1910s

Edna “Mae” Sherman Johnson (’19 Music), 104, June 12, Hermiston, Oregon. Purchased Corner Drug Store in Pullman in 1925. Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

1920s

Cletus F. Daniel (’29 Math and Sci.), 93, January 17, Chattaroy, dementia and cardiac arrest. Taught at several Eastern Washington high schools. Later took over family farm at Colfax. Raised wheat and Angus cattle there and in Hunters. Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity.

1930s

Ernest R. “Mac” McCall (’32 M.S. Agri.), 92, Riverton, Wyoming. Coached WSU livestock judging team to national championship in 1935. Taught animal husbandry at Montana State and University of Arizona. Worked in cattle and sheep research with the Quaker Oats Co., 1949-1972.

Helen Dopps Cooney (’34 For. Langs.), 88, August 15, Longview. Taught in Colville, Richland, and from 1948 to 1975 in Pasco.

Angelo Giaudrone (’35 Educ., ’48 M.A. Educ.), 88, July 5, Tacoma, cancer. Desegregated Tacoma Public Schools in late ’60s. “Father of Tacoma Community College.”

Geneva L. Thompson Brotherton ’36, 85, March 27, Seattle. Married Tex Brotherton in 1938. She was business manager for Brotherton Garage in Walla Walla.

Dr. Fred D. Maurer  (’37 D.V.M.), 92, June 5, 2001, Austin, Texas. Col. (Ret.) after 23 years with the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, and 12 years at Texas A & M as associate dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. Earned Legion of Merit Award and two Commendation Medals from the Army Surgeon General for research. His specialty was virology  and pathology of infectious diseases in food producing livestock. Worked in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Middle East, South America, and Africa.

George J. Baken (’39 Pharm.) April 25.

Gordon M. Dodd (’39 Gen. St.), June 13, Toledo, Ohio. Retired physician.

Irving R. Newhouse (’39 Anim. Hus.), 80, March 29, Sunnyside. Elected to state legislature in 1964. Served in House until 1980, then Senate until 1998. When he retired, the senate office building in Olympia was renamed in his honor. Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.

1940s

Verna Bray Robinson (’40 Off. Adm.), 81, July 28, Kirkland, cancer. Spent 28 years with SeaFirst Bank. Branch manager at Lakewood, Washington.

D. Jean Driver Jansen (’41 Off. Adm.), 82, May 22, Portland, Oregon. Wenatchee Apple Blossom Queen in 1936. Secretary to the assistant manager of Puget Sound Power and Light Co. in Seattle.

Shirley Ryan Feroe (’42 Speech), 81, July 13, Enumclaw. ASWSU president as a senior. Red Cross volunteer in Nice, France, during WWII. Employed in banks in Seattle, worked for the Kent News-Journal, and later opened her own tax and personal finance practice. Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

Harold R. “Hal” Ambuehl (’44 Chem. Engr.), 79, June 18, Sarasota, Florida, lung failure. Publisher and founder of the Southern Book Service in Hialeah, Florida. Earlier was general manager of the Cardenas Pulp and Paper Mill in Cardenas, Cuba.

William Inman (’45 D.V.M.), 80, March 6, Napa, California, cancer. Had a private small animal practice for 37 years. Retired in 1986.

Robert E. Strickler (’48 Mech. Engr.), 78, Portland, Oregon. Engineer for the Bonneville Power Administration and Esco Corp, and later was a partner in KEI engineering firm in Portland.

1950s

Lewis D. Cannell (’50 Ed.D.), 93, April 10, Vancouver. Chief administrator of Clark Community College for 35 years.

Lee G. Connel (’50 Civ. Engr.), 75, June 29, Gig Harbor. Owned a non-destructive testing business, X-Ray Incorp., in Seattle for more than 30 years.

Richard E. “Dick” Helgeson (’50 Civ. Engr.), 75, March 11, Wenatchee. Worked on hydroelectric projects in Pakistan, Thailand, Colombia, and Indonesia with Harza Engineering. Later was an orchardist.

Robert A. Jacques (’50 Civ. Engr.), 74, April 30, Indian Head, Maryland. Project facilities manager for the U.S. Navy for many years in the Washington, D.C. area.

Darwin D. Lambier (’50 Agri.), 76, Richland, pancreatic cancer. Sergeant with Black Sheep Squadron during WWII. Retired in 1987 as a radiation safety instructor, United Nuclear Corp.

Margaret Sheely Parker (’50 Soc. St.), May 18, Ocean Shores. ASWSU secretary 1949-50. Taught first grade at Portola Valley, California, until 1979. With husband, John, visited more than 100 nations.

Marion Bacon (’52 M.S. Entom., ’56 Ph.D. Bact.), 87, July 31, Missoula, Montana, leukemia. Served in Battle of the Bulge. Taught microbiology at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha, and then at Eastern Washington University until he retired.

Dean D. Ellis (’52 Agron.), 72, July 6, Tacoma. Retired as president and CEO of the Viking Community Bank of Ballard in January 2000.

Carol Saunders Woodruff (’52 For. Lang.), 70, April 14, Richland. Active in Guemes Island Community Club. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.

James C. Heckman (’53 Journ.), 69, May 26, Seattle. Worked for United Press International, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and was photo editor for more than 20 years with The Seattle Times.

Edwin M. “Matt” Hanford (’53 Sci.), 68, October 3, 2000, Bellevue, cancer. Seattle dentist, 1969-91. Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.

Ralph Lawrence Body (’54 Pharm.), 70, December 24, 2000. Worked as a pharmacist in Grandview and Seattle. Retired from the University of Washington after 30 years with the Department of Pathology. Compiled an extensive annotated index of the taxonomy of  mollusks.

Dr. Duane F. Brobst (’54 D.V.M.), 77, July 14, Pullman. Joined WSU faculty in 1970 as professor and head of the Clinical Diagnostic Lab, College of Veterinary Medicine.

Robert B. Ferguson (’54 Speech/Comm.), 73, July 22, Jackson, Mississippi, cancer. Wrote No. 1 hit song, “Wings of a Dove” and produced records for Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, and other country music stars at RCA Records in Nashville in the ’60s and ’70s.

Carol Dietrich King (’54 Bus. Adm.), 69, April 30. In 1979 she and her husband, Robert, purchased the Atwater (California) Almond Ranch.

Jocelyn Schneider Konigsmark (’55 Music), 68, January 26, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, heart attack. Taught elementary school music in Seattle and in India. Earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Nicholas “Nick” Wizinsky (’57 Mech. Engr.), April 13, Bellingham.

1960s

Curtis Franklin (’60 Elect. Engr.), 70, May 4, Livermore, California, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Worked in weapons design at Sandia National Laboratory for 25 years. Navigator on a B-36 bomber in Korean War. In 1987, bicycled from California to New Jersey with his son.

Marilee “Micki” McMonagle Colwell (’65 Comm.), 58, May 27, Aberdeen. Worked at The Aberdeen World and later with WSU Extension in Montesano. Served on WSU Alumni Board for 10 years in late ’80s and early ’90s.

Herbert DeBoer (’65 Gen. St.) 69, June 28, Bainbridge Island. Food broker for many years. Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Mark O. Vogel (’65 Educ.), 58, July 28, Hood Canal. Operated Mark Vogel Furniture in Pullman, 1975-1987.

John David Roberts (’67 M.A. Educ./Elem. Educ.), 94, Albany, Oregon. Worked for Crown Zellerbach for 50 years, retiring in 1972 as president of Waterway Terminals in Portland.

1970s

Sandra J. Rolene (’73 Engl.), 50, July 7, Vancouver, cancer. Human resources manager for the Ocean Shores Casino.

Mark D. Beem ’74, 47, July 24, Kent, melanoma. Employed by air freight company. Longtime successful summer youth baseball coach in Kent. Pitched a 6-0 no-hitter for WSU against Eastern Washington in 1973.

Elaine Barrett (’76 Educ.), 46, November 15, 2000, Seattle. Taught special education in Tri-Cities elementary schools. Employee of the Washington State Ferry system, 1988-99.

Charles Miller (’76 Chem.), 47, February 4, Sante Fe, New Mexico. Joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1980. Spent most of his career conducting research with lasers and leading critical projects related to national security.

William Sperry (’76 Animal Sci.), 53, March 3, Pullman. WSU employee for 29 years⁠—first as manager of the Poultry Center and then in furniture repair.

Carol Zenier (’76 Biochem., ’78 Vet. Sci., ’80 D.V.M.), 46, January 25, 2001, Portland, Oregon, cancer. Veterinarian for Nehalem Bay Veterinary Services.

Charles M. “Chuck” Dietrick ’77, June 16, Galveston, Texas, aneurysm. As a junior in 1975, he kicked a school-record four field goals in WSU’s 18-14 football win over Kansas and booted 12 point after-touchdown kicks against Idaho.

Patrick R. Haley (’78 Elect. Engr.), 82, December 21, 2000, Castlegar, British Columbia. Engineer for Cominco until retirement. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

Ernest Weeks (’78 Hort.), 47, January 1, Mattawa, hunting accident. Horticulturist for Wilber Ellis Co. and G.S. Long. Apple grower.

1980s

Jim Corcoran (’80 Biol.), 44, January 6, 2001, Pullman, complications of open heart surgery. Eighteen-year veteran of the Pullman Police Department.

Douglas Luedecke (’80 Food Sci. & Hum. Nut.), 43, August 5, Moses Lake. Employed by Safeway milk plant, first in Salt Lake City and since 1986 at Moses Lake. Recipient of 1998 Safeway President’s Award.

Tim Prang (’80 Acct. & Polit. Sci.), 43, July 26, Spokane, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Began career at Appleway Chevrolet, Spokane. Helped build the multi-dealership into the largest in Washington. It was sold in 1997 to Auto Nation, and Tim managed dealerships in several states. Pi Beta Pi fraternity.

Lynne Robinson (’80 M.A. Music), 45, January 5, Marina Del Rey, California, surgery complications. Human resources executive with the Mattel Corp.

Daniel Martin (’85 Comm.), 38, January 29, 2001, Seattle. Sales manager for a Seattle advertising firm. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Stephanie Byram (’86 Bus. Adm.), 38, June 9, Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania, breast cancer.

Emma V. Candia (’89 Comm.), 34, November 14, 2000, Everett.

Ira Keith Mann (’89 M.A. Music), 61, May 11, Red Deer, Alberta, motorcycle accident. Founding member of the Red Deer College of Music in 1979. Established the Canadian Band Journal and was editor for 25 years.

1990s

Scott Schmidt (’96 Civ. Engr.), 28, February 28, Richland. Worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation.

James Scott (’96 Polit. Sci.), 38, April 18, Colfax. WSU program support supervisor for the past three years.

Brian D. Ruetten (’97 Range Mgmt.), 31, February 12, Tok, Alaska, snowmobile accident. For the past three years, he had been employed with the Bureau of Land Management for the U.S. Department of Interior in Alaska. Served with the U.S. Army Airborne Rangers.

2000s

Alex Velkov (’00 Comptr. Sci.), September 2000, Air Force pilot killed in flight training exercise.

Adrian Thomas (’02 Bus. Adm. major), 21, August 3, Price, Utah, train-automobile accident. Batted .339 last spring for Cougar baseball team.

Faculty and staff

James Eugene “Jim” Coleman, 69, August 3, Duluth, Minnesota, acute pancreatitis. WSU women’s volleyball coach, 1983-85.

Lincoln Constance, 92, June 11, Berkeley, California, noted botanist at the University of California. Instructor at WSC, 1934-36, and then assistant professor for one year.

George R. Hearn, 82, April 30, multiple injuries from April 16 automobile accident. WSU faculty member in physiology and biochemistry, 1958-1964.

Lori Irving, 38, April 29, Vancouver, torn aorta. Associate professor of psychology at WSU Vancouver since 1993. Her unborn daughter, Mackenzie Moran Irving, due in mid-May, died April 30. Donations may be made to the Lori Irving Memorial Fund c/o the WSU Foundation, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, Washington 98686 or by calling Jennifer Crooks, 360-546-9604.

Sherman Lowell, 82, February 28, Florence, Oregon. Scientific liaison officer at the American Embassy in London. Chair of the Graduate Mathematics and Physics Department, Adelphi University. Joined WSU faculty in 1961. Taught mathematics, physics, and computer science. Later was chair of both mathematics and physics.

H. Delight McAlpine Maughan, 90, May 28, Pullman. Department of Food and Nutrition chair, 1948-73. Previously taught at Cornell. Worked for international understanding through her close relationship with students from other countries. Took several of these students into her home. Visited nine Asian countries on a sabbatical leave in 1967. A floor in Orton Hall is named in her honor. Husband, Orlo Maughan, was a member of the College of Agriculture faculty before he died in 1947. Survived by six children, all WSU graduates.

Kevin Reed Moore, 43, June 23, Tekoa, apparent heart attack. Computer systems administrator in WSU Office of University Publications and Printing.

Raymond L. Soderstrom, 62, June 20, Pullman, cardiopulmonary arrest. Joined WSU in 1987. Worked in payroll and benefits department.

David B. Strother, July 10, Las Vegas, Nevada. WSU professor of communication, 1967-91.

Viola Weis, 86, March 6, Boulder City, Nevada. Clerk with the USDA Soil Conservation Service in Uniontown. In 1949 became a secretary for the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Office, WSU.