Alumni
Class Notes
Lois Harris ’48 is in her 70th year of active Girl Scouting and continues to serve as a Girl Scout troop leader. In 2011, she attended the Girl Scout National Convention in Houston. Lois continues to stay in touch with classmates Florence Shigeno Kawagoge ’48 and Dr. Himeo Tsumori ’48, who was featured in a story in the Winter 2011–2012 issue of Prospect magazine.
Donald Vogel ’50 served for 25 years as a chaplain in Wyoming County, New York, before retiring at the age of 86. Now 90, Don still preaches occasionally. Don has been a member of the American Legion since 1946.
Russ Campbell ’52 has retired from a 34-year career at Abbott Laboratories.
Dorothy (Hardt) Swanson ’53 has been retired for 21 years. She volunteers actively with a number of hospitals, schools and churches.
Pat (Deutsche) Bode ’58 has retired. She and her husband, William, enjoy traveling across the United States in their vintage 1976 GMC motor home. For the past seven years, Pat and William have taught at Kumulani Vacation Bible School in Maui. An avid quilter, Pat has several projects in the works.
Bruno Schroeder ’59 was recognized by Home Church in New Braunfels, Texas, for 50 years of ordained ministry.
1960s
Les Marriner ’62 has retired after a career with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Illinois Air National Guard.
Jean (LaPorta) Luke ’63 has retired, but she still works as an artist. Married since 2007 to Tom Luke, Jean has one granddaughter and three grandsons.
Joan (Yokel) Ellis ’63 retired in 2012 as a licensed clinical social worker and vice president at Community Treatment Inc. in Jefferson County, Missouri.
Jack Monson ’63 has been retired for 13 years.
Roy Stuerzl ’65 and Janice (Pedersen) Stuerzl ’67 recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Now retired from a long career as a vice president of sales for a banking software company, Roy enjoys playing golf and officiating softball and basketball games. Janice, who retired from a career in medical social work, has spent the past 10 years doing research for a series of interior design books. Janice regularly sees her Elmhurst College roommate and best friend, Andrea (Eimer) Andrik ’67. The Stuerzls live in Overland Park, Kansas, and enjoy spending time with their twin daughters and many friends.
Dale Hempen ’66 is retired and living in New Hampshire. He is expecting two grandchildren in 2013.
Dr. Richard Nyako ’67 recently received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Medicine in honor of his outstanding community outreach in Ghana and the United States.
Rev. Jean (Eyrich) Pennell ’69 retired from UCC ministry in January 2013.
1970s
Bork Maronn ’70 retired in 2008 after a 30-year career with the Social Security Administration. An avid sailor, he has sailed in 27 races to Mackinac Island from Chicago.
Keith Meyer ’70 has retired from the company where Elmhurst College placement services helped him get a job 42 years ago.
Joni Davenport ’71 has successfully completed training as a physician assistant. A regular volunteer at community health fairs, she looks forward to volunteering at the Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine in Chicago and traveling to Haiti with Doctors without Borders. Joni is a retired teacher and assistant principal with more than 34 years of dedicated service.
Mollie Sluss ’74 is a psychotherapist in private practice in Florida. Under her pen name, Mollie Skilss, she has written two books: How to Be Happy and Flamingos Can’t Tap Dance.
Marsha (Pepmeier) Peek ’76 has retired from 34 years of teaching in the St. Louis area. In retirement, she enjoys traveling, playing golf, spending time with family and friends, and volunteering at a nursing home and her UCC church.
Suzanne Carlstedt ’77 has retired from the Internal Revenue Service after 35 years of service, primarily in human resources.
Ted Augelli ’78 works as a cemetery counselor for the Diocese of Joliet. He and his wife, Deborah, have been married for 30 years, and they have four children.
1980s
Jeffrey Quinn ’84 is the head football coach for the State University of New York at Buffalo. Jeffrey started his career as an assistant coach for DePaul University, where he earned a master’s degree, and then coached for Ohio Northern and Grand Valley State universities before taking the job at Buffalo.
Chris Bruzzini ’89 played the lead role in Dracula at the Theatre of Western Springs. He also has appeared recently in area performances of 8, It’s a Wonderful Life and God of Carnage.
1990s
Paula (Akouris) Burzawa ’92 has been selected as one of only a handful of new, up-and-coming authors to attend Sirenland, an international writer’s conference in Positano, Italy, where she will be mentored by top authors. A proud sister of Sigma Kappa sorority, Paula plans to visit Elmhurst College in the spring of 2013 to facilitate a poetry workshop for Dr. Ann Frank Wake.
Richard Iozzo ’96 graduated from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management with an MBA in June 2012. The co-valedictorian of his class, Richard was named a Hotchkiss Scholar, the highest honor conferred upon a graduating student at the school.
Vito Parise ’99 is the chief operating officer at Freight Management, Inc.
2000s
Candice (Engelbrecht) Assell ’02 has two children: Noah, age 6, and Moriah, age 3.
Jen Camden ’03 is the facility manager and treating physical therapist for Athletico Physical Therapy in Elmhurst.
Lindsay Young ’05 is a nurse practitioner in the bone marrow transplant unit at Rush University Medical Center.
Hank Rauschenberger ’06 graduated in December from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, with a master of education in educational administration.
John J. Dorhauer ’08 received a 2012 Plus Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). This award reflects ASCAP’s continuing commitment to assist and encourage composers, and to support growth and development of the nation’s musical future.
Laura Mignerone ’08 graduated from Eden Theological Seminary in May 2011 with a master of divinity degree. She was ordained at Ivy Chapel UCC in Chesterfield, Missouri, in 2012, and now serves as a pastor at Zion United Church of Christ in Troy, Michigan.
Christopher Pazdernik ’08 was promoted to annual fund coordinator for Chicago Shakespeare Theater, a Tony Award-winning company. Recently he choreographed the Chicago premiere of the Broadway musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson for Bailiwick Chicago.
Tyler Ferguson ’08 graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law in May 2011.
Andrew Behling ’09 played the role of Tom Sawyer in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the Classical Theatre Project of Toronto’s U.S. tour during the 2012–2013 winter season. After earning a B.A. in theatre from Elmhurst College, Andrew completed an MFA in acting at Western Illinois University. During the 2012 season, he performed in Inherit the Wind and Richard III with the Oak Park Festival Theatre. Andrew recently began teaching applied theatre at Elmhurst College.
Genevieve (True) Lee ’09 has launched TrueLee Photography, a business that specializes in event and portrait photography, and often photographs events for Elmhurst College. In 2011 she married Douglas Lee.
Alysa Lewandowski ’09 has been promoted to resource development director at The LeaderShop, a youth-advocacy agency where she has worked for nearly five years. She is also pursuing a master’s degree in leadership and policy studies at DePaul University’s School of Public Service.
Jeff Teppema ’09 teaches music at Park Junior High in LaGrange. Together with a friend, Dave Gorman, Jeff is raising funds to send 500 bicycles to children in the Kingdom of Lesotho, an impoverished nation in Africa with more than 100,000 orphans from HIV/AIDS. Avid cyclists themselves, Jeff and Dave hope that the bikes will serve Lesotho’s children as a source of transportation, independence, empowerment—and fun. To raise the money, they have partnered with Mike’s Bikes Africa, a California-based nonprofit that delivers bikes directly into the hands of children in Africa. This summer, Jeff and Dave plan to travel to Lesotho, where they will bike 300 miles in nine days.
2010s
Adam Frank ’10 works as a warranty service coordinator for the Band and Orchestra Division of Yamaha Corporation of America. A saxophonist who performed with both jazz and classical ensembles at Elmhurst College, Frank was a recipient of the DownBeat Student Music Award.
Shauna Potrawski ’10 has moved to California, where she works for an organization that fights sex trafficking.
Maria Marotta ’11 is an art teacher at Emerson Elementary School in Elmhurst. She told FYI that she is excited about “motivating and connecting with my new students,” and that she plans to “inspire them by sharing works from artists and art collections to enhance their understanding and appreciation of the arts.”
Jennifer Ozanic ’11 teaches seventh grade language arts at Churchville Middle School in Elmhurst. She says that she looks forward to leading extracurricular activities at the school and fostering an environment where students can grow academically, socially, emotionally and physically.
Angelo Paparo ’11 received the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society’s 2012 Love of Learning Award. This award helps to fund post-baccalaureate studies and/or career development for active Phi Kappa Phi members.
Rebecca Zumpf ’11 works at Plano High School and is planning a June 15 wedding.
Joan (Heinrich) Cann ’80 welcomed her first grandchild on June 6, 2011.
Brian Andrusyk ’96 and his wife, Kelly, wel comed a baby girl, Maeve O’Halleran Andrusyk, on July 1, 2012.
Beth (Brychta) Frederick ’02 and her husband, Adam, welcomed their third child, Wade Thomas Frederick, on September 11, 2012.
Melanie (Luna) Gotto ’02 and her husband, Tim Gotto, a former wrestling coach at the College, welcomed a daughter, Mary, on July 17, 2012. She joins her older sister, Clara, who was born on October 6, 2010.
Mark Roberts ’02 and Michelle Applebee, associate professor of chemistry at the College, welcomed their second child, Alexandra Dean Roberts, on September 24, 2012. Alexandra joins her big sister, Emma.
Amanda (Salzinger) Jeffrey ’04 and her husband, Andrew, welcomed a son, Logan James Jeffrey, on July 15, 2012.
Kara Waletzko ’04 and her husband, Scott, welcomed a son, Finley Scott Waletzko, on September 12, 2012. Finley joins his big sister, Olivia, born December 22, 2010.
Matthew Kuschert ’05 and his wife, Jaime, welcomed Daniel Matthew Kuschert on January 19, 2013.
Danielle Reinhardt ’08 MBA, and her husband, Randy, welcomed their first child, Nolan Joseph Reinhardt, on September 4, 2012.
Dana Gallichio ’12 and her husband, Matt Bacaling ’11, welcomed a son, Leonardo Joseph Bacaling, on August 2, 2012.
Lisa Sommario ’02 married Christopher Dembosz ’05 on September 8, 2012.
Kimberley Schmidt ’04 married James Serio on October 20, 2012.
Lisa Denman ’04 married Bill Sligh on July 28, 2012. The wedding party included Regina Morrone ’05, Katie Bequette ’04, Johanna (Anderson) Benevides ’04 and Carly Bearwald ’07.
Robert Bast ’07 married Mandy Seibel on August 4, 2012.
Heather Forster ’08 married Matt Jensen in Hammerschmidt Chapel on January 14, 2012. Heather’s parents, Jean Forster ’74 and Charles Forster ’73, ’98 and ’04, also had their wedding in the Chapel in 1983. Heather and Matt’s wedding party included Matt Forster ’10 and ’13, Nina Talge ’08, Katie Palandri ’09, Katelyn Weil ’09, Ashley Bonk ’10, Greg Rohatsch ’07, Steve Dembowski ’11 and Erica Skibbie ’08. Many other College alumni were also present, representing the 1970s through 2010.
Tyler Ferguson ’08 married Abby Gammage ’10 on June 2, 2012. The wedding party included Whitney Heinzmann ’10.
Amanda Tolan ’09 married Nick Testin ’09 on September 29, 2012.
Sara Williams ’09 married Brian Ranger on June 23, 2012.
Jennifer Paul ’10 married Bill Cramer on July 29, 2012.
Callie Jo Schriner ’10 married Ryne Michael Plager on August 18, 2012.
Chris Halvachs ’11 married Katie Haylock ’12 in May.
Ernest F. Nolte ’31, of Munster, Indiana, on January 29, 2011.
Dorothea M. (Ernst) Boldt ’38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 3, 2011.
Antone E. Hotle ’38, of Manchester, Missouri, on November 15, 2011.
Theodore Kross ’38, of Elmhurst, on August 21, 2011.
Edgar G. Prasse ’38, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, on October 7, 2012.
Rev. Dr. Carl C. Rasche ’39, of Lakeland, Florida, on October 21, 2011.
Anna L. (Susott) Grossman ’40, of Lakewood, Colorado, on July 31, 2011.
Donald A. Cash ’41, of Pacific Palisades, California, on August 18, 2012.
Dorothy (Davis) Dosier ’42, of Santa Cruz, California, on June 21, 2011.
Elaine C. Forrest ’42, of River Forest, on October 3, 2011.
Robert M. Kross ’42, of Elmhurst, on November 18, 2011.
William Pitt Shattuck ’45, of Falls Church, Virginia, on July 22, 2012.
Elaine (Franke) Ellibee ’46, of Madison, Wisconsin, on November 17, 2012.
Janet E. (Mallinson) Egeland ’49, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 21, 2011.
Eileen (Landon) Albertsen ’50, of Glen Ellyn, on November 3, 2011.
Ralph Baur ’50, of Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, on May 4, 2011.
Lee W. Davey ’50, of Glenview, on October 24, 2011.
Martha J. (Nisi) Mulch ’50, of Raymond, Illinois, on October 29, 2012.
Rev. Harold Potts ’50, of Kansas City, Missouri, on May 30, 2011.
John H. Thomas ’50, of Kailua, Hawaii, on June 16, 2011.
Chara Kauffman Harders ’51, of Brawley, California, on May 19, 2011.
Mary Elizabeth (Teichen) Johnson ’51, of Deerfield, on October 15, 2011.
Mart E. Mitchell ’51, of Lake City, Florida, on April 19, 2012.
Robert G. Pierson ’51, of Villa Park, on October 9, 2011.
Joseph H. Sebestyen ’51, of Chicago, on July 9, 2011.
Alice (Wing) Byers ’52, of Lawrenceville, on November 27, 2011.
Robert E. Grunlund ’52, of Norway, Michigan, on July 12, 2011.
Louise H. (Miller) Osada ’52, of West Dundee, on August 2, 2011.
Ardiene C. Tilly ’52, of Tryon, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012.
Robert James “Jim” LeGros ’53, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, on September 25, 2012.
Frank W. Roberts ’53, of Bigfork, Minnesota, on September 20, 2011.
Dorothy V. Longley ’54, of Orlando, Florida, on August 21, 2012.
Richard E. Simonson ’54, of St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2011.
Charles W. Spencer ’55, of Naperville, on February 28, 2012.
Arthur J. Habermehl ’56, of Port Huron, Michigan, on March 31, 2012.
Beatrice D. Pulver ’56, of Homer Glen, on May 20, 2011.
Donald N. Kelly ’57, of Anoka, Minnesota, on April 21, 2011.
Elmer R. Rabun ’57, of Ruskin, Florida, on March 3, 2011.
Gerhart “Gary” Schamberger ’57, of Wheaton, on August 29, 2012.
Rhea Hildegarde (Menzel) Whitehead ’57, of Toronto, Ontario, on June 24, 2011.
William J. Decker ’58 and ’59, of Waupaca, Wisconsin, on August 20, 2012.
Rolf I. Fritz ’58, of Wheaton, on July 28, 2011.
Carole S. (Hoffmann) Kierspe ’58, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 25, 2011.
Rev. Jack LaMar ’58, of Elcho, Wisconsin, on November 23, 2012.
Anna M. (Mueller) Riebeling ’58, of St. Louis, Missouri, on August 20, 2011.
John A. Clow ’59, of North Riverside, on August 3, 2012.
Alexander I. Kouvalis ’59, of Chicago, on September 2, 2011.
Dr. Lyle E. Herness ’60, of Ramona, California, on June 30, 2011.
Donald A. Weiss ’60, of Mesa, Arizona, on August 13, 2011.
Curtis J. Surkamp ’61, of Festus, Missouri, on September 10, 2011.
Donald Arthur Beckman ’62, of Schaumburg, on March 31, 2012.
Melinda G. Barnes ’63, of Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 10, 2012.
Jean Edgar Molenda ’64, of LaFarge, Wisconsin, on July 25, 2012.
Paulette Hatmaker ’65, of Elmhurst, on December 3, 2011.
Gerald R. Stolt, ’65, of Saugatuck, Michigan, on August 31, 2011.
Stanley Schmidt ’66, of Elmhurst, on October 29, 2011.
Theodore R. Kuyper ’67, of Elmhurst, on March 1, 2012.
Nancy M. (Vogler) Vosahlik ’67, of Batesville, Indiana, on August 8, 2011.
Carmen M. Romanowski ’68, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 7, 2011.
Marianne R. Shaffer ’68, of Sun City West, Arizona, on November 21, 2011.
Esther M. Shaw ’68, of Glen Ellyn, on August 17, 2012.
Barbara A. (Schmitt) Webb ’68, of Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2012.
Mary Ann (Olson) Berry ’70, of Johnson City, Tennessee, on September 28, 2011.
Michael Buechin ’70, of Pentwater, Michigan, on July 4, 2011.
Steven Fry ’70, of Maple Park, on November 5, 2012.
Barbara Ann King ’70, of Memphis, Tennessee, on July 24, 2012.
Gary Rude ’70, of Normal, on December 6, 2011.
Adele M. Heuser ’71, of Elmhurst, on August 1, 2012.
Georgene (Werner) Kreinberg ’71, of Green Valley, California, on October 6, 2011.
Ronald A. Marten ’71, of Lombard, on September 8, 2011.
Denise A. Andre ’74, of Chicago, on February 6, 2012.
Charles L. Culotta ’74, of Bartlett, on Septem ber 6, 2011.
James F. Kovarik ’74, of Georgetown, Texas, on April 11, 2011.
Leniford A. Wimmer ’74, of Buffalo Grove, on September 16, 2011.
Dorothy G.Yahner ’74, of Lehigh Acres, Florida, on February 19, 2011.
Andrew E. Burt ’75, of Henderson, Nevada, on May 26, 2011.
Anthony K. King ’75, of Tucson, Arizona, on July 17, 2011.
Harold M. Michalsen ’75, of Elmhurst, on October 16, 2011.
William G. Mladic ’75, of Trinity, Florida, on February 10, 2011.
Kay W. Vasey ’76, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 2, 2012.
Lois E. Zipple ’76, Lansing, Michigan, on September 22, 2012.
Beverly Ann (Haney) Lamphier ’77, of Elmhurst, on October 29, 2012.
Gary O. Bergling ’78, of Bensenville, on October 20, 2011.
Lois J. (Horton) Parker ’78, of Tierra Verde, Florida, on September 3, 2011.
Ellen E. Schade Lambert ’78, of Bourbonnais, on January 9, 2011.
William E. Blake ’80, of Batavia, on January 28, 2011.
Rose R. (Fitzgerald) Finlayson ’81, of Peoria, Arizona, on September 19, 2011.
JoAnn (Kurtz) Welling ’81, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on November 14, 2012.
Donald C. Brown Jr. ’85, of Bensenville, on August 23, 2012.
Dale E. Dunning ’82, of McKinney, Texas, on June 9, 2011.
Robert D. McFarland ’82, of Elmhurst, on November 7, 2012.
Lisa C. Bauer ’84, of Elmhurst, on September 20, 2012.
Jesus E. DeLaPena ’84, of San Antonio, Texas, on July 29, 2011.
Margot Brockman Schweppe ’84, of Alexan dria, Virginia, on July 15, 2012.
Thomas S. Ferry ’85, of Grafton, Wisconsin, on April 4, 2011.
David C. Szczypinski ’87, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2011.
Jeneene M. Hook ’90, of Algonquin, on September 2, 2011.
Michelle A. Niziolek ’90, of Sun City West, Arizona, on August 7, 2011.
Linda (Suske) Korta ’92, of Bolingbrook, on September 29, 2011.
Peter E. Johnson ’94, of Round Lake Beach, on July 24, 2011.
Kenneth B. Suwanski ’95, of Cary, on April 6, 2011.
Jeffrey Richard Kafer ’96, of Normal, on April 19, 2012.
Donald J. Wajda ’96, of Hillside, on June 20, 2011.
Cleveland A. Anderson ’01, of Portage, Indiana, on June 15, 2012.
Judith A. (West) Dobniar ’02, of Winthrop Harbor, on June 27, 2011.
Michael Kelly Frye ’10, of Chicago, on July 18, 2012.