Reunion Notes
energy. I will celebrate 50 years as an
Adrian Dominican in the year 2000.”
Nancyann Turner, OP of Detroit in
June completed six years of Adrian
Dominican leadership as prioress of the
Nokomis Mission Chapter. She writes:
“Participation in the mission of the
Adrian Dominican Order has taken me to
northern Michigan in Alpena, Detroit and
surrounding areas, rural outreach in the
Appalachian Mountains and doing
therapy and support groups on psychiatric
wards of Washington, DC. I have been
able to focus on preaching through the
arts but have also been trained in art
psychotherapy and thus, been able to
participate in the healing ministry of
therapy on both an in-patient and outpatient capacity. I continue to see the arts
as a way of bringing all kinds of people
together and as a positive invitation to
appreciate cultural diversity.”
Kathleen Marsh Hayes lives in Onsted
and volunteers for her local church and
Right to Life. She and her husband,
Barclay, have five children.
Sister Sharon McGuire, OP of San
Diego, CA, has written an article titled
“Global Migration and Health:
Ecofeminist Perspectives,” scheduled for
publication in the December 1998 issue of
Advances in Nursing Science, V21 (2),
pp.1-17.
Jacqueline Ann Brown Miller (formerly
Sister Marie Pacis Brown, OP) of
Issaquah, WA, received her master’s in
education from the University of Georgia
in 1970. “I taught elementary, junior
high, and adult education for a total of
eight years, then I chose to be a full-time
mother at home.” She married John
Miller in 1970. Their son, now a forest
ranger, was born in ‘72 and their
daughter, Julie, was born in ‘75. Julie’s
death at age 15 is the greatest sorrow of
Jacqueline’s life. Joys, though, are many,
including “my family, my friends, my
church, my Bible study and prayer group”
and the love and support of many people
as she cares in her home for her terminally
ill mother. Volunteer commitments have
included: Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts,
serving as Sunday School Superintendent
and teacher, coordinating the speakers
bureau for Eating Disorders Northwest,
and facilitating a support group for family
and friends of persons with eating
disorders. “My faith and the love and
promises of Jesus Christ, as well as my
marriage to a deeply Christian husband,
are very important to me.”
Sharon Ann Miller Molesworth of
Lapeer was president of Maple Grove
Elementary PTC for six years, president
of Lapeer VFW Auxiliary for three years,
and commander of the Lapeer Civil Air
Patrol for three years. She married CJ
Molesworth in 1970 and has two
daughters, Shelly and Kelly, and two
grandchildren. Sharon has traveled to 44
states and reports that her “current and
future passion is Rodeo.”
Maureen Kirk Rompasky served in the
Peace Corps in the Marshall Islands from
1970 to ‘72, and currently lives in Kula,
HI, where she is a medical technologist
and risk manager at Kula Hospital’s Long
Term Care Facility. She also serves as
director of religious education at the Kula
Catholic Community Parish. She and her
husband, Dennis, have two sons, Douglas
and Derek.
Looking great from ‘68! Attending the 30th reunion lunch: Susan Matych-Hager, Sharon Kryst Balnius, T.C.
Luke Roekle, Mary Kehoe Griffin, Mary Ellen Lowrey Murphy.
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Barbara Peddie Smith of Grand Ledge
will celebrate her 30th anniversary in May
with her husband and daughters Melissa
and Jennifer. “Our youngest daughter,
Aimee Elizabeth, died in an automobile
accident in 1996 at the age of 21,
changing our lives forever.” Barbara
received her master’s in administration
from Notre Dame in ‘95. She is currently
principal of St. Michael School. “My
husband and I like to travel. We have
visited much of the U.S. and will go to
Hawaii next spring for our 30th anniversary. Reading and gardening are my
two favorite hobbies, but most of all I
enjoy spending free time with my family
and grandson.”
Sister Patricia Marie Vereb, OSB lives
in Clyde, MO, but previously put in a
year of service as a Jesuit Volunteer in
Houston. She has made her first and final
profession as a Benedictine Sister of
Perpetual Adoration.
Patricia Sleno Whalen and her husband,
Larry, live in Waterford where Pat has
taught adult education since 1983. She
taught high school math in Flint and
junior high school math in Mt. Morris,
with about nine years off when daughter
Janet and son David were young. Janet
graduated from Saginaw Valley State
University in ‘96; David graduated
from University of Toledo this past May
and begins medical school at Michigan
this fall.
Sister Rosemary Zuccaro, OP entered
the Adrian Dominican Sisters in 1959.
She received her master’s degree from
Marygrove College in 1974. She has
taught primary grades in Catholic schools
across Michigan and has taught religious
education in all the parishes to which she
has belonged for 37 years. “I was
nominated in 1974 to receive Teacher of
the Year Award for Ohio; I didn’t receive
the award, but was happy for the
nomination. I was thrilled to travel this
summer to Spain, France, and Italy with
Dominican Sisters from throughout the
country, on a trip sponsored by the
various Dominican Orders.” Currently,
Sister Rosemary teaches third grade in
Eastpointe and lives in Clinton Twp.