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 March 8, 2015. 

1930s

Jerome Charles Frankel ’34, Aurora, OH
Loring Stuart “Stu” Volkel ’38, Houston, TX
Rene Blondeau ’39, Portal, AZ
Rosina Sade “Rose” Crisafulli Croonenberghs ’39, Missoula
William Hunt Forbis ’39, Hon.D. ’82, San Diego, CA

1940s

Karl Wesley Dissly ’40, J.D. ’40, El Paso, TX
Verna Green Smith ’40, Overland, MO
Cheryl Noyes Craig ’42, M.A. ’48, Lenox, MA
John Phillip “Jack” Eidel ’43, Great Falls
Karl Alvin Fiske Sr. ’43, M.Ed. ’64, Billings
June Frances Sanders Burns ’46, Troy
Josephine Ann “JoAnn” Blair Black ’47, Polson
Paul Lawrence Daly ’47, Columbia Falls
Frank E. Flaherty Jr. ’47, Great Falls
Peggy W. Westlake Schaplow ’47, Bozeman
Raymond Muirhead “Ray” Berry ’48, ’49, Salt Lake City, UT
Mary Faith Koenig ’48, Conrad
Judson Napoleon Moore ’48, M.Ed. ’55, Kalispell
Bess K. Mulligan Muskett ’48, Missoula
Helen Elizabeth MacDonald Beattie ’49, Missoula
Helen Alene Carr Cascaden ’49, Great Falls
George Arthur Engstrom ’49, Bozeman
William T. “Bill” Kelly ’49, Billings
Donald Tanner “Don” Kelso ’49, Apache Junction, AZ
Joe “Pipas” M. Martinez Jr. ’49, Albuquerque, NM
Ann Cummins McIntyre ’49, Seattle
Charles F. “Timer” Moses ’49, J.D. ’49, Billings
William Gerald Stoner Sr. ’49, Polson

1950s

Vernon H. “Vern” Field ’50, Great Falls
Henry E. “Hank” Ford ’50, Aiken, SC
Patricia Ann “Pat” Owens Schwab ’50, Portland, OR
Charles C.R. “Chuck” Stelling ’50, Missoula
Donald J. “Don” Tweto ’50, Kalispell
John C. Warnke ’50, Corvallis, OR
Virginia Leah Bulen Anderson ’51, Missoula
Louise Mackenzie Caras ’51, Missoula
Howard Ingwald Jacobson ’51, Missoula
Keith Kent Kampschror ’51, Peoria, AZ
Garfield M. “Gar” Thorsrud ’51, Tucson, AZ
James William Baier ’52, Salt Lake City, UT
Harold Walter Ericson ’52, Richland, WA
Walter H. “Walt” Stockhoff ’52, Brick, NJ
Charles Hartley “Chuck” Robey ’53, Spokane, WA
James Maxwell “Jim” Spence ’54, Wenatchee, WA
Martha Anne “Mickey” Mannen Trask ’54, Missoula
Murray Frederick Ehlers ’55, Missoula
Patricia Jeannette “Patti” O’Hare Rhodes ’55, Stevensville
Carol K. Hestekin Ehlers ’56, Missoula
Clayton Raymond “Clay” Gerstenberger ’56, M.Ed. ’65, Yakima, WA
Walton Thomas “Walt” Laird ’56, M.A. ’64, Billings
John William “Jack” Leslie Jr. ’56, Las Vegas
John Richard Skees ’56, Great Falls
Margaret “Carol” McManaway Stenson ’56, M.Ed. ’69 Pocatello, ID
Hubert James “Jim” Wilson ’56, Missoula
Charles Joseph “Charlie” Gilder ’57, Butte
George Joseph “Joe” Lane ’57, Dillon
Donald R. “Don” Matthews ’57, Missoula
Roxie Jean Perrior ’57, Missoula
William Matthew “Bill” Balkovatz Sr., J.D. ’58, Denver
Daniel Paul “Dan” Bartsch ’58, Billings
J. Howard Cornish ’58, Billings
Earl M. Genzberger ’58, Post Falls, ID
Thomas Harrison “Tom” Hayes ’58, Missoula
Randolph H. “Randy” Jeppesen ’58, Missoula
Donald Richard “Don” Lord ’58, Missoula
Robert F. “Bob” McGihon ’58, Woodinville, WA
Harlan Frank “Chub” Pollmann ’58, Ronan
Robert George “Bob” Frank ’59, Butte
James Francis “Jim” Gragg ’59, Kalispell
Max Maurice Johnson ’59, M.Ed. ’70, Ravalli

1960s

Arnold Eugene Erickson ’60, Myrtle Creek, OR
John F. Hossack ’60, Eureka
Ormie Walter Nei ’60, Surprise, AZ
Wayne Lee Nelson ’61, Billings
Rolf Y. H. Olson ’61, M.A. ’64, Yuma, AZ
Robert E. “Bob” Rux Sr. ’61, Boulder
Philip Wayne Zieg ’61, Missoula
Roy Eugene Cottor ’62, Sacramento, CA
William Joseph “Joe” Fine ’62, Seattle
Daniel John “Dan” Magstadt ’62, Billings
Rose Ellen Mudd Richlie ’62, Missoula
Earl Lawrence Sherron Jr. ’62, Missoula
James “Jay” Morrow ’63, Newtown, CT
Mary Ann Craig Valgenti, M.S. ’63, Missoula
William Conley “Bill” Dawson ’64, West Branch, MI
Roberta Kay Tarbox Frank ’64, Grass Valley, CA
John David Bailey ’65, M.A. ’67, Kalispell
Richard Earl “Dick” Baker ’65, M.S. ’71, Spokane, WA
George Arthur Cole ’65, Bozeman
Jack Allen Hamilton ’65, Appleton, WI
Esther Marlene “Tammy” Norris Swisher ’65, Stevensville
Margaret J. Shea Erath Brockmann ’66, Eureka
Norman Lee “Norm” Ringhand ’66, Frisco, CO
Thomas Roy “Tom” Sternal, M.F.A. ’66, Todd, NC
Myrna Irene Toldness White ’66, North Bend, OR
Richard Howard “Dick” Schipporeit ’67, M.Ed. ’74, Missoula
Nancy Sue Eliasson Gibson ’68, Amarillo, TX
Marilyn Kay Kaphammer Denny ’69, M.Ed. ’81, Missoula
Ronald Bates “Ron” Hallock ’69, Corvallis
Gloria Lee Costle Bruner Lombardi ’69, Whitehall
John A. Williams ’69, Pablo

1970s

Janis Del Shepard McCleery ’70, Missoula
Donna Patricia “Patty” Johnson Redsun Meyer ’70, Victor
Gary Ross Smith ’70, Forsyth
Douglas Wayne Harvey ’71, Naples, FL
Nola Pauline Smail Edgar ’72, Stevensville
Robert F. “Bob” Guptill ’72, Gulf Breeze, FL
William “Bill” Douglas Kelley ’73, Colbert, WA
Joan Maxine McCracken, M.Ed. ’73, Helena
Don Wayne Choate, M.B.A. ’74, Lincoln City, OR
Kenneth Dean Cox ’74, Cave Creek, AZ
Betty Lou McWilliams Bozarth Leslie ’74, Kalispell
Robert Leslie Knopp, J.D. ’74, Leavenworth, KS
Edward Fred “Ed” Horab, M.Ed. ’75, Billings
Richard M. “Dick” Morgan ’76, Helena
Richard “Rick” Gary Rubie ’78, Bothell, WA
Dan Ross Howard Sr., J.D. ’79, Cary, NC
Steven Thomas “Steve” Rademaker ’79, Spokane Valley, WA

1980s

Rolf Timothy “Tim” Carlson, M.F.A. ’80, Omaha, NE
Stanley B. “Stan” Parr ’81, Grantsdale
Gene William Koch ’82, Gallatin Gateway
John V. Pearson, M.A. ’82, Bothell, WA
George Gibbs Dodge ’83, Kalispell
Karla Holm Wustner ’83, Minneapolis, MN
Steven Jeffrey “Steve” Dodrill ’84, Eugene, OR
Gerald Allen “Jerry” Diettert ’84, M.A. ’90, Missoula
Jackilyn Marion “Jackie” Geyer Jordan ’84, Missoula
Nancy Lee Sallee ’85, Corvallis
Kenneth Lane “Ken” Sandau ’85, Butte
Richard William “Buz” Tyacke ’85, Missoula
Dianna Lynn Robb Streit ’86, Missoula
Hernan Francis McClung ’87, Victor
William C. “Bill” Ward ’88, Missoula
Linda Sue Meyer Combs ’89, Missoula

1990s

Dawn Marie Kangas ’91, Sequim, WA
Mary “Linda” Stephenson ’91, Medford, OR
Kurt Albert Winegardner ’93, Bozeman
Robert L. “Bob” Hunter ’94, Missoula
Jim Roger Kittle ’94, Polson
Annetta Faye “Annie” Maloney Mummey ’94, Bozeman
Douglas Shaw “Doug” LeCain ’97, Coeur d’Alene, ID

2000s

Troy Dean Curless ’00, Missoula
Cindy Rosella Bodkins Asleson Smith ’00, Monarch
Bryce Roger Floch, J.D. ’01, Kalispell
Brittney Rene Bennetts ’02, Kalispell
John Robert Mogolis ’03, Palm Desert, CA


Thomas Michael “Tom” Alison, Bigfork
Patricia Pearl Schaefer Audet, Scobey
Richard “Rick” Bahiser, Wolf Creek
Madeleine “Betty” Waite Blankenship, Missoula
Edward “Ed” Michael Boland, Great Falls
Joanne Margaret Mueller Brown, Helena
John Charles “Jack” Bulen, Kalispell
Ernest C. “Buck” Bundhund, Whitefish
Douglas Lew “Doug” Conrady, Helena
Buddy DeFranco, Panama City, FL
Evan Denney, Glencoe, MN
Ethel Caras Diettert, Missoula
Fonda Maxine Ditch, Missoula
Ruth Evelyn VanDemark Dye, Missoula
Lillian Neville Dykstra, Helena
James Atlee “Jim” Eversole, Missoula
Doris Clark Forsell, Hamilton
Barbara L. Rydell Foucar, Escondido, CA
Richard Lee “Dick” Frerich, Billings
Jerry Funk, Helena
Barbara Jean Hicks, Missoula
William H. “Bill” Hornby, Denver
Doris Marie Egger Hoy, Billings
Donna Genevieve Tubbs Huguet, Missoula
Jerry M. Johnson, Lewistown
Aaron U. Jones, Eugene, OR