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Alumni Class Notes
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1960
Jeanne Sherry Pattman welcomed her 10th & 11th great-grandchildren, Fiona and Adeline Jeanne, in March. Jeanne shares, “I will be teaching at an English language camp in Tczew in July. My 13th year enjoying Polish teenagers.”
1963
Barbara M. Fahy’s latest publication is “From Image to Text: A Reading of the Spiritual Exercises, Jesuit Texts and Rubens’s Ceiling Paintings in the Jesuit Church at Antwerp” in “The Jesuitica Project: Twenty Years – Twenty Stories,” Leuven, Belgium, 2024. She shares, “I have given many papers on this wonderful former Jesuit church in Antwerp, now a parish church. My research bridges history, theology and art history. I am honored that I am one of the 20 scholars selected for this anniversary book.”
Mary Anne Bensinger Gearing shares, “Hoping to see all of you ‘Down the Shore’ in Avalon in July; if that doesn’t work, there are other venues On the Road so we can catch up on all of the activities that are happening on campus. The biggest is the need for dorm renovation—remember the big five?”
Special thanks to outgoing Alumni Association Board of Governors delegate Mary Anne Bensinger Gearing for her service.
1965
Bobbie Giordano Costigan shares, “Noreen Cheleden, Beth O’Neill, Ferdie Lamb and I met for dinner at Ambrosia in Philadelphia to celebrate Noreen’s birthday. Enjoyed catching up on latest family news. Always a fun time.”
1967
Nine of us attended Reunion Day on April 27th. As always, IU provided us with ambiance, good food, drink, and we brought the fun!
Upcoming 2024 events: Carol Night is December 6, and the Golden Macs Christmas Tea is December 10. The tea is a lovely afternoon, and we always have a good group. We hope to see you there.
Happy summer to you, and remember, our 60th is only three years away. Until we are together again, let’s hang on to what we got!
Love, the Quartet,
Mary Anne Burns Duffy mbd917@comcast.net
Rita Bensinger Hartleroad hartleroad@hotmail.com
Kathy Cooper Kulesza kuleszak@comcast.net
Robie Wright Verostick robie.verostick@gmail.com
MaryAnn Genova Diorio, Ph.D., has completed book three in her historical women’s fiction series, “The Wives of Old Cape May.” “The Farmer and Mrs. Lombardi” is the story of a 19th-century, middle-aged mother of four who births a child with Down syndrome.
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.
Milestones
Elizabeth O’Leary Schreffler ’06, daughter Anna born April 2024
Sara Wilson Meyer ’08, son Maximillian “Max” born November 2023
Jaime Frazier ’10, son James born in May 2023
Betsy Trego Rotzell ’10, daughter Hannah Lee born April 2024
Gabrielle Capaldi Stringham ’14 and Cameron Stringham ’14, son Luca Anthony born October 2023
Brendan Leardi ’22, daughter Scarlett Anna born June 2024
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
Upcoming Alumni Events
- On the Road with 20BELOW in Malvern, PA
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - On the Road: Lancaster. PA
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - On the Road: Lancaster. PA
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - Alumni Spiritual Retreat
Saturday, January 25, 2025 - Meatball Monday
Monday, January 27, 2025 - On the Road with 20BELOW in Allentown, PA
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - On the Road:Wilmington, DE
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - On the Road: Princeton, NJ
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
See the full list of alumni events.
Save the Date
The Alumni Spiritual Retreat will be held Jan. 25, 2025.
Class representatives and anyone interested in helping with their class for the 2025 reunion should contact the Alumni Office at alumnidept@immaculata.edu.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for the Awards Reception and the Golf Invitational. Learn more.
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