Each month, Tri Delta publishes In Memoriam, highlighting the lives of some of our Distinguished Deltas and longtime volunteers and sharing a full list of sisters who have recently passed away. Below is the In Memoriam for February 2024.
Carrie Belle Morris Herd, Tennessee
Tri Delta was saddened to hear of the passing of Carrie Belle Morris Herd, Tennessee, on Feb. 27, 2024. While attending college during WWII, Carrie Belle learned to fly airplanes for the Civil Air Patrol when they were testing whether women would be able to fly planes using instruments only (IFR). Incidentally, she earned her wings flying IFR! As a collegian at UT, Carrie Belle flew solo missions between Knoxville and Oak Ridge. On these missions, she was tasked to keep an eye out for German aircraft as, unbeknownst to her, Oak Ridge was home to facilities working on the atomic bomb.
Following graduate school and her marriage to Charles, Carrie Belle taught physical education at the University of Tennessee. Later in life, Carrie Belle could always be counted on to give a lesson to her children or neighborhood kids on the rules and skills required for just about any sport, from volleyball to archery to canoeing to square dancing. Carrie Belle taught hundreds—if not thousands—of people to swim. She was the first woman on the board of directors for the Knoxville Red Cross, and she played tennis well into her 80s.
In 2020, at the age of 95, Carrie Belle was interviewed by NPR’s Story Corps about her time in the Civil Air Patrol. Listen to her reflection on what she experienced and the three-word phrase that drove her to keep going.
In Memoriam
This In Memoriam list includes sisters who were reported as deceased to Executive Office February 1 – 29, 2024. If you know of a sister who has passed away, please report her information to Executive Office by emailing memberrecords@trideltaeo.org.
Alabama
Nina Harris Dyson ’49 d. 9/2022
Louise Rhett Perry ’49 d. 8/2021
Alberta
Doris Gale Alger ’49 d. 8/2015
Margaret Cleveland Andrews ’49 d. 11/2020
Pauline Sutermeister Kay ’49 d. 5/2020
Joyce Love Kelsall ’49 d. 7/2023
Frances Little ’49 d. 2/2024
Georgina Hibbert Smith ’49 d. 2/2018
Eira Jones Spaner ’49 d. 4/2018
Arizona
Ann Hough Parkhurst ’49 d. 6/2016
Arkansas
Gloria McNeil Byrd ’49 d. 5/2019
Margaret Villee Compton ’49 d. 7/2022
Mary Johnson Partain ’49 d. 7/2014
Beloit
Joyce Frankenberg ’51 d. 1/2021
Dolores Arbogast Mhyre ’49 d. 7/2019
Boston
Leola Brown Foden ’49 d. 3/2015
Phyllis Iovine Gelineau ’37 d. 9/2018
Alberta Kelly Ienello ’49 d. 7/2015
Roberta Treco Lunt ’49 d. 1/2022
Jean Mackenzie ’49 d. 1/2021
Leanne Chrisman Robinson ’65 d.11/2018
Brenau
Rose McLean Whitesides ’50 d. 11/2014
Butler
Bessie Alling Schumann ’49 d. 8/2019
CA-Berkeley
Mildred McKee FitzGerald ’43 d. 1/2024
Joann Leach Larkey ’49 d. 9/2023
CA-Davis
Carolyn Snyder ’75 d. 2/2020
Isabel Vizanko ’84 d. 10/2016
Cincinnati
Peg Krombach Fenstermacher ’60 d. 1/2023
Mary Ives Greely ’49 d. 2/2017
Ellen Kern Waling ’63 d. 10/2022
Coe
Nancy Peterson Snyder ’57 d. 1/2024
Colby
Joyce Peters Fessenden ’50 d. 5/2017
Evangeline Sferes Getzen ’51 d. 1/2024
Colorado State
Patricia Obrien Griffith ’49 d. 8/2022
Virginia Tessler Wehe ’50 d. 4/2017
Cornell
Alice Bissell Hession ’50 d. 10/2019
Karla Morkel Roth ’65 d. 10/2021
Drury
Grace Nagle Bramer ’49 d. 8/2016
Florida
Carolyn Frazer ’49 d. 5/2022
Florida State
Bette Fischer Sherman ’52 d. 8/2023
Nancy Marks Williamson ’63 d. 2/2023
Franklin
Nancy Eagleson Klemme ’56 d. 2/2024
Georgia
Joyce Adkins Bradley ’50 d. 11/2016
Mary Moate ’49 d. 9/2021
Illinois
Lynn Olson Beranek ’59 d. 1/2023
Kelsey Fourdyce ’02 d. 5/2015
Eunice Jodar Winslow ’49 d. 11/2020
Illinois State
Shan Wilde Vogt ’85 d. 11/2022
Indiana
Ruth Eckrich Lawrence ’49 d. 12/2022
Diana Dodds Tanke ’49 d. 1/2020
Iowa
Nancy Lien Brown ’63 d. 11/2023
Iowa State
Nita Frey Cheli ’55 d. 2/2024
Kansas
Mary Selig Allen ’49 d. 3/2021
Kentucky
Charlotte Garred Aldridge ’50 d. 1/2022
Jo Rhodes Blubaugh ’49 d. 10/2023
Mary Duke Dunn ’49 d. 6/2022
Louisiana State
Blanche Read George ’49 d. 11/2021
Lydia Jarman Parker ’49 d. 1/2018
Anna Kennedy Protho ’49 d. 1/2014
Glenn Litch West ’57 d. 8/2019
Manitoba
Lya Johanson ’49 d. 9/2014
Maryland
Margaret Smith Anglin ’49 d. 9/2016
MIAMI-FL
Ida Hancock Dekle ’49 d. 3/2015
MIAMI-OH
Lois Sutherland Johnston ’49 d. 4/2020
Nancy Loomis Williams ’55 d. 11/2023
MICHIGAN
Virginia Ellis Howell ’48 d. 2/2024
Claire Epstein Schmidt ’64 d. 12/2023
MICHIGAN STATE
Virginia Eger Collawn ’49 d. 4/2023
Andrea French Eavey ’52 d. 1/2024
Patricia McFate ’50 d. 8/2014
MIDDLEBURY
Joyce Mitchell Fitz ’50 d. 2/2021
MINNESOTA
Nancy Peterson Doyle ’50 d. 8/2023
Donna Swanson Fisher ’54 d. 12/2020
Sally David McNamara ’49 d. 10/2016
MONTANA
Barbara Simmons Huntley ’49 d. 2/2024
NEVADA
Maizie Gibson Ronnow ’49 d. 11/2023
Shirley Williamson Sandin ’49 d. 1/2021
NORTH CAROLINA
Wynefred Walker Rogerson ’50 d. 9/2023
NORTH DAKOTA
Beatrice Hokana Short ’57 d. 9/2017
NORTHWESTERN
Jerry Lawrence Craig ’61 d. 2/2024
OHIO WESLEYAN
Joanne Strickling Kennedy ’50 d. 1/2024
Elizabeth Terrill Vossers ’51 d. 1/2024
OREGON
Patricia Gately Ramp ’49 d. 2/2024
OREGON STATE
Barbara Watt Dixon ’49 d. 6/2023
PENNSYLVANIA
Katherine Abowitz Norfleet ’92 d. 9/2022
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Esther Rinehuls Fisher ’49 d. 1/2017
Lois Hartley Grifferty ’49 d. 1/2022
RANDOLPH-MACON
Julia Redhead Bristol ’56 d. 5/2023
SIMPSON
Nancy Butler Lancaster ’50 d. 12/2020
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Harriet Steele Koppel ’49 d. 6/2019
SOUTHERN METHODIST
Ceacy Henderson Hailey ’53 d. 3/2022
Pauline English Lassettre ’54 d. 7/2022
Nancy Rowe Lee ’49 d. 1/2014
Lou Carter Tucker ’49 d. 4/2017
SOUTHWESTERN
Jacquelyn Cone Cocheres ’49 d. 11/2023
Oras Beaver Salibe ’49 d. 1/2024
STANFORD
Loralee Smith Durkee ’41 d. 8/2021
Violet Schoning Taaffe ’39 d. 5/2020
TENNESSEE
Dixie Marsh LaMar ’49 d. 2/2019
Joan Stumpf ’49 d. 9/2019
TEXAS
Betty Sitterle Lochte ’50 d. 3/2014
Elizabeth Eby Nelson ’49 d. 3/2016
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
Susan Stamey ’82 d. 2/2024
TEXAS-EL PASO
Barbara Dalrymple Kondzella ’50 d. 10/2014
TORONTO
Inez Lamontagne Hastie ’50 d. 4/2021
Olga Stalker ’49 d. 1/2022
TRANSYLVANIA
Virginia Francis Smith ’49 d. 11/2020
UTAH
Jeanne Reeves Hawkins ’49 d. 4/2015
Jacqueline Leigh ’49 d. 4/2020
Kathleen Parker Stoker ’49 d. 8/2021
VANDERBILT
Katherine Adams Chenoweth ’49 d. 12/2019
Eudora Williams Graham ’50 d. 12/2023
Barbara Briney Schneider ’49 d. 3/2018
Trilby Elliston Williams ’50 d. 5/2014
VERMONT
Dorothy Squires ’49 d. 3/2014
WASHINGTON
Marilyn Baker Pederson ’50 d. 8/2021
WASHINGTON STATE
Verna Woods Benedict ’49 d. 10/2020
Margaret Hughes Semrau ’52 d. 1/2024
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS
Cynthia Countryman Newby ’47 d. 2/2017
WISCONSIN
Mary Burns Gibbs ’56 d. 9/2023
Mary Murphy ’49 d. 1/2014
Jo Ann Boettner Ward ’51 d. 2/2024
WYOMING
Dorothy Paulson Harrison ’50 d. 6/2021
Ruth Zulauf Storey ’49 d. 1/2024