In Memoriam, fall 2023

Contact: Deanne Puca
December 1, 2023

The following are É«É«À² alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during fall 2023.

Alumni

  • Jack Leonard Duke, BA ‘48, April 1, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Shirley M. (O’Mara) Carr, BS ‘48, May 25, 2023, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Mary A. Vodopic, BS ‘48,  Oct. 8, 2022, San Antonio, TX
  • Nancy J (Eilers) Lummis, BS ‘50, May 30, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Geraldine May (French) Jennings, BM ‘51, June 23, 2023, Whitewater, WI
  • Guelda Ann (Glynn) Weinert, BS ‘51, June 9, 2023, Marshall, MI
  • George Thomson Eddington, BA ‘52, MA ‘60, May 17, 2023, Oro Valley, AZ
  • Constance June (Barker) Stemper, BS ‘52, April 15, 2023, Cocoa, FL
  • Irene Leona (Jurcza) Vukorpa, BS ‘52, April 12, 2023, Paw Paw, MI
  • Jacqueline Betty Strong, BM ‘53, Aug. 12, 2023, Comstock Twp., MI
  • Judith Lynn (White) Long, BA ‘54, June 24, 2023, Traverse City, MI
  • Gordon A Spencer, BA ‘54, MA ‘60, May 10, 2023, Grand Blanc, MI
  • Patricia Ann (Matthews) Rizzolo, BA ‘55, June 22, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Joyce Elizabeth (Frey) Steeby, BA ‘55, Aug. 4, 2023, Holland, MI
  • Charles Francis Ake, BBA ‘55, April 5, 2023, Altamonte Springs, FL
  • Lois Audrey Nelson, MA ‘55, June 27, 2023, Madison, WI
  • Richard Loy Clements, BS ‘56, July 30, 2023, Dearborn,MI
  • Richard E. Kinney, BS ‘56, CT ‘59, April 21, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Elaine Lou (Smith) Wenger, SC ‘56, April 15, 2023, Marshall, MI
  • Ann Louise (Hicks) Finnefrock, BS ‘57, July 28, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Carol Allen (Allen) Tahse-Roeming, BS ‘57, April 23, 2023, Green Valley, AZ
  • Mary Ann (Green) Burdue, BA ‘58, June 1, 2023, Niles, MI
  • Dorothy Jean Gray, BA ‘58, Sept. 8, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
  • Suzanne Christine (Kraft) Mateer, BA ‘58, May 21, 2023, Kirkland, WA
  • Charles J. Weier Jr., BBA ’58, June 8, 2023, Bradenton, FL
  • Judith Ann McCain, BS ‘58, April 18, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Robert C. Morsink, BS ‘58, April 10, 2023, Crozier, VA
  • Willard Lee Sweeris, BS ‘58, May 6, 2023, Wyoming, MI
  • Ronald Laurence Duemler, BBA ‘59, April 2, 2023, Hudsonville, MI
  • Roger Jack Myers, BBA ‘59, June 8, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Gordon John Smith, BM ‘59, June 26, 2023, Snellville, GA
  • Laura Lee Pohlman, BS ‘59, May 26, 2023, Traverse City, MI
  • Elizabeth Alice Fleming, BA ‘60, May 24, 2023, Olivet, MI
  • Melba Louise (Shively) Mayrose, BA ‘60, May 28, 2023, Mobile, AL
  • David Andrew Sunde, BA ‘60, Aug. 22, 2023, Louisville, CO
  • Jimmy Neel Moore, BS ‘60, Sept. 29, 2023, Gaylord, MI
  • Harry A. Royer, BS ‘60, MA ‘66, June 10, 2023, Battle, MI
  • David Clinton Greenhoe, BA ‘61, MA ‘66, Aug. 12, 2023, Schoolcraft, MI
  • Kenneth James Woodring, BS ‘61, July 13, 2023, Lansing, MI
  • Larry James Cole, BA ‘62, SpEd ‘74, July 9, 2023, Vicksburg, MI
  • Ronald David Dykstra, BS ‘62, April 24, 2023, Beulah, MI
  • Mike Michael Matyas, BS ‘62, PhD ‘74, May 24, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • George J. Marino, BA ‘63, July 18, 2023, Naperville, IL
  • David Everett Grambort, BS ‘63, MA ‘66, June 1, 2023, Bella Vista, AR
  • William Harold Fournier, BA ‘64, June 4, 2023, Saint Paul, MN
  • Lynn Bettie (Maris) Naspinski, BA ‘64, May 30, 2023, Valparaiso, IN
  • Roland A. Waterfield Jr., BA ‘64, July 30, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Ronald Dale Bekins, BS ‘64, Aug. 30, 2023, Zeeland, MI
  • Martin William Hammerstein Jr., BS ‘64, April 29, 2023, Adrian, MI
  • Roselle C (Chilson) Havens, BS ‘64, June 4, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Sandra Lee Williams, BS ‘64, April 19, 2023, Byron Center, MI
  • Patricia Ann (Madges) Milanowski, BA ‘65, MA ‘79, March 28, 2023, Jenison, MI
  • Anne Elizabeth (Starkey) Romoser, BA ‘65, July 14, 2023, Everett, WA
  • Martell Blake Royer, BBA ‘65, May 18, 2023, Merrillville, IN
  • William Joseph Warnecke, BBA ‘65, BA ‘66, Aug. 6, 2023, West Branch, MI
  • David G. Dykema, BS ‘65, Aug. 11, 2023, Muskegon, MI
  • LaVerne Adren Hill, BS ‘65, Aug. 16, 2023, Union City, MI
  • Edward A. Holda, BS '65, July 20, 2023, Tecumseh, MI
  • Frederick Robinson Kreiser, BS ‘65, May 6, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
  • John Philip Walkley, MA ‘65, May 23, 2023, Cadillac, MI
  • William Church, BA ‘66, MA ‘71, Sept. 6, 2023, Marshall, MI
  • Judy Lee, BA ‘66, May 3, 2023, Jackson, MI
  • Joan Marie (Ludtke) Maier, BA ‘66, April 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Marilyn Ann (Landis) Pettigrove, BA ‘66, July 5, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Clifford James Kirvan, BBA ‘66, April 13, 2023, Titusville, PA
  • Vivian Lee (Eschtruth) Buschbacher, BS ‘66, MA ‘70, May 28, 2023, Roscommon, MI
  • Jack Edward Loman, BS ‘66, April 17, 2023, Madison, WI
  • Lois Floyd (Floyd) Pastor, BS ‘66, MA ‘73, July 19, 2023, San Antonio, TX
  • Karen E H (Michaelsen) Schanzenbacher, BS ‘66, April 26, 2023, Colonial Heights, VA
  • Gerald Ralph Boss, BA ‘67, MA ‘69, July 22, 2023, Holland, MI
  • Evon Lorraine (Sanders) Slevatz, BA ‘67, April 6, 2023, Lawton, MI
  • Warren Frank Newell, BM ‘67, June 24, 2023, Scotts, MI
  • Susan Kay Stobbelaar, BS ‘67, MA ‘93, July 9, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
  • Catherine Anne Beal, BA ‘68, MA ‘69, June 16, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Frederick C. Wiessner, BBA ‘68, May 30, 2023, Defiance, OH
  • Larry Albert Bearden, MA ‘68, June 16, 2023, Aurora, IL
  • Gary Anthony Allward, BA ‘69, June 30, 2023, Grand Blanc, MI
  • Carolyn Lea (Handell) McElrath, BA ‘69, Aug. 24, 2023, Urbana, IL
  • Martha Frances Messner, BA ‘69, MA ‘72, June 11, 2023, Kentwood, MI
  • Lloyd Lee Miller, BBA ‘69, April 19, 2023, Niles, MI
  • Walter Albert Brys, BS ‘69, Sept. 5, 2023, Traverse City, MI
  • Norma Jean (Zubke) Somers, BS ‘69, April 3, 2023, Coloma, MI
  • Gary Thomas Broekhuizen, MA ‘69, June 25, 2023, Portage, MI
  • David Edward Mount, MBA ‘69, April 20, 2023, Marco Island, FL
  • Jean W. Gill, BA ‘70, MA ‘74, April 22, 2023, Plainwell, MI
  • Marilyn G. VanHare, BA ‘70, MA ‘74, July 13, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • William Harry Rapley Jr., BS ‘70, July 26, 2023, Surprise, AZ
  • Barbara Ann (Tomaka) Huber, MA ‘70, April 9, 2023, Portage, MI
  • Janice Ann (Featherly) Mohler, BA ‘71, May 15, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
  • James H. Carnagie, BBA ‘71, July 9, 2023, Royal Oak, MI
  • Julie Tefft, BS ‘71, MA ‘75, May 25, 2023, Georgetown, TX
  • Gary T. Adams, BBA ‘72, Feb. 14, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Charles Gerard Chalifoux, BBA ‘72, Aug. 8, 2023, Allen, TX
  • Sue Ann (Frounfelker) Kalahar, BS ‘72, May 28, 2023, Jackson, MI
  • Carolyn Ann (Kufta) Miller, BS ‘72, July 2, 2023, Sarasota, FL
  • Steven Mills Rupert, BS ‘72, MA ‘78, June 3, 2023, South Bend, IN
  • Robert Mirer Wygant, MBA ‘72, April 8, 2023, Muskegon, MI
  • Dennis Gerard Clark, BA ‘73, May 14, 2023, Clinton Twp., MI
  • Linda Jean (Zimmerman) Kershner, BA ‘73, MA ‘79, May 4, 2023, Sturgis, MI
  • Robert Michael Dongvillo, BS ‘73, March 29, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
  • Twilla Jean Gibbons, BS ‘73, MA ‘82, April 26, 2023, Dowling, MI
  • Cherlyn Sue Houston, BS ‘73, May 18, 2023, Parma, MI
  • Gary Louis Kalamajka, BS ‘73, April 15, 2023, Hagerstown, MD
  • Earl Horn Jr., BA ‘74, MA ‘78, June 20, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Jill (Tarczy) Kurtz, BS ‘74, June 17, 2023, Northville, MI
  • Richard Wade Lattimore, BS ‘74, February 27, 2023, Valrico, FL
  • Sesta Verleen (Baas) Peekstok, BS ‘74, EdD ‘80, MA ‘75, April 12, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Louanne Kay (Versluis) Collins, BA ‘75, April 18, 2023, Portage, MI
  • Scott Clare Truitt, BBA ‘75, Aug. 5, 2023, LaGrange, IN
  • Gregory Dennis Erickson, BS ‘75, March 28, 2023, Lakeland, FL
  • Cindy Louise (Norris) Trask, BS ‘75, March 29, 2023, Arlington, TX
  • Peggy Lee Webb, BBA ‘76, June 25, 2023, Indianapolis, IN
  • Calvin James Everly, BS ‘76, July 6, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Grant G. Hogarth Jr., BS ‘76, Aug. 23, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Beverly R (Rogers) Bessler, MA ‘76, May 2, 2023, Marshall, MI
  • William Dewolfe Conrad, MPA ‘76, July 9, 2023, Kentwood, MI
  • Bernard Ross Near, BBA ‘77, July 21, 2023, Muskegon, MI
  • Mary Oran, BS ‘77, April 18, 2023, Brighton, MI
  • Patricia Ann Pyman, BS ‘77, Aug. 7, 2023, Grand Haven, MI
  • Craig Thomas Cameron, BBA ‘78, July 2, 2023, Angola, IN
  • George Eugene Klein, BS ‘78, April 23, 2023, Branford, CT
  • Peter Ronald Moulds, MOT ‘78, April 19, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Marilyn Lee (Soderberg) Bolin, BS ‘80, July 11, 2023, Northbrook, IL
  • Susan Perkowski Anderson, MPA ‘80, April 19, 2023, Big Rapids, MI
  • Karon Letitia Morley, BA ‘81, June 4, 2023, Leonidas, MI
  • Theresa M (Lucka) Abercrombie, BS ‘81, June 15, 2023, Edgewater, FL
  • Walter D. DeRyke, BS ‘81, May 30, 2023, Greenville, SC
  • Leroy Augustine Green, BS ‘81, April 10, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Derrick Patrick Albers, BS ‘82, June 10, 2023, Rochester Hills, MI
  • William Scott Choler, BBA ‘83, Aug. 4, 2023, Stow, OH
  • Shirley Jean Hamilton, BS ‘83, July 16, 2023, Portage, MI
  • James Kordupel Jr., MA ‘83, June 27, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Kimberly Ann (Gunn) Weigold, BSW ‘84, Sept. 14, 2023, Farmington Hills, MI
  • Eddie L. Greenleaf, BBA ‘85, May 14, 2023, Chicago, IL
  • Dale N Bronkema, BS ‘85, June 14, 2023, Lamont, MI
  • Kristopher Brian Kuhn, BBA ‘86, Aug. 15, 2023, Rochester Hills, MI
  • Sally Irene Story, MSW ‘87, July 27, 2023, Grandville, MI
  • Mary Austin Luther, MA ‘88, June 11, 2023, Muskegon, MI
  • Karen Elizabeth (Kiessling) Stock, MA ‘88, April 12, 2023, Knoxville, TN
  • Shung Wern Tsao, MS ‘88, April 27, 2023, West Bloomfield, MI
  • Robert Harry Brown, BS ‘90, June 15, 2023, Watson Twp., MI
  • Sean Christian Pollion, BS ‘90, Aug. 12, 2023, Petoskey, MI
  • Jacquelyn Sue Thomas, BS ‘90, June 22, 2023, Fort Myers, FL
  • Michael Thomas Dayton, BSE ‘90, April 8, 2023, Lowell, MI
  • Jane Leal Ledesma, BS ‘91, June 2, 2023, Dallas, TX
  • Judith Ann (Roosenberg) Rusk, MA ‘91, July 7, 2023, Green Bay, WI
  • Wendy Anne Johnston, BA ‘92, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Audrey Michelle Pride, BA ‘93, MA ‘02, April 18, 2023, Lawton, MI
  • Torey Jeremy Whitten, BBA ‘93, May 16, 2023, Grandville, MI
  • Martin Ray Ulferts, BS ‘93, June 29, 2023, Michigan City, IN
  • Brian Dee Johnson, MA ‘96, Aug. 7, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Maleah Margaret Goss, BS ‘01, Aug. 19, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Patrick Lynn Bentley, BA ‘04, July 4, 2023, Mattawan, MI
  • David Michael McKouen, MSW ‘07, May 19, 2023, Leslie, MI

Emeriti

  • Richard D. Brewer, professor emeritus of biological sciences, March 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Kenneth Dahlberg, professor emeritus of political science, May 1, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Joseph DeLuca, professor emeritus of fine arts, June 6, 2023, Traverse City, MI
  • Clara L. Gamble, professor emerita of dance, June 8, 2023, Kalamazoo, Ml
  • Charles F. Heller, professor emeritus of geography, July 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Zahir Quraeshi, professor emeritus of marketing, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Harold Ray, professor emeritus of human performance and health education, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Norman E. Slack, assistant professor emeritus of consumer resources and technology, June 27, 2022, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Lloyd Schmaltz, professor emeritus of geology, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Robert M. Wygant, professor emeritus of industrial and manufacturing engineering, April 8, 2023, North Muskegon, MI