Tributes and Memorials

In honor of

Rachel Adams from Sheilah Roenfeldt
Bob Alderson from Laura E. Alderson
Lucia Alexeyev from Eva Landeo
Kari Allen from Toni Allen
Kylee Anderson from Ken Anderson
Corey Anklam from Nancy Anklam
Gregory Anstead from Pauline Anstead
Gus Athas from Linda Dragavon
Molly Bahr from Megan Granda
Jonathan Baldwerm from Pamela Baldwerm
Jennifer Barrett from Ian Barrett
Robert Bartlett from Emily Shaw
Helen Bartlett from Emily Shaw
Bat Team at Fort Worth Zoo from Vicky Poole
Esther T. Bat from Molly Elvin
Thomas E. Baumgartel from Kelsey Benedick
Richard Baybutt from Trevor Baybutt
Delphine Beck from Sandra West Moody
Suzannah P. Becker from Holly S. Aldrich
John Bellett from Marcia Lynch
Damon Beres from Anton Valukas
Michael Berg from Kelly Berg
Aubrey Berning from Kent Borcherding
Heidi Beverine-Curry from Shane Durgee
Dana Bilyeu from Margaret Matera
Victoria Bischof from Thomas Bischof
Holly Blackwell from Cade G. Blackwell
Beth Blair from Linda W. Blair
Peg Bobel from Megan Shaeffer
Marco Boone from Chris Roberts
Shon Brand from Jackie Brand
Lawrence Branscomb from Carol Branscomb
Todd Browne from Amy Browne
Diane Buchwalder from Mary Buchwalder
Jason Bucy from Aneel Nazareth
Cathi Buescher from Patricia E. Brown
David Burke from Michelle Slater
Vince Butsumyo from Christine Fenner
Ezrael R. Cabrera-Flores from Natasha Moeun
Kristina Caligaris from Jamieson Schapker
Caitlin Campbell from Art Campbell
Ann Campbell from Selah R. Hobbie
Laura Carlson from Steve Voskuil
Matthew Carpenter from Lia Carpenter
Kayla Caselli-Bido from Giuliana Caselli
Veronica Castillo from Kyleigh Carlson
Allison Castillo from Sara Castillo
Therese Catanach from Maria A. Catanach
Gordon Chase from John Chase
Steve Chenoweth from Lillian Chenoweth
Charles C. Chester from Kyra Chester
Barbara Christensen from Diana VanAlstyne
Bryon Clark from Margaret Avard
Robert Colle from Arthur M. Colle
Elizabeth Collins from Michael Gregg
Alena Colon from Jennifer Andres
The Conn Family from Timothy Kilkenny
Eric Cordero from Kathryn Trimpi
Trisha Cordero from Jacob Hawk
Kyp Cordts from Kate Cordts
Griffin Darling from Sanjiv Gupta
Nancy Dawson from Dairne Ryan
David Deluna from Eileen Ponebshek- Keller
Mindy Destro from Michele Stone
Carmen Dorame from Ted Gaulin
Gavin Doub from Dottie Brown
Caden Doub from Dottie Brown
Mark Duncan from Edith Marsh-Matthews
Lisa Dunham from Amy Wilkins
Frank C. Eliot from Louise Brooks
Margaret Ellis from Suki Fredericks
Tracy Ely from Renee Wilson
Tracy Ely from Robert Ely
Tracy Ely from Lori Yarnall
Tracy Ely from Renee Wilson
Tracy Ely from Joan Silverio
Peter Emerson from Jane Kingston
Dawn Erker from Melanie J. Elliott
EFGOCM VCMI team 2020-2021
from Christopher Kypros
Tiina Falck from Henri Falck
The Smith Family from Ellisa Brown
Wendy Farina from Carole L. Farina
Briggette Farley from Jamie Jensen
Serena Fehr from Samuel Theriault
Katherine Fey from PerryDebbi Walters
Carolyn Fiori from Derek Miller
Jean-Marc Flack from Claire Flack
Virginia Forbes from Robert Klein
Niki Forbing-Orr from Ripley Orr
Paul Fowler from Norma Fowler
Kirsten Franklin from Catherine Sky
Helena Friedman from Diane Torres
Heather Gabuya from Laura Lovell
Hilary Gardiner from Emily Siegenthaler
Josephine Geers from Maik Lucas
Sandra Gemmell from Amy Wilson
Lily Geraci from Ken Young
Jessica Getschman and I. Ableson
from Natalie Bartlett
Antonia Giardina from Martina Deignan
Ashley Glover from Jennifer Maskell
Carlos Goicoechea from Ferdinando Didonna
Dylan Goldade from Laura A. Banks
James Gonzalez from Melissa Mickey
David Graham from John S. Nicholas
Kelcie Grega from Thomas Grega
Annah Grobengieser from Annette McDaniel
Joseph Guidry from Dawn Jeanquart
Danielle Gustafson from Alice Passer
Margaret C. Halley from James Blackman
Cindy Halstead from Natasha Stinnett
Christine Hampel from Megan Simon
Derick Hansen from Nancy L. Higbee
Monica Hardesty from Michele Hardesty
Walker Harris from Joanne Foote
Walker Harris from Yun Du
Jackie Hayes from Geraldine Daggett
Alexander M. Hecker from Gigi L. Woodward
Uisce Hegarty from Willow Mullins
Maureen A. Heidtmann from David Hinkley
Will Hellinger from Wendy Hellinger
Devin Herlihy from Theresa Keil
Shenoa Herlinger from Brandy Morrison
Shenoa Herlinger from Brian O’Callaghan
Jenn Hernandez from Magnolia Vahey
Emily Hobbie from Selah R. Hobbie
Stephanie Hobbie from Selah R. Hobbie
Benjamin Holt from Anne Holt
Susannah Hudson from James V. Aukerman
Rebecca Iden from Alexis Schneider
Doug Ivan from Jo Ivan
Olivia Jahshan from Sheilah Roenfeldt
John Jamulla from Tracy Mancini
Karen M. Johnson from Julie Blackburn
Kim Johnson from Michael Johnson
Amy E. Johnson from Laura M. Slatkin
Stephen H. Jones from Stephanie Rodriguez
Jill A. Josupeit from Katherine Kunz
Hitomi Kakuda from Sara Devine
Jennifer Kerr from Gunnar Kerr Dillon
Randy Kiarsis from Marilyn K. Starrett
Eleanor King from Irene Jordahl
Geneva Kinzer from David Kinzer
Stephan Klein from Leroy R. Hayden
Anna Kneeland from Timothy W. Kneeland
Felicia Knightly from Susan Canedy
Kristin Knoepfli from LK Walker
Laura Knotts from Kenneth Foy
Joe Kotnik from Daniel Kotnik
Zach Kushubar from Robin Muller
Carolyn Lacombe from Steven Kyle
Sandy Lane from Mark Lane
Olly Lewis from Tina Faulkenberry
Niko Liakaris from Emma Gonzalez
Susan Lingle from Christopher Lingle
Morgan Lomax from Kathleen Lomax
Erin Lovall from Belinda Cooper
A.J. Bellido de Luna from Darcy Bellido de Luna
Anders Lyhne from Robinie Lyhne
Tara Mack from Christine Robie
M L Magrath from Lisa Najera
Aidan Maguire from Lisa Narducci
Chris Manning from Jessica Manning
Jeanne McCarty from Donna Dunaway
Dylan H. McLaughlin from Karen Hellmuth
James McNicol from Rebecca Brandt
Kathy McPherson from Karen Turner
Hugh A. Meagher from Laura Meagher
Michelle Mertz from Sonja Mertz
Amie Metz from Travis Falls
Kristina Meyer from Matthew Trecha
Susan M. Mitchell from Michael P. Rucker
Teresa Weightman Moore from Andrew Moore
Jessica Moratelli from Rachel Cochran
Kathryn Morrow from Christopher Morrow
Robert Motta from Teresa Motta
Anna Mullany from Charles Mullany
Heidi Mullendore from Adam Katrancha
Lilly Munoz from Annette C. Palmer
Meg Murrell-Peloquin from Andre Peloquin
Sheila from Maura Fallon
Stephanie North from Dorene Petersen
Gabrielle Olive from Justin Grote
Charles Owusu from Patricia A. Quinn
Lee Padgett from John Vela
Steve Parker from Fiona Parker
Liz Partridge-Blessington
from Jacque Blessington
Scarlett Patterson from Andrew Wadkins
Cappi Patterson from Jennifer Lohman
Lila Payne from Darcy Lewis
Sarah Perrin from David Perrin
David R. Peterson from Schuyler Hoffman
Elena C. Pinto-Torres from F Pinto-Torres
Jovanka Placeres from Luciana Nunes
Liz Pomper from Naomi Pomper
Skip Post from Sibyl Post
Aki Pruessing from Janice Saulnier
Marion C. Read from Cynthia L. McKoy
Julia G. Reed from Julie Reed
Mara Regan from Mohammed El-Hout
Bertha Richards from Alan Tyroch
Kaya Rifenberg-Stempel from Edward Rifenberg
Sarah Riley from Robert G. Riley
Dave Riney from Peter Riney
Josh Ring from Kay D. Forker
Dave Rogan from Heather Osecki
Suzanne Rogers from Robinie Lyhne
Lily A. Rose from Letitia Manning
Patti Rossier from Amy Kincheloe
David Roth from Bethany Roth
Savannah Rowe from George L. Kneller
Brooklyn R. Rutigliano from Carey Rutigliano
Leigh Saluzzi from Adrienne Lowe
Jessica Sanders from Katherine Wells
Kerry Santia from Catherine Sky
Miranda Sawyer from Colleen Sawyer
Neda Sawyer from Katherine Sawyer
Gina and Pete Schneider-Andruskiewicz
from Colleen A. Graham
Worthwich School
from Worthwich Student Council
Nancy Schools from Ronald E. McCarty
Jack Schosser from Lisa Loret
Caroline Schumacher from Gregory Schumacher
Laura Scott and James Pritchett from Kirk Scott
Brian M. Scott from Jenna Sander
Brian M. Scott from Justine Pearson
Jenelle See from Joshua Wickham
Joseph Senulis from Tia Kropf-Beringer
Jessica Shrake from Christian Shrake
Jan Simonson from MG Simonson
Tony Sison from Kathleen Vandermaaten
Kathryn Skelton from Amanda Adams
Carter, Karen, and Eleanor Skjelset
from Margaret Skjelset
Skye Skjelset from Margaret Skjelset
Garrett Smith from Katheryn Jager
Koji Sonoyama from Susan E. Sonoyama
David Springhetti from Jacoba Kaufman
Susan Steinhardt from Shana Steinhardt
Matthew Stoner from Rebecca Lucas
Lara Sviatko from Pamela Novey
Sharon Swartz from James A. Roehm
Josh Tarnowski from Michael Tarnowski
Rhiannon Taylor from Kate Taylor
David Temple from Shana Steinhardt
Andrea Thackston from Richard Thackston
Lindsay Thompson from Steve C. Haack
Heather Tobin from Cassie Lajeskie
Steve Todd from John Ledbetter
Jaimie Trautman from Barbara OByrne
Oliver Trevino from Kristen Trevino
Nalena J. Trowbridge from Scott Trowbridge
Marc Tyler from Margaret C. Tyler
Rose Vizina from Sally Carmody
Elma Jean Wagner from Kelley Miller
Elizabeth Walley from Marjorie Leong
Sarah Weems from Steven R. Weems
Dara Wein from Robert Wein
Marina Wendt from Erika Wendt
Val Hildreth-Werker & J. Werker
from Ferdinando Didonna
Mark West from Marcia West
Nancy A. Whalen-Bernstein from Daniel Bernstein
Ezrah Whitman from Rhea Nova
Jane Wiley from Paul Miller
Athena Williams from Nora Smolnisky
Sharon Winterton from Barbara Dawson
Michael Wolfe from Britney A. Bartels
Steven Zemanian from Carolyn Zemanian
Hekate from Ashleigh Horton
Palestine from Zenta A. Kato

Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) are common throughout the U.S. and vital in pest control. Insect-eating bats minimize the necessity of pesticides.

Photo by Michael Durham/
Minden Pictures.

in memory of

Michael D. Austin from Jane Austin
Ronald Bat from Delia C. Zacks
Holly Blair from Afon Thomas
Rose Bothwell from Mary C. Bothwell
David Burns from Amy Rewa
Mike Cho from Jessica OMahoney Schwartz
David Emigh from Nikki Hansen
John A. French from Mark Lemley
Suzy Gaia from Jeff Raimer
Bill Gosline from Jeanie Gosline
Caspar Håkansson from Anders Håkansson
Caspar Håkansson from Alexandra Roslund
Allison M. James from Jill Dorries
Terry Jones from Kimberly Jones
Linda W. Kolman from Stacy Greenberg
George Krauss from Philip F. Englander
Dudley Kunkel from John Lango
Elizabeth Lambert from William Lambert
Catherine Morgan from Judith Ganchrow
Catherine Morgan from Guy T. Clark
Scott Mori from Susan A. Fredericks
Charlie Nolastname from Nathan Wilson
Michelle Philips from Mark Philips
Marion C. Read from Thomas M. Read
Christopher G. Reed from Erica Reed
Charles F. Rossteuscher
from Paula J. Montgomery
David M. Saylor from Kelly Green
Robert Scholes from Delia Scholes
Catherine Sykes from Cathy Ramsey
Joseph R. Thurn from Werawat Moongmanakij
Joseph R. Thurn from Janine Iijima
Stephen A. Urbanczyk from Rebecca Urbanczyk
Mary V. Webster from Michelle Sneen
Jay Weiss from Cindy Weiss
Linda Wiener from Jay Luger
Linda Wiener from Jay Luger
Steve Wing from Cyd Teare
Steve Wing from Mark Mlynek
Steve Wing from Joanne Luyster
Steve Wing from Debbie Aden

Uniquely, bats hang upside down to rest, socialize, and hibernate, which provides them some safety from predators and allows some bat species to crowd together to stay warm.

Photo by Jonathan Alonzo.

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