ALUMNI NEWS
Cheryl Kehler Myers ’83, Kendallville, Ind., recently took on a position in the NICU at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. She had worked at Elkhart General Hospital since graduation from GC.
and set up a business, Wacky Giraffe, a play on his last name.
Karen Weldy ’83, Indianapolis, Ind., is staff chaplain at Riley Hospital for Children. She works on the burn unit, in the cancer center and in the emergency department.
Denise Eby Konan ’88, Honolulu, Hawaii, currently a professor and chair of the department of economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been named the dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, beginning Jan. 1, 2012.
Carol Moser Wenger ’84, New Holland, Pa., continues to maintain a friendship with Jan Holland Croft from England, whom she met while serving at the Mopan Clinic in Benque Viejo del Carmen while on SST in Belize in the fall of 1981. At that time, Croft was working in child health with the Sue Ryder Foundation mobile clinic.
Berdine Mininger Leinbach ’87, Souderton, Pa., teaches eighth grade language arts at Indian Valley Middle School, Harleysville. She continues painting watercolors and her work can be seen at leinbachart.com. Her husband Steve Leinbach ’89 has a graphic and web design business – visit leinbachdesign.com.
Marcella Eberly Zook ’81, an evening house supervisor and nurse educator at Schowalter Villa, is an adjunct clinical instructor in the nursing program at Hesston (Kan.) College.
Carey D. Miller ’86, Harrisonburg, Va., and Joani Schweitzer, Ames, Iowa, were married Oct. 1, 2011.
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Jeff A. Deak ’94 and Amanda Deak, Osceola, Ind., celebrated the birth of Lydia Mae on July 21, 2011. She joins Grace, 10, Emma, 8, Audrey, 6, and Rachel, 3. Brian Duerr ’93, Hamilton, N.J., in his 12th year at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, recently accepted a new position as clinical informatics specialist. He is pursuing a master’s of science in nursing with a specialization in nursing informatics at Walden University. Clinton J. Foor ’94 and Lynn Foor, Swanson, Ohio, celebrated the birth of twin boys, Michael Clinton and Andrew James on Oct. 6, 2010. They join Kaitlyn, 3. Clinton graduated from the University of Toledo with a M.B.A. in May 2010. Greg A. Hostetler ’94 and Jennifer Elliott Hostetler, Newark, Del., celebrated the birth of Kaitlyn Marie on Nov. 29, 2010. She joins Emily, 3.
DEATHS Lisa (Ellie) J. Flaming ’86, Leavenworth, Wash., died June 25, 2011. Death came from internal injuries sustained in a fall while painting.
Michael Jantzi ’92, Louisville, Ky., an RN on the oncology/ICU unit at the University of Louisville Hospital, is working toward a master’s degree in nursing education.
NOTES Beth Bontrager ’85 and her husband Phil Waite and their two sons moved from Moundridge, Kan., to Goshen this summer. Phil is pastoral team leader at College Mennonite Church. Bruce Campbell-Janz ’88, Lancaster, Pa., beginning Jan. 1, 2012, will lead Mennonite Central Committee East Coast, working from its main office in Philadelphia. MCC East Coast staff connect with more than 1,100 constituent churches, plus individuals, from Maine to Florida and including Puerto Rico, providing service opportunities, leadership development and peace and justice witness. Campbell-Janz had served as director of MCC’s Africa department the past five years. Craig L. Detweiler ’87, Goshen, and Tonya Hunsberger Gaby ’97, Goshen, were married April 2, 2011. Fred Gingerich Longenecker ’87, South Bend, Ind., had an iPhone app, Ego Strokes, released on iTunes in September 2011. Go to http://itunes.com/ apps/egostrokes. He is also working on other apps
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Kathleen M. Mann, wife of Brent L. Mann ’86, 19000 Tyler Drive, Goshen, IN 46528, died May 6, 2011.
1990-94 NOTES Kerry Beck ’91 was named director of clinical and residential services at Adriel, a residential treatment facility in West Liberty, Ohio. Adriel provides foster care and adoption services in West Central and Northwest Ohio. David L. Brunsma ’92, Blacksburg, Va., who specializes in critical race theory, identity and human rights, was appointed professor in the department of sociology at Virginia Tech. He had been professor of sociology and black studies at the University of Missouri for seven years. Cynthia L. Friesen Coyle ’90, Middlebury, Ind., began working as a graphic designer for Mennonite Mission Network in October 2010.
Joanne L. Kaufman ’93 and Steve Brigham, Del Norte, Colo., celebrated the birth of Brianna Rose Kaufman Brigham on Feb. 17, 2011. She joins Kaitlyn, 4 Ryan P. Lehman ’91 and Amy Alfon Lehman, Los Angeles, Calif., celebrated the birth of Ezra Vincent Alfon Lehman on Nov. 27, 2010. David E. Little ’90, New York, N.Y., graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in August 2011 with a master’s degree in Spanish. He teaches Spanish in a parochial school in Queens. Delmar M. Miller ’94 and Suzanne McKenzie Miller, Arlington, Kan., celebrated the birth of Christian Patrick on Jan. 12, 2011. He joins Kathleen, 10, Elizabeth, 8, Charles, 6, and Lucy Rose, 3. Delmar works as a nephrology registered nurse and also manages the outpatient dialysis unit of Srenius in Hutchinson, Kan. They also raise registered LaMancha dairy goats. Doug J. Miller ’90 and Laura “Lali” Hess ’94, live in Crawfordsville, Ind. Doug is a respiratory therapist at Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, and Lali owns a catering service, The Juniper Spoon, in Crawfordsville.