In memoriam for Fall 2005

1920s

Glenwood Ray George (’28 Elec. Engr.), December 2004, Shoreview, Minnesota.

Jenette E. Roberts (’29 Hist.), 97, January 12, 2005, Salem, Oregon.

1930s

Mary Agnes Praetorius (’31 Ed.), 95, January 4, 2005, Kennewick.

Thelma Farrelly (’32 Soc., Ed.), 96, April 22, 2005, Tacoma.

Grace Millay (’32 Home Ec. ’41 M.S. Home Ec.), 94, February 18, 2005, Spokane.

Wesley Lancaster Ellis, Sr. (’34 Mech. Engr.), 92, March 27, 2005, Oregon.

Mary C. Juckeland (’34 Home Ec.), 91, September 30, 2004, Oregon.

Henry A. Tombari (’34 Pharm.), 92, March 13, 2005, Spokane.

Dorothy May Campbell (’35 Home Ec.), 92, March 1, 2005, Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Louise (Lawson) Bunge (’36 Home Ec.), 91, April 18, 2005, Bellevue.

Karl Jones (’36 Civ. Engr.), 91, 2005, Guemes Island.

Henry L. Bassett (’37 Elec. Engr.), 89, February 3, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Gerald W. Johnson (’37 Phys., ’39 M.A. Phys.), 87, April 7, 2005, San Diego, California.

Phyllis A. Burnam (’38 Soc.), 88, January 24, 2005, Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Allan A Hakola, Sr. (’38 Gen. Sci.), 88, May 18, 2005, Lakewood.

Grace Schmidt (’38 Home Ec., ’39 Ed.), 87, December 11, 2004, Poulsbo.

Gilbert E. Stallcop (’38 Ag.), 98, June 6, 2004, Fairmont, Minnesota.

Richard E. “Dick” Aspinwall (’39 Elec. Engr.), 90, January 21, 2005, Spokane.

Elvina Frances Magill-Verduin (’39 Engl.), 97, April 2, 2005, Lynden.

George Donald Oswalt (’39 Bus. Admin.), 91, April 28, 2005, Bellingham.

1940s

Edward “Miles” Barrett (’40 Bus. Admin.), 86, February 15, 2005, Spokane.

Everett Brooks (’40 Pharm.), 88, February 14, 2005, Davenport.

Anabelle Morrison Stillman (’40 Soc.), 87, January 2005, Tacoma.

Nickolas Jerick x’41, 83, March 20, 2005, Spokane.

Marian Edwards Rathbun (’41 Home Ec.), 84, February 18, 2005, Oregon.

Margaret Caggiano (’42 Phys. Ther.), 85, November 19, 2004, Tacoma.

Elmer F. Diedesch (’42 Ag.), 85, February 27, 2005, Davis, California.

Edward George Oman (’42 Min. Engr.), 85, January 15, 2005, Seattle.

Marion R. Rodman (’42 M.A. Engl.), 85, April 12, 2005, San Luis Obispo, California. 

Geraldine MacNey (’43 Pharm.), 84, May 17, 2005, New York.

Melvin H. “Pat” Pettichord (’43 Ed.), 89, April 8, 2005, Battle Ground.

Gladys Christian (’44 An. Sci.), 85, April 30, 2005, Oregon City, Oregon.

Max L. Shuster (’46 Ph.D. Plant Path.), 91, December 21, 2004, Corvallis, Oregon.

Mary Wall (’46 Fine Arts), 81, March 29, 2005, Spokane.

Almarose Bartow (’47 Psych.), 84, February 24, 2005, Nine Mile Falls.

F.M. “Buz” Busby (’47 Elec. Engr.), 83, February 17, 2005, Seattle.

Tom Barber (’48 Bus. Admin.), 83, March 12, 2005, Spokane.

Oren Frank Bell (’48 Bot.), 86, February 20, 2005, Shoreline.

Robert Helmer (’48 Pharm.), 81, March 14, 2005, Spokane.

Francis O’Brien (’48 Ed., ’67 M.A. Ed.), 81, October 16, 2004, Tigard, Oregon.

Joseph “Bill” Remington (’48 Phys. Ed.), 84, April 8, 2005, Kirkland.

James Chappell (’49 Elec. Engr.), 80, February 18, 2005, Shelton.

Max Arthur Davidson (’49 Ag.), 84, March 8, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin.

Wayne Doane (’49 Pharm.), 82, May 2005, Wenatchee. 

Ruth E. Hilby (‘49 Mech. Engr.), 80, August 19, 2004, Lacey.

Terrence S. Meade (’49 Gen. Stud.), 81, February 26, 2005, Sacramento, California.

David K. Rowand, Jr. (’49 Sci., ’50 Ed), 81, Troy, Michigan.

1950s

Donald Anderson (’50 An. Sci.), 79, February 27, 2005, Spokane.

David Burns (’50 Ag.), 76, March 30, 2005, Bellevue.

Earl H. Elliot (’50 Ag.), 76, Ephrata.

James “Jim” Burwell Goodfellow, Jr. (’50 Engr.), 79, April 5, 2005, Wenatchee.

Terry Meade (’50 Engr.), 81, February 26, 2005, Sacramento, California.

John E. George, Jr. (’51 Ag.), 85, November 21, 2004, Pullman.

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

Paul Stuart Morse (’51 Elec. Engr.), 76, September 27, 2003, Tallahassee, Florida.

Neil Melvin Shelden (’51 Ag.), 78, January 25, 2005, Walla Walla.

Harold Toplitz (’51 Pharm.), 87, April 11, 2005, Pompton Plains, New Jersey.

William Robert “Bill” Dickinson (’52 Mech. Engr.), 75, February 28, 2005, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Russell Helgeson (’52 Pharm.), 75, February 1, 2005, Spokane.

Glenn Earl Macklin (’52 Pharm.), 74, March 17, 2005, Ventura, California.

Donald Fletcher Miller (’52 An. Sci.), 80, February 22, 2005, Hoover, Alabama.

Mary Landis Morgan (’52 Gen. Stud.), March 2005, Glendale, California.

Hugh Harper (’53 Wildlife Bio.), 84, January 2, 2005, Poulsbo.

Vernon Henry Leach (’53 Phys. Sci., ’60 M.A. Gen. Stud.), 74, March 18, 2005, Tacoma.

Lawrence McLaughlin (’53 Ag., ’54 Ed.), 79, February 22, 2005, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. 

James P. Welch (’57 Elec. Engr.), 70, November 3, 2004, Shelton.

Donald H. Jenkins (’58 Vet. Med.), 82, March 3, 2005, Neillsville, Wisconsin.

Chuck Morrell x’58, 67, February 10, 2005, Fountain Valley, California.

Richard Bruce Baker (’59 Phys. Ed., ’65 M.S. Phys. Ed.), 66, August 17, 2004, Gladstone, Oregon.

1960s

Carol Bagley (’60 Engl., ’66 Ph.D. Am. Stud.), 85, February 23, 2005, Athol, Idaho.

Jackie Harting Holt (’64 Home Ec.), 62, December 31, 2004, Connell.

Allan Furr (’65 D.V.M.), 79, December 31, 2004, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Kirby J. VanderHouwen (’65 Math.), 61, February 23, 2005, Portland, Oregon.

James Hordemann (’66 M.A. Couns.), 72, March 13, 2005, Spokane.

Steve Menard (’67 Elec. Engr.), 61, February 28, 2005, Spokane.

Florence Alden (’68 Bact.), 91, February 20, 2005, Seattle.

Franklin Carlson (’68 Ed.), 70, October 18, 2003, Ellensburg.

Myrtle Fulkerson (’69 M.A. Ed.), 75, July 4, 2004, Spokane.

1970s

John Anthony Kassay (’70 Ed. Admin.), 85, February 17, 2005, San Bruno, California.

Julie Zarelli (’70 Engl.), 56, March 17, 2005, Seattle.

James Taylor Johnson (’73 Gen. St.), 54, April 21, 2005, Spokane.

Marguerite Christine Menaul (’73 Ed.), 51, July 19, 2004, Sumner.

David W. Traner (’73 Gen. St., ’77 M.S. Biol.), 55, October 7, 2004, Spokane.

Barry E. Koehler (’77 Crim. J.), 57, August 4, 2004, Seattle.

1980s

Kathleen Renee Querin (’85 Cloth. and Text.), 49, April 11, 2005, Yakima.

1990s

Karyn (Bruce) Johnson x’91, 39, May 6, 2005, Colfax.

Joan “Jo” Marie Schappel (’91 Hum.), 76, February 13, 2005, Pasco.

Matthew Tiffany (’92 Chem. Engr.), 34, March 13, 2005, Kennewick.

Randall “Randy” Watson (’93 Psych.), 50, April 4, 2005, Spokane.

Kathleen Adams (’94 Soc.), 44, February 12, 2005, Spokane.

Juan Gabriel Ibarra (’96 M.A. Hist.), 33, November 18, 2004, Seattle.

Faculty and Staff

June Bierbower, 84, April 1, 2005, Aurora. She worked for WSU from 1957 to 1982 as public services manager and editor at University Relations and as a news and feature writer at the WSU News Bureau.

Lindsey R. Faulkner, 78, December 24, 2004. Worked for WSU in Prosser for more than 25 years as a superintendent.

Reed S. Hansen (’34 Ag.), 95, February 3, 2005, Puyallup. Worked for WSU as an agriculture extension agent.

Karol Ann Hardisty, 63, Colfax. She worked as program support supervisor in the Registrar’s Office at WSU for more than 35 years.

Irene (Quast) Hinrichs, 82, March 27, 2005, Spokane. Worked as an administrative assistant in the Department of Chemistry at WSU.

Josephine Hobbs, 77, November 26, 2004, Story, Wyoming. She worked at the Bookie from the 1960s through 1986.

Ileene Kinman, 67, February 20, 2005, Moscow, Idaho. She worked for WSU for 25 years in housing and retired in 1997.

Ruth E. Kroeger, 94, December 1, 2004, Seattle.  Retired member of the WSU staff.

Thomas Lyle Nagle (’50 Ag.), 82, April 4, 2005, Palouse. He was a retired WSU field technician in agronomy research for eastern Washington.

Merrill Pack, 82, April 23, 2005, Utah Valley, Utah. Taught classes and researched air pollution. He retired in May 1985.

Wallace “Wally” Rehberg, 76, February 23, 2005, Pullman. Taught courses in marketing, farm management, agribusiness, and law. He was also an extension livestock marketing economist.

Thomas “Tom” S. Russell, 82, April 4, 2005, Pullman. He taught biometry at WSU for 30 years. He was also a statistician for the WSU agricultural experiment stations.

Ruth Slonim, 87, February 16, 2005, Moscow. She joined the WSU faculty in 1947 and worked as an English professor for 36 years. In 1997, a poetry corner at WSU was named after her.

Virginia Eileen Thomas, 47, March 21, 2005. Virginia worked in the student leadership center, and also as director for campus involvement.