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 Oct. 13, 2013. 

1930s

Georgia Stripp Rowe ’32, Sun City, AZ

Elizabeth Almeda Farmer Smith ’35, Carrollton, GA

Marian F. Wold Cooney ’36,
Minneapolis, MN

Iris V. Fear Rost Zimmerman ’37, Beaverton, OR

1940s

Donald W. “Bud” Beck ’40, Deer Lodge

Frank Exor “Ex” Ives ’40,
Saint Anthony, ID

Ruth Marie McKee Olson ’40,
Scottsdale, AZ

Evelyn H. Heald Bostwick ’41,
Newport, OR

Marjorie Jean Liggett Trotter Langenhop ’41, Clarksville, IN

Elizabeth L. “Betty” Parker Ogle ’41, Missoula

Roger D. Peterson ’41, Polson

Donald Glenn “Don” Francisco ’42, Bartlesville, OK

Donald E. “Don” Mittelstaedt ’42,
Sierra Vista, AZ

Merle Jerome Rognrud ’42, Helena

Jane “Fuzzy” Fosgate Vaughan ’42, Billings

Leota Halter Nichols ’46, Sunburst

John Lincoln Cumming ’47, Spokane, WA

Sherman B. Hubley ’47, M.Ed. ’51, Billings

Marjorie Colbert “Marge” Emery Donovan ’48, Missoula

Constance E. Rachac ’48, New Britain, CT

Robert H. “Bob” Bloom ’49, Kapaa, HI

Frederick Daniel “Fred” Koenig ’49,
Mt. Pleasant, MI

Doris Carlson McMurray ’49, Helena

William Ralph “Bill” Walker ’49, M.S. ’50, Orofino, ID

1950s

Betty Jean Murray Fenton ’50, M.Ed. ’86, Great Falls

Harold Frederick “Hal” Forsyth Jr. ’50, Oakland, MD

Margaret F. “Margie” Graykowski Frette ’50, M.Ed. ’59, Honolulu, HI

Donald Philip “Don” Harrington ’50, Dillon

Kenneth Paul “Ken” Leaf ’50,
Kennewick, WA

Roman Joseph “R.J.” Losleben Jr. ’50, Kalispell

Rex Donald Colton ’51, Worland, WY

Robert Francis Conwell ’51, Mesquite, NV

Duane L. “D.L.” Erickson ’51, Glendive

Arthur O. “Art” Hightower Sr. ’51, M.Ed. ’61, Missoula

Richard Dewey “Dick” Luchau ’51, Ronan

Judson Dana Maynard ’51, M.F.A. ’53, Denton, TX

Robert John “Jack” Simkins ’51, Spanaway, WA

George R. “Dick” Anderson ’52, M.Ed. ’56, Salinas, CA

Tom Carkulis ’52, Billings

Janet Beldon Howe Jordheim ’52, Fargo, ND

Neal L. Mandelko ’52, M.S. ’58, Lolo

Clarence E. Almen ’53, Missoula

Ralph W. Backa ’53, Great Falls

Benjamin L. “Ben” Craig ’53, Mesquite, NV

Stanley Louis “Stan” Thompson ’53,
Apache Junction, AZ

Donald G. Clark ’54, Carolina Shores, NC

Richmond F. Allan ’55, J.D. ’57, Rockville, MD

Lorna “Ann” Gavin ’55, Missoula

James K. “Jim” Hansen ’55, Stayton, OR

Floyd R. “Bob” Brazill ’56, Whitehall

Daniel “Dan” Geary ’56, Helmville

Jack J. Hendrickson, M.Ed. ’56, Cody, WY

Paul Hudson, M.S. ’56, Great Falls

Mary Ellen Erickson Jystad ’56, Kalispell

Elizabeth Anne “Betty” Rucker Severson ’56, Billings

Jerome Arnold “Jerry” Smith ’56, Tucson, AZ

John Albert Fowler ’57, New York City

Michael L. Gordon ’57, Seattle

Shiela Frances LaChambre Benson ’58, Bozeman

Kermit Calvin “K.C.” Cole, M.Ed. ’58, Darby

Donald John “Don” Fornall ’58, Rexford

John Paul Heggers ’58, Galveston, TX

Donald Dale “Don” Loscar ’58,
South Lake Tahoe, CA

George H. Smith ’58, Pottstown, PA

Walter E. Anderson ’59, Hamilton

Robert D. “Bob” Mathison ’59, Fairbanks, AK

1960s

Marie M. DeWit Handley ’60, Clinton

Raymond M. Jones, M.Ed. ’60, Walla Walla, WA

O’Dean Leray Williamson ’60, Lacey, WA

Richard Grant “Dick” Frohne ’61, Stanwood, WA

Mary Ann Blazich Ottinger Hantla ’61, Austin, TX

Charles E. “Charlie” Hood ’61, M.A. ’59, Missoula

Richard “Boyd” Roth ’61, Kalispell

Grace R. Smith ’61, Victor

Dean John Weeden ’61, Eureka

Joyce Stubblefield MacDuffie ’62, Troy

Gary R. Paulson ’62, Billings

Lawrence Robert Spezio ’62, Great Falls

Warren D. Good ’63, Scio, OR

Bruce W. Setchell, M.Ed. ’63, Crete, IL

George L. Bousliman, M.A. ’64, Helena

Wayne D. Haensel, M.Ed. ’64, Brookings, SD

Dennis M. Burr ’65, M.A. ’70, Clancy

Esther L. England ’66, Missoula

Lawrence L. “Larry” Gehlhausen ’67,
Walla Walla, WA

Elizabeth “Lib” Clute ’68, Ronan

Franklin Theodore “Ted” Flynn ’68, Townsend

Richard K. “Rick” Foote ’68, Butte

Anita Coffrin Wilford Taylor Hull ’68,
Bellingham, WA

Francis Paul Stack ’68, Boise, ID

Ferris E. Clouse, M.Ed. ’69, Missoula

Walter Eugene “Walt” Currie ’69, M.Ed. ’74, Great Falls

Chris Elaine Saladen ’69, Spokane

1970s

Ross Hartley Barefoot ’71, Kalispell

Nik Carpenter, M.F.A. ’71, Bridger

Nicholas J. “Nick” Jones ’71, Sidney

Terry Anne Preston, M.A. ’71, Phoenix

Alan Robert Landru ’72, Littleton, CO

Mike Q. Newberry ’72, Libby

Anna “Norma” Stohl Holden ’73, Seattle

Kenneth B. Bernstein ’76, Missoula

Charles Louis “Chuck” Turner ’76, J.D. ’79, Missoula

Jeffrey Lea “Jeff” Zickler, M.B.A. ’76, Deerfield, IL

Katherine L. “Kay” Ashley Hardin-Hansen ’77, Missoula

Scott Harris ’79, Billings

Richard A. Nagengast, M.Ed. ’79, Great Falls

1980s

Gary Dennis Burke ’81, Watertown, MN

Harold P. Hamilton ’82, Wolf Point

Kenneth Michael “Ken” Gladfelter ’84,
Stafford County, VA

Myrna L. Powell Murphy ’84, Pablo

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Allen ’85, Plains

Ivy Blair LeDeau Oswald ’86, Great Falls

Anne Marie Stranahan Shaw ’86, Missoula

John Michael Carey ’87, Palm Coast, FL

Laura H. Ellis-Westwell, M.B.A. ’87, Clarks Summit, PA

Philip Clayton “Phil” Boucher ’87, Helena

Gordon D. Comeslast ’89, Wolf Point

Georgana L. “Geo” Allison Egeland ’89, Missoula

1990s

Sonja Karen Swanson-O’Connor ’90, Paonia, CO

Stephen Jefferson “Steve” Thaggard ’90, Tacoma, WA

Virginia Gail “Ginny” Engebretson ’92, Missoula

Rico Twine ’92, Helena

Charlotte Victoria Ringleb ’94, Huson

Thomas Jay “Tom” Peterson ’96, Ronan

James R. “Jim” Hintz, J.D. ’99, Billings

George Lee Meltzer ’99, Missoula

2000s

Neil Andrew Gillette ’00, Mountlake Terrace, WA

Kevin Charles Newman ’03, ’08, Frazer

Gordon M. Belcourt, Hon.D. ’07, Billings

Adam Jeremy Schreibeis ’08, Missoula

Almon Robert “A.J.” Blain ’09, Billings

2010s

Joshua Wayne “Josh” Wilkerson ’12, Naples, ID

Jo Al-Nouri, Seattle

Thomas Joseph “Tom” Austin, Missoula

Betty Lee Babcock, Helena

Miller Westford Barber Jr., Scottsdale, AZ

Priscilla Dade Terrett Beumee, Centennial, CO

Margaret A. Michaels Blum, Miles City

Rebecca Sue “Becca” Byrne, Great Falls

Glen Perry Cederholm, Billings

Kaydee Jo Coon, Wisdom

Gary Michael Cordis, Charlo

Jeanne E. Craig, Mesquite, NV

Arlene Dell Cummins Cunningham, Spokane

Mary Jean “Bugs” Decker, St. Ignatius

John Joseph “Jack” Devine, Butte

Katherine Bell Kington Duffin, Rexburg, ID

Mildred Ariss Peters Duncan, Great Falls

Glen Elwin Edsall, Bozeman

Donovan Dewey “Don” Fellows, Beaverton, OR

Faustine Ann Brown Filler, Bellevue, WA

Ronny S. Groff, Lolo

Ann Hall Groshelle, Great Falls

Douglas Myron Haas, Albany

Harl H. Haas, Portland, OR

John C. “Jack” Heily, Yakima, WA

John Patrick Howard, Missoula

Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Van Hemelryck Kimball, Miles City

Gregory Richard “Greg” Layda, Newtown, CT

Alvina M. Smith Lundgren, Maxville

Myron Stanford “Stan” Lynde, Helena

Richard B. McCarty, Missoula

Vivian Pauline McCormick, Great Falls

Nileen LeClaire Mathews McDonnell, Lewistown

George Ralph Yeadon McGinnis, Lakeside

Francis Leo “Father Mac” McInnis, Great Falls

James “Jim” Meagher, Missoula

Lewis O. “Lew” Nelson, Missoula

William Dean Newton, Lewistown

Llisa Maria Partaker, Missoula

Rosalie Marie Sylte Pester, Great Falls

Pamela Rae “Pam” Lautenschlager Peterson, Culbertson

Daniel Arthur “Dan” Phillips, Helena

Doris Shirley Graewin Pronovost, Billings

Eleanor L. Becker Pruett, Shoshone, ID

Jane Ellen Erickson Roeske, Kalispell

Joseph “Kane” Russell, Dickinson, ND

Svea Ann Sage, Missoula

Anne Marie Kunz Israelski, Pasadena, CA

Clinton Haines Johnson, Great Falls

Dorothy Anne Goff Johnson, Plentywood

John M. Savochka, Darby

Todd Michael Sayles, Missoula

Margaret M. Middleton Ross Scariano, Missoula

Mavis Ann Steele Schlappy, Missoula

Eleanor “Nadean” Kircheis Schroeder,
Sun City, AZ

Marilyn Scott, Missoula

Jacqueline Frances “Jackie” Jacobson Scoville, Missoula

Constance Maureen “Connie” Arrigoni Martin Shultz, Missoula

Charles “Owen” Smithers Jr., Butte

Elsie Callan St. Germaine, Plains

Bonnie Stefanac, Butte

Peter J. “Pete” Stuckey, Missoula

June Thayer, Thompson Falls

Bruce Thompson, Lakeside

Jennea Ann “Jenny” Thompson, Missoula

Cody Lewis Trottier, Rocky Boy

Robert L. “Bob” Van Horne, Missoula

Robert Gary “Bob” Virts, Missoula

Ken D. Walsh, Canonsburg, PA

George W. Wamsley Jr., Mill Valley, CA

Kenneth Rollin “Ken” Williams, Fort Shaw

William W. “Bill” Wilmot, Walla Walla, WA

Vivian Louise Allan Johnson, Stevensville

Carmen K. Kreidel Karlberg, Missoula

Thomas Francis “Tom” Kenneally Sr., Butte