In Memoriam

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 April 18, 2019.

1930s

Helen Francis Wilson ’36, Great Falls

Byron Freeze Murphey ’39, Albuquerque, NM

1940s

Virginia Lee “Gina” Rimel Higgins ’42, Ardmore, AL

Ralph Nichols ’42, M.S. ’76, Belgrade

Orpha Mildred Weisbeck Fessler ’44, San Diego

Eleanor D. Ivankovich ’44, Anaconda

Jane Ellen Jeffers Rybus ’46, North Bend, WA

Dorothy Vaughan Campbell Neils ’47, Helena

Helen Louise Hunt White ’48, Helena

William F. Briney ’49, Leesburg, FL

1950s

George Vincent “Vince” Fischer ’50, Butte

Howard Neil Hebert ’50, L.L.B. ’54, J.D. ’70, Red Lodge

Ira James “Jake” Heckathorn, J.D. ’50, Whitefish

James E. Hester ’50, Benton, AR

Albert John “A.J.” “Jack” King Sr. ’50, Kalispell

Robert Sandford “Bob” Mathison ’50, Hamilton

Darrel James “Pete” Peterson ’50, M.Ed. ’56, Missoula

Milton Harold “Milt” Agte ’51, Tucson, AZ

Richard Guy Bjorklund ’51, M.S. ’53, Decatur, IL

Margery D. “Marge” Marion Eliason ’51, Billings

Beverly Grande Madson Gjerde ’51, M.Ed. ’58, Billings

Holmes “Bruce” Maclay ’51, Florence

Arthur Leland Stockton ’51, Cove, OR

Dallas W. Van Delinder ’51, Billings

Earl H. Simonson ’52, Victor

William H. “Bill” Covey ’53, M.S. ’57, Kalispell

Karen Whitter Mannoni ’53, ’54, The Woodlands, TX

Patricia Mae “Pat” Walker Moline ’53, Glendive

William Frank Shawl ’53, M.A. ’54, Spokane

Virginia “Ginger” Rowe Sullivan ’53, Orange, CA

Harry Floyd Manuel ’55, Lake Havasu City, AZ

John Galen Zuck ’55, Laurel

Walter J. Benesch, M.A. ’56, Fairbanks, AK

Marie Ann Richardson Shipley ’56, Swan Lake

Arlene Ward Braun ’57, M.P.A. ’78, J.D. ’82, Missoula

Dorothy Deane Lindeman Poppe Eek ’57, Vienna, VA

Marilyn “Lyn” Fehlberg Fleming ’57, Sioux Falls, SD

Richard K. “Dick” Jacoby, J.D. ’57, Lompoc, CA

Wallace Wade “Wally” Mading ’57, Billings

James R. Maloney ’57, Missoula

Robert Marineau “Bob” Small ’57, Missoula

Elizabeth Marie “Liz” Fahrner Andrews ’58, Helena

Carolyn Marie Moody Bird ’58, Billings

LeRoy E. “Roy” “Smed” Corning ’58, Troy

Bill “Billy” Leroy Hicks ’58, Missoula

Roger C. Lund ’58, M.S. ’76, Paradise

Robert D. Robinson ’58, Los Angeles

Wyman Carl Schmidt ’58, M.S. ’61, Ph.D. ’80, Bozeman

Rose-Marie Murphy Burns Shiver ’58, Billings

Robert Warren “R.W.” “Bob” Blanchard ’59, Missoula

Nancy McLaughlin Peace ’59, Polson

1960s

Benjamin F. “Ben” Ayers ’60, Hamilton

Kaye Hinman Adkins ’61, Brighton, CO

Douglas Kent “Doug” Baldwin ’61, M.F.A. ’65, Missoula

Mary Lou Montague Davis ’61, Lacey, WA

Roland L. Ellingson, M.A. ’62, Manhattan

Donald John Seibert ’62, Land O’Lakes, FL

Alan William Dettmann ’63, Burien, WA

Patricia Delores Jones Eastman ’63, Billings

Helen Louise Cain McDaniels ’63, Mount Vernon, WA

Wayne Austin Baldwin ’64, Reno, NV

Wayne G. Buchanan ’64, M.A. ’74, Ronan

Sharon Ann Flynn ’64, Long Beach, CA

Helen “Lorraine” Berry Vander Kelen ’64, Edina, MN

Carl Russell Kuney ’64, Colleyville, TX

Martin “Marty” Mickelsons ’64, Missoula

Francis Char Wai Chu ’65, Valley Cottage, NY

John Ross Coghlan ’65, Missoula

Jon Joseph Driessen, M.A. ’65, Missoula

Clarke Joseph Lamont ’65, Calgary, AB

Sally Leanne Macmillan ’65, Helena

Aaron Gordon Peterson ’65, Great Falls

Stella E. Milanovich Roberts, M.Ed. ’65, Missoula

Warren “Gene” Theroux, L.L.B. ’65, J.D. ’70, ND

Don Edward Cramer, M.Ed. ’66, Las Vegas

Dean Walter Hermes ’66, M.Ed. ’71, Polson

Doreen McCormack Curtis Swager ’66, Missoula

Douglas Norman “Doug” Wilson III, ’66, Great Falls

Cherie Conrad Ellingson ’67, McMinnville, OR

Eric Stephen Hansen ’67, Juneau, AK

Kay Beverly Hasting Kaliman ’67, Tumwater, WA

George Richard Petaja ’67, M.A. ’77, Helena

Phillip Raymond “Phil” Turck ’67, Belgrade

Kenneth Stuart “Ken” Bell ’68, Hamilton

Lynne Mildred Stout Blumberg, M.A. ’68, Missoula

Evelyn Lombardi Lail, M.F.A. ’68, Arvada, CO

Polly Ann Peppard Rohrbach ’68, Black Diamond, WA

John A. “Jack” Baugh III ’69, Slingerlands, NY

Margaret Marie Power Choate ’69, Lincoln City, OR

Maureen Leona Blackmore Goering ’69, Agency, IA

Ronald Kyle “Des” Des Jardins ’69, Bozeman

Thaddeus Joseph “Ted” Pyrek ’69, Horicon, WI

1970s

Henrietta Margaret Hellman Irish ’70, Portland

Stephen Michael “Steve” Williams ’70, J.D. ’73, Katy, TX

Frank L. Zielke ’70, M. Ed. ’76, Bellingham, WA

Paul James Battaiola Jr. ’71, M.Ed. ’76, Butte

Gregory Ward “Greg” Devlin ’71, Missoula

Tennyson Leonard “Tenny” Doney ’71, Billings

David Carling Malouf ’71, M.Ed. ’84, Fort Collins, CO

James K. “Jim” Schwartzenberger ’71, Pueblo, CO

John Michael “Mick” Hanley, M.S. ’72, Scotts, MI

Gordon Dean “Gordo” McManus ’72, Great Falls

Grant David Murie ’72, Cheney, WA

Gary Edward Schultz ’72, M.A. ’74, Columbia Falls

Susan Kae Tulberg Rutledge ’73, Lewistown

James Irving “Jim” Bienvenue ’74, Bozeman

Ralph Cutler Judd, M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’79, Missoula

June Bullshoe Tatsey, M.Ed. ’74, Browning

Leo J. McCracken ’75, Butte

Joelene Sharon O’Neill Goodover, M.A. ’75, Great Falls

Jim G. Manning ’75, Montana City

Gayle R. Larson Moon ’76, Helena

Joseph Albert “Joe” Ufen ’76, Magnolia, TX

Carl Lee Franklin ’77, Fresno, CA

Will Isaac Selser, M.S. ’77, Helena

1980s

Leo Laurence Jones ’80, Grangeville, ID

Martin John “Marty” Elison ’82, J.D. ’87, Missoula

Coral Bishop ’83, Tempe, AZ

Karen Jean Aker Campo ’83, Medina, OH

Michael Dammen ’84, Black Eagle

Lynn M. Carley Campbell Job ’84, Missoula

Terry Lee York Stevens-Krosbakken ’84, 95, Missoula

Jeanne A. Rylander ’84, Missoula

Melody Kathleen Brown ’85, J.D. ’88, Great Falls

Bernard Francis O’Connor ’85, Missoula

Sharon Lee Talbot Richardson ’85, Lead, SD

Raymond Charles “Ray” Shearer, Ph.D. ’85, Missoula

James Franklin “Jim” Richards ’86, Florence

Daniel T. “Dan” Tucker ’86, Clinton

David John Arthur “Dave” Allen ’87, Superior

Stephen Mills Niblack ’87, Polson

Thomas Herbert Schimke, J.D. ’87, Scottsdale, AZ

Lois Renee Lafromboise McClure Slater ’87, Ronan

Trudy Carol King Evenson ’88, Elmo

Terry Lynn Whiting ’88, Arlee

James Arthur “Jim” McNally ’89, Seattle

1990s

Lila Esther Bock, M.Ed. ’90, Helena

Holly A. Luck, M.P.A. ’90, Helena

Patrick “Scott” McClure ’90, Missoula

William Smith “Bill” Carrington ’91, Spokane

Sally Ann Stevenson Woodruff

’91, M.A. ’93, Ed. S. ’95, Ed.D. ’99, Missoula

Suzanne Lynn “Suzy” Zarling ’91, Missoula

Gregory Edward “Greg” Katsel ’92, Seattle

Deborah Lynne “Debbie” Chittick Ginnings ’93, Missoula

Carol Jean “Jeanne” Peltier ’94, Kalispell

Kimberly Sue Novak Mansch ’95, M.B.A. ’99, Missoula

Jon Brian Herberg, M.B.A. ’97, Shepherd

Dusten Ray Hollist ’97, M.A. ’99, Missoula

2000s

William Lyford “Bill” Sawyer, M.B.A. ’00, Missoula

Margery “Lois” Flansburg Hedgers Haaglund ’01, Missoula

Christopher Charles “Chris” Petaja ’01, Bozeman

Shane Andrew Sanchez ’03, Santa Cruz, CA

Jenda Rose Hemphill ’07, Missoula

Craig Albert Swartz ’09, Missoula

2010s

Alyssa Anne Mracna ’11, Ada, MI

Chad Christopher Palmer ’14, M.Acct. ’15, Fort Meyers, FL

Friends and Parents

Jacob Andrew “Jack” “Jake” Block, Minneapolis, MN

Harold A. “Hal” Braun, Missoula

Thomas “Tom” Breum, Missoula

William David “Bill” Dion, Gilbert, AZ

Frank Area Godchaux III, Hamilton

Kathryn Anne “Kathy” Mullen Greenfield, Hamilton

Julie Kay Hafner, Billings

Betty Lou Andersen Hanson, Bend, OR

Arlene Heitzman Hawk, Florence

Dona Marie Oslie Hinshaw, Hamilton

Richard A. Kuhl, Kalispell

Carol Ann Hanes Lockwood, Sierra Vista, AZ

Frances A. “Fran” Mading, Billings

Douglas “Doug” McClelland, Missoula

Patricia Marie “Pat” Koempel Muller, St. Paul, MN

Darlene Rae McClure Nelson, Silver Star

Eldora Irene “Dori” Burns Nielson, Missoula

Margaret Louise “Peggy” Jontry Peacock, Hamilton

Wilma Mae Bedell Seidensticker, Twin Bridges

Doline “Dollee” Adams Stanaway, Billings

Norma Jean Lewis Stubblefield, Kalispell

Alvera Elizabeth Anderson Valach, Missoula

Alice Lillian Erickson Wandler, Missoula

Michael Steven “Mike” Wakkinen, Sr., Conrad

Former students, faculty and staff

Cyrus Weck Austin, Monroe, OR

James E. “Jim” Baker, Polson

Esther G. “Este” Bergh Bengtson, Shepherd

Joan F. Blair Berg, Bozeman

Shirley M. Troll Bundy, Missoula

Donald Wayne “Don” Burk, Missoula

Patricia “Pat” Boyd Deschamps, Missoula

Vera Jean Bossard LeClaire Dick, Post Falls, ID

Wilbert Coburn Freer, Rochester, NY

George Russell Hangas, Hot Springs, SD

Andrew Craigan Harris, Kalispell

William Allen “Bill” Hoffman, Sheridan

Neil Scott Holt, Missoula

Jessie M. June Jacobson, Missoula

Anne Arleen “Annie” Angstman Jambor, Kalispell

Cameron Murray “Cam” Johnston, Florence

Donald B. “Don” Koeppen, Stevensville

Frank M. Laurence, Hamilton

John G. Matsko, Colorado Springs, CO

Christian William McCurdy, Polson

Marian Christina Reavley McDoniel, Rogers, AR

Susan Lynn Kelly-Miller, Missoula

Thomas John “Tom” Nimlos, Missoula

Erling Robert Oelz, Missoula

Ronald Edward “Ron” Rebish, Hailey, ID

Sharon Lee Kopisch Sendon, Missoula

Richard H. “Dick” Swanz, Lewistown

Shirlee Joan Bedard Thiebes, Great Falls

Beverly Jean Hughes VanCanagan, Missoula