Alumnae Class News and Notes All Classes: Please email dolson@rosaryhs.com to include your information in the next Rosary Review magazine. Make sure you mark it “include in newsletter/website.” We would like to hear what’s happening in your lives. Pictures (that include alumna) are accepted and will be included as space allows. Class of 1989 Mary (Schalz) Ihnenfeld and her husband Craig, welcomed a baby girl on April 28th. Her name is AnnaLea and she weighed in at 7 lbs, 2 ozs and was 19 1/2 inches long. She was also welcomed home by her big brother Nathan, age 2 1/2. Class of 1995 After dating each other for 20 years, 8 years of marriage, Brad and Brandi McClintic Markovic brought into the world, to make it a better place, their son Nico. Nicolas John was born July 31, 2013 and weighed in at 7 lbs, 12 oz., 21 inches long. Class of 1997 Amanda (Yeager) Soltwisch and her husband, Nick had their first child, Jameson Michael Thomas Soltwisch, on May 13, 2013. Amanda also began creating her own skin care line called Beauty From Above Holistic Skin Care. She is currently working as an esthetician at Karma Skin and Massage Studio in Yorkville, specializing in microdermabrasion and holistic skin care treatments. Class of 1998 In May, Cindy Gierhart graduated Magna Cum Laude from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. She is now in a one year fellowship with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Class of 1999 Jennifer (Lundeen) Erpelding and her husband Chad currently live in Arizona with their 2 year old daughter, Ellie, and 3 1/2 year old son, Keaton. Jennifer recently defended and earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership in Educational Administration. Class of 2000 Laura (Stanley) Quaynor, her husband Sam, and big sister Leila (3) are happy to announce the birth of their son, Lucas Xavier Nii Kweitey. Lucas was born August 16th at 6:40 am and measured 9 lbs, 21 1/2 inches. Laura completed her PhD in Educational Studies from Emory University in 2012, and is a professor of education at the
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University of South Carolina Aiken. Laura lives with her family in Augusta, Georgia, and would be happy to hear from any former classmates or nearby alumnae at lauraquaynor@gmail. com. Class of 2003 Alicia (Elder) DeKing and her husband, PJ DeKing announce the birth of their first daughter, Erynn on 7-9-2013. Erynn weighed 7lbs 1 oz. and was 19 inches long.
Tim and Sonya (Lo Destro) Kolowski are proud to announce the birth of their second child. Logan Anthony was born on September 16, weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. He was welcomed home by his brother Jacob. Sonya and Tim live in Plano, IL. Class of 2004 Chloe Konrad-Snee recently became Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Chloe works for the Center for Autism and Related Disorders in Oak Park IL. She is graduate of DePaul University and received her master’s degree from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Chloe resides in Oak Park, IL. Class of 2008 Justine Petesch, was married to Daniel Amato of Schaumburg on June 8, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida. Rosary grads in attendance were Bridget (Petesch) Shaeffer ‘01, Kelsey Ryan ‘06, Traci Evers, Rachel Kluber, Carly Oros, & Gabriella Mercado, all class of 2008. Justine and Dan live in Evanston, Illinois. She is finishing up her Masters degree in counseling at DePaul University and her husband currently works for Northwestern University.