Class Notes

1970

Congratulations to Barbara Crea Shannon for being elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

1971

Congratulations to Christine Hoffman Adams for being elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

1973

Margie O’Donnell Donohue shares, “Thanks to all our classmates who contributed this year to the Annual Fund, 20%. I hope we can increase that percentage next year! Whatever the amount, it will help IU! Bill and I were blessed with our eighth grandchild, Juliette Grace, born in May.”

Special thanks to outgoing Alumni Association Board of Governors delegate Margie O’Donnell Donohue for her service.

1976

Renée Tomasso Esposito shares, “My granddaughter, Isabella, is two years old. She just started calling me “grandmom,” which is in honor of my grandmother, Theresa!”

1981

Moya Kaporch Dittmeier shares that she and her husband, John, have moved close to Athens, Georgia for their retirement. They look forward to experiencing the pace of small-town living after the bustle of life in the D.C. metro area. “Come and visit, y’all!”

1982

Alice O’Neill McLoughlin has written a memoir celebrating her life in Ireland and four years at Immaculata on a John McShain scholarship. The book will bring back warm memories to all the alumni who read it. “More Precious than Gold” is available from Barnes & Noble or Amazon.

1983

Valerie Dondero Mahfood was elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in Miami.

Congratulations to Maria Cicippio Smeykal for being re-elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

1986

Special thanks to outgoing Alumni Association Board of Governors delegate Kara Lutz Haggerty ’12 M.A. for her service.

2001

Constance Haske will transition from seventh grade exceptional child inclusion this fall to the position of middle school math interventionist, with Corvian Community School in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jane Strasser Knappenberger recently wrote a book entitled “Eternally His,” a Bible study guide geared toward women, helping them learn their true identity as beloved creations of the Father. The book was recently granted an imprimatur by Archbishop Perez of Philadelphia.

2005

Special thanks to outgoing Alumni Association Board of Governors Immediate Past President Lori De Rea Kolb ’09 M.A. for her service.

Lorraine Sult shares that as of January 2, 2024, she is working as counsel for employment at the United States Senate.

2006

Congratulations to Sarah Wolfe ’10 M.A. for being re-elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

2009

Timothy Williams, Ed.D., will be retiring again on May 31, 2024, from the Addison Central School District in Middlebury, Vermont. He served this year as the district’s interim superintendent and the prior year in a similar capacity for the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center.

2010

Special thanks to outgoing Alumni Association Board of Governors delegate Michael Ventola for his service.

2012

Congratulations to Christina Gresh, M.S.N., for being elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

Nick Litrenta was promoted from the VP commercial lender to market executive and senior commercial lender at ACNB Bank in November 2023.

2013

Richard Girkin became assistant archivist of the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in September 2023.

2014

Congratulations to Melanie Dudley for being elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

Special thanks to outgoing Alumni Association Board of Governors delegate Anthonisus “TJ” Jappah for his service.

Francesca Macera is engaged to Andrew Einstein and was married on July 19, 2024 at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern.

2016

Thank you to Elizabeth McBride for participating on the student/alumni panel during our March 24, 2024 Accepted Students Day.

2017

Erin Beatty shares, “In February I was promoted to a new position within Neumann University, moving from student accounts assistant to assistant bursar and risk coordinator.”

2020

Congratulations to Jessica McHugh for being elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors, serving the 2024-2027 term.

2022

Thank you to Catherine Knoll for participating on the student/alumni panel during our March 24, 2024 Accepted Students Day.

Arden Vizzard ’18 married Ben Gialloreto ’17 in October 2023

Justine Butler ’11 married Adam Gould in April 2024

Alumni

• Helen Thompson ’47
• Joan Stephens Healy ’48
• Nicolette D’Ortona Kelley ’48
• Ruth Jacoby Barrett ’51
• Dorothy Monahan Fields ’53
• Joanne Brennan Breslin ’54
• Rosemary Benson Gennaro ’54
• Joan McClatchy Bishop ’55
• Mary Louise Valvardi Fitzpatrick ’55
• Joan Greipp Quillen ’55
• Marie Reich Butcher ’56
• Florence Nowak Lesko ’56
• Edith Reich ’56
• Lillia Fedick Neborak ’57
• Sheila McAndrew Clifford ’60
• Marie Reilly DeVries ’60
• Antoinette Iaquinto Makowski ’60
• Margot Whalen Guinan ’62
• Virginia Lammer King ’62
• Mary Hannahoe Stumhofer ’62
• Eleanor O’Keefe Haffner ’63
• Patricia Feldman Lind ’63
• Margaret McGee McAleer ’63
• Maureen Coghlan Dealy ’64
• Jane Engler Brogan ’65
• Francine Freimann Snyder ’67
• Mary Randall ’68
• Rose Marie Wilson Varga ’68
• Claire Murphy ’69
• Margaret Mary Ryan Domin ’71
• Catherine Schwarz Gold ’71
• Elizabeth Baker Shollenberger ’71
• Mary Carol Coyne O’Shea ’72
• Mary Margaret Bonner White ’72
• Charlene Barton ’74
• Margaret Jane Erickson-Menton ’78
• Allen Cardwell, Jr. ’79
• Lauren Hinkle Down ’79
• Mary Kane ’79
• Maryann Kurkowski Monaghan ’87
• Arlene Smith Alderfer ’88
• Jane Kaylor Holefelder ’92
• Sandra Stone Kelso ’93
• Barbara Lazarski ’94
• Daniel Paul Miringoff ’94
• Lee Janiczek ’99
• Barbara Motto Burhans ’00
• Dina Wert ’05
• Janice Elaine Marlett ’09
• Suzanne Saunders Sharr ’09
• Lorraine Nelson Weikel ’16

Family Members

Joan McClatchy Bishop ’55, daughter of Mary Feeser McClatchy ’30, sister of the late Mary McClatchy Hewes ’54, Barbara McClatchy Clay ’57, Ann McClatchy Coacher ’59 and Kathleen McClatchy Ralston ’67

Churchill Franklin, husband of Mary Dolphin Franklin ’52

Marie Reich Butcher ’56, sister of Edith Reich ’56

Edith Reich ’56, sister of Marie Reich Butcher ’56

Lawrence Maguire, brother of Bernadette Maguire ’57

William Gavin, husband of Catherine Shipman Gavin ’68

Roydel Aloysius Hall, Sr., father of Norma Hall Brown ’85 and Patricia Hall West ’89

Lawrence Potts, father of Nancy Potts ’74

Francis Bazela, father of Regina Bazela Moroski ’83, Renee Bazela Lennutti ’85, Marcia Bazela Reichenbach ’93 and Paula Bazela

Hilda Griffiths de Arana, mother of Milagros Arana ’85

Ramon Rodriguez-Bonhomme, father of Heidi Rodriguez McKay ’87, ’90 M.A.

Daniel Martin Heffernan, father of Deirdre Heffernan Yeager ’88 and Maureen Heffernan Clark ’90 and grandfather of Brian Clark ’24

Henry “Harry” McHugh, husband of Margaret McHugh ’89

Ryan Christopher Yanevich, son of Kathleen Hepburn Yanevich ’97