In Memoriam: Spring/Summer 2024-25

We celebrate the lives of the following alumni and friends, whose deaths were recently shared with us. We are thankful for their friendship.

Remembering Dick Kramlich MCDS’53

Charles Richard “Dick” Kramlich MCDS’53 passed away on Feb. 1, 2025. A venture capitalist trailblazer, Dick was the co-founder of New Enterprise Associates Inc. (NEA) in Silicon Valley, California, and served as the chairman of NEA Management Company.
 
At Milwaukee Country Day School, Dick excelled as a student and athlete, serving as class president his last three years while lettering in basketball, football, and tennis, and earning second-team all-conference honors in football as a senior.

Dick attended Northwestern University and the Harvard Business School, and his investing career began in 1969 as a general partner at Arthur Rock & Co. He was captivated by innovation and entrepreneurship, and among the earliest investors in Apple Inc. Even after retiring in 2012, he continued to actively invest as a co-founder of Green Bay Ventures and as CEO of Kramlich Investment Group.

He remained connected to USM throughout his life. He served as the school’s Commencement speaker in 2016, and was invited to be part of an innovation think tank formed at USM. In April 2018, Dick and his wife, Pamela, awarded $1 million to the school’s Our Common Bond campaign. Their gift resulted in the creation of the Kramlich Innovation Distinction, a transcript designation awarded to students who complete academic and extracurricular work in the areas of innovative and entrepreneurial learning.

Remembering Alison Dupee

Alison Dupee, former Lower School French teacher and beloved member of the USM community, died on March 6, 2025 following complications from late-stage colon cancer. Alison taught at USM for 17 years before she and her husband, David, relocated to Ohio in 2023 to be closer to both of their families. Their children, David, Owen, and Carder, attended USM during that time.

Alison’s students and colleagues remember her for spreading joy and a love of learning in her classroom, often incorporating music and puppets to make the material fun and memorable. She developed and launched many curricular programs, including the oral proficiency model that is still used today in the Lower School. Alison’s love of language, travel, and culture resulted in her developing and twice-leading the Lower School international trip to Toronto. She participated in many professional development opportunities, including in Guadalupe and Singapore, sharing the knowledge she gained with her colleagues and students. She touched countless lives through the many children she taught during her long tenure at USM, and is fondly remembered as a problem solver and positive force in both the school community and greater Milwaukee.  

1940s

Patricia Smith Davies MDS’42, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Margarethe Kasten Carpenter MDS’44, Milwaukee

Elizabeth Kaatz Mooney MDS’44, Paw Paw, Mich.

John Furrer MCDS’45, Chicago

Elizabeth Norris Mace MDS’46, Brunswick, Maine

Dorothy Benstead MacVicar MDS’46, Franksville, Wis.

Suzanne Frank Freund MDS’47, Sarasota, Fla.

Mary Zell Donley MUS’48, Oconomowoc, Wis.

Mary Fried Miller MUS’48, White Plains, N.Y.

Louise Bach Kuether MDS’49, Oostburg, Wis.

Phoebe Sproule Markey MDS’49, Lexington, Mass.

1950s

Geraldine Perego Boone MUS’50, Nampa, Ind.

Nancy Merizon Buchanan MDS’52, Appleton, Wis.

Elizabeth Allen Edgarton MDS’52, Evergreen, Colo.

Glenn Goebel MUS’52, Fort Dodge, Iowa

John Walton MCDS’53, Glendale, Wis.

Joseph Charney MUS’55, Mequon, Wis.

Michael Eschweiler MUS’55, Glendale, Wis.

Barbara Minahan Low MDS’55, Milwaukee

David Stevens Garlick MCDS’56, Charlottesville, Va.

David Mellencamp MUS’58, Austin, Texas

John Van Dyke II MCDS’59, Mequon, Wis.

1960s

Andrew Lauritzen MCDS’60, Milwaukee

Diane Friend McGauran MDS’61, Milwaukee

Richard  Boynton MUS’62, Daniel Island, S.C.

Suzanne Kessler Frost MDS’64, Wauwatosa, Wis.

John Kramer MCDS’64, New Vernon, N.J.

Gregory Ehlers ’65, Los Angeles

Joy Cottle Palacio ’66, Boynton Beach, Fla.

1970s

Annette Frye Waddington ’75, Mequon, Wis.

1980s

Gerald Flemma ’83, Fox Point, Wis.

Friends

Mark Baade, Broomfield, Colo.
Father of Jonah Baade ’18

Clair Baum, Milwaukee
Grandfather of August Baum ’27

Brian Boyd, Mequon, Wis.
Father of Elliott Boyd ’29

Ernest Brusubardis, Milwaukee
Former faculty and father of Ernest Brusubardis III ’81

Don Davis Jr., Milwaukee
Grandfather of Clayton Cheney ’18, Skye Davis ’30, and Quinn Davis ’22

Ernst Endres, River Hills, Wis.
Father of Nicole Endres Hobbs ’98 and Alexia Sommer ’01

Weslyn Fleming, Milwaukee
Mother of Michael Fleming ’96

Ann Goris, Mequon, Wis.
Mother of Thomas Goris, Jr. ’82

Anthony Krausen, Milwaukee
Father of Allison Krausen ’98

Mary Ellen Kuesel, Mequon, Wis.
Mother of Sarah Fair ’85 and Ann 

Morrell ’83 Markos Mamalakis, Milwaukee
Father of Anna Flynn ’79, Joanna Lavdas ’89, Emmanuel Mamalakis ’93, Thomas Mamalakis ’96, Irene Robaidek ’86, Catherine Seidel ’80, Alexandra Trigonis ’90, and grandfather of Bridget Cashman ’10

Libby Sellars, Milwaukee
Grandmother of Maria Sellars ’25 and Nora Sellars ’28 

Richard Teerlink, Elm Grove, Wis.
Father of Leslie Teerlink ’83 and Victoria Teerlink ’88 and grandfather of Francesca Drope ’24, Luke Drope ’32, and Mandela Drope ’27

Gustav Wirth Jr., Cedarburg, Wis.
Father of Heidi Wirth ’93

Correction

Betty J. Schuett, grandparent of Emily Heller ’10 and William Schuett III ’12, was incorrectly listed as deceased in the Fall/Winter 2024-25 issue. She is alive and well in Florida. We sincerely apologize for the error.