Thank You to our Generous Donors!!
Parish Education Endowment Update
The Parish Education Endowment is supported by numerous alumni, school families, and parishioners. It is through this generosity that we have been able to see the endowment break the $100,000 mark!
$42,740.00 Joseph M. Adams Diane Alva Lynette M. Andrews Nikolaos G. Antonopoulos Joel W. Brody Catholic Healthcare Audit Network
Patricia J. Clucas Alisa Cohn Samuel B. Cohn Kevin Cornish Bernadette M. Davel Davis Street Land Company Elizabeth Dertz James Detloff Louise M. Donham Judith Fazzari Bernard J. and Edna Ford * Beth A. Ford * Susan Ford * Darlene L. Foy Shirley Franklin Agnes Fuerst Robert Gaertner Rosemarie J. Germann Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Officials Association
Louis W. GogginLouis Dara K. Griffith Hugh G. Grimes Louise Gulliford John T. Hague Christine A. Hanover William J. Hassett Laura J. Harvey Phyllis A. Healy Jeanette Heiner Jeremy S. Henson Nancy E. Hinsberger William J. Hippenmeyer International Airport Centers J. Allen Isaacs
Marilyn J. Jerger Dorothy Jungels Antoinette M. Kalchbrenner Pauline Keyes Patrick J. Kitchen Marleen Kolman C. Thomas Kuhn Becky LaGesse Barbara Lea Susan Longawa Chris Maloney Scott A. McDonald James J. McDonough Mary Pat McKenna Melissa L. Moran Patricia A. Newberry Jill A. Noble Paul Nockels Mary Ann Northrup James Nothnagel George F. Pamper Perlmutter Investment Co. Audrey R. Pfeiffer Cathy Reiter Leslie Reynolds David V. Rice Susan K. Risley Gloria J. Romanowski Kathleen Romas Rita Rusin Edwin M. Sabatka Martin Saladin Eugene Schamberger Kathryn Schremf Barbara Singer Mindy Smiley Barbara E. Smith C.J. Sokolowski Barbara H. Spehn Trust St. Anthony Hospital * John R. Steger Jeanette Swanson William Vogelsang Herbert Weidinger Marlene Wildi Kenneth and Pat Woodhouse
Journalism Award in memory of Patrick Heffernan ’72 $5,100 Thomas Cleys * James A. Kartheiser * Katherine Kartheiser * Peter Soraparu
Performing Arts Award in honor of Mrs.Laurette Kittler $935 Linda M. Kappas Mark R. Kuhlman Richard K. Rapp Joseph Roznai Peter Soraparu Carolyn M. Wagner Patricia K. Woodhouse
Christian Leadership Award in memory of Fr. Arthur Krueger $10,955 Donna C. Beath Anna Mary Cloonan Bernadette M. Davel Dale I. Dirkes Teri A. Ford Robert Gaertner * Bridie Hilperts Mary A. Nugent Frederick W. Sanzenbacher Donna Schraeder Frederick R. Schram * Laela M. Skaer Herbert Weidinger Ronald Wojcik William Ziemann *
Miscellaneous Gifts $8,250 Margie A. Tomlinson Carole J. Bilina Joseph T. Babbo William Kirst
Civic Leadership Award in honor of Mr. Robert McTigue
Endowment breaks $100,000 mark!
$3,600 Kathleen F. Haran Michael Hess Peter Soraparu
Creative Spirit Award in memory of Ms. Carol Molenda $3,740.94 Michael Ciran Charles J. DeCicco Margaret Kaepplinger Todd Kramer Lands’ End, Inc. Mary O’Byrne Becky Molenda Julie Molenda Lillian S. Molenda Michael Molenda Michelle A. Stevens Angus Turnbull Michelle A. Stevens Camillo Trujillo Angus Turnbull
Thanks to contributions from alumni and parishioners, our parish education endowment has surpassed the $100,000 mark. One notable event the Bell Tower Open golf outing this past summer raised over $6,000 for the endowment. Our thanks to all our sponsors, participants, and especially our committee members (from left to right) Pete Quinn, Jeff Remotigue, Max Nutkowicz, Alfredo Alvarez, and David Keenan. The Creative Spirit award funded by the endowment is also supplemented by the Carol Molenda Art Show and Auction held each spring. Held this past May, the event raised over $1,000
Chorus Award in memory of Susan (Kass) Perschke ‘65 $10,656.40 Gerhard Perschke *
Band Award in memory of Mr. Edward Stark $16,327.62 Jerome Idaszak Sandy Jaeger Charles G. Joseph * The Kiplinger Foundation *
* denotes 2 or more gifts from this family to date
for this award which was renewed for two original recipients Nicholas Trujillo ‘15 and Hayley Kogen ‘15 and awarded to three new applicants this past fall.
Winter 2015
School Spirit Award in memory of Chris Ford
Winter
2014
New Scholarships Added It is with great joy that we announce the addition of two HS scholarships to the other seven (7) scholarships already being funded by our parish education endowment. Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Perschke, two new scholarships have been established. The Chorus scholarship in memory of Mr. Perschke’s first wife, Susan (Kass) Perschke ‘65. Awarded annually this $1,000 scholarship is being offered to one current HS student who meets the criteria of the award, has the recommendation of an administrator, teacher, or other community leader, and completes a personal essay on their current interest in chorus. The first award was presented to Laura Gaerditz ‘16. In her essay she wrote,
from left to right: Karl Perschke, Gerhard Perschke, Laura Gaerditz, Fr. Jason Malave
“the most important thing that I learned from singing in a choir is not how good you sound as an individual, it’s what you sound as as a group. You have to listen to each other and support and help each other. That is what makes choirs great.”
The Excellence in Math scholarship in memory of Sister Natalie Gerlach SSSF is currently funded as a temporary scholarship (ten years). It will be awarded at the Secondary School Honors Night this coming May. The application, criteria, etc. for this $500 scholarship is currently being finalized. Students will be permitted to apply this spring for this new award.
Recent Award Ceremonies Four Endowment Scholarship Awards presented at Fall 2014 Endowment Award Ceremony At the reception for our annual Mass of Remembrance on All Souls Day, November 2nd, four of the seven scholarship awards ($500 each) were presented to 6 deserving High School students. The Creative Spirit award in memory of Ms. Carol Molenda went to Hunter Kogen ‘17, Mariam Mekha ‘16, and Melody Quintero ‘16. The Civic Leadership Award in honor of Mr. Robert McTigue was presented to Joseph Jerger ‘15. The Journalism Award in memory of Patrick Heffernan ‘72 was presented to Brittany Camana ‘16. The Christian Leadership award in memory of Fr. Arthur Krueger was presented to Iris Gasca ‘15.
Chris Ford Scholarship Awards presented at Honors Night 2014 The first disbursements from the new Parish Educational Endowment were awarded in memory of Coach Chris Ford for students who exemplified terrific school spirit. Six students applied for the award and two finalists were interviewed by Susan Ford McDonald (far right), sister of Ms. Gemo, C.E.O., (far left) congratulates Rachel Sefah ’15 (left) and Hayley Kogen ’15 the late coach and daughter of Bernard Ford ’54. As both were outstanding, the estate of the late Christopher Ford matched our initial disbursement of $1000 so both girls could receive the initial award.