In memoriam

1940s

Maxine Cox (’40 Phys. Ed.), 100, July 8, 2018, Pomeroy.

Chester M. Plotner (’40 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 97, October 9, 2016, Vancouver.

George E. Rowswell (’40 Phys. Ed.), 101, December 17, 2018, Tumwater.

Lawrence L. Brown (’41 Ani. Sci., Alpha Gamma Rho), 100, February 28, 2019, Spokane.

Paul Beatty Crews (’42 Mech. Eng.), 99, July 20, 2017, Anchorage, Alaska.

Jerry David Clarke (’42, ’47 MS Ani. Sci., Tau Kappa Epsilon), 101, April 10, 2019, Yakima.

Harold “Olie” Olsen (’42 Poli. Sci.), 98, April 12, 2019, Seattle.

Jane H. Sutherland (’44 Busi.), 96, May 25, 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada.

C. Jayne Watson (’44 Food Sci., Pi Beta Phi), 95, June 28, 2019, Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Mildred Adele Bell (’46 Home Econ.), 94, February 25, 2019, Helena, Montana.

Alberta “Betty” Kuhl Drake (’46 Bacterio.), 94, September 19, 2018, Baker City, Oregon.

Lee Hale (’47 Music), 96, May 10, 2019, Beverly Hills, California.

Virginia Lagers (’47 Home Econ.), 92, February 14, 2019, Sun City West, Arizona.

Herbert G. Arm (’48 Bacterio.), 92, February 23, 2019, Quincy Village, Pennsylvania.

Ruth Louise Johnson (’48 Pharm.), 92, April 10, 2019, Portland, Oregon.

Dale Leo Martin (’48, ’50 MS Physics), 94, December 24, 2018, Bellevue.

Jean Elaine Thornton (’48 Home Econ.), 93, January 11, 2019, Edmonds.

Hazel M. Blakeslee (’49 Home Econ., ’50 Ed.), 91, March 9, 2019, Roseville, Minnesota.

1950s

Russell Dean Leonard Sr. (’50 Pharm.), 90, April 16, 2019, Yakima.

H. Bruce Parker (’50 Ed.), 95, March 18, 2019, Seattle.

Lynn J. Gearheart (’51 Ag.), 92, April 13, 2019, Kennewick.

Jay W. Giesa (’51 Comm.), 89, May 18, 2018, Issaquah.

Averill Enid Keller (’51 Home Econ.), 88, November 9, 2018, Fishtail, Montana.

Robert Yee Lee (’51 Pharm.), 86, June 13, 2016, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Lafayette Frederick (’52 PhD Plant Path.), 95, December 29, 2018, Tuskegee, Alabama.

Effie L. (Galbraith) Jacobson (’52 Socio.), 88, March 14, 2019, Issaquah.

Walter Philip Krause (’52 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 91, May 1, 2017, Sacramento, California.

William A. Kuhlman (’52 Hort.), 93, March 15, 2019, Spokane.

Joann Hatch Moeser (x’52), 88, March 1, 2019, Bellevue.

Raymond Loren Beale (’53 Ag. Mech.), 88, November 1, 2018, Pomeroy.

Jeannine Hoyt Bendix (’53 Ed., Kappa Alpha Theta), 86, August 5, 2017, Portland, Oregon.

Robert Lynn “Poppy” Campbell (’53 Gen. St., Lambda Chi Alpha), 88, March 14, 2019, Spokane.

James Kay Connolly (’53, ’60 MA Poli. Sci.), 89, May 8, 2018, Tucson, Arizona.

Carrol Scott Milne (’53 Gen. St.), 85, December 30, 2016, Los Angeles, California.

Joan Reilly (’53 Nursing), 88, May 11, 2019, Wenatchee.

Shirley A. Birchfield (’54 Nursing), 87, January 27, 2019, Seattle.

William G. Friberg (’54 Phys. Ed., Phi Kappa Tau), 88, March 14, 2019, Puyallup.

Philip Lane Hayden (’54 Crim. Jus.), 89, March 3, 2015, Edmonds.

Jack Wayne Larsen (’54 Elec. Eng.), 88, April 6, 2019, Orange, California.

Joyce Lynn Stubbs (x’55 Busi.), 84, April 10, 2019, Spokane.

Nola Anita Torgeson (’55 Busi.), 85, January 24, 2019, Huntington Beach, California.

Margie Maureen Brox (’56 Phys. Ed.), 85, April 25, 2019, Beaverton, Oregon.

Shirley Ann Bassett Frank (’56 Home Econ.), 84, March 25, 2019, Edmonds.

Vaughan D. Hitchcock (’56 Phys. Ed.), 84, October 1, 2018, San Luis Obispo, California.

Robert Dale LaBounty (’56 Vet. Sci., ’62 DVM), 84, November 9, 2018, Shadow Hills, California.

Paul Stoffel III (’56 Civ. Eng., Alpha Tau Omega), 85, March 9, 2019, Dallas, Texas.

Daniel S. Briggs (’57 Busi., Theta Chi), 87, March 1, 2017, Lynnwood.

Philip D. Cleveland (’57 Zool., ’59 MS Food Sci.), 84, March 30, 2019, Mead.

Harold Louis Fowler (’57 Comm.), 96, April 15, 2019, Tacoma.

Jess Vernon Sexson (’57 Busi.), 84, March 23, 2019, Spokane.

Donald Sing Wong (’57 Police Sci.), 87, November 13, 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Arlene V. Beale (’58 Gen. St.), 80, February 22, 2017, Pomeroy.

Douglas Esley Hipp (’58 Phil.), 83, March 21, 2019, Whitehouse, Texas.

Richard C. Hulseman (’58 Civ. Eng.), 89, March 24, 2019, Richland.

Richard R. Keller (’58 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 87, February 11, 2019, Everett.

G. Paul Killian (’58 Ed., ’66 EdD), 84, November 27, 2018, Reno, Nevada.

Jim D. Manring (’58 Hort.), 82, May 20, 2018, Pomeroy.

Robert P. Moehring (’58 Elec. Eng.), 84, November 5, 2018, Ridge, New York.

Mildred B. Price (’58 Nursing), 82, February 26, 2019, Trinity, North Carolina.

William D. Prichard (’59 DVM), 89, April 4, 2019, Salem, Oregon.

Donald Trunkey (’59 Zool.), 81, May 1, 2019, Post Falls, Idaho.

1960s

Ilene Elaine Freeman (’60 Home Econ.), 80, April 24, 2019, Richland.

George W. Holbrook (’60 Busi.), 83, August 17, 2017, Salem, Oregon.

Michael Max Manring (’60 Gen. St.), 80, April 22, 2017, Allyn.

John Edward Kumpula (’61 Ag. Ed.), 78, February 26, 2017, Port Angeles.

A. Dale Wunderlich (’61 Police Sci.), 82, April 25, 2019, Ocala, Florida.

Walter Myron Yeager (’61 MA History), 88, February 18, 2019, Edmonds.

Jack Barton Duff (’62, ’66 MS Ag.), 75, October 2017, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines.

Carter M. French (’62 Gen. St., ’75 MEd), 81, May 9, 2019, Everett.

Ralph W. Boese (’63 MAT Ed.), 96, April 24, 2018, Spokane.

John Wesley Perry (’63 Busi., ’65 MBA), 77, November 11, 2018, Colfax.

Chester “Chet” S. Pedersen (’64 Agro.), 76, December 1, 2018, Quincy.

Zafar Uddin (’64 Forest & Range Mgmt.), January 20, 2019, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

George Anthony Buonocore (’65 MA Gen. St.), 91, February 18, 2019, Moraga, California.

Larry Ray Gunnoe (’65 Elec. Eng.), 83, April 6, 2019, Eagle, Idaho.

Margaret “Mickey” E. Stroops Marshall (’65 Spanish), 75, April 25, 2019, Sebastopol, California.

Stephen Paul Zagelow (’65 Poli. Sci.), 76, January 22, 2019, Olympia.

Carolynn Marie Chase (’66 Soc. St.), 70, February 23, 2014, Los Altos, California.

Rodney D. Davidson (’66 Gen. St.), 75, March 1, 2019, Longview.

Clifford W. Holman (’66 Civ. Eng.), 74, December 10, 2018, Pullman.

John James “Kicker” Curtis (’67 DVM), 76, March 21, 2019, Malta, Montana.

Bill Henry Eltz II (’67 Poli. Sci.), 73, April 30, 2019, Eugene, Oregon.

Cinda Rae Newby (’67 Kinesio.), 73, February 12, 2019, Spokane.

Scott T. Traverso (’67 Civ. Eng.), 75, March 18, 2019, Bellevue.

Dennis G. Schneider (’68 Math.), 70, December 23, 2016, Olympia.

William D. Albertson (’69 MAT Biol.), 80, June 15, 2018, Sandpoint, Idaho.

Joyce M. Jett-Ali (’69, ’73 MA Apparel Merch. & Textiles), 67, August 31, 2015, Geneva, Switzerland.

Richard H. Weathermon (’69 EdD), 91, February 22, 2019, Pullman.

1970s

Eileen Marie Seely (’70 Acc.), 71, March 11, 2019, Spokane.

Scott Whitney Andrews (’71 Chem. Eng.), 70, April 19, 2019, Seattle.

Julia Silberberg Cohen (’71 MA Music), 100, March 15, 2019, Pullman.

James Clarkson Moore (’71 DVM), 72, March 5, 2019, Kingston.

Marsha Rose Hopfinger Sork (’71 Ed.), 69, November 5, 2018, Vancouver.

Melvin D. Campbell (’72 PhD Soils Sci.), 86, March 11, 2019, Richland.

Cleo Coy Callen (’73 Fin.), 68, March 22, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona.

Diana Barden Prenguber (’73 Psych.), 68, April 22, 2019, Issaquah.

Robert R. Broughton (’74 Police Sci.), 66, April 8, 2019, Monroe.

John Charles Cobb (’74 Pharm.), 68, April 9, 2017, Coupeville.

Scott Aaron Attebery (’75 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 66, July 6, 2018, Emmett, Idaho.

Michael C. Johnson (’75 Acc.), 65, February 25, 2019, Kirkland.

John Harry McNeil (’75 Poli. Sci.), 67, April 18, 2019, Spokane.

Vickie Lynn Bushee (’76 Env. Sci., ’77 MCE Cont. Ed.), 66, May 1, 2019, Newport.

Stephanie Jane Hauge (’76 Spanish, Ed.), 65, March 2, 2019, Monmouth, Oregon.

Barbara Kerr (’76 MS Psych.), 68, January 29, 2014, Sebastopol, California.

Mollianne Pickett (’76 Gen. St., Delta Delta Delta), 87, December 27, 2017, Lacey.

John Charles Amoruso (’77 Gen. St., ’83 Sci.), 69, September 15, 2018, Vancouver.

John James Haley (’78 Elec. Eng.), 64, March 2, 2019, West Vancouver, British Columbia.

Loriana Maria Narigi (’78 Socio.), 63, March 7, 2019, Tacoma.

Susan Tiersma Glerum (’79 Ani. Sci.), 61, March 1, 2019, Brewster, Nebraska.

1980s

Danny Wester Miles (’80 Mech. Eng.), 62, February 24, 2019, Lake Stevens.

Shirley Fay Savarese (’80 Home Econ.), 60, June 8, 2018, Gresham, Oregon.

Mike N. Funk (’83 Ag. Econ.), 55, May 23, 2016, Wenatchee.

Leo C. Beck (’84 PhD Ed.), 71, March 4, 2019, Everett.

Karen Niemantsverdriet McDonald (’84 Nursing), 56, December 11, 2018, Kailua, Hawaii.

Anil Z. Abraham (’87 Fin.), 54, March 2, 2019, Renton.

John Daniel Doughty (’87 MS Civ. Eng.), 64, July 13, 2018, West Richland.

Daniel W. O’Berry (’87 DVM), 58, December 12, 2018, Florence, Oregon.

Roderick Edwin Herman (’88 Busi.), 68, June 28, 2018, Martinez, California.

1990s

Robert Raymond Record (’92 MEd), 77, March 5, 2019, Wenatchee.

Caroline Wells Donaldson (’94 Vet. Sci., ’97 DVM), 54, May 1, 2019, Urbana, Illinois.

Charles W. Huffine (’94 MA Socio.), 81, February 21, 2019, Chico, California.

David Paul Platt (’95 Mech. Eng.), 46, December 3, 2018, North Bend.

Matthew M. DeCample (’96 Comm.), 44, March 3, 2019, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Brian Keith William (’98 Civ. Eng.), 43, April 16, 2019, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Charles V. Mutschler (’99 PhD History), 63, March 10, 2019, Cheney.

2000s

Jeffrey A. Grun (’04 Busi., Delta Sigma Phi), 38, November 26, 2018, Meridian, Idaho.

Francisco E. Salinas (’05 Soc. Sci.), 70, February 15, 2019, Puyallup.

2010s

Devin Michael Pekema (’10 Crim. Jus.), 30, March 30, 2019, Mukilteo.

Justin Richard DeRosier (’13 Crim. Jus.), 29, April 13, 2019, Prescott.

Katherine C. Shea (’13 Psych.), 27, April 23, 2019, Portland, Oregon.

Terry Lee Bare (’17 Hum.), 52, October 9, 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Faculty and staff

Toshio Akamine, 90, Education, 1967-1993, February 13, 2019, Palo Alto, California.

Jeri Ayala, 72, WSU Puyallup, 1994-2008, April 16, 2018, Tacoma.

Jeffrey Boyle, 65, Crop and Soil Sciences, 1985-2017, January 2, 2019, Eagle, Idaho.

Duane Carlson, 90, WSU Puyallup, 1952-1990, February 19, 2018, Tacoma.

Olga Feldman, 77, WSU Extension, 1979-2006, July 13, 2018, Marysville.

Thelma Harms, 88, Nursing, 1979-1995, December 23, 2018, Spokane.

Yang (Wendy) Liu, 36, International Programs, 2010-2019, May 19, 2019, Pullman.

Donna Maloney, 89, Cougar Health Services, 1983-1993, March 13, 2019, Pullman.

Ruth Mauss, 88, Speech & Learning Sciences, 1982-1994, November 20, 2018, Costa Mesa, California.

Alice Roth, 89, Nursing, 1980-1996, June 26, 2018, Couer d’Alene, Idaho.

Phillip Scuderi, 74, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, 1977-2008, April 14, 2019, Carlsbad, California.

Muriel Sears, 88, WSU Tri-Cities, 1976-1990, March 8, 2018, Richland.

L. Maxine Skipper, 87, Libraries, 1971-1972, 1984-1997, March 24, 2019, Richland.

Althea M. Spencer, 94, Social and Economic Sciences Research Center, 1979-1995, February 11, 2019, Moscow, Idaho.

G. Roger Spencer, 102, Veterinary Microbiology/Pathology, 1950-1978, April 27, 2019, Pullman.

Barbara Waldherr, 79, Animal Disease Lab, 1988-2004, July 13, 2018, Spanaway.

 

Correction

Ann White O’Dell was mistakenly listed in the Summer 2019 issue’s In Memoriam. Her husband, Bob O’Dell, passed away. We apologize for the mistake.