We Remember

We Remember: A Friends of La Leche League Tradition
“So as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.”

In La Leche League’s 60-plus year history, there have been thousands of Leaders who served babies and families and are missed by their LLL families. At “We Remember” ceremonies, we pay tribute to Leaders who have died. The idea for a remembrance ceremony came after the 2000 death of Roberta Bishop Johnson, Leader and editor of Whole Foods for the Whole Family. The first ceremony was held at the Alumnae Tea during the 2001 La Leche League International Conference in Chicago. LLL co-founder Marian Tompson and Nancy Franklin read a list of names and included a prayer often read at Jewish funerals. This "We Remember" ceremony became a powerful tradition to honor the lives of women who have helped make La Leche League what it is today. The ceremony now is held during Friends of La Leche League trips.

Leaders’ names are recorded in calligraphy in the “We Remember” album by Susan Mocsny Thomas and posted on the website. "We Remember" is a program of the Friends of La Leche League. Help us keep an updated list of deceased Leaders’ names. Submit the Leader’s name, year of death, and state/country where Leader was active. When possible, include an obituary link. Please email nancyblake.franklin@gmail.com or complete this online form.

Thank you to Melissa Clark Vickers (Leaven, Vol. 38 No. 1, February-March 2002) with later adaptation by Fran Dereszynski.

"So as we live, they too shall live. . . for they are now a part of us, as we remember them"

from the prayer "We Remember Them" included in The Gates of Prayer, published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Memorials

2017 We Remember Ceremony
A We Remember Ceremony was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Old Town San Diego on October 20, 2017 during the Friends trip to California. LLL co-Founder Marian Tompson read names of Leaders who passed during 2016-2017. The history of this custom, names and photos are in the program.
Here are two videos from that ceremony.
History of the Ceremony by Edna Kelly, Reading of the Names
"We Remember Them" prayer led by Joan Crothers and Susan Thomas

2015 We Remember Ceremony

2013 We Remember Ceremony
A We Remember Ceremony was held at the Chapel, Hotel Albuquerque on October 25, 2013 during the Friends trip to New Mexico. LLL co-Founders Mary Ann Kerwin and Marian Tompson read names of Leaders who passed during 2011-2013. The history of this custom, names and photos are in the program. Here are two videos from that ceremony.
History of the Ceremony by Edna Kelly
Reading of the Names by Founders, "We Remember Them" prayer led by Joan Crothers and Susan Thomas

2011 We Remember Ceremony
A We Remember Ceremony was held at the Chapel of Our Lady of La Leche on November 11, 2011 during the Friends trip to St. Augustine. LLL Founders Mary Ann Cahill, Mary Ann Kerwin, and Marian Tompson read names of Leaders who passed during 2008-2011. The history of this custom, names and photos are in the program. Here are two videos from that ceremony. The video quality is not good, but you can get a feel for the event.
History of the Ceremony by Fran Dereszynski
Reading of the Names by Founders, "We Remember Them" prayer led by Pam Oselka

Below are articles from La Leche League publications as well as tributes written by friends.

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Renate Margarete Ahlers Koening ~ Coahuila Mexico (d. 2019)
Abby Clement Aldrich ~ Ohio United States (d. 2017)
Julie Anderson ~ Minnesota United States (d. 2012)
Annette Anderson ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 1994)
Ann R Andrews ARNP ~ Florida United States (d. 2019)
Cushia Atkin (d. 1977)
Janis Lin Bair ~ Kansas United States (d. 2011)
Terese Baker ~ California United States (d. 2016)
Kathy Baker ~ Illinois United States (d. 2010)
Liz Baldwin ~ Florida United States (d. 2003)
Virginia Bannister ~ California United States (d. 2001)
Molly Banta ~ Michigan United States (d. 2006)
Alice Barbiere ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2016)
Sarah Barnett ~ New York United States (d. 2001)
Michelle Barone ~ California United States (d. 2016)
Sheila Basler ~ New Jersey United States (d. 1992)
Linda Basmajian ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2000)
Wendy Batchelor (d. 2010)
Jill Beaudette ~ Massachusetts United States
Jill Beaudette ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 1981)
Francine Beitel ~ Quebec Canada (d. 2016)
Joan Belof ~ Florida United States (d. 2002)
Shirley Benjamin ~ Illinois United States (d. 2001)
Linda Benson ~ Illinois United States (d. 2003)
Barbara Berger ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2000)
Gail Berke ~ California United States (d. 2008)
Connie Berkey ~ Ohio United States (d. 2002)
Kathleen Bertrand ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2012)
Martha Bertrand ~ California United States (d. 2001)
Ellen Beurskens ~ Illinois United States (d. 2000)
Martha Bevis ~ Texas United States (d. 2007)
Lael Birch ~ Utah United States
Ruti Biton (d. 2005)
Jeanne Marie Bock ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2011)
Joyce Boonlom ~ Arizona United States (d. 2000)
Graciela Elena Bostiancic (d. 2016)
Barbara Lawson Boston ~ Virginia United States (d. 2014)
Robert A. Bradley MD (d. 1998)
Father of Husband-Coached Childbirth; one of LLL's early influences
Beth Brenneis ~ Kansas United States (d. 1992)
Barbara Briggs Tucker ~ Colorado United States (d. 2004)
Raffaella Brignardello dr (d. 2017)
Sarah Brown (d. 2008)
Katherine Brown ~ Michigan United States (d. 2006)
Jane Brown (d. 1993)
Marj Brustad ~ Washington United States (d. 2005)
Patty Bucheimer ~ Maryland United States (d. 1998)
Rosa Burgos (d. 2002)
Judy Burlock ~ Saskatchewan Canada (d. 2012)
Ann Cagigas ~ Virginia United States (d. 2015)
Mary Ann Cahill ~ Illinois United States (d. 2014)
Lily Calderon ~ Colorado United States (d. 2017)
Nancy Cale ~ Georgia United States (d. 2017)
Abigail Calvin ~ California United States (d. 1969)
Norma Campa ~ Illinois United States (d. 1995)
Debra Campbell RN ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2013)
Anne Carducci ~ Maryland United States (d. 1992)
Joyce Cavallaro ~ Ohio United States (d. 1997)
Louise Chambers ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2016)
Frieda Cherri ~ Florida United States (d. 2005)
Vickie Cleaveland ~ Georgia United States (d. 2004)
Kate Coller ~ New York United States (d. 2016)
Monique Cormier-Fortini (d. 1996)
Mary Cossman ~ New York United States (d. 2004)
Marilyn Coull (d. 2009)
Alice Countryman ~ Indiana United States (d. 2004)
Betty Ann Countryman ~ Indiana United States (d. 2013)
Jeri Cox ~ Illinois United States (d. 2017)
Shoshana Creshkoff-Ifrah Leader (d. 2019)
Liz Crofts ~ Connecticut United States (d. 1997)
Mary Helen Cummins ~ Arizona United States (d. 2018)
Kaye Banister D'Ambrosio ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2000)
Becky Davidson ~ Kansas United States (d. 2007)
Jean B. Davis ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 2002)
Ann Dawson (d. 2002)
Lynn Day ~ Arizona United States (d. 2011)
Christina de Carles (d. 2006)
Nele de Prins-Tiels MD, IBCLC (d. 2017)
Laraine Dearnley (d. 2005)
Jennifer Deaven ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 2011)
Leslie DelGigante ~ Ohio United States (d. 2013)
Patricia DeVilbiss ~ Ohio United States (d. 2006)
Maggie Diamond ~ California United States (d. 2007)
Janina Dichta (d. 2012)
Hilary Dickson (d. 1990)
Jayne Digby-New ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2011)
Mary Dobratz ~ Nebraska United States (d. 1993)
Suzy Dodd ~ Tennessee United States (d. 1992)
Sara Dodder Furr ~ Nebraska United States (d. 2017)
Diane Driz ~ Illinois United States (d. 1986)
Betsey Duffy ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2005)
Georgia Duncan ~ Kansas United States (d. 2013)
Caren Dunn ~ California United States (d. 1987)
Joanna Dwerryhouse (d. 1988)
Cammy Dye ~ Michigan United States (d. 2001)
Mary Eason ~ Florida United States (d. 1995)
Teresa Edwards ~ Virginia United States (d. 2017)
Deirdre Eggleton ~ Texas United States (d. 2008)
Gloria Eilts ~ Connecticut United States (d. 1980)
Dona Sue Ellenwood ~ Arkansas United States (d. 2011)
Faith Ewald ~ Illinois United States (d. 2013)
Beverly Ann Femino IBCLC ~ Virginia United States (d. 2018)
Dawn Fengler ~ New Hampshire United States (d. 2002)
Kristine Fera ~ Connecticut United States (d. 2009)
Janice Ferderer ~ Minnesota United States (d. 2000)
Barb Fore ~ Michigan United States (d. 2010)
Carol Forest ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2014)
Jalelah Fraley ~ California United States (d. 2011)
Lori Estreicher Frank ~ Connecticut United States (d. 1990)
Sharon Frigiola ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2011)
Edwina Froehlich ~ Illinois United States (d. 2008)
Barbara Fulcher ~ Iowa United States (d. 2000)
Patricia Gandt ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2009)
Vera Garrett (d. 1980)
Rosemary Gauld (d. 2015)
Karin Gausman ~ Colorado United States (d. 2016)
Wiebke Gehle (d. 2006)
Judith Geiger ~ Florida United States (d. 2000)
Carmae Marie Gessele ~ North Dakota United States (d. 2001)
Manuela Giomi ~ Genova Italy (d. 2019)
Cathy Godbey ~ Tennessee United States (d. 2007)
Phyllis Goerling ~ Illinois United States (d. 2012)
Frances Gonzalez (d. 1965)
Judy Good ~ Ohio United States (d. 2006)
Colleen Gordon (d. 2001)
Terrell Graham ~ Kansas United States (d. 1999)
Sandy Gray ~ Colorado United States
Rosemarie F Grosskamp ~ New York United States (d. 2007)
Jane Haines ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2009)
Marilyn Hampton ~ Nebraska United States (d. 1997)
Patty Hancock ~ Montana United States (d. 1997)
Helen Hannibal ~ Lancashire United Kingdom (d. 2017)
Susan Hanson ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2016)
Lavinia (Vin) Healy (d. 2006)
Karen Heimes ~ Nebraska United States (d. 2010)
Marilyn Hein ~ Kansas United States (d. 2015)
Sherry Hein Reese ~ California United States (d. 2006)
Sandra Heinrich ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 1986)
Dr Ann Hennessy ~ Maryland United States (d. 2008)
Brenda Jane Hermes RN ~ Ohio United States (d. 2019)
Bettiane Hever ~ New Jersey United States (d. 1988)
Pat Hillard ~ Iowa United States (d. 2000)
Linda Hindel ~ Maine United States (d. 1988)
Debbie Hodson (d. 2007)
Carol Holmboe ~ Maryland United States (d. 1983)
Linda Hoyes (d. 2010)
Ellen Hubbard ~ Michigan United States (d. 1970)
Stefanie Humby (d. 2000)
Majella Hyland (d. 2006)
Nicki Ingham ~ Florida United States (d. 2003)
Sheri Lorraine Jahner ~ Texas United States (d. 2012)
Cathy Janoka ~ Colorado United States (d. 2017)
Angela Jarboe ~ Texas United States (d. 2001)
Diana Jeffery ~ Colorado United States (d. 2015)
Barbara Jennings ~ California United States (d. 1992)
Judy Jensen (d. 1986)
Leigh Johnson ~ California United States (d. 2006)
Roberta Bishop Johnson Esq. ~ Illinois United States (d. 2000)
Martha Jones ~ Ohio United States (d. 2012)
Bess Jones ~ New York United States (d. 2015)
Shirley Junk ~ Alberta Canada (d. 2015)
Diane Jurich ~ California United States (d. 2007)
Elenore Kachline ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 1986)
Ellen Kadden ~ Connecticut United States (d. 2014)
Rita L. Kaiser ~ Indiana United States (d. 2005)
Candace Kakel ~ Maryland United States (d. 1989)
Beverly Ann Karpenski Karl ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2012)
Mary Ann Kasten ~ Illinois United States (d. 1969)
Nancy Katzon ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2009)
Juliet Kauffman ~ Michigan United States (d. 2012)
Celeste Kent ~ California United States (d. 1999)
Jan Kiefer ~ Indiana United States (d. 2011)
Kelly King ~ Vermont United States (d. 2017)
Charmaine Klabisch ~ Illinois United States (d. 2003)
Liz Klehr ~ Georgia United States (d. 1995)
Phyllis Klenk ~ Michigan United States (d. 2015)
Betsy Knight ~ Illinois United States (d. 2006)
Cathay Knipscher ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2008)
Crete Kochanek ~ Connecticut United States (d. 2012)
Linda Komar ~ Ohio United States (d. 1997)
Pat Kufeldt ~ Virginia United States (d. 2001)
Karen LaKamp ~ Nebraska United States (d. 1985)
Linda Lambert ~ Arkansas United States (d. 1990)
Rita Lane ~ Maryland United States (d. 1996)
Marlies Langenegger-Mühlestein
Marilyn Laurence ~ Arizona United States (d. 1973)
Gisèle Laviolle (d. 2016)
Kathleen Leeper Musser (d. 2005)
Linda Lehrer ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 1977)
Nancy Lehrer ~ New York United States (d. 2015)
Viola Lennon ~ Illinois United States (d. 2010)
Debbie Leonetti ~ New Jersey United States (d. 1988)
Missy Lewis ~ Texas United States (d. 2001)
Beatrice Leyes ~ Ohio United States (d. 1994)
Jane Lieberman ~ Georgia United States (d. 1977)
Evelyne Lienard (d. 1994)
Tina Lillig ~ Illinois United States (d. 2009)
Hannah Lothrop (d. 2001)
Susan Loughmiller ~ Idaho United States (d. 2003)
Marcella Lowe ~ Missouri United States (d. 2011)
Vicki Lowe ~ Michigan United States (d. 2003)
Marilyn Luspin ~ Texas United States (d. 1989)
Kathy Lyons ~ Texas United States (d. 2015)
Pat Mader ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 1989)
Judy Maier ~ Ohio United States (d. 2001)
Johanne Mann (d. 2011)
Anne Marie Sullivan ~ Colorado United States (d. 1997)
Nicole Marinier-Gagne (d. 1996)
Patricia Martens ~ Manitoba Canada (d. 2015)
Dee Matchette ~ Arizona United States (d. 1989)
RivkA Matitya (d. 2010)
Diane Matlock (d. 2011)
Michelle McCown ~ Oklahoma United States (d. 2001)
Maura McGulgan ~ Maryland United States (d. 1984)
Maryann McIntyre ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2016)
Debbie McKinney ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2007)
Julie McNaughton ~ Waikato New Zealand (d. 2016)
Irene McNeil (d. 1996)
Deirdre (Dee) Ann McOnie ~ Auckland New Zealand (d. 2019)
Barbara Meeker ~ Georgia United States (d. 1978)
Ann Mersmann ~ Missouri United States (d. 2004)
Rita Midura ~ New Jersey United States (d. 1981)
Peggy Mikol ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2007)
Gaylene Miller ~ Nevada United States (d. 2005)
Dianna Miller ~ Illinois United States (d. 1994)
Noreen Cary Mills ~ New York United States (d. 2008)
Bernice Mills (d. 1997)
Marie Mitchell ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2018)
Daphne Moran (d. 1987)
Gail Mraz ~ Minnesota United States (d. 2007)
Sheryl Mueller ~ Nebraska United States (d. 1999)
Chris Mulford ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2011)
Dorothy Murphy ~ Indiana United States (d. 2013)
Sally Hartung Murphy ~ Illinois United States (d. 2013)
Sandra Naerig (d. 2005)
Jody Nathanson ~ California United States (d. 2018)
Sue Neal (d. 2007)
Mary Lavay Netsell ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 2006)
Jane Newell ~ Illinois United States (d. 1992)
Darlene Nicholson ~ Kansas United States (d. 2010)
Frances Nieves (d. 2004)
Peggy Nitsos ~ Oregon United States (d. 2005)
Jeannette Noell ~ Virginia United States (d. 2018)
Susan Noffsinger ~ North Carolina United States (d. 1992)
Donna Nordin ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2006)
Elizabeth Norton (d. 2007)
Stacey Novak ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2015)
Irene O'Connor (d. 1997)
Una O'Connor (d. 1998)
Lysandra O'Donal ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2015)
Mabel O'Donnell ~ California United States (d. 1988)
Christine Orciuch ~ California United States (d. 1997)
Karen Osterlund ~ California United States (d. 2014)
Judy Owen ~ Texas United States (d. 1990)
Camille formerly Mildred Paltauf Pace ~ Connecticut United States (d. 2012)
Monecha Painter ~ Arizona United States (d. 2013)
Charlotte Palumbo ~ Illinois United States (d. 2002)
Ruth Pantland (d. 2005)
Andrea Patterson ~ New Mexico United States (d. 1988)
Kay Pavlic ~ Ohio United States (d. 1996)
Kathleen Pearce
Christine Pearson (d. 2000)
Ms Helen Marie Veino Peill BA, IBCLC ~ Nova Scotia Canada (d. 2016)
Linda Pellerin ~ Ontario Canada (d. 1985)
Beth Pendleton ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2016)
Barbara Jo Peterson ~ Colorado United States (d. 2013)
Barbara Popper ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2013)
Margot Pordes ~ Connecticut United States (d. 2016)
Margaret Porter ~ North Carolina United States (d. 1965)
Martha Pugacz ~ Ohio United States (d. 2001)
Julie Quickmire ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2007)
Regina Radish ~ Texas United States (d. 2013)
Eleanor Randall ~ Illinois United States (d. 2000)
Judy Rapp ~ Ohio United States (d. 1989)
Emily Rapp ~ Arizona United States (d. 1985)
Diana Reardon ~ Texas United States (d. 2015)
Christy Redenz ~ Georgia United States (d. 2005)
Jenny Redford ~ Florida United States (d. 1974)
Gundi Regner-Hendriks (d. 2010)
Loraine Reid ~ Canterbury New Zealand (d. 2012)
Chris Reynolds ~ Ohio United States (d. 2006)
Rita Richardson (d. 2003)
Terry Ridge (d. 1988)
Cindy Rindone ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2007)
Jan Riordan ~ Kansas United States (d. 2018)
Ruth Robertson ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2005)
Susie Robinson ~ Connecticut United States (d. 2000)
Marsha Robison ~ Oklahoma United States (d. 2008)
Lone Roe (d. 2014)
Terri Roses ~ Oregon United States (d. 1998)
Mary "Mike" Rotter ~ Illinois United States (d. 2017)
Elsie Rudger ~ Rhode Island United States (d. 1985)
Carol Rudzinski ~ Indiana United States (d. 2008)
Nell Ryan ~ Illinois United States (d. 2010)
Jeanie Salyer ~ California United States (d. 2012)
Nancy Salzinger ~ Ohio United States (d. 2014)
Bobby Sand ~ New Hampshire United States (d. 1989)
Robin Santos ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 1990)
Kathleen Sardi ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2013)
Dotti Savoy ~ Missouri United States (d. 2016)
Phyllis Sawyer ~ Maine United States (d. 2009)
Malinda Sawyer ~ Missouri United States (d. 1986)
Ruth Schaeffer ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2002)
Sally Schiller ~ California United States (d. 2016)
Phyllis Schmeckle ~ Vermont United States (d. 1975)
JoAnne Scott ~ Virginia United States (d. 2006)
Hanni Selig
Rivka Servetnik (d. 1992)
Victoria (Vicky) Seymour (d. 2007)
Averil Sheehan (d. 2015)
Doris Simons ~ Ohio United States (d. 2001)
Linda Skelton ~ Auckland New Zealand (d. 2012)
Lisa Slush ~ Texas United States (d. 2014)
Barbara Smith ~ Kansas United States (d. 1995)
Margaret “Peggy” (Yohe) Snyder ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2014)
Barbara St. Germain ~ Rhode Island United States (d. 2005)
Nancy Stanton ~ Florida United States (d. 2006)
Jean Stellpflug ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 1985)
Megan Stendebach ~ Texas United States (d. 2008)
Kathleen Steudler ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 1993)
Lee Stewart ~ Missouri United States (d. 2016)
Mary Stewart ~ Indiana United States (d. 1997)
Patricia Stuart ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 1980)
Eileen Sullivan ~ Illinois United States (d. 2003)
Anne Sutherland ~ California United States (d. 2008)
Marilyn Swirzky ~ Ohio United States (d. 2013)
Lynne Swoope ~ Florida United States (d. 2005)
Ellie Tabeek ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 1998)
Anita Taylor ~ New York United States (d. 2007)
Brandie Taylor (Yeutter) ~ Nebraska United States (d. 2017)
Linda Terrel ~ Indiana United States (d. 2014)
Christine J Tharion ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 2012)
Tine Thevenin ~ Minnesota United States (d. 2010)
Pat Thomas (d. 1999)
Inge Thomoddson (d. 1998)
Pat Thompson ~ Texas United States (d. 2017)
Kathy Tiegland ~ Iowa United States (d. 2002)
Adrienne Tierney ~ New Mexico United States (d. 1995)
Judy Torgus ~ Illinois United States (d. 2014)
Maria (Jose Posada) Torres (d. 2012)
Charlene Tracy ~ Arizona United States (d. 2007)
Pat Trautman ~ New Mexico United States (d. 2016)
Anna Treder ~ Michigan United States (d. 2000)
Rene Tucker ~ Arkansas United States (d. 1997)
Rene Tucker ~ Arkansas United States (d. 1994)
Jan Tucker ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 1994)
Donna Tudor ~ Maine United States (d. 2016)
Jane Tully ~ Illinois United States (d. 1994)
Cindy Tuttle ~ Indiana United States (d. 2012)
Heather Tweit ~ Minnesota United States (d. 2005)
Alyce B. Tylicki ~ Wisconsin United States (d. 2011)
Ethel-Marie Underhill ~ Colorado United States (d. 2014)
Barbara Van Horn ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 1984)
Rosie Van Raemdonck ~ West-Vlaanderen Belgium (d. 2011)
Christine VanLenten ~ New Jersey United States (d. 1996)
Nancy Vaughn ~ Maryland United States (d. 2017)
Susan Vermeire ~ Ohio United States (d. 2017)
Gwendolyn Vesenka ~ Maine United States (d. 2017)
Pat Viera ~ Missouri United States
Carolina Evans Villa ~ Florida United States (d. 2016)
Betty Wagner Spandikow ~ Illinois United States (d. 2008)
Mary Jane Wahl ~ Pennsylvania United States (d. 2015)
Shirley Walker ~ Auckland New Zealand (d. 2014)
Margaret Walker (d. 1985)
Susan Wallace ~ Texas United States (d. 1996)
Mary Lou Walters (d. 1987)
Kathy Warmbier ~ California United States (d. 2000)
Libby Waters ~ Oregon United States (d. 2002)
Vicky Watson ~ Arizona United States (d. 1973)
Judith Weakley (d. 2016)
Mary "Peggy" Webber ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2016)
Wilda Webber ~ Louisiana United States (d. 1987)
Mary White ~ Illinois United States (d. 2016)
Marie Wilkinson ~ Massachusetts United States (d. 1998)
Sarah Williams ~ North Carolina United States (d. 2013)
V. Denise Williams-Wallace ~ Georgia United States (d. 1990)
Jessi Wilson ~ Tennessee United States (d. 2008)
Maxine Winegarner ~ Georgia United States (d. 1996)
Marguerite Winzinger ~ New Jersey United States (d. 2007)
Esther Wolf ~ Colorado United States (d. 1973)
Carol Wolfe ~ California United States (d. 2002)
Rita Woodward ~ Texas United States (d. 2016)
Anita Wright (d. 1997)
Ruth Wright ~ Iowa United States (d. 1998)
Jennifer Wyborne Price (d. 2001)
Marilyn Yoder ~ Indiana United States (d. 1999)
Betsy Young ~ New York United States (d. 1999)
Karen Zeretzke ~ Louisiana United States (d. 2013)
Joan Zinda ~ California United States (d. 1999)
Nikki (Simmons) Zitting ~ Missouri United States (d. 2015)

We Remember Leaders ...

2019

Renate Margarete Ahlers Koening ~ Coahuila Mexico
Louise Lotz ~ Hertfordshire United Kingdom
Ann R Andrews ARNP ~ Florida United States
Laurie Mastropolo ~ Connecticut United States
Shoshana Creshkoff-Ifrah Leader ~ Israel
Deirdre (Dee) Ann McOnie ~ Auckland New Zealand
Sherryl L. Dombeck ~ Illinois United States
Lois Christine Murphy ~ Maryland United States
Jill Dye ~ Essex United Kingdom
Doris O'Connor ~ Bedfordshire United Kingdom
Manuela Giomi ~ Genova Italy
Faride Robineau ~ Austria
Brenda Jane Hermes RN ~ Ohio United States
Judith Eleanor Russell ~ Michigan United States
Pamela Marion Kerr ~ New Zealand

2018

Mary Helen Cummins ~ Arizona United States
Jody Nathanson ~ California United States
Beverly Ann Femino IBCLC ~ Virginia United States
Jeannette Noell ~ Virginia United States
Marie Mitchell ~ Massachusetts United States
Jan Riordan ~ Kansas United States

2017

Abby Clement Aldrich ~ Ohio United States
Cathy Janoka ~ Colorado United States
Raffaella Brignardello dr ~ Italy
Kelly King ~ Vermont United States
Lily Calderon ~ Colorado United States
Roseann Orlando RN ~ New Jersey United States
Nancy Cale ~ Georgia United States
Mary "Mike" Rotter ~ Illinois United States
Jeri Cox ~ Illinois United States
Brandie Taylor (Yeutter) ~ Nebraska United States
Nele de Prins-Tiels MD, IBCLC ~ Belgium
Pat Thompson ~ Texas United States
Sara Dodder Furr ~ Nebraska United States
Nancy Vaughn ~ Maryland United States
Teresa Edwards ~ Virginia United States
Susan Vermeire ~ Ohio United States
Helen Hannibal ~ Lancashire United Kingdom
Gwendolyn Vesenka ~ Maine United States

2016

Terese Baker ~ California United States
Ms Helen Marie Veino Peill BA, IBCLC ~ Nova Scotia Canada
Alice Barbiere ~ New Jersey United States
Beth Pendleton ~ New Jersey United States
Michelle Barone ~ California United States
Margot Pordes ~ Connecticut United States
Francine Beitel ~ Quebec Canada
Dotti Savoy ~ Missouri United States
Graciela Elena Bostiancic ~ Argentina
Sally Schiller ~ California United States
Louise Chambers ~ New Jersey United States
Lee Stewart ~ Missouri United States
Kate Coller ~ New York United States
Pat Trautman ~ New Mexico United States
Karin Gausman ~ Colorado United States
Donna Tudor ~ Maine United States
Susan Hanson ~ North Carolina United States
Carolina Evans Villa ~ Florida United States
Gisèle Laviolle ~ France
Judith Weakley ~ New Zealand
Maryann McIntyre ~ Massachusetts United States
Mary "Peggy" Webber ~ North Carolina United States
Julie McNaughton ~ Waikato New Zealand
Mary White ~ Illinois United States
Georgianna Moore ~ California United States
Rita Woodward ~ Texas United States

2015

Ann Cagigas ~ Virginia United States
Kathy Lyons ~ Texas United States
Rosemary Gauld ~ South Africa
Patricia Martens ~ Manitoba Canada
Marilyn Hein ~ Kansas United States
Stacey Novak ~ Pennsylvania United States
Diana Jeffery ~ Colorado United States
Lysandra O'Donal ~ North Carolina United States
Bess Jones ~ New York United States
Diana Reardon ~ Texas United States
Shirley Junk ~ Alberta Canada
Averil Sheehan ~ New Zealand
Phyllis Klenk ~ Michigan United States
Mary Jane Wahl ~ Pennsylvania United States
Nancy Lehrer ~ New York United States
Nikki (Simmons) Zitting ~ Missouri United States

2014

Barbara Lawson Boston ~ Virginia United States
Lisa Slush ~ Texas United States
Mary Ann Cahill ~ Illinois United States
Margaret “Peggy” (Yohe) Snyder ~ New Jersey United States
Carol Forest ~ Massachusetts United States
Linda Terrel ~ Indiana United States
Ellen Kadden ~ Connecticut United States
Judy Torgus ~ Illinois United States
Karen Osterlund ~ California United States
Ethel-Marie Underhill ~ Colorado United States
Lone Roe ~ Ireland
Shirley Walker ~ Auckland New Zealand
Nancy Salzinger ~ Ohio United States

2013

Debra Campbell RN ~ Pennsylvania United States
Barbara Jo Peterson ~ Colorado United States
Betty Ann Countryman ~ Indiana United States
Barbara Popper ~ Massachusetts United States
Leslie DelGigante ~ Ohio United States
Regina Radish ~ Texas United States
Georgia Duncan ~ Kansas United States
Kathleen Sardi ~ Pennsylvania United States
Faith Ewald ~ Illinois United States
Marilyn Swirzky ~ Ohio United States
Sally Hartung Murphy ~ Illinois United States
Sarah Williams ~ North Carolina United States
Dorothy Murphy ~ Indiana United States
Karen Zeretzke ~ Louisiana United States
Monecha Painter ~ Arizona United States

2012

Julie Anderson ~ Minnesota United States
Crete Kochanek ~ Connecticut United States
Kathleen Bertrand ~ North Carolina United States
Camille formerly Mildred Paltauf Pace ~ Connecticut United States
Judy Burlock ~ Saskatchewan Canada
Loraine Reid ~ Canterbury New Zealand
Janina Dichta ~ Germany
Jeanie Salyer ~ California United States
Phyllis Goerling ~ Illinois United States
Linda Skelton ~ Auckland New Zealand
Sheri Lorraine Jahner ~ Texas United States
Christine J Tharion ~ Massachusetts United States
Martha Jones ~ Ohio United States
Maria (Jose Posada) Torres ~ Colombia
Beverly Ann Karpenski Karl ~ New Jersey United States
Cindy Tuttle ~ Indiana United States
Juliet Kauffman ~ Michigan United States

2011

Janis Lin Bair ~ Kansas United States
Jan Kiefer ~ Indiana United States
Jeanne Marie Bock ~ New Jersey United States
Marcella Lowe ~ Missouri United States
Lynn Day ~ Arizona United States
Johanne Mann ~ United Kingdom
Jennifer Deaven ~ Wisconsin United States
Diane Matlock ~ South Africa
Jayne Digby-New ~ North Carolina United States
Chris Mulford ~ Pennsylvania United States
Dona Sue Ellenwood ~ Arkansas United States
Alyce B. Tylicki ~ Wisconsin United States
Jalelah Fraley ~ California United States
Rosie Van Raemdonck ~ West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Sharon Frigiola ~ Pennsylvania United States

2010

Kathy Baker ~ Illinois United States
RivkA Matitya ~ Israel
Wendy Batchelor ~ New Zealand
Darlene Nicholson ~ Kansas United States
Barb Fore ~ Michigan United States
Gundi Regner-Hendriks ~ Germany
Karen Heimes ~ Nebraska United States
Nell Ryan ~ Illinois United States
Linda Hoyes ~ United Kingdom
Tine Thevenin ~ Minnesota United States
Viola Lennon ~ Illinois United States

2009

Marilyn Coull ~ Canada
Nancy Katzon ~ Pennsylvania United States
Kristine Fera ~ Connecticut United States
Tina Lillig ~ Illinois United States
Patricia Gandt ~ Massachusetts United States
Phyllis Sawyer ~ Maine United States
Jane Haines ~ Massachusetts United States

2008

Gail Berke ~ California United States
Noreen Cary Mills ~ New York United States
Sarah Brown ~ United Kingdom
Marsha Robison ~ Oklahoma United States
Deirdre Eggleton ~ Texas United States
Carol Rudzinski ~ Indiana United States
Edwina Froehlich ~ Illinois United States
Megan Stendebach ~ Texas United States
Dr Ann Hennessy ~ Maryland United States
Anne Sutherland ~ California United States
Cathay Knipscher ~ New Jersey United States
Betty Wagner Spandikow ~ Illinois United States
Marie Meier-Asselyn ~ Maine United States
Jessi Wilson ~ Tennessee United States

2007

Martha Bevis ~ Texas United States
Gail Mraz ~ Minnesota United States
Becky Davidson ~ Kansas United States
Sue Neal ~ New Zealand
Maggie Diamond ~ California United States
Elizabeth Norton ~ New Zealand
Cathy Godbey ~ Tennessee United States
Julie Quickmire ~ New Jersey United States
Rosemarie F Grosskamp ~ New York United States
Cindy Rindone ~ Massachusetts United States
Debbie Hodson ~ New Zealand
Victoria (Vicky) Seymour ~ New Zealand
Diane Jurich ~ California United States
Anita Taylor ~ New York United States
Debbie McKinney ~ North Carolina United States
Charlene Tracy ~ Arizona United States
Peggy Mikol ~ North Carolina United States
Marguerite Winzinger ~ New Jersey United States

2006

Molly Banta ~ Michigan United States
Majella Hyland ~ Ireland
Katherine Brown ~ Michigan United States
Leigh Johnson ~ California United States
Christina de Carles ~ Panama
Betsy Knight ~ Illinois United States
Patricia DeVilbiss ~ Ohio United States
Mary Lavay Netsell ~ Wisconsin United States
Wiebke Gehle ~ Germany
Donna Nordin ~ Pennsylvania United States
Judy Good ~ Ohio United States
Chris Reynolds ~ Ohio United States
Lavinia (Vin) Healy ~ New Zealand
JoAnne Scott ~ Virginia United States
Sherry Hein Reese ~ California United States
Nancy Stanton ~ Florida United States

2005

Ruti Biton ~ Israel
Sandra Naerig ~ Switzerland
Marj Brustad ~ Washington United States
Peggy Nitsos ~ Oregon United States
Frieda Cherri ~ Florida United States
Ruth Pantland ~ United Kingdom
Laraine Dearnley ~ New Zealand
Christy Redenz ~ Georgia United States
Betsey Duffy ~ New Jersey United States
Ruth Robertson ~ Pennsylvania United States
Rita L. Kaiser ~ Indiana United States
Barbara St. Germain ~ Rhode Island United States
Kathleen Leeper Musser ~
Lynne Swoope ~ Florida United States
Gaylene Miller ~ Nevada United States
Heather Tweit ~ Minnesota United States

2004

Barbara Briggs Tucker ~ Colorado United States
Alice Countryman ~ Indiana United States
Vickie Cleaveland ~ Georgia United States
Ann Mersmann ~ Missouri United States
Mary Cossman ~ New York United States
Frances Nieves ~ Puerto Rico

2003

Liz Baldwin ~ Florida United States
Susan Loughmiller ~ Idaho United States
Linda Benson ~ Illinois United States
Vicki Lowe ~ Michigan United States
Nicki Ingham ~ Florida United States
Rita Richardson ~ Canada
Charmaine Klabisch ~ Illinois United States
Eileen Sullivan ~ Illinois United States

2002

Joan Belof ~ Florida United States
Charlotte Palumbo ~ Illinois United States
Connie Berkey ~ Ohio United States
Ruth Schaeffer ~ New Jersey United States
Rosa Burgos ~ Dominican Republic
Kathy Tiegland ~ Iowa United States
Jean B. Davis ~ Wisconsin United States
Libby Waters ~ Oregon United States
Ann Dawson ~ Canada
Carol Wolfe ~ California United States
Dawn Fengler ~ New Hampshire United States

2001

Virginia Bannister ~ California United States
Pat Kufeldt ~ Virginia United States
Sarah Barnett ~ New York United States
Missy Lewis ~ Texas United States
Shirley Benjamin ~ Illinois United States
Hannah Lothrop ~ Germany
Martha Bertrand ~ California United States
Judy Maier ~ Ohio United States
Cammy Dye ~ Michigan United States
Michelle McCown ~ Oklahoma United States
Carmae Marie Gessele ~ North Dakota United States
Martha Pugacz ~ Ohio United States
Colleen Gordon ~ New Zealand
Doris Simons ~ Ohio United States
Angela Jarboe ~ Texas United States
Jennifer Wyborne Price ~ New Zealand

2000

Linda Basmajian ~ Massachusetts United States
Pat Hillard ~ Iowa United States
Barbara Berger ~ Massachusetts United States
Stefanie Humby ~ South Africa
Ellen Beurskens ~ Illinois United States
Roberta Bishop Johnson Esq. ~ Illinois United States
Joyce Boonlom ~ Arizona United States
Christine Pearson ~ New Zealand
Kaye Banister D'Ambrosio ~ Pennsylvania United States
Eleanor Randall ~ Illinois United States
Janice Ferderer ~ Minnesota United States
Susie Robinson ~ Connecticut United States
Barbara Fulcher ~ Iowa United States
Anna Treder ~ Michigan United States
Judith Geiger ~ Florida United States
Kathy Warmbier ~ California United States

1999

Terrell Graham ~ Kansas United States
Marilyn Yoder ~ Indiana United States
Celeste Kent ~ California United States
Betsy Young ~ New York United States
Sheryl Mueller ~ Nebraska United States
Joan Zinda ~ California United States
Pat Thomas ~ New Zealand

1998

Patty Bucheimer ~ Maryland United States
Inge Thomoddson ~ Luxembourg
Una O'Connor ~ Ireland
Marie Wilkinson ~ Massachusetts United States
Terri Roses ~ Oregon United States
Ruth Wright ~ Iowa United States
Ellie Tabeek ~ Massachusetts United States

1997

Joyce Cavallaro ~ Ohio United States
Bernice Mills ~ New Zealand
Liz Crofts ~ Connecticut United States
Irene O'Connor ~ New Zealand
Marilyn Hampton ~ Nebraska United States
Christine Orciuch ~ California United States
Patty Hancock ~ Montana United States
Mary Stewart ~ Indiana United States
Linda Komar ~ Ohio United States
Rene Tucker ~ Arkansas United States
Anne Marie Sullivan ~ Colorado United States
Anita Wright ~ New Zealand

1996

Monique Cormier-Fortini ~ Canada
Kay Pavlic ~ Ohio United States
Rita Lane ~ Maryland United States
Christine VanLenten ~ New Jersey United States
Nicole Marinier-Gagne ~ Canada
Susan Wallace ~ Texas United States
Irene McNeil ~ New Zealand
Maxine Winegarner ~ Georgia United States

1995

Norma Campa ~ Illinois United States
Barbara Smith ~ Kansas United States
Mary Eason ~ Florida United States
Adrienne Tierney ~ New Mexico United States
Liz Klehr ~ Georgia United States

1994

Annette Anderson ~ Massachusetts United States
Rene Tucker ~ Arkansas United States
Beatrice Leyes ~ Ohio United States
Jan Tucker ~ Wisconsin United States
Evelyne Lienard ~ France
Jane Tully ~ Illinois United States
Dianna Miller ~ Illinois United States

1993

Jane Brown ~ United Kingdom
Kathleen Steudler ~ Pennsylvania United States
Mary Dobratz ~ Nebraska United States

1992

Sheila Basler ~ New Jersey United States
Barbara Jennings ~ California United States
Beth Brenneis ~ Kansas United States
Jane Newell ~ Illinois United States
Anne Carducci ~ Maryland United States
Susan Noffsinger ~ North Carolina United States
Suzy Dodd ~ Tennessee United States
Rivka Servetnik ~ Israel

1990

Hilary Dickson ~ New Zealand
Judy Owen ~ Texas United States
Lori Estreicher Frank ~ Connecticut United States
Robin Santos ~ Massachusetts United States
Linda Lambert ~ Arkansas United States
V. Denise Williams-Wallace ~ Georgia United States

1989

Candace Kakel ~ Maryland United States
Dee Matchette ~ Arizona United States
Marilyn Luspin ~ Texas United States
Judy Rapp ~ Ohio United States
Pat Mader ~ Pennsylvania United States
Bobby Sand ~ New Hampshire United States

1988

Joanna Dwerryhouse ~ New Zealand
Mabel O'Donnell ~ California United States
Bettiane Hever ~ New Jersey United States
Andrea Patterson ~ New Mexico United States
Linda Hindel ~ Maine United States
Terry Ridge ~ Ireland
Debbie Leonetti ~ New Jersey United States

1987

Caren Dunn ~ California United States
Mary Lou Walters ~
Daphne Moran ~ Ireland
Wilda Webber ~ Louisiana United States

1986

Diane Driz ~ Illinois United States
Judy Jensen ~ New Zealand
Alice Egan ~ Georgia United States
Elenore Kachline ~ Pennsylvania United States
Sandra Heinrich ~ Pennsylvania United States
Malinda Sawyer ~ Missouri United States

1985

Karen LaKamp ~ Nebraska United States
Elsie Rudger ~ Rhode Island United States
Linda Pellerin ~ Ontario Canada
Jean Stellpflug ~ Wisconsin United States
Emily Rapp ~ Arizona United States
Margaret Walker ~ United Kingdom

1984

Maura McGulgan ~ Maryland United States
Barbara Van Horn ~ Pennsylvania United States

1983

Carol Holmboe ~ Maryland United States

1981

Jill Beaudette ~ Massachusetts United States
Rita Midura ~ New Jersey United States

1980

Gloria Eilts ~ Connecticut United States
Patricia Stuart ~ Wisconsin United States
Vera Garrett ~ South Africa

1978

Barbara Meeker ~ Georgia United States

1977

Cushia Atkin ~ New Zealand
Jane Lieberman ~ Georgia United States
Linda Lehrer ~ Massachusetts United States

1975

Phyllis Schmeckle ~ Vermont United States

1974

Jenny Redford ~ Florida United States

1973

Marilyn Laurence ~ Arizona United States
Esther Wolf ~ Colorado United States
Vicky Watson ~ Arizona United States

1970

Ellen Hubbard ~ Michigan United States

1969

Abigail Calvin ~ California United States
Mary Ann Kasten ~ Illinois United States

1965

Frances Gonzalez ~ Puerto Rico
Margaret Porter ~ North Carolina United States
Jill Beaudette ~ Massachusetts United States
Marlies Langenegger-Mühlestein ~ Switzerland
Lael Birch ~ Utah United States
Kathleen Pearce ~ New Zealand
Ruti Biton ~ Israel
Hanni Selig ~ Switzerland
Sandy Gray ~ Colorado United States
Pat Viera ~ Missouri United States