Kappa Kappa Gamma - Colorado State University

Kappa Kappa Gamma 5 Rebecca Johnson Prevatt '77 has two grandchildren and spends most of her free time with her husband on a houseboat at Lake Powell. E-mail: prevfam@cox.net Mercedes Smith Erickson '78 loves getting The Kappa Hoot newsletter. She wishes for everyone to keep up the good work. E-mail: meri_erickson@yahoo.com Leslie Hutchings Miller '78 remarried Stephen Miller and recently moved from Ohio to the Boston area for his job. Leslie is working on a fiction book loosely based on her family's history, and she mostly edits her friends' writing and most of her son's research papers for publication. Her son, Joe, is an associate professor in economics at UCCS, so she frequently goes to Colorado Springs, Colo. Her daughter, Lucia, is saving the world in Baltimore, Md., as a social worker. Stephen is in corporate claims for Global Insurance Company, which allows her to write. She enjoys taking photographs and generally takes the road less traveled. E-mail: curlz58@gmail.com Elizabeth Hughes Gilmartin '80 lives in San Anselmo, Calif., with her husband, Dan, and two children, Chad and Emma. Her husband is an athletic director at San Anselmo School and her son will be graduating from high school later this year. Her daughter, Emma, is a freshman in high school. E-mail: 4gillys@gmail.com Joanna Kontny Kilgore '80 owns a coffeehouse, bakery, and art gallery called Moxi Junction, which employs special needs adults and trains special needs teens for the workforce. For more information on Moxi Junction, you can see the website at www.MoxiJunction.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MoxiJunction. E-mail: joannakilgore3@gmail.com Sue Mankenberg Humphrey '83 lives in Dallas, Texas, just blocks away from the Kappa Kappa Gamma house at SMU where she has served on the House Board and aided with both recruitment and initiation for several years. E-mail: suehumphrey16@msn.com Aimee Freyer Valls '83 has her last daughter graduating from high school and is about to become an empty nester. Her daughter will be starting CSU in the fall and will hopefully be going through recruitment. Aimee has been working as an interior designer the last 15 years. E-mail: avalls@comcast.net Susan Smedley Elkington '84 is living in Colorado Springs, Colo., with her husband and son, who plans on attending CSU. Susan works as a software engineer developing technology for the "cloud." She has been fortunate to work on 35 career patents. She enjoys being a soccer mom, running, skiing, and traveling. Anne Comstock Markley '98 sits on the board of TESSA in Colorado Springs, Colo. TESSA is an organization supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. She is also the co-chair for TESSA's major fundraising event, Pasta in the Park. For more information on the organization, you can visit their website at www.tessacs.org. E-mail: annemarkley@hotmail.com Kristen Petersen Kesner '99 was married to Joseph Kesner in May. E-mail: kirstenpkkg@ yahoo.com Kyleigh Lotz Shipp '02 has been loving life with her family. She and her husband have a 13-month old son named Benson who has brought great joy and happiness to their lives. They love watching him grow, learn, and laugh, and they enjoy watching his relationship with their golden retriever, Kenai. Kyleigh loves seeing her Kappa sisters take the same steps into parenthood and enjoys watching their families grow. Melanie Pfeifer Kloos '05 loves the alumnae news in The Kappa Hoot. She enjoys reading it cover to cover and is so glad Epsilon Beta is strong and thriving. E-mail: melanie.kloos21@gmail.com Lacey Hall Tedesco '05 has changed her career path and is working to become an interior designer. She is going back to school and working at a design firm to learn the ropes. E-mail: hall.lacey13@gmail.com Kathleen Ory '08 recently moved from Denver, Colo., to Fort Smith, Ark., to live with her boyfriend. The two have an adorable puppy and Kathleen is enjoying working as the marketing and public relations coordinator for Pepper Source, a maker of all sauces for frozen meals, pizzas, the food service industry, and restaurants. E-mail: kathleenory1@gmail.com Remembering Our Founders Celebrating Kappa's Founder's Day Come Visit Epsilon Beta T he chapter would love to show alum- nae around the recently renovated chapter house. To schedule a personal tour, please call House Director Lucy Sharp at (847) 219-3904. The house will be closed on the following dates: • Thanksgiving Break: November 21-29, 2015 • Winter Break: December 19, 2015-January 17, 2016 • Spring Break: March 12-20, 2016 E psilon Beta celebrated Kappa Kappa Gamma's 145th Founder's Day on October 4. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the Kappa chapter house, as members graciously offered tours of the newly remodeled basement to alumnae. Following our get-together at the chapter house, we met at the Lory Student Center on the Colorado State campus. Dinner was served and table décor included photos from a variety of events and pledge classes from Epsilon Beta's archives, which led to many lively conversations. The beautiful voices of the Kappa Pickers blended and harmonized two songs: "Beautiful and Good," and "On the Heart of Each Sister." Congratulations to Janis Dunn '50 as she was awarded her 65-year pin, Deborah Decker '65, who received her 50-year pin, and Tschudy Schmidt '65 and Jan Mitchell '65, who will also receive their 50-year pins from the Denver Alumnae Association. Following our closing ritual, alumnae and chapter members exchanged hugs and smiles; always thankful for the opportunity to share and continue the vision our founding members began 145 years ago. Article written by Suzanne Tenneson Kelly '73

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