In Memoriam: Fall 2016

Pamelia (Crothers) Barkanic, ’53, 85, Jan. 31, 2016, Damascus, Maryland.

Brenton “Bently” Bennett, ’85, 52, April 13, 2016, Emporia, Kansas.

Kelly Bowland, MSM ’01, 55, March 31, 2016, Kansas City, Missouri.

James Brandenburgh, Jr., former student, 61, May 19, 2016, Topeka, Kansas.

Dorothy (Daniels) Bussing, ’44, 92, Delta Delta Delta, Feb. 4, 2016, Kansas City, Missouri.

Jack A. Cole, ’57, 84, June 30, 2016, Macungie, Pennsylvania.

Gayle Eugene Cook, 49, 89, Aug. 20, 2016, Baldwin City, Kansas.

Irven Roland Cooper III, ’74,68, Sept. 19, 2016, San Antonio, Texas.

Betty (Clarke) Corpeny, ’48, 88, April 18, 2016, Prairie Village, Kansas. Survivors include her husband, Elbert Corpeny, Jr., ’51.

Lola (Smith) Costa, former student, 86, March 25, 2016, Council Grove, Kansas.

Vonda Lynn Crain, ’98, 68, April 25, 2016, Grandview, Missouri.

Bruce K. Crockett, ’66, 72, July 29, 2016, Big Horn, Wyoming.

Carolyn (Chubb) Dale, ’48, 88, Feb. 29, 2016, Joplin, Missouri.

Dr. Charles Duboc, honorary alumnus, 93, April 16, 2016, Mission Hills, Kansas.

David Dudley, MBA ’93, 72, July 5, 2016, Topeka, Kansas.

Helen (Horn) Eble, ’68, 93, June 14, 2016, Osawatomie, Kansas.

Charles Elswick, ’58, 85, March 27, 2015, Clovis, New Mexico.

J. Robert “Bob” Ewbank, ’55, 82, Aug. 2, 2016, Mobile, Alabama.

Michael Alan Farris, ’73, 68, Sept. 19, 2016, Chicago, Illinois.

Richard Gray, ’43, 94, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Feb. 18, 2016, Sacramento, California. Survivors include his wife, Eugenia (White) Gray, ’47.

Barbara L. (Viets) Haberstroh, ’72, 66, Sept. 30, 2016, Olathe, Kansas.

Thomas Edwin Hart, ’37, 103, Oct.19, 2016, Westmoreland, Kansas.

Jane (Jones) Hellmann, ’68, 70, April 17, 2016, Plano, Texas.

Hannah Elizabeth (Betty) Yoe Henderson, ’42, 96, July 15, 2016, Nashville, Tennessee.

Judith (Hill) Hilliard, ’66, 72, March 28, 2016, Shawnee, Kansas.

Donald Hines, former Board of Trustee member, 90, March 20, 2016, Topeka, Kansas.

R. Evelyn (Copeland) Horn, ’39, 98, Nov. 2, 2016, Baldwin City, Kansas.

Donald Earl Hufford, ’52,86, Sept. 27, 2016, Wichita, Kansas.

Claude Wayne Icenogle, ’57,83, Oct. 15, 2016, Topeka, Kansas.

June M. Jewett, friend of the university, 96, May 9, 2016, Baldwin City, Kansas.

Carol Jory, friend of the university, 83, March 31, 2016, Rossville, Kansas.

Kathleen (Long) Kilgore, former student, 55, July 16, 2016, Republic, Missouri.

James Russell Kinkendall, ’59, 79, Sept. 19, 2016, Hemet, California.

Doris Dean (Gabriel) Lange, ’47, 91, Sept. 25, 2016, Kansas City, Missouri.

Jo Lea (Plummer) Large, 59, March 18, 2016, Olathe, Kansas.

Gary Logan Lawrence, ’60, 80,Oct. 8, 2016, Sarasota, Florida.

Wanda M. (Tomlinson) Lee, ’60, 77, July 22, 2016, Overland Park, Kansas. Survivors include a son Bryan Lee, ’88, and a daughter Courtney Lee, ’92.

Jacqueline “Jackie” (Gorrie) Lloyd, ’49, 89, May 15, 2016, Prairie Village, Kansas.

Amy Lovell, ’05, 33, June 25, 2016, Lawrence, Kansas.

Chadd Lowderman, ’16, 33, Sept. 24, 2016, Ottawa, Kansas.

Ernie Mai, ’51 88, August 29, 2016, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Survivors include his wife, Nina (Heidt) Mai, ’52, sons Dan Mai, ’86, Dave Mai, ’88, brother Palmer Mai, ’54, sister-in-law Beverly (Chilcote) Mai, ’53.

Catherine Maris, former student, 87, June 1, 2016, La Cygne, Kansas.

Robert “Bob” Marshall, ’54, 84, March 11, 2016, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Survivors include his wife, Joan (Stuckwish) Marshall, ’51.

Francis “Frank” McGuire, Jr., MLA ’80, 71, May 24, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts.

Harry McKeever, ’52, 88, Nov. 4, 2016, Dallas, Texas.

Nancy L. (Burns) Mitts, ’54,81, Nov. 2, 2016, Overland Park, Kansas.

Larry “Earl” Munger, former instructor, 81, June 4, 2016, Kansas City, Missouri.

Mary Beth (Thompson) Neill, ’79, 60, May 9, 2016, New Bern, North Carolina.

Tiffanie D. Ohmes, ’07, 47, July 25, 2016, Osawatomie, Kansas.

Maurice Edward Pautz, ’52,84,Sept. 29, 2016, Parker, Colorado.

Sherrill “Sherry” (Angle) Rein, ’69, 68, March 5, 2016, Clinton, Missouri.

Pamela Rendleman, ’64, 73, Sept. 13, 2016, Lenexa, Kansas.

The Rev. Horacio Rios, ’56, 84, June 4, 2016, Hermitage, Tennessee.

Mary “Leone” (Wells) Rumbo, ’46, 91, Jan. 20, 2016, Marionville, Missouri.

Stephen Schulz, former student, 65, March 21, 2016, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Virginia (Messecar) Sheely, ’36, 102, February 14, 2016, Concord, California.

Yasuko (Fukada) Shorrock, ’55, 88, June 12, 2016, Claremont, California.

James Silvers II, ’58, 80, Nov. 4, 2016, Overland Park, Kansas.

Tom Smith, Jr., MLA ’91, 83, June 18, 2016, Independence, Missouri.

Susan Sperry, ’99, 56, May 23, 2016, Metairie, Louisiana.

Margaret “Peggy” (Miller) Stephenson, ’43, 94, June 3, 2016, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Survivors include a daughter Sally Stephenson, ’74.

Jerry Steele, ’53, 84, June 17, 2016, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Kenneth Sterns, ’52, 86, May 16, 2016, Plano, Texas.

Louise R. Taul, former employee, 89, July 16, 2016, Baldwin City, Kansas.

Jane E. Tinnin, ’61, 77 July 31, 2016, Overland Park, Kansas.

Dorothy (Speichinger) VanBooven, former professor, 74, May 12, 2016, Shawnee, Kansas.

Alvin “Al” Morris Warner ’51, 88, Sept. 29, 2016, Hutchinson, Kansas.

R. Sam Washburn, ’54, 86, Feb. 20, 2016, Katy, Texas.

Russell Whitla, ’50, 89, Aug. 7, 2016, Cottonwood, Arizona.

Darlene (Stanley) Wilds, former student, 82, July 16, 2016, Manhattan, Kansas.

Sandra “Sandy” Wilson, ’80, 57, Dec. 23, 2015, Acworth, Georgia.

Cheryl Work, MBA, 54, March 1, 2016, Sparta, New Jersey.

Chester “Chet” Wright, former employee, 95, March 23, 2016, Baldwin City, Kansas.