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Mitzi Black Wade '50 shares that at 92,
she spends more time remembering the
friends she made at Stillwater Pi Phi. She
is still meeting sisters and enjoying the
friendships she's made through the years.
She enjoyed attending the 100
th
birthday
of the chapter and sitting at a table with
women from the pledge classes of 1943-
52. Mitzi resides in Marietta, Ga.
Email: mbwade3@bellsouth.net
Barbara Farrar Sullivan '56 moved to
Bothell, Wash., in October to be closer to
her daughter, Shari Jenkins, and her new
family. Shari was president of Pi Phi at
Washington State University in the early
'80s. Email: bsullivan4644@msn.com
Karen Kimball Jones '64 retired from
teaching elementary school in 2001. She
and her husband moved to Texas Hill
Country and reside in Kerrville, Texas.
Karen volunteers as secretary for the
Hill Country, Texas, Alumnae Club and
volunteers at Hill Country Youth Ranch
Auxiliary and Schreiner Mansion. She
enjoys traveling with her husband,
Bart, hiking and keeping up with 13
grandchildren, six children and old friends.
Email: karenkimballjones@gmail.com
Linda Markee Peterson '68 lives in The
Woodlands, Texas where her three children
and nine grandchildren also reside. Her
oldest grandchild is attending OSU this year.
Email: lindapeterson14@gmail.com
Dee Rippetoe Richardson '72 lives in
Oklahoma City, Okla., and is the leader of
Ring Ching Readers, an Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, Alumnae Club interest group.
She serves on the Stewardship Committee
for Pi Beta Phi Foundation.
Email: deerichardson71@gmail.com
Lucina Beaver Thompson '78 shares that
her daughter, Audrey, was a Pi Phi
at Texas A&M. Audrey is 33 now, and
they have had the joy of serving as
co-beneficiaries for the Dallas Alumnae
Club. They love researching worthy
literacy organizations in the Dallas
metroplex. "What a wonderful thing to
invest our time, talent and treasure in,"
she says. Lucina lives in Dallas, Texas.
Email: thompson.lucina@gmail.com
Tracey Justice Mason '81 has gone on a
girls trip with 12 of her sorority sisters
every year for decades. They've been to
Colorado, the Dominican Republic and
many other places. Tracey resides in
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Email: traceyjusticemason@gmail.com
Alice Adkins Terwege '85 is an assistant
principal at Griffin Elementary in Katy,
Texas where she resides.
Email: aliceaterwege@katyisd.org
Tami Toller '92 is married with three
kids, two girls and one boy. She started a
second career as a flight attendant and has
had fun with it while volunteering for her
children's school activities. She resides in
Henderson, Nev. Email: tollert@yahoo.com
Carrie Combs Maschmeier '94 shares that
her daughter, Gracie, recently joined Pi Phi
at OSU. Carrie lives in Edmond, Okla.
Email: cmasch22@aol.com
Rachel Noland Dixon '09 recently moved
back to the U.S. after finishing graduate
school (MBA) abroad in London. She is
looking forward to being back in the
Washington, D.C., area to continue with
Deloitte Consulting, traveling, volunteering
and more. Email: rachel.e.dixon2@gmail.com
Elizabeth Grace Malloy '15 and her husband,
Nolan, recently welcomed their first baby
boy, Rory. They reside in Oklahoma City,
Okla. Email: lizziegmalloy@gmail.com
Leslie Wilson Waite '15 has an eight-
month-old baby boy, who is the joy of her
life. Upon returning from maternity leave
from her local hospital as a sonographer,
she discovered a large tumor growing in
her uterus. She has stage 4 cancer and has
been going to chemo treatments every
three weeks. Her OSU sisters have been
her biggest support. "I will beat this cancer!"
she says. Leslie resides in Ponca City, Okla.
Email: leslieannwilson@yahoo.com
What words come to mind when
you think about Oklahoma Beta?