1940s
Arline (Mullins) Kerns (’42 Busi.), 97, October 12, 2018, Walla Walla.
Alice Mae (Costello) Aboen (’49 Busi.), 97, September 6, 2024, Longview.
G. Stanley Fergin (’49 Phys. Metallurgy, Sigma Nu), 96, September 24, 2024, Spokane.
Joseph R. Matsen (’49 Busi.), 98, November 14, 2024, Bellevue.
1950s
Henry P. Carstensen Jr. (’50 Ag.), 95, September 8, 2023, Almira.
Harlan Lee Heglar (’50, ’56 MS Ag. Ed.), 97, January 8, 2025, Spokane.
Floyd L. Miralles (’50 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 101, January 1, 2025, Janesville, Wisconsin.
Helene F. England (’51 Gen. Stu., Kappa Kappa Gamma), 95, November 10, 2024, Boulder, Colorado.
James E. Jennings (’51 Ag., ’52, ’57 MA Ed.), 94, October 10, 2024, Des Moines.
Hugh William Shoults (’51 Mech. Eng.), 97, December 2, 2022, Carefree, Arizona.
Robert H. Williams (’51 Ani. Sci.), 94, February 14, 2024, Clarkston.
Bruce P. Chambers (’52 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 95, November 9, 2024, Roseburg, Oregon.
Julia E. (Means) Preuschoff (’52 English), 94, November 27, 2024, Kennewick.
John P. McClane (’53, ’58 MS Phys. Ed.), 94, July 9, 2024, Phoenix, Arizona.
Pat Gearhiser (’54 Home Econ.), 94, December 3, 2024, Pullman.
Frank Gustavo “Pancho” Padilla (’54 Soil Conservation), 91, May 27, 2023, Mount Crawford, Virginia.
Betty Grace Shoults (x’54 Lib. Arts), 92, July 29, 2024, Carefree, Arizona.
Allen Delano Lamb (’55 Gen. Stu.), 92, December 24, 2024, Olympia.
Dorothy B. Walker (’55 Busi.), 91, November 8, 2024, Richland.
Jean A. Dacres (’56 Ag.), 94, December 3, 2024, Sioux City, Iowa.
Glen L. Hower (’56, ’61 MS Elec. Eng.), 90, January 3, 2025, Pullman.
Michael Bruce Hoctor (’57 Soc. Stu., ’63 MA Ed.), 89, December 14, 2024, San Diego, California.
John Edward Keene (’57 Zool.), 89, November 23, 2024, Kirkland.
Orrin H. Pilkey Jr. (’57 Geol.), 90, December 13, 2024, Durham, North Carolina.
Willis Ray Smith (’57 Police Sci.), 88, March 24, 2024, Sarasota, Florida.
Richard B. van Gelder (’57 Elec. Eng.), 90, December 20, 2024, Palo Alto, California.
Stanley Evan Easton (’58 Soc. Stu.), 87, July 10, 2023, Jacksonville, Alabama.
Myrna L. Lindholm (’58 Nursing), 87, February 7, 2023, Grass Valley, California.
Paul W. R. Tanzer (’58 Elem. Ed., ’70 MEd Ed.), 89, February 13, 2025, Clackamas, Oregon.
Joan (Phillips) Wile (x’58 Elem. Ed.), 88, August 27, 2024, Rathdrum, Idaho.
T. A. “Ted” Burton (’59, ’62 MS, ’64 PhD Math.), 89, January 5, 2025, Port Angeles.
Robert E. Early Jr. (’59 Ag., Phi Delta Theta), 87, December 15, 2024, Prosser.
Roberta E. Gilley (’59 Fine Arts), 87, April 16, 2024, Lake Oswego, Oregon.
1960s
Fred Dee McElroy (’60 Ag.), 90, December 2, 2024, Sequim.
Melvin B. Dennis Jr. (’61 DVM), 87, December 4, 2024, Seattle.
John Irwin Gould (’61 Physics), 85, January 15, 2025, Richland.
Sharon Marie Kinder (’61 Phys. Ed.), 85, September 28, 2024, Olympia.
John Michael Stewart (’61 Arch.), 86, October 20, 2024, Bellingham.
John Rodney Harle (’63 PhD Genetics & Cell Biol.), 91, December 25, 2023, London, Ontario.
James William Kemmish (’63 Gen. Stu.), 83, October 10, 2024, Seattle.
Rex Eugene King (’63 Elec. Eng.), 88, November 8, 2024, Spokane Valley.
Dianne Mathilda Lewis (’63 Psych., Phi Beta Kappa), 84, January 31, 2025, The Villages, Florida.
Jean Phyllis Lo (’63 MS Vet. Sci.), 88, January 23, 2025, San Jose, California.
Rosemary Alice Esser (’64 Ed.), 82, January 25, 2025, Lynden.
Georganne J. Hoctor (’64 Ed.), 82, December 19, 2024, San Diego, California.
Jeanne Marie Keatts (’64 Busi.), 83, January 11, 2025, Clarkston.
John H. Anderson (’65 Poli. Sci.), 79, November 20, 2021, Bellingham.
David Lee Gehrt (’65 Poli. Sci.), 82, January 21, 2024, San Luis Obispo, California.
James Albert Sonn (’65 Poli. Sci.), 81, August 27, 2024, Lacey.
Robert A. Eshelman (’66 Bacterio.), 79, June 16, 2023, Montgomery Village, Maryland.
Tracy Bruce Walters (’66 MEd Couns. Psych.), 93, July 27, 2024, Spokane.
Sharon Elaine Yount (’66 Soc. Stu.), 80, October 23, 2024, Pullman.
Richard Lee Shreves (’67 Comm.), 79, January 26, 2025, Helena, Montana.
Steven Lynn Boots (’68 Phys. Ed.), 78, December 31, 2024, Liberty Lake.
Elsie Marilyn Delzer (’68 Speech Comm.), 79, February 13, 2025, Wenatchee.
James Clyde Eldore (’68 Soc. Stu.), 79, January 25, 2025, Spokane.
Pamela Sue Senske (’68 Psych.), 78, February 7, 2024, Spokane.
Bernadette D. Whitmore (’68 Police Sci.), 79, June 13, 2024, Seattle.
Alan Thomas Buratto (’69 Music), 76, November 20, 2023, Fort Worth, Texas.
Patricia Ann Cosner (’69 Phys. Ed., Pi Beta Phi), 77, December 19, 2024, Centerville.
Rorick L. “Rory” Graham (’69 Comm., Delta Chi), 77, February 2, 2025, Thousand Oaks, California.
Orman Wallace Johnson (’69 Ag. Econ.), 76, November 4, 2023, Connell.
1970s
Ronald Michael Bower (’70 Finance, Busi.), 82, December 14, 2024, Spokane.
James “Jim” Warren Elmer (’70 Const. Mgmt.), 77, January 6, 2025, Spokane.
Richard Benedict Fermo (’70 Poli. Sci.), 76, October 6, 2023, Tacoma.
Ben A. Menke (’70 MA, ’74 PhD Socio.), 81, August 13, 2023, Littleton, Colorado.
William R. Batstone (’72 MA Phil.), 74, March 25, 2021, Shelton.
Beverly A. Hayashi (’72 Ed.), 75, January 24, 2025, Kent.
Susan E. Lindgren (’72 Gen. Stu.), 78, January 29, 2025, Tracyton.
George Lee Berry (’73 Mech. Eng.), 74, December 15, 2024, Puyallup.
Sean Hardin Elwood (’73 MA Fine Arts), 73, August 13, 2024, Jamesport, New York.
Katherine G. “Kitty” Guinan (’74 Ed.), 73, November 18, 2024, Kenmore.
Michael Edward Berndt (’75 Ed., English), 71, December 6, 2024, Hoquiam.
Richard Glen Cone (’75 Ag. Econ.), 73, June 18, 2024, Gooding, Idaho.
Peggy Lorraine Harrer (’75 DVM), 81, January 7, 2025, Pocatello, Idaho.
Robert John Towne (’75 Recreation), 71, January 13, 2025, Tacoma.
Craig Wallace White (’75 DVM), 77, May 19, 2024, McCall, Idaho.
James D. Hansen (’77 PhD Entom.), 78, October 22, 2024, Yakima.
Kathy Ann Beck (’78 DVM), 73, November 27, 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Kenneth B. Dalton (x’79 Gen. Stu.), 66, January 7, 2025, Reno, Nevada.
Glenda Sue Shannon (’79 EdD), 82, May 21, 2024, Lacey.
Carolyn Joyce Wyatt (’79 MA, ’82 PhD Couns. Psych.), 78, February 2, 2025, Pullman.
1980s
Steve Michael Geppert (’80 Civ. Eng.), 69, February 10, 2025, Anchorage, Alaska.
David Daniel St. John (’80 Ag. Ed.), 67, December 27, 2024, Rosalia.
Kerry Lynn Fost (’85 DVM), 69, January 10, 2025, Boise, Idaho.
Steven Robert Haub (’86 Busi.), 61, December 24, 2024, Austin, Texas.
Jeff Howard Johnson (’87 Comm.), 59, February 14, 2025, Bellevue.
Brian E. Curtis (’88 Soc. Sci.), 58, September 26, 2024, Huntington Beach, California.
Gary L. Irwin (’88 Civ. Eng.), 58, December 5, 2024, Beaverton, Oregon.
1990s
Shawn Michael Pippel (’92 Mgmt., Econ.), 60, November 2, 2024, Wenatchee.
Marjean Gayle Scheele (’94 EdD Higher Ed. Admin.), 84, November 30, 2024, Spokane.
Dennis John Booth (’97 Soc. Sci.), 77, December 19, 2024, Lynden.
2000s
Robin H. Bray (’00 Human Dev.), 71, October 8, 2024, Brush Prairie.
Kristen Michelle (Steck) Robinson (’07 Elem. Ed.), 39, January 10, 2025, Pullman.
2020s
Toni Thies Griffin (’21 Soc. Sci.), 81, January 12, 2025, Kent.
Faculty and staff
David Bezdicek, 86, Crop & Soil Sciences, 1973-2004, January 5, 2025, Pullman.
Terrence E. Cook, 82, Political Science, 1967-2008, November 21, 2024, Hood Canal.
Karen Ann Coonrad, 81, Housing & Residence Life, 1976-2005, November 12, 2024, Pullman.
Donald L. “Slim” Eickhoff, 86, Physical Plant, 1960-1990, December 1, 2024, Lewiston, Idaho.
Wanda Flood, 92, Libraries, 1986-1989, January 12, 2025, Spokane.
Don Gallagher, 86, Central Receiving, 1981-2003, January 26, 2025, Albion.
Glen Hower, 90, Electrical Engineering, 1957-1999, January 3, 2025, Pullman.
James Kittrick, 95, Crop & Soil Sciences, 1955-1991, January 18, 2025, Port Angeles.
Barbara Lee Lentz, 81, General Studies/Pre-med, 1966-2001, November 14, 2024, Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
Rod Main, 66, Facilities Services, 2001-2024, November 30, 2024, Palouse.
Robert E. Potter, 92, Speech & Hearing Sciences, 1967-1994, November 17, 2024, Eugene, Oregon.
CORRECTION
Jonathan Paul Hoerlein (’89 Psych.) was mistakenly listed in the Spring 2025 issue’s In Memoriam.