In Memoriam

Marietta Battha Alker '51, August 4, 2024, Sister of Alice Battha Olaechea '53*

Anne Kryder Almy-Webber '78, August 20, 2025, Daughter of Sally Larkin Kryder '41*, Niece of Jeanette Marsh Larkin '30*, Edna Crate Larkin 1899*, Ruth Larkin Robb '1910*, Cousin of V. Aline Stevens '47*, Judith Martyr Larkin '49*, Molly Larkin Bohanan '77, Melissa Larkin Crowell '72, Klee Van Schoonhoven '95, Whitney Kellogg McDonnell '89, Mary Francis Larkin Kellogg '27*, Anne Larkin Gardner '53*, Linda Kellogg Braudis '63*, Alice Kellogg Sadusky '73, Virginia Kellogg '70, Elizabeth Robb Duane 34*, Elberta Etsy 1920*, Tory Sanderson Sieglaff '89, Natalie Symons Sorensen '88, Robin Symons Alibozek '91

Marilyn Antos, April 3, 2024, mother of Jacki Knauss, grandmother of Catherine L. Knauss '08 and Olivia M. Knauss '11

Akiko K. Baggs, December 4, 2025, mother of Gwen Baggs Ito '81 and Elaine T. Holmquist '86, and grandmother of Hanna E. Ito '13.

Barbara Baker, September 7, 2025, Mother of Karen Baker Levin ’85, Grandmother of Taylor Levin ’13

Betty Cohen Baker '58, March 6, 2026, cousin of Shelley Cole Drake '66, Randy S. Cole '69

Patricia Rich Barber '47, February 2025

Nancy Belfer, November 17, 2024, mother of Lauren Belfer '71 

Rev. Nancy Hester Bloomer '57, April 3, 2024

Jean McLean Bostwick '48, October 27, 2024, Daughter of former Trustee Elizabeth W. McLean*, Sister of Mary McLean Thrush '49*, Margaret McLean Caywood '52, and Catherine McLean Eagleson '53* 

Charlotte MacInnis Boyer '47, June 14, 2026

Kathleen Burke, November 30, 2025, Former SEM History Faculty, Mother of Megan Burke Witzleben ’96

Linda Ann Clark, August 20, 2024, mother of Laura Clark Payet '85

Lucy Coburn, November 11, 2024, daughter of Lucy Butterbaugh Coburn '73 

Kristine Steinborn Colby '70, December 2025, Elm Legacy Member

Ruth Knight Cole '44, July 15, 2025

Donna Dauria, March 22, 2025, mother-in-law of Kacie Mills

Carol Babcock Davenport, December 8, 2025

Sharon Pheifer Donahue '70, March 4, 2025

Holly Augspurger Donaldson '61, 2026, Daughter of Dorothy Page Augspurger '36*, mother of Darcy Donaldson Zacher '88, sister of Ann Augspurger Crane '63, niece of Virginia Page Tubbs '37*, cousin of Bettina Tubbs-Oberheide '64, Amanda Tubbs Thompson '66,  Gail Donaldson '61, Lynne Donaldson '62

Anne Watters Dresser '46, July 15, 2025

Virginia Amram Ellis '52, October 9, 2024, mother of Pamela Ellis Meltzer '73, cousin of Ellen Brock Narins '57, Catherine Brock Johnson '65, and Lauren Brock '91

Kristin N. Elwood '82, June 23, 2025

Marcia Thayer Fell '62, January 11, 2025, Elm Legacy Member. Athletic Board Member

Helene Holzworth Gephardt '47, October 15, 2024, mother of the late Yvonne Gephardt Popielski '78*

Charlotte Wall Gibbens '46, March 1, 2026, daughter of C. Evelyn Schaefer Wall 1913*, sister-in-law of Jane Hawley Wall '42*

Sanda P. Gilmore, July 22, 2025, SEM's 12th Head of School from 2001-2007

Linda Bagley Grant '69, January 13, 2026, daughter of Charlotte Davis '47*, grandmother of Charlotte Schreiber Putnam '23, Aunt: Judith Putnam Smith '54*,Step-sister: Louis Davis '77, Step-Grandmother: Candace Root Putnam '29*,  Aunt: Gail Putnam '68, Aunt: Candance Letchworth Rivitt-Carnac '56

Marsha Kelly Gray '62, February 27, 2025, sister of Genevieve Kelly Todd '66, Aunt of Amy Kelly '85 and Caitlin Crowell '86, Great-Aunt of Caitlin Lawton '99 and Kira Yerofeev '16

Mary Rose Hennessy Hays '44, April 4, 2025, former Trustee, mother of Maureen Hays-Mitchell '74 and Judy Hays Benedict '79

Robert T. Hays, November 17, 2024, son of former Trustee Mary Rose Hennessy Hays '44*, brother of Maureen Hays-Mitchell '74 and Judy Hays Benedict '79

Monte Hoffman, May 25, 2024, father of Mara Hoffman '95 and Alicia Hoffman Michielli '90; partner of Niscah Koessler '62

Brian Hogle, March 6, 2025, father of Brooke Hogle '21 

Allison "Honey" Regan Hopkins '53, July 4, 2024, sister of the late Ann Hopkins Nolan '50* and Caroline Regan Lassoe '49*, sister-in-law of former trustee Susan G. Regan, sister-in-law of Pinky Leahy Regan '53, aunt of trustee Doug Hopkins, great-aunt of Eliza Hopkins '13 and Abby Hopkins '16

L. Nelson "Nick" Hopkins III, October 5, 2024, husband of Ann "Bonnie" Adam Hopkins '61, brother of Jane Hopkins Carey '75 and the late Robin Hopkins Amper '65, father of Betsy Hopkins '89

Michael Hornung, February 26, 2026, Life Trustee and former Buildings and Grounds Committee Chair, father of Kimberly Hornung Grainger '95, Kara Hornung Kerwin '98, Katie Hornung Fruehauf '90, grandfather of Gabbie Fruehauf

Ann Letchworth Huntington '61, August 26, 2024, Mother-in-law of Katherine Bowen Smith ’92, Grandmother of Alexandra Smith ’23 and Grace Smith ‘30

Suzanne Weal Jaeger '45, June 22, 2024

Mary H. Janney '55, December 1, 2025 

Julie Nash Jenkyn '53, November 10, 2025

Helen C. Jones '53, November 17, 2024, mother of Abigail Brown '79 and Rachel Brown Peckar '77, sister of Carolyn Jones Gurney '61 and Ann Jones Davidson '63 

Mary Jean Kushner, August 20, 2024, mother of Laya Kushner '87

Jean Martyr Larkin '49, July 2, 2026, mother of Melissa Larkin Crowell '72, Molly Larkin Bohanan '77, grandmother of Klee Van Schoonhoven '95

Emilie Gratwick Lewis '47, February 13, 2026

Alice Jo Maisel Lichtman '54 , September 16, 2025

Debra Long-Doyle '72, October 16, 2024

William J. Magavern II, April 15, 2025, Honorary SEM Trustee, son of the late Gertrude Lewis Magavern '27*, husband of the late Linda Robertson Magavern '73* and the late Louise Morris Magavern '63*, former husband of Susan J. Clark '58, father of Priscilla "Polly" Magavern Wolfe '88, brother of Jane Magavern Beebe '64, Margaret Magavern Hargraves '53, Mary Magavern Worrell '60 and the late Honorary SEM Trustee James Magavern,  brother-in-law of the late Robin Simon Magavern '52* and Jane Morris '66, uncle of Kate Bowen Smith '92, great-uncle of Emma Magavern '03 and Anna Magavern '15, cousin of Sarah Magavern Ambrus '79

Elaine Emma Mattar, July 30, 2025, Mother of Brenda Mattar '80, Ann Mattar Bischof '81 and Debbie Mattar Smith '84

Janice Harvey McCollum '64, July 25, 2025, Daughter of Judy Brown Grant ‘41*

Elaine McDonough '71, March 2026

Debora Bassett McGinley '51, May 27, 2025, Sister of Priscilla Bassett Bretschger '44*, Sister-in-law of Katherine Crandell Bassett '50*, Aunt of Katherine Bassett '75,  Mary Bassett Wilson '84, Great-Aunt of Elizabeth Bassett '11

Jacqueline Travis McNally '49, May 1, 2024

Wendy Whiteside Meilinger '58, October 20, 2024 

Patricia Merrell, October 6, 2024, mother of Denise Merrell

F. Curtis Miles '72, March 14, 2025

Claire Tindle Moeschler '61, December 21, 2024, Daughter-in-law of Ann Tracy Moeschler '34*, sister-in-law of Kathryn Moeschler Bujalski '66, Sister of Barbara Tindle Clinger '58* and Catharine Thomas Hopple '51*

Jane Krueger Montgomery '69, January 1, 2025

The Reverend Ellen Maddigan Montgomery '47, June 9th, 2026, sister of Caroline (Kay) Maddigan Parker, Sandra Maddigan Moore '52, Barbara Maddigan Donovan '55

Loraine Herdeg Murray '51, January 22, 2026, Grandmother of Julia Papiernik '10

Sara Copeland O'Brien '59, January 10, 2026, sister of Merrily Copeland Beyreuther '60, Carol Copeland Sullivan '55, Susan Copeland Grant '56

David O'Connell, September 12, 2024, father of Gillian O'Connell Bobrowski '99, Kirsten O'Connell Conklin '86, and Jennifer O'Connell '84

Daniel O'Connor, Jr., August 31, 2024, son of Ann Danahy O'Connor '71, brother of Emily O'Connor Wyckoff '87, Molly O'Connor Greene '98, and Grace O'Connor '02, uncle of Jane Wyckoff '18

Jeanne O'Day '83, February 16, 2026, niece of Deanne O'Day (former SEM Faculty), sister of Dominique O'Day Magyar '82 and Cathleen O'Day '86

Patricia Obletz '61, January 9, 2026

Joan Sweet Osborne '46, December 10, 2024, mother of Amy Bitskay Swarts '75 and Molly Bitskay Merlo '79 

Martha McGavery Perry '57, February 26, 2026

Stephanie Phillips '69, August 15, 2024

Donald Platts, February 19, 2025, father of Sarah Platts '00 

Penny Price, June 17, 2024, mother of trustee Mary Kelkenberg, grandmother of Penny Joseph '21 and Nellie Joseph '23

Sidney Warren Prince, Jr., August 3, 2025, Founder of the Prince Family Guest Lecturer Series, Husband of Bonnie Prince, Father of Allison Prince '75, Jennifer Prince Bronstein '78, Grandfather of Kilby Bronstein '10, Ryan Bronstein '15

Caroline Davis Ready '52, August 23, 2025

Suzanne Spaulding Rockwell '46, June 15, 2025

Anne Lapey Rogers '54, September 12, 2024, sister of Clare Lapey Holtan '62

Mary K. Rooney, February 15, 2026, Mother of Trustee Jim Rooney and Grandmother of Katie Rooney '24

Ann Harrington Roubos '52, January 12, 2026

David W. Rumsey, May 25, 2026, Husband of former Dean of Students Karen Kittenger Rumsey '62, Father of Robin Rumsey Solboe '89 and Heather Rumsey Gibson '91

Susan Rupp '66, January 16, 2026, sister of Christina Rupp '67

Joan Matthews Sanford '57, August 4, 2025, Former SEM Faculty

James Norman Schmit, June 30, 2024, father of Amy Schmit '88

Cindy Bock Seide '61, October 29, 2024

Dorothy Graham Slater '54, August 4, 2024

Adele Petrillo Smart '53, January 28, 2025

Suzanne Culliton Stephen '66, February 6, 2026, Founders Society

Susan Stevens '61, June 25, 2025, Cousin of Annette Stevens Wilton '52*, Larkin Stevens '71, Kate Vincent Peterson '92, Lucy Wilton '86, Niece of Annette Well Stevens '24* 

Barbara Kellogg Stowe '59, May 24, 2024, sister-in-law of Carolyn Karcher Kellogg '58, aunt of Virginia Kellogg '70 and Alice Kellogg Sadusky '73, and Whitney Kellogg McDonnell '89, great-aunt of M. Rose McDonnell '18, and Madeline McDonnell '13, cousin of Molly Larkin Bohanan '77, Melissa Larkin Crowell '72, Klee L. Van Schoonhoven '95, Larkin E. Stevens '71, Anne Kryder Almy-Webber '78, Stosie Sanderson, Victoria Sanderson Sieglaff '89, Robin Symons Alibozek, and Natalie Symons Sorensen '88

Cherry Talbott '56, January 2026

Thelma-Jeanne "T.J." Friedman Taylor '50, September 6, 2024

Janet Taylor, March 14, 2025, aunt of Nancy Moden-Lambert '81, Linda Moden Andrews '82, and Karen Moden '83, great-aunt of Abigail Smith '24 and Olivia Smith '24

Marjorie Mollenburg Temple '58, February 16, 2025, Cousin of  Arlene Betz Benson '40*, Janice Betz Dedecker '44*

Dana Eller Tillou, May 20, 2026, Husband of Catherine Steele Tillou '58, Father of Amy Tillou Parks '90 and Michelle Tillou '95, Son of Colby Artist Virginia Tillou*, Brother-in-law of  Deborah Matthews Tillou '61*

Carol Wicker Trudeau '49, May 17, 2025

Jane Turner, April 8, 2024, Retired SEM Math Faculty

Kathie Hates Uschold '59, January 26, 2026, Daughter of Katherine Kurtz Hayes '34*, sister of Wendy Hyes Pachla '69, Sister in law of Anne Hayes Jones '58, aunt of Amy Hayes Atkinson '84, great-aunt of Hannah Atkinson '15

Jean Vaughan Varney '48, January 11, 2025

Adele Viger, March 29, 2025, grandmother of Annie Viger-Cutting '25

Joan Goldstein Wagner '53, July 4, 2024

Sandra Drew Warner, April 20, 2024, daughter of Janet "Wendy" Wendt Warner '44

Janet  "Wendy" Wendt Warner '44, April 6, 2026, Colby Artist, Daughter of Marianne Ihde Wendt 1910*,
Niece of Joan Alford ’34*, Aunt of Anne Surdam ’66*, Cousin of Margaret L. Wendt 1903*, Cousin of Gertrude Huntley 1902*

Grace Anderson Watt '55, September 1, 2025

Joan Whitaker '61, July 10, 2025

Sidonie Triepel Williams '51, October 25, 2024

Mary Magavern Worrell '60, January 30, 2026, Founders Society, Mary was the landscape architect for the Magavern Sutton Courtyard,  Sister of Jane Magavern Beebe '64, Margaret Magavern Hargraves '53,  sister-in-law of Linda Robertson Magavern '73*, Susan J. Clark '58, Louis Morris Magavern '63*, Robin Simon Magavern '52*, William J. Magavern II*, James L. Magavern*, Daughter of Gertrude Lewis Magavern '27* and Samuel D. Magavern*, Aunt of Priscilla Magavern Wolfe '88, Aunt-in-law ofSamuel Magavern II and Monica Angle, David and Joanne Magavern, Cousin of Sarah Magavern Ambrus '79, Joan Magavern Gregory '47*, Julie Magavern Smith '54*, Niece of Barbara Lewis Howard '25*, great-aunt of Emma Magavern '03, Anna Magavern '15