Class Notes – Spring 2018


04/30/2018

Class Notes

The Sixties

Beth Furlong '63 wrote a chapter on ethics and safe patient handling and mobility and served as a co-editor for Health Care Ethics-Critical Issues for the 21st Century. Furlong is a member of the board of directors for the National Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals. She also wrote a chapter on agenda setting for Health Policy and Politics, which is for advanced practice registered nurses and other health professionals. In Omaha, Furlong serves on the boards of directors of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Foundation for the Douglas County Health Center.

Dan Doran '68 has published two thriller books, The Copper Casket and The Candidate.

The Seventies

Lawrence Clark '72 is retired and living back in the Quad Cities with his wife, Carol. They have seven daughters, 24 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

The Eighties

Kelly (Pratt) Garrett '83 has joined State Farm Insurance as an IT analyst-architecture at its corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois.

Terry Ousley '84 retired as the vice president of customer satisfaction at MidAmerican Energy Company after 38 years in the utility industry. He will continue to represent MidAmerican Energy in the Quad Cities on various boards he serves.

State Farm Insurance hired Tina Kohn '87 for the team manager-office of learning position in Bloomington, Illinois.

The Nineties

Joseph Rodriguez '99 was promoted to commercial casualty claims manager for State Auto Insurance in Des Moines, Iowa.

Theresa McConnell-Hill '99 is a member of the U.S. Navy Reserves as a Master at Arms and has a new position as a police officer for Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

The Zeros

Ryan Maxwell '01 is the clubhouse manager and travel coordinator for the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Triple A baseball affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

Jessie (Mernka) Maxwell '03 works for the University of New Mexico Hospitals as a neonatologist and assistant professor of pediatrics. She completed her pediatric residency at MetroHealth Hospital in Cleveland, where she also spent a year as chief pediatric resident. She completed her Neonatal Fellowship at the University of New Mexico in 2016.

Lori Sundberg '03 DBA will become the fifth president of Kirkwood Community College in central Iowa beginning in August. Sundberg is currently the president of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois.

Attorney's Title Guaranty Fund Inc. hired Chris Burhans '05 as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Stephanie (Cervantes) Crouppen '05 is Google Cloud's first representative in the St. Louis area.

Sara (Jones) Loquist '05 graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from Louisiana State University in May 2016.

Tyler Edwards '06, '14 MBA is the investment center operations manager for Quad City Bank and Trust.

Allsteel in Muscatine, Iowa, announced Andrea (Fischer) Guck '08 as project coordinator.

The Teens

Exelon, the leading energy provider in America, hired Ryne Nicklin '10 as a supply analyst.

After graduating in May 2017 with a Master of Divinity and working towards ordination in the United Methodist Church, Rebecca (Swanson) Groves '12 is the director of youth ministries at Summerside United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hannah (Thomas) Molina '12 is a registered nurse with UnityPoint Health in Moline, Illinois.

Mark Brauweiler '13, '15 DPT is the clinic manager at Progressive Rehabilitation Associates LLC, in Tipton, Iowa. 

Jena (Keimig) Peterlin '13 is a special education teacher in the Raytown (Missouri) C2 School District.

Sarah Serkowski '14, '16 MOT passed the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy in Dec. 2017.

Total Family Eye Care hired Colton Anderson '15 for the position of Optician in Grimes, Iowa.

After graduating with a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from Illinois State University in December, Hannah Dohm '15 is working for BetterNOI-Deposit Choice/Protection Choice as a lead for insurance operations.

Jacklyn Young '17 was hired as residential program manager at Transitions Mental Health Services in Rock Island, Illinois.

Marriages

Raymond Terronez Jr. '07 and Cristal Rios, Rock Island, Illinois

Andrea Fischer '08 and Kevin Guck, Bettendorf, Iowa

Natalie Knoblauch '08 and Chris Fryzek, Chicago, Illinois

Eva Dondanville '10, '11 MBA and Matt Schmid, Galena, Illinois

Tanika McNeal '11 and Jason Hill, Waterloo, Iowa

Bethany Duffy '12 and Jonathan Ketz, Davenport, Iowa

Hannah Thomas '12 and Elijah Molina, Rock Island, Illinois

Jena Keimig '13 and Sam Peterlin '13 Davenport, Iowa

Chris Cox '14 and Kayla Horstman '15, '16 DPT, Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Mary Adlfinger '16 and Ty Balduf '16 Davenport, Iowa

Births

James '10 and Sara (Lopata) Lyons '11 welcomed home son Michael, born on Oct. 6, 2016.

Rachel (Breitbach) Cox '11 and husband, Jason, are celebrating the birth of their son Matthew, born on April 17, 2017. Matthew was welcomed home by big brother David.

Derek '13 and Kristine (Andresen) Dixon '14, are the proud parents of daughter Lillie, born on Nov. 12, 2017.

Kassi (Zbanek) Tuthill '14, '15 MOT and husband, William, are happy to announce the birth of son Samuel, born Feb. 16, 2017.

Deaths

James Stopulos '40, Bettendorf, Iowa, Jan. 19, 2018

Robert Carton '42, Rock Island, Illinois, Nov. 11, 2017

Rev. Maynard Brothersen '45, Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 3, 2015

Rev. William Meyer '45, Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 9, 2017

Rev. Vincent McMurry '46, Baltimore, Maryland, July 24, 2016

Richard Lahr '47, Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 19, 2017

William Hofmann '49, Pleasant Valley, Iowa, Jan. 25, 2018

Edward Wehr '49, Bettendorf, Iowa, Jan. 27, 2018

Theodore Stevenson '50, Beloit, Wisconsin, Nov. 28, 2017

Donald Berg '51, Beecher, Illinois, Jan. 11, 2018

William Hyde '51, Clinton, Iowa, Oct. 27, 2017

John Feehan '52, Ottawa, Illinois, Dec. 14, 2017

Paul Gould '53, Freeport, Illinois, Oct. 23, 2017

Gerald Kraus '53, Copake, New York, Nov. 18, 2017

Bernard Angerer '54, Phoenix, Arizona, July 29, 2017

Maureen (Burke) Atwood '54, Jefferson, Maryland, Oct. 21, 2015

Jackie (Whitacre) Corken '54, Westfield, Indiana, Nov. 18, 2017

Rev. William Devine '54, Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 3, 2018

Charles Russell '54, Hinsdale, Illinois, Oct. 26, 2017

Richard Glowacki '55, Davenport, Dec. 24, 2017

Frederick Lorenz Jr. '55, Seattle, Washington, Dec. 2, 2017

Robert Terracina '55, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Feb. 2, 2018

Philip Clark '56, Springfield, Illinois, Jan. 17, 2018

Robert Fraune '56, Waterloo, Iowa, Dec. 28, 2017

James Keefe '57, Woodstock, Illinois, Nov. 21, 2017

Louis Vogel '57, Roswell, Georgia, Dec. 7, 2017

Edward Desmet '58, Rock Island, Illinois, Aug. 29, 2017

James Laude '60, Lincroft, New Jersey, Jan. 12, 2014

Lloyd Frueh '61, Davenport, Iowa,Dec. 17, 2016

John Ryan '62, Omaha, Nebraska, April 15, 2017

Walter "Ted" Halm '64, Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 9, 2018

James Britt '67, Tucson, Arizona, July 7, 2016

Philip Brunt '67, Ramsey, Minnesota, Dec. 20, 2017

Joseph Vize '67, Bettendorf, Iowa, Jan. 26, 2018

Kenneth Walanski '67, Carlsbad, California, Oct. 26, 2017

Rev. Msgr. James Parizek '68, Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 3, 2018

Richard Schmitz '68, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 30, 2017

Russell Swartz '68, Kansas City, Missouri, Sept. 27, 2016

Peter Zagarella '69, Cape Coral, Florida, April 2, 2015

Anthony "Tony" Adgent '70, Nashville, Tennessee, Dec. 23, 2017

Dale Denklau '70, Blue Grass, Iowa, Dec. 23, 2017

Arthur Kennelly Jr. '70, Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 2017

Susan (Spring) Shumer '71, Burnsville, Minnesota, Nov. 19, 2017

David Loete '78, Moline, Illinois, Jan. 2, 2018

Gerard Sharp '79, Silvis, Illinois, Dec. 31, 2017

Susan (Maguire) Mulready '81, Avon, Connecticut, Jan. 8, 2018

Jean (Claussen) Bergman '85, Donnellson, Iowa, Dec. 18, 2017

Elaine (Nares) Boyd '86, Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 7, 2017

Gregory Losasso '87 MBA, Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 11, 2017

Denise (Stewart) Bray '88 MBA, The Woodlands, Texas, Feb. 2, 2018

Vicki (Smithe) Smith '98, Wilton, Iowa, March 19, 2016

John Michael '02 MBA, Cambridge, Illinois, Oct. 23, 2017

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