1920s

Rudy Anderson (’27 Bus. Admin.), 102, October 14, 2005, Mercer Island.

Elmer A. Dykstra (’28 Mech. Engr.), 99, June 2005, Auburn.

1930s

Ruth D. Crossland (’32 Home Ec.), 95, January 4, 2006, Vancouver.

Boyd Harlow x’32, 95, December 9, 2005, Colfax.

Barbara Erwin Hunt, x’32, 91, September 10, 2005, Richland.

Dwight D. Forsyth (’35 Bot., ’38 M.S. Bot.), 94, November 27, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin.

L.R. Libby (’35 D.V.M.), 94, 2006, Live Oak, California.

Patricia Still (’35 M.A. Fine Arts), 85, August 21, 2005, New Windsor, Maryland.

John Claude Bartholet (’36 Civ. Engr.), 91, January 23, 2006, Spokane.

Helen Dundee Nelson (’36 Mus. ’37 M.A. Mus.), 91, December 10, 2005,  El Cajon, California.

George A. Williams (’36 D.V.M.), 79, October 19, 2005, Sacramento, California.

Myra Rand (’37 Soc.), 90, September 7, 2005, Arlington, Virginia.

Kenneth Eroh Gallagher (’38 Chem.), 90, January 21, 2006, Hartford, Connecticut.

Francis X. McArthur (’38 D.V.M.), 94, January 24, 2006, Boise, Idaho.

Laurence L. Peterson (’38 An. Sci.), December 9, 2004, Virginia.

Gerrie E. Caines (’39 Ag.), 89, January 10, 2006, Battle Ground.

Mary Conover x’39, 84, December 16, 2005, Seattle.

Roy Lester Long (’39 Phys. Ed., ’40 Ed.), 88, June 2005, Toledo.

1940s

Mary Neigel (’40 Phys. Ed.), 87, October 7, 2005, East Wenatchee.

Susan (Simpson) Sanders (’40 Mus.), 87, February 14, 2006, Tacoma.

Opal Lunette Wise (’40 Off. Admin.), August 18, 2005, Lacrosse.

John Leland Jordan x’40, 84, March 27, 2005, Bremerton.

Louise F. Ayars (’41 Home Ec.), 85, July 18, 2005, Kirkland.

Frederick W. Bollinger (’41 M.S. Chem.), November 28, 2005, New Jersey.

Constance “Connie” Elise Moore (’41 Home Ec.), 85, September 13, 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jane Robinson Adams x’42, 86, January 2, 2006, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Francis W. Rish (’42 Phys. Ed, ’46 Ed.), 86, February 3, 2006, Richland.

Gordon L. Viles (’42 Mech. Eng.), 85, March 8, 2005, Dillsboro, Indiana.

Charles Herring (’43 Comm.), 83, January 23, 2006, Seattle.

Kirk Athow (’46 Plant Path.), 85, December 4, 2005, Tacoma.

C. Gordon Edgren x’46, 80, August 29, 2005, Liberty Lake.

Jared James Davis (’48 M.S. Entom.), 85, January 26, 2006, Kennewick.

Herbert D. Hadley (’48 Bus. Admin.), 81, August 2, 2006, Longview.

Robert L. Miller (’48 Music, Ed.), 83, January 18, 2006, Pullman.

Jack Morrison (’48 An. Sci.), 79, November 27, 2005, Spokane.

A.D. “Jack” Radke (’48 Bus. Admin.), 81, January 1, 2006, Fresno, California.

William P. Eng (’49 Civ. Engr.), 83, January 6, 2006, Seattle.

Robert M. Stump (’49 Soc.), 82, March 31, 2005, Colorado.

Roger H. Walther (’49 Bus. Admin.), 78, September 21, 2005, Spokane. 

1950s

Lauren L. Main (’50 Agron.), 83, November 14, 2005, Wilsonville, Oregon.

Richard “Dick” Nygaard (’50 Bus. Admin.), 79, July 23, 2005, Lacey.

Ron Eugene Cripe (’51 Pharm.), 81, March 20, 2005, Puyallup.

Charles Lenning (’51 Bus. Admin.), 78, September 4, 2005, Mount Vernon.

Joan Marion Patton (’52 Home Ec.), 75, June 5, 2005, Calgary, Alberta.

Sara Ann Staley Brock (’53, Home Ec.), 76, February 14, 2006, Lynnwood.

Peggy J. Macarthur (’53 Engl.), 74, November 14, 2005, Sacramento, California.

Franklin H. Greenough (’54 Gen. Stud.), 73, December 7, 2005, Port Angeles.

James Carlsen (’57 Bus. Admin.), July 12, 2005, Louisiana.

Dolly Littleton (’57 Ed.), 93, October 11, 2005, Colfax.

Marlene Perras (’59 Ed.), 68, January 17, 2006, Roswell, Georgia.

Winnefred L. Wyckoff (’59 M.S. Phys. Ed.), 72, December 10, 2005, Sun City West, Arizona.

1960s

David B. Harden (’61 Mech. Engr.), 67, November 11, 2005, Louisa, Virginia.

William Albert Wolf Jr. (’61 Wild. Rec.), 68, January 12, 2006, Palouse.

George Edward Cooper Jr. (’62 Sp. & Hear. Sci.), 68, February 17, 2005, Redding, California.

Donn Owens (’63 Pol. Sci.), 64, January 21, 2006, Reno, Nevada.

Richard L. Hill (’67 Wild. Bio.), 61, November 13, 2005, Portland, Oregon.

Tresa McLean (’67 Fine Arts), 60, October 10, 2005, Colville.

Karen McBeth (’68 Hum.), 59, September 3, 2005, Port Townsend.

Jack Pittis (’69 Civ. Engr.), 59, February 3, 2006, Port Angeles.

1970s

Jennings A. Jones (’71 Mech. Engr.), 58, August 19, 2005, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

James C. Stachelek (’71 Soc. Stud.), 59, January 14, 2006, Medina.

Michael W. Roberts (’73 Comp. Sci.), 54, May 5, 2005, Seattle.

Stephen “Steve” Mark Deller (’74 Engl.), 54, November 19, 2005, Everett.

Clifford Ryan Irwin (’75 Psych.), 53, October 16, 2005, Los Angeles, California.

Fredrick Retzlaff (’76 Gen. Stud.), 54, January 24, 2005, Fall City.

Roger M. Sealock (’76 Ag.), 58, December 16, 2005, Yakima.

Adelita (Lela) Lira-Harris (’77 Ed.), 55, January 1, 2006, Kennewick.

1980s

Doris M. Cottam (’81 Ph.D. Soc.) 82, February 19, 2006, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Daniel P. Fertakis (’86 Engl.), 41, October 9, 2005, Pullman.

Todd David Brown (’88 Comm.), 41, January 5, 2006, Sumner.

1990s

Kimberly Marie Dammeier (’93 Bus. Admin.), 35, January 3, 2006, Gig Harbor.

2000s

Jaime (Krausse) Campbell (’02 App. Merch.), 25, January 7, 2006, Iraq.

Benjamin Kapp x’04, 33, December 12, 2005, Vancouver.

Faculty and Staff

Carol Colley, 83, December 21, 2005, Farmington. Colley worked in WSU’s housing department and the research department of the vet facility.

Lester Forner, 86, September 16, 2005, Selah. Forner worked in technical farm labor at the Irrigated Agricultural Research and Extension Center from 1970 to 1981.

Geraldine Haynes, 83, September 29, 2005, Spokane. Geraldine worked as a staff librarian at Holland Library for 31 years.

Edward Thomas Huff, 89, December 10, 2005, Pullman. Huff worked as a plumber at WSU until his retirement in 1972.

Madeline Klossner, 89, October 22, 2005, Sequim. Klossner was a WSU librarian from the 1950s to 1970s.

Beverly Lange, 73, October 3, 2005, Pullman. Beverly worked in the bookkeeping department of the Student Book Corporation from 1967 to 1980 and in Holland Library from 1983 to 1995.

Bonnie Ruhoff, 53, December 21, 2005, Moscow. Ruhoff was a long-time employee and worked as the executive assistant to former WSU president Sam Smith.

Janice Walden, 67, November 14, 2005, St. Maries, Idaho. Janice was the wife of WSU head football coach Jim Walden, who coached from 1978 to 1986. 

Donald E. Zimmerman, 62, February 24, 2005, Port Orchard. Zimmerman taught film classes at WSU in the 1970s.