Richard E. "Dick" Adams '54, retired life insurance agent with Dick Adams Insurance and retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, Nov. 30, 2003, Sherman, Texas.
Galeard G. "G.G." Allen fs '40, retired national sales manager for the Coleman Co., Wichita, and veteran of WWII, serving as a sergeant with the U.S. Air Force in both Australia and New Guinea, Jan. 30, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
William "Bill" Alley, retired insurance professional and owner of The Bill Alley Agency, veteran of WWII and university friend, May 4, Wichita.
Richard D. Allison, university friend and founder and owner of Dick Allison Homes, a retailer of manufactured homes and modulars, March 27, Wichita.
Eloyce Arnold, homemaker and university friend, May 5, Dodge City, Kan.
C.W. "Bill" Bachman '49, Wichita realtor, homebuilder, developer of seven neighborhood areas including The Moorings on Crystal Lake and veteran of WWII, April 1, Wichita.
John L. Baldwin, retired president of Dillons Stores and friend of the university, May 14, Hutchinson, Kan.
Joan C. Barlow, homemaker and university friend, Feb. 27, Haven, Kan.
Eugene A. "Gene" Barnard '36, retired band teacher and head of the music department for Brewster, N.Y., schools and a WWII veteran serving from 1941-45 who also served during the Korean War as a member of the Second Army Band stationed at Fort Meade, Md., where from 1950-52 he performed as a solo saxophonist and wrote arrangements for the band's many broadcasts, Feb. 4, Somers, N.Y.
John Bedinger Jr., friend of the university, retired aircraft electrician, salesman and WWII USMC veteran, May 17, Wichita.
Marilyn L. Bence '62, homemaker, April 1, Newton, Kan.
Stanley W. "Stan" Beyrle fs '73, a naturopathic physician who co-founded the Northwest Chiropractic and Naturopathic Clinic in Portland, Ore., March 19, Sapello, N.M.
Victor B. Blurton '38, retired real estate broker in California and Nevada and U.S. Navy veteran of WWII who ended his military career as lieutenant commander of the USS Osterhaus, Jan. 3, San Diego, Calif.
Mary F. (Anderson) Bowman '43, homemaker, former secretary and volunteer formerly active with such organizations as the Junior League of Wichita, the Wichita Association for Retarded Children and the Wichita United Fund Drive, April 28, Houston, Texas.
Earl A. Boyle, farmer, Boeing supervisor and university friend, April 17, Belle Plaine, Kan.
H. Pauline (Olmstead) Bracken '60, homemaker and retired teacher, March 31, Wichita.
Phyllis E. (Latimer) Breckbill '58, retired Wichita elementary school teacher and genealogist, Jan. 24, Wichita.
Beverly A. (Pratt) Brown fs '51, former Wichita school teacher, flower shop owner, Boeing electrical production illustrator and commercial display designer for Cain's Coffee, May 9, Wichita.
Virginia "Gingy" (Daugherty) Buck, homemaker, university friend and volunteer formerly active with Kappa Alpha Theta, the Institute of Logopedics, Junior League of Wichita, Wichita State University Board of Trustees, Wichita Children's Home and United Way of the Plains, for which she was the first woman to lead the drive in 1984, Feb. 25, Wichita.
Vernon C. Buell '62, retired high school math teacher and coach, Feb. 9, Medicine Lodge, Kan.
Dorothy Bunch, former executive director of the Wellington Housing Authority, chairwoman of the Wellington Economic Development Committee, real estate appraiser and university friend, April 1, Wellington, Kan.
Monte D. Calvin '67/71, first vice president and board member of WM Shareholder Services Inc., WM Advisors Inc. and WM Funds Distributor Inc. and first vice president of the WM Group of Funds, March 19, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Esther E. (Earl) Carlson '55, homemaker, March 15, Seattle, Wash.
Sarah P. "Saddy" (Phipps) Carr, homemaker and university friend, April 2, Wellington, Kan.
Betty J. Chapman, homemaker, traveler and university friend, March 23, Derby, Kan.
Wayne E. Clark, retired Boeing Aircraft tooling supervisor and university friend, March 5, Haysville, Kan.
Terryl A. "Terry" Cook '79, retired physician assistant and realtor, April 28, Wichita.
Rachel M. Coons, homemaker and university friend, March 16, Wichita.
Naomi Crowe, homemaker and university friend, March 5, Wichita.
Hilmer A. Crumrine '54/54, retired weather forecaster, Dec. 22, 2003, Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Brenton J. Cyphert '78, former American Airlines employee, April 10, Wichita.
Robert H. "Bob" Dakin '79, retired owner of Dakin Dental Lab in Wichita, Feb. 20, Wichita.
Donald E. Davis '56, retired University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor, Aug. 2, 2003, La Crosse, Wis.
Emmet E. Davis '51, retired from the Oklahoma State Income Tax Commission, Dec. 22, 2003, Piedmont, Okla.
Patrick J. Danler '90, educator, Feb. 7, Emporia, Kan.
D. Joan Dilts, homemaker and university friend, Feb. 25, Hesston, Kan.
Garnet B. Douthit, a contract specialist in the petroleum industry and a university friend, March 17, McKinney, Texas.
Conrad M. Downing, self-employed financial adviser and university friend, Feb. 12, Wichita.
James J. "Jeff" Duncan '92/93, chief financial officer for Dean and Deluca in Wichita, Feb. 29, Wichita.
Gertrude J. Eads, retired WSU administrative secretary, homemaker and university friend, April 24, Wichita.
Robert K. Edmiston '66/68, president and owner for 27 years of the RAM Resource Corp., an oil exploration business, former partial owner of the Wichita Wings Soccer Club and chief operating officer of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites Inc., which is the United States' oldest land trust devoted to acquisition of Civil War battlefields, May 4, Hagerstown, Md.
Gale G. Elder, a pioneer in osteopathic medicine in Kansas who helped found the Osteopathic Hospital in 1947 in Wichita, long-time member of the American Osteopathic Association and friend of the university, March 2, Eureka, Kan.
William F. "Bill" Ellis '47, retired land man for Shell Oil Co. and WWII veteran serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a navigator, Dec. 19, 2003, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.
Gilbert W. Fairleigh '63, industrial education graduate, May 1, 2003, Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Selma Fent, homemaker and university friend, April 14, Parkville, Mo.
Myrna J. (Wilbur) Foltz, homemaker and friend of the university, Feb. 24, Wichita.
Mary C. "Connie" (Harman) Foster '62, homemaker and retired third grade teacher, Feb. 20, Garden City, Kan.
Joseph A. Fox '53, journalist, court clerk and sports statistician for WSU for more than 50 years, April 13, Marion, Kan.
Miriam Deon Fulzenloger fs '42, homemaker and retired field office operations assistant for the U.S. General Services Administration, Feb. 13, Trinity, Fla.
Harold J. Funk '62, retired industrial engineer with the Boeing Aircraft Co., Sept. 30, 2003, Kirkland, Wash.
Dorothy M. Gaddis, homemaker, retired North High School English teacher in Wichita and university friend, Feb. 14, Manhattan, Kan.
Mae H. Galloway, homemaker and friend of the university, March 10, Wichita.
Gladys A. Garver, retired Wellington Junior High School teacher and university friend, April 6, Wellington, Kan.
Warrick H. Graves, retired Cudhay Meat Packing employee and university friend, March 18, Wichita.
Mary M. Guerrant, homemaker and university friend, April 22, Pratt, Kan.
C. Thomas Hagan, retired physician and first cardiologist to practice in Wichita, former member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, fellow of the American College of Physicians, member of the American College of Cardiology, active in the Medical Society of Sedgwick County, the Kansas Medical Society and the American Medical Association, full-time faculty member since 1984 at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita and university friend, May 3, Wichita.
Fayetta L. Hampton, retired teacher and university friend, May 6, Wichita.
Anna M. Haney fs '93, homemaker, Feb. 16, Derby, Kan.
Anna M. (Achelpohl) Hannusch, retired teacher and university friend, March 13, Lincoln, Neb.
Parker "P.K." Harrison, retired Beechcraft and Raytheon operations supervisor and friend of the university, March 6, Derby, Kan.
Annabelle T. Haupt fs '74, homemaker, former high school teacher, community volunteer active in such organizations as the YWCA, the Women's Crisis Center, the League of Women Voters, Methodists for Social Action, the Great Plains Earth Institute, the Black Historical Society, Peace and Social Justice of South Central Kansas, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, among others, coordinator of the Guidelines television series for more than 30 years and recipient of the Brotherhood Award presented by the National Council of Christians and Jews, March 19, Wichita.
Gwen I. Hellar, homemaker and university friend, May 16, Wichita.
Dorothy M. "Dottie" (Short) Hicks '73, homemaker and retired Wichita public school special education teacher, April 21, Hutchinson, Kan.
Jeanette (Pharo) Higginson '45, retired Kansas State University English instructor, May 11, Manhattan, Kan.
Hazel O. Hill, homemaker and university friend, March 25, Wichita.
Frances Y. "Fran" (Decker) Hoggatt fs '84, retired national regional director of Residence Inn/Marriott Corp., former director of operations for the RHW Hotel Corp. in Kansas City, former consultant for the Canterbury/Ramada Inn in Wichita, a two-term president of the Sedgwick County Republican Women's Association and board member for a number of organizations, including the Wichita Public Library and the Allen County Fine Arts Council, Feb. 17, Wichita.
Peter B. Holden '77/78, president and CEO of Pragmatix Corp., July 22, 2003, Sterling, Va.
Rex E. Hooten, retired USAF chief master sergeant and friend of the university, March 18, Wellington, Kan.
Ivan A. Hosman, retired WSU staff member, July 28, 1996, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Virginia (Derby) Howse, homemaker, one of the founders of the Institute of Logopedics, instrumental in the establishment of the first National Black Historical Museum and friend of the university, April 29, Wichita.
Bobby D. "Bob" Hughes, retired Amsden Lumber salesman and university friend, Feb. 27, Towanda, Kan.
Virginia (Dawson) Reynolds Huttig fs '42, homemaker and university friend, Feb. 17, Wichita.
Stanley A. Issinghoff '75, retired attorney for the City of Wichita, April 8, Wichita.
James J. "Jim" Johnston fs '57, chairman and CEO of Jim Johnston Advertising Inc. in Chapel Hill, N.C., Dec. 12, 2001, Chapel Hill.
Ken W. Johnson, retired IMA Insurance Co. vice president, former professional baseball player (pitcher) with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers from 1948-56, a WWII veteran serving as a U.S. Army tank commander in the South Pacific and university friend, April 6, Wichita.
Lillie Edith (Cook) Jones '69, homemaker, March 3, 2000, Savoy, Texas.
A.E."Ozzie" Kangas, supporter of WSU athletics and university friend, March 1, Wichita.
Gordon W. Keen '56, retired geologist, former owner of KBW Oil & Gas Co. and Korean War veteran serving in the U.S. Navy, March 13, Warr Acres, Okla.
Eugene V. "Gene" Keith '55, retired educator whose career encompassed teaching and coaching in Kansas and Oklahoma, serving six years as superintendent of schools in Medford, Okla., 20 years as superintendent of schools in Guymon, Okla., and then serving as a liaison officer in the Oklahoma legislature for Northwest Administrators, as the executive director for the Cooperative Council of School Administrators from 1991-95 and, at the time of his death, as director of the Oklahoma School Assurance Group, March 12, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Lawrence O. Kennedy, former partner in Belles & Associate Construction Co. and friend of the university, April 7, Wichita.
Richard H. "Dick" King, retired owner of Dick King Insurance Agency and university friend, March 21, Wichita.
John H. Knightley, president of D.R. Lauck Oil Co., former president and owner of Knightley Parking Garage, the first high-rise parking garage in Kansas built in 1949, civilian flight instructor for the Army Air Corps during WWII and friend of the university, April 5, Wichita.
Lucille (Hodgson) Kraft fs '38, homemaker and retired tax accountant, Aug. 20, 2003, Charlotte, N.C.
Duane E. Kramer, retired drywall contractor and friend of the university, March 12, Derby, Kan.
Victor Krehbiel '60, retired Salina, Kan., elementary school principal, Feb. 15, Pretty Prairie, Kan.
Eugene Landt, friend of the university, Jan. 25, 2003, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Ruth B. Lewin, co-founder, in 1923, of Lewin's Fashion Shop on east Douglas in Wichita, a shop that grew to become the largest ladies specialty store in Kansas, promoter and friend of young designers including Bill Blass, Pauline Trigere, Adele Simpson, Geoffrey Beene, Leonard Lauder and Anne Klein, and friend to the university, Feb. 21, Wichita.
J. Arch Lewis, owner and operator of Steel Lewis Hardware & Supply Co. and university friend, March 27, Wichita.
Richard C. "Pete" Loux '51, retired CPA, former chairman of the Kansas Corporation Commission, director of the Kansas Electric Utilities Research Program and 11-year member of the Kansas House of Representatives, a Democrat first elected in 1964, and longtime advocate for people with disabilities who volunteered with numerous organizations, including Kansas United Cerebral Palsy and United Cerebral Palsy of America, April 21, Wichita.
Robert D. Love, chairman of the board and CEO of Love Box Co., Inc. and university friend, Feb. 22, Wichita.
Georgia M. Mack, university friend and retired Wesley Hospital housekeeper, April 8, Wichita.
Iris L. Mangan, homemaker and university friend, May 3, Hutchinson, Kan.
Joey D. May, retired Boeing sheer operator and university friend, March 24, Wichita.
Virginia M. (Dangerfield) McClanahan, homemaker and friend of the university, April 26, Newton, Kan.
Harlow D. "Prof" McCosh '47, retired Dodge City Community College music educator and administrator, March 21, Dodge City, Kan.
Judith E. (Griffin) McKee fs '76, business owner, Feb. 27, Wichita.
Sally L. (Holford) McPhail '78, retired accountant with Kennedy & Coe CPA in Salina, Kan., March 26, 2003, Salina.
Bart E. McPherson Jr. '71, maintenance superintendent for Vulcan Chemicals Co., Wichita, and U.S. Air Force veteran serving from 1971-75, April 25, Wichita.
Raymond M. Miller '50, retired high school teacher, Dec. 22, 2003, Pueblo, Colo.
Rex C. Miller '42, retired manager with the Texas Employment Commission and WWII veteran called to duty in 1942 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army serving in North Africa, promoted to captain and assumed command of a salvage and repair company first stationed in Naples, Italy, then Anzio and Netuno, then promoted to major and stationed in Rome, Italy, Feb. 6, Dallas, Texas.
June E. Morell '61, retired Wichita East High School physical education teacher, Dec. 6, 2003, Wichita.
H. Bill Moriconi '43, regional sales manager for the Pillsbury Co. from 1952-87 and WWII veteran who served as a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, April 17, Wichita.
Alvin E. Morris, superintendent of Wichita public schools from 1968-1984, WWII veteran serving with the U.S. Army and friend of the university, Feb. 8, Wichita.
Dorothy J. Neal fs '45, homemaker, Feb. 22, Arkansas City, Kan.
James E. Neal, friend of the university and retired Continental Trailways Bus Service employee, March 3, Wichita.
Robert E. "Bob" Nispel '62, farmer and retired business director for Wichita public schools, March 8, Wichita.
Aubrey O'Dell '72, vice president with Davidson Securities Inc. in Wichita, May 12, Wichita.
Everett L. Olsen '63, retired IBM salesman, Jan. 18, 2002, Bellevue, Wash.
Owen J. Papke, university friend, retired Boeing worker, both in Wichita and in Seattle, Wash., and WWII veteran, serving in the U.S. Army Air Force 355th Bombardment Squadron, stationed in Guam, May 6, Wichita.
Herbert C. Parks, retired Broadview Hotel banquet manager and friend of the university, March 24, Wichita.
William B. "Bill" Partridge, retired Hertz Rent-a-Car manager and university friend, May 6, Wichita.
Glenn H. Pennington, retired Institute of Logopedics superintendent of maintenance and friend of the university, Feb. 20, Wichita.
Frank Pollitt, former owner of F&J Auto Parts Store in Wichita, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy from 1941-47 and university friend, Feb. 22, LaVista, Neb.
George N. Priceman '67, writer, Nov. 24, 2003, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Clyde R. Ratcliff, retired Air National Guard civil engineer, Boeing Wichita flight line supervisor, former baseball player known as the "Ripper" for the Boeing Bombers and friend of the university, April 21, Wichita.
Cappy L. (Mayo) Reed '67, medical technician, July 9, 1997, Wichita.
Roslyn P. Reisman, co-founder of the House of Lighting in 1948 and friend of the university, April 8, Wichita.
Charlotte (Cooney) Robson '74, homemaker and retired rn, April 2, Wichita.
Richard E. Roby, former vice president of the Kansas Geological Foundation and friend of the university, March 2, Wichita.
Raymond V. "Ray" Rose '48, former chairman and CEO of King Soopers grocery chain, former president of the Western Association of Food Chains, board member of a number of business organizations, including the Hormel Corp. and the Quaker Oats Co., and an Army Air Corps WWII veteran who flew B-17 bombing missions in Europe, Jan. 31, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Donna L. (Bell) Rubinelli '83, homemaker and former clinical social worker, Feb. 13, Albuquerque, N.M.
Kathy J. (Larimore) Schaefer '91, registered nurse with Meramec Home Health & Hospice in Rolla, Mo., May 5, Wellington, Kan.
Stanley H. "Stan" Scharping, aviation technical expert and university friend, April 27, Wichita.
Kenneth W. "Ken" Schomacker '67, realtor with Coldwell Banker Dinning-Beard of Wichita, March 18, Wichita.
Charles J. Schrufer '84/84, retired U.S. Postal Service clerk, Feb. 29, Lakin, Kan.
Eleanor L. "Midge" Scott fs '49, homemaker and retired assistant analyst, March 25, Phoenix, Ariz.
Harold J. Shaffer, retired farmer and university friend, Feb. 26, Towanda, Kan.
Richard F. Siemens '49, U.S. Army veteran of WWII and retired textile specialist at DuPont, Feb. 28, Charlotte, N.C.
Elizabeth A. (Stratton) Silkwood '40, homemaker and sociology graduate, Feb. 14, 2002, Old Town, Fla.
Patricia G. "Pattie" Smith, former public school teacher in Kansas and Florida, former secretary in the education department at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and university friend, Feb. 23, Wichita.
William C. "Bill" Smolinski '95, retired Veterans Administration officer, substance abuse therapist, Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force and member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary-Cheney, May 16, Wichita.
Wayne C. Spackman, former missionary for and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and university friend, March 2, Wichita.
Harold R. Spahr '57, senior member of technical staff at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 16, 2001, Albuquerque.
Frank W. Strait, retired oil producer, rancher and university friend, April 27, El Dorado, Kan.
Mary E. (Hester) Stephenson '33, homemaker, retail store owner and retired teacher who worked for the USO during WWII, March 28, St. Helena, Calif.
Philip R. Stonestreet '60, retired insurance executive, April 9, Overland Park, Kan.
Lloyd B. "L.B." Tarrant, retired geophysicist and friend of the university, May 14, Wichita.
Phillip L. Tener '69, U.S. Army photographer and retired Social Security Administration employee, Full Faith missionary to China, Hong Kong and Thailand, Feb. 29, Roeland Park, Kan.
Anne C. Thom, homemaker and university friend, April 23, Wichita.
Eleanor J. (Searight) Thompson fs '52, artist, March 2, 2003, Hagerstown, Md.
Kenneth B. Thompson '56, former band and orchestra director at Allison Intermediate School and then at East High School, retired instrumental music supervisor for Wichita public schools, member of the Kansas Music Educators Hall of Fame, director of choirs at Fairmount Congregational Church, University Methodist and West Side Christian Church, a 55-year member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club and member of the Wichita Clock Club, April 20, Wichita.
Hazel L. Tompkins, homemaker and university friend, May 11, Arkansas City, Kan.
Michael W. Tomlinson '71, former Tomlinson Oil land manager for the Gulf Coast and former manager of supply and distribution for T-LOC Corp., a Tomlinson Oil subsidiary responsible for crude oil purchasing and pipeline production in Texas, April 2, Wichita.
Shannon N. (Grier) Tran '01, Spanish teacher at Brooks Technology and Arts Magnet Middle School in Wichita, March 7, Wichita.
Cecil L. Turner, owner of Cecil's Jewelry in Augusta, Kan., for more than 40 years and friend of the university, March 1, Augusta.
James W. Van Blaricum, retired dentist and friend of the university, March 7, Dodge City, Kan.
Abbie F. (Troup) Smith Wallace '52/71, retired dean of continuing education at the College of Charleston, S.C., and community and church volunteer, who worked on such programs as the Episcopal Dioceses Social Ministries Program's Ministry to the Aging; the Good Neighbor's Program involving Grace Church, Mt. Zion AME Church and the Jewish Students Center; and Grace Episcopal Church's Ministry Program, April 23, Charleston.
Juanita E. Wallace '62/65, retired Wichita public schools teacher, March 31, Newton, Kan.
Lucy I. Wendelken, friend to the university and community volunteer active with the Wichita Symphony Society and the St. James EYC, May 14, Wichita.
Dorothy J. (Thompson) Wylie '42, homemaker, retired home economics teacher and former university Spirit Squad member, Jan. 11, Minneapolis, Minn.
