Melba L. (Adams) Agee ’85, homemaker and former employee at Boeing, the Coleman Co. and Learjet, all in Wichita, Feb. 6, 2013, Barrington, Ill.
Vivian R. (Shane) Alexander ’38/71, retired Wichita public schools eighth-grade math teacher, former social worker who served in the home services department of the American Red Cross, July 30, 2012, Wichita.
Thomas P. Allen Jr. ’50, retired director of the Wichita Board of Park Commissioners who joined the park system staff in 1961 as a recreation supervisor and was named director in 1975; active member of the board for the Wichita River Festival who chaired numerous events, was Admiral Windwagon Smith VII in 1980 and served as general chairman of the festival in 1981; former superintendent of recreation for the North Jeffco Metropolitan Recreation District, Arvada, Colo.; U.S. Marine Corps veteran; former high school science and physical education teacher and head football coach at Moundridge, Kan.; and a former Shocker football player, July 8, 2012, Sequim, Wash. Allen joined the Shocker football team as a freshman from Montgomery, Ala., in 1946. The four-year letterman was noted for a pass he caught on Oct. 29, 1949, in a game against the University of Tulsa. He snagged an end zone pass in the final seconds of the game to give the Shockers a 27-21 victory over the Golden Hurricane. It was the first-ever Shocker win over the Oklahoma rival.
Lydia M. (Sadler) Banks ’85, homemaker and retired home health coordinator, Nov. 27, 2012, Wichita.
Iris J. (Wetz) Banman ’50, retired music teacher, Aug. 14, 2012, North Newton, Kan.
Lucille J. (Ablah) Barkett ’45, political science graduate and homemaker who also worked in several family businesses in Wichita, including Ablah Hotel Supply and Classic Real Estate; community volunteer active with the Wichita Art Museum, Meals on Wheels and the WSU Alumni Association, for which she served as a board member and on numerous planning committees, including those for the Alumni Awards program and the WSU Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series, Nov. 15, 2012, Wichita.
Darleen J. (Schrag) Bartell ’77, homemaker; retired public school psychologist who worked with children with special needs, Sept. 7, 2012, Moundridge, Kan.
Susan L. (Alldritt) Basore ’69, homemaker; fifth-grade public school teacher at Halstead Grade School in Halstead, Kan., where she was the first woman to be elected to the district’s board of education; former legal assistant in Wichita and for the Learning Center in Halstead, Sept. 2, 2012, Bentley, Kan.
Douglas A. Baughman ’01, U.S. Army veteran who served with the 77th Army Band, musician, private music tutor and music teacher who played in numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Wichita Symphony, the WSU Jazz Band, the New Mexico Orchestra, the New Mexico Brass Quintet, the Houston Brass Band and the Houston Area Brass Quintet, Oct. 31, 2012, Humble, Texas.
Kenneth F. Belisle ’63, retired physical education teacher and high school football coach, Jan. 7, 2013, Castle Rock, Colo.
Penny P. (Payne) Berryman ’72, homemaker and accomplished sportswoman who competed nationally as a water skier in the Nationals Water Skiing Championship and as a fisherman in numerous professional tournaments, the 1997 Bass N’ Gals Angler of the Year, a 2004 inductee into the Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame, Sept. 30, 2012, Hot Springs, Ark.
William R. Blake Jr. ’56, retired federal administrator who last served as director of financial management for Medicare-Medicaid reimbursements for four Midwestern states, Nov. 12, 2012, Manhattan, Kan. A WU history graduate, Blake was recognized for being a sports “superfan,” as a 1986 Kansas City Star article describes him. The article goes on to report that while on a business trip, he once attended seven basketball games in six days, and on one of his and his son’s getaway sports jaunts, the duo traveled 1,608.08 miles to watch two baseball games and three football games in 3.5 days. “Sports, to me,” Blake was quoted as explaining, “is history, geography, the great heritage of America I get to touch going to all these places. It’s the great people you meet, coaches, players, ticket takers, fans, 99 percent of whom you’ll never see again, but you’re richer for having met them.”
William F. Bowman ’56, retired businessman who worked at Associated Co. Inc. in Wichita for 35 years, serving as president of the company for 18 years, Nov. 4, 2012, Edinburg, Texas.
James D. Boyce ’04, general studies graduate who majored in criminal justice and was known for his campus, church and community presentations about being severely disabled and living with cerebral palsy, Oct. 10, 2012, Nortonville, Kan.
Kenneth H. Burchinal ’51, World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Japan; retired educator who first taught at Field Kindley Memorial High School in Coffeyville, Kan., and then taught language arts, humanities and drama at Coffeyville Community College; former executive director of Coffeyville’s Cultural Arts Center who went on to spearhead the renovation of the Midland Theater in Coffeyville, Dec. 14, 2012, Coffeyville.
James A. Burgardt ’78, owner of Burgardt Retail Liquor in Wichita, Oct. 11, 2012, Wichita.
Beth A. (Janousek) Buscher ’46, homemaker and community volunteer, Oct. 24, 2012, Sacramento, Calif.
Donald R. Buth ’68, retired Beech Aircraft senior lead structural engineer, Sept. 26, 2012, Wichita.
J. Jerald “Jerry” Branson ’41, retired farmer and rancher, former investments manager at Hurst Investment Co. in Wichita and an active University of Wichita Alumni Association board member who during his college days at WU served as president of the fraternity Men of Webster, Aug. 10, 2012, Wichita.
Jay L. Carter ’77, machinist and supervisor at Norcraft Industries in Newton, Kan., Aug. 12, 2012, Newton.
Joseph U. Catudal ’53, retired U.S. Army colonel whose military career included service as commander of the 9th Battalion, Ft. Campbell, and as commanding officer of the 2nd Training Battalion, Ft. McClellan, as well as numerous decorations, including the National Defense Service Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Overseas Medal (Germany), Senior Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Legion of Merit, Oct. 16, 2009, Carrollton, Ga.
Robert E. Chaney ’59/65, retired 34-year Boeing employee who designed cockpits and flight decks for both military and commercial aircraft, U.S. Air Force officer who served as a pilot from 1951-55, Aug. 29, 2012, Bellevue, Wash.
Charles L. Churchman ’56, retired CPA for the U.S. Department of State, Aug. 19, 2012, Wichita.
Kenneth R. Coffey ’75, CEO of KMG Tool & Machine Co. in Wichita, retired Wichita deputy police chief, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force, Nov. 5, 2012, Wichita.
Jerry L. Combs ’62, owner of Ted Combs Television, Sept. 10, 2012, Andover, Kan.
Thomas F. Cook ’73, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with 23 years of service, former vice president of Albuquerque Economic Development in Albuquerque, N.M., and project manager for NetGain and Protection Strategies Inc. as a subcontractor to the U.S. Department of Energy in Albuquerque and Oak Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 25, 2012, Oak Ridge.
Marsha C. Coover ’61, retired musician and Anaheim, Calif., public schools music teacher, Dec. 31, 2012, Anaheim.
Kathleen R. (Migliaccio) Corbett ’74, former psychiatric nurse and hospital administrator who graduated from WSU with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, from Boston University with a master’s degree in adult psychiatric nursing and from the University of Southern California with a master’s degree in business administration, Nov. 1, 2012, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Don E. Cowles ’78, retired Boeing change board analyst and former Sedgwick County sheriff’s department patrolman and police officer with the El Dorado, Kan., public safety department, Jan. 9, 2013, Andover, Kan.
B. Irene (Box) Crews ’43, retired farmer who, in 1984, became the first woman to run for county commissioner in Sumner County, Kan.; community service activist who was a past president of the Kansas Federation of Women’s Club, the first woman to be elected chair of the board for KPTS Channel 8 in Wichita and a member of the Argonia Library Association; former life insurance agent and stockbroker, Sept. 13, 2012, Argonia, Kan. Crews, who lived in Sumner County most of her life, was the sole owner, operator and manager of her family’s farm. While campaigning for the Republican nomination for county commissioner of the third and fourth wards of Sumner County, Crews was quoted as saying, “All my life I have worked for the betterment of my community. I don’t intend to set the world on fire. I don’t have any ulterior motives. It’s just time that women took a more active part in a manner of which their world is run.”
Morton C. Cuplin ’51, musician, private music teacher and director; retired high school music teacher and music administrator for Bartlesville, Okla., public schools; former band, choir and orchestra teacher at several Kansas schools; veteran of the U.S. Army who served from 1953-55 and was post bugler at Ft. Sill and played in the 97th Army Band, Sept. 7, 2012, Oklahoma City.
Charles D. Davis ’58, retired manager who began working with Travelers Insurance in 1965, Nov. 3, 2012, Shawnee, Kan.
Darrel E. Davis ’65, retired engineer who began his career at Boeing,Wichita, and went on to work for Kansas Gas & Electric, the Venill Corp. in Vietnam and the Bechtel Corp., for which he served as senior field electrical engineer for three different nuclear plants; former city building official for the city of Russellville, Ark.; former president of Triangle Electric; U.S. Army veteran, Nov. 11, 2012, Russellville.
Roberta V. Davies ’63, retired music teacher in Madison, Kan., Iola, Kan., and Independence, Kan., Feb. 22, 2013, Independence.
Sandra R. (Showalter) DeMeyer ’94, homemaker, Sept. 30, 2012, Mulvane, Kan.
Jimmie W. Dewey ’72, retired accountant at Cargill; former Boeing employee, July 16, 2012, Wichita.
Ballard A. “Jerry” Dinwiddie III ’63, retired aerodynamicist who worked for the Chance Vought Aircraft Co. and then for Boeing in Wichita, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the European Theater as a P-47 fighter pilot, Jan. 24, Marshall, Texas.
Donald D. Donley ’71, farmer, Sept. 12, 2012, Winfield, Kan.
Donald M. Douglas, associate professor emeritus of history at Wichita State, WWII veteran who served in the Army Air Corps, former Missouri Pacific Railroad employee, past member of the U.S. Holocaust Commission and a 1985 appointee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to its Kansas State Advisory Committee, Jan. 15, 2013, Wichita. Douglas, who joined WSU’s faculty in 1965, taught modern European history, focusing on German history, for 35 years. His rigorous courses on Hitler, the Third Reich and on the Holocaust were key offerings for both undergraduate and graduate history students. His professional interest in the Holocaust made him a driving force behind the annual Wichita Holocaust commemorations, and he made important contributions to Holocaust history through his research efforts. Among his scholarly works is Survivors in the Heartland, based on recordings of his extensive interviews with Holocaust survivors who made their way to Kansas. A board member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and a member of the Kansas History Teachers Association, Douglas was the recipient of numerous awards, including the WSU Honors Program Mentor’s Award, the Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation Special Award for unwavering commitment to Holocaust education and the Eisenhower Liberation Award for exceptional achievement in the field of human rights.
Neva J. (Seiler) Dreese ’66/72, homemaker and retired elementary school and special education teacher, July 11, 2012, Wichita.
Carolyn R. (Shoup) Eck ’72, retired dental hygienist and adjunct clinical instructor at Wichita State, Feb. 4, 2013, Wichita.
Clinton C. Evans III ’85, Wichita State marketing graduate, July 20, 2012, Wichita.
James E. Fields ’77, retired Boeing manager, July 23, 2012, Wichita.
Stephen W. Fisher ’82, computer scientist at Boeing in Wichita for nearly 29 years, March 4, 2013, Bel Aire, Kan.
Barbara J. (Thompson) Fitzpatrick ’64/85, retired Wichita public schools teacher, Oct. 27, 2012, Wichita.
Helen M. (Thompson) Forsythe ’64, homemaker and retired teacher who began her 47-year career after passing the Kansas State Teacher’s Examination at age 18 and going on to focus on teaching second-graders how to read before retiring from Wichita public schools in 1978, Feb. 13, 2013, Wichita.
Samuel A. Foster ’88, former managing editor of the Derby Daily Reporter, Derby, Kan., publications coordinator at Kreonite, Wichita, and stay-at-home dad, Jan. 6, 2013, Wichita.
Gary L. Fowler ’83/89, former counselor at Oil Hill Elementary School in El Dorado, Kan., and principal at Remington Middle School, Whitewater, Kan., Aug. 25, 2012, El Dorado, Kan.
John S. Fretz ’79, retired Boeing computer engineer who worked for the aircraft company in Wichita, Seattle and Alaska, Nov. 13, 2012, Pratt, Kan.
Richard C. Fulk ’49, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy as a seaman second class, retired director of engineering and primary processes at Pittsburg Plate Glass in Kokomo, Ind., July 20, 2012, Bloomington, Ill.
Vonnie J. Fulkerson ’77, retired office manager, Nov. 21, 2012, Wichita.
Robert W. Glenn ’66, retired University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor of speech and communication whose academic interests included 18th century rhetorical theory, songs and social movements; author of The Haymarket Affair: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press, 1993; former visiting professor at the University of South Carolina and instructor at Dartmouth College; 1962 Gore scholar at WSU, where he was a member of Delta Sigma Rho and Tau Kappa Alpha and twice served as president of the university’s debate society, Dec. 25, 2012, Wichita.
Carl G. Goeller Jr. ’51, retired greeting card authority who wrote more than 20,000 greetings, authored several books on communication and worked as managing editor at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Mo., as editor in chief at Rust Craft Greeting Cards in Boston, Mass., and as editorial director and corporate officer at American Greeting Cards in Cleveland, Ohio; owner/creator of Glass Cartoons by The Glass People Inc., Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 28, 2012, Wichita. As a student at WU, Goeller drew cartoons for the student newspaper the Sunflower. After retiring from the greeting-card industry in 1983, he took up cartooning again, this time in glass. “When I developed the little stained-glass characters, I made them different from other glass items on the market by adding touches of humor,” he explained in a 1984 WSU Alumni Report interview. “It seemed logical to call them ‘glass cartoons,’ thus fulfilling my old urge to be a cartoonist.” He sold more than 150,000 Glass Cartoons, including a commissioned piece for a Barney Miller character for actor Hal Linden.
Charles A. Goodrum ’47, retired director at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., where he first worked as librarian of its Congressional Research Service, then as director of CRS research and finally as the library’s director of the office of planning development; author of eight books, including Treasures of the Library of Congress and I’ll Trade You an Elk, a series of reminiscenses about growing up in Wichita in the 1930s and ‘40s when his father was the director of the fledgling city zoo, Sept. 21, 2012, Springfield, Va.
Barbara A. (Eales) Gordon ’37, WWII veteran who joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was stationed at Pearl Harbor where she managed a ship’s service cafeteria, retired teacher and homemaker, Sept. 18, 2012, La Junta, Colo.
Gregory L. Greer ’86, U.S. Army veteran who served as 1st lieutenant, WSU anthropology graduate and computer technician at Tek Systems, Feb. 1, 2013, Carrollton, Texas.
Alfred A. Grochowalski ’50, retired accountant at General Electric and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was wounded on Solomon Island, Nov. 4, 2012, Louisville, Ky.
Jack E. Hale ’61, Korean War veteran who served in the Army Corps of Engineers, former comptroller at Price Brothers Equipment and retired owner of a refrigeration-repair business, Oct. 22, 2012, Andover, Kan.
D. Stephen “Steve” Hall ’68, former teacher and retired businessman and pilot who began delivering planes internationally 45 years ago in Wichita and then relocated to Tampa, Fla., where he started his own ferry pilot company, Wings of Eagles, which was featured in a 2012 episode of Spectrum Productions’ Plane Xtreme show, broadcast on the Weather Channel, Dec. 15, 2012, Tampa.
Elsie M. (Robinson) Halpain ’74, homemaker and retired kindergarten teacher, Aug. 21, 2012, Hutchinson, Kan.
William R. Harrin ’53, retired urologist who was on staff at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan., and Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kan.; U.S. Army veteran who served in France as a captain and an OB/GYN; football letterman at WU, where he pledged Delta Upsilon, Nov. 3, 2012, Overland Park, Kan.
Jesse L. Harris ’51, retired dentist and WWII veteran who served in the Marines, July 17, 2012, Wichita.
David L. Harvey ’65/68, retired manager in procurement at Beech Aircraft/Raytheon, where he worked for 34 years, Oct. 16, 2012, Wichita.
Henry “Hank” B. Harvey ’77/77, retired U.S. Air Force master-sergeant who during his 20 years of service (1949-69) was stationed at or traveled to locales in Greece, Germany, Alaska, Thailand and North Africa; retired petroleum geologist and member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, a fraternity for geologists, Nov. 30, 2012, Wichita.
Edward E. Haught ’56, economics graduate who worked for Phillips Petroleum in Kansas City, Kan., Bartlesville, Okla., and Houston for more than 35 years before taking a position with PetroSource Corp. in Houston, where he retired in 1993, Jan. 25, 2013, Woodcreek, Texas.
Warren R. Heatley ’79, long-time practicing CPA in the Kansas City-area who was active in various civic and philanthropic organizations, including the Spofford Home, a provider of preventative and therapeutic residential treatment to at-risk children and their families, Sept. 14, 2012, Shawnee, Kan.
Jeffry R. Heryford ’80, a 32-year veteran of the Kansas State Highway Patrol, for which he served as a member of the Honor Guard, the Governor’s Detail, the Motor Vehicle Inspection Division and the Troop G Turnpike Patrol; former officer with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms; volunteer firefighter and EMT, Aug. 3, 2012, Topeka, Kan.
E. Maureen (Daily) Hassur Hoey ’56, former speech therapist who worked at public schools in Wichita and Holton, Kan., and at Wichita’s Institute of Logopedics; artist and owner of Maureen’s Arts in Arlington, Texas, Oct. 22, 2012, Arlington.
John “Jack” J. Hunt ’76, truant officer for the Ansonia Board of Education in Ansonia, Conn.; Ansonia High School golf coach and freshman basketball coach; retired AHS track and girls softball coach and legendary Ansonia Chargers football coach who was head coach from 1987 to 2005, retiring with an overall record of 193-26 and seven state championships in 11 title games; football letterman at Wichita State, Nov. 22, 2012, Ansonia. Hunt, a native of Ansonia who stood 6-feet-7-inches tall and weighed 275 pounds, was recruited to play for WSU, where he was coached by Bill Parcells ’64 and Jimmy Johnson, two future NFL coaching legends then assistants on WSU’s coaching staff. An injury to Hunt in 1970 may have saved him from being aboard the chartered plane that crashed on Oct. 2, 1970 in the Colorado Rockies, killing 31.
Leah J. (Anderson) Hunter ’63, retired elementary school music teacher, private flute and piano teacher, 25-year member of the Mount Prospect Community Band and member of the honorary music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon, Oct. 5, 2012, Mount Prospect, Ill.
Timothy J. Hurley ’65, retired advertising executive whose career included positions as creative director and partner at Quillen-Elsea-Hurley Advertising, executive vice president at the Wichita Area Builders Association, account manager and city manager at Pennypower Shopping News, manager of marketing communications at Mycro-Tek and as director of advertising at Brite Voice Systems, all in Wichita, Oct. 17, 2012, Wichita.
L.C. “Jick” Jackson Jr. ’40, retired owner and president of L.C. Jackson Inc., a Wichita-based wholesale furniture firm whose display floors were once featured in a 1961 issue of House Beautiful magazine; past president of both the Associated Furniture Distributors of America and the National Wholesale Furniture Association; active university supporter and alumni association member who, among his many contributions, served on the Shocker Auction party committee and as chairman of the University of Wichita’s Class of 1940 50-year reunion; WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army for five years, Dec. 15, 2012, Wichita.
Lino J. Jimenez ’59, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force, accountant and retired health-care industry financial officer whose career included positions as chief accountant, controller and senior vice president of finance at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita and as associate executive director at Thomason Hospital in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 1, 2013, Las Cruces, N.M.
C. Brian Kirby ’48, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942-46, geologist and consultant who worked at Sunray Oil Co. and Bay Petroleum, both based in Wichita, the Tenneco Oil Co., Durango, Colo., and the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co., Holbrook, Ariz., before completing his professional career as hydrologist with the state of Arizona from 1972-89, Jan. 30, Glendale, Ariz.
Bill J. Krehbiel ’71, retired teacher and coach whose career included teaching physical education and drivers education and coaching football, basketball and track at several Kansas high schools, including Halstead High; former PE instructor at Wichita State; former head football coach at Tabor College in Hillboro, Kan.; and WWII and Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Army and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, and retired as a major, July 23, 2012, Halstead, Kan.
D. Kathleen “Kathy” Lewis, former physical therapist and physical therapy teacher at Colby Community College in Colby, Kan., who earned a juris doctorate from the University of Washburn School of Law in Topeka, Kan., and continued her career in education focusing on law for physical therapists and serving as associate professor and chair of the physical therapy department at WSU, retiring in 2008, March 11, 2013, Peoria, Ill.
Patricia A. (Weaver) Librach ’50, homemaker and co-owner of Chick’s Casuals in Springfield, Mo., Jan. 18, 2013, Springfield.
Stephen J. Lindell ’73, WSU industrial engineering graduate who later studied dental surgery at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, graduating in 1979 and establishing his first dental practice in Winfield, Kan., before relocating in 1981 to Ponca City, Okla., where he practiced for 31 years, Nov. 29, 2012, Ponca City.
Ardath “Art” R. Littell ’49, retired co-owner and president of Littell Enterprises Inc., which operated five Fantastic Sam’s hair and beauty salon franchises in Wichita and partnered with the franchisee of 25 Fantastic Sam’s salons in Oklahoma; WWII veteran who served in the China-Burma-India theater, Jan. 17, 2013, Wichita.
Lesley G. Loibl ’93, homemaker and Contract Surety Consultants executive secretary, Sept. 13, 2012, Cheney, Kan.
Carol L. Lyons ’86, marketing communications professional who during her career worked as a sales specialist at Sprint in Overland Park, Kan., and for the Missouri State Council of Firefighters as a marketing representative; disc jockey at several radio stations in Wichita during the 1980s and ’90s, Nov. 3, 2012, Kansas City, Mo.
Iris O. (Bally) Malcom, university friend and retired state of Kansas employee who worked in the controller’s office at WSU and at the state’s employee office, former secretary for reunions of WWII veterans of the 757 Tank Battalion, July 23, 2012, Wichita.
Janet S. (Stover) Mallot ’70, homemaker, freelance writer and editor, former bookstore manager and bookkeeper for several Wichita businesses, former member of the WSU spirit squad and of Delta Delta Delta sorority when an economics student at Wichita State, Jan. 16, 2013, Jacksonville, Fla.
Gregory L. Mann ’84, retired Boeing systems analyst engineer, Sept. 23, 2012, Des Moines, Iowa.
Herbert L. Mann ’63, retired owner and president of Unified Graphics in Houston, business management graduate who was an active member of Beta Theta Pi, Aug. 16, 2012, Houston, Texas.
Bruce E. Matthews ’95, NetApp software engineer, Aug. 4, 2012, Wichita.
Mary H. (Jones) McCabe ’69, homemaker, former seventh-grade math teacher, 1985 club-championship golfer and former employee of North American Aviation in Kansas City, where she worked during World War II, Jan. 26, 2013, Wichita.
Millicent “Mickey” A. (Helm) McClure ’79, homemaker, retired elementary school teacher and librarian who worked at Arkansas City Middle School for 10 years, Dec. 6, 2012, Arkansas City, Kan.
Cleda L. (Copple) Meyer ’91, retired nurse and nursing educator whose 49-year career began as a nurse assistant at Morris County Hospital in Council Grove, Kan., and culminated as associate professor emeritus of nursing at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan.; a 1962 graduate of the Stormont-Vail School of Nursing who went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Marymount College in Salina, Kan., a master’s degree in nursing from WSU and a doctorate from the University of Kansas, Nov. 7, 2012, Alma, Kan.
Ralph Montgomery ’75, WSU psychology graduate who served in the U.S. Air Force and was assistant pastor at the Bethel Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga., July 24, 2012, College Park, Ga.
Melissa A. (Kreisheimer) Morland ’95, computer science graduate, former McCormick-Armstrong Advertising employee, Sept. 6, 2012, Wichita.
Betty J. (Huggins) Schreffler Mourning fs ’39, homemaker and retired Boeing executive secretary in charge of Air Force records, Sept. 16, 2012, Wichita.
Sylvia (Grabill) Dewey Muse ’36, homemaker and retired director of patient relations at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Oct. 27, 2012, Wichita.
Ronald D. Neal ’61, retired aeronautical engineer who was awarded a number of patents and whose career focused on business jet aviation and included lecturing, writing numerous articles for industry publications and working in executive positions at Lockheed Martin, Gates Learjet, Beech Aircraft, Canadair, Fairchild Aircraft Co. and the Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp., from which he retired, Sept. 12, 2012, San Antonio, Texas.
Waller J. Newby ’56/68, a 52-year Boeing civil and mechanical engineer who completed many unique assignments that took him to sites across the United States and to a number of foreign countries; U.S. Air Force veteran and retired Air National Guard lieutenant colonel, Sept. 14, 2012, Wichita.
Lewis G. Nichols ’50, retired geology educator who worked from 1951 to 1991 in the department of geology and geophysics at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; WWII veteran who served as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Corps, July 21, 2012, Baton Rouge, La.
Arthur K. Noland ’94, retired Spanish teacher who taught for 20 years on the Navajo reservation in Chinle, Ariz; Vietnam War veteran who served as a yeoman for three years in the U.S. Navy with 11 months of overseas service, Dec. 4, 2012, Munds Park, Ariz.
Kathy A. (Hu) O’Brien ’99, creative director at Pioneer Balloon in Wichita, former graphic designer at Lottridge Advertising, also in Wichita, Sept. 10, 2012, Derby, Kan.
James M. Ohl ’62, U.S. Air Force veteran; retired educator at Butler Community College, El Dorado, Kan.; former minister at the Hilltop Community Church in Wichita, March 1, 2013, Augusta, Kan.
Lorna M. (Evans) Oswalt ’80, homemaker, Dec. 2, 2012, Hutchinson, Kan.
Earl L. Painter ’61, retired elementary, middle and high school teacher, coach and administrator who taught world history, driver’s education and physical education, coached football and served as athletic director, assistant principal and principal at a number of schools in Kansas and Colorado over the course of his career, Oct. 28, 2012, Evergreen, Colo.
William “Willie” Park ’50/53, chemistry graduate and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) School of Reactor Technology graduate whose first career was as a nuclear engineer at Convair in Fort Worth, Texas, and his second was as an aerosystems engineer at General Dynamics, from which he retired in 1982; WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aerial gunner assigned to a B-29 crew in the 62nd Squadron, 314th Wing of the 20th Air Force based at North Field on Guam, Sept. 13, 2012, Fort Worth.
Sharon J. (Callis) Parks ’92/09, homemaker and retired Wichita public elementary school vocal music teacher, Sept. 21, 2012, Derby, Kan.
Joan L. (Curtiss) Paulson ’85, homemaker, Oct. 24, 2012, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Harold G. Payne ’61, retired Investment Services Inc. president and financial adviser, former A.G. Edwards & Sons stockbroker, former assistant branch manager for Rhodes Securities, veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Jan. 19, 2013, Wichita.
William “Bill” H. Pierpont Jr. ’47/49, retired research chemist who had an avid interest in sailing and who worked as manager of engineering, research and distribution at Rock Island Fiberglass Products and later at Koch Industries and Smith Fiberglass Products; WWII veteran, Aug. 4, 2012, Wichita.
Buford F. Pringle Sr. ’72, retired educator and football coach who worked at a number of schools in Oklahoma and Kansas, including Wichita Southeast and Wichita Collegiate high schools and Friends University; WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Proteus, Feb. 8, 2013, Wichita.
Martha J. Rall ’96, homemaker and former staff member at the registrar’s office at Wichita State, at the University of Kansas Medical School-Wichita and at Via Christi, June 6, 2012, Derby, Kan.
Letitia “Tish” M. (Palmer) Mandle Ralstin ’47/73, homemaker, retired elementary school teacher and program assistant for the federally funded Follow Through Program, Oct. 10, 2012, Wichita.
Billy L. Ramsey ’83, member of the Kansas Highway Patrol who began work in 1976 and retired as a major in 2003, U.S. Marine Corps veteran who also served in the Kansas Army Reserve, superintendent (2003-07) for the Kansas Soldiers Home at Fort Dodge and human resources specialist (2009-11) with Veterans Affairs, Dec. 23, 2012, Topeka, Kan.
Mary Ann (Edgerton) Ranney fs ’36, homemaker, entomology graduate of the University of Kansas, lifelong supporter of the arts and former co-owner of the Sign of the Acorn art gallery in Wichita, longtime volunteer and member of the board for the Wichita Children’s Home, by which she was recognized in 1993 as the first recipient of WCH’s Heart Award (subsequently, the Mary Ann Ranney Heart Award) given in honor of distinguished service,
Feb. 5, 2013, Lawrence, Kan.
Lucille E. (Kuykendall) Riegle ’68, retired interior designer who worked at Innes Department Store, Sauders Interiors, Marion Alley Interiors and the Sign of the Acorn art gallery, all in Wichita; retired co-owner of the Wichita Gallery of Fine Art, which she and her husband Bob opened in 1977 and closed in 2012, Oct. 4, 2012, Wichita.
Kathleen N. (Nelson) Ruhl ’73, homemaker, retired Wichita public schools teacher and avid gardener, bird watcher and amateur astronomer who often explained that since she was a home economics major, she loved color, style, flower arranging and cooking, Aug. 28, 2012, Northampton, Mass.
William “Bill” L. Scantlin Sr. ’72, retired joint venture auditor at BHP Billiton in Houston, Texas, where he worked for 40 years, Oct. 9, 2012, Houston.
Marlene M. (Foldesi Schires) Schmar ’79/82, executive director of Another Chance Inc., a therapeutic foster care agency based in Holton, Kan., from which she retired in 2007; registered nurse practitioner and psychiatric nurse specialist whose career in nursing included serving as a drug and alcohol counselor in New Jersey and Arizona, as an associate dean at the Blessing School of Nursing in Quincy, Ill., and as head of the Sunrise Adolescent Unit at Menninger’s in Topeka, Kan., Sept. 2, 2012, Topeka.
Dwayne H. Shannon ’51, founder and retired chairman of the board of Metal-Fab Inc., a Wichita-based manufacturer of gas vent pipes, and a 2005 inductee into the Junior Achievement Wichita Business Hall of Fame, Dec. 12, 2012, Wichita. In 1991 on the occasion of his 50-year reunion at Wichita State, Shannon recounted, “In 1958, I started a small manufacturing company, Metal-Fab. Metal-Fab has grown to a company employing approximately 400 people with distribution covering the United States, as well as several foreign countries.”
Karissa L. Shannon ’05, liberal arts and sciences graduate who majored in psychology and criminal justice, Oct. 24, 2012, Hutchinson, Kan.
Benjamin C. Singleton III ’78, accounting graduate who was a law firm administrator at Scott Douglass Luton & McConnico in Austin, Texas, Sept. 24, 2012, Austin.
Wilbur C. Smith ’48, retired pastor at the Church of God in Melvern, Kan.; retired banker whose banking career included positions at the Augusta State Bank in Augusta, Kan., and the Fourth National Bank and Trust Company in Wichita; WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, Dec. 2, 2012, Wichita.
Eliseo R. Solis ’77, retired educator whose career included serving as director of the South Plains Academy, a charter school in Lubbock, Texas; the first Mexican-American to be elected (1984) as a Lubbock County county commissioner; Vietnam War veteran who served from 1969-70, Jan. 7, 2013, Lubbock.
Anna “Annie” L. (Lewis) Stevens ’40, homemaker and noted golfer who was a state senior golf champion and the 1963 winner of the Wichita women’s city golf championship, Nov. 21, 2012, Eastborough, Kan.
William B. Stoebuck ’51, professor emeritus of law at the University of Washington, Seattle, where in 1995 he was named the first Judson Falknor Professor of Law; author of numerous lead articles and a number of books, including The Law of Property and a two-volume treatise on Washington real estate law; University of Wichita history graduate who went on to earn degrees from Indiana University in 1953, the University of Washington in 1959 and Harvard in 1973; attorney who was admitted to practice in Washington state, U.S. District Court, U.S. 9th Circuit in 1959 and before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967; private-practice attorney in Seattle from 1959 to 1964; Korean War veteran who served as first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, Nov. 18, 2012, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
Ronald J. Surface ’69/75, U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, retired, whose military career included active duty as an ROTC and military science instructor at the University of California-Davis, two tours at the Pentagon and a tour at Ft. McPherson in Atlanta, Ga.; former speech and English teacher at public schools in Arkansas City, Kan., Oct. 10, 2012, Winfield, Kan.
Michael S. Taylor ’75, accountant for Louisiana Pacific Corp. in Wilmington, N.C., Jan. 6, 2013, Belville, N.C.
Linda L. Tedder, homemaker, university friend and senior grant administrator at WSU for more than 30 years, Nov. 24, 2012, Wichita.
Michael T. Trueheart ’74, IT expert and entrepreneur who rebuilt and donated computers to numerous deserving individuals an
