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 February 2, 2014. 

1930s

Mary Louise Hay McCarthy ’37,  Golden, CO

Jean M. Jordan Nelson ’37, Sitka, AK

Paul Warren Peters ’37, Pasadena, CA

Ellen Laverne Hill Everly ’38, Butte

Anthony A. “Tony” Gasperino ’38, Spokane, WA

Gladys Katheryn Staffanson Hall Kirk Lutticken ’38, Redwood City, CA

Paul Arthur Krause ’39,  Lava Hot Springs, ID

James Edward “Jim” McMahon ’39, Hyattsville, MD

1940s

Beatrice M. “Bea” Cook Frost McLaughlin ’40, Kalispell

Dorothy Anne Lavonne “Dee” Miller Petersen ’40, Green Valley, AZ

Patricia Gibbons Rosenthal ’40,  Southern Pines, NC

Albert Bruce Weaver ’40, Tucson, AZ

Dean Eldon Galles ’41, Billings

Jane Lucille Selkirk Iszlier ’41,  Silverton, ID

Grace Elizabeth Wrigley Forrest Molitor Krantz ’42, Cottage Grove, OR

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

Mary Ruth Foot Harker ’44, Heron

Helen V. LaRue Cason ’46, Helena

Opal Louise Replogle Rankin Galt ’46, Martinsdale

Anna Vee Mather Brandborg ’47, Hamilton

Margaret Marie Garrison Turnquist ’47, Midvale, UT

Donald Eugene “Don” Harkins ’47,  El Paso, TX

Marjorie Rae Karlin Henry ’47,  Normandy Park, WA

Mary Elizabeth Burke Flax ’48, LL.B. ’50, Norfolk, VA

Joan Marie Carroll Pulver Lloyd ’48, Missoula

Alcyon Martia Carlson Weybret ’48,  Lodi, CA

Nicholas J. “Nick” Cerovski ’49, Lewistown

Forrest Joseph Gerrard ’49,  Albuquerque, NM

Imogene Zuercher Hansen, M.A. ’49,  Terre Haute, IN

Victor Daniel “Dan” Pearson ’49, J.D. ’50,  Boise, ID

1950s

John Francis Dunning ’50, Tucson, AZ

Arthur S. Greene Jr. ’50, Denton, TX

Joseph C. “Joe” Heimes, J.D. ’50, Great Falls

Arthur McLeish Jordan ’50, Mesa, AZ

Robert Walter “Bob” Moran ’50, M.A. ’51,  Red Lodge

William Merrill “Buck” Preuninger ’50, M.Ed. ’61, Great Falls

Veronica Kreitel Sikorski Richards ’50,  Belle Fourche, SD

Ralph Theodore Anderson ’51, Helena

Carol Rosabel Fraser ’51, Billings

Richard Francis Theodore “Dick” Kulawinski ’51, Missoula

Janet Ferguson Monsos ’51, Missoula

Clarence Darrow “C. D.” “Bud” Beagle ’52, M.Ed. ’59 Missoula

Charles Edward “Charlie” Crookshanks ’52, Missoula

John Gilley “Jack” Davis ’52, Cibolo, TX

Harold G. Knapp ’53, M.S. ’57, Polson

Robert Duane “Bob” Haight ’54, Bozeman

Marieanne D. Carroll Hanser ’54, Billings

Donald Martin “Don” Rees ’54, Sidney

Howard John Ruppell ’54, Miles City

Robert Melville Black ’55, Worland, WY

Warren Elliott Kobelin ’55, Bellevue, WA

Alvin Bernard Soares ’55, M.Ed. ’59, Wailuku, HI

John Arthur Swanson Jr. ’55, Pendroy

Jesse Owen Bye ’56, Hutchinson, MN

Bobby Charles Miles ’56, Missoula

Reuben George Miller, M.A. ’56, Sweet Brian, VA

Charles Woodrow “Woody” Achauer, M.S. ’57, Hideaway, TX

Verna M. Gertz Miller ’57, M.A. ’58, Portland, OR

Loren Floyd Smith ’57, Santa Fe, NM

Robert Lucian “Bob” Smith ’57, Billings

Donald Vincent Sward ’57, M.A. ’58,  Longmont, CO

Raymond Crump Howard ’58, Helena

George Knapp ’58, Missoula

John Williams McDonald Jr. ’58, J.D. ’61, Missoula

Carl R. Hilliard ’59, Commerce City, CO

Darrell Y. “D.Y.” Lininger ’59, Torrance, CA

Emil Ponich, M.A. ’59, Billings

Pauline Marie “Paulie” Schneider Ragan ’59, Anacortes, WA

Sam B. Ragland Jr. ’59, Dublin, OH

Larry Allen “Shag” Schulz ’59, M.Ed. ’64, Sheridan

1960s

John Albert “Jack” Eddlemon ’60, Great Falls

Philip H. “Phil” Ruff ’60, Kellogg, ID

Charles Patrick “Charlie” Graham ’61, Missoula

Hazel Louise Schettler Schell, M.Ed. ’61 Billings

Robert Walter “Bos” Bosworth ’62,  Bonners Ferry, ID

Donald L. “Don” Klapwyk ’62, Darby

Leroy David Limpus ’62, New Boston, TX

Richard Leroy “Dick” Stahl ’62, Billings

George M. Fusko ’63, Decatur, MI

Vivian Hageland Toepfer ’63, M.Ed. ’70,  Yachats, OR

John Alan Ross ’64, Spokane, WA

Laura Gena Tolina Ottes Graff ’65, Missoula

Michael Allen “Mike” Oke ’65, M.A. ’70, Caldwell, ID

Patrick Charles “Rick” Sweeney ’65, J.D. ’68, Billings

William Arthur “Bill” Pedersen ’66, M.I.S. ’03, Missoula

Larry Douglas Foust ’68, M.Ed. ’78, Missoula

Regina Harriet “Bobbie” Garmoe Presthus ’68, Missoula 

1970s

William Charles “Bill” Campbell, M.Ed. ’70, Seaside, OR

Susan Higgins Musial ’70, Lafayette, IN

Vivienne Taide Blake ’71, Missoula

Bernard Gulbran “Bernie” Hilde ’71, Eagle, ID

Jule Harry “Jake” Jacobson ’71, Plentywood

Kenneth Allen “Ken” Marcure ’71, Kyoto, Japan

Alva Lucille “Lucy” Adams Wiggins ’71, M.Ed. ’82, Missoula

Willard Bruce “Will” Wylie ’71, Las Cruces, NM

Linda Kaye Smith Walters Augustine ’72, Billings

Joel Philip Kleinman, M.A. ’72, Meriden, CT

David Michael Kuhns ’72, Seattle

Roberta Johnson Everard Manis ’72, Missoula

Daniel Francis Patrick “Dan” “Danny” Walsh ’72, Las Vegas

Curtiss Carl “Curt” Matt ’73, ’96, Perma

Mary Agnes Coyle Beery, M.Ed. ’75, Bozeman

Christine Lynn “Chris” Barrow Maristuen ’75, Havre

Margaret Ruth Poore ’75, Helena

Stephen J. “Steve” Caputo ’76, Kent, WA

Paul J. Holkup ’76, Buffalo, WY

Alvin Norman Lien ’76, Livingston

Susan Hanson Parkes Mullins ’76, Simi Valley, CA

Michael Thomas “Tom” Tanna ’76, Missoula

Stephen Downey “Steve” Huntington ’79,  M.A. ’08, Butte

1980s

Alice Patricia “Pat” Patton Orman ’81, Laurel

Alma Isabelle Newell Robertson ’82, Missoula

Charlene Frances Spillum ’82, Gilbert, AZ

Olan Carroll Blythe ’83, Columbia Falls

Mark Henry Heller ’83, Stevensville

Ryder Lee White Hip Sr. ’83, Lodge Grass

George Raymond Orr ’84, Anaconda

Bruce Takeshi Burk ’86, Lolo

James Reeves “J.R.” Dillon ’87, Kansas City, MO

Mark Robert Ziegler ’87, Missoula

Darrell B. Ziesemer ’87, Missoula

Angela Mary Sommerville Wanamaker ’86, Seattle

1990s

Elizabeth Jane Bergman, M.A. ’90,  Columbia, MO

Mabel Lou Halverson Anno ’90, Missoula

Delmer Dean Zuehlsdorf ’94, Florence

Travis Cord Anderson ’97, Missoula

John Benjamin Smithers ’97, Beaverton, OR

Laura Jean Kelly ’97, Missoula 

2000s

William John “Bill” Beckwith ’00,  San Francisco, CA

Lisa Ann McLaughlin Ratcliffe, M.Ed. ’01, Lolo

Wesley Kip “Wes” West ’02, Stevensville

Debra Susan Johnson-Benton ’06, Lewiston

Robert Lindsay “Bob” Anderson, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Enid Davis Lake Avery, Missoula

Anne Agnes Stiegler Benson, Missoula

Wayne Joseph Black, Polson

Janine Blakely, Missoula

Arnold R. “Arnie” Blancas, Tumwater, WA

Scott Laird Bliss, Othello, WA

George L. Card, Missoula

Rita M. “Dolly” Sinclair Conway, Browning 

Marjorie Mae Jenkin Crookshanks, Missoula

Del W. Cumley, Missoula

Verniece Fifield Dailey, Missoula

Donna Burke Dalton, Missoula

Ray Lynn Dana, Missoula

Ann Stone Day, Newcastle, ME

Ruth M. Smith Denton, Deer Lodge

Charles E. “Chuck” Douglas, Missoula

Aubrey Koefod Dunkum, Missoula

Charles H. “Chuck” Duus, Hamilton

Marjorie “Jeane” Ashley Fevold, Missoula

Eleanor Alice DeWit Fialka, Missoula

Murel Haas, Venturia, ND

John Clifford Hahn, Bonney Lake, WA

Richard Lee Hammel, Harlowton

Joseph Robert “Bob” Hauck, Missoula

Johna McNeill Henningson, Missoula

Joseph Ellington “Joe” Hightower, Missoula