In Memoriam

Denise Van Swearingen

Former Saints French Teacher Denise Van Swearingen passed away on March 15. Denise, mother to Annick Van Swearingen-Rossini SAS ’88, was married to Bill VanSwearingen, a former French and Spanish teacher at both St. Stephen’s and SSSAS. Bill died in 2022.

Denise began teaching French at St. Agnes in 1976, and remained with the school until 1993. Denise served as the sponsor of the French Club and may be best remembered as the coordinator of the French Exchange program which began during her tenure in the summer of 1980. Many St. Agnes graduates from the 1980s have fond memories of traveling to France with Denise who chaperoned the exchange for many years.

(Listings received prior to November 7, 2025)

Alumni

Patricia Wood Clarke ’46, May 5, 2025

Frances Lorraine “Rainie” Naquin Tyler ’48, March 25, 2025

Richard “Dick” Schaffer ’52, May 24, 2025

Carolyn McCamment Anderson ’55 , June 21, 2025

Heriot “Rhett” Clarkson ’57, June 20, 2025

Jaquelin “Jackie” Lamond Turbidy ’60 , sister of Cary Lamond Courier ’58 and Lucy Lamond ’66, July 16, 2025

Braxton Tabb III ’61, brother of Ellen Tabb ’60, August 29, 2025

Katherine Stoney Toepfer ’63, sister of Edward Toepfer, Jr. ’56 (deceased) and Norman Toepfer ’58 (deceased), April 18, 2025

Lincoln Fairchild ’63, brother of Martha Fairchild Shepler ’57 (deceased) and Margaret Fairchild Arms ’60, August 7, 2025

Alice “Melinda” Pickett Harmon ’64, sister of Helen Pickett Larsh ’60, August 14, 2025

Louise Ball ’69, mother of Matthew Solomond ’03 and Phillip Solomond ’02, March 6, 2025

Maurice “Maury” Robert Palmer ’70, brother of Rick Palmer ’64 and Mary Palmer ’73, October 8, 2024

Keith Martin ’73, brother of Jane Martin ’70, April 10, 2025

Ralph Bogle III ’75, brother of Susan Bogle Bingham ’82 and Jen Bogle Witowski ’84, uncle of Maggie Sutherland ’12, February 15, 2025

Lisa DelNegro ’82, sister of John DelNegro ’85, September 24, 2025

Julien Gantling Randolph, Jr. ’88, June 28, 2025

Alexis von Schoening-Henry ’00, August 31, 2025

Elise Emmons Ciampitti ’00, October 17, 2025

Solomon Banjo ’08, September 27, 2025

Alexandra Blair Van den Berg ’11, sister of Caroline Van den Berg ’05 February 18, 2023

Faculty and Friends

Barbara Joy Lovelace, mother of Todd Lovelace ’85, October 9, 2023

William Ford, husband to Patricia Delashmutt Ford ’56 (deceased), brother-in-law to Betty Mock ’54 (deceased), and grandfather to  Joshua Friend ’29, December 22, 2024

Yvonne Duvall, mother of Ashley Duvall Hayes ’87, December 29, 2024

Alfred E.T. Rusch, father of Ted Rusch, Jr. ’87, March 14, 2025

George Orlando “Lanny” Griffith, Jr. (former board member), father of Sally Griffith ’04, March 25, 2025

G. Revell Michael, father of Mary Michael ’81, April 7, 2025

Dorothy “Dot” Rogers, mother of David Rogers ’81 and Ann Rogers ’84, April 10, 2025

Nellie Elizabeth Reese, grandmother to Kendall Smith ’10 and Kamal Smith ’14, April 28, 2025

David Allen Evans, father of Sarah Evans ’92 and David Evans, Jr. ’95, May 13, 2025

Annabelle Haney, mother of Daniel Haney ’87, May 21, 2025

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, father-in-law of Cathly Tyler ’80, grandfather of Harrison Tyler III ’13, Rice Tyler ’15, and Chris Tyler ’21, May 25, 2025

James “Jace” Hassett, father of Quinn Hassett ’26 and Christina Hassett ’26, June 29, 2025

Helen Morris, mother of Lewis Morris, Jr. ’72, June 29, 2025

Jayant Lele and Uma Lele, father and mother of Abhijeet Lele ’83, July 25, 2025 and July 28, 2025

Glen “Gig” Ortman, father of Sarah Ortman Sams ’09 and Connor Ortman ’14, August 3, 2025

Darnell Clement, Sr., father of Darnell Clement, Jr. ’17, August 4, 2025

Carla Crawford, mother of Trice Crawford ’18, Grace Crawford ’19, and Witt Crawford ’22, August 4, 2025

The Rev. Thomas Blair (former SSS faculty member), August 7, 2025

Kathryn Louisa Garrett, daughter of Lucie Morton Garrett ’68, August 20, 2025

Anthony “Tony” Collins, husband of Belinda Lowenhaupt Collins ’64, September 3, 2025

JoAnn Herr, mother of Susan Herr Mills ’83, Austin Herr ’84 (deceased), Douglas Herr ’86, Alicia Herr Jensen ’88, Alison Herr Christmas ’88, and Valerie Herr McWhorter ’92, October 15, 2025