In Memoriam, fall 2023

The following are Western alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during fall 2023.

Alumni

• Jack Leonard Duke, BA ‘48, April 1, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Shirley M. (O’Mara) Carr, BS ‘48, May 25, 2023, Colorado Springs, CO
• Mary A. Vodopic, BS ‘48,  Oct. 8, 2022, San Antonio, TX
• Nancy J (Eilers) Lummis, BS ‘50, May 30, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Geraldine May (French) Jennings, BM ‘51, June 23, 2023, Whitewater, WI
• Guelda Ann (Glynn) Weinert, BS ‘51, June 9, 2023, Marshall, MI
• George Thomson Eddington, BA ‘52, MA ‘60, May 17, 2023, Oro Valley, AZ
• Constance June (Barker) Stemper, BS ‘52, April 15, 2023, Cocoa, FL
• Irene Leona (Jurcza) Vukorpa, BS ‘52, April 12, 2023, Paw Paw, MI
• Jacqueline Betty Strong, BM ‘53, Aug. 12, 2023, Comstock Twp., MI
• Judith Lynn (White) Long, BA ‘54, June 24, 2023, Traverse City, MI
• Gordon A Spencer, BA ‘54, MA ‘60, May 10, 2023, Grand Blanc, MI
• Patricia Ann (Matthews) Rizzolo, BA ‘55, June 22, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Joyce Elizabeth (Frey) Steeby, BA ‘55, Aug. 4, 2023, Holland, MI
• Charles Francis Ake, BBA ‘55, April 5, 2023, Altamonte Springs, FL
• Lois Audrey Nelson, MA ‘55, June 27, 2023, Madison, WI
• Richard Loy Clements, BS ‘56, July 30, 2023, Dearborn,MI
• Richard E. Kinney, BS ‘56, CT ‘59, April 21, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
• Elaine Lou (Smith) Wenger, SC ‘56, April 15, 2023, Marshall, MI
• Ann Louise (Hicks) Finnefrock, BS ‘57, July 28, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Carol Allen (Allen) Tahse-Roeming, BS ‘57, April 23, 2023, Green Valley, AZ
• Mary Ann (Green) Burdue, BA ‘58, June 1, 2023, Niles, MI
• Dorothy Jean Gray, BA ‘58, Sept. 8, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
• Suzanne Christine (Kraft) Mateer, BA ‘58, May 21, 2023, Kirkland, WA
• Charles J. Weier Jr., BBA ’58, June 8, 2023, Bradenton, FL
• Judith Ann McCain, BS ‘58, April 18, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Robert C. Morsink, BS ‘58, April 10, 2023, Crozier, VA
• Willard Lee Sweeris, BS ‘58, May 6, 2023, Wyoming, MI
• Ronald Laurence Duemler, BBA ‘59, April 2, 2023, Hudsonville, MI
• Roger Jack Myers, BBA ‘59, June 8, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Gordon John Smith, BM ‘59, June 26, 2023, Snellville, GA
• Laura Lee Pohlman, BS ‘59, May 26, 2023, Traverse City, MI
• Elizabeth Alice Fleming, BA ‘60, May 24, 2023, Olivet, MI
• Melba Louise (Shively) Mayrose, BA ‘60, May 28, 2023, Mobile, AL
• David Andrew Sunde, BA ‘60, Aug. 22, 2023, Louisville, CO
• Jimmy Neel Moore, BS ‘60, Sept. 29, 2023, Gaylord, MI
• Harry A. Royer, BS ‘60, MA ‘66, June 10, 2023, Battle, MI
• David Clinton Greenhoe, BA ‘61, MA ‘66, Aug. 12, 2023, Schoolcraft, MI
• Kenneth James Woodring, BS ‘61, July 13, 2023, Lansing, MI
• Larry James Cole, BA ‘62, SpEd ‘74, July 9, 2023, Vicksburg, MI
• Ronald David Dykstra, BS ‘62, April 24, 2023, Beulah, MI
• Mike Michael Matyas, BS ‘62, PhD ‘74, May 24, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• George J. Marino, BA ‘63, July 18, 2023, Naperville, IL
• David Everett Grambort, BS ‘63, MA ‘66, June 1, 2023, Bella Vista, AR
• William Harold Fournier, BA ‘64, June 4, 2023, Saint Paul, MN
• Lynn Bettie (Maris) Naspinski, BA ‘64, May 30, 2023, Valparaiso, IN
• Roland A. Waterfield Jr., BA ‘64, July 30, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• Ronald Dale Bekins, BS ‘64, Aug. 30, 2023, Zeeland, MI
• Martin William Hammerstein Jr., BS ‘64, April 29, 2023, Adrian, MI
• Roselle C (Chilson) Havens, BS ‘64, June 4, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• Sandra Lee Williams, BS ‘64, April 19, 2023, Byron Center, MI
• Patricia Ann (Madges) Milanowski, BA ‘65, MA ‘79, March 28, 2023, Jenison, MI
• Anne Elizabeth (Starkey) Romoser, BA ‘65, July 14, 2023, Everett, WA
• Martell Blake Royer, BBA ‘65, May 18, 2023, Merrillville, IN
• William Joseph Warnecke, BBA ‘65, BA ‘66, Aug. 6, 2023, West Branch, MI
• David G. Dykema, BS ‘65, Aug. 11, 2023, Muskegon, MI
• LaVerne Adren Hill, BS ‘65, Aug. 16, 2023, Union City, MI
• Edward A. Holda, BS '65, July 20, 2023, Tecumseh, MI
• Frederick Robinson Kreiser, BS ‘65, May 6, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• John Philip Walkley, MA ‘65, May 23, 2023, Cadillac, MI
• William Church, BA ‘66, MA ‘71, Sept. 6, 2023, Marshall, MI
• Judy Lee, BA ‘66, May 3, 2023, Jackson, MI
• Joan Marie (Ludtke) Maier, BA ‘66, April 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Marilyn Ann (Landis) Pettigrove, BA ‘66, July 5, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• Clifford James Kirvan, BBA ‘66, April 13, 2023, Titusville, PA
• Vivian Lee (Eschtruth) Buschbacher, BS ‘66, MA ‘70, May 28, 2023, Roscommon, MI
• Jack Edward Loman, BS ‘66, April 17, 2023, Madison, WI
• Lois Floyd (Floyd) Pastor, BS ‘66, MA ‘73, July 19, 2023, San Antonio, TX
• Karen E H (Michaelsen) Schanzenbacher, BS ‘66, April 26, 2023, Colonial Heights, VA
• Gerald Ralph Boss, BA ‘67, MA ‘69, July 22, 2023, Holland, MI
• Evon Lorraine (Sanders) Slevatz, BA ‘67, April 6, 2023, Lawton, MI
• Warren Frank Newell, BM ‘67, June 24, 2023, Scotts, MI
• Susan Kay Stobbelaar, BS ‘67, MA ‘93, July 9, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
• Catherine Anne Beal, BA ‘68, MA ‘69, June 16, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
• Frederick C. Wiessner, BBA ‘68, May 30, 2023, Defiance, OH
• Larry Albert Bearden, MA ‘68, June 16, 2023, Aurora, IL
• Gary Anthony Allward, BA ‘69, June 30, 2023, Grand Blanc, MI
• Carolyn Lea (Handell) McElrath, BA ‘69, Aug. 24, 2023, Urbana, IL
• Martha Frances Messner, BA ‘69, MA ‘72, June 11, 2023, Kentwood, MI
• Lloyd Lee Miller, BBA ‘69, April 19, 2023, Niles, MI
• Walter Albert Brys, BS ‘69, Sept. 5, 2023, Traverse City, MI
• Norma Jean (Zubke) Somers, BS ‘69, April 3, 2023, Coloma, MI
• Gary Thomas Broekhuizen, MA ‘69, June 25, 2023, Portage, MI
• David Edward Mount, MBA ‘69, April 20, 2023, Marco Island, FL
• Jean W. Gill, BA ‘70, MA ‘74, April 22, 2023, Plainwell, MI
• Marilyn G. VanHare, BA ‘70, MA ‘74, July 13, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• William Harry Rapley Jr., BS ‘70, July 26, 2023, Surprise, AZ
• Barbara Ann (Tomaka) Huber, MA ‘70, April 9, 2023, Portage, MI
• Janice Ann (Featherly) Mohler, BA ‘71, May 15, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
• James H. Carnagie, BBA ‘71, July 9, 2023, Royal Oak, MI
• Julie Tefft, BS ‘71, MA ‘75, May 25, 2023, Georgetown, TX
• Gary T. Adams, BBA ‘72, Feb. 14, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Charles Gerard Chalifoux, BBA ‘72, Aug. 8, 2023, Allen, TX
• Sue Ann (Frounfelker) Kalahar, BS ‘72, May 28, 2023, Jackson, MI
• Carolyn Ann (Kufta) Miller, BS ‘72, July 2, 2023, Sarasota, FL
• Steven Mills Rupert, BS ‘72, MA ‘78, June 3, 2023, South Bend, IN
• Robert Mirer Wygant, MBA ‘72, April 8, 2023, Muskegon, MI
• Dennis Gerard Clark, BA ‘73, May 14, 2023, Clinton Twp., MI
• Linda Jean (Zimmerman) Kershner, BA ‘73, MA ‘79, May 4, 2023, Sturgis, MI
• Robert Michael Dongvillo, BS ‘73, March 29, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
• Twilla Jean Gibbons, BS ‘73, MA ‘82, April 26, 2023, Dowling, MI
• Cherlyn Sue Houston, BS ‘73, May 18, 2023, Parma, MI
• Gary Louis Kalamajka, BS ‘73, April 15, 2023, Hagerstown, MD
• Earl Horn Jr., BA ‘74, MA ‘78, June 20, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Jill (Tarczy) Kurtz, BS ‘74, June 17, 2023, Northville, MI
• Richard Wade Lattimore, BS ‘74, February 27, 2023, Valrico, FL
• Sesta Verleen (Baas) Peekstok, BS ‘74, EdD ‘80, MA ‘75, April 12, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Louanne Kay (Versluis) Collins, BA ‘75, April 18, 2023, Portage, MI
• Scott Clare Truitt, BBA ‘75, Aug. 5, 2023, LaGrange, IN
• Gregory Dennis Erickson, BS ‘75, March 28, 2023, Lakeland, FL
• Cindy Louise (Norris) Trask, BS ‘75, March 29, 2023, Arlington, TX
• Peggy Lee Webb, BBA ‘76, June 25, 2023, Indianapolis, IN
• Calvin James Everly, BS ‘76, July 6, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Grant G. Hogarth Jr., BS ‘76, Aug. 23, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Beverly R (Rogers) Bessler, MA ‘76, May 2, 2023, Marshall, MI
• William Dewolfe Conrad, MPA ‘76, July 9, 2023, Kentwood, MI
• Bernard Ross Near, BBA ‘77, July 21, 2023, Muskegon, MI
• Mary Oran, BS ‘77, April 18, 2023, Brighton, MI
• Patricia Ann Pyman, BS ‘77, Aug. 7, 2023, Grand Haven, MI
• Craig Thomas Cameron, BBA ‘78, July 2, 2023, Angola, IN
• George Eugene Klein, BS ‘78, April 23, 2023, Branford, CT
• Peter Ronald Moulds, MOT ‘78, April 19, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• Marilyn Lee (Soderberg) Bolin, BS ‘80, July 11, 2023, Northbrook, IL
• Susan Perkowski Anderson, MPA ‘80, April 19, 2023, Big Rapids, MI
• Karon Letitia Morley, BA ‘81, June 4, 2023, Leonidas, MI
• Theresa M (Lucka) Abercrombie, BS ‘81, June 15, 2023, Edgewater, FL
• Walter D. DeRyke, BS ‘81, May 30, 2023, Greenville, SC
• Leroy Augustine Green, BS ‘81, April 10, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Derrick Patrick Albers, BS ‘82, June 10, 2023, Rochester Hills, MI
• William Scott Choler, BBA ‘83, Aug. 4, 2023, Stow, OH
• Shirley Jean Hamilton, BS ‘83, July 16, 2023, Portage, MI
• James Kordupel Jr., MA ‘83, June 27, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Kimberly Ann (Gunn) Weigold, BSW ‘84, Sept. 14, 2023, Farmington Hills, MI
• Eddie L. Greenleaf, BBA ‘85, May 14, 2023, Chicago, IL
• Dale N Bronkema, BS ‘85, June 14, 2023, Lamont, MI
• Kristopher Brian Kuhn, BBA ‘86, Aug. 15, 2023, Rochester Hills, MI
• Sally Irene Story, MSW ‘87, July 27, 2023, Grandville, MI
• Mary Austin Luther, MA ‘88, June 11, 2023, Muskegon, MI
• Karen Elizabeth (Kiessling) Stock, MA ‘88, April 12, 2023, Knoxville, TN
• Shung Wern Tsao, MS ‘88, April 27, 2023, West Bloomfield, MI
• Robert Harry Brown, BS ‘90, June 15, 2023, Watson Twp., MI
• Sean Christian Pollion, BS ‘90, Aug. 12, 2023, Petoskey, MI
• Jacquelyn Sue Thomas, BS ‘90, June 22, 2023, Fort Myers, FL
• Michael Thomas Dayton, BSE ‘90, April 8, 2023, Lowell, MI
• Jane Leal Ledesma, BS ‘91, June 2, 2023, Dallas, TX
• Judith Ann (Roosenberg) Rusk, MA ‘91, July 7, 2023, Green Bay, WI
• Wendy Anne Johnston, BA ‘92, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Audrey Michelle Pride, BA ‘93, MA ‘02, April 18, 2023, Lawton, MI
• Torey Jeremy Whitten, BBA ‘93, May 16, 2023, Grandville, MI
• Martin Ray Ulferts, BS ‘93, June 29, 2023, Michigan City, IN
• Brian Dee Johnson, MA ‘96, Aug. 7, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Maleah Margaret Goss, BS ‘01, Aug. 19, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Patrick Lynn Bentley, BA ‘04, July 4, 2023, Mattawan, MI
• David Michael McKouen, MSW ‘07, May 19, 2023, Leslie, MI

Emeriti

• Richard D. Brewer, professor emeritus of biological sciences, March 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Kenneth Dahlberg, professor emeritus of political science, May 1, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Joseph DeLuca, professor emeritus of fine arts, June 6, 2023, Traverse City, MI
• Clara L. Gamble, professor emerita of dance, June 8, 2023, Kalamazoo, Ml
• Charles F. Heller, professor emeritus of geography, July 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Zahir Quraeshi, professor emeritus of marketing, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Harold Ray, professor emeritus of human performance and health education, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Norman E. Slack, assistant professor emeritus of consumer resources and technology, June 27, 2022, Kalamazoo, MI
• Lloyd Schmaltz, professor emeritus of geology, May 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Robert M. Wygant, professor emeritus of industrial and manufacturing engineering, April 8, 2023, North Muskegon, MI