Virginia S. (Shuler) Addington ’39, homemaker, executive secretary, former kindergarten and elementary school teacher and retired school psychologist, who traveled extensively, visiting 70 different countries, Aug. 25, Wichita. During her University of Wichita Class of 1939’s 50-year reunion, Addington shared a few of her fondest memories of her college activities: “I enjoyed golf class and the Crestview Country Club. I also enjoyed the Rifle Club and remember attending a meet in Booneville, Mo. Once, after spending the afternoon studying at the library, we had to walk home in knee-deep snow, which had been falling fast and furiously all afternoon.”
Patricia (Coleman) Ballard, homemaker, university friend and Shocker basketball enthusiast, May 29, Houston, Texas.
Antonio C. Barnes ’04, Credit Solutions Sales Consultant in Dallas, Sept. 21, Dallas.
Gerald W. Batchelor fs ’53, retired businessman who served in the U.S. Navy, Aug. 27, Glen Haven, Colo.
Frances E. (Barrett) Beard ’38, homemaker and Alpha Tau Sigma, later Delta Gamma, sorority sister who enjoyed cooking, playing the piano, bridge, reading and sewing, June 26, Wichita.
Lawrence J. Beilman ’64, longtime attorney who served as a Wichita assistant city attorney and as general counsel for Air Midwest Inc., Sept. 17, Wichita.
Lloyd M. Benningfield, Boeing electrical engineer, former assistant and associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, dean emeritus of graduate studies and research, and professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Wichita State University, Aug. 24, Wichita. Among Dr. Benningfield’s many honors and awards were serving as chair of the Sixth Symposium on Adaptive Processes and on the national board of directors for the Analog/Hybrid Computer Education Society. For the 1987-88 academic year, he was selected as the Department of Electrical Engineering Polished Professor by the WSU Engineering Student Council.
Natalie M. (Ring) Booth ’35, homemaker, former high school Latin and drama teacher in Garden Plain, Kan., and community volunteer active with, among other organizations, the St. Francis gift shop, Sept. 1, Wichita.
Patricia L. (Cobb) Bowen ’88, homemaker, organist, former middle school music teacher and associate professor of music education at wsu, where she taught a survey of vocal and instrumental music methods and materials at the elementary level, as well as a field-based course in pre-student teaching, Sept. 18, Wichita.
Mary Jo Brady ’07, exercise instructor at the Derby Recreational Center, former aviation industry employee who worked for Boeing for 18 years and two years at Spirit, where she led a stretching class, July 4, Derby, Kan.
Kenneth H. Brake ’62, farmer and retired accounting auditor for 30 years with the U.S. General Accountability Office, March 24, Laurel, Md.
Donald L. Brooks, custodial supervisor at Wichita State University who was an avid basketball, football and baseball fan with special loyalties to Shocker teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Yankees, June 18, Wichita.
Cherie I. Brown ’93, nurse whose career included three decades of work in emergency surgery and trauma at Wichita hospitals and as a consultant in emergency room care and efficiency with Cardinal Health Care, July 22, Tucson, Ariz.
Robert E. Buck, friend of the university, retired pension consultant, July 24, Wichita.
William M. Buckley, university friend, World War II veteran who served as a B-25 pilot, flying submarine patrol over the Atlantic Ocean, and retired president and owner of the Buckley Roofing Co., which counted among it major projects the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a number of buildings on WSU’s campus, including the field house, July 12, Wichita.
James G. Collins II fs ’75, Marquee Motorcars owner, former vice president of Griggs Oil Co., managing partner of DSX Media and entrepreneur, May 12, Wichita.
Richard “Rick” L. Carpenter ’76, journalism graduate, July 29, Neodesha, Kan.
Darrell D. Chamberlain ’61, poet, retired American Airlines pilot, former accountant and entrepreneur, Aug. 15, Winfield, Kan.
Billy J. Chance, friend of the university, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col., real estate broker and former owner of Mt. Hope Clarion, Sept. 16, Mt. Hope, Kan.
Rosemarie M. (Elliott) Clifton ’62, retired Wichita public school teacher, a member of Glass Gazers, DAR, Eastern Star and a volunteer at Cowtown, July 19, Bel Aire, Kan.
Richard A. Coover ’57, former Security Benefit Life vice president of marketing, retired owner of the insurance agency Consolidated Benefit Plans Inc. in Topeka, Kan., July 24, Green Valley, Ariz.
David J. Crill ’68, engineer, Sept. 8, Wichita.
Emily A. Cross ’46, chemistry graduate, June 20, Edwardsville, Kan.
Norma L. (Staab) Daniels, university friend, former obstetrics RN, elected in 1974 to the Valley Center City Council and in 1980 to the Kansas Senate, 31st District, becoming the first female senator from Sedgwick County and serving three consecutive terms, Sept. 13, Valley Center, Kan.
Willa M. Daniels, university friend, retired city of Wichita administrative aide, member of Mensa and the only woman past president of the Wichita Horseless Carriage Club, July 24, Wichita.
Wayne L. Darnell ’58, scientist, who joined NASA Langley in 1962 and retired in 1995 as assistant branch head in Radiation Sciences Branch of the Atmospheric Sciences Division and as a senior research scientist leading group specializing in the study of surface radiation as it relates to climate change, author and coauthor of numerous papers in scientific journals during his career at nasa, July 3, Yorktown, Va.
Kimberly A. (Reed) Davidson ’86, nurse who had just earned a master’s degree from the University of Kansas, member of the Sigma Theta Tau Fraternity and the American Nurses Association, July 13, Shawnee, Kan.
Ann K. Davis ’fs 84, retired jazz singer and musician, June 1, Wichita.
Mike A. Dennett ’89, surgeon who served in the U.S. Army from 1982-84, May 29, Topeka, Kan.
Hugh S. Dennis ’39, former aircraft industry worker, retired insurance and real estate businessman, volunteer who helped establish the Midian Shrine’s Plane of Mercy, began a local chapter of Ducks Unlimited and was key in bringing harness horse racing back to Eureka, Kan., Aug. 31, Eureka.
Clarita B. (Roach) DePaolis fs ’55, homemaker, former high school teacher who also taught oil painting at the University of Kansas, former executive secretary at Leavenworth National Bank, Aug. 19, Leavenworth, Kan.
William W. Dexter ’66, rancher, retired chief financial officer at Gott Corp. in Winfield, Kan., former member of the Winfield City Commission and mayor for two terms, member of the board of directors of First Community Federal Bank, April 20, Winfield.
Lori L. (Shaffer) Dixon ’94, homemaker, therapist, May 2, Salem, Ore.
Lillian F. (Linebaugh) Drake ’58, homemaker, July 25, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Wilma Dunlap fs ’55, retired Wichita public school system science teacher with 35 years of experience, Nov. 16, 2007, Wichita.
Ronald G. Elkouri, podiatric surgeon and friend of the university, Sept. 17, Wichita.
David W. Enoch ’48, a WWII veteran who enlisted in the Army, serving as a sergeant and commanding a half-track squadron in the Battle of the Bulge, later being awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, five Combat Stars and numerous Combat Infantryman Badges; attorney with the Colorado Springs, Colo., law firm of Spurgeon, Sutton, Ammon & Enoch until 1960, when he was elected District Court Judge of the 4th Judicial District, serving until 1969, when appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals, of which he was named Chief Judge in 1979 and from which he retired in 1988, June 29, Colorado Springs.
Oleta Ewing, homemaker and retired WSU staff member who retired after 25 years with the university’s reservations department, July 21, Wichita.
Evan J. Fearey ’69, retired Boeing Wichita electrical engineer, June 28, Wichita.
Elizabeth A. (Call) Fortna ’79, Urban League of Kansas administrator, Sept. 3, Wichita.
Jerry L. Fry ’62, Coleman Co. accountant, Aug. 7, Wichita.
Russell D. Garber, university friend, retired Sears Department Store sales manager, June 23, Wichita.
Robert B. Garvey ’71, president of the sales and marketing consulting business Equal Marketing Services, June 30, Wichita.
Donald N. Girrens, friend of the university and avid Shocker fan, retired building materials buyer for Star Lumber & Supply after 44 years, Sept. 19, Wichita.
Paul L. Gray, friend of the university, retired Paradise Baptist Church minister and attorney, July 4, Wichita.
Robert B. Gray ’50, WWII veteran who served in Guam with the SeaBees, worked 47 years with Safeway and Food Barn, and played the banjo with the Kansas City Banjo Band and Banjos Three Plus One, May 20, Kansas City, Mo.
David C. Gutner ’71, Veterans Administration and U.S. Air Force technical advisor, administrator and analyst from 1971 until his retirement in 2000, veteran of the Air Force and Air Force Reserves, July 11, Woodstock, Va.
Harry G. Hadler ’41, former petroleum geologist with Stanolind Oil & Gas (Amoco) and exploration manager at Fain-Porter Drilling Co., co-founder of Hadson Oil & Gas Co., varsity football and basketball player at the University of Wichita, as well as a noted vocalist, veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Aug. 28, Edmond, Okla.
Vernon L. “Ben” Hagnauer, retired Wichita State University research associate in aerospace engineering, veteran of the U.S. Navy with service aboard the USS Randolph and retired Cessna Aircraft employee and flight instructor for the Cessna Flying Club, July 4, Wichita.
Hugh A. Harrell ’54, minister of education and administration at several Baptist churches, March 18, Centennial, Colo.
Shirley (Holloway) Harrell ’48, homemaker, retired WSU Bookstore employee with 25 years of service, Delta Gamma member, July 2, Wichita.
Jeffrey R. Hart ’88, Hawker Beechcraft machinist, Aug. 18, Wichita.
Kyle C. “K.C.” Haywood ’98, musician, singer/ songwriter and founder of the band Handsome Molly, former firefighter in Taos, N.M., and Rapid Transit Cycleshop employee in Chicago, June 28, Chicago, Ill.
Robert C. Hazen ’56, retired Presbyterian minister, having served his last church in Wilson, Kan., July 9, Wichita.
Timothy B. Heinicke ’79, elementary school special education teacher, May 7, Las Vegas, Nev.
Edward J. Henning Jr. ’61, aeronautical engineer, Sept. 1, Garden City, Kan.
Reuben K. Holdeman ’84, retired Raytheon engineer and retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant, May 6, Wichita.
Robert L. Holland ’74, retired Methodist minister and Beltone Hearing Aid representative, June 24, Wichita.
R. Michael “Mike” Holmes ’70, former lecturer in the anthropology department at WSU, former director of the Johnson O’Malley Indian Education Program for the Colorado River Indian Tribes, former director of the Title IV Indian Education Program for the Parker, Ariz., public school system, where he established the first after-school tutorial program for American Indian students, retired professor of anthropology at Arizona Western College and director of the college’s La Paz Center, March 31, Parker.
Edward A. Hutchinson ’44, consulting geologist active in oil exploration, June 16, 2007, Sulphur, Okla.
Irwin V. Johnson ’80, retired Beech Aircraft employee, Aug. 8, Wichita.
Thomas A. Julian ’87, Kenexa program director, former pitcher for the WSU baseball team, former account executive at Multimedia Advertising Services, June 25, Wichita.
Homer Keith, university friend, retired Pittsburgh Paint Co. branch manager, avid gardener and WWII veteran who served as a corporal in China, Burma and India, June 27, Wichita.
Margaret J. (Johnsten) Kelley ’59, homemaker, retired Stearman Elementary School teacher and World War II veteran, July 27, Winfield, Kan.
Gary P. Kern ’69, retired insurance adjuster, Aug. 24, Wichita.
Scott D. Kessler ’90, a respiratory therapist at Hutchinson Hospital, June 21, Hutchinson, Kan.
Joan “Jo” R. (Lambert) Kohman ’76, homemaker, former English instructor and Augusta Daily Gazette feature columnist, July 9, Augusta, Kan.
Sandra K. (Truex) Kopoev ’87, homemaker, graduate of St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., and artist who specialized in the writing of religious icons, July 8, Derby, Kan.
Deborah “Debbie” A. Krause ’75, psychologist at Youth Opportunity Center, Muncie, Ind., former executive director and psychologist at Wichita’s Lincoln Monica House, Feb. 24, Muncie.
William C. Lake ’50, Major USAF Ret., former owner and operator of the Western Auto Associate Store in Derby, Kan., where he was a volunteer for the Derby Fire Department and active in Kiwanis, a Kansas Army National Guardsman who was activated with the 69th Brigade and served in Vietnam, Feb. 5, Leavenworth, Kan.
Howard H. Lander ’32, neurosurgeon who practiced at the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., for 25 years from 1947 until his retirement from private practice in 1972, former staff member at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Feb. 13, Spokane.
Gerald “Jerry” W. Lancelot ’70, U.S. Army second lieutenant who served in the financial department at Ft. Benjamin, Harrison, Ind., former employee of Iowa Beef Co. in Sioux City and Atlanta, Ga., former vice president of Lancelot Title Co. in Wichita and former employee at Williams Ace Hardware, July 25, Wichita.
David W. Landin ’97, president emeritus of Derby, Kan., Community Theatre and a frequent local performer, retired Air Force officer and Cowley County College adjunct instructor, Sept. 17, Derby.
Sherry L. (Black) Langley ’95, former Tucson Preparatory School teacher and volunteer at a U.S./Mexico border town health clinic and with the Dambe Project, a community cultural enrichment organization, July 10, Tucson, Ariz. Langley was the 1994-95 recipient of the Laura Cross Scholarship. In a letter of thanks to the late Laura Cross ’25, she wrote: “Coming to WSU as a returning adult student in 1991 was one of the biggest challenges I have undertaken, but the experience has transformed my life. I worked on campus from the beginning, first at the Child Development Center and then as a tutor for both Operation Success and the writing center in the English department. My greatest reward will be to share with others the love of learning I have developed here. Thank you so much for your support.”
Carlos R. Lee ’95, retired teacher and coach, June 20, Derby, Kan.
Jeanette A. Lewis ’68, substitute special education teacher for Wichita public schools, homemaker, Aug. 27, Wichita.
Bernice “Bunny” A. (Kurt) Link, friend of the university, homemaker, former United Airlines stewardess and the first secretary of the Airline Stewardess Association, retired real estate agent, July 30, Wichita.
Donald R. Lollis ’76, former piano teacher, church musician and minister of music, July 18, Bloomingdale, Ga.
Bonita “Bonnie” Lynch, friend of the university, educational administrator, Aug. 8, Wichita.
Frances L. (West) McCabe ’76, retired special education teacher, July 28, Wichita.
Gerald W. “Bill” McCarty ’51, geologist and U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea, Sept. 11, 2007, Tulsa, Okla.
Lois E. (Keller) McClure ’67, homemaker and retired special education teacher who was named one of two Kansas Master Teachers in 1983, an award given annually by Emporia State University, July 20, Fayetteville, Ark.
Donald E. McMannis ’62, district superintendent for the oil and gas company Kahan & Associates, Burrton, Kan., July 18, Hutchinson, Kan.
Jay M. McMurray ’60, geologist, May 1, Brighton, Colo.
Juanita Monroe, friend of the university, retired jeweler, June 29, Wichita.
Dwight H. Moore ’42, retired lawyer and teacher, former co-owner of Stamp Import in Wichita, June 4, Wichita.
Harriet A. (Cornwell) Morgan ’52, homemaker, former elementary school teacher and volunteer active in several community groups, including Meals on Wheels, July 14, Wichita.
Marilyn F. (Moeckli) Morris ’68, retired high school physical education teacher and softball, volleyball and field hockey coach, Aug. 27, Wichita.
Eldon R. Morton ’50, business administration graduate retired from drilling equipment sales, May 15, 2006, Aurora, Ill. His wife Mary writes: “Though we lived in Illinois since 1958, he always followed WSU sports in newspapers and on television and through your alumni publications. He was proud of being a graduate of Wichita University.”
Nancy S. (Stanton) Myers ’79, homemaker, teacher, instructor at East Central University, Ada, Okla., and amateur radio operator, Sept. 20, Ada.
Micheline “Mike” R. (Heinritz) Neubauer ’95, Cargill Meats marketing director, Aug. 2, Wichita.
Dale B. Norton, friend of the university, retired president of Gates Learjet Air Services Co., WWII veteran who served in the Army Air Corps, Sept. 22, Wichita.
Cindy L. Ochoa ’01, former teacher in Dodge City, Kan., and substitute teacher in Blue Valley and Riley County schools, former employee at Big Lakes Development Home in Manhattan, Kan., Jun. 16, Riley, Kan.
Albert L. Pasquan ’58, former El Dorado, Kan., chief of police, former city of Phoenix administrative analyst, former assistant city manager at Fairfield, Calif., former assistant professor of police science at Washington State University in Pullman, retired assistant warden of the Cullumbay Correctional Facility, May 7, El Dorado.
Reza Paydar, friend of the university, insurance agent and co-owner of Sweet Basil Restaurant, Aug. 4, Wichita.
Jack W. Perrin ’51, retired owner of Holleicke-Perrin Tire Co., Aug. 2, Valley Center, Kan.
Kenneth C. Peters, friend of the university, retired owner and partner of Scotsman Inn Motels and Peters Brothers Construction Co., Aug. 29, Wichita.
Marvin L. Peterson, friend of the university, retired Santa Fe switchman, July 20, Maize, Kan.
B. Theodore “Ted” Powers ’60, retired Mulvane, Kan., public schools band director and vocal music teacher, and farmer first elected in 1992 to the Kansas House as representative for the 81st District, May 13, Mulvane. One visitor to Powers’ online guest book memorial writes: “Mr. Powers was truly one of a kind and will be greatly missed. I was one of the fortunate ones who had him as a band teacher. I can remember in my first year as a little sixth grader reluctantly taking my dad’s antique silver clarinet to band. Not my idea of a real clarinet. Mr. Powers was so cool about the whole deal. He asked for my clarinet and played it and acted like it was the most precious instrument to own. My embarrassment was gone.”
Mary Jane “Deda” (Dorsch) Pritchard ’67, musician and retired Wichita public school teacher, July 13, Valley Center, Kan.
S. Patrick “Pat” Raymond, university friend, independent oil operator, U.S. Army serviceman stationed in Japan during the Korean War, Aug. 2, Wichita.
James E. Richmond ’53, retired purchasing manager for the city of Wichita, July 13, Wichita.
Diana F. (Grove) Ridenour ’69, elementary education graduate, Feb. 1, 2007, Mooresville, Ind.
H. Dean Ritchie, Ritchie Corp. owner and friend of the university who, along with his wife Barbara, donated to the Special Collections department of Ablah Library a set of bound volumes of the first English magazine ever printed, The Gentlemen’s Magazine, which was started in 1731 in London, Aug. 31, Wichita.
Glen G. Rowley, WSU custodial specialist with more than 20 years of service to the university, May 22, Wichita.
Johnny L. Rivers ’81, retired Cessna Aircraft employee, Sept. 7, Rose Hill, Kan.
Dorothy A. Ryan, friend of the university, homemaker, former teacher in Oklahoma, Boeing worker during World War II and former Wichita Eagle Credit Union Manager, July 1, Wichita.
Sara L. (Hosack) Schwarz, homemaker, friend of the university, retired teacher, July 4, Wichita.
Harlan C. Seeber fs ’50, retired owner of Seeber Manufacturing, Sept. 3, Wichita.
Luetta M. Sherman, friend of the university, retired barber, Sept. 18, Tulsa, Okla.
Elizabeth A. (Pickens) Smith fs ’71, retired teacher who taught in Oklahoma for 11 years and for Wichita public schools for 30 more, former Boeing worker from 1943-45, avid reader who volunteered at the Wichita Public Library delivering books of interest to home-bound individuals, May 24, Wichita.
Valmer C. Stigers ’70, retired U.S. Army captain, Aug. 26, Arkansas City, Kan.
George J. Stipetic ’60, retired Boeing industrial engineer, former wsu football player, U.S. Air Force veteran serving during the Korean War, June 21, Everett, Wash.
Henry “Barney” H. Taylor ’70, retired El Dorado, Kan., Middle School Teacher, Aug. 9, Valley Center, Kan.
Adelaide C. (Chalberg) Teneyck ’64, retired teacher, accountant, homemaker, June 15, Idaho City, Idaho.
James O. Tennant Jr. ’49, retired executive service department head for San Diego County, former assistant to the city manager and, for 21 years, city manager of Junction City, Kan., WWII veteran who attained the rank of Army Air Corps staff sergeant and served for two years as an instructor in aircraft armaments at Lowry Field, Denver, Colo., before volunteering for foreign service with the 8th Air Force in Europe, July 11, Inman, Kan.
Carl E. Thomas ’51, retired Wichita public school teacher, May 28, Wichita.
Noma M. (Mears) Thompson ’32, homemaker and secondary education graduate, Sept. 23, Wichita.
Ruth D. Trapp, friend of the university, homemaker, Sept. 17, Independence, Mo.
Abby A. Tucker ’06, Wichita Country Club accountant, July 15, Wichita.
Ray D. Vansickle ’86, secondary education graduate, Aug. 31, Alton, Ill.
Ruth M. (Sheppard) Wattenbarger, homemaker, friend of the university, Aug. 8, Wichita.
Margaret M. (Hoofer) Wheeler ’42, retired department of humanities chair and English instructor at Cowley Community College, recipient of Outstanding Educator of America honors in 1972, volunteer who taught creative writing to senior citizens, Aug. 6, Wichita.
Betty Whitted, homemaker, university friend, Sept. 17, Valley Center, Kan.
Joan (Huebert) Wilder ’75/75, retired Valley Center, Kan., public school teacher, May 22, Halstead, Kan.
Floyd “Willie” L. Williamson ’74, former oiler with the Merchant Marine Coast Guard, WWII veteran who served in the Navy aboard the USS Tuscon and later the Higbee in the South Pacific, former member of the Wichita Police Department and retired investigator in the consumer fraud division of the district attorney’s office, July 25, Wichita.
Mary L. (Farley) Willis ’70, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher who helped to develop and taught a Head Start pilot program in 1964, July 29, Wichita. Among the entries in her online guest book is this note: “Mrs. Willis was my kindergarten teacher at Buckner Elementary School. She taught me how to write my name, how to draw stars and how to dance to the music of the Nutcracker.”
Robert K. Wilson ’34, retired independent consultant for retirement home management, retired administrator of Sun City Gardens in Sun City, Calif., former business manager and administrator for Mt. San Antonio Gardens, former farmer, WWII veteran serving in the 137th Infantry, 35th Division, a National Guard Unit of the Army, Jan. 6, Wichita.
Barbara J. (Fellers) Young ’61, Wichita public school kindergarten teacher who, over the course of her 34-year career, taught at Rea Woodman, Kelly and Pleasant Valley, Aug. 6, Wichita.
