Edward Alfaro ’60, retired dean of instruction at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., former teacher and counselor at Cypress College, Cypress, Calif., and former junior high school Spanish teacher in Anaheim, Calif., who, after retiring, served as dean of vocational education at Santa Ana College, where he established the school’s minority programs, Sept. 27, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Robert L. Appling fs ’43, retired Crown Zellerbach Corp. vice president and World War II veteran who served as a naval fighter pilot and was aboard the USS Yorktown in the final assault against Japan in 1945, July 15, Hillsborough, Calif.
Gladys B. Ash, homemaker and friend of the university, July 23, Wichita.
William W. Ayers ’51, retired State Farm Insurance agent, former Coleman Co. salesman and World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy, July 4, Wichita.
Ruth K. Babcock ’67, homemaker and retired Wichita public school nurse, Oct. 15, Wichita.
Cynthia S. “Cyndee” (Shank) Baker ’65/72, music educator who, in 1968, was the first Wichita State University graduate to receive a National Arts Council grant for the study of the Kodaly Music Method in Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 1, Forth Worth.
Jerry B. Baker ’69, food service sales consultant with Labatt Food Service in Corpus Christi, Texas, and former domestic sales and marketing director for Winegardner International, Dallas, Texas, May 28, 1997, Corpus Christi.
Floyd G. Ballard, retired Wichita State custodial supervisor, Oct. 17, Wichita.
Linda S. Barker ’74, retired nurse, nursing instructor and supervisor, who retired from Wichita’s Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center after 23 years of service, Sept. 13, Olathe, Kan.
Ruby R. (Crockett) Benoist ’82, teacher at Tyro Community Christian School in Tyro, Kan., Feb. 15, 2002, Tyro.
William W. Beuttel ’49, retired operator of Beuttel’s Clothing, Wichita, and retired U.S. Army captain who served at Camp Roberts, Calif., as a mines and booby traps instructor and then in the Northwest European Theater as a rifle and then weapons platoon leader shortly after D-Day, being severely wounded in action near Luchem, Germany in 1944, Oct. 15, Wichita.
Jeffery A. “Jeff” Bickel ’73, a SAFECO Insurance Co. marketing representative and U.S. Army sergeant (1976-80) who received the Army Commendation medal as an officer in charge of the Battalion Schools’ program for emergency action procedures, Aug. 18, Longmont, Colo.
Marion I. Bird ’61, retired music and fourth-grade teacher for Longfellow and Kelley elementary schools in Wichita, Aug. 12, Wichita.
Amy E. (Hollingsworth) Blasi ’99, registered dental hygienist for Dr. Charles Orth and Dr. Brad Orth, July 24, Wichita.
Vala June Boaz ’80, retired special education teacher for Wichita and other school districts, Oct. 4, Newton, Kan.
Betty J. (Steinle) Bolton ’74, retired Wichita public school teacher, piano teacher and church organist, Sept. 15, Wichita.
David L. Bouffard ’87, Flight Safety employee and retired Cessna Aircraft Co. employee, July 7, Wichita.
Carolyn K. Dotterer-Braddy ’93, former drug and alcohol counselor, Aug. 9, Wichita.
Virginia (Alexander) Brixey ’34, retired Treasure House Antiques and Gifts owner, Wichita, and former Associated Advertising Agency secretary-treasurer, July 5, Wichita.
Eugene A. “Gene” Brooks ’43, retired banker, businessman and community activist who served eight years on the Augusta, Kan., School Board and four years on the Butler County Community College Board, Aug. 4, Bel Aire, Kan.
Mary M. (Bender) Brosius fs ’74, homemaker, Nov. 5, 2001, Wichita.
Ollun (Ambrose) Brown ’34, former English teacher and retired librarian who developed the Stout Grade School Library and Learning Center in Topeka, Kan., Sept. 12, Elkhorn, Wis.
Michael G. Budd ’86, Aug. 29, Laguna Beach, Calif.
Gerald R. “Jerry” Butcher ’88, retired Wichita State employee, Oct. 8, Newton, Kan.
Stacy D. (Gelvin) Cannady ’85, homemaker, Oct. 21, Wichita.
Marjorie J. (Snyder) Caskey ’47, homemaker, July 11, Boulder, Colo.
James Cheek, retired instrumentation engineer, music instructor and friend of the university, Sept. 27, Wichita.
Lloree R. Clark ’68, retired music educator, Sept. 25, Hutchinson, Kan.
Douglas B. Clarke, salesman with Wichita’s Carousel Pools and Spas and university friend, Aug. 15, Wichita.
Louis S. Claypool, retired Coberly Drugs Inc. employee and friend of the university, Oct. 15, Cheney, Kan.
A. Jean (Martin) Collins ’84, former case manager at the Family Life Center in Galena, Kan., and the first chairperson of the inter-agency coalition Partnership for All Cherokee County Children, Sept. 3, Columbus, Kan.
Robert W. “RW” Coe ’41/41, retired CPA, Feb. 12, Grand Junction, Colo.
Gerlaine C. “Connie” Colver ’75, retired telecatalog specialist with both Sears and Spiegel, Sept. 27, Wichita.
Ruby P. Conrad, homemaker and friend of the university, Oct. 20, Arkansas City, Kan.
Doris L. (O’Neale) Corbett ’47, Veterans Administration Medical Center laboratory technician and Hearts Desire needlepoint instructor, Sept. 17, Wichita.
Theodore V. Coukoulis ’74, May 1, 1999, Boulder Creek, Calif.
Craig A. Coulter ’69, registered nurse, Oct. 18, Wichita.
Jim M. Cowan, university friend, ESL-transitional history high school teacher and former teacher and counselor at colleges and high schools in both the United States and Brazil, Oct. 21, Wichita.
James R. Crawford fs ’50, retired vice president of communications for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, distinguished business and community leader who had a 19-year career with the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and served as executive director of the 1973 Dallas Salute: Welcome Home, Vietnam Prisoners of War celebration which received national recognition, June 1, Dallas, Texas.
Stephen R. Crump, friend of the university, Nov. 12, 2002, Wichita.
Wilma M. Dalke ’78, retired elementary school teacher, June 23, Newton, Kan.
Norma Lynn Danielson ’81, former international transportation employee with the S.D. Warren Co., Westbrook, Fla., June 26, Tampa, Fla.
Margaret C. (McClure) Devine ’33, homemaker, May 25, Sun City, Ariz.
Norman Doke, retired businessman and friend of the university, Oct. 27, Wichita.
Douglas D. Dougherty ’72, retired computer programmer and rancher, Oct. 21, Rose Hill, Kan.
Marjory O. (McCabe) Downes ’38, homemaker, Aug. 31, Louisville, Ohio.
Sarah L. Dudley ’79, social worker, Oct. 28, Wichita.
Larry G. Dumm ’56/64, retired music teacher and former Farm Bureau Insurance employee, Sept. 23, Altamont, Kan.
Wesley A. Duncan ’57, retired senior employment tax agent for the Internal Revenue Service and Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army and was awarded the Purple Heart, Aug. 26, Tecumseh, Kan.
Wallace Dunn, farmer and friend of the university, June 23, Wichita.
Hugh S. Edgerton, retired owner and operator of House of Carpet in Wichita, World War II veteran and friend of the university, Oct. 16, Wichita.
James D. Egbert ’57, retired management consultant, Nov. 11, 2002, Wichita.
Georgia M. (Janes) Ellis fs ’00, retired Wichita State anthropology department administrative assistant, Sept. 25, Conway Springs, Kan.
Richard K. “Dick” Fisher ’73, retired general contractor, retired high school teacher and former evaluator and vocational counselor with Sedgwick County Community Corrections, June 28, Conway Springs, Kan.
William R. Forcum ’51, retired self-employed manufacturers’ representative, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-46 and again from 1950-52, June 18, Lubbock, Texas.
William J. “Bill” Freund Jr., retired Boeing Wichita electrician and mechanic and friend of the university, Oct. 16, Wichita.
Jane B. Fugate, university friend, former nurse and community activist who in 2003 was honored in WSU’s Plaza of Heroines for her kindness, courage and commitment to women’s issues, Oct. 20, Pueblo, Colo.
Catherine E. “Kate” Fulks, homemaker, university friend, Sept. 10, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
John E. Glasco ’59, retired social security operations analyst, Oct. 18, Wichita.
Hildreth J. (Simons) Glotfelty ’59, retired librarian, Sept. 4, Wichita.
Dorothy M. Graham, Sedgwick County Public Works housekeeper and university friend, Aug. 3, Wichita.
Edith J. Gregory ’52, retired elementary teacher specializing in corrective reading, Sept. 23, Woodhull, Ill.
William J. Griffith ’37, retired University of Kansas history professor and director of KU’s Center for Latin American Studies, former Tulane University professor of history and chair of Latin American Studies, former head of the Division of Education, Office of Inter-American Affairs who served as OIA representative to Guatemala, with the mission of helping expand public education there, July 5, Lawrence, Kan.
James R. Grote, president of Seward County Community College, Liberal, Kan., and friend of the university, Oct. 14, Liberal.
Warren E. Groves ’49, attorney, Feb. 25, Wichita.
Ronald Guilinger ’57, program specialist for the Kansas Department of Human Resources, Aug. 28, Arkansas City, Kan.
Velda R. (Evans) Harness, homemaker and friend of the university, Oct. 22, Carl Junction, Mo.
Helen P. (Wittmann) Harris ’34, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, June 6, Wichita.
Loretta L. (Lambertz) Hartung, retired accountant and bookkeeper for Long Construction Co. and university friend, July 23, Wichita.
Richard C. Hedden ’69, certified public accountant, June 3, Wichita.
Carl J. Heffron ’55, retired Boeing aeronautical engineering manager, June 27, Sun City, Ariz.
Jack L. Hewitt ’58, clinical psychologist with Clarence M. Kelley Detention & Youth Services, Leavenworth, Kan., and retired behavioral scientist with Goppert Family Care Center, Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 8, Prairie Village, Kan.
Tony Hickman ’81/82, hospitality salesman, Aug. 1, Stuart, Fla.
Kathleen D. (Enlow) Hitchner ’37, homemaker and retired artist who sold many of her paintings at the Pike Place Market Studio on Seattle’s waterfront, Nov. 11, 1997, Edmonds, Wa.
Cherry M. (Brewer) Holcomb ’34, homemaker, April 18, 1999, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Joseph J. Horsley ’67, private consulting engineer, former engineer with the Missouri Highway Department, the U.S. Corps of Engineers, McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in St. Louis, Mo., and the Boeing Co. in Wichita, former Mission Service Corps of the Southern Baptist Convention volunteer and World War II veteran who served in the Army Air Corps, Sept. 4, Amarillo, Texas.
Altha C. Howard ’78, retired teacher, Oct. 31, Wichita.
Dorothy (Jewett) “D.J.” Hull ’37, homemaker, March 11, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Bill Jackson, Wichita State associate professor emeritus of art and design, former McCormick-Armstrong Printing Co. employee and World War II veteran who served as Chief Carpenters Mate in the U.S. Navy SeaBees, Sept. 30, Wichita.
Edward A. Janas ’79, retired director of Public Works for Leavenworth County, Leavenworth, Kan., former director of Community Corrections for Leavenworth and Atchison counties, former Leavenworth County deputy sheriff and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, who served three tours of duty in Vietnam and received numerous awards throughout his military career, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Sept. 9, Leavenworth.
Clarence H. Jernigan ’70, retired City of Wichita employee, Aug. 23, Wichita.
John R. Jones ’65/75, retired Wichita public school teacher, Oct. 13, Winfield, Kan.
Elizabeth Karorsa ’79, employee of Norwest Mortgage in Minneapolis, Minn., former staff member of the First Presbyterian Church in Wichita and former international mission interpreter for the Presbytery of Northern Kansas, Feb. 9, 1997, Minneapolis.
Barbara A. (Klemm) Kelly ’94, physician assistant, July 3, Laurel, Miss.
Cathy T. (Moorhead) Keyser ’89, homemaker, Feb. 23, 2002, Wichita.
Margaret E. (Vanderwilt) Kingman ’60, retired library media specialist with the Wichita public school system, June 2, Baytown, Texas.
James E. Lansdowne ’48, retired Methodist pastor, Aug. 25, Wichita.
E. Louise (Lehrding) Langham ’69, social studies teacher at Pepperell High School in Lindale, Ga., Aug. 24, 2002, Rome, Ga.
Annie Marie (Sizemore) Leader ’57, retired teacher, Aug. 15, Andover, Kan.
Sarah A. (Burr) Lovitt ’69, elementary school music teacher and former private piano and voice instructor, Aug. 9, Wichita.
Harold B. Lutz ’47/56, retired music educator, Salinas School District, April 19, Asheville, N.C.
Jeff C. Lyle ’49, retired landman for Palmer Oil and World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force, Nov. 2, Wichita.
Wanda L. Mace ’61, retired elementary school teacher for Wichita public schools, Sept. 13, Wichita.
Wanda F. (Spray) Mahin ’32, retired teacher, Jan. 26, 2001.
Robert A. Maib ’52/69, retired Boeing engineering manager, Oct. 11, Eureka Springs, Ark.
Cora L. (Stone) Matheson ’62, former S.R. Long employee, businesswoman and designer and national health information writer for Hope Rings, June 3, Guala, Calif.
Charlette A. (Wright) McKelvey ’85, former speech clinician at Stanley Elementary School, Wichita, June 12, Aurora, Colo.
Sylvester Mercer, retired Boeing Aircraft employee and friend of the university, June 22, Wichita.
Peggy (Steele) Meyer ’43, homemaker, July 9, Hutchinson, Kan.
Velma M. Mikesel, retired Midwest Fasteners Co. bookkeeper and university friend, Oct. 18, Peck, Kan.
Diana M. (Jones) Miles ’76/93, principal, Seltzer Elementary School, June 16, Wichita.
L. Donald Myer ’49, retired Independent Insurance agent and veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, who entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and retired as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force in 1972, Oct. 5, Mission, Texas.
Robert M. Noll ’51, retired petroleum geologist and World War II veteran who served as a Signalman Second Class in the U.S. Navy, Sept. 19, Wichita.
Opal A. Nulik, retired Wichita State staff member, Oct. 10, Arma, Kan.
Mary E. “Betty” (Dunn) Orr ’42, retired professional fund raiser, Oct. 20, Wichita.
Harold I. Ottaway ’40, retired co-founder of Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Sept. 2, Wichita.
Virginia F. (Stafford) Pallett ’53, former journalist and retired WSU switchboard operator, Oct. 22, Wichita.
George M. Parsons ’57, retired co-owner and founder of ABC Rent-to-Own, real estate investor and former member of the state Republican Party executive committee, former Sedgwick County GOP treasurer, chairman and delegate to the 1984 GOP convention, Oct. 22, Wichita.
Inez M. (Litchfield) Pearce ’55, homemaker, June 29, Wichita.
Warren L. Pfalser ’64, retired farmer and retired field auditor for the Kansas Motor Fuel Tax Department, July 4, Wichita.
Thomas M. Phillips ’51, retired appraiser with the Kansas Division of Property Evaluation and World War II veteran, serving with the U.S. Army in occupied Japan, Nov. 12, Topeka, Kan.
Mary R. (Harrah) Pitts ’31, homemaker, Sept. 18, Rio Rancho, N.M.
Mildred E. “Peggy” (Shuman) Prewett ’26, homemaker and society editor at the Wichita Eagle from 1926 to 1931, June 13, Wichita.
Mildred C. Price ’63, retired principal and coordinator of special services with the Wichita public school district, Oct. 31, Wichita.
Tom D. Ralls ’74, president of Hyspeco Inc., Wichita, and of FPDA, June 13, Springfield, Mo.
Gerald V. Ramsey ’50, retired Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. geologist, former stockbroker with Eppler, Guerin & Turner, former geologist and landman with Kewanee Oil Co. in Corpus Christi, Texas, and with Derby Oil in Wichita, and World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Pitt, June 25, Corpus Christi.
Harold E. Randle ’59, self-employed CPA, Dec. 11, 1995, Arvada, Colo.
Willa M. Raymond ’31, retired owner and operator of Willa Raymond Secretarial Services, Nov. 10, 2000, Texarkana, Texas.
Robert L. Ream ’76/85, human resource manager, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Oct. 10, Wichita.
Martha (Yankey) Reed ’34, retired residential real estate agent for J.P. Weigand and Sons Inc., Aug. 25, Wichita.
Judith A. (Noonan) Reichenberger ’68, homemaker, June 26, Wichita.
Charles W. Reid ’77, owner and manager of Reid’s Rentals in Selma, N.C., Nov. 15, 1997, Selma.
John T. Renfro ’64, retired IBM senior programmer and former U.S. Army captain, Oct. 1, Spring Hill, Fla.
Aileene K. Rosner, retired music professor and head of the department of music at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and university friend, Oct. 13, Stephenville.
Leah M. (Vaughn) Ross ’56/77, retired Center Industries vocational assessment administrator, June 25, Sedgwick, Kan.
C. Richard Ross ’56, retired aeronautical engineer, Ross Aviation, June 25, Sedgwick, Kan.
Terence E. “Terry” Sartorius ’69, speech language pathologist for the Sedgwick County Area Educational Services Interlocal Cooperative, based in Goddard, Kan., former Spanish teacher at St. Mary’s of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kan., and U.S. Army veteran serving from 1961 to 1964, Oct. 26, Wichita.
Louis E. Satterlee fs ’53, retired NCR technician and World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army, June 28, Wichita.
Harold E. Schooler ’52, an accomplished pianist who performed professionally for more than 45 years, Sept. 27, Palm Springs, Calif.
Frances M. (Harvey) Schutze fs ’37, retired teacher, Feb. 21, 2002, Dallas, Texas.
Dwight H. Seymore ’91, SRS program consultant for Sumner Mental Health Center, Wellington, Kan., and member of the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1963, serving aboard the USS Brown, June 2, Derby, Kan.
Douglas E. Shay ’32, attorney with the Wichita firm of Smith Shay Farmer & Wetta, Nov. 9, Wichita.
R. Rae Sion, retired business owner and university friend, Oct. 16, Wichita.
Ellen L. Smith ’79, retired nurse for the Hutchinson Clinic, Hutchinson, Kan., and former Lamaze instructor at the Hutchinson Hospital, July 30, Hutchinson.
Everett J. “Smitty” Smith ’68, USDA computer programmer in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 4, Lebanon, Kan.
Shannon L. Spaeth fs ’01, medical records clerk at Wichita’s Wesley Medical Center, Nov. 9, Wichita.
Jack H. Spines ’39, retired independent oil operator, former president of Spines Clothing Co., partner in Brunson-Spines Production Co. and World War II veteran, serving as lieutenant in the U.S. Navy as a supply officer, Aug. 13, Wichita.
Nolan E. Spruill ’73, security officer for Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, and retired lieutenant with the Wichita Police Department, June 9, Haysville, Kan.
Lillian J. (Welliver) Stafford ’86, Hutchinson Community College psychology department instructor, Hutchinson, Kan., Aug. 27, Hutchinson.
Francis D. Stanley ’49/55, retired public education superintendent, June 29, Topeka, Kan.
Jim F. Stauffer, friend of the university, Aug. 4, McPherson, Kan.
Richard Stavely, retired corporate counsel and friend of the university, Oct. 1, Wichita.
Mary P. Struble, homemaker and friend of the university, July 31, Wichita.
Mildred G. (Riggs) Sutyak ’58, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra associate principal cellist who played with the orchestra for 34 years, Sept. 21, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rebecca E. “Becky” (Bowdish) Thiel ’35, retired director of SRS and social worker with the Kingman County Welfare Department, Kingman, Kan., and former teacher at Belmont, Kan., and Cleveland, Kan., schools, Sept. 7, Kingman.
Jewell M. Timmerman, homemaker and friend of the university, June 29, Wichita.
Paul Wallingford, former manager at Wallingford Grain Corp., Wichita, and university friend, Sept. 22, San Diego, Calif.
William H. Wikle fs ’50, engineer with the Boeing Co. for 40 years, July 12, Wichita.
Wallace W. Wilkins ’40, retired U.S. Army colonel, graduate of the Army War College, World War II and Korean War veteran decorated with, among others, the Silver Star and the Bronze Star with Three Clusters, and who, as executive officer of the 38th infantry regiment’s second battalion, was seriously wounded near Chunchon, Oct. 12, Seattle, Wash.
Martin L. Williams ’42, professional accompanist and retired music education specialist who served for 45 years as an organist and choirmaster and was also a baritone with the Westchester Civic Opera and the Hudson Valley Opera, Nov. 19, 2002, Chesapeake, Va.
Skeets L. Winkler, former Wichita vice mayor and city commissioner and university friend, Sept. 6, Omaha, Neb.
Albert L. Witherspoon ’47, retired U.S. Post Office director of finance, Wichita, church historian and World War II veteran, June 16, Wichita.
Nancy B. (Noller) Wolf ’76, homemaker, Dec. 21, 2001, Albuquerque, N.M.
George W. Wood ’61, self-employed heating and air contractor and retired Boeing engineer, Aug. 4, Wichita.
Marie (Platt) Yarnell ’50, homemaker, quilting and music enthusiast, July 8, Newton, Kan.
Chester W. Yoder ’45, retired, Feb. 2, Chula Vista, Calif.
Erma M. Yost ’65, homemaker, retired public school educator who developed the first kindergarten in Hesston, Kan., and community-service activist who, as a long-time volunteer with the Kansas chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, received that organization’s Chris Blackwell Award for Volunteer Excellence, June 3, Hesston, Kan.
John J. Zimmerman ’68, aeronautical engineer with Aviation Data Inc., Wichita, Aug. 31, Wichita.
Laura M. (Fitzsimmons) Zongker ’73, materiél employee with Boeing Wichita, June 13, Wichita.
