1940s

Patricia R. (Elliott) Swanson (’47 Gen. Stu.), 97, November 2, 2023, Wenatchee.

Robert L. Loeffelbein (’48 English), 98, August 21, 2022, Clarkston.

Norman Dam (’49 Elec. Eng.), 95, August 29, 2022, Greenville, South Carolina.

Theodore R. Homchick (’49 Accounting, Phi Kappa), 95, March 9, 2019, Wenatchee.

George Perkins (’49 Gen. Stu.), 96, April 24, 2023, Portland, Oregon.

Gretchen Perkins (’49 Music), 93, September 3, 2021, Portland, Oregon.

1950s

Blanche E. Goodfellow (’50 Math.), 95, October 5, 2023, Wenatchee.

Vincent Landis (’50 Chem.), 94, February 23, 2023, Lakeside, California.

Kathleen Mae Pearson (’52 Soc. Sci.), 92, September 25, 2023, Caldwell, Idaho.

Duane I. Scott (’52 Ag.), 93, June 26, 2023, Walla Walla.

Eunice Lynn (Brandt) Sproul (’52 Nursing), 93, September 12, 2023, Spokane.

Cora Jean McPhail Westbrook (’52 History, Kappa Kappa Gamma), 93, September 11, 2023, Issaquah.

Darlene Joy (Deibert) Bruner (’53 Pharm.), 91, November 10, 2022, Palm Desert, California.

Nancy Turnquist Sandbloom (’53 Spanish, Ed.), 92, October 20, 2023, Silverdale.

Kenneth C. Schmauder (’54 Ag., ’70 EdD), 92, August 19, 2023, Camas.

Ken Schmauder had a long and impactful career as a teacher and school and district administrator, ending his career as superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools in southwest Washington, where he served from 1976 until 1997. Even in retirement, he kept busy educating future educators at the Vancouver campus of City University of Seattle for 10 years.

Harry Berryman Jr. (’55 Int. Design, Sigma Nu), 89, August 23, 2023, Kent.

Ellis Bowhay (’55 Wildlife Biol.), 93, December 6, 2022, Yakima.

Janet C. (Thomsen) Jackson (’56 Home Econ.), 86, November 4, 2019, Wenatchee.

Calvin O. Fankhauser (’58 Comm.), 87, October 8, 2023, Spokane.

Bill David Ogilvie (’58 Ed.), 98, October 14, 2023, Tonasket.

Wayne S. Tate (’59 Busi.), 91, August 17, 2023, Pullman.

1960s

Richard “Dick” W. Axelson (’60 Accounting), 86, October 9, 2023, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Anita Arlene Foster (’60, ’67 MAT Home Econ.), 85, August 29, 2023, Centralia.

William Taylor Henry (x’60 Pharm.), 87, August 19, 2023, Spokane.

William Johnson (’60 Mat. Sci.), 85, March 11, 2023, Temperance, Michigan.

Richard R. Morgan Sr. (’60 Police Sci.), 88, November 13, 2023, Longview.

E. Joanne (Iles) Sheely (’60 Elem. Ed.), 84, August 29, 2023, Leander, Texas.

Randolph W. Cripe (’61 Poli. Sci.), 83, October 29, 2022, Yorba Linda, California.

Carin C. Fenton Nelson (’61 Gen. Stu.), 83, January 25, 2023, Poulsbo.

Paul T. Togawa (’61 Psych.), 84, March 13, 2023, Mission Viejo, California.

Robert Foty Boehm (’62, ’64 MS Mech. Eng.), 83, October 6, 2023, Henderson, Nevada.

Kathryn Lois Mahrt Brannon (’62 English), 83, October 11, 2023, Wenatchee.

Pat Crook (’62 Busi., Sigma Nu), 83, August 18, 2023, Pullman.

Gerald David Curry (’62 Poli. Sci.), 83, June 18, 2022, Alexandria, Virginia.

Howard S. Meck (’62 Busi., Tau Kappa Epsilon), 85, September 18, 2023, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Irvin Joseph Moore (’62 MS Zool.), 87, January 9, 2022, Provo, Utah.

Barbara Quaife-Hopkins (’62 Ed., Alpha Chi Omega), 80, December 28, 2020, Spokane.

Perry Fletcher Brake (’63 Chem.), 78, October 25, 2023, Gig Harbor.

Susan E. Bugge (’63 Elem. Ed.), 82, April 14, 2023, Seattle.

Barbara L. Fitts (’63 Home Econ.), 83, September 18, 2023, Ramah, Colorado.

Doyne Hall Bailey Infanger Palmer (’64 MEd Couns.), 89, November 22, 2017, Moses Lake.

Allen Henry Quist (’64 Gen. Stu.), 81, March 4, 2023, Vancouver.

Marilyn Kay Klock (’65 Soc. Stu.), 80, November 13, 2023, Spokane.

Gary Peterson (’65 Comm.), 82, October 27, 2023, Richland.

Beverly Jean Ehlers (’66 Socio., Alpha Gamma Delta), 80, September 14, 2023, San Diego, California.

Erwin P. Jones Jr. (’66 Pharm.), 84, September 18, 2022, Sequim.

Ralph “Nick” Nickerson (’66 Poli. Sci.), 78, April 7, 2021, Silverdale.

Jim Le Roy Cook (’67 DVM), 86, September 21, 2023, Spokane Valley.

Arthur “Art” G. Eckman (’67 Comm.), 81, November 4, 2023, Atlanta, Georgia.

William Lee Schwerin (’67 Ag.), 78, February 28, 2023, Walla Walla.

Gerald G. Briggs (’68 Pharm.), 85, August 28, 2023, Huntington Beach, California.

Gerald Gregory Briggs, nationally recognized expert on drug therapy during pregnancy and lactation, authored a textbook on the subject, cowrote Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics: A Guide for Clinicians, and broke new ground for pharmacy in maternal and fetal health. He worked in hospitals in Alaska and California and private companies, and held several academic appointments. Briggs was named 2008 Outstanding Alumnus by the WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Charles Lester Norlin (’68 Police Sci.), 78, October 25, 2023, Wenatchee.

Sidney “Sid” Curtwright (’69 DVM), 79, May 2, 2023, Moclips.

Mauveen Anne “Sue” Stadler (’69 Socio.), 77, July 28, 2023, Boise, Idaho.

1970s

Vergenia Abedejos Cael (’71 Phys. Ed.), 71, December 25, 2019, Santa Cruz, California.

Ernest B. Rajendra (’71 Econ.), 73, February 2, 2023, Los Angeles, California.

Emily J. Strader (’71 German), 73, September 1, 2022, Lacey.

Phillip Lafer (’72 MA, ’74 PhD Math.), 95, September 5, 2023, Pullman.

L. Kirk Lewis (’73 Gen. Stu., Math., Phi Sigma Kappa), 82, October 11, 2023, The Villages, Florida.

Gregory Ross Durbin (’74 Bacterio.), 69, March 18, 2020, University Place.

William L. Inman (’74 Bacterio., ’79 DVM), 71, August 18, 2023, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Anthony “Tony” Tenisci (’74, ’79 MS Phys. Ed.), 74, October 28, 2023, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

David M. Backstrom (’75 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 70, April 3, 2023, Olympia.

Richard Craig Clayton (’75 Math.), 69, July 2, 2022, Anchorage, Alaska.

Totten “TK” Warfield Jr. (’75 DVM), 73, March 16, 2022, Tucson, Arizona.

Pamela Ann Hamilton (’76 Ed.), 69, October 13, 2023, Gig Harbor.

Carol Hilliard (’76 Elem. Ed.), 67, September 22, 2021, Richland.

Walter Winter Shuford (’76 Biochem., ’82 MS Bacterio.), 70, August 6, 2023, Redmond.

James Conrad Fischer (’77 Elec. Eng.), 63, March 19, 2019, Sequim.

Richard Noel Vineyard (’77 Env. Sci.), 68, November 11, 2023, Sparks, Nevada.

As “Dr. Bugs,” Richard Vineyard filled kids across Nevada with wonder as a science educator. He shared his insect collections and wove stories around them to inspire others to save the natural world.

Kleal M. Hill (’78 DVM), 71, August 24, 2022, Arco, Idaho.

Dean Thomas Schau (’78 MA Econ.), 71, October 19, 2023, Richland.

Daniel Duane Stewart (’78 Ani. Sci.), 69, November 14, 2023, Spokane.

William (Bill) F. Silvers (’79 Criminal Justice) 72, August 28, 2023, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

1980s

Lois Elizabeth Bender (’80 Hum.), 89, October 19, 2023, Spokane.

Robert “Bob” Charles Lange (’80 Phys. Ed.), 67, October 2, 2023, Eagle, Idaho.

Patricia M. Rustanius (’81 Biol., Ed.), 65, August 26, 2023, Lafayette, Colorado.

Nancy Kay Olsen (’83 Busi. Info. Sys.), 62, May 24, 2022, Des Moines.

Dale Morford (’84 Mgmt.), 63, September 9, 2023, Auburn.

Neil Manning (’86 Soc. Sci.), 88, January 3, 2023, Lewiston, Idaho.

Bryan W. Lubbers (’88 Math.), 59, February 13, 2023, Walla Walla.

1990s

Alice M. Emerson (’90 PhD Anthro., ’06 PhD Couns. Psych.), 69, October 18, 2022, Jefferson City, Missouri.

Thomas John Michnick (’90 PhD Chem.), 65, November 13, 2023, Brier.

Edward J. Weise (’90 Mktg.), 55, October 11, 2023, Glen Allen, Virginia.

Scott Stephan Wilme (’92 Soc. Sci., Pi Kappa Alpha), 53, December 30, 2021, La Conner.

Elizabeth Jane “Jenny” Calvert (’98 Intl. Busi.), 48, November 8, 2023, Jupiter, Florida.

Victor Vaskelis III (’98 Civ. Eng.), 47, October 21, 2020, Maple Valley.

2000s

Ted Boucher (’02 Ag.), 61, November 9, 2023, Port Orchard.

Kenneth E. Robinson (’01 PharmD), 77, February 16, 2023, Rapid City, South Dakota.

Mark William Stanhope (’03 DVM), 52, August 3, 2023, Portland, Oregon.

Darrell Sparks Hogge (’08 Hum., Socio., Psych.), 75, March 10, 2023, Farmington.

Yo Seap Lee (’09 Mech. Eng.), 35, February 1, 2022, Federal Way.

2010s

Wanda Ann Francis (’10 Digital Tech. & Culture), 46, September 1, 2020, Vancouver.

Robert Oliver Westmoreland (’12 Comm.), 34, October 19, 2023, Issaquah.

Benjamin P. Quatier (’17 Mgmt.), 29, March 2, 2023, Vancouver.

Kevin Lindquist (’19 Intl. Busi.), 33, June 8, 2021, Kirkland.

2020s

Kim Zirker (’20 Nursing), 48, September 30, 2023, Kalama.

Faculty and staff

Stacie Bering, 74, Medicine, 2017-2023, September 7, 2023, Spokane.

Malcolm J. Campbell, 86, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1973-1997, November 7, 2023, Portland, Oregon.

Kathryn Marie Cox, 83, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1983-2005, October 11, 2023, Colton.

Margaret Lucille Davis, 94, Sociology, 1970-1991, August 27, 2023, Pullman.

Rex Stuart Davis, 91, Kinesiology and Tennis Coach, 1966-1994, October 10, 2023, Pullman.

William “Bill” Dittman Jr., 68, Medicine, 2015-2023, October 31, 2023, Spokane.

Clarence N. Hart, 75, Facilities Services, 1980-2010, September 29, 2023, Moscow, Idaho.

Anne LaFrance, 71, Veterinary Medicine, 2007-2015, August 1, 2023, Medford, Oregon.

Mark E. Martin, 72, Facilities Services, 1983-2014, October 30, 2023, Lewiston, Idaho.

John H. Nilson, 73, Molecular Biosciences, 2003-2015, September 26, 2023, Taos, New Mexico.

Roger G. Nilson, 86, Facilities Services, 1977-1999, November 3, 2023, Colton.

Diana L. Olson, 67, Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, 1991-2017, October 14, 2023, Elk River, Idaho.

Loris Van Rathbun, 92, Facilities Services, 1951-1989, October 7, 2023, Moscow, Idaho.

Erik Stauber, 86, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, 1988-2010, August 17, 2023, Genesee, Idaho.

Kent Martin Steen, 87, Crop and Soil Sciences, 1958-1992, October 20, 2023, Colfax.

Wayne S. Tate, 91, Statistics, 1959-1994, August 17, 2023, Pullman.

Thomas F. Trail, 88, Extension Human Development, 1971-1994, November 2, 2023, Moscow, Idaho.

Timothy Ray Troutt, 72, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 1980-2006, August 22, 2023, Pullman.

Douglas Leonard Young, 77, Economic Sciences, 1976-2009, October 7, 2023, Pullman.

Alice Woo, 97, Dining Services, 1962-1991, August 24, 2023, Edmonds.