In Memoriam

’40s
Ethel Payne, C’43, Burleson, Texas, died on Jan. 11, 2023.

Pat Tutty Hennessey, C’46, Oak Grove, Calif., died on Sept. 2, 2023.

Elizabeth “Betty” Zahner McDonald, C’49, Kansas City, Mo., died on Nov. 7, 2023.

’50s
Brunilda Lopez Debus, C’50, Deerfield, Ill., died on May 19, 2023.

Sister Edna Hunthausen, SCL, C’51, M’66, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Aug. 15, 2023.

Sister Dorothy Henscheid, SCL, C’53, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Oct. 31, 2023. Sister Dorothy had many Saint Mary relatives, including Mary Ann Henscheid Newman, C’49, Delores Hauck Henscheid, C’58, Sister Kathleen Marie Henscheid, SCL, C’58, Mary Lou Henscheid Borrowman, C’61, Rosemary Schell Luckett, C’64, Deborah “Debbie” Henscheid Povlsen, C’66, Penny Stevens Schell, C’66, Barbara Henscheid Browning, C’80, Amy Henscheid Freeman Bernklau, C’84, Jayne Henscheid Clelland, C’87; Michelle Maxson Runnels, C’95, and Brittany Clelland, U’12.

JoAnn Grieb Birg C’56, Thousand Oaks, Calif., died on March 13, 2024.

Mary Carol Carter, C’57, Arvada, Colo., died on Oct. 8, 2023.

Sister Joan Sue Miller, SCL, C’59, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Feb. 3, 2024.

Ann Tepoorten, C’59, Parker, Colo., died on July 8, 2023.

Joan Gannon Ward, C’59, Overland Park, Kan., died on July 30, 2023.

’60s
Sister Mary Laura Huddleston, SCL, A’49, C’61, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Jan. 28, 2024.

Marilyn Wood Kasubke, C’61, Loveland, Colo., died on July 10, 2023.

Sister Barbara Sellers, SCL, C’61, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Oct. 24, 2023.

Jannette Higgins, C’62, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Sept. 29, 2023.

Mary Lee McClure, C’62, Santa Ana, Calif., died on Dec. 19, 2022.

Sister Pat Canty, SCL, C’63, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Oct. 4, 2023.

Lily Loh, C’63, Palo Alto, Calif., died on March 27, 2023.

’70s
Sister Delia Lawless, SCL, C’71, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Aug. 11, 2023.

Sister Jane Jackson, SCL, C’72, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Jan. 23, 2024.

’80s
Henrietta Ehrlich, C’89, Leavenworth, Kan., died on April 28, 2023.

’90s
Thomas Orlowski, C’95, Lansing, Kan., died on April 17, 2023.

’00s
Joan Calway, C’00, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Feb. 28, 2022.

’20s
Matthew Weis, U’20, Leavenworth, Kan., died on Oct. 15, 2023.

Condolences

Sister Susan Rieke, SCL, C’66, Leavenworth, Kan., lost her brother-in-law, Michael, on Jan. 4, 2024, and her brother, Otto (Rusty), on Jan. 12, 2024. Other survivors include Rosemary Westhues Rieke, C’39, Sally Rieke Papreck, C’69, Mary Rieke Murphy, C’72, Terry Rieke Lyskowski, C’74, and Molly Rieke Reardon, C’79.

Ann Conver, C’73, Peoria, Ill., lost her brother, Samuel, on Jan. 16, 2024, and her brother, Michael, on Jan. 27, 2024.

Elizabeth “Sugar” Davis, C’73, Topeka, Kan., lost her brother, Paul “Pooh” Davis, on Aug. 16, 2023.

Colleen O’Connor Harris, C’73, Las Vegas, Nev., lost her sister, Kathleen, on June 15, 2023.

Marie Gutsgell Pfau, C’82, Wexford, Pa., lost her brother, Father Stephen Gutsgell, on Dec. 11, 2023.

MarySean Buckley Ratzloff, C’86, Shawnee Mission, Kan., lost her son, Spencer Ratzloff, on Oct. 7, 2023.

Denise Gilligan, C’98, Emporia, Kan., lost her mother, Patty, on Dec. 23, 2023.

Katie Greene, C’01, San Francisco, Calif., lost her father, Bob, on Dec. 20, 2023.

Friends of Saint Mary

Susanna Laundy, Tucson, Ariz., former Board of Trustees member, died on Nov. 14, 2023.

Dr. Les Hemphill, Concordia, Kan., died on Oct. 12, 2023. Les was the director of graduate and undergraduate psychology programs at the University of Saint Mary – Overland Park Campus until his retirement in 2015.

Jim Reilly, Wichita, Kan., a University of Saint Mary supporter, died on Aug. 17, 2023.