1980’s

Classnotes:

Trisha St. George ’80 was featured in a TV segment for the extraordinary pet therapy program that she actively works with in Carlsbad, CA.   To view this segment, go to http://petopia.tv/Petopia.TV/Pet_Stories.html.

Anne Rohde Raczka ’83 is the Director of Religious Education at San Pedro Catholic Church in Port Charlotte, FL, where she lives with her husband, Paul, and three daughters.  She will be receiving her Masters Degree in Theology from Barry University in 2010.

Elizabeth Ronald Smith ’86 is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and is working as a Human Resources Officer.  She is presently living in Webster Groves, MO.

Tammie Lee Puszert Demler ’87 was presented the 2009 Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding community service by the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York.  Tammie is the director of the psychiatric residency program at the University at Buffalo and is host of Lockport Community TV’s “WNY Tonight”.

Jennifer Johnson-Smith ’87 was inducted in 2004 into the Canisius College Sports Hall of Fame for Women’s Tennis.  She is the secretary of Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, and in 2009 was promoted to Territory Manager at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, North America.  She and her husband, David, have two children, Natalie, 8 years old, and Eric, 7 years old, who both attend Stella Niagara Education Park.

Theresa Wenzel ’87 is the Associate Athletic Director for Georgia Tech University.

Kimberly Redding Zandi ’89 is a Domestic Violence Case Manager with Crisis Services and the Town of Tonawanda Police Department.  She is living in Buffalo, NY.

Engagements:

Bridget Dick ‘88
to Donald Blesnuk
June 12, 2010

Births:

Ann Granville Jakubczak ’82 and her husband, Don, on the birth of their daughter, Amelia Grace, August 27, 2006.  She joins sister, Kayla (11 years) and brother, Jasey (10 years).

Patricia Eckert Balthasar ’88 and her husband, Thomas, on the birth of their daughter, Holly Anne, on January 29, 2009.  She joins her older sister, Amanda.

Patricia Terian Mancabelli ’88 and her husband, Chuck, on the birth of their fourth son, Maximilian, on June 4, 2009.

Our sympathies are extended to:

Jeanne Vezina Vinal ’82 and Margaret Vezina Romanowich ’83 on the death of their mother, Rita, on May 21, 2009.

Karen Conroy Odien ’83 on the death of her father, Robert, in January 2009, and the death of her mother, Betty, on July 1, 2009.

Maria Shantler ’84 and Lisa Shantler ’84 on the death of their father, Ronald, on July 20, 2009.

Kimberly Gibbons Crangle ’86 and Hoa Kim Mai ’86 on the death of their father, Charles, on September 9, 2009 and to Brittany Gibbons ’08 on the death of her grandfather.

Eileen Hogenkamp Klubeck ’86 on the death of her mother, Eileen, on September 13, 2009 and to Ann McConnell Kostyniak ’95 on the death of her aunt.