In Memoriam

We extend sympathy to the families of the following alumni, faculty, and friends. Names without class or degree years include UM alumni, employees, and friends. To be included in “In Memoriam,” the UM Office of Alumni Relations requires a newspaper obituary or a letter of notification from the immediate family. Material for In Memoriam reached our office by July 20, 2014. 

1930s

Evelyn L. Blaeser Osborn ’32, Auburn, NY

June Hartley Howe ’33, Hamilton

Marie Christina Benson Newton ’36, Rio Verde, AZ

Marjorie Nelson Dana ’37, Portland, OR

Helen Mae Warrington Welch ’38, Lake Oswego, OR

Grace “Doris” Quaintance Graves ’39,  Walla Walla, WA

Daphne Lois Remington Hansen ’39, Billings

Mary G. Mudd Moholt ’39, Bloomington, MN

1940s

Elizabeth Mary “Betty” Hoskins Fletcher ’40, Issaquah, WA

John S. Forsman ’40, Beaverton, OR

Dan S. Nelson ’40, Littleton, CO

Margaret L. “Peggy” Wilson Person ’40, Helena

Leclerc “Claire” Page Stevens ’40, Phoenix, AZ

Ruth Leticia Remington Billings ’41, Billings

Katherine Ida “Kay” Stillings Broberg ’41, Durango, CO

Eugene Willis Elliott ’41, Forsyth

Mary Francis Laird Jeske ’41, M.A. ’60, Butte

Roger D. Peterson ’41, Polson

Pauline Timmons Saenger ’41, Las Vegas, NV

Gordon F. “Gordy” Shields Jr. ’41,  Laguna Niguel, CA

Earl L. Fairbanks Jr. ’42, Lakewood, CO

Robert J. DeBoer ’43, Saint Marys, GA

Louise Line Grout ’43, Corvallis

Charles William “C.W.” “Bill” Leaphart ’43, Missoula

Theodore Roy “Ted” Saldin ’43, Pullman, WA

Mark John Jakobson ’44, ’50, M.S. ’47, Missoula

Barbara Geis Becker MacIntosh ’44,  San Marino, CA

Lois Lorraine Hodges Brown ’45, Spokane, WA

Catherin “Kay” Leonar Grady ’45, Topeka, KS

Ruby Edith Plummer Strong Richards Wood ’45, Missoula

Palma “Jean” Warner Cooper ’46, Cut Bank

Kenneth William “Ken” Drahos ’46, Milton Freewater, OR

Bernice Rita Tronrud Dutton ’46, Missoula

Elizabeth June “Betty” Wright Hull ’46, Roundup

Arlene Peterson Martin ’47, Wenatchee, WA

Lois Patricia “Pat” Nelson ’47, Phoenix, AZ

Arnold A. “Arnie” Rivin ’47, Santa Fe, NM

Margaret “Peggy” Mondt Culver ’48,  San Andreas, CA

Virginia Letellier Langen ’48, Fresno, CA

Fred W. Longmire ’48, Tempe, AZ

Willis M. McKeon, L.L.B ’48, Malta

Mary A. Kidd Moore ’48, Missoula

John “Jack” Nichol ’48, Billings

Edward Thompson Ruppell ’48, Hon.D. ’96,  Twin Bridges

Margaret “Jeanne” Partirdge Bacon ’49, Puyallup, WA

David Wallace “Dave” Bays ’49, M.Ed. ’59, Ione, WA

Thomas John “Tom” Cavanaugh ’49, Tampa, FL

Barbara Jane “Barb” Fisk Edwards ’49,  Lake Wales, FL

Thomas James “Tom” Huchala Sr. ’49, Shoreline, WA

Walter Daryl “Bill” Kelsch ’49, Spokane, WA

Frank C. Kruzic ’49, Granada Hills, CA

Lois Kathleen Grindy Reinemer ’49, Denver, CO

Aaron Lawrence “Larry” Zimmerman ’49, Bainbridge Island, WA

1950s

Roger Southworth Bishop ’50, Molalla, OR

William F. “Duke” Crowley, J.D. ’50, Missoula

Wallace H. “Wally” Eckmann ’50, Minot, ND

Clyde Montana Fauley ’50, Columbia Falls

Arthur T. “Art” “Bud” Jansen ’50, Rapid City, SD

Norman O. Johnson ’50, Vancouver, WA

Palmer M. Kronen ’50, Missoula

James D. “Jim” McInroe Jr. ’50, Portland, OR

Joseph Daniel Murphy ’50, Palatine, IL

Virgil O. Naumann ’50, Valparaiso, IN

Mary C. Verploegen ’50, Ewa Beach, HI

Jack William Winters ’50, Glendale, CA

Fredrick F. “Fred” Burnell ’51, Stevensville

Erwin C. Byrnes ’51, Missoula

Bernt Ferguston “Ben” Westre ’51, Lake Forest, IL

Wallace E. “Wally” Albert ’52, Corvallis

James Ray “G.C.” Clinkingbeard ’52, Fort Peck

Alton “Dale” Forbes ’52, L.L.B. ’53, Great Falls

Louis John “Lou” Gagermeier ’52, M.Ed. ’54, Missoula

Gerald Leroy “Jerry” Hammer ’52, Tarpon Springs, FL

J. Rukin Jelks ’52, Elgin, AZ

Michael Patrick “Mike” Nash ’52, Missoula

Kenneth E. “Ken” Rickert ’52, Lewistown

Duane E. Smith ’52, Billings

Bruce Verde Watson ’52, Canon City, CO

Peter Bryson “Pete” Brazier ’53, Helena

Thomas W. “Tom” Cotter ’53, M.A. ’59,  Palo Alto, CA

Antoinette “Toni” Boyle Engebregson ’53, J.D. ’55, Billings

Alfred Coolidge Geesey ’53, Ephrata, WA

Willa Jeanne Rosean Hall ’53, Wenatchee, WA

Rae A. “Sis” Jourdonais Letz ’53, Laveen, AZ

Arthur Frederick “Art” Lundell ’53, Westby, WI

Robert D. “Bob” Beach ’54, Missoula

Gerald Cramer Guettler ’54, Villa Rica, GA

Herman August “Doc” Ogren, M.S. ’54,  Lake City, FL

Sheldon Theodore Rio, M.A. ’54, Hillsboro, OR

Richard H. Witting ’54, Aurora, CA

Elizabeth Teresa “Betty” Galasso Carpenter ’55, Lincoln, NE

Harold F. Hanser ’55, Billings

Robert C. Lester ’55, Santa Barbara, CA

Malcolm “Don” McGregor ’55, San Antonio, TX

Richard E. “Dick” Boggio ’56, Burlington, WA

Arnold “Sidney” Gibb ’56, El Cajon, CA

Louis W. “Lou” Klimper ’56, Billings

William Thomas “Bill” Matlock ’56, Provo, UT

Kenneth Earl “Kenn” Ripple, M.Ed. ’56, Oxford, WI

Wilma A. Paulson Slattery ’56, Rocky River, OH

Gordon Robert DeBruin ’57, Sedro Wooley, WA

Katherine Ann “Kay” Calvin Ebert ’57, Helena

James L. “Jim” Gemmell Jr. ’57, M.F.A. ’67, Santa Barbara, CA

Hugh Owen Jones ’57, Kirby

Gerald G. Kemp ’57, Corpus Christi, TX

Robert Albert Rothweiler ’57, Spokane, WA

Charles Arthur Bradley ’58, Billings

Kenneth Ray Cardwell ’58, Placerville, CA

Milton “Milt” Alfrey Hanset ’58, Kalama, WA

Gail K. Huntley Ashmore Wright ’58, Polson

Robert Arthur Henry “Bob” Adams ’59, Missoula

Francis H. “Franc” Rice ’59, Helena

1960s

Richard Childers Krumm ’60, Missoula

Mary Jane Aronow (Buffandeau) ’61, Whitefish

Gordon Ronald Bradley ’61, St. Paul, MN

Joseph “Bruce” Jelinek ’61, San Diego, CA

Lloyd J. “Deen” Lundeen ’61, Manchester, WI

Lloyd L. Reesman ’61, Corvallis

Montie Blaine Auer ’62, Billings

Robert F. “Bob” Harlin ’62, Hardin

A. Roger Lindgren ’62, Superior

Anne Noreen Burke Larson ’63, Garland, Texas

Michael “Gene” McLatchy ’63, M.A. ’62, Missoula

J. Norse Ottem ’62, Greeneville, TN

Kenneth Gilbert Rustad ’62, Farmington, NM

John H. Bennitt ’63, Redmond, WA

William G. Draxler, M.Ed. ’63, Madison, WI

Larry Chester “Printer” Bowler ’63, Missoula

Beverly Jane “Bev” Starry Dahlin ’64, Seattle, WA

Conrad Joseph Drust ’64, Hoffman Estates, IL

Raymond “Scott” Hefty ’64, Carmichael, CA

Edward J. “Ed” Hollenback ’64, Superior

Martha Lou Ward Yale, M.F.A. ’64, Missoula

Thomas D. “Tom” Croci ’65, West Sayville, NY

Helen Hayes Heckman ’65, Tacoma, WA

Derald Glen Smith ’65, M.A. ’66, Calgary, AB

Nordis Elizabeth Wanberg, M.Ed. ’65,  Towner, ND

Gerald Rex “Jerry” Zachary ’65, Olympia, WA

Judith Ann “Judy” Dominguez Dodd ’66,  Red Lodge

Dolores K. Myllymaki ’66, M.Ed. ’80, Belt

Richard H. Violett ’66, San Francisco

Patsy Mae Noel Anderson ’67, Ronan

Lawrence V. “Larry” Cabasino Jr. ’67,  San Ramon, CA

Della Margaret Barrett Sampson Cook ’67,  Hot Springs

John Earl Foote ’67, Bigfork

Joseph W. Ward ’67, Louisville, KY

Diane G. MacDonald Barz, J.D. ’68, Polson

Doreen Nita Ibsen Cavin ’68, Whitefish

David R. Ricards, M.S. ’68, Paso Robles, CA

Richard Dean Thorson ’68, Vacaville, CA

Robert Hagen “Bob” Wolverton ’68, Whitehall

Michel Jo Colville ’69, Missoula

Robert L. “Bob” Dent ’69, Golden, CO

Richard Marvin Ehrbright, D.Ed. ’69,  Winter Haven, FL

1970s

Rudolph Ludwig “Rudy” Buckman ’70, Fort Belknap

Gerald L. “Jerry” Buechler ’70, Las Vegas, NV

Barry C. Carnahan ’70, Philipsburg

Theodore Thomas “Teddy” McElhenney Sr. ’70, M.Ed. ’73, Missoula

Richard G. Nollmeyer, J.D. ’70, Belgrade, MT

Daniel Arthur “Dan” Piedalue ’70, J.D. ’76, Missoula

Robert Wesley “Bob” Pilote ’70, Lewistown

William Frederick “Willy” Von Bracht ’70, Kalispell

Glenn Gary Wade ’70, Harvard, ID

David Perry Lowery Sr., Ph.D. ’71, Missoula

Clay Wendell Moore ’71, Raymore, MO

Glenn Arthur Pearson, M.B.A. ’71, Gilbert, AZ

Robert Ralph Wood ’71, Elko, NV

Frank Reginald Grant, M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’84, Olympia, WA

Robert S. Lundgren ’72, Kalispell

Roger Neal Marden ’72, Havre

Vern “Alan” Hudson ’73, Central Point, OR

Thomas John “Tom” Schultz ’73, Seattle

Douglas C. Ure ’73, Salem, OR

Denise Marie Peterson Finn ’74, Billings

Graydon Lee Hudspeth, M.B.A. ’74, Naples, FL

Florence Armitage “Tage” Adams Showell, M.F.A. ’74, Missoula

Debra Sue “Debbie” Denzer ’75, Kalispell

Walter “Wally” Hryciuk, M.Ed. ’75, Lethbridge, AB

Coleman Ralph Robison, Ph.D. ’75, Houston, TX

Lucille Virginia Hofferber Shotwell ’75, Kalispell

David Newton “Dave” Wheat ’75, Spokane, WA

William Arthur “Bill” Dicus Jr., M.A. ’76, Missoula

Duane Arthur Erickson ’76, Clinton

Robert Alan “Bob” Hayes ’76, Havre

Linda Ann Goble Kittell M.A. ’76, Troy, ID

Phyllis Lee Dalager Savka ’77, M.Ed. ’88, Roundup

Nina Faye Rivard Brooks ’78, Miles City

Michael John Fleming, M.Ed. ’78, Las Vegas, NV

Richard Herbert “Dick” Durnford Jr. ’79, Butte

1980s

Roger Charles Hausen Jr. ’80, Centennial, CO

William Jay “Bill” Lambeth, M.Ed. ’80, Glendive

Michael William Marceau ’81, Coeur d’Alene, ID

Pamela Jeanne Budke Anderson ’82, Missoula

Robert A. “Bob” Cordell, M.B.A. ’82, Mesa, AZ

Joseph Michael Schaan ’82, Portland, OR

William John “Bill” Steinohrt Jr. ’82, London, OH

Nance Jane Roper Wagner ’82, Kalispell

Corrine M. Ruland Patterson Hilde ’83, Tacoma, WA

Mary Patricia Kelly, M.A. ’83, Butte

Cheryl “Sherry” Birdena Parker ’83, Arlee

Craig Kenyard Smith ’83, Great Falls

Timothy J. “Tim” Donahue ’84, Portland, OR

Michelle Marie Murphy ’84, Spokane, WA

Rachel Diane Rigdon Sprunk Smith ’84, Fernandina Beach, FL

Bryan “Ted” Bigart ’85, Clancy

James Alan “Jake” Eaton, M.S. ’85, Portland, OR

Shanna Marie Frey ’85, M.S. ’91, Huson

Harold David Gow ’85, Missoula

Kirk M. Mogen ’85, Lockwood

Dorothy Marie Flack Brown ’86, Florence

Paul Kelly Goebel ’86, Ellensburg, WA

Betty “Jane” Sandvig Hunt ’86, Polson

Timothy Alan “Tim” Francis ’87, Billings

Steven “Kurt” Gratzer ’87, ’89, Missoula

Jack Detrick Hotchkiss ’87, Underwood, WA

Marilyn Ann Rice ’87, Butte

Dora Lee Davis Cambridge ’88, Missoula

Tammy Louise Gore Dubois ’88, East Missoula

Carol JoAnn Johnson ’88, Missoula

Gerald Allen “Jerry” Ogolin ’88, Yerington, NV

Richard Morice Bowman-Brown, M.Acct. ’89, Missoula

Martin Lewis “Marty” Guthrie Jr., M.A. ’89, Lolo

1990s

James Wesley Martin ’90, M.Ed. ’93, Prescott Valley, AZ

Christopher Michael “Chris” Ralls ’90, Missoula

Leland Emanuel Rocke ’90,  North Myrtle Beach, SC

Larry E. Sabo ’90, Great Falls

Darlene Kay Vance Schmidt ’90, Columbia Falls

Sonia Maree Walstrom Loeven-Rummel ’91, Sparks, NV

Charles Edwin “Eddy” McCrea ’92, Great Falls

James Rodney Suek Jr. ’92, Charlottesville, VA

Anita M. Conn ’93, Missoula

Lynn William Stagg Jr. M.A. ’93, Tacoma, WA

Mary “Bettina” Stohr Delaney Burke ’94, Kalispell

Paige Michelle Torgerson Verwolf ’94,  Castle Rock, CO

Pamela E. “Pam” Wolf Lake Lensman ’95, Frenchtown

Robert George “Rob” Putzker ’95, Stockett

Ronnie Ernest “Ron” Taylor ’95, Whitefish

Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Cohen, M.A. ’98, Missoula

2000s

Sarah Kay Grocholski Breitenstein ’00, Billings

Carol Lynn Stolz Walker Duddy, M.Ed. ’03, Butte

Corissa Lauren Crowder ’06, Eugene, OR

Kari Gayle Friedman ’07, Bozeman

Andra Ruth Baldus ’09, West Palm Beach, FL

Ronald Robert “Ron” Doll, Ph.D. ’09, Kuna, ID

Steven Hughes Henning ’09, Whitefish

2010s

Karren Lee “Sissy” Morton ’10, Stevensville

Benjamin Rankin “Ben” Sonnenberg ’10, Spokane

Peter Anton Maxwell ’11, Missoula

Matthew Ryan “Matt” Brenner ’13, Sidney

Hannah Gwen Johnson-Swanson Capen ’13, Missoula

Jared Paul Wooldridge ’13, Minamata, Japan


Donald E. “Don” Abbott, Tok, AZ

John M. Atthowe Jr., Stevensville

Janet L. Olson Baker, Cincinnati, OH

William Ralph “Bill” Ballard, Missoula

Gary Lee Bocksnick, Kalispell

Beverly Mae Tecca Burke, Livingston

Shirley Marie Brown Burton, Helena

Donald McLeod “Don” “Red” Bryan,  Tumwater, WA

Angela K. Kelly Byrnes, Wynantskill, NY

Kathleen McCarthy Carroll, Okemos, MI

Frederick D. “Fred” Clodfelter, Union City, CA

Otis “Dene” Cogdill, Missoula

Robert John “Bob” Corcoran, Puyallup, WA

Billie Louise Erwin Demarois, Missoula

Robert Lloyd “Bob” DePratu, Whitefish

Beth Nicole Diamond, Ann Arbor, MI

Victor Herman Dikeos, Pasadena, CA

Jack L. Dockstader, Redondo Beach, CA

Melodee Elaine Buss Drake, Florence

Bonnie Jean Cox Adams Duncan, Missoula

Elizabeth June Stansfield Duykers,  Alamogordo, NM

Donald Oscar Enger, Fallbrook, CA

Samuel Forrest “Sam” Fitch, Portland, OR

Paul Simpson Gies, Lewistown

John Hamilton “Jack” Greaves, Kalispell

Robert P. “Bob” Griffin, Missoula

Veronica M. Joyce Gustin, Sublimity, OR

Brian Edward Hamilton, Billings

Bryan Eugene Hanson, Ringgold, GA

Gary Lynn Hanson, Kalispell

Arlene Aune Harris, Missoula

Joseph B. Henry, Missoula

Patricia A. Moore Herman, Lawrenceville, GA

Georgia Ruthe Wendt Howell, Tacoma, WA

Karl James “Jim” “K.J.” Johansson,  Bainbridge Island, WA

Phyllis Carma Savaresy Johnson, Billings

Virginia Lee “Peggy” Snow McLean Cope Johnston, Eugene, OR

Jeanette Love Westler Keays, Brookings, OR

Phyllis E. Lund Kelsch, Spokane, WA

Helen Lucia Davis Kemmerer, Billings

Lisa Ann Rashoodi Kennedy-Baier, Kalispell

Kermie Allen Knudson, Great Falls

Wayne B. Larson, Arvada, CO

John William Leibel, Santa Ana, CA

Margaret Marie “Peggy” Jones Lewis, Bozeman

Grace V. Bauermeister Lucas, Missoula

Daniel T. “Dan” Marley Jr., Chino Valley, AZ

Joseph M. “Joe” Martello, Longview, WA

William Harris “Bill” McBroom, Missoula

Judy R. Hangas McDonald, Missoula

Jack J. McGlothlin, Cody, WY

William Peter “Bill” McGrath, Spearfish, SD

Margaret “Velma” Lovless Meyer,  Chattanooga, TN

Joseph V. “Joe” Montalban, Cut Bank

Neil Bowen Morgan, La Jolla, CA

Wallace Earl “Wally” Morger, Fort Benton

Pete Raymond Muri, Miles City

Maureen C. Giacoma Murphy, Missoula

Ruth Marian Metvedt Normand, Billings

Arthur “Art” Ortenberg, New York, NY

Georgie Willis Park, Kalispell

Mairissa Marie Peoples, Butte

George Franklin Perkins, Missoula

Lillian Cecilia Dowling Perkins, Missoula

Edith Myrtle Bennington Powers, Clarkston, WA

Elizabeth Davis “Betty” Sullivan Precht, Missoula

Steward K. Price, Apache Junction, AZ

Margaret Ida Thrasher Purdy, Burien, WA

Robert K. “Bob” Revel, Seven Bays, WA

Hazel June Stickney Richlie, Missoula

Dolores M. Marcus Rieder, Bozeman

JoAnne Hope Trent Roullier, Reno, NV

Michael Scanlon Sample, Billings

Edna Marie “Eddi” McDonnell Schiltz, Great Falls

Willard Henry Schmidt, Albuquerque, NM

Delmer “Del” Shatto, Missoula

Craig Allen Shepard, Frenchtown

Janice Ardelle Smidt Sax, Missoula

Dorothyann “Ginger” Littleton Schwartz, Missoula

Phyllis Parker Smith, Sebring, FL

Mary Louise Hillman Shallenberger, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Patricia “Pat” Kimble Simmons, Missoula

Virginia R. Woods Smith, Oak Harbor, WA

Helen Eleanor Matsko Snell, Missoula

Harold Jennings “Snip” Snippen Jr., Great Falls

Larry “Dean” Sorenson, Spokane Valley, WA

Edward LeRoy “Ed” Stupca, Anaconda

Ronald G. Therriault, Missoula

James Donald “J.D.” Van Cleve, Albuquerque, NM

Christina Louise “Chris” Wallinder, Great Falls

Richard Edward “Dick” Walsh, Tulsa, OK

Ronald Lee “Sam” Watson, Great Falls

William Thomas “Bill” Wilborn, Tulsa, OK

Peter Richard “Pete” Wiltgen, Missoula

Frances Ann Misfeldt Winkler, Helena

Maurine P. Johnson Witting, Aurora, CA