2020s Candace (Smith ’21) Ball and her husband, Patrick, moved to Blue Ridge, TX. She homeschools their three kids and has begun writing books on various topics.
IN MEMORY North Central University extends condolences to the families of these NCU community members who have passed away. Carolyn J. (Pederson ’58) Gage, of Brandon, SD, on Feb. 11, 2022 Kenneth Peterson ’58, of Two Harbors, MN, on Oct. 4, 2021 Clyde Whyel ’63, of Nixa, MO, on Feb. 2, 2022 Richard Nelson ’67, of Gravette, AR, on Oct. 19, 2021 David Will ’68, of Hendersonville, TN, on March 4, 2022 Steven Robins ’73, of Bonners Ferry, ID, on Oct. 22, 2021 Robert Hahn ’80, of Joliet, IL, on Jan. 15, 2022 Wayne Westfall ’12, of Jenison, MI on Dec. 27, 2021 Katie (O'Loughlin ’15) Dalluge, of Burnsville, MN, on Feb. 19, 2022
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FAITHFULLY FORWARD: A LEGACY OF GENEROSITY
Landmark library’s existence and purpose stem from gifts that built it and filled it By Rachelle (Poppema ’14) Waldon Dr. Jacob Francis Tourtellotte*, a former military surgeon, and his wife, Harriet Arnold Tourtellotte (a direct descendent of Benedict Arnold), moved to Winona, Minnesota, in 1870. As the Tourtellottes prospered financially, tragedy touched their personal lives through the loss of both of their children. Their first-born daughter, Harriet Lucina, died in 1870 of scarlet fever when she was 11 months old. Their second daughter, Frances Harriet, died in 1884, at age 10, from what was suspected to be food poisoning or appendicitis. The Tourtellottes then moved to Minneapolis, where Jacob continued a successful career in real estate. While still grieving the loss of her children, Harriet focused her efforts on philanthropy. In Harriet’s hometown of Thompson, Connecticut, the only way for children to attend school had been to take a trolley into a nearby town, resulting in many children missing out on education— something about which Harriet was quite passionate. In 1906, Harriet funded the building of a school near Harriet’s hometown: the Tourtellotte Memorial High School, in memory of Hattie and Lucy. (The Connecticut high school looks remarkably similar to North Central's library!) When Dr. Tourtellotte died
