Sigma Kappa - University of Kansas

Page 5 H H H Sigma kappa President Hayley Disney '13 Topeka, Kan. Executive Vice President Taylor Smith '13 Paola, Kan. Vice President of Membership Alyssa Huntington '13 Saint Charles, Mo. Vice President of New Member Education Madison Green '14 Scottsdale, Ariz. Vice President of Alumnae Relations Samantha Harms '14 Lansing, Kan. Vice President of Scholarship Kyrie Smith '15 Wichita, Kan. Vice President of Philanthropic Services Lexi Oatman '14 Overland Park, Kan. Vice President of Communication Lindsey Etter '14 Plano, Texas Vice President of Finance Morgan Craig '14 Denver, Colo. Vice President of Programming/ Rock Chalk Revue Director Lindsey Freihoff '14 Overland Park, Kan. Rock Chalk Revue Director Jaclyn McCoy '14 Aurora, Ill. Rock Chalk Revue Director Kayla Sinclair '13 Olathe, Kan. House Manager Rachel Jenkins '15 Overland Park, Kan. Risk Chairman Abigail Fields '13 Minneapolis, Minn. Chapter Officers AlumnAe news Mary Jane Pistorius Taylor '44 enjoys living in a senior community, which is in the neighborhood of her home of 60 years in Decatur, Ga. She has four children: Carolyn, Vincent, Greg, and Jane Ellen. Mary Jane's great-grandchildren live nearby, which is a big plus. E-mail: jayhawk21946@gmail.com Patricia Behler '47 volunteered as a docent at the Missouri Governor's Mansion and was a charter member of the bicentennial Lewis & Clark task force after retiring from the Missouri State Library as a youth services consultant for state public libraries. Pat lives in Jefferson City, Mo. E-mail: pabehler@centurylink.net Zelina Higginbottom Hickox '47 had hip replacement surgery but is thankful she no longer has pain, she can stay in her home, and can drive her car. She misses the Denver Sigma Kappas, but doesn't drive to Denver from Fort Collins anymore. E-mail: zelinahickox@centurylink.net Nita Brewster Grier '48 lives at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, Kan., and enjoys life. She is not very speedy, but she does get around. "Life is good," she says. Alyce Fawkes Mason '48 still gets together for lunch with some of her pledge sisters, Joyce Boucher '48, Mary Lou Akright '48, Ruthie Rader '48, Joanne Riordan '48, and Areta Garden '48, when its birthday time. Alyce lives in Shawnee Mission, Kan. E-mail: mason@kc.rr.com Marjorie Albright Hazlett '50 still enjoys retirement and always thinks of her Sigma Kappa sisters when she tailgates at football games. "Go Hawks!" Marge lives in Lawrence, Kan., and has one daughter, Karen. E-mail: margecharge@sunflower.com Patricia Hessling Daugherty '52 and her husband, William, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary last year. They met on a blind date during their first week at KU. They live in Topeka, Kan. Mary Poe Smith '55 is very busy with church, the town's senior center, and teenage grandchildren. She's on the fellowship committee, card ministry, and knitting ministry at church. Mary Fran does birthday cards and cupcakes for members of her exercise class at the senior center. She is very proud of her grandchildren, both of whom are honor students and play in their school orchestras. Mary Fran lives in Port Angeles, Wash. Cheryl Frazee Burdette '58 and her husband, Ken, celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on July 29, 2015. Their daughter, Evin, turned 46 in September. She and her husband, Mike, moved to Colorado three years ago so they have a beautiful state for Cheryl and Ken to visit. Evin is president of the corporation board of Gamma Phi Beta at the University of Denver. Carol Hume Davis '58 enjoys retirement in sunny Florida. She participates in volunteer work through church, choral singing, and abstract water color painting. Norma Smith Pettijohn '58 reports that retirement is wonderful, but she is also very happy that she gets called to be a substitute organist at church. "It's great to spend more time enjoying my Colorado condo with more free time." Norma and her husband, Ronald, live in Topeka and have two daughters, Kathy and Sharon. E-mail: npett4@aol.com Joan Howard '63 enjoys retirement by volunteering at Lakewood Heritage Center, in Lakewood, Colo., and the Littleton Historical Museum. She also loves being with her Sigma Kappa alumnae sisters for their noontime lunches each month. She is also busy with her PEO sisters. Barbara Musgrave Kerns '65 and her husband, Wil, live on Whidbey Island in Washington and she is active in volunteer work. E-mail: bwkerns@msn.com Sandra Marshall Shrout '66 lives in Rockville, Md., and has two daughters, Katherine and Christine. Katherine is director of student services at Academy of Hope Charter School in Washington, D.C., and Christine was married in June 2015 at Ft. Myers Beach in Florida. E-mail: sjshrout2@gmail.com Deborah Kouloukis Jarrett '70 and her husband, Hank, reside in Virginia Beach with their two Irish Setters, Liam and Hunter. She is a human resources generalist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Business Unit and handles human resources for retail shops, taverns, and hotels in Colonial Williamsburg. Susan Prost Thiess '70 has two sons, one of whom is married and is a lawyer in Washington, D.C. The other is a newly graduated biomedical engineer who started work on a Ph.D. last fall in complex systems sciences in Portland, Ore. Susan has been in real estate for the last 13 years and is a broker with Baird & Warner. Prior to (Continued on page 6)

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