In Our Hearts

We acknowledge the passing of the following members and celebrate their part in our circle of sisterhood. This list reflects notifications received at International Headquarters between May 1 to October 31, 2024. First, maiden, last names and year of Initiation are listed for each deceased member.

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Alpha (Syracuse)  

Sally Posthill Rittgers, 1949 

Beta (Michigan) 

Louise Lawrence Schemm, 1946

Gamma (Wisconsin-Madison) 

Susan Bartelt Benson, 1955 

Derilyn Dean Cattelino, 1992 

Elizabeth Holloway Schar, 1973 

Delta (Boston) 

Elaine Radway, 1952 

Mary Ann McDonnell Valentini, 1962 

Virginia Symmes White, 1949  

Epsilon (Northwestern)  

Jean Hopkins Slaughter, 1946  

Zeta (Goucher)  

Nancy Brown Burton, 1949 

Barbara Evans Neff, 1948 

Eta (California-Berkeley)  

Catherine Vail Bridge, 1939 

Penelope Wayte Holt, 1960 

Theta (Denver) 

Diane Hartman, 1982 

Kappa (Minnesota-Twin Cities)   

Gail Taylor Hanson, 1956 

Birdie Thies Westerdahl, 1956 

Lambda 

(University of Washington) 

Shirley Cottier MacDonald, 1949 

Anne Adams Moldrem, 1946 

Gerry Olwell Myers, 1949 

Zeta Aspinall Parmele, 1945 

Marian Penhallow, 1949 

Judy McLean Pitcher, 1953 

Christie Call Quigley, 1979 

Bonnie Day Steele, 1974 

Nu (Oregon)  

Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle, 1949 

Janut Deni Bruinier, 1974 

Gweneth Roberts Carlson, 1949 

Jean Stonge Collver, 1949 

Georgeanne Gettler, 1949 

Babbette Snitjer Latham, 1949  

Josephine Caughell Loughary, 1949 

Patricia Vandenbos McGeehon, 1968 

Kristyn Cox Perkel, 1974 

Xi (Idaho)  

Patricia Hebberd Crockett, 1949 

Virginia Watson Kloepfer, 1949 

Omicron 

(Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)  

Janet Barker Alleman, 1960 

Sandra Durning Bauer, 1962 

Phyllis Prust Farwell, 1949 

Kathryn Bean Gardner, 1949 

Janet Rasmussen Hilgers, 1957 

Pi (Nebraska-Lincoln)  

Eileen Hepperly Arpke, 1946 

Linda Johnson Duncan, 1974 

Flo Ella Scherff Evers, 1946 

Leora Krohn Sandelin, 1944 

Carol McCown Strasheim, 1951 

Rho (Iowa)  

June Schmidt Roth, 1949 

Donna Klingbiel Simpson, 1948 

Sigma (Kansas)  

Sharon Eddy, 1982 

Mary Berkshire Glenn, 1955 

Joanna Sargent Hoglund, 1949 

Lucy Thompson McDowell, 1942 

Margaret Dickinson Schnackenberg, 1948 

Tau (Colorado State) 

Mary Biller Kordsmeier, 1949 

Nancy Brown Randolph, 1951 

Janice Priebe Windsor, 1953 

Phi (Washington University)  

Joyce Luecke Barnes, 1951 

Shirley Wolfarth Bauer, 1949 

Marguerite Burns Eagle, 1949 

Lexie Tolman Snyder, 1949 

Shirley Boefer Stahlheber, 1949 

Chi (Oregon State) 

Sharon Rhodes Anthony, 1951 

Dorothy Murray Cowan, 1948 

Patty Wilson Dasch, 1948 

Lorraine Boardman Nelson, 1947 

Charlotte Bell Skurdahl, 1949 

Nancy Hansen Vaillancour, 1949 

Betty Bailer Wachter, 1948 

Psi (Oklahoma)  

Sarah Adams, 1999 

Kay Mathews Jasin, 1968 

Gene Stumbough Jessen, 1956 

Sonya Smiley McKinzie, 1953 

Joice Lockard Percival, 1949 

Susan Fisher Peterson, 1955 

Susan Pancoast Springfield, 1963 

Bobbie Ferguson Tracy, 1956 

DD Butler Welsh, 1954 

Omega (Iowa State)  

Janet McLean Christensen, 1948 

Marilyn Shaw Kiliper, 1946 

Joan Hollingsworth Wetherell, 1950 

Alpha Alpha (Toronto) 

Courtney Colman, 1986 

Alpha Beta (North Dakota)  

Margaret Brooks Puetz, 1958 

Barbara Stowe Satrom, 1967 

Alpha Gamma (Nevada)  

Lola Honey Gordon, 1953 

Loralee Smith Justus, 1957 

Barbara Horning Moell, 1949 

Alpha Delta 

(Missouri-Columbia)  

Jocelyn Bellows Einig, 1949 

Lisa Howard Jennings, 1978 

Donna Harris Kniep, 1955 

Betty Ward McCaskill, 1949 

Adah Andrews Sagehorn, 1949 

Alpha Epsilon (Arizona)  

Peggy Hill Cox, 1949 

Marilyn Gorman, 1949 

Jean Cayia Kimble, 1948 

Sally Kegaries Rea, 1961 

Alpha Zeta (Texas-Austin) 

Adele Crawford Junkin, 1951 

Jane Pfeiffer Michael, 1963 

Betty Hieatt Pagan, 1959 

Alpha Eta (Ohio Wesleyan)  

Barbara Wright Fisher, 1949 

Barbara Aten Leer, 1953 

Carolyn Collier Mooney, 1952 

Amy Bowen Riski, 1946 

Nancy Cornelison Roberts, 1949  

Jane Herendeen Semerar, 1946 

Charlotte Legge Snee, 1947 

Alpha Iota 

(California-Los Angeles) 

Deborah Menor, 1983 

Joanne Wherry Veith, 1948 

Alpha Nu (Wittenberg) 

Jamie Brown, 1974 

Betty Herschelman Cooke, 1953 

Elizabeth Browne Joslin, 1953 

Mary Warner Kridler, 1948 

Alpha Xi (Southern Methodist) 

Peggy Sue Earthman, 1957 

Jo Edwards Maness, 1956 

Nancy Annette Palmer, 1972 

Alpha Omicron 

(North Dakota State) 

Beatrice Ford, 1952 

Arlyss Elliott Hagen, 1952 

Francine Simons Patterson, 1952 

Alpha Rho 

(Birmingham-Southern) 

Johanna Castiglia Caruso, 1949 

Juanita Hamilton Milstead, 1949 

Lillian Gilbert Evans Whitney, 1948 

Alpha Upsilon (Penn State) 

Lois Cook Hall, 1949  

Alpha Phi (Colorado College) 

De De Staskal Hicks, 1951 

Nancy Egerton Kenry, 1954 

Alpha Chi (William & Mary) 

Evelyn Moore Musselman, 1949 

Alpha Psi (Lake Forest)  

Beverly Olson Beere, 1948 

Carol Marticke Jepsen, 1948 

Beta Alpha 

(Southern California) 

Rilla Casey Griffin, 1954 

Harriet Hart, 1948 

Joan Chapman Jani-Mimms, 1955 

Judie Busch Perez, 1960 

Patricia Staggs, 1972 

Janet Anderson Templeton, 1951 

Beta Beta (Maryland) 

Ruth Burton Richards, 1949 

Beta Gamma (Bowling Green) 

Marianne Bingham Adams, 1949 

Patricia Workman Armitage, 1949 

Cynthia Shadwick Bezdek, 1966 

Ann Denison Conner, 1952 

Marianne Beams DeLuca, 1949 

Ruth Bowen Hettler, 1949 

Joyce Lohrentz Hone, 1949 

Helyn Rudolph Kurfess, 1952 

Helen Butte Salisbury, 1950 

Ruth Sirn Troyer, 1949 

Beta Epsilon (Miami-Ohio)  

Sue Rush Bean, 1961 

Jane Larson Long, 1953 

Jane Pepple McMaster, 1996 

Carol Spomer, 1968 

Beta Zeta (Kent State)  

Jeanne Bigler Edwards, 1949  

Beta Eta (Bradley) 

Barbara Stone Blythe, 1949 

Elizabeth Justice Seibold, 1948 

Esther Swedell Stone, 1950 

Jeanne Nelson Streeter, 1953 

Kaye Kline Swanson, 1954 

Beta Theta (San Jose State) 

Gayle Benita Woods, 1974  

Beta Kappa (Arizona State) 

Donna Gulzow Gentry, 1953 

Linde Shirk Kenney, 1958 

Beta Nu (Vermont) 

Sherry Young Beer, 1954 

Beta Pi (Indiana State) 

Judith Sieck Conner, 1973  

Beta Rho (Colorado-Boulder) 

Dorothea Strough Preus, 1954  

Beta Sigma 

(Washington State) 

Diana Glaser Greenwalt, 1973  

Beta Tau (Texas Tech) 

Patricia Johnson Hutchens, 1956 

Betty Blackwell Leblanc, 1956 

Genevieve McGuire Morris, 1956 

Carol Rene Rankin, 1973 

Beta Upsilon (Kansas State) 

Lindsey Knox, 1987 

Beta Phi (Indiana) 

Judith Spivey Kight, 1960 

Gaylen Decker Klein, 1974 

Diana Lynn Wible, 1972 

Beta Chi (Wichita State) 

Joyce Cole Hultgren, 1959 

Beta Psi (Oklahoma State) 

Fredda Blagg Bayless, 1961 

Diana Hood Farris, 1960 

Beta Omega 

(Northern Arizona) 

Kathryn Hughes Fitzmaurice, 1981 

Gamma Beta (Gettysburg) 

Janet Rebuck Moran, 1974  

Gamma Gamma 

(Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 

Ann Carroll Kiehl, 1968 

Gamma Epsilon 

(Puget Sound) 

Nancy Baker Bacon, 1962  

Gamma Zeta 

(East Texas A&M)) 

Camille Ownsby Erwin, 1974 

Mary Kay McVay, 1974 

Gamma Lambda 

(Louisiana State) 

Phyllis Johnson Lefeaux, 1964  

Gamma Nu (Lamar) 

Cathy Mora Fournet, 1968  

Gamma Pi 

(Minnesota State-Mankato) 

Jennifer Kuehl Brownlee, 1972 

Gamma Tau (St. Louis) 

Geri Vaclavik Specker, 2005 

Gamma Phi (Auburn) 

Joan Crysel Coyle, 1974 

Delta Theta 

(California Polytechnic State) 

Kelly Harris, 2009  

Delta Iota (Purdue)  

Carolyn Schnirring Dungan, 1976  

Delta Nu (Missouri State) 

Rebecca Hutchens, 2010 

Eta Sigma (Central Missouri) 

Emily Grace Hintz, 2017