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President’s Corner – February 2024
My Fellow Alumni,

The location for our Spring Banquet has changed!! The registration form for the banquet can be found in this newsletter. The location is at Parkway Place, in the Mt. Vernon Room. This is at the former Parkway Plaza located where S. Detroit Avenue and the Anthony Wayne Trail come together. The hotels nearby are the Hampton Inn on Reynolds Rd. in Maumee, the Courtyard by Marriott on Dussel Dr. in Maumee, and Homewood Suites by Hilton also in Maumee. The hotels are about 2 to 4 miles from the banquet. None offer shuttle service though we asked. We were able to find a location for the same date, day, and time as planned. Thanks to Joyce, Jan, and Mary for their work on this. The class of 1974, the Golden Class, will be our honored class but we hope many from other classes will join us.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of our last graduating class of 1999 and the closing of our cherished school of nursing.

Your alumni board met with Tad Sobieszczanski from the TFO, formerly known as the Delp Company to talk about the state of our finances. In 2002, the board made the move of our money from the St. Vincent Foundation to The Delp Company. At that time $750,000 was available. Over the years we have awarded over $1,000,000 in scholarships and still have over $1,00,000 in our accounts. The move of our resources was a prudent step by the board at that time. The impact on nursing education is immense. St. Vincent School of Nursing is still educating nurses, 25 years after it closed. I am honored to work with our Board and thank these ladies for their service. At the close of 2023, we had awarded 7.24% of our assets in educational support.

You have received, recently, a ballot that is due back by April 1st and a dues notice that can be returned now. In 2023 we had 388 paid members. Please support us by returning these. As you know, the cost of postage has gone up for all of us. Recently, a board member encountered a member concerned about the cost of the banquet. We have always honored the 50-year class as our guests and the alumni cover their costs. In addition, the meal itself, cost more than the $35 we ask you to pay. This year the meal alone will cost $42 per person. Our alumni funds will pick up the difference. So please help us continue to foster collegiality and friendship, as well as education. Come join us at the banquet.

Last summer, you were notified of the death of several members of our dear alumni. They included Rose Mary Watson, Mary Kay Manion Ryan, and Sharlotte Saurer Turin. Contributions have been received in their honor to the Alumni Association. In addition, Rose Mary, long our Treasurer, left money for us in her will. We received just over $9,000 from her estate. Thank you to those who contributed in memory of these alumni. Thank you, Rose Mary, for remembering us.

Rose Mary also left a medal and relic she received from Sister Dorothy Cooper, of St. Marguerite d’Youville. I have taken custody of these tiny items and praying to St. Marguerite. The back pain that was going to cause me to have surgery last July is gone. Several of you sent me notes of support, as this event was pending. I was able to return to Pastoral volunteering, taking Communion to our St. Vincent patients.

More recently, I have been bothering St. Marguerite again as I have had a cardiac event, requiring a cardiac catheterization, stent, and now cardiac rehab. So please keep me in your prayers. My thanks to all of you. My care at St. Vincent was wonderful. Several of my caregivers had received scholarships from our Alumni. Several remembered me as their educator.

The next newsletter will be after the banquet. Please send news and articles of information to Chris Silka or any of the board members. We continue to meet monthly at my home and share new news or old anecdotes that help us grow.

Blessings to all of you,

Pat Rice Yancy’67
Alumni President.

Cliff Note Version of the Scholarships: for criteria and applications visit: www.toledostvincentalumni.org

The John and Nellie Baillet Scholarship
Virginia (Pat) Baillet Altschuller established this scholarship in honor of her parents. It contains both an endowed component and an interest component. We can spend only from the interest fund. This scholarship was created to provide a financial resource for undergraduate nursing students, who are relatives of St. Vincent School of Nursing Alumni.

The Consolidated Fund
Merges scholarships were founded by the Alumni to honor their mentors and role models, specifically Sister DeCary, Sister Hartman, Sister Cousineau, and Miss Eleanor Walsh. These funds support nursing education for undergraduate, graduate, and special education that leads to certification and continuing education allowing for the awarding of discretionary funds for special situations, and, support the Alumni Association. The Human Resource Fund allows nurses, not our alumni to have access to short-term educational funds.

Alumni News

Mary Sackett Hyatt 66 wrote a note thanking the alumni board for all they do to encourage nurses.
Sr. Marcia Wiley sent blessings and thanked the board from all the Grey Nuns for all they do.

Karen Droll wrote in to let us know she is staying busy with family, and friends, gardening, and volunteering at her church and as a bereavement facilitator

Anne Minsel Rapp 64 wrote in to tell us she is enjoying traveling, her horses, and gardening.

Lynn Hamilton Vanenbusche wrote that she has recently become a member of the Nurse Honor Guard of SE Michigan. She wrote that her first tribute was to a St. Vincent Alumni, Ruby Reaume Montri 52, and was able to wear Ruby’s St. Vincent cape as part of her official dress.

Polly Treglia Kirian 71 wrote in to say she would love to hear from her classmates and sends blessings to all!

Patricia Lineham Silleck 53 wrote to share that she is 91 years old and updated her contact information with us.

IMPORTANT: Our treasurer Jan Blaszczyk has asked we remind you of the need to change her address on your bank’s electronic banking system. She is still receiving mail at her old address on Tetherwood. Thank you.

Friend of St. V’s Alumni
Hannelore Schueler
Sr. Joan Bernadette Manion

Thank You!!!
Mildred Bayer Health Clinic

Deacon Tom’s Closet
Cherry Street Mission
MLK Kitchen for the Poor
St Louis Kitchen
NWO Food Bank
Historic St. Patrick Church
Rosemary Wernert 64
Kayla Fenstermoker
Michael McGee
Michael Brocklehurst

How to reach your Alumni Board with questions, suggestions, or information:

President
Pat (Rice) Yancy 67
4361 Overland Parkway
Toledo, Ohio 43612
419-478-7983 419-344-2946 (cell)
pyancy@bex.net

Vice President
Tina (Gerschutz) Baden
9860 N. Blue Prairie Dr.
Whitehouse, OH 43571
419-3459589
tina.baden@promedica.org

Recording/Corresponding Secretary
Christina (Rudey) Silka 78
6932 Torrey Pine Ct.
Maumee, Ohio, 43537
419-346-8182
silka04@aol.com

Treasurer:
Jan Blaszczyk 78
5895 Marin Dr.
Toledo, OH 43613
419-292-1318
blake@buckeye-express.com

Trustees:
Joyce Miller 73
1337 Creek Bend Court
Rossford, OH 43460
419-666-8916
joycemiller@bex.net

Sandy (Davis) Drewyor 77
30 Walnut Creek Rd.
Holland, Oh 43528
419-654-8886
sandradrewyor@hotmail.com

Kathy (Wojciechowski) O’Connell 71
3022 Dorian Dr
Toledo, Ohio 43614
419-356-5101
ocok10@gmail.com

Catherine Wiegand 71
1822 Eaglecrest Rd.
Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
419-874-5967
catherine001@bex.net

Tammie (Ott) Oberhaus 84
2449 Wilkins Rd.
Swanton, Ohio 43558
419-461-1026
Ober00@charter.net

Sue LaPointe 73
3425 Brown Rd
Oregon, Oh 43616
419-698-5332
suebug@hotmail.com

Nominating Committee:
Mary (Boes) Bussing 86
5229 Burgess Dr.
Sylvania, OH 43560
419-779-6957

mary.bussing@utoledo.edu
Karen (Wolfinger) Miller 77
5032 Onway Dr.
Ottawa Lake, MI 49267
419-699-6178
imkym@buckeye-express.com

ST. VINCENT SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNI BANQUET
**Deadline for Registration: NO LATER THAN APRIL 5, 2024**

WHEN: FRIDAY, April 26, 2024
WHO: ALL ALUMNI REGARDLESS OF CLASS YEAR
WHERE: PARKWAY PLACE, MT. VERNON ROOM, SEPARATE ENTRANCE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BUILDING
2592 PARKWAY PLAZA, MAUMEE, OHIO 43537
419-794-2121
TIME: 5:15 PM Cocktails (Cash Bar) and Hors d’oeuvres
6:00 PM Class pictures, bring your camera/phone
6:30 PM Dinner
COST: $35.00 (Must be paid in advance, no money at the door)

NEARBY HOTELS:
HAMPTON INN 1409 S. Reynolds Rd., Maumee, Ohio 419-893-1004
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT 415 West Dussel Dr., Maumee, Ohio 419-897-2255
HOMEWOOD SUITES by HILTON 1410 Arrowhead Rd, Maumee, Ohio 419-897-0980

BANQUET CHAIRMAN: MARY BUSSING (MARY.BUSSING@UTOLEDO.EDU)
Joyce Miller (joycemiller@bex.net) chair for the honored 50th Anniversary Class of 1974 will be our guest. A separate mailing will be sent to the 50-year class.

NAME______________________________   __________ MAIDEN_____________________
YEAR OF GRADUATION: 19_____
ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________
PHONE__________________________EMAIL______________________________________

PLEASE SELECT MEAL
Chicken Scallopini ______ Flank Steak with Italian Verde Sauce _______

SPECIAL REQUEST (Vegetarian, Gluten Free, etc.) _________________

Enclose Fee of $35.00________(make check payable to St. Vincent Alumni Association)

PLEASE RETURN THIS PORTION TO: Mary Bussing
5229 Burgess Drive
Sylvania, Ohio 43560
419-779-6957
MARY.BUSSING@UTOLEDO.EDU