The following alumni of St. Luke's, Presbyterian, Presbyterian-St. Luke's and Rush College of Nursing have recently passed away. Our deepest condolences to their family, friends and former classmates.
To send notice of the death of a friend or family member who was a proud alumnus/a, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@rush.edu, by phone at (312) 942-2569, or by mail at 1700 W. Van Buren St., Suite 250, Chicago, IL 60612.
St. Luke’s
MABEL WIRSCHING HOLDERMAN RUSSELL, 1929, of Eugene, Ore.; Feb. 10, 2006
IRENE WARK COOVER, 1930, of Spokane, Wash.; Feb. 11, 2008
EUNICE RAE BURGH WHITELY, 1939, of Park Ridge, Ill.; May 11, 2000*
ELAINE V. EIDE BRISELDEN, 1943, of St. Charles, Ill.; June 8, 2008
MARGARET GRACE HERRING COOGAN, 1945, of Davenport, Iowa; July 21, 2007
AUDRE’ E. LANCE WYNNE, 1946, of Bridgeview, Ill.; Aug. 19, 2006
ELAINE RUTH FISCHER CHRISTENSEN, 1948, of Vernonia, Ore.; June 20, 2007
BARBARA JOAN WARDER, 1955B, of Minneapolis, Minn.; May 1, 2007
Presbyterian BETTY HURT HOLEMAN, 1926, of Chicago; April 29, 2008
ALICE GOELDNER HONSIK, 1946, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; June 26, 2008
LIDA HENRY WAGNER, 1955, of Grand Junction, Colo.; March 2, 2006
ELIZABETH (“LIZ”) HILDENBRAND STERBA, 1957, of Plainfield, Ill.; June 3, 2008
Presbyterian-St. Luke’s
SANDRA ECKERT GEYER, 1960; April 18, 2008
Rush JULIE ANN CONLIN SEAGRIST, MSN 1998, ND 2000, of Lake Barrington, Ill.; Aug. 22, 2006
*Belated death notice published at the request of alumna’s family.



