Alumnae News Alumnae News
From left: Jennifer Sheets Hoeynck '81, Claudia Deffrey Strickert '81, Linda Weiss Maloney '80, Pam Harrison Debandt '81
and Peggy Ludwig Schmidelein '80 gather annually for a spring week in Florida. Last year, they decided to read the same
book while together and had a book discussion on the final day. This year, they read Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.
Jean Connelly Buhrig '47 resides in Bronxville,
N.Y. She remembers her four years in college as
some of the best years of her life.
Email: jelubu@gmail.com
Helen McGuire Jones '51 lives in Parsons, Kan.
Helen remembers Alpha Chi with deep affection,
and she enjoyed seeing photos of the house
renovation. Email: hmc.jones65@gmail.com
Jane Sennott Coakley '52 lives in Dallas. She
has five children, four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. While Jane no longer drives,
she still enjoys getting out for church and dinners.
Email: janeredhat19@gmail.com
Joan Mulholland Strickler '54 is living at
Meadowlark Hills, a full-service retirement
community in Manhattan, Kan.
Email: jstrickl@kansas.net
Diana Plackmeyer Thomas '55 lives in
Chesterfield, Mo., and remains busy with two
book clubs, wonderful neighbors and lots of dining
out and cocktails in. She has been a member of the
Wednesday Club for 30 years, hosting many local
celebrities for speaking engagements.
Email: atwhich@aol.com
Janice Crabtree Chandler '64 has been married
to John for almost 59 years. They met at Mizzou,
moving often during their early marriage years. They
have now lived in Kentucky for more than 40 years,
currently residing in Louisville. Janice enjoys time
with family in the state. Email: jan-chandler@att.net
Amorette Sackreiter Haws '66 lives in
Columbia, Mo., and has spent much of the year
traveling to places like Hawaii, Israel, Egypt and
Jordan. Her grandchildren visited from Japan
in the summer, and Amorette and Bill have fall
plans to visit the British Isles before Christmas in
Hawaii. Email: 900richmond@gmail.com
Nancy Maute Waggener '71 and Robert
("Wags") celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary with their sons, wives and
grandchildren. They remain active at Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church where Wags is Father Alban.
Nancy is in a plein air art group. Nancy resides
in Lynchburg, Va., and she enjoys relaxing
with a good book and a glass of wine. Email:
nmwaggener1@gmail.com
Lianne Young Hollander '73 recently started
painting pumpkins for a Jefferson City, Mo.,
boutique gift shop, Southbank Gifts.
Email: lkh929@earthlink.net
Cate Clayman Morrison '75 resides in St. Louis,
Mo., with her husband, Tom. She has two sons and
two grandchildren. Cate enjoyed two careers prior
to retirement, starting in advertising and marketing
before pivoting to social education advocacy for
families with children with autism.
Email: cate.morrison56@gmail.com
Laura Hill Connors '75 had brunch with Marikay
Neidenberg Byrnes '74 and went to the Minnesota
State Park with Susan Knowles-Berry '75 in August.
Cheri Batton Sanders '76 lives in Overgaard,
Ariz. After selling their Phoenix house, Cheri and
Phil are looking for a new home.
Email: cherisanders@live.com
Nancy Miller Berry '80 welcomed her first
grandchild, Adeline, in March 2022. Nancy is in her
25th year teaching art with Jenks Public Schools. She
lives in Tulsa, Okla. Email: nberry1602@gmail.com
Kelly Stein Freeman '05 has enjoyed a couple of
exciting years. She and her husband, William, spent
a month visiting 17 cities in eight countries across
Europe in May 2022. William proposed to Kelly in
Paris on her birthday. They married in Maui in April
2023. Multiple sisters were in attendance, including
a couple of new friends from Delta Epsilon Chapter.
Kelly and William bought a home in Kirkwood, Mo.,
and are pet parents to Mac, a Boston terrier puppy
named after former Mizzou football great Jeremy
Maclin. Email: kels586@hotmail.com
Lauren Ginn Julius '09 lives in Chesterfield,
Mo. Lauren married Brian Julius on Dec. 3, 2022.
Five of her seven bridesmaids were AXOs. She
has been a school counselor at Francis Howell
High School for eight years.
Email: laurenelizabethginn@gmail.com
Jessica Schulte '18 resides in Moscow Mills, Mo.
Jessica enjoys traveling to places like New York
City, Chicago, Myrtle Beach, and Mexico. She
visited Nina Addante '17 in Chicago.
Email: jessicaschulte@outlook.com
Gail Goetze Kervatt '65 visits from New Jersey
on July 29, along with her daughter, son-in-law
and grandson, who live in Paris.
