“She is to have a son and you are to name him Jesus.” Matthew 1:21

alumnae newsFlorence B. Meyer ‘32 writes, “At 85,macular degeneration and hearing losshas cramped my style, but mostly I can’tcomplain.” Her personal note reminiscedabout the early days of Mother of MercyAcademy when she was a second graderin a little farmhouse on Ramona. She alsorecalls that her “very best sorority friend atUC” told her that her family was related toMother McAuley!Rosemarie Scholle Murray ‘48 comesback to Mercy for every Varsity volleyballgame and can’t believe the changes in theschool. She enjoys watching granddaughter,captain Julie Murray, “play her heart out.”Rosemarie added, “The class of ‘48 getstogether for lunch every other month andwe look forward to seeing each other. Can’tbelieve how fast the years have gone!”Ellen Rose Gerhardstein Reik ‘49 lives inColumbus and volunteers for WorthingtonMeals on Wheels, the American Red CrossBlood Bank Center and St. Vincent DePaulfood pantry.Julie Hoffmann Murdock-Russo ‘53 hasretired from the University of Cincinnati.She has been at the University for 32 years,with 12 years at the College of Pharmacyas the Administrative Secretary to the AssistantDean.Ann Flick Lampe ‘55 is the proud grandmotherof 8 lb. 4 oz. Nicholas Gerald Witte,born on August 27, 2009 to Cathy LampeWitte ‘96 and K.C. Witte. This “handsomelittle boy” joins Avery Louise (2 ½), Ethen(9) and Chandler (10). “They are onehappy family!” Debbie Lampe ‘94 and RobMorris will be married in June - “anotherhappy occasion in the Lampe family!Lois Rebold Kemper ‘56 retired fromnursing in 1975 and was the secretaryat Rebold Funeral Home until 1991. Sheand Mercy Hamilton School of Nursingclassmates Mary Jane Schare Yockey ‘56and Sr. Mary Clyde RSM (Mary Ann Stiers18|memos & memories‘56) are celebrating their 50 th reunion witha dinner in Hamilton as well as being honoredguests at the annual nurses Mass at St.Julie Billiart and breakfast. Later they willcelebrate for a week in San Antonio withother classmates.Lois Jane Riedel Wagner ‘57 heard fromfellow classmate Jane Molique Thole ‘57 asa result of her note in the last alum news.She and Jane had lunch and Jane broughtover her annuals while they reminiscedagreeing, “Oh how funny!” Lois and Janewould like to hear from more classmatesand possibly meet for lunch. Call Mercy(661-2740) and we’ll see that you gettogether!Sally Sherman, RSM ‘58 is, “Happily, aSister of Mercy for 51 years!” She graduatedwith her BA in Biology, her MA in ScienceTeaching and her MS in OrganizationalDevelopment. Sr. Sally works with MercyNeighborhood Ministries, Inc.April Hughey Walters ‘59 thoroughly enjoyedMercy’s 50 th reunion celebration thisyear where there were “lots of laughs, sometears.” She adds, “It was wonderful to seeold friends and old teachers - we all lookedpretty darn good.”Marilyn Strassell Boyd ‘60 asks forprayers for her brother David who died ofa massive heart attack in August. Jim andMarilyn spend summers in Cincinnati andenjoy winters in Florida.Susan Plageman Coleman ‘61 is apart-time event planner for the NationalAssociation of Printing Ink Manufacturersworking with her husband who is ExecutiveDirector of NAPIM. She and Jim have8 married children and just became grandparentsfor the 19 th time (11 girls and 8boys). Her work has provided the opportunityto travel to many foreign countries andto many states in the USA. Jim and Suehave “lots of places to visit” with childrenliving in London, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati,Texas, New Jersey and Florida.Mary Reifenberger MacMillan ‘63 andJohn have lived in Milford for 22 years.They have 8 children between them (Maryhad 5, John had 3) and they have 14 grandchildrenwith another baby due in November.Mary retired in 2003 after 27 yearswith Christ Hospital/Health Alliance.Mary Jo Niklas Dangel ‘64 retired in Mayfrom St. Anthony Messenger as assistantmanaging editor. In June she and husbandRichard took their 9 and 12 year old grandkidson an Elderhostel trip that focusedon barrier islands and marine biology.Daughter, Jenny Dangel Parks, MD ‘85and her family live next door giving MaryJo lots of time to enjoy those “adorablegrandkids.”Carol Kreimer Martin ‘65 won in theDallas Senior Racquetball Games, won atthe State level and competed in the SeniorOlympics in San Francisco. She received aBronze medal in herage division admitting“Pretty goodfor a Mercy girl whonever played sportsbefore taking upracquetball in my40’s. Having no gymin the 60’s, Mercygirls played basketballin the cafeteria. Withthose low ceilings wetall girls really had anadvantage.”Melissa Lang Furr ‘66 and David are movingto Germany in December where theywill be stationed at an Army post in EastGermany for approximately three years!Linda Schrenker Dolan ‘68 is proud ofdaughter, Sara, who is in her freshman yearat Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia,majoring in Elementary Educationand minoring in Child Psychology. She isalso a member of the Dance team.