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5 Edee Edens Kurze '53 is still going at age 90 but with difficulty. Her great-grandchildren began college this fall. Edee lives in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, and spends her winters in Florida. Ruth Tanner Isaks '57 remains involved with chemistry. Her major interests are wildlife conservation and conservation of wildlife habitat. She resides in Salem, NH. Email: ruth_tanner@uml.edu Mary Welker Wolford '60 enjoys attending music festivals and Zoom groups playing the mountain dulcimer and Celtic harp. She also does machine embroidery and quilting with her golden retriever at her side. Mary resides in Lake City, MI. Email: mary.wolford1961@gmail.com Margaret "Peg" Metz Eagle '62 resides in Redmond, WA, and keeps busy with book discussion groups, walking, and gardening. Email: dpeagle@earthlink.net Doris "Dodie" Elliott Hook '76 lost her husband in 2020 after a long, hard-fought battle with lung cancer. She sold her newspaper in July 2023 after beginning it in 2001 and is hoping to retire. Dodie resides in Sioux Valley Township, SD. Email: dodiehook@gmail.com Catherine Wagner Woodworth '77 lives in Columbus, IN, and teaches ESL and reading at St. Bartholomew School. She also has a private tutoring business and enjoys spending time with family and friends. Email: cwwoodworth123@gmail.com Kathy Rothermel Lewis '83 lives in Hudson, OH, and has been working as a receptionist for a local eye doctor for four years. She has four large-breed rescue dogs (Lincoln, Fletcher, Cora, and Carver) and keeps busy outdoors, walking six to nine miles a day. "We are hoping for grandkids in the not-too-distant future." Email: kmrlewis1963@gmail.com Dee Dee Mathys '89 retired two years ago and has been volunteering at an adult daycare that has lots of memory care clients, following Sigma Kappa's Alzheimer's philanthropy. Dee Dee is also the collegiate management advisor for Beta Sigma. She resides in Wheaton, Ill. Email: d2dombrow@gmail.com Marilyn Rhoades Higgins recently retired, and she and her husband, Mark, spend half the year in Carmel, ID, and the other half in St. Petersburg, FL. They enjoy having more time to spend with their five grandchildren, bicycling, kayaking, and gardening. "This year had been extremely enjoyable watching our Boilermakers make it to the national championship game." Email: higginsmarilyn@hotmail.com CHAPTER ETERNAL Eve Wood Baker '63, 79, passed away unexpectedly on June 27, 2023, during what was expected to be a half-hour-long routine WATCHMAN procedure. She is survived by her husband, Everett, and daughter, Julie. After graduation, Eve married Everett Baker and relocated to Coco Beach, FL, where she taught senior English, Spanish, and Russian. She spent many hours on the beach while Everett worked as an Apollo/ Saturn V launch team member. Four years later, they moved to Dallas, TX, where Eve worked for the state of Texas licensing daycare centers from 1970- 72. She later managed a daycare center, Happiness House, which had horses and a swimming pool. After moving to Grand Rapids, MI, in 1974, Eve established and became president of Eve's Books. This business lasted many years. At one time, Eve had the third- or fourth-largest selection of gun books of any company in the country. Eve was voted Grand Valley Corvette Association's most valuable member three years in a row (1981-83). She then moved and resided for several decades in Fort Wayne, IN. In addition to the book business, she started a new venture as a promoter of Collector's shows. She would rent a venue for a day and have vendors display for sale retired Enesco, Dept. 56, Snow Babies, Precious Moments, Snow Village, etc., for sale. Eve's tables had lots of Hallmark Ornaments. Shows were hosted in Fort Wayne, IN; Detroit, Dearborn, and Southfield, MI; and Columbus, Strongsville, and Loveland, OH. In addition to German chocolate cake, Eve loved Hallmark Ornaments and corresponding with letters to her friends. More than one person has confided to me that it was a sad day when they learned that their only true friend had passed. Eve was a life member of the 101st Airborne Association, OGCA, and the Michigan Antique Arms Association. She was also an NRA Benefactor member. –Everett Baker ALUMNAE NEWS We Asked Alumnae... What words come to mind when you think about Sigma Kappa?

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