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MILESTONES
1985 Barbara Jane Houle raised money to collect and ship a container of 22,000 books to Swaziland for her project, “Read to Recovery,” which provides books to be distributed to hospitals and health care centers, April ’22. 1988 Jane Kuebelbeck Williams was named chief financial officer of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Feb. ’22. Lucille Sieve Rehm serves on the Chanhassen (Minnesota) city council as well as the Carver County Sheriff’s Crucial Conversations team – a group formed to build relationships with underrepresented communities after the murder of George Floyd. She is running for the Minnesota legislature to represent residents in the city of Chanhassen and the eastern side of Chaska in District 48B of the Minnesota State House of Representatives, March ’22. 1992 Karen Swearingen Richard was elected to the Minnesota Public Radio Board of Trustees, Feb. ’22. 1995 Donnelle Privette Poling was named grant director of a $1 million grant for the Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary’s initiative “Conversatio: Creating a Culture of Encounter,” Jan. ’22. 1996 Alicia Peters was awarded 2021-22 Minnesota Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by Art Educators of Minnesota, Jan. ’22. 2000 Andrina LaBelle Weis is the vice president of human resources at Reell Precision Manufacturing, St. Paul, April ’22. 2001 Felicia Ochs is a member of the charter school board of Change Health Charter School, which focuses on outdoor and experiential learning, Alberta, Canada, March ’22. 2003 Michelle Johnson was appointed senior partner in health care practice at WittKieffer, Minneapolis, April ’22. 2005 Kathryn Enger Enke received the 2022 Award for Professional Achievement from the National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education, March ’22. 2007 Andrea Wise Meyer was named one of the Top 100 Women in PowerSports by DealerNews magazine, Feb. ’22. Carliene Quist founded and launched Carliene S. Quist Enterprises, LLC, a coaching and consulting business that empowers historically underrepresented college students to more fully engage in and reap benefits of their undergraduate experience. Current initiatives include academic internships for CSB and SJU students and the “Bridging Boundaries” coaching program, Nov. ’21. 2008 Emily Coborn was named vice president of retail services, overseeing pharmacy, liquor and e-commerce operations for Coborn’s Inc. in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Jan. ’22. Megan Deutschman defended her dissertation titled, “Wrestling with Whiteness: Complexities and Contexts of White Educator Identities” and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota’s Comparative and International Development Education program, April ’22. Nicole Knight Schrupp was published in Vol. 33 of the Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice and was selected to be next year’s Vol. 44 editor-in-chief, April ’22. 2011 Melanie Miesen Griffith graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School with a Juris Doctor degree, May ’21 and began a one-year judicial clerkship at the Minnesota Supreme Court with Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Aug. ’21.
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and her spouse, Alex Schoephoerster ’11 were recognized at state level for going above and beyond as mentors in the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program and awarded 2022 Central Minnesota Big Duo of the Year. Brita Thielen earned a Ph.D. in English (writing history and theory) from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2021. Her dissertation was titled: “Setting the Table: Ethos-asRelationship in Food Writing.” Furthermore, “Consuming the Past: Food Metaphors in the Intergenerational Food Memoir,” a chapter written by Brita, was published in the edited collection Consumption and the Literary Cookbook (Routledge 2021). 2012 Shannon McEvoy started a weekly bilingual (Spanish and English) podcast about murals, related to her experience with murals and public art projects, March ’22. 2014 Bridgette Springer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an M.S.Ed. in international educational development, Dec. ’21. 2015 Clare Johnston earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Minnesota. Her thesis was titled “The Influence of Aluminum Substitution on the Synthesis, Transformation, Reactivity, and Oxidative Mineral Growth of Iron Oxide Minerals,” Feb. ’22. Kaitlyn LaVoie received a $10,000 grant from the Henrico Education Foundation to purchase new diverse books for all English classrooms at Short Pump Middle School, Henrico, Virginia, March ’22. 2016 Erin Ryan-Mosley was featured in the Minneapolis StarTribune for her coffee shop, Third Space Cafe, Jan. ’22. 2019 Mariah Odgen-Kellington was hired as a police officer for the Lakeville Police Department, Lakeville, Minnesota, Feb. ’22. 2020 Amanda Bjerke published the book, Opening Your Eyes: Becoming Self-Aware as a Young Adult in the 21st Century, March ’22. Jill Oldakowski was recognized by Big Brothers and Big Sisters for going above and beyond as a mentor and awarded the 2022 Central Minnesota Big Sister of the Year. Anja Wuolu published a collection of poems titled “Space Between Pages,” which details life in the pandemic and how to make the best of it, Jan. ’22.
MARRIAGES
1991 Rachel Daly to Paul Schiller, Jan. ’22 1998 Courtney Jacobson to Gary Spence, Oct. ’21 2008 Christine Donnell to Bobby Sederstrom, Oct. ’21 Margaret Johnson to Ronald Jewett, June ’21 2010 Laura Beach to Kaitlyn Ashner, Sept. ’21 2011 Laura Sienko to Grady Sloan ’11, Oct. ’21 2013 Kelly Bechtold to Bradley Trapp, Sept. ’21 Maura Flaherty to Kent McBreen, May ’21 Kayla Grack to Daniel Hertog, June ’21 2014 Brittany Billiet to Joshua Erickson ’14, Jan. ’21 2015 Manón Gammon-Deering to Maxwell Kuzara ’17, Aug. ’21 2016 Mary Cherne to Garett Schoenfelder, Nov. ’21 Marissa Lucio to Eric Kropp, Sept. ’21
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2017 Maggie Eli to Harrison Maxwell, April ’22 Allysa Larson to Brandon Gardner, Aug. ’21 Kailey McCoy to Charles Maahs, June ’21 2018 Hallie Douglas to Jack Barsody ’19, Jan. ’22 Hannah Esselman to Ryan Calton ’17, Dec. ’21 Brianna Hartke to Nicholas Pegelow ’18, Sept. ’21 Sabrina Hille to Bryan Jungles ’16, Sept. ’21 Callie Stark to Adam Reznick ’16, June ’21 Haley Thelen to Nathan Brinker ’19, Dec. ’21 2020 Nora Merk to Benjamin Long, Aug. ’21 Celestina Rodriguez to Derek McLaughlin ’18, Sept. ’21
BIRTHS / ADOPTIONS
2005 Melissa Winter Philippi & Morgan Philippi, girl, Margo, Dec. ’21 2006 Dana Lyndgaard Schneider & Kris Schneider ’04, boy, Jacob, Dec. ’21 2007 Jennifer Korevec Winchester & James Winchester, boy, Harry, March ’22 2008 Nicole Johnson Blackmore & Aaron Blackmore ’08, boy, Jackson, March ’22 Stephanie Deter Crane & Kevin Crane ’08, boy, Trevor, July ’21
GABRIELLA WEBER TO JACOB CHRISTENSEN ’17, DEC. ’21
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KIMBERLY MURPHY
ELLINGBOE & ERIK ELLINGBOE ’08, GIRL, KYLIE, FEB. ’22
Katie Meyer Rawlings & Anthony Rawlings ’07, girl, Claire, Jan. ’22 Vickie Schlangen Smoley & Bradley Smoley, boy, Myles, Jan. ’22 2009 Julie Walter Bohlman & Jeff Bohlman ’10, boy, Leo, May ’21 Catherine Desalvo Miller & Trent Miller ’09, girl, Mackenzie, March ’22 Jessica Anderson Shaheen & Zachary Shaheen ’09, boy, Aiden, June ’19 & girl, Naomi, Jan. ’22
ANDREA SCHIEBE LEON & PAOLO LEON SILVA, GIRL, ALIYAH, MARCH ’22
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ALISON MAGUIRE MATTHEES & NICK MATTHEES ’10, BOY, OWEN, FEB. ’22
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2010 Joy Pohland Janssen & Timothy Janssen ’10, boy, Edward, Jan. ’22 Jennifer Tong Kroll & Chase Kroll ’09, boy, Aiden, Jan. ’22 2011 Katie Brown & Luke Nelson ’11, girl, Fiona, June ’20 Sara Kokkila-Schumacher & Evan Kokkila-Schumacher ’10, twin boys, Owen & Nolan, Sept. ’21 Katie Jedlicka Sieve & Jacob Sieve ’11, boy, Leo, Nov. ’21 Samantha Novitsky Vaith & John Vaith ’11, girl, Cambria, Dec. ’21 Mackenzie Johnson Vanderbeek & Adam Vanderbeek, girl, Mara, May ’21 2012 Sienna Kuhn Cherrico & Joel Cherrico ’10, girl, Stella, Jan. ’22 Kindra Boelke Ghostley & Andrew Ghostley ’12, girl, Blaire, June ’18 & girl, Mae, Jan. ’22 Jaquelyn Donohue Warner & Nicholas Warner, boy, Wolfe, March ’22 2013 Alison Schadow Brandes & Jack Brandes ’13, girl, Linden, March ’22 Sara Fiedler Maciej & Adam Maciej, boy, Chase, Feb. ’22
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EMILY VANKEULEN OFFERDAHL & DAN OFFERDAHL, GIRL, PIPER, DEC. ’21
2013 Caroline “Cari” Chock O’Laughlin & Thomas O’Laughlin ’13, boy, Keegan, Feb. ’22 Laine Rajkowski Hines & Samuel Hines ’14, boy, Hayden, Jan. ’22 2015 Danielle Vanderhyde Lambert & Thomas Lambert ’14, girl, Genevieve, Dec. ’21 2016 Nicole Berdan Foley & Mitch Foley, boy, Jameson, Jan. ’22 2019 Aren Gerads Omann & Bradley Omann, girl, Norah, Dec. ’21
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KELSEY LECLAIRE SMITH & JOSEPH SMITH ’12, BOY, LOGAN, DEC. ’21
DEATHS
1942 Dolores Bormann, March ’22 1943 Mary Ann Gray Hileman, March ’12 Marcella Kardash Stockrahm, Jan. ’14 1948 Marjorie McArthur Bredeson, July ’20
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1948 Laura Iten, Jan. ’20 Frances Fischer Klein, Dec. ’21 Delores Norman, OSB, Jan. ’18 Marie Lynn Rindal, Jan. ’22 Patricia Klein Weidner, March ’22 1949 Sally Riley Nordstrom, March ’22 1951 Mary Zuehlke Stevens, Sept. ’21 1953 Josette Barthelemy Anderson, June ’21 Marilyn “Mickey” Cregan Lipetzky, Oct. ’21 Colleen Kaiser Mathison, July ’21 Joyce Dombrovske Monteith, Jan. ’21 1954 Dolores Kohler Monaghan, Nov. ’21 Dolores Foley Sokolowski, mother of Ann Sokolowski Wilson ’84, Feb. ’22 1955 Lois Blais Ehlenz, Feb. ’22 1956 Kathryn Johnson Egan, Jan. ’22 1957 Jack O’Neil, spouse of Kathleen Boggie O’Neil, Jan. ’22 1958 Gabrielle Moscoso Berryer, May ’21 Charles Drexler ’54, spouse of Diane Stadther Drexler, father of Jane Drexler Rhodes ’83 & Barbara Drexler Luzum ’85, Jan. ’22 Richard Miller ’58, spouse of Mary Sue Pexa Miller, Jan. ’22 1960 Kathryn Hoffman Gies, Jan. ’22 William Schneider ’62, spouse of Donna Doll Schneider & father of Naomi Schneider ’88, Jan. ’22 1962 Gordon Wilson, spouse of Betty Plut Wilson, March ’22 1963 Rosalyn Uphus Comeau, Feb. ’16 Nancy Kelly Rodney, Jan. ’21 Glenda Zimmerman Sanftner, Dec. ’20 Gabriel Scheett, spouse of Corlynn Tintes Scheett, March ’21 Patricia Judge Weideman, Dec. ’21 1965 Ramona Radermacher Digre, Dec. ’21 Colette (Darlene) Primus, OSB, Jan. ’22 Henry Springer, spouse of Mary Beth Dreher Springer, Dec. ’21 1968 Mary Karulak, Oct. ’20 Michael Syverson, spouse of Jane Heiling Syverson, Sept. ’21 1969 James Nathe, spouse of Janet Holden Nathe, Jan. ’22 1970 Michael Parta, spouse of Janet Askew Parta, Jan. ’22 1972 Jaqueline Shaughnessy, mother of Shannon Shaughnessy, April ’22 1973 Bridget Willmert Boik, Nov. ’21 Delores Close Faust, Aug. ’21
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1975 DuAnn Altman, mother of Ann Altman, March ’22 Arthur Lindeland, spouse of Mary Ann Becker, Jan. ’22 Dolores Traxler, mother of Mary Traxler Oxbun & Anne Traxler Reinhart ’84, April ’22 1976 Virginia Fogelman, mother of Kathie Fogelman Christensen & Jodi Fogelman Olson ’89, Feb. ’22 Elaine Fergle, mother of Lori-Jo Fergle, Nov. ’21 Donna Anderson, mother of Susan Anderson Johnson, Jan. ’22 1978 George Hawkins, father of Elizabeth Hawkins Evans, Jane Hawkins Scherer ’79 & Sally Hawkins ’81, Jan. ’22 Rosanne Ruhr, Dec. ’81 Ann Buller Van Lith, mother of Katie Van Lith Fernholz ’04, Sept. ’21 1979 Craig Starbird, father of Diane Starbird Malone, Jan. ’22 Betty Keenan, mother of Mary Keenan Miller, Feb. ’22 1980 Joanne Tuhkanen Fleck, March ’22 Mildred Kociemba, mother of Carol Kociemba Kavaney, Feb. ’22 1981 Roger Appeldorn, father of Cheryl Appeldorn & Laurie Appeldorn Sampair ’83, Feb. ’22 1982 Kevin “Casey” Eichler ’82, spouse of Kathleen Murray Eichler, March ’22 Patricia Plombon, mother of Michelle Plombon, Dec. ’21 1983 Timothy Juetten, spouse of Jane Friedl Juetten, Jan. ’22 Ronald Mickelson, father of Debra Mickelson Kirst, Feb. ’22 Leo Reuder, father of Lisa Reuder, Jan. ’21 Robert Martinka ’54, father of Teresa Martinka Simonett, Birdie MartinkaBreiner ’87, Amy Martinka Knebel ’89, Julie Martinka Severson ’91 & Katharyn Martinka Stricklin ’92, Jan. ’22 Ann Spaeth, daughter of Elizabeth Stoltz ’57, Feb. ’22 1985 Joseph Kriha, father of Cynthia Kriha, Kathryn Kriha ’88 & Patricia Kriha ’91, Jan. ’22 Robert Schmiesing, father of Dianne Schmiesing, Aug. ’21 Lloyd Svihel, father of Lori Svihel Wirtzfeld, Jan. ’22 1986 Arthur Rosenberg, spouse of Elizabeth Knapp Rosenberg, March ’22 1987 Milton Boser, father of Julie Boser, Dec. ’21
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1987 Paul Steward, spouse of Jenny Campbell Steward, Dec. ’21 Gary Hejlik, father of Cynthia Hejlik Utley & Lori Hejlik Harris ’89, Nov. ’21 1988 Walter Dick, father of Carolyn Dick Lewis, March ’22 Dorothy Merriam, mother of Carol Merriam McGoldrick, Feb. ’22 Norman Petrik, father of Julie Petrik & Rebecca Petrik Olson ’91, Feb. ’22 William Wortham II, father of Suzanne Wortham Ressemann, Feb. ’22 1989 William Cuddigan, father of Christine Cuddigan, Feb. ’22 Jeremiah Murphy, father of Brigid Murphy & Kathleen Murphy Boland ’91, Feb. ’22 1990 Rosemary Ste. Marie, mother of Kimberley Ste. Marie Becker, Nov. ’21 Marjorie Beste, mother of Joan Beste Klaphake, Feb. ’22 Thomas Smith, father of Molly Smith Orso, Feb. ’22 1991 Harvey Pothen, father of Jennifer Pothen Klehr, Jan. ’22 Myra Hagen, mother of Amy Hagen Simpkins, Jan. ’22 1992 Loretta Colwell, mother of Patricia Colwell Kerr, March ’22 Douglas Van Kempen, father of Sara Van Kempen, Jan. ’22 1993 Philip Welter ’59, father of Shana Welter Holliday, Jan. ’22 Patricia Sipe, mother of Bridget Sipe, Jan. ’22 Francis Truax, father of Susan Truax, Jan. ’22 1994 Janet Nadeau, mother of Denise Brix Burggraff, Jan. ’22 Jeanette Ratzlaff, mother of Beth SchorrRatzlaff, March ’22 1995 John Bromenschenkel, father of Lynette Bromenschenkel Amodt, Feb. ’22 1997 William Flaig, father of Amy Flaig Borden, March ’22 David Gaida, spouse of Jean Gaida, Jan. ’22 Robert Goggins, father of Colleen Goggins King, March ’22 Renee Omann, mother of Tiffanylee Omann-Bidinger, March ’22 Martha Malecek, mother of Kari Malacek Petersen, Feb. ’22 Jennifer Symalla, Dec. ’21 1998 Lorraine Buermann, mother of Susan Buermann Brickweg, Feb. ’22 Norbert Gramke, father of Julie Gramke, March ’22 1999 Robert Bosl, father of Anne Bosl Major, Feb. ’22
1999 Jon Pumarlo, father of Mary Pumarlo McClurg, Dec. ’21 2000 Alice Leba, mother of Amy Leba Buchmann, March ’22 John Hopkins, father of Kathryn Hopkins Schofield, Jan. ’22 2001 Stephen Pribyl, father of Elizabeth Pribyl Johnson, March ’22 2002 Elizabeth Brott, mother of Kirstin Brott Fransen & Steffanie Brott Rittenhouse ’04, March ’22 Ralph Kelash, father of Michelle Kelash Hemmesch, April ’22 2009 Donald Incitti, father of Nicole Incitti Hickman, Dec. ’21 2010 Barbara Schwietering, mother of Sarah Schwietering Truesdell, Feb. ’22 2011 Cynthia Senfter, mother of Kristen Senftner Ellingboe, Feb. ’22 Clifford Zirbes, father of Kimberly Zirbes Loch, Feb. ’22 Mary Zampogna, mother of Emily Zampogna, Jan. ’22 2012 Michael Frazier, father of Anna “Katie” Frazier Boettcher, Dec. ’21 Annella Hollermann, mother of Marion Gondringer, Feb. ’22 Martin Pilarski, father of Janice Pilarski Lynch, March ’22
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