Class Notes

MILESTONES

1962 S. Mara Faulkner, OSB contributed to the writing and publication of “Becoming Sinclair Lewis”. The book was written mostly by Sauk Centre resident David Allen Simpkins, but his sudden death two years ago put a halt to the project. At that point, friends and fellow Lewis aficionados like S. Mara came to the rescue, pulling together to finish the book. 1983 Catherine Zabinski published “Amber Waves: The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Grass to World Megacrop,” Sept. ’20. 1984 Nancy Bishop Polomis was named one of the 2020 Notable Women in Law by Twin Cities Business, Oct. ’20. She also received the Community Associations Institute-Minnesota Business Partner Excellence in Service Vision Award, which recognizes individuals and companies for their outstanding achievements in the community association industry, Dec. ’20. 1985 Lisa Fobbe was re-elected as Sherburne County (Minnesota) commissioner, Nov. ’20. 1986 Brenda “B” Piette Kyle of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce was recognized as a 2020 Most Admired CEO by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Dec. ’20.

Judith “Judy” Borchlewicz Symalla

is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. 1988 Ann Walker Hansen was recognized by Twin Cities Business Magazine as a 2020 Notable Woman in Real Estate, Oct. ’20. 1989 Mary Maus Kosir started a new position as executive director of Concordia Language Villages, Oct. ’20. 1993 Dr. Julia Jasken was selected to be the tenth president of McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, Dec. ’20. She will begin her new position in June ’21. Cami Longstreet Zimmer was recognized by Twin Cities Business Magazine as a 2020 Notable Woman in Technology, Dec. ’20.

’93

DR. NANCY PESTA WALSH

was honored for her 10 years as a clinical faculty member at Frontier Nursing University in Versailles, Kentucky, Dec. ’20. 1995 Carrie Fenna Torgersen published a picture book titled “Magnus the Naughty Dog Steals Lunch,” Dec. ’20. 1998 Samia Tarraf was recognized by Twin Cities Business Magazine as a 2020 Notable Woman in Technology, Dec. ’20. 1999 Karen Ronningen Jones started a new position as clinical consultant in the Science Department at Beyond Celiac, Nov. ’20. 2001 Anne Dotson Doepner was featured in Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal for outstanding work with the Minnesota Vikings, Oct. ’20. Kathryn “Kate” Francis started a new position as senior consultant with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington, D.C., Sept. ’20. 2002 Elizabeth “Beth” Brinkman Fletcher was elected to the Eden Prairie, Minnesota, school board, Nov. ’20. 2006 Melissa Horning Dehmer received the Junior Investigator Award and over $1 million in research grants from the University of Minnesota, Oct. ’20. Patricia Nolan Meling was elected to the Sartell-St. Stephen, Minnesota, school board, Nov. ’20.

2007

2013 Mai Yang was named to Twin Cities Business 100 list of People To Know for 2021, Dec. ’20. 2014 Katy Jenkins Steinbach published her first children’s book, “Pip and Charley Make Friends,” Oct. ’20.

2017

2018

’17

ABIGAIL “ABBY” BUSHEY

was highlighted in Duluth News Tribune for becoming part of the cardiothoracic team at St. Luke’s Hospital, Nov. ’20.

’07

HEATHER JOHNSON GRIFFIN

was promoted to assistant director of admissions for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas, Dec. ’20.

2013 Michelle Pokorny Jones was recognized by Twin Cities Business Magazine as a 2020 Notable Hero in Health Care, Dec. ’20.

’18

PRECIOUS DREW was recognized as one of the Minne Inno Under 25 for 2020, Nov. ’20. Each year, Minne Inno recognizes a group of deserving people under the age of 25 that are local startup leaders. Precious was recently promoted from her role as director of the gBeta Greater Minnesota St. Cloud accelerator to now lead gener8tor’s Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator, Jan. ’21. She also recently recorded a TEDx Talk titled “Who Gets To Be Called An ‘Entrepreneur’ and Why It Matters”.

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MARRIAGES

1985 2014

’85

ANNE WURTZ PARKS TO J. JOSEPH OTTE, SEPT. ’20

2000 Katrina Lusty to Dan Daley, Oct. ’20 2005 Nicole Michels to Nicholas Storm, May ’20 2006 Kathleen Utley to Wayne Smith, April ’20 2008 Catherine Burke to Fernando Arellano, Sept. ’20 2010 Katherine Ellis to Karl Selewski, July ’20 Alexandra Pindro to Anthony Hernandez, July ’20 Megan Van Loh to Michael Weck, June ’20 2011 Bethany Beniek to Joseph Wierzbicki, Nov. ’19

Kari Hartmann to Jason Hehr, Nov. ’19 2012 Brittany Dingman to Karsen Yelle ’12, Aug. ’20 Meghan Nelson to Adam Colon, Oct. ’19

2013

’14

MACKENZIE LECY TO RYAN MENDEN, JULY ’20

2015 Sophia Korman to Joseph Wocken ’15, Oct. ’20 Alissa Langer to Trevor Plasky ’15, Sept. ’20 Marie Nilles-Melchert to John Millberg, Oct. ’19 Mackenzie Sullivan to Maze Thompson ’15, Oct. ’19 Jennifer Ulveling to Jack Hamilton ’15, Oct. ’20 2016 Alicia Evenson to Joshua Bungum ’16, Aug. ’20 Alexandra Hammerstrom to Andrew Commers ’16, Aug. ’19 2017 Elizabeth Erickson to Thomas Budd ’17, Nov. ’20 Alexandra “Lexie” Nepsund to Mitchell Bebus, Nov. ’20

’13

BRIDGET GOHMANN TO ISAAC KNOWLES, SEPT. ’20

2013 Anna Harren to Ethan Kvidt ’14, Oct. ’20 Molly Kalina to Jeremiah Hales, Aug. ’20 Jordyn Reed to Christian Tomyn, Sept. ’19 Sarita Tabor to Kevin Sour, Sept. ’19 2014 Amanda Dixon to Andrew Rose ’15, Nov. ’20 Abigail Jarnot to Dylan Gertken ’15, Dec. ’20 STEPHANIE PINKALLA TO STEPHEN KATZ ’14, SEPT. ’20

’14

Abby Lundeen to Adam Rosenthal, Sept. ’20 Magdalen Morris to Dylan Graves ’14, Sept. ’20 Meghan O’Brien to Tommy Rongitsch ’14, May ’20 Kayla Steffen to Brian Woods, Oct. ’19 Alisha Voigt to Ryan Fuchs ’13, Sept. ’20 2015 Alexandra Alviani to Michael Keithahn, Oct.’19 Marisa Amacher to Ross Carlson ’15, May ’20 Nicole Cornell to Dominic Plutino, Oct. ’20 Jordan Falk to Dallas Westergren, Sept. ’20 Ashley Radatz to Stephen Uphus ’17, Sept. ’20 Emma Woods to Mackenzie Jarocki ’17, June ’20 2018 Sarah Manning to William Canfield ’16, Aug. ’20 Lauren Noel to John Gregory, Aug. ’20 Paige Ryer to Carlos Esquibel, Sept. ’19 Maggie Wothe to Justin Vigesaa, June ’20 2019 Haley Anderson to Jacob Collins, Aug. ’20 Aren Gerads to Bradley Omann, Oct. ’20 Mary Lindell to Robert Geisenhof, Oct. ’19 Estee Sieben to Titus Bishop, Sept. ’19 Josie Thelen to Mitchell Fritz ’19, Jan. ’21

BIRTHS / ADOPTIONS

1996 2008

’08

JESSICA MADER CAVAZOS

& ADAM CAVAZOS, GIRL, ALEXANDRA, JULY ’19

’96

HEATHER SINGER DEMARIS & STEVE DEMARIS, GIRL, HANNAH, OCT. ’18

1999 Elizabeth Nesset Ferguson & Derek Ferguson, girl, Gabriella, Oct. ’20 2001 Kari Hartmann Hehr & Jason Hehr, boy, William, March ’20 Rina Shockman & Jeff Willihnganz, girl, Eve, June ’20 2002 Sara Gordon Zegarelli & Christopher Zegarelli, girl, Maisie, Sept. ’20 2003 Kate Ritger & Mark Anema, girl, Lillian, Dec. ’20

Mary “Maluszka” Slabinski-Schmidt

& Mason Schmidt, girl, Edith, Feb. ’20 2004 Desiree Sanner Murphy & Nicholas Murphy, girl, Adeline, Nov. ’20 2005 Kelly Ackerman Rojeski & Phillip Rojeski ’03, girl, Olivia, Oct. ’19 Megan Rose & Walter Forney, boy, Walter, Sept. ’20 2006 Abby Campbell Wong & Shane Shucheng Wong, boy, Pascal, Jan. ’20 2007 Tamara Slivnik Shaughnessy & Kyle Shaughnessy ’07, girl, Natalie, Dec. ’20

’08

ABBY STAHL ZIPOY & PAUL ZIPOY ’08, GIRL, ISABELLA, MARCH ’20

Kassandra Koltes Ryan & Kevin Ryan, boy, Kamryn, July ’20 2009 Jolene Brink & John Smith ’09, boy, Leo Smith, March ’20 2010 Heidi Golliet Colburn & Joshua Colburn, twin boys, Felix & Maxwell, Nov. ’20 Stephanie Maher Fredrickson & Todd Fredrickson ’10, girl, Evelyn, Feb. ’20 Mychaela “Callie” Harp Koehler & Jacob Koehler ’10, boy, Levi, Dec. ’20 Angela Tate & Andy Aebly ’10, boy, Eamon, Nov. ’20 2011 McKinsey Weydert Haider & Jacob Haider ’10, boy, Augustine, Oct. ’20

2011

’11

LINDSAY WIMMER ANDERSON & PAUL ANDERSON, TWIN GIRLS, ADDILYNN & FINLEY, OCT. ’20

Courtney Christenson Opsahl & Luke Opsahl ’11, boy, Drake, May ’19 Kathleen Omerza Recht & Anthony Recht, girl, Brooklyn, April ’20 Emily Dobesh Roscoe & Nicholas Roscoe ’12, boy, Walter, Oct. ’20 Courtney Schmidt-Anderson & Noel Anderson, boy, Kade, Dec. ’20

Brittney Helmbrecht Schoephoerster

& Alex Schoephoerster ’11, boy, Griffin, Nov. ’20 2012 Ellen Griffith Boquist & Brandon Boquist ’11, girl, Natalie, Dec. ’20 2012 Kaycee Knutson Miller & Gavin Miller ’12, boy, Beau, Nov. ’20 2012 Lauren Herzog Scardigli & Anthony Scardigli ’12, girl, Mary-Kate, July ’20 2013 Anna Harren Kvidt & Ethan Michael Kvidt ’14, boy, Mason, Nov. ’20 Andrea Tobias Mattison & Lars Mattison, boy, Tobias, July ’20 2014 Amy Kiminski Baebenroth & Timothy Baebenroth ’14, girl, Rae, Sept. ’20 Alexa Bollig & Cody Lambert, boy, Conrad, March ’20 Alexandra Brancale & Shane Kline, boy, Chase, Dec. ’20 Natalie Landwehr Halloran & Jesse Halloran, boy, Ian, Dec. ’20 Sarah Deutz Stassen & Nick Stassen, girl, Eden, Aug. ’19 2015 Nicole Ramler Carbert & Evan Carbert, girl, Adley, Dec. ’20 2016 Alyssa Zirbes & Devin Maskowski, girl, Calliope, Oct. ’20 2017 Lauren Wallerius Gardea & Ricky Gardea, boy, Marcus, Dec. ’20 Hannah Brink Willard & Adam Willard, boy, Beckham, Oct. ’20 2018 Jamie Scherer Vossen & Jarod Vossen, girl, Paisley, Dec. ’20

’12

KIMBERLY SCHENDEL ELLIAS

& MIKE ELLIAS ’11, BOY, BROOKS, APRIL ’19

Anna Martin Larson & Peter Larson ’08, boy, William, Sept. ’20 Chelsea Haugen Ludvigson & Anthony Ludvigson, girl, Scarlett, Dec. ’20

’12

ALEXA LAPATKA MICHALETZ & PETER MICHALETZ, GIRL, VIOLET, JAN. ’20

DEATHS

1931 Ruth Cashman Tucker, Jan. ’92 1941 Rose Boehm, Nov. ’12 Patricia Lavelle Raines, Feb. ’14 1942 Phyllis Kohler Favors, Nov. ’20 1943 Dolorez Schmitz Battaglia, Sept. ’20 Delia Maldonado Duggan, May ’13 1944 Lenore Kelly Meyers, Sept. ’03 1945 Emma Wetsch-Sauer, Sept. ’09 1946 Marjorie Appert Canzanella, July ’12 Margaret Byrne Larson, Nov. ’18 1947 Mary Kobylinski Stodolka, Nov. ’20 Patricia Kidwell Zapp, March ’20 1949 Roger Bechtold ’83, son of Eulalia “LeMay” Wagner Bechtold, Oct. ’20 Rosemary Keating Richie, Oct. ’20 1951 Bernice Rausch Neuer, Jan. ’18 1952 Charles Dooley ’51, spouse of Kathleen Hughes Dooley, Sept. ’20 Shirley Renkes Nord, Oct. ’20 1953 Phyllis Dufault Hart, mother of Sheila Hart ’78, Leigh Hart ’82 & Maureen Hart-Miller ’91, Nov. ’20 1954 Mimi Collignon Norris, April ’13 Roald Olson, spouse of Margaret “Peg” Harding Olson, Oct. ’20 1954 Patrice (Patricia) Reed, OSB, Nov. ’20 1956 Jean (Norma) Gibson, OSB, Nov. ’20

Carol Bauer Rose, Sept. ’20

1957 Mildred Schwankl Kastner, Nov. ’20 Kathleen Neis Schwitalla, Dec. ’20 1958 Eugene Hanauska, spouse of Joyce Martini Hanauska, Nov. ’20 1959 Judith Matousek Blazinski, March ’20 1960 Miriam Hof, Nov. ’20 1963 Edward Sweere, spouse of Catherine Rewitzer Sweere, Sept. ’20 Ione Wieber Torborg, Nov. ’20 1964 Daniel Kammeyer ’60, spouse of Diane Reisdorfer, Dec. ’20 1965 Kathleen Farah Hendrickson, Dec. ’20 1966 Sheila Hogan Mulcahy, Oct. ’20 1969 Walter Berg, spouse of Marilyn Myott Berg, Nov. ’20 1972 Marcia Anderson, mother of Barbara Anderson Heinz & Teresa Anderson ’82, Nov. ’20 Mary Kay Toumi Langager, Nov. ’20 Agnes Steil, mother of Mary Steil, Oct. ’20 1974 Francis Nierengarten ’43, father of Susan Nierengarten Cohen, Dec. ’20 Roseanne Hertel, Nov. ’20 Thomas Rieser, spouse of Elizabeth Wilder Rieser, Nov. ’20 1975 Thomas Mans ’74, spouse of Mary Kay Melcher Mans, Dec. ’20 Robert White ’57, father of Catherine White, Jane White Schneeweis ’76, Mary White Frey ’80, Margaret “Peggy” White ’80 & Judith White Jaffee ’81, Dec. ’20 1976 Ethel Backes, mother of Lynn Backes Keller & Cheri Backes ’82, Nov. ’20 Mary Ruff, mother of Julie Ruff Pink & Ann Ruff ’77, Nov. ’20 Michael Sullivan ’74, spouse of Lori Burns Sullivan, Nov. ’20 Jeanne Musielewicz Welch, mother of Rebecca Welch ’04 & Kristin Welch Jurek ’06, Oct. ’20 1977 Joanne Dirkes, Nov. ’20 Michael Johnson, spouse of Mary Dombovy, Nov. ’20 Denis Montplaisir, spouse of Patricia Noehring Montplaisir, June ’19 1978 Ann Guilfoyle Wadlund, mother of Lynn Guilfoyle Abe, May ’20 James Sexton ’55, father of Mary Sexton Cromer, Oct. ’20 Lana Kirkpatrick-Murray, Jan. ’14 Sheryl Marstone Petron, Nov. ’19 Arla Olive, mother of Geralyn “Gigi” Olive Schroder, Sept. ’20 Marjory Silvers, Oct. ’20

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1979 Patrick Dwyer ’79, spouse of Jeanne Cofell, Nov. ’20 Rosemary Flynn, mother of Mary Flynn, Dec. ’20 Victor Toepfer, father of Barbara Toepfer Patrin & Ruth Toepfer Schmuki ’83, March ’20 1980 Lambert “Larry” Zenner ’53, father of Kathryn Zenner Wendel, Nov. ’20 1981 Patricia Swirtz, mother of Sharon Swirtz Maus & Christine Swirtz Vaala ’82, Sept. ’20 John Henle, father of Shelley Henle Sauer, Dec. ’20 Donald Tadich, father of Mary Tadich, Nov. ’20 1982 Robert Foley ’53, father of Katherine Foley, Oct. ’20 1983 Robert Wurtz, father of Mary “Colette” Wurtz Bresnahan & Anne Wurtz Parks ’85, Nov. ’20 Cynthia Corcoran, Oct. ’20 Dorothy Perry, Dec. ’20 Richard Salk ’46, father of Lisa Salk Ripka & Susan Salk Severson ’89, Nov. ’20 Diane Martinka, mother of Teresa Martinka Simonett, Birdie MartinkaBreiner ’87, Amy Martinka Knebel ’89, Julie Martinka Severson ’91 & Katharyn Martinka Stricklin ’92, Dec. ’20 1983 Fred Valente, father of Kristi Ann Valente Stotz, Nov. ’20 1984 Jerome Pelkey, father of Karen Pelkey Christian, Nov. ’20 1985 Leo Hickey, father of Theresa Hickey Durkin, Sept. ’20 Elmer Kohorst, father of Therese Kohorst Ghyzel, Dec. ’20 1986 Stephen Boerner ’86, spouse of Christine Morris Boerner, Dec. ’20 Andrew Blenker, father of Diane Blenker Braun, Oct. ’20 George “Bill” Huber, father of Carole Huber Garrison, Nov. ’20 Roger Monn, father of Lori Monn Leininger, Kelly Monn Laurent ’88 & Stacey Monn Cavanaugh ’91, Oct. ’20 1987 Sara Chapman, Oct. ’20 Michael Evans, father of Deborah Evans, April ’20 Jane Hickethier, daughter of Caroline Ruff Hickethier, Aug. ’20 Ann Tyrrell Horn, Oct. ’20 Frank Janisch, father of Karen Janisch, Dec. ’20 Glenn Rollins, father of Marie Rollins LaForce & Cheryl Rollins Stein ’89, Nov. ’20

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