–1935 Mary Jamesita Keller, 1968–1969 Jan Marie Strehlow, 1968–1969 Rosalia Loftus, 1938–1938 Jane Mackin, 1949–1949 Patricia McNamara, 1991–1993 Janet Staples, 1926–1927 Jarlath Roethler, 1943–1946 Jayne Mary Zenaty, 1969–1976 Katherine Tillman, 1966–1968 Jean Emile Cofone, 1969–1971
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Sister M arguerite Neumann
Elizabeth M. Regan, 1944–1944 Jean Monica Lanahan, 1951–1956 Jeanette Hewitt, 1915–1944 M. Jeanine Moran, 1953–1954 Jeanne Therese O’Connell, 1949–1963 Therese Mackin, 1959–2007 Jeroma Day, 1978–1979 Claire Foley, 1968–1974 Joan Nuckols, 1969–1971 Joan Patricia Reilly, 1946–1949 Mary Jocile Valliere, 1966–1974 Sheila Houle, 1960–1970 Carol Blitgen, 1963–2014 Catherine Leonard, 1958–1977 John Francis Gerwe, 1933–1935 Marianne Joy, 1967–1981 Marguerite Liston, 1968–1969 John of the Cross McAllister, 1932–1933 Joseph Aloysius Buck, 1923–1982 Catherine E. Hendel, 1981–2012 Joan M. Leland, 1965–1966 Joseph Therese Geiger, 1929–1958 Josepha Carton, 1966–1984 Josepheena Malone, 1913–1950 Josephine Shuhert, 1966–1968 Josephine Malone, 1922–1944 Josephine Clarke, 1881–1896 Josephita Collins, 1901–1902 Julie Ann Treacy, 1963–1966 Josette Kelly, 1966–1978 Josine Brabec, 1931–1982 Judella Reichard, 1936–1936
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Sister M ary B enedict P helan Sister M ary K enneth K eller
Mary Judine Bruch, 1966–1967 Julia Clare Greene, 1974–1976 Lorraine Peper, 1942–1942 Justa Sheehan, 1938–1984 Justitia Coffey, 1937–1939 Karen Mary Conover, 1968–1970 Kateri O’Shea, 1965–1966 Kathleen Marie Carr, 1988–1996 Kathleen Sinclair, 1999–2000 Katrine Johnston, 1969–1976 Kenneth Keller, 1965–1983 Kevin Patrick Scanlon, 1947–1947 LaDonna Manternach, 1996–Present Clare Forsyth, 1943–1945 Lambertina Doran, 1887–1925 Latina Hughes, 1941–1945 Mary Lauranne Lifka, 1965–1976 Laurencita Grennan, 1933–1940 Laurentina Ward, 1932–1932 Lenore Smitherum, 1933–1952 Leobina Moore, 1924–1928 Leocadia Conway, 1881–1884 Leoda Fleege, 1949–1963 Leola Oliver, 1947–1949 Ann Sommer, 1947–1947 Joan Keleher Doyle, 1980–1981 Frances Dougher, 1931–1932 Leonarda Kennedy, 1908–1917 Katherine Ann Beckman, 1979–1998 Betty L. Voss, 1967–1970 Carolyn Farrell, 1974–1982 Lidwina Hand, 1908–1915
Stella Marie Swakoski, 1970–1971 Lidwine Doyle, 1942–1943 Liguori Brophy, 1928–1934 Julie M. Healy, 1961–1964 Lillian Therese Przybek, 1962–1962 Linda Roby, 1969–1971 Lois Sullivan, 1932–1933 Alice Kerrigan, 1980–1998 Loretta Cecile Barry, 1935–1935 Louis Catherine Gruenkemeyer, 1942–1942 Louis Clare Tobin, 1956–1957 Louise Kames, 1982–Present Luca Yankovich, 1957–1977 Lucian Sullivan, 1908–1917 Lucilda O’Connor, 1939–1998 Ludivine O’Neill, 1933–1938 Lurana Cranny, 1947–1947 Macrina Guihan, 1929–1936 Madelena Thornton, 1957–1982 Magdalen Dougherty, 1904–1912 Mary A. Loftus, 1956–1957 Mamerta Walsh, 1916–1916 Marcella Scanlon, 1908–1920 Jane Reehorst, 1968–1969 Margaret Agnes Knoer, 1926–1944 Margaret Anne Flynn, 1936–1941 Margaret Mary Cosgrove, 1975–1987 Marie Riordan, 1936–1938 Margaret Mary McGloon, 1908–1911 Margo McIntosh, 1968–1970 Marguerite Neumann, 1957–1992 Marie Barbara Carton, 1968–1968
Sisters of Charity Sisters of Charity of the Blessed of the Blessed VirginMary Mary Virgin Marge M. Clark, 1985–2002 Deanna Randall, 1968–1970 Marilyn Thomas, 1968–1969 Mark Mulick, 1882–1887 Mary Jo Keane, 1965–1966 Martinette Hagan, 1931–1933 Mary Martin Mackey, 1943–1993 Miguel Conway, 1960–1960 Paulette Tally, 1926–1927 Sheila Mary O’Brien, 1969–2013 Virginia Gaume, 1975–1997 Matrona Reilly Helen C. Schneider, 1968–1981 Maura Purcell, 1947–1947 Maureen Tuman, 1973–1976 Maurine Gearen, 1939–1943 Melania Sullivan, 1908–1910 Mary Lynn Larson, 1968–1970 Meneve Dunham, 1962–1973 Meneve McMullen, 1913–1915 Michael Flynn, 1963–1978 Rosemary Sage, 1936–1936 Mary A. Healey, 1975–1981 Michael Joseph Lynch, 1934–1935 Susan Rink, 1966–1969 Michail Geary, 1948–1996 H. Dorothy Townsell, 1935–1954 Mildredine Matt, 1936–1937 Mona Kerwin, 1911–1916 Margaret Dolan, 1942–1942 Mary Murphy, 1992 Natalie Jones, 1908–1911
Nathaniel Morrissey, 1903–1904 Niceta Hanson, 1921–1940 Nicole Kieffer, 1927–1947 Patricia O’Brien, 1960–1960 Mary Madonna Morin, 1940–1940 Nolasco Burke, 1911–1951 Norbert Shanahan, 1911–1912 Noreen Frances Olson, 1969–1971 Norine Schneider, 1933–1933 Notberga Ryan, 1908–1941 Novella Waldschmidt, 1917–1945 Olivetta Murray, 1921–1947 Volk Ortrude, 1920–1933 Oswina Heinen, 1911–1912 Paschal Schroeder, 1922–1959 Patrice Lacy, 1928–1933 Patricia Keane, 1968–1970 Patricius Crowley, 1928–1933 Gertrude Garry, 1969–1969 Patrizius Walsh, 1915–1940 Mary Paul Francis Bailey, 1968–1998 Elizabeth Olsen, 1965–1967 Ann Ludwig, 1963–1964 Paulanne Coogan, 1947–1947 Paulette Skiba, 1995–Present Pauline Clifford, 1934–1934 Helen Kerrigan, 1971–2004 Diane Fernandez, 1966–1967 Judith Neuroth, 1968–1969 Phyllis Kerrigan, 1940–1984 Sara McAlpin, 1961–2014 Philippa Coogan, 1941–1957
Phoebe Van Hecke, 1968–1968 Prudens Costello, 1901–1911 Purissima Byers, 1917–1935 Rachel Eppel, 1907–1968 Ramona O’Neil, 1963–1984 Joan Lingen, 1967–Present Audrey Juergens, 1969–1970 Regina Lynch, 1914–1935 Mary R. Cosgrove, 1967–1969 Regina M. Qualls, 1979–1992 Renee Leininger, 1934–1934 Reparata Martin, 1908–1916 Resignata Metzler, 1900–1938 Richard Bordeaux, 1918–1941 Maureen Martin, 1969–1970 Richardine Quirk, 1965–1984 Richella Mundy, 1961–1962 Dorothy Coons, 1935–1977 Roberdette Burns, 1930–1978 Robert Hugh Pendergast, 1943–1960 Kathleen Mullin, 1965–1983 Dorothy M. Franklin, 1945–1945 Robertine Welsh, 1944–1945 Robertus Sutton, 1914–1915 Roma O’Brien, 1921–1940 Rosa Smith, 1933–1944 Rosalia Lawrence, 1922–1926 Rosalia Ryan, 1887–1895 Frances Rudroff, 1969–1970 Rosalita Gerwe, 1927–1948 Rosanna Darragh, 1912–1913 Rosemarie Grimes, 1926–1933
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Rosemary Powers, 1969–1970 Ruth Schiffler, 1937–1942 Alice Marie Vaughn, 1968–1969 Sabina Gaynor, 1908–1916 Barbara Feller, 1962–1962 Seraphica Kelley, 1936–1936 Seraphina Keefe, 1932–1966 Serena Sweeney, 1934–1934 Servula Culligan, 1915–1917 Severina Brennan, 1916–1919 Mary Ellen Brennan, 1966–1968 Sheila Cannon, 1935–1936 Ramona Barwick, 1957–Present St. Agnes Ennessy, 1902–1912 St. Beatrice Brennan, 1940–1950 St. Callista Fitzgerald, 1930–1931 Carolyn Weibeler, 1940–1941 Elizabeth Linnan, 1934–1942 St. Clara Sullivan, 1918–1979 St. Clare Carney, 1911–1914 St. Columba Kelly, 1958–1959 Coletta Stanton, 1944–1944 St. Edan Curran, 1915–1919 Ruth Doherty, 1938–1938 Helen Thompson, 1968–1977 St. Helen Donahue, 1918–1933 St. James Montavon, 1933–1940 Donna Bebensee, 1970–1971 Jean Ward, 1954–1957 Jane Coogan, 1933–1934 Alice Kerker, 1966–1979 St. Kenneth Schulte, 1950–1951
Sister M ichail G eary
Sister Joan L ingen
St. Kevin Foley, 1894–1944 Mary Lambert Heintz, 1960–1965 Elizabeth Pleas, 1952–1955 Ione Margaret McHattie, 1931–1932 St. Leonard Shinners, 1936–1947 St. Luke Hartigan, 1908–1909 St Luke Belus, 1967–1968 St. Marguerite Hawks, 1935–1936 Marguerite McMeans, 1965–1970 St. Maureen Leary, 1938–1957 Glenna Link, 1961–1962 Philomene Normoyle, 1938–1945 St. Remi McNamara, 1925–1927 Mary Rose Burke, 1941–1969 St. Ruth Connolly, 1918–1965 St. Stephen Mallinger, 1940–1940 Mary St. Victorian Kallal, 1924–1927 Virginia Berry, 1941–1959 Stephen O’Brien, 1959–1967 Susan Stevenson, 1968–1970 Suzanne Dessert, 1966–1970 Sylvester Giessler, 1936–1938 Terentius McCabe, 1938–1939 Teresa Francis McDade, 1928–1971 Teresita Julian, 1902–1903 Theodore O’Connor, 1888–1890 Mary Boesen, 1962–1963 Therese McManus, 1958–1958 Therese Langerbeck, 1927–1936 Elizabeth M. Neville, 1964–1967 Therese Norine Solon, 1935–1961 Thomas Greene, 1931–1955
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Margaret Fieweger, 1960–1961 Thomasita Ross, 1942–1942 Timothea Kennedy, 1934–1934 Trinette Purcell, 1935–1935 Trinita Meehan, 1966–1967 Venard Healey, 1926–1927 Veneranda Mulcahey, 1908–1956 Vera Clarke, 1936–1977 Verda St. Clair, 1933–1934 Theresa Gaston, 1959–1059 Kathleen M. Roach, 1967–1973 Veronice O’Neill, 1914–1916 Veturia Oakes, 1939–1940 Marie Donohoe, 1933–1948 Victorine West, 1889–1913 Vincentia Kaeferstein, 1963–1984 Vincentius Collins, 1921–1930 Virgina McCarthy, 1958–1962 Mary Frances McLaughlin, 1972–1973 Virginia Lenihan, 1904–1914 Virginia Spiegel, 1968–1993 Vitalian Manning, 1908–1914 Vivian McInerny, 1910–1928 Wilburta Quiner, 1912–1915 Wilfred Swift, 1951–1957 Wilfreda Linot, 1917–1918 Xavier Coens, 1943–1998 Xavierina Miniter, 1912–1914 Yolanda Tamburrino, 1961–1968 List courtesy of Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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