In Memoriam

Emma Lommasson, UM alumna and former employee, passed away on Nov. 30. She was 107 years old.

Lommasson earned a bachelor's degree from UM in 1933 and worked at UM from 1937 to 1977, retiring as the registrar and associate director of Admissions and Records. For a decade after retiring, she volunteered as a student adviser. Of her education, Lommasson stated, "I received as good an education at the University of Montan as I would have received anywhere else in the country." She was a devoted ambassador for our University and had met every UM president since 1921.

The Emma B. Lommasson Center was named in her honor in 2001. A bench outside the east entrance of the center near the Grizzly statue was presented to her in honor of her 100th birthday in 2012.

Though she shied away from the notion, Lommasson had become quite popular over the years as a passionate fan of all things UM. She cheered for the Griz, shared recollections of the many people and events that shaped UM and was known for her positive attidute and generous spirit.

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 Nov. 22, 2019.

1930s

Edith Lillian Atkinson Wylie ’34, Bigfork

1940s

Virginia Rose Sikonia Golden ’45, Missoula
Mabel Ellen Manix Schulte ’45, Shawano, WI
Verna Brackman Krout ’46, Petaluma, CA
William H. “Bill” MacKenzie ’46, Mount Vernon, WA
Beverley Ross Garrett ’47, Houston
Virginia “Ginny” Knapp Thane ’47, Missoula
Mads Anderson ’48, Arvada, CO
Patricia R. “Patty” Cornitius Felt ’48, Missoula
Molly C. Burke Herrin ’48, Helena
Ellen Amelia Mouat Langston ’48, Red Lodge
Kathleen “Kathie” Koefod Van Luchene ’48, Santa Fe, NM
James Burton “Burt” Angstman ’49, Missoula
Firman Hewitt “Bo” Brown ’49, M.A. ’53, Hon.D. ’08, Missoula
William J. “Bill” Cooney ’49, Spokane
Charlotte Ruth Thompson Magelssen ’49, Sugar Land, TX
Joyce Grace Gauthier Stevens ’49, Billings

1950s

Walter Bernard Fellows ’50, Billings
Anthony Felix “Tony” Geis ’50, M.S. ’54, Bozeman
Russell L. Hartse, J.D. ’50, Missoula
Anthony Adam “Tony” Hunthausen ’50, East Helena
Alfred Robert “Bob” Appelgren ’51, M.B.A. ’74, Chandler, AZ
Betty Ann Delaney Kingsford ’51, M.Ed. ’69, Colorado Springs, CO
George J. Mansinger ’51, Renton, WA
John Arthur “Jack” LeClaire ’52, Moscow, ID
Mary “Lyn” Hestekin Tucker ’52, Missoula
Glen Russell Ausen, M.Ed. ’53, Centuria, WI
M. “Estelle” McFarland Byrne ’53, Lafayette, CA
Beverly “Bev” Henne Doyle ’53, Missoula
John Dacre Bennett ’54, Hampstead, NH
James Stanley Evans ’54, Beavercreek Township, OH
Barbara Jane “Barb” Dickinson Kenny ’54, Helena
Mora Christine Skari Payne ’54, Missoula
George Donald Boifeuillet ’55, Missoula
Dale G. Harvey ’55, Kalispell
Francis William “Frank” Kirschten ’55, Ellensburg, WA
Robert Hillary “Bob” McGuire Jr. ’55, M.S. ’57, Calgary, AB
John Cooke Beam Jr. ’56, Davidson, NC
Robert J. “Bob” Emmons, L.L.B. ’56, Great Falls
William Edward “Ed” “Fuzzy” Fine Jr. ’56, Missoula
Clara Evelyn Schmidt Galli ’56, Tucson, AZ
Gary Ronald Jystad ’56, Pablo
Frederick E. Bullock Jr. ’57, Kirkland, WA
Judith V. “Judy” Hynes Burns ’57, Sheridan
DeLynn Coard Colvert ’57, M.F.A. ’58, Missoula
Lawrence Denis “Larry” Gaughan ’57, J.D. ’57, Potomac Falls, VA
James Albert “Jim” Hansen ’57, Astoria, OR
Robert B. “Bob” Jurovich ’57, Billings
Charles Alexander Wilson Jr. ’57, Amarillo, TX
Maurice Charles Farrington ’58, Lakeside
Harry Willis Hoffman Jr. ’58, Hudson, WI
Samuel M. “Sam” Jankovich ’58, Hayden Lake, ID
Hershel Kelly “Kay” Robirds ’58, Evanston, WY
Robert Lewis “Bob” Clark ’59, M.Ed. ’65, Bozeman
Frances M. Carden-Nelson ’59, M.F.A. ’67, St. Petersburg, FL
Gordon Martin Osborn, M.S. ’59, Enterprise, OR
Antoinette “Toni” Shields Iholts Payton-Ryser ’59, Reno, NV
Donald Frederick Vollmer, M.Ed. ’59, Largo, FL

1960s

Roland Marcellus “Ron” Stoleson ’60, North Ogden, UT
Zoe Ann Dress Matlock ’61, Hemet, CA
Paul Eugene Nelson ’61, M.F.A. ’69, Bozeman
Thomas James “Tom” Flaherty ’62, Billings
Bonnie Rae Woods Kennedy ’62, Great Falls
Hugo S. Maliepaard, M.S. ’62, Regina, SK
George Eli McCammon ’62, Missoula
John Ellard Frook ’63, Reno, NV
Harold G. Haffner ’63, Sidney
James W. “Jim” Holmlund ’63, Billings
Craig A. Hopperstad ’63, M.A. ’63, Seattle
Michael William Rollin ’63, M. A. ’68, San Antonio
Arlie Rae Grenfell ’64, M.A. S. ’91, Great Falls
Dean Jay Mart ’64, Stevensville
Larry Tipton Stidmon ’64, Kalispell
Dennis L. Frasier ’65, Nampa, ID
Sharon Lorraine Alzheimer McCollom ’65, Choteau
Terrence Boyd “Terry” Williams ’65, Polson
Frederick William “Fred” MacFarland ’66, Polson
Roger E. Niemi ’66, Helena
James Leo “Jim” Whipple ’66, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Shelton Cross “Mike” Williams, J.D. ’66, Polson
Lawrence W. “Larry” Petersen, J.D. ’67, Billings
Leon Blair Ricks ’67, Spanish Fork, UT
Donna May Christopher Chambers ’68, Superior
Rebecca Jane “Becky” Hazelbaker Deschamps ’68, Missoula
Robert Lynn “Bob” Kirchmeier ’68, Clermont, FL
Raymond Charles “Ray” DeNeve ’69, Manchester, IA
Damon Lynn Gannett ’69, J.D. ’72, Billings
James Clark “Jim” McKown ’69, Missoula
Christiane Louise Morin ’69, M.A. ’76, Salem, OR
James Francis “Jim” O’Brien ’69, Butte
Robert Glenn Plaehn, M.M.Ed. ’69, Lakeville, MN
Jack Darwin Reich ’69, Willow Creek
Joseph Alfred “Joe” Turmell ’69, San Diego
Rita Kathleen Greenup Ostby Ulrich ’69, Cody, WY
Dean V. Vaupel ’69, M.A. ’71, Portland

1970s

Peter D. Laba ’70, Norcross, GA
Jack William McKee Jr. ’70, Billings
Ronald Lee Butler ’71, Missoula
Robert James “Rob” Hitchcock ’71, Simi Valley, CA
Earl Eugene Lowery ’71, Kalispell
Greg Wayne Phillips ’71, Kalispell
James Michael “Mike” Byrne ’72, Missoula
Ronald Gene “Ron” Frost, M.Ed. ’72, Great Falls
William Anton “Bill” Gallagher, M.Ed. ’72, Anaconda
Tom Sinclair Patten ’72, Arcadia, FL
Curtis Lester “Curt” Rice ’72, Kalispell
Phyllis Theresa Morgan Fischer ’73, Kalispell
Kathleen Gale “Kathy” Lewis ’74, Cedar City, UT
George Robert Mahoney ’74, Polson
Marilyn Frances Hazen Rodriguez, M.Ed. ’74, Missoula
Carolyn Elizabeth Caldwell ’75, Helena
Grant Edward Gormley, J.D. ’75, Pierre, SD
Robert Charles “Bob” McKenna, M.S. ’75, Boise
Gerald Lee “Jerry” Bachmann, M.S. ’76, Missoula
Robert Wayne “Bob” Barrett ’76, Billings
Gala Margaret Katherine FitzGerald Muench, M.F.A. ’76, Harrison, ID
Chad Vincent Noel ’76, Henderson, NV
Dennis E. Ryan ’76, Missoula
David Andrew “Dave” Filius, M.S. ’77, Great Falls
William “Bill” Gornick ’77, Stevensville
Merrill James Hill ’77, M.B.A. ’78, Stevensville
Barbara Jean “Barb” Lester O’Keefe, M.Ed. ’79, Missoula

1980s

Celia Diane “Cy” Holder Linsted ’82, Missoula
Adele Marie Rothan, Ph.D. ’82, St. Louis, MO
Randall Lee McCall ’83, Missoula
Craig William Pratt ’83, Missoula
Donna Glantz Starr ’83, Missoula
James M. “Jim” Taylor ’83, Las Vegas
Patrick Joseph “Rick” Stuber, PhD.Ed. ’84, Creswell, OR
Mercy Whalen Clevenger ’85, Missoula
Kerry Helen Delaney ’85, J.D. ’88, Seattle
Patrick Arthur Juneau, M.S. ’85, Huson
Danny R. “Dan” McIntyre ’85, Conrad
Robert Bryan “Skip” Rundle, M.Ed. ’85, Hamilton
Brian Keith Schatz ’86, Missoula
Christopher Thomas “Chris” Ransick, M.A. ’88, Newport, OR
Marianna Marie Oppegaard Traver ’88, Great Falls
Suzanne Victoria Derrick ’89, Missoula
Brenda Lynn Mayes ’89, Billings
Kerry Kim Wiedrich, M.B.A. ’89, Big Arm

1990s

Elita J. Nelson Haugen ’91, Missoula
Helen Chloe Christensen Loran ’91, Missoula
Jerome Francis “Jay” Combs Jr. ’92, Missoula
Jesse Francis “Jess” Collins Jr. ’93, Missoula
Karen Joann Sanderson ’93, Kalispell
Daren Lee Jurasek ’97, Missoula

2000s

Dionne Rae Strissel ’00, Havre
Linda Louise “Lue” Merseal Peterson ’02, Deaver, WY
Ariadne Anne “Ari” Avellino ’03, Missoula
John “Damon” McCrory ’06, Brighton, NY
Velden Cory Calica ’09, Browning
Michael Edward Fortenberry ’09, Stevensville

2010s

Andrew Patrick “Drew” Hossle ’11, Lolo
John Leslie Duncan, A.A. ’13, ’16, Hamilton
Daniel Mason “Danny” Dresher ’14, Lamy, NW
Lilibeth Cayetano Swenson, D.P.T. ’15, Salem, OR

Former students, faculty and staff

Lonnie Bruce Alley, Salt Lake City
Don H. Ball, Billings
Mary Margaret Beck-Higgins, Vista, CA
John Francis Bell Jr., Stanford
Pearl “Peggy” Eggar (Tuman), Selah, WA
Marie Gordon, Polson
Dean Darrel Holm, Mesa, AZ
Gordon Marvin Jackson, Helena
Barbara Joan Jensen, Missoula
Marian Gilliland Knowles, Carlsbad, CA
Mary Helene Larson Kukowski, Salem, OR
Fred Arnold Lerch, Missoula
Roberta Lou Mistrick, Missoula
Ruth Mae Stevens Neisinger, Stevensville
James Everett “Jim” Norris, Mesquite, NV
James B. “Jim” O’Connor, Spokane
James Irvin Robertson Jr., Westmoreland County, VA
Jeannine Eloise Garrin Shriner, Missoula
Betty Mae Flesch Fauque Snyder, Billings
Austin Miles Smith, Missoula
Karen Petersen Smith, Polson

Friends and Parents

Philip Alan “Phil” Bakke, Missoula
Doris Ann Knaus Burger, Missoula
Shirley Ann Oberst Colyer, Missoula
Patricia Marie Flannery Fellows, Billings
Geraldean Lynn Fluke, Missoula
Donelda Mavis “Donnie” Ginalias, Great Falls
Michael Gersack, Great Falls
Richard A. “Doc” Gooding, Albuquerque, NM
L. Richard “Dick” Hayne, Florence
Robert T. “Robbie” Hensley, Helena
William George “Bill” Koch, Greeley, CO
Patricia M. “Pat” Crowley Antonick Krott, Townsend
Jay Polite Laber, St. Ignatius
James Bruce “Jim” Larson, Bismarck, ND
Electra K. Lockridge, Charlo

Marie Teresa Doornek Lynch, Missoula
Neva Frances Maurer McRae, Missoula
Isabell Monaco, Joliet
Robert “Dean” Murphy, Charlo
Robert Allen “Bob” Noll, Missoula
Taihei Henry “Hank” Obayashi, Redwood City, CA
Helen Marie Ewing Perrine, Roseville, IL
Irene Elaine Werner Pirnie, Missoula
Clifford Albert “Cliff” Potts, Billings
William John “Bill” Shea, Butte
Alfred Julian “Al” Skogen, Ronan
Kay Laurelle LeFevre Stipe, Spokane Valley, WA
Daniel J. Stromme, Missoula
William Joseph “Bill” Sweeney, Missoula
Patricia Ann “Pat” Wooten Tyanich, Helena
Leland Kenneth “Lee” Yockey, Hamilton