Cardelia Anderson ’72, elementary education graduate and educator who retired as a Curtis Middle School resource teacher after nearly 29 years of service, April 2, 2014, Wichita.
Donald “Don” E. Anderson ’58, Korean Conflict veteran who served in the U.S. Navy; political science graduate who became an award-winning public administrator working for the city of Wichita for 30 years in various positions, including as director of administration and director of housing and economic development; sculptor and painter who had a retrospective exhibition of his work shown at the Wichita Center for the Arts in 2007; WSU Alumni Association supporter who served on the board of directors and participated in numerous alumni association activities and projects, July 25, 2014, Wichita.
Donald L. Anderson ’65, retired IRS employee and self-employed accountant, Aug. 24, 2014, Bel Aire, Kan.
Stephen D. Asbury ’85/85, physician assistant and director of clinical services at Galichia Medical Group in Wichita, former EMT in Columbia, S.C., past EMS director in Durham, N.C., and for Wichita and Sedgwick County, Sept. 25, 2014, Wichita.
Daniel “Dan” E. Bailey ’56/56, retired minister, University of Wichita tennis letterman, graduate of Central Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Kan., and business affiliate with Rodger Meier Cadillac and Sewell Cadillac in Dallas, Sept. 25, 2014, Sachse, Texas.
Jona H. Baltzer ’67, retired public school music teacher and former director of the Kansas Mennonite Men’s Chorus, a 400 voice group, June 21, 2014, Hillsboro, Kan.
David P. Banahasky ’79, Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, former Parsons (Kan.) Police Department chief of detectives, former Katy Railroad brakeman, and former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant security employee, June 7, 2014, Indialantic, Fla.
John “Jack” R. Bannon ’57, retired personnel and industrial relations manager whose career included positions at Michelin Tires in Clermont-Ferrand, France; Texas Instruments in Dallas; Columbia Records in Santa Maria, Calif.; and at Didde Web Press in Emporia, Kan., from which he retired in 1999, March 4, 2014, Emporia.
Floyd H. Bayer ’68, U.S. Army veteran and retired chemistry teacher who taught at public schools in Kinsley, Kan., Andover, Kan., and at Southeast High School in Wichita, where he received the Patrick Distinguished High School Chemistry Teaching Award in 1992, July 26, 2014, El Dorado, Kan.
Chandler S. Bethel ’55, retired physician who, beginning in 1997, practiced as an internal medicine specialist with the Galichia Medical Group and before that was on staff at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Aug. 14, 2014, Wichita. A native Wichitan, Bethel attended the University of Wichita with the aid of a WU Alumni Association scholarship.
Gregory Beuke ’52, World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, owner of an independent insurance agency in Wichita and a devoted Shocker basketball fan who held season tickets for more than 50 years, June 7, 2014, Wichita.
Georges B. Bishop ’71, Wichita artist who was born in Agen, France, and graduated from WSU with a bachelor’s degree in art, painting emphasis, Dec. 20, 2013, Wichita.
Dorothy R. (Russell) Margolin Blankenship fs ’36, homemaker, former rural high school music teacher in Kansas and retired kindergarten teacher, March 20, 2014, Glendale, Ariz.
Douglas J. Boody ’85, a speech/theater graduate and Lauderdale Yacht Club clubhouse manager, April 27, 2014, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Shelle Kay Bowen ’99, registered nurse, Kansas Heart Hospital, Oct. 20, 2014, Mulvane, Kan.
Max E. Bretches ’57, Shocker football letterman whose photo appeared in a 1957 Sports Illustrated issue, retired educator and coach who began teaching at Anthony, Kan., in 1957 and then in 1961 in Wellington, Kan., where he taught, coached track and golf, and served as athletic director at Wellington High School for 32 years, Aug. 18, 2014, Andover, Kan.
D. Randl “Randy” Brown, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who worked for a number of newspapers, including the Omaha Sun and the Wichita Eagle, TV news anchor, tireless advocate for government transparency through the Kansas Sunshine Coalition, senior fellow at WSU’s Elliott School of Communication, July 23, 2014, Wichita.
Keith I. Brown ’62, economics graduate and retired U.S. Army major who was assigned to Company B of the 95th Quartermaster Battalion near Wurzberg, Germany as an operations officer in 1964 and later served in the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency in management and budget analysis, Sept. 23, 2014, Dinwiddie, Va.
Roger E. Bryning ’68, retired medical technologist at William Newton Hospital in Winfield, Kan., veteran of the U.S. Air Force and avid kite boarder, July 25, 2014, Udall, Kan.
Ruth A. (Baird) Budke ’43, homemaker, retired secretary at Wichita public schools, and former University of Wichita spirit squad member and senior honor woman, May 11, 2014, Wichita.
Donna M. (Richardson) Rose Burris ’03/09, nurse who worked at Wichita’s DaVita Dialysis and whose first job in the health care industry was as an aide at Ashland Health Center in Ashland, Kan., June 6, 2014, Wichita.
Deborah “Deb” (DiNitto) Byers, WSU director of financial aid with more than 25 years of service to the university; regional vice president of the National Association of Financial Student Aid Administrators, president of Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, former president of the Kansas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and Hall of Fame (2008) and Outstanding Service Award (1998) recipient, April 27, 2014, Wichita.
Maureen A. (Hogan) Casamayou ’71, retired educator whose academic publications include Bureaucracy in Crisis: Three Mile Island, The Shuttle Challenger, and Risk Assessment and, with co-author Julianne Mahler, Organizational Learning at NASA: The Challenger and Columbia Accidents, and who taught political science at a number of universities and colleges, including Suffolk University in Boston, Mass., Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala., and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks; as a visiting professor at Georgetown University and associate professor at Mount Vernon College, both in Washington, D.C., and as a visiting assistant professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.; Oct. 6, 2014, Turin, N.Y.
David T. Chandler ’75, U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1968 to 1972, and retired banker who was president of the First National Bank in Pratt, Kan., from 1986-2002 and CEO from 2002-2008, June 17, 2014, Eugene, Ore.
Hubert D. Crane, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army as a scout in the 31st Infantry Dixie Division and retired research associate at WSU’s Walter Beech Wind Tunnel, June 24, 2014, Derby, Kan.
Wanda J. (Houck) Strawder Christy ’69, homemaker and an elementary education graduate who taught in Derby, Kan., and in Burlington, Kan.; former Coffey County newspaper reporter for the Emporia Gazette; former Coffey County Emergency Preparedness Office employee; and retired compositor for the State of Kansas’ printing division based in Topeka, Kan., Aug. 7, 2014, Hesston, Kan.
Marilyn J. (Schoonover) Cobb ’81, homemaker and retired special education teacher, April 23, 2014, Wichita.
Kelley L. (Tully) Davenport Collier ’82, homemaker, Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates facilities manager and administration of justice graduate who worked as a legal assistant at a number of Wichita law firms, including Grace & Rupe, May 5, 2014, Wichita.
Nancy A. Cook ’85, homemaker and retired nursing instructor at Southern Nazarene University and then at Oklahoma City Community College, May 4, 2014, Moore, Okla.
Clendolyn E. (Bailey) Corbin ’45, homemaker, artist, retired public school art teacher in Phoenix, Ariz., and Wichita, June 5, 2014, Phoenix.
Mary K. (Quinn) Costello ’46, homemaker, and director and owner of Tampa State Bank, Aug. 15, 2014, Marion, Kan.
Lawrence “Larry” J. Cotter ’63, former construction company owner whose second career was in international business and marketing as an instructor who traveled the world – Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Ireland and England were among his favorite teaching locations, July 27, 2014, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Austin L. Covalt ’58, University of Wichita football letterman, retired teacher, guidance counselor and coach with 37 years of experience, Aug. 7, 2014, Fort Worth.
Dennis R. Daniels ’75, Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force; federal government employee whose career featured service with both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from which he retired in 2006 as director of headquarters operations at the Office of Native American Programs; and retired deputy director of the nonprofit National American Indian Housing Council, Aug. 14, 2014, Annandale, Va.
Jerry W. Denver ’71, WSU golf letterman and retired Boeing engineer who worked for the aircraft company in Wichita, Huntsville, Ala., and Seattle, Wash., where he retired in January 2014, Aug. 26, 2014, Bellevue, Wash.
Marsha K. (Lee) Dill ’73, social worker at Starkey Inc. for 38 years, Sept. 2, 2014, Wichita.
Thomas W. diZerega ’53, lawyer, past president of the Marshall National Bank in Virginia and past executive vice president of the Northwest Pipeline Corp. in Salt Lake, Utah, July 19, 2013, Marshall, Va.
Raymond R. Dombaugh ’57, geology graduate who worked at Petroleum Inc. before forming his own company, Pate-Dombaugh Petroleum; U.S. Air Force veteran, Aug. 12, 2014, Wichita.
Jeffrey W. Donham ’81, mortgage loan originator at Simmons Bank, former assistant vice president and mortgage loan manager at Commerce Bank, Oct. 4, 2014, Wichita.
Mark R. Edwards ’71/71, retired writer, editor, playwright, painter, Sept. 21, 2014, Wichita.
Jo A. (Rutherford) Ely fs ’46, homemaker and retired English teacher who taught at Topeka (Kan.) High School from 1969 until retiring in 1988, Sept. 14, 2014, Kechi, Kan.
Gerald “Jerry” W. Fager ’66, business administration graduate, April 18, 2014, Derby, Kan.
Alfred A. Favero ’64, U.S. Army veteran and business administration graduate whose career as CFO featured working for Westinghouse at many locations, including Baltimore, Md., Vienna, Va., Monroeville, Pa., Coral Springs, Fla., Wexford, Pa., and Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., July 20, 2014, Easley, S.C.
George N. Fiser ’53, U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran who spent active duty in Anchorage, Alaska; accountant at Moberly, West, Jennings CPAs in Wichita from 1955-65 and at SRI, formerly Garvey Inc., from 1965 until his retirement in 1997, Aug. 24, 2014, Wichita.
Beverly J. (Grover) Fowler ’71, homemaker, volunteer and retired elementary school teacher, Aug. 3, 2014, Wichita.
Carl A. Fowler ’50/52, retired aeronautical engineer and minister, Oct. 19, 2014, Wichita.
John J. Frazier II ’51, U.S. Coast Guard veteran and journalism graduate who was a reporter for newspapers in Garden City, Kan., and Hutchinson, Kan., in the 1960s before becoming managing editor of The Garden City Telegram, from which he retired in 1992, Feb. 10, 2014, Garden City.
Jerome “Jerry” S. Garfield ’56, retired church organist and pianist, July 2, 2014, Wichita.
Janice D. (Waidley) Gemmell ’60, homemaker and former elementary school teacher who, along with her husband, became a Model A enthusiast and traveled in a 1930 Model A Town Sedan through eight countries and more than 30 U.S. states, June 3, 2014, Scottsdale, Ariz.
M. Sue (Schmacht) Goldman ’60, homemaker, former interior designer, antique dealer and owner of The Haymaker, a gift shop, and mail order catalogs, The Best of Kansas and The Best of Oz, Sept. 6, 2013, Ashland, Ore.
Tolissia F. Greasham ’97, social worker whose career included service at the Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) case manager for Roots & Wings, a non-profit child advocacy organization, July 20, 2014, Wichita.
Thomas S. Grubb ’74/79, nationally noted keyboardist and WSU educator in opera and music theater studies; specialist on the piano, harpsichord and organ; professional musician, organist and choir master at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Wichita; collaborative pianist, musical coach, editor and musical literature consultant who participated in many national and international musical productions, March 31, 2014, Wichita.
Richard C. Hackley ’77, music performance graduate, composer of Christian songs and retired Dillons employee, Oct. 6, 2014, Wichita.
Jerold “Jerry” W. Haile ’86, geology graduate who worked at GSI Engineering and as director of the Environmental Services Department for El Paso County, Colo., Sept. 19, 2014, Wichita.
Carrol W. Hassman ’70, organist, Sept. 12, 2014, Wichita.
H. James Heidebrecht ’66, retired teacher, educator and health services administrator with the department of pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., April 16, 2014, Hesston, Kan.
Luther Helmer ’75, retired special education teacher who taught in Baldwin, Ill., and from 1970 until retiring in 2013 at public schools in Winfield, Kan., March 26, 2014, Winfield.
Louis J. Hentzen ’75, court administrator for the Supreme Court of North Dakota, March 17, 2014, Bismarck, N.D.
Mildred L. (Talbott) Huebert ’72, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, Aug. 23, 2014, Halstead, Kan.
Georganne (Bambauer) Jamison ’63, retired instrumental music teacher, April 30, 2014, Wichita.
W. Benjamin “Ben” Jellison ’71, U.S. Army veteran who served from 1961 to 1963, retired farmer, carpenter, accountant and administrator at Protection Valley Manor, June 11, 2014, Protection, Kan.
Geraldine “Jerrie” T. (Nelson) Johnson ’50, homemaker and retired Petroleum Information reporter, June 10, 2014, Wichita.
Robert E. Johnson ’76, accounting graduate and former executive at Cessna, Chance Rides and Chance Coach, March 22, 2014, Wichita.
Jerome “Jerry” K. Jonas ’54/60, former Air Force test pilot and captain, retired electrical engineer who worked for 53 years at Boeing in engineering, program management and product development, June 4, 2014, Wichita.
Priscilla A. (Pohlenz) Kater ’88, homemaker, July 25, 2014, San Antonio, Texas.
Gerald E. Kerns ’61/61, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Dayton in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 19, 2014, Cincinnati.
Carol J. (Blackhall) Kilbourn ’72, homemaker, retired U.S. Postal Service employee with 25 years of experience and former English, French and German teacher at public schools in Sterling, Kan., Oct. 5, 2014, Loveland, Colo.
Amy C. (Patterson) King ’60, multi-award-winning mathematics professor who taught at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond from 1972 until her retirement in 1998, recipient of the 1993 EKU Foundation Professorship in recognition of her exemplary teaching, June 7, 2014, Lexington, Ky.
Eugene L. Klein ’52, veteran of the U.S. Air Force and retired executive vice president and chief operating officer at Williams International, Aug. 8, 2014, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Donna R. (Wiggans) Larson ’75/75/79, homemaker who earned bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology, and a master’s degree in psychology, Oct. 13, 2014, Wichita.
Jill E. (Jennings) Lathen ’84/85, private practice speech-language pathologist at LINCS for Learning in Halstead, Kan., and former staff member at WSU’s communicative disorders and sciences department, March 27, 2014, Halstead, Kan.
Donald I. Lawless ’47, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force 85th Squadron, the Flying Skulls, flying 101 missions as a P47 fighter pilot in Italy, Corsica and France; retired geology engineer with a number of companies before serving as president of Bishop Oil Co., San Francisco, Calif., and as vice president of NCRA Oil Co., July 28, 2014, Longmont, Colo.
H. Carol (Burton) Lininger ’65/71, homemaker and retired elementary school principal, Oct. 23, 2014, Wichita.
Vera A. (Selvy) London ’59, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher who taught for 29 years, May 19, 2014, Wichita.
Mari (Coffey) Loucks ’97, owner of a computer sales and consulting firm in Wichita, Oct. 23, 2014, Park City, Kan.
Reginald “Reggie” I. Lykes ’11, social work graduate, U.S. Army veteran and Winfield Correctional Facility employee, Aug. 3, 2014, Winfield, Kan.
Wesley L. Mahannah ’70/70, Korean Conflict veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, retired director of financial education at the San Antonio College of Medical and Dental Assistants in McAllen, Texas, Oct. 10, 2014, Denton, Texas.
Flavia (Robertson) McBride ’94, homemaker, WSU athletics supporter, and arts and community volunteer who completed a general studies degree later in life at Wichita State, where she also swam thousands of miles and attended national competitions as a participant in the Masters Swim Program at WSU’s Heskett Center, June 12, 2014, Wichita.
Glenn P. McCarty ’66, Vietnam veteran who served as a captain in the U.S. Army; business administration graduate who ran track at Wichita State and went on to graduate from Washburn University School of Law; lifelong runner and avid Shocker sports fan, May 6, 2014, Louisville, Ky.
Robert L. McCroskey, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, former professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and WSU College of Education professor emeritus and dean who, among his many academic pursuits in logopedics, presented “Implications of Timing Factors for Auditory Training of the Deaf” in 1980 at the International Convention of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Aug. 10, 2014, Sun City Center, Fla.
Catherine “Kitty” A. (Curry) Meitzner ’50, homemaker who worked in real estate sales at J.P. Weigand, Wichita, and as an associate broker at Berniece Watson, Realtors, also in Wichita; former University of Wichita cheerleader and lifelong WSU sports fan who attended Shocker basketball games before the Roundhouse was built in 1955, July 9, 2014, Wichita.
George A. Menges ’50, retired oil production manager at Petroleum Inc., Wichita and former director of data processing at Clinton Oil Co., Manhattan, Kan., April 8, 2014, Wichita.
Vera M. (Shutterly) Miller ’35, homemaker and retired medical technologist at Wesley Hospital in Wichita, April 8, 2014, Wichita.
Clement P. Moore ’42, retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who served in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and retired in 1970 as a comptroller in the USAF, May 14, 2014, Hampton, Va.
Douglas H. Morse ’74, administration of justice graduate and former Wichita Police Department narcotics detective, April 14, 2014, Wichita.
Frederick I. Murfin ’41, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy aboard a naval resupply ship in the South Pacific, co-founder of Murfin Drilling Co. in Wichita and vice chairman of Russell Stover Candies, Oct. 10, 2014, Wichita.
Jim C. Murray ’76, residential appraiser, Aug. 5, 2014, Wichita.
Ronald R. Nachtigal ’02, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy Reserve; social worker and case manager at Horizons Mental Health Clinic, a Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center affiliate, Aug. 15, 2014, Hutchinson.
Richard L. Newhouse ’04, contractor and co-owner of Stony Point Construction in Wichita, Sept. 22, 2014, Wichita.
Todd G. Novotny ’95, former director of nursing at Via Christi in Wichita and former director of patient services at Wichita Clinic, June 16, 2014, Wichita.
B.G. Olson ’51, journalism graduate who became a teacher, writer, publisher, executive vice president and acting president of William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., and an activist in community and statewide affairs, beginning with the Alaska statehood movement in the 1950s; U.S. Army veteran who served as an undercover investigator in the Counter Intelligence Corps, for which he helped investigate UFO sightings, April 16, 2014, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dena S. (Wolf) Orozco ’79, homemaker and nurse, Aug. 11, 2014, Wichita.
Donald “Don” L. Palmer ’60, aeronautical engineering graduate who began working at the company that would become Allied Signal, where he posted 37 years of service helping design many of the turbine engines used throughout the industry, Sept. 6, 2014, Phoenix, Ariz.
Jeanne M. Parish ’48/50, avid reader, accomplished musician and retired clinical social worker at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wichita, May 5, 2014, Wichita.
Gary R. Parker ’71, founder, CEO and majority owner of Center Oil Co., a multibillion-dollar operation; former accountant at Koch Oil Co., Wichita, and executive vice president at Apex Oil, Clayton, Mo., Feb. 8, 2014, St. Louis, Mo.
Sherman B. Parry ’50, World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, retired purchasing manager at Boeing with 38 years of experience at the company, Aug. 2, 2014, Augusta, Kan.
Raymond E. Pippin ’63/67, U.S. Army Signal Corps veteran stationed at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and Korea; mechanical engineering graduate who worked at Collins Radio/Rockwell International, where he was key in helping design the space shuttle, retiring in 1999; adjunct instructor of engineering and management at the University of Texas in Arlington and in Dallas, Oct. 24, 2014, Lubbock, Texas.
Kent D. Potter ’83, finance graduate who worked in sales and marketing at Broda Seating Wheelchairs and Varilux Optical Sales Co., Sept. 4, 2014, Newton, Kan.
Susan A. Powell ’98, homemaker and former English teacher at Northwest High School and Wilbur Junior High School in Wichita, Oct. 9, 2014, Wichita.
Gene L. Price ’50, former high school vocal and instrumental music director and basketball coach, former Big Band musician, former radio broadcaster, past director of Youth for Christ in Newton, Kan., and Hutchinson, Kan., and past editor of the Family Altar News and president of the board of Roloff Evangelistic Enterprises, March 28, 2014, Newton, Kan.
Virginia A. (DeMint) Price ’66, homemaker, veteran of the U.S. Marines and retired elementary school teacher who taught for 35 years, May 7, 2014, Lawrence, Kan.
Dolores A. Quinlisk ’74, homemaker, former Wichita Eagle-Beacon reporter who during her 15 years with the paper won the 1976 William Allen White Foundation News Enterprise Award for a series she wrote about urban renewal, former executive director of the Women’s Resource Agency in Colorado Springs, Colo., and director at the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging, from which she retired in 2004, Oct. 13, 2014, Colorado Springs.
Barbara J. (Wilkes) Waldrop Ramsey ’66, homemaker and retired English teacher, Oct. 10, 2014, Wichita.
Benjamin “Ben” J. Rausch ’09, accounting graduate and Rausch Medical Clinic office manager, April 23, 2014, Douglass, Kan.
William “Bill” L. Redman ’71, veteran of the Armed Forces who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and then in the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1968 in North Africa, and retired software buyer at Boeing Computer Services, Aug. 7, 2014, Maple Valley, Wash.
G. Edward “Ed” Roembach ’51, Korean War veteran and retired banker at Citizens State Bank in Cheney, Kan., June 28, 2014, Cheney.
M. Dean Roush ’57, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army and retired advertising professional, April 18, 2014, Wichita.
Donald “Don” B. Rowe ’59, retired U.S. Postal Service employee and economics graduate who served as president of the WSU Alumni Association’s Los Angeles Area Alumni Chapter, organizing and hosting numerous events, including the 1993 alumni outing to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013, Torrance, Calif.
Robert J. Rue ’63, physics graduate and retired Boeing engineer, Aug. 12, 2014, Wichita.
Timothy P. Seguine ’96, retired Mayberry Middle School principal, June 6, 2014, Wichita.
O. Dale Silcott ’49, WWII veteran and retired vice president at Petroleum Management Inc., Oct. 15, 2014, Wichita.
James S. Smith ’87/06, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and social studies teacher and department chair at Heights High School in Wichita, July 19, 2014, Wichita.
Barbara J. (Robinson) Sobernheim ’43, political science graduate and retired social worker and consultant on international social welfare with the National Association of Social Workers, March 12, 2014, Chevy Chase, Md.
Shelby G. Sphar ’76, business administration grad who retired from Texaco’s oil refinery in El Dorado, Kan., May 14, 2014, Bel Aire, Kan.
Charles A. Spears ’63, U.S. Army veteran, avid traveler, former editor of the Harlem News and former educator whose career included teaching at a private school just outside Mexico City and serving as assistant professor of African history and director of the black curriculum department at Hobart College in upstate New York and as head of ethnic studies at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, Calif., March 13, 2013, San Francisco.
Shirley L. (Raymond) Stark ’49/75, homemaker, Spanish and music education graduate, teacher and musician, Feb. 12, 2014, Wichita.
Mildred E. (Thies) Donnell Stables ’50, bio-logical sciences graduate, homemaker and supporter of numerous charities, civic projects and her church, June 7, 2014, Wichita.
A. Jay Steinberg ’85, award-winning and longtime music teacher and band director at Lindsborg, Kan., public schools who also taught clarinet and music history courses at Bethany College and clarinet at Wichita State; a clarinetist who performed with the Salina (Kan.) Symphony Orchestra, the Bethany College Community Orchestra and with his trio, Trablas, May 22, 2014, Lindsborg, Kan.
Jeffrey M. Stockton ’72, U.S. Navy veteran and retired aeronautical engineer, Sept. 24, 2014, Douglass, Kan.
Alfred W. Stude ’54, WWII veteran who served in the Marines, retired consulting petroleum geologist, Oct. 7, 2014, Bel Aire, Kan.
Allan R. Sullivan ’86, Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam and the Philippines with the Red Patch, an elite intelligence and reconnaissance group, retired security specialist for Wichita public schools, Aug. 7, 2014, Wichita.
Glen R. Summervill ’58/75, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army, 45th Infantry Division; retired Boeing project manager who held a bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s degree in business administration; WSU Alumni Association supporter who served on numerous committees, including the golf tournament committee, the finance committee and Shockers for Higher Education, Aug. 25, 2014, Wichita.
Dixie S. (Keefe) Swanson ’69, secondary education graduate who taught at Truesdell Junior High for 25 years and then retired from Wichita North High School, July 13, 2014, Wichita.
John E. Swinehart ’50, retired farmer and teacher who taught math and science at Norwich High School for 26 years and also taught PE, driver’s education, history and industrial arts in a number of Kansas public schools, a PE graduate who competed in three sports during his days as a WU student, football, basketball and track, April 27, 2014, Norwich, Kan.
Billy E. Swingle ’72, retired Boeing purchasing manager, June 20, 2014, Valley Center, Kan.
Mary L. “Lou” (Southworth) Tasheff ’44, elementary education major at WU, where she discovered her affinity for art and design, particularly silversmithing; active supporter of the Wichita arts community; homemaker, May 15, 2014, Wichita.
Donald “Don” C. Taylor ’56, journalism graduate who also held a master’s degree and a doctorate in English literature from Drake University; U.S. Air Force veteran; former YMCA camp and youth center director; former high school English, journalism, drama teacher in public schools in Iowa who also taught English at Wichita State, April 12, 2014, Newton, Kan.
Michael L. Thompson ’74, retired consumer product salesman at Swisher Sweet International and caregiver, May 5, 2014, Valley Center, Kan.
Martin S. Tidwell ’35, WWII veteran who served in the 40th Division of the U.S. Army, was stationed in Hawaii and Japan as commanding officer of the 279th Signal Pigeon Combat Company, and retired as a lieutenant colonel; former financial clerk for the Ojai, Calif., ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oct. 7, 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mary L. (Cline) Taylor Travis ’57/81, homemaker, retired Wichita public elementary school teacher with 32 years of experience, July 9, 2014, Colorado Springs, Colo.
James D. Turner ’68, attorney, Aug. 29, 2014, Wichita.
Elna C. Valine ’52/56, violinist whose honors include the 1951 Naftzger Young Artist Award and whose career with the Wichita Symphony spanned 45 years from 1948 to 1993; violin teacher who retired from Wichita public schools in 1985 after 33 years of teaching elementary strings, but continued teaching private violin students, Aug. 21, 2014, Wichita.
Claudia (Mincheff) Von Fange ’82/85, retired Wichita public schools special education teacher, March 30, 2014, Wichita.
Ronald L. Voth ’86, medical lab technologist, Sept. 22, 2014, Halstead, Kan.
Bill R. Wagonseller ’59, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper; WSU Alumni Association volunteer and board member; special education professional whose career included serving as coordinator of educational programs at Wichita’s Lake Afton Boys School and later retiring from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he received several teaching awards and was a leader in the field of parenting, publishing various nationally noted books and videos, including the “Practical Parenting” series, as well as was key in the creation of UNLV’s Parent and Family Wellness Center, March 16, 2014, Henderson, Nev.
David J. Walters ’64, accounting grad who co-owned Pinehurst Pottery and Candle in Wilmington, N.C., and whose career in accounting and finance began at Kansas Gas & Electric and included executive positions at Cabot Corp., Washington Group, R.J. Reynolds, among others, May 24, 2014, Wilmington.
John D. Weigand ’51/54, U.S. Army veteran and research chemist who worked at Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, Mo., and retired from Colorado State University in 1994, April 23, 2014, Fort Collins, Colo.
Leonard H. Wesley ’66, retired educator who began teaching at Ingalls Elementary, later becoming assistant superintendent of Wichita public schools; civil rights leader who was one of the architects of the Wichita school district’s integration plan and the 2003 recipient of the NEA’s H. Councill Trenholm Memorial Award for his work in helping create awareness to eliminate racial inequalities, July 10, 2014, Wichita.
Roger E. Whitcomb ’37, WWII veteran who landed at Utah Beach in the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day and served 35 years in the Army, retiring in 1975 as brigidier general; Wichita businessman who managed several office buildings, including Union Center Building and College Hill Medical Tower, April 26, 2014, Woodland Park, Colo.
C. Fred Williams ’66, author and retired history professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Nov. 23, 2013, Little Rock.
Michael T. Wilson ’77, private practice attorney with prior law enforcement service in the Kansas City metro area, Aug. 20, 2014, Wichita.
Carolyn (Raymond) Wyss ’67, retired art education and special education teacher who taught in the Wichita area at Coleman Junior High School, Brooks Junior High School, Newton High School and South High School, from which she retired, Sept. 29, 2014, Wichita.
Wylla A. (McQuillen) Zink ’46, homemaker and retired art and elementary school teacher, Aug. 26, 2014, Brentwood, Tenn.
