1920s

Mabel Gladys Stone Webber (’21 Music), 106, December 11, 2004, Spokane.

1930s

Velma Minnick Canaan (’30 Home Ec.), 98, December 25, 2004, Seattle.

Luther E. Cliffe (’30 Civ. Engr.), 95, August 22, 2004.

A. Sydney Skoglund (’31 Elec. Engr.), 95, January 15, 2005, Walla Walla.

Clifford Eric Frost (’33 Chem.), 98, October 23, 2004, Vancouver.

Leonard W. Maxey (’33 Bact.), 95, April 4, 2004, Spokane.

May I. Nelson (’34 Phys. Ed.), 93, October 18, 2004, Shoreline.

Harry Daniel Gleason (’35 Dairy Prod.), 92, December 26, 2004, Olympia.

Hunter A. Mock (’36 Phys. Ed.), 91, January 25, 2005, Kirkland.

Glen Alliger (’37 Chem.), 90, October 26, 2004, Westfield, North Carolina.

Thomas Cameron Neill (’38 Mech. Engr.), 88, November 22, 2004, Pullman.

Edna Jane Thomas (’38 Music), 88, May 15, 2004.

Elaine E. Colwell Ziegler (’38 Sec. Stud.), 87, January 7, 2005, Seattle.

Kent Anderson (’39 Ag. Econ.), 87, February 17, 2004, Ridgefield.

Ethwyn F. Bodhaine (’39 Home Ec.), 86, October 1, 2004, Oro Valley, Arizona.

Esther Melissa Pickett Dillon. (’39 Engl.), 87, December 10, 2004, Bellingham.

Jack McPherson (’39 Bus. Admin.), 88, Wilbur.

1940s

Rune Ferdinand Goranson (’40 Ag.), 87, January 17, 2005, Edmonds.

Stanley Warwick (’40 Speech Comm.), 85, November 2, 2004.

Loreine Koslowsky (’41 Home Ec.), 85, October 16, 2004, Spokane.

Robert J. Fisher (’42 Wildlife Sci.), 85, December 20, 2004, Everson.

George Hardgrove (’42 Mech. Engr.), 84, November 19, 2004, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robert Howard (x’42), 86, November 19, 2004, Colfax.

Robert Burch (’43 D.V.M.), 85, December 11, 2004, Hansville.

Mary Teel Johnson (’43 Music), March 8, 2004.

Margaret McConnell (’43 Engl., ’47 Ed.), 82, December 17, 2004, Vancouver.

William E. Brennan (’45 D.V.M.), 82, December 19, 2004, Ballard.

Elizabeth Pilkey (’46 Gen. St. & Journ.), 80, October 2004, Vancouver.

Barbara E. Rice (’46 Police Sci.), 81, January 15, 2005, Juneau, Alaska.

John E. George, Jr. (’47 Ag.), 85, November 21, 2004, Bothell.

Kenneth Bernard Hanlon (’48, ’51 Ag.), 81, September 29, 2004, St. George, Utah.

Frank Lee Howard (’48 Ph.D. Chem.), 88, December 21, 2004, Spokane Valley.

Lawrence Doyl (’49 Mech. Engr.), 83, October 9, 2004, Spokane.

Darrel W. Holt (’49 Sp. Comm.), 79, December 20, 2004.

John Robert “Rogers” Patterson (’49 Wildlife Mgt.), 77, August 6, 2004.

1950s

Marcia (Gusman) Bigelow (’50 Sp., Theater Arts), 76, November 16, 2004, Spokane.

William S. Murphy (’50 D.V.M.), 81, November 17, 2004, San Diego, California.

Francis P. O’Brien (’50 Ed., ’67 M.Ed.), 81, October 16, 2004, Tigard, Oregon.

Will L. Riggen (’50, ’51 Ed.), 77, Spokane.

Clayton Carr (’51, Bus. Admin.), 77, November 6, 2004, Bellingham.

Cliff Gillies (’51 Phys. Ed.), South Bend, Oregon.

Wayne E. Hannah (’51 Phys.), 77, January 1, 2005, Shelton.

Francis H. Flerchinger (’52 M.S. An. Sci.), September 2003, Olympia.

Ann Broady Wardrop (’54 Bact.), 73, November 21, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Frank Sarno (’56 Phys. Ed.).

Sara Jo Betrozoff (’58 Educ.) October 1, 2004, Redmond.

Mike Gray (’58 Ag.), 68, December 14, 2004, Sacramento, California.

Gary E. Sundquist (’58 Bus. Admin.), November 5, 2004, Tacoma.

Dennis W. Goodman (’59 Mining Engr.), 67, November 3, 2004, Spokane.

M. Bradley (Brad) Munn (’59 Gen. St., Journ.), 67, October, 29, 2004, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1960s

Emery Edward Swan (’60 Ag.), 70, November 12, 2004, John Day, Oregon.

Ron Taber (’64, ’69 Ph.D. History), 62, September 6, 2004, Williston, Florida.

Marshall A. Gilliland (’68 Ph.D. Am. Stud.), 67, November 27, 2004, Saskatchewan, Canada.

1970s

Kathryn Marie “Kathy” Erickson (’71 Hist.), 54, March 30, 2004, Wenatchee.

Americ Higashi (’71 Engl.), 57, January 3, 2005, Poulsbo.

Michael Collier (’72 D.V.M.), February 3, 2005, Hawaii.

Augustine Moses Macha (’73 Ph.D. An. Genetics), 65, June 4, 2004, Tanzania.

Jack Nutt (’73 Admin.), 66, October 19, 2004, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Jean Louise Paugh Bodle (’74 For. Lang.), 52, January 19, 2005, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Barry Lee Renshaw (’74 Gen. St.), 54, September 14, 2004, Portland, Oregon.

Stephen R. Romines (’75 Elec. Engr.), 52, November 22, 2004, Molalla.

Brian G. Crosby (’76 Comp. Sci.), 50, October 1, 2004, Portland, Oregon.

Byron E. Leeper (’78 Admin.), 75, December 7, 2004, Palm Springs, California.

Ronald T. Denny (’79 Psych.), 54, December 15, 2004, Seattle.

1980s

Linda Joyce Eisele (’82 M.A. Educ.), 54, October 4, 2004, Columbia, South Carolina.

Raymond Lloyd McCrary (’84 Civ. Engr.), 43, October 18, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Frank Cowles, Jr. (’85 Home Ec.), 48, November 29, 2004.

1990s

Scott McGowan (’94 For. Lang.), 32, October 14, 2004, Puyallup.

Sandy Richards (’96 M.A. Crim. Just.), 62, November 13, 2004, Spokane.

Faculty and Staff

Loretta Fay Marks Carstens, 75, October 18, 2004, Pullman. Worked for WSU for over 20 years in food services and housekeeping. 

Allene Chambers, 86, December 27, 2004, Cul-de-Sac, Idaho. She was the cook at Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity for many years and worked in administration at WSU. 

Margaret “Peg” Eastlick, 93, October 3, 2004, Pullman. She taught in WSU’s veterinary pathology program from 1941 until 1968.

George Frykman, 87, December 30, 2004, Pullman. Taught American history at WSU from 1950 until he retired in 1987. Served as assistant to the dean of the Graduate School and chair of the University Senate. Appointed WSU’s Centennial Historian in 1985. Author of Creating the People’s University: Washington State University, 1890-1990.

Wilma L. Gass, 94, November 7, 2004. Worked at Holland Library from 1948 until she retired in 1972.

Randall Hamm, 91, December 23, 2004, Wilsonville, Oregon. Emeritus professor of chemistry. He semi-retired in 1968 but continued to work as a senior analytical chemistry faculty member and as associate chair of the chemistry department until 1978.

Robert Jonas, 78, December 26, 2004. He came to WSU in 1966 and taught biology and wildlife management at WSU. He worked for the University for 25 years and retired in 1991. He became chair of the general biology program in 1981 and received the WSU Faculty Excellence Award for teaching in 1985.

Jack T. Kimbrell, 83, January 24, 2005, Sonoma, California. Taught mechanical engineering at WSU for 32 years, and retired in 1986.

Shelby “Al” Kircher, 95, Salem, Oregon. WSU head football coach for four years.

Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer (’76 Ec.), 50, December 10, 2004, Pullman. Taught natural resource and environmental economics at WSU from 1981 until 2004.

Joseph Labat, 69, November 21, 2004, Florida. Taught in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at WSU from 1973 until his retirement in 2000.

Leila Sturgis Old (’64 Ed.D.), 88, October 21, 2004, Albion. In 1948, she began teaching various home economics classes at WSU, including clothing construction, dress pattern making, and weaving.

Delbert Plumley, Sr., 70, October 13, 2004, Spokane. Worked as assistant steam engineer at WSU for 18 years.

Harold “Hal” Romberg, 91, January, 5, 2005, Spokane. Former WSU Regent.