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Willard Sorority
Chapter Eternal

Chapter Eternal is a list of Willard alumnae who have passed away. 
We recognize these women at our annual Alumnae Luncheon by reading their name and moving a rose from one vase to another vase in their honor.

In memory of...


Kathryn Lang

Class of 1971 ~ died October 9, 2022

Ruby Nixon Minert

Class of 1956 ~ died March 25, 2023

Nancy Young Ess

Class of 1954 ~ died January 26, 2023

Mary Schrunk Magnuson

Class of 1943 ~ died January 2, 2023

Cynthia Platt Murray

Class of 1965 ~ died October 14, 2016

Roberta Good

Class of 1967 ~ died September 13, 2022

Christie Lou Nelson Andersen

Class of 1959 ~ died April 23, 2022

Marilyn McClurg Wheeler

Class of 1957 ~ died April 10, 2022

Edythe Cochran Engleman

Class of 1949 ~ died August 28, 2021

Nancy Tompkins Harding

Class of 1958 ~ died July 13, 2022

Joan Spencer Beeney

Class of 1955 ~ died October 27, 2021

Alice Greenslit Provost

Class of 1948 ~ died January 28, 2022

Marjorie Christner Ficke

Class of 1958 ~ died February 2, 2022

Nancy Nicolai

Class of 1980 ~ died February 9, 2022

Robbie McBride Wimmer

Class of 1979 ~ died January 20, 2022

Joan Brooker Pollard

Class of 1958 ~ died January 4, 2021

Karen Christopher McCubbin

Class of 1957 ~ died May 9, 2020

Connie Jones Girardot

Class of 1960 ~ died October 25, 2020

Susie Walden Wieseler

Class of 1968 ~ died June 6, 2020

Sara Jensen Marquardt

Class of 1963 ~ died April 13, 2021

Virginia Sue Jones Klundt

Class of 1973 ~ died April 12, 2021

Bernice Webb Swanson

Class of 1943 ~ died January 22, 2007

Virginia Lee Wagner Scott

Class of 1956 ~ died April 5, 2021

Dorothy Hurley Nelson

Class of 1938 ~ died March 13, 2021

Jane DeBoer Schmutte

Class of 1968 ~ died February 20, 2021

Jackie Thomas Robertson

Class of 1951 ~ died December 25, 2020

Jane Lowrey Ransdell

Class of 1974 ~ died December 19, 2020

Frances Perry Bates

Class of 1951 ~ died October 17, 2020

Elizabeth Knee Fogg

Class of 1981 ~ died June 17, 2020

M. Catherine Neff

Class of 1967 ~ died June 30, 2020

Joy Urbom Taylor

Class of 1985 ~ died September 9, 2020

Jean Beran Slagle

Class of 1960 ~ died August 31, 2020

Mary Merrell Jones

Class of 1945 ~ died January 12, 2015

Betty Lou Sitz King

Class of 1944 ~ died July 6, 2020

Lucreita Low McClure

Class of 1945 ~ died October 17, 2019

C. Jeannette Dillon Sedlak

Class of 1947 ~ died July 26, 2018

Charlene Steinmeier Krause

Class of 1947 ~ died May, 21, 2020

Susan Walden Wieseler

Class of 1968 ~ died June 6, 2020

Arlys Boese Eddy

Class of 1968 ~ died May 27, 2020

Margaret Stone Harvey

Class of 1952 ~ died May 4, 2020

Renae Bones Groves

Class of 1979 ~ died April 15, 2020

Nancy Kuhlman Schulte

Class of 1994 ~ died April 14, 2020

Marian Nisley Kline

Class of 1944 ~ died March 7, 2020

Cleta Whisler Johnson

Class of 1962 ~ died March 19, 2020

Hazel Darby Wright

Class of 1937 ~ died February 22, 2007

Betty Jenkins Lund

Class of 1958 ~ died December 30, 2019

Geraldine Asp Scheele

Class of 1955 ~ died December 1, 2019

Ruth Good Manke

Class of 1962 ~ died October 21, 2019

Kathleen Ackels Gress

Class of 1954 ~ died July 24, 2019

Doris Matz Schock

Class of 1941 ~ died May 18, 2019

Lori Smith Wilson

Class of 1976 ~ died May 12, 2019

Peggy Hoover Burge

Class of 1963 ~ died October 14, 2018

Frances Johnson Knosp

Class of 1948 ~ died April 5, 2019

Gladyne Jones Jensen

Class of 1948 ~ died March 10, 2019

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