Volume 52 Number 3 January 2018
From the President . . . Eat Out event, quilting workshop, architecture / Happy New Year! The snowy winter months art tour of ND’s Main Building and coloring fun! can be a time to venture out to try new restaurants, Our annual Scholarship Luncheon is scheduled join a new group, or get involved in new activities. for Saturday, March 3, at 11:30 am in the Morris Time spent with interesting and intelligent women Inn at ND. Mary Lou Derwent, Elaine Nicgorski, is always a boost for me, and our members are and Bobbie Corke have made arrangements for exactly that! So, peruse our calendar of events and a wonderful event. It is always a thrill to hear activities and select a few things to try. You will the young women, our scholarship recipients, enjoy the activities and meet great women too! speak about their studies at ND and SMC. Also, The recent Cooking Demonstration with Chef our speaker Professor Malgorzata Dobrowolska- Gwen was very enjoyable as we learned about Furdyna will share details about the career path cooking beef bourguignon. Thanks to Susan that brought her to ND. Please join us for an Farrington for organizing that fun event. Thanks enjoyable time. also to Past President, Jo Ann MacKenzie, for It is always appropriate to have a grateful organizing the wonderful Christmas Tea in the heart, and the start of a new year, full of promise, elegant Stapleton Lounge at Saint Mary’s. We is a great time to be thankful for the many gifts were happy to listen to the accomplished musical that we have been given. Hope to see you soon entertainment by Professor Louis MacKenzie and at upcoming fun events with the Ladies of Notre hear from our esteemed new Life Members, who Dame and Saint Mary’s College! spoke so eloquently that day. I invite you to choose a few new activities for God bless you and your families, your calendar to perk up your winter weeks. Look for Newcomer activities, organized by Kim Mary Fran Kitz Reynolds and Susan Farrington, as well as a Let’s President Chairs Bobbie Corke, Honoring LND/SMC Mary Lou Derwent and Scholarship Scholarship Recipients Elaine Nicgorski invite all Madison Gonzales ‘18 SMC LND/SMC members Luncheon Stacie Skwarcan ‘18 ND to honor Harisa Spahic ‘18 ND Scholarship Recipients and welcome Saturday, March 3, 2018 Newcomers and Visitors 11:30 am Gathering • Noon Luncheon The Morris Inn • University of Notre Dame Special Welcome to Newcomers and Visitors speaker Malgorzata Dobrowolska-Furdyna Indicate your preference to Associate Dean for undergraduate Students join a Newcomer Table on Rev. John Cardinal O’Hara, c.s.c. Professor of Physics the reservation form College of Science, University of Notre Dame See p. 17 THE LADIES OF NOTRE DAME & SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE 2017-2018 PROGRAM February May we 21,extend 2018 a veryLet’s warm Eat Out! welcome - School to allHouse newcomers Cafe - 601 and N. visitors Michigan to the Street, University Lakeville, of Notre IN 46536 Dame andWednesday Saint Mary’s College.Carpool We hopemeets joining at 11:15 The am Ladiesin the Deli will athelp Martin’s you to Super build Marketa sense (S.R.of community 23 and Iron and serve11:45 as am a source of support.wood). Please RSVP joinby February and then 17 to Meg Mitzel
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2 Scholarship Luncheon The Ladies of No- Second semester Newcomers & Visitors will tre Dame and Saint be in attendance and introduced to those present. Mary’s College is Kim Reynolds & Susan Farrington will be hosting privileged to have and presenting them. Newcomers, when making the Dean for Under- your reservation, note that you wish to sit with graduate Studies in Kim and Susan. the College of Sci- All three of our scholarship recipients are se- ence, Physics Pro- niors. Madison Gonzales is a third time recipient fessor Malgorzata and will update us on her recent activities. She Dobrowolska-Fur- has studied in South Africa. Both Harisa Spahic dyna, as the speaker and Stacie Skwarcan are science students and are Malgorzata Dobrowolska-Furdyna at the March 3, 2018, doing interesting research. Come and meet them. Scholarship Luncheon. While the primary focus Members: gather together your friends and of this luncheon is to give recognition to the wom- neighbors and join us at this luncheon. If you en at SMC and UND that are receiving scholar- have teenage daughters, bring them along to hear ship monies from LND/SMC, having Dean Fur- from our recipients what they may do academi- dyna present will give all of us members, guests cally in the future. and students an opportunity to hear her speak to NOTE: Reservations for this luncheon are due us. We have asked her to tell us the path she has PRIOR to FEBRUARY 19, 2018. Form is on page taken in coming to where she is today. Having 17. heard bits and pieces of the many stops along the way from the University of Warsaw in Poland to Chairs: Bobbie Corke 277-7098 the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, we ex- Elaine Nicgorski 234-5157 pect it to be an interesting story. Mary Lou Derwent 277-1996
Let’s Eat Out
Food provided!
Join us for Mug Rugs Lunch at with Marcie Benjamin School House Cafe (LND/SMC Member and Talented Quilter!) Wednesday, February 21, 2018 11:45 am Saturday, February 24, 2018 601 N. Michigan Street 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Lakeville, IN 46536 Home of Marcie Benjamin - Granger
You will need a sewing machine, thread, a seam ripper, 11:15 am - Carpool meets in the Deli pins, a rotary cutter, scissors and a ruler. Cutting mats and at Martin’s Super Market (S.R. 23 and Ironwood) irons will be provided. You will also want to bring 4-6 fat quarters or other scraps of fabric that can be used together. RSVP by February 17 Meg Mitzel RSVP to Marcie Benjamin
Wine Tasting hosted by Heather Hakanen
Please bring an appetizer to share
An enjoyable dinner at Simonini Gourmet Wednesday March 21, 2018 6:30 pm Heather Hakanen has kindly offered to host a fun eve- 51801 Waterford Green Drive, Granger ning of appetizers, wine tasting and wine testing at her home on Wednesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm. Heather’s ad- RSVP by March 14 dress is 51801 Waterford Green Drive, Granger. Please Kim Reynolds
Duplicate Bridge Group The Rosary Group welcomes you
Keep your mind sharp! Upcoming Dates Friday, February 2, 2018 Learn to Play Duplicate Bridge Friday, March 2, 2018 Call Susie Farrington for details. Friday, April 6, 2018
Photo by Adam Lamm Duplicate Bridge Games 10:00 am pm Tuesdays* 7:00 Chapel of St. Catherine Home of Susie Farrington Fischer O’Hara-Grace Graduate Residences 1032 N. St. Peter Street, South Bend Community Center (corner of St. Vincent) at Wilson Drive and Bulla Road on the campus of Notre Dame Call ahead for a partner. Children are welcome *No game on 3/6, 4/10, 5/8. Convenient parking near the entrance For further information or directions contact: Chair: Susie Farrington 203-554-3030,
Upcoming Discussions Upcoming Discussions
February 19, 2018 February 1, 2018 Place: TBA Place: Home of Rita Hunter Time: 9:30am 52339 Windermere Ct., Granger Book: Glory over Everything Time: 1:30pm by Kathleen Grissom Book: Cry, the Beloved Country Leader: TBA by Alan Paton
March 19, 2018 March 1, 2018 Place: TBA Place: TBA Time: 9:30am Time: 1:30pm Book: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Book: Hillbilly Elegy by Lisa See by J.D. Vance Leader: TBA Leader: TBA
April 16, 2018 April 5, 2018 Place: Home of TBA Place: TBA Time: 9:30am Time: 1:30pm Book: The Girl Who Wrote in Silk Book: Angle of Repose by Kelli Estes by Wallace Stegner Leader: TBA Leader: TBA
For more information and For more information and directions to members’ homes, contact: directions to members’ homes, contact: Chair: Sheila Marshall, 291-2364 Chairs: Val Bartels, 271-3637
Creative Cooking Emeril Lagasse: Explore domestic and international cuisines and A Mardi Gras Celebration cooking styles, celebrate friendship and good (Couples Dinner) food with the Creative Cooking Group. Saturday, February 10, 2018 Madhur Jaffrey: Upcoming Events Splendid India Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Contact the chair for the location of these events: Rachael Ray: Spring Brunch Chair: Malgorzata Bak-Hill Saturday, April 14, 2018 574-273-1210,
From the Corresponding Secretary . . . Michelle Wheeler, Volunteer Coordinator Notes have been sent on behalf of LND/SMC to
February 10 South Bend Chocolate Café Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 122 South Michigan Street, South Bend
February 15 South Bend Symphony Orchestra at the Beichner Center Thursday, 9:30-11:15 am **Open to all LND/SMC Members! The Center’s staff asks that we park in designated visitor parking spaces once the nearby lot is full. 100 University Village, Notre Dame, IN 46556
February 21 Lapsit at Heidi’s Home Wednesday, 9:30 – 11:15 am contact chair for directions.
March 3 HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 111 W. Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, IN 46601
March 23 Beichner Center Playdate - on Notre Dame Campus Friday, 9:30 – 11:15 am See description above.
March 27 Central Park Playground Tuesday, 4:30-5:30 pm 295 East Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, IN 46544
April 14 Potawatomi Zoo Walkabout - Meet inside the entrance Saturday, 10:15 am 500 S. Greenlawn Avenue, South Bend, IN 46615
April 19 Beichner Center Playdate - on Notre Dame Campus Thursday, 9:30 – 11:15 am See description above.
April 26 St. Patrick’s County Park Playground Thursday, 4:30-5:30 pm 50651 Laurel Road, South Bend, IN 46637
South Bend Symphony Orchestra Open to all **Further details will be forthcoming in our LND/SMC at the Beichner Center monthly calendar and Facebook events! Members! **This is not an all-inclusive list! Addition- al ideas, get-togethers, adventures, whether planned a week out or ad hoc, are invited from all members, anytime. Listen to and engage with a String Quintet in a cozy setting Chair: Rachel Butler
RSVPs appreciated, but not required Rachel Butler
With blankets of snow covering the cam- pus of Saint Mary’s College, members of the Ladies of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College gathered at the Stapleton Lounge of Le Mans Hall on Sunday, December 10, 2017 to honor the women who have been designated Life Members including Pam Burish, Carol Cosimano, Brigid Edmonds, Diane Entrikin, Kate Murphy, Diane Nich- ols, Beatriz Sen, Marika Smith, Marina Smythe, Peg Walter, and Carole Walton. Louis MacKenzie, Professor of French and Fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at ND, as well as hus- band of LND/SMC Past President, Jo Ann MacKenzie, entertained guests with de- lightful piano and guitar music. Creative Cooking members provided a vast array of delicious food. Gratitude goes to Jo Ann MacKenzie for arranging the festive event. Note: To be designated a Life Member, a mem- ber or her spouse must have retired from either the University or College in the past year. Also, members must have been dues-paying mem- bers for at least the two years prior to recognition.
9 New Life Members Pamela Burish women. In retirement, I look forward to spending time with our sons and daughters-in-law in Texas Having grown up in Wisconsin, I have always and Florida, tea parties with our four grandchil- enjoyed the Midwest and returned to vacation dren, leisurely reading, gardening, paper crafting, and visit family each year. volunteering, and trying new things such as quilt- When my husband Tom ing. and I married, we moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he started his academic ca- Brigid Edmonds reer at Vanderbilt University and I continued teaching el- I graduated from Saint Mary’s College in 1973, ementary grades at my new majoring in French with a minor in Spanish. My school - St. Ann’s Catholic School. Our two sons, husband Ed is a 1973 Notre Mark and Brent, were born and raised in Nash- Dame graduate. We mar- ville while I continued to teach either full or part ried in 1975 and raised our time in Catholic and/or Metropolitan Nashville three children in Williams- Public Schools. I loved the diversity of teaching burg, Virginia, and New the Arts in an English Language Learner public Orleans, Louisiana. school with over 60 nationalities. I was fortunate Ed has been a law li- to be named an Apple Distinguished Educator brary director for 36 years, and began to become immersed in the use of tech- working first at the - Col nology in education, something that has been an lege of William and Mary, interest ever since. Through Vanderbilt Univer- and then at Loyola University New Orleans. In sity, I started teaching and working with future 2001, we moved from New Orleans to Minnesota teachers. where Ed worked at the University of St. Thomas In 2002, Tom and I moved to Washington and in Minneapolis. I taught French and Spanish at Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. There, I con- the junior high and high school level for 22 years tinued my undergraduate teaching in the educa- in New Orleans and St. Paul, Minnesota. We tion program and oversaw student teachers work- moved to South Bend in 2006 when Ed accepted a ing in the Rockbridge County Public Schools. The position at the Notre Dame Law School. local history, including living in Robert E. Lee’s I retired from teaching, but I have been active home, and the physical beauty of the Shenandoah in many social justice programs through Sacred and Blue Ridge Mountains are fond memories of Heart Parish. I have also enjoyed participating our time in Virginia. in many events with LND/SMC. Now that Ed In 2005, when we arrived at Notre Dame, has retired, we keep busy traveling to visit our Tom’s alma mater, we felt like we had come full children and grandchildren who live in Houston, circle in our lives and were “home.” The Alliance Texas; Boise, Idaho; and Edina, Minnesota. for Catholic Education (ACE) provided me an en- riching experience of working with talented and dedicated ACE teachers in the M.Ed. program in the areas of literacy, assessment, and education- Membership as of January 29, 2018 al technology. The Ladies of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s College warmly welcomed me, and there 82 Renewing Members were so many opportunities to become involved 15 New Members in our new community! My ND/SMC choices +131 Life Members included Bible Study, Outdoor Adventures, and 228 Total Members Plant Based Eating Interest groups, and I continue to enjoy my time with these incredible groups of 10 New Life Members Diane Entrikin Kate Murphy
I was born in Richmond, Virginia and spent my The Ladies of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s youth in the East, settling in Westport Ct. near College offered me a warm, welcoming group of NYC where my father worked. faculty and staff wives when I met my husband, Nick, at Pat and I moved here 34 years Syracuse University where we ago. both attended. We were mar- I found the Autumn Open- ried a year after graduation at ing Tea a wonderful intersec- Hendricks Chapel on the Syr- tion of women from different acuse campus and moved im- colleges across the University, mediately to the University of the Gourmet Group filled with Wisconsin-Madison for Nick’s wonderful cooking experienc- graduate studies. In the five years we lived in Wis- es and the International Group with fascinating consin, I worked with children and adults with worldly women. I was very involved for several special needs in a private school setting, drove a years, was president 1996-97 and recently served school bus for handicapped children, worked on on the Membership Committee. special education curriculum for the state, studied Pat and I raised our three sons, who attend- and received my M.S. in Behavioral Disabilities ed ND, and all three married ND girls. We now at UW and began my career as a teacher of chil- enjoy our free time traveling to see grandkids in dren with special needs. After Nick received his Charleston and Minneapolis. Pat retired June 30, Ph.D., we headed to Los Angeles for his first job at 2017 after 34 years in the Marketing Department UCLA as assistant professor of geography and the of Mendoza College of Business. continuation of my career as a special education teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Diane Nichols Little did we know at the time that we would re- main in California for 35 years, while raising our I was born in Washington, D.C. where we lived two sons, Chris and Devin. until I was nine when my father’s job took us Then on to Notre Dame! In 2010, Nick left his to Battle Creek, Michigan. This was an exciting vice provost position at UCLA to become Notre move because, unlike Washington, snow would Dame’s first vice president for internationaliza- last beyond noon time and we tion. We lived on campus and spent one year in could go sledding all day. In the Fischer Grace apartments, reliving our grad- 5th grade, the thing to do was uate student apartment days. We built our home to attend social dance classes at on Notre Dame Avenue and thoroughly enjoyed a local church. At Halloween, the house and neighborhood. I was immediately instead of costumes, the class welcomed by The Ladies of Notre Dame and Saint members made imaginative Mary’s College and enjoyed its many activities nametags. This is where I met including committee work, field trips and -espe my future spouse who designed a very resource- cially Creative Cooking! Another very important ful nametag. Inside a clear plastic nametag hold- part of my South Bend experience was serving on er he placed a dollar bill and two nickels which the board of directors for the Fischoff National equals Bill Nichols. Needless to say this made Chamber Music Competition. After making many a lasting impression on me. We ended up at the good friends, and enjoying Notre Dame life, we same junior high school, started dating, and have are now back in sunny California, where we are been together ever since. happily retired and celebrating the birth of our I moved from Battle Creek shortly after that first grandchild, Luke. when my father was transferred to Tallahassee, Florida. In those days Indiana University allowed 11 New Life Members alumni children (my father was an IU grad) to at- in painting and sculpture, I noticed that wher- tend paying in-state tuition. This allowed me to ever we were, he would suddenly interrupt our leave the south and come back north. I attended conversations to point out the details of a nearby IU for five years earning a B.A. in psychology and building. When I met his parents, I was shocked an M.B.A. (There were only three women in my to discover that his family sat around talking graduating class!). With the psych background I about art as though it was the most important was hired in the marketing research department thing in the world. My family had assumed noth- of a pharmaceutical company based in Kalama- ing was more important than science, in a hierar- zoo, Michigan. Life was good. Bill and I married, chy that went from engineers to mathematicians had two children (Ben, ND ’93 and Lisa, SMC ’97), to physicists. and in 1977 moved to South Bend after Bill com- Because we fell in love and married, my hier- pleted his doctorate and joined the Notre Dame archy shifted. Luckily, I was studying art histo- faculty. It’s been a wonderful life here in the Mid- ry and Italian at Berkeley before I met Thomas west. because those became the interests we shared. Thomas studied architecture in a graduate pro- Marika Smith gram for students with a bachelor’s degree in a different subject, and we traveled extensively as When I arrived in South part of his studies. We started our family at about Bend in 1989, one of the the same time he started his own architectural first events I attended was practice, and I supplied the bookkeeping skills a Ladies of Notre Dame and for the enterprise. Thomas enjoyed all aspects of Saint Mary’s College Book architecture, both design and teaching. His in- Club meeting, an evening at terest was in reclaiming the ancient Greek princi- which I met several women ples of good design and applying them in current with whom I formed close practice. His buildings have included churches, friendships, and I am de- three museums, a seminary, and a new Benedic- lighted to have become a life member. tine monastery, and I had the fun of running the I grew up in the small town of Livermore, Cal- office when we were carrying out these projects ifornia, the daughter of an astrophysicist at a na- and managing the assortment of young architects tional laboratory. My parents had met on a moun- who helped us, some of them talented former stu- tain-climbing expedition in the Wind River Range dents. I have also enjoyed being involved in the in Wyoming and our family’s recreation was ori- South Bend Museum of Art as a trustee and am ented to climbing, camping, and hiking the Sierra currently president of the South Bend Art Center Nevada Mountains. Foundation. I studied at the University of California at We have six children, who are scattered around Berkeley, beginning in 1969, in the midst of the the country, as might be expected in an academic Free-speech and Anti-war Movements and the family. Five of them are married and have giv- related closures on campus. Nevertheless, my en us nine grandchildren and one is a Dominican university dormitory had strict rules of decorum, priest, following the peripatetic life we demon- rules that were supervised by a dour matron al- strated during his childhood. ways on the alert at the front desk. Meanwhile, professors opened my mind to the adventure of reading the Bible, in a literature course, and to the New Life Members Not Pictured beauty and imagination of the Church in a history of social welfare class, experiences that eventually led to my conversion to the Catholic faith. Carol Cosimano I met my husband, Thomas Gordon Smith, in a dance class at Berkeley, and while his major was Beatriz Sen 12 New Life Members Marina Smyth Peg Walter, MD, FACS
I was born in Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland, but Born and raised on the northwest side of the City of spent most of my growing-up years in France, Chicago, Peg was the oldest of six. She went to nursing and then Belgium. After graduating from Univer- school at Lutheran General on a full scholarship, then sity College Galway with a worked at Northwestern University Hospital. She BSc in mathematics, I went became a CRNA (Nurse Anesthetist) to Providence, RI. My hus- at Penn. Hospital in Philadelphia. She band Brian was a graduate worked at NIH and Georgetown Uni- student in mathematics at versity Hospital, where she later went to Brown, and I worked sev- medical school. She did her internship eral years as editorial assis- (general surgery) and residency (ENT) in Birmingham, AL at the University of tant for the American Math- Alabama (UAB) then a fellowship in fa- ematical Society, then in Providence. cial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Universi- When we came to Notre Dame, the library was ty of Illinois Eye & Ear, Chicago. She has about a dozen brand new, and I don’t remember any talk then peer-reviewed scientific publications, which is a lot for of extending the stadium in any way! When you a resident. A book sponsored by the American College walked on campus there were no flowers and no of Surgeons, The Surgeon in the Woman’s Body, has a benches, and all the students were young men – it biographical chapter written about her, “A Worst-Case was very strange. The Mathematics Department Scenario” detailing the difficulties she had as the first had found us a lovely house to rent on Riverside northerner, and only third woman in the 100-year his- Drive, and we started raising our family there and tory of UAB to graduate from any surgery program. It enjoying our friends, while I did freelance editori- was a ‘cult’ handbook for many female surgery resi- al and translation work for the Notre Dame Press. dents for many years. The year after she left UAB, the We have four children, two of whom were born ENT Department underwent drastic changes in lead- here and later went to Notre Dame. ership and policy, and expanded its staff to include When I decided to go to graduate school, I was men of other races and backgrounds. As a result of her accepted in the Medieval Institute PhD program, experiences, she was appointed and spent years on the where I was something of an oddity, being mar- AMA Subcommittee for Gender Discrimination. ried and having children, what was then called She moved back to the Midwest, St. Joseph, Mich- a “mature student.” The Institute was my sec- igan, and practiced surgery for almost 30 years. She ond home for over 40 years: after being a student retired after an auto accident. there, I helped maintain the high standard of the She had her two children during her medical school library collection for Medieval Studies. Upon re- years. She also has three stepsons from her second tiring, I was finally free to actively participate in marriage to Professor Samuel Paolucci, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Notre Dame. one of the Ladies of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Currently she lives half or more of each year in Cen- College book clubs. I immediately joined one, and tral Italy on the Adriatic Sea, near the picturesque wine I really enjoy these monthly meetings. capital Tollo, the hometown of her husband Sam. The I would like to take this opportunity to ac- winery, Cantina Tollo, is known for the brand Collo knowledge my debt of gratitude to my many Secco, and the wine Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Notre Dame friends and colleagues, and most She is an active artist in oil paints and pastels, a pas- especially to the late Father Theodore Hesburgh sion she had as a young woman. and to his lovely assistant Melanie Chapleau, all She spent several years working as a volunteer with of whom joined to make it possible for my oldest the Red Cross to assimilate Arab refugees and contin- grandchild to become part of our family after a ues these friendships. particularly difficult immigration/adoption situ- ation. One does not forget such kindness.
13 New Life Member Carole Walton From the Membership Chairs...
The first time I joined the Ladies ofNo- New Members: tre Dame was right after we arrived here in Crickett Gibbons Maria Younes 1963, fresh from graduate 51590 Stratton Court 744 W. Washington Ave. school at Northwestern. Granger, IN 46530 South Bend, IN 46601 With friends from Rosary (919) 306-1244 (574) 237-0295 College in River Forest, I [email protected] [email protected] had visited Notre Dame many times for ballgames Maureen Dore Meghan Reed and dances, but never 1025 N. Niles Ave. 15160 Hunting Ridge imagined I’d live here South Bend, IN 46617 Trail happily all the rest of my life. Jay and I have (917) 846-5294 Granger, IN 46530 two children, Ann and Jack, and with their [email protected] meghanreed99@gmail. spouses they each have two children, so we’re com blessed with four granddaughters. I have Mary Lynn Doyle taught at Saint Mary’s Academy, at IUSB, and 18415 Tulla Ct. at Saint Mary’s College (for 24 years) and re- South Bend, IN 46637 Changes: tired in 2003. My extracurricular joys, before (574) 247-0017 Loretta Despres and after retirement, continue to be as a host [email protected] 3602 S. Ironwood Dr. every Saturday morning for An Hour of Sto- South Bend, IN 46614 ries on WSND-FM (88.9) since 1994, and a do- Sarah McDonald cent at the Snite Museum and the South Bend PO Box 1035 Elizabeth Henderson Museum of Art since 2003. I’m delighted and Niles, MI 49120 530 Tanglewood Trace thankful to be named among the Life Mem- (616) 402-4655 Mishawaka, IN 46545 bers of this amazing, friendly family. sarahmcdonald316@gmail. com Keiko Storin Supporters of the PO Box 634 Quynh Lan Nguyen Camden, ME 04343 LND/SMC Scholarship Fund 3600 N. Main Street, Apt 23 for Local Women Mishawaka, IN 46545 Carol Porter (574) 383-6285 antiquejunkie@comcast. A sincere thank you to the following members for their gener- [email protected] net ous donations to the LND/SMC Scholarship Fund for Local Women at both the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College. Janina Goetz Renewing Members: [email protected] Maureen Dore - University of Notre Dame June Harr 15515 Hunting Ridge Trail Donations to the LND/SMC Scholarship Fund for Local Women at either the Granger, IN 46530 University of Notre Dame or Saint Mary’s College are accepted at any time. (574) 277-6768 Pam Chipman 288-0995 Checks may be made payable to either (or both) school(s) and mailed to: [email protected] Jennifer Velasco, 247-0601 Pam Chipman, 1208 Leeper Avenue, Membership Chairs South Bend, IN 46617. Donna Cox 18070 Abington Ct. South Bend, IN 46637 (574) 855-3349 Thank you! [email protected] 14
In Memoriam In Memoriam Mary M. Freeman Catherine G. “Cass” Kellenberg
November 30, 1931 - December 13, 2017 June 8, 1926 - November 12, 2017 ✙ ✙ On November 30, 1931, Mary was born in Catherine Gene Harvey was born in Chi- Vienna, Illinois, to Henry Aud and Beulah cago, Illinois, to Eugene Francis Harvey and Mifflin. In 1953 she received her B.S. degree (Catherine) Edna McMahon. She earned two in geology from the University of Illinois, degrees from Northwestern University, a B.S. where she was president of her sorority, Delta (1948), followed by an M.A. in school-based Delta Delta. It was at the University of Illinois guidance and counseling (1949). At Fordham she met her future husband, Jeremiah P. Free- University in 1954, Catherine completed her man. That loving marriage would last until coursework toward a Master of Social Work. Jerry’s death 61 years later. Catherine married Conrad Kellenberg at Between 1953-1964 Mary and Jerry lived Sacred Heart Church, Notre Dame, Indiana, in Huntsville, Alabama. They then moved to on September 10, 1955. During her profes- South Bend where, in 1967, Mary became a sional career she taught English and Spanish certified Montessori teacher. She then found- at New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois, ed and ran Little Flower Montessori School, North Liberty High School, North Liberty, In- later called The Montessori Academy at Ed- diana, and LaSalle High School, South Bend. ison Lakes. Mary then worked for the South While at North Liberty High School, she or- Bend City School District, establishing their ganized several student trips to Mexico for resource center in the 1980s. her Spanish language students. Catherine re- During her retirement Mary continued her tired from teaching in 1984. busy life, working as a volunteer for Hospice, Catherine and Conrad traveled extensive- St. Joseph and Little Flower Catholic Church- ly, visiting five continents, including two ex- es, The Ladies of Notre Dame and Saint tended trips throughout Africa in the 1980s. Mary’s College, her college sorority and an She was a volunteer with the Center for the interfaith group. Homeless in South Bend and with the Little Mary was preceded in death by her hus- Flower Parish Pastoral Council. Catherine band Jerry and by her brothers Henry Miff- was active in Call to Action USA, a progres- lin and Robert Mifflin. She is survived by her sive Catholic organization. She also loved brother John Mifflin and by her six children reading, gardening and the performance arts. Thomas Freeman (Margaret Miller), Chris- Catherine was pre-deceased by her par- topher Freeman (Sandy Neuliep Freeman), ents, by Conrad, her husband of 60 years, and John Freeman (Pamela Corson Freeman), Su- by her grandson, Zachary Eli Neiman. san Freeman McCortney (Ryan McCortney), She is survived by five children: Kather- James Freeman and Kathleen Freeman (James ine, Thomas (Olena Ftomova), Anne (Greg- Childs). She is also survived by 17 grandchil- ory True), Joan (John Callewaert) and John dren and 2 great-grandchildren. (Patricia Kelly). Catherine is also survived by Mary died on December 13, 2017, in Hun- twelve grandchildren, two great-grandchil- tington Beach, California. Funeral arrange- dren and by many nieces and nephews. ments will be announced following the Catherine’s funeral liturgy was held on Christmas holiday season. Saturday, December 16, 2017, in Our Lady of Holy Cross Chapel at Holy Cross Village, Notre Dame, Indiana, followed by a private burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame.
15 LND/SMC Elected Officers Appointed Board and Other Positions
President E-Newsletter Circulation Mary Fran Kitz Elaine Baumbach [email protected], 630-750-8849 [email protected], 574-243-8438
President-Elect Interest Group Coordinator Meg Mitzel Ravini Fernando [email protected], 607-797-3065 [email protected], 574-855-2199
ife ember hair Past President L M C Jo Ann MacKenzie Winnie Caponigri-Farquhar [email protected], 574-286-8270 [email protected], 574-233-8855 Life Member Advisors Program Co-Chairs Catherine Kossler Brigid Dutile [email protected], 614-596-0802 [email protected], 574-272-2204 Meg Mitzel Ruth Schmitz [email protected], 607-797-3065 [email protected], 574-272-5196
Newcomer & Visitor Co-chairs Recording Secretary Peg DeBoer Susan Farrington [email protected], 574-271-4706 [email protected], 203-554-3030 Kim Reynolds Corresponding Secretary [email protected], 574-383-5730 Marge Marley [email protected], 574-289-9134 Newsletter Circulation Bobbie Corke Treasurer [email protected], 574-277-7098 Marti Alworth [email protected], 574-243-1533 Newsletter Editor Linnea Lannon Assistant Treasurer [email protected], 574-243-5802 Corinne DeTrempe [email protected], 574-243-7770 Parliamentarian Elaine Nicgorski Membership Co-Chairs [email protected], 574-234-5157 Pam Chipman [email protected], 574-288-0995 Playgroup Coordinator Rachel Butler Jennifer Velasco [email protected], 910-973-4915 [email protected], 574-247-0601 Volunteer Coordinator Michelle Wheeler Appointed Board and Other Positions [email protected], 208-301-4198 Chaplain Father Thomas Blantz, c.s.c. Website Managers 631-5066 Rumana Poellabauer [email protected], 574-271-2223 E-mail Event Coordinator Julie Nelson Catherine Kossler [email protected], 574-272-2502 [email protected], 614-596-0802
16 Luncheon Honoring LND/SMC Scholarship Recipients
Madison Gonzales ‘18 SMC Harisa Spahic ‘18 ND Stacie Skwarcan ‘18 ND
Saturday, March 3, 2018 11:30 am Gathering Noon Luncheon The Morris Inn Hesburgh/Joyce Dining Room
Speaker Prof. Malgorzata Dobrowolska-Furdyna Assoc. Dean for Undergraduate Studies College of Science, University of Notre Dame
• Butternut Squash Soup Cost: $28.00 • Rolls & Butter Send reservation information and check (made out to LND/SMC) , ENTREE (choose one) • Grilled Chicken Crepe PRIOR to Monday, February 19, 2018, to with Apple, Mushrooms and Brie Cream with Fresh Asparagus Spears Elaine Nicgorski or 625 Peashway • Eggplant Parmesan South Bend, IN 46617 with Greek Tomato Sauce, tomato, cucumber , feta, orzo Please address any questions and any dietary restrictions to Elaine Nicgorski at • Carrot Cake 574-234-5157 or
------Detach and mail to Elaine Nicgorski with check made out to LND/SMC ------• Tables of 8 will be set • Guests listed will be seated together with the member or guest inviting them • Indicate with whom, in addition to your guests, you wish to be seated. • Requests will be honored, if possible. Your payment includes gratuities.
Name: Telephone # email: o o Choose one Grilled Chicken Crepe or Eggplant Parmesan Name: Telephone # email: o o Choose one Grilled Chicken Crepe or Eggplant Parmesan Name: Telephone # email: o o Choose one Grilled Chicken Crepe or Eggplant Parmesan Name:
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Valet Parking is available for this event. If you display a SMC or ND hang tag, the valet parking is com- plimentary. All others will pay a special reduced rate of $5 for this event. Note: Guests who come together in one vehicle will expedite their wait time when leaving.
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The next deadline for the April newsletter is PRIOR to March 16, 2018