As the 2017 - 2018 school year draws to a close and the beautiful season of summer begins, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly recognize 59 individuals from our Catholic elementary and secondary schools who have faithfully served Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, in a variety of capacities, for a total of over 1475 years.

These teachers, administrators, and support staff members are now entering retirement, a new season of promise and challenge in their personal and professional life journeys. While each of their schools has certainly honored them for their service in a fitting way, it’s important that the wider community of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee here recognize these individuals for all they’ve contributed and sacrificed to advance the teaching mission of the Church through their Catholic educational ministry:

Brian	Anderson	Pius XI Catholic HS, Milwaukee	27 Years
Ellen	Bartel	Divine Savior Holy Angels HS, Milwaukee	20
Patricia	Bartosz-Young	Holy Family, Whitefish Bay	35
Terry	Batz	St. Lawrence Seminary, Mt. Calvary	3
Christine	Bedker	St. Katharine Drexel, Beaver Dam	34
Debra	Berg	Mary Queen of Saints, West Allis	38
Bonnie	Best	St. Joan Antida HS, Milwaukee	35
Susan	Botzau	St. Joseph School, Racine	15
Donna	Boyung	St. Boniface, Germantown	27
Darlene	Brindowski	St. Matthew, Oak Creek	28
Patricia	Callaway	Waukesha Catholic School System	19
Claudia	Carroll	All Saints Catholic School, Kenosha	20
Jodi	Casetta	Holy Trinity, Kewaskum	11
Karen	Coyne	St. Frances Cabrini, West Bend	21
Barbara	Davis-Witt	St. Charles Borromeo, Burlington	30
Jane	Egan	Waukesha Catholic School System	24
Cathy	Ferderbar	St. Mary Parish School, Menomonee Falls	32
Christine	Gibart	St. Peter's, East Troy	31
Nathaniel	Gillon	Marquette University HS, Milwaukee	45
Timothy	Grandy	Divine Savior Holy Angels HS, Milwaukee	38
Marie	Green Makal	St. Mary Parish School, Menomonee Falls	42
Sue	Hammen	Holy Angels, West Bend	37
Natalie	Harford	Catholic Central HS, Burlington	24
Laura	Harrigan	St. Francis Borgia, Cedarburg	17
Kathleen	Holtz	All Saints Catholic School, Kenosha	42
Shirley	Horn	St. Lawrence Seminary, Mt. Calvary	52
Karen	Jaeger	St. Mary Parish School, Menomonee Falls	28
Julie	Jansen	St. Mary's, West Bend	27
Nancy	Jonas	Waukesha Catholic School System	14
Sr. Mary	Kemen	Holy Wisdom Academy, Milwaukee	23
Gordonna	Komassa	St. Dominic, Brookfield	13
Jane	Lefeber	St. Lawrence Seminary, Mt. Calvary	5
Chris	Lesczynski	St. Gabriel, Hubertus	33
Laura	Lionberg	St. Sebastian, Milwaukee	24
Kris	Matthews	Holy Angels, West Bend	27
Grace	McCune	St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Kenosha	29
Sherry	McLeod	St. Francis Borgia, Cedarburg	20
Elaine Ann	Meyer	St. Katharine Drexel, Beaver Dam	20
Elizabeth (Betty)	Olszewski	Christ King, Wauwatosa	33
Jane	Padlock	All Saints Catholic School, Kenosha	20
Pamela	Pzyzk	St. John Vianney, Brookfield	8
Michele	Raykovich	St. Andrew, Delavan	32
Susan	Ruf	Catholic Memorial HS, Waukesha	7.5
Donna	Schmidt	Messmer Catholic Schools, Milwaukee	15
Sue	Schmidt	St. Mary Parish School, Menomonee Falls	40
Kathy	Shields	Lumen Christi, Mequon	5
Frances	Stavropoulos	Christ King, Wauwatosa	37
Barbara	Steinmetz	Holy Family, Whitefish Bay	21
Mary	Stemm	St. Boniface, Germantown	18
Linda	Sternig	Holy Angels, West Bend	25
Jill	Suhr	Lumen Christi, Mequon	24
Kathryn	Szpak	St. Francis Borgia, Cedarburg	28
Jacqueline	Thurner	St. Joseph, Wauwatosa	21
Barbara	Truchon	St. Lawrence Seminary, Mt. Calvary	14
Therese	Wade	St. Monica, Whitefish Bay	30
Patrice	Wadzinski	St. Alphonsus, Greendale	13
Mary	Weichert	Holy Family, Whitefish Bay	30
Rebekah	Wickert	Divine Savior Holy Angels HS, Milwaukee	13
Gretchen	Zupek	St. Leonard, Muskego	30

May God bless these professionals with rest from their labors, energy for their new pursuits, and assurance of our ongoing gratitude, admiration, and love.

A blessed summer to all!

Kathleen A. Cepelka, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Catholic Schools

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