IN MEMORIAM by Libby Singer, Assistant Director of Development
We honor and celebrate the lives of community members whom we lost this past year. his list re ects the alumni and staff who have passed away etween une , , and ay , . lease accept our deepest apologies if someone is inadvertently missing from this list, and contact alumni ush.edu if you would like to share a memory or a treasured story of your friend or classmate.
1940s Mary “Sis” Pease ’41 Elizabeth (Osborne) Pinkerton ’45
1950s Judith (Corbett) Ritter ’54 Margaret Kirk Bentley ’58 Diane Clare Diamond “Dee Dee” Foreman ’58 Carla (Van Gries) Garrison ’58 Susan (Connelly) Collins ’59
1960s Judith (Johnston) Scott ’60
Elizabeth “Liffy” Hatch ’95
Arlene (Katz) Bonita Tenenbaum ’62
1977–2020
1970s Christopher (Arnold) Hartman ’78
1990s Elizabeth “Liffy” Hatch ’95 Candice (Rosenburg) Populus ’95
Elizabeth “Liffy” Hatch ’95 died suddenly on December 10 in Idaho. She was 43. A member of the 1982–1995 lifer class, Liffy was herself in a class of one: effervescent, irrepressibly eccentric, kooky, and a laugh riot. Her infectious laugh was a delightfully naughty cackle that will long ring in the ears of those who loved her dearly. Liffy lent her off beat personality and well of creativity to a series of star turns and scene-stealing tours de force in Benaroya productions, including in “Alice In Wonderland” (1991), “The Real Inspector Hound” (1994), and “Little Shop of Horrors” (1995). She obtained her BA from New York University and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in psychology. Liffy lived the bulk of her adult life in Los Angeles but never lost her sense of Pacific Northwest kitsch and irony.
2000s Taylor Axworthy ’06
Bush Leaders, Faculty, and Staff Michael Dederer, Board of Trustees Larry Muir, Faculty Marcy Ushimaru, Staff
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She spent what would be the final year of her life with her mother, Marsha Ingham, in Sun Valley and Palm Desert. She is also survived by her brother, Michael Hatch ’94 (Lakeside graduate). Liffy is remembered as an insightful sage of the human condition who brought zesty fun and powerful insights to her friendships. The Bush School held a special place in Liffy’s heart, and she was always invested in keeping track of the colorful cast of characters who made up the world of this small town within a big city where she spent her formative years.
