Marjorie Borden Hayward ’40
December 7, 2022

Bea Lewis Potter ’42
January 4, 2023

Dru Roberts Bickford ’45
February 23, 2024

Ginny Terhune Hersom ’46
August 7, 2023

Jean Watson Wetrich ’46
August 3, 2023

Jane Wadhams Hazen ’49
September 8, 2023

Corinne Capone McGuiggan ’49
September 6, 2022

Fay Robbins Morehouse ’49
April 24, 2022

Joan Van Saun Moss ’49
July 31, 2023

Evelyn Frye White ’49
October 26, 2022

Norma Pickett Wise ’49
March 22, 2023

Joan Wallace Billings ’50
October 22, 2022

Janet Gadd Doehler ’50
January 21, 2023

Marjorie Dow ’50
February 16, 2022

Shirley Reeves Fletcher ’50
September 28, 2023

Margot Sullivan Grosvenor ’50
February 24, 2023

Iris Schofield McDonough ’50
December 5, 2022

Sylvia Cutler Neistadt ’50
January 30, 2023

Jane Perry ’50
February 28, 2024

Winifred Schulman ’50
2023

Diane Krause Sherman ’50
July 5, 2023

Nancy Allen Banks ’52
November 21, 2023

Frances Peters Dunlevy ’52
June 25, 2023

Joan Stillwell Fairchild ’52
April 17, 2023

Marjorie Dyer Hubbard ’52
April 29, 2023

Audrey McKay Prince ’52
October 19, 2023

Carole Mattucci Wall ’54
February 20, 2024

Elaine Bertini Roske ’56
August 5, 2023

Lori Saunders ’56
January 29, 2024

Deborah Farnum Virgilio ’56
May 30, 2022

Caroline Killam Moller ’57
January 7, 2023

Barbara Johnson Ferguson ’58
November 21, 2022

Barbara Karcher Krietemeyer ’58
October 28, 2023

Helene Schwartz Perry ’58
September 22, 2023

Louise Ohanesian Shaheen ’59
August 31, 2023

Rayna Caplan ’60
January 7, 2024

Maryellen King Hardy ’61
August 23, 2023

Elizabeth Ensor Garcia ’68
March 1, 2024

Colleen Scribner Balestrieri ’69
November 1, 2023

Merry Ann Johnson Preston ’69
December 8, 2023

Sherry Leach Rondina ’69
January 19, 2024

Sharon White ’73
August 25, 2023

Ann Mignosa ’87
September 28, 2023

Kevin Holmes ’05
January 14, 2024

Remembering Katharina Decas '59

Katharina Decas was a pioneering advocate for girls’ and women’s sports who generously supported Lasell athletics, passed away on October 30, 2023. She was 84.

As a student, the lifelong resident of Wareham, Massachusetts, served as co-captain of the Lasell crew and volleyball teams and played basketball and softball.

After graduating from Lasell and earning her bachelor’s degree from Springfield College, she served as a physical education teacher at Sharon High School for 39 years. She established the school’s field hockey program and coached the girls’ basketball and softball teams.

She made a gift to establish the Katharina Decas ’59 Team Room for women athletes, which was dedicated during Family, Friends, and Alumni Weekend in October.

“Katharina was a trailblazer in an era before Title IX, when girls’ sports were not funded at the same level as boys’ teams,” Lasell President Eric Turner said at the dedication ceremony for the team room.