Alpha Phi - University of Missouri

Always Alpha Phi 4 Silent Chapter Mary Keller Gard '60 entered the Silent Chapter on May 31, 2014. Her career included work as a reporter for the Associated Press in Chicago and positions in marketing, public and media relations, and communication with the Kansas City Public School District, Bethany Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, and KU Medical Center. After retirement she worked in the Kansas City Missouri Municipal Court as an advocate for abused children. She was an MU Extension Master Gardner, a freelance writer, a teacher, a loving wife and mother, and a doting grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Lowell; her sons, Robert and Craig; two grandchildren; and stepchildren and step grandchildren. Alumnae Update Carol Swank Miller '45 moved to Tomball, Texas, to be closer to her family. She has four children, seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. E-mail: casmiller@juno.com Carol Eddington Richardson '56 moved into a retirement community in Green Valley, Ariz. The community gives her ample opportunity for day trips, opera and theatre performances, activities, and volunteer work. She loves it. Carol has two sons, Brett and Keith. E-mail: CcrrlCRic@aol.com Marcia Rankin Walker '64 cruised to Alaska in summer 2013 and headed up the Mississippi River in summer 2014. She makes her home in Columbia, Mo. E-mail: marciarwalker@gmail.com Jane Stovesand Dunehew '65 and her husband, Bill, are both retired, active in church, and members of singing and bell choirs. She loves reading, cooking, gardening, and traveling to visit friends and family. Jane and Bill live in Dittmer, Mo. Kathie Thomas Knehans '66 works as a chaplain at a children's hospital in Blue Springs, Mo. She participated in a cruise of the British Isles in July with the MU Alumni Association. E-mail: kknehans@aol.com Karen Hoover '67, Irvine Calif., reports that she and her husband, John Straughan, still cruise as much as their health and their money allow. "2014 saw us in Australia, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal. In December 2014, we celebrated cruise number 300. We have also been invited to a two-night naming ceremony for Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Quantum of the Seas." E-mail: travelgoddess1@aol.com Peggy Bowsher Aoki '81 earned a master's degree in teaching several years ago and has been teaching middle school science since. She and her husband, Don, live in Mountain View, Calif., and have two children, Caroline and Mark. E-mail: peggy@peggyaoki.com Amy Jordan Tvrdik '87, representing Alpha Phi, just finished serving as president of the St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic. In addition, she led the recolonization of Alpha Phi's Zeta Delta Chapter at Iowa State University in Ames this past year. Amy and her husband, John, live in Chesterfield, Mo., with their three children. E-mail: amytmissouri@gmail.com Shelly Fox Barish '91 and her husband, Paul, have two children, Lauren and Grant. Shelly is the sales representative for Teknor Apex Company's vinyl division. The family resides in O'Fallon, Mo. E-mail: paanbar0413@gmail.com Kiki Hart Weir '96, Woodbridge, Va., and her husband, James, had a son, Patrick William, in April 2014. Their daughter, Klarissa, started kindergarten in September, and James was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August. Anna Morrissey Atkinson '99 has been practicing law in her own firm for nine years. She has a daughter, Madilyn, and husband, William. The family makes their home in Branson, Mo. E-mail: anna@mlawoffice.com Nicole Seils Quinn '00 recently moved to Boynton Beach, Fla., with her husband, Kevin. Kevin got a new job in property management, working at the family business, and Nicole has been with Target for more than nine years and is currently the HR manager of a high volume Super Target in Deerfield Beach, Fla. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Claire. E-mail: nicole.quinn@live.com Jessica Josendale Welander '00 works with Evolution Bureau as an account supervisor in Boulder, Colo. She and her husband, Trent, live in Lafayette, Colo. E-mail: jjwelander@gmail.com Shannon Brittan O'Hanlon '01 and her husband, Kevin, celebrated their second wedding anniversary in September 2014. They returned to Boston last spring and rescued a Shih Tzu named Gus. E-mail: shannon.brittan@gmail.com Jenny Brown Alexander '03 lives in Columbia, Mo., where she works as an attorney for the Social Security Administration. She and her husband, Nate, have one son, Rhett Atlas. E-mail: jenny_j_brown@yahoo.com Alumnae News Amy Jordan Tvrdik '87 was thrilled to show off the new charter for Alpha Phi's Zeta Delta Chapter at Iowa State, which more than 130 new initiates signed. The Central Missouri Alpha Phi Alumnae Group met for one of their gatherings—a happy hour in Columbia. Carla Zimmerschied Hunter '82, Lacey Sweeten Randall, William Woods University '07, Kate Hendley Wood '80, Terri Roberts Sweeten, Alpha Lambda '09, Jennifer Daggs Furkin, William Woods University '84, Candace Marshall, Truman State University '93, Stephanie Kessler, William Woods University '07, Kelly Cochran, Butler University '04, Katie Goodrich, Truman State University '97.

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