Robert F. Achilles ’55/68, retired communication disorders and sciences professional, author, researcher and educator who served as director of speech and hearing at the Children’s Rehabilitation Center, Baltimore, Md.; as director of clinical services at the Institute of Logopedics and lecturer and instructor in the department of communication disorders at Wichita State; and as director of the Speech and Hearing Center and professor of speech at Lamar State College in Beaumont, Texas, where he retired as professor emeritus of communication disorders, Nov. 13, 2014, South Hutchinson, Kan.
Richard T. Ballinger ’74, WSU psychology graduate and avid Shocker sports fan who earned a law degree from Washburn University in 1976 and soon after graduation went to work for the Sedgwick County District Attorney in Wichita, former municipal court judge in Derby, Kan., and a longtime Sedgwick County District Court Judge who was first appointed to the 18th Judicial District in 1992 and later served as chief judge from 2003 to 2006, Jan. 23, 2015, Derby.
Mary Ellen (Brosius) Barrier ’40, homemaker, retired president of Barrier’s Fine Jewelry & Gifts, former University of Wichita cheerleader and longtime WSU supporter who in 1993 established the John R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award, named for her late husband and set up to recognize exceptional teachers in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Jan. 12, 2015, Wichita.
Clayton J. Bayer ’99, criminal justice graduate who was a Sedgwick County corrections officer for 15 years, May 1, 2014, Wichita.
Theodore R. Beasley ’89, social work graduate and minister at the New Zion Baptist Church in Wichita, May 12, 2014, Wichita.
Barbara G. (Gist) Bevis ’50, homemaker, former substitute teacher, past election clerk, former Girl Scout leader, avid Shocker sports fan, Jan. 20, 2015, Wichita.
Janet M. Blaine ’99, homemaker and retired Wichita public schools teacher who earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction at WSU, Nov. 20, 2014, Wichita.
Terry L. Bledsoe ’86, veteran of the U.S. Navy, former Coleman Co. supervisor, owner of Natural Image Hairwear, Dec. 23, 2014, Wichita.
M. Constance “Connie” (Magruder) Bowen ’52, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, Jan. 28, 2015, Wichita.
Kande A. (Berry) Brown ’64, homemaker, communication disorders graduate and former Wichita public schools special education teacher, Nov. 18, 2014, Wichita.
Lecil Brown ’55, veteran of the U.S. Merchant Marine who, serving during World War II, made several trips to Europe and Asia; sociology graduate; former bank employee at Wichita State Bank and later Peoples Bank in Lakeland, Fla.; retired director of planned giving at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla., Jan. 1, 2015, Bethany.
LouAnn (Lawrence) Burke ’71/78, homemaker and retired Wichita public schools library media specialist, Nov. 3, 2014, Wichita.
Anna D. (Broyles) Busby ’69/82, homemaker and retired Mayberry Middle School teacher, Jan. 26, 2015, Wichita.
James “Jim” R. Carlson ’60, CPA, retired partner at KPMG, 30-year volunteer with the American Red Cross, and Wichita State supporter who served on the WSU Accounting Advisory Council and, as an active member of the WSUAA, was involved with many alumni programs, projects and events, including the Shocker Auction and the Shocker Roundup, Dec. 9, 2014, Wichita.
Richard J. Carpenter ’66, owner and certified financial planner at Carpenter and Associates, former teacher and coach, PE graduate and WSU track letterman, Jan. 9, 2015, Wichita.
Barbara A. (Davis) Carroll ’82, homemaker, tax preparer and accountant at Farm Credit Services, July 1, 2014, Wichita.
William “Bill” R. Chamberlain ’48, retired Boeing inspector, mathematics graduate, Nov. 7, 2014, Derby, Kan.
Alice D. (Hollis) Corbin ’87/88/92, homemaker, accredited legal secretary, international trade company associate, former director of the East Wichita Shepherd’s Center, and Menninger Bible Study instructor for more than 20 years, April 17, 2014, Auburn, Kan.
Virginia G. (Gabel) Covert ’73/78, homemaker and retired social service professional whose career included positions as foster grandparent program manager in Salt Lake Co., Utah; Senior Services director and Sedgwick County Department on Aging assistant director in Sedgwick Co., Kan.; and American Red Cross director of the Good Neighbor Nutrition Program for Butler, Harvey and Sedgwick counties, Jan. 29, 2015, Topeka, Kan.
Kathryn M. Crane ’75, sociology graduate, retired manager of medical records at Kansas Gastroenterology in Wichita, Dec. 3, 2014, Valley Center, Kan.
Susan E. (Knollenberg) Cunningham ’80, homemaker, administration of justice graduate, former Women’s Crisis Center worker and former Dillons salad bar manager, Jan. 24, 2015, Tahlequah, Okla.
John C. Dekker ’50, retired city of Wichita attorney, Nov. 29, 2014, Anthem, Ariz.
Todd J. Doane ’87, graphic design graduate who was an award-winning designer for video and print productions in the Dallas market, including as design director at Frames Per Second, for more than 20 years, Dec. 6, 2014, Carrollton, Texas.
Gregory H. Drews ’87, accounting graduate who worked as a tester at Halliburton and later at Koch Industries in accounting, Nov. 22, 2014, Great Bend, Kan.
Catherine L. (Wold) Edwards ’97, homemaker and social work graduate, Nov. 19, 2014, York, Pa.
Paul W. Edwards ’66/66, psychology and anthropology graduate, retired director of the Lorraine Center in Wichita, veteran of the Kansas National Guard and the 89th Army Reserve Command, retiring with the rank of LTC after serving 35 years, Dec. 3, 2014, Wichita.
Paul C. Geeding ’96, U.S. Navy veteran who served aboard ship and at the U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who finished his military service as a corpsman for the U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.; respiratory therapist whose career included work at Via Christi and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wichita and at the Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield, N.C.; Jan. 29, 2015, Lillington, N.C.
Herbert B. Fowler ’76, administration of justice graduate who worked for the Wichita Police Department and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, July 16, 2014, El Dorado, Kan.
A. Merline (Banghart) Giles ’76, homemaker and retired public school teacher, Jan. 7, 2015, Mulvane, Kan.
Jess L. Gilstrap ’60, retired educator whose career included teaching English at Herrington (Kan.) High School and LaCrosse (Kan.) High School, serving as a Kansas public schools high school principal, elementary principal and assistant to the superintendent of schools, and ending his career as an adjunct teacher at Butler County Community College in Andover, Kan., Oct. 3, 2014, Anthony, Kan.
Byron P. Goodrick ’67, dentist and owner of Southside Dental Clinic in St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 23, 2014, St. Joseph.
Bradley E. Gray ’88, WSU finance graduate and human resources manager at Walmart, where he worked for 29 years, April 28, 2014, Bella Vista, Ark.
Donald W. Hawkinson ’74, electrical engineering graduate, Dec. 14, 2014, Salina, Kan.
Edna O. (Martin) Hazen ’87, homemaker and retired social worker at SRS Family Service, Nov. 4, 2014, Wichita.
Mary A. (Yoh) Hendrickson ’68, former music teacher at public schools in Towanda, Kan., and at Mount Vernon Nazarene College in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and executive director and one of the founders of New Directions, a domestic violence shelter serving Knox County, Ohio, June 7, 2014, Mount Vernon. Hendrickson was honored posthumously by the Ohio Domestic Violence Network for her pioneering contributions in community service.
J. Francis Hesse ’46, retired award-winning lawyer who practiced in the areas of health care, probate, personal injury and education law, World War II veteran who served as a second lieutenant in a heavy artillery unit, former member of the WSUAA Board of Directors, Nov. 22, 2014, Wichita.
David D. Hill ’81, Vietnam War veteran who served in the USMC, retired probation officer in Kansas, June 12, 2014, Austin, Texas.
Ken L. Hutchinson ’65, an art graduate and retired aerospace graphic illustrator and gift shop owner, Jan. 6, 2015, Wichita.
Beverly B. (Coldsnow) Hutton ’49/75, homemaker, private piano instructor, church organist and choir director, and Derby, Kan., public schools vocal music teacher who taught at Oaklawn Elementary School for 16 years, Jan. 16, 2015, Wichita.
M. Janiece Ille ’73/84, sister of the ASC Community, retired elementary school teacher, former chaplin and director of religious education, Jan. 11, 2015, Decatur, Texas.
J. Douglas “J.D.” Ingrim ’51, retired accountant at General Electric in Kansas City, Dec. 21, 2014, Wichita.
Mark W. Irvine ’92, Sedgwick County corrections officer, Oct. 28, 2013, Belle Plaine, Kan.
Dorothy C. (Kilmer) Johnson ’68, homemaker, whose husband Paul ’56 was a graduate of the University of Wichita, and retired elementary school teacher, Nov. 21, 2014, Wichita.
Paul J. Johnson ’56, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the destroyer USS Lansdowne, former elected member of the Haysville (Kan.) City Council, retired Wichita public elementary schools teacher with 38 years of service, Dec. 17, 2014, Wichita.
Roger A. Johnson ’83, Spirit AeroSystems Manufacturing engineer, Dec. 16, 2014, Wichita.
Ruth J. (Neighbors) Johnson ’74/79, homemaker and retired Wesley Medical Center assistant director of nursing, April 1, 2014, Wichita.
Dixie L. (Cropsey) Kelley ’75, homemaker, retired Derby (Kan.) public schools middle school teacher, restaurant owner, and a welder in Calif. shipyards during WWII, Dec. 26, 2014, Derby.
Suzette L. Kelley ’89, nursing graduate and RN with 23 years of experience working first in pediatrics and then in home health care, Oct. 20, 2014, La Jolla, Calif.
Kenneth M. Kelly ’47, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy in Communications, Codes and Ciphers in England, Scotland, France, and in Washington, D.C.; retired public school teacher who taught French and Spanish at Gardner-Edgerton High School in Gardner, Kan., Dec. 25, 2014, Olathe, Kan.
Leroy Kemper ’82, retired U.S. Air Force veteran with 23 years of service, and administration of justice graduate, Dec. 26, 2014, Wichita.
Helen C. (Funke) Kennalley ’47, homemaker and retired hospital unit clerk, Nov. 17, 2014, Wichita.
William “Bill” J. Keough ’49, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a navigator and was commissioned as a flight officer, University of Wichita industrial psychology graduate who worked for Standard Oil Co. of California for 36 years, after which he was ordained a Deacon in the Catholic Church and assigned to Sacred Heart Parish in Redlands, Calif., June 5, 2014, Redlands.
Denver J. Klaassen ’62, retired life insurance professional who began as an agent for Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. in Orange County, Calif., then relocated to Oklahoma City, Okla., to manage a branch office before becoming an independent manager of life insurance, estate and financial planning services; 26-year host of the local radio program “Inside Information”; former Wichita public schools teacher and principal at Heritage High School in Anaheim, Calif., Nov. 18, 2014, Oklahoma City.
Mary T. (Armstrong) Kruse ’48, homemaker who was named Kansas Mother of the Year in 1989, retired speech language pathologist who worked as a speech therapist in Wichita public schools for 20 years, Nov. 20, 2014, Wichita.
Lora M. (Moore) Lane ’77, homemaker and retired social worker, Dec. 1, 2014, Wichita.
Jerry W. Lansdowne ’54/59, U.S. Army veteran and retired political science and organizational studies educator whose teaching career began at Wichita State (1958-59) and continued at UCLA (1959-61) California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo (1963-65), Colorado State (1965-70) and then Portland State, from which he retired in 1996, Jan. 2, 2015, Portland, Ore.
Leslie A. (North) Lehman ’02/04, homemaker and SRS-State of Kansas social worker, Jan. 17, 2015, Wichita.
Jack R. Lewis ’56, WWII veteran of the U.S. Army who was stationed in England, France and Germany; industrial engineering graduate and longtime engineer at General Electric plants in Clinton, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2015, Clinton.
M. Jayne (Whitton) Lewis ’60, homemaker, retired piano teacher and church organist, Dec. 28, 2014, Wichita.
John M. Little ’48, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Force, former designer at Beech Aircraft Co. in Wichita, former oil and gas industry developer whose career began in 1946 with drilling oil wells in western Kansas and continued with work for Fred Koch and later for Harry Moss developing oil fields and drilling wells in Texas, owner of the Dallas-based Moss Petroleum Co., Jan. 6, 2015, Dallas.
M. Shane Little ’00, former Wichita Police Department and SWAT officer, May 23, 2014, Derby, Kan.
Edwin “Ed” H. Lomax ’55, retired Cessna Aircraft Co. technical writer and editor, WSUAA volunteer and WSU supporter who was a statistician for Shocker basketball for 54 years and for Shocker football from 1955 until the program’s end in 1986, Jan. 8, 2015, Bel Aire, Kan.
Jimmie L. Maltbie ’71, biological sciences graduate and retired lab information systems coordinator, Nov. 12, 2014, Corvallis, Ore.
Guandalyn “Lynn” F. Marker ’08/11, homemaker, Nov. 18, 2014, Haysville, Kan.
Deanna L. Martin ’86, finance graduate whose career included working with municipal bonds at Smith Barney in Dallas, June 26, 2014, Gunter, Texas.
Geraldine M. (Scott) Mason ’57, homemaker, former junior high history and English teacher, retired executive secretary to the CFO at Cottage Hospital, Oct. 15, 2014, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Enid M. (Lacy) Mattson ’59, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, April 10, 2014, Park City, Kan.
Kim E. (Claney) McCoy ’78, homemaker and accounting graduate who retired from Wichita public schools, June 22, 2014, Andover, Kan.
Aaron L. McKinney ’13, physician assistant graduate whose career included working as an emergency medical technician and fireman in Junction City, Kan., and in Wichita and as a PA in clinics and hospital emergency rooms in Atwood, Kan., St. Francis, Kan., Sedan, Kan., and Hoxie, Kan., July 16, 2014, Hoxie.
Gerald F. Meier ’74, U.S. Army veteran, retired Boeing engineer with 31 years of service, July 9, 2014, Wichita.
Arthur E. “Gene” Miller ’62, entrepreneur and business owner of Keller’s Radiator Service, Pumper’s Friend, and Friendly Oil Field Products, Nov. 9, 2014, Wichita.
M. Glen Mitchell ’54, retired dentist who practiced for 50 years at Mitchell Dentistry in Dodge City, Kan., Oct. 24, 2014, Dodge City.
Roger K. Miller ’81, retired Boeing industrial engineer and Elijah Tooling sales representative, USMC veteran, Oct. 31, 2014, Rose Hill, Kan.
Robert R. Muoio ’58, former Shocker football offensive lineman who was named to the All Missouri Valley Conference Team, veteran of the U.S. Army, retired vocational rehabilitation counselor at the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Jan. 5, 2015, North Huntingdon, Pa.
Robert C. Murrow Jr. ’89, business management graduate who worked at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, April 1, 2014, Wichita.
Ernest J. Namee ’50, retired owner of Namee Wholesale Inc., Nov. 18, 2014, Wichita.
Danielle R. (Hamm) Nance ’11, homemaker, education graduate, Dec. 18, 2014, Wichita.
Charles P. Neil ’69/69/83, retired accountant, U.S. Army veteran with duty in Alabama, Kansas and Korea, former Pan African Airways employee, Lagos, Nigeria, Nov. 18, 2014, Wichita.
Norma L. (Blair) Nichols ’68, homemaker, retired Wichita public schools and Central Vocational School teacher, avid Shocker basketball fan, Jan. 5, 2015, Rose Hill, Kan.
William “Bill” H. Nichols ’70, retired Wichita Art Museum security department assistant supervisor, music performance graduate (French horn), Jan. 22, 2015, Wichita.
Robert O. Noller ’54, retired banker whose career, which began in 1952 at the Fourth National Bank and Trust Co. in Wichita, included many different positions, including serving as president at the Dulaney National Bank in Marshall, Ill., at the Chisholm Trail State Bank in Wichita, and at the First National Bank in Derby, Kan., Dec. 16, 2014, Derby.
Orrin G. Oftedahl ’60, U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed in the Phillipines, geology graduate who retired from the civil service as a chemist for the U.S. Geological Survey, June 27, 2014, Dunnellon, Fla.
Helen I. (Wilson) Osburn ’73, homemaker, Jan. 22, 2015, Newton, Kan.
Edgar A. Overstake ’51, retired Salvation Army worker who served in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Chicago, Des Moines and Detroit, as well as at Salvation Army facilities in Europe, including Russia; WWII veteran who joined the U.S. Navy at age 17, reaching the rank of colonel and serving in both the European and Pacific theaters of war with tours of duty that included service in Normandy, France and Okinawa, April 5, 2014, Clearwater, Fla.
Robert C. Paden ’67/67/73, retired clinical psychologist and educator whose positions included serving as chief of professional services at the Illinois Department of Mental Health’s Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center in Decatur, Ill., and as chief psychologist at the Marshall Rehabilitation Center in Marshall, Mo., as well as teaching at Millikin University and Richland Community College in Illinois and at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Dec. 31, 2014, Marshall.
Elizabeth “Liz” A. Pearson ’89, organismal biology and ecology graduate who was a former Gorilla Sanctuary project manager, May 17, 2014, Wichita.
Gene B. Penland ’58, district court judge of the 28th Kansas Judicial District who retired in 1995 after nearly 25 active years on the bench, former trust administrator for the Denver U.S. National Bank, former vice president and trust officer of the First National Bank & Trust Co. of Salina, veteran of the U.S. Army who served from 1954 to 1956 in Germany, Oct. 31, 2014, Salina, Kan.
Daniel E. Peterson ’85, retired social worker, Oct. 29, 2014, Huchinson, Kan.
Deems E. Peterson ’70, U.S. Navy corpsman, past director of American Legion Riders chapters 370 and 407, April 18, 2014, Lenexa, Kan.
Orlin R. Phelps ’49, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and retired geologist credited with the discovery of more than 100 oil fields, located primarily in northwest Kansas, Jan. 27, 2015, Augusta, Kan.
Devert G. Pickard ’78/78, retired Wellington (Kan.) High School teacher who also taught at elementary and middle schools and helped coach 7th-grade football during his career in education, former Aggie football letterman at Panhandle State University in Goodwell, Okla., Sept. 26, 2014, Wellington.
Kimberly E. (Hagbom) Qualheim ’91, homemaker and registered nurse, May 5, 2014, Mulvane, Kan.
George L. “Pat” Quinn ’53, retired U.S. Army colonel who served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, Jan. 19, 2015, Peoria, Ariz.
Jerry N. Raithel ’59/61, educator and counselor, whose first teaching job was as an English teacher at Lakewood High School in Long Beach, Calif., where he retired as Lakewood High’s head counselor after 40 years of service at various Long Beach public schools, Nov. 29, 2014, Cypress, Calif.
Charles D. Rath ’65, psychology graduate, farmer and avid outdoorsman, Kansas National Guard veteran, Sept. 21, 2014, Towanda, Kan.
Chauncey V. Rice ’50, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy as Seaman First Class, retired accountant and auditor, Dec. 28, 2014, Overland Park, Kan.
Gerald “Jerry” D. Riedl ’63, securities broker in Wichita who retired as president and owner of Riedl First Securities, Jan. 2, 2015, Wichita.
Willis “Bill” D. Roberts ’64, retired data processor and computer programmer whose career included working at General Electric in Huntsville, Ala., and American Airlines in Tulsa, Okla., March 27, 2013, Collinsville, Okla.
Resa L. (Bowman) Robertson ’05, nurse practitioner whose career included working in the pediatric oncology department at the Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas; the Cancer Clinic in Ponca City, Okla.; and the Hutchinson Clinic in Hutchinson, Kan. Nov. 16, 2014, Hutchinson.
Garnett S. (Stoehr) Robinson ’50, homemaker, artist, family farm crop and livestock operations manager, former Wichita Art Museum assistant and past member of the WSUAA Board of Directors, Dec. 6, 2014, Garden Plain, Kan.
Edwin J. Root Jr. ’92, veteran of the U.S. Navy, history buff and Wichita Militaria Collector’s Club member, July 20, 2014, Florence, Kan.
David W. Ross ’73, accounting graduate who founded Cabrillo Associates, a micro-computing consulting firm based in Fresno, Calif., which installed systems for accountants and other professionals; a WSUAA volunteer who in 1985 helped organize and host a WSU reception around a Wichita State vs. Fresno State football game, Dec. 15, 2014, Wichita.
Lloyd E. Ross Jr. ’87, owner of Farm & City Market in El Dorado, Kan., former material estimator at Boeing, private pilot, and Caldwell welding inspector, April 15, 2014, El Dorado.
James N. Russell ’88, retired colonel U.S. Army Reserve, Oct. 25, 2014, Augusta, Kan.
Billy “Bill” D. Sager ’75, The Ravalli Republic night editor in Hamilton, Mont., and former managing editor of WSU’s The Sunflower student newspaper, Nov. 29, 2014, Victor, Mont.
Randall L. Samms ’84/84, retired senior technology manager at AT&T, Jan. 28, 2015, Wichita.
Paul D. Sanders ’76, Vietnam War veteran who served as a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, secondary education graduate and former industrial arts teacher, retired training supervisor at Ameren UE, and owner of PDS Training Services LLC, Feb. 9, 2015, Saint Clair, Mo.
Barbara M. (Beck) Sawyer ’91, homemaker, elementary education graduate and substitute teacher at Caldwell, Kan., public schools, May 23, 2014, Caldwell.
Anthony “Tony” Scarpelli III ’88/89, Wichita businessman affiliated with New York Hot Dog Co. and Permanent Gutters, Dec. 7, 2014, Wichita.
James R. Scott ’98, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. employee, March 30, 2015, Wichita.
Mark L. Seager ’80, registered nurse in Brownsville, Texas, and former Wichita Police Department officer, Jan. 23, 2015, Harlingen, Texas.
Sandra S. (Criss) Seward ’76/79, music education graduate who taught general music and special education classes at a number of Kansas public elementary and middle schools before becoming an assistant professor of education at Kansas Newman College in Wichita; founder of the private Skybird Music Studio, which used music to help children learn creativity, imagination and social skills in addition to musical concepts, Nov. 4, 2014, Dallas.
John F. Sheaks fs ’35, retired accountant and businessman who owned and operated a number of businesses in north Wichita, including restaurants and grocery, furniture and appliance stores, and who worked in finance, insurance and real estate, being among the developers of Wichita’s Crestview Country Club area, July 11, 2014, Wichita. At the age of 92 (Sheaks lived to be 101), he is quoted in the Wichita Eagle as saying during a 2005 address to the Kiwanis Club of Wichita: “I never thought I’d live long enough that the most important objective in my life would be to pass the driver’s exam.”
Grace E. (Davis) George Sipe ’68, homemaker and retired secondary school teacher whose Davis family owned and operated the Cascade Cottages inside the Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colo., where she and her family spent summers running the cabins, May 23, 2014, Wichita.
Norma J. (Tegtmeyer) Smith ’70/74, homemaker and retired Wichita public schools teacher, Nov. 19, 2014, Wichita.
Patricia L. (Thornbrugh) Smith ’77, retired supervisor of custodial services for Wichita public schools and psychology graduate, Nov. 4, 2014, Wichita.
Tyrell “Ty” H. Smith ’80/83/90, artist, sculptor and ceramicist who held degrees in general studies, ceramics and printmaking from WSU, who crafted props for Music Theatre of Wichita productions and whose mixed media works he once described as “miniature environments that express social interaction,” March 14, 2015, Leon, Kan.
Claudine R. “Toodie” (Youngmeyer) Southard ’46, homemaker and community volunteer, who as a student at the University of Wichita was active on campus in the Student Government Association and as a member of the spirit squad, and who was honored as a Senior Honor Woman, March 29, 2015, Wichita.
Twila M. (Stoss) Stevens ’49, homemaker and retired educator in pupil management at Cumberland High School in Cumberland, R.I., Dec. 9, 2014, Loveland, Colo.
Delbert K. Stockwell ’63, accounting graduate; veteran of the U.S. Air Force who was stationed in Illinois, Arizona and Greenland and attained the rank of staff sergeant; former Boeing Wichita employee; and retired administrator at the U.S. Postal Supply Service in Topeka, Kan., Dec. 4, 2014, Wichita.
Marjorie E. “Stoney” Stone ’47, elementary education graduate who went on to earn a master’s degree in education from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a doctorate from the University of Missouri at Columbia; former physical education teacher in junior high schools in Augusta, Kan., and Pratt, Kan., and later at Mizzou; former coach whose career included coaching college level women’s softball, basketball and gymnastics; retired professor of physical education at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kan., where her main emphasis was teacher preparation, April 1, 2015, Wichita.
Robert J. Sullivan ’71, industrial engineering graduate and retired Delta Electric Supply Inc. salesman, Feb. 19, 2015, Augusta, Kan.
J. Jeannine (Miller) Swisher ’73, homemaker and educational psychology graduate, Jan. 6, 2015, Wichita.
John J. Tambella ’52, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, retired Sears sales representative, Nov. 13, 2014, Pleasant Hills, Pa.
Joyce A. (Swilling) Tuckwood ’92/04, homemaker and retired school teacher who held a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and early childhood development and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, Feb. 4, 2014, McPherson, Kan.
David W. Turner ’84, industrial education graduate and network systems manager at Cessna Aircraft Co., Feb. 27, 2015, Wichita.
LaVurne J. Unruh ’48, real estate investor, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army 102nd Infantry Division and was assigned to military intelligence at Camp Ritchie, Maryland; business administration graduate and former Shocker basketball player who later played as a member of the Kansas All-Stars in exhibition games against the Harlem Globetrotters, Dec. 1, 2014, Valley Center, Kan.
Ernest C. Urban ’67, business administration graduate and retired Boeing change manager, Jan. 5, 2015, Kent, Wash.
Glenna M. (Hart) VanMetre ’86/89, homemaker and retired sociology lecturer at Wichita State, Nov. 28, 2014, Derby, Kan.
Harold E. Walker ’80, retired New York Life Insurance agent and owner of H.E. Walker Financial Group, Dec. 30, 2014, Park City, Kan.
Felix L. Wassermann ’97, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force and retired U.S. Department of Agriculture meat inspector, Jan. 15, 2015, Wichita.
Forrest W. Weirick ’50, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force; co-owner of the Wichita-based real estate company L.E. Gardner Inc., where he developed housing additions, built homes and commercial buildings, managed properties and, as a certified appraiser, performed real estate appraisals in the Wichita area; advocate for the developmentally disabled whose service included a stint as president of the board for Starkey Inc.; former member of the WSUAA board of directors, Jan. 31, 2015, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Eugene R. Wells ’51, retired dentist who practiced in Hutchinson, Kan., and was active in both the Kansas Dental Association and the American Dental Association, Korean War veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Battalion, past member of the WSUAA Board of Directors, former University of Wichita football player, Oct. 31, 2014, Hutchinson.
Alan L. Welch ’74, former Southwestern Bell customer service technician, repairman for KG&E and operator at Davis Manufacturing, all in Wichita, April 10, 2014, McPherson, Kan.
Frank E. Welsh ’48, political science graduate who went on to earn a law degree from Washburn University and to complete advanced legal study at the University of Chicago, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in the Pacific as an aerial photographer, retired administrator for a number of professional associations, including Optical Wholesalers, Lilly Associates, Illinois Optometrists, and the Academy of General Dentistry, March 11, 2015, Downers Grove, Ill.
Jay B. Wesley ’85, business management graduate who worked as a retail manager at Pep Boys and then as a manager at O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, both in Tulsa, Okla., Dec. 11, 2014, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Gary E. Wetzel ’71, mechanical engineering graduate and retired owner of the structural engineering consulting firm Guy M. Shelley & Co., Nov. 17, 2014, Wichita.
Melissa “Missy” M. Whalen ’95, general studies graduate and paralegal at Hutton & Hutton law firm, Nov. 26, 2014, Wichita.
Jolly H. White ’58, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force, former Beech Aircraft employee, accounting graduate and retired banker whose career spanned positions as head teller, personnel officer and senior vice president of the operations division at First National Bank in Wichita, April 22, 2015, Wichita.
Marilyn J. (Fosnow) White ’92, homemaker, nursing graduate and maternity nurse at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita, July 17, 2014, Derby, Kan.
Timothy M. Whyte ’80, retired U.S. Army major whose military career spanned 20 years, followed by 23 years of civil service with Army Morale Welfare and Recreation, including serving as chief of strategic operations, Army Installation Management Command, Fort Sam Houston, Nov. 11, 2014, San Antonio, Texas.
Carolyn S. (Downing) Fraser Wildman ’76/90, clinical therapist and supervisor who held a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in counseling from Wichita State, retired DCCCA family preservation services supervisor in Wichita and former clinical therapist with the Hawaii Paroling Authority in Honolulu, Feb. 25, 2015, Wichita.
Richard E. Willett ’58, accounting graduate who worked as a loan officer and assistant vice president at First National Bank, Wichita, and in finance and car sales; U.S. Army veteran who served as a lieutenant, March 17, 2015, Augusta, Kan.
David B. Williams ’58, psychology graduate and Senior Honor Man at Wichita State; Vietnam War veteran who retired as lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force; retired management information systems division director for the state of Maryland and former director of the Maryland State Employees Credit Union, Feb. 12, 2015, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Debra “Debbie” A. (VonFange) Wilson ’73/94, homemaker and retired Wichita Public Library employee and teacher who held bachelor’s degrees in secondary education and in fine arts, painting, May 19, 2014, Wichita.
Marjorie R. (McCurdy) Wittstock ’46, homemaker, secondary education graduate and retired teacher, March 9, 2015, Wichita.
Kenneth M. Wolf ’57, retired elementary school principal and teacher who began teaching in 1948 in Scott City, Kan., public schools and went on to serve as principal at Martinson, South Hillside, McLean and Buckner public elementary schools in Wichita before retiring in 1988, March 28, 2015, Kansas City, Kan.
Bertha A. Woodall ’12, social work graduate and veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Jan. 18, 2015, Wichita.
Ronald O. Woodbridge ’59, communications sciences and disorders (speech therapy) graduate and retired farmer and farm operations manager who managed the Double L. Ranch in eastern Kansas and then the Stewart Farms near Wellington, Kan., before retiring in 2004, June 9, 2014, Wellington.
L. Wesley “Wes” Wright ’63, Korean War veteran, retired public schools science and social studies teacher, April 8, 2015, Sedgwick, Kan.
Brian L. Yockers ’87, physical therapy graduate who worked as a physical therapist at Asbury-Salina Regional Medical Center in Salina, Kan., for 27 years; Shocker student-athlete in track and cross country, who was a lifelong sports enthusiast, especially baseball, running and golf, Nov. 8, 2014, Salina.
Floyd L. Yoho ’78, industrial education graduate who worked as a maintenance manager at Boeing and later at Spirit AeroSystems, both in Wichita, Nov. 19, 2014, Maize, Kan.
Marjorie “Marge” E. (Unruh) Zarnowski ’84, homemaker and music education graduate who taught music in McPherson, Kan., March 24, 2014, Emporia, Kan.
