In Memoriam

In Memoriam   

This page helps us remember those wonderful classmates we have lost over the years.  It also provides information on additional ways to honor them.

For our 55th Reunion, we are preparing an “In Memoriam” addendum to the 50th Reunion Classbook which will include classmates listed below:

      • Pennie Boden Thurman, Chapin — 11/9/2012
      • Jill Laporte Sklarz,  Laura Scales — 10/25/2018
      • Sarah Shell,  Comstock — 2/5/2019
      • Gaye Brown, Lawrence — 11/30/2019
      • Susan Smith, Chase — 12/16/2019
      • Mary Hayward, Chase — 7/25/2020
      • Terry Clark, Gardiner — 1/19/2021
      • Ann (”Nancy”) Charles Miller, Cutter — 2/1/2021
      • Lynn Reynolds, Laura Scales — 2/18/2021
      • Carol Bradley Morris, Tyler — 2/28/2022
      • Beverly Anisowicz Rhodes, Hampshire — 10/27/2022
      • Kathleen Murray Doherty, Hampshire — 5/15/2023
      • Marcia Curtis, Comstock — 9/26/2023
      • Janet (“JJ”) Taylor Lisle, Baldwin — 10/5/2023
      • Diana Edelman Kleiner, Cutter — 11/12 2023
      • Carolyn Larson Lippmann, Northrop — 12/15/23
      • Mary Seibert Goldschmid, Laura Scales — 1/12/2024
      • Barbara Van Iderstine Holden, Chapin — 4/4/24
      • Judith (“Judy”) Koltz Treanor, Emerson — 4/6/24

Click here to revisit the 50th Reunion Memorial Book which contains tributes to classmates lost prior to May 2019.  Then, click here to read the 55th Reunion In Memoriam Addendum.  This version will be updated in May, 2024, and we welcome additional recollections.  Please send them to Gale Eaton by May 16, 2024.

A gift in memory of these classmates – or in memory of others who were important in your Smith journey – recalls a special relationship we shared.  Memorial gifts of any size are appreciated and can be sent directly to Smith College Gift Accounting, 33 Elm Street, Northampton MA, 01063. It helps to add Class of 1969 and relationship to the deceased.  For more information or to make gifts online, click here.

Please contact Class Memorial Chairs Joyce Moran or Lisa Henderson Rosenbloom with any additional input for this page or other suggestions.

Current list of deceased classmates:

  • Valentine Ackerman — 2/14/2005

  • Sheila Berman — 5/15/2002

  • Diana Hibbard Bitz — 6/17/2010

  • Elizabeth Blakey — 5/1/2006

  • Deborah Jacobs Brosgol — 9/2/2015

  • Gaye Brown — 11/30/2019

  • Diana Buitron-Oliver — 4/29/2002

  • B. Sharon Byrd — 3/14/2014

  • Kathleen Carlson — 2/24/2013

  • Joanna Buffum Chamberlin — 9/14/2017

  • Terry Clark — 1/19.2021

  • Kathrine Cleveland — 2/17/2013

  • Emily Couric — 10/18/2001

  • B. Gale Curtis — 6/17/1969

  • Adrian Fogel Curtis — 8/18/2002

  • Marcia Curtis — 9/26/2023

  • Sarah Laubshire de Brabander — 11/11/2015

  • Kathleen Murray Doherty — 5/15/2023

  • Leslie Arends Eckel — 2/21/2010

  • Elizabeth Fuller — 3/14/1974

  • Mary Gibbons — 5/12/2017

  • Mary Seibert Goldschmid — 1/12/24

  • Patricia Goodyear –11/10/1986

  • Bonnie Gordon — 10/1/1993

  • Mary Hayward — 7/25/2020

  • Susan Heyer — 7/4/2017

  • Barbara Van Iderstine Holden — 4/4/24

  • Elizabeth Schroder Hoxie — 12/1/1983

  • Michael Kehoe Hubner — 4/16/2018

  • Paula Iverson — 12/13/2001

  • Cheryl Steinmetz Kent — 8/13/1986

  • Diana Edelman Kleiner — 11/12/2023

  • Joanne Birkhold Krakow — 2/7/1997

  • Laurene Kreer — 6/1/1980

  • Eleanor Lazarus — 2/26/2013

  • Carolyn Larson Lippmann — 12/15/23

  • Janet (“JJ”) Taylor Lisle — 10/5/23

  • Linda Sticler Lotto — 12/29/1987

  • Susan Ludlow-MacMurray — 4/26/2001

  • Margery Willey Marshall — 10/1/1987

  • Cary MacRae McDaniel —  5/30/1996

  • Susanah Mayberry Mead –12/23/2017

  • Ann Charles Miller — 2/1/2021

  • Catherine Milwid — 4/16/1968

  • Carol Bradley Morris — 2/28/2022

  • Virginia Morton — 9/2/2010

  • Malashri Mukerji — 7/1/2012

  • Margaret Arnheim Nettinga — 6/13/2017

  • Judith Leach O’Neil — 1/18/2018

  • Martha Pollock — 12/17.2017

  • Mary Quiett — 10/1/2005

  • Nancy Reilly — 5/30/1995

  • Lynn Reynolds — 2/18/2021

  • Beverly Anisowicz Rhodes — 10/27/2022

  • Catherine Campbell Rhorer — 11/27/1979

  • Sally Doonan Rogers — 9/24/2004

  • Anne Rognstad — 1/10/2010

  • Andrea Rosnick — 7/6/1998

  • Wilsa Ryder — 10/28/2017

  • Norma Salem — 1/1/1990

  • Jane Samz — 9/14/2011

  • Ann Carrad Schaffner — 6/19/2013

  • Elieen Lesko Scott — 3/11/2005

  • Phyllis Shapiro — 11/28/2017

  • Sarah Shell — 2/5/2019

  • Jill Laporte Sklarz — 10/25/2018

  • Susan Smith — 12/16/2019

  • Ann Spiegel — 3/29/2010

  • Marcia Taylor — 11/8/1975

  • Denise Ryan Tedeschi — 12/11/1998

  • Pennie Boden Thurman — 11/9/2012

  • Judith (“Judy”) Koltz Treanor — 4/6/24

  • Mary B. Wilson — 6/23/2013

  • Taj Diffenbaugh Worley — 9/7/1987

  • Phyllis Ziegler — 12/15/1998

(Information as of January 2024)

Click here to download our 50th Reunion Memorial Book