Alpha Chi Omega - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

page 2 The lyre letter Where Are Your Sisters? Alumnae Updates from the 1940s-2000s Hera Club ($5,000 and above) Esther Hamann Brabec '79 In honor of Diana Choquette '79 Lyre Club ($2,500 to $4,999) Your Name Here! Symphony Club ($1,000 to $2,499) Barbara Bible Spilker '57 Rita Kay Neill '71 Kandace Kampfe Adams '76 In memory of Dorothy Schwartzkopf Lynnette Hynes Cunningham '96 1885 Club ($500 to $999) Hollis D. Heimbouch '85 Scarlet & Olive Club ($100 to $499) Phyllis Long Wright '38 In honor of Virginia Maples '40 Mary Gueck McClanahan '45 In honor of Ruth Ann Sargent Jones '44 Dorothy Hartwig Matzke '54 Sandra Schlaebitz Dingman '55 Jayne Hepperly Cook '58 Marilyn Keyes Gordon '60 In honor of Geraldine Fleming Keyes Carol Barelman Gross '63 Nadine Kingman Hanway '64 In honor of Nannette Binger Hessee '63 Susan Shimonkevitz Boyer '67 Louise Knudsen Sadler '71 Elizabeth A. Abel '78 Carol Hartley Kirchner '88 Deanna Fiddelke Mackie '90 Ieva Augstums '97 In honor of Laurie Hokom Yocom Sarah Kleeb Volpone '00 Faith, Hope & Love Club (Up to $99) Eleanor Bancroft Yoakam '48 In memory of her mother, Irene Hastings Carol Potter Duis '65 In honor of Mary Potter Schwaner '65 Sisters Honor One Another Through Scholarship Support Thank You, Thoughtful Donors T hanks to the support of 23 generous alumnae, more than $3,000 was contributed last fall to the Educational Corporation's scholarship efforts. These donors are listed below by their lifetime giving to Xi Chapter's annual campaign. If an error has been made in recording your gift, we sincerely apologize. If corrections to your giving records are needed, please send them to alehr@penningtonco.com. Thank you, again, for your loyal support. Elizabeth Bahensky Bell '45 lives in Olympia, Wash., and has four children: Kitty, Jane, John, and Nancy. Betsy retired as a State of Washington grants manager. "Having had a career and many years followed by volunteer work, I'm ready to put my feet up." She says her sister, Marion Bahensky '46, retired from many years of teaching in New York and lives in Saint Paul, Neb. Connie Clark Karges '51 enjoys living in Lincoln, Neb., and getting together with Alpha Chis to play bridge and have lunch. She stays busy with church, family, and PEO. Email: gilandconnie@neb.rr.com Joan Knudson Barnette '53 and her husband, Earl (Sigma Nu '56), have lived in Dallas, Texas, for 47 years and have three children. "Best wishes to my 1952 pledge sisters." Email: jobarn@att.net Harriet "Midge" Allen Stork '53 and her husband, Dave, live in Ventura, Calif., and have three children: Ty (deceased), Todd, and Susan. Midge retired in 2010 as senior financial advisor for American Express Financial. She reports, "In 1985 Susan, at age 19, was in a terrible car accident. She was in a coma for six months. Today she functions as a high-level brain injured person, who has helped us spread the word in Ventura County. We now serve over 2,000 families who have 'the silent epidemic' (head-injured victims) living in their homes. We work closely with the trauma center at Ventura County Hospital." In 2004, Midge and six others created the Ventura Botanical Gardens in San Buenaventura. Midge is proud to read of Xi Chapter's progress and would be happy to get alumnae together in Ventura. Carol Nichols Rath '64 retired in 2005 and lives in Papillion, Neb. She married Ron Kleinschmidt in 1965 and had four children: Scott, Steve, Kelly, and Kim. Ron was killed in a farming accident in 1984. Carol went back to UNL to finish her business education degree in 1987. She married Don Kopecky in 1989; he passed away of congestive heart failure in 2002. In 2006, Carol married Bart Rath. They have 14 grandchildren and winter in Sebring, Fla. Email: carol.rath@yahoo.com Deborah Kramer Johnson '71 retired in 2005 from Bayard Public Schools and is now the house director for Alpha Omicron Pi at the University of Lincoln. She has two children, T.R. and Erika. E-mail: djohnson1251@gmail.com Linda Hueppelsheuser Blomgren '74 is a dental hygienist for Williamsburg Dental. She lives in Lincoln, Neb., with her husband, Steven. They have two daughters, Margaret Blomgren Killeen '99 and Angela Blomgren Todd '02. Email: slblom@gmail.com Cindy Cammack '80 retired from UNL as associate director of admissions in January 2016 and is now director of admissions at Peru State College. She and her husband, Dave Reifschneider, live in Lincoln, Neb. Cindy is a member of the ΑΧΩ Xi Chapter Educational Corporation. Email: cindy.cammack@gmail.com Melissa Georges McCandless '98 is a registered dental hygienist with Amazing Smiles of KC. She is a former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader and now helps with auditions and alumni events. She and her husband, Chris, were married in 2012 and have a son, Cruz. They live in Kansas City, Mo. Email: misgeorges@hotmail.com Korrina Tomes-Hughes '00 and her husband, Allan, own Al Hughes Auction and Allan Hughes Homes. Korrina is also a WPRA barrel racer and trains and sells horses. They have four children and live in Glenwood, Iowa. Email: korrinatomes@ yahoo.com (Continued on page 4)

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