In Memoriam, winter 2024

The following are Western alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during winter 2024.

Alumni

• Josephine Valenti Duncan, BS ‘41, Nov. 23, 2023, Annandale, VA
• Leon A. Fahling, BS ‘54, Oct. 18, 2023, Fort Wayne, IN
• Hugh C. Janes, BA ‘55, Dec. 1, 2023, Norfolk, VA
• Ross Howard VanNess, BM ‘55, Nov. 26, 2023, Muncie, IN
• David Dwight Fouts, BS ‘55, Jan. 25, 2021, Kokomo, IN
• Nancy Ann (Schrock) Nicodemus, BA ‘57, Dec. 2, 2023, Holland, MI
• Bonnie Jean (Benkelman) McLemore, BS ‘57, Sept. 26, 2023, Houston, TX
• Edward James Todd, BBA ‘58, Sept. 17, 2023, St. Joseph, MI
• Robert James Norcross, BS ‘58, Sept. 10, 2023, Portage, MI
• Patricia Bell Williams, BS ‘59, Oct. 1, 2023, Delton, MI
• Francis Walter Crookes Jr., BA ‘60, MA ‘68, EdD ‘76, Sept. 26, 2023, Battle Creek, MI
• Thomas Webster Hewitt, BA ‘60, MA ‘66, Dec. 3, 2023, Mobile, AL
• Jimmy N. Moore, BS ‘60, Sept. 29, 2023, Gaylord, MI
• George John Olman, BA ‘61, Sept. 28, 2023, Sterling Heights, MI
• Kay Cook Spade, BA ‘61, MA ‘78, March 9, 2023, Portage, MI
• Raymond Charles Lincolnhol, BS ‘61, MA ‘66, Nov. 6, 2023, Lansing, MI
• Mary Anne (Janasik) Richert, BA ‘62, MA ‘65, Nov. 1, 2023, Spring Lake, MI
• Dale Richard Buhr, BBA ‘62, Sept. 10, 2023, Solon, OH
• Jerome Robert Fulton, BBA ‘62, Dec. 5, 2023, Vicksburg, MI
• Evyda Louise (Johnson) Jackson, SC ‘62, BS ‘63, Dec. 3, 2023, Portage, MI
• Paul F. Schilling, BS ‘63, Sept. 8, 2023, Toledo, OH
• Haldon Dale Ferris, BS ‘64, Oct. 8, 2023, Elk Rapids, MI
• Karen Irene (Welling) Siegl, BS ‘64, Sept. 24, 2023, Dearborn, MI
• Virgil Charles Post, BBA ‘65, MBA ‘69, Oct. 30, 2023, Lexington, KY
• Mary Joanne Mohr, BS ‘65, MA ‘66, Sept. 26, 2023, Cambria, CA
• Gene Douglas Ranger, BS ‘65, Nov. 4, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• John Stewart Hoch, BA ‘66, MBA ‘67, Oct. 21, 2023, Spring Hill, FL
• Virginia Frances (Newell) Jacobowitz, BA ‘66, MEd ‘68, Nov. 19, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Jerry Arnold Strawderman, BA ‘66, Dec. 11, 2023, Jackson, MI
• Judith C. Welker, BA ‘66, Nov. 23, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Jonathan E. Louden, MA ‘66, Nov. 16, 2023, Rio Grande, OH
• Lorin Duane Bayles, BA ‘67, Dec. 4, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Sue L. Wilson, MS ‘67, Oct. 16, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
• Cassie Elaine (Reinhart) Goldstein, BM ‘68, Sept. 3, 2023, Zionsville, IN
• Mary Lou (Loomis) Fassett, BA ‘69, MA ‘81, MA ‘83, Nov. 1, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• Craig Wayne Omo, BA ‘69, MA ‘72, Oct. 16, 2023, Portage, MI
• Cathie Ann Conlen, BA ‘70, Dec. 19, 2023, Flushing, MI
• Sherman McNeal Carey, BBA ‘70, Sept. 30, 2023, Lincolnton, NC
• Ross Charles Coppersmith, BS ‘70, Nov. 20, 2023, Clarkston, MI
• Evelyn Lee Polinsky, BS ‘70, Nov. 21, 2023, Walled Lake, MI
• Marilyn Mae Higgins, BA ‘71, Oct. 14, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Patricia Sue Meekhof, BA ‘71, BS ‘71, MA ‘84, Nov. 14, 2023, Richland, MI
• Michael Harrison Payne, BBA ‘71, Oct. 26, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• James Michael Donahue I, BA ‘72, March 9, 2023, Spring Lake, MI
• Judy Marie (Andrzejewski) Anderson, BS ‘72, Dec. 11, 2023, Romeo, MI
• Toni Spencer Beatty, BS ‘72, Nov. 9, 2023, Las Vegas, NV
• Steven Keith Godra, BS ‘72, Nov. 5, 2023, Lennon, MI
• Michael James Masterson, BS ‘72, Sept. 19, 2023, Manistique, MI
• Larry J. VanLangeveld, BS ‘72, MBA ‘86, Oct. 7, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
• Lee Kirk Gerard, MA ‘72, Oct. 4, 2023, Okemos, MI
• William A. Doyle III, BA ‘73, Dec. 6, 2023, Troy, MI
• Donald Wilson, BA ‘73, Oct. 29, 2023, Troy, MI
• Barbara Jean (Richardson) Alexander, BS ‘73, Sept. 28, 2023, Portage, MI
• Patricia Carlin, BA ‘74, MA ‘79, Jan. 19, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Steven George Cave, BA ‘74, Oct. 4, 2023, Williamston, MI
• James M. Hettig, BA ‘74, MPA ‘76, Dec. 1, 2023, Stevensville, MI
• Daniel Leroy Grinage, BS ‘74, Dec. 11, 2023, Ann Arbor, MI
• Richard H. Redden, MA ‘74, EdD ‘81, Nov. 18, 2023, Mt. Pleasant, MI
• Craig Robin Helmic, BS ‘75, Nov. 7, 2023, Portage, MI
• Donald William Zwiefka, BSE ‘75, Dec. 8, 2023, Manistee, MI
• Steven Knox Brandon, BBA ‘76, Dec. 11, 2023, Brighton, MI
• Rita Louise Short, BA ‘77, MBA '84, Dec. 1, 2023, Dewey-Humboldt, AZ
• Martha Lynn O‘Dell, BS ‘77, Oct. 31, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Nancy Jo (Taylor) Lenz, BBA ‘78, Oct. 27, 2023, Parchment, MI
• James Henry Piegols, BS '78, July 29, 2023, Altamonte Springs, FL
• Mary Helene Bicknell, MA ‘78, Sept. 13, 2023, West Olive, MI
• Jean Susanne Sisco, MA ‘79, Oct. 3, 2023, Homer, MI
• Bradley L. Creswell, BM ‘80, Dec. 4, 2023, Johnston, IA
• Pamela Mack, BS ‘80, Nov. 11, 2023, Berkley, MI
• Judith Ann Barnes, MA ‘80, Oct. 20, 2023, Merritt Island, FL
• Terrence Mack, BA ‘81, Nov. 11, 2023, Berkley, MI
• Bonni Lynn Kinne, BS ‘84, MA ‘85, Oct. 16, 2023, Grand Ledge, MI
• Kurt Edmund Ewoldt, BS ‘85, Oct. 15, 2023, Naperville, IL
• Vitalija Ona Vaskelis Thompson, MPA ‘85, Nov. 13, 2023, Traverse City, MI
• Philip R. Carpp, BBA ‘89, Nov. 16, 2023, Mattawan, MI
• Rosalyn Estelle Dunlap-Gist, BA ‘90, MA ‘94, Nov. 27, 2023, Akron, OH
• Joan Anne (Erickson) Stewart, BS ‘91, Oct. 17, 2023, Muskegon, MI
• Dolores Marie Hodge, MA ‘91, Sept. 11, 2023, Coeur d‘Alene, ID
• Mark Alan McIntosh, BS ‘93, Nov. 18, 2023, Waukesha, WI
• Mitchell Philip Beare, BS ‘94, Dec. 14, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Douglas Dwayne Johns, BSE ‘95, Oct. 22, 2023, Scotts, MI
• Stacey Lynn (Soule) Adams, BS ‘98, Nov. 26, 2023, Livonia, MI
• Trista Marie (Sierzputowski) Paone, MSM ‘02, Nov. 4, 2023, St. Ignace, MI
• Amanda Christine Scott, BS ‘11, Oct. 3, 2023, Jackson, MI
• Eileen Rauner, BS ‘19, Oct. 27, 2023, Watervliet, MI

Emeriti

• Seamus Cooney, professor emeritus of English, Dec. 10, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI
• Thomas E. Coyne, vice president emeritus for Student Services, Jan. 14, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Russell M. Goldfarb, professor emeritus of English, Sept. 11, 2023
• Jerry Hamelink, professor emeritus of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, Oct. 15, 2023, Wakeshma Township, MI
• R. Dean Kaul, associate professor emeritus of physics, Nov. 20, 2023
• James F. McCarthy, associate professor emeritus of music, July 9, 2023
• Thomas F. Piatkowski, professor emeritus of computer science, Aug. 6, 2023, Raleigh, NC
• Erlinda S. Rolls, professor emerita of University Libraries, May 14, 2023, Portage, MI
• Thomas Seiler, professor emeritus of English, Sept. 7, 2023
• Joanne A. Ursprung, associate professor emerita of physics, Oct. 26, 2022
• Lawrence A. Williams, assistant professor emeritus of industrial and manufacturing engineering and director emeritus of the Cooperative Extension and Internships Office, Aug. 13, 2023