Sonya Bonner - No details at this time.

Mary Beth Thiels (A tribute written by CCM classmate Brian Robertson) "Mary Beth was living and working in Chicago. She had a phenomenal voice and was starting to get work through that avenue. She was creating work for the cabaret scene in Chicago. I caught a show once and she was in a run of Falsettos when she experienced the first of several severe headaches and blackout episodes. This would have been in late 1999. Test showed she had a large brain tumor. I saw her in April, 2000, after her first operation, and she was doing well and demonstrating enormous spirit. I saw her again that fall and she was bouncing back and developing new artistic outlets. She had begun work on a book of poetry and showing a strong eye for painting. I have one of her works hanging in our house. She believed she could stay in Chicago. However, the tumor returned and after her second operation she returned to her parents in Louisiana. She was weaker, but had hopes of becoming a massage therapist. She began classes but didn't have the strength to keep up. I saw her in Louisiana in I believe early 2003. Again, amazing spirit and perspective. Her parents were building her a cottage on a lake they own. Then the tumor returned again and she had a third operation. Her health declined rapidly after that and she died in August, 2004. Marybeth had a tremendous soul and I was consistently humbled in her presence by her strength and spirit to the end." - Brian