Theta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Missouri
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Kappa Kappa Gamma University of Missouri P.O. Box 442100 Lawrence, KS 66044-2100 Address Service Requested Attention: This newsletter is intended for alumnae and parents. If your daughter is still attending the University of Missouri, she will receive a copy at the chapter house. If she has graduated, please send her new address to update our records. Thank you. Theta News Marian Klingbeil Williams '55, Campaign Chairman, addresses the alumnae who traveled to Columbia for Theta Chapter's House Warming. Alumna News Norma Graham Smith '53 lost her husband, Kent, last year. After living 45 years in Lake Jackson, Texas, Norma has moved to Houston to be with her daughter and her family. E-mail: normasmith 34@gmail.com Dona Sue Black Cool '54 is living with her younger daughter and family in Atlanta and is near her older daughter and granddaughter too. Dona Sue reads to younger elementary students in the afternoon oc- casionally and remains active with her church. She loves attending plays, movies, and museum exhibits. E-mail: dsbcool@gmail.com Katherine James Sharp '55 and her husband, Rob- ert, are active in their local Episcopal church. Katie is also active in a local golf group and serves as President of Auxiliary to Community Gatepath, an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of people with devel- opmental disabilities. She volunteers with programs serving homeless people in her community, and she attends symphony and Broadway theater as much as possible. Katie is a proud grandmother to seven won- derful grandchildren. E-mail: ksharp201@mac.com Pauline Jones Johnson '64 raises, trains, and demon- strates American Milking Devon oxen. As she recalls, oxen are in the Netflix series "Godless" and in a documen- tary at the Museum of Westward Expansion at St. Louis Arch. Paula and Rolland have been married for 52 years and live in Larkspur, Colo. E-mail: threeeagl3@aol.com Mary Woods Beachy '66 traveled to Portugal, Ma- deira, and England last year. This year, she went to Italy, Croatia, Greece, and Ireland. She lives in Prairie Village, Kan. E-mail: mdbeachy47@gmail.com Marcy Tinnin Allen '71 and her husband moved from St. Louis to Austin, Texas, in 1982. Marcy has been active with the University of Texas Beta Xi Chapter and the Kappa Alumnae House Board as the president. Additionally, she received the Outstanding Alumna Award. When her daughter was born someone told her "now you have a native Texan in the family!" E-mail: mtallen0206@sbcglobal.net Ginger Holmes Robinson, BSN, RN '77 volunteers with FACE the Challenge, a humanitarian/non-profit that provides free facial surgeries for children and adults in developing countries. She has been with the organization since 1993. Ginger and her husband, Ran- dy, live in Centennial, Colo., and have three children, Eric, Scott, and Anna. E-mail: grprov3110@aol.com Mary Moseley Kelley '78 volunteers with PATCH (Parents and Their Children), which helps to keep non- violent offenders and incarcerated mothers in touch with their minor children. Mary helps supervise these visits. She also loves to quilt and do other handwork. She lives in Chillicothe, Mo. E-mail: mkelley@greenhills.net Annie Mullis Presley '78 says her fourth guided jour- nal in the Read ThisĀ® series was recently published. Her first children's brook, Sam Gets Adopted, is being illustrated now. Annie lives in Village of Loch Lloyd, Mo. E-mail: annie@mckellardevelopment.com Mary Saale Turner '78 retired in 2015 as a reading specialist. She worked for Field Elementary School in Chillcothe, Mo. E-mail: m42turner24@msn.com Sandy Ehrle Edson '79 has lived in Atlanta for 29 years and been a realtor for 14. Her son, Kyle, is an assistant fashion designer in New York. Sandy spends her time volunteering, traveling, and spoiling her Great Pyrenees, Murphy. E-mail: sandyedson@atlan- tafirehomes.com Molly Fitzpatrick Pelzer '79 is enjoying her new ca- reer roles as CXO for dairy promotion, having adult children, and being a grandma. Her hobbies include gardening and golfing. She lives in Tipton, Iowa. E- mail: mpelzer@midwestdairy.com Jennifer Horst Renz '00 married Nick in 2012 and has two children, Charlie and Henry. Jennifer is an emergency room pediatrician at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. The family lives in Clayton, Mo. Amanda Frost Minear '07 is working on her doctor- ate through MU. Amanda and her husband, Dan, live in Columbia, where she is an educator for Columbia Public Schools. E-mail: alf8tc@mail.missouri.edu