Sigma Alpha Iota

sai-national.org • Winter 2023 27 I N M E M O R I A M NAME INITIATING CHAPTER INITIATION DATE RESIDENCE Lynn (Hughes) Roberts Rho 4/22/1961 Seattle, WA Gwendolyn A. Roeder Tau 5/29/1955 Nevada, MO Margery (Stomne) Selden (P) Sigma 10/25/1955 Portage, MI Madalyn (Pelz) Staupe Traun (P) Sigma Sigma 2/21/1966 Minnetonka, MN Carla L. (Wells) Smith Alpha Tau 4/26/1963 Racine, WI Joan (Bennett) Smith Beta Beta 11/14/1947 Topeka, KS Pat (Shannon) Smith Sigma Sigma 1/24/1953 Duluth, MN Judy Ann (Vancil) Starr Alpha Beta 5/14/1966 Tucson, AZ Nancy (Cutshall) Stivers Beta Lambda 1/12/1958 Saint John, IN Shirien Kay (Miller) Taylor-Donahue Alpha Sigma 4/14/1978 Albuquerque, NM Rita Jo (Quartin) Tensly Sigma Chi 3/25/1948 Centennial, CO Lois I. (McNeil) Thoman Sigma Alpha 4/14/1956 Andersonville, TN Sister Alice Eugene Tighe Gamma Omega 5/20/1961 St Louis, MO Charlene (Stavinoha) Trochta Alpha Rho 3/5/1949 Austin, TX Janice M. (Parkinson) Tucker Zeta 4/7/1962 Weaverville, NC Sally Ellamae (Traverse) Turner Alpha 2/21/1953 Costa Mesa, CA Carol (Schwab) Weiper Eta-Iota 4/5/1959 Cincinnati, OH Lois (Mandel) Weisberg Sigma Sigma 12/9/1945 Minneapolis, MN Marcia Ann (Crossley) Whitcomb Tau 4/29/1957 Brighton, CO Holly Colleen (Van Dyke) White Gamma Upsilon 4/23/1966 Saxonburg, PA Colette (Jousse) Wilkins (P) Alpha Mu 5/3/1980 Pittsburgh,PA Gloria A. (Myers) Willauer Sigma Omega 2/13/1956 Fort Myers Beach, FL Robin (Richardson) Williams Epsilon Delta 3/15/1969 Hot Springs, AR Charlotte (Crosby) Wong Sigma Tau 12/7/1957 Rossmoor, CA MEMBER LAUREATE Dr. Barbara (Garvey) Jackson Sigma Omicron 12/5/1968 Fayetteville, AR HONORARY MEMBER Jorja Fleezanis Minneapolis/St. Paul 6/17/2009 Lake Leelanau, MI NATIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATE Ned Rorem 2/19/1999 New York, NY FRIEND OF THE ARTS Stephen Casai Sigma Mu 4/26/2011 Hillsdale, MI John Fredric Mehnert Kansas City Alumnae 5/30/2010 Lenexa, KS COMPOSER Martin Boykan Waltham, MA Robert A. Wykes St.Louis, MO Alumna Sarah Groteluschen, an initiate of Epsilon Phi, passed away unexpectedly from an aortic aneurysm in November of 2020. With her love of music education in mind, her parents, David and Janelle Groteluschen, have recently established a memorial scholarship in her honor at her alma mater, Northwest Missouri State University. The Sarah Groteluschen Memorial Music Scholarship, established with contributions from her parents and the Missouri State Teachers Retirement Fund, consists of a $2,000 award to be given to a Northwest music education student once per year. Recipients will be full-time Northwest students involved in an instrumental music performing group, with a preference for woodwind instruments, and have a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher. After graduating, Sarah went on to work as a music teacher at the West Nodaway R-I school district. She was president of the Northwest Alumni Association's Band Alumni Chapter. She was also involved in the National Association for Music Education and the Missouri Music Educators Association. A dedicated music teacher and learner, Sarah had received an SAI Professional Development Education Grant in 2019 to attend training on conversational solfege and wrote to SAI Philanthropies, Inc. about her experience in early 2020: "Thank you to Sigma Alpha Iota for selecting me to be a recipient of the Professional Development Grant. It allowed me to attend the Conversational Solfege 1 and 2 certification class in Golden Valley, Minnesota…Conversational Solfege Levels 1 and 2 promote and teach music literacy and is geared to students from second to eighth grade. Conversational Solfege Upper Levels continues these skills into the development of advanced skills that are often used in performance ensembles…This was a great week spent with other teachers and learning from a master teacher in studying how to be the best teachers that we can be…" Sister's Memorial Scholarship Established

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