Winter 2023 Issue

• Jack Dean Berggren ’57, age 87, died March 28. (Broadcasting)
• Sarah Elizabeth Burlison ’82, age 64, died Sep. 22. (Physical Ed & Health)
• Arla Janelle Jackson Decker ’61, age 83, died Aug. 4. (English)
• David Dickason ’88, age 60, died Aug. 29. (Electrical Engineering)
• Daniel R. Dillman ’94, age 52, died Sep. 2. (Mathematics Education)
• Burnice “Van” Ferguson ’49, age 97, died April 26. (Printing)
• Kathy Sue Friend ’07, age 67, died July 24. (Early Childhood Education)
• Michael Lee Gold ’70, age 76, died Nov. 2. (Physical Ed. & Health)
• Alfred Gerald Groschang ’67, age 79, died Nov. 1. (Physiology)
• William “Hank” Henderson ’95, age 60, died Oct. 14. (Organizational Mgmt.)
• Robert Michael Hickey, age 63, died June 19. (Staff)
• Corydon “Corey” Drew Hiner ’91, age 54, died June 20. (Broadcasting)
• Vicki May King ’75, age 70, died June 29. (Music)
• Rosemary Lucille Kitchen ’52, age 92, died Dec. 11. (Social Studies)
• Lyle E. Marsh ’58, age 88, died June 19. (Engineering)
• Misty Lynn Martin ’97, age 48, died April 18. (Elementary Education)
• Timothy Edward Maxwell ’87, age 58, died Oct. 16. (Accounting, Business Admin.)
• Paul Irving McClendon ’52, age 66, died April 27.
• Margaret “Peggy” McConaghy ’50, age 99, died July 24. (Chemistry Ed.)
• Michael Paul Messerli ’73, age 72, died April 20. (Biblical Studies)
• William “Bill” Meyers ’06, age 62, died Sep. 19. (Organizational Mgmt.)
• Karen “Issy” Phillips ’67, age 78, died May 31. (Physical Ed. & Health)
• John Purviance Robinson ’50, age 97, died Sep. 14. (Home Economics)
• Richard Lee Ruble, age 89, died Aug. 16. (Faculty Emeritus)
• Mary Ann Sisco Rush ’63, age 82, died Oct 8. (Secretarial Science)
• Amy McAnally Simpson ’94, age 54, died April 22. (Elementary Education)
• Constance “Connie” Loock Treat ’58, age 87, died June 12. (Art and Design)
• L.D. Umholtz ’04, age 60, died July 6. (Business Information Systems)
• Rachel Haney VanAmburg ’61, age 83, died May 10. (Home Economics)
• Harry Edwin Webster ’58, age 88, died Nov. 18, 2022. (Radio Production)
• John “Jack” Newton Willson ’55, age 98, died Nov. 10. (Social Studies)
• Sharon “Sherry” Kay Wright ’72, age 73, died Dec. 13. (Elementary Ed.)
• Edwin “Ed” A. Yoder ’53, age 97, died May 8. (Radio Engineering)

Spring 2023 Issue

• Jay Ballard ’70, age 75, died Dec. 2. (Electrical Engineering)
• Wayne Berggren ’60, age 84, died Dec. 31. (Radio Production)
• John Berwick ’52, age 92, died Feb. 18. (Mechanical Concentration)
• Bill Bond ’70, age 74, died Oct. 12. (Physical Ed & Health)
• Marlin Brallier, age 89, died Feb. 6.
• Louise Kincaid Randolph Brown, age 77, died Feb. 2.
• Kevin Kenneth Stephen Canfield, age 70, died Nov. 23.
• Theodore Allan Danley ’71, age 72, died Nov. 21. (Engineering)
• Kenneth “Kent” Lawrence Douglas, age 60, died Oct. 23.  
• Rebekah Ann Durham ’96, age 49, died Nov. 23. (Elementary Education)
• Raymond Carl Forester ’84, age 60, died Dec. 26. (Broadcasting)
• John Steven Franz ’70, age 74, died April 2. (Science)
• Kenneth W. French Jr., age 80, died Feb. 17. (Faculty)
• Robert “Bobby” Norman Gordon Jr. ’72, age 72, died Dec. 4. (Building Const.)
• Melanie Elaine Hawthorne ’76, age 68, died Jan. 2. (Medical Technology)
• Martha Vines Henderson, age 84, died Dec. 20.
• Karen Hucks ’86, age 57, died Jan. 17. (Office Administration)
• Suzanne Kanis, age 84, died Oct. 19.
• Allen Wayne Kimbrough ’75, age 69, died Oct. 17. (Undeclared)
• Christina Viola Ruiz-Klein ’89, age 56, died June 2. (Elementary Education)
• Vonda Kay Matheny, age 56, died Nov. 14.
• Thomas Richard Medlock, age 82, died March 15.
• John Leslie McBride ’68, age 79, died March 26. (Music)
• Wilbur Rankin ’62, age 83, died March 23. (Engineering)
• Becci Rothfuss, age 58, died April 20. (Faculty & Staff)
• Louis Marion Scarbrough ’54, age 92, died Dec. 7. (Broadcasting)
• Helen Wilson Seal ’47, age 98, died Feb. 3. (Social Studies)
• Mary Ellen Shaw ’47, age 102, died Feb. 28. (English)  
• Donald H. Silvis ’55, age 88, died March 15. (Christian Education)
• Tylen Lee Turman ’16, age 43, died Nov. 4. (Business Administration)
• John Edgar Veteto ’68, age 76, died March 11. (Building Construction & Design)
• Margaret Louverta Walton Siemens Weathers ’47, age 97, died Nov. 22. (English)
• Steven James Welch, age 64, died Oct. 13.
• Constance Louise Shacklette Wood ’59, age 86, died Nov. 24. (Broadcasting)

Fall 2022 Issue

• Barry William Beatty ’70, age 74, died Sept. 29. (Construction Management)
• Obra Walter Bliss ’57, age 88, died Aug. 28. (Radio Engineering)
• Deloris Calhoon Bubna ’52, age 91, died July 3. (English) 
• Peter S. Ceravolo ’79, age 65, died Oct. 25. (Biology)
• Clifford Leon Crowder ’74, age 94, died Sept. 8. (Undeclared)
• Earl Norman Eldridge Jr., age 88, died July 6.
• Jerry Hair ’64, age 81, died July 25. (Physical Education & Health)
• Ronald “Bill” W. Henneberg ’68, age 75, died Oct. 3. (Electrical Engineering)
• Jeffery Earl Herr ’88, age 60, died Sept. 16. (Broadcasting)
• Stephen Allen Hunter III ’50, age 97, died March 21. (Broadcasting)
• Wanda Chesser Jackson ’57, age 86, died Sept. 9. (Elementary Education)
• Jane Churko Jones ’76, age 69, died Sept. 5. (Physical Education & Health)
• George Ronald Kee ’64, age 85, died July 28. (Electrical Engineering)
• Norma J. Estrada Keith ’91, age 54, died June 13. (Business Admin.)
• Roger Winfield Knapton ’51, age 99, died Sept. 17. (Bible and Religious Ed.)
• Donna Marie Kooi ’69, age 74, died April 6. (Social Studies)
• Dennis Edward Kroner ’62, age 83, died June 9. (Biology and Chemistry)
• Roy E. Lehman ’51, age 100, died March 17. (Radio Engineering)
• Leonard Keith Lundberg ’51, age 93, died Oct. 18. (Agriculture)
• Lois Lucille (Henry) Lundberg ’51, age 92, died June 23. (English)
• Marjorie Ann Madison ’56, age 87, died May 30. (Bible and Religious Education)
• Marian Elizabeth Matthews ’63, age 80, died April 19. (Elementary Education)
• Ruthella Moore Mcbride ’52, age 92, died Sept. 28. (Broadcasting)
• Edward Skip Francis Murphy Jr. ’63, age 83, died Sept. 13. (Business Admin.)
• Rodney Lee Nielsen ’56, age 87, died July 13. (Radio Engineering)
• Emmet Barrie O’Bannon ’52, age 91, died June 20. (Agriculture Concentration)
• Russell Patrick O’Quinn ’51, age 93, died April 12. (Bus. Admin. & Aero. Eng.)
• Frances Wright Palmer ’53, age 90, died July 4. (English)
• Beckie Loraine Peden, age 92, died June 27.
• Tommy Doyle Rose ’06, age 68, died March 23. (Organizational Management)
• Diana Lynn Ruffin ’95, age 49, died July 2. (Psychology)
• Christiana Viola Ruiz ’89, age 56, died June 2. (Elementary Education)
• John Rutledge ’13, age 31, died May 14. (International Business)
• Stephany Lynn Stipins ’11, age 47, died July 5. (Organizational Management)
• Ellis Lorain Tiffany ’43, age 98, died July 13. (Bible)
• Jennifer Lynn Trenchard ’07, age 37, died June 9. (Graphic Design)
• Patsy Vandenberg Ward ’53, age 91, died June 7. (Biology)
• Eugene Whitmore ’77, age 67, died Oct. 13. (Music)
• Wendell William Wilson ’58, age 87, died July 3. (Mechanical Concentration)

Spring 2022 Issue

• Eugene Mark Alloway ’81, age 68, died Jan. 14. (Business)
• David Berthold ’82, age 61, died Jan. 10. (Electrical Engineering)
• Mark Brookhart ’77, age 67, died Feb. 6. (Psychology)
• William Herbert Burnside, age 88, died March 25. (Professor Emeritus)
• Gladys Calloway ’53, age 92, died Dec 20. (Bible and Religious Education)
• Beverly Anne Darling Collins ’57, age 87, died Nov. 25. (Radio Production)
• Christopher Coulter ’92, age 53, died Jan. 26. (Journalism)
• Edward Cowan ’07, age 62, died Feb. 13. (Ministry)
• Dorothy Wasson Dick ’54, age 89, died Feb. 7. (Biblical Studies)
• Miriam Stoll Feaster ’65, age 78, died Jan. 25. (Elementary Education)
• Richard Galli ’63, age 82, died Oct. 24. (Electrical Engineering)
• Duane Ghere ’73, age 76, died Feb. 4. (Building Construction and Design)
• Thomas “Tom” Hatfield ’12, age 58, died Dec. 11. (Organizational Mgmt.)
• Charles “Bill” Helfrick ’71, age 74, died Feb. 14. (Business Administration)
• Jerome “Skip” Hernandez ’72, age 74, died March 13. (Elementary Education)
• Larry Hines ’65, age 80, died Jan. 31. (Physical Education and Health)
• Liberty Hodges ’99, age 45, died Dec. 13. (Journalism and Bus. Admin.)
• Robert Holden ’02, age 66, died Jan. 10. (Marriage and Family Therapy)
• Kay Williams Jackson ’99, age 78, died Nov. 14. (Psychology)
• Harry Ohlson ’69, age 75, died Feb. 2. (Biology)
• Angie Paulsen Phillips ’97, age 49, died Oct. 19. (Organizational Mgmt.)
• William “Bill” Phillips ’73, age 75, died Feb. 1. (Mathematics Education)
• Mary Jane “Janie” Wheeler Read ’73, died Oct. 19. (Elementary Education)
• Dan Redmon ’79, age 64, died Jan. 28. (Broadcasting)
• Robert Rockwood ’56, age 87, died Nov. 12. (Radio Engineering)
• Carlos “Charlie” Rodriguez ’47, age 94, died Nov. 12. (Bldg. Construction Tech.)
• Emile Rousseau ’76, age 74, died Feb. 13. (Social Studies)
• Mary Angeline Williams Rowland ’44, age 99, died Oct. 25. (Music)
• Terri Smith Stricker ’74, age 72, died Dec. 10. (English)
• Dale Swiatek ’63, age 82, died Feb. 3. (Radio Production)
• Nellie Ball Taylor ’46, died Jan. 26. (Biblical Studies)
• Charles David Turley ’56, age 87, died Feb. 22. (Bible and Religious Education)
• Jackie Waldron ’79, age 64, died Jan. 27. (Physical Education and Health)
• Jim Walters, age 84, died Jan. 12. (Professor Emeritus)
• Barry Washington ’79, age 64, died Oct. 19. (Physical Education and Health)
• Norma Jean Feemster Waterhouse ’54, age 92, died Nov. 3.
• Randy Wolf ’57, age 87, died Jan. 8. (Aeronautical Engineering)
• Keith Worshman ’02, age 58, died Feb. 14. (Organizational Mgmt.)

Fall 2021 Issue

• Letha M. Albritton '58, age 84, died May 7. (Home Economics)
• Kathryn M. Anderson '13, age 32, died June 13. (Psychology)
• Frances "Jewel" (Stephens) Billington ‘57, age 83, died Feb. 25, 2020. (Office Administration)
• Alma Louise (Otto) Brown '82, age 62, died Sept. 2. (Broadcasting)
• Helen Church '51, age 93, died Oct. 19. (Home Economics)
• Kathy Cole '78, age 65, died June 6. (Music)
• Glenda (Henry) Doering '74, age 69, died May 22. (Physical Education & Health)
• Beverly Ferguson '53, age 90, died Sept. 15. (Home Economics)
• David Geraldson '70, age 72, died Nov. 8, 2020. (Social Studies)
• Ryan Griffis '06, age 43, died Sept. 17. (Organizational Management)
• Barbara Hall '60, age 81, died July 4. (Office Administration)
• Lee Harris '76, age 67, died July 14. (Building Construction & Design)
• Robert Johns '98, age 74, died April 15. (Organizational Management)
• Janice Johnson '09, age 61, died June 7. (Organizational Management)
• Tim Kidd, age 63, died June 7. (Former Faculty)
• Ruth P. Kittle '43, age 99, died June 27. (Bible and Home Economics)
• Jennifer Laing '06, age 39, died July 13. (Youth Ministry)
• Janet Lancaster Goring '52, age 91, died June 21. (Radio Production; Former Faculty)
• Wade Lawrence '50, age 93, died Sept. 8. (Broadcasting)
• Loretta Lee '59, age 85, died May 3. (Social Studies Education)
• Laura Lewis '69, age 73, died July 16. (Biblical Studies)
• Mary Mallett '03, age 68, died Aug. 14. (Organizational Management)
• Nancy McLennan '81, age 62, died Oct. 12. (Office Administration)
• Orenne Niven '57, age 86, died May 24. (Education)
• Jackie Don Pace '59, age 84, died June 14. (Engineering, Mechanical Concentration)
• Fletcher Pennebaker '54, age 87, died June 27. (Social Studies)
• Roger Pickard '69, age 74, died Oct. 8. (English, History, Social Studies)
• Carolyn Pollan '59, age 84, died Oct. 23. (Communication)
• Larry K. Roberts '70, age 72, died Feb. 20. (Music Education)
• Donald Vaughn '65, age 80, died April 24. (Biblical Studies)
• Deborah Campbell Walker '71, age 73, died Oct. 27, 2020. (Elementary Education)
• Donald Williams '57, age 86, died July 20. (Business Administration)
• Jerry Winters '89, age 54, died July 1. (Psychology)

Spring 2021 Issue

• Lucille (Lowe) Arrington, age 99, died Nov. 1, 2020. (Business Administration & Secretarial Science)  
• Vernon Austin, age 69, died Jan. 25. (Physical Ed & Health)  
• Harlan Aylor ’58, age 83, died Dec. 13, 2020. (Business Administration)  
• Kathleen (Poor) Boyts ’78, age 64, died Nov. 19, 2020. (Art)  
• Winfred Breitkreuz ’61, age 81, died Nov. 24, 2020. (Mechanical Concentration)  
• Marjorie (Palmer) DeMonbrun, age 78, died Dec. 5, 2020. (Business)  
• Tanya Dorris ’08, age 40, died July 29, 2020. (Organizational Management)  
• Edmund Felske ’52, age 92, died Dec. 31, 2020. (Bible and Religious Education)  
• Bonnie Jean (Bristol) Forseen ’64, age 79, died April 9. (Office Administration) 
• Robert Jackson ’58, age 84, died Dec. 10, 2020. (Business Administration, Trustee)  
• Herman Kanis, age 88, died Nov. 30, 2020. (Master Builder Society)  
• Dr. Ed Klotz, age 75, died April 30. (Faculty Emeriti)  
• Nancy (Pellatz) Lane, age 68, died Nov. 27, 2020.  
• Robert Lane, age 82, died March 21. (General Science)  
• Merle Maxwell ’51, age 91, died Dec. 1, 2020. (General Science)  
• Rager H. Moore, age 61, died April 2.  
• Sharon Bee Moore ’66, age 77, died March 21. (Liberal Education) 
• Gregory Alan Neeley ’75, age 68, died March 15. (Construction Management)  
• Patty Newman ’56, age 86, died March 12. (Business Administration)  
• Charles Nighswonger ’71, age 72, died Nov. 22, 2020. (Social Studies) 
• Dr. Larry O’Kelley, age 92, died Aug. 20, 2020. (Faculty Emeriti) 
• Charlotte Paris ’69, age 73, died Jan. 23.  (Music) 
• Lucas Parker ’08, age 44, died Nov. 30, 2020. (Organizational Management) 
• Mary (Treadwell) Pendleton, age 95, died Dec. 20, 2020. (John Brown High School) 
• Gerold Peters, age 74, died Jan. 7. (Biblical Studies) 
• Michael Ronan ’90, age 58, died Oct. 29, 2020. (Broadcasting) 
• Lois (Street) Shanes ’73, age 73, died Dec. 18, 2020. (Physical Ed & Health) 
• Robert Sies, age 86, died Nov. 8, 2020. (Social Studies) 
• Dr. Shirley Thomas, age 81, died Aug. 1, 2020. (Faculty Emeriti)  
• Joel Tiegreen ’11, age 36, died April 13. (Biblical & Theological Studies) 
• Joshua Murray Turner ’66, age 78, died Dec. 4, 2020. (Music Education - Voice)  
• Doylene G. Vaughn, age 92, died March 29.  
• Ann (Patty) Weiss, age 88, died Nov. 20, 2020. (Office Administration)