QFA Mourns Loss of Sigma

Guard of Honor Wearer

It is with great sadness that Theta Phi Alpha announces the passing of (Mary) Barbara Plageman Henterly, age 100, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023.

Barbara was initiated in 1941 into the Sigma Chapter at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. She was awarded the Guard of Honor (#42) in 1970. She served the Fraternity as the secretary and director of Founders’ Foundation (now Theta Phi Alpha Foundation). While living in Detroit from 1946 to 1956, she helped the Detroit Alumnae Association train and install the Phi Chapter at the University of Detroit. Barbara was the pledge mistress* for the Charter Members of the Phi Chapter. When she moved back to Ohio, she was appointed to the Founders’ Foundation. She also joined a bridge club that, at the time, was already twenty years old and made up entirely of Theta Phis!

Barbara was 100 years old and is survived by her six children. Her truly inspiring dedication to family and faith is highlighted in the obituary listed from the Akron Beacon Journal.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Barbara’s family and the Sigma sisters as they mourn her loss.