Alpha Chi Omega - University of Missouri

page 13 | University of Missouri and painting for herself, hiking with her dog, swimming laps and reading. Traveling has been curtailed by COVID-19. If any sisters get to Virginia, Nancy encourages them to look her up. Email: nmwaggener@comcast.net Lianne Young Hollander '73 retired from teaching middle school art at the parochial school in Jefferson City, Missouri. This was a part-time "fun" job after teaching art for 32 years full time, so she was sad to call it quits. Her teaching career spanned 43 years. Lianne is the first vice president of the local art club and is involved with DKG, an honor education sorority. She learned how to teach art this past spring via Zoom. Lianne wishes all her fellow educators the best and prays for the education system in these difficult times. She has enjoyed keeping in touch with her AXΩ sisters and bakes a lot of homemade sourdough bread. Lianne also volunteers with Habitat for Humanity on the family selection committee. She lives in Jefferson City, Missouri. Email: lkh929@earthlink.net Ruth Evans Swanson '74 retired in April after almost 40 years of working at Swedish American Health System in Rockford, Illinois. Since most of Ruth and her husband's travel plans were canceled for the summer, they have been gardening, walking and playing pickleball to stay busy. They live in Rockford, Illinois. Email: ruth@swanson82.com Jill Klutenkamper Tegethoff '75 and her husband, Rick, have three grown children who are all working and happy. She has retired from the public school system in their hometown, but has been teaching part time at the parochial school. Jill volunteers with their town's summer lunch program and is active in several groups and the local library board. She lives in Pickneyville, Illinois. Email: astroteach@hotmail.com Shari Brueggemann Elford '77 is the executive assistant to the president at Ranken Technical College in St. Louis, Missouri. She loves seeing what her sisters are up to and remembering the wonderful times at Alpha Nu. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Email: elford5@hotmail.com Kim Guilfoile '79 has traveled to Ireland, Portugal, Spain, London, Switzerland, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary since retiring two years ago. Sadly, she's had to cancel her travel plans for this year. Kim lives in Charleston, West Virginia. Email: gldndg4@aol.com Mimi Spener Holder '80 retired after 33 years of teaching. She enjoys being an ambassador for St. Louis pickleball. Mimi is the vice president of communications for Sigma Sigma, the St. Louis Alpha Chi Alumna chapter. She loves spending time with her family and volunteering in other areas of the community. Mimi hopes her sisters are doing well and staying safe. She lives in Weldon Spring, Missouri. Email: mholder61@gmail.com Carol Sowers Drummond '82 retired from a nearly 30-year career in television news in November 2014. Retirement lasted only about three months! Since then, she has trained trial attorneys and other professionals across the U.S. and internationally in communication skills. Carol and her husband live in New York City. They have three children and three grandsons. Email: carol@carolsowers.com Abby Courtney '84 retired after 31 years of teaching English at Boonville High School. She is now teaching at Goodwill Excel Center, an adult high school. Abby lives in Boonville, Missouri. Email: abbycourtney1@gmail.com Krystin Nichols Cooper '87 is the Intellectual Development advisor for Alpha Nu and also a Chapter Relations and Standards specialist for Alpha Chi Omega. She lives with her boyfriend of 10 years in Columbia, Missouri, and is a supervisor in the department of surgery at University Hospital. Between Krystin and her boyfriend, they have four sons. Email: krystin9846@gmail.com Elizabeth English Curry '89 served as president of a women's triathlon team. She lives in Harvard, Massachusetts. Email: eacurry1@yahoo.com Sherry Farmer-Hebert '92 is looking for work in the media and communications field. She has 20 years of broadcast experience, but like so many others, she has been furloughed due to COVID-19. Sherry has been married for a little over three years and has Yorkies. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Email: sherry.farmer@gmail.com Kristen Smithberg Beckman '93 is the mom of 16-year-old triplet boys and lives in Parker, Colorado. She is the community manager for the Wireless Infrastructure Association and a freelance writer for local community magazines. Email: kristen.beckman@att.net Stephanie Cox Holcombe '93 is married with four children. Her oldest son is a junior at Mizzou and a member of Beta Sigma Psi. Stephanie's three younger children are still in middle and elementary schools. She works in human resources and serves on the Junior Service League executive board. Stephanie lives in Independence, Missouri. Email: stephkc74@gmail.com Kate McNeece McCagg '95 lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and 9-year-old daughter. She is a creative director for Amazon. Email: kate.mccagg@gmail.com Claudia Krueger Schweiss '08 and her husband, Ben, moved in January from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Cincinnati, Ohio, for their jobs. They are loving Cincinnati so far. Email: schweisscm@gmail.com Chelsea Hagan '11 married Pat Linderer in July in St. Louis. From left, Kelsey Arends '11, friend Morgan Attebery, Taylor Decker '12, Chelsea, Maggie Hallam Toigo '12, Courtney Underhill '09 and Kate Obermeier '11

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