by Toby Darrah | Jul 21, 2026 | Knowing Our Roots
Remembrance by Pete Ross, Eliza Nuxoll, and Jennifer Wolf Peg and Pete Ross with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Peg Ross was a woman of deep faith and strong convictions. Raised Lutheran, she pivoted to the Episcopal church when she married Pete and decreed that a...
by Toby Darrah | Jul 9, 2026 | Knowing Our Roots
Remembrance by Kate Morris Curtin E.A. Jackson Morris (Jack) was a cradle Episcopalian, born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Following his marriage to Virginia O’Rourke in 1952, they made a life-changing choice and moved west to Cody, Wyoming where...
by Toby Darrah | Jun 29, 2026 | Knowing Our Roots
Remembrance by John Renehan Rachid Hatem was a member of St. Clare’s from 2005 to 2024. He joined with his wife, Wendy, shortly after they were married. He immigrated to the United States in 1983 to attend college. During this time, there was a civil war raging in...
by Anne Clarke | Jun 25, 2026 | Knowing Our Roots
Remembrance by Linda Klimach Carol Plumer (1901-1995) Caroline (Carol) Plumer, a graduate of Wellesley and Columbia, was called to be a missionary school teacher in India and China. Having met and married James Plumer in Shanghai, they moved together to Ann Arbor in...
by Anne Clarke | Jun 25, 2026 | Knowing Our Roots
Remembrance by the Rev. Anne Clarke The first in our series of “Knowing Our Roots,” we share the story of Inez Wisdom and Gertrude Griffith, who were the primary founders of St. Clare’s and whose donation first made our building possible. Gabriel...
