In memoriam

1930s

Doris Agnes Colvin (’35 Bus. Admin.), 102, February 11, 2015, Oakesdale. 

Alma C. Galbreath (x’35 Lib. Arts), 100, December 5, 2014, Ritzville.

Stephen C. Saunders (’35 Bus., Phi Delta Theta), 101, December 2, 2014, Sandpoint, Idaho.

John E. VanAmburgh (’35 Ani. Sci.), 102, January 15, 2015, Bellevue.

Jane West (’35 French), 100, December 9, 2014, Mount Vernon.

Judith Schafer Chevalley Hiss (’37 Home Econ.), 99, January 5, 2015, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Lois W. Clark (’37 Ed.), 98, January 7, 2015, Seattle.

Del Rowland (’37 Busi.), 100, February 17, 2015, Pullman. 

Klemens F. “Kem” Johnson (’38 DVM), 99, December 31, 2014, Lacey.

Norman D. Coulter (’39 Electical Eng.), 103, December 31, 2014, Spokane.

1940s

Violet “Vi” Maxine Powers (’40 Office Admin.), 96, December 28, 2014, Colfax.

Margaret E. Schalow (’40 Busi. Admin.), 95, March 28, 2014, Omak. 

Kenneth M. Chaplin (’41 Eng.), 92, January 8, 2015, Spokane.

Jean Goldsworthy (x’41 Lib. Arts), 95, January 16, 2015, Spokane.

Raymond Hurbert Irby (’41 Elec. Eng.), 96, November 17, 2014, Kirkland.

Lorne G. Taylor (’41 Civ. Eng.), 96, October 16, 2014, Omak.

Shirley Holland Olsen (’42 Home Econ.), 94, January 19, 2015, Thornton.

Virginia Helen Beck (x’44), 92, January 19, 2015, Modesto, California.

Kenneth M. Chaplin (’44 Civil Eng.), 92, January 8, 2015, Spokane.

Cecile P. Owens (’44 Nursing), 93, January 25, 2014, Spokane. 

Josephine J. Fancher (’45 Phys. Ed.), 92, January 3, 2015, Okanogan.

Geraldine “Jerry” V. Burke (’46 Busi. Ad.), 76, December 16, 2014, Concord, California.

Elsie Boozer MacDougall (’46 Microbio.), 90, November 21, 2014, Port Angeles.

Darlene Hulda Turner (’46 Hort.), 84, August 16, 2014, Hope, Idaho.

Mary Louise Wallace (’46 Fine Arts), 89, July 8, 2014, Seattle.

Robert Wallace Young (’46 Ag.), 89, November 2, 2014, Pullman.

Fern B. Christensen (’47 Home Econ.), 89, January 15, 2015, Everett.

Billie Ruth Dunne (’47 Speech & Hearing Sci.), 89, November 25, 2014, Portland, Oregon.

Cora L. Gardiner (’47 Busi.), 92, December 22, 2014, Tonasket.

Rodney Giske (’47 Hist, ’48 Ed.), 92, October 14, 2014, Chehalis.

Claude Jackson Douty (’48 Mech. Eng.), 90, March 21, 2012.

Richard J. Klansnic ( x’48 Civ. Eng.), 92, January 26, 2015, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Gloria F. Pollard (’48 Nursing), 87, November 24, 2014, Butte, Montana.

Jacquelyn Hansen Basso (’49 Music), 88, January 22, 2015, La Grande, Oregon.

Keith C. Bergevin (’49 Int. Des., Phi Delta Theta), 92, December 5, 2014, Kirkland.

Janice J. Dorman (’49 Ed.), 88, January 26, 2015, Walla Walla.

Mildred C. Elmgren (’49 Hist.), 91, January 8, 2015, Walla Walla.

Robert G. Gleason (’49 Econ.), 90, October 3, 2014, Yakima.

Robert B. Lyons (x’49 Poli. Sci.), 87, December 26, 2014, El Paso, Texas.

Robert W. Robbins (’49 Soc.), 91, October 11, 2014, Tacoma.

1950s

John Thomas Brannan (’50 Elec. Eng.), 89, December 27, 2014, Mount Vernon.

George Henry Connell (’50 MS, ’52 PhD Microbio.), 96, September 5, 2014, Inglis, Florida.

M. James “Jim” Hein (’50 Ag., ’53 Ed.), 86, December 7, 2014, Reardan.

Edgar Wayne Hempleman (’50 Chem.), 93, November 19, 2014, Great Falls, Montana.

Jack A. Luher (x’50), 88, February 16, 2015, Spokane.

W. Richard Philpott (’50 Gen. Stud.), 89, November 12, 2014, Spokane.

James L. Simmons (’50 Geol.), 84, October 16, 2014, Baker City, Oregon. 

George Tomlinson (’50 Elec. Eng.), 89, May 3, 2014, Seattle.

Ralph E. Corkrum Jr. (’51, ’53 MA English), 86, November 10, 2014, Tacoma.

George “Dale” Don (’51 Acc.), 86, January 18, 2015, Albany, Georgia.

James Earl O’Neil (’51 Elec. Eng.),  86, February 2, 2015, Anacortes.

Charles C. Parsons (’51 Hort.), 88, October 25, 2013, Spokane.

Beverly J. Patterson (’51 Pharm.), 87, December 30, 2014, Spokane.

Lyle Raymond Woolf (’51 Gen. St., ’54 Pharm., Alpha Tau Omega), 85, December 1, 2014, Yakima.

James C. Ashton Jr. (’52 Police Sci.), 85, December 18, 2014, Cottonwood.

Margaret Elizabeth Fox (’52 Pharmacy, Chi Omega), 85, January 28, 2015, Sacramento, California.

Jack E. Frets (’52 Arch.), 90, January 13, 2015, Arlington. 

Robert Lee Johnson (’52, ’59 MA Ani. Sci.), 84, December 22, 2014, Everett.

Richard Potter (’52 MS Zool.), 88, November 12, 2014, Northridge, California.

William H. Roffler (x’52), 84, January 20, 2015, Spokane.

Milton D. Schmutz (’52 DVM), 90, November 23, 2014, Bradbury, California.

Bernice M. Shapley (’52 Fine Arts), 84,
January 17, 2015, Bothell.

George T. Daniel Jr. (’53 Soc. St., ’70 EDD), 84, January 30, 2014, Bermuda Dunes, California.

Boyd A. Hardesty (’53 BS, ’56 MS), 82,
January 22, 2015, Rosalia. 

Patricia Ann Quann-Baker (’53 Home Econ.), 83, February 1, 2015, Puyallup.

William C. Seidle (’53 Ani. Sci), 85, November 6, 2014, Arlington, Texas.

Marian Hartman (’54 MS Phys. Ed.), 92, November 22, 2014, Everett.

Robert W. Leach (’54 Civ. Eng.), 87, November 1, 2014, Sequim.

Guy Robert Fairbrother (’55 DVM), 85, November 23, 2014, Lewiston, Idaho.

Jay Wilbur Helm (’55 Chem. Eng.), 81,
October 19, 2014, Yakima.

Francine Jay Kamba (’55 English), 80, September 10, 2014, Aurora, Colorado.

Ernest Doyle Montgomery (’55 DVM), 88, January 22, 2015, SeaTac.

Richard H. Lundberg (’56 Bus. Admin.), 84, December 3, 2014, Spokane.

William M. Schroeder (’56 Gen St.), 82, January 3, 2015,Yakima. 

George C. Tostevin (’56 Bus. Admin.), 83, October 24, 2014, Seattle. 

Eva Mae Benally (’57 Ed.), 80, January 30, 2015, Shiprock, New Mexico.

Theodore “Ted” Francis Cooley (’57 Communication), 84, January 26, 2015, Tacoma.

Robert Larson (’57 Pharm.), 82, October 28, 2014, Spokane.

Mary Eleanor Bailey (’58 Bus. Admin.), 80, December 5, 2014, Oakland, California.

Marylyn E. Donnelly (’59 Phys. Ed.), 77, January 1, 2015, Olympia.

Nancy Jo Garred (’59 Pharm.), 77, January 30, 2015, Seattle.

Patty Clark Gerard (’59 Ed.), 77, December 20, 2014, Mercer Island.

Ray Alanson Harding (’59 MED Higher Ed. Admin.), 88, December 14, 2014, Walla Walla.

Rod M. Kvamme (’59 Hort.), 77, January 23, 2015, Ketchum, Idaho.

1960s

Evan J. Van Antwerp (’60 HBM), 76, January 23, 2015, Palm Springs, California.

John L. Grant (’61 Ag. Econ., Lambda Chi), 75, October 3, 2014, Walla Walla.

David Van Ringler (’61 Gen. St.), 75, November 28, 2014, Cornelius, North Carolina.

Richard E. Boggio (’62 MED), 81, March 7, 2014, Burlington.

Barbara Ann Dahmen (’62 English), 76, October 28, 2014, Kingston.

Louis Dean Narancich (’62 DVM), 76, August 20, 2014, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Martha Lee Tate (’62 Police Sci.), 74, November 17, 2014, Marquam, Oregon.

Jose Gabriel Shdo (’64 PhD Chem.), 83, December 28, 2014, Renton.

Sue Carol Buettner (’65 Ed., Delta Delta Delta), 71, March 2, 2014, Oro Valley, Arizona.

William S. LaCounte (’65 BS Math., ’67 MS Comp. Sci.), 71, December 19, 2014, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Robert Norris Lynch (’65 Arch.), 78, January 5, 2015, Gig Harbor.

Gordon B. Anderson Jr. (’66 Poli. Sci.), 71, February 13, 2014, Seattle.

Robert R. Anderson (’66 Speech & Hearing Sci.), 88, January 24, 2015, Spokane.

Donna Mae Hamilton (’66, ’68 MA English), 60, September 22, 2014, Coulee Dam.

Fredrick Neil Hogg (’66, ’68 MA Comm.), 72, January 8, 2015, Odell, Oregon.

Van Dale Holladay (’66 MA Police Sci.), 81, December 13, 2014, Warrenton, Virginia.

Lynn Dale Reno (’66 DVM), 75, December 6, 2014, Bakersfield, California.

Denney G. Rutherford (’66 Gen. St.), 72, February 11, 2015, Port Townsend.

Kathleen Ann DesJardin (’67 Phys. Ed., Coman Hall), 69, December 10, 2014, Olympia.

Donald Joseph Kees (’67 EDD Coun. Psy.), 87, March 1, 2014, Moscow, Idaho.

Michael C. Kinyon (’67 Civil Eng.), 74, December 22, 2014, Deer Park.

Sally Lois Short (’67 Ed.), 69, December 19, 2014, Spokane.

Thomas J. Hedemark (’68 Ed., History), 72, February 22, 2015, Spokane.

Carleen Marie Jackson (’69 Poli. Sci.), 67, December 23, 2014, Dupont.

Thomas E. King (’69 Comm.), 67, January 21, 2015, Kingsford, Australia.

Albert H. Watenpaugh (’69 EDD), 86, May 22, 2014, Issaquah.

1970s

Kenneth Alan Covell (’72 Bio.), 64, January 6, 2015, Henrico, Virginia.

David W. Rodin (’72 Hort.), January 28, 2015, Ridgefield.

James C. Forrest (’73 Gen. St.), 79, January 23, 2015, Sequim.

Timothy McAdam Clark (’75 Crim. Jus.), 52, January 19, 2015, Dublin, Ohio.

Gary L. Troyer (’76 MS Comp. Sci.), 68, November 19, 2014, Richland.

William B. Goeres (’77 Ag. ), 60, November 11, 2014, Satsop.

Shirlee Hyde (’77 Bus.), 82, November 20, 2014, Everett.

Bruce B. Manning (’78 MS Pharm.), 80, January 24, 2015, Doddsville, Mississippi.

Craig D. Renschler (’78 Fine Arts), 64, February 10, 2015, Seattle. 

Sheri Sue Stoker (’78 Ed.), 57, August 12, 2013, Hesperia, California.

Michael Godfrey Lamb (’79 English, ’81 MED), 78, January 6, 2015, Warwick, New York.

David Robert Lee (’79 Comm.), 58, December 14, 2014, Torrance, California.

1980s

Jeffrey T. Files (’82 Zool.), 55, December 12, 2014, Sammamish.

Sandy Braucht (’83 Information Systems), 53, December 5, 2014, Spokane.

Melinda L. Hendrickson-Jordan (’84 Psych.), 53, December 14, 2014, Kennewick.

Michael Robert Sweet (’85 Const. Mgmt. & Bus.), 58, August 18, 2014, Spokane.

Brian John Day (’87 Gen. St.), 53, January 15, 2015, Kennewick.

John E. Armour (’88 Poli. Sci.), 50, February 3, 2015, Bend, Oregon.

Michelle Ann Johnson (’88 App., Des., Merch., Textiles), 49, December 15, 2014, Kodiak, Alaska.

Dan F. Laughlin (’88 Soc. Sci.), 50, November 23, 2014, Issaquah.

Lori A. (Krahn) Allen (’89 Bus.), 48, December 21, 2014, Pullman.

1990s

Christopher Edward Dyko (’90 Sport Sci., ’96 MED), 48, December 28, 2014, Spokane.

Pauline (Washington) Seals (’90 Elec. Engr.), 70, January 13, 2015, Seattle.

Gwendolyn Fae Wierman (’93 Hum., ’95 MIT), 63, December 15, 2014, Kennewick.

Kimberly Jill Dabbs (’96 Comm.), 40, December 24, 2014, Vancouver.

Gwen Dean Gilroy (’96 Comm.), 41, December 7, 2014, Boise, Idaho.

Scott Clifford Bradley (’97 Env. Sci.), 44, January 23, 2015, Seattle.

Gary P. Nelson (’98 Comm.), 36, August 30, 2011, Belfair.

James Robert Johnson (’99 Hum.), 40, December 29, 2014, Vancouver

Aimee E. Zeff (’99 Anth.), 37,  November 27, 2014, San Francisco, California. 

2000s

Steven S. Clark (’03 MS Env. Sci.), 54, January 12, 2015, Chicago, Illinois.

Tori Johnson (’03 HBM), 34, December 15, 2014, Sydney, Australia.

Christopher Robert Senn (’05 Comm.), 31, October 29, 2014, Seattle.

Nina F. Wager (’06 Human Dev.), 66, August 11, 2014, Vancouver.

Kristofer Kim Goold (’09 Crim. Jus.), 34, March 12, 2013, Kent. 

Faculty and Staff

Daniel K. Andrews, 90, WSU Puyallup, 1963-1990, November 19, 2014, Auburn.

Ann H. Berry, 73, English, 1989-2006, January 20, 2015, Yachats, Oregon.

Darrel R. Bienz, 88, Horticulture, 1959-1989, January 23, 2015, Pullman.

E. Jane Bloomfield, 77, Financial Services, 1981-1999, December 10, 2014, Pullman.

E. Ruth Brands, 83, Entomology, 1975-1991, January 11, 2015, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Thelma L. Cleveland, 82, Nursing, 1970-1997, December 27, 2014, Clayton.

Herbert J. Cross, 80, WSU Vancouver, 1972-1998, August 8, 2014, Pullman.

Leonard A. Davies, 93, Housing and Dining Services, 1966-1987, January 9, 2015, Pullman.

Rita C. Fisher, 73, Libraries, 1978-1999, February 18, 2015, University Place.

Louis N. Gray, Sociology, 76, 1966-2006, December 17, 2014, Pullman.

Terri L. Grzebielski, 61, Student Health and Wellness, January 10, 2015, Moscow, Idaho.

Paul A. Hedler, 83, Police Services, 1985-1997, February 20, 2015, Moscow, Idaho.

Erich J. Lear, 66, Music, 1989-2011, February 18, 2015, Lynnwood.

Bernard A. Loposer, 84, Director of Development, January 30, 2015, Spokane.

Bruce B. Manning, 80, Animal Sciences, 1962-1990, January 24, 2015, Stoneville, Mississippi.

Fredy E. Martinez, 73, Health and Wellness Services, 1978-2003, January 1, 2015, Pullman.

Winston C. “Bud” Nelson, 71, Facilities Operations, 1987-2007, December 20, 2014, Elk River, Idaho.

Denney G. Rutherford, 72, Hospitality and Business Management, 1978-2004, February 11, 2015, Port Townsend.

Steven A. Schierman Sr., 69, Facilities Operations, 1989-2004, November 30, 2014, Moscow, Idaho.

Joseph M. Wetherington, 93, Western Washington Research and Extension Center, 1966-1982, December 25, 2014, Orting.

Naomi E. Worthman, 91, Audiovisual department, January 24, 2015, Pullman.

Roger C. Wiley, 91, Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure, 1963-1989, February 14, 2015, Bellingham.

B. Mary Wysong, History, 91, 1970-1988, December 18, 2014, Palouse.