CLASS OF 1958 GOLDEN REUNION - Clarke University

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CLASS OF 1958
GOLDEN REUNION

HOMECOMING 2008



1958 Classmates by Graduation Name

Nan Aid-MacEinri Hon Mai Lam Goodman
Joan Anderson Miller Katherine Lane Agnew, deceased
Mary Bahl O’Hea Alice Loosbrock Cugley
Pauline Bautsch Baranowski Carol Loosbrock, deceased
Barbara Bernoudy Lowery Mary Margaret Mason Sheehy
Mary Catherine Blake Stock Barbara McClure Mette
Carol Blitgen, BVM Rosaleen McEnany Brady
Shirley Blood Ruedy Therese McManus, BVM, deceased
Diana Borst Nawrocki Mary Ann McNeil Schueller
Marjorie Brannon Dosedel Isabel Miller, BVM
Mary Remi Caldwell, BVM, deceased Mary Frances Moore, BVM
Nancy Cant Finkelstein, deceased Geneve Moran, BVM
Joyce Carney Snyder Mary Murray Lensing
Mariclare Costello Arbus Karen Morrow
Meinrad Craighead Jane Nielson Wilson, deceased
S. Donna Determan Carol Nilles
Barbara Duffy Brown Mary Jo O’Connor Schreck
Mary Thomasina Dullard, deceased Sharon O’Donnell Garrity, deceased
Rosaire Enzler Thompson Diane Marie Pape Halvorson
Jeane Evans Murray Jane Peck Hutchinson, deceased
Gilbertetta Fabis, BVM Beverly Pennell Casey
Dorothy Feehan, BVM Mary Jo Rolling Lange
Lenore “Mitzie” Fisch Vasey Dorothy Rosenbeck Gardner
Rosie Fox O’Neill Mary Thomasita Ross, BVM
Dorthy Franklin Landes Patricia Rossi Mark
Verna Mae Friedman Martha Schaub
Kathleen Garner Kush Mary Edwardine Sieja, BVM, deceased
Helen Garvey, BVM Stephanie Simon Casey
Mary Paulus Gensert, BVM, deceased Patricia Strouhal Busalacchi
Patricia Gilligan Bray-Weeth, deceased Gertruda Struble, BVM
Mary Rita Griffin Maureen Sullivan Sheridan
Helen Marie Hackett, BVM, deceased Patricia Theisen Munch
Harriet Heffernan Grenda Sara Thomas, deceased
Judee Hess Wernimont Mary Therese Von Holdt, BVM
Mary Hilger McCann Roseanne Vitullo Proteau, deceased
Virginia Hofer Bollero Sharon Waldron Schenatzki, deceased
Dr. Patricia Holmes, deceased Mary Ella Walker, BVM, deceased
Annette Horngren Eastman Mary Walter, BVM, deceased
Catherine Hsu Sih Mary Walter, BVM, deceased
Barbara Hughes Curry Helen Warren, BVM
Charla Illig Hammond Mary Kay Watson Begley
Karen Jasper, PBVM Mary Clare Weber Diver
Mary Kern Manning Margaret Weimer
Carole Kintzle Lawson Judith Ann Werthmann Parr
Margaret Kuhn Christman Mary Josita Zieser, PBVM

Alphabetical Biographical Information for the
Class of 1958

Nan Aid-MacEinri

1802 E Washington #69, Harlingen, TX 78550, (956)412-1369
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: The ZONE; flashing signals from MBH windows to the
Loras guys in North Hall; Dora Lam from Macna, who said I looked Portuguese;
incomparable roommates, Mariclare Costello and Pat Strouhal; that speech prof.
who called alphabetically “first AID and then (Shirley) BLOOD”; Keying trees,
cutting up frogs, beginning to become a writer…

What I’ve been up to: 34 years as a BVM sister; college prof. in Dubuque,
Miami, San Antonio; literacy in San Antonio and in Quito, Ecuador, with Gadget;
graduate degrees in Spanish at Iowa and Georgetown, where I found a friend for
life, Padraig MacEinre, Irish Franciscan Friar. We married in 1990. Padraig moved
on to heaven in 2003. Here and now I read, write, tend a food pantry and thrift
store, serve as a Board member for Head Start, and embrace the Border culture of
the Rio Grande Valley.

Mariclare Costello Arbus

2208 North Beverly Glen Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90077, (310) 474-2788
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: What I remember about Clarke and our class of about 44
girls on a hill near the Mississippi River is how much there was to learn there, and
how much fun it was to learn. It was cold sometimes, and lonely sometimes, but
it was always beautiful. I learned so much from you, my fellow classmates, my
roommates, dorm mates, and major mates. My eyes were opened to so many
things: your classical music, your West Side Story, your fashion, your art, your
paintings, your food, your jokes, your tricks, your poems, your stories, your songs,
your performances, your sorrows and your souls. You are extraordinary girls! I
am so grateful to you all. Our teachers were amazing! Sr. Mary Xavier had us
all subscribe to Theatre Arts Magazine! Sr. James Ann produced huge art exhibits
outside on the lawn! My education at Clarke was fantastic - acting, directing, stage
managing, lighting, sets, sound, Shakespeare, Kabuki, Eugene O’Neill, the current
B’way plays, poetry - Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales - we did it all,
and so much more. I send you all my love. I wish I could be there - maybe next
year.

What I’ve been up to: Since graduating from the stage of Terence Donaghoe
Hall 50 years ago, I‘ve continued to work in the theatre; in big theaters, little
theaters; long runs, and flops, for money and for no money; on B’way, off-B’way,

off-off -B’way, in repertory companies and regional theatres; toured the East,
West, Midwest and Europe; indoors, outdoors, in B’way houses, black boxes,
Masonic temples, gyms and cabarets; made commercials, T.V. shows, films, taught
and directed in my daughter’s grade school and high school and now at Loyola
Marymount University in Los Angeles. My husband, Allan Arbus is an actor and our
daughter Arin is directing plays in New York City.

Pauline Bautsch Baranowski

223 S Harvard Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, (847)259-3163

Mary Kay Watson Begley

3432 Webster, Omaha, NE 68131, (402)933-1889

Carol Blitgen, BVM

1315 Clarke Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001, (563)556-3874
[email protected]

What I’ve been up to: Clarke has been “home” to me for over 50 years: four
years as an undergraduate and I am beginning my 47th year of teaching and
directing here. It’s been painful (watching the fire of 1984) and very rewarding
(witnessing the growth of the College and seeing theatre graduates doing so well).
I’ve had the opportunity to direct some professional productions at the Uniform
Theatre in Kansas City and did Virginia Woolf at the University of Kansas and
Happy Days at Brandeis. But my heart always returns me to Terence Donaghoe
Hall. Life has been good to me. I was especially graced to receive the Kennedy
Center Medallion for continued artistic excellence and the National Silver Medal as
Teacher of the Year. Who would have “thunk”?

Virginia Hofer Bollero

44295 Namakagon Sunset Road, Cable, WI 54821, (715)794-2822

Clarke Memories: One of the most meaningful experiences for me at Clarke
was being educated under an honor system. This gave me a deep sense of my
own integrity and a basic trust in others that became part of who I am. And,
I remember the 1st rate faculty, the quality of the classes, and especially the
personal concern for me by my teachers and counselors. My excellent liberal
arts education has served me well through all my endeavors all these years. I
remember dear friendships, especially Roseanne and Pat Ann who have now
passed. Remembering fun times in Beta Commons and spaghetti dinners in the
kitchette. Lots of memories—this is probably already too long!

What I’ve been up to: How to sum up 50 years?! In the early years I took
graduate classes, taught biology, anatomy, in gifted programs, and art education.
Since ‘70, I’ve been a yoga instructor, in the 80s added a nutrition education
(specializing in vegetarian nutrition) and in the 90s facilitated meditation groups. In
this new millennium I live in the northwoods of Wisconsin on a lake, with my husband.
I’m a docent at the Natural History Museum in our town of Cable, and continue to
be engaged with yoga and meditation groups.

Family Updates: Angelo and I celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary this
year. We have a son Michael—he and his wife have 2 children: Amanda, 16
and Ben, 14. Our daughter Laurey (her husband, Chris, died in 2006) has 2 girls:
Marlee, 15 and Margaret, 7. They all live in St. Charles, Illinois and we visit them
often! And, of course, they enjoy traveling north to visit us!

Rosaleen McEnany Brady

2721 Norma Street, Cuyahoga Fall, OH 44223, (330)929-8900
[email protected]

Clarke memories: So many great teachers. So much talent among our class
leaders. So much fun in the dorms. Walking the tunnel between buildings. A very
cohesive, caring class. I remember the picnics, plays, and singing. Dashing to class,
meals (sit down) and Sunday mass. “Would anyone like a P & J sandwich with some
jello for lunch?”

What I’ve been up to: Thanks to Shirley Blood Ruedy, our class correspondent &
journalist, I have this “last chance” to update for our 50th reunion. While I haven’t
managed the achievements that many of you have, I have been blessed in many
ways over the years.

Although I had always hoped to attend our 50th reunion, I chose instead to visit my
Iowa cousins, sister-in-law and her family early in September, after an 11 to 12
year absence. My first cousin, Joan Mangold Grissom and her husband, Walt, were
in from Utah that week. Her mother, Blanche McEnany Mangold, graduated cum
laude in one of the first college graduating class from Clarke. My cousin, Patricia
Mangold Duggan, did the same in the 40’s. Other cousins and aunts also attended
Clarke for one or two years.

The week was too short but highly satisfying, spent briefly in Cedar Rapids, Ryan &
Dubuque. We wished for more time, but made the most of what we had with visits
till 1 a.m. and later most nights. One of its delights was recognizing and visiting
with Sister Mary Bryant. Do you remember her, sweet and humble in her brilliance
as the youngest professor at Clarke? My sister-in-law, Ruth McEnany, widowed,
1987, was giving me an evening tour of west Dubuque, especially Mt. Carmel
where I had spent a year, 1960-61. We saw two sisters walking on the front drive,
and she jokingly said they might be two of my friends. We pulled up to ask their
names and as they turned, I instantly recognized the sweet smile of Sister Mary

Bryant. We talked for half an hour with her and her companion who had grown up
in California and had taught in Arizona, my original home state.

Though I worked briefly other places, most of my time has been spent as a teacher.
I taught high school English before marrying, did some substitute work at our parish
school when the kids were young, and in ‘84 returned full time as a 7th, 8th grade
teacher of social studies at another parochial school. After retiring in 2001, I did
a year with GED and a little substituting, but devoted more time at home with home
with Pat. My main side interests through the years were pregnancy care (originally
known as Birthright), and later, a hot meal program as part of our parish social
concerns committee. My friend and I headed our parish volunteerswho took turns
with other parishes, cooking and serving at a downtown parish. What fun! We
both gave it up in ‘04 when our husbands’ health coincidentally took a steep turn
down, but it continues under very capable, younger hands.
My husband of almost 49 years, Patrick, died May 23, after an heroic battle
with ventricular tachicardia and chronic bronchitis. Although his health problems
surfaced years ago, he wasn’t fully diagnosed until the mid-90s, received a
defibrillator and portable oxygen in ‘96, and remained active until ‘04. After
an especially hard kick from his defibrillator, he was knocked down and out. He
became increasingly bed-ridden and familiar with Akron General Hospital. Easter
Monday, ER took him back. We spent 2 weeks at the hospital, 2 weeks at Hospice
(we have a wonderful one), and two weeks at home. What he kept throughout
his increased pain, was his sense of humor and his appreciation of any help given
him. He was known as a sweet patient to all medical staff and even managed a
joke with our pastor, Fr. McCann, who came for last rites at 2:30 one morning. Pat
received last rites 3x from 3 different priests during those 6 weeks, and I joked that
if that didn’t get him through the gates, nothing would. All of us were with him for
his passing; reminiscing, laughing, crying, and each praying in our own way. We
made sure that his calling hours & funeral Mass were beautiful and reflected both
Patrick and the things that were most important to him. He was a man, not a god,
and had his faults as we all do, but family and home were his prime concerns. He
was a tender heart; his best legacy to his children, responsibility and love for all
God’s creatures, especially the little ones.

I am most grateful for my children. Matthew returned from California in ‘01 to help
with his dad, giving him not only physical and moral support, but providing him with
much laughter and male camaraderie when home from work. Cecilia returned
from Maryland in ‘06 to help, while encountering her own unexpected and very
severe Graves disease (hyper-thyroid condition and removal.) She works and lives
nearby, and gives me my daily dose of best girlfriend exchanges. Emmet flew in
from California in mid-March, and blessed me with his stay until late August. He is
into all things healthy, including organic food, Yoga and Tai Chi. He and Glenn, in
from Michigan, converted our house into laptop, cell phone and land lines heaven
to do business, and we have all taken turns playing with Glenn’s sweet Yellow Lab,
Mokluba.

I am also grateful for the quality teaching and love shown me by the BVMs at St.
Francis Xavier in Phoenix for half of my grade school and high school years, Clarke
and Mt. Carmel. My biggest regret is that Pat and I didn’t reach that point where
I could give back financially for the great gifts they gave me. Finally, I’m grateful
for the friends I made at Clarke. We had such fun and so many of you were
outstanding. The person I most admired was Patricia Holmes, how indomitable and
caring was she? Perhaps now, with more time and e-mails, I can re-connect with
some of you who are still available. Nan, Pat, Marty, Mary Jo, Mary, are you still
there? Shirley, I’m so glad you are. All of you who can make it, have a wonderful
50th. Rosaleen

Family Updates:
• Married: 48 years, Widowed May 23, 2008
• Husband: Lawrence Patrick “Pat” Brady
• Children: Glenn, Cecilia, Emmet, and Matthew; Bridget, our 5th child, died

after 5 days

Barbara Duffy Brown

612 NW Albemarle, Ter, Portland, OR 97210, (503)223-3340
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: Fifty years ago, who knew what the Clarke Girls, Class of ’58,
would accomplish in their lives???? We were so fortunate to have grown up in such
a protected, nurturing environment…in a world of amazing calm and innocence.
Life really WAS simpler then. (Is that what all the “golden oldies” say as they
approach their 50th college reunions?????) I still have such fond memories of the
old chapel with the side pews, filled with the “sepulchered nuns,” and the formal
ranks that marched us penguin style down the aisle monthly for Sunday Mass.
And oh! the jubilation when Bermuda shorts were allowed on the tennis courts. A
proper Clarke girl would never be without her “foundation” when out in public!
(My husband still teases me about having to have my foundation on to take out the
garbage!!!!)

What I’ve been up to: But, for the overview of my life for the past 50+ years,
I must begin at the beginning…..Between freshman-sophomore year at Clarke, my
parents and I crossed the Atlantic on the QE I ….and on that ship, in the middle
of the ocean, a fine young man from the University of Michigan just happened to
ask me to dance. Our paths didn’t exactly cross with ease…it was the age before
freeways …but Phil Brown and I fell in love and managed to bridge the miles ‘twist
Dubuque and Ann Arbor. After 4 years, we finally decided we knew each other
well enough to get married… Not really… but our leap of faith was supported
by lots of love and prayers, which obviously paid off since we are anticipating our
50th wedding anniversary next year! After teaching in Davenport, IA for a year,
Phil and I were married in Ottawa, Ill., moved to Eureka ,Calif. for the first year
of wedded bliss, and then moved to Phil’s hometown of Portland, OR where we

have lived ever since. (Portland is really a beautiful city …you should come visit
sometime!).

To stay out of mischief, I volunteer….a lot! Every Tuesday morning of the school
year is spent with the SMART kids; every Wednesday, I’m at the hospital as
Eucharistic minister. Thursdays are for Meals on Wheels and Catholic Charities
projects. As I grow older (and it seems to be happening faster these days), my
Catholic faith grows more important in my life. I truly believe that the dedicated
BVMs I knew and loved at Clarke grounded me and helped me appreciate God’s
amazing gifts…in myself...and in others! And the Liberal Arts education I received
was a gift for life. God love those marvelous “Sister Marys”… and Clarke
College!!!!

I look forward to seeing all of us “old girls” together again in October ’08….and
to those who have already made their final journey, God bless you all…. till we
meet again!

Family Updates: The six little Brown babies began to arrive in late 1960,
and over the next 17 years, I was a stay-at-home mom. (3 girls in 3 years and 3
boys spread out over the next 14 years)!!! First-born Beth, lives in Portland and
is the mother of two VERY talented girls, if I do say so myself….Amy, engaged
for the first time at age 45, is the development director of SMART (Start Making
A Reader Today), a non-profit, state-wide program of 10,000 volunteers, who
read with K thru 2nd graders in the public schools ….Mary Frances, also a late-
bloomer, married at 40 for the first time 4 years ago and lives in Bellingham,
WA….Bowman, still looking for the love of his life, works and lives in Portland…
Tim married Kristina just 3 years ago and finally another grandbaby is coming (to
Seattle) in late October! O joy!!!! David and Anna are back in Portland after
Anna finished getting her nursing degree in home-town Boise, ID.
Phil just keeps on ticking!!!!!…He continues to work in his CPA firm, plays tennis and
golf with gusto, and is generally a really good guy…but I’m prejudiced, I admit it!

Patricia Strouhal Busalacchi

1840 North Prospect Avenue Apt #416, Milwaukee, WI 53202, (414)963-9162
[email protected]

What I’ve been up to: Tony and I sold our home to our eldest daughter and
are enjoying life in a wonderful retirement community overlooking Lake Michigan.
We are fortunate to have all three daughters in close proximity. We have been
traveling a lot and are inspired to do more when we see friends’ health fail. We’re
“doing it while we can.”

Tony has been making art for the last several years and is presently represented
in two Milwaukee galleries and one in Door County. We still get a huge thrill when
a piece sells. He volunteers at the V.A. Hospital weekly, and I hope to start at

Columbia-St. Mary’s Hospital in the fall. I also get a lot of pleasure from playing
the piano on a regular basis for a senior singing group and an interdenominational
church service. We are looking forward to seeing everybody in October!

Beverly Pennell Casey

1691 Kent Drive, Brentwood, CA 94513, (925)513-6085

Stephanie Simon Casey

410 Old Stone Rd. Apt. 5, Munster, IN, 46321 (219)838-4803

Margaret Kuhn Christman

3005 Cottonwood Court, Wakbeka, WI 53009

Meinrad Craighead

2712 Campbell Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (505)344-7109

Alice Loosbrock Cugley

1026 Camann St., Glendale, CA, 91208, (818)249-0757

Barbara Hughes Curry

15 West Cedar, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, (847)593-1056

Joni Gosline Davisson

1038 S. Paddock Rd. Beloit, WI, 53511, (608)363-8361

S Donna Determan

319 Cayuga Street, Storm Lake, IA 50588, (712)732-3119

Mary Clare Weber Diver

5825 Auster Road, Wakeman, OH 44889, (440)839-2988

Marjorie “Marge” Brannon Dosedel

13324 Huron Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124, (952)953-6987
[email protected]

What I’ve been up to: Thirty-five years of living and teaching in the AF
school system overseas (Germany, Italy, Spain and England) with most summers
spent traveling in various countries. Retirement to Minnesota to be near family
with winters in Arizona to keep warm. Retirement means doing what I want to
do—so volunteering with ESL students, book clubs, church activities and helping my
daughter-in-law who helped found SEW-MUCH-COMFORT (an organization that
makes specialized clothing for seriously injured servicemen).

Family Updates: One husband, three children, and nine grandchildren.

Annette Horngren Eastman

504 Quail Hill Court, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, (925)947-3855

Gilbertetta Fabis, BVM

1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, 52003

Dorothy Feehan, BVM

620 Whitaker Drive Apt 3C, Missoula, MT 59803
[email protected]

Nancy Cant Finkelstein (Lost)

Verna Mae Friedman

61 Royce Road, Marlborough, MA 01752, (508)251-1643
[email protected]

What I’ve been up to: After graduating from Clarke I pursued two years of
graduate study in painting at Catholic University of America in Washington, DC,
and Mills College in Oakland, Calif. I spent the next ten years teaching studio
art to prep school students in Maine, New York, and Alabama. After teaching I
moved to Cardiff, Wales. This evolved into a more than twenty-year ownership
and management of an import retail/wholesale business based in New York and
Vermont.

In 1996, I secured employment in the Massachusetts Department of Housing and
Community Development in Boston and moved to Salem, Mass.. While living in

Salem I re-immersed myself in painting and became an artist member of the
Marblehead Arts Association, serving as its President for two years.
I retired from the Commonwealth in 2006 and moved to Marlborough, Mass., to
be near my daughter and her family. In 2007 I became a docent at the Danforth
Museum of Art in Framingham, Mass., and joined Blue Skies Studios (a working
studio for artists) in Hudson, Mass. – I continue at both.

Family Updates:
• Married: 1960 in Carmel, CA
• Divorced: 1985 in Shelburne, VT
• Two marvelous children:

o Eric Schuler married to Holly Quan living in Hartford, CT.
o Greta Schuler married to Geoff Reinhold living in Marlborough, MA.
o Two beautiful grandsons:

• Aidan Reinhold, age 7 and Ashby Reinhold, age 3

Dorothy Rosenbeck Gardner

11000 N 77th Place Apt 1045, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, (480)451-5256
[email protected]

Helen Garvey, BVM

2450 Tar Ridge Road, Frenchburg, KY 40322, (606)768-9008

Hon Mai Lam Goodman

570 University Terrace, Los Altos, CA 94022, (650)948-8087
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: I found my education at Clarke was immensely valuable and
still serves me well.

What I’ve been up to: He works and I play! But we all know the crucial part
that we played behind the scenes for our families, I did some volunteer work and
took a lot of classes and now in my advancing years, I am spending more time with
a personal trainer, one step in keeping healthy.

Family Updates: Married: Joseph Wilfred Goodman, 1962; Children: One
daughter, Michele Ann, 1963.

Harriet Heffernan Grenda

738 Fresca Court, Solana Beach, CA 92075, (858)755-3446
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: My nicest memories are meeting so many very nice girls.

What I’ve been up to: My husband Ron and I have taken recent cruises to the
Western Mediterranean and to the Panama Canal. I do some volunteer work at
our church Thrift Store.

Family Updates: We now have 6 grandchildren; two of them arrived this year.
Plenty of baby sitting opportunities!

Mary Rita Griffin (Lost, last known address)

1430 B. N. Harlem, River Forest, IL 60305, (708)366-8544

Diane Marie Pape Halvorson

3844 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, (214)520-7720
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: I was a city student - not on campus. I enjoyed meeting and
getting to know many of the boarders. I enjoyed the classes and I got a good
education which made dietetics very interesting.

What I’ve been up to: Being a grandmother - Fun! Bible studies, book clubs,
cooking, travel, cultural events, etc.

Family Updates: Celebrated our 48 wedding anniversary this June, our two
daughters, Sue resides in Edina, Minnesota and Heidi in nearby Plano, Texas
have blessed us with seven grandchildren, six boys, one set of twins and a special
granddaughter.

Charla Illig Hammond

2928 B Kennedy Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81504, (970)523-4472

S Karen Jasper, PBVM

2360 Carter Road, Dubuque, IA 52001, (563)588-2008
[email protected]

Kathleen Garner Kush

8002 S Sawyer Road, Darien, IL 60559, (630)986-9360

Dorothy Franklin Landes (Lost)

Amersterdam, NY 12010

Mary Jo Rolling Lange

460 Elm Street, East Dubuque, IL 61025, (815)747-3739

Carole Kintzle Lawson

707 Bedford Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, (815)747-3864
[email protected]

Mary Murray Lensing (Lost, last known address)

1890 Country Club Dr., Marion, IA, 52302, (319)377-6098

Barbara Bernoudy Lowery

18632 Bobolink Drive, Hialeah, FL 33015, (305)829-0566
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: The honor system! Penalizing yourself for being late or
missing breakfast! Going to Diamonds downtown for lunch was a big treat.
Wonderful recitals! The culture shock at the visiting Chinese Opera. Playing bridge
in smoked filled rooms in Mary Frances Clarke Hall. Carol Blitgen class party!!
Loras musicals: Annie Get Your Gun, Brengdon, Showboat.

What I’ve been up to: Professionally, I’ve been involved in theatre, directing,
teaching, and acting. Retired from Miami Dade College in 2002 as professor of
performing arts, Emeretus, after 19 years. Still direct occasionally and audition for
commercials. I am enjoying being a grandmother and some volunteering.

Family Updates: Four children: Christy Anne, 48, Steven, 46, Julie, 43, and
Robert Kennedy, 37. (Julie lives in La.) Six grandchildren: Kevin, 17, Jessie, 15,
Allie, 12, Eddie, 9, Andy, 7, Hope, 4 ½.

Mary Kern Manning

401 W Curtis Road Apt 2-203, Savoy, IL 61874, (217)403-1854

Clarke Memories: Joy, struggle, happiness, challenge, good friends. Outside of
my family, the basis of why I am still working.

What I’ve been up to: Still practicing law. Retired from the County after 19
years of child support enforcement (#1 in the State of Illinois)! Now I am in private
practice.

Family Updates: Joe is a professor at Yale (Egyptologist); Mike is in insurance;
Tisha is an executive at Accenture; Beth is an ASL interpreter; Timothy is an
investment banker; Melissa is an artist supreme and a personal assistant.

Patricia Rossi Mark

1642 N Normandy Avenue, Chicago, IL 60707, (773)889-6761
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: So many! Working as secretary to S.M. Joseph Therese and
S.M. Anne Leone. Living in Eliza Kelly Hall with Nancy Calkins Taylor, Pauline Ament
and Mary Weller as neighbors. Friday nights at the home of Evelyn Bodnar (phys.
ed. teacher) along with Ed Demers (art prof.). Walking under the Larch tree with
S.M. Robert Hugh in the library. Special, wonderful classes with all my classmates…
afraid to mention them one by one in case I leave someone out! Love you all. And
then, how about remembering Fr. Friedman! Remember the bats in the Chapel?! I
remember, I remember…the best four years of my life!!!

What I’ve been up to: You already know, most of you, that I’m a retired
Chicago Public School teacher…spent the whole of my 35 years at one school…
The Washington Irving in the inner city. Now, I’m working part time as a library
associate at the River Forest Library in River Forest, Illinois…first in the Children’s
Room doing story times in English and Spanish and now at the circulation desk.
After losing my husband, Andrew, I had to find some solace outside of the home,
and the library fits the bill. I’ve done some traveling, mostly to Italy, my favorite
place to be.

Family Updates: Daughter No. 1: Rosanna Mark Andreu teaches art at
Steinmetz High School…married to Jose Agustin Andreu, art instructor at the Art
Institute and at Columbia College. Daughter No. 2: Andrea Mark Telli is branch
manager of the Humboldt Park Library in Chicago…married to John Telli, also
a branch manager at the Belmont Branch. Grandson Andrew D. Mark is moving
on up in the banking industry…now branch manager of the TCF Bank, soon to be
assistant vice president.
Dear alums…Sorry I have to miss this reunion. An earlier commitment keeps me
away. I’ll be with you all in spirit! Hugs!

Mary Hilger McCann

403 E Harrison, Wheaton, IL 60187, (630)668-7269
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: I remember a song our class sang at one of those traditional
senior events. I guess we’ve probably grown into it now!
The Old Girls, the Old Girls,
We’re finished but not about to fold girls.
We pack a little wallop, we’ve got a little pep,
We limp a bit in formal ranks but still we keep in step.

We used to hop and skip and jump,
We used to hike and swim.
But now our hop’s a thump, our skip is just a skim.
We hardly know our way across the street to find the gym…

Guess you’re right, but please address us as the
Not so old Old Girls!

What I’ve been up to: I have utilized my English major and music minor in my
career as—an accountant. Let’s hear it for liberal arts! I’m in my 25th year with
Wolf & Company LLP in Oak Brook, IL. It’s a great place to work and I still actually
enjoy tax season. Aside from reading and various needle work projects, I don’t
have a good set of retirement skills, so I’m planning to ride this one out as long as
it makes sense. John and I live a pretty tame “empty nester” life, enlivened with a
lot of Chicago theatre and flights to the East Coast where the kids have all located.
All in all, a good life!

Family Updates: One husband, three kids, four grandchildren. Maureen is a Girl
Scout executive in Washington DC; Karen is with Bank of America in NY (I frankly
don’t understand what she does); Brian is a comedy writer and actor with the Conan
O’Brien show, also in NY. The grandchildren are, of course, all wonderful, ranging
in age from 5 to 16. As long as the airlines don’t totally implode, we manage to
keep in touch pretty well. Thank heaven for email!


Barbara McClure Mette

700 Newcastle Drive, Lake Forest, IL 60045, (847)604-8126
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: Playing BAD bridge!! Having my hair freeze in the winter as I
ran outside after swimming, all the way to the chem. lab. Most of all the wonderful
staff and student body.

What I’ve been up to: I retired from Neiman Marcus in May of ’04 but still go
in one day a week to help some clients. I read, knit, play golf and oh yes, the
SUDOKU.

Family Updates: The man I married 8 ½ years ago (my 1st husband died 10
years ago) has 5 children, 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. I have
4 children, and 10 grandchildren. We think of it as a merger. So their visits and
our visiting them consumes a great deal of time. I am proud to say my oldest
granddaughter is a CPA with a fine job.

Joan Anderson Miller

8931 SW Quarter Master Drive, Vashon Island, WA 98070, (206)463-6433

Isabel Miller, BVM

6364 Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660, (773)334-8038

S Mary Frances Moore, BVM

1130 Carmel Dr. Marian Hall, Dubuque, IA 52003, (563)556-3240

Geneve Moran, BVM

6364 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660, (312)784-5386
[email protected]

Karen Morrow

C/O L Resnick, 159 W 53rd St. #12d, New York, NY 10019, (818)788-9020
www.karenmorrow.com

What I’ve been up to: Having been a performer for 45 years, I’m overloaded
with stories and feelings and relationships and events, most of which I can’t
remember! As a wise writer, Portia Nelson once said “My life has been a series of
fabulous events, it’s a pity I wasn’t there for most of them.” Those I do remember still
inform me and fill me with such a feeling of well being, that I’m sorry I can’t relive
them all...well, mostly all (there are some events I’d sooner keep tucked away, way
away, in the corners of my memory).

I now teach several performance classes, in LA, and often outside the city and state.
I have been teaching master classes in music theatre performance for the past five
years at places including University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of California
Irvine, University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles,
Baylor, University of Miami, Northwestern and Arizona State University.

And I hear myself talking about my past and my experiences; but I’m terribly
afraid I’ll sound like some old fart who needs to feed her ego. But nonetheless,
young performers today will have no way of knowing about their heritage except
from those who have been there; done that! Luckily I’m still being there and doing

that! Theatre, concerts, cabaret, commercials, and an occasional AUDITION! Yes, I
do have to go to an audition about once a year and I do it willingly only to keep
up to date on how it feels these days to be competitive and how the whole process
works. Many of my colleagues from the past are now big deal directors and
choreographers so it’s fun to show them, in some way, I’m still around and can still
sing. It keeps me in touch with the feelings my students have and I hope makes me a
better teacher.

I wish I could be there… but I have to conduct a music theatre seminar on the 3rd!
Rats!

Patricia Theisen Munch

4504 Alphonse Drive, Metairie, LA 70006, (504)242-3492

Jeane Evans Murray

PO Box 900, Lakebay, WA 98349

Diana Borst Nawrocki

10320 Cambridge Street, Westchester, IL 60154, (708)865-1845
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: My water ballet “Around the World in 80 Minutes” narrator
Karen Morrow. I had four roommates in four years: Barbara McClure, Marilyn
Wingert, Barbara Hughes and Shirley Blood.

What I’ve been up to: After my graduation from Clarke I accepted a teaching
position with the Chicago Public Schools to use both my art and my physical
education degrees. I have always felt “Creating art is joyous and thought
provoking experience.” Loyola University in Chicago is where I studied for a
master’s of education degree anticipating that I would eventually become a
principal. But along the way I met Ronald Nawrocki, married in 1963 and was
blessed with two lovely daughters and later four grandchildren. I continued
working in the art field as an artist member at a local art guild of which I
eventually became president. Between art exhibitions and my volunteer time at
local schools I started engaging in unique fabric painting, which led me to National
Embroidery Textile competition awards. I do compete in many art exhibits and
am on the boards of various organizations. At the present I am exhibiting in three
galleries in Illinois.

Time lapsed and I decided to RETURN as a student to The School of the Arts
Institute of Chicago where I studied to become an art therapist and graduated with
a master’s eegree in 1987. At Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network
my work was with stroke, spinal cord and brain injured patients as an art therapist

with a team of psychologists, nurses, doctors, speech, occupational and physical
therapists. Although I am retired, I am involved with support groups for Brain Injury
Association of Illinois and Illinois Spinal Cord Injury Association as a board member.
As a member of the American Art Therapy Association I have helped promote art
therapy as an effective tool for many life concerns and the maintenance of quality
of life.

In July 2008, I had my first “one woman art show” at the Dupage Art Gallery. Life
has been good for me as an art therapist, artist, wife, mother, and grandmother. In
my art I use fiber to seek spiritual pathways and find corridors to enhance healing.
As an art therapist I believe in the creative process to enhance growth and enrich
life. As I think about my fifty year reunion, it makes me see how I minister to others
as Clarke College ministered to me. I am very grateful for my extensive education
in these hallowed halls.

Family Updates: Daughter Debbie and Jim Urani, grandchildren RJ Cage (age
7) and Michael John (age 3). Daughter Marcia and John Uerburgt, grandchildren
Ivy (age 5) and Lily (age 4).

Carol Nilles

254 Northpointe Dr. NE, #106, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, (319)373-0541
[email protected]

What I’ve been up to: After graduating from Clarke, I moved back to my
parents’ home in Cedar Rapids, IA. I taught 6th graders for two years at my alma
mater, Immaculate Conception School.

In the fall of 1960, I joined the Sisters of the Presentation in Dubuque, IA. My
middle grade teaching assignments were at St. Columbkille School, Dubuque, IA;
St. Germaine School, Oak Lawn, IL; and St. Joseph School, Farley, IA. In summer
schools at Iowa State University, I earned my master’s degree in elementary school
counseling.

In 1973, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and have remained active in the
Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement.

For five years I was secretary in the CCR office of the Milwaukee Archdiocese.
After leaving the Presentation community in 1977, I moved to Milwaukee, WI. Not
wanting to continue classroom teaching, I began working in offices and also in
tutoring programs. Now retired, I recently returned to Cedar Rapids. So life has
come almost full circle.

Mary Bahl O’Hea

260 Cross Street, Dubuque, IA 52003, (563)582-8395

Rosie Fox O’Neill

116 Rosebud, Waterloo, IA 50701, (319)233-4018

Judith Ann Werthmann Parr

1709 N 675 E, Lafayette, IN 47905, (765)-589-8382
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: Lots of prompting from great teachers and lots of late night
studies - and that was good prep for late nights raising a family. Lots of true
friendships.

What I’ve been up to: Spending time with family and teaching. Since I stayed
home to raise my 8 children I was away from teaching for awhile. I currently am
teaching elementary special ed and loving it.

Family Updates: It’s been fun raising my 8 kids (2 boys, 6 girls), they are great
and have given me 17 grandkids. My children have provided me with several
cities to visit - three are in Lafayette, one in Indianapolis, one in Streator, IL, one in
Las Vegas, one in Boise, ID and one in Chicago. They have also provided me with
17 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

I look forward to seeing everyone in the fall.

Mary Thomasita Ross, BVM

1150 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003, (563)556-3240

Shirley Blood Ruedy

341 34th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403, (319)364-4739
[email protected]


Miss Martha Schaub

1350 Kimberly Ridge Road Apt 205, Bettendorf, IA 52722, (563)355-4946
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: I thoroughly enjoyed my years at Clarke. The honor system
was one of the great assets of Clarke. The friendly atmosphere was everywhere.
Two of my best friends at Clarke are still, after 50 years, my best friends. Above
all, I received a wonderful education. I was well prepared to face the world.

What I’ve been up to: After graduating, I started my teaching career in
Davenport, IA. I taught for 38 years, all of them except one, in Davenport. I

taught all the primary grades and 17 years in the Title I program. I received my
MA degree from the University of Iowa. I’ve taken many wonderful trips and am
getting ready to go on my 4th trip to Ireland on Oct. 15th. I have a couple of
volunteer jobs.
Family Updates: My two brothers are both married. I have 7 nieces and
nephews and 8 great nieces and nephews. They are pretty well scattered
throughout the country. All in all, it’s a great life.

Mary Jo O’Connor Schreck

18848 West Avenue, Reinbeck, IA 50669, (319)989-2040

Mary Ann McNeil Schueller

710 Crystal Drive NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, (319)363-0371

Mary Margaret Mason Sheehy

4917 W 85th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55437, (952)831-2447

Maureen Sullivan Sheridan

3030 Arbor Lane #102, Northfield, IL 60093, (847)446-8968

Catherine Hsu Sih

10 Coyote Court, Madison, WI 53717, (608)827-7210

Joyce Carney Snyder

1629 Grandview Court, Cedar Falls, IA 50613, (319)266-6310
What I’ve been up to: Early celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary with
children and grandchildren to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in July.
Family Updates: Shelley (Chip) Trousil, 48; Jeff (Angie) Snyder, 46; Stephanie
(Jon) Franklin. Shelley, Plano, TX; Jeff, Omaha, NE; Stephanie, Arlington, TX.

Mary Catherine Blake Stock

1544 Chat Court, Naperville, IL 60565, (630)420-2639

Gertruda Struble, BVM

Caritas Center, 1130 Carmel Dr. Dubuque, IA 52003

Rosaire Enzler Thompson

1941 Kamille Court, Waterloo, IA 50701, (319)232-7706

Lenore “Mitzie” Fisch Vasey

1421 Via Arco, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274, (310)375-5034

Clarke Memories: My two years at Clarke left me with numerous positive
memories. As a student in the two year teaching program, Sister M. Rose taught
me organizational skills needed to run a large classroom. Sister M. Bryant was
instrumental in changing my attitude about science. I can not recall the name of
Clarke’s super swimming instructor (1954-56), but thanks to her, swimming has been
a favorite form of exercise since my Clarke College days!

What I’ve been up to: Teaching, marriage, four children, more teaching,
retirement! Fourteen years ago I retired and have enjoyed travel, tennis, swimming,
and keeping my finger in education by tutoring.

Family Updates: My husband and I are fortunate to have our adult children
living near-by. Although late in becoming grandparents, we are now blessed with a
two-year-old grandson and an infant granddaughter.

Mary Therese Von Holdt, BVM

6364 N Shreidan Road, Chicago, IL 60660

Helen Warren, BVM

1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003, (563)556-5474

Margaret Weimer (Lost, last known address)

9 Village Hill ln. Apt. 21, Natick, ME 01760

Mary Judee Wernimont

1398 Belmont Dr., Woodbury, MN 55125 (651)739-7315
[email protected]

Clarke Memories: I value the superb Clarke education and remember excellent
tea hers and friends who enriched my life.

What I’ve been up to: This is my rest era because of major back surgeries. I
have been a teacher- paid and volunteer. I organized and taught religious
education. My position as first woman on the city parks commission led to a bond
issue and master plan. This plan continues to add trails and parks in Woodbury. I
was fortunate to attend the first workshop at St. John’s University led by Donald
Jackson. Other teachers enriched me and I taught this skill.

Family Updates: Paul and I had three girls and one boy- all were national merit
scholars. We have seven grandchildren.

S Mary Josita Zieser, PBVM

319 Cayuga Street, Storm Lake, IA 50588, (712)732-3119

www.clarke.edu