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A publication of the Mercy High School Alumnae and Advancement Office Volume 46, Number 16, Summer 2019

In this issue:
Mercy News:
Sr. Dee’s Jubilee
FIESTA 2019
All-School Reunion
Graduation

Alumnae Features:
Making a Difference in
Chicago Communities
Mercy Saved Her

Annual Report
 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Pride and Gratitude Table of Contents:

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
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
Mercy their school of choice. 10 | Graduation
14 | Athletic Accolades
In February, we celebrated one of our largest FIESTAs ever 16 | Passion for Service
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
that by raising more than $400,000 to provide opportunities for young girls to 22 | Monarch Parents
attend Mercy through the Negotiated Tuition Program. I want to express my Club Supports School
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
donors who supported our efforts. We also celebrated Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and Advancement News
her husband, John. They received the Cor Misericordiae Award for their lifelong 23 | Negotiated Tuition Program
commitment to Mercy (see story page 3). Tears came to my eyes as I listened to 23 | Spring Donor
Student Council President Mayela Hernandez ‘19 share her Mercy journey with Appreciation Event
the attendees. My gratitude continued as attendees filled the monarch by raising
their paddles to honor my jubilee. Thanks to a matching grant of $50,000 from Alumnae Features
the Heider Foundation, we raised more than $130,000 during this segment. 20 | Making a Difference in
Chicago Communities
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

This spring also brought a new leadership and empowerment program to Annual Report
our Mercy corridors called Kaleidoscope (see story on pages 18 and 19). By 29 | Annual Report
building on our OnToCollege with John Baylor program, our counselors and the
Advancement Office were able to provide our girls with networking connections Back Cover: Golf Fest 2019
and opportunities to build their strengths, with practical knowledge to support
personal development.

In April, we took the time to express gratitude through a donor appreciation event
(see story page 28).

We finished our year with graduation. Sixty-six students walked the stage at the
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
more than $6 million in scholarships and were accepted to 59 higher education Vice President for Advancement: Nate Driml
institutions. I am also extremely grateful for the dedication, commitment, and Communications and Marketing Director
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
support and love of their families. Layout & Design: Cindi Coulter

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
accomplishments of our students and am confident we will continue on our Naomi Chambers, Database Coordinator,
path of excellence. chambersn@mercyhigh.org.

Stay in touch with us and keep us updated on Mercy

With blessings to you and yours, information on our website at mercyhigh.org
Also follow us on social media:
Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM
@MercyHighSchoolOmaha
President @MercyHighSchool
@MercyHighOmaha
P. S. As Catherine McAuley said, “What a joy it is to be a Sister of Mercy.” @MercyHighSchool-Omaha

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MERCY NEWS
Mercy Couple Receives
Cor Misericordiae Award
A love of Mercy High School’s mission and a dedication to giving
others an opportunity are the inspiration behind Nicole Hahn
Jesse ’80 and John Jesse’s long-term commitment to the school.
The couple has lent their
considerable talents to Mercy
as leadership volunteers, Donors
of Distinction, parents, and
business advisors. In honor of their
dedication, Mercy High School
bestowed its highest award,
the Cor Misericordiae Award, at
FIESTA. The award reflects the
heart of Mercy: core values of faith,
knowledge, and service that shape
each Mercy student.
Their story began with Nicole who
attended Mercy and was active in
Student Council, theatre, music,
speech and debate. In fact, she
credits the school with helping to
define who she is.
“When I entered Mercy, I was not
very confident. The school helped
me find myself. I truly believe
students become confident
women there. My
husband and I
are committed to
making sure other
young girls have the
opportunity for a
Mercy education,”
Nicole said.
Powerful women
were an integral
part of Nicole’s
formative years
both at school and
in her personal
life. Her family
founded La Casa
Pizzaria where she serves as
General Manager and Co-Owner.
Her mother and aunt operated
the business for many years until
they retired. Nicole has worked at
the business all her life and met
her husband, John, there when
she was a junior and he was a
sophomore at Creighton Prep. They
dated throughout college, wed in
1986, and both earned MBAs at
the University of Nebraska Omaha.
They have three children.
Nicole was asked to serve on
Mercy’s Alumnae Council shortly
after she graduated from college.
She also sent her daughters,
Madeleine ’12 and Genevieve ’14,
to Mercy. The couple were active
parents while their daughters
were in school, chairing FIESTA’s
live auction for four years, chairing
the 2010 fundraising campaign,
Summer 2019
and endowing two student
scholarships. Those scholarships
honor two former teachers: Sr.
Rosemary Floersch, RSM, SM ’52
and Sr. Catherine Marie Franey,
RSM, Mount St. Mary ’29.
John, who is the Associate Vice
President for Finance at Creighton
University, has also served as an
Endowment Trustee for Mercy for
the past ten years. Nicole joined
the Board of Trustees of the school
in 2015 and currently serves as
its Chair.
“My wife and daughters, as
graduates, are examples of what
Mercy brings to the table: an
excellent, faith-based education
that gives students the opportunity
to reach their full potential and
make a difference in the world,”
said John.
“The Jesses are a remarkable
example of members of the Mercy
family who give of themselves.
They truly deserve this award,” said
Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, President,
Mercy High School.
.
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Photography:
Above middle right: Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and John
Jesse, pictured here with Sr. Delores, received the
Cor Misericordiae Award at FIESTA.
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MERCY NEWS
A Dancing Queen with a Zeal
for Education, Life and Mercy
She has been described as an adventurous, creative visionary with a
heart of gold, committed to service with personality to spare.
She is also a Sister of Mercy who
is celebrating 50 years with her
community and is currently serving
as President of Mercy High School.
Her name is Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM
and her story is a fascinating journey
of helping others and supporting
students as an educator and
administrator for more than 40 years.
She grew up on a mixed livestock
farm in North English, Iowa, the
only child of William and Mary
Hannon. Much of Sr. Dee’s time
was spent outdoors playing or
doing chores like milking cows. She
went to small rural public schools
until she went to college and
was involved in the local church,
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attending vacation Bible camp, and
studying the Catechism.
Sr. Dee loved school and had a
special aptitude for math. She
decided to attend Mount Mercy
University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to
earn a degree in math. Thanks not
only to her mom and dad but to
many of her extended family who
provided financial support, she was
able to attend college. She also
received a math scholarship.
“Sputnik was in the news and
encouraging a young woman to go
to college and study math was highly
desirable, so I received a substantial
scholarship,” she said.
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While at the university, Sr. Dee was
inspired by the Sisters of Mercy who
ministered there including Sr. Agnes
Hennessy, the President, and one
of her teachers, Sr. Gladys Daly, who
also lived on her dorm floor.
Sr. Dee knew she wanted to live a
life of service and even considered
the Peace Corps.
“Mercy changed the course of
my life. It was there I met the
Sisters of Mercy, and I entered
the community my sophomore
year. The concept of service was
very appealing. Sometimes in
vocation reflections I will tell people
that I was too afraid to join the
Peace Corps, so I joined the Sisters
of Mercy. I have stayed with the
community because of the Sisters I
met, and it is the best place for me
to be,” she said.
After graduating, Sr. Dee was
tapped by senior leadership from
the Sisters to serve as a principal
and encouraged to obtain her
Master’s Degree in Education.
She became a principal at
St. Matthew’s Grade School in
Kalispell, Montana, in 1978 and went
on to be principal at Our Lady of
Grace School in Edina, Minnesota,
in 1981. From 1983 to 1995, Sr. Dee
was the principal at several grade
schools in Iowa. She has served as
the Vice President of the Sisters
of Mercy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
and the President of St. Edmond
Catholic School in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
She became President of Mercy
High School in 2009.
(where she earned the nickname
“Flying Nun”) to whale watching to
horseback riding to participating in
pie throwing and dunk tanks.
Since she arrived at Mercy High
School, she has become the
“face of Mercy” and has a long
list of accomplishments. Some
highlights include:
• Keeping the mission of Mercy
at the forefront of the school’s
educational commitment.
• Providing prudent, fiscal
management. She has sustained
the school’s Negotiated Tuition
Program, which distributes annually
$1.8 million in tuition assistance
to deserving students, and has
made significant infrastructure Sisters of Mercy Sr. Dee said, “this
improvements including a new commitment is a journey. You
HVAC system and renovated have to continue to reflect on it
science laboratories. Sr. Dee and review it. One of the greatest
accomplished all of this while not accomplishments is each year at
incurring additional debt. graduation. It is a yearly reminder
of why I do what I do: support
• Enhancing the awareness of and
students in being their best selves.”
support for the school. The school
has refined its brand and increased
She is especially excited about the
its advancement activities.
school’s recent efforts to support
students as they plan for college,
She has also lent her considerable
and she is looking forward to
educational and administrative talents
developing the next phase of the
to several other groups and received
Strategic Plan for the school.
a number of prestigious awards.
Recently Mercy students surprised
Sr. Dee is a Board Member of the
her with a flash mob of “Dancing
College of St. Mary, a Trustee of
Queen,” her favorite song from her
Mount Mercy University, Cedar
favorite movie, “Mamma Mia!” The
Rapids, and a member of the
event was filmed by several media
Financial Advisory Committee of
outlets and started a social media
the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest.
buzz.
Last year, she received Creighton
Preparatory High School’s Sword
of St. Ignatius, an honor given ........................................................................................................................................................................................

to a person who has striven to Photography:

“One of my greatest joys is to
see what students have become
from when I knew them as
kindergarteners and then the fine
men and women they are today,”
she said.
Always one to dive right in, she has
tried many things from skydiving
demonstrate exemplary service for
the Greater Glory of God. In 2015,
Mercy High School was the only
school to receive the Greater Omaha
Chamber of Commerce Business
Excellence Award.
When asked to reflect on
celebrating 50 years with the
Above left: In honor of Sr. Dee’s jubilee the students did
a flash mob dance to her favorite song, “Dancing Queen”
from the movie “Mamma Mia!” Photo credit Michael
May, The Catholic Voice.
Left bottom: Sr. Delores took her vows in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Above: Growing up on a dairy farm in Iowa.
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MERCY NEWS

FIESTA 2019: A Shining Success

The stars were certainly shining at one of
the largest FIESTAs in Mercy’s history
on Saturday, February 16. More than
$400,000 was raised, one of the highest
totals in recent years, and nearly 500
FIESTA
Mercy High School
people attended. Thanks to everyone who
supported this event.
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Highlights included:
• Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and John Jesse
received the Cor Misericordiae Award.
See story on page 3.

•A
 nn 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.

•S
 tudent 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.

•A
 ttendees watched a unique, heart-
warming video highlighting Sr. Delores’
50th jubilee as a Sister of Mercy. See
story on pages 4 and 5.

• The event was held at a new venue at

the Omaha Marriott Downtown in the
Capitol District.

• Special thanks to FIESTA 2019 Chairs and ................................................................................................................................................................................................

Mercy parents Lynn and Brad Muse who Photography:

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.
made the evening shine. Left to right in the back row: Mrs. McGill and junior
Rachel Grigsby. Left to right front row: senior Uyen
• We are especially grateful to the Nguyen, junior Fia Cohen, and junior Emma Johnson.
hundreds of businesses and individuals Above top: Pictured left to right Christine Gonderinger ‘12,
who provided sponsorship, underwriting Kathleen Griffith ‘09 and Emily Gonderinger ‘09 having
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
foreground, and Carol Neill Casey ’58 enjoy the historical displays at this year’s FIESTA with
Mark your calendar for next year’s
Monte Kniffen, CA, Institute Community Archivist, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.
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.
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MERCY NEWS
All-School Reunion Gathering
More than 200 alumnae, family and friends attended this year’s
All-School Reunion on June 2.
The annual event began with Mass celebrated by
Fr. Steve Ryan, Chaplain at Creighton University’s School
of Dentistry. He reminded the audience that “prayer is
simply a conversation with your beloved, your God.”
The Mercy High School Alumnae Choir led participants in
song and Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, President, welcomed
the group back to school. More than 35 members of
the class of 1969 also received their Golden Guild pins.
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After Mass, attendees gathered in the gym with many
classes sitting at tables together. Kaylea Dunn ’96,
Alumnae Council President, presented Ann Bendon
Wieberg ’57 with the 2019 Distinguished Woman of
Mercy Award. Ann shared her Mercy connections
through the years, and how the school has been an
integral part of her family’s life.
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Photography:
Top left: More than 200 alumnae, family and friends gather in the chapel at
All-School Reunion.
Middle left: Linda Grzebielski Kaspar ’69 receives her Golden Guild pin from
Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, Mercy High School President.
Bottom left: The Class of 1969 left to right, front row: Linda Grzebielski Kaspar, Melody
Wichert Phelps, Liane Smith Gulizia, Mary Ellen Lynch O’Neill, Mary Pat Giblin Roy,
Deborah Pokorny Lhotak, Kathleen Vana Kensinger, Mary Jo Troia-Tejeda, Ruth Vidlak
Clark and Jean Flegg Edwards. Second row: Linda Alexander Gubbels, Diane Hope
Kean, Teri McCarthy, Jeanne Heaston, Betty Molacek, Therese McGrath, Kathleen
Conradson Gunzelman, Rena Garcia Cruse, Mary Jo Sanders and Leslie Marchello
Peterson. Third row: Kathy Kirk , Margaret Geise Ojeski, Linda Zelensky Cernik, Carol
Pflueger, Theresa Fry Geraghty, JoAnne Glynn Catlett, Georgia Zajicek Ford, Laura
Kavanaugh Cameron, Susanne Schafer, and Anne Marie Kenny.
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
Rosenthal Dunning, SM ’54, Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57, Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59,
Christine Basque Malloy ’87, Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90 and Kate Tietjen ’19.
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MERCY NEWS
Wieberg Named Mercy
Alumna Award Recipient
St. Thomas Aquinas said, “The family is God’s greatest masterpiece.” Ann
Bendon Wieberg ’57 has been working on that masterpiece all her life.
Motivated
by faith and
devoting her
time and
energy to
family, she
has led a life
as a Woman
of Mercy. For
Ann, that
family has
not only included her immediate
family but also her Mercy family
and community. She was named
the 2019 Distinguished Woman
of Mercy, an award given by the
Mercy High School Alumnae
Council.
The award recognizes an alumna
for her outstanding achievements,
service, and contributions that
promote the growth of faith,
knowledge and service in her career,
community and/or society. As the
recipient of this award, the honoree
is someone who is respected by her
peers, outstanding in her field, and
promotes good for society.
Ann started high school at St. John’s
and migrated to Mercy when
the schools joined in 1955. Her
parents wanted her to go to a
Catholic school, and St. John’s was
the logical choice since the family
attended St. John’s Church.
When Ann was 15, her mother
passed away. As the oldest of six,
she stepped up and helped care
for her siblings, the youngest a
15-month old. This did not allow
time for after-school activities,
but Ann loved her Latin and
English classes and how the Mercy
commitment to a faith-based
education reinforced her values.
“At Mercy the teachers
cared about you,
modeled positive
behavior, and instilled
in us both academic
and life lessons.”
“Service was not an after-thought;
it was part of everything we did.
I also made lifelong friends I still
have today,” she said.
Because of family obligations,
she could not afford to go on to
college. She started working two
weeks after graduation at AT&T.
Ann married John Wieberg in
1963 and started her own family.
She had five children, including
four daughters who also attended
Mercy: Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83,
Susan Wieberg Meschede ’84,
Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90
and Theresa Wieberg Cook ’98.
“My husband John and I felt it
was important for our girls to go
to Mercy. The value of a same-
sex education was undeniable,
and it gave our girls leadership
opportunities they would not
have experienced anywhere else,”
she said.
Summer 2019
Over the years, in addition to
providing support as a Mercy
parent, she volunteered for Right
to Life, delivered meals to families
at shelters, and kept active in
her church and community by
serving on the Parish Council
and School Board. She also tries
to bring a feeling of family to
her friends who are homebound
by connecting with them on a
regular basis.
Her love of Mercy runs deep. She
has served on the school’s
Alumnae Council for five years.
The Golden Guild Tea, where
alumnae who graduated 50 or
more years ago come back to the
school to be honored, was her
brainchild.
“This celebration is a nice way
for women of my age to connect
with the school and their
classmates,” she said.
Her family masterpiece
continues to be created. Three
sisters, two nieces and all three
granddaughters have attended
Mercy. The third, Kate Tietjen,
graduated this past May.
Ann’s nominator said, “With great
dedication and humility, she excels
in all areas that make up the
recipient of this award. She is truly
the epitome of a Woman of Mercy.”
Ann received her award at the
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.
Emma Weis. She was a Senior attended Mercy. She received If someone told me 20 years down
Class Officer, Student Ambassador, numerous academic honors and that road that one of my classmates
and a member of Mock Trial, seven scholarships from various became a congresswomen or even
National Honor Society (NHS), colleges. Emma plans to attend the president, I would not be surprised.
and Yearbook. She also served University of Nebraska at Kearney, Every single one of my classmates
as President of the Baking Club majoring in Biology on a Pre- has grown in her confidence and
and Math Club. She played Medicine track. Emma also signed a beliefs these last four years,” she said.
soccer all four years and was letter of intent to play soccer there.
co-captain of the varsity squad. Alexia Rains was this year’s
Emma volunteered at the Munroe During her speech, she reminded salutatorian. She has been a
Meyer Institute where she is now the Class of 2019 that they can member of Student Council for
currently employed and attended make a difference: three years, a member of National
the service trip at Misericordia in Honor Society, served as a Student
Chicago her junior year. Emma is “We care so deeply about each Ambassador, and was in Future
also part of a Mercy legacy. Her other and the world, and we will Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
mom, Francie Riedmann Weis ‘81, not sit quietly. We are filled with The student-athlete played soccer
and her grandmother, Rita Ostblom compassion and passion, and we all four years and was a co-captain

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of the varsity squad for two years. Alexia was the Mercy Day Director her
Photography:
senior year and has participated in service-related projects including
Operation Others. Alexia’s sisters, Kaleena ’14 and Malia ’16, graduated from Opposite page: From left to right: Seniors Devin
Mercy. Alexia plans to attend the University of Nebraska Omaha and major in Moline, Uyen Nguyen and Mary Winkelmann
Biotechnology. Alexia received nine scholarships from several colleges. celebrate their graduation.

Above top: Valedictorian Emma Weis speaks at

Alexia complimented the faculty during her speech: Commencement.

Above left: Students are greeted by faculty and

“The faculty and staff at Mercy High School have taught us more than they’ll
staff as they make their way to the stage at
ever realize. But most importantly they have taught us that with the right Commencement.
mindset and work ethic we possess the power to make a difference. That
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.
can teach a student to earn an ‘A’. A great teacher can give any student the
foundation they need to succeed regardless of the subject matter. Mercy High
School is the jackpot of great teachers. Mercy wouldn’t be Mercy without the
teachers and staff who work everyday to teach us the important lessons in life,”
she said.

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MERCY NEWS

Outstanding Seniors Named

Mercy students Jordan “Jojo” Fett and Katherine “Kate” Tietjen were
named Outstanding Seniors at the school’s May Crowning on May 6.
The annual award winners are school. She was a member of the Tietjen was the Vice President of
chosen by the senior class, faculty, National Honor Society (NHS), Student Council for the past two
and administration because they served as a Student Ambassador years and a member since her
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
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.
Golden Girls for four years, as well Philadelphia in June of 2018. The Last year she went on the service
as Operation Others, serving on the Mary Our Queen parishioner plans immersion trip to the Dominican
Core Team the past two years. She to attend Benedictine College to Republic, and she is a Eucharistic
was the treasurer of Student study Biology. Jojo received the Minister. She is a two-time winner of
Council this year. As a Mercy athlete, Benedict Scholar Award to attend UNICEF’s Courage to Care Award for
she played soccer throughout high Benedictine. her work on the Mercy Girl Rising
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mission project. She attended the
Mercy Leadership Conference in
Philadelphia in June of 2017.
Kate is part of a Mercy legacy;
her mother is Mary Ann Wieberg
Tietjen ’90 and her grandmother
is Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57, this
year’s recipient of the Distinguished
2019 Graduates were Accepted in 59 Colleges
• Augustana University
• Benedictine University
• Black Hills State University
• Briar Cliff University
• Capitol School of Hair Styling
& Esthetics
• Central College
• Coe College
• Chaminade University
• College of St. Mary
• Concordia University
• Creighton University
• Dakota State University
• DePaul University
• Doane University
• Embry-Riddle University
• Franciscan University
at Steubenville
• Grand View
• Hastings College
• Hawaii Pacific University
• Iowa State University
College Signing Day
Mercy High School held its first-ever College
Signing Day on May 1 to celebrate seniors
and the higher education institutions they
will be attending. Seniors wore apparel
from their chosen colleges and celebrated
with social media posts using the hashtag
#MercyMomentum.
Summer 2019
Woman of Mercy Award. She also Award, Jesuit Scholarship and
has aunts and other family Hixson Scholarship.
members who went to Mercy.
She is from Mary Our Queen. The ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Runza Student of the Week plans Photography:
to attend Creighton University
next fall, majoring in Business on a Opposite page: Kate Tietjen left, and Jojo Fett were
Pre-Medicine track. She received named Outstanding Seniors.
the Creighton University’s Founders
• Iowa Western • St. Ambrose University
• Marquette University • St. Louis University
• Metropolitan Community College • Truman State College
• Midland University • University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Minnesota State • University of Iowa
University Mankato
• University of Kansas
• Missouri Western State University
• University of Mary, Bismarck, N.D.
• Morningside College
• University of Minnesota
• Mount Marty College
• University of Missouri
• Nebraska Christian College
• University of Nebraska at Kearney
• Nebraska Methodist
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Nebraska Wesleyan
• University of Nebraska Omaha
• North Dakota State University
• University of New Mexico
•N
 orthwest Missouri
• University of Sioux Falls
State University
• University of South Dakota
• Peru State College
• University of St. Thomas
• Regis University
• University of Texas at Austin
• Rockhurst University
• Wartburg College
•S
 avannah College of
Art and Design • Wayne State College
• Simpson College • Westminster College
• South Dakota State University
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MERCY NEWS

2018-2019 Athletic Accolades:

The following provides quick overview of some of the athletic
accolades garnered this year.

Records Broken All Conference Most Valuable Player

Basketball: Softball: Softball:

Abbey Wilson: 48 3-point shots Amanda Placzek: 1st Team Amanda Placzek
made; previous record was 47 by Haley Gann: Honorable Mention
Megan Wheeler ’18 Volleyball:
Volleyball: Emma Nebel
Track and Field: Emma Nebel, Abby Wessling: Golf:
Anou Akot: Triple jump 33’7 ½”; Honorable Mention Grace Gonka
previous record was 33’6” held
by Larissa Morehead ’11 Basketball: Cross Country:
Katie Geist: Discus 111’7”; Summer Mann, Sierra Mann,
Kate Tietjen
previous record was 111’4” held by Anna Sommers, Abbey Wilson:
Megan Meisinger ’06 Honorable Mention
Basketball:
Summer Mann
Soccer: Soccer:
Track:
Lexi Siefken: 15 shutouts in a Lexi Rains, Katie Shields: Anna Youell
season; previous record was 11 1st Team
held by Sammie Emsick ’05 and Emma Weis, Jordan Fett, Soccer:
Dana Kucirek ’10 Summer Mann, Kiley Hoge, Lexi Siefken
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,
to play soccer at the University of Nebraska registers a new record
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at Kearney. made: 15 shutouts in a
season.
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NSAA Academic
Most Improved Player All-State College Signings

Softball: Softball: Five soccer athletes signed

Meg Harmon Rena Lee Letters of Intent to further their
playing careers:
Volleyball: Volleyball:
Katie Geist Emily Erlbacher, Emma Nebel University of
Nebraska at Kearney:
Cross Country: Golf: Katie Shields, Emma Weis,
Aaliyah Flores-Pliego Grace Gonka Aleaya Snyder

Basketball: Cross Country: Briar Cliff University:

Sierra Mann, Anna Sommers Jenna Bies, Kate Tietjen Kiley Hoge, Maddie Nelson

Track: Basketball:
Katie Geist Erin Epp, Anna Sommers
Other Honors:
Soccer: Track:
Kate Tietjen Katie Geist, Anna Youell Aleaya Snyder was selected
for the Metro All-Star Team.
Soccer:
Emma Weis, Lexi Rains

Abbey Wilson set a school Anou Akot set a triple Katie Geist set a discus
record for the most three jump record. record.
15
pointers in a season: 48.
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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.
During the last six months, there
were numerous opportunities for
students to participate in service-
related activities. Here are a few
highlights:
• T
 he National Honor Society and
Holy Cross Catholic School
sponsored a blood drive through
the Red Cross to provide
life-saving blood.
• D
 uring Catholic Schools Week,
students created Valentines to
send to children in hospitals. This
is part of The Elysa Foundation’s
annual Letters from Angels event.
• D
• M
 ercy High School is part of a
national network for Mercy
education called the Mercy Girl
Effect that supports educational
efforts around the world. This
year’s Mission Week, entitled
Mercy Houses CommUNITY,
raised funds to provide basic
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necessities for displaced Syrian
refugees living in camps in
Lebanon. Sisters of Mercy are on
the ground there providing help.
The Student Council-led activity
raised more than $18,000.
Activities included presentations
on the mission in Theology
classes, a dodge ball tournament,
a penny war, a soup cook-off,
writing postcards, making
friendship bracelets for refugees,
selling T-shirts and wrist bands,
and SIESTA: a fun, festival-like
event. The week culminated
with the Glow Dance.
 uring spring break, six girls along
with faculty sponsors visited
Misericordia. This community of
care, operated by the Sisters of
Mercy, maximizes potential for
persons with mild to profound
developmental disabilities. The
operation serves more than 600
children and adults from diverse
racial, religious and socio-economic
backgrounds. Students and
sponsors worked alongside
residents in a variety of areas
including: technology, art, life
skills, bakery, coffee packaging,
gardening, laundry and recycling.
• S
 tudents from the Poetry for
Life Club love to read and write
poetry and have been visiting a
local retirement home to share
their passion with the residents.
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Photography:
Top left: Pictured left to right are Mercy students
visiting Misericordia in Chicago during a service trip.
They are Maddi Kimsey ’19, Gina Troia ’20, Maggie
Reinard ’19, Molly Vankat ’21, Erin Schartz ’21, and
Allison Gurnon ’21.
Top middle: Mercy students made bracelets during
Mission Week.
Top right: The National Honor Society along with
Holy Cross Catholic Church sponsored a blood drive.
Pictured is Zoie Malesker, Junior.
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MERCY NEWS
May Crowning Honors
Mary, Students
One of the most meaningful
traditions at Mercy High School
is May Crowning. The ceremony
honors Mother Mary by selecting
a senior to be May Queen who
exemplifies the qualities of Mary.
She crowns Mary’s statue with a
circlet of flowers. The May Queen
is accompanied by the May Court,
which includes representatives
from each class.
This year’s May Queen was Allison
Vana, President of the Senior Class.
She has been a class officer all of
her four years at Mercy, ran Cross
Country since sophomore year, and
also ran in Track. A member of the
National Honor Society her junior
and senior year, she has participated
in Art Club and Math Club and was
on the tech crew for “Alice in
Wonderland.” She was chosen for
the Nocturne Court as a sophomore.
Her service activities included
volunteering at St. Gerald Elementary
School, participating in the JDRF
One Walk, and helping with FIESTA.
Vana belongs to St. Gerald
Catholic Church and is joined at
Mercy by her sister, Ann, who is a
sophomore. Vana is making final
plans for college and is hoping to
major in Education.
When asked about being chosen,
Vana expressed gratitude for her
role models that have sacrificed for
her, especially her mother.
“I am extremely
honored and
somewhat taken
aback that I was
selected. It is thanks
to the wonderful
people around me
that I am receiving this
recognition,” she said.
Joining her on the May Court were:
Seniors: Jennifer Carpenter and
Claire Fink
Summer 2019
Juniors: Kayleen Gruhn and
Gianna Jergovic
Sophomores: Kateri Pantoja and
Kelliaine Villalava
Freshmen: Cecilia Galardi and
Aluel Mareng
The ceremony included class
processions and a blessing from
Father Mike Eckley, Board of
Trustees member and Servant
Minister of the Archdiocese of
Omaha. Each class recited a
decade of the rosary. The final
decade was led by faculty, staff,
and the May Court. In addition,
seniors wore their caps and gowns
for the first time.
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Photography:
Above left: Members of the May Court left to right,
front row: Kelli Villalva, Claire Fink, Allison Vana,
Jennifer Carpenter, and Kateri Pantoja. Middle row:
Gianna Jergovic and Kayleen Gruhn. Last row: Aluel
Mareng and Ceci Galardi.
Above right: Allison Vana was this year’s May Queen.
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MERCY NEWS
Kaleidoscope Takes Flight
Mercy High School is committed to
providing our students with knowledge
and confidence to help them succeed. This
is why Mercy introduced Kaleidoscope.
This new, unique four-year
leadership and empowerment
program encourages each
student to maximize individual
strengths while providing a
series of progressive opportunities
to help each student reach her
greatest potential. The program’s
name was chosen because a
group of butterflies is called a
kaleidoscope.
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Working with the school’s
Counseling Department, the
Kaleidoscope program maps
out a leadership curriculum that
builds on the OnToCollege with
John Baylor ACT preparation
which is provided free to every
student.
Using other community-based
support including local
businesses, influential
community leaders, mental
health and financial literacy
experts, as well as alumnae
and school resources, students
now have better access to the
tools and materials needed to
help create a plan of personal
development.
“Kaleidoscope is intended to
complement our already
rigorous academic programs
by providing our students with
the life-skills to assist them
outside of the classroom. And
much like a kaleidoscope of
butterflies evolves to their ever-
changing environment, so too
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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:
• Freshman introduction
into Gallup’s Builder Profile
10, an assessment geared
Photography:
Left: Sophomores show off their CliftonStrengths cards.
Below: Freshmen participate in a group exercise during
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.
•S
 ocial and mental health
awareness through a
presentation from a mental
health expert from CHI Health
to discuss societal pressures,
mental health, and strategies for
coping with these issues.
• Career exploration for
sophomores and seniors who
were matched with alumnae in
the careers they are interested
in to learn more about
employment possibilities.
• OnToCollege with John Baylor
provided standardized testing
strategy and preparation for
juniors.
• Financial literacy for seniors was
provided through a seminar was
provided by a community partner,
American National Bank, whereby
students learned about loans, credit
cards, bank accounts, and other
relevant financial information.
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MERCY ALUMNAE

Making a Difference in
Chicago Communities
One person taking action can make a difference. Just spend a few
minutes talking to Caitlin Botsios ’08 and her energy and commitment
to that premise comes through loud and clear.
The educator, entrepreneur and leadership opportunities available tried my hand at sports one year.
civic engager has put commitment at a modestly sized all-girls high However, perhaps my biggest
into action as Co-founder and school. And involved she was. impact was being a Co-founder of
Chief Innovation Officer for Helix Mission Week,” she said.
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
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
other high schools, Caitlin was Ambassador, member of the annual basis.
always fascinated with the all- Speech Team, Mercy High Singers,
girls high school across the street Operation Others Core Team, and Caitlin appreciated the values
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
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“I learned that through
service and education a
single person can make
a difference,” she said.
She was determined to leave
Nebraska after graduation and
attend a college that matched
her values. She decided on Loyola
University of Chicago because of
its Jesuit teachings. Caitlin earned
a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and
Communication Studies at Loyola
and went on to obtain a Master’s
in Teaching from Dominican
University. She taught middle
school for several years. Her love
of teaching came naturally. Her
mother is a teacher at All Saints
Elementary School.
In 2015, she joined WE (previously
Free The Children), an international
nonprofit focused domestically
on service learning and civic
engagement, and internationally on
holistic, sustainable development.
After WE, she served on the
national alumni team for Teach
For America.
“My experiences in education and
working in the nonprofit sector
made me keenly aware of the
systemic inequities and disparity
of services based on zip codes. I
believed change could occur if we
partnered with communities and
applied education and business
acumen to the root causes of
inequity like unemployment
and disproportionate services in
neighborhoods. That is how Helix
was formed,” she said.
According to Caitlin, Helix
collaborates across sectors and
partners with community members
to determine what neighborhood
needs are not being addressed.
They then open businesses that
address those needs and employ
primarily 16-24 year-olds within
the business. The first endeavor of
the group was opening Helix Café
in May 2019 in the Edgewater
community in Chicago. The full-
service café employs 10 workers
who receive on-the-job training,
weekly pay and personal and
professional development. The
organization is also developing a
Summer 2019
youth entrepreneurship summer
camp and is working with local
chambers, businesses, and
colleges to create a pipeline to the
next opportunity for employees.
“Mercy certainly
highlighted for me
how service and social
enterprises can have
measurable impact
on people. It showed
me the importance
of community and
how working together
through a network can
help you to build and
organize,” she said.
Caitlin still keeps in touch with
many of her classmates and lives
a few blocks away from a Mercy
graduate.
“At Mercy there is this
wonderful community
that is with you the rest
of your life. Classmates
are a diverse but like-
minded group from all
walks of life,” she said.
Her classmates would be proud.
Caitlin’s voice and action has
made a difference. Just ask those
benefiting from Helix.
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Photography:
Far left above: Caitlin celebrates her
graduation from Mercy in 2008.
Far left: Caitlin at Helix Café in Chicago.
Left: Caitlin Botsios ’08.
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MERCY NEWS
Monarch Parents
Club Supports School
Trivia Night, creation and selling of
spirit wear, the Back to School
Picnic, Mom’s Mass and Brunch,
Father-Daughter Bowling, Teacher
Appreciation Day, concessions for
home sporting events and
hospitality for events at Mercy
are activities coordinated by the
Monarch Parents Club.
The goals of this club include
financially supporting extracurricular
activities and providing social events
to bring the school together.
The Monarch Parents Club began
in the 2008-2009 school year,
but it was not called the Monarch
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Parents Club. There was a Parent’s
Club and a Monarch Club. The
Parent’s Club focused on getting
the parents of Mercy girls involved
with the school and putting on
events. The Monarch Club’s sole
focus was supporting the students;
it was an all-encompassing athletic
and fine arts booster club.
In 2014 the two clubs combined so
that parents could put on events
to financially assist their daughter’s
extracurricular activities.
One of the popular events
sponsored by the group is Trivia
Night held in late January. This year
was the fifth annual gathering and
more than $10,000 was raised.
The club consists of a core group
of eight members: two parent
representatives from each class
for a total of four moms and four
dads of Mercy students. Each
core group member co-directs
two events for the year. The core
group meets three times a year
and accomplishes the rest of their
communication via email. Each
member begins with a one-year
commitment and is welcome to
continue should they choose to
do so.
In addition to coordinating special
events, the group provides
additional financial support for the
extracurricular activities. They meet
with the Athletic Director, coaches
and extracurricular sponsors in an
effort to gauge additional needs
that fall outside of the regular
budget. For example, the club
purchased the electronic marquee
outside of the main entrance, risers
for the Show Choir, an updated
sound system in Franey Hall, a
branded tent for Cross Country
and Track teams, AV equipment,
goody bags for faculty and staff
and more. Assistant Principal Holly
McCoy staffs the group.
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Photography:
Above: At Trivia Night many teams dressed in costume.
Pictured here is team Snow White and the Seven Dorks.
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MERCY NEWS

Spring Donor Negotiated Tuition

Appreciation Event Program
Mercy has long believed that a

Mercy is extremely grateful to the quality, faith-based college preparatory

education should be available
individuals and businesses that to any girl who desires it. In that
spirit in the late 80’s, Sr. Johanna
support the high school. Burnell, President, created the
Negotiated Tuition Program. Through
An appreciation event for key donors was held April 25 at the the program, an individual covenant
school. The breakfast featured remarks from Sr. Delores regarding financial needs is created
Hannon, RSM, President and Kristi Walters Wessling ’88, Principal. with each family.
Junior students joined the gathering and interacted with donors.
The Mercy High Singers also entertained the guests. Mercy’s president meets with each
family on an annual basis and sets
the tuition amount based on the
family’s financial situation. This is a
private negotiation.

“We also take in consideration factors

like how many children in the family
are going to Catholic school, college
tuition, changes in family incomes,
caring for sick relatives and more
during our discussions,” said Sr. Delores.

Over 82 percent of families benefit

from the program and annually
$1.8 million is distributed in tuition
assistance. In fact, Mercy provides
more financial assistance per
student than any other high school
in Omaha.

Since this educational opportunity is

so important to the school, it is one
of the most important fundraising
goals. Financing comes from
fundraising events like FIESTA, Food
Sale, Plant Sale and other activities
and appeals supported by parents,
alumnae, volunteers, friends, faculty
and staff. Students are part of this
fundraising mission and are actively
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
involved in these events. In addition,
Photography: funding comes from an endowment
established by the Sisters of Mercy
Top: Attendees at the Donor Appreciation Event listen to the Mercy High Singers.
and friends of Mercy.
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.
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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

from mopping floors, to setting
up events, cleaning restrooms,
general maintenance, making
minor repairs and more.

Throughout the 1980s, he lived

at the school with his wife and
two children in a one-bedroom
apartment near the boiler room.
Eventually his daughter Laura
attended Mercy, graduating
in 1987.

“I enjoy working at Peterson has logged more years “Day or night, he is available when
Mercy because of the than any other current staff or we need him. We are blessed to
sense of community. faculty member. have him as part of the Mercy
family,” she said.
People work hard
“I like my job. I feel appreciated
and are committed to for the work I do. As long as I am
........................................................................................................................................................................................

excellence,” he said. healthy and believe I can do a

Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, praises
his work ethic and positive
attitude and says he has a “smile
that lights up any room.”
Photography:
good job at Mercy, I will continue
Above: Pete Peterson bids the old boiler goodbye
to work here,“ he said. when it was replaced during the HVAC renovation.
Sr. Delores feels lucky to have his
services.

Fr. Schneider Appointed to Board

The Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community have appointed Fr. Kevin Schneider,
S.J., to Mercy High School’s Board of Trustees. He has been the Director of Adult
Spirituality programs at Creighton Preparatory High School since 1998 and serves as
the assistant chaplain for many athletic teams.

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
Theology in 1993 and was ordained in 1994. He is also a lifelong Green Bay Packers
and Creighton Bluejays fan.

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Bethany Kowal Katee Albertson Madeline Barla

Three Staff Join Mercy

Two new faculty and one new and softball and holds certificates Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
staff member will join Mercy High in athletic training and lifeguard/ and Secondary Education. She
School in the fall of 2019: Athletic professional rescue. earned her Master of Arts in
Director Bethany Kowal ’02, Math Mathematics from Saint Louis
teacher Katee Albertson, and Bethany earned a Bachelor of University. While there she received
Spanish teacher Madeline Barla. Science in Secondary Education an award for the Outstanding
and Biology from Briar Cliff Teaching Assistant in 2011.
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
Hale Magnet Middle School as Health, Physical Education, and teaching assignment at Mercy
the Girls Physical Education and Recreation at the University of High School. She most recently
Human Growth and Development Nebraska Omaha. student taught at Millard North
teacher for five years. From 2009- High School. She studied abroad
2012, Bethany was Assistant Katee Albertson has been a math in Cusco, Peru during her college
Athletic Director and Biology, Math teacher since 2008. Most recently years and received her degree
and Physical Education teacher at she taught Algebra 1-4 at Burke in Secondary Spanish Education
Mercy. As Athletic Director she will High School. She has also taught from the University of Nebraska-
be responsible for managing nine math on a college level and at an Air Lincoln. She is an active volunteer
sports, coaches for those sports, Force base in Germany. Katee is an in Launch Leadership, a group
as well as all athletic events. A active runner and played soccer in that facilitates leadership
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.

Mercy Steps “Into the Woods”

Mercy’s spring musical “Into the Woods” featured more than 50 cast members and tech
crew behind the scenes. The enchanting tale featured Cinderella, a prince, a witch, the
Big Bad Wolf, a scene-stealing cow, and tons of entertainment. A large crowd of alumnae
attended the premiere of the show in late April.

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Photography:
Hanna Stec played the witch.

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ALUMNAE FEATURE
Mercy Saved Her
Dara Green ’94 described herself as a
scared and fragile teen when she came to
Mercy, who felt misunderstood, and often
challenged authority.
She left knowing who she was,
confident, and ready for the journey
ahead of her.
“Mercy, hands down, saved my
life—from my mother’s decision to
send me to Mercy, to the school
tolerating me for my first two years,
to embracing me my last two
years,” she said.
Dara had gone to public school
before attending Mercy. Her
transition to Catholic school
was rocky not only because of
assimilation issues but because
she had a non-diagnosed anxiety
disorder. Luckily in her final two years
at the school, she was able to receive
outside medical help and the
administration and faculty at Mercy
worked with her on her anxiety.
After graduation she attended The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(SAIC) where she double majored in
Ceramics and Art Education.
“Being an artist has been my calling
for as long as I can remember.
Being an educator was realized
as a junior in high school because
I wanted to become the type of
teacher who strived to understand
the misunderstood,” she added.
She taught in the Chicago public
schools for seven years at the
Vaughn Occupational High School,
serving students with mild to severe
cognitive delays.
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“I believe that every student should
have the highest quality of art
education, despite available funding.
I organized and hosted an annual
silent auction of student work to
fund the program,” she added.
In December 2002 she moved
to Des Moines, Iowa, where she
taught at a couple of public schools
before joining the faculty at Central
Academy in 2006. The school
provides additional programming
for gifted and highly motivated
high school students.
classroom and homework or active
“Our mission at the Central learning is done in concert with
Academy studio is to inspire passion the teacher, allowing more time
in our high school students to for me to work one on one to meet
observe, envision, engage, persist, individual needs,” she explained.
and reflect on themselves as
creators, innovators, and community “My goal as an art educator is for
members through the ceramic arts. the studio to be student-centered
In the studio, we use the ceramic and student-run. Today and
arts to teach students the essential tomorrow’s students need to learn
skills to be successful in life,” she said. and be able to fail, persist, think
outside the box, and triumph over
Her pottery program started with a questions we don’t even know exist
handful of students and has grown yet,” she said.
to over 100.
Having lived her own experience of
As a teacher, Dara embraces struggle and misunderstanding that
differentiated learning styles. Her was mitigated at Mercy, Dara tries
studio is a flipped classroom, where to approach each student knowing
all the instruction is recorded by the they all wish to succeed, no matter
teacher and students can access how compliant they may appear.
lessons via YouTube. ........................................................................................................................................................................................
Photography:
“In a flipped classroom instruction
is switched. Students do their
Above: Dara Green ’94 teaches art at Central Academy
passive learning outside of the in Des Moines.
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A LU M N A E I T E M S 1970s Sarah Dunn ’98 appeared as Laura

(PHOTO S F O LLOW A RT I CLE)
1950s
Joyce Fangman Korinek, SM ’52
lectors at Mass, runs bridge
tournaments, follows her
grandchidlren’s sports, keeps house
and cooks.
Marilyn Krajicek ’58 lives in Denver
and is teaching at the University
of Colorado’s Nursing College.
1960s
Jeanne Sorich Anderson ’65 and
her husband Alan celebrated their
50-year wedding anniversary this
summer by visiting the British Isles
and taking a river cruise on the Rhine
River from Budapest to Amsterdam.
in the play “Goblin Market” in
Rev. Joan Saniuk ’72 has been
Providence, Rhode Island, from
named Network Lead for Metropolitan
March 29 to April 17.
Community Churches in the Carolinas,
Tennessee, and Georgia. Joan’s
team will facilitate communication,
2000s
care, and collaboration among Symone Sanders ’08 was named
the 12 churches in the Network. a special advisor to Joe Biden’s
presidential campaign.
Mary V. Kunes-Connell ’73, PhD,
RN, College of Nursing, Creighton The Class of 2009 had their ten-year
University, won a Distinguished Staff class reunion on May 18, 2019.
Service Award at the university’s
annual convocation.
The Class of 1973 recently
celebrated their 45th Reunion.

Members of Mercy’s Class of 1968

recently met at the Ozone Lounge to
welcome back Mary Kirby to Omaha
for a quick visit. The group decided
to go dancing to celebrate and listen
to fellow 1968 alumna Linda Buda’s
brother’s band, “The Brits,” who
made sure the Mercy Girls had a fun
evening. A great time was had by all.
Pictured left to right front row were: Sue Trigg,
Mary Ervin, and Joe Buda of “The Brits”
Band. Left to right second row were : Mary
Kirby, Hughie Thorsen, Cathy Katzenberger,
Patty Beck, Pam Antony, and Jennifer Tata.
Members of the Class of 1969
met at Diane Hope Kean’s house
for a girl’s night on Friday, went
out to dinner on Saturday, then
joined others at the All-School
Reunion. They were celebrating
50 years since graduation.
Pictured left to right: front row: Mary Beth Stoker
Kuehn, Marguerite Kirby, Mary Murphy Sledge,
Mrs. Wilson, Sarah Ruma, Jeanmarie Powers
Fonfara, Connie Mangano, Sue Bilek Katsaounis,
Terri Safranek, Joan Jensen Wagner, Janet Daly
Melia, Mary Nee Overton, and Nancy Bertagni
Wackerhagen.
Pictured left to right: back row: Pam Tessin Klusaw,
Deni Rotolo Kornbluh, Pat O’Gara Bowen,
Audrey Constance VanAckeren, Chris Bojanski
Sampugnaro, Gwen Teeple, Joan Greise
Harshbarger (hidden), Susan Koralewski Hancock,
Lou Anne Rinn, Mura Hennessy, Sue Boesiger
Perez, and Jinny Hope McCormick.
1980s
Denise Podjenski Bartels ’80 was
appointed Vice President of Fund
Development at Catholic Charities in
Omaha.
1990s
Catherine Basque Weiler ’93,
Partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell,
was recognized by Crain’s Chicago
Business as a 2019 Notable Gen X
in Law.
Kashmir Miedl,’10, BS, LMT, CPT
who owns Theory 12 Massage
and Wellness recently provided
massages for faculty and staff.
Calla Kessler ’14 works at The New
York Times as a photographer.
Marlene Djidjoho ’15, is one of the
featured students in new College
of St. Mary advertisements.
Vivian Parr ’16 and Madison Hoge
Roman ’11 are part of an all-female
cast of “All’s Well That Ends Well”
with Shakespeare on the Green
in Omaha in late June and early
July 2019.
Allysa Walsh ’17 was accepted into
Phi Theta Kappa honor society
and asked to attend Harvard
Extension School.

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Weddings
Denise Whitaker Richards ’88
married Tim Richards on July 13,
2018. Denise is a Human Resources
Specialist with State Farm.
Maria Hahn ’03 married Justin
Mergens on March 9, 2019 at
Holy Cross Catholic Church.
Jen Kotulak Molinaro ’09 married
Aaron Molinaro on May 11, 2019
at Holy Cross Catholic Church.
Megan O’Hara ’09 married Mike
Hayes on August 25, 2018.
Caitlin Boadwee Poulicke ’10
married Sean Poulicek on Saturday,
May 18, 2019. She is a physical
therapist at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center.
Births
Katherine Liebentritt
Rozmajzl ’89 and her husband
Timothy had their fifth child, Miles
William on April 15. Here he receives
a kiss from his big brother Mikey.
Hugo Michael Cherney-Jones was
born November 2, 2018 to Katelyn
Cherney ’04 and her husband,
Spencer Jones.
Brittany Walker Stirewalt ’10 and
28 her husband Aaron welcomed their
daughter Violet on May 8, 2019.
Photography Requirements:
In order to print a photo in
The Mercian, we must have
a 300 dpi or higher resolution.
Often pictures taken on
cell phones are too low
resolution. If we use these
photos they are grainy and
hard to view.
In Memoriam
We extend sympathy to the families
and friends of those alumnae whose
deaths were communicated to
the Advancement Office from
Nov. 1, 2018 — June 28, 2019. We try to
make this list as accurate as possible.
Please inform Naomi Chambers at
chambersn@mercyhigh.org if
anyone was missed.
Elsie Hubrecht Irvine SM ’42
Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin SJ ’43
Gertrude McNulty Paige SJ ’44
Patricia Fogarty Griffin SJ ’46
Ruth Tigges Niver SM ’46
Regina A. Begley SJ ’47
Lorene Towey Jensen SM ’48
Dolores Cushing Gerbeling SJ ’49
Darlene Pekas Schimonitz SJ ’49
Georgene Greenblatt
Lindeman SM ’49
Joan Marsicek Schlondorf SM ’49
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
Margaret J. O’Leary ’56
Annette Tomcykowski Schmitz ’56
Germaine Dogoda Schweigart ’56
Patricia Eckley Granger-Markey ’57
Sally Groves Theiler ’57
Kathleen McDermott Tvrdik ’57
Beverly Rocheford Wood ’58
Jean Marie Sabatka Crook ’59
Lois Ferro Cunningham ’59
Sandra Stahlecker Badura ’62
Phyllis Wolski Wees ’62
Sharon Staroski Abboud ’63
Cora Smith Behnke ’63
Mary Pat Keenan Kroll ’63
Carmen Alba Bracken ’70
Julia A. Moore ’81
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Mercy High School

Annual Report
For Fiscal Year July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019

This report provides a listing of women and men who are committed
to the mission of Mercy High School. It also provides highlights of the
activities and the student outcomes that are directly impacted by their
generosity and investment. This report serves as a reminder that it’s only
through the support of these generous alumnae, parents and friends
that our faith-based, college preparatory education is possible.
 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
laboratories, and our FIESTA 2019 was one of the largest
attended events in our history with $400,000 raised
for the Negotiated Tuition Program. Academically, our
66 graduates received more than $6 million in college
scholarships and were accepted at 59 higher education
institutions. Also our extracurricular activities, performing
arts agenda and leadership efforts afford every student
an opportunity to excel.

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
Kaleidoscope. Not only were we able to leverage current community resources and
partners to make this happen, individuals and businesses donated to completely fund
this effort.

The budget charts continue to show that we are operating in the black. As our brand
slogan says, we have ‘Faith in her future.’ We also have faith in our donors who realize
what a wise investment Mercy High School is. Your generosity gives young women
the priceless gift of education. As a result of your donations, we have successful
alumnae in leadership positions, powerful professions, families and communities, and
whatever paths they have chosen, using their Mercy education to change the world.

Wishing you blessings as the summer ends,

Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM

President

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Fiscal Year 1%
July 1, 2018- June 30, 2019

27 %
FY ‘19 Operating Revenue
Tuition & Fees $4,263,472 72%
FY ‘19
Gifts & Endowment $1,617,728 27%
Revenue
Other Income $32,455 1% $5,913,655

72 %

Total Revenues $5,913,655*

FY ‘19 Operating Expenses %

% 6
Instructional Program $3,218,543 55%
6

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Financial Assistance $1,966,045 33%

%
General Administration $359,715 6% FY ‘19
Building $326,004
Expenses

6%
$5,870,307
Total Revenues $5,870,307*

55%

*Unaudited figures

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 Annual Report

Donors of Distinction
................................................................................................. to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame,
brought gifts of intelligence, perseverance and sound
The William and Catherine Callaghan Society management to the fledgling religious order. Anna Marie
Doyle was instrumental in the spread of the Sisters of
Lifetime Giving of $1,000,000 or more Mercy throughout Ireland.
William and Catherine Callaghan befriended Catherine Heider Family Foundation
McAuley in her time of need. Quaker in their beliefs, the
Callaghans tolerated, but did not endorse, Catherine’s
..............................................................................................
Catholicism. As their health failed, each became a
death bed convert to the Catholic faith thanks to the
loving influence of Catherine McAuley. Their admiration
The Pillars of Mercy Society
of and belief in Catherine’s commitment to the good Lifetime Giving of $250,000 or more
works of Mercy, caring for the poor, sick, and uneducated,
Mercy High School’s seal prominently displays the three
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
foundation of a Mercy education and are part of the
the foundation of the Sisters of Mercy. culture of the school. Mercy is dedicated to academic
Lozier Foundation excellence and inspiring young women to become
Wayne + & Eileen Krebs Ryan SM ’45 + confident women who embody these pillars.
Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community Dr. C.C. & Mabel L. Criss Memorial Foundation
The Franey Family
Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM MSM ’29 +
.................................................................................................
John J. Franey +
Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58
The Circle of Mercy Society
Lifetime Giving of $750,000 or more
..............................................................................................
“The Circle of Mercy is timeless. It is Spirit of Life itself,
which roots us in Faith, and lifts us in Hope, and holds
The Frances Warde Society
us in God’s loving care*…” Those who have entered the Lifetime Giving of $100,000 or more
Circle of Mercy have opened their minds and hearts to a
greater understanding of Catherine McAuley’s purpose Frances Warde, inspired by the same religious zeal
in establishing the House of Mercy and living her life of and mission as Catherine, joined the women of
service. They offer hope to many and are faithful to her Baggot Street in 1828 at the age of 17. Her dedication
calling to serve God consistently in everyday matters. They and adventurous spirit fostered the establishment
are sustaining servants who exemplify what it means to be of numerous convents throughout Ireland. It was
held in God’s loving care. Frances who led the Sisters of Mercy to the United
States in 1843. At the request of Bishop Michael
*Text based on Design for Renewal by Joanna Regan and
O’Connor, the first Mercy convent was established in
Isabelle Keiss, RSM
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Among her foundations is the
Anonymous Manchester, New Hampshire Foundation from which
Archdiocese of Omaha the Omaha Sisters of Mercy emerged in 1864 to become
John & Ann Louise Urzendowski Micek SM ’49 the first religious order to serve the Catholic Church in
the Nebraska territory.

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Bank of the West
The Anna Marie Doyle Society Donald & Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM ’51
Clifford J. Miller Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Lifetime Giving of $500,000 or more Michael + & Margaret Collins
Michael & Marcia DeFreece
Anna Marie Doyle, called in religion Sister Mary Anne, John + & Gloria Jezewski Flynn SJ ’50 +
was Catherine Elizabeth McAuley’s first disciple at Doyle & Jobeun Fullenkamp
the House of Mercy. She, along with Elizabeth Harley, John & Catherine Fullenkamp
accompanied Catherine to George’s Hill and the Sisters M. Jane Huerter ’68
of the Presentation for novitiate training to become a James Skinner Baking Co.—James G. Skinner
religious sister. Later, Doyle would be the first Superior of John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80
32 the Baggot Street House of Mercy. Anna Marie, offspring Mammel Foundation
of a cultured and artistic Dublin family and the aunt
 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Irene Milewski Anthony & Teresa Vancura Vacanti ’ 73

Omnium George & Susan Venteicher
P. I. Midwest—Larry & Shirley Good
The Vojir Family
Mary C. Palmesano ’59 +
Joseph + & Jennie Vojir +
William & Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte ’ 74
Sr. M. Kateri Vojir, RSM SM ’39 +
Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan +
Lorray D. Smith ’67 + Daniel + & Patricia Wagner
Gene & Marilyn Spence Rev. Thomas R. Ward +
Joanne M. Stewart ’ 72 John W. Weekly +
Union Pacific Railroad The Weitz Company
Walter W. & Frances M. Key Charitable Foundation
Wells Fargo ...............................................................................................
Mary Ann Barfell White SJ ’53 +
Ronald & Pauline Wilwerding The Blue and Gold Society
...............................................................................................
Lifetime Giving of $25,000 or more
Mercy High School empowers young women to
The Works of Mercy Society achieve their full potential in a diverse, supportive and
academic-centered community. The school colors of
Lifetime Giving of $50,000 or more blue and gold exemplify the spirit of the school. Blue
shows confidence and gold compassion and they
The Works of Mercy are the embodiment of Catholicism:
together highlight our educational mission.
“As long as you did it to one of these, the least of my
brethren, you did to Me.” Jesus is very direct in His Anonymous
teaching; in serving others, we serve Him. When one’s Jeffrey + & Jane Green Alseth ’65
charity enables others to perform the works of the American National Bank
Gospel, blessings are multiplied. Christ is All in All. Richard & Heidi Anzalone
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Anonymous
Joseph J. Borghoff IV
George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59
Catholic Mutual Group
Eileen J. Boyle SM ’36 +
Larry & Pam Ciecior
Patricia R. Callone SM ’55 & William L. Flynn +
Clyde + & Eleanor Claus
Maurice & Junko Cox
Mary E. Corboy SM ’53
The DeMarco Family Core Bank
Betty DeMarco SM ’53 James & Mary Robino Czyz ’68
Peter & Loreta DeMarco John F. Daly SB ’29 + & Anne Daly +
Leo + & Rosemary Gaughan Daly SM ’35 +
James & Lorie Dennell
Mark & Connie Davis
Phillip + & Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50
William & Patricia Stanek Dworak ’65
William + & Mary Harvey
John & Patricia Fahey
The Kenny Family
First Data Corporation
Msgr. Francis P. Kenny +
First National Bank of Omaha
Rev. James E. Kenny +
Joseph & Judith Fisher
Sr. M. Catherine Kenny, RSM +
Rev. William J. Fitzgerald
Carolyn Jaworski ’64
Theresa J. Franco ’ 74 & James Wingender
Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 +
Msgr. Robert J. Gass +
David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’ 70
Bob & Mary Gonderinger
Deborah A. Macdonald
HDR Inc.
William C. Mahoney +
Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’ 74
Kevin & Denise McCoy
Holy Cross Parish
Moglia Family Foundation
Kevin & Elizabeth James Joyce ’ 72
Joseph + & Helen Clare Murphy +
William & Kathleen Baines Kizer ’66
Mutual of Omaha
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Patricia Naylon +
Frank + & Grace Laird +
Wayne & Sarita Troia Penka ’67
Gerald & Karen Lenczowski
Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc.
Robert + & Dorothy Matt +
Msgr. Paul F. Peter +
Michael & Nancy McCarthy
Lou Anne Rinn ’ 73
Edward + & Claire McDonough +
Wilson + & Mary Alice Schollman SM ’33 + 33
Thomas & Ann Messersmith
James & Marsha Stewart
 Annual Report

MidAmerican Energy Co. Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58

Frank & Jill Mihulka Terrence M. Connelly +
Pier 1 National Bank Mary Kay Connor ’63
Larry & Pat Reding Margaret C. Cosgrave +
The Regan Group Inc.—Edward & Rosalie Regan Tim & Mary Coyle
Kent & Karen Riesberg Creighton University
Grace Aldrich Ringer MSM ’20 + Betty Cronin SM ’46 +
John & M. Theresa Houston Ringwalt ’67 Gary & Peggy Hanna Crouch ’62
Mike & Anna Sortino Robert + & Clare “Tupper” O’Hearn Cunningham SJ ’43 +
Patrick & Susan Kenny Stevens ’64 Martin + & Jean Gaule Curnyn SJ ’45 +
Sr. M. Callista Takes, RSM + Mike & Mary Jo Dahir
Denis & Marian Walsh + Christine Dunn
John R. Wingender, Jr. & Mary Kay Miller Dyer Law Office—Michael & Elizabeth Dyer
T. Randall & Veronica Wright Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust
Sr. M. Justin Evans, RSM MSM ’22 +
Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85
............................................................................................... Robert & Linda Walsh Fell ’65
J. Michael & Janelle Fitzgerald
The Spirit of Mercy Society Phil Flott
Msgr. John A. Flynn +
Lifetime Giving of $10,000 or more Charles + & Rene Wilfong Garvey SM ’45
The Spirit gives Life, and the spirit of Mercy gives Mercy Pat & Sandy Gaydusek
life. The sacrifices of the many facilitate the work of the Richard A. Gerbeling
few, enabling the fulfillment of Catherine’s dream that Gilbert M. & Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation
every young woman have the opportunity to learn about Carmella Giordano SJ ’43 +
God and the Gospel of Jesus, to make a living, to serve Suzanne M. Grandinetti ’69
others, and to become all God intended her to be. The Louise E. Gross +
mission begun in Dublin so many years ago is the same Jo Marie Guastello
today: The careful instruction of women. Those who give Harold & Judith Enis Hall ’61 +
in the Spirit of Mercy give Mercy life. Jerald + & Marianne Beck Hall ’66
Bruce & Marlene Haney
Ann Hedwig Charitable Foundation D. Paul & Marjorie Hartnett +
Anonymous Richard + & Judith Suing Harvey ’56
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
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 +
Marie C. Bauer SM ’35 + Elizabeth A. Hug ’62
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
Patricia M. Jesse
Thomas + & Mary Ann Belford
Judith A. Belitz ’83 The Kastl Family
J. Robert & Kathleen Calvert Bohacek SJ ’43 + Mary Kastl Fowler, SM ’45 +
Robert & Kathleen Bonebrake Jo Kastl Henely SM ’47 +
Ronald & Judy Jarecki Boner ’ 79 Carol Kastl ’60 +
Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65 Teresa C. Kastl SM ’55
Robert & Patricia O’Gara Bowen ’ 73 Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52
Steven & Mary Beth Ritzdorf Branscombe ’ 76 Jane M. Keller ’66 +
Joseph + & Patricia Dethlefs Brennan ’ 73 Paul & Karen Keller
Richard + & Deborah Bujarski Kellogg’s
Ken & Kimberly Lang Bunnell ’88 Gerard + & Mary Kelly
Burlington Capital LLC Bernard & Kathleen Watsabaugh Kratochvil SJ ’52
Daniel & Sharon Palladino Burns SM ’53 Antoinette J. Kuhry ’63
Patrick & Carol Neill Casey ’58 Lawrence + & Lucille Langdon +
34 CHI Health Robert + & Patricia Colchin Lavey SM ’50
Warrine P. Coffey ’61 Leslie & Phyllis Lawless
 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Michael & Mary Leighton Robert & Michelle Ramaekers

Charles & Ellen Ritzdorf Lierk ’ 70 Richard & Jo Ann Newell Raymer ’67
Eugene & Roseann Lilla Melven + & Dolores Brewster Rice SM ’38 +
Kevin & Luanne Little Mary Ellen Rozmajzl ’ 72
Christopher & Gina Lypaczewski George F. Rushart +
Donald + & JoAnn Alter Maher SM ’48 Constance M. Ryan ’ 70
Donna M. McCarthy SJ ’36 + Joseph & Jane Sather
Holly McCoy Thomas & Janice Schleisman
Patrick & Patricia McGinnis Dale & Debbie Scott
Maureen E. McGrath ’57 Walter & Suzanne Scott +
The Meehan Company—Thomas & Margo Meehan Anthony & K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59
Ted & Cindy Menzel James + & Jeanette Slavin +
MJA Enterprises—Michael & Sandy Albers Joseph M. Smith +
W. Scott Morris John & Judith Poetzel Soliz ’57
Stephen Mossman Christopher & Judy Niemoller Sorenson ’ 75
Thomas & Tammara Spence Nussrallah ’86 John + & Claire Sobczyk Sova SM ’50 +
Donald & Margaret Greise Ojeski ’69 Streck
Omaha Community Foundation Sunridge Village
Omaha Public Power District Surgery Center of the Heartland
Anthony & Jacqui Orahoske TD Ameritrade
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Terry & Liz Thurman
Sr. M. Catherine Owens, RSM MSM ’26 + A. Joseph Ward
Frederick + & Betty Paige + Patricia D. Ward
Robert & Patricia Zauner Paulsen ’56 Don & Angie Wells
James + & Joan Peter + W. James + & Marie Moylan Wharton SM ’48
Roger & Mary Mason Wozny ’64
The Petrasic Family
Margaret Yungbluth ’65 & David Balling
Rev. Martin J. Petrasic +
Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’ 71
Mary D. Petrasic SM ’39 +
Pinnacle Bank
+ Deceased
Walter + & Carol Ann Cooney Pitzer SM ’53 +
Mary Jo Pitzl ’ 75
PrintCo Graphics

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Some individuals give online on a monthly basis. This is convenient and automatic. If you want to participate contact
Nate Driml, Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or drimln@mercyhigh.org.

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Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Sarah Truscott Grigaitis ’82 Thomas & Tammara Spence Nussrallah ’86
Mary E. Corboy ’53 Marianne Beck Hall ’66 Kelly K. Nystrom ’86
Kathy Roccaforte Denning ’03 John & Ruth Gross Harre ’76 Jennifer Fochek Ozenbaugh ’98
Fred & Julia Doran Monica Harrington ’91 Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Tancy Dodson Ellis ’68 Elizabeth A. Hug ’62 Leanne C. Prewitt ’97
Alexander & Kristine Mattini Evans ’06 Mark & Alice Putjenter Jaksich ’78 Mary Pat Giblin Roy ’69
Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85 Judith Jurek ‘63 Paul & Mary Lou Houston Sherrerd ’70
Thomas J. Fitzgerald James & Gail Babb Kotulak ’82 Christopher & Judy Niemoller Sorenson ’75
Phil Flott Andrew & Barbara Krolikowski William & Carolyn Andreasen Taylor ’71
Amanda M. Fulton ’98 Gary & Mary Tuttle Marasco ’67 Janet Schmidt Tomarkin ’68
Pat & Sandy Gaydusek Shannon K. McClure ’95 Kimberly Bryant Vavra ’01
Timothy & Carrie Zuerlein George ’91 Lynn & Mary Zenk McHugh ’72 Don & Angie Wells
Armand & Mary Rae Metz Gibbons ’58 John & Nancy Meng-Frecker Jennifer Wrobleski ’91
David Glatte Jennifer Kotulak Molinaro ’09

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 Mercy High School by the numbers

98%
$6 million+ earned in
OUR 2019 GRADUATES

college scholarships
75%
Received
of grads are
college
college-bound
scholarships
Accepted at59
higher education
institutions

18
Advanced Placement

THE MERCY ADVANTAGE

• 28% diversity rate and Dual Enrollment
• 100% of Omaha zip codes and income
courses

13:1
levels represented

• 20% of the student body are legacies

Student-to-teacher • 1:1 student iPad program

ratio
• 2 state-of-the art science labs

• 26 liturgies, prayer services and

retreats offered annually

60%
• 10,000 service hours annually

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sports, clubs &
• 100% of students receive free ACT prep student organizations
of faculty with Master’s from OnToCollege with John Baylor
degree or higher

$64,800
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

82%
given in scholarships each year for placement exam

of families receive
tuition assistance
$1.8M
in tuition assistance
given annually

5,400 alumnae $3M+

invested in building
improvements in the
last three years

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 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

First Quarter
Year in Review

Mercy welcomes 113 freshmen on

the first day of the quarter.
A time-honored tradition is the
Greenie Parade.

Alumnae celebrating their 50th

anniversary received a special pin
during the Golden Guild Tea.
The 28th annual Driving for
Excellence Golf Fest raised $72,000.

As part of Mercy Day, Seniors are

chosen to portray Catherine McAuley,
founder of the Sisters of Mercy. Alumnae
Night at
volleyball was
held last fall.

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 Annual Report

The Mercy Legacy Society

The Mercy Legacy Society honors those who have remembered Mercy High School in their estate plans through wills,
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 drimln@mercyhigh.org.
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Jeanne Sorich Anderson ’65 Elizabeth A. Hug ’62 Msgr. Paul F. Peter +
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
Elizabeth R. Bauer SM ’36 Reeder Johnson SM ’46 Doris Mehrens Pfeiffer SJ ’39 +
Josephine F. Bauer SM ’41 Richard & Judith Jones Carol Ann Cooney Pitzer SM ’53 +
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 +
Deborah Bujarski William P. Kearns + Clementine Baye Redlinger SJ ’36 +
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 +
Michael & Marcia DeFreece David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’ 70 Katherine Kowskie Stalp SJ ’31 +
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
Rev. William J. Fitzgerald William C. Mahoney + Eugene F. Sullivan +
Msgr. John A. Flynn + Sr. M. Bridget Marsicek RSM ’65 + Richard M. Svehla +
Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM MSM ’29 + Paul L. Martin + Mary Ann Reh Traugh ’68
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 +
+ Deceased

FIESTA Raffle Captains

Below are alumnae who helped sell FIESTA raffle tickets for FIESTA 2019. If interested in participating contact Nate Driml,
Vice President for Advancement at 402.553.9424 or drimln@mercyhigh.org.
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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
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 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Second Quarter
Year in Review

A fun-filled “Alice in Wonderland”

was the fall play.
Students during
the annual Food
Sale to support
the Negotiated
Tuition Program.

Students did an experiment

during the dedication of the
newly renovated science labs.

Spirit Week was full of traditions

including the class dance competition.

Mercy Girls greeted prospective

students and their parents at Mercy’s
Open House last fall.

Mercy High Singers rocked out at the

Christmas concert this year.

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 Annual Report

Businesses & Corporations Supporting Mercy

The following organizations gave to Mercy during this time period.

..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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
B. G. Peterson Co. Goldberg’s Community
Backlund Plumbing HDR Inc. Slezak Family Charitable Foundation
Bank of the West Heider Family Foundation St. Joan of Arc Parish
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
Darland Construction Co. Omaha Community Foundation Union Pacific Railroad
Distribution Management Systems Inc. P. I. Midwest Wells Fargo
Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc.

Ways to Give
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
10) A tribute gift is a wonderful way to celebrate a graduation,
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/
mercyhighomaha
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
c) Search “Mercy High School Omaha” scholarship or tuition award can be funded as a single gift, a
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 drimln@mercyhigh.org.
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
drimln@mercyhigh.org.

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 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Third Quarter
Year in Review
Trivia Night raised more than $10,000.

110 prospective students

took Mercy’s Scholarship and
Placement Exam last January.

FIESTA 2019 was a shining success raising

more than $400,000 for the school.

KVSS Spirit Catholic Radio

broadcasted live from the school.

Mercy introduced its new leadership

and development program,
Kaleidoscope. Here students show
their Strengthsfinder results.

As part of Mission Week students made

friendship bracelets for refugees.

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 Annual Report

Scholarships and Tuition Awards

Approximately $60,000 in scholarships and tuition awards are awarded.

................................................................................................. .................................................................................................

Scholarships Tuition Awards

Adelaide & Ruth O’Keefe Memorial Scholarship Archdiocesan Tuition Award
ALUM Scholarship Callone-Flynn Family Tuition Award
Alumnae Association Scholarship Carmelo & Rose Guastello Tuition Award
Archbishop Daniel Sheehan Class of 1972 Tuition Award
Carolyn A. Jaworski Scholarship Cole & Joan Abboud Macdonald Tuition Award
Charles & Rene Garvey Scholarship Dolores Brewster Rice Tuition Award
Clifford J. Miller Memorial Scholarship Dr. Daniel L. Wagner & Patricia A. Wagner Tuition Assistance Fund
Jane M. Keller ‘66 Math Scholarship Emilija Jonusas Tuition Award
Jim Slavin Memorial Tuition Award
Jane M. Keller ‘66 Theater Scholarship
Joan Juksich Cimpl Tuition Award
John J. Franey Memorial Scholarship
John F. Daly Tuition Award
Joseph F. & Helen Clare Murphy Scholarship
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
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
Sr. Mary Brendan O’Malley Memorial Scholarship
Sr. Mary Callista Takes Scholarship
Sr. Mary Justine Evans Memorial Scholarship
The Kastl Sisters Scholarship
Tupper O’Hearn Academic Scholarship

McAuley Scholars
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 drimln@mercyhigh.org.

..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Nancy Abboud Heider Family Foundation Stephen Mossman
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
Theresa Franco ’ 74 & James Wingender Irene Milewski
 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Fourth Quarter Mercy held its first college-signing day

and encouraged students to share their
Year in Review college choices on social media.

As part of
Kaleidoscope,
students
participated
in a financial
literacy
presentation
by American Students sent letters to donors
National Bank. thanking them for their generous
support of the school.

“Into the Woods” was the spring musical.

The Mercy community came out to

cheer on the Soccer Team at State.

Alumnae came back to school during

the annual All-School Reunion.

66 students graduated in May

and earned more than $6 million
in college scholarships.

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 Annual Report

Alumnae Giving by Class

The following reflects the percentage of living alumnae who made a gift.
1936 50.00%
1941 50.00%
1943 35.00%
1957 31.68%
1956 30.11%
1962 29.41%
1958 28.46%
1982 25.81%
1981 25.71%
1955 22.50%
1959 22.48%
1965 22.10%
1952 21.05%
1963 21.05%
1968 20.57%
1954 20.00%
1980 20.00%
1948 19.91%
1990 18.52%
1950 18.51%
1974 18.31%
1961 18.26%
1945 18.18%
1988 18.03%
1953 17.35%
1991 16.95%
1970 16.41%
Contributed:

$375,151.90
1973 16.16%
1964 16.15%
1998 15.87%
1966 15.75%
1967 14.79%
1969 14.71%
1947 14.63%
1976 14.49%
14.29%
Class

1951
2000 13.85%
1975 13.75%
1983 13.64%
1971 13.57%
1960 13.27%
Donors:

888
1978 13.04%
1979 11.86%
1984 11.86%
1985 11.76%

donors out of
2002 11.69%
1997 11.67%

5,874
1972 11.54%
1949 11.11%
1992 11.11%
1987 10.20%
2006 9.84%

alumnae
1995 9.80%
2001 9.68%
1986 9.59%
1940 9.00%
1994 8.33%
1944 8.30%
2005 8.11%
1989 7.84%
2009 7.59%
% Participation:

15.11%
1996 6.78%
1977 6.52%
2003 5.97%
2004 5.06%
2013 4.76%
1946 4.34%
2010 4.04%
1993 3.39%
1999 2.82%
2008 2.67%
2012 1.37%
2007 1.16%
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*Note: Golf Fest and/or FIESTA gift purchases are not included in percentages.

Class Of 1936 Class Of 1948
Class Gifts: $100.00 Class Gifts: $1,425.00
Total Class Members: 2 Total Class Members: 37
Participation: 50.00% Participation: 18.91%
Elizabeth R. Bauer SM Mary Ann Burkhardt SM
Mary Anne Stoker Dworak SJ
Class Of 1940 Betty Holub Hallas SJ
Class Gifts: $10.00 JoAnn Alter Maher SM
Total Class Members: 11 Dolores Stibbs Murnane SM
Participation: 9.00% Joan Fitzgerald Obarski SJ
Rosemary Downing Reeves SJ Marie Moylan Wharton SM
Class Of 1941 Class Of 1949
Class Gifts: $250.00 Class Gifts: $25,850.00
Total Class Members: 4 Total Class Members: 81
Participation: 50.00% Participation: 11.11%
Josephine F. Bauer SM Rita Hartnett Costello SM
Natalie Mohanna Nahas SJ Donna Vondra
DeVincenzi-Coletti SM
Class Of 1943 Dorothy Sealock
Class Gifts: $35.00 Gawehn-Frisby SJ
Total Class Members: 24 Kathleen Masilko Gorham SM
Participation: 8.60% Marianne Swircin Heavey SJ
Carmella Giordano SJ + Jo Ann Kirkpatrick Kunasek SM
Helen Dillon Griffith SM Ann Louise Urzendowski Class Gifts: $5,110.00
Catherine Frost Groth SJ Micek SM
Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM
Class Of 1944 Virginia Weinfurtner
Class Gifts: $25.00 Weidner SM
Total Class Members: 12
Participation: 8.30% Class Of 1950
Rita Marcil O’Connell SJ Class Gifts: $2,030.00
Total Class Members: 54
Class Of 1945 Participation: 18.51%
Class Gifts: $195.00 Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ
Total Class Members: 22 Barbara Reh Evans SJ
Participation: 18.18% Louise Battaglia Franco SM
Gloria Scalzo DeJoy SM Patricia Sullivan Grant SM
Rene Wilfong Garvey SM June Emminger Griffith SM
Jean Minar Hope SJ Beverly Higley Harral SM
Claire Riley Murnan SM Maureen Waite Kalkowski SM
Patricia Colchin Lavey SM
Class Of 1946 Barbara Schonlau Lokke SM
Class Gifts: $25.00 Agatha Alba Ramirez SM
Total Class Members: 23
Participation: 4.34% Class Of 1951
Cherie Patch Shaw SM Class Gifts: $101,015.00
Total Class Members: 64
Class Of 1947 Participation: 14.29%
Class Gifts: $695.00 Bernadette Moylan
Total Class Members: 41 Burkland SM
Participation: 14.63% Patricia Bauer Chleborad SM
Mary McBride Heider SM Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM
Sally Sanders Hutfless SJ Jean Frederick Dahlquist SM
Mary Kube Liston SM Marilyn McDonald Hirth SM
Abbie Reh Truax SJ JoAnn Hurley Hrabik SM
Cecelia O’Kane Weber SM Josephine Caniglia
Edith Hraban Winkelmann SM Lohmeier SJ
Marilyn Post Moreland SJ
Patricia Brady O’Kane SM +
Lorraine O’Leary Pritchard SM
Class Of 1952
Class Gifts: $1,610.00
Total Class Members: 76
Participation: 21.05%
Lorraine Lorkovic Andersen SJ
Shirley Seewald Coniglio SJ
Sr. Margretta Dwyer, RSM SM
Rose Maun Edwards SJ
Sr. Rosemary Floersch, RSM SM
Mary Jo Havlicek SM
Joyce Fangman Korinek SM
Johanna Kaiser Kozeny SJ
Kathleen Watsabaugh Class Of 1955
Kratochvil SJ
Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM
Antonette Rzeszotarski Participation: 22.50%
Pazderka SJ
Patricia Runa Potter SM
Julie Daeges Sladovnik SJ
Ruth Daly Trede SM
Irene Gunia Warga SM
Mary Lois Bauer Williams SM
Class Of 1953
Total Class Members: 99
Participation: 17.35%
Carole Lankas Angele SJ
Diane McEvoy Brentlinger SM
Sharon Palladino Burns SM
Mary Ellen Haley Byers SM
Mary E. Corboy SM
Kathleen Madden Cranny SM
Carol Roh Dorwart SM
Patricia Pritchard Flesher SM
Mary Ann Douda Hartley SM
Catherine Stas Kros SM
Sr. M. Geneva Paluka, RSM SM
Sr. Rita Parks, RSM SM
Barbara Krupski Rider SM
Patricia Kleine Schneider SM
Alice Parker Simon SM
Stella Nowaczyk Stawniak SM
Rosemary Begley Weide SJ
Mary Ann Barfell White SJ +
Class Of 1954
Class Gifts: $895.00
Total Class Members: 101
Participation: 20.00%
Virginia Dai Behrendt SJ
Elizabeth (Betty) Thell
Busse SM +
R. Anne Wegener Byrne SJ
Beverly Carter Campbell SM
Rita Sohler Carlson SM
Patricia Delford Chaloupka SJ
Anita Bower Dillon SM
Rita Humpal Dolan SM
Mary Ann Skomal Donbrosky SM
Mary Ann Rosenthal Dunning SJ
Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Betty Kubat Eberhard SJ
Marilyn Eckholt Grasso SJ
Margaret McCafferty Hoskins SM
Roberta Nittler Mullen SM
Patricia Urbanovsky Pupkes SM
Margaret H. Semin SM
Mary Lou Skupa SM
Kathleen Kennedy Tuttle SM
Rita Ostblom Weis SJ
Charlotte Covich Young SJ
Bernadine Bonacci Zielinski SJ
Class Gifts: $1,979.00
Total Class Members: 80
Anonymous
Dorothy Mickells Begley SJ
Sr. Mary Ann Budka, OP SM
Patricia R. Callone SM
Joyce Lampe Connolly SM
Mary Ann Mullink Dobiesz SM
Phyllis Kawa Flyr SM
Patricia Hegarty Hinz SM
Sr. Aquinas Kurtz, OSF SM
Marlene Thell Machal SM
Lucille Buda Marasco SM
Carole Alter Mitchell SM
Trudy Murphy Perrone SM
Dr. Michon Rozmajzl, RSM SM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM
Mary Jean O’Brien Sims SM
Sr. Carolyn A. Thirtle, OSF SJ
Rita Kresnik Virant SM
Class Of 1956
Class Gifts: $2,980.00
Total Class Members: 94
Participation: 30.11%
Norma Thell Begley
Joan Staskiewicz Belitz
Catherine Hogan Besta
Julie Herek Bizal
Patsy Leutenegger Brady
Virginia Kuzelka Budka
Judith Hughes Conrad
Kathleen Kisicki Cook
Carol Smola Dargy
Theresa Doll Gotch
Carol Sinnott Heafey
Barbara J. Hodik
Virginia Slegl Hun
Mary Kay Sullivan Klein
Virginia O’Leary Kurzak
Rosemary Kunasek Lawson
Josephine Marcuzzo Macaitis
Elizabeth Skradski McAndrews
Mary Jean Timmerman
McManus
Marilyn Britten Miller 45
Patricia Zauner Paulsen
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Alumnae Giving by Class
continued
Betty Travnicek Pfeffer
Sr. Therese Randolph, RSM
Alice Olson Rischling
Annette Tomcykowski Schmitz +
Helen Traynor Smith
Sonja Lebo Turner
Kathleen Smith Tweedy
Geraldine McCafferty Judy Tomasek Koziol
Zimmerman
Class Of 1957
Class Gifts: $8,110
Total Class Members: 102
Participation: 31.68%
Irmajean Leaver Andersen
Kay Miller Baye
Judy Willenburg Bogard- Patricia Linstrom Rudolph
Tanigami
Virginia Bryg
Marilyn Morgan Chandler
Mary Ann Bergmann Chladek
Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM
Sharon Riedmann Davenport
Catherine Rybin Dobbertin
Mary Floersch Dolan
Patricia Burgess Drake
Sharon Sweeney Friedrich
Mary Jean Connelly Harrington
Theresa Spirek Holman
Sonnie Gallagher Kalinski
Carolyn Zeleny Kirn
Annette Mayer Kutilek
JoAnne Manhart Lonsway
Rose Folino Markesi
Rosemary Dolan Martin
Maureen E. McGrath
Sr. Marie P. Micheletto, RSM
Elizabeth Dziminski Neal
Joy Neneman
Mary Powers Rankin
Joan Lawson Slapkauskas
Judith Poetzel Soliz
Marilyn Yechout Stoysich
Sally Groves Theiler +
Ann Godek Tomcykowski
Judith Dargy Vohs
Nancy Friese Weaver
Ann Bendon Wieberg
Class Of 1958
Class Gifts: $34,910.99
Total Class Members: 123
Participation: 28.46%
Rose Marie Liss Anania
Rita Renner Baker
Linda Gallagher Bayerl
Georgiann Norquist Benish
Carol Neill Casey
Sr. Corrine Connelly, RSM
Sancha Gloden Corrigan
46 Eileen Van Buren Curran
Patricia David Davis
Lenore Baburek Deeths
Mary Ann McDermott Class Gifts: $3,030.00
Dobrovolny
Karen Kopecky Frost
Sheila McDermott Gehrman
Mary Rae Metz Gibbons
Virginia Wolfe Heng
Marilyn J. Krajicek
Mary Pat Smola McCormick
Barbara Pilus Miller
Judith Ward Milner
Mary McCafferty Nastase
Phyllis Olson Norskov
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM
Bernadette Votek Pogge
Rita Safranek Schneider
Janice Jazynka Sgier
Jane Spring Shanahan
Barbara Reynek Sichmeller
Kathleen Zitur Vincentini
Marialyce Killeen Walsh
Joyce Jensen Whalley
Marise Barry Wheatley
Janet Murphy Wolff
DeLoris Kanger Woodford
Class Of 1959
Class Gifts: $2,905.00
Total Class Members: 130
Participation: 22.48%
Rose Marie Bendon Basque
Kathy Rinn Bermel
Sheila M. Burke
Jean Conlan Cogan
Connie Orsi Crouch
Ann Gallagher Dunn
Jane Schwarte Dworak
Elizabeth Grabowsky Gotch
Diane Nybbelin Gross
Patricia McAndrews Jones
Rozanne Skradski Klug
Rose Marie Eagle Laughlin
Sandra Matulka
Judith McPherson McDonald
Raydelle Kaline Meehan
Georgianne Zielinski Meyer
Lucille Palermo Mickells
Pauline Kocarnik Mondragon
Joanne Daley Morey
Phyllis Arent Morris
Patricia O’Connor
Joan Orcutt O’Keefe
Mary C. Palmesano +
Joan Willett Quinlin
Judith Kielty Quinn
Joyce Palladino Schueth
K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons
Janice Tegels Siragusa
Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM
Connie Cutting Welle
Class Of 1960
Total Class Members: 113
Participation: 13.27%
Kay Zagurski Champion
Dorothy Smith Dake
Gail A. Gartner
Sr. Judith Patricia Healy, RSM
Susan Stahl Hohman
Rose Marie Battaglia King
Marjean Lubeley Lynch
Gloria Lang Moran
Betty Gossin Nicolaisen
Maureen Danahy Parr
Michaele Rosse Pleiss
Patricia Sayre Quinlan
Nancy Tanner Rosenthal
Mary Beth Langley Turecek
Sharon Carter Vondra
Class Of 1961
Class Gifts: $3,705.00
Total Class Members: 115
Participation: 18.26%
Warrine P. Coffey
Barbara Holst Daley
Jean Gallagher Decker
Kathleen Jensen D’Ercole
Josephine Manganaro Dufek
Mary Jo Danahy Ellis
Sue Turner Foreman
Patricia Humlicek Gehringer
Catharine Kelly Grace
Kathleen McCafferty Griffith
Janet Marsicek Gural
Yvonne Buresh Kros
Doris Gartner Larkins
Shirley Pollreis Lee
Phillith Ferrante Miller
Peg Gassman O’Malley
Carolyn Janowiak Schiltz
Margaret Glenn Sellner
Eleanor Schwab Siech
Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM
Joyce Rosenberg Stranglen
Class Of 1962
Class Gifts: $2,935.00
Total Class Members: 85
Participation: 29.41%
Maureen Greger Bourne
Lillian Schumacher Chatfield
Marilyn Bosiljevac Craven
Peggy Hanna Crouch
Patricia Kubat Czerwinski
Benvenuta Narduzzo Davit
Mary Gordon Haman
Susan Daly Haxton
Nancy Lodes Hudson
Elizabeth A. Hug
Gloria Eagle Jorgensen
Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick
Anne Marie Gomez Lindzy
Mary Guziec Mendenhall
Mary Cvetas Munshaw
Patti Lyman Neuberger
Louise O’Connor
Mary Jo Miller Pedersen
Edythe Pavelec Place
Patricia McElligott Reinhardt
Mary M. Scherr
Elaine M. Schuster
Maxine Thell Vinardi
Lucille Kupfer Windels
Connie Emery Wolf
Class Of 1963
Class Gifts: $11,940.00
Total Class Members: 95
Participation: 21.05%
Beverly Marreel Anzalone
Therese Green Bigelow
Mary Kay Connor
Carol Hayes Degan
Mary Jo Smutny Donovan
Betty Trout Eckley
Nancy Stevens Farber
Penny Chamberlain Ferrin
Judith Jurek
Susann Gassman Kahan
Antoinette J. Kuhry
Peggy Poffenbarger Neumann
Kathleen Danahy Powell
Janice A. Rashid
Constance E. Remkus
Sheila Ryan
Carol Avery Steinhausen
Michele Floersch Strange
Mary Ellen Howland Weirich
Kathryn Mahoney Zielinski
Class Of 1964
Class Gifts: $8,085.00
Total Class Members: 130
Participation: 16.15%
Kathleen Erdei Bassett
Martha Waldmann Burchett
Janet Kleine Farha
Frances Herek Fitzpatrick
Kathleen Kielian Hayduska
Ellen Longo Hurley
Ms. Carolyn Jaworski
Josephine Emmanuel Korten
Mary Anne Johnston Leach
Constance Martin McNabb
Kathleen Novotny
Marcella Connelly Peterson
Elizabeth Marshall Post
Janet Tobin Presser
Laura Rogers Prophater
Janice Henningsen Schultz
Mary Kuehl Schultz
Janet J. Schumacher
Jane Turner Schumaker
 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Christyne Cairo Vranes Ursula M. Kalinowski Rosemary C. Lohr Karen Krzycki Kisicki
Mary Mason Wozny Kathleen Baines Kizer Rita Mostek McLean Mary Franco Levy
Jeanne Nauslar Luedtke Kathryn Roehrig Murphy Ellen Ritzdorf Lierk
Class Of 1965 Anne Pedersen Mahoney Ann Yungbluth Naple Ann Zukaitis Longo
Class Gifts: $14,915.00 Susan Tylski Mann Maureen Pane Mary Ellen Bosiljevac
Total Class Members: 181 Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM Priscilla Connelly Quinn Mangiamelli
Participation: 22.10% Victoria Mangan Menard Margaret Kotera Quinn Margaret Lavelle McCrea
Jane Green Alseth Jane Tourek Morinelli Patricia Connell Samson Constance M. Ryan
Jeanne Sorich Anderson Connie Floridia Pera Carol Schlueter Patricia Lynam Schultz
Judith Vancura Batten Deborah Brown Reed Linda Sieben Schluter Mary Lou Houston Sherrerd
Mary Williams Bognich Sharon Tuttle Roller Bernadette Smith Juanita Sieben
Catherine Nielsen Boone Sally Miller Storr Mary Potter Stoltzman Sr. Theresa A. Svehla, RSM
Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff Kathleen Conway Surdell Pamela Thornton Patricia Harris Wilson
Virginia Troia Brown Josephine Walsh Wandel Hughleen Thorsen
Diane M. Burton Mary Shirley Weber Ann Thurmond Class Of 1971
Constance DuPree Carlson Janet Schmidt Tomarkin Class Gifts: $3,495.00
Mary Lynn Sortino Cerveny Class Of 1967 Susan Bertagni Trigg Total Class Members: 140
Susan Quenelle Cody Class Gifts: $5,870.00 Kathleen Connolly Van Sistine Participation: 13.57%
Tish Connelly Total Class Members: 142 Diane Sliva Weber Ann Connelly Brannen
Mary Jane Martin Cook Participation: 14.79% Patricia Gallagher Wicht Laura Caniglia Callahan
Marrianne Safranek Driml Maryann Neneman Boelter Mary Jo Alba Wiese Mary Zuerlein Cunningham
Patricia Stanek Dworak Martha Grant Bruckner Marge Lorincz Driscoll
Linda Walsh Fell Phyllis Beda Dunne Class Of 1969 Sharon Gaughan Grant
Sheila Hearity Gleason Mary Brennan Ferrell Class Gifts: $9,280.00 M. Susan Stefanski Heaney
Mary Ann Greene-Walsh Mary Lou Nemec Gunia Total Class Members: 136 Kathy Laux Kaiser
Kathleen Thomas Hess Elizabeth Breeding Hurt Participation: 14.71% Jean Rogers Lund
Barbara Boczar Heywood Susan Hopkins Leahy Marilyn Cimino Bewley Barbara Sanders Mattia
Mary Lee O’Neill Holroyd Mary Tuttle Marasco Laura Kavanaugh Cameron Patricia Kocarnik Rindone
Mary Beth Irvine Connie Ferrara Marchese JoAnne Glynn Catlett Debra Vavra Ritter
Mary Lois Roucek Johnsen Linda Gunzelman Neukam Georgia Zajicek Ford Cynthia Pfeifer Sarraillon
Carol A. Keefover Rita Gallagher Newell Suzanne M. Grandinetti Carolyn Andreasen Taylor
Karen Jones Kohler Mary Parise Nowaczyk Jeanne Heaston Ann Parr Tripp
Joyce Perchal Littlejohn Sarita Troia Penka Janet Pietramale Houston Sharon Carmichael Wade
Margaret Lorincz Michaels Kathleen Troia Radosevich Josephine Whitney Johns Margaret Troia Wazny
Sally J. Nimmo M. Theresa Houston Ringwalt Linda Grzebielski Kaspar Jeanne McAnany Wright
Kathleen Coffey Royce Mary Lou Meyer Rodgers Diane Hope Kean Grace (Chris) Trout Wulff
Patricia O’Neill Sauerman Marilyn Wichert Selk Victoria Torrez Manis Christine Franco Zadina
Ann Kuhse Schenck Patricia Sequenzia Sheehan Mary Mauro Mitchell
Antoinette Montello Karen Marinkovich Swesey Margaret Hassett Moraczewski Class Of 1972
Schmeling Jean Stackhouse Wang Melodia Wichert Phelps Class Gifts: $3,318.00
Mary Pat Fay Schneider Kathleen Linstrom Wright Suzanne Romaire Purcell Total Class Members: 104
Patricia Barnes Scholl Mary Pat Giblin Roy Participation: 11.54%
Rita Wagman Skinner Class Of 1968 Mary Jo Sanders Patti Pluta Anderson
Paula Washburn Smolen Class Gifts: $14,632.50 Diana Reestman Saniuk Susan Wardian Hartung
Margaret Sobczak Total Class Members: 175 Shelley Shreves Schrader Meg Nanfito Jones
Geraldine Cieslik Szuberla Participation: 20.57% Mary Jo Troia-Tejeda Elizabeth James Joyce
Nancy Reiman Tex Elizabeth Stewart Banset Karen Kielty Kennedy
Margaret Yungbluth Colleen Rukas Bentley Class Of 1970 Christine A. Koziol
Carol Wiegand Brady Class Gifts: $19,470.00 Ann Franco Laughlin
Class Of 1966 Mary Robino Czyz Total Class Members: 129 Mary Zenk McHugh
Class Gifts: $3,455.00 Marianne Santi Dopheide Participation: 16.41% Joan Saniuk
Total Class Members: 146 Tancy Dodson Ellis Carmen Alba Bracken + Joanne M. Stewart
Participation: 15.75% Becky Lane Elster Rhonda Suiter Butler Ann Stefanski Thomsen
Patricia Podraza Allgeier Elaine T. Heaston Carmella C. Cosentino Laurie Thomas Wagner
Sharon Bisbee Anania Carol Novotny Heng Patricia Kratochvil Farrar
Dolores D’Agosto M. Jane Huerter Kathleen Davis Gassman Class Of 1973
Terri McGough Eve Cathy Katzenberger Sandra Goetzinger-Comer Class Gifts: $4,435.00
Suzanne Liebentritt Garcia Gerianne Couch Kroon Marilyn Smith Havel Total Class Members: 99
Marianne Beck Hall Kathleen Hoarty Kurowski Susan Shramek Hensley Participation: 16.16%
Margaret Stewart Hladik Karen Cronin LaRue Theresa Kouba Howell Patricia Dethlefs Brennan
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Karen Billesbach Johnson Mary Beth Lavelle Nancy Bolte Jackson Mary Jarecki Camp
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Alumnae Giving by Class
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Carol Filipowicz Gemborys
Susan Koralewski Hancock
Patricia Ladd Luebbert
Constance Mangano
Jo Ann Alba Morris
Lou Anne Rinn
Christine Zenk Rix
Mary Trout Rosburg
Sarita L. Ruma
Therese M. Safranek
Nancy Vaculik Smith
Gwen A. Teeple
Teresa Vancura Vacanti
Nancy Bertagni Wackerhagen
Class Of 1974
Class Gifts: $14,360.00
Total Class Members: 71
Participation:18.31%
Ann Nussrallah Adkins
Jeanne Devaney Carroll
Mary Margaret Fenton
Theresa J. Franco
Virginia M. Helget
Mary Jane Monico Herron
Rose Ann Simon Nelson
Mary (Maggie) Milone Class Of 1979
O’Donnell
Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte
Theresa Miklas Ryan
Michele McGill Stultz
Kathleen Brayshaw Swanda
Anna Lisa Tosone
Class Of 1975
Class Gifts: $3,863.33
Total Class Members: 80
Participation: 13.75%
Deborah Bouc Barrett
Jennifer Putjenter Bayer
Christine Chonis Jeffrey, M.D.
Donna Pecoraro McKain
Nancy A. Micek
Suzanne Tiwald Nelson
Mary Jo Pitzl
Debora Tubrick Rushlau
Judy Niemoller Sorenson
Janet Lavelle Stracke
Monica Alba Yankus
Class Of 1976
Class Gifts: $2,080.00
Total Class Members: 69
Participation: 14.49%
Kathryn Marshall Andreasen
Mary Ann Vipond Armstrong
Mary Beth Ritzdorf
Branscombe
Margaret M. Cunningham
Ruth Gross Harre
48 Mary Pat Ruma Hodgens
Carol Babb Latka
Shayla Moore Liebentritt
Mary Anne Fochek North
Cheryl M. O’Donnell
Class Of 1977
Class Gifts: $445.00
Total Class Members: 46
Participation: 6.52%
Kate Janca Adams
Monica Smith Ahern
Deborah L. Leas
Class Of 1978
Class Gifts: $4,330.00
Total Class Members: 69
Participation: 13.04%
Karin K. Fangman
Colleen Quinn Harper
Patricia Draney Hayden
Alice Putjenter Jaksich
Kathleen Riedmann Kemler
Terri Pankers Knoble
Mary Cecilia Kennedy Lippert
Carol Bader Nicola
Geralyn Budenholzer White
Class Gifts: $1,675.00
Total Class Members: 59
Participation: 11.86%
Karol Krawczyk Carroll
Margaret Draney Crouse
Julie McCann Hagan
Mary Babb Horne
Lynne Thomas Pitner
Teresa Tusa Stillmock
Barbara Stefanski Vanderbeek
Class Of 1980
Class Gifts: $4,940.00
Total Class Members: 60
Participation: 20.00%
Denise Podjenski Bartels
Julie Wilcox English
Melanie Smith Fechter
Laura A. Ganapini
Mary Hartigan Godberson
Nicole Hahn Jesse
Therese Kripal Kramer
Deborah Ramsey Lehman
Mary Fellows Nelson
Kerri Doll Sorrell
Mary Beth Harrington Stanek
Nancy Ferrara Toner
Class Of 1981
Class Gifts: $1,800.00
Total Class Members: 35
Participation: 25.71%
JoAnn Subject Bartolomei
Cheryl Jeanneret
Michelle McCann Landolt
Kathleen Zahm Larsen Mary Carmen Buse Novak
Kelly McCann Laughlin Tammara Spence Nussrallah
Denise Schnitker Podjenski Kelly K. Nystrom
Susan Kisicki Szalewski Amy Michalski Schultz
Catherine Franco Van Haute Ann Costello Valla
Francie Riedmann Weis
Class Of 1987
Class Of 1982 Class Gifts: $1,275.00
Class Gifts: $2,101.56 Total Class Members: 49
Total Class Members: 31 Participation: 10.20%
Participation: 25.81% Kandyce Smith Fleming
Mary Tomcykowski Fox Christine Daley Gollobit
Sarah Truscott Grigaitis Christine Basque Malloy
Gail Babb Kotulak Mary Spenceri Pipkins
Mary Welna Maher Beth McLean Winkler
Rosemarie Ferrara Matz
Jena Wilcox Mitzlaff Class Of 1988
Jill Backes Morrissey Class Gifts: $2,383.00
Loretta Halamek Plagge Total Class Members: 61
Participation: 18.03%
Class Of 1983 Michelle Joy Avilla
Class Gifts: $1,000.00 Denise Matya Barrett
Total Class Members: 44 D’Lynn Gannon Buck
Participation: 13.64% Kimberly Lang Bunnell
Judith A. Belitz, D.D.S. Dianna Jones Chaloupka
Jane Synowicki Davis Margaret Walsh Haik
Danielle Hahn Emsick Kathy Daley Jones
Heather Newkirk Ireland Jeni Jaworski Martinez
Angela Wieberg Maynard Rebecca Heim Waszgis
Lynda Caniglia Turnquist Kristi Walters Wessling
Mary Collins Wolf
Class Of 1984
Class Gifts: $1,710.00 Class Of 1989
Total Class Members: 59 Class Gifts: $425.00
Participation: 11.86% Total Class Members: 51
Diane Gunia Blessie Participation: 7.84%
Barbara Zahm Efferding Sandra Kuncl Geist
Mary Beacom Emmer Jane McGill
Maureen Harrington Jessica E. Moeschler-Miller
Mary Cunningham Horn Jennifer Snitily Munchrath
Susan Wieberg Meschede
Margaret A. Ondracek Class Of 1990
Class Gifts: $4,350.00
Class Of 1985 Total Class Members: 54
Class Gifts: $6,030.00 Participation: 18.52%
Total Class Members: 68 Laura Vaughn Cardenas
Participation: 11.76% Molly Cavanaugh
Lisa Bartlett Crum Ann Linenbrink Hoffman
Jodi Holbeck Ernst Teri Rangel Huck
Maureen Becka Falcon Susan Polityka Huse
Maria Sieben Hamernik Joy Thiem Kellerman
Jacqueline Hughes Latka Tracie Rudol Robles
Sandra Matya Scheuler Teresa Walters Ryba
Jeanne Schmit Skutnik Mary Pat Dargy Stutzman
Michele Zach Walker Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen
Class Of 1986 Class Of 1991
Class Gifts: $2,010.00 Class Gifts: $2,910.00
Total Class Members: 73 Total Class Members: 59
Participation: 9.59% Participation: 16.95%
Erin Callaghan Gubbels Heather Hussman Bousquet
Anne-Marie Evans Lee Kristin Lubischer Busch
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Michele Hagedorn Cohen Theresa Levy Meehan Julie Pentis Link Emily J. Gonderinger
Michelle Bond Deters Leanne C. Prewitt Alyssa Danze Norman Megan O’Hara Hayes
Carrie Zuerlein George Kara Mattini Renne Anna R. Wyskowski Andra E. Hubbard
Monica Harrington Lisa Krajicek Sund Jennifer Kotulak Molinaro
Melinda McFarland Class Of 2003 Roz Parr
Jennifer Ortmeyer Class Of 1998 Class Gifts: $910.00
Shannon O’Donnell Reinard Class Gifts: $2,434.79 Total Class Members: 67 Class Of 2010
Jennifer Wrobleski Total Class Members: 63 Participation: 5.97% Class Gifts: $185.00
Participation: 15.87% Anonymous Total Class Members: 99
Class Of 1992 Amanda Peterson Baker Molly Dennell Participation: 4.04%
Class Gifts: $760.00 Stephanie Cross Cleary Kathy Roccaforte Denning Elizabeth R. Dunn
Total Class Members: 45 Theresa Wieberg Cook Maria Hahn Mergens Danielle E. Dyer
Participation: 11.11% Amanda M. Fulton Lauren Pogge Hinton
Karina Anzalone-Stavneak Holly A. Lukasiewicz Class Of 2004 Emily Wessling Leahy
Nicole Liebig Lakeman Jennifer Harre O’Neill Class Gifts: $445.00
Kelly Connelly Lawler Jennifer Fochek Ozenbaugh Total Class Members: 79 Class Of 2012
Sarah Flynn Lehotay Josah Driml Powers Participation: 5.06% Class Gifts: $250.00
Leah Hollister Rissien Kimberly Bujarski Prenzlow Rachel Markey Andersen Total Class Members: 73
Aryn Vacanti Ashley Shrader Miller Participation: 1.37%
Class Of 1993 Margaret Latka Peters Christine M. Gonderinger
Class Gifts: $135.00 Class Of 1999 Rose Brennan Sullivan
Total Class Members: 59 Class Gifts: $200.00 Class Of 2013
Participation: 3.39% Total Class Members: 71 Class Of 2005 Class Gifts: $205.13
Jennifer Taylor Mawson Participation: 2.82% Class Gifts: $561.60 Total Class Members: 105
Julie Lankas McAlpine Kristin R. Mikkelsen Total Class Members: 74 Participation: 4.76%
Jessica Ham Stalnaker Participation: 8.11% Bridget A. Blessie
Class Of 1994 Samantha Emsick Becker Stephanie N. Bushman
Class Gifts: $545.00 Class Of 2000 Sarah Brandeau Charnquist Dafnis Delgado-Arellanes
Total Class Members: 60 Class Gifts: $2,545.00 Danielle Boner Micek Jen Meisinger
Participation: 8.33% Total Class Members: 65 Anne Mollner Stanley Rebecca M. Wessling
Katie Mollner Baumker Participation: 13.85% Jesse Gonderinger Sullivan
Rachel Burbach Burns Meghan Clark Bochynski Sheila Reifenrath Tuma Class Of 2015
Katherine Connelly Carroll Laural K. Dean Class Gifts: $200.00
Megan McCann Fletcher Colleen Williams Durante Class Of 2006 Total Class Members: 87
Kristin Heaton Rys Melea Reifenrath Hargis Class Gifts: $860.00 Participation: 2.30%
Jocelyn Lavelle Masasi Total Class Members: 61 Mary C. Dworak
Class Of 1995 Danielle Zuerlein McBride Participation: 9.84% Mary S. Jerram
Class Gifts: $2,260.00 Anne Zadina McGill Meredith Wright Crandall
Total Class Members: 51 Breanne J. Murcek Emily Gentleman Crowe Class Of 2017
Participation: 9.80% Angela Burton Vogel Ellie F. Cusic Class Gifts: $75.00
Angela Foster-Barnes Kristine Mattini Evans Total Class Members: 82
Katie A. Holmes Class Of 2001 Jessica Brown Jones Participation: 2.44%
Shannon K. McClure Class Gifts: $1,065.00 Nicole E. Lenczowski Ava E. Blessie
Carolyn G. Potter Total Class Members: 62 Margaret N. Hoffman
Maria Caniglia Svoboda Participation: 9.68% Class Of 2007
Ann Veys Coco Class Gifts: $150.00 Class Of 2018
Class Of 1996 Marie A. Cusic Total Class Members: 86 Class Gifts: $20.00
Class Gifts: $472.00 Lindsey A. Jessen Participation: 1.16% Total Class Members: 83
Total Class Members: 59 Mary K. Jones Malinda C. Frevert Participation: 1.20%
Participation: 6.78% Kimberly Bryant Vavra Mae E. Hoden
Angela E. DeMarco Sarah E. Wallace Class Of 2008
Kaylea A. Dunn Class Gifts: $200.00
Christine Grier Koehn Class Of 2002 Total Class Members: 75 + Denotes Deceased
Kellie Brannen Mihovk Class Gifts: $1,195.00 Participation: 2.67%
Total Class Members: 77 Rosemary A. Laughlin
Class Of 1997 Participation: 11.69% Caitlyn Wessling Milone
Class Gifts: $1,880.00 Eileen Sullivan Cormier
Total Class Members: 60 Alicia Potter Frizzell Class Of 2009
Participation: 11.67% Lynn C. Fullenkamp Class Gifts: $1,485.00
Helen Holmes Giambrone Nicole M. Lee Total Class Members: 79
Katherine Zadina Kerniskey Jacqueline K. Lee Participation: 7.59% 49
Lisa M. Lawton Elizabeth Bellino Lehn Jayne Bartek Glaser
 Annual Report
Annual Giving Fund
The following reflects donations during this time period.
Heart of Mercy Society ($5,000+)
McAuley Society ($1,000-$4,999)
Mercy Circle ($500-$999)
President’s Club ($100-$499)
Heart of Mercy Society
Nancy Abboud
Anonymous (4)
American National Bank
Archdiocese of Omaha
Donald & Joan Jaksich Cimpl SM ’51
Mary Kay Connor ’63
James & Mary Robino Czyz ’68
Mike & Mary Jo Dahir
James & Lorie Dennell
Christine Dunn
Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust
Theresa Franco ’74 & James Wingender
Larry & Shirley Good
Suzanne M. Grandinetti ’69*
HDR Inc.
Heider Family Foundation
James Skinner Baking Co.
Carolyn Jaworski ’64*
Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 + (Bequest)
Terry & Alicia Lanphier
David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’ 70
Lozier Foundation
Deborah A. Macdonald
Michael & Nancy McCarthy
Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58*
John & Ann Louise
Urzendowski Micek SM ’49*
Irene Milewski
Moglia Family Foundation
Stephen Mossman
Robert + & Kathryn O’Keefe
Omaha Community Foundation
Mary C. Palmesano ’59 + (Bequest)
Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc.
William & Jane Dethlefs Roccaforte ’ 74*
Constance M. Ryan ’ 70
Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Patrick & Mary Lou Parr
Community
TD Ameritrade
Wells Fargo
McAuley Society
Jane Green Alseth ’65*
Lowell R. Amiotte
Sharon Bisbee Anania ’66
B. G. Peterson Co.
Ellen Babb*
Bank of the West
Steven & Mary Beth
Ritzdorf Branscombe ’ 76
Deborah Bujarski
Sal & Mary Kay Carta
50
John & Sarah Caruso
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58*
Mary E. Corboy SM ’53*
Core Bank
Creighton University
Darland Construction Co.
Maureen & Dale Davis
Michael & Marcia DeFreece*
James & Sandra Erwin
Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85
George & Mary Farrage
J. Michael & Janelle Fitzgerald
Phil Flott
Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50
John & Catherine Fullenkamp
Richard A. Gerbeling
Carmella Giordano SJ ’43* + (Bequest)
David Glatte
John & Sonya Glenn
Goldberg’s
Bob & Mary Gonderinger
Monte Schatz & Mary Jo Hanigan
Elizabeth A. Hug ’62
Mary Beth Irvine ’65*
Mark & Alice Putjenter Jaksich ’ 78
Mary E. Janca
John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80*
Joy Thiem Kellerman ’90
Robert & Leanne Kendall
Kinetic Valuation Group
John & Wende Kotouc
James & Gail Babb Kotulak ’82
Lockton
J. Terry & Ruth Macnamara
Thomas Mayhan
Holly McCoy*
Patrick & Patricia McGinnis
Michael & Diane McLain
Thomas & Ann Messersmith
Sr. Marie P. Micheletto, RSM ’57
Frank & Jill Mihulka
W. Scott Morris
Bradley & Lynn Muse
Mutual of Omaha
P. I. Midwest
Wayne & Sarita Troia Penka ’67
Pinnacle Bank
Mary Jo Pitzl ’75*
Troy & Kara Plumb
Carolyn G. Potter ’95
Robert & Michelle Ramaekers
Larry & Pat Reding
Kent & Karen Riesberg
Lou Anne Rinn ’73
James & Nancy Tanner Rosenthal ’60
James & Barbara Ruane
Sr. Jeanine Salak, RSM
Cindy Schumacher
E. Terry & Kathleen Sibbernsen
Slezak Family Charitable Foundation
Christopher & Judy
Niemoller Sorenson ’ 75*
Gene & Marilyn Spence*
James & Marsha Stewart
Joanne M. Stewart ’ 72*
Mark & Teresa Tusa Stillmock ’ 79
Sunridge Village
Surgery Center of the Heartland
Kathleen Brayshaw Swanda ’ 74
Richard & Katherine Swanson
Todd Smith Fitness
TR Construction
Geoffrey Tripp & Consuelo Lorenzo
Union Pacific Railroad
Anthony & Teresa Vancura Vacanti ’ 73*
Richard & Melissa Wallich
Denis F. Walsh
Mary Ann Barfell White SJ ’53* + (Bequest)
John R. Wingender, Jr. & Mary Kay Miller
Roger & Mary Mason Wozny ’64
Margaret Yungbluth ’65 & David Balling*
Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’71
Mercy Circle
Jeanne Sorich Anderson ’65
Beverly Marreel Anzalone ’63
Richard & Heidi Anzalone
Ryan & Amanda Peterson Baker ’98
Kevin & Denise Podjenski Bartels ’80
Colleen Rukas Bentley ’68*
Therese Green Bigelow ’63
Harry & Mary Williams Bognich ’65
Gregory & Kathryn Boulay
Patricia Dethlefs Brennan ’ 73
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM*
Daniel & Sharon Palladino Burns SM ’53*
Jerry & Mary Bushman
Catholic Mutual Group
Warrine P. Coffey ’61
Tim & Mary Coyle
Gary & Peggy Hanna Crouch ’62*
Brendan & Crystal Crowley
Fred & Julia Doran
Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65
William & Patricia Stanek Dworak ’65
Don & Margie Eckley
Karin K. Fangman ’ 78
Five Points Bank
Gene & Patricia Pritchard Flesher SM ’53*
Sue Turner Foreman ’61
Jim & Susan Franco
Amanda M. Fulton ’98
Pat & Sandy Gaydusek
Timothy & Carrie Zuerlein George ’91
Joel & Barb Hahn
Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57
Monica Harrington ’91
David & Patricia Draney Hayden ’ 78
Mary McBride Heider SM ’47
Jay & Debra Herink
Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’ 74
Patricia Hegarty Hinz SM ’55
Holland Basham Architects

Christopher & Jennifer Jerram
Kevin & Elizabeth James Joyce ’72
Bob Kathol
Dale & Melinda Kreher
Andrew & Barbara Krolikowski
Antoinette J. Kuhry ’63*
Kathleen Hoarty Kurowski ’68
Kenneth & Michelle McCann Landolt ’81
David & Kelly Connelly Lawler ’92
Jimmy & Susan Lee
Eugene & Roseann Lilla
JoAnn Alter Maher SM ’48
Mary Ellen Bosiljevac Mangiamelli ’70
Rev. Patrick McCaslin
Daniel McKernan
Susan Wieberg Meschede ’84
Morrissey Engineering
Sr. Carol Mucha, RSM
Breanne J. Murcek ’00
Dolores Stibbs Murnane SM ’48
Timothy & Mary Fellows Nelson ’80
The Noonan Family
Thomas & Tammara Spence Patti Pluta Anderson ’72
Nussrallah ’86*
Kelly K. Nystrom ’86
Nancy Nystrom
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Rev. John L. Pietramale
James F. Pietro
Thomas & Michaele Rosse Pleiss ’60
Dennis & Denise Schnitker Podjenski ’81
Jim & Cate Pogge
Leanne C. Prewitt ’97
Gerald & Lisa Pribyl
J. Michael & Susan Price
John & Sharon Reefe
Todd & Kimberly Remmereid
Mary Pat Giblin Roy ’69
Patricia Linstrom Rudolph ’58
Patrick & Cynthia Rupp
Michael & Jacque Salerno
Richard & Ann Kuhse Schenck ’65
Sandra Matya Scheuler ’85
Richard & Suzanne Shepherd
Paul & Mary Lou Houston Sherrerd ’ 70
Eleanor Schwab Siech ’61
Carl & Helen Traynor Smith ’56
Marilyn Yechout Stoysich ’57
The Regan Group, Inc.
The Waldinger Corp.
Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC
Robert & Colleen Verkuilen
David & Angela Burton Vogel ’00
Patricia A. Wagner
Josephine Walsh Wandel ’66
Joseph & Rebecca Heim Waszgis ’88
Don & Angie Wells
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Wesley & M. Jenelle Wolfe
T. Randall & Veronica Wright
Jennifer Wrobleski ’91
Maurice J. Zach
Chris & Wendy Zuerlein
President’s Club
Anonymous (2)
Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77
Richard & Mary Adams
Mark & Ann Nussrallah Adkins ’74
Timothy & Monica Smith Ahern ’77
Dorothy Ainsworth
Luke & Sandra Aldy
Jose Aleman-Soriano & Katia
Maldonado-Rosales
Charles & Laura Allen
Gary & Patricia Podraza Allgeier ’66
AmazonSmile Foundation
Anthony & Deborah Anania
Frank L. Anania
Rose Marie Liss Anania ’58
Irmajean Leaver Andersen ’57
Lorraine Lorkovic Andersen SJ ’52
Rachel Markey Andersen ’04
Paul & Kathryn Marshall Andreasen ’76
Carole Lankas Angele SJ ’53
Karina L. Anzalone-Stavneak ’92
Apostolic Oblates Inc.
Leon & Susan Arens
Mary Ann Vipond Armstrong ’76
David Gonzalez & Rosa Arredondo
Patrick & Kathleen Artz
Paul & Betsy Austin
Michelle Joy Avilla ’88
Joe Ayoub
Nagi Ayoub & Jennifer Oliveto Ayoub
Thomas G. Babb & Beth A. Dankert-Babb
George & Joan Baca
Backlund Plumbing
Scott & Barbara Bailey
Rita Renner Baker ’58
Sr. Mary Jo Baldus, RSM
Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Elizabeth Stewart Banset ’68
Ernest & Margaret Bargas
Sandra Barnhart
William & Deborah Bouc Barrett ’75
John & Denise Matya Barrett ’88
Lawrence & Dorothy Barrett
Mark & JoAnn Subject Bartolomei ’81
George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59*
Kathleen Erdei Bassett ’64*
Matthew & Mary Jo Bassett
Peter & Kaye Bataillon
Nicole Batenhorst
Judith Vancura Batten ’65
Joel & Jennifer Bauch
Elizabeth R. Bauer SM ’36
Josephine F. Bauer SM ’41
Ron & Katie Mollner Baumker ’94
Kay Miller Baye ’57
Larry & Jennifer Putjenter Bayer ’75
Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Conrad & Linda Gallagher Bayerl ’58
B. Lorraine Beacom
Elieser Becerra
Sr. Linda Bechen, RSM
John & Teresa Beck
Krista Becka
Patrick L. Becker
Tyler & Samantha Emsick Becker ’05
Dorothy Mickells Begley SJ ’55
John Begley
William & Norma Thell Begley ’56
Galen & Marsha Behr
Virginia Dai Behrendt SJ ’54
Bryan & Michelle Behrens
Joan Staskiewicz Belitz ’56
Judith A. Belitz ’83
Jean E. Bellinghausen
Georgiann Norquist Benish ’58
Joseph & Lucy Beraldi
Paul S. Beran
Mark & Kathy Rinn Bermel ’59
Severino Bernal & Sara Perez-Lopez
Catherine Hogan Besta ’56
Robert & Mary Bestenlehner
Robert & Marilyn Cimino Bewley ’69
John Bezy, III
Rita Bianchi
Julie Herek Bizal ’56
Mary C. Blaszak
Ava E. Blessie ’17
Bridget A. Blessie ’ 13
William & Diane Gunia Blessie ’84
Meghan Clark Bochynski ’00
Steve & Jan Bode
Maryann Neneman Boelter ’67
Celia Bogard
Judy Willenburg Bogard-Tanigami ’57
John & Sandra Bogema
Jim & Cheryl Bolin
John & Dawn Bonacci
Boone & Associates, P.C.
Catherine Nielsen Boone ’65
Dan & Lauren Bopp
Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65*
Samuel & Colleen Botsios
Thomas & Lenal Bottoms
Robert & Maureen Greger Bourne ’62
Bryce & Heather Hussman Bousquet ’91
Kevin & Paula Bowyer
Melody Boyce
Robert & Carmen Alba Bracken ’70 +
Andy & Jenny Bradley
Kathleen J. Bradley
Carol Wiegand Brady ’68
Patsy Leutenegger Brady ’56
John & Susan Bral
Thomas & Ann Connelly Brannen ’71
Michael & Janet Brannen
Diane McEvoy Brentlinger SM ’53
Greg & Kim Brokke 51
Tim & Sue Brousek
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Annual Giving Fund
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John & Carol Brown
Michael & Karla Brown
Virginia Troia Brown ’65
David & Carol Browning
Martha Grant Bruckner ’67
Gerald & Barbara Brundo
Joseph & Mary Jo Brutto
Thomas & Ellen Bryant
Virginia Bryg ’57
Daniel & D’Lynn Gannon Buck ’88
Marsha Buckley
Patricia Buckley
Sr. Mary Ann Budka, OP SM ’55
Virginia Kuzelka Budka ’56
Ken & Kimberly Lang Bunnell ’88
Max Burbach
Martha Waldmann Burchett ’64
Joseph & Cynthia Burke
Sheila M. Burke ’59
Mary Ann Burkhardt SM ’48
Rich & Bernadette Moylan Burkland SM ’51
Anne Burkowski
James Burks
Teresa Burks
Frank V. Burns*
James & Rachel Burbach Burns ’94
Tim & Alice Burns
Diane M. Burton ’65
Michael & Debbie Burton
Thomas & Mary Beth Burton
Kristin Lubischer Busch ’91
Richard Buse
Thomas & Mary Bush
Stephanie N. Bushman ’13
Betty Thell Busse SM ’54
Rhonda Suiter Butler ’70
Donald & Mary Ellen Haley Byers SM ’53
R. Anne Wegener Byrne SJ ’54
Steven & Susan Caito
Robert & Laura Caniglia Callahan ’ 71
Patricia R. Callone SM ’55*
Laura Kavanaugh Cameron ’69
Michael & Tina Cameron
Mary Jarecki Camp ’ 73
Beverly Carter Campbell SM ’54
Joseph & Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ ’50
Phil & Norena Caniglia
Kevin & Laura Capece
George & Vernelle Cardenas
Laura Vaughn Cardenas ’90
Caring for People Services
Constance DuPree Carlson ’65
Rita Sohler Carlson SM ’54
Jane Carnazzo
Frances A. Carney
Tom & Patty Carney
Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’ 74
James & Karol Krawczyk Carroll ’ 79
Katherine Connelly Carroll ’94
Patrick & Carol Neill Casey ’58
52 Joseph M. Casey, Sr.*
Michael & Arlene Casey
JoAnne Glynn Catlett ’69
Molly Cavanaugh ’90
Ana Ceballos
John & Kathryn Cervantes
Roberto & Vikki Cervantes
Lawrence & Cynthia Cerveny
Mary Lynn Sortino Cerveny ’65
Kenny & Dianna Jones Chaloupka ’88
Patricia Delford Chaloupka SJ ’54
Kay Zagurski Champion ’60
Marilyn Morgan Chandler ’57
Clem & Heather Chantiam
Jeffrey & Sarah Chantiam
Alice J. Chapman
Sarah Brandeau Charnquist ’05
Gerald & Lillian Schumacher Chatfield ’62
Lourdes Chavez
Anthony & Rita Cherek
Mary Ann Bergmann Chladek ’57*
Patricia Bauer Chleborad SM ’51
Edward & Sharon Christianson Chubb
Dennis & Sandra Cihal
Sam & Virginia Cipolla
Kurt & Jill Cisar
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin SJ ’43 +
Stephanie Cross Cleary ’98
David & Melissa Clements
Wendy Clifton
Matt & Ann Veys Coco ’01
Thomas & Susan Quenelle Cody ’65
Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57
Jean Conlan Cogan ’59
Aaron & Michele Hagedorn Cohen ’91
Aron Coit
Thomas & Mary Cold
Shirley Seewald Coniglio SJ ’52
Margaret Connell
Anthony & Susan Connelly
Tish A. Connelly ’65*
John & Joyce Lampe Connolly SM ’55
Paul & Judith Hughes Conrad ’56
Kathleen Conry
Kyle & Debbie Conry
Brett Cook
Kathleen Kisicki Cook ’56
Mary Jane Martin Cook ’65
Nick & Theresa Wieberg Cook ’98
Robert & Rita Coomler
Sandi Cooper
Katie Cords
Barbara Cordwin
Eileen Sullivan Cormier ’02
Sancha Gloden Corrigan ’58
Carmella C. Cosentino ’ 70
Rita Hartnett Costello SM ’49
James & Patricia Coyle
Loni Craft
Jean Craig
Bryce & Meredith Wright Crandall ’06
James & Kathleen Madden Cranny SM ’53
Marilyn Bosiljevac Craven ’62
Croker Huck Kasher DeWitt
Anderson & Gonderinger P. C.
Connie Orsi Crouch ’59
Margaret Draney Crouse ’ 79
Brody & Emily Gentleman Crowe ’06
Rose M. Crowley
James & Lisa Bartlett Crum ’85
CSG Systems, Inc.
Denis & Rosella Cuka
Victoria J. Cullan
J. Victor & Kimberly Culp
Margaret M. Cunningham ’ 76
Richard & Mary Zuerlein Cunningham ’71
Paul & Dawn Cunningham
Richard & Diana Cupich
Eileen Van Buren Curran ’58
Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss
Ellie F. Cusic ’06
Larry & Marcia Cusic
Marie A. Cusic ’01
Donald Cutshall
Patricia Kubat Czerwinski ’62
Mark & Teresa Dagostino
Dolores D’Agosto ’66
Robert & Jean Frederick Dahlquist SM ’51
Dorothy Smith Dake ’60
James & Jeanne Dale
Barbara Holst Daley ’61
Deb Daley
William & Cheryl Daley
Robert & Carol Smola Dargy ’56
Richard & Betty Darrell*
Zachary & Lisa Daub
Don A. Daubert
Kyran L. Daugherty
Sharon Riedmann Davenport ’57
Jane Synowicki Davis ’83
Joyce Davis
Patricia David Davis ’58
Benvenuta Narduzzo Davit ’62
Michael C. Davlin
Rev. James R. de Anda
Sylvia de Anda
Laural K. Dean ’00
Bruce & Johanna Deats
Clifton & Jean Gallagher Decker ’61
Lenore Baburek Deeths ’58
Carol Hayes Degan ’63
Samuel & Trudy DeGeorge
Gloria Scalzo DeJoy SM ’45
Puht & Mary Dek
Kathleen Delaney
Dafnis Delgado-Arellanes ’13
Angela DeMarco ’96
Peter & Loreta DeMarco
Donald C. Dendinger
Molly Dennell ’03
Kathy Roccaforte Denning ’03
James & Sarah DePooter
Kathleen Jensen D’Ercole ’61
Eric & Michelle Bond Deters ’91
Henry & Andrea Dethlefs

Henry J. Dethlefs, III
Sr. Mary Ellen Devereux, RSM
Donna Vondra DeVincenzi-Coletti SM ’49
Charles & Gail Dickel
Susan Dickson-Matsunami
Josephine M. Dieter
Gerald & Anita Bower Dillon SM ’54
Lou DiMauro
Joseph & Sandra DiSomma
Distribution Management Systems Inc.
Catherine Rybin Dobbertin ’57
Robert & Mary Ann Mullink Dobiesz SM ’55
Mary Ann McDermott Dobrovolny ’58
Robert & Mary Floersch Dolan ’57*
Rita Humpal Dolan SM ’54
Gerald T. Dolejs
Maureen Dolson
Msgr. Thomas Donahoe
Mary Ann Skomal Donbrosky SM ’54
Daniel & Eve Donlan
Richard & Mary Jo Smutny Donovan ’63
Marianne Santi Dopheide ’68
Louis & Susan Dorland
David & Patricia Dorr
Clinton & Carol Roh Dorwart SM ’53
William & Margaret Dougherty
Patricia Burgess Drake ’57
Darlene Dreismeier
Nate & Janet Driml
Marge Lorincz Driscoll ’71
Josephine Manganaro Dufek ’61
Michael & Ann Gallagher Dunn ’59
Elizabeth R. Dunn ’10
Tyler Borman & Kaylea Dunn ’96
Phyllis Beda Dunne ’67
Mary Ann Rosenthal Dunning SJ ’54
C.D. Duran
Colleen Williams Durante ’00
Gustav & Carol Dworak
Jane Schwarte Dworak ’59
Mary Anne Stoker Dworak SJ ’48
Mary C. Dworak ’15
Sr. Margretta Dwyer, RSM SM ’52
Danielle E. Dyer ’10
Dale & Betty Kubat Eberhard SJ ’54
Betty Trout Eckley ’63
Rev. Michael P. Eckley
John & Shannon Eddy
Rose Maun Edwards SJ ’52
Sheryl J. Edwards
Barbara Zahm Efferding ’84
David Eichten
Mark Eichten & Lindsay Surdell
Electric Company of Omaha
Tancy Dodson Ellis ’68*
Mary Jo Danahy Ellis ’61
Pete & Sandy Elsasser
George & Becky Lane Elster ’68
Michael & Kimberly Elston
Michael & Mary Beacom Emmer ’84
Dean & Danielle Hahn Emsick ’83
Brian & Cindy Engel
Joseph & Judith Engelbert
Douglas & Julie Wilcox English ’80
Steven & Elizabeth Epp
Daniel & Denise Erlbacher
Donald + & Mary Ann Erlbacher
Jodi Holbeck Ernst ’85
Maria Esquivel
Kevin & Jennifer Euteneuer
Barbara Reh Evans SJ ’50
Alexander & Kristine Mattini Evans ’06
Renee Evans
Terri McGough Eve ’66
FACTS Management Co.
Rev. Thomas M. Fangman
Nancy Stevens Farber ’63
Arthur & Janet Kleine Farha ’64
Brian Neary & Amy Farha-Neary
Patricia Kratochvil Farrar ’ 70
Michael & Margaret Fecci
John & Melanie Smith Fechter ’80
Robert & Linda Walsh Fell ’65
Mary Margaret Fenton ’ 74
Philip & Sheryl Fenton
Thomas & Sandra Ferkinhoff
Tom & Patricia Ferrando
Gene & Mary Brennan Ferrell ’67
Penny Chamberlain Ferrin ’63
Jason & Jennifer Fett
Edward & Mary Fink
Joseph & Phaedra Fisher
Joseph & Judith Fisher
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
Gerald & Frances Herek Fitzpatrick ’64
Lance & Kandyce Smith Fleming ’87
Megan McCann Fletcher ’94
Sr. Rosemary Floersch, RSM SM ’52
Timothy Flott & Kristin Mayleben-Flott
Richard & Deanna Flynn
Dale & Phyllis Kawa Flyr SM ’55
Ed & Joni Fogarty
Neil & Melody Forbes
Georgia Zajicek Ford ’69
Angela Foster-Barnes ’95
Robert & Mary Tomcykowski Fox ’82
Mary Jo Franco*
Philip & Susan Franco
Joe Franklin
John Franklin
Georgeanne Fransiscus
Douglas & Tamera Frederick
Nadine Freshman
Malinda C. Frevert ’07
Sharon Sweeney Friedrich ’57
Ronda Friel
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
June Fritz
Andrew & Alicia Potter Frizzell ’02
Karen L. Frost
Karen Kopecky Frost ’58
Lynn C. Fullenkamp ’02
Russell & Nancy Fulton
Joseph & Theresa Fuxa
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Robert & Kathleen Gaddie
John & Therese Gaeta
Kendra Galante
Luke & Marcia Galardi
Chris & Angie Gallagher
Kevin M. Gallagher
Jason & Jennifer Galley
Jose & Araceli Gama
Luis Gamon
Laura A. Ganapini ’80
Theresa M. Ganapini
Gustavo Gandara & Bertha Gutierrez
Carmen Garcia Estrada Ma Del
Martin & Suzanne Liebentritt Garcia ’66*
Gail A. Gartner ’60
Rene Wilfong Garvey SM ’45*
Kathleen Davis Gassman ’70
Jim Gaston
Dorothy Sealock Gawehn-Frisby SJ ’49
Patricia Humlicek Gehringer ’61
Sheila McDermott Gehrman ’58
Bret & Sandra Kuncl Geist ’89
James & Carol Filipowicz Gemborys ’73
Tony & Cheryl Gerace
Eric Gerling
Helen Holmes Giambrone ’97
Armand & Mary Rae Metz Gibbons ’58
John & Marisa Gilbert
Elizabeth Gillaspie
Michael & Laurie Gillespie
Liz Ginley
Jason Glanzer & Francie McNeil
Jayne Bartek Glaser ’09
James & Rita Glass
Sheila Hearity Gleason ’65
Jerry & Lori Glenn
Joseph & Mary Hartigan Godberson ’80
Godfather’s Pizza, Inc.
Ellen Goetzinger
Buddy Comer & Sandra
Goetzinger-Comer ’70*
Christine Daley Gollobit ’87
Jerald & Elizabeth Golmanavich
Michael & Maureen Goltl
Robert & Georgia Goltl
Christine M. Gonderinger ’12
Emily J. Gonderinger ’09
Jeff & Meg Gonka
Angelo & Sira Gonzaga
Patricia Gonzalez
Jill Goodrich
Kathleen Masilko Gorham SM ’49
Michael & Sue Gorman
Elizabeth Grabowsky Gotch ’59
Charles & Theresa Doll Gotch ’56
Catharine Kelly Grace ’61
Patricia Sullivan Grant SM ’50
John & Sharon Gaughan Grant ’71
Marilyn Eckholt Grasso SJ ’54
David & Deborah Gray
Mary Ann Greene-Walsh ’65 53
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Helen Dillon Griffith SM ’43 Robert & Susan Stefanski Heaney ’71 James J. Hubschman
Marion & June Emminger Griffith SM ’50 Elaine T. Heaston ’68* Teri Rangel Huck ’90
Richard & Kathleen McCafferty Griffith ’61 Jeanne Heaston ’69 John & Nancy Lodes Hudson ’62
Thomas & Patricia Griffith William & Dorris Heaston Aaron Hueftle
Sarah Truscott Grigaitis ’82 Marianne Swircin Heavey SJ ’49 M. Jane Huerter ’68 & Richard P. Jeffries*
Dave & Cecilia Grigsby Rita Heavrin James Hughes, Jr.
Diane Nybbelin Gross ’59 Joseph & Catherine Heck Gary & Mary Huliska
Catherine Frost Groth SJ ’43 Jodi Hedrick Virginia Slegl Hun ’56
Cory & Jamie Grzebielski Helen Hegemann Ellen Longo Hurley ’64
Erin Callaghan Gubbels ’86 Peter & Diane Heim Mike Hurley
Luvern & Joyce Gubbels Tom Heimes Robert & Sharon Hurley
Mary Gubbels J. L. & Patricia Heinrichs Heath Bishop & Anne-Marie Hurley-Bishop
Rita Gubbels Virginia M. Helget ’74 Elizabeth Breeding Hurt ’67
Jill Guese Thomas Hendricks Raymond & Susan Polityka Huse ’90
Patrick & Lisa Guinan Carol Novotny Heng ’68 Michael & Theresa Huss
Richard & Theresa Guinan Virginia Wolfe Heng ’58 Hugh Huston
George & Marsha Gunia Susan Shramek Hensley ’70 George & Mary Ann Hutfless
Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67 Gary & Franke Henthorn Sally Sanders Hutfless SJ ’47
Janet Marsicek Gural ’61 Jose Fortoso & Graciela Hernandez Kevin & Lou Illian
Louis & Lori Gurnon Linda Hernandez Laura Imig
Terence J. Haas James Herout Michael & DeAnn Intrieri
Brian & Julie McCann Hagan ’79 Ralph R. Herrman Anthony & Beth Inzauro
Victor Hahn Stephen & Kathleen Thomas Hess ’65 Heather Newkirk Ireland ’83
Margaret Walsh Haik ’88 L. Thomas & Barbara Boczar Heywood ’65 Elsie Hubrecht Irvine SM ’42 +
Geoffrey & Liz Hall Lance & Maria Hiatt Michael J. Jackson
James & Kathleen Hall Mary K. Higgins Nancy Bolte Jackson ’70
Marianne Beck Hall ’66* Leonard + & Rita Higgins Gerald & Mary Jacobson
Betty Holub Hallas SJ ’48 Marie Hilton Liliane Jamal
Frank & Mary Gordon Haman ’62 Mary C. Hinkston Josephine M. James
Jeff & Maria Sieben Hamernik ’85 Tyler & Lauren Pogge Hinton ’10 Jeffrey & Cheryl Janda
Donald & Patricia Hampl Brian & Patricia Hire David A. Jasper
Susan Koralewski Hancock ’73 Marilyn McDonald Hirth SM ’51 Larry Jaworski
Janet A. Haney Robert & Margaret Stewart Hladik ’66* Tony & Martie Jaworski
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Mary Ellen Hoch Cheryl Jeanneret ’81
Sandra Hansen Mae E. Hoden ’18 Christine Chonis Jeffrey ’75
Michael & Linda Hanson Mary Ruma Hodgens ’ 76 Timothy Jensen
Lee Hardy Barbara J. Hodik ’56 Lisa Jergovic
Melea Reifenrath Hargis ’00 Casey & Ann Linenbrink Hoffman ’90 Mary S. Jerram ’ 15
Steve & Marge Harman Margaret N. Hoffman ’17 Lindsey A. Jessen ’01
Thomas & Kathryn Harmon Eric & Halle Hoge Rodney & Mary Jewell
Melvin & Maureen Harmon Richard & Barbara Hogrefe John Temme Auction Company
Thomas & Colleen Quinn Harper ’78 Catherine Hohenstein Josephine Whitney Johns ’69
Beverly Higley Harral SM ’50 John & Susan Stahl Hohman ’60 Mary Lois Roucek Johnsen ’65
John & Ruth Gross Harre ’76 Ronald & Arlene Holden George & Margaret Johnson
Jay Harrington Theresa Spirek Holman ’57 Julie Johnson
Maureen Harrington ’84 Katie A. Holmes ’95 Karen Billesbach Johnson ’66
Tim Harrison on behalf of Harrison Scott & Deborah Holmes Mary Johnston
Financial Services Mary Lee O’Neill Holroyd ’65 Jessica Brown Jones ’06
Roderick C. Harry Homestead Plaza Shopping Center LLC Adam & Kathy Daley Jones ’88
Mary Ann Douda Hartley SM ’53 David & Mary Anne Hoover Mary K. Jones ’01
D. Paul Hartnett Jean Minar Hope SJ ’45 Meg Nanfito Jones ’72
Susan Wardian Hartung ’72 Mary Cunningham Horn ’84 Earl & Patricia McAndrews Jones ’59
Joseph & Michelle Harvat Derwin & Mary Babb Horne ’79 Philip & Jena Jones
Richard & Jennifer Hasslen Margaret McCafferty Hoskins SM ’54 Richard & Judith Jones
Carrie Haug Michael & Heather Houghtaling Charles & Pamela Jordan
Leonard & Marilyn Smith Havel ’70 Laurence & Loretta Houlton Gloria Eagle Jorgensen ’62
Mary Jo Havlicek SM ’52* Janet Pietramale Houston ’69 Richard & Dorothy Joy
Susan Daly Haxton ’62 Stephen & Marla Houston Judith Jurek ’63
Kathleen Kielian Hayduska ’64 William & Colleen Houston Roger Kadavy
Megan O’Hara Hayes ’09 Robert & Theresa Kouba Howell ’70 Susann Gassman Kahan ’63
54 Carol Sinnott Heafey ’56* JoAnn Hurley Hrabik SM ’51 Patricia Kahre
Sr. Judith Patricia Healy, RSM ’60 Andra E. Hubbard ’09 Katherine Laux Kaiser ’7 1

Ursula M. Kalinowski ’66
Sonnie Gallagher Kalinski ’57
Maureen Waite Kalkowski SM ’50
Michael & Kathy Kasher
Linda Grzebielski Kaspar ’69
Cathy Katzenberger ’68
James & Diane Hope Kean ’69
James & Marianne Keating
Sr. Gertrude Keefe, RSM
Carol A. Keefover ’65
Belinda Keiter
Sr. Camille Kelley, RSM
Rebecca Kelling
Elaine V. Kelly
Thomas & Lisa Kelly
Robert & Kathleen Riedmann Kemler ’78
James & Karen Kielty Kennedy ’72
Barbara Kenney
Rozanne Kenney
Edward & Mary Kentch
Katherine Zadina Kerniskey ’97
Tiffany Kiley
James & Mary Jean King
Rose Marie Battaglia King ’60
Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick ’62
Carolyn Zeleny Kirn ’57
Karen Krzycki Kisicki ’ 70
William & Kathleen Baines Kizer ’66*
Paul & Jan Klaus
Tim & Amy Klein
Lawrence & Mary Kay Sullivan Klein ’56
George E. Kleine
William Price & Joann Klingelhutz-Price
Rozanne Skradski Klug ’59
Rich & Jackie Kmiecik
Monte & Robyn Kniffen
Jane Knight
Matthew Knight
Terri Pankers Knoble ’ 78
Patrick & Joan Knowles
Francis & Sofia Kock
Christine Grier Koehn ’96
George & Karen Jones Kohler ’65
Randall & Connie Kollasch
Jean Korff
Joyce Fangman Korinek SM ’52
Larry & Josephine Emmanuel Korten ’64
Timothy & Courtney Kotrous
Christopher & Katharine Kowal
Johanna Kaiser Kozeny SJ ’52
Christine A. Koziol ’72
Joseph & Judy Tomasek Koziol ’58
Daniel & Janet Kraft
Marilyn J. Krajicek ’58
Joan Kramer
Therese Kripal Kramer ’80
Bernard & Kathleen Watsabaugh Chin-Hwa Chong & Jacqueline Lee ’02
Kratochvil SJ ’52*
Raymond & Francine Krause
Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52*
Robert & Mary Krayneski
Maggie Krejci
Gerianne Couch Kroon ’68*
Gary Kropf & Patricia Lenaghan
Catherine Stas Kros SM ’53
Yvonne Buresh Kros ’61
Donald R. Krupa
Stephan Kruszka
Richard & Pam Kucirek
Valentinas & Mary Jo Kudirka
Joe & Linda Kueper
Doris Kuhl
Jo Ann Kirkpatrick Kunasek SM ’49
Ruby Kuncl
Sr. Catherine M. Kuper, RSM
Sr. Aquinas Kurtz, OSF SM ’55
Virginia O’Leary Kurzak ’56
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57*
Steve & Carol Kuzelka
John & Susan Kwiatek
Thomas & Gloria LaCrosse
Celann LaGreca
Gregory & Kathryn LaHood
Eric & Nicole Liebig Lakeman ’92
John & Katherine Lampe
Thomas & Bonita Lang*
Larry Lange
Doris Gartner Larkins ’61
John & Kathleen Zahm Larsen ’81
Brian & Cara Larson
Sandra Larson
Karen Cronin LaRue ’68
William & Carol Babb Latka ’76
James & Jacqueline Hughes Latka ’85
Michael & Ann Franco Laughlin ’72
David & Kelly McCann Laughlin ’81
Patricia Laughlin
Rose Marie Eagle Laughlin ’59
Rosemary A. Laughlin ’08
James & Paula Lavelle
John Lavelle
Mary Beth Lavelle ’68 & John Wilkinson*
Michael & Debra Lavey
Patricia Colchin Lavey SM ’50*
Leslie & Phyllis Lawless
Rosemary Kunasek Lawson ’56
Bernard Lawton
Lisa M. Lawton ’97
Mary Anne Johnston Leach ’64
Brian T. Leahy
Emily Wessling Leahy ’ 10
John & Mary Leahy
Joseph & Mary Leahy
Michael & Susan Hopkins Leahy ’67*
James & Linda Leary
Deborah L. Leas ’77
Douglas Lebbert
Anne-Marie Evans Lee ’86
Nick Roberts & Nicole Lee ’02
Shirley Pollreis Lee ’61
Edwin & Lois LeFebvre
Jeff & Deborah Ramsey Lehman ’80
Bari Lehn
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John-Paul & Elizabeth Bellino Lehn ’02
John Lehnhoff
Jason & Sarah Flynn Lehotay ’92
Michael & Mary Leighton*
Martha Lemar
Nicole E. Lenczowski ’06
Ronald & Amy Leonard
Thomas & Sharon Leuschen
Shayla Moore Liebentritt ’76
Thomas & Kathleen Liechti
Charles & Ellen Ritzdorf Lierk ’70
Peggy Liewer
Guadalupe Lima
Mary Lincoln
Anne Marie Gomez Lindzy ’62
Jacob & Julie Pentis Link ’02
Donald & Mary Cecilia Kennedy Lippert ’78
Mary Kube Liston SM ’47
Bruce & Patricia Little
Kevin & Luanne Little
Joyce Perchal Littlejohn ’65
Jerry & Hyunsuk Lloyd
Amy & Eric Loehr
Josephine Caniglia Lohmeier SJ ’51
Rosemary C. Lohr ’68
Barbara Schonlau Lokke SM ’50
Jonathan & Alison Long
Ann Zukaitis Longo ’70
Lawrence & JoAnne Manhart Lonsway ’57
Maria Lopez
Santiago & Amanda Lopez
Deloris Lowrey
Archbishop George J. Lucas
Steven & Patricia Ladd Luebbert ’73*
Jeanne Nauslar Luedtke ’66
Rod & Carolyn Lugert
Holly A. Lukasiewicz ’98
Julie Luna
Thomas & Jean Rogers Lund ’71
James F. Lynch
Marjean Lubeley Lynch ’60
Craig & Cathy Lyons
Christopher & Gina Lypaczewski
Jason & Linda Lytle
Josephine Marcuzzo Macaitis ’56
Matt & Melinda Macdonald
Larry & Kayla Mace
Gary & Marlene Thell Machal SM ’55
Adam & Mary Maczynski
Mary Jo Madej
Ray Madej
Wolf & Diane Maennle
John & Carol Maginn
Gerald & Patricia Maguire
Matthew & Mary Welna Maher ’82
Stephen & Margaret Maher
Anne Pedersen Mahoney ’66*
Mike Mahoney
Leo & Germaine Majorek
Sean & Christine Basque Malloy ’87
Constance Mangano ’73 55
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Victoria Torrez Manis ’69
Cory & Laura Mann
Susan Tylski Mann ’66
Jeff & Tonya Mapes
Lucille Buda Marasco SM ’55*
Gary & Mary Tuttle Marasco ’67*
Connie Ferrara Marchese ’67
Michael & Lori Marchese
Peter & Mary Marinkovich
Rose Folino Markesi ’57
John F. Marley
Dennis & Mary Martin
Richard & Tina Martin
Donald & Rosemary Dolan Martin ’57
Steve & Debra Martin
Bianca Martinez
Juan & Jeni Jaworski Martinez ’88
Juan & Luz Maria Martinez
Jocelyn Lavelle Masasi ’00
Kathleen Mason
JCPS Psychologist & Friends
Barbara Sanders Mattia ’ 71
Sandra Matulka ’59
Marty & Rosemarie Ferrara Matz ’82
Christopher & Jennifer Taylor Mawson ’93
Christine May
John Mayhan
John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83
Kirby & Julie Lankas McAlpine ’93
Sr. M. Ruth McAndrew, RSM
Elizabeth Skradski McAndrews ’56
Danielle Zuerlein McBride ’00
Justin McBride
Joseph R. McCaslin
Shannon K. McClure ’95
Cecilia McColley
Mike & Maureen McCormick
Delores McCoy
Kevin & Denise McCoy
James & Margaret Lavelle McCrea ’ 70
Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM ’66
Thomas & Judith McPherson Stan & Evelyn Mitchell
McDonald ’59
Kerry A. McDonald
Melinda McFarland ’91
Jude & Barbara McGargill
Tony & Adrienne McGargill
Doug McGeary
Angelynn McGee
Jason & Anne Zadina McGill ’00
Jane McGill ’89
Jean McGill
Robert & Diane McGill
Michael & Carol McGlade
Colleen McGrath
Maureen E. McGrath ’57*
Lynn & Mary Zenk McHugh ’ 72
Donna Pecoraro McKain ’ 75
Robert & Patricia McKenzie
M. McLaughlin
56 Rita Mostek McLean ’68
Gertrude McMahon
Mary Jean Timmerman McManus ’56
Lyle & Constance Martin McNabb ’64
Austin McNally
Bill McNamara
Michael J. McNamara
J. Joseph & Mary Kay McQuillan
Catherine Nan McTaggart
Raydelle Kaline Meehan ’59
Theresa Levy Meehan ’97
Thomas & Margo Meehan
Jennifer M. Meisinger ’ 13
Jon & Richelle Meisinger
Ismael Mejia
Victoria Mangan Menard ’66
Mary Guziec Mendenhall ’62
Michael & Jody Mendick
John & Nancy Meng-Frecker
Ted & Cindy Menzel
Maria Hahn Mergens ’03
Georgianne Zielinski Meyer ’59
Patricia Meyer
Benjamin & Danielle Boner Micek ’05
Tom O’Malley & Nancy Micek ’75
Ernest & Margaret Lorincz Michaels ’65
Dennis & Rose Ann Michalski
Lucille Palermo Mickells ’59
Ben & Kellie Brannen Mihovk ’96
Kristin R. Mikkelsen ’99
Lawrence & Maureen Militti
Jacob & Ashley Shrader Miller ’04
Leonard & Barbara Pilus Miller ’58
Michael & Jennifer Miller
Marilyn Britten Miller ’56
Phillith Ferrante Miller ’61
Robert Miller
Judith Ward Milner ’58
Leon & Deidre Milobar
Caitlyn Wessling Milone ’08
Lauren Miltenberger
Carole Alter Mitchell SM ’55
Scott & Mary Mauro Mitchell ’69
David & Jena Wilcox Mitzlaff ’82
John & Renee Mixan
Jackie Mlady
Jessica E. Moeschler-Miller ’89
Jennifer Kotulak Molinaro ’09
Rich Moline
Michael & Peg Monaghan
JoAnn Monahan
Ed & Pauline Kocarnik Mondragon ’59
Gene Moneke
John & Kay Monzingo
Margaret Hassett Moraczewski ’69
Lawrence & Gloria Lang Moran ’60
Marilyn Post Moreland SJ ’51
Joanne Daley Morey ’59*
Jane Tourek Morinelli ’66
Jo Ann Alba Morris ’73
Phyllis Arent Morris ’59*
George & Jill Backes Morrissey ’82
Brian & Judy Mosher
Dennis & Debra Mostek
Cathy Mousel
Carolyn Mueller
Roberta Nittler Mullen SM ’54
Mark & Jennifer Snitily Munchrath ’89
Roger Munchrath
Abel Munoz & Graciela Ortiz
Mary Cvetas Munshaw ’62
Frank & Annette Murcek
Douglas & Rebecca Murdock
Leo + & Claire Riley Murnan SM ’45
James & Karen Murphy
Kathryn Roehrig Murphy ’68
J. Patrick Murray & Jeanne A. Schuler
Camilla Muse
Ken & Diane Mynster
John & Kathleen Nahas
Natalie Mohanna Nahas SJ ’41
Ann Yungbluth Naple ’68
Mary McCafferty Nastase ’58
Sr. M. Helena Naviaux, RSM
Elizabeth Dziminski Neal ’57
Matt & Kim Nebel
Mike Nelson
Rose Ann Simon Nelson ’ 74
Suzanne Tiwald Nelson ’ 75
Joy Neneman ’57
Richard & Jane Neneman
Joe & Patti Lyman Neuberger ’62
Linda Gunzelman Neukam ’67
Peggy Poffenbarger Neumann ’63
Rita Gallagher Newell ’67
Heather Newville
Dao & Nuong Nguyen
Mary Nguyen
Carol Bader Nicola ’78
Betty Gossin Nicolaisen ’60
Brett & Margaret Nielsen
Stephen & Nancy Nielsen
Margaret Niemoller
Joseph & Lois Nigrin
Samuel Nigro
Sally J. Nimmo ’65
William & Carol Nish
Kristopher & Alyssa Danze Norman ’02
Sean Norris
Phyllis Olson Norskov ’58
Mary Anne Fochek North ’ 76
Mark & Karen Novak
Mary Carmen Buse Novak ’86
Kathleen Novotny ’64
Mark & Debbie Novotny
Robert & Mary Parise Nowaczyk ’67
Michael Nuschy
Scott Nystrom
Harry & Joan Fitzgerald Obarski SJ ’48
Timothy O’Brien
Rita Marcil O’Connell SJ ’44
Louise O’Connor ’62

Mary Kay O’Connor
Michael & Martha O’Connor
Patricia O’Connor ’59
Cheryl M. O’Donnell ’76
Clement & Mary (Maggie) Milone Sara Pirtle
O’Donnell ’74
James & Christine O’Hara
Patricia Brady O’Kane SM ’51 +
Joan Orcutt O’Keefe ’59
Pat & Peg Gassman O’Malley ’61
Margaret Ondracek ’84
Brian & Jennifer Harre O’Neill ’98
Gerald & Marilyn Opitz
Rev. Charles O’Rourke, SCC
Tracy & Ranae Ortgies
Jennifer Ortmeyer ’91
William & Colleen Ostdiek
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Jennifer Fochek Ozenbaugh ’98
Daniel Padilla
Anne M. Page
Joseph & Therese Paladino
Michael & Kathleen Pallesen
Jay Palu
Sr. M. Geneva Paluka, RSM SM ’53
Maureen Pane ’68
Barbara J. Pankowski
Matthew & Kathleen Pantoja
Sr. Aline Paris, RSM
Sr. Rita Parks, RSM SM ’53
Maureen Danahy Parr ’60
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
William & Susan Parr
Francis & Paula Partsch
Robert & Patricia Zauner Paulsen ’56
Antonette Rzeszotarski Pazderka SJ ’52
Dan Pedersen
Dan & Rita Pedersen
Mary Jo Miller Pedersen ’62
Richard & Catherine Pedersen
Karen Peers
Eric & Mary Pehrson
Sr. Anne Pellegrino, RSM
Paul Pellerito
Peter Pellerito
Jo Penning
J. Ronald Pentz
Connie Floridia Pera ’66*
Trudy Murphy Perrone SM ’55
Terrance & Pauline Pesek
Chris & Margaret Latka Peters ’04
Anita Petersen
Michael & Doris Petersen
Daniel J. Peterson
Debra & Eric Peterson
Marcella Connelly Peterson ’64
Milton (Pete) Peterson
Nancy Peterson
Betty Travnicek Pfeffer ’56
Rod & Eugenia Pfeifer
Greg & Barb Pflaum
Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Melodia Wichert Phelps ’69 Kevin & Regina Rau
Lee & Vera Pietramale Craig & Lori Raumaker
Paul F. Piotrowski Jerrod & Chantelle Rawlinson
Mary Spenceri Pipkins ’87 Stephen & Anne Raynor
William J. Reals, Jr.
Lynne Thomas Pitner ’ 79 Andrew & Mary Ellen Reckmeyer
El & Rita Pitt Wayne & Angela Reed
Jack & Tanya Pitzer Deborah Brown Reed ’66
Edythe Pavelec Place ’62 Jason & Jennifer Reeder
Matt & Linda Placzek Rosemary Downing Reeves SJ ’40
Loretta Halamek Plagge ’82 Connie Regan
Kevin & Colleen Plasek Edward & Rosalie Regan
Bernadette Votek Pogge ’58 John G. Regan
Phil & Mandy Pontow Jodi Reger
Elizabeth Marshall Post ’64 Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Joseph & Agatha Poteat Sr. Laura Mary Reicks, RSM
Daniel & Carol Potter Joe & Carol Reifenrath
John & Marci Potter Hugh & Deanna Reilly
Patricia Runa Potter SM ’52 Ronald & Shannon O’Donnell Reinard ’91
Phillip & Kathleen Danahy Powell ’63 Patricia McElligott Reinhardt ’62
Kevin & Josah Driml Powers ’98 Constance E. Remkus ’63
Laura Powers Jacob & Janeen Render
Premier Bank Kara Mattini Renne ’97
Adam & Kimberly Bujarski Prenzlow ’98 G.K. & Rebecca Rhoads
Janet Tobin Presser ’64 Richard & Charlotte Ricke
Joanne Pribyl Barbara Krupski Rider SM ’53
Julianne L. Pribyl Ed & Jane Rief
Kathleen Prince Jason & Maggie Rief
William & Lorraine O’Leary Pritchard SM ’51 JoAnn Rierden
Phyllis H. Procopio John & Jacqueline Riesberg
Laura Rogers Prophater ’64 Doug & Robyn Rimington
Larry & Diane Proulx Patricia Kocarnik Rindone ’71
Georgeann Prusa John & M. Theresa Houston Ringwalt ’67*
Rosemarie L. Prystai Dennis & Katie Rinkol
Wilbur & Patricia Urbanovsky Rose Rinkol
Pupkes SM ’54 Harvey & Alice Olson Rischling ’56
Thomas & Suzanne Romaire Purcell ’69 Leah Hollister Rissien ’92
Patricia Sayre Quinlan ’60 Debra Vavra Ritter ’71
Joan Willett Quinlin ’59 Leonard & Mary Rivera
Judith Kielty Quinn ’59 Christine Zenk Rix ’73
Thomas & Margaret Kotera Quinn ’68 Joe & Cari Robertson
Michael & Carol Quinn Martin & Patricia Robinson
Pauline Quinn Saul & Tracie Rudol Robles ’90
Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68 Mary Lou Meyer Rodgers ’67
Franco Quintana Joaquin & Keri Rodriguez
Matthew & Natalie Rademacher Jon & Linda Roeder
Bradley & Audra Radil David J. Roller
Kathleen Troia Radosevich ’67 Lawrence & Sharon Tuttle Roller ’66
Scot & Kathleen Rainbolt Marlene J. Rollins
David & Kathy Rains Mark & Heather Ronayne
Daniel Ramaekers Tim & Eileen Rooney
Joseph & Agatha Alba Ramirez SM ’50 Emmet & Fran Root
Wyatt E. Ramsey Mary Trout Rosburg ’73
Sr. Therese Randolph, RSM ’56 Richard & Lisa Rosenthal
Ben & Carol Rangel Wayne & Kathy Rosonke
Dennis & Lisa Rangel Sr. Marilyn Ross, RSM
David & Mary Powers Rankin ’57 Chris & Beth Rossell
Janice A. Rashid ’63 Thomas & Elaine Rouse
Dorothy S. Rasmussen David & Rebecca Royce
Lisa Raszler George & Kathleen Coffey Royce ’65
Karen Ratajski Dr. Michon Rozmajzl, RSM SM ’55 57
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Howard Rudloff
Robert G. Ruetz
Joe & Martha Ruff
Sarita L. Ruma ’ 73
Debora Tubrick Rushlau ’ 75
Nancy J. Ryan +
Sheila Ryan ’63*
T. Patrick Ryan
Theresa Miklas Ryan ’ 74
Andy & Teresa Walters Ryba ’90
William & Sarah Ryland
Channing & Kristin Heaton Rys ’94
Denise Sabatka
Therese Safranek ’ 73 & James Brosnihan*
Rev. Carl A. Salanitro
Jeffrey & Fay Sampson
Patricia Connell Samson ’68
Mary Jo Sanders ’69*
Patricia Sandoval
John & Diana Reestman Saniuk ’69
Joan Saniuk ’ 72
Joseph & Denise Saniuk
Cynthia Pfeifer Sarraillon ’ 71
David & Karen Sater
Gary & Patricia O’Neill Sauerman ’65
Amal G. Sawaged
Sr. Judith Schaefer, OP
Michael & Tammi Schaffart
Robert Schartz
Michael & Sheila Schartz
Mary M. Scherr ’62
Stephen & Janice Scherr
Carolyn Janowiak Schiltz ’61
Claudia Schindler
Sr. Claudette D. Schiratti, RSM ’57
Thomas & Janice Schleisman
Carol Schlueter ’68
W. J. & Jerada Schlueter
Joseph & Linda Sieben Schluter ’68
Antoinette Montello Schmeling ’65
Robert + & Annette Tomcykowski Robert & Bonnie Smola
Schmitz ’56 +
Mary Pat Fay Schneider ’65
Patricia Kleine Schneider SM ’53
Rita Safranek Schneider ’58
W. James & Dolores Schneiderwind
Chad Schneiss
Terry & Patricia Barnes Scholl ’65
Mark & Shelley Shreves Schrader ’69
Leland & Kristie Schroll
Lynn & Cynthia Schrum
Roland & Joyce Palladino Schueth ’59*
Donald W. Schuette
Darrell & Barbara Schulte
John & Amy Michalski Schultz ’86
Janice Henningsen Schultz ’64
Mary Kuehl Schultz ’64
Patricia Lynam Schultz ’ 70
Marvin & Alyssa Schulz
Janet J. Schumacher ’64
58 Jane Turner Schumaker ’64
Elaine M. Schuster, Ph.D. ’62*
Daniel & Janise Schwee
James & Janelle Schweikert
Marilyn Wichert Selk ’67
Margaret Glenn Sellner ’61
Margaret H. Semin SM ’54
Thomas Sena
Ian & Anne Severes
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Janice Jazynka Sgier ’58
John & Jane Spring Shanahan ’58*
Cherie Patch Shaw SM ’46
Tony E. Shaw
Joseph & Patricia Sequenzia Sheehan ’67
Kevin & Jennifer Shepoka
Robert & Paula Shields
Terry & Patty Shinkle
Mark & Paula Shrader
James & Barbara Reynek Sichmeller ’58
Juanita Sieben ’70
K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59*
Robert & Alice Parker Simon SM ’53
Jerry & Diane Simon
Stan & Jane Simon
Thomas & Jan Simpson
Mary Jean O’Brien Sims SM ’55
Janice Tegels Siragusa ’59
Thomas & Claudie Sires
Sr. Jean Sitter, RSM
Steve Skala
Rita Wagman Skinner ’65
Mary Lou Skupa SM ’54
Jeanne Schmit Skutnik ’85
Richard & Julie Daeges Sladovnik SJ ’52
Leo & Joan Lawson Slapkauskas ’57
Keith Butts & Christine Slater
Philip & Suanne Slavik
Bernadette Smith ’68
Gary & Pamela Smith
Ervin & Nancy Vaculik Smith ’73
Philip & Sharon Smith
John Smolen
John & Paula Washburn Smolen ’65
Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61*
Anthony & Monica Snyder
Margaret Sobczak ’65*
Gerald & M. Lynn Sobczyk
Thomas & Janet Sobczyk
John & Judith Poetzel Soliz ’57*
Noel & Christine Sommers
Jim & Delia Sorensen
John & Kerri Doll Sorrell ’80
Kathleen E. Sortino
Russell & Patricia Spawn
Tom & Lisa Spellman
St. Joan of Arc Parish
Daniel & Jessica Ham Stalnaker ’99
Gary F. Stanek
Mary Beth Harrington Stanek ’80
Kyle & Anne Mollner Stanley ’05
Mark & Darlene Stara
Mary Staroscik
Stella Nowaczyk Stawniak SM ’53
Karen Stec
Peter & Rosella Stec
Carol Avery Steinhausen ’63
James F. Stejskal
Mary Stillmunks
Trudy J. Stodola
Matthew & Deanna Stoffel
Jerome & Shelly Stolinski
Mary Potter Stoltzman ’68
Joseph & Elizabeth Stolze
Paul & Alison Stormberg
Sally Miller Storr ’66
Jerome & Janet Lavelle Stracke ’75
Spencer & Maureen Strahl
Michele Floersch Strange ’63
Joyce Rosenberg Stranglen ’61
Sarah Strattan
Susan L. Stryker
Kent & Michele McGill Stultz ’74
George & Sheila Sturm
Travis & Mary Pat Dargy Stutzman ’90
Jerome & Sandra Sueper
Emmett Sullivan
Jack & Jesse Gonderinger Sullivan ’05
Jim & Paula Sullivan
Joseph & Ruth Sullivan
James & Rose Brennan Sullivan ’04
Lisa J. Sund ’97
Karen J. Sundell
Dan & Kathy Conway Surdell ’66
Sr. Theresa A. Svehla, RSM ’ 70
David & Julianne Svingen
Elizabeth Svoboda
John & Maria Caniglia Svoboda ’95
Glen & Brittany Swait
Ronald & Karen Marinkovich Swesey ’67
Larry & Sandra Sykora
Ruth Sylvester
Timothy & Susan Kisicki Szalewski ’81
Geraldine Cieslik Szuberla ’65
T & T Custom Cabinets, Inc.
Joe & Roxane Tangeman
Robert & Laura Tatten
William & Carolyn Andreasen Taylor ’71
Gwen A. Teeple ’73*
Jeremiah & Anne Teeters
Frederick & Joann Temme
Nancy Reiman Tex ’65
Sally Groves Theiler ’57 +
Thomas & Kelly Theisen
Sr. Carolyn A. Thirtle, OSF SJ ’55
John & Amy Thomas
Edward L. Thompson
Jim & Nancy Thompson
Gary & Ann Stefanski Thomsen ’ 72
Pamela Thornton ’68
Hughleen Thorsen ’68
Terry & Liz Thurman
Ann Thurmond ’68
Catherine L. Tierney
Daniel & Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90

Janet Schmidt Tomarkin ’68
Ann Godek Tomcykowski ’57
Clark & Nancy Ferrara Toner ’80
Anna Lisa Tosone ’ 74
Robert & Katherine Townsend
Cori Tranisi
Ruth Daly Trede SM ’52
Michael A. Trevino
Susan Bertagni Trigg ’68
Steve & Ann Parr Tripp ’ 71
Matthew & Michele Tripp
Brian & Sarah Troia
Carl & Cynthia Troia
Samuel & Marie Troia
Mary Jo Troia-Tejeda ’69
Abbie Reh Truax SJ ’47
Kathleen Trudell
Christine True
John & Patty True
Leonel Trujillo
Sheila Reifenrath Tuma ’05
Jack & Mary Beth Langley Turecek ’60
Sonja Lebo Turner ’56
Scott & Lynda Caniglia Turnquist ’83
Kathleen Kennedy Tuttle SM ’54
Kathleen Smith Tweedy ’56
Jill Upah
Aryn Vacanti ’98
Kathy Valasek
Tony & Ann Costello Valla ’86
Robert & Catherine Franco Van Haute ’81
Kathleen Connolly Van Sistine ’68
Charles & Kimberly Vana
Tony & Becky VandenBosch
Kraig & Barbara Stefanski Vanderbeek ’79
Dan & Julie Vankat
Charlene J. Vargo
Kimberly Bryant Vavra ’01
Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM ’49*
Bill & Sharon Veys
Mary Pat Villalva
Maxine Thell Vinardi ’62
Ernest & Kathleen Zitur Vincentini ’58
Rita Kresnik Virant SM ’55*
Judith Dargy Vohs ’57
Mark Voller
Andrew & Angie Von Dollen
Sharon Carter Vondra ’60
Christyne Cairo Vranes ’64
Fred & Nancy Bertagni Wackerhagen ’ 73*
Sharon Carmichael Wade ’71
Jon & Laurie Thomas Wagner ’72
James & Maureen Waldron
Christopher & Michele Zach Walker ’85
Robert & Judith Walker
Sarah E. Wallace ’01
Jillian Wallich
Richard & Melissa Wallich
Donald & Kathryn Walsh
Thomas & Marialyce Killeen Walsh ’58
Carolyn Walters
Daniel & Cynthia Waltz
Jean Stackhouse Wang ’67
A. Joseph Ward
John & Erin Ward
Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM ’59*
Michael H. Ward
Irene Gunia Warga SM ’52
Joyce Watsabaugh
Rodney & Carol Watson
Margaret Troia Wazny ’ 71
Michael & Nancy Friese Weaver ’57*
Cecelia O’Kane Weber SM ’47
Diane Sliva Weber ’68
Joan Weber
Ronald & Mary Shirley Weber ’66
Michael & Susan Weberg
Rosemary Begley Weide SJ ’53
Joanne Weidler-Hempel
Virginia Weinfurtner Weidner SM ’49
David & Manana Weiler
Mary Ellen Howland Weirich ’63
James & Francie Riedmann Weis ’81
Richard & Diane Weis
Ronald & Rita Ostblom Weis SJ ’54
Alfred & Diane Welch
Connie Cutting Welle ’59
Gerald & Jean Wellendorf
Thomas & Kathleen Wells
Eugene & Mary Ann Wessling
David & Kristi Walters Wessling ’88
Rebecca M. Wessling ’13
William & Elizabeth Wessling
Charles & Patti West
Richard & Carol West
Joyce Jensen Whalley ’58
Marie Moylan Wharton SM ’48*
Charles & Marise Barry Wheatley ’58
Diane M. White
Geralyn Budenholzer White ’78
Rita Whorley
Jen Whyte
Gerald & Andrea Wichert
Patricia Gallagher Wicht ’68
Dale W. Widhalm
Dan Wieberg
James & Jennifer Wiehe
Mary Jo Alba Wiese ’68
Jeremy & Tosia Wieser
Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Lisa Williams
Mary Lois Bauer Williams SM ’52
Gayle Willitt
Mickey Willroth
Patricia Harris Wilson ’70
Tim & Beth Wilson
Theresa M. Wilwerding
Lucille Kupfer Windels ’62
Douglas E. Wingate, Jr.
Edith Hraban Winkelmann SM ’47
Beth McLean Winkler ’87
Shawn & Kristen Winquest
Mark & Jennifer Witcofski
Connie Emery Wolf ’62
Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Christopher & Mary Collins Wolf ’88
John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58
Stuart & Joan Wood
DeLoris Kanger Woodford ’58
Adam & Jaime Wright
Jeanne McAnany Wright ’7 1
Kathleen Linstrom Wright ’67
Gerard & Grace (Chris) Trout Wulff ’7 1
Anna R. Wyskowski ’02
Michael Yakus & Karen Joyce
Monica Alba Yankus ’75
John & Kathy Yochum
C. Richard & Mary Yoest
Richard & Kimberly Yost
Charlotte Covich Young SJ ’54
Joseph & Mary Zaborowksi
Christopher & Brenna Zeleny
Steve & Kris Zey
James & Bernadine Bonacci
Zielinski SJ ’54
Kathryn Mahoney Zielinski ’63
Michael & Patricia Ziesel
Theresa A. Ziesel
Geraldine McCafferty Zimmerman ’56
Rob & Katie Zimmerman
Rose Zoucha
Loretta M. Zuck
Daniel & JoAnn Zuerlein
Tom & Traci Zuk
*Charter Members
+ Denotes Deceased
Omission Statement
The Advancement Office has
worked diligently to ensure the
accuracy of this report of gifts.
If your name was omitted or
improperly noted, please accept
our apologies. If you notice
such an error, please notify us at
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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
Carol Smola Dargy ’56 (80th Birthday) Sr. RoseMary Boessen, RSM
Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Rev. William J. Fitzgerald (Birthday)
Nancy Nystrom Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
(80th Birthday)
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Judith Dargy Vohs ’57
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
(Cor Misericordiae Award) Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
David & Julianne Svingen Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Maureen E. McGrath ’57 (80th Birthday) Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Judith Dargy Vohs ’57 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57
Bradley Muse (Birthday)
Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Tim Harrison on behalf of Harrison
Tim & Mary Coyle
Financial Services
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Maggie R. Reinard ’19 (Graduation) Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’74 Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 David & Patricia Draney Hayden ’78
(Distinguished Woman of Holly McCoy
Mercy Alumna Award) Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
George & Rose Marie Bendon Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Basque ’59 Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
In Honor Of K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59
Kristen Martin Beck ’05 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Dennis & Mary Martin Sr. Kathleen Erickson, RSM
Avery Driml Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Catherine Hogan Besta ’56
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Betty Trout Eckley ’63 Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Rev. Michael P. Eckley Sr. Patricia Guziec, RSM ’58
Olivia T. Gorham ’20 Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Larry Jaworski Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Carolyn Jaworski ’64 Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Clark & Nancy Ferrara Toner ’80 Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57
Joan Weber Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Clare J. Kendall ’17 Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Robert & Leanne Kendall Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Michaela Kendall ’15 David & Patricia Draney Hayden ’ 78
Robert & Leanne Kendall Holly McCoy
Jim Pogge Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Constance M. Ryan ’70 Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Madeline E. Riesberg ’20 Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Paul & Jan Klaus Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Jon Rouse Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Karen J. Sundell Anonymous (3)
Jane Green Alseth ’65
Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61
Beverly Marreel Anzalone ’63
John & Paula Washburn Smolen ’65
Richard & Heidi Anzalone
Hanna E. Stec ’19
Karina L. Anzalone-Stavneak ’92
Peter & Rosella Stec
Paul & Betsy Austin
Diana C. Strahl ’18 Sr. Mary Jo Baldus, RSM
James & Barbara Ruane Patrick L. Becker
Spencer & Maureen Strahl Paul S. Beran
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Bridget A. Blessie ’13
Meghan Clark Bochynski ’00
Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65
Daniel & D’Lynn Gannon Buck ’88
Kurt & Jill Cisar
Matt & Ann Veys Coco ’01
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Core Bank
Tim & Mary Coyle
Brendan & Crystal Crowley
Barbara Holst Daley ’61
James & Lorie Dennell
James & Sarah DePooter
Eric & Michelle Bond Deters ’91
Msgr. Thomas Donahoe
Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65
Elizabeth R. Dunn ’10
Tyler Borman & Kaylea Dunn ’96
Colleen Williams Durante ’00
Rev. Michael P. Eckley
George & Becky Lane Elster ’68
Michael & Mary Beacom Emmer ’84
Dean & Danielle Hahn Emsick ’83
Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85
Joseph & Judith Fisher
Jim & Susan Franco
John & Catherine Fullenkamp
Amanda M. Fulton ’98
Pat & Sandy Gaydusek
Timothy & Carrie Zuerlein George ’91
Helen Holmes Giambrone ’97
David Glatte
John & Sonya Glenn
Buddy Comer & Sandra
Goetzinger-Comer ’70
Christine M. Gonderinger ’12
Emily J. Gonderinger ’09
Bob & Mary Gonderinger
Larry & Shirley Good
Patrick & Lisa Guinan
Joel & Barb Hahn
Victor Hahn
Monte Schatz & Mary Jo Hanigan
Thomas & Kathryn Harmon
Sr. Judith Patricia Healy, RSM ’60
Heider Family Foundation
Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’ 74
Eric & Halle Hoge
Ronald & Arlene Holden
Derwin & Mary Babb Horne ’ 79
Christopher & Jennifer Jerram
John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80
Mary Johnston
Adam & Kathy Daley Jones ’88
Mary K. Jones ’01
Patricia Kahre
James & Diane Hope Kean ’69
Joy Thiem Kellerman ’90
Tim & Amy Klein
Rich & Jackie Kmiecik
Christine Grier Koehn ’96
James & Gail Babb Kotulak ’82
Raymond & Francine Krause
Yvonne Buresh Kros ’61
Sr. Catherine M. Kuper, RSM

Steve & Carol Kuzelka
Celann A. LaGreca
Michael & Ann Franco Laughlin ’ 72
Patricia Colchin Lavey SM ’50
Emily Wessling Leahy ’10
Nicole E. Lenczowski ’06
David L. & Mary Franco Levy ’70
Mary Lincoln
Deborah A. Macdonald
Jocelyn Lavelle Masasi ’00
John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83
Danielle Zuerlein McBride ’00
Richard & Mary Pat Smola McCormick ’58
Holly McCoy
Kevin & Denise McCoy
Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM ’66
Jason & Anne Zadina McGill ’00
Maureen E. McGrath ’57
Maria Hahn Mergens ’03
Thomas & Ann Messersmith
Frank & Jill Mihulka
Moglia Family Foundation
Mark & Jennifer Snitily Munchrath ’89
Bradley & Lynn Muse
Kristopher & Alyssa Danze Norman ’02
Thomas & Tammara Spence Nussrallah ’86
Kelly K. Nystrom ’86
Tracy & Ranae Ortgies
Patrick & Mary Lou Parr
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Debra & Eric Peterson
Troy & Kara Plumb
Jim & Cate Pogge
Kevin & Josah Driml Powers ’98
Leanne C. Prewitt ’97
Scot & Kathleen Rainbolt
Robert & Michelle Ramaekers
Kevin & Regina Rau
Edward & Rosalie Regan
Ronald & Shannon O’Donnell Reinard ’91
Todd & Kimberly Remmereid
G.K. & Rebecca Rhoads
Doug & Robyn Rimington
Dennis & Katie Rinkol
Marvin & Alyssa Schulz
Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Community
Noel & Christine Sommers
Gene & Marilyn Spence
James & Marsha Stewart
Joanne M. Stewart ’72
Joseph & Elizabeth Stolze
Jack & Jesse Gonderinger Sullivan ’05
John & Maria Caniglia Svoboda ’95
Richard & Katherine Swanson
Robert & Laura Tatten
Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC
John & Amy Thomas
Terry & Liz Thurman
Daniel & Mary Ann Wieberg Tietjen ’90
Tony & Becky VandenBosch
Dan & Julie Vankat
Robert & Colleen Verkuilen
David & Angela Burton Vogel ’00
Christopher & Michele Zach Walker ’85
Sarah E. Wallace ’01
Richard & Melissa Wallich
Joseph & Rebecca Heim Waszgis ’88
Margaret Troia Wazny ’ 71
David & Kristi Walters Wessling ’88
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
T. Randall & Veronica Wright
Jennifer Wrobleski ’91
Joseph & Christine Franco Zadina ’ 71
Rob & Katie Zimmerman
Chris & Wendy Zuerlein
Tom & Traci Zuk
Sr. Gloria Heese, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Kathleen Janiak, RSM ’58
Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57
Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Sr. M. Concetta Medina, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57
Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Holly McCoy
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
K. Bridget Brosnihan Simmons ’59
Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Sr. M. Lenora Pipes, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Marilyn Ross, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Mary Charlene Ross, RSM +
Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Donna Ryan, RSM
Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Sr. Claudette D. Schiratti, RSM ’57
Sr. Colette M. Baldwin, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Carolyn Coffey, RSM ’57
Sr. Rita Connell, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
Sr. Jean Sitter, RSM
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Maura Clark, RSM
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Sr. Monica Marie Reichmuth, RSM
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM ’59
Sr. Rosalima Wilkinson, RSM
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+ Deceased
 Annual Report
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
Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52 Steven & Mary Beth Ritzdorf Tish A. Connelly ’65
Branscombe ’ 76
Albert Angele, Jr. ’62
Gerald & Barbara Brundo
Carole Lankas Angele SJ ’53
Phil & Norena Caniglia
Sandra Stahlecker Badura ’62
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Marilyn Bosiljevac Craven ’62 Tish A. Connelly ’65
Patricia Kubat Czerwinski ’62 Tim & Mary Coyle
Frank & Mary Gordon Haman ’62 Zachary & Lisa Daub
Susan Daly Haxton ’62 Pete & Sandy Elsasser
Anne Marie Gomez Lindzy ’62 Michael & Kimberly Elston
Mary Guziec Mendenhall ’62 Arthur & Janet Kleine Farha ’64
Louise O’Connor ’62 Brian Neary & Amy Farha-Neary
Patricia McElligott Reinhardt ’62 George & Mary Farrage
Lucille Kupfer Windels ’62 Karen L. Frost
Connie Emery Wolf ’62 Jason & Jennifer Galley
Stephen L. Ballard Joseph & Mary Hartigan Godberson ’80
Luvern & Joyce Gubbels
Joseph & Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ ’50
Lance & Maria Hiatt
Scott & Lynda Caniglia Turnquist ’83
Liliane Jamal
Patricia Grieser Bantner ’67 Julie Johnson
Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick ’62 George E. Kleine
Kelly Lynn Bartman Patrick & Joan Knowles
Ingrid Kalinowski Borghoff ’65 Mike Mahoney
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Cory & Laura Mann
Peter & Mary Marinkovich
Tim & Mary Coyle
Michael & Carol McGlade
Richard & Mary Jo Smutny Donovan ’63
J. Joseph & Mary Kay McQuillan
Tanya M. Becker Dennis & Debra Mostek
John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83 John & Kathleen Nahas
Gerald Behrendt William & Carol Nish
Gerald & Marilyn Opitz Michael & Martha O’Connor
Gerald & Marilyn Opitz
Ted & Mary Bertagni
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Fred & Nancy Bertagni Wackerhagen ’73
Anne M. Page
John & Mary Watsabaugh Bishop SJ ’47 Marcella Connelly Peterson ’64
Joyce Watsabaugh Gerald & Lisa Pribyl
Joanne Pribyl
Eldon D. Boone
Julianne L. Pribyl
Catherine Nielsen Boone ’65
Ed & Rose Regan
Carmen Alba Bracken ’70 Pat & Cindy Regan
Thomas & Ann Connelly Brannen ’71 Joan Saniuk ’ 72
Jo Ann Alba Morris ’73 Joseph & Denise Saniuk
Patricia Lynam Schultz ’ 70 Mary Kuehl Schultz ’64
Marvin & Alyssa Schulz
Joseph T. Budenholzer
Terry & Patty Shinkle
Geralyn Budenholzer White ’78
John & Kerri Doll Sorrell ’80
Jeannine M. Burbach St. Joan of Arc Parish Human Needs Rosalind O. Parr ’09
James & Rachel Burbach Burns ’94 Committee
Jeanne Tucker Burns SM ’50 Trudy J. Stodola
Frank V. Burns Jerome & Shelly Stolinski
Kent & Michele McGill Stultz ’74
Sr. Marian T. Camel, RSM SM ’47
Brian & Sarah Troia
Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’ 77
Rodney & Carol Watson
Joe Ayoub
Nagi Ayoub & Jennifer Oliveto Ayoub Joseph D. Caniglia, Sr.
Scott & Barbara Bailey Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Joseph & Lucy Beraldi Tish A. Connelly ’65
62 Catherine Nielsen Boone ’65 Laura A. Ganapini ’80
Theresa M. Ganapini
Richard A. Cerveny
Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68
Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin SJ ’43
Family of Elizabeth Fogarty Clavin
John F. Coniglio
John & Sandra Bogema
Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67
Gary & Mary Tuttle Marasco ’67
Holly McCoy
Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68
Jean Stackhouse Wang ’67
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Robert & Marie Connelly
Monica Harrington ’91
Julie C. Costello
Anonymous
Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77
Michael & Janet Brannen
Tim & Mary Coyle
Betty Cronin SM ’46
Irene Milewski
Jean Marie Sabatka Crook ’59
Denise Sabatka
Vincent P. Crowley
Rose M. Crowley
Violet Cunningham-Duree
Margaret M. Cunningham ’76
Rose Baye Cutshall SJ ’47
Donald Cutshall
Constance R. Daniels
Tish A. Connelly ’65
Jeanne M. Darrell
Holly McCoy
Paul F. DeVries
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Victoria F. Driml
Jane Green Alseth ’65
Matthew & Mary Jo Bassett
Colleen Rukas Bentley ’68
Marrianne Safranek Driml ’65
Rita Safranek Schneider ’58
Gloria Perry-Wesely Dubas ’59
Raydelle Kaline Meehan ’59
Mary Sadie Dufek
Tish A. Connelly ’65
Ruth N. Duffy
Holly McCoy
Kevin W. Dunn
Christine Dunn
Tyler Borman & Kaylea Dunn ’96

Richard & Charlotte Ricke
Daniel & Janise Schwee
Gary & Ann Stefanski Thomsen ’72
Richard & Diane Weis
Thomas & Kathleen Wells
Donald L. Erlbacher
Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67
Holly McCoy
Ben Fedman
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Mary Joan Roadruck Fenton SM ’49
Christopher & Jeanne Devaney Carroll ’74
Louise Battaglia Franco SM ’50
John & Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80
Virginia Battaglia Veleba SM ’49
Nicholas J. Fisher
Anonymous
Tim & Mary Coyle
Holly McCoy
Patrick & Mary Lou Parr
Jim & Cate Pogge
William L. Flynn
Robert & Mary Bestenlehner
John & Susan Bral
Joseph & Cynthia Burke
Anthony & Rita Cherek
Sancha Gloden Corrigan ’58
Don A. Daubert
Joyce Davis
Dale & Phyllis Kawa Flyr SM ’55
Ed & Joni Fogarty
John & Marisa Gilbert
Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67
Thomas Hendricks
Mary K. Higgins
Virginia O’Leary Kurzak ’56
Gary & Marlene Thell Machal SM ’55
Lucille Buda Marasco SM ’55
James & Karen Murphy
Michael Nuschy
Patricia Brady O’Kane SM ’51 +
Richard & Catherine Pedersen
Greg & Barb Pflaum
Thomas & Margaret Kotera Quinn ’68
Mary Lou Meyer Rodgers ’67
Ernest & Kathleen Zitur Vincentini ’58
Sr. Jeanne Ward, RSM ’59
Wesley & M. Jenelle Wolfe
Loretta M. Zuck
Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, RSM MSM ’29
Gene & Patricia Pritchard Flesher SM ’53
Marcus Gannon
Holly McCoy
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Linda M. George
Daniel & JoAnn Zuerlein
Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
Mary Jane Smith Gerst ’68 James & Rita Glass
Timothy & Monica Smith Ahern ’77 Richard & Theresa Guinan
D. Paul Hartnett
Carmella Giordano SJ ’43
J. L. & Patricia Heinrichs
Carmella Giordano SJ ’43 + (Bequest)
Leonard + & Rita Higgins
Elizabeth Markey Goodroad Catherine Hohenstein
Charles & Laura Allen Homestead Plaza Shopping Center LLC
Patricia Eckley Granger-Markey ’57 David & Mary Anne Hoover
Irmajean Leaver Andersen ’57 Christopher & Jennifer Jerram
Rozanne Kenney
Catherine Rybin Dobbertin ’57
James & Mary Jean King
Betty Trout Eckley ’63
Timothy Flott & Kristin Mayleben-Flott Bernard & Kathleen Watsabaugh
Ronda Friel Kratochvil SJ ’52
Mary Ann Greene-Walsh ’65 Yvonne Buresh Kros ’61
Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Carrie Haug Douglas Lebbert
Theresa Spirek Holman ’57 Mary Kay O’Connor
Pat & Peg Gassman O’Malley ’61
Joseph & Mary Leahy
Michael & Doris Petersen
Stephen & Margaret Maher
Marcella Connelly Peterson ’64
Jude & Barbara McGargill
Nancy Peterson
Robert Miller
Sara Pirtle
Joy Neneman ’57
Jon & Linda Roeder
Samuel Nigro
Michael & Kathleen Pallesen Jerry & Diane Simon
Matthew & Natalie Rademacher Jeanne Schmit Skutnik ’85
Cori Tranisi Patricia A. Wagner
David & Manana Weiler Denis F. Walsh
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57 Rita Whorley
Wesley & M. Jenelle Wolfe
Robert S. Griffith C. Richard & Mary Yoest
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Delores (Dode) Hartigan
Rita Gubbels Anonymous
Alexander & Kristine Mattini Evans ’06
John (Jack) Healey
Paul Gudenrath Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Gary & Pamela Smith
Mary Grace Herek ’65
Elizabeth (Betty) Spellman Guese SJ ’40 Tish A. Connelly ’65
Jill Guese
Joseph L. Hermanek
Ellamae Grabowsky Habron SM ’49 Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52
Elizabeth Grabowsky Gotch ’59
E. Jean Fleissner Herrman SM ’48
Betty L. Hagedorn Ralph R. Herrman
Aaron & Michele Hagedorn Cohen ’91
Leonard T. Higgins
Abigail Behr Hagen ’09 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Galen & Marsha Behr Susan Hokanson
Judith Enis Hall ’61 Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Anonymous Kathleen McKenna Horton SM ’53
George & Joan Baca
Anonymous
Celia Bogard
Donald R. Krupa
Boone & Associates, P.C.
Gerald & Patricia Maguire
Joseph & Mary Jo Brutto
Patricia Buckley Elsie Hubrecht Irvine SM ’42
Michael & Arlene Casey Anonymous
Alice J. Chapman Dorothy Ainsworth
Kyle & Debbie Conry Joel & Jennifer Bauch
Lou DiMauro Tish A. Connelly ’65
Mary Jo Danahy Ellis ’61 Kyran L. Daugherty 63
Patricia Humlicek Gehringer ’61 Distribution Management Systems Inc.
 Annual Report
Memorials
continued
Kevin & Lou Illian
Family of Elsie Hubrecht Irvine
Mary Beth Irvine ’65
Thomas & Gloria LaCrosse
JCPS Psychologist & Friends
Claudia Schindler
Leonard L. Jarecki
Benjamin & Danielle Boner Micek ’05
Kathleen Turner Jeffries ’62
Jane Turner Schumaker ’64
Rita Grieser Johnson ’64
Mary Grieser Kirkpatrick ’62
Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24
Harriett Foran Kane SB ’24 + (Bequest)
Thomas & Patricia Kielty
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Rita Safranek Schneider ’58
Edward & Rosemary Koley
Don & Margie Eckley
August & Harriet Koziol
Christine A. Koziol ’ 72
Joan Kucera-Hinkle
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Mary S. Landen
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Mary E. Langenegger ’68
Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68
Robert A. Larson
Sandra Larson
Elizabeth A. Latka
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Margaret E. Lavelle
Jerome & Janet Lavelle Stracke ’75
Doris (Dorie) Lawrence SM ’52
Sandra Hansen
Georgene Greenblatt Lindeman SM ’49
Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52
Kristine Smith Littrell ’74
Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’74
James F. Lohmeier
Joseph & Loretta Smejkal Caniglia SJ ’50
Josephine Caniglia Lohmeier SJ ’51
Raydelle Kaline Meehan ’59
Scott & Lynda Caniglia Turnquist ’83
Mary Anne Cavanaugh Lucas ’60
Molly Cavanaugh ’90
Julia Watsabaugh MacKay SJ ’54
Joyce Watsabaugh
Dennis D. Mackie
64 Daniel & JoAnn Zuerlein
Grace Maddigan
Tim & Mary Coyle
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Holly McCoy
Phyllis L. Martin
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Marian Traynor Maschka SM ’52
Marj Kastl Krawczyk SM ’52
Marilyn Mattern
Anonymous
Michael C. Davlin
Stephen & Marla Houston
Thomas & Sharon Leuschen
Tony E. Shaw
Gerald & M. Lynn Sobczyk
Robert & Laura Tatten
David & Kristi Walters Wessling ’88
Patrick H. McDonnell
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Matthew J. McGill
Tim & Mary Coyle
Holly McCoy
Jane Stultz McKernan ’63
Betty Trout Eckley ’63
Daniel McKernan
Constance E. Remkus ’63
Kathryn Mahoney Zielinski ’63
Mary Tracy McKernan ’82
HDR Inc.
Charles (Gene) McKissack
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Margaret Malloy McLain SM ’52
Michael & Diane McLain
Michael P. Metz
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Armand & Mary Rae Metz Gibbons ’58
Angelo & Ermelinda Micheletto
Sr. Marie P. Micheletto, RSM ’57
Edward J. Mohanna
Tish A. Connelly ’65
Julia A. Moore ’81
James & Karol Krawczyk Carroll ’ 79
Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’ 74
David & Kelly McCann Laughlin ’81
Robert & Catherine Franco Van Haute ’81
Paul J. Moore
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM
Ruth Sylvester
Maryann Schneiderwind Morris SM ’45
Tim & Mary Coyle
Barbara Holst Daley ’61
Elaine T. Heaston ’68
Amy & Eric Loehr
Holly McCoy
Paul F. Piotrowski
David & Karen Sater
Donald W. Schuette
Mark & Teresa Tusa Stillmock ’ 79
Susan L. Stryker
Frederick & Joann Temme
Sally Groves Theiler ’57 +
Ann Godek Tomcykowski ’57
James & Jennifer Wiehe
John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58
Paula Mossman
Heider Family Foundation
Stephen Mossman
Robert (Bob) Mulcahy
Holly McCoy
Michael E. Mullen
Frank L. Anania
Rosemary Mummey
John & Sandra Bogema
Christopher & Jennifer Jerram
Leo R. Murnan
James & Karol Krawczyk Carroll ’ 79
Deborah L. Leas ’ 77
Holly McCoy
Christopher & Judy Niemoller
Sorenson ’ 75
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Diane K. Nannini
Laura A. Ganapini ’80
Theresa M. Ganapini
Jonathan J. Neitzke
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Jean Ward Nekola SM ’55
Catherine Hogan Besta ’56
Thomas & Ann Connelly Brannen ’71
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Joseph G. Nekola, Sr.
Catherine Hogan Besta ’56
George W. Neneman
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Tim & Mary Coyle
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
Melodia Wichert Phelps ’69
Marilyn Wichert Selk ’67
Edward J. Nicola
Carol Bader Nicola ’78
Michelle Bruccini Nique ’74
Gary & Mary Jane Monico Herron ’74
Helen M. Novotny-Cavaleri
Carol Novotny Heng ’68
 Fiscal Year July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

Todd R. Nystrom Rozann Carney Platt ’68 Mary Ann Scalzo

Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Frances A. Carney John & Sandra Bogema
Maureen Dolson
Philip H. Pogge Patricia Esser Scherrman SM ’55
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Anonymous Gary & Marlene Thell Machal SM ’55
Jim & Cate Pogge
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Trudy Murphy Perrone SM ’55
Sr. Kathleen O’Brien, RSM ’62 Tim & Mary Coyle Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55
Tish A. Connelly ’65 Tyler & Lauren Pogge Hinton ’10
Harold & Alvina Schumacher
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM Holly McCoy
Janet J. Schumacher ’64
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Jim & Cate Pogge
Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61 Emily Scherr Scott
Rosemary Pogge
Mary Ellen Howland Weirich ’63 Mary M. Scherr ’62
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58 Helen Shadle
Tim & Mary Coyle
Robert L. O’Keefe Tyler & Lauren Pogge Hinton ’10 Larry & Marcia Cusic
Joy Neneman ’57 Holly McCoy C. Patricia Shea
Ann Thurmond ’68 Jim & Cate Pogge Tim & Mary Coyle
Margaret J. O’Leary ’56 LeRoy E. Potter Sr. Eva Fritz, RSM
Catherine Hogan Besta ’56 Patricia Runa Potter SM ’52 Bob & Mary Gonderinger
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Wendy O’Rourke Sr. Margaret Quinn, RSM
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Anonymous
Loretta Kearney Siegele ’58
Ronald E. Osborne Patricia A. Ramsey
John & Janet Murphy Wolff ’58
M. Jane Huerter ’ 68 & Richard P. Jeffries Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Augustus (Gus) Slavik
Jeri Dodendorf Ostronic ’71 Melvin & Mary Ann Ritzdorf
Tim & Mary Coyle
Debra Vavra Ritter ’ 71 Steven & Mary Beth Ritzdorf
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Branscombe ’76
Sr. Maureen O’Sullivan, RSM
Erma Stepanek Smith MSM ’28
Anonymous Richard T. Robino
Bernadette Smith ’68
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58
John & Kathleen Owens
Jerrold L. Strasheim
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Henry Roehrig
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Kathryn Roehrig Murphy ’68
Mary C. Palmesano ’59
Sr. M. Jeananne Sutton, RSM SJ ’41
Mary C. Palmesano ’59 + (Bequest) Katie Kollasch Rooney-Loss
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Anonymous
Annette (Nettie) Pflug
Sr. Margaret Mary Sutton, RSM SJ ’36
Anonymous Bette Skorka Rudloff SM ’51
Anonymous
Howard Rudloff
Joan Konon Pilus SM ’55
Ruth L. Swanson
Stephanie N. Bushman ’13 Josephine S. Russo SJ ’48
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Anonymous
Raymond A. Pilus
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58 Sally Groves Theiler ’57
Stephanie N. Bushman ’13
Tish A. Connelly ’65 Anonymous
Sara Lee Pittala Mary Kay Connor ’63 Joan Staskiewicz Belitz ’56
Sr. Johanna Burnell, RSM Tim & Mary Coyle Mary C. Blaszak
Sr. Jeanne O’Rourke, RSM Joseph & Judith Engelbert Virginia Bryg ’57
Donald + & Mary Ann Erlbacher Kevin & Laura Capece
Carol Ann Cooney Pitzer SM ’53
Laurence & Loretta Houlton Robert & Rita Coomler
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Harry & Joan Fitzgerald Obarski SJ ’48 Josephine M. Dieter
Tish A. Connelly ’65
Sr. Johneen Owens, RSM ’58 Catherine Rybin Dobbertin ’57
Sheryl J. Edwards
Ann Thurmond ’68 Joseph & Theresa Fuxa
Mary Ann Douda Hartley SM ’53
Michael & Maureen Goltl
Gary & Franke Henthorn Winifred McCafferty Sage SM ’52
Robert & Georgia Goltl
Rebecca Kelling Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Geoffrey & Liz Hall
Ed & Pauline Kocarnik Mondragon ’59 Kathleen McCafferty Griffith ’61
James & Kathleen Hall
Jack & Tanya Pitzer Margaret McCafferty Hoskins SM ’54
Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57
Sr. Susan Severin, RSM SM ’55 Cathy Mousel
George & Mary Ann Hutfless
John Smolen Mary McCafferty Nastase ’58
Elaine V. Kelly
Sr. Sally A. Smolen, RSM ’61 Geraldine McCafferty Zimmerman ’56
Francis & Sofia Kock
Carolyn Placzek Red Sampson Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Tim & Sue Brousek Jeffrey & Fay Sampson Shirley Pollreis Lee ’61 65
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Gerald & Patricia Maguire
Lucille Buda Marasco SM ’55
Donald & Rosemary Dolan Martin ’57
Holly McCoy
Maureen E. McGrath ’57
Daniel McKernan
Jackie Mlady
John & Kay Monzingo
Peggy Poffenbarger Neumann ’63
Sean Norris
Mark & Debbie Novotny
Barbara J. Pankowski
Rev. John L. Pietramale
Dorothy S. Rasmussen
Lisa Raszler
Howard Rudloff
W. James & Dolores Schneiderwind
Kathleen E. Sortino
Gary F. Stanek
Ann Godek Tomcykowski ’57
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Tim & Beth Wilson
Nanci Harris Thomas ’67
Leonard & Mary Lou Nemec Gunia ’67
Margaret Uzdawinis Thompson ’61
Edward L. Thompson
Mary Ann Thurman
Terry & Liz Thurman
Kimberly A. Tinley
Marilyn Morgan Chandler ’57
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Robert & Carol Smola Dargy ’56
Richard & Mary Jo Smutny Donovan ’63
Janice Freedman Family
Sheila McDermott Gehrman ’58
Janet A. Haney
Jay Harrington
Mary Jean Connelly Harrington ’57
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
Maureen E. McGrath ’57
Joy Neneman ’57
Patricia O’Connor ’59
Stephen & Janice Scherr
Margaret H. Semin SM ’54
Judith Dargy Vohs ’57
Joanne Weidler-Hempel
Michael & Susan Matya Tracy ’65
Mary Jane Martin Cook ’65
George E. Tuttle II
Tim & Mary Coyle
Kathleen (Kay) McDermott Tvrdik ’57
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Tom & Annette Mayer Kutilek ’57
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Sr. Mary Marcellus Valdez, RSM
Anonymous
Sr. Camilla Verret, RSM
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Wilma Jean Vincent
Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77
Boris (BJ) Visty
Rita Safranek Schneider ’58
Reid Von Tersch
Anonymous
Rodger & Kathleen Janca Adams ’77
Luke & Sandra Aldy
George & Rose Marie Bendon Basque ’59
John & Dawn Bonacci
Gerald & Barbara Brundo
Thomas & Mary Bush
Tim & Mary Coyle
Victoria J. Cullan
Mark & Teresa Dagostino
Charles & Gail Dickel
Gerald T. Dolejs
Jerald & Elizabeth Golmanavich
Michael & Sue Gorman
David & Deborah Gray
Terence J. Haas
Mary C. Hinkston
David & Mary Anne Hoover
James J. Hubschman
Mary E. Janca
David A. Jasper
Carolyn Jaworski ’64
George & Margaret Johnson
Maureen Waite Kalkowski SM ’50
Edwin & Lois LeFebvre
Bruce & Patricia Little
Rosemary C. Lohr ’68
Kathleen Mason
Kerry A. McDonald
Catherine Nan McTaggart
Leon & Deidre Milobar
JoAnn Monahan
Stephen & Nancy Nielsen
William & Colleen Ostdiek
Phyllis H. Procopio
Rosemarie L. Prystai
Pauline Quinn
Priscilla Connelly Quinn ’68
Marlene J. Rollins
David & Rebecca Royce
Howard Rudloff
Robert Schartz
W. J. & Jerada Schlueter
Philip & Sharon Smith
Jerome & Sandra Sueper
T & T Custom Cabinets, Inc.
Carl & Cynthia Troia
Charlene J. Vargo
Rosemary Begley Weide SJ ’53
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Michael & Patricia Ziesel
Theresa A. Ziesel
Claudette T. Warnke
Carole Lankas Angele SJ ’53
Lucille Lynam Warren SJ ’38
Tom & Patricia Ferrando
Nancy M. Wellendorf ’98
Gerald & Jean Wellendorf
Arthur & Katherine Whalen
Mary Jo Pitzl ’75
Helen M. Wichita
Ray Madej
John J. Wieberg
Ann Bendon Wieberg ’57
Richard F. Wiese, Jr.
Mary Jo Alba Wiese ’68
Barbara Mowery Wingate ’64
Douglas E. Wingate, Jr.
Eleanor (Ellie) Wingender
Sr. Delores M. Hannon, RSM
Mary Beth Lavelle ‘68 & John Wilkinson
Jeanne Burnett Wingender ’68
John R. Wingender, Jr. & Mary Kay Miller
John P. Wolters
John & Angela Wieberg Maynard ’83
Sandra Youngers
Robert & Carol Smola Dargy ’56
Patricia A. Zach
Sr. Corrine C. Connelly, RSM ’58
Tom & Maureen Becka Falcon ’85
Holly McCoy
Rosalind O. Parr ’09
Maurice J. Zach
Gerald & Catherine Zenk
Christine Zenk Rix ’73
+ Deceased
 “I would challenge graduates
and their families if they feel
Mercy helped them in any way
to become the women they
are today, then you owe your
support to the next generation
and you need to do your part.”
Jane Green Alseth ’65,
Mercy Board member
“With my knowledge of fundraising, I know the importance of giving back.
I also encourage fellow alumnae to help support current Mercy Girls.”
Alyssa Danze Norman ’02 , Secretary, Alumnae Council, Prospect Research Manager at Creighton University
“Education is one of the most
life-changing investments we
can make in ourselves, our
children, and our community.
Mercy is, in my experience, one
of the best places to trust with a
girl’s education.”
Angela Jacobson Weiss ’99
Senior Project Engineer
Thermal Energy System Specialists (TESS)
Faith in Her Future.
“Mercy is a very special place and
we, my wife and I, are happy to
invest in its mission. I believe
donors, like us, know that their
investments will be put to good
use at the school. You can’t argue
with a mission where each girl
has an opportunity to reach her
full potential.”
Larry Good, Mercy Board Member
President/Owner, P.I. Midwest
“When I was teaching at Creighton
University, I used to take my
Education students to visit
Mercy High School. Carolyn
Jaworski, the head of the school
at the time, did an excellent job
of explaining to all of us the
profound differences in a Catholic
education. I donate to the school
because I believe in the Negotiated
Tuition Program and how it
gives all deserving students the
opportunity to go to the school.”
Dr. D. Paul Hartnett
former Nebraska State Senator
Creighton University Professor
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