In Memoriam

The Elaine Marieb College of Nursing extends our deepest sympathies to family and friends of those who have passed away.

Please find In Memoriam obituaries below.

Please submit deceased information/obituary here.

Memorial Gifts

Rob Berman '76 was looking for a fitting way to honor his wife, Kathleen Horan Berman '76, who passed away in 2005.

Kathleen worked at Beth Israel Hospital for 25 years, overseeing the psychiatric unit. She had a passion for education, nursing leadership, and a strong commitment to helping others. Rob remarks, "We knew that we didn’t want a bench or a plaque. We wanted something that had life to it."

Rob ensured Kathleen's light continued to shine bright and established a nursing scholarship for students who wish to follow in Kathleen's footsteps. Her family and friends found comfort knowing they can actively continue Kathleen's legacy and life purpose for years to come. 

In addition to annual contributions to the scholarship several members of the Berman & Horan families have included the scholarship in their wills.

The Elaine Marieb College of Nursing would be honored to sustain the legacy and memory of your loved one. For more information about memorial giving, please contact Crystal Neuhauser, Chief Development Officer for the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation at cneuhauser [at] uma-foundation [dot] org (cneuhauser[at]uma-foundation[dot]org), or by phone at 413-658-5619.

In Memoriam

Alumni

1950’s

Elizabeth A. Brown BS 1959.  1937 – 2016.

Doris (Kiesling) Peltier BS 1959.  1938 – 2014.

1960’s

Gaye (Pomeroy) Crowe BS 1960.  1937 – 2023.

Merike V. (Mand) Poldvee BS 1960.  1936 – 2017.

Martha M. (Lepp) Winslow BS 1960.  1937 – 2019.

Margot H. (Fletcher) Burns BS 1961.  Deceased 2003.

Elizabeth I. (Karl) Knowles BS 1961.  1938 – 2020.

Dorothy E. Rice BS 1961.  1939 – 2023.

Lorraine J. (Bieniek) Snyder BS 1961.  Deceased 2020.

Anita (Lewis) Valentine BS 1961.  1939 – 2003.

Jane M. Brightman BS 1962.  1940 – 2023.

Jane (Given) Cassidy BS 1962.  1940 – 2017.

Judith A. (Gagne) Levreault BS 1962.  1941 – 2017.

Cynthia (Dole) Redeker BS 1962.  1940 – 2017.

Rachel E. (Chandler) (Allen) Tierney BS 1962 MS 1974. 1941 – 2014.

Paula S. (McMahon) Vannicola BS 1962.  1941 – 2016.

Ruth (Chadwick) Waldman BS 1962.  1941 – 2009.

Marie (Maccini) Boily BS 1963.  Deceased 1997.

Esta (Kinney) Brayton BS 1963.  1941 – 2016.

Paula J. (Colclough) Davitt BS 1963, MS 1995.  1941 – 2021.

Nancy A. (Ringoen) Dyer BS 1963.  1941 – 2008.

Ann E. (Feeley) Holman BS 1964.  Deceased 2017.

Joyce (Kirkpatrick) Lombardo BS 1964.  1941 – 2022.

Judith L. (Roche) Wheaton BS 1964.  1943 – 2020.

Sheila (Crowley) Smith BS 1965.  1944 – 2004.

Joan (Goldberg) Lamkin BS 1966.  1945 – 2020.

Sandra L. (Nordstrom) Burrell BS 1966. 1944 – 1996. 

Ethel L. Pike BS 1966.  1944 – 2021.

Marilyn P. (McNamara) Russo BS 1966.  1945 – 2019.

Janet (Gorka) Waclawik BS 1966.  Deceased 1996.

Patricia A. Beaulieu BS 1967.  1945 – 2013.

Elaine A. Dunham BS 1967.  1945 – 2015.

Susan J. Glesmann BS 1967.  Deceased 2014.

Linda Varney BS 1967.  1929 – 2009.

Lois A. (Toothaker) Aldrich BS 1968.  1928 – 2022.

Karen (Whelan) Mullaney BS 1968.  1946 – 2022.

Janet M. (Papile) O’Day BS 1969, class of 1968.  1946 – 2021.

Carol A. (Clayton) Roop BS 1968.  1946 – 2003.

Betty J. Clark BS 1969.  1948 – 2024. 

Marjorie A. (Peterson) Pietras BS 1969.  1947 – 2022.

Mary Ellen (Morrison) Ponte BS 1969.  Deceased 2014.

Ouida V. (Barbaglia) Tompkins BS 1969.  Deceased 2000.

1970’s

Mary Lois (Markiewicz) Bazinet BS 1970.  1948 – 2016.

Marsha (Gilbert) Darling BS 1970.  Deceased 2001.

Paula K. D’Entremont MS 1970.  1938 – 2023.

Mary Alice (Gorman) Glascoff BS 1970.  1948 – 2020.

Lois A. Goepfert BS 1970.  1948 – 2021.

Therese (Phaneuf) Mullen MS 1970.  1929 – 2021.

Mary A. (Figgie) O’Brien BS 1970.  1923 – 1987.

Maryann (Yurawski) Stefanik BS 1970.  1929 – 2013.

Barbara (Zych) Allen BS 1971, MS 1973. 1944 – 2021.

Jeanine M. (Dion) Brow BS 1971.  1943 – 1983.

Kathy Allison (Lauder) Byron BS 1971.  1948 – 2005.

Mary (Donohue) Fatima BS 1971.  Deceased 1990.

Karen M. (Lajzer) King BS 1971.  1949 – 2014.

Christine H. (Niemyski) Nuger BS 1971.  1950 – 2015.

Michael R. Polczwartek BS 1971.  1935 – 2023.

Patricia A. Shea MS 1971.  1930 – 2010.

Helen L. Trinque BS 1971.  1922 – 2004.

Joanne (Ouellette) Casavant BS 1972.  1949 – 2012.                                                       

Carol (Gordon) Cox BS 1972.  1941 – 2019.

Clarice A. Eagan BS 1972.  1930 – 2007.

Rita M. Foucher BS 1972.  1932 – 1995.

Charlotte C. Graves BS 1972.  1935 – 1994.

Charlotte (Preston) Otis MS 1972.  1925 – 2021.

Barbara S. Peirce BS 1972.  1950 – 2014.

Barbara A. Peterson BS 1972.  1932 – 2002.

Marjorie J. (Doherty) Sullivan BS 1972.  1925 – 2005.

Patricia A. Szyman BS 1972.  1950 – 2022.

Barbara E. Zajac BS 1972.  1950 – 2019.

Virginia “Ginni” (Caldwell) Tremblay BS 1972.  1950 – 2023

Evelyn A. (Barsalou) Bosfield BS 1973.  1951 – 2012. 

Rosemary C. Crosier BS 1973, MS 1975.  1926 – 2020.

Nancy B. Fisk MS 1973.  1943 – 2015.

Ann M. Horgan BS 1973.  1942 – 2020.

Dagmar (Schorkhuber) Keenan BS 1973.  1951 – 2021.

C. Blanche (Gould) Keresey BS 1973.  1924 – 2016.  

Joan (Ziemba) Morgan BS 1973.  1932 – 2022.

Mary B. (Papineau) Padgett BS 1973.  1952 – 2023.

Josephine M. Ryan MS 1973.  1942 – 2020.

Olive A. Santavenere BS 1973.  1933 – 2021.

Matthew F. Serafin BS 1973.  1950 – 2014.

Elizabeth A. (Kent) Slear BS 1973.  Deceased 2007.

Monica T. (Gamrecki) Spadaro BS 1973.  Deceased 2022.

James B. White BS 1973.  1932 – 1988.

Diane R. (Klemyk) Witkos BS 1973.  1951 – 2020.

Donna F. (Howard) Zupkus BS 1973.  1951 – 2013.

Joan C. Bresnahan BS 1974.  1932 – 2018.

Clare J. Chalifoux MS 1974.  1926 – 2019.

Ann E. (Liddy) Connolly BS 1974.  Deceased 2000.

Carole A. D’Amato BS 1974.  1941 – 2022.

Vivian J. (Brown) Fitzgerald Gaudette BS 1974, MS 1979.  1930 – 1998.

Sharon (Pollard) Gill BS 1974.  1951 – 2022.

Paula Sue (Records) Hagerty BS 1974.  1952 – 2012.

Mary M. Holland BS 1974.  1923 – 2014.

Rena M. Johnson BS 1974.  1925 – 2003.

Ronna L. (Small) Kaplan BS 1974.  1952 – 2022.

Julie A. Lamontagne BS 1974.  1951 – 1997.

Mary Ellen (Maguire) LaRoche BS 1974. 

Eileen M. Neville BS 1974, MS 1976.  1941 – 2013.

Shirley M. Pemantel MS 1974.  1924 – 2007.

Laurance K. Poole BS 1974.  1948 – 2004.

Julia (O’Mooney) Stacy MS 1974.  1947 – 2003.

Sally L. Tripp MS 1974.  1935 – 2000.

Serena (Grochowalski) Wenninger BS 1974.  1952 – 1998.

Mary A. (O’Malley) Cullinan BS 1975.  1953 – 2015.

Mary R. (Thompson) Dimock BS 1975.  1953 – 2024.

Wendy J. (Hyson) Gates BS 1975.  1953 – 2012.

William J. Granfors BS 1975.  1950 – 1990.

Doris G. Nuttelman MS 1975.  1930 – 2024.

Dorothy C. Orders MS 1975.  1936 – 2006.

Wendy Lee Roberts BS 1975.  1953 – 2001.

Patricia A. Canavan BS 1976.  1948 – 2014.

Judith L. Dixon BS 1976.  Deceased 1984.

Eileen “Chris” Donoghue BS 1976.  1943 – 2010.

Susan E. (Connors) Hillard BS 1976.  1955 – 2005.

Kathleen Horan Berman BS 1976.  1953 – 2005.

Janet W. Knight BS 1976.  1932 – 2021.

Joan K. (Sheehan) Labib BS 1976.  1939 – 2015. 

Marie T. Sosnicki BS 1976.  1929 – 2020.

Karen Tobin BS 1976.  1946 – 2013.

Hope L. Underwood BS 1976.  1923 – 2001.

Marion “Toby” Adell Watkins BS 1976. 1938 – 1988.

Debra A. Wojnarowski BS 1976.  Deceased 2020.

Clinton O. Berge BS 1977.  1932 – 2021.

Patricia A. (Allegrezza) Breen BS 1977.  1955 – 2009.

Linda J. (Campbell) Collins BS 1977.  1955 – 2017.

Karen T. Cotter-Hoffman BS 1977.  1954 – 2021.

Susan (Capron) Davis BS 1977.  1946 – 2011.

Christopher E. Doyle BS 1977.  1954 – 2018.

Gail M. Dubay BS 1977.  1951 – 2020.

Judith R. Elam MS 1977.  1932 – 2012.

Diane M. Florian BS 1977.  1954 – 2010.

Monica J. (Cotter) Gross BS 1977.  1955 – 2010.

Joel A. James BS 1977.  1953 – 2020.

Stanley W. Kowalczyk BS 1977.  Deceased 2016.

Jean A. Sztorc LaPolice BS 1977.  1940 – 2015.   

Patricia Lyons MS 1977.  1941 – 2018.

Suzanne (Quinn) Narkus BS 1977.  1955 – 2023.

Kathleen E. (Gagnon) Patterson MS 1977.  1928 – 2009.

Kathleen E. Randall BS 1977.  1955 – 2018.

Judith A. Rendall BS 1977.  Deceased 2015.

Jan R. Smargie BS 1977, MS 1998.  Deceased 2011.

Kathleen C. Sullivan BS 1977.  1922 – 2011.

Clifford W. Turcotte BS 1977.  1947 – 2014.

Donna (Radcliffe) Vega BS 1977.  1950 – 2011.         

Susan E. (Dvorachek) Weisenberger BS 1977.  1948 – 2016.

Joan E. Conley BS 1978.  1956 – 2003.

Phyllis A. Madigan BS 1978.  1956 – 2019.

Beth J. (Knox) Patterson BS 1978.  1955 – 1994.

Jean F. Rogers MS 1978.  1924 – 2015.

Maureen M. Sparrow MS 1978.  1933 – 2022.

Diana M. (Foresi) Burns BS 1979.  1957 – 2003.

Eileen M. D’Angelo BS 1979.  Deceased 2000

Teresa A. Doyle-Creamer BS 1979.  1957 – 2016.

Norma Elizabeth Hayes BS 1979.  Deceased 1998.

Laurel L. (Samoiloff) Kluge BS 1979.  1957 – 2006.

1980’s

Barbara L. (Buhts) Brooks MS 1980.  1931 – 2001.

Ann E. Feloney BS 1980.  1958 – 2020.

Maureen H. O’Connor BS 1980.  1951 – 2006.

Jeanne M. Borfitz BS 1981, MS 1997.  1949 – 2016.

Anita F. Zenah Davis BS 1981.  1930 – 2023.

Frances L. (Adames) Hilario BS 1981.  1959 – 2004.

Christine Anne Sullivan BS 1981.  1958 – 2004.

Emily T. Eckstein BS 1982.  1936 – 2021.

Lisa A. Geist BS 1982.  1958 – 2019.

Eileen M. (Flavin) Rivest BS 1982.  1947 – 2012.

Margery “Marge” (Clark) James BS 1983.  1932 – 2018.

Nancy E. (Kane) Peterson BS 1983.  Deceased 1997.

Ruth M. (Leimonas) Marceau BS 1984.  1960 – 2003.

Gail H. (Flint) Pelletier BS 1984.  1961 – 2017.

Christine M. Sansoucy BS 1984.  1952 – 2004.  

Virginia (Cole) Daggett MS 1985.  1928 – 2010.

Judith R. Ervin BS 1985, MS 1991.  1937 – 2014.

Judith L. Kinley MS 1985.  1942 – 2018.

Elaine Nicpon Marieb MS 1985.  1936 – 2018.

Theresa A. Lucci BS 1985.  1962 – 2021.

Michael R. Melbourne BS 1985.  1961 – 2013.

Paula M. DiTomaso MS 1986.  1953 – 2016.

Mildred I. Marion MS 1986.  1934 – 2011.

Doris H. (Fiddes) Matte MS 1986.  1932 – 2003.

Simone A. (Allaire) Romano MS 1986.  1937 – 2006.

Anne K. Grenadier-Terault BS 1987.  1947 – 1996.

Maryanne Dus BS 1987.  1945 – 2009.

David J. Dwight BS 1987.  1955 – 2011.

Howard N. Robinson BS 1987.  1932 – 2021.

Nina C. Trumper MS 1987.  1932 – 2020.

Anne M. (Hortsman) Arnold BS 1988.   

Eileen F. Hayes MS 1988, PhD 1997.  1944 – 2010.

Joy Reed MS 1988.  1934 – 2010.

Elizabeth Ruhloff BS 1988.  1947 – 2006.

Theresa (Carroll) Thompson-Hines BS 1989.  1967 – 2015.

1990’s

Carolyn A. (Powers) Puera BS 1990.  1968 – 2018.

Loren C. Schreyer BS 1990.  1957 – 2007.

Nancy S. Anton BS 1991. 1970 – 1991.

Susan (Paolino) Barnard MS 1991.  1954 – 2020.

Ann Marie (Graziano) Bishop MS 1991.  1951 – 2008.

Belinda L. Lewallen BS 1991.  1955 – 2004.

Michael J. Tessman BS 1991.  1954 – 2013.

Lorraine E. Chapdelaine MS 1992.  1939 – 2008.

Jennifer S. (Vardack) McMahon BS 1992.  1969 – 2009.

Lori Ann Trager BS 1992.  1954 – 2002.

Linda A. Ziemba BS 1992.  1954 – 2007.

Kathleen E. (McGrath) Bunn BS 1993.  1953 – 2022.

Mary P. Hough BS 1993.  1947 – 2022.

Kimberly A. Myers-Dawley MS 1993.  1961 – 2024. 

H. Elizabeth Parkinson BS 1993.  1943 – 2004.

Nancy Sunflower MS 1993.  1948 – 2022.

Joann M. Albright MS 1994.  1951 – 2000.

Harriett Beltrandi MS 1994.  1934 – 2020.

Paula M. Cormican MS 1994.  1954 – 2020.

Janine M. (Paulin) McGovern BS 1994.  1952 – 2005.

Karen M. Plotkin MS 1994, PhD 2004.  1957 – 2016.

Patricia D. Speranzo BS 1994.  1947 – 2016.

Bernard P. Szymanski, Jr. MS 1994.  1948 – 2019.

Karen G. Allen BS 1995, MS 1998.  1948 – 2014.

Mary J. Brown BS 1995.  1946 – 2018.

Rebecca T. (Brown) Dalton BS 1995.  1941 – 2005.

Jill E. Felton BS 1995, MS 1999.  1953 – 2008.

Wende L. Graves BS 1995, MS 1997.  1954 – 2007.

Ann E. Scheer-Forcier BS 1995.  1953 – 2022.

Debra A. Bartlett BS 1996.  1958 – 2017.

Arlene Cohen MS 1996.   1935 – 2024.

Gay L. Goodwin BS 1996.  1955 – 2018.

Laura J. Guzzo BS 1996.  1947 – 2016.

Debra A. Jarck BS 1996.  1958 – 2022.

Dennis M. Leahy BS 1996.  1955 – 2008.

Colleen L. (Curley) McClaflin BS 1996.  1964 – 2004.

Ina J. McCravy-Buntin MS 1996.  1953 – 2018.

Sandra R. Riggs MS 1996.  1955 – 2023.

Amanda (Ferro) Slocombe BS 1996.  1967 – 2009.

Debra A. (Kerr) Zimmerman BS 1996.  1954 – 2003.

Donna L. Bird MS 1997.  1951 – 2023.

Susan (Chapman) Brooks MS 1997.  1950 – 2017.

Donna D. Corliss BS 1997.  1938 – 2020.

Linda D. (Allen) Gaudette BS 1997.  1955 – 2003.

Jason A. Lacroix BS 1997.  1975 – 2006.

Linda M. Peters BS 1997.  1975 – 1995.

Cheryl D. Smith MS 1997.  1951 – 2021.

Nancy A. Faller PhD 1998.  1946 – 2022.

Irene M. Gosselin BS 1998.  1949 – 2024.

Stephen R. Gough BS 1998.  1955 – 2007.

Serena W. Merrill BS 1998.  1954 – 2024.

Michele A. Mullady-Blalock BS 1998.  1968 – 2005.

William E. Von Berg, Jr. BS 1998.  1970 – 2022.

Julie S. Watson BS 1998.  1969 – 2019.

Ruth Adusei BS 1999.  1974 – 2020.

Patricia Flynn-Rosenthal MS 1999.  1957 – 2007.      

Saundra A. Katz-Feinberg MS 1999.  1949 – 2004.

Rojauna K. Pace BS 1999.  1977 – 2019.

Sharon A. Wiles BS 1999.  1948 – 2021.

2000’s

Lynn A. Burke BS 2000.  1950 – 2017.

Susan M. Carey BS 2000.  1955 – 2023.

Ann H. Descoteaux MS 2000.  1953 – 2004.

Paula A. Dusza BS 2000.  1949 – 2022.

Sherry A. (Cote) Greaney MS 2000.  1967 – 2023.

Katie M. Kelleher BS 2000.  1978 – 2022.

Susan M. Kneeland MS 2000.  1949 – 2016.

Gayle L. Nylander BS 2001.  1970 – 2009.

Jane O’Brien BS 2001.  1958 – 2022.

Mary Jane Pignatelli BS 2002.  1953 – 2017.

Valentina M. Clermont BS 2004.  1953 – 2013.

Valerie C. George BS 2004.  1956 – 2015.

Kathleen T. Kelly-Curtin BS 2004.  1964 – 2023.

Margaret E. Reeve Panahi BS 2004, MS 2006.  1963 – 2016.

Janice I. Bohonowicz BS 2005.  1959 – 2016.

Rhiannon B. Poitras BS 2005.  1979 - 2006.

Olivia A. Ampiah-Bonney BS 2006, MS 2018.  1969 – 2022.

Jay J. Piskor BS 2006.  1957 – 2020.

Marilyn E. Bulger BS 2008.  1952 – 2010.

Erik M. Lawrence BS 2008.  1970 – 2021.

Polly Poor BS 2008.  1952 – 2014.

Jennifer A. Lamby BS 2009.  1986 – 2020.

2010’s

Sarah D. Woodruff BS 2011.  1977 – 2024.

Dvora Cohen BS 2012.  1953 – 2021.

Joan M. Aukstikalnis-Conners BS 2013.  1971 – 2019.

Nathan L. Olmstead BS 2013.  1979 – 2022.

Heather M. McMahon MS 2019.  1986 – 2017.

2020’s

Simon Rackzelle BS 2025.  1992 - 2023.

Deans and Directors

Mary A. Maher Founding Dean 1953 – 1907.  1902 – 1983.

Lillian R. Goodman Dean 1970 – 1973.  1923 – 2018.

Mary Gilmore Helming Founding Faculty, Director, Division of Nursing 1973 – 1974.  1918 – 2014.

Ira Trail Adams Director, Director, Division of Nursing 1974 – 1977. Deceased 1993.

Ruth A. Smith Director, Division of Nursing 1977 – 1986.  1915 – 2014.

E. Ann Sheridan Director, Division of Nursing 1986 – 1988.  1934 – 2024. 

Emeriti Faculty

Gellestrina “Tina” DiMaggio Founding Faculty.  1923 – 2018.

Mary E. MacDonald Founding Faculty.  1918 – 2000.

Barbara J. Banik 1928 – 2023.

Jeanne M. Borfitz BS 1981, MS 1997.  1949 – 2016.

Elizabeth A. Clarke 1928 – 2015.

Mary F. Condron 1920 – 2006.

Jeannette C. Corneau 1931 – 2018.

Nancy B. Fisk MS 1973.  1943 – 2015.

Alice Friedman 1922 – 2014.

Eleanor M. Fraser 1941 – 2022.

May B. Hall 1916 – 2008.

Eileen F. Hayes MS 1988, PhD 1997.  1944 – 2010.

Charlotte Hoglund Deceased 2016.

Jean L. Hopkins 1918 – 2020.

Suzanne Lynn O'Hare 1957 – 2018.

Constance Petrunenko 1921 – 2003. 

Carol Picard 1949 – 2016.

Karen M. Plotkin MS 1994, PhD 2004.  1957 – 2016.

Josephine M. Ryan MS 1973.  1942 – 2020.

Barbara Jean (B.J.) White 1918 – 2011.

Pamela R. Woodfine 1958 – 2012.

Retired Staff

James F. Kierstead 1952 – 2016.

Susan D. MacDonald 1948 – 2020. 

Mary T. Mireault 1942 – 2022.

E. Louise Tillis 1929 – 2013.

Marie L. Wilga 1945 – 2015.

Friends of the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing

Gordon N. Oakes, Jr. 1941 – 2022.

Patrick D. Hayes 1944 – 2021.

Enid S. Silverman 1947 – 2005.

Helen A. Reid 1926 – 2019.

Robert J. Woolrich 1944 – 2023.