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.eduMaterial for In Memoriam reached our office by Nov. 22, 2019. 

 

1940s

Earl Arthur Nehring ’40, Lawrence, KS
Joe Freeman Gans ’43, Helena
William Francis Curran ’46, Las Vegas
Richard Volney Bottomly ’48, ’50, Great Falls
Robert Sigurd “Bob” “Bibs” Wedin ’48, Walnut Creek, CA
Eileen A. Roy Lommasson ’49, Albuquerque, NM
Dean Smith Franklin Ratzman, J.D. ’49, Spokane
Donna Jean Harlan Schermerhorn ’49, Renton, WA

1950s 

Janet Elizabeth McDonnell Beagles ’50, Helena
Philip Raleigh “Phil” Duncan ’50, Helena
Marjorie A. Hunt Westman-Field ’50, Longview, WA
Lido J. Vizzutti, Sr. ’50, M.A. ’51, Missoula
Marvin McArthur ’51, Cameron Park, CA
William R. “Bill” McChesney Jr. ’51, Eugene, OR
Ellalee “Lee” Birkett Rostad ’51, Bozeman
Richard Norman “Dick” Doyle ’52, Missoula
Frederick J. “Fred” Nelson ’52, M.M.Ed. ’56, Missoula
Joe Blackburn ’53, Plummer, ID
Philip Thomas “Phil” Eidel ’53, Great Falls
Ruth Maxine Kinney Talcott ’53, San Clemente, CA
Lowell L. “Buster” Maxwell ’53, Missoula
Donald Jerome “Don” Schaff ’53, Stevensville
Charles Arlie “Charlie” Shelton ’53, Kalispell
Keith Charles Bradshaw ’54, M.Ed.
’59, M.Ed. ’63, Cedar Hills, UT
Kathryn Belle “Kathy” Lindseth Carlson ’54, Pasco, WA
Murdo A. Campbell ’55, Helena
Nadine Mae Genger Mutch ’55, Billings
Jerry Tennant “Buzz” Bowlin ’56, San Antonio, TX
Robert E. “Bob” Burns Jr. ’56, Paradise, CA
Daniel J. “Dan” Eigeman ’56, Kalispell
Alicejane “A.J.” “Corky” Carkeek Fowler ’56, Dillon
James Elwood Fugett, Jr. ’57, Salt Lake City
Jerry A. Kasala ’57, Kalispell
Robert Elwood “Bob” Lee ’57, Sidney
Marilyn Moore Reynolds ’57, Kalispell
Jack Dale Shanstrom ’56, ’57, J.D. ’57, Billings
Marcia Antoinette Smith Erickson ’58, Dixon, CA
William R. “Bill” Lyman ’58, Helena
Max Leslie Miller ’58, Chinook
Martin Edward Mutch ’58, Billings
Henry Laurence Schlueter ’58, Battle Ground, WA
Russell Eugene “Russ” Svingen ’58, Eugene, OR
Susan “Sue” Beckwith Webster ’58, Cornelius, OR
Virginia Carol “Ginger” Bacon Donohoe
’59, Princess Anne, MD
Robin F. Twogood ’59, Darby  

1960s

Bryan Mechling Owen ’60, Hamilton
Richard Edwin Traylor ’60, M.S. ’61, The Villages, FL
Frank E. Barndt ’61, Buffalo, WY
Delbert H. “Del” Cameron ’61, Stevensville
Rex K. Lincoln ’61, Haugan
Allen Duane Luedecke ’61, M.A. ’63, Chico, CA
Patricia “Pat” Rend Orlich, M.A. ’61, Pullman, WA
Ronald George “Ron” Smith ’61, M.S. ’62, Centralia, WA
Kenneth L. “Ken” Stam ’61, Spokane
Jack Duane Taggart ’61, Broomfield, CO
Gordon N. Crandell Jr. ’62, Scobey
John F. McCulloch ’62, Bozeman
Glenna Joyce Nelson Sherick ’62, Broomfield, CO
Carla Jane Jacobs Cornwell ’63, Sunnyvale, CA
Helen “Weezie” Veeder Chumrau
Hansen ’63, M. Ed. ’81, Snohomish, WA
Bradley B. “Brad” Parrish ’63, J.D. ’67, Lewistown
Bryce Lewis Fish ’64, Sequim, WA
Jeffrey B. “Jeff” Gibson ’64, Butte
Helen L. Seltzer Kolppa ’64, Sparks, NV
Kenneth A. “Ken” Osher ’64, Portland, OR
Wayne Arthur Hedman ’65, Missoula
Donald Dean “Don” Wulf ’65, Napa, CA
Walter L. “Walt” Bodie ’66, M.S. ’79, Nampa, ID
Thomas B. “Tom” Brill ’66, Gaithersburg, MD
William James Riddle “Bill” Buchanan ’66, Kimberley, BC
Robert L. Carter ’66, Concord, CA
Joyce Irene Tooke Horton ’66, Miles City
James Anthony “Jim” Longin,
M.Ed. ’66, Port Angeles, WA
Rodney Craig “Rod” Metzger ’66, M.A. ’69, Eugene, OR
Melvyn R. Kays ’67, Leavenworth, WA
Connie Jane Willits Swedberg ’67, Red Lodge
Irene “Lynn” Patten Aderhold ’68, West Yellowstone
Allen J. Fetscher ’68, Missoula
Jeannette J. Jann Freim ’68, Missoula
Ernest “Mantz” Hutchinson ’68, M.A. ’70, Kalispell
Alan F. Cain, J.D. ’69, Bigfork
Douglas Edward Erny ’69, Snohomish, WA
Peter Martin “Pete” Higman ’69, M.B.A. ’69, Gurnee, IL
Marvel F. Lowrance Weggenman
’69, Highlands Ranch, CO

 1970s

Esther Louise Hinz ’70, Superior
Charlotte Jean Stockard Whitehead ’70, M.E. ’80, Missoula
Deborah Sue “Deb” Anderson ’71, Missoula
Richard Alan “Rick Frost ’71, Clancy
Lawrence Richard “Larry” Renman ’71, Missoula
Pamela Jo “Pam” Donaldson Spencer ’71, Camas, WA
Jacqueline Ann “Jackie” Gardner Bain ’72, Yuma, AZ
Allen Edwin Ball ’72, Lebanon, OR
Norman Leslie “Norm” Hall ’72, Seeley Lake
Gerald William “Jerry” Nagle, Jr. ’72, Vancouver, WA
John R. Tooke ’72, Miles City
Timothy Laurence “Tim” Norman ’73, Hamilton
Carolyn Ann Payton Pfrimmer, M.Ed. ’73, Whitefish
Robert J. “Bob” Sauder, M.Ed. ’73, Pioneer, OH
Michael John “Mike” Nitschke ’74, Amarillo, TX
Daniel Claude “Dan” Hughes
’75, ’77, Newport Beach, CA
Herman William “Bill” Gabriel, III, Ph.D. ’76, Florence
Leonard Wayne Lowthian ’76, Denton
Thomas Keller “Tom” Schule ’76, Great Falls
Robert K. “Rob” Dean ’77, Santa Fe, NM
David Gregory “Dave” Healow ’77, Billings
Richard Lee “Rick” Halverson ’78, Kalispell
W. David Little ’78, Denver
Dennis James Petersen ’78, Sun City West, AZ
Jamie A. Larson Phillips ’79, Detroit Lakes, MN
Brenda L. Cote Porter ’79, Buckeye, AZ
Candice A. Fox Sroczynski, J.D. ’79, La Plata, MD


1980s

Susan Ester Clarke Kitchen ’80, Columbia Falls
Fred V. Bull, M.Ed. ’81, Butte
Roberta “Berta” Warrick Chism ’81, Dillon
Dorothy E. Fauver, M.S. ’81, Missoula
James Louis “Jim” Palmer, M.Ed. ’81, Spokane
Kay Marie Sagmiller ’81, Ashland, OR
Sandra H. Hollingsworth, M.Ed. ’82, Lincoln, CA
Roxie Ann Rockwell Hausauer ’83, Lolo
Larry Gene Plaster ’83, Stevensville
Richard H. “Rick” Stephens ’83, Missoula
Dorrance Tucker ’83, Missoula
Lorraine Virginia Reed Williams
’83, ’86, M.A. ’89, Ed.D. ’94, Missoula
George Curtis “Curt” DeVoe ’84, J.D. ’87, Missoula
Dorothy Marion Frisbie ’84, Missoula
Charlene Marie “Chari” Hansen ’84, Missoula
Rosanna Marie Gibbs ’84, Missoula
Brian James Bexell ’85, Great Falls
Louise “Weeze” Jones, M.A. ’85, Missoula
Robert A. Semple ’85, Corvallis
Charles K. “Charlie” Hail, J.D. ’86, Helena
William James “Bill” Taylor, M.Ed. ’86, Harlem
Mary Ann Adams White ’86, Missoula
Earlene “Sue” Johnson Wilson ’86, Corvallis
Lucy Ellen Balcom ’87, Missoula
Robin Renae Gould Jones ’87, Missoula
Thomas “Tommy” Messina II ’87, Shelby Township, MI
Lyman Dee Jessop, Sr., M.Ed. ’87, Pinesdale
George Tillman “Pete” Cleveland III ’88, Missoula
Richard Thomas “Rick” Funk ’89, Kalispell
Inge Piah Skoden “Sandra Rae Norby,”
M.F.A. ’89, Polson

1990s

Colleen Carol Carver Scharberg ’91, Missoula
Dolores Mae Johnson Whitt ’91, Couer d’Alene, ID
Carolyn Marie Baze ’92, Missoula
Lee Ellen Esbenshade, M.F.A. ’92, Missoula
Janet Marie Homer, M.F. A. ’92, Lansing, MI
Jon O’Neal Shields ’92, J.D. ’96, Miami Beach, FL
Theresa Alma Caroline Wolford Tysk
’92, Menahga, MN
Joy Ann “Skeets” Guardipee Wagner
’92, East Glacier Park
Rebecca A. Smith-Linnemeyer ’93, Stevensville
Edward Eugene “Ed” Jirsa ’94, Missoula
Neil P. Whitman ’94, Lolo
Kathryn Ann May ’95, Missoula
Robert Gregory “Bob” Davis-Coehlo ’97, Reno, NV
Dennis Roger Galland ’97, Missoula

2000s

Roman Maurice “Ray” Stolaruk, M.A. ’00, Ed.S. ’02, Edmonton, AB
Diane Pauline “Dee Dee” Aguilar ’02, Arlee
Jerad Keith Avery, M.A. ’03, Kalispell
Steven Joseph “Steve” Schwab, M.F.A. ’08, Belgrade
Penny Lee Hubber Tollefson ’08, Missoula
Edward Joseph “Ed” Persico ’09, Hot Springs

2010s

Lindsay Frances Moosbrugger
’10, Inver Grove Heights, MN
Shawn Logan Leonard ’18, Missoula
Noah Eric Nickel ’19, Novato, CA

Former students, faculty and staff

Charlotte Jean Sweetser Anderson, Billings
John P. Anderson, Missoula
Jill Bergman, Missoula
George Marston Blake, Missoula
John “Everett” Bullis, Hardin
Carol Mae Shockley Cash, Hamilton
Larry Wayne Chilcote, Missoula
Marni Ann Nicholls Constantino, Great Falls
Steven Joseph “Steve” DeMers, Misssoula
Elinor Misfeldt Dickson, Santa Fe, NM
Sharon Stewart Finney, Polson
Roger Lee Floerchinger, Fairbanks, AK
Karen King Haar, Kalispell
Victor Neil “Vic” Hangas, Missoula
Pamela Lynn “Pam” Hoppe, Missoula
Campbell “Camp” Howard, Missoula
Robert Ray “Bob” Jacobsen, Sun River
Scott J. Kirchmann, Elkhorn, NE
Rose Ellen Rasmussen Lovegren, Enumclaw, WA
Evelyn Marie “Mary” Miles Haines Nolan, Missoula
Agatha Doll Madison, Missoula
William Meredith “Bill” Manning, Missoula
Harold B. “Mac” McLaughlin, Great Falls
Aidan Doyle McWhinney, New York
Vera Tozzer Myers, Missoula
Mona Lee Wohlgenant Reiner, Southlake, TX
Grace Antoinette “Anni” Crenshaw Rieker, Kalispell
Shirley Anne Lee Schottelkorb, Missoula
Ella Auch Shields, Missoula
John L. Schmidt, Broomfield, CO
Joan Floriselle Knight Shirley, Helena
William E. “Bill” Spahr, Molt
Joanne M. Schubert Vogel, Missoula
Robert Joseph “Bob” Williams, Missoula

 Friends and Parents

William Thomas “Will” Baird, Lakeside
Jacqueline K. “Jackie” Baldwin, Big Arm
John William “Bill” Bloemendaal, Great Falls
Doris Elaine Cozzens Boehmler, Missoula
Betty Joyce Elkin Borchers, Butte
Valerie Stagg Clubb, Missoula
Gary N. Cohen, Buffalo, NY
Irving E. “Irv” Dayton, Corvallis, OR
Ernest C. “Ernie” Deschamps, Missoula
Virginia M. “Ginny” Johnston Dove, Missoula
Marjorie S. “Midge” Paulsen Elander, Missoula
Joane Sophie Wohlgenant Griffith, Helena
Randy D. Hennes, Huson
Glenn H. Kautz, Missoula
Mary Patricia “Mary Pat” Dowling Kirkpatrick, Spokane
Joyce Reynolds Koostra, Missoula
Dennis Claude “Denny” Kraft, Aberdeen, SD
John W. Kuglin, Helena
David E. “Dave” Lipson, Las Vegas
Elizabeth Jean “Betty” Dixon Andrews Muralt, Missoula
Carlene Linette Sauer Nimlos, Missoula
Mary Elizabeth Sasek Pyfer, Helena
Carl Martin Rebich, Billings
Donald Joseph “Don” Shaughnessy Sr., Missoula
Stephan Ramon “Steve” Sherick, Missoula
George Louis Stemple, Missoula
Ida Hattie “Spankie” Bruse Tingle, Missoula
Gerhard J. von der Ruhr, Huson
Ursula G. von der Ruhr, Huson
Emily Zell, Oakland, CA