Steven Ahre ’83, veteran of the U.S. Air Force, July 8, Wichita.
Charles D. Anderson ’49, retired attorney and federal public defender, May 3, Cheney, Kan.
James C. Anderson ’75, staff engineer at MIT Lincoln Labs in Lexington for 32 years, May 3, Westwood, Mass.
Kathryn A. (Emery) Andrea ’37, homemaker and former Wichita Eagle “Gal About Town” columnist who while in college was elected “Queen of Transportation” when Wichita converted from street cars to city buses, June 28, Shreveport, La.
F. Kenneth Atnip ’60, retired Boeing engineer, March 12, Kerrville, Texas.
Diane R. (Riley) Barnes ’67, retired Wichita State University associate registrar, March 21, Wichita.
Paul L. Beckmann ’66, Boeing engineer for 38 years and retired director of engineering for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Wichita, March 18, Wichita.
Edwin V. Bell ’56, retired trust investment officer at First National Bank of Wichita, former Boeing and Morris Plan employee, U.S. Navy veteran, Feb. 6, Wichita.
Daniel K. Bird ’48/52/62, retired Wright-Patterson AFB aeronautical engineer and World War II veteran, June 13, Danville, Calif.
Ruth Bogard, homemaker and university friend, July 16, Wichita.
Margaret C. Bowlus ’65, retired mathematics teacher, Feb. 26, El Dorado, Kan.
Joe E. Boyd fs ’76, retired president and CEO of the Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau, Air National Guard veteran, July 4, Wichita.
Bonnie J. (VanCuren) Bradley, homemaker and university friend, July 16, Derby, Kan.
Wilma “Billie” R. (Myers) Breazeale, homemaker and university friend, May 28, Houston, Texas.
Mary J. Briggs ’88, retired Federal Aviation Administration employee with 39 years of service, psychic consultant and author, June 20, Wichita.
Darven L. Brown ’49, longtime attorney for the Urban Renewal Authority/Tulsa Development Authority, WWII veteran who fought in the battles of Tarawa, Saipan and Okinawa, and awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action on Tinian, April 11, Tulsa, Okla.
Margaret J. (Wilson) Brunton ’84, administration of justice graduate, June 28, 2008, Topeka, Kan.
William S. Burnett ’57, retired teacher and administrator, WWII veteran, March 12, Haysville, Kan.
Rayburn D. Calvert ’68, retired CEO of Calvert Enterprises Inc. in Wichita, former Brite Voice Systems employee and insurance salesman who, in 1970, became the first paid full-time director of the alumni fund at Wichita State University, working for the WSU trustees and the alumni association, April 18, Wichita.
George W. Cannady ’03, retired U.S. Air Force veteran and U.S. Postal Service employee, March 6, Wichita.
Carol J. (Shuler) Caseria ’41, homemaker and retired educator, with experience teaching kindergarten to supervising student teachers at California State College, Feb. 8, San Bernardino, Calif.
Wilma K. (Kuhn) Chaffin ’73, early-childhood educator, May 4, Wichita.
Warren W. Chaney ’74, retired U.S. Air Force Korean War and Vietnam War veteran, May 6, Giddings, Texas.
Nancy L. (Brown) Chappell ’62, homemaker, March 15, Lenexa, Kan.
Richard G. Charles ’92, real estate broker, March 13, Wichita.
Francis N. Clavin ’52, retired Sears customer service manager, veteran of WWII, Feb. 28, Wichita.
Norris Cooper ’73, cattle rancher, Aug. 10, 2008, Andover, Kan.
Earle V. Core III ’88, physician assistant graduate, June 7, Philadelphia, Pa.
Philip T. Courtwright ’71, contract carpenter and retired Augusta, Kan., post office rural carrier, March 19, Augusta.
Donald G. Crawford ’50, retired branch manager for Monroe Systems for Business, March 12, Cheyenne, Wyo.
M. Elaine (Holly) Creed ’69/75, retired English teacher, Feb. 9, Madison, Ala.
Kenneth E. Dickson ’70, music educator and director of technology for schools in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 23, 2008, West Alton, Mo.
Keith M. Duggan fs ’81, owner of KD Roofing in Wichita, May 18, Wichita.
Victor L. Durrington ’63, retired Boeing Aircraft aeronautical engineer, real estate investor, March 5, Abilene, Texas.
Edwin P. Ellison fs ’51, real estate broker at Ed Ellison Realty and Century 21, May 13, Phoenix, Ariz.
Jean I. (Kiser) Ensign ’48, homemaker, former church secretary and medical transcriptionist, Jan. 28, Eureka, Kan.
Carol J. Erickson ’79, psychologist in private practice, adjunct faculty member of the University of Wyoming health professions college, Disciples of Christ ordained minister, former psychotherapist at the University of Northern Colorado counseling center, former intern and resident chaplain at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Feb. 17, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Doris M. (Marts) Everitt ’41, retired Latin, English and music teacher who earned a private pilot’s license in 1940 at the Wichita Airport, Feb. 25, Wichita.
Wesley L. Faires ’58/62/65, Wichita State associate professor emeritus of communicative disorders and sciences who served as director of clinical services at the university’s speech-language-hearing clinic, longtime Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre volunteer as a speech pathologist, May 3, Wichita.
Vernon W. Fall ’59, former assistant professor of social sciences at Fort Hays State College, Hays, Kan., Jan. 11, 2006, Oro Valley, Ariz.
Keith M. Frazier ’93, Century-Tel computer network engineer who served four years on active duty in the U.S. Army as staff sergeant and then eight years in the Army Reserve as master sergeant, July 8, Monroe, La.
Cheri E. (Thomas) Freeman ’86, homemaker and retired aircraft tool designer with 35 years of experience, Feb. 12, Wichita.
Barbara D. (Barnett) Freire ’61, retired elementary school teacher, March 5, Navarre, Fla.
William C. Furst ’86/90/91, retired community college social studies educator and MetLife systems manager, March 31, Lawrence, Kan.
Connie F. (Brown) Gamm ’69, homemaker, former elementary school teacher, June 29, Wichita.
John E. Gasper ’56, retired school administrator recognized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for his educational leadership, former instructor in education administration at Wichita State, April 15, Wichita.
Harold “Nick” N. Girrens ’73, retired financial advisor, April 12, Wichita.
Nile J. Gooch ’58, retired teacher, Oct. 1, 2008, Kernville, Calif.
Mellodee L. (Livingston) Graves ’78, retired supervisor at McConnell Air Force Base and one of the first five civilians integrated by the Air Force as a supervisor for both civilian and military staff, former teacher, Feb. 5, Lawrence, Kan.
Darnell L. (Medlock) Grubbs fs ’79, homemaker, April 5, Wichita.
Meredith D. (Hoppas) Grusing ’82, teacher and former volleyball, basketball and track coach, July 20, Wichita.
Sylvia E. Guesby ’82, retired math teacher, Oct. 1, 2008, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Lois A. (Howard) Gunter, homemaker, retired WSU financial aid department employee, June 7, Wichita.
Vernice E. Haines ’59, retired teacher, July 6, El Dorado, Kan.
Kathryn A. (Geisendorf) Hall ’58/61, retired Wichita public school teacher, counselor and psychologist, Feb. 15, Overland Park, Kan.
Deanne L. (McCoy) Harris ’72, homemaker and former realtor, May 27, 2006, Hobe Sound, Fla.
M. Kathryn (Frame) Harris ’63/69, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher who, for a time during WWII, worked at Boeing, June 3, Wichita. Robert L. Harris ’71, retired decorated U.S. Marine Corps captain, former teacher, engineer and business owner, March 15, Wichita.
Vera F. (George) Haymaker ’60/67, retired school music teacher, April 11, Wichita.
Dawn L. (Larimore) Helmer ’93, homemaker and former Sedgwick County Corrections supervisor, May 7, Wichita.
Robert L. Hershberger ’57, retired Cessna Aircraft accountant and owner of Bob’s Accounting Service, June 6, Wichita.
Joe S. Hickey ’54/63, retired school administrator with 41 years of experience in education, eight as a teacher and 33 as a superintendent, April 3, Wichita.
Robert M. Hobson ’49, WWII veteran who served in New Guinea and the Philippines, advertising and print media professional who retired as director of market development at the Wichita Eagle and was distinguished professor of journalism at WSU from 1979-82, June 9, Wichita.
Kenneth D. Holdaway ’59, systems analyst with IBM for 40 years, March 31, Round Rock, Texas.
Ruby A. (Chapman) Holt ’70/73/81, retired teacher and psychologist for Wichita public schools, Feb. 16, El Dorado, Kan.
Joseph E. “Gene” Horton ’88, farmer and stockman, retired elementary school teacher, March 5, Plevna, Kan.
Maurice E. Johnson ’47, retired Internal Revenue Service district director for Kansas, April 3, Overland Park, Kan.
Patrica L. (Miller) Jones ’78, hospital and home-health nurse, July 17, Wichita.
Kenneth T. “Tom” Keenan ’63, retired Core Lab petroleum engineer, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, Feb. 7, Wichita.
Barbara M. (Smith) Keltner fs ’72, homemaker and environmental activist appointed by Sedgwick County commissioners as one of the initial members of the county’s Environmental Resource Advisory Board, July 3, Wichita.
Wey D. Kenny ’48, retired Beech Aircraft assistant treasurer, CPA, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Force, July 6, Bel Aire, Kan.
William C. Kent ’66/66, retired San Luis Obispo County Office of Education speech pathologist, May 9, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Merle A. Kezar ’77, retired U.S. Air Force major with 21 years of service, July 13, Hot Springs, S.D.
Leonard P. Kobelt ’63, retired general manager at Cessna Aircraft, Independence, Kan., and former lab manager of research and development at Midland Dexter and vice president and technical director at Roll Coater Inc., a subsidiary of Arvin Industries, March 3, Buffalo, Kan.
Jim E. Krouse ’58, journalism graduate, Aug. 23, 2002, Wylie, Texas.
Mildred L. (Norris) Lamb ’36, homemaker and former home economics teacher, April 29, Wichita.
Virginia L. (Lawrence) Lindblade ’36, homemaker, pianist and organist who served as staff organist for various churches in Wichita, Oklahoma City and Denver, March 5, Wichita.
Ernest W. Logan ’61/61, U.S. Coast Guard veteran with three years of service during WWII; former professional baseball player with the Southern Association and the St. Louis Cardinals’ aaa team out of Columbus, Ohio; 1982 inductee into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame; former Boeing technical manual writer, editor and illustrator; former family lawn sprinkler business owner, April 10, Wichita.
Edith E. (Longnecker) Long ’62, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, June 8, Wichita.
Michael L. Luethye ’71, Cessna Aircraft vice president of global Citation sales, May 7, Wichita.
Elizabeth J. (Njeim) Maggard ’74, homemaker who taught English as a second language through her church, Feb. 14, Lawrence, Kan.
Ravi Malla ’00/05, Spirit Aerosystems aerospace engineer, April 10, Wichita.
Harold B. “Hal” Malone, retired probate judge, former district court judge and university friend whose father, Harold Malone ’23, served as University of Wichita Alumni Association president in 1934-36 and 1961-62, May 5, Wichita.
Marilyn A. (Wiemeyer) Manely fs ’59, former marketing director for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, executive director of the Piedmont Arts Festival and a writer/producer for the Educational Television Association, April 27, Baltimore, Md.
Galen J. Marble ’79, former Kiowa County sheriff and retired Kansas Bureau of Investigation field investigator, Feb. 12, Greensburg, Kan.
Donald G. Margreiter ’65, retired school administrator, July 7, Galva, Kan.
Barbara R. (Smith) Marsh ’56/82, homemaker, March 22, Wichita.
Margaret (Neuman) Marteney, homemaker, former legal secretary and university friend, June 16, Wichita.
Willouise (Huckabay) Martyn ’76, retired elementary school teacher, March 14, Yukon, Okla.
Cleo M. (Banks) McCain ’77, retired registered nurse, March 11, Wichita.
James E. McGuigan Jr. ’60, retired social worker and counselor in child and adult protective services and the prevention of domestic violence, Jan. 1, Escondido, Calif.
Karen S. (Rice) McNaughten ’70, EMC commercial insurance underwriter, March 4, Wichita.
Robert W. Meilert ’49, retired Monsanto Oil Co. petroleum landman, U.S. Army veteran serving during WWII, Feb. 22, Houston, Texas.
Herman F. Merritt ’67, retired elementary school principal, July 18, Newton, Kan.
William A. Mesh ’53, retired Health Care Inc. CFO, May 5, Hutchinson, Kan.
Richard J. Meyer ’49, retired businessman who established Salina Truck Sales Inc., a Freightliner sales/service center in Salina, Kan., April 8, 2008, Bella Vista, Ark.
Willis E. Meyer ’51, retired Boeing human resource manager, May 25, Wichita.
Carole J. (Wadsack) Millard ’62, homemaker, May 31, Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Catherine C. Mohr ’97/99, advisor at Southwestern College’s Wichita campus, May 20, Wichita.
Lorraine E. (Childers) Moon ’73, former president and member of Wichita Piano Teacher’s League, special education teacher, April 12, Wichita.
Arlene E. Moore, former government document librarian at Wichita State, active in obtaining the patent and trademark depository at the university’s library, Jan. 23, Wichita.
Susan P. (Steffen) Morrison ’75, homemaker, member of Republican Women’s Club of San Antonio, Texas, and past president of the Northern Hills Elementary PTA, April 15, San Antonio.
Nancy K. (Switzer) Mueller ’69, social worker with 36 years of experience with srs, May 9, Wichita.
Morris N. Neff Jr. ’48, owner and operator of Comley Neff Lumber Co., May 30, Wichita.
Ruby A. (Stackley) Norris ’49, homemaker and retired social worker, Feb. 13, Saint John, Kan.
Gregory T. Nusse ’73/77, Bell Helicopter production planner, March 15, Valley Center, Kan.
Nathan L. Oakley ’86/98, Hawker Beechcraft engineering supervisor, Feb. 16, Wichita.
Jack L. Packard ’59, industrial engineering graduate, Dec. 4, 2005, Lakeview, Ark.
Barbara A. (Strange) Palmer fs ’98, homemaker, board member for the Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre, Feb. 5, Wichita.
Ward D. Patrick ’75, accounting graduate who worked for Boeing and Pizza Hut Corp. before starting his own computer company, Feb. 14, Baldwin City, Kan.
Oscar H. Peltzer fs ’49, retired bailiff and parole officer, May 16, Wichita.
Catherine S. Perel ’92/92, religion and philosophy graduate who in 1991 was recognized by USA Today as a member of its USA College Academic Team for her undergraduate honor thesis, “The Psychology of Job: Religious Maturation,” which analyzed the Book of Job, July 16, Wichita.
Emily D. (De Broeck) Porter ’04, homemaker and teacher, Feb. 20, Wichita.
Sonya (Zaremba) Porter ’75, homemaker and retired registered nurse and nurse practitioner with 28 years of service at the Wichita State University Student Health Center, Feb. 5, Topeka, Kan.
Richard D. Prouse ’70, account executive at Harvest Graphics in Lenexa, Kan., former executive news producer at Kansas State Network Inc., Wichita, June 20, Lenexa.
George W. Purnell ’46, retired owner of Purnell’s Fashions and Fabrics in Garden City, Kan., May 4, Sedalia, Colo.
Phyllis A. Pyle ’94, retired music teacher, May 31, Wichita.
Jan E. (Bulis) Reamer ’75, State Farm office manager, June 7, Wichita.
Katherine (Nash) Redding ’44, junior high school teacher, Feb. 5, Summerfield, N.C.
Pamela A. Reichenberger ’03, criminal justice graduate, June 26, Wichita.
Robert S. Rice ’86, U.S. Post Office worker and Caldwell, Kan., recreation director, June 21, Caldwell.
Margaret A. (Schermuly) Richardson ’44, retired St. Joseph Medical Center internal auditor and CPA, Feb. 27, Wichita.
Michael K. Russell ’66, real estate developer, investor and publisher perhaps best known as founder and CEO of the Kansas City Business Journal, former assistant athletic director at Wichita State, Feb. 22, Mission Hills, Kan.
Hakim Adib Salahudin ’80, Marine Corps veteran, adjunct professor at Edison State College, former associate vice president at Central Connecticut State University and former assistant director of undergraduate admissions at Kansas State University, April 14, 2008, Lehigh Acres, Fla.
John T. Sawyer, retired postal service quality control supervisor, university friend, May 10, Wichita.
David R. Schneider ’63, professor of pharmacology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, July 7, Royal Oak, Mich.
Ruth Ann (Anderson) Sellers, university friend, homemaker, Feb. 26, Hutchinson, Kan.
Ronald R. Setchell fs ’66, retired city of Wichita recreation center director, Feb. 6, Wichita.
Shiu Pahalu Shankar ’67, retired social studies teacher, April 3, Herndon, Va.
C. Ray Shepherd ’81, retired civil personnel specialist for the U.S. Army, June 13, Wichita.
Christopher J. Sifford ’85, district director at Sprint Corp., May 30, Wichita.
Arthur W. Simmonds ’61, retired United Technologies Research Center engineer, former Cessna Aircraft aeronautical engineer, Feb. 16, Vernon Rockville, Conn.
Dwight N. Slade ’52, retired U.S. Postal worker, April 17, Wichita.
Jennifer A. (Vines) Smith, homemaker, university friend and dental assistant, April 27, Wichita.
Ralph G. Smith, university friend and retired Boeing and Cessna tool builder, May 7, Wichita.
Kurt A. Soschinske ’97, WSU assistant professor of mechanical engineering with expertise in the area of acoustics, former Boeing Wichita ergonomics group employee, March 2, Wichita.
Norris K. Stauffer ’68, retired high school teacher and coach, May 16, Eureka Springs, Ark.
Colleen A. (McCue) Gearhart Steele ’74, retired high school English teacher, April 12, Wichita.
Kirby L. Stegman ’77, tax analyst for the state of Kansas, Feb. 3, Topeka, Kan.
Amy Lou (Gaddie) Stephenson, university friend, former social worker for Sedgwick County and the Wichita Children’s Home, July 2, Wichita.
Cherie L. Stephey ’88, associate of arts graduate in social sciences and former Fredonia (Kan.) Hospital employee, May 25, Fall River, Kan.
Sylvia K. (Mosbacher) Strathe fs ’57, homemaker, May 10, Wichita.
Bert H. Stratmann ’54, retired Bureau of Design chief for the Kansas Department of Transportation, June 10, Topeka, Kan.
Rebecca L. Sweney ’88, business administration graduate, March 14, Thornton, Colo.
Esther A. (Fletcher) Talley ’35, retired high school music and English teacher, April 16, Wichita.
Jo E. (Wampler) Tarpley ’68, former childhood education teacher and professional cake decorator, June 3, Phoenix, Ariz.
Margaret L. (Bush) Taylor ’59, retired elementary school teacher, June 1, Wichita.
Kenton L. Templar ’92, para-legal at the Templar Law Office, Feb. 21, Arkansas City, Kan.
Robert A. Thiessen ’51, retired attorney and municipal court judge, March 16, Wichita.
Marvin L. Tischhauser ’73, accountant and U.S. Air Force veteran, June 22, Hope, Kan.
Clifford G. Titus ’79, computer science graduate, Oct. 23, 2008, Bentonville, Ark.
Madeline Udow ’63, retired kindergarten and first grade teacher, July 7, Sarasota, Fla.
Robert E. Upp, friend of the university, retired attorney admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of Kansas and the U.S. District Court in 1952 and the U.S. Court of Appeals at Denver, Colo., in 1962, former city commissioner and mayor of Hutchinson, Kan., and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving as lieutenant commander in the Pacific Theater and stateside in the Seabees, May 22, Hutchinson.
Ruth R. (Strickland) Unger ’41, homemaker, April 9, Midland, Texas.
Marian E. (Nebergall) Vanderford ’51, English graduate, June 14, Wichita.
Dwain E. Vandolah ’51, retired sixth grade teacher with 34 years of experience in the classroom and WWII veteran with service in the U.S. Army, June 24, Wichita.
Donald R.L. Vannoy ’57, retired CPA and partner with Grant Thornton LLP, March 19, Wichita.
Madolyn (Moore) Velez ’69, retired Spanish teacher at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, who, at the age of 16, earned her private pilot’s license, July 5, Waco.
Donald F. Weber ’55, retired petroleum engineer, U.S. Air Force veteran, April 14, Ocala, Fla.
Connie (Andes) Weddle ’79, retired educator, March 2, Kansas City, Mo.
James L. Welshimer ’68, licensed real estate agent, consultant with V.P. Clarence Co. Mortgage Bankers in El Paso, Texas, and former partner at Samford-Greve-Perry Insurance Co., Feb. 19, El Paso.
Robert R. West ’73, former human resources officer in the U.S. Foreign Service and Department of State who, among his postings, served at the U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, South Africa, Feb. 27, Falls Church, Va.
Ronald A. West ’75/77, retired Wichita Police Department captain and director of security for Intrust Bank, June 22, Wichita.
Marilyn (Jones) Kramer White ’82/91, retired coordinator of the peer tutor program at the Center for Independent Study at Butler County Community College, former vice mayor of the city of El Dorado, Kan., and member of the city commission, Feb. 20, El Dorado.
Floyd B. Williams ’59, accountant, office manager, Sept. 11, 2007, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Patricia (Davis) Williams ’71, homemaker, Feb. 11, Wichita.
Ben L. Witherspoon ’58, retired controller at WSU’s Campus Activity Center, former assistant city of Wichita clerk, Korean War veteran, avid Shocker sports fan, May 6, Wichita.
Christine (McDaniel) Wolfe ’89, former state of Kansas SRS social worker, April 6, Goddard, Kan.
Paul W. Woodson ’50, real estate broker and U.S. Navy veteran, June 25, Moreno Valley, Calif.
Joshua L. Yearout ’98/05, archivist in the Special Collections Department of Wichita State’s Ablah Library, July 7, Andover, Kan.
Rita M. (Dotts) Younglund ’65, retired elementary school educator with 37 years of teaching in Wichita public schools; former host of a live, monthly TV program sponsored by NEA-Wichita and broadcast on the local NBC affiliate that featured items of interest in the public schools; director of numerous aerospace education workshops for Kansas teachers during the early days of NASA; recipient of the Frank G. Brewer Award in 1981 for her contributions to aerospace education, May 1, Wichita.
M. David Zacharias, attorney and university friend, June 22, Wichita.
