Sincere, Capable, Qualified
Margaret Glades
The license plate — kans4me — and the bumper sticker — “This Woman is for Reagan” — said it all. Who could doubt that this woman was, as her flier declared, “Sincere, Capable, Qualified.” It was 1984, and Margaret Glades ’39 wanted to be elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
She got her wish.
As the daughter of a judge, politics may have been in her blood. She married her husband, the late John Glades, shortly after graduating cum laude from the University of Wichita with a degree in home economics. After nearly a decade of successful ranching, politics crept back into their lives. In 1956, they attended President Eisenhower’s inauguration after his re-election, and within four years the judge’s daughter found herself a senator’s wife.
But she, too, made a foray into the political arena. She served on the Yates Center school board and was later appointed by then-Gov. John Carlin as a lay member on the admissions panel of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. This led to Carlin appointing her to fill a position on the Kansas Board of Regents from 1979-83. When she was honored with a “National Shield Award” in 1991, recognizing her for distinguished achievement through professional or volunteer service to the community, then-Senator Bob Dole noted, “Through her good work for the State of Kansas and the nation, Margaret has touched the lives of many.”
And she continued to do so until her death Jan. 17 in Yates Center, Kan.
Distinguished Service
Wendell Carter
His freshman year, Wendell E. Carter ’38 was hailed in the Wichita paper as the smartest freshman at Wichita University. He was always a little surprised and humbled by the thought of his name on the front page under those circumstances. But Carter went on to graduate magna cum laude from wu before attending Harvard, where he received an mba as a Baker Scholar. When he graduated in 1956 from the Air War College, Montgomery, Ala., his thesis was published in the New York Times and reviewed by one of the paper’s book editors.
Carter’s military career began when he joined the Army as a 2nd lieutenant at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, serving there during World War II. In 1967, he became the deputy assistant secretary of defense in Robert McNamara’s organization, working with both the Johnson and Nixon administrations. After a heart attack in 1969, Carter retired as an Air Force major general. He was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal and four Legion of Merit medals.
After his retirement, he volunteered for the United Presbyterian Church, acting as elder for the First Presbyterian Church in New Mexico and serving as a member of the Synod of the Southwest.
He died Nov. 23, 2001 in Denver, Colo.
E. Elaine (Spray) Amos ’83, Feb. 4, retired Internal Revenue Service audit and review supervisor, Wichita.
James D. Armour ’65, Jan. 13, psychologist in private practice before entering the field of education as a professor of psychology, Cave in Rock, Ill.
Earlyne A. (Walker) Atherton ’68/85, Nov. 18, 2001, retired music teacher, Wichita.
Mark S. Baker ’70, Jan. 8, active Reserve chief warrant officer stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Community Insurance Inc. owner, Wichita.
Joni (Esau) Bishop ’79, Dec. 27, 2001, dental hygienist, Chesterfield, Mo.
Pansie L. (Baird) Boyer ’25, Jan 13, retired teacher and Wichita Federal Savings and Loan longtime employee, Wichita.
Robert E. “Bob” Branson ’41, Feb. 2, owner and president of Branson and Associates Inc. Commercial Real Estate Co., known across the country as a church and residential builder, Wichita. During World War II, he served in the Army in the European Theater.
Naomi Ruth (Holloway) Chambers ’45, Dec. 13, 2001, retired Labette Community College librarian, who served many years as secretary to the boards of directors of the Parsons Historical Society and of the Parsons Public Library, Parsons, Kan.
John C. Chrisman ’70, Jan. 27, retired Boeing Wichita modification finance employee, Rose Hill, Kan.
Ferne L. (Baumgartner) Cloutier ’71, Nov. 17, 2001, retired Derby High School business math and basic aviation teacher, Derby, Kan.
Marie (Lakme) Coakley ’65, Jan. 15, one of the first reading specialists in the Wichita Public Schools, Wichita. The co-author of a reading evaluation tool for reading assessment, she served as the secondary reading consultant for public schools in Wichita and taught instructors how to evaluate student reading ability at Wichita State. Active in the Wichita Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and an auxiliary member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita, she was a recipient of the Bene Merenti Medal from Pope Pius XII in 1957.
Lawrence R. “Larry” Coon ’84, Nov. 21, 2000, physician assistant who formerly served as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy and worked as an ambulance technician, nursing assistant and first aid teacher, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Theresa E. (Babb) Dombaugh fs ’53, Nov. 22, 2001, homemaker, Wichita.
Abe C. Dye ’34, Dec. 31, 2001, retired U.S. Postal Service employee, Wichita. A member of the University of Wichita football team who served as co-captain in 1933, Dye once said his fondest memories of wu included the benefits of association with “his brothers” in Pi Alpha Pi and his participation in football — mainly though, “It was at wu where I found and loved the mother of my children.”
James Armour Evans ’57, Jan. 25, retired Medical Center of Columbus chief of anesthesiology and former Emory University faculty member, Columbus, Ga.
Scott M. Findley ’95, Nov. 25, 2001, Bombardier Aerospace buyer, Wichita.
Alton R. Foster ’50, Jan. 26, retired Foster Music Store owner, former band and orchestra director and past owner of the Arthur Williams Music Store in Garden City, Kan., Bella Vista, Ark.
Howard N. Fullington fs ’28, Dec. 30, 2001, retired Dulaney-Johnston Priest Insurance Agency partner and U.S. Army veteran, Wichita. While attending wu, he played football and basketball and later served as chairman of the municipal university’s board of regents.
James S. Garvey ’47, Dec. 7, 2001, retired Garvey Elevators Inc. chairman of the board and president, Fort Worth, Texas. Garvey, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, managed the Garvey family’s farm and ranch operations near Colby, Kan., and supervised the operations of Service Oil Co., a small, independent retail oil company. In 1959 he moved to Fort Worth, where, as president of Garvey Elevators Inc., he guided the company’s growth to include interests in oil, insurance and real estate. He ran for Congress in 1974 and was selected as an elector to the Electoral College, for the State of Texas, in the 1996 presidential election.
Orin Lloyd Gladman ’56/59, Dec. 25, 2001, owner/operator of Gladman Frame Shop, former Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant safety and training director, retired manager of safety and training for the Johnson County Water District, former chair of the education department at Ottawa University and veteran serving with both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force, Ottawa, Kan.
L. Louise (Fort) Gooch ’34, Sept. 29, 2001, retired teacher, Akron, Ohio.
Melinda Ann Grommesh ’80, Jan. 19, respiratory therapist, Wichita.
Max Haden fs ’34, Jan. 7, retired KGE regional manager who worked at the company for 45 years, Bella Vista, Ark.
Arlene R. (Cooley) Henry ’49, Jan. 24, homemaker, retired art teacher, former Institute of Logopedics special education teacher and former wu Spirit Squad member, Ocean Springs, Miss.
James L. Heppler ’75, Dec. 26, 2001, Raytheon Aircraft Co. analyst, Wichita.
Stan M. Hubble ’79, Jan. 31, former president and ceo of AmeriSearch Inc., Dallas, Texas.
Danny B. Hudson ’86, Dec. 8, 2001, U.S. Postal Service coordinator, Wichita.
Marjorie S. (Smith) Imbler ’71, Jan. 12, homemaker, Grove, Okla.
H. Wayne Irick ’75, Jan. 10, Boeing Wichita program scheduler, Derby, Kan.
Mary E. (Tippin) Jones ’36, Feb. 19, homemaker, Valley Center, Kan.
Paul W. Keesling ’33, Dec. 17, 2001, retired Coleman Co. assistant treasurer, Sun City, Ariz.
Howard M. Kincheloe fs ’32, Dec. 16, 2001, Kansas aviation pioneer, Las Cruces, N.M. Kincheloe was appointed to the U.S. Navy Aviation Cadet Program in Pensacola, Fla., and in 1939 served with a group of 12 aviators in Java to instruct Dutch pilots for the Royal Netherlands Indies Navy. During World War II, he was an instructor and pilot for the B-24 Liberator, while also serving as a test pilot for many other aircraft.
Theda L. (Hetrick) Lake fs ’52, Jan. 7, retired oil accountant, Leavenworth, Kan.
Ann A. (Neff) Lockert ’42/42, Jan. 8, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. executive secretary, Chicago, Ill.
Billy B. Long ’49, Dec. 10, 2001, retired Devore Enterprises manager, Wichita.
Charlotte V. Markley ’71, Feb. 5, retired teacher, Andover, Kan.
Richard Dale Martens ’50, Feb. 2, chairman of the Martens Co., Wichita.
Naida Caroline Martin ’69, Dec. 22, 2001, retired elementary school teacher and lifelong activist for social issues, who worked in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and who actively supported many charitable groups, Wichita.
Mary Alice Mayo ’63, Dec. 25, 2001, retired Derby Elementary School teacher, Derby, Kan.
Michael E. McCarthy ’85/92, Dec. 4, 2001, Sedgwick County ComCare alcoholism counselor, Wichita.
Timothy A. McClard ’01, Jan. 25, Garden Plain State Bank auditor, Wichita.
Donald R. McQueen ’64, Dec. 25, 2001, former employee of Salida Bottling Company and owner and operator of Valley Home Furnishings, both of Salida, Colo., Rio Verde, Ariz.
Thadd E. Mize ’98, Dec. 12, 2001, Kansas City North Hospital cardiac nurse, Kansas City, Mo.
Linda L. (Brake) Morris ’93, Dec. 18, 2001, South Central Kansas Education Services Project Bridge director, Mulvane, Kan.
Louis K. Newfield ’61/61, June 22, 2001, U.S. Air Force, retired, Soquel, Calif. Newfield was awarded 10 military medals during his career, including the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star for achievement in aerial flight as commander of the Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam.
Carl L. Nicholson ’71, Feb. 15, retired Boeing electrical engineer, Aurora, Colo.
Samuel D. Parsons ’70, Feb. 15, Boeing Wichita project manager, El Dorado, Kan.
Samuel F. Parzybok ’56, Jan. 9, retired educator and Manpower training program director, Wichita. He was the first Army draftee inducted at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, on June 2, 1941.
Norma J. (Burlingame) Peters ’77, Jan. 26, theater designer, actress, artist and teacher, Louisville, Ky.
Jan (Jeurink) Peterson ’01, Dec. 31, 2001, Mayberry Middle School special education teacher, Wichita.
Charles H. Polk ’50/62, Dec. 20, 2001, retired high school football coach, San Mateo, Calif., and former Wichita West and Cathedral High School coach, Wichita.
Ardith I. “Ardy” (Durnil) Ponte ’99, Feb. 7, retired Security Abstract title administrator, Wichita.
Donald E. Pugh ’62, Dec. 11, 2001, retired repairman and shop foreman for Said Music Store in Tulsa, Okla., former music teacher and musician who performed with Tiny Hill, Clyde McCoy and other bands, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Billy R. Rice ’62, Oct. 31, 2001, former U.S. Air Force radar operator and retired cartographer with the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, St. Louis, Mo.
Kenneth G. Rogers ’61, Feb. 2, 2001, retired personnel firm owner, Nashville, Tenn.
Steven K. Rose ’77, Dec. 25, 2001, Metropolitan Life electronic auditor and programmer, New York, N.Y.
Gene W. Setzer ’41, Dec. 4, 2001, retired foundation executive for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Nyack, N.Y. Setzer joined the Navy in 1942 and served aboard a destroyer escort in the North Atlantic during World War II, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. His work for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund at the Rockefeller Family Fund focused on women’s education, historical restoration and environmental preservation projects. He also worked with the American Conservation Association, the Jackson Hole Preserve and the National Audubon Society.
Elizabeth (Rogers) Shrader ’36, Dec. 20, 2001, homemaker and member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Great Bend, Kan., and of the Altar Guild, who twice served as a diocesan delegate to the national convention, Virginia Beach, Va.
Charles H. Snipes ’51, Dec. 6, 2001, former El Camino Junior College business administration instructor, Los Angeles, Calif., Wichita.
William E. Stone ’68, Jan. 30, retired The Wichita Eagle copy editor, Tucson, Ariz.
James E. Strand ’61/68, Jan. 18, Raytheon Aircraft Co. avionics engineer, Wichita.
Roland F. Swanson ’65/65, Sept. 5, 2001, retired teacher, Topeka, Kan.
Robert H. Tanner ’67, Jan. 26, self-employed Certified Public Accountant, Wichita.
Paul L. Thompson ’56, June 17, 2001, retired Boeing Wichita instructor, Wichita.
Linda J. Thorp ’71, Jan. 3, former medical technologist at Wesley Hospital, for Kansas Nephrology Associates and for the Wichita Clinic and laboratory manager at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita.
Mary F. (Spencer) Vaughan ’40, Feb. 21, 2001, former Spanish teacher and director of women’s residences at the University of Colorado, Long Beach, Calif.
Maxine (Sherwood) Viney ’36, Nov. 24, 2001, homemaker, retired Viney Food Market co-owner and former Lancelot Tile’s bookkeeper, Wichita.
Floyd W. Waldrip ’52, Dec. 19, 2001, retired Boeing Wichita human resources and personnel manager, Hutchinson, Kan.
Raymond N. Watson ’66, Dec. 11, 2001, retired quality control specialist for the Air Force in Sunnyvale, Calif., and an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, San Jose, Calif. He was laid to rest with full military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars in West Middlesex, Pa.
Shirley A. West ’72, Dec. 3, 2001, former Sedgwick County pre-sentence investigator, Wichita.
Richard L. Winter ’68, Jan. 11, retired salesman, Hayward, Calif.
Gerald Wayne Zorger ’60, Jan. 2, retired Leben Oil Co. geologist and exploration manager, Grand Prairie, Texas.
Clifford R. “Ray” Zumalt ’51/51, Dec. 10, 2001, retired middle-school guidance counselor, juvenile probation officer in Neosho County, youth recreation director and adjunct teacher at Neosho County Community College, Chanute, Kan.
