Chi Omega - University of California, Berkeley

Laura Piccirillo Waste '45 shares, "I am living at the Vi, a retirement community in Palo Alto, Calif. I'm always proud to hear of accomplishments at our alma mater. If any Mus of the '40s are about, I would like to hear from them!" Email: lpwaste@icloud.com Corinne Witt Wiley '46 once served as mayor of Belvedere, Calif., for eight years. Email: 88wiley@comcast.net Eleanor De Maris Silbergh '48 went to Arizona with her daughter again last spring to attend some of the SF Giants baseball spring training. She lives in Walnut Creek, Calif. Joyce Howell Wells '48 resides in Nevada City, Calif., and makes an annual holiday visit to see her daughter and family in Pennsylvania. Email: jhowwells@hotmail.com Barbara Weeks Neely '51 shares, "Everything is OK! Thanks for keeping in touch." She lives in Angels Camp, Calif. Email: neelybd@comcast.net Natalie Miller '52 has two children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. She is retired and living in a retirement community in Rocklin, Calif., where she enjoys playing bridge, reading, and knitting. She remains active in PEO Email: natmillercal55@gmail.com Carolyn Hardin Ryder '52 is enjoying 90th birthdays, seven grandchildren (all college graduates), and six great grandchildren in San Jose, Calif. Email: cryder@in-depth.com Karen Andersen Hannon '53 is still in Virginia (currently living in Fairfax Station) after 53 years and "going on 90!" She is welcoming her 18th great-grandchild in early 2024. As of April 2023, she can also add five step-greats! She still play lots of bridge, plus enjoys a book club. "Loved my years at Cal Berkeley as a Chi O!" Email: karenh3136@aol.com Gloria Booth Horne '53 is enjoying family and friends; she is a new great-grandmother! Gloria resides in Kentfield, Calif. Email: gloriabhorne@gmail.com Joyce Barrett Campbell '54 is enjoying the quieter life in Modesto, Calif. She still enjoys connecting with the children of other Chi Os. Email: jhoseray@sbcglobal.net Jessa Thompson Stevenson-Doll '55 shared, "In 2023, my husband, Ron, and I visited the WWII museum in New Orleans to see the memorial bricks I had purchased to honor my two uncles who served in WWII." Jessa resides in Palm Desert, Calif. Email: jessadoll58@gmail.com Anne Filmer Wright '55 reports, "Still living joyfully in the Northern Rockies in Ketchum, Idaho. Six grandchildren are living in England, Canada, and California and continue to ask about 'my' animals. They're not mine, but we share the same environment with elk, moose, foxes, wolves, cougars, and wolverines. It makes for good stories." Bonny Lynn Redhead Babb '56 is still living the Alaskan adventure in Anchorage, working with immigrants as they learn English as a second language, and enjoying grandchildren. She stays busy with a book club, prayer group, and travel. Email: bl78@gci.net Mo Gherra Michelson '57 recently enjoyed a trip to Northern Spain and Portugal. She also made a visit to New York with Roberta Rahlfs Alleman '57 to see Susan Forbes '57. Mo lives in Walnut Creek, Calif. Email: marlene.michelson@comcast.net Eleanor Moffat Pfaltzgraff '57 is keeping busy with lots of knitting visits with friends and living in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Still driving to participate in events!" Email: ellymoff@yahoo.com Mary Hicks Wood '58 is a volunteer coordinator for Marin Villages. She lives in Corte Madera, Calif., and is a Marin County Watercolor Society member. She's also in a reading group and a walking group and enjoys traveling. Her family includes twin teenage granddaughters and a granddaughter who recently celebrated her Quinceanera. Email: marywood0185@sbcglobal.net Heather Martin Deming '59 is living at Del Mesa Carmel in Carmel, Calif., making new friends, and enjoying a new partner after being single for nine years. Email: heatherdeming@me.com Judy McKay '60 serves on the foundation committee of her retirement community in Boise, Idaho, and raises money for the benevolence fund. Email: judymckay41@gmail.com Jane "Gig" Manske Ingebretson '61 is still married to Rob after 58 years and living in Fremont, Calif.. She volunteers for Meals on Wheels, leads a bible study, stays involved in PEO, gardens, babysits her grandson, and plays Scrabble. She gets together once a year with Jean Beggs Foskett '62, Bertie Gundlach McElroy '62, Kathy Fusco, Katie McQuaid, Adrienne Smith Rogers '61, and some other XO sisters initiated in 1961. Email: gigingy@ comcast.net Betty "Bee Gee" Seitz Millinich '61 is proud to have daughter Carrie Millinich Daughters '89 as a Mu alumna. And granddaughter Beth Daughters '20 is a Mu senior this year! Betty lives in Danville, Calif. Email: beegeemill@gmail.com Sheri Smith Shenk '61 shares, "Following my husband's death in 2016, I decided to follow two sons and their families to Austin, Texas. Fun to spend time with the five youngest of our 12 grandkids! This has kept me active and engaged. For this third-generation California girl, no place can match the Bay Area! Looking forward to a Mississippi River cruise in March 2024 with Geri Graham Sandor '61, Lynn Abbey Carasali '61, and Anne Boyd Sterling '62! Email: ssshenk@mac.com Alexa-Renee Simpson '62 is an artist and metalsmith; she owns Alexa-Renee Art Jewelry in Sterling Silver and Bronze. She earned the Juror's Choice Award in a recent international competition and was elected for the 2022 Boston Exhibition. Alexa-Renee lives in Calif., Benicia. Email: alexa-yoga@att.net Alice Frank Lowe '63 and her husband, Ed, moved from Carmel to Walnut Creek, Calif., in 2019. They live at Rossmoor and enjoy playing golf and pickleball together. Email: aledlowe@comcast.net Marilyn Edwards Rupp '64 just celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to the Czech Republic and Germany. She also enjoyed a family reunion at Tahoe with her kids and 11 grandkids. Marilyn resides in Eureka, Calif. Email: mbr1@suddenlink.net Joan Chapel '65 is a passionate animal advocate, especially after adopting two dogs who spent nine and seven years, respectively, in puppy mills. She currently volunteers and fosters for a local private animal rescue in Lake Forest, Calif. Email: jachapel@yahoo.com 2 MU NEWS A l u m n a e N e w s

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