In Memoriam
Alma College mourns the loss of the alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students who have passed away. This page honors the lives of the college community members who have recently passed. Although they no longer grace us with their presence, we hold them in our hearts and minds as we cherish the memories of the times spent together.
1930s
1930s
1930s
1940s
1940s
1950s
1950s
1950s
Ella Orr Moore ’50
Glenn N. Rogers ’50
June Richards Etzel ’51
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James R. Fowler ’51
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Hugh L. Harsha ’51
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Ruth Lines ’51
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Phyllis Hayward Livingston ’51
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Eugene Vance Reed ’51
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Shirley Campbell Robinson ’51
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William D. Simpson ’51
Elizabeth A. Williams ’51
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Ruth Rose Colsell ’52
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June Towersey Schmelzer ’52
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Carl J. Smith ’52
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Donald H. Tacia ’52
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Ernestene Hebert Crawford ’53
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Clifford N. Cummings, Jr. ’53
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Stuart Friesma ’53
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Donald H. Gordon, Jr. ’53
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Richard A. Stuckey ’53
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Robert W. King ’53
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James W. Johnson ’54
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Margaret Lomas Love ’54
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Peggy Jean Smith Stuckey ’54
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Gerald Duncanson ’55
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Edward M. Kinkema ’55
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Carol Cummings Kutzner ’55
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John T. Schubel ’55
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Dennis E. Stolz ’55
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John C. Acton ’56
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George W. Fox ’56
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Thomas M. Fraser ’56
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Cleo Rae Johnson Williams ’56
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David K. Chapoton ’57
James E. Ford ’57
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George B. Huysken ’57
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Richard H. Schluckbier ’57
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Robert J. Watterworth ’57
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John P. Hobart ’58
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Joe A. Lindsey ’58
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Thomas G. Rasmussen ’58
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Dorothy Drummond Rathje ’58
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William E. Woodland ’58
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Doris Turnbull Aslyn ’59
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Kathleen Botiner Blossom ’59
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Thomas E. Bluck ’59
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John M. “Jack” Greenlees ’59
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David K. Hogberg ’59
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William G. “Bill” Klenk ’59
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Carl C. Large ’59
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Frances Erickson Leonard ’59
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Frances Wight Meyer ’59
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Lloyd E. Sutherland ’59
1960s
1960s
1960s
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Elizabeth Aubertin Bauer ’60
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William R. Bowen ’60
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David C. Bryant ’60
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Kay Patton Dahlgren ’60
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James F. Plutschuck ’60
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Willard S. Wallgren ’60
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Russell Brandt ’61
Richard Colbry ’61
Robert N. Sawyer, Jr. ’61
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Robert T. Scott ’61
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Terry Robert Strong ’61
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Gayle Root Tanton ’61
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Robert Tarte ’61
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James A. White ’61
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Thell M. Woods ’61
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Robert S. Colladay ’62
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Susan Beatty McCollister ’62
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Donn Charles Neal ’62
Bruce B. Brintnall ’63
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Margot Phelps Dillon ’63
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Susan Little Hodgson ’63
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Patricia Jo Wellard Mack ’63
Judith Noreen Pierce Fountain Newberry ’63
Jody R. Riddick ’63
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Alexander A. Amstutz, Jr. ’64
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Gretchen Mantey Amstutz ’64
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James “Bud” Darnell ’64
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Lorraine Jessop Davis ’64
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Rexalee Westhauser Goecker ’64
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Raymond E. Moore ’64
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Linda Magness Osborne ’64
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John W. Peace, Sr. ’64
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Robert F. VanEvery ’64
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Gloria McIntyre Zucker ’64
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J. Stephen Colladay ’65
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James W. Martz ’65
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Janis Cash Raber ’65
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Michael L. Reed ’65
James D. Shuster ’65
Katherine Johnson South ’65
Terry A. McKinnon ’66
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Beverly Jo Brown Schultz ’66
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Priscilla Briggs Sprague ’66
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Jane Butterfield Battles ’67
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John W. Braidwood ’67
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V. Arthur Bova ’68
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Fred E. Lux ’68
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James R. Magee ’68
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Anne E. Rowell ’68
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Marilyn Taylor Zavorski ’68
Jay Howard Davies ’69
Richard S. Gibson ’69
1970s
1970s
1970s
Marilyn Stezt Nagy ’70
Michael L. Barnes ’71
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Frederick V. Everleigh ’71
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Paul S. Jancha ’71
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Joan Westgate Leffler ’71
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Roger Erbaugh ’72
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Susan Muir ’72
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Donald D. Myers ’72
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David Merle Scarlett ’72
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Elaine Hoeppner Buckley ’74
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Thomas R. Cousineau ’74
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Karen Ricketts Gauthier ’74
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Lynnea Rabideau Matthews ’74
John Payne ’75
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Mary Parkhurst Reindel ’75
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Alison Scott Ricker ’75
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Mary Lynn Angove Swanson ’75
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James L. Warner ’75
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Carter L. Lahring ’76
Terry Heim ’77
1980s
1980s
2010s
2010s
2020s
2020s
2020s
Former Faculty and Staff
Former Faculty and Staff
Former Faculty and Staff
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Randolph C. Beaumont (prof of chemistry)
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Janet Gates Beetley (45 yrs, custodial services)
Beverly Hall Boggs (head resident advisor, Bruske Hall ’70s)
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Ray L. Boggs (former professor of education)
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Gloria Boodt (faculty circa 90’s)
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Peter A. Dollard (28 yrs, former library director, spouse of Joan, and parent of Benjamin ’91 and Rachel ’92)
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Michael D. Doran (20 yrs, asst. coach Scots softball, spouse of Kathy and parent of Bethany Vozar ’05 and Allison Lamey ’09)
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Connie Eichorn (26 yrs, dining supervisor)
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George Gazmararian (30 yrs, professor and business dept. chair; spouse of Ruth)
Sedley Hall (25 yrs, professor and education dept. chair; parent of Mary Hall ’78, and Mark Hall ’83)
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Charles B. House, Jr. (professor and lecturer)
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Henry Klugh, III (30 yrs, prof psychology and research statistics; spouse of Barb, parent of Tom Klugh ’84)
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Dorene D. Lewis (33 yrs, secretary to dean of students, parent to Cheryl Chapman ’79 and the late Ronald Chapman ’87)
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Melvin A. Nyman (33+ years, prof of math and computer science, spouse of Arlene, parent of Michelle ’90, and Todd ’98 and his wife Jill ’98)
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Jesse L. Perry (Chaplain 90’s-2000s)
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Lynn E. Rather (25 yrs, housekeeping 1991-2016)
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Robert L. Rozier (32 yrs, professor of art 1983-2015)
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Jean S. Simutis (asst prof mathematics, 1978-1989)
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Carol Slater (prof emeritus psychology, 90’s)
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Robert Smith (30 yrs, prof emeritus speech & theatre)
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Paul Splitstone (prof emeritus physics, 1963-1991)
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Armin “Paul” Tober (professor of German, 1962-1964)
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Mary van den Bergh (former library staff, circa 1990’s)
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Charlene L. Vogan (prof emeritus of education, 1971-1987)
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Philip A. Warsop (25+ yrs in IT dept, parent of Randy ’88 and his spouse Mary Tuomi ’81)
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Michael J. Yavenditti (38 years, professor and history dept. chair)
Friends of the College
Friends of the College
Friends of the College
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Christie L. Alton (spouse of trustee emeritus Bruce Alton)
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Thomas K. Andison (trustee emeritus)
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Sue Kerby Arntson (parent of Randy Arntson ’80)
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Ramon V. Battles (spouse of Jane Battles ’67)
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Alex Bedenis (spouse of Melodee Babcock, instructor of nursing)
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Martha Beld (spouse of late Gordon Beld – former staff, parent of Dala Beld Basurko ’74, Scott Beld ’78 and late Barb Beld Erck ’78)
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Gerrit Brunelle (parent to Megan Cuthbert ’97, Bryan Brunelle ’00)
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Linda Brunelle (parent to Megan Cuthbert ’97, Bryan Brunelle ’00)
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William A. Buschle (former trustee)
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Jerry L. Collier (spouse of Susan, parent of Jason Collier ’95)
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Jeffrey L. Cook
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Margaret Gilman Creed (grandmother of McKenzie Creed ’19)
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Larry Cross (spouse of Mary Cross ’58)
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Rita J. Curtis (parent of Clinton Crow ’96)
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Mildred A. Dibble (parent of James Powers ’72)
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Richard J. Ebert
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Bonnie Edgar (parent of Rosemary Edgar ’76 and Amy Wellington ’87)
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John Richard Evans (parent of Lynn Evans Haiducek ’75)
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Dominick V. Gagliardi (parent of William ’80 and his spouse Lori ’82)
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James Graham (parent of Courtney Graham Cheadle ’13)
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Janice Marion Granger (parent of Glenn Granger ’83)
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Ruth Ann Roberts Hamilton (spouse of Richard Hamilton ’60)
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Donna Howe
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Richard M. Hubbard (parent of Julie ’87 and Martha ’90, grandparent of Lydia ’21)
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Timothy V. Hudecz (parent of Falynne ’18)
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B J Humphreys (parent of Susan Meyer ’83)
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Nancy Larner (parent of Bruce ’77, his spouse Debra ’78, Maureen ’80, and Thomas ’83)
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James B. Mackie
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Alice Craig McCloskey (parent of Catharine ’77, Mark ’79, Stephen ’81, Timothy ’84, and Jonathon ’91)
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Helen J. McLaughlin (parent of Betsy Rueckert ’84)
Dorothy Molesky (mother-in-law of Elizabeth Cameron, prof of business administration)
Louise J. Newman
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Mary Jane Nugent (spouse of Warrent Nugent, and parent of Kellie Kuipers ’06)
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Warren Nugent (parent of Kellie Kuipers ’06)
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Larry G. Ott (spouse of Kathryn Ott ’64)
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Calvin P. Owen (trustee emeritus, parent of David Owen ’72)
Miki Peace (spouse of John Peace ’64)
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Stanley E. Preshaw
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Jane Rhoades (spouse of Dale Rhoades)
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Josephine Ann Rinehart (parent of the late Charles Rinehart ’85)
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Leon Schmelzer (spouse of June Schmelzer ’52)
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Dorothy I. Schoeffler (parent of late Stanley Schoeffler ’72, and Margaret Schoeffler Periard ’73)
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James H. Seals, Sr. (parent of James H. Seals, Jr.)
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Duane Sherman (parent of D. Michael Sherman ’74)
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William K. Shimamura (parent of Lori Strickler ’93 and her spouse Cary ’93)
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Barbara Skowronski (parent of Danette ’84 and her spouse Troy Taylor ’84)
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Mathias Skowronski (parent of Danette ’84 and her spouse Troy Taylor ’84)
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Dorothy Smith (parent of Elizabeth Smith ’67)
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Barbara Snyder (parent of Mark ’89)
Betty Jean Switzer (grandmother of Katie Crombe ’11)
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Robert W. Taylor (parent of Troy ’84 and his spouse Danette Taylor ’84)
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Glen D. Thompson (spouse of Jennifer Varney Thompson ’83)
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Thomas A. Turner (parent of Mark ’77 and his spouse Catharine McCloskey-Turner ’77)
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Marilyn “Jean” Vest (spouse of Steven Vest, English faculty, and parent of Chris Vest ’17)
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Margaret Wagner (spouse of Robert Wagner ’56)
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Quintele Ray Woods