In memoriam

1920s

William A. McGinnis (’24 Phys. Ed.), August 25, 2006, Boise, Idaho.

Luella Sisley (’28 Engl.), April 18, 2006, Spokane. 

1930s

Theodore E. Mann (’32 B.S., ’34 M.S. Mech. Engr.), 98, September 8, 2006, Lacey.

Daniel Magnuson Reaugh (’32 Polit. Sci.), 95, November 9, 2006, Bellevue.

Elizabeth Marie King (’33 Pharm.), 93, September 14, 2006, Tillamook, Oregon.

Wilbur “Bill” A. Rounds (’33 Econ.), 85, August 20, 2006, Yakima. 

Joseph Vavra (’34 Chem. Engr.), 95, October 15, 2006, Mount Prospect, Illinois.

James Dunlap x’36, 94, October 24, 2006, Laconner.

Elizabeth M. Klessig Felgenhauer (’36 For. Lang.), 92, September 15, 2006, Fairfield.

Lyle Loyd Gleason (’36 Elec. Engr.), 94, October 3, 2006, Seattle. 

John Kinney (’36 Elec. Engr.), 91, July 6, 2006, California.

Phillip E. Bloom (’37 Ag.), 92, August 1, 2006, Ellensburg.

Elizabeth Eleanor Gilmore (’37 Ag.), September 17, 2006, Gresham, Oregon.

Winnifred Greer Shelton (’37 Ed.), July 9, 2006, Mercer Island.

James Earle Butler Jr. (’38 Bus. Admin./Acct.), 89, May 26, 2006, Spokane.

Richard Collyer Raymond (’38 Phys.), 89, November 2006, Montecito, California.

John H. Storms (’38 Elec. Engr.), 94, August 19, 2006, Spokane.

Eleanor R. Hawley x’39, 88, August 10, 2006, Mukilteo.

M. Helen Peterson (’39 Pharm.), 89, June 23, 2006, Centralia.

Nellie Margaret Buxton Picken (’39 Engl.), 91, August 26, 2006, Bothell.

James A. Reavis (’39 Pharm.), 90, July 7, 2006, Pullman. 

1940s

Sue Fry George (’40 Soc.), 88, May 22, 2006, Spokane. 

Annabel Kitzhaber (’40 M.A. Engl.), 89, October 2005, Oregon. 

William DeForrest McMonagie (’40 Vet. Med.), 91, August 27, 2006, Tacoma. 

Betty Jo Neils (’40 Sp. & Hear., ’41 BED Ed.), 87, October 24, 2006, Tacoma. 

Richard G. Sanders (’40 Econ.), 88, April 9, 2006, Bradenton, Florida.

Dorothy Hess x’41, 87, October 30, 2006, Spokane.

Albert Kitzhaber (’41 M.A. Engl.), 90, June 2006, Oregon.

Agnes Mary McQuarrie (’41 M.S. Phys. Ed.), 89, March 9, 2006, Pullman. 

Robert B. Woodworth (’41, Bus. Admin.), 89, September 9, 2006, Bellevue. 

Don Adams (’42 M.S. Chem.), 74, August 23, 2006, Spokane.

Russell Claar (’42 Arch. Engr.), 88, September 15, 2006, Pasco.

Jean R. McCracken (’42 Bus.), 86, October 6, 2006, North Bend. 

Maxine L. Klopher Wendel (’42 Soc.), 86, October 12, 2006, Spokane Valley. 

Betty Jo Wainscott Baker (’43 Mus.), 86, August 27, 2006, Portland, Oregon.

Earl Hinz (’43 D.V.M.), 85, August 8, 2006, Yakima.

James Berger Kludt (’43 Zool.), 83, September 2, 2006, Portland, Oregon.

Randolph G. Thomas (’43 Geol.), April 8, 2006, Calimesa, California. 

Jennie Harold (’44 Engl.), 83, July 3, 2006, Walla Walla.

Rosalie Daggy Miller ’44, 84, October 3, 2006, Washington, D.C. 

Norman Jenkins Ryker Jr. ’44, 79, May 7, 2006, Santa Clarita, California. 

Eugenia Lee Dow (’45 Sp.), 78, August 16, 2006, Seattle. 

Jane E. MacKelvie x’45, 82, April 10, 2006, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. 

Primo Jack Piovesan (’45 D.V.M.), 83, April 4, 2006, Ferndale. 

Clyde M. Bemis (‘47 D.V.M.), 87, April 22, 2006, Spokane. 

Genevieve Wakefield Boddington (’47 Nurs.), March 6, 2006, Bellevue. 

Ruth M. “Tommy” Simmelink McFarland (’47 Home Ec.), 82, May 24, 2006, Kennewick. 

Janice Miller (’47 Sp. & Hear. Sci.), 80, November 30, 2006, Pullman.

Eric Batchelor (’48 Civ. Engr.), September 8, 2006, British Columbia, Canada.

Grace Lucile Ott Parks (’48 Home Ec./Chem.), 80, August 16, 2006, Palouse.

Robert C. Seaman (’48 Radio Sp.), 88, December 18, 2005, Los Altos, California.

Richard Eldon Sever (’48 Elec. Engr.) 81, October 29, 2006, Seattle.

Norman I. Berg (’49 Elec. Engr.), 83, November 18, 2005, South Beach, Oregon.

Philip M. Kelly (’49 Elec. Engr.), 84, August 14, 2006, Seattle.

Masami “Mac” Kiyono (’49 Elec. Engr.), 81, October 13, 2006, Seattle.

Marie L. Skellenger (’49 Home Ec.), 84, March 25, 2006, Vancouver.

David Eugene Swanson (’49 Engr. & Arch.), June 2006, Butte, Montana. 

1950s

Arnold Biermann (’50 B.A. Ed., ’53 M.A. Ed.), 79, September 28, 2006, Sammamish.

Edmund F. Cushing (’50 D.V.M.), 87, May 12, 2005, Sparks, Nevada.

Harry Everett Gust (’50 Ed.), 81, March 28, 2006, Chehalis.

John Bernard Hanson (’50 M.S., ’52 Ph.D. Bot.), 88, October 23, 2006, Urbana, Illinois.

Boyden W. “Buz” Houtz (’50 Ag.), 80, April 15, 2006, Walla Walla. 

Oj Duaine McKee (’50 Pharm.), 83, August 2006, Boise, Idaho.

Orlo Park (’50 Gen. Stud., ’51 BED Ed.), 82, October 13, 2006, Anchorage, Alaska

Charles I. Peckenpaugh (’50 D.V.M.), 82, July 17, 2006, Tacoma.

Jacolyn M. Robbins (’50 Bus. Admin.), 77, August 9, 2006, Palatine, Illinois.

Lyle Edward Boulange (’51 Pharm.), 80, November 2006, Richland. 

Irene F. Hailett (’51 B.S. Phys. Ed., ’55 M.A. Ed.), September 22, 2006, Des Moines. 

William W. Pardew (’51 Civ. Engr.), July 18, 2006, Eagle, Idaho. 

Shirely A. McIntyre (’52 Elem. Ed.), 76, March 31, 2006, Mount Vernon. 

Thomas A. Kerr (’53 Ag. Econ.) 74, October 31, 2006, Spokane. 

William A. Langbehn (’53 Econ.), 78, August 21, 2006, Rockville, Maryland. 

James Oliver Lonborg (’53 Phys.), 72, December 14, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Gordon J. Thomas (’53 Geol.), 76, November 12, 2006, Seattle. 

Clarence Robert York (’53 Ed.), 78, July 18, 2006, Silverdale. 

LeRoy Vincent Gallagher (’54 D.V.M.), 80, October 8, 2006, Silverton, Oregon. 

Harold V. “Hal” Kinville (’54 Ed.), 77, August 21, 2006, Spokane. 

Janice Selby McIntosh (’54 Lib. Arts), 75, June 1, 2006, Medford, Oregon. 

Frances E. “Ellie” Corrigan x’56, 72, September 2, 2006, Copalis Crossing. 

Jack Gorski (’56 M.S., ’58 Ph.D. An. Sci.) 75, August 30, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin. 

Naomi Mary Jackson (’56 Ed.), 95, September 20, 2006, Portland, Oregon. 

Andrew C. Knaphus (’56 Ed.), 86, April 14, 2006. 

Bruce Franklyn Miller (’57 Gen. Stud.), 72, August 18, 2006, Everett. 

Hubert T. Prince x’57, 72, October 26, 2006, Post Falls, Idaho. 

George Klavano (’58 D.V.M.), October 29, 2005. 

Gilbert B. Manning (’58 Ph.D. Biochem.), 77, July 15, 2006, Spokane. 

Mary Ann Ballantyne (’59 Nurs.), July 2006, Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Birdiebelle Martin (’59 Bus.), September 2, 2006, Anchorage, Alaska. 

1960s

Craig Wellington (’60 B.A. Mus., ’65 M.A. Mus.), August 30, 2006, Olympia.

Kenneth L. Jordan (’61 Mech. Engr.), 78, September 4, 2006, Seaside, Oregon. 

Thomas F. Widdows (’62 Pharm.), 67, October 12, 2006, Tigard, Oregon. 

Craig Switzer (’64 Ag. Mech, ’69 M.S. For.), April 16, 2005, Walla Walla. 

Diane L. Tyson (’66 MED CED), 67, April 17, 2006, Lewes, Delaware. 

George C. Leslie (’67 Ph.D. Math.), 71, September 17, 2006, Troy, Idaho. 

Erhard Roland Menzel (’67 Phys., ’70 Ph.D. Phys.), 63, February 3, 2006, Lubbock, Texas.

1970s

Earl O. Dickinson (’70 Ph.D. Vet.), 78, October 16, 2006, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Geoffrey L. Gelhaus (’71 M.S. Engr.), 61, October 31, 2006, Richland. 

Gretchen Heuterman (’76 Ph.D. Hort.), 71, July 31, 2006, Mount Vernon. 

Merrilee Ann Striker (’76 Gen. Stud.), 52, August 2, 2006, Edmonds.

David Allison (’77 Ag.), 52, October 1, 2006, Prosser. 

Cheryl Ann Phillips (’77 FA), 51, September 10, 2006, Anchorage, Alaska. 

Robert Haggerty (’78 Bus. Admin.), 51, November 19, 2006, Maui, Hawaii. 

Kristine Lee Monroe LeRoy (’78 Home Ec.), July 13, 2006, Mukilteo. 

Neysa Carole Dobson (’79 Nurs.), 71, October 4, 2006, Medical Lake. 

Vincent F. Obersinner (’79 Ag.), 53, October 11, 2006, Chino Hills, California. 

1980s

Marc J. Delamater (’81 HMB), 58, August 24, 2006, Healy, Arkansas.

Judy Ziehl O’Dea (’81 Ed.), 47, September 4, 2006, Burbank, California. 

John Farmer (’82, ’96 M.S. Hort.), 54, September 22, 2006, Grandview. 

Brian K. Wilkes (’84 Ed.), 44, November 12, 2006, Spokane. 

Brent Daniel Lederer (’87 HRA), 44, July 5, 2006, Hilo, Hawaii.

1990s

Steven J. Brunsfeld (’90 Ph.D. Bot.), 53, October 6, 2006, Moscow, Idaho.

John Robert Foresman (’90 Comm.), 38, July 4, 2006, Spokane.

Dick Trevor Burgess (’92 Mech. Engr.), 46, April 5, 2006, Everett.

Jason A. Taitch (’94 Biol.), 35, November 2006, Spokane.

James “Jim” W. Beseda (’98 Chem. Engr.), 36, September 9, 2006, Elma.

Judith “Judy” Sheridan Tole x’98, 59, October 15, 2006, Kennewick.

2000s

Andrew Todd Hane x’01, 28, October 5, 2006, Pasco.

Rebecca Kay Hall (’04 Soc. Sci.), 49, November 5, 2006, Naples, Idaho. 

Faculty & Staff

Irene “Lavonne” Berg, former technician, Veterinary Microbiology, July 15, 2006, Pullman. 

Laura Dustan, former professor and dean, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, 88, November 29, 2006, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Robert “Bob” Ivan Ellsworth, staff, 84, September 5, 2006, Pullman.

Alma Annis Gallagher, staff, 82, October 8, 2006, Silverton, Oregon.

Grant Harris, faculty, 91, June 21, 2006, Pullman. 

Wilhelmina “Willy” Hooper, staff, 56, September 10, 2006, Richland. 

Ancel Jeffers, 68, retired maintenance supervisor, September 4, 2006, Palouse. 

Kathleen Kammeyer, September 26, 2006, Spokane. 

Michelle R. Kendrick, faculty, 42, September 30, 2006, Milwaukie, Oregon. 

Evelyn Lash, staff, 88, September 20, 2006.

John M. Lawrence, faculty, 90, September 18, 2006, Corvallis, Oregon.

Harold Y.S. Loo, staff, 87, March 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Betty Jean MacKelvie, staff, Ag Extension Office, Pullman, 1950s, 75, October 30, 2006, Lewiston. 

Gertrud Mazur, faculty emeritus, Foreign Languages and Literatures, 75, September 14, 2006, Pullman.

Eleanor C. Miller, staff, 93, August 17, 2006, Pacific Grove, California.

Darice Obermeyer, cook with Dining Services, 57, November 1, 2006, South Beach, Oregon.

Raymond L. Richmond, staff, 92, September 10, 2006, Pullman. 

Richard Ritter, staff, 71, October 4, 2006, Pullman. 

Robert Paul Gerhardt Worthman, retired member of the anatomy department, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 86, June 1, 2006, Wenatchee.