Memorial Gifts

Memorial gifts are a meaningful way to celebrate the life of a member who has passed. If you wish to donate $25 or more in memory of a late member, be sure to fill out the Who Are You Honoring Section* in the payment form.

*Please be mindful of the email address you provide, as it sends a message to that account. We recommend getting an email address of a close family member to send the notification or skipping the email field.  

We acknowledge the following individuals and groups who contributed to the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation in memory of a loved one. 

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Gifts Recorded During March 2023

Joyce S Baxter (Maryland, 1954)
Cleveland East Alumnae

Gretchen Bach Austin (San Jose State, 1955)
Marin County Alumnae Chapter

Phyllis A Cimaglio (Miami, 1964)
Cleveland East Alumnae

André Gariépy, Father of Lynn Gariépy (McGill)
Suzanne Lee (McGill)

Judith Ann Klein Engberg (Missouri – Columbia, 1959)
Lana Slack (Missouri-Columbia)  

Dr. Liz Maiwurm Morrell (Iowa, 1982)
Julie Harrigan (Iowa)

Nancy Newman (University of the Pacific, 1970)
Janice Graves (University of the Pacific)

Kay St. John (California State-Long Beach, 1963)
Ruth-Ann W. Nydam (California State-Long Beach)

Betty Baldessari Sokol (San Diego State, 1949)
Bergen County Alumnae Chapter
Maria Cioffi (Ohio State)

Michelle Wexler (Georgia, 2004)
Noel Rogers (Georgia) 

Gifts recorded during February 2023

Betty Baldessari Sokol (San Diego State, 1949)
Denise Vollert-Parrotto (California State-Fullerton)

Linda Biegelman Kvistad (Miami, 1979)
Shellie Hodges (Oregon)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)

Verona Dilbeck Lynam (Oklahoma City, 1952)
Corinne Martinez (California - Berkeley)

Judith Ann Klein Engberg (Missouri – Columbia, 1959)
Nancy Litzinger (Missouri-Columbia) 

Jeanine Rioux Filiatrault (Arizona, 1954)
Sandra Nauman (Arizona)

Ruth A Seeler, M.D (Vermont, 1956)
Corinne Martinez (California - Berkeley)

Doreen Warfield (Colorado, 1943)
Patricia Echols 

John Vanier
Anne Layton (McGill) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING JANUARY 2023

Pastor Laurel Alexander (California State-Fullerton, 1977)
Maria Adams (California Polytechnic State)

Barbara Cline Day (Northwestern, 1952)
Joyce Lemon Dunn (Northwestern)

Amy Nunes (Northwestern, 1980)
Marcus Nunes
National Philanthropic Trust 

Ruth A Seeler, M.D (Vermont, 1956)
Phyllis Choat (Nebraska – Lincoln)

Michelle Wexler (Georgia, 2004)
Susie Bott (Georgia)
Melodie Elam (Georgia)
Jennifer Stanley (Georgia)
Suzanne Wardell (Georgia)
Marsha White (Georgia) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING DECEMBER 2022

Pastor Laurel Alexander (California State-Fullerton, 1977)
Dawn Schriver McSavaney (Puget Sound)

Barbara Byorum-Smith (North Dakota State, 1969)
Joey Stiver (North Dakota State)

Verona Dilbeck Lynam (Oklahoma City, 1952)
Virginia Hammond (Colorado- Boulder)

Holly Hunt
Kathleen Rall (San Diego State)

Clara and Alfred Jacob, parents of Jeanne Jacob (Iowa)
Jeanne Jacob (Iowa)

Janet R. Nentwig Schoedinger (Missouri-Columbia, 1959)
Lana Yeokum Slack (Missouri-Columbia)

Sandra Reilly (Kansas State, 1961)
JoAnn Goetz Heasty (Kansas State) 

Susan Palowsky West
Cheryl Gatchel Petty (Wittenberg)

Pam Pearson (Oklahoma State, 1968)
Barbara Beeman (Oklahoma State)

Ruth A Seeler, M.D (Vermont, 1956)
Virginia Hammond (Colorado- Boulder)
Barbara M Wessel (Syracuse)

Dorothy Somers Hoehn (Northwestern, 1928)
Catheryn Hoehn

Donna Sprague
Cheryl Gatchel Petty (Wittenberg)

Gifts recorded during november 2022

Jane Ball (British Columbia, 1947)
Corvallis Alumnae Chapter

Marta Brown (Boston, 1947)
Julia Hart-Lawson (Oregon)

Elizabeth DePerez
Julia Hart-Lawson (Oregon)

Erica Goeckel, daughter of Dianne C. Weidner (Indiana)
Dianne C. Weidner (Indiana)

Vivian Hadley (Colorado State, 1945)
Calir Hadley

Meg Henningson (Oregon, 1874)
Julia Hart-Lawson (Oregon)

Frances Tysor (Texas- Austin, 1946)
Linda D. Nowlin (Oklahoma)

Barbara Hart Wilson (California-Berkeley, 1942)
Julia Hart-Lawson (Oregon) 

Clara and Alfred Jacob, parents of Jeanne Jacob (Iowa)
Jeanne Jacob (Iowa)

Verona Dilbeck Lynam (Oklahoma City, 1952)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)
Magnes Welsh (Memphis)

Melinda Milstead Nickless (Texas-Austin, 1971)
Nancy Enright (Texas-Austin)

Kay Robinson (Idaho, 1956)
Corvallis Alumnae Chapter

Ruth A Seeler, M.D (Vermont, 1956)
Colette Hays (Bradley)
Gina Trimarco (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Magnes Welsh (Memphis)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)

Peter Smiley, father of Megan Smiley Wick (Washington State) 
Sally Lewis (Bradley)

Gifts recorded during october 2022

Marian Doty Bickford (Penn State, 1944)
Iris Darling (Vermont)
Vermont Green Mountain Alumnae Chapter

Blanche Layman Conder (Western Ontario, 1959)
Sally Mooney (Toronto)

Verona Dilbeck Lynam (Oklahoma City, 1952)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)
Jessica Jecmen (Oklahoma City)

Nicole Davis Matney (Washington State University, 1993)
Ashley Park (Washington State)

Janet R. Nentwig Schoedinger (Missouri-Columbia, 1959)

Nancy Litzinger (Missouri-Columbia)

Sandra Russ (Northwestern, 1966)

Joyce Etling (Ohio State) 

Peter Smiley, father of Megan Smiley Wick (Washington State)
Ann Campbell (Northwestern)
Frances Griffin (Texas-Austin)

Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)

Mary Knaup (California State) 

Ruth A Seeler, M.D (Vermont, 1956)
Ann Campbell (Northwestern)
Barbie Chadwick (Vanderbilt)
Arlene Faulk (Iowa)
Teri Fulton (Northwestern)
Frances Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Fraya Hirschberg (Michigan)
Shellie Hodges (Oregon)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)
Megan Krueger (Indiana)
Anne Layton (McGill)
Nancy Litzinger (Missouri-Columbia)
Jennifer Moeller (Missouri-Columbia)
Cheryl Speer (California State-Fullerton)
Joey Stiver (North Dakota State)
Karen Urette (Oklahoma)
Sally Wallace (Oklahoma)
Liz Ware (Michigan)

GIFTS RECORDED DURING September 2022

Marian Doty Bickford (Penn State, 1944)
Iris Darling (Vermont)
Vermont Green Mountain Alumnae Chapter

Blanche Layman Conder (Western Ontario, 1959)
Sally Mooney (Toronto)

Lois Jensen Fronk (Wyoming, 1961)
Carol Hendon (Wyoming)

Verona Dilbeck Lynam (Oklahoma City, 1952)
Judy Graham (Oklahoma)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)

Carlotta Norman (Southern Methodist, 1958)
Jennifer Ogden (Texas Tech)

Merle Morris Ongaro (San Jose State, 1955)
Marin County Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae group

Pam Pearson (Oklahoma State, 1968)
Barbara Beeman (Oklahoma State)

Sandra Russell (Northwestern, 1966)
Maria Cioffi (Ohio State)

Paula Martin Rutherford (Oklahoma, 1961)
Jennifer Cibor (Indiana)

Debbie Ann Donna Satsky (Texas State - San Marcos, 1983)
Christine Barr (Texas State University - San Marcos)

Janet Green Wesselman (Iowa State, 1949)
Jeff Wesselman

Caroline Reigle Williams (Oklahoma, 1955)
Evan Williams 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING August 2022

Gaynelle Dannelly (Denver, 1962)
Patricia Mangis (Denver)

Barbara Miller Gillberg (Wisconsin-Madison, 1959)

Kathy Miller (Wisconsin-Madison)

Carlotta Khalifah Norman (Southern Methodist, 1958)
Lucile Stewart Hefner (Oklahoma State)

Carolyn Blumhof Lombard (Oklahoma State) 

Janet Grout Schuett (Wisoncsin-Madison, 1953), mother of Amy Schuett (Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Caral Heffernan (William & Mary)

Betty Kraus Treiber (Michigan State, 1953)
Joyce Dunn (Northwestern) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING JULY 2022

Karen Bailey Cooper (Bowling Green State, 1962)
Douglas Cooper

Becky Reed Cox (Morehead State, 1991)
Leanne Orr (Chapman)


Ann Erickson Henderson (Iowa State, 1959), sister of Ellen Erickson Holm (Iowa)
Gwen Rogers (Iowa State) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING June 2022

Jeraldine Bowman Baird (Colorado State, 1952)
Beth Randolph Anderson (Colorado State)
Nancy Brown Randolph (Colorado State)

Janet Wissmiller Barrett (Indiana, 1965)
Susan Douglas (Indiana)

Heidi Kressin Burke (Texas Tech, 1977)
John Burke

Dr. Lea Dopson (Texas Tech, 1982)
Leigh Ann Price (Texas Tech)

Nancy Dixon Eckhart (Vermont, 1963)
William Eckhart 

Jeannine Frenton Jacobs (Nebraska-Lincoln, 1959)
Sharon Dunham (Nebraska-Lincoln)

Wayne Ostendorf, father of Nancy Ann Ostendorf Thompson (Iowa State)
Ann Campbell (Northwestern)

Diane Hertneky Phillips (Colorado-Boulder, 1954)
Candace Hertneky Crumb (Colorado-Boulder)

Kristi Recchia (California State-Fullerton, 1991)
Rene´ Thompson (California State-Fullerton) 

Gifts Recorded During May 2022

Sharon Boles Friend (Arizona, 1961)
Gage Dennett Hewes (Arizona)

Ronald Gates, father of Beth Moravec
Denise Vollert-Parrotto (California State-Fullerton)

Holly Hunt (San Diego State, 1972)
Lori Carlson Lungren (San Diego State) 

Deborah Cravens Jack (Indiana State, 1970)
Linda Zuffa (Indiana State)

Kay Conrad Robinson (Idaho, 1956)
Nancy Weiss Ulman (Oregon State) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING April 2022

Martha Steiner Caesar (Michigan State, 1961)
Patricia Mack (Michigan State)

Joe Demarke, husband of Betty Demarke (San Diego State)
Betty Demarke (San Diego State)

Agnes T. Jordan, mother of Angie Jordan Dimit (Urbana-Champaign)
Fraya Black (Michigan)
Krista Davis (Bowling Green)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)
Karen Urette (Oklahoma) 

Maria Stevens, mother of Randy Stevens Allard (California State-Long Beach)
Frances Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)
Karen Urette (Oklahoma)

Anne Byington Worley (Washington, 1948)
Anne Moldrem (Washington)