President’s MessageDear Tri Delta Sisters,

Our goals are to have fun and to enjoy our Tri Delta friendships while we contribute to the community. This is never more apparent than at our Annual Sleighbell Luncheon, Fashion Show and Exquisite Basket Raffle. We want to thank our 2010 Sleighbell Tri Chairs, Ann Kammerer, Torre Froehlich and Cindy Thorne and their steering committee for producing for us another successful event. The steering committee was comprised of Retta Meser, Angela Pintar, Debbie Anderson, Sally Oloizia and Katie Heyer. Thank you, ladies, we all truly appreciate all your hard work.

Thank you to Kathy Mykleby for her participation as our Master of Ceremony at Sleighbell. We know that she has a very busy ap-pearance schedule, and we are honored that she spends her time with us.

extend our Warm appreciationWe thank Retta Meser for hosting an elegant Founders’ Day brunch this last November at her lovely home in Elm Grove. Retta prepared the meal herself, an egg strata with fresh fruit and beauti-ful butter cream cupcakes. The conclu-sion of the event was our traditional candle lighting ceremony honoring our founders and the Chapters of Delta Delta Delta.

We extend our deepest appreciation to Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek for all her volunteering for the chapter. She is a lawyer in private practice and is updating the chapter’s bylaws. She is also chairing the nominating committee. She and her committee members, Jessica Ruark and Angela Pintar, will be presenting a slate of officers to be installed at Pansy Brunch. Thank you, ladies, for your efforts.

Thank you to Ann Kammerer for making this lovely newsletter and thank you to Nora Werra for sending it.

Golden Circle Members If you were initiated in 1961 or earlier, you qualify to be a Golden Circle Member. Traditionally we install members at Pansy Brunch. If you would like to be installed into Golden Circle, please contact me.

thanks for the Memories! Due to an increase in work and family commitments, I have decided to retire from

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2010-2011 Board MeMBers

President: Bobbi Prichard bprichard@wi.rr.com •

414.525.9260

Vice President/events & reference Chair: Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek krislyn@holadaylaw.com 262.784.9392

secretary: Kristin Lillibridge klillibridge@wi.rr.com •

262.780.0456

treasurer: retta Meser jmeser@wi.rr.com •

262.784.1178

Membership & Young alumnae: Jessica ruark jvo226@aol.com •

414.778.0809

Publicity: sally oloizia sallydelta@wi.rr.com •

262.783.5955

Collegiate relations: Katie Heyer katiekeppeler@uwAlumni.com 414.963.9804

database Chair: nora Werra nwerra@me.com •

262.784.9294

Historian/trident: Christine Hight christinelp2001@yahoo.com 262.783.0221

newsletter: ann Kammerer ann_kammerer@yahoo.com 414.258.9293 Positions that need filling are President & Sleighbell Chair. If you are interested please contact Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek at krislyn@holadaylaw.com

PansY BrUnCHOn Saturday, May 7, 2011, we will

meet for Pansy Brunch at the Town Club. Donna Parshalle will host the event.

Please join us for this lovely annual event. Thank you to Krislyn Holaday-

Wondrachek, the Vice President, for making the arrangements. Please contact Krislyn for reservations.

You should have already received your evite.

Milwaukee Alumni Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Spring 2011

President’s Letter continued...the Alumnae Chapter’s office of president after serving three years this coming May at Pansy Breakfast. I am joyful about both the additional work and family opportunities. However, I will miss being the group’s president.

We’ve had a great three years. We have welcomed new members while cherishing our veteran members and enjoying fun events. We became financially stable. We moved to utilizing evites and gorgeous e-newsletters (Jodie Thill, Retta Meser, Elizabeth Durkin 2008-2009, Ann Kammerer, current) to save money while reaching more Tri Deltas and stimulating interest in our group across the generations. The directories have been among the loveli-est and most useful created by Heidi Rettler and Jean Lang (2008-2009) and Nora Werra and Jean Lang (current).

We have accomplished all of this while celebrating three terrific Sleighbells, under the leadership of Retta Meser (2008, 2009) and the Tri Chairs Torre Froehlich, Ann Kam-merer, and Cindy Thorne (Sleighbell 2010). Thank you, Ladies, for all of your hard work and that of your steering committees which have allowed us to continue to support Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the children fighting cancer here in our home state. You have kept this tradi-tion going during the worst recession of our lifetime when many groups are not only unable to raise funds, but must disband entirely.

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for all that you have accomplished. I look forward to our continued friendship and support of our ideals and philanthropy.

Delta Love,Bobbi

a Celebration of sisterhood!

PansY BrUnCHevent: Pansy Brunchdate: saturday, May 7, 2011time: 11:00 a.m.Place: town Club, 7950 n. santa Monica Blvd., Fox PointCost: $25

You should have already received an Evite to this event. We hope that you join us!

If you have any questions, please contact Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek at krislyn@holadaylaw.com or 262.784.3932. Thank you!

tri deLta HaPPY HoUr!

Host: Jessica ruarkPhone: 414-419-2428When: Friday, June 3 at 05:00 PMWhere: Vino 1001442 Underwood avenue Wauwatosa, Wi 53213

Let’s kick off the summer with a fun evening in the Village of Wauwatosa! Please join us for a fun and casual night of great wine and even better company. Vino 100 has many wonderful wines to enjoy. The happy hour special is from 5:00-6:30 with half off the corkage fees for bottles. Feel free to bring a light appetizer to share. Come and reconnect with your Tri Delta friends!

WarMest aPPreCiation to...Thank you to all of the contributors to the Wine Pull at this year’s Sleighbell luncheon. We could not have done this with-out your generosity. thanks to the following members:Nancy Krienz, Bobbi Pritchard, Torre Froehlich, Donna Parshalle, Joanne Morris, Ann Kammerer, Angela Pintar, Hester Werner, Reta Meser, Nora Werra, Katie Heyer, Peri Osako Christina Stimac, Pat Johnson, Helena Faraca, Cindy Thorne thanks to the following friends of members:Christine Benson, Susan Benson, Joyce Benson, Linda Schiro, Randy Oloizia Please support the following corporate sponsors and mention their generosity when shopping: Thief Wine(Milwaukee Public Market - Owner Aimee Murphy is a Tri Delta!)Wine Cellar Of Wisconsin (Elm Grove)Otto’s Elm Grove LiquorRay’s Liquor - Wauwatosa

-Sally Oloizia

note FroM a sLeigHBeLL tri-CHairMany thanks to all who participated in the 37th annual Sleighbell luncheon and styleshow. It was held in the beautiful Crystal Ballroom of the downtown Hilton Hotel on December 4, 2010. With the timely assistance of Applebees we were able to collaborate our funds to purchase for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Oncology Unit 23 TV’s with DVR’s. We were absolutely thrilled to be able to accomplish this goal

How were we able to raise our part of the donation that was $5500? Thru YOUR purchase of raffle tickets for both the Elegant Baskets and the 10 minute instant raffle, a portion of your ticket price and by a much expanded silent auction table that had very generous bids.

We are all proud to belong to such a charitable and caring Tri Delta Alumnae Association of Milwaukee.

- Cindy Thorne

deLta deLta deLta dUes PaYing MeMBers:Deb AndersonCorinne AngottiJain AppleRebecca BeckerNicole BriggsGeorgia BuchtaMarjorie CroysdaleBarbara DornNancy DummerJoyce EvansCynthia FiggattTorre FroehlichPhyllis HeathCarolyn HeremKatie HeyerPaula HillmanKrislyn Holaday Wond-rachekHelena Jaeckle FaracaPat JohnsonCresta JonesAnn KammererPaula KeppelerTina KollmanNancy KreinzChristie KruglerAlice LambieJean LangMary LawSusan Le Claire

Kristin LillibridgeLisa LuthiGwendolyn McIlvaineRetta MeserMary Ellen MitchellJoanne MorrisAnn MountanSally OloiziaDonna ParshalleAngela PintarVanda PralleBobbi PrichardHeidi RettlerSuzanne RingelKylee SmidlerElizabeth StillmankChristina StimacCatherine SwainMichelle SwalheimNancy SzymczakRoberta TackeJulie Van CleaveLeanne WalzJune WatsonHester WernerNora WerraPatricia WesnerAnnette WilsonJanet Zakrajsheck

sLeigHBeLL in tHe neWs

dear tri delta sisters,

our 37th luncheon, on december 4th, 2010, raised over $5,500 to be donated to Children’s Hospital of Wi. Because of sisters like you, our alumnae chapter has helped countless children suffering from cancer through our fundraising efforts over the years.

the alumnae Chapter Board encourages you to get involved. We are currently looking for people to volunteer to be on the steering committee. Fresh ideas and new faces are welcomed. We have found that by serving on the committee, great friendships have been formed . also, fundraising of this type is a fantastic addition to your resume!

Please feel free to contact Krislyn Holaday - Wond-rachek at: krislyn@holadaylaw.com You can make a difference in our chapter’s philanthropic mission. the future of this event depends on the response we get. Please consider volunteering your time.in the Bonds,

The Milwaukee Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Board

ViVian eLLen HeYer

Vivian Ellen Heyer was born on January 11, 2011 at 8:43 p.m., 7lbs 9oz, 21 inches long. Congratulations Katie Heyer and her family!

Urgent: VoLUnteers needed For sLeigHBeLL and President oFFiCes

The Nominating Committee has been searching for the past several weeks for a new President and Sleighbell Chair. While we desperately need your help to fill both of these positions, the Board has determined that if we do not fill the Sleighbell Chair position by Friday, May 6, 2011, there will be no sleighbell Luncheon in 2011. The Board believes that we simply cannot coordinate this large event through the Board, and without a chairperson to head it up, the event will not take place. We hate to see a 37 year tradition interrupted for lack of a chairperson. so, if you are interested, please contact a member of the nominat-ing Committee (email addresses noted below) on or be-fore May 6, 2011. remember: without a chair, sleighbell will not happen in 2011.

The Sleighbell Chair position is one of the most critical positions of our chapter. The Sleighbell Luncheon is, of course, our biggest event of the year, so having an excited new chair (or chairs—you don’t have to do it alone!) is vital to the success of this event. In terms of the office of President, she coordinates all of our meetings and tries hard to make sure that we all work well together.

Duties for both offices will begin after Pansy Brunch on May 7, 2011. If you want to volunteer or have any ques-tions, you should contact a member of the Nominating Committee.

Your Nominating Committee:Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek (krislyn@holadaylaw.com),Jessica Ruark (jvo226@aol.com)Angela Pintar (angela3@sbcglobal.net)

MU CHaPter UP-date Mu chapter welcomed 4 new members this spring after spring rush.

23 women will be taking Circle Degree on May 1.

did you know... The Mu Chapter at University of Wiscon-sin-Madison was founded on April 1, 1898. They are the 17th chapter of Delta Delta Delta. The Mu Chapter has grown from a humble beginning of about 30 members, to being one of the largest sororities on campus with 123 active members.

DDD Roommates,Nora Finnigan Werra, Peggy Moore Saewert, and Retta Burling Meser

gUess WHo!?! Can you guess who these Tri Deltas are from “long ago”?

FoUnders daY

Featured tri-delta alumnae KrisLYn HoLadaY - WondraCHeK

(In her own words)

I have been a member of the Milwaukee Area Chapter for a few years now, and am currently serving as our Vice President—Events. I attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Delta Eta Chapter), and, after graduating in 1994 I also served as Alumna Advisor for Omicron Chapter at Syracuse University in upstate New York while attending law school there.

I graduated from Syracuse University Law School in 1997 and returned to the Milwaukee area shortly thereafter to practice law. I worked with a firm in Oconomowoc for a little over 6 years, and then in 2004, opened my own law practice in Brookfield where I practice in the areas of Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Administration, and Real Estate Transactions.

In 2005, I married Bill Wondrachek,and we now have two children. Our daughter Sophena (yay, legacy!) is almost 4 years old, and our son Samuel is just six months old. They challenge me and make me laugh every day, and I am so proud to be their mom.

Tri-Delta has always been very im-portant to me. The social and phil-anthropic aspects of Tri-Delta are very invigorating, and it feels good to meet and get to know women who have a common history. While

I am very busy, I continue to believe it is so important to stay a part of our Tri-Delta family.

I also have a group of about seven Tri-Delta sisters with whom I am very close. We live all over the country now, but we still get together—at least once a year—for an an-nual ladies-only event we call “Delta Fest.” We also now gather every other summer for “Family Fest for Deltas” in the Wisconsin Dells (lucky for me—I live the closest of anyone for that event!). We all bring our entire families and enjoy the water park and the warm weather while we catch up and watch our children get to know each other. It is such a joy to see.

I am so grateful for all the rewards of friendship that Tri-Delta has given me over the years. It is such a gift that I know will keep on giving!

Sophena

Samuel

Bill and Krislyn