We wish to commemorate the alumnae of Wells College who have passed away on this page. If you know of an alum who passed away recently and who should be listed here, please email the Alumnae and Alumni Relations Office at alumoffice@wells.edu. If you have an obituary link, that would be helpful as well.
In Loving Memory: A Wells Song of the Sycamore
(written by the Class of 1936 for the 1934 Annual Song Contest)
In quiet evening beyond the western shore,
Soft golden sunset outlines the sycamore,
Guarding our college,
with branches spreading wide,
Tall, strong, and stately,
with past of Wells allied,
And girls passing by,
through the years they come and go,
They come from afar
with the four winds that blow,
And the tree joins them all ‘neath its boughs.
And when the sunset has faded,
the moon comes with the night,
Hardy old branches a shining silvery white,
Still in the shadows the tree is watching on,
Looking to the future,
and guarding days now gone.
March 2012
- Jessica Burnap Shaeffer ’35 passed away on March 2, 2012
- Elizabeth “Betty” Reeve Brandon ’38 passed away on March 8, 2012. Link
- Mary Jane Putnam Roberts ’38 passed away on March 11, 2012.
- Betty Joslin Fisher ’40 passed away on March 15, 2012.
- Audrey Crawford Simmons ’46 passed away on March 24, 2012. Link
- Mary Perrott Whitehill ’41 passed away on March 27, 2012. Link
February 2012
- Margaret “Jane” Bloom Welsh ’67 passed away on February 5, 2012.
- Jane Loose Pendergast ’41 passed away on February 15, 2012. Link
- Mary “Bunny” Rathbun Hemmenway ’42 passed away on February 19, 2012
January 2012
- Carolyn Horney Frazier ’55 passed away on January 5, 2012. Link
- Sabra “Jane” Briggs Johnson ’44 passed away on January 13, 2012
- Mary Swain Cole ’52 passed away on January 16, 2012 Link
- Sarah “Sally” Bunnell McLeod ’47 passed away on January 18, 2011 Link
December 2011
- Sal Fabens ’86 passed away on December 20, 2011
- Dana Lewis Arthurs ’41 passed away on December 26, 2011 Link
- Marilyn Pease Barry ’69 passed away on December 27, 2011 Link
November 2011
- Betty Milner Huntley ’43 passed away on October 23, 2011, Mother of Susan Huntley Baker ’65 Link
October 2011
- Nancy Strong Caruso ’52 passed away on October 7, 2011 Link, sister of Polly Strong DeFaria ’55
- Abby Simmons Clark ’64 passed away on October 14, 2011 Link
- Mary Poston Burke ’34 passed away on October 20, 2011 Link
September 2011
- Cynthia Hoyt Dibbins ’58 passed away on September 7, 2011 Link
- Helen Smith ’62 passed away on September 29, 2011
August 2011
- Carolyn Susan Goerner Martin ’47 passed away on August 4, 2011, mother of Katharine Martin ’79
- Carol Durgom Cranmer ’59 passed away on August 6, 2011
- Wilma Stentzel Warde ’41 passed away on August 27, 2011 Link
- Anne O’Neill-Butler Wolfgang ’49 passed away on August 27, 2011 Link
- Marian Rubin Mendelsohn ’50 passed away on August 30, 2011 Link
July 2011
- Sandra L. Fraser Harrsen ’62 passed away on July 15, 2011
- Nancy Hutchinson Baxter ’43 passed away on July 15, 2011
- Helen “Nonny” Croker ’87 passed away on July 23, 2011 Link
- Anne Stran Wise ’35 passed away on July 24, 2011 Link
- Sally Van Arsdale Barnes ’52 passed away on July 27, 2011
- Barbara Knapp Hamblett ’48 passed away on July 30, 2011
June 2011
- Barbara Barrows Whittenburg ’48 passed away on June 12, 2011 Link
- Phyllis Schafmeister Krieger ’48 passed away on June 15, 2011
May 2011
- Hortense Kohn Cobey ’43 passed away on May 5, 2011 Link
- Alice Eleanor Savage ’55 passed away on May 19, 2011
- Diane Bigelow Molloy ’72 passed away on May 19, 2011
- Marjorie Etling Middleton ’55 passed away on May 24, 2011 Link
- Justine Fletcher Woods ’39 passed away on May 26, 2011
APRIL 2011
- Helen Mitchell Jordan ’45 passed away on April 11, 2011
- Laurie Kerr Lydecker ’38 passed away on April 11, 2011. Mother of Betsy Lydecker ’66 and Laurie Lydecker Dings ’64
- Carol Whitney Thomason ’69 passed away on April 15, 2011
- Sarah McElevey Sommer ’42 passed away on April 18, 2011
- Elizabeth Moore Sweeney ’46 passed away on April 20, 2011
- Helen Beard Jordahl ’55 passed away on April 21, 2011. Remembered for her enthusiam, warmth and sense of humor.
- Margaret “Jimmi” Hodgens Powell ’38 passed away on April 22, 2011
- Nancy Stevens Gilkeson ’51 passed away on April 21, 2011
- Mildred Elizabeth Larigan Mott ’44 passed away on April 29, 2011
MARCH 2011
- Margaret Hurtz Watson ’42 passed away on March 3, 2011
- Dorothy Dechant Hughes ’41 passed away on March 8, 2011
- Virginia Lindsay Jenness ’35 passed away on March 13, 2011
- Elizabeth Patterson ’53 passed away on March 28, 2011
FEBRUARY 2011
- Helen McWilliam Westcott ’43 passed away on February 3, 2011
- Jean Burger Cushman ’44 passed away on February 18, 2011
- Ellen Kahn Yager ’51 passed away on February 22, 2011
- Barbara Schaaf Schmidt ’47 passed away on February 26, 2011
JANUARY 2011
- Harriet Higgins Deichman ’63 passed away on January 1, 2011
- Mary Dean Johnstone ’42 passed away on January 5, 2011
- Carolyn Bunn Wood ’52 passed away on January 6, 2011
- Heather Gaglianese ’11 passed away on January 22, 2011
- Jane Bennett Shiner ’39 passed away on January 24, 2011
- Barbara Hardy Salazar ’44 passed away on January 27, 2011
- Mary Ann Bealler Chalmers ’49 passed away on January 28, 2011
DECEMBER 2010
- Elizabeth Frakler Bertelsen ’38 passed away on December 5, 2010
- Ann Taylor Rodewig ’55 passed away on December 9, 2010 link
- Linda Shoemaker Wolfberg ’54 passed away on December 9, 2010
- Alice Herring Fowler ’38 passed away on December 12, 2010
- Carolyn Redfield Greene ’67 passed away on December 13, 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010
- Mary Bachmann Jannone ’47 passed away on September 4, 2010
- Priscilla Smith Savage ’47 passed away on September 3, 2010
AUGUST 2010
- Jean Gledhill Rawls ’34 passed away on August 16th. Link
JULY 2010
- Frances Elaine Lawrence Fadum ’50 passed away on July 1.
JUNE 2010
- Elizabeth “Betty” English Larkin passed away on June 20. link
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