In Memoriam

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1930s

Evelyn G. Mitchell (’38 Busi., ’39 Ed.), 100, May 4, 2016, Oroville, California.

1940s

James Allen Gibson Jr (’41 Busi.), 95, March 22, 2016, Manchester, Vermont.

Jacob Joffee (’41 Agro.), 97, May 10, 2016, Rochester, New York.

Jack Pearson Meiners (’42 Agro., ’49 PhD Plant Path.), 96, April 24, 2016, Beltsville, Maryland.

Marjorie Eve Day (’43 English), 95, April 2, 2016, Olympia.

Dorothy Burnett Henry (x’43 Apparel, Merch.), 94, February 18, 2016, Albany, Oregon.

Margaret J. “Peggy” Morrison (’43 Home Econ., Kappa Alpha Theta), 94, April 6, 2016, Portland, Oregon.

Dean Harley Smith (’44 Vet. Sci., ’49 DVM), 93, May 3, 2016, Walla Walla.

James E. Hansen (x’45 Ag. Eng., Phi Delta Theta), 94, September 9, 2015, Waitsburg.

Virginia Leigh Neill (’46 Home Econ.), 90, December 23, 2015, Pullman.

V. Joyce Stuckrath (’46 Socio.), 90, July 22, 2015, Chelan.

George A. Donohue (’48, ’67 PhD Socio.), 91, May 7, 2016, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Paul Amos Johnson (’48 Chem. Eng.), 92, March 19, 2016, New Albany, Indiana.

Raymond F. Johnson (’48 Poli. Sci.), 89, May 31, 2015, Carrollton, Texas.

Harriett S. Peters (’48 Socio.), 88, December 2, 2014, Abingdon, Virginia.

Esther A. Wooldridge (’48 Home Econ.), 89, May 30, 2015, Hillsboro, Oregon.

Wesley Eugene “Bing” Dahl (’49 Phys. Ed., ’62 MED), 93, March 21, 2016, Seattle.

Ray Edgar Harris (’49 Chem.), 91, April 23, 2015, Modesto, California.

Louis W. Knowles (’49 Mech. Eng.), 90, May 12, 2015, Issaquah.

W.A. McIlvanie (’49 Mech. Eng.), 93, March 31, 2014, Yakima.

Jean Marie Paeth (’49 Gen. St.), 92, April 3, 2016, Vancouver.

Larry D. Perry (’49 Busi.), 88, May 18, 2016, Sun City, Arizona.

William Earl Simmons (’49 Busi.), 90, May 1, 2016, Boise, Idaho.

1950s

Wayne Leland Aman (’50 Pharm.), 93, December 17, 2015, Stevenson.

Rustin Archie Brewer (’50 History), 90, January 23, 2015, Hermiston, Oregon.

Anne Cummings (’50 Bacterio., Delta Gamma), 88, March 26, 2016, Carmichael, California.

Robert Lewis Elliott (’50 Busi., Alpha Tau Omega), 88, July 17, 2015, Sierra Vista, Arizona.

V. Line Estergreen Jr (’50, ’56 MS Ani. Sci.), 90, March 30, 2016, Pullman.

Thora W. Halstead (’50 Bacterio.), 87, March 9, 2016, McLean, Virginia.

Norman Gustav Miller (’50 MS, ’53 PhD Bacterio.), 90, June 11, 2015, Omaha, Nebraska.

Richard Silven Sund (’50 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 89, December 15, 2015, North Bend, Oregon.

Helen Delee Wands (’50 Interior Design), 89, September 29, 2014, Naples, Florida.

Doris M. Wilson (’50 English), 91, December 15, 2015, California.

Dorothy R. Wilson (’50 Gen. St.), 88, January 30, 2016, La Jolla, California.

Robert L. Eschbach (’51 Botany, Pine Manor), 90, February 6, 2016, Yakima.

John Paul Kinch (’51 Math., Ed.), 90, March 29, 2016, West Seattle.

George Akira Minata (’51 Pharm.), 93, April 13, 2016, Spokane.

Patrice Nagley (’51 Ed.), 94, September 18, 2015, Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Donald L. Reynolds Jr (’51 Comm.), 87, October 2, 2015, Medford, Oregon.

Roger L. Roberts (’51 Ag.), 88, December 13, 2015, Lacey.

William B. Ackley (’52 PhD Hort.), 97, April 18, 2016, Port Townsend.

Eleanor Louise Beard (’52 Phys. Ed.), 84, March 3, 2016, Seminole, Florida.

David Matlock (’52 Hort.), 85, February 28, 2016, Sumner.

Joanne M. Sleight (’52 Socio.), 84, March 5, 2016, Grapeview.

Roy Cummings Toole (’52 DVM), 91, September 13, 2015, Bellevue.

Eugene Virgil Zinck (’52 Socio.), 86, August 27, 2015, Middleton, Idaho.

Robert W. Boettcher (’53 Civ. Eng.), 83, January 3, 2015, Des Plaines, Illinois.

Gene Earl Groshong (’53 Elem. Ed.), May 6, 2015.

Robert Horace Peck (’53, ’61 MA Interior Design), 86, March 21, 2016, Battle Ground.

Betty Lee (’54 Gen. St.), 83, March 16, 2016, Pullman.

Daryl Glenn Hagie (’55 Ed.), 91, March 2, 2016, Spokane.

Jack Martin Gruber (’56 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 81, June 21, 2015, Lewiston, Idaho.

Helen Marlene Harmon (’56 French), 80, March 18, 2016, Reno, Nevada.

Howard George Miller (’56 DVM), 84, December 15, 2015, Spokane Valley.

Susan Carol Berry (’57 Home Econ.), 80, January 1, 2016, Olympia.

William W. Hawkins Jr (’57 DVM), 88, April 4, 2016, Bozeman, Montana.

Gail S. Morrow (x’57 Lib. Arts), 80, March 30, 2016, Spokane Valley.

Arlene Shannon (’57 Nursing), 81, April 8, 2016, Richland.

Rogers Charles Smith (’57 Hort.), December 8, 2015.

Lee B. Williams (’57 DVM), 83, November 1, 2015, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Shirley J. Henrickson (’58 Ag. Ed., Alpha Gamma Rho), 85, April 29, 2016, Arlington.

C. James Lust (’58 Poli. Sci., Alpha Tau Omega), 79, March 15, 2016, Yakima.

George J. Pederson (’58 Ed., ’67 MAT), 82, April 12, 2016, Spokane.

Jack D. Prince (’58 Ani. Sci.), 82, April 28, 2016, Newport, Oregon.

Wayne Stuart Belles (’59, ’62 MS Ag.), 78, January 22, 2016, Moscow, Idaho.

William Louis Morse (’59 MA Math.), 88, October 24, 2015, Portland, Oregon.

1960s

Norman Earl Looney (’60 Ag. Ed., ’66 PhD Hort.), 77, March 24, 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Stanley W. Murphy (’60 Ed.), 79, February 21, 2016, Seattle.

Don C. Brumm (’61 Gen. St.), 79, March 10, 2016, San Jose, California.

Ralph M. Clark Jr (’61 MS Zool,), 87, September 1, 2013, Plattsburgh, New York.

Kenneth Allen Larson (’61 DVM, ’65 MS, ’66 PhD Microbio.), 80, April 24, 2016, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Carolyn F. Slippern (’61 Soc. St.), 76, April 10, 2016, Kennewick.

William Earl Berry (’62 Acc.), 76, February 28, 2016, Fair Oaks, California.

Bobby John Gee (’62 Poli. Sci., Phi Delta Theta), 76, March 31, 2016, Tacoma.

Erik Omar Jensen (’62 Mech. Eng.), 82, March 26, 2016, Sacramento, California.

Eugene Joseph Cech (’63 MED, ’64 PhD Ed. Psych.), 85, March 5, 2016, Sahuarita, Arizona.

Jane Luccile Collins (’63 French), 73, March 1, 2014, Woodstock, Illinois.

Bryce Gay Cook (’63 Ed.), 75, March 9, 2016, Big Lake.

Nathan H. Gabbert (’63 DVM), 79, March 21, 2016, Tucson, Arizona.

Kathryn K. Tallmadge Miller (’63 English), 75, April 10, 2016, Everett.

Una Kathleen “Kathy” Trenchard (’63 French), April 15, 2016, Santa Rosa, California.

Thomas Lee Wynne (’63 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 77, April 29, 2015, Shelton.

Marjorie A. Enneking (’64 MA, ’66 PhD Math.), 74, March 13, 2016, Portland, Oregon.

Lloyd N. Nye (’64 Math.), 75, September 1, 2015, Juliaetta, Idaho.

Lee Asher Farr (’65 Gen. St.), 76, February 6, 2016, Portland, Oregon.

David J. Huettner (’66 PhD Chem.), 78, March 31, 2016, Appleton, Wisconsin.

Burdena G. Pasenelli (’67 Police Sci.), 71, May 24, 2016, Tonto Verde, Arizona.

Christine A. Vezetinski (’68 Chem.), 69, October 1, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts.

James Alan Johnson (’69 Mech Eng.), 69, April 29, 2016, Plano, Texas.

1970s

Michael F. McCarthy (’71 Civ. Eng.), 70, March 26, 2016, Tacoma.

Raymond Romjue (’71 Elec. Eng., ’72 Mech. Eng., ’73 Busi., ’08 Crops & Soils Sci., ’08 Geol., Delta Tau Delta), 69, May 4, 2016, Palouse.

Ervie Lynn Tippett (’71 Ag.), 70, February 7, 2015, Pendleton, Oregon.

Ralph Paul Stredwick (’72 EDD), 90, October 6, 2015, Richland.

John Alan Krueger (’73 Elem. Ed.), 71, April 7, 2016, Puyallup.

Randall Jay Greggs (’75 Enviro. Sci.), 65, May 11, 2015, Olympia.

Lutz Juergen Kethler (’77 DVM), 80, April 7, 2016, Baker City, Oregon.

Luanne C. Matsumoto (’77 Ed.), 60, February 20, 2016, Kenmore.

Kenneth Douglas Sharp (’77 English), 61, March 27, 2016, Rockvale, Tennessee.

Kenneth J. Allwine Sr (’78 MA Crim. Jus.), 90, February 17, 2016, Richland.

Frank David Lewis (’79 Busi.), 59, February 3, 2016, Everett.

Gregory J. Pessemier (’79 Crim. Jus.), 60, April 19, 2016, Tacoma.

1980s

Peggy B. Lintula (’80 MED), 66, March 13, 2016, Eugene, Oregon.

Mark Allen Rappel (’80 Hort.), 58, March 13, 2016, Algona.

Susan Leanne Jackett (’81 Ed.), 59, March 27, 2016, Shelton.

Mark Roy Nocerini (’82, ’84 PhD Nutrition), 61, April 12, 2016, San Francisco, California.

Joel Curtis Zumstein (’85 Soc. Sci.), 54, May 9, 2016, Vancouver.

Robert Eugene Straka (’87 Home Econ.), 52, April 20, 2016, Maple Falls.

1990s

Eric Lawrence Stairet (’95 Busi.), 63, April 26, 2016, Kennewick.

Jodine Kay Bennett (’97 Busi.), 54, April 28, 2016, Vancouver.

Dallas Duane Trople (’97 MS Hort.), 46, March 11, 2016, Boise, Idaho.

Kathleen Ann Werst (’98 Elem. Ed.), 69, April 30, 2016, Kennewick.

Marla Jo Bennett (’99 Wildlife Mgmt.), 63, March 13, 2016, Ritzville.

2000s

Joshua Michael Wilson (’04 Elem. Ed.), 36, March 13, 2016, Vancouver.

Emerson Ward Wetherall (’07 HBM), 29, January 22, 2014, Boise, Idaho.

2010s

Connor M. Valenter (’15 Fin., Pi Kappa Alpha), 24, March 25, 2016, Seattle.

 

Faculty and staff

William B. Ackley, 97, Horticulture, 1947-1983, April 18, 2016, Port Townsend.

Robert B. Allen, 73, School of Design & Construction, 1973-1999, April 19, 2016, Pullman.

Dianne Bartle, 75, WSU Puyallup, 1980-2010, March 23, 2016, Parkland.

Ernest Bay, 86, WSU Puyallup, 1975-1994, March 18, 2016, Puyallup.

Janet Brandt, 85, Liberal Arts, 1984-1995, March 26, 2016, Pullman.

Phyllis J. Davis, 88, Education, 1987-1993, April 17, 2016.

James A. Emerson, 93, Facilities Services, 1953-1981, April 5, 2016, Albion.

V. Line Estergreen, 90, Animal Sciences, 1961-1990, March 30, 2016, Pullman.

Paul E. Gass, 87, Physical Plant, 1968-1992, April 5, 2016, Pullman.

Leonard Kirschner, 92, Zoology, 1953-1993, May 4, 2016, Pullman.

Betty Lee, 83, Crop and Soil Sciences, 1951-1990, March 16, 2016, Pullman.

Marjorie M. Million, 86, Dining Services, 1981-1987, April 20, 2016, Garfield.

Florence Moyer, 103, Library, 1953-1978, May 1, 2016, Tacoma.

Bo Ray Ossinger, 65, Information Systems, 1987-2013, March 20, 2016, Palouse.

Raymond Romjue, 69, Eastlick Stores, 1975-2009, May 4, 2016, Palouse.

Charles R. Simpson, 76, Facilities Services, 1977-2002, March 26, 2016, Pullman.

MaryLee Tenwick, 75, Budget and Accounting Services, 1986-1998, April 3, 2016, Pullman.

Donald Yates, 68, Small Business Development Center, 2015-2016, April 5, 2016, Kirkland.