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Mercy News: Sr. Dee’s Jubilee Monday, September 9, 2019 Gather your foursome for a day of fun that benefits our FIESTA 2019 Negotiated Tuition Program. Or register yourself and we’ll find a foursome for you. Registration includes: All-School Reunion The Players Club at Deer Creek Graduation • 11:00 a.m. Check-in and Cookout Lunch Event presented by • 12:00 p.m. Shotgun Start, Texas Scramble Alumnae Features: J. Skinner Baking Co. • Buffet Dinner and Prizes to follow Making a Difference in Chicago Communities Register today at mercyhigh.org/events Mercy Saved Her Annual Report The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT MERCY NEWS Pride and Gratitude Table of Contents: Mercy Couple Receives Mercy News 03 | Cor Misericordiae Award When I reflect on the last six months of our 2018-2019 04 | Sr. Dee’s Jubilee academic year, two words come to mind: pride and gratitude. 06 | FIESTA 2019 Cor Misericordiae Award 08 | All-School Reunion Mercy began the year 2019 with our annual Scholarship & 09 | Wieberg Named Alumna Placement Exam, and I am grateful that over 100 girls made Award Recipient A love of Mercy High School’s mission and a dedication to giving Mercy their school of choice. 10 | Graduation others an opportunity are the inspiration behind Nicole Hahn 14 | Athletic Accolades In February, we celebrated one of our largest FIESTAs ever 16 | Passion for Service Jesse ’80 and John Jesse’s long-term commitment to the school. at our new venue in Downtown Omaha (see story pages 6 17 | May Crowning and 7). Our theme was Destined to Shine, and we did just 18 | Kaleidoscope Takes Flight women there. My and endowing two student that by raising more than $400,000 to provide opportunities for young girls to 22 | Monarch Parents husband and I scholarships. Those scholarships attend Mercy through the Negotiated Tuition Program. I want to express my Club Supports School are committed to honor two former teachers: Sr. thanks to Lynn and Brad Muse, FIESTA Chairs, the hundreds of volunteers and 24 | Announcements staff that worked on this event, and all of the families, alumnae, friends, and making sure other Rosemary Floersch, RSM, SM ’52 donors who supported our efforts. We also celebrated Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and Advancement News young girls have the and Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, her husband, John. They received the Cor Misericordiae Award for their lifelong 23 | Negotiated Tuition Program opportunity for a RSM, Mount St. Mary ’29. commitment to Mercy (see story page 3). Tears came to my eyes as I listened to 23 | Spring Donor Mercy education,” Student Council President Mayela Hernandez ‘19 share her Mercy journey with Appreciation Event Nicole said. John, who is the Associate Vice the attendees. My gratitude continued as attendees filled the monarch by raising President for Finance at Creighton their paddles to honor my jubilee. Thanks to a matching grant of $50,000 from Alumnae Features Powerful women University, has also served as an the Heider Foundation, we raised more than $130,000 during this segment. 20 | Making a Difference in were an integral Endowment Trustee for Mercy for Chicago Communities part of Nicole’s the past ten years. Nicole joined March brought our Mission Week, a week-long effort to support educational 26 | Mercy Saved Her efforts in third-world countries. I was so proud of our girls. (see story page 20) 27 | Alumnae Items formative years the Board of Trustees of the school both at school and in 2015 and currently serves as This spring also brought a new leadership and empowerment program to Annual Report in her personal its Chair. our Mercy corridors called Kaleidoscope (see story on pages 18 and 19). By 29 | Annual Report life. Her family building on our OnToCollege with John Baylor program, our counselors and the founded La Casa “My wife and daughters, as Back Cover: Advancement Office were able to provide our girls with networking connections Golf Fest 2019 The couple has lent their Pizzaria where she serves as graduates, are examples of what and opportunities to build their strengths, with practical knowledge to support considerable talents to Mercy General Manager and Co-Owner. Mercy brings to the table: an personal development. as leadership volunteers, Donors Her mother and aunt operated excellent, faith-based education
of Distinction, parents, and the business for many years until that gives students the opportunity In April, we took the time to express gratitude through a donor appreciation event business advisors. In honor of their they retired. Nicole has worked at to reach their full potential and (see story page 28). dedication, Mercy High School the business all her life and met make a difference in the world,” We finished our year with graduation. Sixty-six students walked the stage at the bestowed its highest award, her husband, John, there when said John. the Cor Misericordiae Award, at she was a junior and he was a Joslyn Art Museum. Their achievements are well-documented in this President: Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM publication (see stories on pages 10-13). Seventy-five percent of the class earned Principal: Kristi Walters Wessling ’88 FIESTA. The award reflects the sophomore at Creighton Prep. They “The Jesses are a remarkable more than $6 million in scholarships and were accepted to 59 higher education Vice President for Advancement: Nate Driml heart of Mercy: core values of faith, dated throughout college, wed in example of members of the Mercy institutions. I am also extremely grateful for the dedication, commitment, and Communications and Marketing Director knowledge, and service that shape 1986, and both earned MBAs at family who give of themselves. effort of our faculty and staff to help our seniors be successful, and for the The Mercian Editor: Deborah Daley Alumnae & Annual Gifts Officer: Roz Parr ’09 each Mercy student. the University of Nebraska Omaha. They truly deserve this award,” said support and love of their families. Layout & Design: Cindi Coulter They have three children. Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, President, Their story began with Nicole who Mercy High School. As I celebrate an important milestone in my life this year, I celebrate the The Mercian is published two times a year. Please report any address changes or corrections to attended Mercy and was active in Nicole was asked to serve on accomplishments of our students and am confident we will continue on our . Naomi Chambers, Database Coordinator, Student Council, theatre, music, Mercy’s Alumnae Council shortly path of excellence. [email protected]...... speech and debate. In fact, she after she graduated from college. Stay in touch with us and keep us updated on Mercy credits the school with helping to She also sent her daughters, Photography: With blessings to you and yours, information on our website at mercyhigh.org Also follow us on social media: define who she is. Madeleine ’12 and Genevieve ’14, Above middle right: Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and John Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM to Mercy. The couple were active @MercyHighSchoolOmaha Jesse, pictured here with Sr. Delores, received the President @MercyHighSchool “When I entered Mercy, I was not parents while their daughters Cor Misericordiae Award at FIESTA. @MercyHighOmaha very confident. The school helped were in school, chairing FIESTA’s P. S. As Catherine McAuley said, “What a joy it is to be a Sister of Mercy.” @MercyHighSchool-Omaha me find myself. I truly believe live auction for four years, chairing students become confident the 2010 fundraising campaign, 2 3 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
While at the university, Sr. Dee was (where she earned the nickname inspired by the Sisters of Mercy who “Flying Nun”) to whale watching to ministered there including Sr. Agnes horseback riding to participating in Hennessy, the President, and one pie throwing and dunk tanks. of her teachers, Sr. Gladys Daly, who also lived on her dorm floor. Since she arrived at Mercy High School, she has become the Sr. Dee knew she wanted to live a “face of Mercy” and has a long life of service and even considered list of accomplishments. Some the Peace Corps. highlights include: • Keeping the mission of Mercy “Mercy changed the course of at the forefront of the school’s my life. It was there I met the educational commitment. Sisters of Mercy, and I entered the community my sophomore • Providing prudent, fiscal year. The concept of service was management. She has sustained very appealing. Sometimes in the school’s Negotiated Tuition vocation reflections I will tell people Program, which distributes annually that I was too afraid to join the $1.8 million in tuition assistance Peace Corps, so I joined the Sisters to deserving students, and has of Mercy. I have stayed with the made significant infrastructure Sisters of Mercy Sr. Dee said, “this commitment is a journey. You MERCY NEWS community because of the Sisters I improvements including a new met, and it is the best place for me HVAC system and renovated have to continue to reflect on it to be,” she said. science laboratories. Sr. Dee and review it. One of the greatest accomplished all of this while not accomplishments is each year at After graduating, Sr. Dee was incurring additional debt. graduation. It is a yearly reminder A Dancing Queen with a Zeal of why I do what I do: support tapped by senior leadership from • Enhancing the awareness of and students in being their best selves.” the Sisters to serve as a principal support for the school. The school and encouraged to obtain her has refined its brand and increased She is especially excited about the for Education, Life and Mercy Master’s Degree in Education. its advancement activities. school’s recent efforts to support
students as they plan for college, She became a principal at She has also lent her considerable and she is looking forward to St. Matthew’s Grade School in educational and administrative talents She has been described as an adventurous, creative visionary with a developing the next phase of the Kalispell, Montana, in 1978 and went to several other groups and received Strategic Plan for the school. heart of gold, committed to service with personality to spare. on to be principal at Our Lady of a number of prestigious awards. Grace School in Edina, Minnesota, Recently Mercy students surprised She is also a Sister of Mercy who attending vacation Bible camp, and in 1981. From 1983 to 1995, Sr. Dee Sr. Dee is a Board Member of the her with a flash mob of “Dancing is celebrating 50 years with her studying the Catechism. was the principal at several grade College of St. Mary, a Trustee of Queen,” her favorite song from her community and is currently serving schools in Iowa. She has served as Mount Mercy University, Cedar favorite movie, “Mamma Mia!” The as President of Mercy High School. Sr. Dee loved school and had a the Vice President of the Sisters Rapids, and a member of the event was filmed by several media Her name is Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM special aptitude for math. She of Mercy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Financial Advisory Committee of outlets and started a social media and her story is a fascinating journey decided to attend Mount Mercy and the President of St. Edmond the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest. buzz. of helping others and supporting University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Catholic School in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Last year, she received Creighton students as an educator and earn a degree in math. Thanks not She became President of Mercy Preparatory High School’s Sword administrator for more than 40 years. only to her mom and dad but to High School in 2009. of St. Ignatius, an honor given ...... many of her extended family who to a person who has striven to Photography: She grew up on a mixed livestock provided financial support, she was “One of my greatest joys is to demonstrate exemplary service for farm in North English, Iowa, the able to attend college. She also see what students have become the Greater Glory of God. In 2015, Above left: In honor of Sr. Dee’s jubilee the students did only child of William and Mary received a math scholarship. from when I knew them as Mercy High School was the only a flash mob dance to her favorite song, “Dancing Queen” Hannon. Much of Sr. Dee’s time kindergarteners and then the fine from the movie “Mamma Mia!” Photo credit Michael school to receive the Greater Omaha May, The Catholic Voice. was spent outdoors playing or “Sputnik was in the news and men and women they are today,” Chamber of Commerce Business doing chores like milking cows. She encouraging a young woman to go she said. Excellence Award. Left bottom: Sr. Delores took her vows in went to small rural public schools to college and study math was highly Cedar Rapids, Iowa. until she went to college and desirable, so I received a substantial Always one to dive right in, she has When asked to reflect on Above: Growing up on a dairy farm in Iowa. was involved in the local church, scholarship,” she said. tried many things from skydiving celebrating 50 years with the 4 5 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
Highlights included:
• Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and John Jesse received the Cor Misericordiae Award. See story on page 3.
• Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 was named the 2019 Distinguished Woman of Mercy, an award given by the Mercy High School Alumnae Council. See story on page 20.
• Student Council President Mayela Hernandez ’19 gave an inspiring speech and thanked donors for their support to help Mercy students live the American Dream.
• A Fill the Monarch segment took place where attendees raised their paddles in honor of President Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM and her 50th jubilee. The Heider Family Foundation provided a $50,000 matching grant to jumpstart the effort. More than $130,000 was raised.
• Attendees watched a unique, heart- warming video highlighting Sr. Delores’ 50th jubilee as a Sister of Mercy. See story on pages 4 and 5. MERCY NEWS • The event was held at a new venue at the Omaha Marriott Downtown in the Capitol District.
FIESTA 2019: A Shining Success • Special thanks to FIESTA 2019 Chairs and ...... Mercy parents Lynn and Brad Muse who Photography: The stars were certainly shining at one of helped coordinate the event. They were Opposite page: Mercy students help with FIESTA and talk assisted by hundreds of volunteers who to Mercy’s Admissions Director, Anne Zadina McGill ’00. the largest FIESTAs in Mercy’s history made the evening shine. Left to right in the back row: Mrs. McGill and junior Rachel Grigsby. Left to right front row: senior Uyen on Saturday, February 16. More than • We are especially grateful to the Nguyen, junior Fia Cohen, and junior Emma Johnson. hundreds of businesses and individuals $400,000 was raised, one of the highest Above top: Pictured left to right Christine Gonderinger ‘12, FIESTA who provided sponsorship, underwriting Kathleen Griffith ‘09 and Emily Gonderinger ‘09 having totals in recent years, and nearly 500 Mercy High School support, and purchased advertising a good time at FIESTA. in the event’s catalog. Above middle: Former Principal and Board member Sr. Corrine Connelly, RSM’58, in the people attended. Thanks to everyone who Mark your calendar for next year’s foreground, and Carol Neill Casey ’58 enjoy the historical displays at this year’s FIESTA with Monte Kniffen, CA, Institute Community Archivist, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. supported this event. FIESTA on February 29th, 2020. Above bottom left: Student Council President Mayela Hernandez ’19 spoke at FIESTA and presented Sr. Delores with a bouquet of flowers in celebration of her jubilee. 6 7 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
MERCY NEWS MERCY NEWS All-School Reunion Gathering Wieberg Named Mercy More than 200 alumnae, family and friends attended this year’s Alumna Award Recipient All-School Reunion on June 2. St. Thomas Aquinas said, “The family is God’s greatest masterpiece.” Ann The annual event began with Mass celebrated by After Mass, attendees gathered in the gym with many Fr. Steve Ryan, Chaplain at Creighton University’s School classes sitting at tables together. Kaylea Dunn ’96, Bendon Wieberg ’57 has been working on that masterpiece all her life. of Dentistry. He reminded the audience that “prayer is Alumnae Council President, presented Ann Bendon simply a conversation with your beloved, your God.” Wieberg ’57 with the 2019 Distinguished Woman of Motivated 15-month old. This did not allow Over the years, in addition to Mercy Award. Ann shared her Mercy connections by faith and time for after-school activities, providing support as a Mercy The Mercy High School Alumnae Choir led participants in through the years, and how the school has been an devoting her but Ann loved her Latin and parent, she volunteered for Right song and Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, President, welcomed integral part of her family’s life. time and English classes and how the Mercy to Life, delivered meals to families the group back to school. More than 35 members of energy to commitment to a faith-based at shelters, and kept active in the class of 1969 also received their Golden Guild pins. family, she education reinforced her values. her church and community by has led a life serving on the Parish Council as a Woman “At Mercy the teachers and School Board. She also tries ...... of Mercy. For to bring a feeling of family to Ann, that cared about you, her friends who are homebound Photography: family has modeled positive by connecting with them on a Top left: More than 200 alumnae, family and friends gather in the chapel at not only included her immediate behavior, and instilled regular basis. All-School Reunion. family but also her Mercy family in us both academic and community. She was named Her love of Mercy runs deep. She Middle left: Linda Grzebielski Kaspar ’69 receives her Golden Guild pin from the 2019 Distinguished Woman and life lessons.” has served on the school’s Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, Mercy High School President. of Mercy, an award given by the Alumnae Council for five years. Bottom left: The Class of 1969 left to right, front row: Linda Grzebielski Kaspar, Melody Mercy High School Alumnae “Service was not an after-thought; The Golden Guild Tea, where Wichert Phelps, Liane Smith Gulizia, Mary Ellen Lynch O’Neill, Mary Pat Giblin Roy, Council. it was part of everything we did. alumnae who graduated 50 or Deborah Pokorny Lhotak, Kathleen Vana Kensinger, Mary Jo Troia-Tejeda, Ruth Vidlak I also made lifelong friends I still more years ago come back to the Clark and Jean Flegg Edwards. Second row: Linda Alexander Gubbels, Diane Hope The award recognizes an alumna have today,” she said. school to be honored, was her Kean, Teri McCarthy, Jeanne Heaston, Betty Molacek, Therese McGrath, Kathleen Conradson Gunzelman, Rena Garcia Cruse, Mary Jo Sanders and Leslie Marchello for her outstanding achievements, brainchild. Peterson. Third row: Kathy Kirk , Margaret Geise Ojeski, Linda Zelensky Cernik, Carol service, and contributions that Because of family obligations, Pflueger, Theresa Fry Geraghty, JoAnne Glynn Catlett, Georgia Zajicek Ford, Laura promote the growth of faith, she could not afford to go on to “This celebration is a nice way Kavanaugh Cameron, Susanne Schafer, and Anne Marie Kenny. knowledge and service in her career, college. She started working two for women of my age to connect community and/or society. As the weeks after graduation at AT&T. with the school and their Bottom: Members of Ann Bendon Wieberg’s ’57 family at the All- School Reunion left to right: Susan Wieberg Meschede ’84, Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83, Mary Ann recipient of this award, the honoree Ann married John Wieberg in classmates,” she said. Rosenthal Dunning, SM ’54, Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57, Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59, is someone who is respected by her 1963 and started her own family. Christine Basque Malloy ’87, Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90 and Kate Tietjen ’19. peers, outstanding in her field, and She had five children, including Her family masterpiece promotes good for society. four daughters who also attended continues to be created. Three Mercy: Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83, sisters, two nieces and all three Ann started high school at St. John’s Susan Wieberg Meschede ’84, granddaughters have attended and migrated to Mercy when Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90 Mercy. The third, Kate Tietjen, the schools joined in 1955. Her and Theresa Wieberg Cook ’98. graduated this past May. parents wanted her to go to a Catholic school, and St. John’s was “My husband John and I felt it Ann’s nominator said, “With great the logical choice since the family was important for our girls to go dedication and humility, she excels attended St. John’s Church. to Mercy. The value of a same- in all areas that make up the sex education was undeniable, recipient of this award. She is truly When Ann was 15, her mother and it gave our girls leadership the epitome of a Woman of Mercy.” passed away. As the oldest of six, opportunities they would not she stepped up and helped care have experienced anywhere else,” Ann received her award at the for her siblings, the youngest a she said. 2019 All-School Reunion.
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MERCY NEWS Mercy Graduates Earn $6 Million in Scholarships Sixty-six students graduated in May. Seventy-five percent of the graduates earned more than $6 million in scholarships and as a whole, the class has been accepted to 59 higher education institutions.
...... This year’s valedictorian was Weis SJ ’54, and four of her aunts are going to change the world. of the varsity squad for two years. Alexia was the Mercy Day Director her Photography: Emma Weis. She was a Senior attended Mercy. She received If someone told me 20 years down senior year and has participated in service-related projects including Class Officer, Student Ambassador, numerous academic honors and that road that one of my classmates Operation Others. Alexia’s sisters, Kaleena ’14 and Malia ’16, graduated from Opposite page: From left to right: Seniors Devin and a member of Mock Trial, seven scholarships from various became a congresswomen or even Mercy. Alexia plans to attend the University of Nebraska Omaha and major in Moline, Uyen Nguyen and Mary Winkelmann National Honor Society (NHS), colleges. Emma plans to attend the president, I would not be surprised. Biotechnology. Alexia received nine scholarships from several colleges. celebrate their graduation.
and Yearbook. She also served University of Nebraska at Kearney, Every single one of my classmates Above top: Valedictorian Emma Weis speaks at as President of the Baking Club majoring in Biology on a Pre- has grown in her confidence and Alexia complimented the faculty during her speech: Commencement. and Math Club. She played Medicine track. Emma also signed a beliefs these last four years,” she said. Above left: soccer all four years and was letter of intent to play soccer there. “The faculty and staff at Mercy High School have taught us more than they’ll Students are greeted by faculty and staff as they make their way to the stage at co-captain of the varsity squad. Alexia Rains was this year’s ever realize. But most importantly they have taught us that with the right Commencement. Emma volunteered at the Munroe During her speech, she reminded salutatorian. She has been a mindset and work ethic we possess the power to make a difference. That Meyer Institute where she is now the Class of 2019 that they can member of Student Council for is the type of education that you can’t put a price tag on. A good teacher Above right: Sr. Delores Hannon, President, congratulates graduates. currently employed and attended make a difference: three years, a member of National can teach a student to earn an ‘A’. A great teacher can give any student the the service trip at Misericordia in Honor Society, served as a Student foundation they need to succeed regardless of the subject matter. Mercy High Chicago her junior year. Emma is “We care so deeply about each Ambassador, and was in Future School is the jackpot of great teachers. Mercy wouldn’t be Mercy without the also part of a Mercy legacy. Her other and the world, and we will Business Leaders of America (FBLA). teachers and staff who work everyday to teach us the important lessons in life,” mom, Francie Riedmann Weis ‘81, not sit quietly. We are filled with The student-athlete played soccer she said. and her grandmother, Rita Ostblom compassion and passion, and we all four years and was a co-captain
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mission project. She attended the Woman of Mercy Award. She also Award, Jesuit Scholarship and Mercy Leadership Conference in has aunts and other family Hixson Scholarship. Philadelphia in June of 2017. members who went to Mercy.
She is from Mary Our Queen. The ...... Kate is part of a Mercy legacy; Runza Student of the Week plans Photography: her mother is Mary Ann Wieberg to attend Creighton University Tietjen ’90 and her grandmother next fall, majoring in Business on a Opposite page: Kate Tietjen left, and Jojo Fett were is Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57, this Pre-Medicine track. She received named Outstanding Seniors. year’s recipient of the Distinguished the Creighton University’s Founders
2019 Graduates were Accepted in 59 Colleges
• Augustana University • Iowa Western • St. Ambrose University • Benedictine University • Marquette University • St. Louis University • Black Hills State University • Metropolitan Community College • Truman State College • Briar Cliff University • Midland University • University of Hawaii at Manoa • Capitol School of Hair Styling • Minnesota State • University of Iowa & Esthetics University Mankato • University of Kansas • Central College • Missouri Western State University • University of Mary, Bismarck, N.D. • Coe College • Morningside College • University of Minnesota • Chaminade University • Mount Marty College • University of Missouri • College of St. Mary • Nebraska Christian College • University of Nebraska at Kearney • Concordia University • Nebraska Methodist • University of Nebraska-Lincoln MERCY NEWS • Creighton University • Nebraska Wesleyan • University of Nebraska Omaha • Dakota State University • North Dakota State University • University of New Mexico • DePaul University • Northwest Missouri • University of Sioux Falls State University • Doane University Outstanding Seniors Named • University of South Dakota • Peru State College • Embry-Riddle University • University of St. Thomas • Regis University • Franciscan University • University of Texas at Austin Mercy students Jordan “Jojo” Fett and Katherine “Kate” Tietjen were at Steubenville • Rockhurst University • Wartburg College named Outstanding Seniors at the school’s May Crowning on May 6. • Grand View • Savannah College of Art and Design • Wayne State College The annual award winners are school. She was a member of the Tietjen was the Vice President of • Hastings College • Simpson College • Westminster College chosen by the senior class, faculty, National Honor Society (NHS), Student Council for the past two • Hawaii Pacific University and administration because they served as a Student Ambassador years and a member since her • South Dakota State University • Iowa State University represent the class in an outstanding and was on the Speech Team her freshman year. The student- way. Honorees are loyal, trustworthy, sophomore year. Jojo was a two- athlete was on the soccer and spirited, compassionate, generous, time winner of UNICEF’s Courage cross country teams throughout and dedicated while also being to Care Award for her work on the high school, serving as captain of involved in school activities. Mercy Girl Rising mission project. those teams this year. A member College Signing Day She also attended the Mercy of NHS and Golden Girls, Kate also Fett was on Student Council and Leadership Conference in served as a Student Ambassador. Mercy High School held its first-ever College Golden Girls for four years, as well Philadelphia in June of 2018. The Last year she went on the service Signing Day on May 1 to celebrate seniors as Operation Others, serving on the Mary Our Queen parishioner plans immersion trip to the Dominican and the higher education institutions they Core Team the past two years. She to attend Benedictine College to Republic, and she is a Eucharistic will be attending. Seniors wore apparel was the treasurer of Student study Biology. Jojo received the Minister. She is a two-time winner of from their chosen colleges and celebrated Council this year. As a Mercy athlete, Benedict Scholar Award to attend UNICEF’s Courage to Care Award for with social media posts using the hashtag she played soccer throughout high Benedictine. her work on the Mercy Girl Rising #MercyMomentum.
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MERCY NEWS 2018-2019 Athletic Accolades: The following provides quick overview of some of the athletic accolades garnered this year.
NSAA Academic Records Broken All Conference Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player All-State College Signings
Basketball: Softball: Softball: Softball: Softball: Five soccer athletes signed Abbey Wilson: 48 3-point shots Amanda Placzek: 1st Team Amanda Placzek Meg Harmon Rena Lee Letters of Intent to further their made; previous record was 47 by Haley Gann: Honorable Mention playing careers: Megan Wheeler ’18 Volleyball: Volleyball: Volleyball: Volleyball: Emma Nebel Katie Geist Emily Erlbacher, Emma Nebel University of Track and Field: Emma Nebel, Abby Wessling: Nebraska at Kearney: Golf: Cross Country: Golf: Katie Shields, Emma Weis, Anou Akot: Triple jump 33’7 ½”; Honorable Mention Grace Gonka Aaliyah Flores-Pliego Grace Gonka Aleaya Snyder previous record was 33’6” held by Larissa Morehead ’11 Basketball: Cross Country: Basketball: Cross Country: Briar Cliff University: Kate Tietjen Katie Geist: Discus 111’7”; Summer Mann, Sierra Mann, Sierra Mann, Anna Sommers Jenna Bies, Kate Tietjen Kiley Hoge, Maddie Nelson previous record was 111’4” held by Anna Sommers, Abbey Wilson: Basketball: Megan Meisinger ’06 Honorable Mention Track: Basketball: Summer Mann Katie Geist Erin Epp, Anna Sommers Soccer: Soccer: Other Honors: Track: Soccer: Track: Lexi Siefken: 15 shutouts in a Lexi Rains, Katie Shields: Anna Youell Kate Tietjen Katie Geist, Anna Youell Aleaya Snyder was selected season; previous record was 11 1st Team for the Metro All-Star Team. held by Sammie Emsick ’05 and Emma Weis, Jordan Fett, Soccer: Soccer: Dana Kucirek ’10 Summer Mann, Kiley Hoge, Lexi Siefken Emma Weis, Lexi Rains Lexi Siefken, Aleaya Snyder: Lexi Siefken: .38 goals per Honorable Mention game; previous record was .067 held by Sammie Emsick ’05
Katie Shields signs her letter of intent Lexi Siefken, soccer goalie, Abbey Wilson set a school Anou Akot set a triple Katie Geist set a discus to play soccer at the University of Nebraska registers a new record record for the most three jump record. record. 14 15 at Kearney. made: 15 shutouts in a pointers in a season: 48. season. The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
MERCY NEWS MERCY NEWS Passion for Service Service learning is an integral part of the curriculum at Mercy. The school prepares our graduates to embrace the challenges of the future from a strong moral and intellectual foundation.
May Crowning Honors Mary, Students One of the most meaningful Vana belongs to St. Gerald Juniors: Kayleen Gruhn and traditions at Mercy High School Catholic Church and is joined at Gianna Jergovic During the last six months, there necessities for displaced Syrian racial, religious and socio-economic Mercy by her sister, Ann, who is a is May Crowning. The ceremony Sophomores: Kateri Pantoja and were numerous opportunities for refugees living in camps in backgrounds. Students and sophomore. Vana is making final honors Mother Mary by selecting Kelliaine Villalava students to participate in service- Lebanon. Sisters of Mercy are on sponsors worked alongside a senior to be May Queen who plans for college and is hoping to related activities. Here are a few the ground there providing help. residents in a variety of areas exemplifies the qualities of Mary. major in Education. Freshmen: Cecilia Galardi and highlights: The Student Council-led activity including: technology, art, life She crowns Mary’s statue with a Aluel Mareng raised more than $18,000. skills, bakery, coffee packaging, circlet of flowers. The May Queen When asked about being chosen, The ceremony included class • The National Honor Society and Activities included presentations gardening, laundry and recycling. is accompanied by the May Court, Vana expressed gratitude for her processions and a blessing from Holy Cross Catholic School on the mission in Theology which includes representatives role models that have sacrificed for Father Mike Eckley, Board of sponsored a blood drive through classes, a dodge ball tournament, • Students from the Poetry for from each class. her, especially her mother. Trustees member and Servant the Red Cross to provide a penny war, a soup cook-off, Life Club love to read and write Minister of the Archdiocese of life-saving blood. writing postcards, making poetry and have been visiting a This year’s May Queen was Allison Omaha. Each class recited a friendship bracelets for refugees, local retirement home to share “I am extremely Vana, President of the Senior Class. decade of the rosary. The final • During Catholic Schools Week, selling T-shirts and wrist bands, their passion with the residents. honored and She has been a class officer all of decade was led by faculty, staff, students created Valentines to and SIESTA: a fun, festival-like her four years at Mercy, ran Cross somewhat taken and the May Court. In addition, send to children in hospitals. This event. The week culminated ...... Country since sophomore year, and aback that I was seniors wore their caps and gowns is part of The Elysa Foundation’s with the Glow Dance. Photography: also ran in Track. A member of the selected. It is thanks for the first time. annual Letters from Angels event. National Honor Society her junior ...... • During spring break, six girls along and senior year, she has participated to the wonderful • Mercy High School is part of a with faculty sponsors visited Top left: Pictured left to right are Mercy students Photography: visiting Misericordia in Chicago during a service trip. in Art Club and Math Club and was people around me national network for Mercy Misericordia. This community of They are Maddi Kimsey ’19, Gina Troia ’20, Maggie on the tech crew for “Alice in Above left: Members of the May Court left to right, Reinard ’19, Molly Vankat ’21, Erin Schartz ’21, and that I am receiving this education called the Mercy Girl care, operated by the Sisters of front row: Kelli Villalva, Claire Fink, Allison Vana, Allison Gurnon ’21. Wonderland.” She was chosen for Effect that supports educational Mercy, maximizes potential for recognition,” she said. Jennifer Carpenter, and Kateri Pantoja. Middle row: Top middle: Mercy students made bracelets during the Nocturne Court as a sophomore. Gianna Jergovic and Kayleen Gruhn. Last row: Aluel efforts around the world. This persons with mild to profound Mission Week. Her service activities included Mareng and Ceci Galardi. year’s Mission Week, entitled developmental disabilities. The Joining her on the May Court were: Top right: The National Honor Society along with volunteering at St. Gerald Elementary Above right: Allison Vana was this year’s May Queen. Mercy Houses CommUNITY, operation serves more than 600 Holy Cross Catholic Church sponsored a blood drive. Seniors: Pictured is Zoie Malesker, Junior. School, participating in the JDRF Jennifer Carpenter and raised funds to provide basic children and adults from diverse One Walk, and helping with FIESTA. Claire Fink
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does this program!” said Mercy’s Additional elements will be added President, Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM. to this program as needs evolve.
Elements of the program this ...... year included: Photography:
• Freshman introduction Left: Sophomores show off their CliftonStrengths cards. into Gallup’s Builder Profile Below: Freshmen participate in a group exercise during 10, an assessment geared their Gallup Builder Profile 10 presentation. toward entrepreneurship and Below: Kaylea Dunn ’98 on the left and Amanda Peterson Baker ’98 on the right speak to students on Career Day. innovation. • Sophomore introduction to CliftonStrengths, Gallup’s strengths assessment. • A leadership symposium for sophomores that provided dialogue and connections with female community and business leaders. Marquee participants included leaders from Creighton University, College of St. Mary, CHI Health, Methodist Hospital, Mutual of Omaha, The Lozier Corporation, Nebraska Families Collaborative, the Heider Foundation, the Archdiocese of Omaha, and Wells Fargo. MERCY NEWS • Social and mental health awareness through a presentation from a mental Kaleidoscope Takes Flight health expert from CHI Health to discuss societal pressures, mental health, and strategies for Mercy High School is committed to businesses, influential coping with these issues. community leaders, mental • Career exploration for providing our students with knowledge health and financial literacy sophomores and seniors who experts, as well as alumnae were matched with alumnae in and confidence to help them succeed. This and school resources, students the careers they are interested is why Mercy introduced Kaleidoscope. now have better access to the in to learn more about tools and materials needed to employment possibilities. help create a plan of personal This new, unique four-year Working with the school’s development. • OnToCollege with John Baylor leadership and empowerment Counseling Department, the provided standardized testing program encourages each Kaleidoscope program maps “Kaleidoscope is intended to strategy and preparation for student to maximize individual out a leadership curriculum that complement our already juniors. strengths while providing a builds on the OnToCollege with rigorous academic programs • Financial literacy for seniors was series of progressive opportunities John Baylor ACT preparation by providing our students with provided through a seminar was to help each student reach her which is provided free to every the life-skills to assist them provided by a community partner, greatest potential. The program’s student. outside of the classroom. And American National Bank, whereby name was chosen because a much like a kaleidoscope of students learned about loans, credit group of butterflies is called a Using other community-based butterflies evolves to their ever- cards, bank accounts, and other kaleidoscope. support including local changing environment, so too relevant financial information. 18 19 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
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“I learned that through “My experiences in education and youth entrepreneurship summer service and education a working in the nonprofit sector camp and is working with local made me keenly aware of the chambers, businesses, and single person can make systemic inequities and disparity colleges to create a pipeline to the a difference,” she said. of services based on zip codes. I next opportunity for employees. believed change could occur if we She was determined to leave partnered with communities and “Mercy certainly Nebraska after graduation and applied education and business highlighted for me attend a college that matched acumen to the root causes of her values. She decided on Loyola inequity like unemployment how service and social University of Chicago because of and disproportionate services in enterprises can have its Jesuit teachings. Caitlin earned neighborhoods. That is how Helix measurable impact a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and was formed,” she said. on people. It showed Communication Studies at Loyola and went on to obtain a Master’s According to Caitlin, Helix me the importance in Teaching from Dominican collaborates across sectors and of community and University. She taught middle partners with community members how working together school for several years. Her love to determine what neighborhood through a network can of teaching came naturally. Her needs are not being addressed. mother is a teacher at All Saints They then open businesses that help you to build and Elementary School. address those needs and employ organize,” she said. primarily 16-24 year-olds within In 2015, she joined WE (previously the business. The first endeavor of Caitlin still keeps in touch with Free The Children), an international the group was opening Helix Café many of her classmates and lives nonprofit focused domestically in May 2019 in the Edgewater a few blocks away from a Mercy on service learning and civic community in Chicago. The full- graduate. Making a Difference in engagement, and internationally on service café employs 10 workers holistic, sustainable development. who receive on-the-job training, “At Mercy there is this After WE, she served on the weekly pay and personal and wonderful community Chicago Communities national alumni team for Teach professional development. The For America. organization is also developing a that is with you the rest One person taking action can make a difference. Just spend a few of your life. Classmates are a diverse but like- minutes talking to Caitlin Botsios ’08 and her energy and commitment minded group from all to that premise comes through loud and clear. walks of life,” she said.
The educator, entrepreneur and leadership opportunities available tried my hand at sports one year. Her classmates would be proud. civic engager has put commitment at a modestly sized all-girls high However, perhaps my biggest Caitlin’s voice and action has into action as Co-founder and school. And involved she was. impact was being a Co-founder of made a difference. Just ask those Chief Innovation Officer for Helix Mission Week,” she said. benefiting from Helix. Chicago. Helix’s mission is to reduce At Mercy, she was a member of youth unemployment by opening Student Council for three years Mission Week is a week-long ...... businesses that provide jobs and skill including being Vice President schedule of activities held at Photography: development for 16-24 year-olds. her senior year, President of the Mercy to support the international Thespian Chapter, Co Director educational goal set by the Although her parents suggested of the Mercy Day play, a Student network of Mercy schools on an Far left above: Caitlin celebrates her other high schools, Caitlin was Ambassador, member of the annual basis. graduation from Mercy in 2008. always fascinated with the all- Speech Team, Mercy High Singers, Far left: Caitlin at Helix Café in Chicago. girls high school across the street Operation Others Core Team, and Caitlin appreciated the values Left: Caitlin Botsios ’08. from her grade school, Holy Cross. the Justice and Peace Club. taught at Mercy including the The outgoing student wanted focus on social consciousness and to be involved in theatre and “I think I was in every play all four forward thinking. wanted to leverage the many years except for one, and I even 20 21 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
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Monarch Parents Spring Donor Negotiated Tuition Club Supports School Appreciation Event Program Mercy has long believed that a was the fifth annual gathering and Mercy is extremely grateful to the quality, faith-based college preparatory more than $10,000 was raised. education should be available individuals and businesses that to any girl who desires it. In that The club consists of a core group spirit in the late 80’s, Sr. Johanna of eight members: two parent support the high school. Burnell, President, created the representatives from each class Negotiated Tuition Program. Through An appreciation event for key donors was held April 25 at the for a total of four moms and four the program, an individual covenant school. The breakfast featured remarks from Sr. Delores dads of Mercy students. Each regarding financial needs is created Hannon, RSM, President and Kristi Walters Wessling ’88, Principal. core group member co-directs with each family. Junior students joined the gathering and interacted with donors. two events for the year. The core The Mercy High Singers also entertained the guests. group meets three times a year Mercy’s president meets with each and accomplishes the rest of their family on an annual basis and sets communication via email. Each the tuition amount based on the member begins with a one-year family’s financial situation. This is a commitment and is welcome to private negotiation. continue should they choose to do so. “We also take in consideration factors like how many children in the family In addition to coordinating special are going to Catholic school, college events, the group provides tuition, changes in family incomes, additional financial support for the caring for sick relatives and more extracurricular activities. They meet during our discussions,” said Sr. Delores. with the Athletic Director, coaches and extracurricular sponsors in an Over 82 percent of families benefit effort to gauge additional needs from the program and annually that fall outside of the regular $1.8 million is distributed in tuition budget. For example, the club assistance. In fact, Mercy provides Trivia Night, creation and selling of Parents Club. There was a Parent’s purchased the electronic marquee more financial assistance per spirit wear, the Back to School Club and a Monarch Club. The outside of the main entrance, risers student than any other high school Picnic, Mom’s Mass and Brunch, Parent’s Club focused on getting for the Show Choir, an updated in Omaha. Father-Daughter Bowling, Teacher the parents of Mercy girls involved sound system in Franey Hall, a Appreciation Day, concessions for with the school and putting on branded tent for Cross Country Since this educational opportunity is home sporting events and events. The Monarch Club’s sole and Track teams, AV equipment, so important to the school, it is one hospitality for events at Mercy focus was supporting the students; goody bags for faculty and staff of the most important fundraising are activities coordinated by the it was an all-encompassing athletic and more. Assistant Principal Holly goals. Financing comes from Monarch Parents Club. and fine arts booster club. McCoy staffs the group. fundraising events like FIESTA, Food Sale, Plant Sale and other activities and appeals supported by parents, The goals of this club include In 2014 the two clubs combined so ...... financially supporting extracurricular that parents could put on events alumnae, volunteers, friends, faculty Photography: activities and providing social events to financially assist their daughter’s and staff. Students are part of this to bring the school together. extracurricular activities. fundraising mission and are actively Above: At Trivia Night many teams dressed in costume...... involved in these events. In addition, Pictured here is team Snow White and the Seven Dorks. The Monarch Parents Club began One of the popular events Photography: funding comes from an endowment established by the Sisters of Mercy in the 2008-2009 school year, sponsored by the group is Trivia Top: Attendees at the Donor Appreciation Event listen to the Mercy High Singers. and friends of Mercy. but it was not called the Monarch Night held in late January. This year Middle: Brad and Lynn Muse, Kimberly Bryant Vavra ’01 and Amanda Fulton ’98 visit with junior M.E. Adams. Bottom: A large crowd of Mercy’s donors gather for the donor appreciation event. 22 23 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019
ANNOUNCEMENTS Peterson a Fixture at Mercy He has been a fixture at Mercy High School for more than 48 years. Custodian Milton “Pete” Peterson joined the staff in 1970 as a third-grade engineer working on the boilers, and eventually became a custodian.
He is responsible for everything Bethany Kowal Katee Albertson Madeline Barla from mopping floors, to setting up events, cleaning restrooms, general maintenance, making minor repairs and more. Three Staff Join Mercy Two new faculty and one new and softball and holds certificates Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Throughout the 1980s, he lived staff member will join Mercy High in athletic training and lifeguard/ and Secondary Education. She at the school with his wife and School in the fall of 2019: Athletic professional rescue. earned her Master of Arts in two children in a one-bedroom Director Bethany Kowal ’02, Math Mathematics from Saint Louis apartment near the boiler room. teacher Katee Albertson, and Bethany earned a Bachelor of University. While there she received Eventually his daughter Laura Spanish teacher Madeline Barla. Science in Secondary Education an award for the Outstanding attended Mercy, graduating and Biology from Briar Cliff Teaching Assistant in 2011. in 1987. Bethany Kowal is coming back University. She also has a Master to Mercy after working at Nathan of Arts from the School of Madeline Barla will have her first “I enjoy working at Peterson has logged more years “Day or night, he is available when Hale Magnet Middle School as Health, Physical Education, and teaching assignment at Mercy Mercy because of the than any other current staff or we need him. We are blessed to the Girls Physical Education and Recreation at the University of High School. She most recently sense of community. faculty member. have him as part of the Mercy Human Growth and Development Nebraska Omaha. student taught at Millard North People work hard family,” she said. teacher for five years. From 2009- High School. She studied abroad “I like my job. I feel appreciated 2012, Bethany was Assistant Katee Albertson has been a math in Cusco, Peru during her college ...... and are committed to for the work I do. As long as I am Athletic Director and Biology, Math teacher since 2008. Most recently years and received her degree Photography: excellence,” he said. healthy and believe I can do a and Physical Education teacher at she taught Algebra 1-4 at Burke in Secondary Spanish Education good job at Mercy, I will continue Mercy. As Athletic Director she will High School. She has also taught from the University of Nebraska- Above: Pete Peterson bids the old boiler goodbye math on a college level and at an Air Lincoln. She is an active volunteer Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, praises to work here,“ he said. when it was replaced during the HVAC renovation. be responsible for managing nine his work ethic and positive sports, coaches for those sports, Force base in Germany. Katee is an in Launch Leadership, a group attitude and says he has a “smile Sr. Delores feels lucky to have his as well as all athletic events. A active runner and played soccer in that facilitates leadership that lights up any room.” services. teacher since 2008, she has also college. She graduated from Loras development for middle school coached swimming, basketball, College in Dubuque, Iowa, with a and high school students.
Fr. Schneider Appointed to Board Mercy Steps “Into the Woods”
The Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community have appointed Fr. Kevin Schneider, Mercy’s spring musical “Into the Woods” featured more than 50 cast members and tech S.J., to Mercy High School’s Board of Trustees. He has been the Director of Adult crew behind the scenes. The enchanting tale featured Cinderella, a prince, a witch, the Spirituality programs at Creighton Preparatory High School since 1998 and serves as Big Bad Wolf, a scene-stealing cow, and tons of entertainment. A large crowd of alumnae the assistant chaplain for many athletic teams. attended the premiere of the show in late April.
Fr. Schneider was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and is the second oldest ...... of six boys. He graduated from Creighton University in 1982, the Weston School of Photography: Theology in 1993 and was ordained in 1994. He is also a lifelong Green Bay Packers and Creighton Bluejays fan. Hanna Stec played the witch.
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ALUMNAE FEATURE ALUMNAE ITEMS 1970s Sarah Dunn ’98 appeared as Laura (PHOTOS FOLLOW ARTICLE) in the play “Goblin Market” in Rev. Joan Saniuk ’72 has been Providence, Rhode Island, from named Network Lead for Metropolitan 1950s March 29 to April 17. Community Churches in the Carolinas, Joyce Fangman Korinek, SM ’52 Mercy Saved Her Tennessee, and Georgia. Joan’s 2000s lectors at Mass, runs bridge team will facilitate communication, Dara Green ’94 described herself as a tournaments, follows her care, and collaboration among Symone Sanders ’08 was named grandchidlren’s sports, keeps house the 12 churches in the Network. a special advisor to Joe Biden’s scared and fragile teen when she came to and cooks. presidential campaign. Mary V. Kunes-Connell ’73, PhD, Marilyn Krajicek ’58 Mercy, who felt misunderstood, and often lives in Denver RN, College of Nursing, Creighton The Class of 2009 had their ten-year challenged authority. and is teaching at the University University, won a Distinguished Staff class reunion on May 18, 2019. of Colorado’s Nursing College. Service Award at the university’s She left knowing who she was, “I believe that every student should 1960s annual convocation. confident, and ready for the journey have the highest quality of art Jeanne Sorich Anderson ’65 The Class of 1973 recently ahead of her. education, despite available funding. and celebrated their 45th Reunion. I organized and hosted an annual her husband Alan celebrated their “Mercy, hands down, saved my silent auction of student work to 50-year wedding anniversary this life—from my mother’s decision to fund the program,” she added. summer by visiting the British Isles send me to Mercy, to the school and taking a river cruise on the Rhine tolerating me for my first two years, In December 2002 she moved River from Budapest to Amsterdam. to embracing me my last two to Des Moines, Iowa, where she Members of Mercy’s Class of 1968 years,” she said. taught at a couple of public schools recently met at the Ozone Lounge to before joining the faculty at Central welcome back Mary Kirby to Omaha Kashmir Miedl,’10, BS, LMT, CPT Dara had gone to public school Academy in 2006. The school Pictured left to right: front row: Mary Beth Stoker for a quick visit. The group decided who owns Theory 12 Massage before attending Mercy. Her provides additional programming Kuehn, Marguerite Kirby, Mary Murphy Sledge, to go dancing to celebrate and listen and Wellness recently provided transition to Catholic school for gifted and highly motivated Mrs. Wilson, Sarah Ruma, Jeanmarie Powers to fellow 1968 alumna Linda Buda’s Fonfara, Connie Mangano, Sue Bilek Katsaounis, massages for faculty and staff. was rocky not only because of high school students. brother’s band, “The Brits,” who Terri Safranek, Joan Jensen Wagner, Janet Daly assimilation issues but because classroom and homework or active Calla Kessler ’14 works at The New made sure the Mercy Girls had a fun Melia, Mary Nee Overton, and Nancy Bertagni she had a non-diagnosed anxiety “Our mission at the Central learning is done in concert with Wackerhagen . York Times as a photographer. evening. A great time was had by all. disorder. Luckily in her final two years Academy studio is to inspire passion the teacher, allowing more time Pictured left to right: back row: Pam Tessin Klusaw, Marlene Djidjoho ’15, at the school, she was able to receive in our high school students to for me to work one on one to meet is one of the Deni Rotolo Kornbluh, Pat O’Gara Bowen, featured students in new College outside medical help and the observe, envision, engage, persist, individual needs,” she explained. Audrey Constance VanAckeren, Chris Bojanski of St. Mary advertisements. administration and faculty at Mercy and reflect on themselves as Sampugnaro, Gwen Teeple, Joan Greise worked with her on her anxiety. creators, innovators, and community “My goal as an art educator is for Harshbarger (hidden), Susan Koralewski Hancock, Vivian Parr ’16 and Madison Hoge members through the ceramic arts. the studio to be student-centered Lou Anne Rinn, Mura Hennessy, Sue Boesiger Perez, and Jinny Hope McCormick. Roman ’11 are part of an all-female After graduation she attended The In the studio, we use the ceramic and student-run. Today and cast of “All’s Well That Ends Well” School of the Art Institute of Chicago arts to teach students the essential tomorrow’s students need to learn with Shakespeare on the Green (SAIC) where she double majored in skills to be successful in life,” she said. and be able to fail, persist, think 1980s in Omaha in late June and early Ceramics and Art Education. outside the box, and triumph over Denise Podjenski Bartels ’80 was July 2019. Her pottery program started with a questions we don’t even know exist Pictured left to right front row were: Sue Trigg, appointed Vice President of Fund “Being an artist has been my calling handful of students and has grown yet,” she said. Mary Ervin, and Joe Buda of “The Brits” Development at Catholic Charities in for as long as I can remember. to over 100. Band. Left to right second row were : Mary Omaha. Being an educator was realized Having lived her own experience of Kirby, Hughie Thorsen, Cathy Katzenberger, as a junior in high school because As a teacher, Dara embraces struggle and misunderstanding that Patty Beck, Pam Antony, and Jennifer Tata. I wanted to become the type of differentiated learning styles. Her was mitigated at Mercy, Dara tries 1990s teacher who strived to understand studio is a flipped classroom, where to approach each student knowing Members of the Class of 1969 Catherine Basque Weiler ’93, the misunderstood,” she added. all the instruction is recorded by the they all wish to succeed, no matter met at Diane Hope Kean’s house Partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell, Allysa Walsh ’17 was accepted into teacher and students can access how compliant they may appear. for a girl’s night on Friday, went was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Phi Theta Kappa honor society lessons via YouTube. out to dinner on Saturday, then Business as a 2019 Notable Gen X She taught in the Chicago public ...... and asked to attend Harvard schools for seven years at the joined others at the All-School in Law. Photography: Extension School. Vaughn Occupational High School, “In a flipped classroom instruction Reunion. They were celebrating serving students with mild to severe is switched. Students do their 50 years since graduation. Above: Dara Green ’94 teaches art at Central Academy cognitive delays. passive learning outside of the in Des Moines.
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Weddings Births In Memoriam Denise Whitaker Richards ’88 Katherine Liebentritt We extend sympathy to the families married Tim Richards on July 13, Rozmajzl ’89 and her husband and friends of those alumnae whose 2018. Denise is a Human Resources Timothy had their fifth child, Miles deaths were communicated to Specialist with State Farm. William on April 15. Here he receives the Advancement Office from a kiss from his big brother Mikey. Nov. 1, 2018 — June 28, 2019. We try to make this list as accurate as possible. Please inform Naomi Chambers at [email protected] if anyone was missed.
Elsie Hubrecht Irvine SM ’42 Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin SJ ’43 Gertrude McNulty Paige SJ ’44 Patricia Fogarty Griffin SJ ’46 Hugo Michael Cherney-Jones was Ruth Tigges Niver SM ’46 born November 2, 2018 to Katelyn Regina A. Begley SJ ’47 Cherney ’04 and her husband, Spencer Jones. Lorene Towey Jensen SM ’48 Dolores Cushing Gerbeling SJ ’49 Darlene Pekas Schimonitz SJ ’49 Georgene Greenblatt Maria Hahn ’03 married Justin Lindeman SM ’49 Mergens on March 9, 2019 at Joan Marsicek Schlondorf SM ’49 Holy Cross Catholic Church. Virginia Dugan Kube SJ ’50 Rosemarie Villella Miller SJ ’50 Bonnie Conley Glynn SM ’50 Lois Abboud Mitera SM ’51 Patricia Brady O’Kane SM ’51 Betty Feder Slezak SM ’52 Mary Lou Targy SM ’52 Kathleen McKenna Horton SM ’53 Mary Ann Labanowski Micek SJ ’53 Margaret Rosse Eledge SM ’54 Brittany Walker Stirewalt ’10 and Margaret J. O’Leary ’56 her husband Aaron welcomed their Annette Tomcykowski Schmitz ’56 daughter Violet on May 8, 2019. Mercy High School Germaine Dogoda Schweigart ’56 Patricia Eckley Granger-Markey ’57 Sally Groves Theiler ’57 Photography Requirements: Annual Report In order to print a photo in Kathleen McDermott Tvrdik ’57 Jen Kotulak Molinaro ’09 married The Mercian, we must have Beverly Rocheford Wood ’58 Aaron Molinaro on May 11, 2019 For Fiscal Year July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 a 300 dpi or higher resolution. Jean Marie Sabatka Crook ’59 at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Often pictures taken on Lois Ferro Cunningham ’59 cell phones are too low Megan O’Hara ’09 married Mike Sandra Stahlecker Badura ’62 This report provides a listing of women and men who are committed resolution. If we use these Hayes on August 25, 2018. Phyllis Wolski Wees ’62 to the mission of Mercy High School. It also provides highlights of the photos they are grainy and hard to view. Sharon Staroski Abboud ’63 activities and the student outcomes that are directly impacted by their Caitlin Boadwee Poulicke ’10 Cora Smith Behnke ’63 generosity and investment. This report serves as a reminder that it’s only married Sean Poulicek on Saturday, Mary Pat Keenan Kroll ’63 through the support of these generous alumnae, parents and friends May 18, 2019. She is a physical Carmen Alba Bracken ’70 that our faith-based, college preparatory education is possible. therapist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Julia A. Moore ’81 28 Annual Report
Letter from the President
It has been another eventful year for Mercy High School as we continue our momentum providing an all-girl education for any deserving student who wants to attend. Our recruitment efforts yielded a freshmen class of 113, we dedicated two state-of-the-art science Fiscal Year 1% laboratories, and our FIESTA 2019 was one of the largest attended events in our history with $400,000 raised July 1, 2018- June 30, 2019 for the Negotiated Tuition Program. Academically, our % 66 graduates received more than $6 million in college FY ‘19 Operating Revenue 7 scholarships and were accepted at 59 higher education 2 Tuition & Fees $4,263,472 72% institutions. Also our extracurricular activities, performing FY ‘19 arts agenda and leadership efforts afford every student Gifts & Endowment $1,617,728 27% Revenue
Other Income $32,455 1% 7
an opportunity to excel. 2 $5,913,655
%
Total Revenues $5,913,655*
It is only through the generosity and support of you, our donors, that we can administer
an education that gives an opportunity for each girl to reach her full potential. As you know, when it comes to the annual operating costs for Mercy we depend on the support of our donors to cover the gap between tuition and the true cost of a Mercy education. You have also stepped up by supporting new initiatives. This year we were able to develop a new leadership and empowerment program for our girls called FY ‘19 Operating Expenses % % 6 Kaleidoscope. Not only were we able to leverage current community resources and 6 Instructional Program $3,218,543 55% 3 partners to make this happen, individuals and businesses donated to completely fund 3 33% % this effort. Financial Assistance $1,966,045
General Administration $359,715 6% FY ‘19
Expenses
The budget charts continue to show that we are operating in the black. As our brand Building $326,004 6% slogan says, we have ‘Faith in her future.’ We also have faith in our donors who realize $5,870,307
Total Revenues $5,870,307*
what a wise investment Mercy High School is. Your generosity gives young women
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the priceless gift of education. As a result of your donations, we have successful 5
alumnae in leadership positions, powerful professions, families and communities, and whatever paths they have chosen, using their Mercy education to change the world. *Unaudited figures
Wishing you blessings as the summer ends,
Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM President
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Donors of Distinction
...... to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame, Irene Milewski Anthony & Teresa Vancura Vacanti ’73 brought gifts of intelligence, perseverance and sound Omnium George & Susan Venteicher management to the fledgling religious order. Anna Marie P. I. Midwest—Larry & Shirley Good The William and Catherine Callaghan Society The Vojir Family Doyle was instrumental in the spread of the Sisters of Mary C. Palmesano ’59 + Lifetime Giving of $1,000,000 or more Joseph + & Jennie Vojir + Mercy throughout Ireland. William & Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte ’74 Sr. M. Kateri Vojir, RSM SM ’39 + Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan + William and Catherine Callaghan befriended Catherine Heider Family Foundation Lorray D. Smith ’67 + Daniel + & Patricia Wagner McAuley in her time of need. Quaker in their beliefs, the Gene & Marilyn Spence Rev. Thomas R. Ward + Callaghans tolerated, but did not endorse, Catherine’s John W. Weekly + ...... Joanne M. Stewart ’72 Catholicism. As their health failed, each became a Union Pacific Railroad The Weitz Company death bed convert to the Catholic faith thanks to the Walter W. & Frances M. Key Charitable Foundation loving influence of Catherine McAuley. Their admiration The Pillars of Mercy Society Wells Fargo ...... of and belief in Catherine’s commitment to the good Lifetime Giving of $250,000 or more Mary Ann Barfell White SJ ’53 + works of Mercy, caring for the poor, sick, and uneducated, Ronald & Pauline Wilwerding Mercy High School’s seal prominently displays the three The Blue and Gold Society inspired them to bequeath to her their personal fortune. It pillars of faith, knowledge and service. They form the is this fortune that became the primary funding source for Lifetime Giving of $25,000 or more foundation of a Mercy education and are part of the ...... Mercy High School empowers young women to the foundation of the Sisters of Mercy. culture of the school. Mercy is dedicated to academic achieve their full potential in a diverse, supportive and Lozier Foundation excellence and inspiring young women to become The Works of Mercy Society academic-centered community. The school colors of Wayne + & Eileen Krebs Ryan SM ’45 + confident women who embody these pillars. Lifetime Giving of $50,000 or more blue and gold exemplify the spirit of the school. Blue Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community Dr. C.C. & Mabel L. Criss Memorial Foundation shows confidence and gold compassion and they The Works of Mercy are the embodiment of Catholicism: The Franey Family together highlight our educational mission. Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM MSM ’29 + “As long as you did it to one of these, the least of my ...... Anonymous John J. Franey + brethren, you did to Me.” Jesus is very direct in His Jeffrey + & Jane Green Alseth ’65 Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58 teaching; in serving others, we serve Him. When one’s The Circle of Mercy Society charity enables others to perform the works of the American National Bank Lifetime Giving of $750,000 or more Gospel, blessings are multiplied. Christ is All in All. Richard & Heidi Anzalone ...... Blue Cross Blue Shield Anonymous Joseph J. Borghoff IV “The Circle of Mercy is timeless. It is Spirit of Life itself, George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59 The Frances Warde Society Catholic Mutual Group which roots us in Faith, and lifts us in Hope, and holds Eileen J. Boyle SM ’36 + Larry & Pam Ciecior us in God’s loving care*…” Those who have entered the Lifetime Giving of $100,000 or more Patricia R. Callone SM ’55 & William L. Flynn + Clyde + & Eleanor Claus Circle of Mercy have opened their minds and hearts to a Maurice & Junko Cox greater understanding of Catherine McAuley’s purpose Frances Warde, inspired by the same religious zeal Mary E. Corboy SM ’53 in establishing the House of Mercy and living her life of and mission as Catherine, joined the women of The DeMarco Family Core Bank service. They offer hope to many and are faithful to her Baggot Street in 1828 at the age of 17. Her dedication Betty DeMarco SM ’53 James & Mary Robino Czyz ’68 calling to serve God consistently in everyday matters. They and adventurous spirit fostered the establishment Peter & Loreta DeMarco John F. Daly SB ’29 + & Anne Daly + Leo + & Rosemary Gaughan Daly SM ’35 + are sustaining servants who exemplify what it means to be of numerous convents throughout Ireland. It was James & Lorie Dennell Mark & Connie Davis held in God’s loving care. Frances who led the Sisters of Mercy to the United Phillip + & Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50 William & Patricia Stanek Dworak ’65 States in 1843. At the request of Bishop Michael William + & Mary Harvey *Text based on Design for Renewal by Joanna Regan and John & Patricia Fahey O’Connor, the first Mercy convent was established in The Kenny Family Isabelle Keiss, RSM First Data Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Among her foundations is the Msgr. Francis P. Kenny + First National Bank of Omaha Anonymous Manchester, New Hampshire Foundation from which Rev. James E. Kenny + Joseph & Judith Fisher Archdiocese of Omaha the Omaha Sisters of Mercy emerged in 1864 to become Sr. M. Catherine Kenny, RSM + Rev. William J. Fitzgerald John & Ann Louise Urzendowski Micek SM ’49 the first religious order to serve the Catholic Church in Carolyn Jaworski ’64 Theresa J. Franco ’74 & James Wingender the Nebraska territory. Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 + Msgr. Robert J. Gass + David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’70 ...... Anonymous Bob & Mary Gonderinger Deborah A. Macdonald Bank of the West HDR Inc. William C. Mahoney + Donald & Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM ’51 Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’74 The Anna Marie Doyle Society Kevin & Denise McCoy Clifford J. Miller Charitable Foundation, Inc. Holy Cross Parish Moglia Family Foundation Lifetime Giving of $500,000 or more Michael + & Margaret Collins Kevin & Elizabeth James Joyce ’72 Joseph + & Helen Clare Murphy + Michael & Marcia DeFreece William & Kathleen Baines Kizer ’66 Anna Marie Doyle, called in religion Sister Mary Anne, Mutual of Omaha John + & Gloria Jezewski Flynn SJ ’50 + Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 was Catherine Elizabeth McAuley’s first disciple at Patricia Naylon + Doyle & Jobeun Fullenkamp Frank + & Grace Laird + the House of Mercy. She, along with Elizabeth Harley, Wayne & Sarita Troia Penka ’67 John & Catherine Fullenkamp Gerald & Karen Lenczowski accompanied Catherine to George’s Hill and the Sisters Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. M. Jane Huerter ’68 Robert + & Dorothy Matt + of the Presentation for novitiate training to become a Msgr. Paul F. Peter + James Skinner Baking Co.—James G. Skinner Michael & Nancy McCarthy religious sister. Later, Doyle would be the first Superior of Lou Anne Rinn ’73 John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 Edward + & Claire McDonough + 32 the Baggot Street House of Mercy. Anna Marie, offspring Wilson + & Mary Alice Schollman SM ’33 + 33 Mammel Foundation Thomas & Ann Messersmith of a cultured and artistic Dublin family and the aunt James & Marsha Stewart Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
MidAmerican Energy Co. Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Michael & Mary Leighton Robert & Michelle Ramaekers Frank & Jill Mihulka Terrence M. Connelly + Charles & Ellen Ritzdorf Lierk ’70 Richard & Jo Ann Newell Raymer ’67 Pier 1 National Bank Mary Kay Connor ’63 Eugene & Roseann Lilla Melven + & Dolores Brewster Rice SM ’38 + Larry & Pat Reding Margaret C. Cosgrave + Kevin & Luanne Little Mary Ellen Rozmajzl ’72 The Regan Group Inc.—Edward & Rosalie Regan Tim & Mary Coyle Christopher & Gina Lypaczewski George F. Rushart + Kent & Karen Riesberg Creighton University Donald + & JoAnn Alter Maher SM ’48 Constance M. Ryan ’70 Grace Aldrich Ringer MSM ’20 + Betty Cronin SM ’46 + Donna M. McCarthy SJ ’36 + Joseph & Jane Sather John & M. Theresa Houston Ringwalt ’67 Gary & Peggy Hanna Crouch ’62 Holly McCoy Thomas & Janice Schleisman Mike & Anna Sortino Robert + & Clare “Tupper” O’Hearn Cunningham SJ ’43 + Patrick & Patricia McGinnis Dale & Debbie Scott Patrick & Susan Kenny Stevens ’64 Martin + & Jean Gaule Curnyn SJ ’45 + Maureen E. McGrath ’57 Walter & Suzanne Scott + Sr. M. Callista Takes, RSM + Mike & Mary Jo Dahir The Meehan Company—Thomas & Margo Meehan Anthony & K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59 Denis & Marian Walsh + Christine Dunn Ted & Cindy Menzel James + & Jeanette Slavin + John R. Wingender, Jr. & Mary Kay Miller Dyer Law Office—Michael & Elizabeth Dyer MJA Enterprises—Michael & Sandy Albers Joseph M. Smith + T. Randall & Veronica Wright Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust W. Scott Morris John & Judith Poetzel Soliz ’57 Sr. M. Justin Evans, RSM MSM ’22 + Stephen Mossman Christopher & Judy Niemoller Sorenson ’75 Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85 Thomas & Tammara Spence Nussrallah ’86 John + & Claire Sobczyk Sova SM ’50 + ...... Robert & Linda Walsh Fell ’65 Donald & Margaret Greise Ojeski ’69 Streck J. Michael & Janelle Fitzgerald Omaha Community Foundation Sunridge Village The Spirit of Mercy Society Phil Flott Omaha Public Power District Surgery Center of the Heartland Lifetime Giving of $10,000 or more Msgr. John A. Flynn + Anthony & Jacqui Orahoske TD Ameritrade Charles + & Rene Wilfong Garvey SM ’45 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Terry & Liz Thurman The Spirit gives Life, and the spirit of Mercy gives Mercy Pat & Sandy Gaydusek Sr. M. Catherine Owens, RSM MSM ’26 + A. Joseph Ward life. The sacrifices of the many facilitate the work of the Richard A. Gerbeling Frederick + & Betty Paige + Patricia D. Ward few, enabling the fulfillment of Catherine’s dream that Gilbert M. & Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation Robert & Patricia Zauner Paulsen ’56 Don & Angie Wells every young woman have the opportunity to learn about Carmella Giordano SJ ’43 + James + & Joan Peter + W. James + & Marie Moylan Wharton SM ’48 Suzanne M. Grandinetti ’69 Roger & Mary Mason Wozny ’64 God and the Gospel of Jesus, to make a living, to serve The Petrasic Family Louise E. Gross + Margaret Yungbluth ’65 & David Balling others, and to become all God intended her to be. The Rev. Martin J. Petrasic + Jo Marie Guastello Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’71 mission begun in Dublin so many years ago is the same Mary D. Petrasic SM ’39 + today: The careful instruction of women. Those who give Harold & Judith Enis Hall ’61 + Pinnacle Bank in the Spirit of Mercy give Mercy life. Jerald + & Marianne Beck Hall ’66 + Deceased Bruce & Marlene Haney Walter + & Carol Ann Cooney Pitzer SM ’53 + Ann Hedwig Charitable Foundation D. Paul & Marjorie Hartnett + Mary Jo Pitzl ’75 Anonymous Richard + & Judith Suing Harvey ’56 PrintCo Graphics Arthur Andersen LLP Mary Jo Havlicek SM ’52 B. G. Peterson Co.—Debra Peterson Jean Hays SM ’44 + William + & Ellen Babb William + & Eleanor Lynch Heaston SM ’30 + The Bauer Family Charles + & Mary McBride Heider SM ’47 Mx12 Anna J. Bauer SM ’38 + Scott & Jenni Herchenbach Elizabeth R. Bauer SM ’36 Holland Basham Architects—Tim Holland Josephine F. Bauer SM ’41 James & Therese Huerter + Some individuals give online on a monthly basis. This is convenient and automatic. If you want to participate contact Marie C. Bauer SM ’35 + Elizabeth A. Hug ’62 Nate Driml, Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or [email protected]. The Bavaresco Family Steven & Sheri Idelman Rina Bavaresco SJ ’38 + Interstate Printing Olga Bavaresco Carroll SJ ’44 + John + & Mary Janca ...... Rose Bavaresco Earley SM ’49 Richard & JoAnne Jarvis Jennie Bavaresco Roman SJ ’40 Christine Chonis Jeffrey ’75 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sarah Truscott Grigaitis ’82 Thomas & Tammara Spence Nussrallah ’86 Patricia M. Jesse Mary E. Corboy ’53 Marianne Beck Hall ’66 Kelly K. Nystrom ’86 Thomas + & Mary Ann Belford Kathy Roccaforte Denning ’03 John & Ruth Gross Harre ’76 Jennifer Fochek Ozenbaugh ’98 Judith A. Belitz ’83 The Kastl Family J. Robert & Kathleen Calvert Bohacek SJ ’43 + Mary Kastl Fowler, SM ’45 + Fred & Julia Doran Monica Harrington ’91 Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Robert & Kathleen Bonebrake Jo Kastl Henely SM ’47 + Tancy Dodson Ellis ’68 Elizabeth A. Hug ’62 Leanne C. Prewitt ’97 Ronald & Judy Jarecki Boner ’79 Carol Kastl ’60 + Alexander & Kristine Mattini Evans ’06 Mark & Alice Putjenter Jaksich ’78 Mary Pat Giblin Roy ’69 Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65 Teresa C. Kastl SM ’55 Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85 Judith Jurek ‘63 Paul & Mary Lou Houston Sherrerd ’70 Robert & Patricia O’Gara Bowen ’73 Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Thomas J. Fitzgerald James & Gail Babb Kotulak ’82 Christopher & Judy Niemoller Sorenson ’75 Steven & Mary Beth Ritzdorf Branscombe ’76 Jane M. Keller ’66 + Phil Flott Andrew & Barbara Krolikowski William & Carolyn Andreasen Taylor ’71 Joseph + & Patricia Dethlefs Brennan ’73 Paul & Karen Keller Amanda M. Fulton ’98 Gary & Mary Tuttle Marasco ’67 Janet Schmidt Tomarkin ’68 Richard + & Deborah Bujarski Kellogg’s Pat & Sandy Gaydusek Shannon K. McClure ’95 Kimberly Bryant Vavra ’01 Ken & Kimberly Lang Bunnell ’88 Gerard + & Mary Kelly Timothy & Carrie Zuerlein George ’91 Lynn & Mary Zenk McHugh ’72 Don & Angie Wells Burlington Capital LLC Bernard & Kathleen Watsabaugh Kratochvil SJ ’52 Armand & Mary Rae Metz Gibbons ’58 John & Nancy Meng-Frecker Jennifer Wrobleski ’91 Daniel & Sharon Palladino Burns SM ’53 Antoinette J. Kuhry ’63 David Glatte Jennifer Kotulak Molinaro ’09 Patrick & Carol Neill Casey ’58 Lawrence + & Lucille Langdon + 34 CHI Health Robert + & Patricia Colchin Lavey SM ’50 35 Warrine P. Coffey ’61 Leslie & Phyllis Lawless Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019 Mercy High School by the numbers First Quarter Year in Review $6 million+ earned in college scholarships
98% 75% Mercy welcomes 113 freshmen on of grads are Received the first day of the quarter. college college-bound A time-honored tradition is the scholarships Greenie Parade. OUR 2019 GRADUATES Accepted at 59 higher education institutions
Advanced Placement • 28% diversity rate and Dual Enrollment courses • 100% of Omaha zip codes and income 18 levels represented 13:1 • 20% of the student body are legacies Student-to-teacher • 1:1 student iPad program ratio • 2 state-of-the art science labs Alumnae celebrating their 50th
• 26 liturgies, prayer services and anniversary received a special pin
retreats offered annually THE MERCY ADVANTAGE during the Golden Guild Tea. The 28th annual Driving for % • 10,000 service hours annually sports, clubs & 60 • 100% of students receive free ACT prep student organizations Excellence Golf Fest raised $72,000. of faculty with Master’s from OnToCollege with John Baylor degree or higher 40 $64,800 given in scholarships each year for placement exam
This certificate can be Asused part for of one Mercy registration Day, Seniors for one are summer camp coordinated 82% by Mercy Highchosen School towithin portray 12 months Catherine of the McAuley, church or school event listed. founder of the Sisters of Mercy. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL of families receive $1.8M Alumnae tuition assistance in tuition assistance Night at given annually volleyball was held last fall.
5,400 alumnae $3M+ invested in building improvements in the last three years
36 37 Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
The Mercy Legacy Society Second Quarter
The Mercy Legacy Society honors those who have remembered Mercy High School in their estate plans through wills, Year in Review life insurance, charitable gift annuities, or other planned gifts. If you would like to learn more about including Mercy in your estate plans, please contact Nate Driml, Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or [email protected].
...... A fun-filled “Alice in Wonderland” Jeanne Sorich Anderson ’65 Elizabeth A. Hug ’62 Msgr. Paul F. Peter + was the fall play. George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59 Marie Mokry Jelinek MSM ’24 + Mary D. Petrasic SM ’39 + Anna J. Bauer SM ’38 + Alvick R. & Elizabeth + Madeline Petrocchi ’59 Students during Elizabeth R. Bauer SM ’36 Reeder Johnson SM ’46 Doris Mehrens Pfeiffer SJ ’39 + the annual Food Josephine F. Bauer SM ’41 Richard & Judith Jones Carol Ann Cooney Pitzer SM ’53 + Sale to support Marie C. Bauer SM ’35 + Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 + Shirley Mae Poetzel SJ ’47 + Gerald & Nancy + Barry Becker ’65 Cathy Katzenberger ’68 Velma Perry Prentiss SM ’33 + the Negotiated Deborah Bujarski William P. Kearns + Clementine Baye Redlinger SJ ’36 + Tuition Program. Patricia R. Callone SM ’55 & Francis P. Kenny + Kent & Karen Riesberg William L. Flynn + Mary Kay Sullivan Klein ’56 Grace Aldrich Ringer MSM ’20 + Victoria Michalski Carpenter ’83 Therese Kripal Kramer ’80 Christine Zenk Rix ’ 73 Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’ 74 Charles & Anna Louise Kranda + George F. Rushart + Mary M. Carroll MSM ’29 + Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Mark & Shelley Shreves Schrader ’69 Mary E. Corboy SM ’53 Nettie Kreifels + Marilyn Borovac Schuette ’57 + Margaret C. Cosgrave + Elizabeth A. Langdon ’ 70 Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan + Betty Cronin SM ’46 + Lucille M. Langdon + Barbara Jean Smith SJ ’53 + John F. Daly SB ’29 + Bonnie Lomax Lawler ’66 Joseph M. Smith + Students did an experiment Michael & Marcia DeFreece David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’ 70 Katherine Kowskie Stalp SJ ’31 + during the dedication of the William & Patricia Stanek Dworak ’65 Thomas & Jean Rogers Lund ’ 71 James & Marsha Stewart Sr. M. Justin Evans, RSM MSM ’22 + Alice Quinlan Lungren MSM ’26 + Joanne M. Stewart ’ 72 newly renovated science labs. Rev. William J. Fitzgerald William C. Mahoney + Eugene F. Sullivan + Msgr. John A. Flynn + Sr. M. Bridget Marsicek RSM ’65 + Richard M. Svehla + Spirit Week was full of traditions Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM MSM ’29 + Paul L. Martin + Mary Ann Reh Traugh ’68 including the class dance competition. John J. Franey + John & Sandra Jaeger Mauro ’66 Marianne Schwee Tripp SJ ’48 + Msgr. Robert J. Gass + Donna M. McCarthy SJ ’36 + Frances Quinlan Turecek SM ’36 + James & Carol Filipowicz Gemborys ’ 73 Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58 Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM ’49 Margaret Herek Gillen SM ’53 + Robert & Mary Kay McDonald Joseph & Jennie Vojir + Bernice McGuigan Gitter SB ’23 + Edward J. McDonough + Reid + & Claire Von Tersch Judy Gitter Gould ’59 Rosalie M. Merrick + Sharon Carter Vondra ’60 Louise E. Gross + Mary Anne Fochek North ’ 76 Richard & Susan Cook Waldren ’66 Mary Jo Havlicek SM ’52 Kelly K. Nystrom ’86 Daniel & Cynthia Waltz Kathleen Kielian Hayduska ’64 Adelaide M. O’Keefe MSM ’28 + Rev. Thomas R. Ward + Jean Hays SM ’44 + Ruth O’Keefe SM ’34 + Mary Gray Warin SJ ’26 + Susan Shramek Hensley ’ 70 Mary C. Palmesano ’59 + David & Margaret Zielinski Weaver ’61 Mary Kay R. Hoarty + Robert & Patricia Zauner Paulsen ’56 Mary Ann Barfell White SJ ’53 + Elizabeth H. Peasinger + Mercy Girls greeted prospective + Deceased students and their parents at Mercy’s FIESTA Raffle Captains Open House last fall. Mercy High Singers rocked out at the Below are alumnae who helped sell FIESTA raffle tickets for FIESTA 2019. If interested in participating contact Nate Driml, Christmas concert this year. Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or [email protected]...... Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65 Katherine Liebentritt Rozmajzl ’89 Jackie Lee ’02 Diane Hope Kean ’69 Kari Anzalone-Stavneak ’92 Ashley Shrader Miller ’04 Judy Niemoller Sorenson ’75 Meg Neuberger Lee ’93 Anne Mollner Stanley ’05 Patricia Hayden ’ 78 Sara Coniglio Neuberger ’96 Molly Huerter ’06 Jena Wilcox Mitzlaff ’82 Helen Holmes Giambrone ’97 Emily Gonderinger ’09 Amy Pistone Moore ’85 Josah Driml Powers ’98 Christine Gonderinger ’12 Kelly Nystrom ’86 Angela Burton Vogel ’00 D’Lynn Gannon Buck ’88 Marie Cusic ’01 38 39 Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Businesses & Corporations Supporting Mercy Third Quarter
The following organizations gave to Mercy during this time period. Year in Review Trivia Night raised more than $10,000.
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AmazonSmile Foundation Electric Company of Omaha Pinnacle Bank American National Bank FACTS Management Co. Premier Bank Apostolic Oblates Inc. Five Points Bank Project Advocates Archdiocese of Omaha Godfather’s Pizza, Inc. Sisters of Mercy West Midwest 110 prospective students B. G. Peterson Co. Goldberg’s Community took Mercy’s Scholarship and Backlund Plumbing HDR Inc. Slezak Family Charitable Foundation Bank of the West Heider Family Foundation St. Joan of Arc Parish Placement Exam last January. Boone & Associates, P.C. Holland Basham Architects Sunridge Village Caring for People Services Homestead Plaza Shopping Center LLC Surgery Center of the Heartland Catholic Mutual Group James Skinner Baking Co. T & T Custom Cabinets, Inc. Chubb John Temme Auction Company TD Ameritrade Core Bank Kinetic Valuation Group The Regan Group, Inc. Creighton University Lockton The Waldinger Corp. Croker Huck Kasher DeWitt Lozier Foundation Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC Anderson & Gonderinger P. C. Morrissey Engineering Todd Smith Fitness CSG Systems, Inc. Mutual of Omaha TR Construction FIESTA 2019 was a shining success raising Darland Construction Co. Omaha Community Foundation Union Pacific Railroad more than $400,000 for the school. Distribution Management Systems Inc. P. I. Midwest Wells Fargo Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc.
KVSS Spirit Catholic Radio Ways to Give broadcasted live from the school. 1) Make a gift online at: 8) A matching gift from your company doubles your impact on donatenow.networkforgood.org/mercyhighomaha Mercy High School. Check with your corporation’s human resources office for instructions. 2) Make checks payable to: Mercy High School 1501 S. 48th Street 9) Memorial gifts are a meaningful way to honor the Omaha, NE 68106 life of a loved one. Make your memorial gift at: donatenow.networkforgood.org/mercyhighomaha 3) Venmo your gift to: @MercyHighSchoolOmaha Mercy introduced its new leadership 10) A tribute gift is a wonderful way to celebrate a graduation, and development program, 4) Donate on a monthly basis by joining Mercy’s MX-12 program birthday, anniversary, or other significant milestone. Make at: donatenow.networkforgood.org/Mx12 your tribute gift at: donatenow.networkforgood.org/ Kaleidoscope. Here students show mercyhighomaha their Strengthsfinder results. 5) With every purchase, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Mercy. 11) Endowing a named scholarship or tuition award is an investment a) Go to smile.amazon.com in Mercy’s mission of providing a faith-based education to b) Enter your existing Amazon username and password any girl who desires it. With a minimum of $25,000, your As part of Mission Week students made c) Search “Mercy High School Omaha” scholarship or tuition award can be funded as a single gift, a friendship bracelets for refugees. d) Click “Select” series of gifts over several years, or a planned gift from your estate. e) Start shopping! If interested in participating contact Nate Driml, Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or [email protected]. 6) Create a Facebook fundraiser in support of Mercy. 12) Your planned gift ensures the future of Mercy High School 7) When you TAGG your purchase at any participating businesses, while lessening the tax burden on your estate and your heirs. a portion of your purchase price will be donated to Mercy. Gift commitments or bequests through a will or trust, a. Download the TAGG app. life insurance, or beneficiary designations for qualified retirement plans such as your 401(k) or IRA all help to further b. Visit participating businesses and snap a photo of your receipt. Mercy’s educational mission. If interested in participating contact c. Choose “Mercy High School” as your cause to support. Nate Driml, Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or [email protected].
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Scholarships and Tuition Awards Fourth Quarter Mercy held its first college-signing day Year in Review and encouraged students to share their Approximately $60,000 in scholarships and tuition awards are awarded. college choices on social media.
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Scholarships Tuition Awards As part of Adelaide & Ruth O’Keefe Memorial Scholarship Archdiocesan Tuition Award Kaleidoscope, ALUM Scholarship Callone-Flynn Family Tuition Award students Alumnae Association Scholarship Carmelo & Rose Guastello Tuition Award participated Archbishop Daniel Sheehan Class of 1972 Tuition Award in a financial Carolyn A. Jaworski Scholarship Cole & Joan Abboud Macdonald Tuition Award Charles & Rene Garvey Scholarship Dolores Brewster Rice Tuition Award literacy Clifford J. Miller Memorial Scholarship Dr. Daniel L. Wagner & Patricia A. Wagner Tuition Assistance Fund presentation Emilija Jonusas Tuition Award Jane M. Keller ‘66 Math Scholarship Students sent letters to donors Jim Slavin Memorial Tuition Award by American Jane M. Keller ‘66 Theater Scholarship Joan Juksich Cimpl Tuition Award thanking them for their generous John J. Franey Memorial Scholarship National Bank. John F. Daly Tuition Award Joseph F. & Helen Clare Murphy Scholarship support of the school. Katherine A. Borghoff & Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff Tuition Award Kelly Ann Taylor Memorial Scholarship Kenny Family Tuition Award Kevin Dunn Music Scholarship Kitty & Bill Fitzgerald, Mary Rose, & Rev. William Kevin Dunn Theatre Scholarship John Fitzgerald Tuition Award Kutilek-Mayer Family Scholarship Louise E. Gross Tuition Award Mary Jane Smith Gerst Memorial Scholarship Msgr. Paul F. Peter Tuition Award “Into the Woods” was the spring musical. Mary Roncka Urzendowski Memorial Scholarship Rev. Thomas R. Ward Tuition Award Msgr. John A. Flynn Memorial Scholarship Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM Tuition Award Ojeski Family Scholarship Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Tuition Award Phillip S. & Louise Battaglia Franco Endowed Service Sr. Rosemary Floersch, RSM Tuition Award Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Fund Thelma Jeanne Foran Timmerman Tuition Award Renae C. Von Tersch Art Scholarship Wendy O’Rourke Leadership Award Richard F. Chadek III Senior Scholarship William & Patricia Stanek Dworak Family Tuition Award Smola-McCormick Memorial Scholarship Sr. Johanna Burnell Scholarship The Mercy community came out to Sr. Mary Brendan O’Malley Memorial Scholarship cheer on the Soccer Team at State. Sr. Mary Callista Takes Scholarship Sr. Mary Justine Evans Memorial Scholarship The Kastl Sisters Scholarship Tupper O’Hearn Academic Scholarship
Alumnae came back to school during McAuley Scholars the annual All-School Reunion.
Donors who provide $5,000 in scholarships annually for students with limited financial means as long as they meet educational standards of the school. If you wish to participate contact Nate Driml, Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or [email protected].
66 students graduated in May ...... and earned more than $6 million Nancy Abboud Heider Family Foundation Stephen Mossman in college scholarships. Anonymous Carolyn Jaworski ’64 William & Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte ’74 Catholic Mutual Group William & Kathleen Baines Kizer ’66 Constance M. Ryan ’70 Donald & Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM ’51 Terry & Alicia Lanphier Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community James & Mary Robino Czyz ’68 Michael & Ann Franco Laughlin ’72 Joanne M. Stewart ’72 Mike & Mary Jo Dahir David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’70 Clark & Nancy Ferrara Toner ’80 Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust Michael & Nancy McCarthy Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM ’49 42 Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50 Frank & Jill Mihulka Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’71 43 Theresa Franco ’74 & James Wingender Irene Milewski Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Alumnae Giving by Class
The following reflects the percentage of living alumnae who made a gift.
1936 50.00% Class Of 1936 Class Of 1948 Class Of 1952 Betty Kubat Eberhard SJ 1941 50.00% 1943 35.00% Class Gifts: $100.00 Class Gifts: $1,425.00 Class Gifts: $1,610.00 Marilyn Eckholt Grasso SJ 1957 31.68% Total Class Members: 2 Total Class Members: 37 Total Class Members: 76 Margaret McCafferty Hoskins SM 1956 30.11% Participation: 50.00% Participation: 18.91% Participation: 21.05% Roberta Nittler Mullen SM 1962 29.41% Elizabeth R. Bauer SM Mary Ann Burkhardt SM Lorraine Lorkovic Andersen SJ Patricia Urbanovsky Pupkes SM 1958 28.46% 1982 25.81% Mary Anne Stoker Dworak SJ Shirley Seewald Coniglio SJ Margaret H. Semin SM 1981 25.71% Class Of 1940 Betty Holub Hallas SJ Sr. Margretta Dwyer, RSM SM Mary Lou Skupa SM 1955 22.50% Class Gifts: $10.00 JoAnn Alter Maher SM Rose Maun Edwards SJ Kathleen Kennedy Tuttle SM 1959 22.48% Total Class Members: 11 Dolores Stibbs Murnane SM Sr. Rosemary Floersch, RSM SM Rita Ostblom Weis SJ 1965 22.10% Participation: 9.00% Joan Fitzgerald Obarski SJ Mary Jo Havlicek SM Charlotte Covich Young SJ 1952 21.05% 1963 21.05% Rosemary Downing Reeves SJ Marie Moylan Wharton SM Joyce Fangman Korinek SM Bernadine Bonacci Zielinski SJ 1968 20.57% Johanna Kaiser Kozeny SJ 1954 20.00% Class Of 1941 Class Of 1949 Kathleen Watsabaugh Class Of 1955 1980 20.00% Class Gifts: $250.00 Class Gifts: $25,850.00 Kratochvil SJ Class Gifts: $1,979.00 1948 19.91% Total Class Members: 4 Total Class Members: 81 Total Class Members: 80 1990 18.52% Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM 1950 18.51% Participation: 50.00% Participation: 11.11% Antonette Rzeszotarski Participation: 22.50% 1974 18.31% Josephine F. Bauer SM Rita Hartnett Costello SM Pazderka SJ Anonymous 1961 18.26% Natalie Mohanna Nahas SJ Donna Vondra Patricia Runa Potter SM Dorothy Mickells Begley SJ 1945 18.18% DeVincenzi-Coletti SM Julie Daeges Sladovnik SJ Sr. Mary Ann Budka, OP SM 1988 18.03% 1953 17.35% Class Of 1943 Dorothy Sealock Ruth Daly Trede SM Patricia R. Callone SM 1991 16.95% Class Gifts: $35.00 Gawehn-Frisby SJ Irene Gunia Warga SM Joyce Lampe Connolly SM 1970 16.41% Total Class Members: 24 Kathleen Masilko Gorham SM Mary Lois Bauer Williams SM Mary Ann Mullink Dobiesz SM 1973 16.16% Contributed: Participation: 8.60% Marianne Swircin Heavey SJ Phyllis Kawa Flyr SM 1964 16.15% Class Of 1953 1998 15.87% Carmella Giordano SJ + Jo Ann Kirkpatrick Kunasek SM Patricia Hegarty Hinz SM 1966 15.75% Helen Dillon Griffith SM Ann Louise Urzendowski Class Gifts: $5,110.00 Sr. Aquinas Kurtz, OSF SM 1967 14.79% Catherine Frost Groth SJ Micek SM Total Class Members: 99 Marlene Thell Machal SM 1969 14.71% Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM Participation: 17.35% Lucille Buda Marasco SM 1947 14.63% Class Of 1944 Virginia Weinfurtner Carole Lankas Angele SJ Carole Alter Mitchell SM 1976 14.49% Class Gifts: $25.00 1951 14.29% Weidner SM Diane McEvoy Brentlinger SM Trudy Murphy Perrone SM 2000 13.85% $375,151.90 Total Class Members: 12 Sharon Palladino Burns SM Dr. Michon Rozmajzl, RSM SM 1975 13.75% Participation: 8.30% Class Of 1950 Mary Ellen Haley Byers SM Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM 1983 13.64%
Class Rita Marcil O’Connell SJ Class Gifts: $2,030.00 Mary E. Corboy SM Mary Jean O’Brien Sims SM 13.57% 1971 Total Class Members: 54 Kathleen Madden Cranny SM Sr. Carolyn A. Thirtle, OSF SJ 1960 13.27% Class Of 1945 1978 13.04% Donors: Participation: 18.51% Carol Roh Dorwart SM Rita Kresnik Virant SM 1979 11.86% Class Gifts: $195.00 Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ Patricia Pritchard Flesher SM 1984 11.86% Total Class Members: 22 Barbara Reh Evans SJ Mary Ann Douda Hartley SM Class Of 1956 1985 11.76% Participation: 18.18% Louise Battaglia Franco SM Catherine Stas Kros SM Class Gifts: $2,980.00 2002 11.69% Total Class Members: 94 1997 11.67% Gloria Scalzo DeJoy SM Patricia Sullivan Grant SM Sr. M. Geneva Paluka, RSM SM 1972 11.54% Rene Wilfong Garvey SM June Emminger Griffith SM Sr. Rita Parks, RSM SM Participation: 30.11% 1949 11.11% donors out of Jean Minar Hope SJ Beverly Higley Harral SM Barbara Krupski Rider SM Norma Thell Begley 1992 11.11% 888 Claire Riley Murnan SM Maureen Waite Kalkowski SM Patricia Kleine Schneider SM Joan Staskiewicz Belitz 1987 10.20% Patricia Colchin Lavey SM Alice Parker Simon SM Catherine Hogan Besta 2006 9.84% 1995 9.80% Class Of 1946 Barbara Schonlau Lokke SM Stella Nowaczyk Stawniak SM Julie Herek Bizal 2001 9.68% Class Gifts: $25.00 Agatha Alba Ramirez SM Rosemary Begley Weide SJ Patsy Leutenegger Brady 1986 9.59% alumnae Total Class Members: 23 Mary Ann Barfell White SJ + Virginia Kuzelka Budka 1940 9.00% Participation: 4.34% Class Of 1951 Judith Hughes Conrad 1994 8.33% 5,874 Class Gifts: $101,015.00 Class Of 1954 1944 8.30% Cherie Patch Shaw SM Kathleen Kisicki Cook 2005 8.11% Total Class Members: 64 Class Gifts: $895.00 Carol Smola Dargy 1989 7.84% Class Of 1947 Participation: 14.29% Total Class Members: 101 Theresa Doll Gotch 2009 7.59% Class Gifts: $695.00 Bernadette Moylan Participation: 20.00% Carol Sinnott Heafey 1996 6.78% % Participation: Total Class Members: 41 Burkland SM Virginia Dai Behrendt SJ Barbara J. Hodik 1977 6.52% 2003 5.97% Participation: 14.63% Patricia Bauer Chleborad SM Elizabeth (Betty) Thell Virginia Slegl Hun 2004 5.06% Mary McBride Heider SM Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM Busse SM + Mary Kay Sullivan Klein 2013 4.76% Sally Sanders Hutfless SJ Jean Frederick Dahlquist SM R. Anne Wegener Byrne SJ Virginia O’Leary Kurzak 1946 4.34% Mary Kube Liston SM Marilyn McDonald Hirth SM Beverly Carter Campbell SM Rosemary Kunasek Lawson 2010 4.04% 1993 3.39% Abbie Reh Truax SJ JoAnn Hurley Hrabik SM Rita Sohler Carlson SM Josephine Marcuzzo Macaitis 1999 2.82% 15.11% Cecelia O’Kane Weber SM Josephine Caniglia Patricia Delford Chaloupka SJ Elizabeth Skradski McAndrews 2008 2.67% Edith Hraban Winkelmann SM Lohmeier SJ Anita Bower Dillon SM Mary Jean Timmerman 2012 1.37% Marilyn Post Moreland SJ Rita Humpal Dolan SM McManus 2007 1.16% 44 Patricia Brady O’Kane SM + Mary Ann Skomal Donbrosky SM Marilyn Britten Miller 45 Lorraine O’Leary Pritchard SM Mary Ann Rosenthal Dunning SJ Patricia Zauner Paulsen *Note: Golf Fest and/or FIESTA gift purchases are not included in percentages. Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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Betty Travnicek Pfeffer Lenore Baburek Deeths Class Of 1960 Anne Marie Gomez Lindzy Christyne Cairo Vranes Ursula M. Kalinowski Rosemary C. Lohr Karen Krzycki Kisicki Sr. Therese Randolph, RSM Mary Ann McDermott Class Gifts: $3,030.00 Mary Guziec Mendenhall Mary Mason Wozny Kathleen Baines Kizer Rita Mostek McLean Mary Franco Levy Alice Olson Rischling Dobrovolny Total Class Members: 113 Mary Cvetas Munshaw Jeanne Nauslar Luedtke Kathryn Roehrig Murphy Ellen Ritzdorf Lierk Annette Tomcykowski Schmitz + Karen Kopecky Frost Participation: 13.27% Patti Lyman Neuberger Class Of 1965 Anne Pedersen Mahoney Ann Yungbluth Naple Ann Zukaitis Longo Helen Traynor Smith Sheila McDermott Gehrman Kay Zagurski Champion Louise O’Connor Class Gifts: $14,915.00 Susan Tylski Mann Maureen Pane Mary Ellen Bosiljevac Sonja Lebo Turner Mary Rae Metz Gibbons Dorothy Smith Dake Mary Jo Miller Pedersen Total Class Members: 181 Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM Priscilla Connelly Quinn Mangiamelli Kathleen Smith Tweedy Virginia Wolfe Heng Gail A. Gartner Edythe Pavelec Place Participation: 22.10% Victoria Mangan Menard Margaret Kotera Quinn Margaret Lavelle McCrea Geraldine McCafferty Judy Tomasek Koziol Sr. Judith Patricia Healy, RSM Patricia McElligott Reinhardt Jane Green Alseth Jane Tourek Morinelli Patricia Connell Samson Constance M. Ryan Zimmerman Marilyn J. Krajicek Susan Stahl Hohman Mary M. Scherr Jeanne Sorich Anderson Connie Floridia Pera Carol Schlueter Patricia Lynam Schultz Mary Pat Smola McCormick Rose Marie Battaglia King Elaine M. Schuster Judith Vancura Batten Deborah Brown Reed Linda Sieben Schluter Mary Lou Houston Sherrerd Class Of 1957 Barbara Pilus Miller Marjean Lubeley Lynch Maxine Thell Vinardi Mary Williams Bognich Sharon Tuttle Roller Bernadette Smith Juanita Sieben Class Gifts: $8,110 Judith Ward Milner Gloria Lang Moran Lucille Kupfer Windels Catherine Nielsen Boone Sally Miller Storr Mary Potter Stoltzman Sr. Theresa A. Svehla, RSM Total Class Members: 102 Mary McCafferty Nastase Betty Gossin Nicolaisen Connie Emery Wolf Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff Kathleen Conway Surdell Pamela Thornton Patricia Harris Wilson Participation: 31.68% Phyllis Olson Norskov Maureen Danahy Parr Virginia Troia Brown Josephine Walsh Wandel Hughleen Thorsen Irmajean Leaver Andersen Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM Michaele Rosse Pleiss Class Of 1963 Diane M. Burton Mary Shirley Weber Ann Thurmond Class Of 1971 Kay Miller Baye Bernadette Votek Pogge Patricia Sayre Quinlan Class Gifts: $11,940.00 Constance DuPree Carlson Janet Schmidt Tomarkin Class Gifts: $3,495.00 Judy Willenburg Bogard- Patricia Linstrom Rudolph Nancy Tanner Rosenthal Total Class Members: 95 Mary Lynn Sortino Cerveny Class Of 1967 Susan Bertagni Trigg Total Class Members: 140 Tanigami Rita Safranek Schneider Mary Beth Langley Turecek Participation: 21.05% Susan Quenelle Cody Class Gifts: $5,870.00 Kathleen Connolly Van Sistine Participation: 13.57% Virginia Bryg Janice Jazynka Sgier Sharon Carter Vondra Beverly Marreel Anzalone Tish Connelly Total Class Members: 142 Diane Sliva Weber Ann Connelly Brannen Marilyn Morgan Chandler Jane Spring Shanahan Therese Green Bigelow Mary Jane Martin Cook Participation: 14.79% Patricia Gallagher Wicht Laura Caniglia Callahan Mary Ann Bergmann Chladek Barbara Reynek Sichmeller Class Of 1961 Mary Kay Connor Marrianne Safranek Driml Maryann Neneman Boelter Mary Jo Alba Wiese Mary Zuerlein Cunningham Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM Kathleen Zitur Vincentini Class Gifts: $3,705.00 Carol Hayes Degan Patricia Stanek Dworak Martha Grant Bruckner Marge Lorincz Driscoll Sharon Riedmann Davenport Marialyce Killeen Walsh Total Class Members: 115 Mary Jo Smutny Donovan Linda Walsh Fell Phyllis Beda Dunne Class Of 1969 Sharon Gaughan Grant Catherine Rybin Dobbertin Joyce Jensen Whalley Participation: 18.26% Betty Trout Eckley Sheila Hearity Gleason Mary Brennan Ferrell Class Gifts: $9,280.00 M. Susan Stefanski Heaney Mary Floersch Dolan Marise Barry Wheatley Warrine P. Coffey Nancy Stevens Farber Mary Ann Greene-Walsh Mary Lou Nemec Gunia Total Class Members: 136 Kathy Laux Kaiser Patricia Burgess Drake Janet Murphy Wolff Barbara Holst Daley Penny Chamberlain Ferrin Kathleen Thomas Hess Elizabeth Breeding Hurt Participation: 14.71% Jean Rogers Lund Sharon Sweeney Friedrich DeLoris Kanger Woodford Jean Gallagher Decker Judith Jurek Barbara Boczar Heywood Susan Hopkins Leahy Marilyn Cimino Bewley Barbara Sanders Mattia Mary Jean Connelly Harrington Kathleen Jensen D’Ercole Susann Gassman Kahan Mary Lee O’Neill Holroyd Mary Tuttle Marasco Laura Kavanaugh Cameron Patricia Kocarnik Rindone Theresa Spirek Holman Class Of 1959 Josephine Manganaro Dufek Antoinette J. Kuhry Mary Beth Irvine Connie Ferrara Marchese JoAnne Glynn Catlett Debra Vavra Ritter Sonnie Gallagher Kalinski Class Gifts: $2,905.00 Mary Jo Danahy Ellis Peggy Poffenbarger Neumann Mary Lois Roucek Johnsen Linda Gunzelman Neukam Georgia Zajicek Ford Cynthia Pfeifer Sarraillon Carolyn Zeleny Kirn Total Class Members: 130 Sue Turner Foreman Kathleen Danahy Powell Carol A. Keefover Rita Gallagher Newell Suzanne M. Grandinetti Carolyn Andreasen Taylor Annette Mayer Kutilek Participation: 22.48% Patricia Humlicek Gehringer Janice A. Rashid Karen Jones Kohler Mary Parise Nowaczyk Jeanne Heaston Ann Parr Tripp JoAnne Manhart Lonsway Rose Marie Bendon Basque Catharine Kelly Grace Constance E. Remkus Joyce Perchal Littlejohn Sarita Troia Penka Janet Pietramale Houston Sharon Carmichael Wade Rose Folino Markesi Kathy Rinn Bermel Kathleen McCafferty Griffith Sheila Ryan Margaret Lorincz Michaels Kathleen Troia Radosevich Josephine Whitney Johns Margaret Troia Wazny Rosemary Dolan Martin Sheila M. Burke Janet Marsicek Gural Carol Avery Steinhausen Sally J. Nimmo M. Theresa Houston Ringwalt Linda Grzebielski Kaspar Jeanne McAnany Wright Maureen E. McGrath Jean Conlan Cogan Yvonne Buresh Kros Michele Floersch Strange Kathleen Coffey Royce Mary Lou Meyer Rodgers Diane Hope Kean Grace (Chris) Trout Wulff Sr. Marie P. Micheletto, RSM Connie Orsi Crouch Doris Gartner Larkins Mary Ellen Howland Weirich Patricia O’Neill Sauerman Marilyn Wichert Selk Victoria Torrez Manis Christine Franco Zadina Elizabeth Dziminski Neal Ann Gallagher Dunn Shirley Pollreis Lee Kathryn Mahoney Zielinski Ann Kuhse Schenck Patricia Sequenzia Sheehan Mary Mauro Mitchell Joy Neneman Jane Schwarte Dworak Phillith Ferrante Miller Antoinette Montello Karen Marinkovich Swesey Margaret Hassett Moraczewski Class Of 1972 Mary Powers Rankin Elizabeth Grabowsky Gotch Peg Gassman O’Malley Class Of 1964 Schmeling Jean Stackhouse Wang Melodia Wichert Phelps Class Gifts: $3,318.00 Joan Lawson Slapkauskas Diane Nybbelin Gross Carolyn Janowiak Schiltz Class Gifts: $8,085.00 Mary Pat Fay Schneider Kathleen Linstrom Wright Suzanne Romaire Purcell Total Class Members: 104 Judith Poetzel Soliz Patricia McAndrews Jones Margaret Glenn Sellner Total Class Members: 130 Patricia Barnes Scholl Mary Pat Giblin Roy Participation: 11.54% Marilyn Yechout Stoysich Rozanne Skradski Klug Eleanor Schwab Siech Participation: 16.15% Rita Wagman Skinner Class Of 1968 Mary Jo Sanders Patti Pluta Anderson Sally Groves Theiler + Rose Marie Eagle Laughlin Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM Kathleen Erdei Bassett Paula Washburn Smolen Class Gifts: $14,632.50 Diana Reestman Saniuk Susan Wardian Hartung Ann Godek Tomcykowski Sandra Matulka Joyce Rosenberg Stranglen Martha Waldmann Burchett Margaret Sobczak Total Class Members: 175 Shelley Shreves Schrader Meg Nanfito Jones Judith Dargy Vohs Judith McPherson McDonald Janet Kleine Farha Geraldine Cieslik Szuberla Participation: 20.57% Mary Jo Troia-Tejeda Elizabeth James Joyce Nancy Friese Weaver Raydelle Kaline Meehan Class Of 1962 Frances Herek Fitzpatrick Nancy Reiman Tex Elizabeth Stewart Banset Karen Kielty Kennedy Ann Bendon Wieberg Georgianne Zielinski Meyer Class Gifts: $2,935.00 Kathleen Kielian Hayduska Margaret Yungbluth Colleen Rukas Bentley Class Of 1970 Christine A. Koziol Lucille Palermo Mickells Total Class Members: 85 Ellen Longo Hurley Carol Wiegand Brady Class Gifts: $19,470.00 Ann Franco Laughlin Class Of 1958 Pauline Kocarnik Mondragon Participation: 29.41% Ms. Carolyn Jaworski Class Of 1966 Mary Robino Czyz Total Class Members: 129 Mary Zenk McHugh Class Gifts: $34,910.99 Joanne Daley Morey Maureen Greger Bourne Josephine Emmanuel Korten Class Gifts: $3,455.00 Marianne Santi Dopheide Participation: 16.41% Joan Saniuk Total Class Members: 123 Phyllis Arent Morris Lillian Schumacher Chatfield Mary Anne Johnston Leach Total Class Members: 146 Tancy Dodson Ellis Carmen Alba Bracken + Joanne M. Stewart Participation: 28.46% Patricia O’Connor Marilyn Bosiljevac Craven Constance Martin McNabb Participation: 15.75% Becky Lane Elster Rhonda Suiter Butler Ann Stefanski Thomsen Rose Marie Liss Anania Joan Orcutt O’Keefe Peggy Hanna Crouch Kathleen Novotny Patricia Podraza Allgeier Elaine T. Heaston Carmella C. Cosentino Laurie Thomas Wagner Rita Renner Baker Mary C. Palmesano + Patricia Kubat Czerwinski Marcella Connelly Peterson Sharon Bisbee Anania Carol Novotny Heng Patricia Kratochvil Farrar Linda Gallagher Bayerl Joan Willett Quinlin Benvenuta Narduzzo Davit Elizabeth Marshall Post Dolores D’Agosto M. Jane Huerter Kathleen Davis Gassman Class Of 1973 Georgiann Norquist Benish Judith Kielty Quinn Mary Gordon Haman Janet Tobin Presser Terri McGough Eve Cathy Katzenberger Sandra Goetzinger-Comer Class Gifts: $4,435.00 Carol Neill Casey Joyce Palladino Schueth Susan Daly Haxton Laura Rogers Prophater Suzanne Liebentritt Garcia Gerianne Couch Kroon Marilyn Smith Havel Total Class Members: 99 Sr. Corrine Connelly, RSM K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons Nancy Lodes Hudson Janice Henningsen Schultz Marianne Beck Hall Kathleen Hoarty Kurowski Susan Shramek Hensley Participation: 16.16% Sancha Gloden Corrigan Janice Tegels Siragusa Elizabeth A. Hug Mary Kuehl Schultz Margaret Stewart Hladik Karen Cronin LaRue Theresa Kouba Howell Patricia Dethlefs Brennan 46 47 Eileen Van Buren Curran Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM Gloria Eagle Jorgensen Janet J. Schumacher Karen Billesbach Johnson Mary Beth Lavelle Nancy Bolte Jackson Mary Jarecki Camp Patricia David Davis Connie Cutting Welle Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick Jane Turner Schumaker Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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Carol Filipowicz Gemborys Shayla Moore Liebentritt Kathleen Zahm Larsen Mary Carmen Buse Novak Michele Hagedorn Cohen Theresa Levy Meehan Julie Pentis Link Emily J. Gonderinger Susan Koralewski Hancock Mary Anne Fochek North Kelly McCann Laughlin Tammara Spence Nussrallah Michelle Bond Deters Leanne C. Prewitt Alyssa Danze Norman Megan O’Hara Hayes Patricia Ladd Luebbert Cheryl M. O’Donnell Denise Schnitker Podjenski Kelly K. Nystrom Carrie Zuerlein George Kara Mattini Renne Anna R. Wyskowski Andra E. Hubbard Constance Mangano Susan Kisicki Szalewski Amy Michalski Schultz Monica Harrington Lisa Krajicek Sund Jennifer Kotulak Molinaro Jo Ann Alba Morris Class Of 1977 Catherine Franco Van Haute Ann Costello Valla Melinda McFarland Class Of 2003 Roz Parr Lou Anne Rinn Class Gifts: $445.00 Francie Riedmann Weis Jennifer Ortmeyer Class Of 1998 Class Gifts: $910.00 Christine Zenk Rix Total Class Members: 46 Class Of 1987 Shannon O’Donnell Reinard Class Gifts: $2,434.79 Total Class Members: 67 Class Of 2010 Mary Trout Rosburg Participation: 6.52% Class Of 1982 Class Gifts: $1,275.00 Jennifer Wrobleski Total Class Members: 63 Participation: 5.97% Class Gifts: $185.00 Sarita L. Ruma Kate Janca Adams Class Gifts: $2,101.56 Total Class Members: 49 Participation: 15.87% Anonymous Total Class Members: 99 Therese M. Safranek Monica Smith Ahern Total Class Members: 31 Participation: 10.20% Class Of 1992 Amanda Peterson Baker Molly Dennell Participation: 4.04% Nancy Vaculik Smith Deborah L. Leas Participation: 25.81% Kandyce Smith Fleming Class Gifts: $760.00 Stephanie Cross Cleary Kathy Roccaforte Denning Elizabeth R. Dunn Gwen A. Teeple Mary Tomcykowski Fox Christine Daley Gollobit Total Class Members: 45 Theresa Wieberg Cook Maria Hahn Mergens Danielle E. Dyer Teresa Vancura Vacanti Class Of 1978 Sarah Truscott Grigaitis Christine Basque Malloy Participation: 11.11% Amanda M. Fulton Lauren Pogge Hinton Nancy Bertagni Wackerhagen Class Gifts: $4,330.00 Gail Babb Kotulak Mary Spenceri Pipkins Karina Anzalone-Stavneak Holly A. Lukasiewicz Class Of 2004 Emily Wessling Leahy Total Class Members: 69 Mary Welna Maher Beth McLean Winkler Nicole Liebig Lakeman Jennifer Harre O’Neill Class Gifts: $445.00 Class Of 1974 Participation: 13.04% Rosemarie Ferrara Matz Kelly Connelly Lawler Jennifer Fochek Ozenbaugh Total Class Members: 79 Class Of 2012 Class Gifts: $14,360.00 Karin K. Fangman Jena Wilcox Mitzlaff Class Of 1988 Sarah Flynn Lehotay Josah Driml Powers Participation: 5.06% Class Gifts: $250.00 Total Class Members: 71 Colleen Quinn Harper Jill Backes Morrissey Class Gifts: $2,383.00 Leah Hollister Rissien Kimberly Bujarski Prenzlow Rachel Markey Andersen Total Class Members: 73 Participation:18.31% Patricia Draney Hayden Loretta Halamek Plagge Total Class Members: 61 Aryn Vacanti Ashley Shrader Miller Participation: 1.37% Ann Nussrallah Adkins Alice Putjenter Jaksich Participation: 18.03% Class Of 1993 Margaret Latka Peters Christine M. Gonderinger Jeanne Devaney Carroll Kathleen Riedmann Kemler Class Of 1983 Michelle Joy Avilla Class Gifts: $135.00 Class Of 1999 Rose Brennan Sullivan Mary Margaret Fenton Terri Pankers Knoble Class Gifts: $1,000.00 Denise Matya Barrett Total Class Members: 59 Class Gifts: $200.00 Class Of 2013 Theresa J. Franco Mary Cecilia Kennedy Lippert Total Class Members: 44 D’Lynn Gannon Buck Participation: 3.39% Total Class Members: 71 Class Of 2005 Class Gifts: $205.13 Virginia M. Helget Carol Bader Nicola Participation: 13.64% Kimberly Lang Bunnell Jennifer Taylor Mawson Participation: 2.82% Class Gifts: $561.60 Total Class Members: 105 Mary Jane Monico Herron Geralyn Budenholzer White Judith A. Belitz, D.D.S. Dianna Jones Chaloupka Julie Lankas McAlpine Kristin R. Mikkelsen Total Class Members: 74 Participation: 4.76% Rose Ann Simon Nelson Jane Synowicki Davis Margaret Walsh Haik Jessica Ham Stalnaker Participation: 8.11% Bridget A. Blessie Mary (Maggie) Milone Class Of 1979 Danielle Hahn Emsick Kathy Daley Jones Class Of 1994 Samantha Emsick Becker Stephanie N. Bushman O’Donnell Class Gifts: $1,675.00 Heather Newkirk Ireland Jeni Jaworski Martinez Class Gifts: $545.00 Class Of 2000 Sarah Brandeau Charnquist Dafnis Delgado-Arellanes Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte Total Class Members: 59 Angela Wieberg Maynard Rebecca Heim Waszgis Total Class Members: 60 Class Gifts: $2,545.00 Danielle Boner Micek Jen Meisinger Theresa Miklas Ryan Participation: 11.86% Lynda Caniglia Turnquist Kristi Walters Wessling Participation: 8.33% Total Class Members: 65 Anne Mollner Stanley Rebecca M. Wessling Michele McGill Stultz Karol Krawczyk Carroll Mary Collins Wolf Katie Mollner Baumker Participation: 13.85% Jesse Gonderinger Sullivan Kathleen Brayshaw Swanda Margaret Draney Crouse Class Of 1984 Rachel Burbach Burns Meghan Clark Bochynski Sheila Reifenrath Tuma Class Of 2015 Anna Lisa Tosone Julie McCann Hagan Class Gifts: $1,710.00 Class Of 1989 Katherine Connelly Carroll Laural K. Dean Class Gifts: $200.00 Mary Babb Horne Total Class Members: 59 Class Gifts: $425.00 Megan McCann Fletcher Colleen Williams Durante Class Of 2006 Total Class Members: 87 Class Of 1975 Lynne Thomas Pitner Participation: 11.86% Total Class Members: 51 Kristin Heaton Rys Melea Reifenrath Hargis Class Gifts: $860.00 Participation: 2.30% Class Gifts: $3,863.33 Teresa Tusa Stillmock Diane Gunia Blessie Participation: 7.84% Jocelyn Lavelle Masasi Total Class Members: 61 Mary C. Dworak Total Class Members: 80 Barbara Stefanski Vanderbeek Barbara Zahm Efferding Sandra Kuncl Geist Class Of 1995 Danielle Zuerlein McBride Participation: 9.84% Mary S. Jerram Participation: 13.75% Mary Beacom Emmer Jane McGill Class Gifts: $2,260.00 Anne Zadina McGill Meredith Wright Crandall Deborah Bouc Barrett Class Of 1980 Maureen Harrington Jessica E. Moeschler-Miller Total Class Members: 51 Breanne J. Murcek Emily Gentleman Crowe Class Of 2017 Jennifer Putjenter Bayer Class Gifts: $4,940.00 Mary Cunningham Horn Jennifer Snitily Munchrath Participation: 9.80% Angela Burton Vogel Ellie F. Cusic Class Gifts: $75.00 Christine Chonis Jeffrey, M.D. Total Class Members: 60 Susan Wieberg Meschede Angela Foster-Barnes Kristine Mattini Evans Total Class Members: 82 Donna Pecoraro McKain Participation: 20.00% Margaret A. Ondracek Class Of 1990 Katie A. Holmes Class Of 2001 Jessica Brown Jones Participation: 2.44% Nancy A. Micek Denise Podjenski Bartels Class Gifts: $4,350.00 Shannon K. McClure Class Gifts: $1,065.00 Nicole E. Lenczowski Ava E. Blessie Suzanne Tiwald Nelson Julie Wilcox English Class Of 1985 Total Class Members: 54 Carolyn G. Potter Total Class Members: 62 Margaret N. Hoffman Mary Jo Pitzl Melanie Smith Fechter Class Gifts: $6,030.00 Participation: 18.52% Maria Caniglia Svoboda Participation: 9.68% Class Of 2007 Debora Tubrick Rushlau Laura A. Ganapini Total Class Members: 68 Laura Vaughn Cardenas Ann Veys Coco Class Gifts: $150.00 Class Of 2018 Judy Niemoller Sorenson Mary Hartigan Godberson Participation: 11.76% Molly Cavanaugh Class Of 1996 Marie A. Cusic Total Class Members: 86 Class Gifts: $20.00 Janet Lavelle Stracke Nicole Hahn Jesse Lisa Bartlett Crum Ann Linenbrink Hoffman Class Gifts: $472.00 Lindsey A. Jessen Participation: 1.16% Total Class Members: 83 Monica Alba Yankus Therese Kripal Kramer Jodi Holbeck Ernst Teri Rangel Huck Total Class Members: 59 Mary K. Jones Malinda C. Frevert Participation: 1.20% Deborah Ramsey Lehman Maureen Becka Falcon Susan Polityka Huse Participation: 6.78% Kimberly Bryant Vavra Mae E. Hoden Class Of 1976 Mary Fellows Nelson Maria Sieben Hamernik Joy Thiem Kellerman Angela E. DeMarco Sarah E. Wallace Class Of 2008 Class Gifts: $2,080.00 Kerri Doll Sorrell Jacqueline Hughes Latka Tracie Rudol Robles Kaylea A. Dunn Class Gifts: $200.00 Total Class Members: 69 Mary Beth Harrington Stanek Sandra Matya Scheuler Teresa Walters Ryba Christine Grier Koehn Class Of 2002 Total Class Members: 75 + Denotes Deceased Participation: 14.49% Nancy Ferrara Toner Jeanne Schmit Skutnik Mary Pat Dargy Stutzman Kellie Brannen Mihovk Class Gifts: $1,195.00 Participation: 2.67% Kathryn Marshall Andreasen Michele Zach Walker Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen Total Class Members: 77 Rosemary A. Laughlin Mary Ann Vipond Armstrong Class Of 1981 Class Of 1997 Participation: 11.69% Caitlyn Wessling Milone Mary Beth Ritzdorf Class Gifts: $1,800.00 Class Of 1986 Class Of 1991 Class Gifts: $1,880.00 Eileen Sullivan Cormier Branscombe Total Class Members: 35 Class Gifts: $2,010.00 Class Gifts: $2,910.00 Total Class Members: 60 Alicia Potter Frizzell Class Of 2009 Margaret M. Cunningham Participation: 25.71% Total Class Members: 73 Total Class Members: 59 Participation: 11.67% Lynn C. Fullenkamp Class Gifts: $1,485.00 Ruth Gross Harre JoAnn Subject Bartolomei Participation: 9.59% Participation: 16.95% Helen Holmes Giambrone Nicole M. Lee Total Class Members: 79 48 Mary Pat Ruma Hodgens Cheryl Jeanneret Erin Callaghan Gubbels Heather Hussman Bousquet Katherine Zadina Kerniskey Jacqueline K. Lee Participation: 7.59% 49 Carol Babb Latka Michelle McCann Landolt Anne-Marie Evans Lee Kristin Lubischer Busch Lisa M. Lawton Elizabeth Bellino Lehn Jayne Bartek Glaser Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Annual Giving Fund
The following reflects donations during this time period.
Heart of Mercy Society ($5,000+) Mary E. Corboy SM ’53* Gene & Marilyn Spence* Christopher & Jennifer Jerram Maurice J. Zach Conrad & Linda Gallagher Bayerl ’58 McAuley Society ($1,000-$4,999) Core Bank James & Marsha Stewart Kevin & Elizabeth James Joyce ’72 Chris & Wendy Zuerlein B. Lorraine Beacom Mercy Circle ($500-$999) Creighton University Joanne M. Stewart ’ 72* Bob Kathol Elieser Becerra Darland Construction Co. Mark & Teresa Tusa Stillmock ’ 79 Dale & Melinda Kreher President’s Club Sr. Linda Bechen, RSM President’s Club ($100-$499) Maureen & Dale Davis Sunridge Village Andrew & Barbara Krolikowski Anonymous (2) John & Teresa Beck Michael & Marcia DeFreece* Surgery Center of the Heartland Antoinette J. Kuhry ’63* Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77 Krista Becka Heart of Mercy Society James & Sandra Erwin Kathleen Brayshaw Swanda ’ 74 Kathleen Hoarty Kurowski ’68 Richard & Mary Adams Patrick L. Becker Nancy Abboud Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85 Richard & Katherine Swanson Kenneth & Michelle McCann Landolt ’81 Mark & Ann Nussrallah Adkins ’74 Tyler & Samantha Emsick Becker ’05 Anonymous (4) George & Mary Farrage Todd Smith Fitness David & Kelly Connelly Lawler ’92 Timothy & Monica Smith Ahern ’77 Dorothy Mickells Begley SJ ’55 American National Bank J. Michael & Janelle Fitzgerald TR Construction Jimmy & Susan Lee Dorothy Ainsworth John Begley Archdiocese of Omaha Phil Flott Geoffrey Tripp & Consuelo Lorenzo Eugene & Roseann Lilla Luke & Sandra Aldy William & Norma Thell Begley ’56 Donald & Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM ’51 Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50 Union Pacific Railroad JoAnn Alter Maher SM ’48 Jose Aleman-Soriano & Katia Galen & Marsha Behr Mary Kay Connor ’63 John & Catherine Fullenkamp Anthony & Teresa Vancura Vacanti ’ 73* Mary Ellen Bosiljevac Mangiamelli ’70 Maldonado-Rosales Virginia Dai Behrendt SJ ’54 James & Mary Robino Czyz ’68 Richard A. Gerbeling Richard & Melissa Wallich Rev. Patrick McCaslin Charles & Laura Allen Bryan & Michelle Behrens Mike & Mary Jo Dahir Carmella Giordano SJ ’43* + (Bequest) Denis F. Walsh Daniel McKernan Gary & Patricia Podraza Allgeier ’66 Joan Staskiewicz Belitz ’56 James & Lorie Dennell David Glatte Mary Ann Barfell White SJ ’53* + (Bequest) Susan Wieberg Meschede ’84 AmazonSmile Foundation Judith A. Belitz ’83 Christine Dunn John & Sonya Glenn John R. Wingender, Jr. & Mary Kay Miller Morrissey Engineering Anthony & Deborah Anania Jean E. Bellinghausen Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust Goldberg’s Roger & Mary Mason Wozny ’64 Sr. Carol Mucha, RSM Frank L. Anania Georgiann Norquist Benish ’58 Theresa Franco ’74 & James Wingender Bob & Mary Gonderinger Margaret Yungbluth ’65 & David Balling* Breanne J. Murcek ’00 Rose Marie Liss Anania ’58 Joseph & Lucy Beraldi Larry & Shirley Good Monte Schatz & Mary Jo Hanigan Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’71 Dolores Stibbs Murnane SM ’48 Irmajean Leaver Andersen ’57 Paul S. Beran Suzanne M. Grandinetti ’69* Elizabeth A. Hug ’62 Timothy & Mary Fellows Nelson ’80 Lorraine Lorkovic Andersen SJ ’52 Mark & Kathy Rinn Bermel ’59 HDR Inc. Mary Beth Irvine ’65* Mercy Circle The Noonan Family Rachel Markey Andersen ’04 Severino Bernal & Sara Perez-Lopez Heider Family Foundation Mark & Alice Putjenter Jaksich ’ 78 Jeanne Sorich Anderson ’65 Thomas & Tammara Spence Patti Pluta Anderson ’72 Catherine Hogan Besta ’56 James Skinner Baking Co. Mary E. Janca Beverly Marreel Anzalone ’63 Nussrallah ’86* Paul & Kathryn Marshall Andreasen ’76 Robert & Mary Bestenlehner Carolyn Jaworski ’64* John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80* Richard & Heidi Anzalone Kelly K. Nystrom ’86 Carole Lankas Angele SJ ’53 Robert & Marilyn Cimino Bewley ’69 Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 + (Bequest) Joy Thiem Kellerman ’90 Ryan & Amanda Peterson Baker ’98 Nancy Nystrom Karina L. Anzalone-Stavneak ’92 John Bezy, III Terry & Alicia Lanphier Robert & Leanne Kendall Kevin & Denise Podjenski Bartels ’80 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Apostolic Oblates Inc. Rita Bianchi David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’ 70 Kinetic Valuation Group Colleen Rukas Bentley ’68* Rev. John L. Pietramale Leon & Susan Arens Julie Herek Bizal ’56 Lozier Foundation John & Wende Kotouc Therese Green Bigelow ’63 James F. Pietro Mary Ann Vipond Armstrong ’76 Mary C. Blaszak Deborah A. Macdonald James & Gail Babb Kotulak ’82 Harry & Mary Williams Bognich ’65 Thomas & Michaele Rosse Pleiss ’60 David Gonzalez & Rosa Arredondo Ava E. Blessie ’17 Michael & Nancy McCarthy Lockton Gregory & Kathryn Boulay Dennis & Denise Schnitker Podjenski ’81 Patrick & Kathleen Artz Bridget A. Blessie ’ 13 Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58* J. Terry & Ruth Macnamara Patricia Dethlefs Brennan ’ 73 Jim & Cate Pogge Paul & Betsy Austin William & Diane Gunia Blessie ’84 John & Ann Louise Thomas Mayhan Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM* Leanne C. Prewitt ’97 Michelle Joy Avilla ’88 Meghan Clark Bochynski ’00 Urzendowski Micek SM ’49* Holly McCoy* Daniel & Sharon Palladino Burns SM ’53* Gerald & Lisa Pribyl Joe Ayoub Steve & Jan Bode Irene Milewski Patrick & Patricia McGinnis Jerry & Mary Bushman J. Michael & Susan Price Nagi Ayoub & Jennifer Oliveto Ayoub Maryann Neneman Boelter ’67 Moglia Family Foundation Michael & Diane McLain Catholic Mutual Group John & Sharon Reefe Thomas G. Babb & Beth A. Dankert-Babb Celia Bogard Stephen Mossman Thomas & Ann Messersmith Warrine P. Coffey ’61 Todd & Kimberly Remmereid George & Joan Baca Judy Willenburg Bogard-Tanigami ’57 Robert + & Kathryn O’Keefe Sr. Marie P. Micheletto, RSM ’57 Tim & Mary Coyle Mary Pat Giblin Roy ’69 Backlund Plumbing John & Sandra Bogema Omaha Community Foundation Frank & Jill Mihulka Gary & Peggy Hanna Crouch ’62* Patricia Linstrom Rudolph ’58 Scott & Barbara Bailey Jim & Cheryl Bolin Mary C. Palmesano ’59 + (Bequest) W. Scott Morris Brendan & Crystal Crowley Patrick & Cynthia Rupp Rita Renner Baker ’58 John & Dawn Bonacci Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. Bradley & Lynn Muse Fred & Julia Doran Michael & Jacque Salerno Sr. Mary Jo Baldus, RSM Boone & Associates, P.C. William & Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte ’ 74* Mutual of Omaha Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65 Richard & Ann Kuhse Schenck ’65 Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Catherine Nielsen Boone ’65 Constance M. Ryan ’ 70 P. I. Midwest William & Patricia Stanek Dworak ’65 Sandra Matya Scheuler ’85 Elizabeth Stewart Banset ’68 Dan & Lauren Bopp Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Patrick & Mary Lou Parr Don & Margie Eckley Richard & Suzanne Shepherd Ernest & Margaret Bargas Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65* Community Wayne & Sarita Troia Penka ’67 Karin K. Fangman ’ 78 Paul & Mary Lou Houston Sherrerd ’70 Sandra Barnhart Samuel & Colleen Botsios TD Ameritrade Pinnacle Bank Five Points Bank Eleanor Schwab Siech ’61 William & Deborah Bouc Barrett ’75 Thomas & Lenal Bottoms Wells Fargo Mary Jo Pitzl ’75* Gene & Patricia Pritchard Flesher SM ’53* Carl & Helen Traynor Smith ’56 John & Denise Matya Barrett ’88 Robert & Maureen Greger Bourne ’62 Troy & Kara Plumb Sue Turner Foreman ’61 Marilyn Yechout Stoysich ’57 Lawrence & Dorothy Barrett Bryce & Heather Hussman Bousquet ’91 McAuley Society Carolyn G. Potter ’95 Jim & Susan Franco The Regan Group, Inc. Mark & JoAnn Subject Bartolomei ’81 Kevin & Paula Bowyer Jane Green Alseth ’65* Robert & Michelle Ramaekers Amanda M. Fulton ’98 The Waldinger Corp. George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59* Melody Boyce Lowell R. Amiotte Larry & Pat Reding Pat & Sandy Gaydusek Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC Kathleen Erdei Bassett ’64* Robert & Carmen Alba Bracken ’70 + Sharon Bisbee Anania ’66 Kent & Karen Riesberg Timothy & Carrie Zuerlein George ’91 Robert & Colleen Verkuilen Matthew & Mary Jo Bassett Andy & Jenny Bradley B. G. Peterson Co. Lou Anne Rinn ’73 Joel & Barb Hahn David & Angela Burton Vogel ’00 Peter & Kaye Bataillon Kathleen J. Bradley Ellen Babb* James & Nancy Tanner Rosenthal ’60 Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57 Patricia A. Wagner Nicole Batenhorst Carol Wiegand Brady ’68 Bank of the West James & Barbara Ruane Monica Harrington ’91 Josephine Walsh Wandel ’66 Judith Vancura Batten ’65 Patsy Leutenegger Brady ’56 Steven & Mary Beth Sr. Jeanine Salak, RSM David & Patricia Draney Hayden ’ 78 Joseph & Rebecca Heim Waszgis ’88 Joel & Jennifer Bauch John & Susan Bral Ritzdorf Branscombe ’ 76 Cindy Schumacher Mary McBride Heider SM ’47 Don & Angie Wells Elizabeth R. Bauer SM ’36 Thomas & Ann Connelly Brannen ’71 Deborah Bujarski E. Terry & Kathleen Sibbernsen Jay & Debra Herink Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Josephine F. Bauer SM ’41 Michael & Janet Brannen Sal & Mary Kay Carta Slezak Family Charitable Foundation Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’ 74 Wesley & M. Jenelle Wolfe Ron & Katie Mollner Baumker ’94 Diane McEvoy Brentlinger SM ’53 50 John & Sarah Caruso Christopher & Judy Patricia Hegarty Hinz SM ’55 T. Randall & Veronica Wright Kay Miller Baye ’57 Greg & Kim Brokke 51 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58* Niemoller Sorenson ’ 75* Holland Basham Architects Jennifer Wrobleski ’91 Larry & Jennifer Putjenter Bayer ’75 Tim & Sue Brousek Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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John & Carol Brown JoAnne Glynn Catlett ’69 Croker Huck Kasher DeWitt Henry J. Dethlefs, III Joseph & Judith Engelbert Robert & Kathleen Gaddie Michael & Karla Brown Molly Cavanaugh ’90 Anderson & Gonderinger P. C. Sr. Mary Ellen Devereux, RSM Douglas & Julie Wilcox English ’80 John & Therese Gaeta Virginia Troia Brown ’65 Ana Ceballos Connie Orsi Crouch ’59 Donna Vondra DeVincenzi-Coletti SM ’49 Steven & Elizabeth Epp Kendra Galante David & Carol Browning John & Kathryn Cervantes Margaret Draney Crouse ’ 79 Charles & Gail Dickel Daniel & Denise Erlbacher Luke & Marcia Galardi Martha Grant Bruckner ’67 Roberto & Vikki Cervantes Brody & Emily Gentleman Crowe ’06 Susan Dickson-Matsunami Donald + & Mary Ann Erlbacher Chris & Angie Gallagher Gerald & Barbara Brundo Lawrence & Cynthia Cerveny Rose M. Crowley Josephine M. Dieter Jodi Holbeck Ernst ’85 Kevin M. Gallagher Joseph & Mary Jo Brutto Mary Lynn Sortino Cerveny ’65 James & Lisa Bartlett Crum ’85 Gerald & Anita Bower Dillon SM ’54 Maria Esquivel Jason & Jennifer Galley Thomas & Ellen Bryant Kenny & Dianna Jones Chaloupka ’88 CSG Systems, Inc. Lou DiMauro Kevin & Jennifer Euteneuer Jose & Araceli Gama Virginia Bryg ’57 Patricia Delford Chaloupka SJ ’54 Denis & Rosella Cuka Joseph & Sandra DiSomma Barbara Reh Evans SJ ’50 Luis Gamon Daniel & D’Lynn Gannon Buck ’88 Kay Zagurski Champion ’60 Victoria J. Cullan Distribution Management Systems Inc. Alexander & Kristine Mattini Evans ’06 Laura A. Ganapini ’80 Marsha Buckley Marilyn Morgan Chandler ’57 J. Victor & Kimberly Culp Catherine Rybin Dobbertin ’57 Renee Evans Theresa M. Ganapini Patricia Buckley Clem & Heather Chantiam Margaret M. Cunningham ’ 76 Robert & Mary Ann Mullink Dobiesz SM ’55 Terri McGough Eve ’66 Gustavo Gandara & Bertha Gutierrez Sr. Mary Ann Budka, OP SM ’55 Jeffrey & Sarah Chantiam Richard & Mary Zuerlein Cunningham ’71 Mary Ann McDermott Dobrovolny ’58 FACTS Management Co. Carmen Garcia Estrada Ma Del Virginia Kuzelka Budka ’56 Alice J. Chapman Paul & Dawn Cunningham Robert & Mary Floersch Dolan ’57* Rev. Thomas M. Fangman Martin & Suzanne Liebentritt Garcia ’66* Ken & Kimberly Lang Bunnell ’88 Sarah Brandeau Charnquist ’05 Richard & Diana Cupich Rita Humpal Dolan SM ’54 Nancy Stevens Farber ’63 Gail A. Gartner ’60 Max Burbach Gerald & Lillian Schumacher Chatfield ’62 Eileen Van Buren Curran ’58 Gerald T. Dolejs Arthur & Janet Kleine Farha ’64 Rene Wilfong Garvey SM ’45* Martha Waldmann Burchett ’64 Lourdes Chavez Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss Maureen Dolson Brian Neary & Amy Farha-Neary Kathleen Davis Gassman ’70 Joseph & Cynthia Burke Anthony & Rita Cherek Ellie F. Cusic ’06 Msgr. Thomas Donahoe Patricia Kratochvil Farrar ’ 70 Jim Gaston Sheila M. Burke ’59 Mary Ann Bergmann Chladek ’57* Larry & Marcia Cusic Mary Ann Skomal Donbrosky SM ’54 Michael & Margaret Fecci Dorothy Sealock Gawehn-Frisby SJ ’49 Mary Ann Burkhardt SM ’48 Patricia Bauer Chleborad SM ’51 Marie A. Cusic ’01 Daniel & Eve Donlan John & Melanie Smith Fechter ’80 Patricia Humlicek Gehringer ’61 Rich & Bernadette Moylan Burkland SM ’51 Edward & Sharon Christianson Chubb Donald Cutshall Richard & Mary Jo Smutny Donovan ’63 Robert & Linda Walsh Fell ’65 Sheila McDermott Gehrman ’58 Anne Burkowski Dennis & Sandra Cihal Patricia Kubat Czerwinski ’62 Marianne Santi Dopheide ’68 Mary Margaret Fenton ’ 74 Bret & Sandra Kuncl Geist ’89 James Burks Sam & Virginia Cipolla Mark & Teresa Dagostino Louis & Susan Dorland Philip & Sheryl Fenton James & Carol Filipowicz Gemborys ’73 Teresa Burks Kurt & Jill Cisar Dolores D’Agosto ’66 David & Patricia Dorr Thomas & Sandra Ferkinhoff Tony & Cheryl Gerace Frank V. Burns* Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Robert & Jean Frederick Dahlquist SM ’51 Clinton & Carol Roh Dorwart SM ’53 Tom & Patricia Ferrando Eric Gerling James & Rachel Burbach Burns ’94 Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin SJ ’43 + Dorothy Smith Dake ’60 William & Margaret Dougherty Gene & Mary Brennan Ferrell ’67 Helen Holmes Giambrone ’97 Tim & Alice Burns Stephanie Cross Cleary ’98 James & Jeanne Dale Patricia Burgess Drake ’57 Penny Chamberlain Ferrin ’63 Armand & Mary Rae Metz Gibbons ’58 Diane M. Burton ’65 David & Melissa Clements Barbara Holst Daley ’61 Darlene Dreismeier Jason & Jennifer Fett John & Marisa Gilbert Michael & Debbie Burton Wendy Clifton Deb Daley Nate & Janet Driml Edward & Mary Fink Elizabeth Gillaspie Thomas & Mary Beth Burton Matt & Ann Veys Coco ’01 William & Cheryl Daley Marge Lorincz Driscoll ’71 Joseph & Phaedra Fisher Michael & Laurie Gillespie Kristin Lubischer Busch ’91 Thomas & Susan Quenelle Cody ’65 Robert & Carol Smola Dargy ’56 Josephine Manganaro Dufek ’61 Joseph & Judith Fisher Liz Ginley Richard Buse Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57 Richard & Betty Darrell* Michael & Ann Gallagher Dunn ’59 Thomas J. Fitzgerald Jason Glanzer & Francie McNeil Thomas & Mary Bush Jean Conlan Cogan ’59 Zachary & Lisa Daub Elizabeth R. Dunn ’10 Gerald & Frances Herek Fitzpatrick ’64 Jayne Bartek Glaser ’09 Stephanie N. Bushman ’13 Aaron & Michele Hagedorn Cohen ’91 Don A. Daubert Tyler Borman & Kaylea Dunn ’96 Lance & Kandyce Smith Fleming ’87 James & Rita Glass Betty Thell Busse SM ’54 Aron Coit Kyran L. Daugherty Phyllis Beda Dunne ’67 Megan McCann Fletcher ’94 Sheila Hearity Gleason ’65 Rhonda Suiter Butler ’70 Thomas & Mary Cold Sharon Riedmann Davenport ’57 Mary Ann Rosenthal Dunning SJ ’54 Sr. Rosemary Floersch, RSM SM ’52 Jerry & Lori Glenn Donald & Mary Ellen Haley Byers SM ’53 Shirley Seewald Coniglio SJ ’52 Jane Synowicki Davis ’83 C.D. Duran Timothy Flott & Kristin Mayleben-Flott Joseph & Mary Hartigan Godberson ’80 R. Anne Wegener Byrne SJ ’54 Margaret Connell Joyce Davis Colleen Williams Durante ’00 Richard & Deanna Flynn Godfather’s Pizza, Inc. Steven & Susan Caito Anthony & Susan Connelly Patricia David Davis ’58 Gustav & Carol Dworak Dale & Phyllis Kawa Flyr SM ’55 Ellen Goetzinger Robert & Laura Caniglia Callahan ’ 71 Tish A. Connelly ’65* Benvenuta Narduzzo Davit ’62 Jane Schwarte Dworak ’59 Ed & Joni Fogarty Buddy Comer & Sandra Patricia R. Callone SM ’55* John & Joyce Lampe Connolly SM ’55 Michael C. Davlin Mary Anne Stoker Dworak SJ ’48 Neil & Melody Forbes Goetzinger-Comer ’70* Laura Kavanaugh Cameron ’69 Paul & Judith Hughes Conrad ’56 Rev. James R. de Anda Mary C. Dworak ’15 Georgia Zajicek Ford ’69 Christine Daley Gollobit ’87 Michael & Tina Cameron Kathleen Conry Sylvia de Anda Sr. Margretta Dwyer, RSM SM ’52 Angela Foster-Barnes ’95 Jerald & Elizabeth Golmanavich Mary Jarecki Camp ’ 73 Kyle & Debbie Conry Laural K. Dean ’00 Danielle E. Dyer ’10 Robert & Mary Tomcykowski Fox ’82 Michael & Maureen Goltl Beverly Carter Campbell SM ’54 Brett Cook Bruce & Johanna Deats Dale & Betty Kubat Eberhard SJ ’54 Mary Jo Franco* Robert & Georgia Goltl Joseph & Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ ’50 Kathleen Kisicki Cook ’56 Clifton & Jean Gallagher Decker ’61 Betty Trout Eckley ’63 Philip & Susan Franco Christine M. Gonderinger ’12 Phil & Norena Caniglia Mary Jane Martin Cook ’65 Lenore Baburek Deeths ’58 Rev. Michael P. Eckley Joe Franklin Emily J. Gonderinger ’09 Kevin & Laura Capece Nick & Theresa Wieberg Cook ’98 Carol Hayes Degan ’63 John & Shannon Eddy John Franklin Jeff & Meg Gonka George & Vernelle Cardenas Robert & Rita Coomler Samuel & Trudy DeGeorge Rose Maun Edwards SJ ’52 Georgeanne Fransiscus Angelo & Sira Gonzaga Laura Vaughn Cardenas ’90 Sandi Cooper Gloria Scalzo DeJoy SM ’45 Sheryl J. Edwards Douglas & Tamera Frederick Patricia Gonzalez Caring for People Services Katie Cords Puht & Mary Dek Barbara Zahm Efferding ’84 Nadine Freshman Jill Goodrich Constance DuPree Carlson ’65 Barbara Cordwin Kathleen Delaney David Eichten Malinda C. Frevert ’07 Kathleen Masilko Gorham SM ’49 Rita Sohler Carlson SM ’54 Eileen Sullivan Cormier ’02 Dafnis Delgado-Arellanes ’13 Mark Eichten & Lindsay Surdell Sharon Sweeney Friedrich ’57 Michael & Sue Gorman Jane Carnazzo Sancha Gloden Corrigan ’58 Angela DeMarco ’96 Electric Company of Omaha Ronda Friel Elizabeth Grabowsky Gotch ’59 Frances A. Carney Carmella C. Cosentino ’ 70 Peter & Loreta DeMarco Tancy Dodson Ellis ’68* Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Charles & Theresa Doll Gotch ’56 Tom & Patty Carney Rita Hartnett Costello SM ’49 Donald C. Dendinger Mary Jo Danahy Ellis ’61 June Fritz Catharine Kelly Grace ’61 Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’ 74 James & Patricia Coyle Molly Dennell ’03 Pete & Sandy Elsasser Andrew & Alicia Potter Frizzell ’02 Patricia Sullivan Grant SM ’50 James & Karol Krawczyk Carroll ’ 79 Loni Craft Kathy Roccaforte Denning ’03 George & Becky Lane Elster ’68 Karen L. Frost John & Sharon Gaughan Grant ’71 Katherine Connelly Carroll ’94 Jean Craig James & Sarah DePooter Michael & Kimberly Elston Karen Kopecky Frost ’58 Marilyn Eckholt Grasso SJ ’54 Patrick & Carol Neill Casey ’58 Bryce & Meredith Wright Crandall ’06 Kathleen Jensen D’Ercole ’61 Michael & Mary Beacom Emmer ’84 Lynn C. Fullenkamp ’02 David & Deborah Gray 52 Joseph M. Casey, Sr.* James & Kathleen Madden Cranny SM ’53 Eric & Michelle Bond Deters ’91 Dean & Danielle Hahn Emsick ’83 Russell & Nancy Fulton Mary Ann Greene-Walsh ’65 53 Michael & Arlene Casey Marilyn Bosiljevac Craven ’62 Henry & Andrea Dethlefs Brian & Cindy Engel Joseph & Theresa Fuxa Miguel Gregorio & Victoria Rueda Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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Helen Dillon Griffith SM ’43 Robert & Susan Stefanski Heaney ’71 James J. Hubschman Ursula M. Kalinowski ’66 Gerianne Couch Kroon ’68* John-Paul & Elizabeth Bellino Lehn ’02 Marion & June Emminger Griffith SM ’50 Elaine T. Heaston ’68* Teri Rangel Huck ’90 Sonnie Gallagher Kalinski ’57 Gary Kropf & Patricia Lenaghan John Lehnhoff Richard & Kathleen McCafferty Griffith ’61 Jeanne Heaston ’69 John & Nancy Lodes Hudson ’62 Maureen Waite Kalkowski SM ’50 Catherine Stas Kros SM ’53 Jason & Sarah Flynn Lehotay ’92 Thomas & Patricia Griffith William & Dorris Heaston Aaron Hueftle Michael & Kathy Kasher Yvonne Buresh Kros ’61 Michael & Mary Leighton* Sarah Truscott Grigaitis ’82 Marianne Swircin Heavey SJ ’49 M. Jane Huerter ’68 & Richard P. Jeffries* Linda Grzebielski Kaspar ’69 Donald R. Krupa Martha Lemar Dave & Cecilia Grigsby Rita Heavrin James Hughes, Jr. Cathy Katzenberger ’68 Stephan Kruszka Nicole E. Lenczowski ’06 Diane Nybbelin Gross ’59 Joseph & Catherine Heck Gary & Mary Huliska James & Diane Hope Kean ’69 Richard & Pam Kucirek Ronald & Amy Leonard Catherine Frost Groth SJ ’43 Jodi Hedrick Virginia Slegl Hun ’56 James & Marianne Keating Valentinas & Mary Jo Kudirka Thomas & Sharon Leuschen Cory & Jamie Grzebielski Helen Hegemann Ellen Longo Hurley ’64 Sr. Gertrude Keefe, RSM Joe & Linda Kueper Shayla Moore Liebentritt ’76 Erin Callaghan Gubbels ’86 Peter & Diane Heim Mike Hurley Carol A. Keefover ’65 Doris Kuhl Thomas & Kathleen Liechti Luvern & Joyce Gubbels Tom Heimes Robert & Sharon Hurley Belinda Keiter Jo Ann Kirkpatrick Kunasek SM ’49 Charles & Ellen Ritzdorf Lierk ’70 Mary Gubbels J. L. & Patricia Heinrichs Heath Bishop & Anne-Marie Hurley-Bishop Sr. Camille Kelley, RSM Ruby Kuncl Peggy Liewer Rita Gubbels Virginia M. Helget ’74 Elizabeth Breeding Hurt ’67 Rebecca Kelling Sr. Catherine M. Kuper, RSM Guadalupe Lima Jill Guese Thomas Hendricks Raymond & Susan Polityka Huse ’90 Elaine V. Kelly Sr. Aquinas Kurtz, OSF SM ’55 Mary Lincoln Patrick & Lisa Guinan Carol Novotny Heng ’68 Michael & Theresa Huss Thomas & Lisa Kelly Virginia O’Leary Kurzak ’56 Anne Marie Gomez Lindzy ’62 Richard & Theresa Guinan Virginia Wolfe Heng ’58 Hugh Huston Robert & Kathleen Riedmann Kemler ’78 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57* Jacob & Julie Pentis Link ’02 George & Marsha Gunia Susan Shramek Hensley ’70 George & Mary Ann Hutfless James & Karen Kielty Kennedy ’72 Steve & Carol Kuzelka Donald & Mary Cecilia Kennedy Lippert ’78 Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67 Gary & Franke Henthorn Sally Sanders Hutfless SJ ’47 Barbara Kenney John & Susan Kwiatek Mary Kube Liston SM ’47 Janet Marsicek Gural ’61 Jose Fortoso & Graciela Hernandez Kevin & Lou Illian Rozanne Kenney Thomas & Gloria LaCrosse Bruce & Patricia Little Louis & Lori Gurnon Linda Hernandez Laura Imig Edward & Mary Kentch Celann LaGreca Kevin & Luanne Little Terence J. Haas James Herout Michael & DeAnn Intrieri Katherine Zadina Kerniskey ’97 Gregory & Kathryn LaHood Joyce Perchal Littlejohn ’65 Brian & Julie McCann Hagan ’79 Ralph R. Herrman Anthony & Beth Inzauro Tiffany Kiley Eric & Nicole Liebig Lakeman ’92 Jerry & Hyunsuk Lloyd Victor Hahn Stephen & Kathleen Thomas Hess ’65 Heather Newkirk Ireland ’83 James & Mary Jean King John & Katherine Lampe Amy & Eric Loehr Margaret Walsh Haik ’88 L. Thomas & Barbara Boczar Heywood ’65 Elsie Hubrecht Irvine SM ’42 + Rose Marie Battaglia King ’60 Thomas & Bonita Lang* Josephine Caniglia Lohmeier SJ ’51 Geoffrey & Liz Hall Lance & Maria Hiatt Michael J. Jackson Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick ’62 Larry Lange Rosemary C. Lohr ’68 James & Kathleen Hall Mary K. Higgins Nancy Bolte Jackson ’70 Carolyn Zeleny Kirn ’57 Doris Gartner Larkins ’61 Barbara Schonlau Lokke SM ’50 Marianne Beck Hall ’66* Leonard + & Rita Higgins Gerald & Mary Jacobson Karen Krzycki Kisicki ’ 70 John & Kathleen Zahm Larsen ’81 Jonathan & Alison Long Betty Holub Hallas SJ ’48 Marie Hilton Liliane Jamal William & Kathleen Baines Kizer ’66* Brian & Cara Larson Ann Zukaitis Longo ’70 Frank & Mary Gordon Haman ’62 Mary C. Hinkston Josephine M. James Paul & Jan Klaus Sandra Larson Lawrence & JoAnne Manhart Lonsway ’57 Jeff & Maria Sieben Hamernik ’85 Tyler & Lauren Pogge Hinton ’10 Jeffrey & Cheryl Janda Tim & Amy Klein Karen Cronin LaRue ’68 Maria Lopez Donald & Patricia Hampl Brian & Patricia Hire David A. Jasper Lawrence & Mary Kay Sullivan Klein ’56 William & Carol Babb Latka ’76 Santiago & Amanda Lopez Susan Koralewski Hancock ’73 Marilyn McDonald Hirth SM ’51 Larry Jaworski George E. Kleine James & Jacqueline Hughes Latka ’85 Deloris Lowrey Janet A. Haney Robert & Margaret Stewart Hladik ’66* Tony & Martie Jaworski William Price & Joann Klingelhutz-Price Michael & Ann Franco Laughlin ’72 Archbishop George J. Lucas Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Mary Ellen Hoch Cheryl Jeanneret ’81 Rozanne Skradski Klug ’59 David & Kelly McCann Laughlin ’81 Steven & Patricia Ladd Luebbert ’73* Sandra Hansen Mae E. Hoden ’18 Christine Chonis Jeffrey ’75 Rich & Jackie Kmiecik Patricia Laughlin Jeanne Nauslar Luedtke ’66 Michael & Linda Hanson Mary Ruma Hodgens ’ 76 Timothy Jensen Monte & Robyn Kniffen Rose Marie Eagle Laughlin ’59 Rod & Carolyn Lugert Lee Hardy Barbara J. Hodik ’56 Lisa Jergovic Jane Knight Rosemary A. Laughlin ’08 Holly A. Lukasiewicz ’98 Melea Reifenrath Hargis ’00 Casey & Ann Linenbrink Hoffman ’90 Mary S. Jerram ’ 15 Matthew Knight James & Paula Lavelle Julie Luna Steve & Marge Harman Margaret N. Hoffman ’17 Lindsey A. Jessen ’01 Terri Pankers Knoble ’ 78 John Lavelle Thomas & Jean Rogers Lund ’71 Thomas & Kathryn Harmon Eric & Halle Hoge Rodney & Mary Jewell Patrick & Joan Knowles Mary Beth Lavelle ’68 & John Wilkinson* James F. Lynch Melvin & Maureen Harmon Richard & Barbara Hogrefe John Temme Auction Company Francis & Sofia Kock Michael & Debra Lavey Marjean Lubeley Lynch ’60 Thomas & Colleen Quinn Harper ’78 Catherine Hohenstein Josephine Whitney Johns ’69 Christine Grier Koehn ’96 Patricia Colchin Lavey SM ’50* Craig & Cathy Lyons Beverly Higley Harral SM ’50 John & Susan Stahl Hohman ’60 Mary Lois Roucek Johnsen ’65 George & Karen Jones Kohler ’65 Leslie & Phyllis Lawless Christopher & Gina Lypaczewski John & Ruth Gross Harre ’76 Ronald & Arlene Holden George & Margaret Johnson Randall & Connie Kollasch Rosemary Kunasek Lawson ’56 Jason & Linda Lytle Jay Harrington Theresa Spirek Holman ’57 Julie Johnson Jean Korff Bernard Lawton Josephine Marcuzzo Macaitis ’56 Maureen Harrington ’84 Katie A. Holmes ’95 Karen Billesbach Johnson ’66 Joyce Fangman Korinek SM ’52 Lisa M. Lawton ’97 Matt & Melinda Macdonald Tim Harrison on behalf of Harrison Scott & Deborah Holmes Mary Johnston Larry & Josephine Emmanuel Korten ’64 Mary Anne Johnston Leach ’64 Larry & Kayla Mace Financial Services Mary Lee O’Neill Holroyd ’65 Jessica Brown Jones ’06 Timothy & Courtney Kotrous Brian T. Leahy Gary & Marlene Thell Machal SM ’55 Roderick C. Harry Homestead Plaza Shopping Center LLC Adam & Kathy Daley Jones ’88 Christopher & Katharine Kowal Emily Wessling Leahy ’ 10 Adam & Mary Maczynski Mary Ann Douda Hartley SM ’53 David & Mary Anne Hoover Mary K. Jones ’01 Johanna Kaiser Kozeny SJ ’52 John & Mary Leahy Mary Jo Madej D. Paul Hartnett Jean Minar Hope SJ ’45 Meg Nanfito Jones ’72 Christine A. Koziol ’72 Joseph & Mary Leahy Ray Madej Susan Wardian Hartung ’72 Mary Cunningham Horn ’84 Earl & Patricia McAndrews Jones ’59 Joseph & Judy Tomasek Koziol ’58 Michael & Susan Hopkins Leahy ’67* Wolf & Diane Maennle Joseph & Michelle Harvat Derwin & Mary Babb Horne ’79 Philip & Jena Jones Daniel & Janet Kraft James & Linda Leary John & Carol Maginn Richard & Jennifer Hasslen Margaret McCafferty Hoskins SM ’54 Richard & Judith Jones Marilyn J. Krajicek ’58 Deborah L. Leas ’77 Gerald & Patricia Maguire Carrie Haug Michael & Heather Houghtaling Charles & Pamela Jordan Joan Kramer Douglas Lebbert Matthew & Mary Welna Maher ’82 Leonard & Marilyn Smith Havel ’70 Laurence & Loretta Houlton Gloria Eagle Jorgensen ’62 Therese Kripal Kramer ’80 Anne-Marie Evans Lee ’86 Stephen & Margaret Maher Mary Jo Havlicek SM ’52* Janet Pietramale Houston ’69 Richard & Dorothy Joy Bernard & Kathleen Watsabaugh Chin-Hwa Chong & Jacqueline Lee ’02 Anne Pedersen Mahoney ’66* Susan Daly Haxton ’62 Stephen & Marla Houston Judith Jurek ’63 Kratochvil SJ ’52* Nick Roberts & Nicole Lee ’02 Mike Mahoney Kathleen Kielian Hayduska ’64 William & Colleen Houston Roger Kadavy Raymond & Francine Krause Shirley Pollreis Lee ’61 Leo & Germaine Majorek Megan O’Hara Hayes ’09 Robert & Theresa Kouba Howell ’70 Susann Gassman Kahan ’63 Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52* Edwin & Lois LeFebvre Sean & Christine Basque Malloy ’87 54 Carol Sinnott Heafey ’56* JoAnn Hurley Hrabik SM ’51 Patricia Kahre Robert & Mary Krayneski Jeff & Deborah Ramsey Lehman ’80 Constance Mangano ’73 55 Sr. Judith Patricia Healy, RSM ’60 Andra E. Hubbard ’09 Katherine Laux Kaiser ’71 Maggie Krejci Bari Lehn Hugh & Eileen Manhart Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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Victoria Torrez Manis ’69 Gertrude McMahon George & Jill Backes Morrissey ’82 Mary Kay O’Connor Melodia Wichert Phelps ’69 Kevin & Regina Rau Cory & Laura Mann Mary Jean Timmerman McManus ’56 Brian & Judy Mosher Michael & Martha O’Connor Lee & Vera Pietramale Craig & Lori Raumaker Susan Tylski Mann ’66 Lyle & Constance Martin McNabb ’64 Dennis & Debra Mostek Patricia O’Connor ’59 Paul F. Piotrowski Jerrod & Chantelle Rawlinson Jeff & Tonya Mapes Austin McNally Cathy Mousel Cheryl M. O’Donnell ’76 Mary Spenceri Pipkins ’87 Stephen & Anne Raynor Lucille Buda Marasco SM ’55* Bill McNamara Carolyn Mueller Clement & Mary (Maggie) Milone Sara Pirtle William J. Reals, Jr. Gary & Mary Tuttle Marasco ’67* Michael J. McNamara Roberta Nittler Mullen SM ’54 O’Donnell ’74 Lynne Thomas Pitner ’ 79 Andrew & Mary Ellen Reckmeyer Connie Ferrara Marchese ’67 J. Joseph & Mary Kay McQuillan Mark & Jennifer Snitily Munchrath ’89 James & Christine O’Hara El & Rita Pitt Wayne & Angela Reed Michael & Lori Marchese Catherine Nan McTaggart Roger Munchrath Patricia Brady O’Kane SM ’51 + Jack & Tanya Pitzer Deborah Brown Reed ’66 Peter & Mary Marinkovich Raydelle Kaline Meehan ’59 Abel Munoz & Graciela Ortiz Joan Orcutt O’Keefe ’59 Edythe Pavelec Place ’62 Jason & Jennifer Reeder Rose Folino Markesi ’57 Theresa Levy Meehan ’97 Mary Cvetas Munshaw ’62 Pat & Peg Gassman O’Malley ’61 Matt & Linda Placzek Rosemary Downing Reeves SJ ’40 John F. Marley Thomas & Margo Meehan Frank & Annette Murcek Margaret Ondracek ’84 Loretta Halamek Plagge ’82 Connie Regan Dennis & Mary Martin Jennifer M. Meisinger ’ 13 Douglas & Rebecca Murdock Brian & Jennifer Harre O’Neill ’98 Kevin & Colleen Plasek Edward & Rosalie Regan Richard & Tina Martin Jon & Richelle Meisinger Leo + & Claire Riley Murnan SM ’45 Gerald & Marilyn Opitz Bernadette Votek Pogge ’58 John G. Regan Donald & Rosemary Dolan Martin ’57 Ismael Mejia James & Karen Murphy Rev. Charles O’Rourke, SCC Phil & Mandy Pontow Jodi Reger Steve & Debra Martin Victoria Mangan Menard ’66 Kathryn Roehrig Murphy ’68 Tracy & Ranae Ortgies Elizabeth Marshall Post ’64 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Bianca Martinez Mary Guziec Mendenhall ’62 J. Patrick Murray & Jeanne A. Schuler Jennifer Ortmeyer ’91 Joseph & Agatha Poteat Sr. Laura Mary Reicks, RSM Juan & Jeni Jaworski Martinez ’88 Michael & Jody Mendick Camilla Muse William & Colleen Ostdiek Daniel & Carol Potter Joe & Carol Reifenrath Juan & Luz Maria Martinez John & Nancy Meng-Frecker Ken & Diane Mynster Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 John & Marci Potter Hugh & Deanna Reilly Jocelyn Lavelle Masasi ’00 Ted & Cindy Menzel John & Kathleen Nahas Jennifer Fochek Ozenbaugh ’98 Patricia Runa Potter SM ’52 Ronald & Shannon O’Donnell Reinard ’91 Kathleen Mason Maria Hahn Mergens ’03 Natalie Mohanna Nahas SJ ’41 Daniel Padilla Phillip & Kathleen Danahy Powell ’63 Patricia McElligott Reinhardt ’62 JCPS Psychologist & Friends Georgianne Zielinski Meyer ’59 Ann Yungbluth Naple ’68 Anne M. Page Kevin & Josah Driml Powers ’98 Constance E. Remkus ’63 Barbara Sanders Mattia ’ 71 Patricia Meyer Mary McCafferty Nastase ’58 Joseph & Therese Paladino Laura Powers Jacob & Janeen Render Sandra Matulka ’59 Benjamin & Danielle Boner Micek ’05 Sr. M. Helena Naviaux, RSM Michael & Kathleen Pallesen Premier Bank Kara Mattini Renne ’97 Marty & Rosemarie Ferrara Matz ’82 Tom O’Malley & Nancy Micek ’75 Elizabeth Dziminski Neal ’57 Jay Palu Adam & Kimberly Bujarski Prenzlow ’98 G.K. & Rebecca Rhoads Christopher & Jennifer Taylor Mawson ’93 Ernest & Margaret Lorincz Michaels ’65 Matt & Kim Nebel Sr. M. Geneva Paluka, RSM SM ’53 Janet Tobin Presser ’64 Richard & Charlotte Ricke Christine May Dennis & Rose Ann Michalski Mike Nelson Maureen Pane ’68 Joanne Pribyl Barbara Krupski Rider SM ’53 John Mayhan Lucille Palermo Mickells ’59 Rose Ann Simon Nelson ’ 74 Barbara J. Pankowski Julianne L. Pribyl Ed & Jane Rief John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83 Ben & Kellie Brannen Mihovk ’96 Suzanne Tiwald Nelson ’ 75 Matthew & Kathleen Pantoja Kathleen Prince Jason & Maggie Rief Kirby & Julie Lankas McAlpine ’93 Kristin R. Mikkelsen ’99 Joy Neneman ’57 Sr. Aline Paris, RSM William & Lorraine O’Leary Pritchard SM ’51 JoAnn Rierden Sr. M. Ruth McAndrew, RSM Lawrence & Maureen Militti Richard & Jane Neneman Sr. Rita Parks, RSM SM ’53 Phyllis H. Procopio John & Jacqueline Riesberg Elizabeth Skradski McAndrews ’56 Jacob & Ashley Shrader Miller ’04 Joe & Patti Lyman Neuberger ’62 Maureen Danahy Parr ’60 Laura Rogers Prophater ’64 Doug & Robyn Rimington Danielle Zuerlein McBride ’00 Leonard & Barbara Pilus Miller ’58 Linda Gunzelman Neukam ’67 Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Larry & Diane Proulx Patricia Kocarnik Rindone ’71 Justin McBride Michael & Jennifer Miller Peggy Poffenbarger Neumann ’63 William & Susan Parr Georgeann Prusa John & M. Theresa Houston Ringwalt ’67* Joseph R. McCaslin Marilyn Britten Miller ’56 Rita Gallagher Newell ’67 Francis & Paula Partsch Rosemarie L. Prystai Dennis & Katie Rinkol Shannon K. McClure ’95 Phillith Ferrante Miller ’61 Heather Newville Robert & Patricia Zauner Paulsen ’56 Wilbur & Patricia Urbanovsky Rose Rinkol Cecilia McColley Robert Miller Dao & Nuong Nguyen Antonette Rzeszotarski Pazderka SJ ’52 Pupkes SM ’54 Harvey & Alice Olson Rischling ’56 Mike & Maureen McCormick Judith Ward Milner ’58 Mary Nguyen Dan Pedersen Thomas & Suzanne Romaire Purcell ’69 Leah Hollister Rissien ’92 Delores McCoy Leon & Deidre Milobar Carol Bader Nicola ’78 Dan & Rita Pedersen Patricia Sayre Quinlan ’60 Debra Vavra Ritter ’71 Kevin & Denise McCoy Caitlyn Wessling Milone ’08 Betty Gossin Nicolaisen ’60 Mary Jo Miller Pedersen ’62 Joan Willett Quinlin ’59 Leonard & Mary Rivera James & Margaret Lavelle McCrea ’ 70 Lauren Miltenberger Brett & Margaret Nielsen Richard & Catherine Pedersen Judith Kielty Quinn ’59 Christine Zenk Rix ’73 Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM ’66 Carole Alter Mitchell SM ’55 Stephen & Nancy Nielsen Karen Peers Thomas & Margaret Kotera Quinn ’68 Joe & Cari Robertson Thomas & Judith McPherson Stan & Evelyn Mitchell Margaret Niemoller Eric & Mary Pehrson Michael & Carol Quinn Martin & Patricia Robinson McDonald ’59 Scott & Mary Mauro Mitchell ’69 Joseph & Lois Nigrin Sr. Anne Pellegrino, RSM Pauline Quinn Saul & Tracie Rudol Robles ’90 Kerry A. McDonald David & Jena Wilcox Mitzlaff ’82 Samuel Nigro Paul Pellerito Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Mary Lou Meyer Rodgers ’67 Melinda McFarland ’91 John & Renee Mixan Sally J. Nimmo ’65 Peter Pellerito Franco Quintana Joaquin & Keri Rodriguez Jude & Barbara McGargill Jackie Mlady William & Carol Nish Jo Penning Matthew & Natalie Rademacher Jon & Linda Roeder Tony & Adrienne McGargill Jessica E. Moeschler-Miller ’89 Kristopher & Alyssa Danze Norman ’02 J. Ronald Pentz Bradley & Audra Radil David J. Roller Doug McGeary Jennifer Kotulak Molinaro ’09 Sean Norris Connie Floridia Pera ’66* Kathleen Troia Radosevich ’67 Lawrence & Sharon Tuttle Roller ’66 Angelynn McGee Rich Moline Phyllis Olson Norskov ’58 Trudy Murphy Perrone SM ’55 Scot & Kathleen Rainbolt Marlene J. Rollins Jason & Anne Zadina McGill ’00 Michael & Peg Monaghan Mary Anne Fochek North ’ 76 Terrance & Pauline Pesek David & Kathy Rains Mark & Heather Ronayne Jane McGill ’89 JoAnn Monahan Mark & Karen Novak Chris & Margaret Latka Peters ’04 Daniel Ramaekers Tim & Eileen Rooney Jean McGill Ed & Pauline Kocarnik Mondragon ’59 Mary Carmen Buse Novak ’86 Anita Petersen Joseph & Agatha Alba Ramirez SM ’50 Emmet & Fran Root Robert & Diane McGill Gene Moneke Kathleen Novotny ’64 Michael & Doris Petersen Wyatt E. Ramsey Mary Trout Rosburg ’73 Michael & Carol McGlade John & Kay Monzingo Mark & Debbie Novotny Daniel J. Peterson Sr. Therese Randolph, RSM ’56 Richard & Lisa Rosenthal Colleen McGrath Margaret Hassett Moraczewski ’69 Robert & Mary Parise Nowaczyk ’67 Debra & Eric Peterson Ben & Carol Rangel Wayne & Kathy Rosonke Maureen E. McGrath ’57* Lawrence & Gloria Lang Moran ’60 Michael Nuschy Marcella Connelly Peterson ’64 Dennis & Lisa Rangel Sr. Marilyn Ross, RSM Lynn & Mary Zenk McHugh ’ 72 Marilyn Post Moreland SJ ’51 Scott Nystrom Milton (Pete) Peterson David & Mary Powers Rankin ’57 Chris & Beth Rossell Donna Pecoraro McKain ’ 75 Joanne Daley Morey ’59* Harry & Joan Fitzgerald Obarski SJ ’48 Nancy Peterson Janice A. Rashid ’63 Thomas & Elaine Rouse Robert & Patricia McKenzie Jane Tourek Morinelli ’66 Timothy O’Brien Betty Travnicek Pfeffer ’56 Dorothy S. Rasmussen David & Rebecca Royce M. McLaughlin Jo Ann Alba Morris ’73 Rita Marcil O’Connell SJ ’44 Rod & Eugenia Pfeifer Lisa Raszler George & Kathleen Coffey Royce ’65 56 Rita Mostek McLean ’68 Phyllis Arent Morris ’59* Louise O’Connor ’62 Greg & Barb Pflaum Karen Ratajski Dr. Michon Rozmajzl, RSM SM ’55 57 Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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Howard Rudloff Daniel & Janise Schwee Stella Nowaczyk Stawniak SM ’53 Janet Schmidt Tomarkin ’68 Jean Stackhouse Wang ’67 Christopher & Mary Collins Wolf ’88 Robert G. Ruetz James & Janelle Schweikert Karen Stec Ann Godek Tomcykowski ’57 A. Joseph Ward John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58 Joe & Martha Ruff Marilyn Wichert Selk ’67 Peter & Rosella Stec Clark & Nancy Ferrara Toner ’80 John & Erin Ward Stuart & Joan Wood Sarita L. Ruma ’ 73 Margaret Glenn Sellner ’61 Carol Avery Steinhausen ’63 Anna Lisa Tosone ’ 74 Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM ’59* DeLoris Kanger Woodford ’58 Debora Tubrick Rushlau ’ 75 Margaret H. Semin SM ’54 James F. Stejskal Robert & Katherine Townsend Michael H. Ward Adam & Jaime Wright Nancy J. Ryan + Thomas Sena Mary Stillmunks Cori Tranisi Irene Gunia Warga SM ’52 Jeanne McAnany Wright ’71 Sheila Ryan ’63* Ian & Anne Severes Trudy J. Stodola Ruth Daly Trede SM ’52 Joyce Watsabaugh Kathleen Linstrom Wright ’67 T. Patrick Ryan Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Matthew & Deanna Stoffel Michael A. Trevino Rodney & Carol Watson Gerard & Grace (Chris) Trout Wulff ’71 Theresa Miklas Ryan ’ 74 Janice Jazynka Sgier ’58 Jerome & Shelly Stolinski Susan Bertagni Trigg ’68 Margaret Troia Wazny ’ 71 Anna R. Wyskowski ’02 Andy & Teresa Walters Ryba ’90 John & Jane Spring Shanahan ’58* Mary Potter Stoltzman ’68 Steve & Ann Parr Tripp ’ 71 Michael & Nancy Friese Weaver ’57* Michael Yakus & Karen Joyce William & Sarah Ryland Cherie Patch Shaw SM ’46 Joseph & Elizabeth Stolze Matthew & Michele Tripp Cecelia O’Kane Weber SM ’47 Monica Alba Yankus ’75 Channing & Kristin Heaton Rys ’94 Tony E. Shaw Paul & Alison Stormberg Brian & Sarah Troia Diane Sliva Weber ’68 John & Kathy Yochum Denise Sabatka Joseph & Patricia Sequenzia Sheehan ’67 Sally Miller Storr ’66 Carl & Cynthia Troia Joan Weber C. Richard & Mary Yoest Therese Safranek ’ 73 & James Brosnihan* Kevin & Jennifer Shepoka Jerome & Janet Lavelle Stracke ’75 Samuel & Marie Troia Ronald & Mary Shirley Weber ’66 Richard & Kimberly Yost Rev. Carl A. Salanitro Robert & Paula Shields Spencer & Maureen Strahl Mary Jo Troia-Tejeda ’69 Michael & Susan Weberg Charlotte Covich Young SJ ’54 Jeffrey & Fay Sampson Terry & Patty Shinkle Michele Floersch Strange ’63 Abbie Reh Truax SJ ’47 Rosemary Begley Weide SJ ’53 Joseph & Mary Zaborowksi Patricia Connell Samson ’68 Mark & Paula Shrader Joyce Rosenberg Stranglen ’61 Kathleen Trudell Joanne Weidler-Hempel Christopher & Brenna Zeleny Mary Jo Sanders ’69* James & Barbara Reynek Sichmeller ’58 Sarah Strattan Christine True Virginia Weinfurtner Weidner SM ’49 Steve & Kris Zey Patricia Sandoval Juanita Sieben ’70 Susan L. Stryker John & Patty True David & Manana Weiler James & Bernadine Bonacci John & Diana Reestman Saniuk ’69 K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59* Kent & Michele McGill Stultz ’74 Leonel Trujillo Mary Ellen Howland Weirich ’63 Zielinski SJ ’54 Joan Saniuk ’ 72 Robert & Alice Parker Simon SM ’53 George & Sheila Sturm Sheila Reifenrath Tuma ’05 James & Francie Riedmann Weis ’81 Kathryn Mahoney Zielinski ’63 Joseph & Denise Saniuk Jerry & Diane Simon Travis & Mary Pat Dargy Stutzman ’90 Jack & Mary Beth Langley Turecek ’60 Richard & Diane Weis Michael & Patricia Ziesel Cynthia Pfeifer Sarraillon ’ 71 Stan & Jane Simon Jerome & Sandra Sueper Sonja Lebo Turner ’56 Ronald & Rita Ostblom Weis SJ ’54 Theresa A. Ziesel David & Karen Sater Thomas & Jan Simpson Emmett Sullivan Scott & Lynda Caniglia Turnquist ’83 Alfred & Diane Welch Geraldine McCafferty Zimmerman ’56 Gary & Patricia O’Neill Sauerman ’65 Mary Jean O’Brien Sims SM ’55 Jack & Jesse Gonderinger Sullivan ’05 Kathleen Kennedy Tuttle SM ’54 Connie Cutting Welle ’59 Rob & Katie Zimmerman Amal G. Sawaged Janice Tegels Siragusa ’59 Jim & Paula Sullivan Kathleen Smith Tweedy ’56 Gerald & Jean Wellendorf Rose Zoucha Sr. Judith Schaefer, OP Thomas & Claudie Sires Joseph & Ruth Sullivan Jill Upah Thomas & Kathleen Wells Loretta M. Zuck Michael & Tammi Schaffart Sr. Jean Sitter, RSM James & Rose Brennan Sullivan ’04 Aryn Vacanti ’98 Eugene & Mary Ann Wessling Daniel & JoAnn Zuerlein Robert Schartz Steve Skala Lisa J. Sund ’97 Kathy Valasek David & Kristi Walters Wessling ’88 Tom & Traci Zuk Michael & Sheila Schartz Rita Wagman Skinner ’65 Karen J. Sundell Tony & Ann Costello Valla ’86 Rebecca M. Wessling ’13 Mary M. Scherr ’62 Mary Lou Skupa SM ’54 Dan & Kathy Conway Surdell ’66 Robert & Catherine Franco Van Haute ’81 William & Elizabeth Wessling *Charter Members Stephen & Janice Scherr Jeanne Schmit Skutnik ’85 Sr. Theresa A. Svehla, RSM ’ 70 Kathleen Connolly Van Sistine ’68 Charles & Patti West + Denotes Deceased Carolyn Janowiak Schiltz ’61 Richard & Julie Daeges Sladovnik SJ ’52 David & Julianne Svingen Charles & Kimberly Vana Richard & Carol West Claudia Schindler Leo & Joan Lawson Slapkauskas ’57 Elizabeth Svoboda Tony & Becky VandenBosch Joyce Jensen Whalley ’58 Sr. Claudette D. Schiratti, RSM ’57 Keith Butts & Christine Slater John & Maria Caniglia Svoboda ’95 Kraig & Barbara Stefanski Vanderbeek ’79 Marie Moylan Wharton SM ’48* Thomas & Janice Schleisman Philip & Suanne Slavik Glen & Brittany Swait Dan & Julie Vankat Charles & Marise Barry Wheatley ’58 Carol Schlueter ’68 Bernadette Smith ’68 Ronald & Karen Marinkovich Swesey ’67 Charlene J. Vargo Diane M. White W. J. & Jerada Schlueter Gary & Pamela Smith Larry & Sandra Sykora Kimberly Bryant Vavra ’01 Geralyn Budenholzer White ’78 Joseph & Linda Sieben Schluter ’68 Ervin & Nancy Vaculik Smith ’73 Ruth Sylvester Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM ’49* Rita Whorley Antoinette Montello Schmeling ’65 Philip & Sharon Smith Timothy & Susan Kisicki Szalewski ’81 Bill & Sharon Veys Jen Whyte Robert + & Annette Tomcykowski Robert & Bonnie Smola Geraldine Cieslik Szuberla ’65 Mary Pat Villalva Gerald & Andrea Wichert Omission Statement Schmitz ’56 + John Smolen T & T Custom Cabinets, Inc. Maxine Thell Vinardi ’62 Patricia Gallagher Wicht ’68 Mary Pat Fay Schneider ’65 John & Paula Washburn Smolen ’65 Joe & Roxane Tangeman Ernest & Kathleen Zitur Vincentini ’58 Dale W. Widhalm The Advancement Office has Patricia Kleine Schneider SM ’53 Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61* Robert & Laura Tatten Rita Kresnik Virant SM ’55* Dan Wieberg worked diligently to ensure the Rita Safranek Schneider ’58 Anthony & Monica Snyder William & Carolyn Andreasen Taylor ’71 Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 James & Jennifer Wiehe W. James & Dolores Schneiderwind Margaret Sobczak ’65* Gwen A. Teeple ’73* Mark Voller Mary Jo Alba Wiese ’68 accuracy of this report of gifts. Chad Schneiss Gerald & M. Lynn Sobczyk Jeremiah & Anne Teeters Andrew & Angie Von Dollen Jeremy & Tosia Wieser Terry & Patricia Barnes Scholl ’65 Thomas & Janet Sobczyk Frederick & Joann Temme Sharon Carter Vondra ’60 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM If your name was omitted or Mark & Shelley Shreves Schrader ’69 John & Judith Poetzel Soliz ’57* Nancy Reiman Tex ’65 Christyne Cairo Vranes ’64 Lisa Williams Leland & Kristie Schroll Noel & Christine Sommers Sally Groves Theiler ’57 + Fred & Nancy Bertagni Wackerhagen ’ 73* Mary Lois Bauer Williams SM ’52 improperly noted, please accept Thomas & Kelly Theisen Sharon Carmichael Wade ’71 Gayle Willitt Lynn & Cynthia Schrum Jim & Delia Sorensen our apologies. If you notice Roland & Joyce Palladino Schueth ’59* John & Kerri Doll Sorrell ’80 Sr. Carolyn A. Thirtle, OSF SJ ’55 Jon & Laurie Thomas Wagner ’72 Mickey Willroth Donald W. Schuette Kathleen E. Sortino John & Amy Thomas James & Maureen Waldron Patricia Harris Wilson ’70 such an error, please notify us at Darrell & Barbara Schulte Russell & Patricia Spawn Edward L. Thompson Christopher & Michele Zach Walker ’85 Tim & Beth Wilson John & Amy Michalski Schultz ’86 Tom & Lisa Spellman Jim & Nancy Thompson Robert & Judith Walker Theresa M. Wilwerding [email protected] so Janice Henningsen Schultz ’64 St. Joan of Arc Parish Gary & Ann Stefanski Thomsen ’ 72 Sarah E. Wallace ’01 Lucille Kupfer Windels ’62 Mary Kuehl Schultz ’64 Daniel & Jessica Ham Stalnaker ’99 Pamela Thornton ’68 Jillian Wallich Douglas E. Wingate, Jr. our records can be corrected. Patricia Lynam Schultz ’ 70 Gary F. Stanek Hughleen Thorsen ’68 Richard & Melissa Wallich Edith Hraban Winkelmann SM ’47 Marvin & Alyssa Schulz Mary Beth Harrington Stanek ’80 Terry & Liz Thurman Donald & Kathryn Walsh Beth McLean Winkler ’87 Janet J. Schumacher ’64 Kyle & Anne Mollner Stanley ’05 Ann Thurmond ’68 Thomas & Marialyce Killeen Walsh ’58 Shawn & Kristen Winquest Thank you. 58 Jane Turner Schumaker ’64 Mark & Darlene Stara Catherine L. Tierney Carolyn Walters Mark & Jennifer Witcofski 59 Elaine M. Schuster, Ph.D. ’62* Mary Staroscik Daniel & Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90 Daniel & Cynthia Waltz Connie Emery Wolf ’62 Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Tribute Gifts
Gifts given in honor of a specific person or event in her/his life or to a specific scholarship or activity. The following tributes have been received by the Advancement Office during this time period. Celebratory Jubilarians Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65 Steve & Carol Kuzelka Robert & Colleen Verkuilen Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Daniel & D’Lynn Gannon Buck ’88 Celann A. LaGreca David & Angela Burton Vogel ’00 Carol Smola Dargy ’56 (80th Birthday) Sr. RoseMary Boessen, RSM Sr. M. Lenora Pipes, RSM Kurt & Jill Cisar Michael & Ann Franco Laughlin ’ 72 Christopher & Michele Zach Walker ’85 Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Matt & Ann Veys Coco ’01 Patricia Colchin Lavey SM ’50 Sarah E. Wallace ’01 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Rev. William J. Fitzgerald (Birthday) Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Emily Wessling Leahy ’10 Richard & Melissa Wallich Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Nancy Nystrom Core Bank Nicole E. Lenczowski ’06 Joseph & Rebecca Heim Waszgis ’88 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Tim & Mary Coyle David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’70 Margaret Troia Wazny ’ 71 Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Brendan & Crystal Crowley Mary Lincoln David & Kristi Walters Wessling ’88 (80th Birthday) Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Barbara Holst Daley ’61 Deborah A. Macdonald Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM James & Lorie Dennell Jocelyn Lavelle Masasi ’00 T. Randall & Veronica Wright John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 James & Sarah DePooter John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83 Jennifer Wrobleski ’91 (Cor Misericordiae Award) Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Eric & Michelle Bond Deters ’91 Danielle Zuerlein McBride ’00 Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’ 71 Sr. Marilyn Ross, RSM David & Julianne Svingen Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Msgr. Thomas Donahoe Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58 Rob & Katie Zimmerman Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Maureen E. McGrath ’57 (80th Birthday) Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65 Holly McCoy Chris & Wendy Zuerlein Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Elizabeth R. Dunn ’10 Kevin & Denise McCoy Tom & Traci Zuk Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57 Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Bradley Muse (Birthday) Tyler Borman & Kaylea Dunn ’96 Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM ’66 Sr. Gloria Heese, RSM Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Tim Harrison on behalf of Harrison Colleen Williams Durante ’00 Jason & Anne Zadina McGill ’00 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Tim & Mary Coyle Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Financial Services Rev. Michael P. Eckley Maureen E. McGrath ’57 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM George & Becky Lane Elster ’68 Maria Hahn Mergens ’03 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Maggie R. Reinard ’19 (Graduation) Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Michael & Mary Beacom Emmer ’84 Thomas & Ann Messersmith Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’74 Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM Dean & Danielle Hahn Emsick ’83 Frank & Jill Mihulka Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Sr. Mary Charlene Ross, RSM + David & Patricia Draney Hayden ’78 Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85 Moglia Family Foundation Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Holly McCoy (Distinguished Woman of Joseph & Judith Fisher Mark & Jennifer Snitily Munchrath ’89 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Mercy Alumna Award) Jim & Susan Franco Bradley & Lynn Muse Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM George & Rose Marie Bendon Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 John & Catherine Fullenkamp Kristopher & Alyssa Danze Norman ’02 Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Sr. Kathleen Janiak, RSM ’58 Basque ’59 Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Amanda M. Fulton ’98 Thomas & Tammara Spence Nussrallah ’86 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Pat & Sandy Gaydusek Kelly K. Nystrom ’86 Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM In Honor Of Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Timothy & Carrie Zuerlein George ’91 Tracy & Ranae Ortgies Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59 Helen Holmes Giambrone ’97 Patrick & Mary Lou Parr Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Kristen Martin Beck ’05 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM David Glatte Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Dennis & Mary Martin Sr. Kathleen Erickson, RSM John & Sonya Glenn Debra & Eric Peterson Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Avery Driml Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Buddy Comer & Sandra Troy & Kara Plumb Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Goetzinger-Comer ’70 Jim & Cate Pogge Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Catherine Hogan Besta ’56 Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Sr. Donna Ryan, RSM Christine M. Gonderinger ’12 Kevin & Josah Driml Powers ’98 Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Betty Trout Eckley ’63 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Emily J. Gonderinger ’09 Leanne C. Prewitt ’97 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Rev. Michael P. Eckley Sr. Patricia Guziec, RSM ’58 Bob & Mary Gonderinger Scot & Kathleen Rainbolt Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Sr. Claudette D. Schiratti, RSM ’57 Olivia T. Gorham ’20 Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Larry & Shirley Good Robert & Michelle Ramaekers Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Larry Jaworski Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Patrick & Lisa Guinan Kevin & Regina Rau Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Carolyn Jaworski ’64 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Joel & Barb Hahn Edward & Rosalie Regan Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57 Clark & Nancy Ferrara Toner ’80 Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57 Victor Hahn Ronald & Shannon O’Donnell Reinard ’91 Sr. M. Concetta Medina, RSM Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Joan Weber Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Monte Schatz & Mary Jo Hanigan Todd & Kimberly Remmereid Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Thomas & Kathryn Harmon G.K. & Rebecca Rhoads Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Clare J. Kendall ’17 Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Sr. Judith Patricia Healy, RSM ’60 Doug & Robyn Rimington Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Robert & Leanne Kendall Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Heider Family Foundation Dennis & Katie Rinkol Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Michaela Kendall ’15 David & Patricia Draney Hayden ’ 78 Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’74 Marvin & Alyssa Schulz Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Robert & Leanne Kendall Holly McCoy Eric & Halle Hoge Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Jim Pogge Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Ronald & Arlene Holden Community Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Constance M. Ryan ’70 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Derwin & Mary Babb Horne ’79 Noel & Christine Sommers Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Christopher & Jennifer Jerram Gene & Marilyn Spence Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Madeline E. Riesberg ’20 Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 James & Marsha Stewart Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM Sr. Jean Sitter, RSM Paul & Jan Klaus Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Mary Johnston Joanne M. Stewart ’72 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Jon Rouse Adam & Kathy Daley Jones ’88 Joseph & Elizabeth Stolze Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Sr. Maura Clark, RSM Mary K. Jones ’01 Jack & Jesse Gonderinger Sullivan ’05 Karen J. Sundell Anonymous (3) Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Patricia Kahre John & Maria Caniglia Svoboda ’95 Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61 Jane Green Alseth ’65 Sr. Rita Connell, RSM Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM James & Diane Hope Kean ’69 Richard & Katherine Swanson John & Paula Washburn Smolen ’65 Beverly Marreel Anzalone ’63 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Joy Thiem Kellerman ’90 Robert & Laura Tatten Richard & Heidi Anzalone Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Hanna E. Stec ’19 Tim & Amy Klein Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC Karina L. Anzalone-Stavneak ’92 Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Peter & Rosella Stec Rich & Jackie Kmiecik John & Amy Thomas Paul & Betsy Austin Holly McCoy Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Diana C. Strahl ’18 Christine Grier Koehn ’96 Terry & Liz Thurman Sr. Mary Jo Baldus, RSM Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM ’59 James & Gail Babb Kotulak ’82 Daniel & Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90 James & Barbara Ruane Patrick L. Becker Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM Raymond & Francine Krause Tony & Becky VandenBosch Spencer & Maureen Strahl Paul S. Beran Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 60 Yvonne Buresh Kros ’61 Dan & Julie Vankat 61 Bridget A. Blessie ’13 K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59 + Deceased Meghan Clark Bochynski ’00 Sr. Catherine M. Kuper, RSM Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Memorials
Gifts given in honor of those who have passed away. The following individuals were enrolled into our Memorial Association during this time period.
Mary Blankenship Allberry-Horn SM ’52 Kathleen J. Bradley Richard A. Cerveny Richard & Charlotte Ricke Mary Jane Smith Gerst ’68 James & Rita Glass Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Steven & Mary Beth Ritzdorf Tish A. Connelly ’65 Daniel & Janise Schwee Timothy & Monica Smith Ahern ’77 Richard & Theresa Guinan Branscombe ’76 Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Gary & Ann Stefanski Thomsen ’72 D. Paul Hartnett Albert Angele, Jr. ’62 Carmella Giordano SJ ’43 Gerald & Barbara Brundo Richard & Diane Weis J. L. & Patricia Heinrichs Carole Lankas Angele SJ ’53 Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin SJ ’43 Carmella Giordano SJ ’43 + (Bequest) Phil & Norena Caniglia Thomas & Kathleen Wells Leonard + & Rita Higgins Family of Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin Sandra Stahlecker Badura ’62 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Elizabeth Markey Goodroad Catherine Hohenstein Donald L. Erlbacher Marilyn Bosiljevac Craven ’62 Tish A. Connelly ’65 John F. Coniglio Charles & Laura Allen Homestead Plaza Shopping Center LLC Patricia Kubat Czerwinski ’62 Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67 Tim & Mary Coyle John & Sandra Bogema Patricia Eckley Granger-Markey ’57 David & Mary Anne Hoover Frank & Mary Gordon Haman ’62 Holly McCoy Zachary & Lisa Daub Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67 Irmajean Leaver Andersen ’57 Christopher & Jennifer Jerram Susan Daly Haxton ’62 Ben Fedman Pete & Sandy Elsasser Gary & Mary Tuttle Marasco ’67 Catherine Rybin Dobbertin ’57 Rozanne Kenney Anne Marie Gomez Lindzy ’62 Michael & Kimberly Elston Holly McCoy Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Betty Trout Eckley ’63 James & Mary Jean King Mary Guziec Mendenhall ’62 Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Arthur & Janet Kleine Farha ’64 Mary Joan Roadruck Fenton SM ’49 Timothy Flott & Kristin Mayleben-Flott Bernard & Kathleen Watsabaugh Louise O’Connor ’62 Jean Stackhouse Wang ’67 Brian Neary & Amy Farha-Neary Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’74 Ronda Friel Kratochvil SJ ’52 Patricia McElligott Reinhardt ’62 Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 George & Mary Farrage Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50 Mary Ann Greene-Walsh ’65 Yvonne Buresh Kros ’61 Lucille Kupfer Windels ’62 Karen L. Frost Robert & Marie Connelly John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Connie Emery Wolf ’62 Jason & Jennifer Galley Monica Harrington ’91 Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM ’49 Carrie Haug Douglas Lebbert Stephen L. Ballard Joseph & Mary Hartigan Godberson ’80 Theresa Spirek Holman ’57 Mary Kay O’Connor Julie C. Costello Nicholas J. Fisher Joseph & Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ ’50 Luvern & Joyce Gubbels Joseph & Mary Leahy Pat & Peg Gassman O’Malley ’61 Anonymous Anonymous Scott & Lynda Caniglia Turnquist ’83 Lance & Maria Hiatt Stephen & Margaret Maher Michael & Doris Petersen Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77 Tim & Mary Coyle Liliane Jamal Jude & Barbara McGargill Marcella Connelly Peterson ’64 Patricia Grieser Bantner ’67 Michael & Janet Brannen Holly McCoy Julie Johnson Robert Miller Nancy Peterson Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick ’62 Tim & Mary Coyle Patrick & Mary Lou Parr George E. Kleine Joy Neneman ’57 Sara Pirtle Jim & Cate Pogge Kelly Lynn Bartman Patrick & Joan Knowles Betty Cronin SM ’46 Samuel Nigro Jon & Linda Roeder Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65 Mike Mahoney Irene Milewski William L. Flynn Michael & Kathleen Pallesen Jerry & Diane Simon Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Cory & Laura Mann Robert & Mary Bestenlehner Jeanne Schmit Skutnik ’85 Jean Marie Sabatka Crook ’59 Matthew & Natalie Rademacher Tim & Mary Coyle Peter & Mary Marinkovich John & Susan Bral Patricia A. Wagner Denise Sabatka Cori Tranisi Richard & Mary Jo Smutny Donovan ’63 Michael & Carol McGlade Joseph & Cynthia Burke David & Manana Weiler Denis F. Walsh J. Joseph & Mary Kay McQuillan Vincent P. Crowley Rita Whorley Tanya M. Becker Anthony & Rita Cherek Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Dennis & Debra Mostek Rose M. Crowley Sancha Gloden Corrigan ’58 Wesley & M. Jenelle Wolfe John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83 John & Kathleen Nahas Robert S. Griffith C. Richard & Mary Yoest Violet Cunningham-Duree Don A. Daubert Gerald Behrendt William & Carol Nish Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Margaret M. Cunningham ’76 Joyce Davis Delores (Dode) Hartigan Michael & Martha O’Connor Gerald & Marilyn Opitz Dale & Phyllis Kawa Flyr SM ’55 Rita Gubbels Anonymous Gerald & Marilyn Opitz Rose Baye Cutshall SJ ’47 Ed & Joni Fogarty Alexander & Kristine Mattini Evans ’06 Ted & Mary Bertagni John (Jack) Healey Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Donald Cutshall John & Marisa Gilbert Fred & Nancy Bertagni Wackerhagen ’73 Paul Gudenrath Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Anne M. Page Constance R. Daniels Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67 John & Mary Watsabaugh Bishop SJ ’47 Gary & Pamela Smith Marcella Connelly Peterson ’64 Tish A. Connelly ’65 Thomas Hendricks Mary Grace Herek ’65 Joyce Watsabaugh Gerald & Lisa Pribyl Mary K. Higgins Elizabeth (Betty) Spellman Guese SJ ’40 Tish A. Connelly ’65 Jeanne M. Darrell Eldon D. Boone Joanne Pribyl Virginia O’Leary Kurzak ’56 Jill Guese Joseph L. Hermanek Julianne L. Pribyl Holly McCoy Gary & Marlene Thell Machal SM ’55 Catherine Nielsen Boone ’65 Ellamae Grabowsky Habron SM ’49 Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Ed & Rose Regan Paul F. DeVries Lucille Buda Marasco SM ’55 Carmen Alba Bracken ’70 Elizabeth Grabowsky Gotch ’59 Pat & Cindy Regan Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 James & Karen Murphy E. Jean Fleissner Herrman SM ’48 Thomas & Ann Connelly Brannen ’71 Joan Saniuk ’72 Michael Nuschy Betty L. Hagedorn Ralph R. Herrman Jo Ann Alba Morris ’73 Victoria F. Driml Joseph & Denise Saniuk Patricia Brady O’Kane SM ’51 + Aaron & Michele Hagedorn Cohen ’91 Patricia Lynam Schultz ’ 70 Jane Green Alseth ’65 Leonard T. Higgins Mary Kuehl Schultz ’64 Richard & Catherine Pedersen Matthew & Mary Jo Bassett Abigail Behr Hagen ’09 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Joseph T. Budenholzer Marvin & Alyssa Schulz Greg & Barb Pflaum Colleen Rukas Bentley ’68 Galen & Marsha Behr Geralyn Budenholzer White ’78 Terry & Patty Shinkle Thomas & Margaret Kotera Quinn ’68 Susan Hokanson Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65 John & Kerri Doll Sorrell ’80 Mary Lou Meyer Rodgers ’67 Judith Enis Hall ’61 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Jeannine M. Burbach Rosalind O. Parr ’09 St. Joan of Arc Parish Human Needs Ernest & Kathleen Zitur Vincentini ’58 Anonymous James & Rachel Burbach Burns ’94 Rita Safranek Schneider ’58 Kathleen McKenna Horton SM ’53 Committee Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM ’59 George & Joan Baca Anonymous Jeanne Tucker Burns SM ’50 Trudy J. Stodola Gloria Perry-Wesely Dubas ’59 Wesley & M. Jenelle Wolfe Celia Bogard Donald R. Krupa Frank V. Burns Jerome & Shelly Stolinski Raydelle Kaline Meehan ’59 Loretta M. Zuck Boone & Associates, P.C. Gerald & Patricia Maguire Kent & Michele McGill Stultz ’74 Joseph & Mary Jo Brutto Sr. Marian T. Camel, RSM SM ’47 Mary Sadie Dufek Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM MSM ’29 Brian & Sarah Troia Elsie Hubrecht Irvine SM ’42 Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’ 77 Tish A. Connelly ’65 Patricia Buckley Rodney & Carol Watson Gene & Patricia Pritchard Flesher SM ’53 Joe Ayoub Michael & Arlene Casey Anonymous Ruth N. Duffy Marcus Gannon Nagi Ayoub & Jennifer Oliveto Ayoub Joseph D. Caniglia, Sr. Alice J. Chapman Dorothy Ainsworth Holly McCoy Holly McCoy Scott & Barbara Bailey Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Kyle & Debbie Conry Joel & Jennifer Bauch Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Joseph & Lucy Beraldi Tish A. Connelly ’65 Kevin W. Dunn Lou DiMauro Tish A. Connelly ’65 62 Catherine Nielsen Boone ’65 Laura A. Ganapini ’80 Christine Dunn Linda M. George Mary Jo Danahy Ellis ’61 Kyran L. Daugherty 63 Theresa M. Ganapini Tyler Borman & Kaylea Dunn ’96 Daniel & JoAnn Zuerlein Patricia Humlicek Gehringer ’61 Distribution Management Systems Inc. Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
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Kevin & Lou Illian Grace Maddigan Elaine T. Heaston ’68 Todd R. Nystrom Rozann Carney Platt ’68 Mary Ann Scalzo Family of Elsie Hubrecht Irvine Tim & Mary Coyle Amy & Eric Loehr Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Frances A. Carney John & Sandra Bogema Mary Beth Irvine ’65 Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Holly McCoy Maureen Dolson Philip H. Pogge Patricia Esser Scherrman SM ’55 Thomas & Gloria LaCrosse Holly McCoy Paul F. Piotrowski Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Anonymous Gary & Marlene Thell Machal SM ’55 JCPS Psychologist & Friends David & Karen Sater Jim & Cate Pogge Phyllis L. Martin Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Trudy Murphy Perrone SM ’55 Claudia Schindler Donald W. Schuette Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sr. Kathleen O’Brien, RSM ’62 Tim & Mary Coyle Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Mark & Teresa Tusa Stillmock ’ 79 Leonard L. Jarecki Tish A. Connelly ’65 Tyler & Lauren Pogge Hinton ’10 Marian Traynor Maschka SM ’52 Susan L. Stryker Harold & Alvina Schumacher Benjamin & Danielle Boner Micek ’05 Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Holly McCoy Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Frederick & Joann Temme Janet J. Schumacher ’64 Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Jim & Cate Pogge Kathleen Turner Jeffries ’62 Sally Groves Theiler ’57 + Marilyn Mattern Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61 Emily Scherr Scott Jane Turner Schumaker ’64 Ann Godek Tomcykowski ’57 Rosemary Pogge Anonymous Mary Ellen Howland Weirich ’63 Mary M. Scherr ’62 James & Jennifer Wiehe Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Rita Grieser Johnson ’64 Michael C. Davlin John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58 Tim & Mary Coyle Helen Shadle Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick ’62 Stephen & Marla Houston John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58 Robert L. O’Keefe Tyler & Lauren Pogge Hinton ’10 Larry & Marcia Cusic Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 Thomas & Sharon Leuschen Paula Mossman Joy Neneman ’57 Holly McCoy C. Patricia Shea Tony E. Shaw Heider Family Foundation Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 + (Bequest) Ann Thurmond ’68 Jim & Cate Pogge Gerald & M. Lynn Sobczyk Stephen Mossman Tim & Mary Coyle Thomas & Patricia Kielty Robert & Laura Tatten Margaret J. O’Leary ’56 LeRoy E. Potter Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM Robert (Bob) Mulcahy Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 David & Kristi Walters Wessling ’88 Catherine Hogan Besta ’56 Patricia Runa Potter SM ’52 Bob & Mary Gonderinger Rita Safranek Schneider ’58 Holly McCoy Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Patrick H. McDonnell Wendy O’Rourke Sr. Margaret Quinn, RSM Michael E. Mullen Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Edward & Rosemary Koley Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Anonymous Don & Margie Eckley Frank L. Anania Loretta Kearney Siegele ’58 Matthew J. McGill Ronald E. Osborne Patricia A. Ramsey Rosemary Mummey John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58 August & Harriet Koziol Tim & Mary Coyle M. Jane Huerter ’ 68 & Richard P. Jeffries Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 John & Sandra Bogema Christine A. Koziol ’ 72 Holly McCoy Augustus (Gus) Slavik Jeri Dodendorf Ostronic ’71 Melvin & Mary Ann Ritzdorf Christopher & Jennifer Jerram Tim & Mary Coyle Joan Kucera-Hinkle Jane Stultz McKernan ’63 Debra Vavra Ritter ’ 71 Steven & Mary Beth Ritzdorf Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Leo R. Murnan Betty Trout Eckley ’63 Sr. Maureen O’Sullivan, RSM Branscombe ’76 James & Karol Krawczyk Carroll ’ 79 Erma Stepanek Smith MSM ’28 Mary S. Landen Daniel McKernan Deborah L. Leas ’ 77 Anonymous Richard T. Robino Constance E. Remkus ’63 Bernadette Smith ’68 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Holly McCoy John & Kathleen Owens Kathryn Mahoney Zielinski ’63 Jerrold L. Strasheim Mary E. Langenegger ’68 Christopher & Judy Niemoller Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Henry Roehrig Mary Tracy McKernan ’82 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Sorenson ’75 Kathryn Roehrig Murphy ’68 Mary C. Palmesano ’59 HDR Inc. Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Sr. M. Jeananne Sutton, RSM SJ ’41 Robert A. Larson Mary C. Palmesano ’59 + (Bequest) Katie Kollasch Rooney-Loss Charles (Gene) McKissack Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Sandra Larson Diane K. Nannini Anonymous Annette (Nettie) Pflug Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Laura A. Ganapini ’80 Sr. Margaret Mary Sutton, RSM SJ ’36 Elizabeth A. Latka Anonymous Bette Skorka Rudloff SM ’51 Margaret Malloy McLain SM ’52 Theresa M. Ganapini Anonymous Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Howard Rudloff Joan Konon Pilus SM ’55 Michael & Diane McLain Jonathan J. Neitzke Ruth L. Swanson Margaret E. Lavelle Stephanie N. Bushman ’13 Josephine S. Russo SJ ’48 Michael P. Metz Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Jerome & Janet Lavelle Stracke ’75 Anonymous Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Raymond A. Pilus Jean Ward Nekola SM ’55 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sally Groves Theiler ’57 Doris (Dorie) Lawrence SM ’52 Stephanie N. Bushman ’13 Armand & Mary Rae Metz Gibbons ’58 Catherine Hogan Besta ’56 Anonymous Sandra Hansen Tish A. Connelly ’65 Angelo & Ermelinda Micheletto Thomas & Ann Connelly Brannen ’71 Sara Lee Pittala Mary Kay Connor ’63 Joan Staskiewicz Belitz ’56 Georgene Greenblatt Lindeman SM ’49 Sr. Marie P. Micheletto, RSM ’57 Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Tim & Mary Coyle Mary C. Blaszak Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Joseph & Judith Engelbert Virginia Bryg ’57 Edward J. Mohanna Joseph G. Nekola, Sr. Kristine Smith Littrell ’74 Donald + & Mary Ann Erlbacher Kevin & Laura Capece Tish A. Connelly ’65 Catherine Hogan Besta ’56 Carol Ann Cooney Pitzer SM ’53 Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’74 Laurence & Loretta Houlton Robert & Rita Coomler George W. Neneman Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Julia A. Moore ’81 Harry & Joan Fitzgerald Obarski SJ ’48 Josephine M. Dieter James F. Lohmeier Tish A. Connelly ’65 James & Karol Krawczyk Carroll ’ 79 Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Catherine Rybin Dobbertin ’57 Sheryl J. Edwards Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Joseph & Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ ’50 Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’ 74 Tim & Mary Coyle Joseph & Theresa Fuxa Mary Ann Douda Hartley SM ’53 Ann Thurmond ’68 Josephine Caniglia Lohmeier SJ ’51 David & Kelly McCann Laughlin ’81 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Michael & Maureen Goltl Gary & Franke Henthorn Winifred McCafferty Sage SM ’52 Raydelle Kaline Meehan ’59 Robert & Catherine Franco Van Haute ’81 Melodia Wichert Phelps ’69 Robert & Georgia Goltl Rebecca Kelling Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Scott & Lynda Caniglia Turnquist ’83 Marilyn Wichert Selk ’67 Geoffrey & Liz Hall Paul J. Moore Ed & Pauline Kocarnik Mondragon ’59 Kathleen McCafferty Griffith ’61 Mary Anne Cavanaugh Lucas ’60 Edward J. Nicola James & Kathleen Hall Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Jack & Tanya Pitzer Margaret McCafferty Hoskins SM ’54 Molly Cavanaugh ’90 Carol Bader Nicola ’78 Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57 Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Cathy Mousel George & Mary Ann Hutfless Julia Watsabaugh MacKay SJ ’54 Ruth Sylvester Michelle Bruccini Nique ’74 John Smolen Mary McCafferty Nastase ’58 Elaine V. Kelly Joyce Watsabaugh Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’74 Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61 Geraldine McCafferty Zimmerman ’56 Maryann Schneiderwind Morris SM ’45 Francis & Sofia Kock Dennis D. Mackie Tim & Mary Coyle Helen M. Novotny-Cavaleri Carolyn Placzek Red Sampson Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 64 Daniel & JoAnn Zuerlein Barbara Holst Daley ’61 Carol Novotny Heng ’68 Tim & Sue Brousek Jeffrey & Fay Sampson Shirley Pollreis Lee ’61 65 Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Memorials “I would challenge graduates “Mercy is a very special place and continued and their families if they feel we, my wife and I, are happy to
Gerald & Patricia Maguire Sr. Mary Marcellus Valdez, RSM Carl & Cynthia Troia Mercy helped them in any way invest in its mission. I believe Lucille Buda Marasco SM ’55 Anonymous Charlene J. Vargo to become the women they donors, like us, know that their Donald & Rosemary Dolan Martin ’57 Rosemary Begley Weide SJ ’53 Sr. Camilla Verret, RSM are today, then you owe your investments will be put to good Holly McCoy Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Maureen E. McGrath ’57 Michael & Patricia Ziesel support to the next generation use at the school. You can’t argue Daniel McKernan Wilma Jean Vincent Theresa A. Ziesel and you need to do your part.” with a mission where each girl Jackie Mlady Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77 Claudette T. Warnke has an opportunity to reach her John & Kay Monzingo Boris (BJ) Visty Carole Lankas Angele SJ ’53 Jane Green Alseth ’65, full potential.” Peggy Poffenbarger Neumann ’63 Rita Safranek Schneider ’58 Sean Norris Lucille Lynam Warren SJ ’38 Mercy Board member Reid Von Tersch Mark & Debbie Novotny Tom & Patricia Ferrando Anonymous Larry Good, Mercy Board Member Barbara J. Pankowski Nancy M. Wellendorf ’98 Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77 President/Owner, P.I. Midwest Rev. John L. Pietramale Gerald & Jean Wellendorf Dorothy S. Rasmussen Luke & Sandra Aldy Arthur & Katherine Whalen Lisa Raszler George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59 Howard Rudloff John & Dawn Bonacci Mary Jo Pitzl ’75 Gerald & Barbara Brundo W. James & Dolores Schneiderwind Helen M. Wichita Thomas & Mary Bush Kathleen E. Sortino Ray Madej “With my knowledge of fundraising, I know the importance of giving back. Gary F. Stanek Tim & Mary Coyle John J. Wieberg I also encourage fellow alumnae to help support current Mercy Girls.” Ann Godek Tomcykowski ’57 Victoria J. Cullan Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Mark & Teresa Dagostino Tim & Beth Wilson Charles & Gail Dickel Richard F. Wiese, Jr. Alyssa Danze Norman ’02 , Secretary, Alumnae Council, Prospect Research Manager at Creighton University Gerald T. Dolejs Mary Jo Alba Wiese ’68 Nanci Harris Thomas ’67 Jerald & Elizabeth Golmanavich Barbara Mowery Wingate ’64 Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67 Michael & Sue Gorman Douglas E. Wingate, Jr. Margaret Uzdawinis Thompson ’61 David & Deborah Gray Edward L. Thompson Terence J. Haas Eleanor (Ellie) Wingender Mary C. Hinkston Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM “Education is one of the most “When I was teaching at Creighton Mary Ann Thurman David & Mary Anne Hoover Mary Beth Lavelle ‘68 & John Wilkinson Terry & Liz Thurman life-changing investments we University, I used to take my James J. Hubschman Jeanne Burnett Wingender ’68 Kimberly A. Tinley Mary E. Janca can make in ourselves, our Education students to visit John R. Wingender, Jr. & Mary Kay Miller Marilyn Morgan Chandler ’57 David A. Jasper children, and our community. Mercy High School. Carolyn Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Carolyn Jaworski ’64 John P. Wolters Mercy is, in my experience, one Robert & Carol Smola Dargy ’56 George & Margaret Johnson John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83 Jaworski, the head of the school of the best places to trust with a Richard & Mary Jo Smutny Donovan ’63 Maureen Waite Kalkowski SM ’50 Sandra Youngers at the time, did an excellent job Janice Freedman Family Edwin & Lois LeFebvre Robert & Carol Smola Dargy ’56 girl’s education.” of explaining to all of us the Sheila McDermott Gehrman ’58 Bruce & Patricia Little Patricia A. Zach profound differences in a Catholic Janet A. Haney Rosemary C. Lohr ’68 Angela Jacobson Weiss ’99 Jay Harrington Kathleen Mason Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 education. I donate to the school Senior Project Engineer Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57 Kerry A. McDonald Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85 because I believe in the Negotiated Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Catherine Nan McTaggart Holly McCoy Thermal Energy System Specialists (TESS) Maureen E. McGrath ’57 Leon & Deidre Milobar Rosalind O. Parr ’09 Tuition Program and how it Joy Neneman ’57 JoAnn Monahan Maurice J. Zach gives all deserving students the Patricia O’Connor ’59 Stephen & Nancy Nielsen Gerald & Catherine Zenk opportunity to go to the school.” Stephen & Janice Scherr William & Colleen Ostdiek Christine Zenk Rix ’73 Margaret H. Semin SM ’54 Phyllis H. Procopio Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 Rosemarie L. Prystai Dr. D. Paul Hartnett Joanne Weidler-Hempel Pauline Quinn + Deceased former Nebraska State Senator Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Michael & Susan Matya Tracy ’65 Creighton University Professor Marlene J. Rollins Mary Jane Martin Cook ’65 David & Rebecca Royce George E. Tuttle II Howard Rudloff Tim & Mary Coyle Robert Schartz Kathleen (Kay) McDermott Tvrdik ’57 W. J. & Jerada Schlueter Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Philip & Sharon Smith Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57 Jerome & Sandra Sueper T & T Custom Cabinets, Inc.
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