In Memoriam

We extend sympathy to the families of the following alumni, faculty, parents 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. Send to Office of Alumni Relations, 107 Brantly Hall, Missoula, MT 59812 or email alumni@umontana.edu. Material for In Memoriam reached our office by July 31, 2019.

1940s

Ruth Ellen Plank Barrett ’42, Great Falls
Shirley Noel “Mac” McKinsey ’44, Bozeman
Alice Drum Blair ’46, St. George, UT
Leona Lillian Lampi Hassen ’46, M.A. ’50, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Ruth Olcott Owens ’46, Ojai, CA
Shirley Jean Hasty Armstrong ’47, Carson City, NV
Doris Marie Gerdrum King ’47, Alexandria, MN
Mary Jane “M.J.” Maclay Delaney Beaman ’48, Missoula
Ralph John Hartse ’48, M.M. ’50, Miles City
Robert Lloyd “Bob” Staffanson ’48, M.M. ’49, Bozeman
Ted Raymond Burton ’49, Kalispell
Dale S. Fallon ’49, The Dalles, OR
Richard Lewis “Dick” Grieb ’49, Great Falls
Ruth Luella Croskrey Long ’49, Helena

1950s

Margaret Louise “Peggy” McDonald Collins ’50, Philipsburg
Charles Leonard Jacobson, J.D. ’50, Great Falls
Leonard F. “Len” Lust ’50, Richland, WA
George David Remington ’50, Columbus
Elizabeth A. “Betsey” Kitt Forbes ’51, Billings
George “Roger” Llewelyn ’51, Maple Valley, WA
Richard H. “Dick” Lea ’52, Missoula
Joyce A. “Sis” Carstensen Watt ’52, Bishop, CA
Clyde Davies Blake Jr. ’53, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Mabel Caroline Flansaas Hockett ’53, Helena
Bette Rae Wolfe Lindsey ’53, Billings
Rose Irma Bugli Morrissey ’53, M.Ed. ’61, Missoula
Wayne O. Roseth ’53, Great Falls
Joann Ruth Helmer Jackson ’54, Boise, ID
George Henry “Pouger” Tarrant ’54, Butte
Myles J. “Jack” Thomas, J.D. ’54, Billings
Edward B. “Ted” Cogswell, Jr. ’55, Great Falls
Georgiana Coppedge Faust ’55, Billings
Leon P. Houglum ’55, Billings
Charles Anson “Chuck” Thompson ’55, Dallas
Raymond A. “Ray” Widenhofer ’55, Billings
Doyle W. Gerrard ’56, Stevensville
Allen Marvin Patton ’56, Missoula
Sherman Bernie Ekness ’57, Conrad
Ephraim Erwin Hackett ’57, Albany, OR
William N. “Bill” Hale ’57, Spokane
Jerry Ronald Hayes ’57, Sun City, AZ
Joan Murphy Jonkel ’57, M.A. ’67, J.D. ’78, Missoula
Thomas Coran Fleming ’58, Polson
William C. “Bill” Hough ’58, Rapid City, SD
Keith “Robbie” Robinson ’58, Kalispell
Dallas “Harold” Robirds ’58, Powell, WY
John Phillips Varnum ’58, M.M. ’59, Polson
Carol Lucille Maxwell Crego ’59, Sarasota, FL
Glenn Howard Kinsley ’59, Missoula
Laura Ann Potter Lodman McMillan ’59, Lewistown

1960s

James “Gary” Sloan ’60, Whitefish
Diane Ardean Moore Moussiaux ’60, Kalispell
Rick M. DeMarinis ’61, M.A. ’67, Missoula
Gary T. Sackett ’61, Carmichael, CA
James Joseph “Jim” Antonich ’62, M.A. ’64, Claremont, CA
James A. “Jim” Flightner, M.A. ’62, Missoula
Christine Jensen ’62, Clinton
Ronald Edwin “Ron” Larson ’62, Midland, TX
Noel Edward “Ed” Nelson ’62, M.A. ’69, Brookings, OR
Neal Stewart DeLude ’63, Adelanto, CA
Lawrence Walter “Larry” Boettcher, M.Ed. ’65, Great Falls
William Lewis “Bill” Irwin ’65, Hamilton
Leila May Renfrow Samuelson ’65, Columbia Falls
Ellwood F. Wineholt ’65, Brunswick, MD
Lydia Imbery Bouck ’66, Alexandria, VA
Robert Arthur “Bob” Davidson ’66, Billings
Linda Louise Borgeson Ulvedal Eilert ’66, Arvada, CO
James Ward “Jim” Johnson, J.D. ’66, Kalispell
Lana K. Nelson ’66, Columbia Falls
William Clayton “Bill” Sherman ’66, East Windsor, NJ
Patricia A. “Pat” Shevalier ’66, Helena
Jerry D. Slezak ’66, Conrad
Douglas Allen “Doug” Barnes ’67, Billings
Lois Arlene Yates Nespor Dobberstein ’67, Victor
Susan Denton Inman ’67, Florence
Gary D. Svee ’67, Billings
Stanley Keith “Stan” Underwood ’67, Missoula
Charles M. “Chuck” Woodliff, Ed.D. ’67, Boulder City, NV
Robert Lowell “Rob” Zimmerman ’67, J.D. ’72, Missoula
Mary Jean Elizabeth Martin Cabe ’68, M.Ed. ’85, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Daniel Douglas “Dan” Russell ’68, M.Ed. ’74, Sun City West, AZ
Melvin J. “Mel” Stark ’68, Hamilton
Edward Earl Curnow, M.A. ’69, Cameron

1970s

Mary Kathryn “Kay” Bozman ’70, Billings
James Burton “Burt” Johnson, M.Ed. ’70, Conrad
Barbara Ann “Barb” Wirkman Sanders ’70, Philipsburg
Joseph Patrick “Joe” Sheehan ’70, Montrose, CO
Charles David “Dave” Gorton ’71, J.D. ’75, Billings
Keith David Haker, J.D. ’71, Miles City
Dennis Mathew Hemmer ’71, M.S. ’75, Cheyenne, WY
James Steven “Steve” Hikel, Ed.D. ’72, Christina
David D. “Hutch” Hutchinson ’72, Lewistown
Forrest Lee Billings ’73, Concord, CA
Kevin L. MacIntyre ’73, Billings
Susan Innala Stevens ’73, Missoula
Kenneth “Garry” Dyer ’75, M.S. ’85, Missoula
James Otis “Jim” Boyette ’76, Kalispell
Maureen Patricia Sullivan Dougherty ’76, Missoula
Gary Lawrence Beck ’78, Missoula
Jacqueline Marie “Jackie” “Toots” Lamb Killeen Schonbachler ’79, M.Ed. ’86, Missoula
Janell Farago Steffani ’79, Great Falls

1980s

Michael C. “Mike” Balsam ’80, Tacoma, WA
Marsha Jo Murray-Lusby ’80, Portland
John L. Woon ’80, East Helena
Janice Marie Zimmer Combs Breitenfeldt ’81, Whitehall
David Earl Fred ’81, Costa Mesa, CA
Gyda Ione (Guenther) Swaney ’81, M.A. ’86, Ph.D. ’97, Missoula
Dorothy June Marsh ’82, Billings
Jeanette Louise Day Herberle ’83, ’86, Missoula
Patricia A. Burkhardt ’84, Stevensville
Robin Wade Owens ’85, Great Falls
Christine Ann “Chris” Wethern, J.D. ’85, Clancy
David Bruce Mitchell ’86, Olympia, WA
John Eugene Hansen ’87, Kalispell
Carole June Gilson Hitchcock-Kuntz ’87, Pablo
Dorothy Lucille Wittman Karr ’87, Missoula
Larry E. Hueth ’88, Missoula
Patrick Emmett Connors ’89, Bozeman

1990s

Wendy Lou Hoverson Sandefur ’90, ’93, Frenchtown
Gregory Hamlin “Greg” Ames, M.P.A. ’91, Helena
Bonnie Jean Cleveland Arno ’91, Florence
Donna Louise Eckley Fangsrud ’91, Missoula
Carole Louise Brown Spahr ’92, Missoula
Susan Lynne Ayers Zeller ’92, Colorado Springs, CO
David Andrew Donahue ’93, Tempe, AZ
Sally Kay Bertelsen ’94, Kalispell
Laura Irene Hedgers Alvarez ’94, M.A. ’12, Missoula
Erik Robert Foster ’94, Missoula
Diane Lyn Keogh Warren ’94, Missoula
Anna Marie Schlinger Sampson ’95, Helena
Robert John Dahle ’96, ’97, Missoula
Jonathan David Ford ’96, Kingsport, TN
Todd Richard Silzly ’97, Helena

2000s

Gregory Frederick “Greg” Hettick ’02, Dixon
Cara Jean Wherley ’09, Missoula

2010s

Nicholas Curchin Peterson Vrooman, Ph.D. ’10, Helena
Timothy Garrison “Tim” McNally ’12, Minot, ND
Morgan Lynn Miller, Ph.D. ’13, East Helena
Bryson Patrick Allen ’18, Bainbridge Island, WA

Former Students, Faculty and Staff

Joanne Lorraine “Jody” Rhoads Anderson, Missoula
Julie Ann Peterson Kukenmeister Arispe, Olympia, WA
Richard McDowell “Dick” Boehmler, Missoula
James S. “Jim” Carstens, Aloha, OR
Alfred Bertram “Bert” Guthrie III, Choteau
Donald Edwin “Don” Habbe, Missoula
Clarice J. “Chris” Henderson Hinman, Choteau
Robert W. “Robin” “Rob” Johnson, Billings
Wilmae Lou Fluhr Keaster, Belt
Robert Dennis “Bob” “Denny” Liston, Missoula
Stephen Aloysius “Buddy” Lozar, Polson
Carol Jean Dunstan Lucas, Winter Garden, FL
Daniel Thomas “Dan” McNally, Billings
John Egisto Notti, Stevensville
Margery Fels Palmer, Missoula
James Houghron “Jim” Polsin, Missoula
Ralph Pomnichowski, Great Falls
Mark Daniel Roberts, Missoula
Jess F. Roskelley, Spokane
Molley McCullough Scott, Missoula
Carol May Noel Sendelbach, McPherson, KS
Charline “Sandy” Galloway Smith, Missoula
Ronald Leon “Ron” “Ronnie” Standifer, Cloverdale, CA
Larry D. Swanson, Missoula
William Howard “Bill” Tremper, Missoula
Trina Joy Chaney Valencich, Menifee, CA
Lyle Eugene Westgard, Hamilton

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