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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