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> MEGAN DARDIS-KUNZ > JESSICA (ALVARADO) & COLLIN ENGELHARDT'S FAMILY > ERIN (HARDY) & JOSHUA DILL'S FAMILY
> SARA (WIESE) & LUCAS BRENDEL'S FAMILY
> BREANNA BLUE'S DAUGHTER
JILL (JENSEN) KANDEL, ’77, recently released her second book, “The Clean Daughter: A Cross-Continental Memoir.” EMILY (BEMMAN) JOHNSON, ’99, is celebrating her 20th wedding anniversary with her husband, Ret. TSgt. James Johnson. Together they have a daughter, Morgan, who will be a senior in high school this year. The family lives in Arkansas. ANGELA (ROBINSON) DOCKTER, ’02, has been married to Jeremy since 2003. They moved back to Bismarck in 2008, where they now reside with their three children. Angela has worked at Basin Electric since 2013. AUBREY (FIEBELKORN) ZUGER, ’04, was honored with a Friend Award for her role advising YWCA Cass Clay in Fargo, North Dakota, on legal protections for victims of domestic violence. MEGAN DARDIS-KUNZ, ’07, has been employed by Boise State University School of Social Work for four years. She was promoted in 2021 to the title of clinical assistant professor and was given the responsibility of coordinating the Master of Social Work program in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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> REBECCA (KELLY) & JOHN PAULIN
SARALYNN (BOWLING) WIEHE, ’10, married her husband, Joseph, in June 2019. The couple has a daughter, Abigail Robin, and is expecting a son. The family lives in Ohio. SARA (WIESE) BRENDEL, ’12, and her husband, Lucas, welcomed their fourth child, Andrew Bennett, in December 2021. The family resides in Bismarck, ND. ERICA (BELVERSTONE), ’13, and DAVID STARKS, ’12, moved to Mandan, ND, in May 2021. They welcomed their second son, Shepherd Grey, on June 1, 2021. Big brother is Benjamin (2.5). Erica is currently a stay-at-home mom to Shepherd and big brother Benjamin and a private woodwind and voice instructor. David works at Basin Electric as a real time trader. JULIE (READE) BEZENEK, ’13, is retired and recently moved to Underwood, MN, with her husband, Wayne, whom she married in 2018 after her husband, Cliff, passed away in 2015. SEAN CLEARY, ’13, and his wife, Amy, welcomed their daughter, Audrey, into the world on January 15, 2022. She was baptized on April 9 at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck.
> SEAN & AMY CLEARY'S FAMILY
JESSICA (ALVARADO), ’13, and COLLIN ENGELHARDT, ’13, have been married since August 2013 and currently reside in Bismarck with their four children. Jessica is a stay-at-home mom and Collin works in the business office at the University of Mary. ADAM WORONIECKI, ’15, and his wife, Allison, moved back to Bismarck in July 2022 for Adam’s new role as a pediatric dentist at Prairie Rose Family Dentists in Mandan. CLARE (STIENNON), ’16, and SCOTT HELD, ’16, reconnected four years after graduating in the same class from the University of Mary and were married in July 2021. The couple lives in Montana. KELSEY THOMPSON, ’17, moved to Helena, MT, and works at St. Peter’s Health on the oncology unit as a registered nurse. VICTORIA BRUCKER, ’17, graduated from the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2022 and will begin an internal medicine residency at Gundersen Health in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
