1940s

John S. Buckingham (’47 Phys. Sci.), 97, November 20, 2021, Kennewick.

Sylvia Ruth Bushaw (’47 Phys. Sci.), 96, July 22, 2022, Portland, Oregon.

Richard S. Caldecott (’48 MS, ’51 PhD Agro.), 96, May 29, 2020, Stillwater, Minnesota.

Helen C. Clarkson (’49 MS Socio.), 96, July 16, 2022, Freeport, Maine.

Elizabeth L. Shea (’49 Home Econ.), 94, July 22, 2022, Tacoma.

1950s

Stanley W. Harris (’50, ’52 MS Wildlife Biol.), 91, December 27, 2019, Lacey.

Ralph M. Jackson (’50 Civ. Eng.), 97, May 31, 2022, Mount Vernon.

Donald “Hobie” Hobart Bond (’51 Econ.), 92, October 1, 2021, Bellevue.

Jack Wallace Burt (’51 Chem.), 92, September 4, 2021, Spokane.

Burgess G. Lange (’51 Ag.), 93, November 30, 2021, Garfield.

Charles R. Ness (’51 Ag. Eng.), 92, January 13, 2020, Port Orchard.

Richard L. Zellmer (’51 Vet. Sci., ’56 DVM), 89, April 21, 2018, Davenport.

Vernon Proff (’52 Ag.), 91, April 19, 2022, Boise, Idaho.

Doris Smith Barker (’53 Elem. Ed.), 92, August 5, 2022, Des Moines.

Thomas W. Barker (’53 Elec. Eng.), 88, February 23, 2020, Des Moines.

Pete Rademacher (’53 Ani. Sci.), 91, June 4, 2020, Sandusky, Ohio.

Pete Rademacher was a Cougar football lineman in 1950 and 1951, a 1956 Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medalist, and a professional boxer. He was inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.

Willard M. Berry (’54 Ag.), 89, April 8, 2022, Couer d’Alene, Idaho.

Duane P. Lanchester (’54 Comm.), July 11, 2022, Quincy, Illinois.

Dale W. Massie (’54 Agro.), 90, August 3, 2022, Indian Wells, California.

Leif O. Wikan (’54 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 91, August 8, 2022, Bellevue.

David Eugene Edwards (’56 Ag. Eng.), 87, December 19, 2018, Baker City, Oregon.

Marvin Clinton Hix (’56 Ag. Eng.), 96, March 16, 2022, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Marianna Merritt Matteson (’56 MA For. Lang. & Lit.), 90, July 20, 2022, Pullman.

Mike Auer (’57 Pharm., Phi Sigma Kappa), 87, May 1, 2022, Lewiston, Idaho.

Kenneth Murlin Black (’57 Math.), 89, August 6, 2022, Cary, North Carolina.

Rex L. Heninger (’57 Comm.), 88, September 28, 2019, Spokane.

Laura Ruth Lundgaard (x’57 Lib. Arts), 86, October 2, 2021, Lacey.

Leona Gail Zander (’57 Phys. Ed.), 86, July 25, 2022, Bellingham.

Gary A. Burginyon (’58 Physics), 85, February 24, 2021, Pleasanton, California.

Joy Elaine (Holdiman) Hurlbert (’58 Bacterio.), 85, October 25, 2021, Olympia.

Gloria G. Moore (’58 Phys. Ed.), 86, July 28, 2022, Bellingham.

Janily N. Patrick (’58 Elem. Ed., ’73 MEd, Kappa Kappa Gamma), 84, June 8, 2022, Spokane.

Catherine Louise (Monroe) Proteau (’58 Gen. Stu., Kappa Alpha Theta), 85, April 28, 2022, Bremerton.

James E. Williams (’58 DVM), 90, June 8, 2022, Heber, Utah.

Richard A. Janssen (’59 Busi.), 84, July 2, 2022, Spokane Valley.

Karen Ann Segal (’59 Bacterio., Kappa Delta), 84, July 15, 2022, Sequim.

Donald Daniel Taylor (’59 Chem. Eng.), 90, August 9, 2022, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

1960s

Connie Bader (’60, ’63 MAT Home Econ.), 84, July 26, 2022, Kennewick.

Florence Rose Krall Shephard (’60 MAT Biol.), 95, July 26, 2022, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Raymond G. Johnston (’61 DVM), 90, September 2, 2022, Novato, California.

Van Youngquist (’61 Ani. Sci.), 84, August 23, 2022, Mount Vernon.

Robert Z. Deffenbaugh (’62 Busi.), 92, July 21, 2022, Hermiston, Oregon.

Robert L. Hartmeier (’62 Agro.), 87, July 16, 2022, Salinas, California.

Ann L. Marsh (’62 Fine Arts), 82, June 18, 2022, Clarkston.

Dwight Paxton (’62 Busi.), 82, September 30, 2017, Lake Havasu, Arizona.

Rhea Pauline Sheffield (’62 Bacterio.), 81, July 18, 2022, Port Angeles.

Paul R. Antsen (’63 Poli. Sci., Phi Kappa Alpha), 80, June 2, 2022, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Carol Ann Carlon (’63 Elem. Ed., Kappa Kappa Gamma), 80, March 30, 2022, Denver, Colorado.

Kay Frances (Honsinger) Dirks (’64 Ed.), 80, July 25, 2022, Quincy.

Patricia Wylam Morgan (’65 Elem. Ed.), 78, July 25, 2022, Port Angeles.

George Joseph Butler (’66 MS Civ. Eng.), 90, March 18, 2022, Mesquite, Nevada.

Neil Warren Clayton (’66, ’68 MA Socio.), 78, January 30, 2022, Sequim.

Robert Ray Davis (’66 Ag.), 78, October 15, 2021, Zillah.

Chaim Frenkel (’66 PhD Hort.), 88, August 12, 2022,  New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Karen Irene Lewis (’66 Elem. Ed.), 79, June 1, 2022, Rockford.

Sherrill Senn Mozey (’67 Home Econ.), 77, August 17, 2022, Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Steven Guy Peppard (’67 Comm.), 80, August 2, 2022, Bonita Springs, Florida.

Neil Alvin Felgenhauer (’68 Comm.), 76, March 6, 2022, Spokane.

James Michael Giuffre (’68 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 71, March 9, 2017, Bothell.

Owen V. Johnson (’68 History), 76, August 6, 2022, Bloomington, Indiana.

Carl Flagstad Moore (’68 MAT Math.), 87, January 28, 2022, Yakima.

Louise Sandra Reuble (’68 Home Econ.), 76, July 28, 2022, Oak Harbor.

Robert J. Steinburg (’68 Busi.), 75, November 16, 2021, Wenatchee.

Cheryl Ruth Williams (’68 Socio.), 76, July 30, 2021, Winlock.

Robert W. Schwartz (’69 Mat. Sci), 74, April 7, 2022, University Place.

John M. Turnbow (’69 Zool.), 73, January 21, 2022, Lubbock, Texas.

Timothy J. Yale (’69 Pharm.), 76, June 17, 2022, Sacramento, California.

1970s

John E. Cannon (’70 Econ., ’75 DVM, ’79 MS Microbiol.), 76, August 17, 2022, Spokane.

Kenneth Eugene Elder (’70 Psych., Delta Tau Delta), 73, July 14, 2021, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Joseph H. Foster (’70, ’73 MS Wildlife Biol.), 81, December 21, 2021, Olympia.

Verne H. McClurg (’70 MS Police Sci.), 83, September 16, 2019, Dothan, Alabama.

Cynthia Marie Chase-Spilman (’71 Elem. Ed., ’79 MEd, Gamma Phi Beta), 73, March 25, 2022, Richland.

Robert John Weimer (’71 MS Plant Path.), 76, July 20, 2022, Atwater, California.

Peter G. Doumit (’72 History, Ed.), 69, November 10, 2018, Moses Lake.

Michael Glen Ellis (’72 Soc. Sci.), 72, July 30, 2022, Issaquah.

Kenneth Alan Goodwin (’72 Bacterio.), 75, July 4, 2022, Walla Walla.

Jerry Arthur Hanowell (’72 Elem. Ed.), 79, May 27, 2022, McMinnville, Oregon

Edmund A. Machtmes Jr. (’72 Agro.), 78, March 25, 2021, Spokane.

Daryl Preuninger (’73 MEd), 81, March 11, 2022, Camas.

Richard Allen Wayenberg (’73 Comm., ’84 MS Phys. Ed.), 71, July 27, 2022, Pullman.

John Hall Antich (’74 Pharm.), 70, July 2, 2022, Spokane Valley.

Carl Howard Harmon (’74 Phys. Sci.), 74, June 2, 2017, Quartzsite, Arizona.

Pamela A. Fogleman Heselgrave (’74 Gen. Stu.), 70, August 25, 2022, Bellevue.

Barbara K. Bair (’75 Ed.), 70, June 7, 2021, Vancouver.

Cliff Henning (’75 Ag.), 73, January 3, 2022, Stanwood.

Hugh Imhof (’75 Comm.), 74, July 2, 2022, Spokane.

Linda K. Carlisle (’76 Poli. Sci.), 68, April 7, 2022, Boston, Massachusetts.

Maureen Bridget Riley (’76 Nursing), 67, February 10, 2022, Tempe, Arizona.

Douglas Ty Whitener (’76 Wildlife Biol.), 68, July 30, 2022, Yakima.

Douglas Ralph Bennett (’78 Pharm.), 71, July 3, 2022, Cedar Hills, Utah.

James Whitney (’78 Const. Mgmt.), 63, January 12, 2019, Medina.

James E. DeShirley (’79 Elec. Eng.), 74, June 22, 2022, Vancouver.

Dennis C. McBride (’79 PhD Socio.), 77, August 10, 2022, Steilacoom.

S. Karl Moldrem Jr. (’79 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 65, July 15, 2022, Davenport.

1980s

Catherine A. Gitkov (’80 Wildlife Biol., ’81 MS Biol.), 74, July 17, 2022, Juneau, Alaska.

Janet Louise Merrill Hossack (’80 PhD Psych.), 93, May 29, 2022, Sandpoint, Idaho.

Scott W. Wendling (’82 DVM), 66, June 24, 2022, Herriman, Utah.

Joyce Marie Klakken (’83 PhD Couns. Psych.), 86, June 19, 2022, Spokane.

Jerry A. Neidiger (’83 Gen. Stu.), 74, May 16, 2022, Milwaukie, Oregon.

Sandy Williams (’83 Psych), 60, September 5, 2022, Spokane.

Spokane community and civil right activist Sandy Williams died in a Puget Sound floatplane crash on September 5. Williams started The Black Lens in 2015 as editor and publisher. Williams also founded the Carl Maxey Center, which opened this year to promote economic development, education, and cultural enrichment in Spokane’s Black community. Read more

Robert Bruce Steele (’88 Hotel & Rest. Admin.), 59, June 28, 2022, Roseville, California.

1990s

Richard R. Jordal (’95 MEM Eng. Mgmt), 59, August 27, 2020, Seattle.

Brett Leland Tiller (’96 MS Env. Sci.), 54, June 19, 2022, Richland.

Robert Wayne Armstrong (’97 Soc. Sci., ’99 MEd Couns.), 68, January 17, 2022, West Richland.

Ronald Edward Kinion (’98 Comp. Sci.), 48, July 24, 2022, Auburn.

2000s

Jeffery Michael Crouch (’00 Elec. Eng.), 47, November 18, 2021, Pasco.

Chad Alyn Bodnar (’03 Hum.), 44, July 18, 2022, Richland.

Monique Garcia (’05 Nursing), 41, July 12, 2022, Kennewick.

Faculty and staff

Darrell Barstow, 83, WSU Puyallup, 1967-1994, June 15, 2022, Puyallup.

Diane Berger, 77, Political Science, 1995-2006, May 11, 2022, Spokane.

Robert Dupea, 86, Facilities Services, 1989-2002, August 15, 2022, Lewiston, Idaho.

Ann Marsh, 82, Human Resource Services, 1976-1990, June 18, 2022, Clarkston.

Thomas G. Pesek, 83, History, 1966-1999, June 25, 2022, Omaha, Nebraska.

Clarence James Peterson Jr., 93, Crop & Soil Sciences, 1988-1994, July 28, 2022, Pullman.

Douglas Powell, 68, Facilities Services, 1992-2018, June 6, 2022, Pullman.

Thomas Peter Ruff, 86, Education, 1968-2001, July 27, 2022, Seattle.

Melvina “Pinky” Tuttle, 83, Information Services, 1980-2004, August 27, 2022, Colfax.

Doreen Jean Two, 88, Housing, 1979-1995, July 26, 2022, Pullman.

Ralph F. Webb, 66, Facilities Services, 1988-2020, July 21, 2022, Palouse.