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Thomas Edward) died June 9
at the Dominican Life Center
at the age of 87. A graduate of
St. Joseph Academy and Siena
Heights, she ministered in education for 42 years in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. She also
worked in pastoral ministry and
social work in East Lansing, Bad
Axe and Rosebush, MI. She also
served as receptionist at Maria
Health Care Center (Dominican
Life Center) and at the Adrian
Dominican Motherhouse. She
retired in 1982.
ing assignments in Michigan, 50 years in Michigan
Illinois, Ohio, and Florida. She and Illinois. She retired
retired in Chicago in 1991.
in 2000 and came to
the DLC in 2002.
Rosa Nilda Torres Fermoso
‘53 of Yauco, Puerto Rico, died Madonna
Michael
Dec. 31, 2001, after suffering a Gerrity, OP ‘60 died
severe stroke. “During her time March 7 at the Dominican Life
at Siena, she was dearly loved Center. A native of Chicago
by the faculty as much as the and graduate of Aquinas High
students,” friend and classmate School, she spent 44 years minisHilda Fernandez Nadal ‘53 tering in education in Michigan,
wrote from New York, NY. Rosa Illinois and Missouri. She came
is survived by her older sister, to the DLC in 1998.
Miriam.
Sharon Pfund Portrey ‘66 of
Helen Edward Duncan, OP ‘56 Burley, IA, died suddenly June
died May 8 at the Dominican 16. A native of Adrian, she
Life Center at the age of 71. earned her master’s degree from
A graduate of Dominican High Gonzaga University after graduSchool in Detroit, she studied ating from Siena Heights. She
Latin at Siena Heights and spent worked in education throughout
25 years ministering in education her career. She is survived by
in Michigan and Ohio. She also her husband David, three sons,
was parish minister for 17 years a daughter, grandchildren and a
at St. Ambrose in Detroit.
sister.
Class Notes
Maxine Robertson Goll ‘51
died March 26 at home in Sand
Creek, MI. She retired in 1978
after 39 years teaching in the
Adrian Public Schools, and had
been wintering in Florida for
two decades with her husband
of 62 years, Elwood. She is
survived by her husband, a son,
six grandchildren, and a great- Eileen Morley, OP ‘57 (formerly known as Sister Patrick
granddaughter.
Mary) died June 23 at the
Mary Skender, OP ‘52 (forDominican Life Center at the
merly known as Sister Mary
age of 70. She came to Siena
Vincent), a teacher and secretary
Heights after graduating from St.
at Siena Heights from 1961 to
Joseph Academy, and went on
1968, died March 11 in Berwyn,
to earn a master’s degree from
IL. She was 79. She ministered
DePaul University in Chicago.
in education for 42 years, includShe ministered in education for
31
founding her own consulting
company, Linda Liske, Inc., in
the early 1980s. Linda is survived
by her father, a brother and sister
and their families, and long-time
companion Tom Treuter.
Word was received of the death
of Michael “Mick” Shugar of
North Royalton, OH, a Siena
student in the mid-1970s, of a
sudden heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Charlene
Schostek Shugar ‘77.
Andra Rae Parker ‘88, ‘91/MA
of La Jolla, CA, formerly of
Adrian, died March 12 after a
short illness. A veteran of service
in the U.S. Navy, she studied at
Linda Liske ‘70 of Pleasant the San Diego College for jourRidge, MI, died May 28 after a nalism and the Hawaii Medical
six-year battle with colon cancer. Center as well as Siena Heights.
She was 53. Linda was a graphic
designer nationally known for
her work in corporate publication design, especially in the
health care industry. She worked
at Parke-Davis and Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak before
Alumni News from
SHU in Battle Creek & Kalamazoo
Siena Heights at Kellogg Community College (1992)
Shannon McDonald Baird ‘98 and her
husband, Todd, made news this spring
when they welcomed their second set of
twins. Fraternal twins Hannah and Travis
were born April 25 in Battle Creek. Identical twins Taylor and Kaitlyn, now 2 ½, were
born in August 1999. According to the
Battle Creek Enquirer, the probability of
having twins without taking fertility drugs or
undergoing fertility treatments is about 1 in
80-90 pregnancies. The chance of having
two sets of twins, one identical and one
fraternal, is as rare as 1 out of 6,400 pregnancies, the paper reported. The Bairds
did not take fertility drugs or treatments
either time; and although both Shannon
and Todd have twins in their families, they
were “pretty much in total shock and disbe-
lief” when they learned they would have a
second baby twosome. “All in all, it’s good,”
said Todd. “I guess we were given four kids
for a reason.” Shannon and Todd both work
at Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc. in
Battle Creek, Shannon in human resources
and Todd in inform