Catholic school educators retire after decades of service

More than 30 educators are retiring this summer from Archdiocese of Louisville Catholic schools. Among them are two who taught in Catholic schools in the archdiocese for four decades.

Mary Dyar

Mary Dyar, a first-grade teacher at St. Athanasius School, has retired after 41 years of service. 


Terry Roberts

Terry Roberts, an English teacher at Presentation Academy, has retired after 40 years of service.


Following is a full listing of this year’s retirees and where they served at the time of their retirement. These retirements were reported to the archdiocese’s Office of Catholic Schools as of its May 30 deadline.

  • Mary Dyar, St. Athanasius, 41 years
  • Terry Roberts, Presentation Academy, 40 years
  • Susan Adams, St. Gabriel School, 38 years
  • Ellen Burkhardt, St. Athanasius School, 39 years
  • Denise Chancellor, St. Gabriel School, 36 years
  • Lisa Duffy, Notre Dame Academy, 37 years
  • Kevin Kramer, Mercy Academy, 36 years
  • Angela Langenkamp, St. Gabriel School, 38 years
  • Kathleen Nauert, Mercy Academy, 36 years
  • Theresa Owens, St. Gabriel School, 38 years
  • Cathy Reynolds, St. Xavier High School, 36 years
  • Jim Stairs, St. Xavier High School, 36 years
  • Daniel Zoeller, Trinity High School, 35 years
  • Mary Ann Zurlage, Holy Spirit School, 35 years
  • Jackie Bloyd, Assumption High School, 29 years
  • Jennifer Browning, Holy Trinity School, 26 years
  • Todd Collard, Holy Trinity School, 29 years
  • Carrie McGreevy, Sacred Heart Model School, 20 years 
  • Barbara Mullen, Trinity High School, 21 years
  • Lou Armstrong, Assumption High School, 16 years
  • Sandy Clark, St. Athanasius School, 14 years
  • Diana Grosshans, St. Athanasius School, 12 years
  • Shayne Hull, Trinity High School and St. Raphael School, 19 years
  • Rita Koontz, Bethlehem High School, 15 years
  • Ron Koontz, Bethlehem High School, 15 years
  • Lea Ann Luce, Immaculata Classical Academy, 11 years
  • Jill McLaughlin, St. Gabriel School, 15 years
  • Kevin Patrick Medley, Our Lady of Lourdes School,15 years
  • Lisa Moretti, Holy Trinity School, 11 years
  • Kevin Peak, St. Michael School, 10 years
  • Maria Carrico, St. Rita School, 7 years
  • Jerry Ernstberger, Holy Trinity School, 9 years
  • Aileen Garris, St. James School, Elizabethtown, 9 years
  • Karen Potts, St. Athanasius School, 3 years
  • Sharon Schwarz, St. Margaret Mary School, 8 years
  • Helen Wheatley, St. James School, Elizabethtown, 5 years

To view open school positions in the Archdiocese of Louisville, visit archlou.org/school-job-listings.

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