Nancy Arcoleo Erikson­­

It’s the spring semester of 1959. Each year Kappa fraternity held a “talent event” called Kappa Kapers. Three Theta Phi gals (seniors) decided they would perform a dance routine to a tune from the show Pajama Game named STEAM HEAT. Notice all three are looking down at their feet rather than smiling at the audience. Also two pairs of feet were facing one way while the third was facing the opposite direction. These are teachers­to­be, not Rockettes!! Somehow, they pulled it off and received a “sit down” ovation for giving it their all. 

The three Class of 1959 dancers were as follows: 
TALL; Jackie Burton, MEDIUM; Ginny Stadtfeld Esser, SHORT; Nancy Arcoleo Erikson­­

Gail Pieper Brice

So nice to read Theta news, see sisters! 

Here I am 9/10/15 at Montana home, celebrating tenth grandchild's first birthday. 

- Gail Pieper Brice / Class of 1960.

We Mourn the Passing of Maggie Tashiro Caccamo

We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Maggie Tashiro Caccamo.   

Linda Landers emailed me today that Maggie Tashiro Caccamo passed away on Jan. 13th. She was 71 & had been battling leukemia. 
- Janice Oehler 

Maggie's Obituary

Fall Luncheon 2015

Please send photos!!

Laura Siracusano and Pook Siprin Bellini Reunite in South Carolina

Laura Siracusano Dudek (Class of 1969), and her husband, Tom, visited with my husband, Phil, and me following their very WET trip to the Outer Banks.  It was a fabulous reunion for these two old roomies!

- Pook Siprin Bellini

Fall Luncheon 2014

This year's luncheon, which celebrated our 85th anniversary, was held at beautiful Mohonk Mountain House on October 18th.  If you attended, please send photos!  Be sure to include names of those in the photos.

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We had a wonderful time at our sorority luncheon and our 50th celebration dinner at New Paltz!
- Jean Valentine Ward

Sorority roommates 50 years ago on Theta's porch (Lillian Wright Patton, Flo Anton Snider, Jean Valentine Ward, Barbara Wright Passmore) and then again- same place but 50 years later...

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Roseanne DiDio Johnston, Joanne Fiori-Powell, Roseanne Senatore Adams

Roseanne Senatore Adams, Pat McKeown Withers, Bobbi burns Murray

Linda Spiro Landers, Marie Sabia Martin

Rosemary D'Alberto Prock, Roseanne Senatore Adams, Rosalie Meunier Pahel

Liza Kosel, Maryanne DeGennaro Herzog

Joanne Fiore-Powell, Carol Zimel Cohen

Jean Valentine Ward, Barbara Wright Passmore, Florence Anton Snider, Lillian Wright Patton, Tom Patton

Louise Dietz, Shirley Gordineer Townsend, Frances Freer Monahan

Judy Juracka, Bobbi Burns Murray, Pat McKeown Withers

Wanda Smith Terwilliger, Elsa Thompson, B.J. Bozzone Fenton

Petrina Tantillo Tersillo, Maureen Galloway Johnson, Linda Spiro 

Landers, Maria Sabia Martin

Sandra Longfield, Virginia Stadtfeld Esser, Petrina Tantillo Tersillo

Maureen Galloway Johnson, Petrina Tantillo Tersillo

 

 

 

Rose Marie Strippoli, Leslie Drojak

Deborah Aimis Solomon, Josephine Cilmi Dayger

Carol Zimel Cohen, Ruth Gerson Solomon

Barbara Wright Passmore, Jean Valentine Ward

Leslie Drojak with plaque honoring founding sisters of Theta

1969 Video on Ulster County

Thanks to Naomi Rubin for sharing this video!

 Click on the link below...

Ulster County, New York: "County of Contrasts" circa 1969 IBM

Here are some photos lifted from the video...

Kathy O'Connell Nelson

Bob and I did a Danube River cruise from Budapest to Nuremburg. They have ones that go from Budapest to Amsterdam or the other way around. We went from Budapest to Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, the Wassau Valley Bavaria....it was great. The second cruise we took was a Christmas markets cruise from Nuremburg to Amsterdam. We spent three days in Munich first. It was terrific too, except that the water was too high from lots of rain and the ship was not allowed to sail. It didn't even get to Nuremburg. We became honorary citizens of Wurzberg Germany and were bussed to all the other cities and towns. The longest bus rides were from Wurzberg to Cologne and the next day from Cologne to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam we got on a canal boat and actuaLly sailed though the maze of canals! Voila! A ship that really moved! However, New Years Eve was spectacular! Europe really does it up with fireworks like you've never seen before. We stood on the top deck where you could see fireworks 360* while the ships crew also set off fireworks from the dock. It was so much fun.

 

One of our next forays will be a tour for Berlin, Auschwitz, Warsaw, and other Eastern European places.  Bob taught AP European History for over thirty years and delights in seeing some of the places he taught about, such as the Uffitzi museum and statue of David in Florence, Avignon in France, the Tower of London, the Berlin Wall ( he has seen it. I have not), etc. But, we have seen a lot. Love traveling and learning and meeting other people and discovering we all have more in common than we have differences.

 

We start our National Parks tour in Yellowstone although we have already been there. From there we head into the Tetons and to Utah, Zion, Bryce and work our way into Colorado and the Grand Canyon where we will take a Colorado River trip at night after a cowboy BBQ, and we end up in Las Vegas for one night. Can't wait. It's two weeks. We want to take road trip to Asheville, NC and the Smokies. We have been to Acadia, and the one in Colorado northwest of Denver, although the name escapes me now. I've been to the Tetons twice. The first time was in 1996 when my brother, who lived in Idaho Falls, dropped dead and we couldn't bury him til Memorial Day weekend was over.  So my nephew took us exploring.

 

In Nov. it's two weeks in Hawaii with stops at either end in San Diego!  Spending the children's inheritance!!!!

 

We are very happy. We should have gotten together in New Paltz when we had the chance, but we let it go by. Ah well. At least we have now. Been married five years already and in our house eight years! My, time does fly.

 

~Kathy O'Connell Nelson

Condolences to Gail Pieper Brice '60

Heartfelt condolences to Gail on the passing of her husband, James Brice, who died October 12, 2013 in Laurel, Montana from Parkinson's Disease.

Message from Maryann Corrado Risi '70

A friend just returned from the Swim Team's 50th anniversary reunion and thought I'd like to see Theta house today. I thought I'd share it with you... 

 

 Theta House circa 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theta House 2013 (note the tree is missing)

Maryann Corrado Risi  '70