Clark E. Abshier ’51, World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, retired Western Electric and AT&T engineer, former Beech Aircraft industrial engineer, March 15, Kansas City, Mo.
Kahn K. Aeschliman ’67/67, retired Boeing operations department employee, U.S. Army veteran, March 16, Wichita.
James C. Allen ’58, CEO of Vail Valley Jet Center in Gypsum, Colo., founder and former president of Falcon Manufacturing Inc., a plastics manufacturing business in Los Angeles, Calif., June 23, Edwards, Colo.
Marvin R. Appling ’58, Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army, attorney who retired from private practice in 1998 and then joined the law firm of Slape & Howard, retiring in 2005, July 20, Wichita.
Robert E. Ault ’60, artist and art therapist at Ault’s Academy of Art, former staff member of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kan., Feb. 5, 2008, Topeka.
Janis L. (Pratt) Bair ’85, retired elementary school principal and teacher, June 26, Hutchinson, Kan.
Walter “Wally” F. Balzerick Jr., executive director of Kansas Society of Children with Challenges, WWII and Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Marines, former radio and television sales representative, former executive at Lago & Whitehead Advertising Agency and at Batz Hodgson Neuwoehner Inc., university friend, Feb. 21, Wichita.
Karen A. (Niedens) Barach ’96, homemaker, communication sciences and disorders graduate, April 4, Charleston, W.V.
Rocco “Rocky” R. Barrese, university friend, U.S. Army veteran and owner of Barrese Rocky Enterprises in Wichita, May 26, Wichita.
Marilyn “Lyn” (Horton) Barrie ’58, retired director of training in communications and human relations at the Resolution Trust Corp. in Denver, and former communications assistant professor at Baker University, Baldwin City, Kan., and then at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Jan. 31, Evergreen, Colo.
Maureen H. Barton ’93, owner and interior designer at Spaces and Places, April 25, Wichita.
Paul D. Biggs ’70, vice president at Metro Courier & Wilson Building Maintenance, April 10, Wichita.
Thomas E. Black ’55, geologist and independent oil producer at Black Petroleum Co. in Wichita, May 29, Wichita.
Marlin L. Bond ’50, retired geologist with 32 years at Gulf Oil Corp. in Oklahoma City, Denver, Casper, Wyo., and Amarillo, Texas; WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy and later joined the U.S. Air Corps, serving during the Korean War, July 7, Anthony, Kan.
Harold I. Brammer ’43, retired dentist, WWII veteran who served as an infantry lieutenant, University of Wichita Senior Honor Man who went on to support his alma mater in many endeavors through the years, including serving on the WSU Alumni Association Board of Directors, March 13, Wichita.
Edward J. Brazil ’68, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and long-term care administrator, Feb. 22, Franklin, Tenn.
Lawrence A. Brownlee ’49, retired aerospace manufacturing engineer, April 1, Wichita.
David H. Bruce ’83, general studies graduate, May 2, Wichita.
Marilyn H. (Meadows) Buckles ’79, artist and art instructor who taught at West Parish Elementary School, the Beeman Memorial School and the St. Ann School, all in Massachusetts, March 12, Gloucester, Mass.
Virginia L. “Ginger” (Whitaker) Roembach Burdge ’53, homemaker, former elementary school teacher and 1952 Betty Co-ed at the University of Wichita, April 5, Wichita.
Kenneth W. Burk, WSU professor emeritus of communicative disorders and sciences, past president of the Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1990 Kansas nominee for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Clinical Achievement Award and 2007 KSHA Honors of the Association recipient, March 7, Valley Center, Kan.
Dorothy Naomi (Waggoner) Carpenter, retired Wichita State administrative assistant who worked for university presidents Emory Lindquist and Clark Ahlberg, July 14, Wichita.
Susan “Sue” N. Castile ’08, executive director of Inter-Faith Ministries in Wichita, former executive director of Diversity Kansas, former general services manager at the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis, July 22, Wichita.
Mack B. Castrisos ’55, retired Boeing engineer, May 27, Wichita.
Jay C. Clark ’54, geologist and owner of Paxco Inc., WWII veteran who served as an Army Air Corps fighter pilot, April 13, Wichita.
Richard B. Clausing ’39, retired attorney, former Kansas director for the Federal Housing Administration and WWII and Korean War veteran with service in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Cascade, the USS Eugene E. Elmore and the USS Hamul before taking command of the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center in Wichita, later retiring as a Naval Reserve captain, March 9, Wichita.
George A. Comstock, WSU professor emeritus of speech who served as head of counseling and testing before his retirement in 1978, former dean of men at Emporia State College in Emporia, Kan., and WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Force, July 2, Boise, Idaho.
Crystal R. Crahan ’09, psychology field major graduate and avid Wichita Thunder hockey fan, March 16, Wichita.
Martha A. (Brazill) Crum ’56, homemaker, co-owner of JOMA Bowling Co. and former teacher, June 21, Wichita.
William L. Cummings, university friend, retired president of Koch Engineering Co., WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Herndon as an engineering officer, former Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. engineering representative in Akron, Ohio, former president’s staff member at the American Locomotive Co. in Dunkirk, N.Y., July 21, Wichita.
John S. Day ’65, psychology graduate, April 18, 2008, Olga, Wash.
Mary Jane (Neiman) Denny ’50, homemaker and former substitute teacher who played basketball during her collegiate years at the University of Wichita, April 2, Wichita.
Irene R. (Balogh) Dittmer ’47, homemaker, retired medical technologist, July 3, Bel Aire, Kan.
Gary W. Dunn, university friend, retired owner of Dunn Signs, March 21, Goddard, Kan.
David N. Eastman ’71/71, IMA of Kansas account executive who worked for more than 30 years in the insurance industry, May 6, Wichita.
Chester “Chet” L. Eby fs ’52, retired U.S. Air Force colonel who, during two tours of duty in Vietnam, flew more than 460 combat missions and received a number of commendations, including three Distinguished Flying Cross citations; retired director of marketing flight operations at Learjet Corp.; former University of Wichita basketball player, Jan. 26, Tucson, Ariz.
Lawrence J. Emming ’49, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel whose service included a tour of combat duty in Korea, March 3, Mason, Ohio.
Francis “Frank” A. Farmer Jr. ’40, retired U.S. Air Force commissioned regular officer whose duties included service in World War II, former accountant at Santa Fe Skyways, March 9, Clearwater, Fla.
Barbara R. (Thiessen) Wohlgemuth Franz ’76, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher, June 10, Wichita.
Martin “Marc” W. Fresh ’77, controller at Dector Networks International in Albuquerque, N.M., and part-owner of Padgett Business Services in Santa Fe, N.M., March 19, Albuquerque.
Melba J. (Clem) Forrest ’57/70, retired owner of Forrest Properties Inc., where she served as agent, broker and appraiser, former junior high school teacher, April 11, Wichita.
Margaret D. (Murray) Garver ’44, retired Farmers Alliance Insurance secretary, May 28, Wellington, Kan.
Patricia B. (Dwyer) Gensch fs ’44, homemaker, April 9, Wichita.
W. Jean (Vincent) Gillette, homemaker and retired personnel manager at Wichita State’s Campus Activities Center (now Rhatigan Student Center), April 11, Wichita.
Gerald “Gerry” T. Gleissner ’71, former Wichita State golfer, former marketing director at Sprint North Supply in New Century, Kan., May 26, Lenexa, Kan.
Ronald M. Gott ’55, attorney who practiced law for 51 years, first with the Wichita firm of Lilleston, Spradling, Gott & Stallwitz and most recently with Patterson Gott & Burk, also in Wichita; Korean War veteran who served with the U.S. Navy; former University of Wichita football player, May 14, Andover, Kan.
Linda K. (Dirks) Grafton ’79, retired kindergarten, first and second grade teacher, owner of and chef at the Palette Bistro in Wichita’s Delano District, Aug. 20, Wichita.
Philip E. Haney ’63, founding partner and CPA at Haney, Riffel, Galbraith & Sabala in Wichita, July 13, Wichita.
Adrianne Y. Harris, former WSU Office of Financial Aid senior administrative assistant, Feb. 15, Wichita.
Marshall F. Harrison ’59, retired teacher who taught music at a number of schools in Kansas before his retirement in 1980, private piano and organ instructor and WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army, April 5, Wilson, Kan.
William L. Harrison ’54, retired high school English teacher, author of the mystery novel Hell’s Full, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, April 26, Wichita.
Gary B. Harvey ’76, retired U.S. Navy civilian analyst based in Anchorage, Alaska, and CPA whose career included positions with the Derby Refining Co. in Wichita and Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kan., Feb. 11, Henderson, Nev.
Helen D. Hensiek ’77, homemaker and Newton Medical Center staff nurse, June 7, Newton, Kan.
Edla M. (Rickard) Hilts ’52, retired choral music director, organist and pianist who, in 1960, founded The Voices of Choral Arts, Aug. 16, Wichita.
Ralph S. Hinman Jr. ’56, retired education writer, drama critic and religion editor for the Long Beach, Calif., Independent Press-Telegram, May 3, 2009, Seal Beach, Calif.
Charles W. Hoskins ’64, retired math, shop and driver’s education teacher at schools in California and Kansas, March 15, Seneca, Kan.
John G. Hull ’76, Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. Army, former Boeing buyer, Feb. 16, Wichita.
William “Bill” A. Karigan ’60, retired aerospace technologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., March 17, Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
Eugene E. Kaufman, retired physician with Orthopedic & Sports Medicine in Wichita, team physician for WSU athletics who became known as “ShockDoc,” Naval Medical Corps lieutenant who served as a medical officer and surgeon aboard the USS Eldorado in the Pacific, July 5, Towanda, Kan.
Matthew L. Keil ’89, electrical engineer whose career in manufacturing included positions at Boeing, Cessna and Spirit, April 13, Wichita.
Cecile B. Kellenbarger ’77, Boeing analyst and graphic design graduate whose team won the 1988 WSU Alumni Association’s 5th Annual Hellraiser Chili Cook Off, April 4, Valley Center, Kan.
Diane L. (Oster) Krell ’93, homemaker and former paralegal at Kansas Legal Services,June 9, Wichita.
Robert F. LeValley ’71, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, July 18, Andover, Kan.
Kenneth S. Liggett ’48, retired banker in the family-owned First National Bank of Limon (Colo.), past two-term mayor of the town of Limon, cattle rancher, Sept. 1, 2010, Limon.
Carlotta J. (Harding) Linrud ’06, speech language pathologist, May 31, Wichita.
Thomas E. Luinstra ’71/71, owner, president of Apartment Finders International, a Colorado front-range apartment leasing service; owner and manager of residential and commercial real estate interests; instrument-rated private pilot, May 10, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Anita M. (Ballard) Lusk ’38/55, homemaker, former elementary school teacher, Beech Aircraft secretary and engineering department librarian, retired Wichita West High School business education teacher, former manager and later president of the Lusk Co., a private real estate consultant and development company in Wichita, April 1, Wichita. In 1966, she and her husband set up the Lusk Foundation. At the time of her 50-year WU reunion in 1988, she noted that one of her hobbies was “helping West High students to attend WSU” through the establishment of a scholarship fund.
Obedulia “Lula” (Montano) Magdaleno fs ’80, homemaker and former Wichita Library clerk, May 9, Wichita.
Frank D. McCalmont ’75, Windsor Food Co. employee in Riverside, Calif., and then in Oakland, Miss., May 27, Grenada, Miss.
Charles G. McCarty ’57/59, retired manager at Bayer Corp. in Pittsburgh, former chemistry professor at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, and past American Chemical Society board member, June 20, Dataw Island, S.C.
Kal J. McGinnis ’75, elementary school teacher and former member of a Civil War re-enactor group, March 20, Harker Heights, Texas.
Terry L. McLachlan ’78, retired Kansas state representative, retired Boeing buyer and USAF Vietnam veteran, March 18, Wichita. During his campaign for the Kansas House District 96 (south Wichita) in 2006, McLachlan explained that he was running for office because he saw a “need that isn’t being filled.” His concerns included growing the economy, increasing alternative energy production in Kansas and funding education; he was particularly concerned about rising college tuition costs and deferred maintenance of university buildings.
Lila J. McMillan ’60, retired teacher, former semi-pro basketball player, arts-and-crafts business owner who specialized in jewelry-making, silver-smithing and chair-cording, Feb. 13, Tucson, Ariz.
M. Dean Mitchener ’70, retired minister who pastored a number of Kansas churches, including Argonia Wesleyan Church; former elementary school teacher; WWII and Korean War veteran who served as an air traffic controller, June 1, Wichita.
George R. Moore ’71/75/75, retired Wichita public schools counselor and teacher, Aug. 5, Andover, Kan.
LaRue (Sanders) Cummings Moore ’59, retired teacher with 43 years of experience teaching in Oklahoma and Kansas, Feb. 7, Bartlesville, Okla.
Carol L. (Burkett) Morris ’78/85, retired fourth-grade teacher who taught all of her 27 years in education at Eisenhower Elementary School in Wellington, Kan., June 16, Derby, Kan.
Virginia D. Moss ’74, former high school English teacher in Wichita, April 27, Wichita.
James M. Murillo ’59, retired teacher and civil service Spanish translator at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., May 18, Wichita.
Cynthia A. (Wilson) Murphy ’66, retired real-estate broker and owner of Murphy & Associates in Broomfield, Colo., former high school business teacher, March 27, Henderson, Colo.
Linda W. Palmer ’61/63, retired director of academic and student services at the School of the Arts and School of Theater, Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles, July 30, Wichita.
Nancy J. Partridge ’84, administrative assistant at Stevens Enterprises in Wichita, April 30, Wichita.
Delma J. Pearson ’77, registered nurse, certified diabetes educator, May 6, Papillion, Neb.
B. Sharon (Shelton) Puetz ’72, retired physical education teacher at Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita, Feb. 21, Wichita.
Geraldine L. (Landsdowne) Rathbone ’36, former Parnassus Queen at the University of Wichita, homemaker and former teacher in Anthony, Kan., March 23, Wichita.
Floyd H. Reid ’50, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, retired owner of General Motors car dealerships in Craig, Colo., and Chadron, Neb., March 9, San Marcos, Texas.
Brenda S. (Gray) Richardson ’77, staff nurse at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, June 22, Wichita.
Bruce D. Risinger ’91, U.S. Air Force command pilot who retired as lieutenant colonel after service in Alaska, Texas, New York, Kansas, Vietnam, Honduras and Germany; local singer, actor, radio announcer who provided voice-overs for a number of TV documentaries, including “Father Emil Kapaun” and “Black and Gold: Remembering the WSU Plane Crash,” Feb. 17, Wichita.
George W. “Bill” Robbins ’48, retired elementary school teacher with 30 years of experience who, after retiring in 1980, substitute taught for another 15 years, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Coast Guard, avid traveler, April 30, Lacey, Wash.
George W. Rosendale ’69/71, U.S. Army veteran and retired Cessna Aircraft manager of material finance and administration, April 17, Wichita.
Ralph M. Ross ’65, retired American government and history teacher, WWII veteran who served with the U.S. Army engineers during the European invasion, July 28, Wichita.
Michael V. Ross ’63, retired Boeing cost management analyst, U.S. Army captain who served during the Vietnam War, July 24, Shelbyville, Ind.
Neil D. Roush ’63/67, former professional tennis player and standout athlete at WSU from 1960-62 who became the men’s tennis coach in 1963 and led the Shockers for three seasons, guiding them to back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference championships in 1964 and 1965; former WSU sports information director; former director of admissions and tennis coach at Wichita Collegiate High School, who went on to post a four-decade career in tennis in a number of different roles at schools and athletic clubs in Wisconsin, Texas, California and Florida, including serving as tennis director at the Fleetwood Racquet Club in Houston and the Athletic Club at Weston in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 18, Marietta, Ga.
Julean A. Rovig ’72, music therapist, owner of Rovig Music Studio, employed with the Army Special Services in Fort Sill, Okla.; Shawnee Mission, Kan.; and the University of Missouri, Nov. 16, 2010, Pocatello, Idaho.
F. Marie (French) Sawyer ’76/92, clinical psychologist and homemaker, April 15, Derby, Kan.
Lois A. (Schopf) Scammon ’35, retired Los Angeles County Health Department clinical microbiologist who posted a long career in microbiological research, including at the vivarium at Olive View Hospital (later Olive View Medical Center, which was destroyed by earthquake in 1971) in Sylmar, Calif, where she worked to identify pharmacological treatments for tuberculosis, Feb. 18, Mariposa, Calif.
Niall Shanks, Curtis D. Gridley Distinguished Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science at Wichita State; author of God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory (2004), Animals and Science: A Guide to the Debates (2002), and Brute Silence: The Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation (with Hugh LaFollette, 1997); graduate of the University of Leeds, the University of Liverpool and the University of Alberta, Canada; vice president of Americans for Medical Advancement and past president of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, July 13, Wichita.
Ashley Smith ’49, U.S. Army Air Corps veteran who served in the European Theater during WWII, retired quality assurance specialist at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Fla., Feb. 11, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Scott E. Soice ’96/02, procurement interface for quality control manager at Boeing in Seattle, a Wallace scholar and Barton scholarship recipient at Wichita State, July 15, Seattle.
Wallace “Wally” W. Solter ’41, retired geologist whose career included positions at Carter Oil Co. in Oklahoma City and at Exxon in numerous locations, including Rawlins, Wyo.; Los Angeles; Denver; Houston; and back to Oklahoma City, WWII veteran with service in the U.S. Navy aboard the troop carrier USS Hermitage, March 8, Tulsa, Okla.
David E. Sparlin ’54/57, retired Boeing aircraft inspection supervisor, March 17, Wichita.
Curtis N. Stanislaus, retired building maintenance director at WSU, July 28, Derby, Kan.
William T.K. Stevenson, WSU chemistry professor whose research activity included the project “Glucose Responsive Insulin Delivery from Polyelectrolyte Complex Microcapsules” for the American Diabetes Association, July 21, Wichita.
Wayne A. Sundling ’62, former accountant in the oil and gas industry, owner of W.A. Sundling CPA, Feb. 15, Republic, Mo.
Charlene E. (Einsel) Taylor ’41, homemaker, Jan. 24, Dodge City, Kan.
Phillip D. Ternes ’55, retired advertising director for the Catholic Advance, former printer at McCormick Armstrong, veteran of the U.S. Navy, April 9, Wichita.
Mari M. (Rice) Teter ’90, homemaker, former legal assistant and administrative assistant, April 16, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Carol R. Thompson ’73, career educator who retired from teaching at the U.S. Navy’s Defense Activities for Nontraditional Educational Support program, May 30, Pensacola, Fla.
Jennifer R. Timmermeyer-Heckel ’08, homemaker, accountant and group leader in the human resources department at Kroger Corporate Offices in Hutchinson, Kan., June 14, Hutchinson.
Marcia A. (Spicer) Traylor ’67, business co-founder of CCM Countertop & Cabinet Manufacturing in Wichita and former vice president and controller at Star Electric Supply Inc., former executive secretary at Union National Bank, where she handled oil and gas leases for Hinkle Oil Co. and former Rupe Oil Co. employee, all Wichita-based businesses, Feb. 18, Wichita.
Richard D. Turner ’55, retired engineer in Beavercreek, Ohio, and retired USAF lieutenant colonel who served as a civil and mechanical engineer with assignments in England, Vietnam, Korea and several U.S. locations, Feb. 9, Edmond, Okla.
Michael A. Unrein ’84, retired Boeing telecommunication analyst, July 7, Wichita.
Ann (Wesley) Van Winkle fs ’74, homemaker and former medical office assistant, June 15, Wichita.
Kent D. Vickery ’64/64, former WSU tennis player, anthropology professor at the University of Cincinnati, June 1, Woodland Park, Colo.
Wayne E. Walcher ’39, retired independent oil and gas producer and operator, petroleum geologist who worked for Gulf Oil Co., Lario Oil Co., and J.M. Huber Corp, July 13, Wichita.
Kathryn F. (Elliott) Walton fs ’43, homemaker, June 17, 2010, Mukilteo, Wash.
Gary L. Ware ’72, retired programmer analyst at NCR in Wichita, trained weather spotter, June 19, Towanda, Kan.
Michael D. Wasson ’68, U.S. Air Force veteran, former office systems business professional at IBM, retired property manager of the Lions Head Condominium Association in Indianapolis, Ind., July 29, Indianapolis.
Anetta K. (Shockey) Webster ’71, homemaker and physical education teacher, March 8, Dallas.
Linda (Bower) Wehrle ’70, retired medical technologist, March 18, Shawnee, Kan.
Lawrence “Larry” F. Werner ’73, manager of the Farmers Coop Elevator in Garden Plain, Kan., Aug. 2, Garden Plain.
Robert C. Wherritt, Wichita State associate professor emeritus of mathematics who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tulane University and a doctorate from the University of New Mexico and taught at Wichita State for 31 years, June 7, Wichita.
Monty G. Williams ’71, aircraft configuration scheduler at Boeing, Cessna and Spirit, May 25, Cheney, Kan.
Cathleen “Cathi” S. (Williams) Wilson ’90, homemaker and retired teacher who taught second grade for 24 years as well as eighth grade English and seventh grade computers, July 6, El Dorado, Kan.
Dorrell J. “Jim” Wilson ’79, retired senior master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, July 29, Wichita.
Stan E. Wisdom ’51, retired attorney, real estate re-developer, restorer of old hotels and buildings, U.S. Navy veteran who served during WWII and the Korean War, Feb. 13, Wichita.
Marvin M. Wright ’76, 30-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, farmer, May 18, Douglass, Kan.
