During Mass on Aug. 27, 2023, in Maple Hall at Mount Saint Joseph, we remembered all those former students and teachers from Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Mount Saint Joseph Junior College whose deaths were reported in the previous year.
The Memorial Mass is now being celebrated as part of Alumnae Weekend.
The following list of our deceased alumnae were remembered during the 2023 Mass:
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord:
Class of 1940
Sister Marie Julie Fecher, OSU
College Class of 1942
Virginia Fre Della Hancock
Class of 1943
Rita Marie Fleischmann Fahrendorf
College Class of 1943
Frances Marie Stallings Mahoney
Class of 1946
Agnes Warren Stuart
Martha Powers Taylor
Class of 1947
Mary Werner Blair
College Class of 1947
Edna Arnold Tunget
Class of 1949
Betty Rumage Bickett
Mary Josephine Craycroft Blandford
Class of 1952
Helen Ebelhar Reinstedler
Sister Mary Agnes VonderHaar, OSU
Class of 1953
Sylvia Rightmyer Hunt O’Reilly
Margaret Dockemeyer Kelley
Class of 1954
Violet Catherine Sims Hamilton
Class of 1955
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Ruckriegel Berger
Janette Hayden Warren
Class of 1956
Mary Edwina Fenwick Bivens
Virginia Beavin Corley
Jo Ann Payne Hayden
Class of 1957
Mary Ellen Ballard Brown
Class of 1959
Mary Sue Bosley
Class of 1964
Sister Michael Marie Friedman, OSU
Class of 1966
Mary Margaret Spalding Turner
Class of 1969
Christine Ransdell Fosaaen
Class of 1977
Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Schlie Embery
Please note: This list includes deaths reported to the Alumnae Office from Aug. 29, 2022 to Aug. 27, 2023.