In memoriam

1940s

Charles Ferguson (’40 Ag.), 104, March 20, 2021, Woodland.

Wilho E. Williams (’44 Civ. Eng.), 99, April 30, 2021, Spokane.

Patricia A. Stephens (’45 Home Econ., ’47 Ed.), 94, December 20, 2017, Roseville, California.

Ruth Marie Schaefer (’46 Home Econ., ’48 Ed.), 97, April 16, 2021, Spokane.

Elwood Howard Shemwell (’47 Gen. St.), 98, December 17, 2020, Copperas Cove, Texas.

Wilbur Earl Stephens (’47, ’50 MS Mech. Eng.), 96, December 17, 2018, Roseville, California.

Howard G. Hallgarth (’48 Entom.), 97, June 13, 2019, Wapato.

Betty B. Ostheller (’48 Fine Arts), 93, January 29, 2021, Spokane.

Marcella Fromberg Swarttz (’48 Gen. St.), 91, October 9, 2020, Pine Mountain Club, California.

Fred William Burgess (’49 Ag.), 97, March 24, 2021, Gold Beach, Oregon.

Cecil G. Fleshman (’49 French, ’50 Ed.), 92, January 23, 2020, Silverton, Oregon.

William H. Noteboom (’49 Phys. Ed.), 93, November 29, 2020, Longview.

Delphine J. Peterson (’49 Home Econ., ’51 Ed., Delta Kappa Gamma), June 21, 2020, Granger.

Frank M. Watts (’49 DVM), 99, February 27, 2021, Portland, Oregon.

1950s

Carol Anne Bucklin (’50 English), 92, May 21, 2019, Shoreline.

William E. Cameron (’50 Civ. Eng.), 92, April 3, 2020, San Clemente, California.

Richard Wayne Fowler (’50 Pharm.), 92, May 11, 2021, Lynnwood.

Wallace R. Middleton (’50 Ani. Sci.), 98, October 24, 2020, Stanwood.

Weymeth “Wey” Murrel Simpson (’50 Comm.), 94, March 24, 2021, Spokane Valley.

Ryomi Tanino (’50 Arch.), 94, December 8, 2017, Renton.

Margarette L. (Scharff) Unruh (’50 Ed.), 92, December 6, 2019, Richland.

Lester “Les” Eugene Vea (’50 Civ. Eng.), 94, January 21, 2021, Woodinville.

James Atwood Baer (’51 Elec. Eng.), 93, March 21, 2018, Medford, Oregon.

Mary “Polly” Morgan Bartlett (’51 MS Ani. Sci.), 93, April 6, 2021, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Henry Eugene Forrester (’51 Ag. Ed.), 92, December 18, 2020, Tumwater.

Carroll James Klett (’51 MS Psych.), 93, December 13, 2020, Carmel, New York.

Burton John Fadich (’52 Pharm.), 92, September 23, 2020, San Pedro, California.

Norma Dream (Port) Henry (’52 Ed.), 92, May 4, 2021, La Quinta, California.

Don C. Kirschbaum (’52 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 91, November 21, 2016, Dubuque, Iowa.

Charles N. McLean (’52 Busi.), 90, July 11, 2018, Tacoma.

Andre Paul Nebolon (’52 Phys. Sci.), 92, March 11, 2020, Bend, Oregon.

Margaret H. Nebolon (’52 Eng.), 88, April 20, 2019, Bend, Oregon.

Franz Karl Schneider (’52 English), 93, April 14, 2021, Albany, Oregon.

Beverly Brackett Wanner (’52 Home Econ.), 90, April 8, 2021, Kirkland.

Edith Leola West (’52 MA Ed.), 89, October 1, 2016, Rural Hall, North Carolina.

Robert G. Witser (’52 Socio.), 89, February 7, 2020, Oakland, California.

Mary Jean Baumhofer (’53 Home Econ., Ed.), 88, July 12, 2020, Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Graeme C. Galbraith (’53 Mech. Eng.), 90, May 17, 2021, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Sarita Jane (Veatch) McCaw (’53 Comm., Kappa Delta), 88, November 6, 2020, Walla Walla.

Katrina Pierson (’53 Ed., Kappa Delta), 89, March 4, 2021, Burlington.

Donald Max Roser (’53 Wildlife Biol.), 89, March 14, 2021, Walla Walla.

Robert Dewey Adkins (’54 Comm.), 87, May 5, 2019, Seattle.

Ann M. Barnecut (’54 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 88, September 24, 2020, Petaluma, California.

Alice Marie Petersen Brislawn (’54 App. Merch. & Textiles), 89, February 17, 2021, West Seattle.

Jean (Kienbaum) Koch (’54 Hort.), 88, January 29, 2021, Spokane.

Robert Grant Logan (’54 Pharm.), 89, November 1, 2020, Lincoln, California.

Roger Lionel Pugmire (’54 Gen. Stu.), 88, June 20, 2020, St. George, Utah.

Donna J. (Reese) Montzheimer (’55 Ed., Kappa Kappa Gamma), 88, May 16, 2021, Spokane.

Wayne Kay Plank (’55, ’62 MA Music), 84, May 2018, Gig Harbor.

J. Ann Smithwick (’55 Ed.), 87, June 20, 2020, Seattle.

Frank Arthur Crosby (’56 Gen. St.), 86, March 19, 2021, Bellingham.

Leslie “Les” Edward Hilby (’56 Socio., Beta Theta Pi), 87, March 14, 2021, Spokane Valley.

Vincent H. Broemeling (’57 Gen. St.), 87, January 19, 2019, Boise, Idaho.

Richard Lee Lukins (’57 Pharm.), 88, February 25, 2021, Portland, Oregon.

Richard W. Pierson (’57 Poli. Sci.), 85, March 27, 2021, Anacortes.

Jackie Virginia Satterhwaite (’57 Ed.), 84, September 7, 2020, Huntington Beach, California.

Chellis (Smith) Swenson (’57 Theatre Arts), 85, May 31, 2021, Tacoma.

Marvin Gail Anderson (’58 Gen. St., ’68 MAT Biol.), 82, August 5, 2018, Spokane.

Jimmie D. Chamberlain (’58 Hort.), 86, March 5, 2021, Vancouver.

James H. Hubenthal (’58 Arch.), 87, March 10, 2021, Olympia.

Judith F. (Pearson) Parker (x’58 Lib. Arts), 84, May 9, 2021, Phoenix, Arizona.

Allen Royce Shuler (’58 Ani. Sci.), 85, April 30, 2019, Warden.

Jack Speir Armstrong (’59 Zool.), 85, February 10, 2021, Olympia.

Royal Thair Carver (’59 DVM), 92, March 6, 2021, Logan, Utah.

Helen M. (Phillips) Dodson (’59 Elem. Ed.), 82, June 3, 2020, Yakima.

Lawrence J. McDevitt (’59 Civ. Eng.), 84, November 16, 2016, Milton-Freewater, Oregon.

Mariann Faye Moore (’59 Math.), 83, May 17, 2020, Huntington Beach, California.

Robert Dwain Nelson (’59, ’62 MS Wildlife Biol.), 88, February 24, 2021, Raymond.

Grace Alice Painter (’59 Home Econ.), 81, February 25, 2019, Helena, Montana.

Daniel Matson Tompkins (’59 Poli. Sci.), 83, March 23, 2021, Kailua, Hawaii.

1960s

Dorrene C. Gilbert (’60 Ed.), 83, April 14, 2021, Richland.

John Carl Sagerser (’60 Bacterio.), 81, June 12, 2020, Lacey.

J. Irvine Bingham (’61 Biol., ’63 DVM), 84, December 28, 2020, Placerville, California.

William H. Brubaker (’61 Comm.), 83, May 2, 2021, Edmonds.

Martin Samuel Favero (’61 MS, ’64 PhD Bacterio.), 83, March 28, 2021, San Clemente, California.

Marvin A. Johanson (’61 Arch.), 81, March 19, 2021, Payette, Idaho.

W. Greg Nelson (’61 DVM), 83, March 21, 2021, Kuna, Idaho.

Marlene C. Brubaker (’62 Fine Arts), 80, February 14, 2021, Edmonds.

Shaikh Mohammed “Ghazi” Ghazanfar (’62 Busi., ’64 MA, ’69 PhD Econ.), 84, March 11, 2021, Acworth, Georgia.

Barbara Ann Ratcliff (’62 Anthro.), 80, July 3, 2020, Seattle.

Gail Diane Taylor (’62 Soc. Stu.), 80, July 8, 2020, Port Gamble.

Charles Freeman (’63 MS Phys. Ed.), 82, January 20, 2019, Saint George, Utah.

Torgeir A. Haugland (’63 MAT Math.), 89, July 19, 2017, Kent.

Worthen N. Hunsaker (’63 MA, ’67 PhD Math.), 81, March 31, 2021, Farmington Hills, Michigan.

George Richard Ouimet (’63 Elec. Eng.), 83, July 27, 2020, Bothell.

Whitlow Wai Loy Au (’64 MS Elec. Eng., ’70 PhD Eng. Sci.), 79, February 12, 2020, Kailua, Hawaii.

Constance “Connie” Jo Cooper (’64 Socio., Delta Gamma), 81, November 10, 2019, Yakima.

Susan Ann Els (’64 Gen. St.), 79, May 7, 2021, Davenport.

William L. McLean (’64 Ani. Sci.), 77, April 28, 2019, Coulee City.

Robert A. Privette (’64 Ed.), 80, February 16, 2020, Sandpoint, Idaho.

Robert Lyle White III (’64 Comm.), 79, April 12, 2021, Ocean Park.

Edward A. McLarney (’65 English), 78, July 20, 2017, Carson.

Barbara E. Meyn (’65 Int. Des.), 74, January 8, 2018, Baxter, Tennessee.

Lynne Marie Nicholson (’65 Psych.), 78, May 3, 2021, Hailey, Idaho.

Charles Lee Tost (’65 Econ.), 80, May 19, 2021, Fremont, California.

William Paul Wells (’65 EdD), 90, June 5, 2020, Penn Valley, California.

Richard Guy Cowan (’66 Chem. Eng.), 78, February 26, 2021, Camas.

Douglas Norman Head (’66 Civ. Eng.), 77, March 13, 2021, Carmel, Indiana.

Lois Mervyn (’66 MA Speech & Hearing Sci.), 88, October 20, 2020, Pueblo, Colorado.

Flint Taylor (’66 DVM, ’75 MS Microbiol.), 80, February 27, 2021, Taos, New Mexico.

Gloria Mae Wing (’66 Elem. Ed.), 76, November 22, 2019, Steilacoom.

John Aaron Beasley (’67 EdD), 85, May 23, 2017, Hempstead, Texas.

Hermas John Bergman (’67 PhD History), 92, October 26, 2018, College Place.

Jerry Dean Davis (’67 Geol.), 74, October 29, 2019, Richland.

Louise LaVern (Robinson) Nichols (’67 Busi.), 84, July 31, 2019, Spokane.

Doris (Dulgar) Ruiz (’67 Home Econ., Delta Kappa Gamma), 91, May 19, 2021, Henderson, Nevada.

James Howard Waddle (’67 Arch.), 73, May 31, 2017, Portland, Oregon.

Bill Lon Armstrong (’68 English), 71, January 19, 2017, Redmond.

Charlotte Ann Gurney (’68 MAT Ed.), 78, June 26, 2020, Grove City, Ohio.

Rodney Thor Hansen (’68 PhD Math.), 76, November 29, 2016, Colbert.

Jacquelyn L. Janulis (’68 Socio.), 75, January 18, 2021, Portland.

Lynn Edwin Vancil (’68 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 74, December 30, 2019, Tualatin, Oregon.

Glen Gerald Krause (’69 Hort.), 75, June 8, 2019, Spokane Valley.

Tom LeRoy McLaughlin (’69 PhD Amer. Stu.), 83, December 24, 2019, University Place.

Ann Marie McVicar (’69 Psych.), 69, January 1, 2017, Maple Valley.

Douglas Gary Schlesier (’69 MFA), 74, December 16, 2016, Bellevue, Iowa.

1970s

Nance Baffaro Bracken (’70, ’87 MFA Fine Arts), 74, February 26, 2021, Yakima.

Jill Eymer Greer (’70 Ed., Alpha Delta Pi), 72, March 16, 2021, Camano Island.

Walter E. Hall (’70 MA Poli. Sci.), 83, September 11, 2020, Everett.

Linda Jean Mathis (’70 Socio.), 71, January 23, 2019, Newport.

Marilyn H. Perkins (’70 History), 73, May 19, 2021, Kennewick.

Kathleen Maureen Baxter (’71 Home Econ.), 69, May 3, 2019, Marysville.

Daniel Charles Jackson (’71 Ani. Sci.), 79, September 20, 2020, Ronan, Montana.

Henry Jesse (’71 MEd), 96, June 25, 2020, Denver, Colorado.

Robert Gibson Link (’71 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 72, September 29, 2020, Tucson, Arizona.

Richard R. Johnson (’71 Poli. Sci.), 71, March 26, 2021, Yakima.

Franklin A. Nash Jr. (’71 PhD Psych.), 87, February 17, 2020, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Franklin D. Wilson (’71 MA, ’73 PhD Socio.), 78, December 22, 2020, Fitchburg, Wisconsin.

David Lee Chase (’72 Entom.), 72, February 20, 2021, Vancouver.

Carole A. Seeman (’72 Anthro., ’78 MA History), 74, April 2, 2020, Spokane Valley.

Christine A. Slusarenko (’72 Nursing, Alpha Phi), 71, March 23, 2021, Portland, Oregon.

Robert Karl Johnstone (’73 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 75, November 30, 2020, Kent.

Donald John Langan (’73 PhD Comm.), 72, September 13, 2016, Babbitt, Minnesota.

David A. Mathiason (’74 Gen. St.), 69, April 20, 2019, Seattle.

Gerald Lee McGinley (’74 Poli. Sci.), 68, February 6, 2021, Mukilteo.

Robert “Terry” Pavlak (’74 Busi.), 73, April 7, 2020, Haymarket, Virginia.

Gisela Inge Weirich-Jones (’74 Elem. Ed.), 69, November 12, 2020, Seattle.

Ronald Alan Wysaske (’74 Acc., ’89 MBA, Delta Sigma Phi), 69, May 30, 2021, Camas.

John “Jack” Lynn Brownson (’75 Ed.), 64, May 25, 2016, Spokane.

Del John Winterfeld (’75 Music, Ed.), 68, March 31, 2021, Enumclaw.

Mark W. James (’76 Ag. Ed.), 66, April 17, 2020, Walla Walla.

Alfred “Bud” Lawrence Pace III (’76 PhD Higher Ed. Admin.), 83, July 29, 2020, Logan, Utah.

Michael Berry Sartain (’76 Police Sci.), 69, August 19, 2019, Riverton, Wyoming.

Teri Ann Atteberry (’77 Socio.), 61, November 20, 2016, Bellevue.

Dennis Alan Bask (’77, ’78 MS Psych., Acacia), 65, November 28, 2019, Snohomish.

Danny Lee Burgett (’77 Env. Sci.), 64, April 20, 2018, Hayden, Idaho.

Christine Mary Davitt (’77 Bacterio., ’87 PhD Zool.), 70, January 11, 2021, Pullman.

Del Ray George (’77 DVM), 72, March 12, 2021, Seattle.

James D. Weddell (’78 Arch.), 73, April 8, 2021, Pullman.

Michael Frank Albert (’79 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 70, August 30, 2018, Palm Harbor, Florida.

Duane S. Kroseman (’79 MS Comp. Sci., MEd Couns.), 76, October 21, 2020, Rochester, Minnesota.

1980s

Russell “Rusty” Sheldon Curd (’80 Gen. Stu.), 61, June 21, 2018, Snoqualmie.

Simon John Mawson (’80 MS Env. Sci.), 67, September 15, 2020, Anchorage, Alaska.

Larry James McConnell (’80 Phys. Ed.), 64, December 11, 2020, Clarkston.

David Dean Olsen (’80 Bacterio.), 61, April 25, 2020, West Richland.

Gale S. Kennedy (’81 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 63, July 3, 2017, Pasco.

Matthew Thomas Partlow (’81 Comm.), 64, February 24, 2021, Newcastle.

Charles P. Smith Jr. (’82 EdD), 84, April 29, 2020, Spokane.

Mary Ann Wiest (’82 PhD Math.), 69, March 15, 2018, Clarkston.

Craig Vance Wilson (’82 PhD Poli. Sci.), 69, October 18, 2017, Shepherd, Montana.

John Albert Flynn (’84 Elec. Eng.), 59, October 26, 2020, Seattle.

Kirby Douglas Denger (’85 Mktg.), 57, March 13, 2021, Tumwater.

Shirley Cheuvront Ericson (’85 EdD), 87, January 4, 2018, Placitas, New Mexico.

George Allan Fuhr (’89 PhD Ed.), 83, March 8, 2021, Oak Harbor.

1990s

Pamela Jane Conover (’90 MEd), 71, May 2, 2021, Walla Walla.

Bob Burton Willard (’90 Fin.), 59, August 21, 2019, Kennewick.

John Burton Ritter (’91 Soc. Sci.), 69, November 22, 2016, Vancouver.

Carol Mohr Batt (’92 PhD Psych.), 75, March 6, 2021, Federal Way.

Addie Kathleen Wilcox (’92 MA Comm., ’98 PhD Lib. Arts), 71, September 29, 2019, Eugene, Oregon.

Tracy L. Larsen (’93 Busi.), 50, June 5, 2020, Lake Stevens.

Kathleen Marie (Stone) Moss (’93 Soc. Sci.), 64, August 17, 2018, Oro Valley, Arizona.

Truc Q. Tran (’93 Biol.), 55, April 1, 2021, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Billie Loreen Saavedra (’94 Pharm.), 78, June 29, 2020, Phoenix, Arizona.

John W. Coddington (’97 PhD Chem.), 47, January 13, 2019, Kennewick.

Thomas Andrew Douville (’98 Arch.), 54, March 21, 2021, Tualatin, Oregon.

Scott Murray Reed (’99 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 44, April 26, 2021, Bremerton.

2000s

Terie Gerilyn (Tuman) Ellis (’00 MBA), 67, May 19, 2021, Yakima.

Jeffrey Dean Knutson (’00 Crop & Soil Sci.), 54, December 5, 2020, Davenport.

James Edward Leonard (’00 Acc.), 70, January 9, 2020, Kiona.

Robert Russell Nielson (’02 MS Civ. Eng.), 55, June 27, 2018, Richland.

Sue Ann Williams (’02 Busi.), 66, August 28, 2020, Vancouver.

Bethany Joann Howell (’03 MIT Ed.), 42, March 3, 2021, Vancouver.

Gay Nelson (’09 Soc. Sci.), 80, February 23, 2021, Bellingham.

2020s

Yanely V. Mendoza (’20 Nursing), 25, May 10, 2021, Richland.

Faculty and staff

Jimmie D. Chamberlain, 86, WSU Vancouver, 1958-2000, March 5, 2021, Vancouver.

David Crozier, 50, Facilities Services, 2018-2021, April 14, 2021, Moscow, Idaho.

R. Wesley Leid, 75, Animal Sciences, 1980-2007, May 8, 2021, Dayton.

Robert Michael Lemon, 79, Facilities Services, 1967-2004, May 3, 2021, Colfax.

Michael S. Owen, 77, Architecture, 1984-2006, April 13, 2021, Potlatch, Idaho.

Jerry L Reynolds, 71, Nursing, 1980-2017, March 30, 2021, Spokane.

Warren N. Wright, 75, Educational & Public Media, 1984-2009, March 16, 2021, Viola, Idaho.