David E. Adams ’50, retired U.S. Navy captain and principal of the Wichita Area Vocational Technical Center, July 20, 2013, Wichita.
James “Jim” M. Ashton ’73, elementary school teacher who taught in Kansas public schools in Valley Center and Mulvane, Aug. 22, 2013, Valley Center, Kan.
Robert L. Bandy ’65/65, mathematics and philosophy graduate who worked for Farm Bureau and then as a general contractor, skilled craftsman and woodworker, May 3, 2013, Durango, Colo.
Kenneth L. Banks ’01, accounting graduate and document specialist, Feb. 7, 2013, Wichita.
W. Kimbrough “Kim” Banta ’76, entrepreneur who owned and operated his own construction and remodeling business in Wichita, June 10, 2013, Wichita.
Ann C. (Clark) Barker ’85/87, homemaker and speech pathologist who served as a mentoring speech pathologist for 15 years at the South-Central Kansas Special Education Co-op and was a founding board member of the South-Central Community Foundation, May 25, 2013, Pratt, Kan.
Brian A. Barthelme ’07, manager for 28 years at Service Transfer Inc. and registered nurse, June 12, 2013, Wichita.
Daniel L. Biggs ’90, software engineer at Boeing in Wichita, former tax analyst in the development group of CCH Inc., May 10, 2013, Wichita.
Dorothy M. (Hannawald) Bishop ’66/66, homemaker and speech therapist, July 17, 2013, Wichita.
LaDene I. (Cargill) Blankenship ’97, homemaker; administrator at Automated Aircraft Tooling Inc., the family business; former adjustor at Mid-States Insurance Adjusters; former real estate broker at Anita Frey Real Estate Co. in Wichita; former marketing department secretary at Learjet, Feb. 12, 2013, Kechi, Kan.
Michele A. Blatti ’79/88, humanitarian aide worker affiliated through the years with the American Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, through which organizations she assisted with refugee and refugee resettlement programs in Cambodia, Eastern Thailand and in Malaysia; with demining programs and mine victim rehabilitation in Cambodia; corruption and war crimes issues in Southern Africa and in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; and, most recently, with service on the ICRC delegation in Tbilisi, Georgia, Dec. 30, 2012, Wichita.
D. Rael (Schlesener) Blubaugh ’93, teacher, reading specialist and para-professional at McPherson, Kan., public schools, June 14, 2013, McPherson.
Shirley A. (Scott) Blume ’47, homemaker, retired Internal Revenue Service taxpayer services employee, University of Wichita history graduate, March 10, 2013, Wichita.
Gerald “Jerry” W. Born ’70, a mechanical engineering graduate and Vietnam War veteran who worked in the oil industry, the past 18 years at the Hess Corp., in Houston, where he was director of global reserves, March 30, 2013, Houston, Texas.
Mary C. (Armour) Brammer ’42, WU psychology graduate and Sorosis sorority member, homemaker, community volunteer and Wichita State supporter who was especially active with the university’s library and the WSU Alumni Association, May 10, 2013, Wichita.
E. Keith Bray ’54, school administrator who retired from Hillsboro (Kan.) public schools, former executive for the Sojadi District of the Boy Scouts of America and WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army, March 15, 2013, Silver Lake, Kan.
Albert B. Brimer ’50/61, retired claims supervisor at the Social Security Administration and World War II veteran who served in the Army Air Corps as a fighter pilot with the 353rd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force stationed in England, May 28, 2013, Wichita.
Frances D. (Powers) Brinegar ’51, community volunteer and homemaker who met her husband, Wayne ’52, at the University of Wichita, where she studied zoology and he, geology, Feb. 13, 2013, Wichita.
Betty J. (Kent) Brosius ’81, homemaker and visual arts lover who earned a bachelor’s degree in art history; former Canadian Pacific Airlines stewardess who earned a private pilot’s license while in her teens; former owner and manager of Pickwick’s, a card and gift shop in Wichita, May 29, 2013, Wichita.
Glen W. Brunken ’69, artist and printmaker who was named a master visual artist by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in 2004; professor emeritus at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, where he taught printmaking, drawing and painting for 40 years before his retirement in 2009, June 3, 2013, Slippery Rock. Originally from Oklahoma, Brunken completed an undergraduate degree at the Kansas City Art Institute and then did graduate work at Wichita State and at the Tamarind workshop in Albuquerque, N.M. His abstract artworks have been shown in galleries in Pittsburgh, New York City and Santa Monica, Calif.
Betty E. (Zielke) Buckman ’84, homemaker who earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, sculpture emphasis, May 10, 2013, Ocean Shores, Wash.
Roberta J. (Adams) Buhl ’77/77, homemaker who enjoyed acting in plays, public speaking and cheerleading, Jan. 30, 2013, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Barbara J. (Reynolds) Burgan ’67/73, retired Sedgwick County Zoo curator of education who served as chair of the public education committee of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums and former coordinator for the Blackbear Bosin Resource Center at the Mid-American All-Indian Center in Wichita, Feb. 26, 2013, Valley Center, Kan.
Mildred “Millie” A. (Voth) Caruthers ’50, homemaker; Grandview, Mo., teacher and counselor who retired in 1987 after 26 years in education, June 3, 2013, Frankfort, Ind.
Ronald L. Christy ’71/73, noted entrepreneurial faculty member for more than 30 years at WSU’s Barton School of Business, an active businessman who founded a number of companies and served as a partner or consultant for many more, director of WSU’s Kansas Family Business Forum, which serves the purpose of helping family-owned businesses deal with transitioning from one generation to the next, April 22, 2013, Wichita.
Paul R. Clark ’59/68, longtime high school teacher and coach in Illinois and Kansas, where he retired from Bishop Carroll in Wichita, April 3, 2013, Wichita.
Wayne H. Clark ’59/72, retired educator, coach and administrator whose administrative positions included serving as superintendent of schools in Medicine Lodge, Kan., and who began his teaching career in 1950 at Pierceville (Kan.) High School; Korean War veteran who served two years in the U.S. Army, June 25, 2013, Bella Vista, Ark.
LaVeta M. (Bolan) Coleman ’42, University of Wichita economics graduate and Sorosis sorority member, homemaker, and retired owner and manager of LaVeta’s, a Wichita dress shop, March 4, 2013, Wichita.
Marvin C. Collman ’82, retired teacher and coach with 32 years of service at Kansas schools in Utica, Sterling and Carbondale, Dec. 16, 2012, Topeka, Kan.
Michael W. Conner ’72/72/76, an academic and art consultant and art appraiser who was director of fine arts programs and collections at Amerinvest International Champaign-Rantoul, former stay-at-home dad, July 14, 2013, Champaign, Ill.
Dale H. Cooper ’51, retired attorney who earned his law degree from Washburn in 1952 and began practicing law in association with his father in the Wichita law firm of Cooper, Esco and Mitchell, July 1, 2013, Wichita.
Darlene D. (Webb) Cooper ’95, homemaker and retired Wichita public schools teacher, Aug. 16, 2013, Wichita.
Annie B. (Scott) Cramer ’52, homemaker and retired Wichita public elementary school teacher, July 29, 2013, Wichita.
Charles R. Cupit ’86, chemist who worked in Houston for 12 years before taking a position at Wichita-based Vulcan Chemicals Co., from which he retired in 1996, March 25, 2013, Wichita.
Mark R. Davis ’79, WSU biological sciences graduate who went on to earn a DDS from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1984 and then returned to Wichita to practice dentistry for 29 years, including serving as team dentist for WSU’s Shocker athletics, June 18, 2013, Wichita.
Peggy J. (Whitfield) Day ’53, retired director of the Certified Laboratory Assistant Program at Wichita public schools, April 21, 2013, Wichita.
Tomp W. Decarsky ’50, independent businessman who co-founded Thunderbird Technical Sales & Services Inc. and served as its president for 32 years, former U.S. Air Force pilot and maintenance officer, May 3, 2013, Derby, Kan.
Artie L. Dillon ’65, retired Wichita public schools teacher and coach; former owner and operator of Artie Dillon’s Gym, one of Wichita’s first privately owned fitness centers; former strength and fitness program coordinator with WSU athletics, Aug. 19, 2013, Wichita.
Lou E. (Fountain) Dixson, retired administrative specialist in housing and residence life at WSU, July 28, 2013, Mulvane, Kan.
Emerson J. “Jack” Dole ’50, retired Boeing aeronautical engineer, Nov. 7, 2012, Wichita.
Claiborne T. “Buck” Dugas ’61, retired oil, gas and coal industries geologist who began his career as an oil scout at Amerada Petroleum in 1948 and went on to work for several companies, including Gulf Oil, the P&M Coal Mining Co., and Chevron; U.S. Navy Reserve and U.S. Army veteran whose service included leading a platoon to ground zero in an atomic bomb test in the Nevada desert and serving as company commander of the 8218th Army Topographic Unit that made frontline battlefield maps during the Korean War, April 5, 2013, Mission, Kan.
Catherine E. (Benfer) Duguid ’50, homemaker and University of Wichita secondary education-history graduate, June 8, 2013, Wichita.
Hardy W. Dunn ’66, retired business education department chair at North High in Wichita and U.S. Army veteran who served as platoon sergeant in the 49th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon, one of the earlier K-9 units to be airborne, and who later was recalled to active duty with the Aviation Engineers during the Korean War, Aug. 7, 2013, Wichita.
Helen E. (Robertson) Eby ’44, an economics graduate of the University of Wichita where she was a Swett Scholar and a member of Alpha Tau Sigma, homemaker and former IRS tax examiner, Jan. 31, 2013, Augusta, Ga.
Peggy R. (Kirby) Wilson Elvin ’56/66, retired elementary school teacher and guidance counselor in Wichita and in the Washington, D.C.-area; past president of the 3,300-member Wichita chapter of the National Education Association, May 15, 2013, Prairie Village, Kan.
John K. Enenbach ’57, retired criminal justice educator at Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley in Missouri, May 25, 2013, Kansas City, Mo.
Karen K. (Holland) Evans ’87, retired social worker for the Salvation Army, June 2, 2013, Hutchinson, Kan.
Marjorie M. (Thompson) Faris ’47, University of Wichita economics graduate and homemaker, March 10, 2013, Wichita.
Kenneth N. Ferguson ’76, retired arborist who owned and operated Ferguson Tree Service, Aug. 21, 2013, Wichita.
Mary E. (Burleson) Fink ’65, retired independent piano teacher who studied piano at WSU, the University of Oklahoma and the Julliard School; former music teacher who taught in a number of locales, including Sitka, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2013, Nichols Hills, Okla.
Randall R. Fisher ’72, aeronautical engineer, owner of Sappa Creek Aviation and retired Hawker-Beechcraft manager, June 10, 2013, Benton, Kan.
Donald L. Foster, retired physics professor who taught at WSU for 39 years and served for a number of years as department chair, a graduate of Reed College who earned his PhD in physics from the University of Kansas in 1968, a longtime member of the Ninnescah yacht club who also earned a pilot’s license flying a Piper Cub, May 5, 2013, Wichita.
Forest M. Fouts ’47, retired public school educator who served for 65 years as a teacher, administrator and superintendent; WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force and received a number of combat awards, including the Silver Star, Purple Heart and four Air Medals, June 6, 2013, Rancho Bernado, Calif.
Kathryn K. (Kendall) Freed ’72, retired Mayberry school teacher, former First Church of the Brethren secretary, former administrative assistant at Interfaith Ministries, homemaker, Aug. 17, 2013, McPherson, Kan.
Carol J. (Barker) Schroeder Gattis ’53, homemaker, former teacher and travel agent, Feb. 14, 2013, Loveland, Colo.
Donald K. Gray ’64, accounting graduate and businessman who was a longtime member of the national business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi, serving as chaplain, secretary, president and district director, July 24, 2013, Wichita.
Carl E. Haetten ’75, retired elementary and middle school principal in Halstead, Kan., Aug. 10, 2013, Halstead.
Marvin E. Harlan ’70, retired scientific engineer at Boeing, Aug. 8, 2013, Mulvane, Kan.
Gerald J. “Jake” Hartmetz fs ’57, retired president of Harneds Inc., avid canoeist and outsdoorsman who was a founder and president of Prairie Voyager’s Canoe Club, March 19, 2013, Wichita.
Houston L. Haynes ’74/79, retired teacher and coach whose career in education included teaching U.S. history and coaching baseball and football at public schools in Kansas and California; former standout athlete who excelled in shot put, wrestling and football; former Shocker football player, Nov. 23, 2012, Corona, Calif.
David R. Henson ’74/74/74, private practice therapist in chemical dependency, traumatic stress and couples counseling; former principal of an oil field parts and supply company; and former director of sales and marketing at GTEL Environmental labs; Marine Corps veteran, May 4, 2013, Lakewood, Colo.
Max L. Herzet ’56, retired savings and loan executive, April 15, 2013, Wichita.
Richard Higgins ’50, retired owner of Higgins Equipment Rental Inc., July 30, 2013, Wichita.
Betty L. (Wingate) Hill-Heidt ’77, homemaker and retired first grade teacher, April 7, 2013, Rose Hill, Kan.
Alan D. Hobson ’88, owner of Hospitality Design Consulting, March 14, 2013, Wichita.
Drew T. Hopson ’83, marketing and journalism graduate who worked in advertising and in janitorial and pharmaceutical sales, June 12, 2013, Wichita.
Garry L. Howard ’75, attorney with Slape & Howard Chtd.; founding member of the Wichita Blues Society; avid Shocker basketball fan, whose family held season tickets since the first game played at Henry Levitt Arena, June 13, 2013, Wichita.
Richard V. Hunt ’51, retired real estate broker, former Cessna and Boeing employee, and veteran of the U.S. Navy, March 6, 2013, Sun City, Ariz.
Constance L. Jackson ’45, retired social worker who held positions at Colorado General Hospital, Boulder Mental Health Clinic and Denver General Hospital before becoming director of social services at St. Joseph Hospital, April 29, 2013, Denver, Colo.
Gloria A. James-Youngblood ’10, social work graduate, former Excel foreman, graduate of Rhema Bible Training College who was later ordained as an elder by Bishop Henry Foster of Breakthrough Ministries Inc., April 16, 2013, Park City, Kan.
Barbara J. (Smith) Jenkinson ’65/69, history and education graduate who was a member of the debate team and dramatics club at WSU, homemaker, retired reading teacher, March 21, 2013, Wichita.
Chester M. Johnson ’52, retired industrial engineer who was a WSU instructor, head of industrial engineering at Cessna, part-owner of Carlson Products and a WWII veteran who served with the 104th Infantry (Timberwolves), May 22, 2013, Wichita.
Andrew M. Jones ’64, physics graduate and retired research scientist who was a charter member of the Arizona Chapter for Electron Microscopy and Microbeam Analysis, June 28, 2013, Fort Worth, Texas.
John J. Kisner ’67, accounting graduate, retired Internal Revenue Service agent and veteran of the U.S. Navy, March 6, 2013, Wichita.
William “Bill” F. Klobuchar ’53, publisher of Find-A-Home Real Estate magazine and former Shocker football player who, in 1961, co-chaired the alumni association’s University of Wichita Homecoming festivities, May 11, 2013, Wichita.
Billy H. Knoles ’61/61, automotive teacher who retired from Apple Valley High School after 22 years, retired U.S. military veteran of 20 years, Aug. 3, 2013, Apple Valley, Calif.
Harold E. Koehler ’74/80, retired Wichita Police Department captain, retired U.S. Army Reserve, former federal court security officer, member of the Kansas Peace Officers Association and Veterans Administration Hospital volunteer, June 21, 2013, Wichita.
Carol M. Krebbs, homemaker and former WSU financial aid department staff member who enjoyed spending time with the “Red Hat Ladies,” July 14, 2013, Wichita.
Arthur D. Larsen ’62, industrial engineering graduate selected as a Senior Honor Man at the University of Wichita, veteran of the U.S. Air Force, former datacenter systems manager for the city of Chicago, retired Sedgwick County client support manager, May 26, 2013, Wichita.
Kim L. (Richardson) Lawson ’08, teacher who taught first grade in Andover, Kan., for more than 20 years, April 29, 2013, Wichita.
Gerald W. Layton ’73, retired accountant and transportation consultant, veteran of the U.S. Army, June 1, 2013, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Karen S. (McLain) Liebegott ’89, former nurse, homemaker, July 12, 2013, Belle Plaine, Kan.
Tracy S. Lough ’82, attorney, homemaker, June 23, 2013, Wichita.
Stacy M. (Hargett) Ludlam ’95, social work graduate, homemaker, Aug. 2, 2013, Wichita.
Scott MacLaughlin ’03, director of theater and theatrical services at Cowley College in Arkansas City, Kan., June 3, 2013, Arkansas City.
Justina H. (Epp) Martin ’72, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, May 24, 2013, Leavenworth, Kan.
David E. McCutcheon ’50/57, educator, restaurateur and Marine Corps veteran, March 13, 2013, Wichita.
J. Craig McIlvain ’76, businessman, July 21, 2013, Wichita.
Karen R. (Keckler) McIntosh ’72, homemaker, retired elementary school teacher, March 13, 2013, Hutchinson, Kan.
Elizabeth L. (Bearden) McKee ’85, real estate agent, July 13, 2013, Overland Park, Kan.
Rae (Cochrane) McNiel ’77, homemaker who resided in Milwaukee, Wis., Baltimore, Md., and Rochester, N.Y., before moving to Wichita in 1968; retired gifted education teacher in Derby, Kan., public schools, where she taught for more than 25 years, Feb. 26, 2013, Wichita.
Robert L. McQuin ’51, retired owner, editor and publisher of the Kingman Leader-Courier, July 22, 2013, Kingman, Kan.
James O. Mickey ’50, retired CPA, Jan. 26, 2013, Augusta, Kan.
Vernal L. Miller ’60, mechanical engineering graduate who worked in the heating and air conditioning industry for more than 50 years, retired owner of Superior Control Concepts Inc., Aug. 17, 2013, North Newton, Kan.
Josephine Q. (Warren) Miner ’34, homemaker, April 5, 2013, Boise, Idaho.
David A. Mosher ’53, aeronautical engineering graduate who worked in the aviation/aerospace field and was involved in the early stages of rocket and missile development, Oct. 12, 2008, Andover, Ma.
Betty L. (Hamby) Murray ’72, former elementary school teacher and vocal music teacher from 1954 to 1967, retired special needs teacher, homemaker, March 1, 2013, Wichita.
John E. Naftzger, retired banker and university friend, March 21, 2013, Wichita.
Wilbur Nash ’69, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, former stereotyper at a number of newspapers, retired director of admissions at Louisville General Hospital and the University of Louisville Hospital, real estate agent, June 30, 2013, New Albany, Ind.
Marilyn J. (Faulkner) Nauman ’59, homemaker and retired H&R Block Premium tax preparer, April 22, 2013, Albany, N.Y.
Margaret E. (Smith) Nelms ’58, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, June 20, 2013, Marysville, Kan.
George Newman ’66, retired industrial engineer, former volunteer and chair of the planning and zoning board in Trotwood, Ohio, where he was recognized as Man of the Year, April 26, 2013, Trotwood.
Francis “Frank” N. Nichols ’67, artist and high school and junior college art instructor who in 1967 joined the faculty of Fort Hays State University, where he taught printmaking, became a professor in 1982 and retired in 1991, May 31, 2013, Hays, Kan.
Owen N. O’Leary ’71, retired Boeing and Cessna Aircraft engineer, WWII veteran who served in the Pacific Theater, Dec. 18, 2012, Wichita.
Thomas L. Page ’60/85, writer, poet, activist and educator who served in the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Branch (Missile Command) before teaching political science at the University of Florida, helping create a multidisciplinary Latin American Data Bank and serving as an organizer with the American Federation of Teachers and the Veterans for Peace, Aug. 4, 2013, Wichita.
O. Ralph Parish ’53, retired civil engineer, July 30, 2013, Derby, Kan.
Jeffrey N. Parker ’73, business administration graduate who worked for several businesses, including the Coleman Co., where he was marketing manager for the company’s thermal division, Aug. 18, 2013, Hutchinson, Kan.
Gregory J. Partridge ’77/77, dentist, Aug. 7, 2013, Wichita.
David Peisner ’66, Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant on the USS Intrepid, former special agent with the FBI, May 19, 2013, Dunedin, Fla.
Willis L. Pettit ’58, retired advertising director for the Jones Store Co., former fashion illustrator at Harzfeld’s and for Macy’s advertising department, April 26, 2013, Kansas City, Mo.
Donald J. Pratt ’54, business administration graduate who had a long career at Phillips Petroleum Co., holding positions in European and U.S. sales and marketing, as director of foreign crude oil and naphtha supply, and as director of the petroleum supply division before retiring in 1992, Jan. 13, 2013, Bartlesville, Okla.
Dorothy E. (Appel) Price ’70, homemaker, former elementary school teacher at Wichita public schools, retired math consultant and former owner, along with her husband, of Priceless Collectibles, an antiques store in Wichita, Aug. 2, 2013, Bloomington, Ind.
Jean E. (Frazier) Pulliam ’66, homemaker and retired first grade teacher in Kingman, Kan., public schools, Aug. 16, 2013, Kingman.
Michael J. Ramsey ’82, business administration graduate who was an ardent Wichita State sports fan, July 7, 2013, Wichita.
LaVonne E. (Hamlin) Reifsteck ’69/69, homemaker and retired speech and language pathologist with the Central Kansas Cooperative in association with rural Kansas public schools in Stafford Co., Kan., July 8, 2013, Salina, Kan.
Eleanor R. (Woolley) Barney Rice ’40, homemaker; retired elementary school teacher who taught for 30 years in public schools in Columbia City and Ft. Wayne, Ind.; lead soprano and soloist in the Sounds of Hope Choir, Dec. 4, 2012, Wamego, Kan.
John W. Rieg ’67, chemical engineer at Litwin Industries and Koch Industries, from which he retired in 1990 as vice president of engineering, April 12, 2013, Wichita.
Arlene V. Root ’56, former music and English teacher who taught in a number of Kansas towns, including Brownell, Plains and Cassoday; retired art and music librarian who in 2005 was featured in the Wichita Eagle for her encyclopedic knowledge of Christmas traditions, June 24, 2013, Wichita.
Marden M. Ruse ’48, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, retired account manager at Burroughs Corp., March 9, 2013, Overland Park, Kan.
Cynthia (Sinclair) Rutherford ’78, former Wichita public schools teacher and administrator, and retired director of graduate studies and assistant professor of education at Newman University in Wichita, Aug. 10, 2013, Wichita.
Harry G. Rutherford ’64, professional bird dog trainer, owner of Flintridge Kennels, June 22, 2013, Andover, Kan.
Jacob A. Seaton ’53/55, chemistry graduate who earned a doctorate in inorganic chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1957, while working on a U.S. Atomic Energy Commission fellowship; first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, working in rocket and potential spacecraft research at the Wright Air Development Center in Dayton, Ohio; research chemist at Spencer Chemical Co., Merriam, Kan.; retired chemistry professor and department chair at Stephen F. Austin State University, March 27, 2013, Nacogdoches, Texas.
Carl W. Sebits fs ’41, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, oil businessman and president of Pickrell Drilling Co. in Wichita and Great Bend, Kan., June 27, 2013, Cheney, Kan.
Maxine A. (Thompson) Seglem ’52, elementary education graduate and retired teacher, Jan. 16, 2013, Wichita.
Christel M. (Herrmann) Selcer ’94, homemaker and realtor who traveled the world with her husband and children during his military career, Aug. 17, 2013, Derby, Kan.
Anil C. Shah ’00, mechanical engineering graduate who was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and who worked as an engineer senior specialist at Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, March 14, 2013, Rose Hill, Kan.
V. Dale Shelley ’50, business administration graduate who worked at Moberly, West & Calvin CPA Group from 1950 to 1955 and then at MISCO Industries Inc., Wichita, as CFO until his retirement in 2003, Feb. 6, 2013, Anaheim, Calif.
Henry A. Shomber ’59/64, aeronautical engineering graduate who worked as a Boeing engineer first in Wichita, then in Seattle, Wash., on the B-52, SST and 747 programs before being promoted and managing a number of programs, including new manufacturing processes used for the 777 production, July 30, 2013, Normandy Park, Wash.
Marlin R. Siglinger ’75, respiratory therapist, April 11, 2013, Overland Park, Kan.
Alice J. (Brown) Small ’39, English graduate, retired teacher, homemaker and farm wife, Oct. 19, 2012, Conway Springs, Kan.
Patricia A. (Wilkinson) Smith ’53, elementary education major who was crowned May Queen at the University of Wichita in 1953; former dental assistant; homemaker who, when her and her husband’s (Duane Smith ’53) six children were swimming for the Wichita Swim Club, served as director of the WSC swim lesson program; and former operator of Grandma Pat’s Preschool in her home, Feb. 17, 2013, Wichita.
Roma A. Smith ’70, psychology graduate and retired Sedgwick County Mental Health Association case worker for 25 years, July 7, 2013, Wichita.
Theodora “Teddie” M. (Rosenberg) Speer fs ’48, homemaker who was a student at the University of Wichita when she married her husband on Jan. 2, 1947; former secretary at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Bellevue, Wash.; former director of the Audio-Visual Library of Pacific NW Conference of the United Methodist Church; retired investment center secretary at Rainier Bank/Security Pacific Bank, July 14, 2013, Kirkland, Wash.
Robin S. (Ternes) Springer ’83, homemaker and nursing graduate, March 27, 2013, Wellington, Kan.
Clara B. (Gannon) Stalcup ’84, homemaker, psychology graduate and legal assistant at Pistotnik Law Offices in Wichita, July 31, 2013, Andover, Kan.
Michael T. States ’76, journalism graduate who was assistant managing editor of the Pratt Tribune in Pratt, Kan., and news editor at the Lindsborg News-Record in Lindsborg, Kan., before entering public relations work and going on to work for six years at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, then serving as director of community relations at Wichita’s St. Joseph Medical Center and, beginning in 1994, as communications director for the Kansas Masonic Home, also in Wichita, July 17, 2013, Wichita.
David G. Swan ’64, retired communications manager for the city of Peoria, Ill., from 1975 to 1992; former independent communications consultant, Feb. 3, 2013, Peoria.
William Swisher ’71/78/79, history and computer science graduate who retired from Boeing as a computer analyst, May 24, 2013, Wichita.
Carol (Whitehead) Robertson Trembley fs ’44, homemaker who was active in her community, former vocal soloist who sang at weddings and funerals, June 15, 2013, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Lois O. (Richardson) Tucker ’80/82, homemaker and English language and literature graduate, May 30, 2013, Wichita.
Jack N. Turner ’58, former Kansas legislator elected in 1965 as state representative for southeast Wichita and served three two-year terms, retired Wichita attorney, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, two years of that service attached as a hospital corpsman-2nd class to the U.S. Marine hospital corps in Japan and Korea, April 15, 2013, Wichita.
Marcus A. VonFeldt ’92, Fourth National Bank, Trans Union employee, expert fly fisherman, Dec. 24, 2012, Wichita.
Ann C. (Graham) Walker ’53, homemaker and English language and literature graduate who taught at a number of Catholic schools before retiring as principal at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Nevada, Mo.; longtime volunteer at the Barone Alzheimer Care Center, also in Nevada, July 20, 2013, Overland Park, Kan.
Georgie E. Walker ’71/76, secondary education and English graduate, April 17, 2013, Wichita.
L. Joy (Reazin) Walker ’02, former owner of the House of Hair in Sharon Springs, Kan., and Joyland Hair Design in Plainville, Kan.; an LPN, RN and Nurse Practitioner who worked at several Kansas hospitals and clinics, including St. Anthony’s Hospital, Hutchinson Clinic and for Docs Who Care, an organization that helps provide medical services in rural communities, July 18, 2103, Hutchinson, Kan.
John Walor ’53/62, standout Shocker football player who as a defensive end earned Honorable Mention All-America honors his junior year; Korean War veteran who served in the Army as an MP; retired teacher and coach who worked at Wichita public schools and then taught driver’s ed, headed the industrial arts department and coached football, basketball, soccer and softball at Cary-Grove and Crystal Lake South high schools in Illinois, Aug. 6, 2013, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Beverly Y. (Fairleigh) Wathne ’74, homemaker and retired Wichita public schools teacher of 25 years, Feb. 16, 2013, Bel Aire, Kan.
Russell W. Watson ’53, business administration graduate who retired from Cessna after 40 years of service that included managing the company’s Cessna Pilot Centers and Air Education Program, which promoted aviation education; the 1999 recipient of the Brewer Trophy, the nation’s highest award in aerospace education, July 20, 2013, Wichita.
Randy D. Weber ’90, vocal music education graduate and former teacher, July 15, 2013, Valley Center, Kan.
Shirley A. (Addison) Webster ’59, retired Tulsa, Okla., public schools teacher of 30 years, Aug. 11, 2013, Hot Springs, Ark.
Gilbert “Gib” L. Wedel ’66, retired principal and music teacher whose 31 years in education included positions in Kansas public schools in Canton and Galva, July 1, 2013, Canton, Kan.
George L. Wendell fs ’73, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army for three years, the last part in field artillery in Czechoslovakia; teacher and coach at St. John’s Catholic High School in Beloit, Kan., where he taught for 18 years; counselor and principal for four years in Garden Plain, Kan.; principal at Andale (Kan.) High School for two years and then 15 years at Colwich (Kan.) Grade School, from which he retired in 1987, July 4, 2013, Garden Plain.
John L. Wilhite ’58, U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1950-54; industrial engineering graduate who was an engineer manager at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, until his retirement in 1989; part-time math educator at Rose State College in Midwest City, Okla., from 1984 to 2012, April 25, 2013, Midwest City.
David C. Williams ’76, administration of justice graduate, June 22, 2013, Cassoday, Kan.
Opal F. (McKenzie) Wilson ’77, homemaker who began teaching elementary school at El Dorado, Kan., public schools in 1970, earning a master’s degree in elementary education in 1977 and retiring from teaching in 1995, April 15, 2013, El Dorado.
M. Lorraine (Breen) Witkoski ’67, homemaker and elementary school teacher who taught at St. Cecilia Catholic School in Haysville, Kan., and was a substitute teacher in public schools in Wichita and the surrounding communities, April 29, 2013, Weldon Spring, Mo.
James D. Wynd ’62, accounting graduate who worked as an office manager for New York Life Insurance Co., retiring in 1996, May 28, 2013, Alton, Ill.
Jack L. Yinger ’49, geology graduate whose career as a geologist included work as a vice president at the Graham-Michaelis Corp., in Wichita, March 17, 2013, Wichita.
