Alpha Phi - University of Missouri

Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi 5 SILENT CHAPTER Sara Beth Tyhurst Canaday '61 entered Silent Chapter on April 27 at the age of 77. She attended Christian College before joining ΑΦ at the University of Missouri. Sara enjoyed working as an alumna with Omicron Chapter. After moving to New York State in 1969, she worked with Alpha Chapter in Syracuse and Delta Chapter at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., where she lived at the time of her death. She served in various capacities for ΑΦ, including as chapter advisor, on house corporation boards, and as a district representative. Sara, who enjoyed traveling and took numerous cruises, is survived by her daughter, Susan Krippner, son, John Canaday, her two granddaughters, Katharine and Charlotte Krippner, and her sister, Jean Ann Tyhurst Ferguson '64. ALUMNAE NEWS Carol Swank Miller '45 lives at The Heights, a nursing and rehabilitation center in Tomball, Texas. "I get around in a wheelchair," she shares. "I enjoy reading, working puzzles, and visits with my daughter, Barbara, who lives in Magnolia. I will turn 92 years old in September and my health is good!" Email: casmiller@juno.com Elizabeth Smallfelt '56 moved into a San Diego retirement home two years ago. The home houses over 600 residents in two 21-story towers and an eight-story attached building. "We spend a lot of time riding elevators," Elizabeth shares. Email: esmallfelt@twc.com Sandra Reynolds Yon '57 is a volunteer at a local hospital and the Virginia Aquarium. She's accumulated over 32,000 volunteer hours in the past 14 years. She is an avid traveler, having visited over 116 countries, including her most recent trip to South Korea. Sandra also writes about her trips for travel magazines and for her upcoming book. Email: syn58@verizon.net Elaine Fernandez Litwak '62 retired from substitute teaching in 2017 and is now enjoying full retirement. She spends her time playing lots of bridge, watching her grandchildren grow up, attending live theater, and traveling with Ruth Asch Mann. Elaine lives in St. Louis, Mo. Email: elitwak@yahoo.com Mary Roberts Cole '63 received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in art education at Mizzou. She stayed in Columbia after graduating and taught art at Jefferson Junior High School. Mary and her husband, Carey, lived in many locations due to Carey's Army and DuPont career, which allowed her to meet several ΑΦ sisters over the years. After Carey retired from the Army Reserve as a colonel, the couple moved to the Atlanta, Ga., near their daughter's family, including her wonderful husband and three grandsons, who are all in college. Email: colcole@bellsouth.net Denise Blankenship Joyce '71 kept in touch with Karen Ferner Donelson '71 for years via annual Christmas letters and Facebook. In April 2018, they caught up in person at Karen's second home in Marble Falls, Texas, picking up right where they left off. "Maybe it was the chocolate pie from the Bluebonnet Cafe," Denise shares. She lives in Hinsdale, Ill. Email: djoyce435@mac.com Tammy McElroy Wilson '75 and her husband, Tym, enjoy traveling and are the proud grandparents of Violet Rae Wilson, born in 2016. Tammy is co-editor of an anthology of essays, Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations That Changed Their Lives, which includes 44 female authors and a foreword written by Tammy's idol, Peter Noone, of Herman's Hermits. Tammy and Tym live in Newton, N.C. Email: tamra@tamrawilson.com Melissa Ferguson Wittenborn '76 helped David Gilmour, founder of FIJI Water, launch a brand-new health and wellness company, Wakaya Perfection. She and her boyfriend earned a free cruise through Mexico this year. Melissa has enjoyed coaching others through their own personal health journeys. She lives in Humble, Texas. Email: melissa@momotivation.com Jeni Chandler Leitman '89 and her family moved to Sonoma County, Calif., in 2016. She is the senior vice president of marketing for Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Jeni and her family love living there and enjoy the amazing food, wine, and everything else that northern California offers. Email: jenbleit@yahoo.com Katie Kovarik Faison '99 graduated from the Institute of Transformational Nutrition with a coach certification. She blogs for www. wholelovelylife.com and helps others with autoimmune conditions. "I wrote my first article for the website www.healthline.com about living with Ankylosing Spondylitis," Katie shares. Email: katiefaison@gmail.com ALUMNAE NEWS Jayne Gebauer Kasten '59, Georgia Lou Quentin '59, and Carol Heggarty Ferguson '59 met for dinner at Carol's beautiful house in Shawnee Mission, Kan., and reminisced about their Mizzou years: the fun walking from Johnston Hall to 906 S. Providence Road to the house for weekly meetings, new member duties, and study hall. The women have remained good friends through these 60 years since meeting in September of 1958 at the Alpha Phi House! The graduating class of 1980 gathered for a June weekend in the Delmar Loop area of St. Louis to celebrate their 60th birthdays. Several other Alpha Phi friends joined them Friday night at Blueberry Hill. Front: Cheri Ochs Pfneisel '79, Karen Miller Montalto '77, and Barbara Vaughan Bogucki '77. Middle: Kim Rippe Barnett '80, Kathryn Williams Comish '81, Chris Dietz Wilson '81, Robin Richart Beck '81, Carla Zimmerschied Hunter '82, and Mary Reardon '81. Back: Sandy Aselman Meranda '78, Julie Nolle Allen '77, Lee Lamm Smith '78, Judy Anderson Stiles '77, Marta Schomburg Neeley '77, Anne Detten '79, Janice Silberstein Rifkin '78, Janice Jones Nelson '75, Rosalie Radman Stein '77, Lori Perlman Zeid-Ingram '77, and Paula Jones Brown '78. While on their 2018 Alpha Phi Captiva trip, alumnae ran into Cindy Rychlewski Mendel '80 and spent the evening together. (Continued on page 6)

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