Gamma Phi Beta - University of Kansas

Fall 2016 Newsletter

Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority at the University of Kansas

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Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta P.O. Box 3796 Lawrence, KS 66046 Address Service Requested Attention: This newsletter is intended for Gamma Phi Beta alumnae and parents. If your daughter still attends the University of Kansas, she will receive a copy at the chapter house. If she is no longer in school, please send us her permanent address to update our records. Thank you. News Sigma Our Sisters Tell Us IN MEMORIAM M arynell Dyatt Reece '41 entered Chapter Eternal on July 4 at the age of 96. She was fiercely devoted to her family and an active participant in Reece Construction Company, the business her husband started in their hometown of Scandia, Kansas. She served the local school board, was a lifelong member and active worker in the United Methodist Church in Scandia, a member of the KU Endowment Association Board of Trustees, and a member of numerous community and philanthropic organizations. For her service, she was named Kansan of the Year in 1991 and received both the Distinguished Service Citation and the Ellsworth Medallion from KU. The people of Kansas benefitted from her work in politics as well. She was the Republican National Committeewoman from Kansas for many years and served in many national campaigns, notably those of Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum Baker. It would be impossible to fully summarize the achievements and immense impact Marynell had during her lifetime. At Sigma Chapter, we are deeply grateful for her friendship and decades of service on the House Corporation Board. Her husband, Bill, and four Gamma Phi daughters endowed a scholarship for Sigma members, which is awarded every year. It was a color explosion at an incredibly successful Bid Day. Sisters were covered from head to toe in color and glitter. Social Media l @KU_GammaPhi f Kansas Gamma Phi Beta o kansasgammaphi What is the most unusual or unlikely place you have met another Gamma Phi Beta? At the Royals parade with 800,000 people! -Susanna Terrell Wegner '89 On the golf course. -Barbara Elliott Machin '66 On my husband's work trip to Panama. -Amber Goff Jacobson '99 At a dance studio! -Kelle Burmeister Gilmore '98 At a Realtor conference. I met a sister's daughter and was able to help her in her career. -Connie Carney Erickson '67 On board a Southwest flight on the way home from the Sigma reunion in April. -Dee Burrows Clifford '68 My daughters saw sorority sisters at the Louvre in Paris when we were there. -Tina Myers Mullinix '75 GFB

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