Class Notes

MILESTONES

1972 Constance Fourré released a new book titled The Spiritual Resilience Handbook: A Faith-Based, Research-Informed, Practical Approach. The book represents one method to help reduce emotional distress while deepening connections with the foundations of Benedictine spirituality. 1986 Randi Fasnacht was named Teacher of the Year at Buddy Taylor Middle School in Palm Coast, Florida, Jan. ’21. Patricia “Trish” Harvey Miles joined the University of Dayton rowing staff as assistant coach, Feb. ’21. 1990 Terri Anderson wrote and published the book Make the Ordinary Extraordinary: A Year of Daily Devotions, March ’21. Terri works as superintendent/principal at a school on the White Earth Indian Reservation. 1993 Michelle Holschuh Simmons received tenure in Educational Studies from Monmouth College in spring 2020. She has been an elected member of the Faculty Senate for the past four years. Prior to coming to Monmouth, Michelle was recognized multiple times for teaching excellence while at San Jose State University. 1997 Amy Fredregill became the senior director of sustainability at WSB Engineering, March ’21. 2000 Jennifer Beech Lohse was named a Notable General Counsel in Twin Cities Business magazine, Feb. ’21. 2004 Shannon Verly Wiger and her family recently completed a historic restoration project at the corner of Minnesota Street and College Avenue in St. Joseph. Shannon has been working in historic renovations for the past decade, June ’21. 2005 Jenni O’Brien Johnson was promoted from accounting manager to controller at Nelson Wood Shims (Grand Rapids, Minnesota), Feb. ’21. 2006 Melissa Schmitz is producing Bramble Theatre’s show, The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries Chicago. The show is an immersive, improvised experience that takes a mundane mystery and turns it into a witty, week-long caper that happens completely through the phone, March ’21. Michelle DeCock Van Engen earned her master’s degree in nonprofit management from Hamline University, Dec. ’20. She is a digital content strategist at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. 2007 Megan Peterson Christofield was promoted to director of expanding family planning choices at Jhpiego, a branch of Johns Hopkins University, Feb. ’21. 2008 Gretchen Enninga started a new position as the director of sustainability at United Health Group (Minnesota), Feb. ’21. 2011 Rachel Peterson is now a principal and co-owner of Hess, Roise and Company, a historical consulting firm in Minneapolis. 2013 Kelsey Swenson Noah is attending in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program for family nurse practitioner at Augsburg University; graduation expected 2023. 2014 Alaina Cranston Kolpin was appointed to the Worthington (Minnesota) City Council, April ’21. Amanda Luby received her Ph.D. in statistics and data science from Carnegie Mellon University in August 2019. During her doctoral program, Amanda published two journal articles and also gave invited lectures (concerning her work on statistical forensics) at the Alan Turing Institute in London, U.K., and the Isaac Newton Institute at Cambridge University, U.K. Also in August 2019, Amanda began her job at Swarthmore College as an assistant professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Math and Statistics. In early 2020, Amanda won a five-year grant with the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE). 2015 Bridget Cummings was appointed as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary in the Office of the Secretary in the US Department of Treasury, March ’21. 2020 Elise Miller received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, March ’21. The NSF GFRP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.

MARRIAGES

2005 Molly Dwyer to Karl DeRocher, June ’20 2010 Jaselyn Taubel to Joachim Ferk, July ’20 2011 Katherine Hansen to Brandon Nazari, Dec. ’20 Kathleen Jensen to Corey Proell, May ’20 Stacee Lenz to Emma Athmann-Driscoll, Aug. ’20 2012 Bethany Hanson to Andrew Mellon, Oct. ’20 Caitlin Hill to Ace Theissen, Oct. ’20 Samantha Meyman to Daniel Schmidt ’12, Sept. ’20

2013

’13

KELSEY SWENSON TO JOSHUA NOAH, AUG. ’21

LACY HLADKY TO RYAN TETZLOFF, OCT. ’20

’05

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SOPHIA KORMAN TO JOSEPH WOCKEN ’15, OCT. ’20

ALISON HALL TO JON BLOMQUIST ’17, NOV. ’20

’17 ’15

2014 Caitlin Summers to Zachary Weseman, May ’20 Sarah Walch to Cody Meares, May ’20 2015 Sarah Broos to John Williams ’15, Aug. ’20 Kathleen Egan to Robert Pezan ’15, Oct. ’20 Erika Rodby to Daniel Mahoney, Oct. ’20 Kathryn “Kate” Ruzynski to Joseph Rusch ’16, Sept. ’20 Jenna Traut to Jacob Fisher, Dec. ’20 2016 April Bondhus to Ryan Middendorf, June ’21 Paeton Larson to Trevor Moyle, Sept. ’20 Sarah Roehl to Alex Schueller ’15, Oct. ’20 Saide Vahle to Casey Anderson, Sept. ’20 2017 Alyssa Bossuyt to Bryce Jeppesen ’15, July ’20 Alexa Roubik to Nicholas Colburn ’17, Aug. ’20 Jessica Trossen to Michael Rawlings ’17, April ’21 Victoria Vogt to Cody Piper, Sept. ’20 Hannah Zobitz to Maxfield Rotert ’15, Oct. ’20

2018 2008

DEVON DEANOVIC TO COLTON BUSSE ’18, AUG. ’20

’18 ’08

CASSANDRA GIMLER

DARSOW & GREG DARSOW, GIRL, CARLEIGH, FEB. ’21

Kristy Curry Hill & Jeffrey Hill, boy, Xander, Sept. ’19 Amanda Trusty Mahoney & Tim Mahoney, boy, Mason, July ’20 2009 Charlotte McGuire Bjoraker & Derek Bjoraker, boy, Nolan, June ’20 Sarah Wallerich Hornseth & Dan Hornseth, boy, Hudson, March ’21 Andrea Carrrow Morsching & Kirby Morsching, boy, Jack, Oct. ’20 2010 Sarah Haugen Craig & Jeffery Craig, boy, Hank, April ’21 Bridget Blatzheim Hauff & Jonathan Hauff ’10, girl, Marie, April ’20 Emma Jaynes Keeler & Loren Keeler, girl, Freya, April ’21 Kayla Weirens Kirchner & Cory Kirchner, girl, Bria, April ’21

Emily Dech to Daniel Dickerson Jr., June ’20 Chelsey Guetter to Thomas “TJ” Fulton ’18, Jan. ’21 Morgan Windsperger to Jacob Kempenich ’18, Aug. ’20 2019 Katarina Sulzle to Casie Carlson, Feb. ’20

BIRTHS / ADOPTIONS

2003 Anne Plaisted Bohnen & Brent Bohnen, boy, Axl, Nov. ’20 2005 Lindsay Fredeen Ebeling & Erik Ebeling, boy, Kaden, July ’20 Heather Isaackson Orth & Michael Orth ’05, boy, Timothy, Jan. ’21 2007 Shannon Schmitz Anderson & Colin Anderson, girl, Alayna, Feb. ’21 Elizabeth Heroux Cox & Tristan Cox, girl, Cora, Jan. ’21 Tara Fasciana Durheim & Benjamin Durheim ’09 (SOT), boy, Kaj, Jan. ’21

EMILY POWELL BROEFFLE & XANDER BROEFFLE, GIRL, FRANCES, OCT. ’20

’08

2010

’10

NICOLE GAGNON BOUSU

& MICHAEL BOUSU, BOY, MILES, MARCH ’20

2011 Amy Eisenschenk Bertram & Curt Bertram, boy, Eli, Jan. ’21 Anna Guertin Hong & David Hong, girl, Elyse, March ’21 2011

’11

BRITA THIELEN & MARK MADLAND, BOY, HUGO, FEB. ’21

2012 Kristi Reisdorf Bohlig & Brian Bohlig, girl, Berkley, April ’21 Elissa Terhaar Komro & Robbie Komro, boy, Oliver, April ’21 Carolyn Triggs Moscho & Ryan Moscho ’11, boy, Carson, Jan. ’21

Elizabeth “Libbie” Roberts Rauhauser

& Matt Rauhauser, girl, Blakely, Oct. ’20 2012 Elizabeth “Beth” McMillan Roers & Alexander Roers ’13, boy, Blake, Feb. ’21 Jennifer Yelle Zirbes and Kyle Zirbes ’08, boy, William, Dec. ’18 & boy, Charlie, March ’21 2013 Lindsey Gideon Minto & Connor Minto, girl, Finley, Aug. ’20 Emily VanKeulen Offerdahl & Dan Offerdahl, girl, Estelle, March ’20 Jena Wiehoff Orzechowski & Philip Orzechowski ’11, girl, Cecilia, March ’20 Alison Toering Zetah & Jacob Zetah ’13, girl, Hypatia, March ’21 2014 Kayla Deutz Antony & Aaron Antony ’15, girl, Mylen, Dec. ’20 Erin Wissler Gerdes & Harrison Wissler Gerdes ’14, boy, Henry, March ’21 Kelsey Mathiasen & Richard May, boy, Charles, April ’21 Jena Stommes Thorpe & Benjamin Thorpe, girl, Maren, March ’21 2015 Sarah Bellissimo Scherschel & Zach Scherschel, boy, Leo, Feb. ’21 2016 Maria Bredeck Winkels & Brady Winkels, boy, Waylon, April ’21 2018 Rose Berg-Arnold Holton & Zachary Holton, girl, Evelyn, Jan. ’21

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DEATHS

1947 Virginia Kern Emtmann, Feb. ’14 Joan Fandel Lyons, Dec. ’20 Evelyn Hill Zenner, March ’21 1948 Patricia Reiten Cervenka, mother of Margaret Cervenka Schmitz ’78, March ’21 Margaret Halloran Kelly, May ’20 Dorothy Berg Kelm, mother of Patty Kelm Allmon ’78, March ’21 1949 Helen Pribyl Bailey, May ’19 Rosemary Greeninger Stonick, July ’19 1950 Raymond Jacobson, spouse of Elayne Wagner Jacobson, March ’20 Martha Birchen Junglen, Dec. ’11 Joan Adelman Krakow, mother of Rita Krakow Meyer ’86, April ’21 Shirley Savoie Twohy, June ’15 1951 Mary Eckert Ludowese, mother of Maureen Ludowese ’83 & Jane Ludowese ’87, July ’20 Kathleen Schroeder Norton, mother of Valerie Norton ’75 & Barbara Norton Barile ’78, Jan. ’21 1952 Dora Dionne Diepolder, Jan. ’21 Jean Laubach Liebsch, April ’19 Audrey Griep Zimmer, Nov. ’19 1953 Mary Jane Strack Bertagnolli, Feb. ’21 1954 Gloria Stoll Basile, May ’12 Elizabeth Hunt Labrosse, March ’21 Renee Lenzmeier Paul, May ’19 1955 Marilyn Dondelinger Beck, April ’21 1956 S. Dale (Lenore) Wollum, OSB, Jan. ’21 Janet Kammeier Zylla, May ’18 1957 Patricia Kirkey Campbell, July ’10 Arliss Hennen Dooley, Aug. ’16 Larry Lindeberg, spouse of Mary Grun Lindeberg, Feb. ’21 Kathryn Marcotte Nathan, Nov. ’19 Patricia McCarty Rodkewich, mother of Jane Rodkewich ’94, Jan. ’21 1958 Laurentia Colhoff, April ’20 Ardeth Kapsner Johnson, mother of Lynn Fischer Andrews ’83, Feb. ’21 Sophia Yung Pan, Feb. ’19 1959 Donald Kainz, spouse of Rita Bieganek Kainz, Jan. ’21 1960 Patricia Rarick Seabright, Jan. ’21 Lawrence Sisterman, spouse of Laura Braegelman Sisterman, Jan. ’21 1961 Dennis John, spouse of Louella Reiter John & father of Kelly John Haugen ’88, Feb. ’21 1962 Juan Creo, spouse of Anne Terrahe Creo, Jan. ’21 S. Barbara Kort, OSB, March ’21 1962 Larraine Matusak, March ’21 Mary “Jean” Jendro Shoemaker, Dec. ’20 1965 Daniel Determan, spouse of Sharon Johnson Determan, Jan. ’21 1966 Rose Meiers Norman, March ’21 S. Lydia Ortiz, OSB, April ’07 1967 Gloria Dietman Goth, Dec. ’20 1969 Sally Hughes, Jan. ’21 Michael Sebastian, spouse of Marlene Ring Sebastian, Jan. ’21 1970 S. Kara (Clareen) Hennes, OSB, Feb. ’21 Mary Eleanor Blashack McNeal, March ’21 Mary Brambilla Tuinenga, Oct. ’20 1972 Eugene Binsfeld, father of Patricia Binsfeld Carlson, Jan. ’21 1974 Doris Brand, mother of Renee Brand Fauset, March ’21 Lois Schanhaar, mother of Mary Kay Schanhaar Welle, Jan. ’21 1975 Dolores Faber, mother of Bonita Faber & Julene Faber-Andrusick ’86, March ’21 Margaret Stringer, mother of Mary Stringer Hughes & Ann Stringer Roth ’79, Feb. ’21 Marilyn Johnson, mother of Patricia Johnson Schatz, March ’21

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1975 Norma Streit, mother of Audrae Streit Weber, April ’21 1976 Mary Wheeler Harrod, Aug. ’11 Floribert Spanier ’55, father of Ruth Spanier Stumpf & Maria Spanier ’87, April ’21 1977 Barbara McGuire Laing, Jan. ’21 Victor Mikulich, father of Jean Mikulich Peters & Mary Mikulich Edholm ’81, March ’21 1978 Bruce Beckmann, spouse of Mary Sauvageau Beckmann, July ’20 Frances Swenson, mother of Michelle Swenson Drury, March ’21 1979 Roger Schmidt, father of Julia SchmidtPiper, Paula Schmidt Weber ’80 & Angela Schmidt Cabrera ’83, Jan. ’21 1980 Lynn Mara Coupland, Jan. ’21 Irene Hauser, mother of Laurie Hauser Tauer & Maryls Hauser Schmitt ’85, Feb. ’20 1981 Rita Toenies, mother of Joan Toenies Elton, Jan. ’21 Judy Fischer, Feb. ’87 Mary Ziegler, mother of Lori Ziegler Humbert & Mary Ziegler Hagen ’86, Aug. ’20 Edwina Dehler, mother of Renee Dehler Loso, Feb. ’21 1981 Stanley Guettler, father of Brenda Guettler Ness, Beth Guettler Lafeber ’84 & Rebecca Guettler ’85, March ’21 Marie Schmid, mother of Jennifer Schmid Pearson, March ’21 Jane Vessel, mother of Mary Vessel Schoen, Elizabeth Vessel ’85 & Susanna Vessel Franklin ’87, Feb. ’21 1982 Shirley Lowe, mother of Lori Lowe Hume & Kathleen Lowe Zappa ’85, Dec. ’20 1984 Robert Moore, father of Mollie Moore Hildebrandt, Jan. ’21 Donna Joranger Himmel, Jan. ’21 1985 Ernest Jarvis, father of Anne Jarvis, Jan. ’21 William Just, Jr., father of Ann Just Rivard, Aug. ’20 1986 Clarence Hynes, father of Patricia Hynes Bruer, Jan. ’21 Roger Toogood, father of Ann Toogood Garrett, March ’21 1987 Linus Kalthoff, father of Susan Kalthoff Sovada, Carol Kalthoff Longsdorf ’89, Lisa Kalthoff Anderson ’90 & Sara Kalthoff ’07, Jan. ’21 1988 John Serio, Sr., father of Gina Serio Brandt Buccelli, March ’21

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1988 Bernard Pogatshnik, father of Susan Pogatshnik Kolb, April ’21 Loren Roiger, father of Neysa Roiger Schettler, April ’20 1989 Mary Ruth Cameron, mother of Nancy Cameron Kundinger, Nov. ’20 Charles Preble, father of Margaret “Meg” Preble Lahammer, Jan. ’21 Thomas Quam, father of Julie Quam Leach, Feb. ’21 Clifford Gardner ’60, father of Kathleen Gardner Martin, Jan. ’21 Clarence Laliberte, father of Amy Laliberte McKay, March ’21 Carole Zahariades, mother of Susan Zahariades Schubloom, Jan. ’21 1990 James Bettendorf ’67, father of Sarah Bettendorf Larson & Suzanne Bettendorf Weyer ’91, Feb. ’21 1991 Sheila Kozar, mother of Shannon Kozar Ingstad, March ’21 Clara Slayhi, mother of Ida Slayhi Tessmer, Jan. ’21 1992 Lester Hemmesch, spouse of Patricia Schwagel Hemmesch, March ’21 John Sager, father of Jody Sager Meinz, March ’21 Lois Fischer, mother of Lucy Fischer Warren & Emily Fischer Roering ’95, Dec. ’20 1993 Thomas Marso, father of Michelle Marso, Dec. ’20 Richard Ennis, father of Amy Ennis Witter, March ’21 1994 Robert Beales, father of Sheila Beales Harnack, March ’21 Rolf Middleton, father of Katherine Middleton Politis, Feb. ’21 1995 Joanne Bell, mother of Cheryl Sieverding Anderson, Feb. ’21 Violet Graves, mother of Tracy McDonough Gray, Feb. ’21 James Sweetman ’66, father of Julie Sweetman Hollowell, Jan. ’21 1996 Arlene Vogel, mother of Julie Vogel Gadient, Jan. ’21 Larry Sagedahl, father of Shannon Sagedahl O’Reilly, July ’20 1998 Roger Buerman, father of Amanda Buerman, March ’21 James Thul, father of Mande Thul, March ’21 2000 Mary Lou Arnold, mother of Jessica Arnold Fricke, April ’21 2001 Mary O’Keefe Daly, mother of Ruth Daly Slack, Nov. ’20 2003 Richard Swanson, father of Kristel Swanson Lastine, March ’21

2003 Matthew Siebke, spouse of Tricia Butler Siebke, Feb. ’21 2004 Linda Hirte, mother of Christine Hirte Boisen, Jan. ’21 Roger Williams, father of Andrea Scibbe Hofland, Jan. ’21 Ann Hennen, mother of Sarah Hennen Sorensen, Jan. ’21 2005 Debbie Dirtzu, mother of Brittany Dirtzu, April ’21 2006 Judith Aubrecht, mother of Katherine Aubrecht, Jan. ’21 2007 Connie Lawler, mother of Amber Zoller Elfering, April ’21 Curtis Blaesing, father of Jamie Blaesing Houtsma, Jan ’21 2008 Onnie Tapio, father of Anna Tapio Brandel, Jan. ’21 2009 Robert Beskar, father of Jennifer Beskar, Feb. ’21 2014 Steven Mund, step-parent of Meghan Carda, March ’21 Linda Ley, mother of Allison Ley, Jan. ’21 2015 Susan Ramler, mother of Nicole Ramler Carbert, March ’21 Thomas Farmer, father of Juliet Farmer, Feb. ’21 Throughout this academic year, our Saint Ben’s @ Home webinar series examined what it means to be a college for women – on campus and off. Point your phone at the QR code below and catch up on the whole year's worth of webinars.

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