Class Notes

Summer 2010  

1930s

In Memory

Jane (Valentine) Swanson ’33, Valley Center, Calif., May 8, 2010.

Jean (Haakinson) Schoeneman ’36, Sioux City, May 2, 2010.

1940s

In Memory

Bernice (Cantin) Crane ’41, Sioux City, April 29, 2010.

Bernice Rogers ’42, Le Mars, Iowa, April 5, 2010.

1950s

In Memory

Lorraine (Hofer) Buckthorpe ’52, Little Rock, Ark., April 4, 2010.

DeVilda (Nielsen) Collins ’52, Danbury, Iowa, May 28, 2010.

Marilyn (Morrissey) Kinley ’52, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 8, 2010.

Helen (LaCroix) McCarthy ’53, Queen Creek, Ariz., March 25, 2010.

Dian Cooper ’55, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 22, 2010.

Sister Mary (Baylon) Lenz, OSF, ’57, Dubuque, Iowa, April 25, 2010.

Frances (Mahr) Barnes ’59, Struthers, Ohio, May 4, 2010.

1960s

In Memory

Sister Angela Goedken, OSF, ’67, Dubuque, Iowa, March 20, 2010.

Sister Mary Elsbernd, OSF, ’68, Dubuque, Iowa, April 24, 2010.

Charles F. Erlandsen, Jr., Sioux Falls, S.D., Nov. 1, 2009, husband of Mary Ellen (Ahlers) Erlandsen ’69.

1970s

Noreen (Schneider) Eskildsen ’70 retired from Crescent Park Elementary School in Sioux City. She taught art in the district for 39 years, 27 were at Crescent Park.

Bev (Koser) O’Hara ’70 retired from the library at Crescent Park Elementary in Sioux City. Of the 25 years Bev served the school district, she spent 10 years at Joy Elementary and 15 years at Crescent Park.

Paula (May) Prescott ’70 retired from the Albert Lea School District in Albert Lea, Minn., where she was the art educator for the district. Paula and her husband, David, are enjoying life at their lake cabin and are looking forward to their first grandchild.

Carol (Johnston) Berzina ’72 retired from North High School in Sioux City, where she taught social studies for 38 years.

Daniel Oldis ’72 had his article “Multi-Player Dream Games” published in the spring issue of The Lucid Dream Exchange.

Georgia Cortez ’79 has started her second career as an online occupational safety instructor at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M.

In Memory

Donna (Walding) Nelson ’71, Sioux City, March 22, 2010.

Richard Cary ’74, Forest Lake, Minn., April 18, 2010.

Brian Goetz ’75, Sioux City, April 16, 2010.

Michael Dennison ’79, North Sioux City, S.D., March 4, 2010.

1980s

Patricia (Ewert) Flannagan ’82 retired after 40 years of nursing. She spent 22 years as an adult nurse practitioner at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

John Millea ’81 is a media specialist with the Minnesota State High School League. Previously, John was a sports editor, reporter and columnist for newspapers in Iowa, Arizona and Minnesota, for 30 years.

In Memory

Robert D. Hecker, Sioux City, husband of Jeanne Hecker ’82, March 16, 2010.

Delores (Goettsch) Witt ’87, Holstein, Iowa, March 16, 2010.

1990s

In Memory

Michael Milbrodt ’95, Sioux City, March 21, 2010.

Frank Glick ’91, Sioux City, April 21, 2010.

2000s
Gloria (Gill) Lewis ’01 has earned an MSN/MHA from the University of Phoenix, where she is completing her Doctorate of Education. Gloria teaches at the University of Phoenix’s online community college.

Jayna Berens ’07 earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Jayna is a mental health therapist at Heartland Family Service in Omaha, Neb. She plans to marry John Baczwaski on Sept. 18, 2010.  

William Darwin, Jr. ’08 was a featured soloist in a summer concert of Benjamin Britten’s “Rejoice in the Lamb” at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Sioux City. William is pursuing his master’s degree in vocal performance at the University of South Dakota’s School of Music in Vermillion.

Future Chargers
Hudson Dale Suhr, March 19, 2010, Sarah (Russell) Suhr ’00 and Kevin Suhr ’00, Olathe, Kan. Hudson joins sister, Shelby, 3, and brother, Lincoln, 2.

Katelyn Elizabeth Walsh, March 25, 2010, Sara (Kneifl) Walsh ’02 and T.J. Walsh, Elgin, Neb.

Mia Brielle Rooney, May 7, 2010, Amanda (Marine) Rooney ’03 and Chad Rooney, Dakota Dunes, S.D.

Kennedy Lea Reynolds, May 12, 2010, Aric Reynolds ’04 and Erica Reynolds, Sioux City.

Everett Reiff, March 23, 2010, Heidi (Pottebaum) Reiff ’07 and John Reiff, Sioux City.

Joseph Aaron Burbach, April 27, 2010, Angela (Heimes) Burbach ’07 and Aaron Burbach ’07, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Carter James Humpal, March 8, 2010, Ryan Humpal ’09 and Sarah Humpal, South Sioux City, Neb.

Friends of BCU

In Memory

William E. Rodawig, Sioux City, May 4, 2010. William was a member of the Briar Cliff University Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1984.

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