In Memoriam

1940s

Marion Ester Erickson Veraldi ’40, Miami, FL

Susan J. Wilkinson Trekell ’41, Redding, CA

Frank June Busch ’42, M.A. ’47, Ph.D. ’75, Dillon

Leah Marie Himsl Jupka ’43, Great Falls

James Acton “Jim” Nelson ’43, J.D. ’44, Shelby

Jean Marie Casto Schoen ’43, Bolingbrook, IL

Dorothy May Frame Brown ’46, Great Falls

Patricia Lou Murphey Gastineau ’47, Rochester, MN

Richard Eugene “Dick” Baldwin ’48, Missoula

Wilma Juanita Oksendahl ’48, Kailua, HI

Margaret Katherine “Kay” Ritenour Sylvester ’49, East Missoula

1950s

Laura Grace Bergh Barrett ’50, Bigfork

Mordecai James “Morty” Boyd Jr. ’50, Great Falls

Jon William Brinkerhoff ’50, Columbia Falls

C. Leon Conner ’53, M.Ed. ’70, Waukee, IA

Charles Chase “Charlie” “Chuck” Goddard III ’50, Stevensville

Robert Walter Holmstrom ’50, L.L.B. ’52, Billings

Wilmer Ashford “W.A.” “Bill” Mitchell Jr. ’50, Green Valley, AZ

Lorraine Devee “Lee Wyn” Kurfiss Remington ’50, Billings

Joan Van Rensselaer Smith ’50, Rochester, MN

John Vincent Thomton ’50, Kirkland, WA

Kenneth John “Ken” Bergum ’51, Helena

Julian Leonard “Len” Derby ’51, Whitefish

William L. “Bill” Evans ’51, Hastings, NE

Howard J. Heintz ’51, Quincy, WA

James Edward “Jim” Heintz ’51, Hayden, ID

Dale Lamar McGarvey ’51, Kalispell

Neal Duane Clement ’52, Prescott Valley, AZ

Joyce Anne Frigaard Lange ’52, Charlotte, NC

Julia Aureta “Reta” McMenomey Smith ’52, Billings

Herbert Earl “Herb” Waltermire ’52, Great Falls

William Frank “Bill” Gustafson ’53, M.Ed. ’61, Polson

Harold J. “Hall” Lund ’54, Tacoma, WA

William Dale “Bill” Hummon ’55, ’60, M.Ed. ’61, Athens, OH

Robert N. “Bob” Stone M.S. ’55, Madison, WI

Lloyd Earl Brynie ’56, M.Ed. ’59, Bigfork

Roberta Hazel “Bobbie” Atkinson Crews Cook ’56, Fort Collins, CO

William Stanley “Bill” McVicars ’56, Lewiston, ID

Ronald Lee “Ron” Perry ’57, Boulder City, NV

John Leonard “Jack” Peterson ’57, L.L.B. ’57, Butte

Herbert Duane Ekstrom ’58, M.Ed. ’64, Bend, OR

Donald Irving “Don” Nyquist ’58, Bothell, WA

Jan Dell Dickey Nyquist ’58, M.Ed. ’68, Bothell, WA

Raymond Jesse “Ray” Broadhead ’59, Salt Lake City, UT

Michael James Meredith East ’59, Lake Panasoffkee, FL

Theodore S. “Ted” Leskovar ’59, Kennewick, WA

1960s

Noella Marie Nichols ’60, Spokane, WA

Harley Roth ’60, Salem, OR

James D. “Jim” “Lefty” Corr M.Ed. ’61, Missoula

Penelope Ann “Penny” Wagner Peabody ’61, M.A. ’67, Mercer Island, WA

Theodore Ray “T. Ray” Jacobs ’62, Missoula

Donnamae Ella Nichols Bryson ’63, Hamilton

Mervin Arthur Chapman ’63, Renton, WA

Erwin “Parke” Frizelle Jr. ’63, Columbia Falls

David Edward Wickstrom ’63, Midlothian, VA

Jack Moffitt Besso ’64, Portland, OR

Bonnie Jane Miller Franks ’64, Missoula

Gary Victor Guest ’64, Kalispell

Orville J. “Mick” O’Keefe ’64, M.Ed. ’71, Great Falls

James Edward Oset ’64, Billings

Randolph George “Randy” Urbanec ’64, Glendive

David L. Majors ’65, Stevensville

Julius John Preite Jr. M.Ed. ’65, Yucca Valley, CA

Ronald William “Ron” Wachsmuth ’65, Missoula

Basil James Cook ’66, Reno, NV

Julia Louise Carlson Enman ’66, M.Ed. ’81, Culbertson

Edwin Carl Hebner ’66, Stevensville

Marietta Johnstone ’66, Bozeman

Hans Martin ’66, Helena

Ronald Dale “Ron” Bradshaw ’67, Billings

Marion D. Molander Pope ’67, M.Ed. ’89, Helena

Edward Cheong Mo Chang ’67, M.S. ’67, San Francisco, CA

Cecil Eugene “Chris” Christopherson ’67, Columbus, OH

Gerald Leroy “Gary” Hawthorne M.Ed. ’67, Perry, IA

Sam Hillard Sperry Jr. ’68, M.A. ’71, Albuquerque, NM

Paul Thomas Dwight ’69, Missoula

Steven James Rickman ’69, Laurel 

 1970s

Robert Dean “Bob” Anderson ’70, Englewood, CO

Madilyn C. “Sody” Bell Jones ’70, Billings

James O. “Jim” Larson ’70, ’72, Longview, WA

Rodney A. “Rod” Norum M.S. ’70, Ph.D. ‘75

Jean Hostetter Gollehon Bartley ’71, Billings

Billie Irene Muir Williams Gardner ’71, Missoula

Quentin Richard Schwartz M.Ed. ’71, Eugene, OR

Alf Martin “Trig” Tronstad ’71, Westport, MA

Terry L. Utter ’71, Eureka

Craig Vance Wilson ’71, M.A. ’73, Billings

Grace Elaine Stempke Lorenz ’72, Missoula

Judy Louise Scott ’72, M.A. ’82, Missoula

Kenneth Alan “Ken” Welt Ph.D. ’73, Missoula

Carol Lynn Peterson Flynn ’74, Helena

Timothy J. “Tim” McCarthy ’74, Seattle, WA

James A. “Jim” Oliver ’74, Monahans, TX

Richard Allen “Rich” Baars ’75, Kalispell

James Rodgers “Jim” Comstock ’75, Burlingame, CA

Harry Allen Brennan ’76, Spokane, WA

Elizabeth James Butler ’76, Missoula

Karin Johnson Lautzenheiser Heggen ’76, Missoula

James Waldo Spangelo J.D. ’76, Havre

Curtis Jay Bradshaw ’77, Henderson, NV

Paul Steven Doescher M.S. ’77, Corvallis, OR

Kirk R. Johnson ’77, ’78, Bozeman

Stephen Douglas “Steve” Wheat ’77, Polson

Maria Ann Aikin ’78, ’82, Milwaukie, OR

Kathleen Ann “Kathy” duLac Cooney ’78, Santa Monica, CA

1980s

Keith V. Beattie ’80, San Francisco, CA

Janet Lee Mink Drake ’80, Ronan

Lois Ann Briden DeRoche Sharp M.Ed. ’81, Browning

Matthew Ray “Matt” McCale ’82, M.Ed. ’03, Sand Coulee

Jeffrey Robert “Jeff” Seborg ’84, Billings

Lynn Elaine Mahagin Dahl ’85, Butte

Belany M. Gutknecht-Davis ’85, Hamilton

Dana Chris Henderson ’85, Kalispell

Jean Elizabeth Wilson Summers ’86, Hamilton

William Lewis “Bill” Peterson Ed.D. ’87, Oro Valley, AZ

Carolyn Kembel Ennis J.D. ’88, Whitefish

Samuel Allen Miller ’88, Butte

Dorothy O’Neal Myers ’88, Missoula

Walden Dean Rider ’89, Browning

1990s

Ester Anne Irene Chessin ’90, Missoula

Delaine Sue Goeres Graff ’90, Missoula

Edna Rose Everson Muir ’90, Helena

Matthew Bryant “Matt” Walen ’90, Cheyenne, WY

Kendra Elizabeth Roux Ballew ’91, Bartlett, IL

Lynn Forrest Forbes ’91, Missoula

Garland Jeffrey Thayer ’92, Missoula

Richard Michael Saltus ’93, Rathdrum, ID

James Ernest “Jim” “Papa” Van Nice ’93, Missoula

Jennifer Marie Duddy Roberts ’94, Florence

William Verne Rutledge ’94, Hamilton

Darlene L. Hofeldt ’95, Missoula

Kathryn Mary Morgan Sweeney ’95, ’97, Ph.D. ’01, Lonepine

Robin Gay Johnson ’97, Great Falls

Laurie Ann Pitton-Wiley ’99, Phoenix, AZ

2000s

Thomas Michael “Tom” Stock ’00, Bakersfield, CA

Kenny Lee Marjerrison ’03, ’06, Plains

Charles E. “Charlie” Nash ’03, Glenview, IL

Janice Ahlin Clute ’05, Drummond

Danielle R. “Dani” “Deeder” Dellerson Hayes ’06, J.D. ’10, Alexandria, VA

Kipling Thomas “Kip” Rand ’09, ’11, Joseph, OR

2010s

Lynette Kay Stein Chandler Ed.D. ’10, Harlem

Samuel Louis “Sam” Penzi ’13, Whitefish

Brian Fredrick Sather ’14, Lolo

Eric Scott Becker ’15, Missoula

Deborah Jane Alteneder ’17, Missoula

Marshall Alan Pablo ’17, Missoula

 

Nancy Haedt Allen, Butte

Jay William “Jaybird” Baumberger, Great Falls

Dorothy Mae Luther Bock, Springfield, OR

Connie A. Bowman, Missoula

Kathryn “Kate” Neils Brinton, Eureka

Jeffrey “Jeff” Brotman, Medina, WA

Douglas Reynolds “Doug” Brown, Poulsbo, WA

Edward John “Ed” Burghardt, Missoula

LaRaine Thurston Sloan Claar, Missoula

Helen Mabel Middlemist Clark, Stevensville

Merrel Dare Clubb Jr., Missoula

Elizabeth Anne “Beth” Barbour Cocchiarella, Liberty Lake, WA

Mary Louise “Mary Lou” McElwain Cook, Big Sky

Dorothy Eck, Bozeman

Larry M. Elison, Bellingham, WA

Alice Joan Clark Finnegan, Anaconda

Bonawee Jean Brest Ford, Missoula

Bruce E. Getter, Whitefish

Harold Burton Gilbertson, Felton, CA

Cleona Smith Green, Billings

Robert Edward “Bob” Hanson, Proctor

Robert George “Bob” Hatfield, Kalispell

George Melvin “Jud” Heathcote, Spokane, WA

Eric Werner Held, Missoula

John “Jack” Hoeven, Minot, ND

Russell Arthur “Russ” Klingler, Missoula

William Lee “Bill” Lake, Phoenix, AZ

Neil Conrad Livingstone Jr., Helena

Valarie Ann “Val” Lockridge, Missoula

Rhea Louise Bretthauer Blanchard Manlove, Missoula

Judy Helen Morstein Martz, Butte

Larry Dean Mulcihy, Carson, WA

Joseph Agee “Joe” “Muss” Mussulman, Missoula

Scott Douglas Nicholson, Missoula

Mary “Jane” O’Loughlin Preuninger, Great Falls

Patricia Ann “Pat” “Patsy” McKerlie Rapkoch, Great Falls

Willard Charles “Bunk” Schmitt Jr., Great Falls

Neil Maynard Shook, Missoula

Charline H. Mullen Siphers, Missoula

Jeffrey James “Jeff” Speiser, Boise, ID

John George Stajcar, Butte

Helen Rita Harrington Steele, Butte

Ann Natalie Hanson Stephens, Kalispell

Matthew Michael “Matt” Tennis, Browning

Mary Cecelia “Cece” Kantack Dowdall Tyvand, Missoula

John Stephen “Jack” Vukasin Jr., Las Vegas, NV

Albert Lester “Les” Vining, Missoula

JoAnn Robinson Woodgerd, Stevensville

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