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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 as of April 2025. View all donors here.

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Gifts recorded during April 2025

Susy Lin, sister of Grace Lin (McGill)
Anne Layton (McGill) 

Maria Henderson Wolf (Maryland, 1968)
Margaret Gatlin Smith (Florida State) 

Gifts Recorded during march 2025

Constance “Connie” Butler Long (Pennsylvania State, 1981)
Melissa Meyer

Marlene Purdy Goos (Nebraska-Lincoln, 1955)
Sharon Witt Dunham (Nebraska-Lincoln) 

Latane Jordan Graham (Auburn, 1968)
Dr. Judy E. Graham (Oklahoma)

Dorene Lewis (Alma, 1984)
Bree Brownlee (Alma) 

Gifts recorded during February 2025

Dorothy Butler Cordell (Auburn 1971)
Ellen King (Auburn)

Emily Anne Busbin (Auburn 2002)
Ellen King (Auburn)

Joan Cosgrove Armstrong (Southern California 1954)
Rene Matz Thompson (California State – Fullerton)

Lauren Sweeney (South Carolina 2022)
Delta Gamma Fraternity 

Gifts recorded during January 2025

Tamella Bentley
Julia Fielding (Michigan)

Connie Butler Long (Pennsylvania State, 1981)
Karen Butler
Joanne Callis Roman (Vanderbilt)
Maria Cengel
Linda Dexter
Jon and Wendy Gaefke
Norm Gill
Eugene Michael Golda
Donna Guzewski
Shelli Lee
Joseph Mesko
Matt and Rose Rola
Carole Sorokanych
Martha Waldman Borraccini (Pennsylvania State)

Karen Casares Stewart (San Diego State, 1963)
Betty Kurkjian (San Diego State)

Samantha Condrick (Kentucky, 2019)
Kasey Roberts

Bridget Dummett, dear friend and previous staff of Gamma Phi Beta.
Kendra Gates Bocher (California State - Long Beach)

Julie Heft Shultz (Wichita State, 1975)
Kendra Gates Bocher (California State - Long Beach)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)
Sarah Tajvar Schimpff (Texas Christian University)

Dorothy Somers Hoehn (Northwestern, 1928)
Catheryn Hoehn

Charlotte McClelland Ice (Texas Tech, 1969)
Marsha McClelland Scarbrough (Texas Tech)

Kaitlyn McNally (Clemson, 2023)
Dominika Steinova (Wisconsin - Milwaukee) 

Ilona "Ili" Novak (California State - Long Beach, 1984)

Robin Doty (California State - Long Beach)
Dawn Neja Reese (California State - Long Beach)

Gloria Poston (Arizona, 1945)
Corrine Redmond

Freddie Raicevich
Jo Ann Semple (Southern Methodist)

Nancy Seeman Cox (Southern Methodist, 1957)
Nancy Chuoke Enright (Texas - Austin)

Sue Torr Wittmer (Indiana State, 1957)
Barbara Stoutamire Wingfield (Florida State)

Morgan Vickers (Colorado State, 2014)
Jo Ann Semple (Southern Methodist) 

Gifts recorded during december 2024

Erica Goeckel, daughter of Dr. Dianne Weidner (Indiana) and Dr. Donald Goeckel
Dr. Dianne Weidner (Indiana)

Ruth Ann Morse Gray (Arizona, 1960)
Vicki Carlson Read (Arizona)

Jane Long (Miami, 1953)
Mary Virginia Kennedy (Denver)

Jeanelle Hobby McKinnon, past facility director of Beta Mu (Florida State) and Zeta Rho (Texas A&M -College Station) Chapters
Lisa Davidson McKinnon (Vanderbilt)

Amy Boli Nunes (Northwestern, 1980)
Marcus Nunes

Janet Levi Sarbaugh (Colorado-Boulder, 1971)
Julie Moriarty McCarty (Colorado-Boulder)


Mary Lois Scully, grandmother of Abby and Maggie Scully (Southern Indiana) and mother-in-law of Jan Sparks Scully (Indiana State)
Marita Kirkpatrick Mahan (Indiana State)

Janet Spanninger, mother of Krista Davis (Bowling Green)
Randall Allard
Shellie King Hodges (Oregon)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)
Anne Lyton (McGill)
Vicki Carlson Read (Arizona)

Donna Sprague Stagg (Wittenberg, 1975)
Cheryl Gatchel Petty (Wittenberg)

Susan (Mary) Pawlosky West (Wittenberg, 1976)
Cheryl Gatchel Petty (Wittenberg)

Deanna White Zeitlow (Kansas State, 1958)
Leonard Zeitlow 

Gifts recorded during November 2024

Janet Barker Alleman (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1960)
Dixie Nelson Borus (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Mary Bess Gamel, mother of Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Randall Allard (California State-Long Beach) 

Marge Gillchrest Bromley, 1951 (Oregon State)
Elizabeth Houser Morse (Oregon State)

Jim R.Higginbottom, husband of Patti Gibbs Higginbottom (Colorado College)
Bergen County Alumnae Chapter 

Samantha Condrick, 2019 (Kentucky)
Jennifer Attard (Virginia Tech)
Patrick Mcneal


Brooke McGibbon Cromwell, 1991 (Northern Arizona)
Katelynn Villanueva 

Ruth Ann Morse Gray, 1960 (Arizona)
Rene Matz Thompson (California State-Fullerton)

Susan Repke Peachey (Northwestern, 1952)
Joyce Dunn (Northwestern) 

Susan Foulk Reeves, 1976 (Texas-Austin)
Stephanie Goldfield (Texas-Austin) 

Gifts recorded during October 2024

Sharon Brickman, mother of Stephanie Brickman (Oklahoma)
Emily Ahearn (Oklahoma)
Laura Banks (Texas State-San Marcos)
Lori Janssen (California State-Sacramento
Jill Tran (Oklahoma)

Janet McLean Christensen, 1948 (Iowa State)
Elizabeth King Becher (Southern Methodist)

Brooke McGibbon Cromwell, 1991 (Northern Arizona)
Rene Humphrey Brofft (Northern Arizona)
Shawna Boyle Reed (Northern Arizona)

Carolyn Schnirring Dungan, 1976 (Purdue) 
Susan Steel

Mary Bess Gamel, mother of Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Elizabeth Quick (Indiana)

Bill Knaup, brother of Mary Knaup (California State-Fullerton)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)

Patricia Vandenbos McGeehon, 1968 (Oregon)
Margy Ayotte (California-Berkeley)

Janet Levi Sarbaugh, 1971 (Colorado-Boulder)
Julie Moriarty McCarty (Colorado-Boulder)

Caroline Joyce Reigle Williams, 1955 (Oklahoma)
Evan Williams 

Gifts recorded during September 2024

Mark Damisch, husband of Patricia Damisch (Northwestern)
Frances Rea Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)

David Holmes Armstrong, M.D., husband of Joan Cosgrove Armstrong (Southern California)
Valerie Johnson Freeman (California-Santa Barbara)

Kathryn Hughes Fitzmaurice (Northern Arizona, 1981)
Beth Day (Northern Arizona)
Lisa Inglis (Northern Arizona)
Kelly Nierengarten (Northern Arizona)
Anne Petrie (Northern Arizona)
Jane Spicer (Northern Arizona)

Boyd Jones, beloved partner of Margaret Myers (Colorado College)
Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Frances Rea Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley) 

Nancy Service Davis (Colorado State, 1953)
Carolyn Stimmel Hutchinson (Colorado State)

Cynthia Shadwick Bezdek (Bowling Green, 1966)
Barbara Kaseman Esterly (Bowling Green)

Taylor Stevenson, stepson of Fran Stevenson (Kansas State)
Frances Rea Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley) 

Alexandra Traver (California State-Long Beach)
Randall Allard (California State-Long Beach)

Gifts recorded during August 2024

Mary Bess Gamel, mother of Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Ann Ross (Oklahoma)

Sharon Brickman, mother of Stephanie Brickman (Oklahoma)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)

Elizabeth Browne Joslin (Wittenberg, 1953)
Nancy Stephenson Byrne (Michigan) 

Joyce Ann Hultgren (Wichita State, 1959)
Nancy Hammel Kuehler (Wichita State)

Kathy Kostelnik Gisin (Texas State- San Marcos, 1972)
Laura Banks (Texas State- San Marcos)

Mary Ann Monica Handrick, mother of Judy Handrick Dyckman (Saint Louis)
Emily Adamcik Lerch (Texas A&M- College Station) 

Gifts recorded during July 2024

Mary Bess Gamel, mother of Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Frances Rea Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)  

Herbert Elfring, a Pearl Harbor attack survivor (age 102) and grandfather of Leanne Eaton (Florida State)
Elizabeth Demarke (San Diego State) 

Joyce Ann Hultgren (Wichita State, 1959)
Frances Rea Griffin (Texas-Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)  

Dorothy "Jan" Jones (California State-Fullerton, 2007), mother of Teresa Jones Haney (Northern Arizona)
Judy Graham (Oklahoma)
Judy Leonard
Kathleen Meadows Smith (San Diego State)
Diane Soderstrom Goff (Idaho) 

Elizabeth Sigrid Woltzen, mother of Christy Ehrenreich (Missouri-Columbia)
Vicki Benitz Helling (Missouri State) 

Gifts Recorded during June 2024

Joyce Ann Hultgren (Wichita State, 1959)
Shari Friedman

Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)
Joanne Roman (Vanderbilt)
Jolene Stiver (North Dakota State)
Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Kim Walberg

Dorothy "Jan" Jones (California State-Fullerton, 2007), mother of Teresa Jones Haney (Northern Arizona)

Stephanie Carriere (Arizona)
Angel Fisher

Shellie King Hodges (Oregon)
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)

Susie Knetter (Kansas State)

Joanne Roman (Vanderbilt)

Kristen Heine Slaughter (Florida State)
Jolene Stiver (North Dakota)

Katelynn Villanueva (Arizona)
Angela Williamson 

Verona Lynam (Oklahoma City, 1952)

Portland Alumnae Chapter

Mary Jane Hipp Misthos (Colorado College, 1940)
Camille Cestone Favre (Bowling Green)

Elaine Baddaker Rickerd (Bowling Green, 1946)

Laurie and John Rickerd

Bobbie Tracy (Oklahoma)

Central Oklahoma Alumnae Chapter 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING May 2024

Mary Buckmaster (Northwestern, 1956)
Joyce Dunn (Northwestern)

Kathleen Carroll Schmid (Colorado – Boulder, 1990)
Nanette Hessee

Jessica Hermenitt-Faath (Michigan, 1996)
Brooke McGahey Magee (Michigan)

Jeanelle Hobby McKinnon, mother-in-law of Lisa McKinnon (Vanderbilt)
Sheree Wright

Mary Isaacson (Oregon State, 1970)
Charles Isaacson 

James Jordan, father of Tanya Jordan (Purdue)
Jennifer True

Janet Prosser Shaffer
Jennifer Goff Johnson (Bradley)

Patricia Schmidt Theodore (Northwestern, 1952)
Joyce Dunn (Northwestern)

Ann Tuthill Storms (Syracuse, 1953)
Bergen County Alumnae Chapter
Maria Cioffi (Ohio State) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING april 2024

Margaret (Maggie) Dunn, PhD, Julie Dunn (Florida State) Eichenberg's mother
Annabel Jones (Oklahoma)

Overton Durrett, husband of Sue Dorsey Durrett (Missouri - Columbia)
Judith Mai Millen (Kansas State)

Kenneth Frashier, husband of Linda Piercy Frashier (Kansas State)
Judith Mai Millen (Kansas State)  

Karen Hollars Shepherd (Indiana State)
Ann Mullen Bronsing (Indiana State)

Teresa Kalman Brown (Oklahoma, 1959)
Linda Schaefer Russo (Bradley)

Holly Norberg, mother of Heather Seber (Indiana State)
Suzanne Slinn-Higgins Lee (McGill) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING March 2024

All Alpha Zeta chapter deceased sisters (Texas – Austin)
Alpha Zeta 2024 Reunion Cruise Sisters

Mary Beth Adams Craven (Oklahoma, 1961)
Ann Williams Ross (Oklahoma) 

Linda Hobbs (Wittenberg, 1951)
Dee Ann Brown Ogburn (Texas – Austin) 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING February 2024

Anita Bacon (California State- Long Beach, 2013)
Anne Burns Pollinger (California State- Long Beach)

Ann Crowell Shelly (Michigan State, 1962)
Robert Shelly

Ellen Culler Bagget (Wittenberg, 1974)
Lynn Eckel O'Neill (Wittenberg)

Nancy Hundley Boger (Wittenberg, 1951)
Alicia Steinhagen (Colorado - Boulder) 

Nellana Tapp De Graff (California State- Long Beach, 1693)
Ruth Ann Covington and Williams Nydam

Linda Gafford Belota (Texas Wesleyan, 1973)
Ann Bracey (Texas Christian)
Carolyn Lombard (Oklahoma State)
Sue Ott (Kansas)
Sally Parmelee (Texas – Austin)
Anna Stucker (Kansas)

Judyth Williams Stephenson (Oklahoma, 1960)
Stan Stephenson 

gifts recorded during january 2024

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

JoAnn O'Brien Cordell (Nebraska – Lincoln, 1950)
Lynne Nordhoff (Wisconsin - Madison) 

Ed Farrell, father of Chrissy Farrell (Syracuse)
Anne Layton (McGill)

George Lawson, husband of Marjorie Hiegel Lawson (Miami, 1963)
Marita Mahan (Indiana State) 

Gifts recorded in december 2023

Frances Beluschek Sakola (Bowling Green, 1956)
Toledo Alumnae Chapter

Diane Cohen Drag (Texas Christian, 1962)

Ann Bracey (Texas Christian)
Sally Parmelee (Texas – Austin)
Anna Stucker (Kansas)

Janelle Dow (Texas, 1959)
Susan Saterbak Chapman (Lamar)

Margaret (Maggie) Dunn, PhD, Julie Dunn (Florida State) Eichenberg's mother
Barbie Chadwick (Vanderbilt)
Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Frances Griffin (Texas- Austin)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)
Jolene Stiver (North Dakota State)
Melinda Sutton (Southern Methodist)
Magnes Welsh (Memphis)

Marilyn Early Rudolph (Bowling Green, 1951)
Toledo Alumnae Chapter 

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

Karol Hargis Davis (Southern Methodist, 1957)
Ann Bracey (Texas Christian)
Sally Parmelee (Texas – Austin)
Anna Stucker (Kansas)

Emily Hintz (Central Missouri, 2017)
Sydney Wehmeyer (Central Missouri)

John Jones Martin Jr, father of Melanie Martin Roussos (Georgia)
Melinda Sutton (Southern Methodist)

James Jordan, father of Tanya Jordan (Purdue)
Melinda Sutton (Southern Methodist)

Marilyn Morris Ormond (California – Berkeley, 1963)
Susan Cooper Martinson (California – Berkeley)

Marcia Nightingale Carlson (Vanderbilt, 1966)
Ann Gordon Sibold (Vanderbilt)

Christina Pierce Belden (Rhodes, 1992)
John Belden

Dorothy Somers Hoehn (Northwestern, 1928)
Catheryn Hoehn 

GIFTS RECORDED DURING November 2023

John Jones Martin Jr, father of Melanie Martin Roussos (Georgia)
Karen Gamel Urette (Oklahoma)
Frances Griffin (Texas- Austin)

Lil Moreno Serrano de Castellanos, mother of Olga Castellanos (California State- Fullerton)
Suzanne Rosen (Syracuse)
Nadine Ono (Oregon) 

Elizabeth Haake, grandmother of Elizabeth Bouse (Kansas)
Elizabeth Bouse (Kansas)

Jacquelyn Hilger Graves (Southern Methodist, 1937)
Paula Graves 

Gifts recorded during october 2023

Michael M. Alldredge, husband of Ellen Wissel Alldredge (Nevada)
Jacqueline Ennis Falkenroth (Nevada)

Mary Steffen Dowling (Wisconsin-Madison, 1959)
Ann Mullen Bronsing (Indiana State)
Karen Urette (Oklahoma)

Sue Kelly (Indiana, 1966)
Susan Kinnamon (Indiana)

John Jones Martin Jr, father of Melanie Martin Roussos (Georgia)
Fraya Hirschberg (Michigan) 

Mary Lou Noel Pollak (Kent State, 1951)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)

Mary Lou Tomsovic (Bradley, 1956)
Fraya Hirschberg (Michigan)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)

Judy Youngblood Tyler (Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1962)
Merrilee Lundquist (Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Sandra Storm Vose (Gettysburg, 1966)
Bonda Schafer Garrison (Gettysburg) 

Gifts recorded during September 2023

M. Susan Eggleston Donaghue (Kansas, 1958)
Susan Perrin (Oklahoma State)

Stacie Lakey Evans (Nebraska-Kearney, 2002)
Alicia O'Connell (Nebraska-Kearney)

Carol Hodges (Nebraska-Lincoln, 1960)
Sharon Dunham (Nebraska-Lincoln)

Cathy Lindauer (Iowa State, 1944)
Sally Lewis (Bradley) 

Leona Davis Drouet Ponish (Southern Methodist, 1949)
Sally Lewis (Bradley)
Ann Mullen Bronsing (Indiana State)
Karen Urette (Oklahoma)

Mary Lou Tomsovic (Bradley, 1956)
Jeannette Kaelin (Colorado-Boulder)

Jane Kolbeck Tuft (Bowling Green, 2009)
Carol Matthews (Syracuse) 

Gifts recorded during August 2023

M. Susan Eggleston Donaghue
Judy Millen (Kansas State)

Dr. Myron Hultgren, husband of Joyce Cole Hultgren (Wichita)
Judy Millen (Kansas State)

Cathy Lindauer (Iowa State, 1944)
Denver Alumnae Chapter
Carolyn Hutchinson (Colorado State)
Magnus Welsh (Memphis)

James (Jim) Ogden, husband of Jennifer Moody Ogden (Texas Tech)
Ann Campbell (Northwestern) 

Janet Klawiter Poppen (Missouri - Columbia, 1960)
Sally Tucker (Washington)

Delores Wilson Urias (Arizona, 1956)
Mary Franz
David and Shirley Miller

Caroline Joyce Reigle Williams (Oklahoma, 1955)
Evan Williams 

Cathy Lindauer (Iowa State)
Anne Layton (McGill)

gifts recorded during july 2023

Cathy Lindauer (Iowa State, 1944)
Ann Bronsing (Indiana State)
Marilyn Fitzgerald (Nebraska - Lincoln)
Judy Graham (Oklahoma)
Frances Griffin (Texas - Austin)
Kay Wilms (Colorado State) 

Gretchen Bach Austin (San Jose State, 1955)
Andrew Lie