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• Class of 1965 Celebrates 50-Year Reunion .....................2

• Class of ’66 Reunion in September ................ 2

• Help Solve the Case of the Missing Alumni! ......................3

• Invest in Our Lady Queen of Peace Students ....................4

• Offering the Gift of the Sacraments to Every Parishioner ..4

• Bequest Will Allow Purchase of Large Band Instruments .............. 5

• QPAO ......................... 5

• Live in the Madison Area? ....... 5

• Alumni Newsbits .. 6

• You Did it QP! ........ 8

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OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER WINTER 2015

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The Burch Family: All is Well!By Kate Ripple ’76

When I listed the Burch Family as “missing” in our last Connections newsletter, I received a call from Mary Constance “Connie” Burch O’Leary ’57.

“We’re here!” she said. “We’re just all over!”

Indeed, Mike ’58 is in Mississippi, Tim ’64 is in Colorado and Jeff ’66 is in South Carolina – only the girls, Kathleen ’61 and Connie, remain in Wisconsin. And the Burches are continuing the line: “I have four kids and six grandkids, Mike has three kids and twelve grandkids, Tim has four kids and five grandkids, Jeff has

four kids and four grandkids, and Kelli [Kathleen] has two kids and four grandkids. We’re having a family reunion right now!”

“We lived over near the Griffiths on Hillcrest. I remember Msgr. McDonnell. The priests would come to dinner, and, boy, my mom would drill us on our manners! I remember the sister who would tuck her habit in her belt and play baseball with us. That was unheard of at the time. What was her name…?” [If any alumnus remembers, we would love to know it.]

Connie remembers her father, who was not Catholic: “When he met my mom, his parents didn’t want him to marry her because she was Catholic. He never converted, maybe to keep from upsetting his parents, but he would help us with our homework and knew every answer to the Catechism. And every Sunday he would precede us up the hill to church.”

“Susan Wehrle is my best friend. There were a lot of good friends – Nancy Faulhaber, Steve Rowley, Dave Handel, Steve and Sarah Hill, Jay Voss, Barbie Palm, Lou Ann Topp, Sandy Colvin, Marcy Harrington and Carol Ahern, and I’m sure I’m probably forgetting some. Some of my cousins went to QP, too – the O’Malleys [Sally ’61, Bob ’64,

Mike ’66, Denny ’68 and Colleen ’72]. We came from the seven O’Malley farms in Waunakee … it was all Irish up there.”

Thank you, Connie, for letting us know the Burch family is still growing and remembers QP School fondly!

Kathleen “Kelli” Burch Maloney and family members

The O’Malleys

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Class of 1965 Celebrates 50-Year ReunionBy Tom Martinelli ’63

The Queen of Peace Class of 1965 gathered at the Queen of Peace Parish Festival on September 19 to reconnect, reminisce, and celebrate 50 years after their eighth grade graduation. The class numbered 107 in June of 1965.

Kevin “KC” Conlin, who attended the reunion had nothing but positive comments: “We had a good turnout [40% of Madison area classmates, 18% of all] and it’s wonderful to see where they all are now. I sure am glad someone’s keeping track of those old pictures and class lists, and all of that. That’s great stuff to look through.”

The tour was a highlight: “Mark Quinn [current principal] led it. The addition went on in 1960 when I was in Sr. Chabanel’s (Mary Dolan) 4th grade class. I had Sr. Klement Mary in 6th and 7th grade, and she was great. Those nuns had such a profound influence on us. I was an altar server then, and I’m an altar server now. We asked to go in the 8th grade room. Everyone had memories of running into a pillar in the basement gym, playing some sport [before the new gym was built].”

With a special perspective – his two children (Ruth, 7th grade, and Ken, 4th grade) currently attend QP School – Kevin’s classmates where asking him, how has the school changed? “I told them our kids are getting a good education. It hasn’t changed that much.…”

Class of 1965 alumni (L-R): Jim Schmelzer, Mark Mackesey, Jane Schumann Qualle, Jim Block, Jean Bauhs Shaw, Joe Plazewski, Carly Ehly Schmelzer, Keith Topp, Craig Bjelde, Jim Dowling. Not pictured: Karen Banaszak, Kevin Conlin, Tom Crone, Jim Dresen, and Bob Speth.

Cheryl Lynn Bongard PhetteplaceLinda Marie Coyle Thomas Michael EndresPamela Jean Grahn Meyer Sally Joanne Klagos

Joan Aline KoppaDiane Agnes KrantzPatrice Susan McCormick TolbertJoseph Waters

CLASS OF ’66: Your 50th Reunion is Happening at the Parish Festival September 17, 2016!

To RSVP, email Mark Bjelde ’66 at megbjelde@yahoo.com or call 608-833-6338.

Wish your class was having a reunion too?Just go to the QP Festival Facebook page (facebook.com/QPFestival) and post a message with graduating year, time and place (beer tent, Gathering Space), and... voila - instant reunion!

Help us find missing Class of ’66 members:

Attention Parents & Siblings of QP School Alumni! Did your high school-aged or adult children or siblings receive the summer QP Connections newsletter, either in the mail or by email? If not, we need their updated contact information! Please go to qopc.org, click on QP Community, then on Alumni–QPAO, OR type this link into your browser: http://www.qopc.org/community/qpao-alumni-organization/.

And while you’re at it, tell us what they’ve been up to the last 5, 25 or 50 years!

We’d love to share it in a future issue of Connections!

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Help Solve the Case of the Missing Alumni!We’ve found 90% of alumni, up from 75% last year. However, it’s especially difficult to find the ladies, as many of their names have changed. In fact, 70% of missing alumni are women. Help us find more of your classmates for future reunions, Facebooking, Parish Festivals, etc. Contact Kate Ripple ’76 at kate.ripple@qopc.org or 608-231-4612. Thank you for your help!

Allen – Julie 68Anderson – Craig 76Anderson Cote – Nicole 84Bailey – Luanne 55Bauer – Ingrid 67Bavery – Gloria 56Beauchaine – Mireille 91Beaver – Kathleen “Kathy” 83Berg – Susan 62Bergan – Katherine “Kate” 89Bisbee – Rita 50Boettcher – Annette 57Bolger – John & Margaret 51-56Bongard Phetteplace – Cheryl 66Bowar – Diana 61Brantmeyer – Travis 96Brazeau – William 88Breitenbach – Lynne 65Brown – Jane, Susan, Tracy 78-80Buckley – Lynn 63Bull – Jane 69Burke – Brian 59Buttolph – Mary Jo 80Campbell – Robin 76Caraway – David 61Cavanaugh – Colleen 55Caves – Patricia 55Charlton – Delia, Kate 68-77Choles – Susan 68Coleman – Donna 51Conklin – Judy 54Conners – Jean Frances 58 Connolly – Rosemarie 80Connor – Margaret 58Cox – John, William 54-59Coyle – Linda 66Croft – Amy 98Crouch – Judith 72Damm – Jenny 81Delahanty – Clare 80Deming – Sharon 57Dickson – Deborah 64Dockendorff – Julie 64Dolphin – Don 67Donovan – Angela 79Doucette – Jenny 85Doyle – Laura 83Durst – Robert 69Edgerton – Susan (married name Sell), Joe 50-56Ellis – Peter O’Neal 53Emmerich – Deborah 65Endres – Helen, Joanne, Robert 52,55-56Enerson – David 55 Engel – Lewis, Charles 59-60Engelberger – Teresa 78Erstad – Suzanne 64Estes – Mary Margaret 96Etmanczyk – Dan, Diane 68-70Fibikar – Diane 71Fitzgerald – John Edmund 55Fix – Tom, Mary Jo 57-62Fleury – Jan 56Foye – Mike, Patrick, Sally 57-62Framberger – Shirley 58Freeman – Kathleen, Patricia 59, 72Fueger – Susan, Melissa (Missy) 56, 85Gaines – Patricia 65Gallagher – Mary 55Gately – Thomas 55Geissler – Renee 77

Giese – Elizabeth 87Gill – Kathleen 69Glassner – Barbara 68Gorst – Joan, Jean 57-58Grahn – Pam, Suzanne, Mike, Mary Catherine 66-75Greene – Sally 67Grota – Diane 55Haessig – Susann 55Hansen – Diane 54Harrington – Marcia 57Harris – Lynne 54Hass – Heidi 83Hayes – Barbara, Patricia, Roger 50-57Heibel – Robert, Mike & Patrick 56, 72-73Heimlich – Gregory 68Henson – Kathleen 55Hetzel – Daniel 89Hill – Sarah, Stephen 57Hollfelder – Virginia, Arlene 56-58Hollibush – Cynthia, Mary T. 68-70Hornbeck – Betty 55Hornick – Susan 70Hughes – James 65Hutchinson – Anne 54Indra – Diane 60Janty – Pamela 87Jaramillo – Maria Teresita 74Jarchow – Jacqueline 67Jenkins – Kathleen, Mike 65-68Jewson – Patricia 55Johnson – Kimberly 82Jones – Monica 65Jordan – Elizabeth 69Kessenich – Dianne 67Kirk – James 51Klagos – Susan, Sally 64-66Klein – Susan, Robert 58-71Koppa – Joan 66Krantz – Diane, Kathy 66-71Kreul – Maureen 88Krismer – Mary Frances 67Krueger – Georgia 60Kruska – John 75Lange – Lucille 56Leigh – Cynthia 94Lewison – Andrea 79Lichty – Patricia 56Liebig – Carolyn, Patricia 56-64Liter – Marian 60Lynch – Judith, Eileen, Kim 54, 63, 79Mackin – Mollie 53Madigan – Kathleen 60Marcin – Terrie 84Margaritondo – Laura 88Martin – Jim, Tom, Cheryllyn, Cynthia 64-72McCloskey – Diane 55McCollow – Mary Margaret 69McCormick – Teresa, Linda, Patrice 61-66McMahan – Dennis, Therese, John, Don 56-75McNally – James 56McQueen – Jean 60Meaux – William 64Meier – Richard, M. Jane, Tom 60-69, Jennifer & Tracy 86-89Meixelsperger – Laura 72Mellgren – Angela 82Michaelis – Robert 55

Miller – Jane 57Mintener – Kitty 82Montalto – Cynthia, Joe 67-68Moran – Mark 56Mueller – James, Peter, Patricia 54-60Mulchaey – Mary Jo 58Nelson – Steven, Kerry 57-58Newel – Judith 56Nielson – Karen 60Noll – Mary Jane, Ann Therese 61-69O’Connor – Richard, Marybeth 55-58Olsky – Stacy 86Olson – Susan “Suellen” 68Otis – Steve 77Pendleton – Jenrose 64Pennie – Marc 91Pertzborn – John, Kay 54-56Pigeon – Gerald “Jerry” 52Quam – Barbara, Ruth 54-55Reese – Barbara 58Reis – Barbara 60Richardson – Pamela, Jim, Catherine 60-70Ripp – Alice, Susan 52-70Ristow – Janet, Anne 56-57Ross – Peggy 68Roy – Robert 54Ryan – Susan 60Schaefer – James Lee 60Schleisman – Kimberly 82Schneider – Danielle 86Schomisch – Judith 56Schroeder – Paul 69Schwab – Charles 59Schwarz – Victoria (Heinz) 75-79Sendelbach – Jean 75Shea – Christine, Barb 67-73Shipe – Anne 58Simonini – Sheila 60Smith – William 60Speth – Judith 58Stafford – William, Mary Carolyn 57-59Statz – Lou Ann, Jill 57-68Stehle – Mary Margaret 68Taylor – Linda, David 56-60Ternes – Kathleen 61Thompson – Teresa 65Thorson – Thomas 53Tranchita – Josephine, Delores 50-59Vandervest – Ellen 52Vanko – Lynn 65Wagner – Tamara, Renarr 60-64Walsh – Mary Frances, Joe 56-60Waters – Joseph, Ann Marie 66Way – Linda 59Weaver – Candace 59Wehrle – Brian 90Weiler – Jeanne 57Welsch – Susan, Patricia 70-73Werner – Jean 60Widmann – Barbara, John 58Willard – Julie, Brenda 72-74Williams – James, Linda, Kathleen 51-64Winters – Kim 71Wohlferd – Linda 67Worzala – Frank 75Wozar – Deborah 64Zanoya – Dan, Randy, Robby 82-85Zelinski – Mary Elizabeth 69

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Questions? Contact: Kate Ripple ’76, kate.ripple@qopc.org, 608-231-4612

Thank you for giving! Your gift today is tax-deductible.

Want to Invest in Our Lady Queen of Peace School Students?QP School is currently most in need of: $25, $50, $100 & $250 gifts to the School Endowment, to keep tuition affordable for families!

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Please complete, cut out and mail to Our Lady Queen of Peace Alumni Association, 401 S. Owen Drive, Madison, WI 53711

Offering the Gift of the Sacraments to Every ParishionerBy parish member, Vicky Franchino

Like most high school juniors, Grace Penwell (daughter of Colleen Murphy Penwell ’81) has a schedule that could best be described as “crazy.” If she’s not at cheerleading practice, she might be at music lessons, horseback riding or gearing up to assist Verona High

School’s girls’ varsity basketball team. And, if it’s Sunday, you’re most likely to find Grace at Mass at Our Lady Queen of Peace.

“When I told kids Grace was going to be Confirmed with her class, you should have seen how their eyes lit up,” says Cheryl Horne, head of QP youth ministry, grades 7-12. “They’ve experienced God in a new way because of Grace and know Confirmation wouldn’t have been the same without her.”

That’s because Grace’s typical teenage life has one very atypical element: epilepsy. First diagnosed as a toddler, Grace has survived a nearly two-decade journey of appointments, hospital stays, medications, surgeries and therapies. But she’s never let her illness define her. Colleen describes Grace as “joyful, kind and a treat to be with.”

“In this sacrament,” adds Horne, “each confirmand receives seven great gifts, one of which is courage. Grace lives courage in a way that most of us can only imagine, every day of her life, and her fellow students see God and courage differently because of her.”

Grace has been an active member of the QP community since she was a young child. “Queen of Peace is a foundation for our family,” says Colleen. “Faith is a big part of Grace’s life. Students have readily volunteered over the years to partner with her to help her prepare for the sacraments or learn to be an altar server. And being part of QP has meant that we were never alone when Grace had to deal with illnesses or surgeries: staff and students knew what we were going through and were there to support the entire family.”

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Bequest Will Allow Purchase of Large Band InstrumentsBy Kate Ripple ’76

The Our Lady Queen of Peace School Band program was recently notified it is the recipient of a $12,000 bequest from the Betty J. Smith Living Trust. The funds will be used for new instrument purchases.

Betty died September 11, 2014, at age 90. Though Miss Smith was a long-time parishioner, QP band director Christine Eckel, who is in her 19th year teaching at QP, had never met Betty.

Representatives of Miss Smith’s estate indicated Betty had wanted a donation to go to local music, and what better place than to benefit her own parish?

When Mrs. Eckel heard about the bequest, she felt, Completely shocked and humbled, surprised, tremendously grateful and blessed! I never imagined such a tremendous gift.”

“We’re going to purchase instruments that we don’t have and aren’t available for rent at the local music stores,” Eckel explained. “The prices for these instruments are high – $2,000 for an electric piano (ours is dying or dead), about $3,000 for a vibraphone, $3,500 for a tuba and $4,200 for a bassoon – and that’s at the school discounted price! We could never have afforded them in our budget. We may not be able to buy them all [with this gift], but we’ll get estimates and do our best to get further discounts.

“Larger percussion instruments are important to young percussionists because they help them learn to read music. Percussion students normally take home a rolling percussion kit and a bell kit. I always encourage students to learn an instrument they like the sound of. The sound is very different, and sometimes less attractive to their ears than large-scale percussion.”

“One of my goals is to keep the band program affordable, and this will be a big help,” continued Eckel. “Parents already pay extra band tuition and many students have to rent their instruments. Smaller instruments are less expensive, and we sometimes buy those used. We’ve received donations before for band instruments, including from the School & Family Association. We were very grateful to purchase a marimba with the last large donation we received.”

Our Lady Queen of Peace wishes to again express deepest gratitude to the family, dear friends, and estate of Betty J. Smith.

Betty Smith

QP ALUMNI ORGANIZATION (QPAO)

TERM 2012–2015:

Austin Lacey ’09, President

Lisa Haas ’74, Secretary/Treasurer

Dick Reynolds ’62

TERM 2013–2016:

Jessica Potts ’98 Copeland

Heidi Nass ’87 Eckstein

Sue Palm ’69

TERM 2014–2017:

Kevin Kiehl ’91

Laura Peterson ’06

Claudia Standorf ’52

Education Commission Liaison, Brian Bauman ’89

CONTINUING:

Tom Martinelli ’63, Historian

STAFF LIAISONS:

Mark Quinn, QP School Principal

Kate Ripple ’76, Parish Stewardship

LIVE IN THE MADISON AREA?

QPAO (Queen of Peace Alumni Organization) needs one new member!

Only 3–4 meetings a year, 60 min. each — a fun way to help us all keep in touch. We especially need an alum from the ’50s!

Contact Austin Lacey ’09 at austin.lacey@affinityholding.com.

Want to go a step beyond? Be a class representative! Email Kate Ripple, kate.ripple@qopc.org or call 608-231-4612.

Would you like to receive this newsletter twice a year by email instead of mail?

If so, email Kate Ripple at kate.ripple@qopc.org.

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Sam Martin ’08, son of Martha Cranley ’75 is a drum major for the UW-Madison Badgers Marching Band. Gabby Henshue ’10 is a cheerleader, and Mitchel Herl ’11 is playing for the football team!

Eric Wendorf ’07 is serving in the U.S. Peace Corps in the Phillipines.

Katie Roach ’97 is a senior producer at Foote, Coan and Belding in Chicago, and travels the world creating advertising campaigns.

Jennifer DeMuth ’93 is a floral designer for Heffernan Morgan Ronsley Event Design & Production in Chicago.

Mark Maturi ’91 is associate director for major gifts and planned giving for Good Samaritan Society of Sioux Falls, SD.

James Imhoff III ’89 is the president of the Edgewood High School Alumni Association Advisory Council.

Beth Lenerz Jeremiason ’83 teaches 2nd grade at Levi Leonard School in Evansville.

Laura ’82 and Margaret ’84 Gould: Laura Stewart is Director of Product Development for Facebook, and Margaret, who lost a child to mysterious illness at age 15 months, started SUDC - Sudden Unexpected Death in Children, a support and research group for those who have lost children older than 12 months. SUDC picks up where SIDS leaves off.

Kim Mistretta Tews ’78 and Christopher Zwettler ’71 were honored at the Edgewood High School Living the Mission Alumni Awards - Kim received the Dominican Award for Service to Humanity for, with her husband, starting the nonprofit, Outreach for World Hope, to save the lives of starving children in southeastern Guatemala and other nearby countries, at the same time helping their parents become food self-sufficient and Chris received the Alumni Appreciation Award for 25 years as Basketball Coach, and summer camps and Athletic Director.

Classes of 1976 and 1977: Our yearbook collection is missing your graduation years. If you have a yearbook and would like to donate it or let us copy it for our collection, please contact QPAO volunteer Historian Tom Martinelli at tmartinelli@tds.net.

Jeanne Hebl ’69: Jeanne is a nurse-midwife in Missoula, MT.

Greg Piazza ’65 has published a book, A History of Detroit’s Palmer Park, covering a historical area that he documented and got onto the National Register of Historic Places. The book is available for purchase on amazon.com and published by History Press.

Though Kevin Conlin ’65, insists that Sr. Germanus O’Donnell, OP, is still living, Tom Mueller ’65 wrote in to say that, in his historical research for books he writes, he found Sr.’s obituary. She died April 14, 1994, at age 91. Tom writes books about Wisconsin men and

women lost in our nation’s wars. The most recent is Duty, Honor, Country and Wisconsin, which covers the Civil War to Afghanistan.

Doug Svetnicka ’65: Doug recalls the nuns as very strict, insisting that he continually practice how to diagram sentences and understand how to use words. He is now semi-retired, but spent his career as a writer and credits the QP sisters for getting him started on that path.

Tim Devine ’62 wrote in to say he and his wife Elizabeth are to become grandparents! They have moved to Indiana to help Daniel and Jamie with the child. They recently took a two-month trip to Italy where they prayed with seminarians from the North American College. Tim commented, “Even with all the difficulties and sufferings which we and others experience, let us thank God for all the good and beautiful things we have and continue to experience. Gloria in excelsis Deo!”

Sandy Colvin Wittmeyer ’57 (through 6th grade) “would love a reunion” for the classes of 1950–61. Who’s with her? Contact Kate Ripple ’76, 608-231-4612, kate.ripple@qopc.org.

Judy Noltner Cooper ’55 lives in Brownwood, TX.

Barbara Watts Ploetz ’54 contacted us to share info on the “forgotten” class of ’54, which had to leave QP after 7th grade in order for construction to begin on more school rooms to relieve crowding. Barb tells us that, after her husband died a few years ago, she decided to do some things she had always wanted to try. She succeeded at two tandem sky dives, but could not complete the solo dive. While up in the plane, she was chewing gum. The instructor asked her if she could swallow it before her jump? She said, “Yes I can, I went to Catholic school!” The whole plane of 26 people started to laugh. Actually, Barbara says, she “didn’t chew gum at QP school - who could afford it?” Thanks for the story Barbara!

Diane Colby Seaver ’53 wrote to say, “When Queen of Peace was built, a number of us from Blessed Sacrament School transferred there in 1948-’49 because of the school boundaries. The 8th grade at Queen of Peace was discontinued at the end of ’53, so some of us went to the Edgewood Campus School and some went to the Madison Public Schools. I graduated from Edgewood High School in 1958, as did Jean Connors and Kathleen (Kathy) McCloskey. I graduated from the UW-Madison in 1962 and have lived in Virginia since 1970.”

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Your Grace, Oh Lord, Be Upon ThemRECENTLY MARRIED AT QUEEN OF PEACE:

Laura Lang ’07 and Tom Holaday, son of Kate Ripple ’76, brother of Faith & David Holaday ‘11. Laura is a chemical engineer at Kao Products in Cincinnati. Tom is a mechanical engineer at GE Aviation.

Patricia Pawelski ’03 and Corey Conohan.

Joe Shipley ’98 and Amanda Polzer. Joe is a marketer for Summit Brewing, and Amanda teaches at St. Dennis School.

Sara Sims ’91 and Brian Anderson.

Jessica Riley and Robert Hansberry, Jr. Jessica is the daughter of Jill Zevnik Riley ’79.

RECENTLY MARRIED ELSEWHERE:

Liz Charlton McHugh ’73 and Patrick Fahey ’73 reconnected at the QP 60th Anniversary Celebration and were married in June!

Mark Maturi ’90 and Jennifer Hartmann.

Jennifer DeMuth ’97 and Matthew Benepe.

RECENTLY BAPTIZED AT QUEEN OF PEACE:

Brynlee Ashlyn Frye, son of Aaron Frye, grandson of Jeff Frye ’61.

Nora Evelyn Shannahan, son of Sean Shannahan ’83 and wife Jerilyn.

Elliott Marie Beckett, daughter of Kristen Elliott Beckett ’05 and husband Jake. Elliott is the granddaughter of Michael Elliott ’73.

RECENTLY BAPTIZED ELSEWHERE:

Vincent David, son of Geralyn “Gera” Daniels DeSalvo ’02 and husband Eric. Vincent is the grandson of Jerry and Rosie Alderson Daniels, both ’75.

Anthony Farrell Golden, son of Christopher Golden ’98 and wife Brook, grandson of Susan Stanford Anderson ’67.

Toby Wolfgram, son of Bridget Muldowney ’96 and Michael Wolfgram ’95.

Mason James Braun, son of David Braun ’94 and wife Kristen.

RECENTLY DECEASED ALUMNI & PARENTS OF ALUMNI:

Susan Morgan Lokken ’58, in Sturgeon Bay, leaves a husband, two sons and three grandchildren. “...God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

Susan Meyer Roecker ’62, December 19 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Mark Buechner ’66, in Madison.

FORMER FACULTY/STAFF:

Sr. Claire (Marie Edward) McCaslin, who served at QP School 1967-70, celebrated her 70th Jubilee.

TO REACH ANY OF THE SISTERS, you may write to her at 585 Cty Rd Z, Sinsinawa, WI 53824, or call (608) 748-4411.

Give Online to the QP School EndowmentTo help keep QP School affordable for as many families as possible, go to www.qopc.org/give then click on the Faith Direct - One Time Payment icon.

Alumni Confirmed in 2015(High school-age):

Erin Elizabeth BongardCatherine Marie Cardwell Joseph Collins CulverJulia Leigh Dragoo Joel Thomas Faliski Stephanie Jane FellerJulia Leigh Flynn Jennifer Therese Garson Zachary Benjamin Gonring Nicholas Olin Illgen Veronika Lucille Kovall Julianna Marie KueckerMargaret Alberta Hagan Sonia Josephine Herring Anthony Louis HyingEllorie Rose Lacey Ginger Lorraine Lingard Taylor Sophia Lyons Matthew David MarcouSamuel James Mohoney Janett Alejandra NemeckayAnna Leigh NordhausJayne Marie PattersonGrace PenwellPaul Thomas QuinnRachel Helen RansomGrant Reichenbacher Andrea San Emeterio Maria José San Emeterio Alexandra Jeanne Sevenz Mary Teresa Shampo Samantha Stary Peter Andrew Sviataslovsky Clayton Richard Tribus Charlie Joel Weitz

Congratulations Confirmandi!

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You Did It QP! YOU MADE THE MATCH!

FINAL TOTAL $539,989Thank you to all who donated to meet the $250,000 anonymous Challenge Match gift to the QP School Endowment! Thanks to your generosity, the Endowment corpus has grown by 50%, providing that much more support annually to QP School!

These funds will help maintain the school, advance curriculum, and keep Catholic education affordable for more families – giving while they grow! Give yourselves a pat on the back.

And many, many thanks, to our anonymous donor.

Two QP Girl Scout troops voted to give their cookie sale net income to the School Endowment Match—over $1,250!