Losses in our Community Ayanna N. Ade ’89 Kate Wilbur Amsden’41 Milton A. Ausman ’86 Karen Gwin Barger ’63 Helen Brandt Battiste ’60 was a registered nurse working in behavioral health for 50 years, and was an early pioneer in hospice nursing. She retired from her position as nurse case manager from Carondelet Hospice in 2007. Helen passed away at age 76 this year.
was a pioneer in working for non-discrimination of gays and lesbians in public health nursing. She volunteered at community radio station WOMR of Provincetown, Massachusetts where her programs featured women in music and contributed to the International Alliance for Women in Music. She was a very active volunteer with Southeastern Guide Dogs. Jeanne passed away in last year at age 78.
Janet Graham De Araujo ’53 Marion Waldner Deas ’43 Virginia Anderson DeLuke ’42 Anne Westmaas Dingman ’55 Kathleen Tyner Dinsenbacher ’64 Vaughn Dickson Early ’43 served in the Navy Nurse Corps for two years during WWII and continued nursing for many years in the United States when she returned. Vaughn passed away at 93 last year in Vista, California.
Dorinda Bell Burrows ’42 Amelia S. Eiseman ’44
Carol Cooke Beal ’44 worked as a dedicated registered nurse at Lewis Co. Extended Care Facility in Lowville, NY from 1980 until she retired in 1993. In 1991, she was selected by the New York State Legislature to receive the Nurse of Distinction Award. She served as a Sunday school church teacher and volunteered for many organizations including the Blood Mobile and Dodge Pratt Northam Art. Carole passed away in Boonville, New York last year. Frances Davis Becker ’58 Marjorie Jean Childs Black ’45 Elizabeth C. Bliven ’42 Jeanne Luanna Brossart ’73 served on the faculty at Columbia Nursing for many years and
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Doris Joyce Campanella ’50, a former actress, singer, and registered nurse, passed away peacefully at age 84 last year. She performed with the Metropolitan Sextet in the 1950’s and in 1961 toured with Gower Champion’s Tony-Award-winning production of Bye Bye Birdie. Joyce also worked as a school nurse in New Jersey from 1974-1992 where she also served as the director of the annual school musical.
Barbara Herrin Ertel ’55 served as the clerk of a precinct in Connecticut where she also volunteered with Meals on Wheels and was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She loved traveling, playing golf, camping, and entertaining friends and family. Barbara passed away at age 81 in Florida this year. Helen Anson Gamble ’48
Lydia Winslow Carroll ’63 Lucille Prior Clark ’45 Maryanne Costa ’06 ‘09 Gwendolyn Hines Costello ’48 ’68 Janet S. Cowern ’54 Sarah Louise Crawford ’34 Jane Bauer Cruthers ’39 Harriet Tilton Daams ’48
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Ellen Croke Geraghty ’57 worked as a home health care coordinator at St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains and later as a Westchester County visiting nurse. She was married to Phillips Robert Geraghty for 39 years. Ellen passed away last year.
Gladys Swayze Gies ’28 Gertrude Whiteford Godfrey ’44 Virginia Anderson Gorosh ’69 Virginia M. Green ’40 Jean Falist Gremse ’39 Mary Ogden Hall ’40 Shirley Clarke Hall ’61 Marjorie Brook Harding ’46 Marilyn D. Harrison ’70 Betty Jane Bartholomew Henzel ’52 Elizabeth Price Hinson ’36 Anna Deyo Howerton ’54 Patricia A. Hummel ’46 Elizabeth Jennings Lyons ’39 Elaine Fox Jones ’63 Margaret Gunn Kane ’41 Jane Rilance Keefer ’62 Patricia George Kempton ’54 was an active humanitarian, involved in the founding of the Danville Health Center in Vermont, holding all roles in the Peacham Women’s Fellowship, and serving as a Justice of the Peace for several years in Peacham, Vermont. She was also involved with her local HeadStart, and served as a mentor for students in her hometown area. Patricia passed away peacefully last year at age 81. Jeanette Helms Koehnken ’43 Mary Ruth Foley Kohlmann ’38 Sheila Sax Lacey ’60 Natalie B. Lass ’32 Grace E. Laubach ’53 Dorothy Reichling Loranger ’36 Marjorie Coble McDaniel ’53 Laurie Suzanne McGill ’05 Arla Mellen Middleton ’53 Charlotte Alice Muldoon Moyes ’58 Elizabeth C. Muchmore ’52 Jane Wichert Muller ’60 Margaret Murphy ’82
Judith Taylor Murray ’72 Eleanor Morris Nicholson ’55 Mary Bright Noyes-Martin ’67 Florence T. O’Grady ’61 was very active in politics throughout her life and worked in the New York City school system before retiring. She was a parishioner of St. Gregory’s church in Harrison. Florence passed away at age 87 last year. Anne Elizabeth B. Orr ’49 Maude White Parker ’44 Barbara Pelligrini ’79 Olga Peters ’57 Gwen McCahan Pfaeffle ’65 Mary Ann Lilster Pomeroy ’47 Olive B. Powell ’49 Lillian Schuttger Price ’43 worked at Pittsford Central School for 21 years in her hometown of Pittsford, New York. During her years in retirement, Lillian enjoyed traveling and was very active in her church. In addition, she was a founding member of a resident produced publication which she edited for ten years. Lillian passed away at age 96 this year. Cathy Lee Christy Reese ’82 Barbara Moulden Reid ’64 Mathilda R. Rider ’34 Linda D. Robinson ’58 Sheryl Palma Barker Slate ’70 Helen Virginia Bunn Smith ’43 Eleanor R. Speer ’57 Anna Moulton Sirch Spitznagel ’47 Frances Holub Svetz ’52 Harriet K. Talbot ’48 Ruth H. Teillon ’37
Gloria Beach Tenney ’51 considered her time at Columbia Nursing the happiest and most treasured part of her life and was proud to be associated with such a wonderful group of accomplished women. She passed away last year. Jean Acomb Van Landingham ’43 Victoria S. Wald ’78 Joan Mirandon Walther ’51 Jennivieve Tootell Westwick ’42 Mary Soranno Wilt ’40 was instrumental in creating Shelters for Battered Women and Children in exurban Livingston County. She worked as a nurse at various hospitals throughout her life and when she received a BA degree from Empire University in 1987 she was honored for being the school’s oldest diplomat. Mary passed away peacefully in Pennsylvania at age of 96 last year. Nancy Dunn Wolcott ’44 Marion Clark Wood ’46 Edith Royce Zaager ’57 entered the U.S. Air Force as a nurse in 1959, became an instructor, and eventually retired as a captain. She spent much of her later life as an avid golfer and collector. Captain Zaager passed away this year and was given a funeral ceremony with full military honors. Please notify the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at (800) 899-6728 if you learn of the death of a fellow alumnus.
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