MSU Alumni Magazine 1996 Spring Issue

DEATHS Spring 1996

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Marian (Smith) Green, '19, of Imlay City, Oct. 29, 1995, age 98.

James F. Crum, '22, of Winter Park, FL, Sept. 7, 1995, age 98.

Walter G. Lensen, '24, of Washington, DC, Nov. 6, 1995, age 104.

Beatrice (Nelson) Fitch, '25, of Escanaba, Jan. 18, age 94.

Edna (Brown) Braamse, '26, of Rock River, Dec. 30, 1995, age 91.

Stanley H. Woods, '26, of Deerfield, Dec. 15, 1995, age 93.

Eugene H. Moak, 'A.T. '27, of Port Huron, Dec. 1, 1995, age 90.

Eugene J. Heuser, A.T. '28, of Hartford, Jan. 2, age 92.

Marion (Oag) Moore, '28, of Port Huron, Nov. 9, 1995, age 88.

(Ada)Marie (Nelson) Mooar, '29, M.S. '29, of Lowell, Jan. 29, age 86.

Robert E. Palmer, '29, of Leslie, Oct. 31, 1995, age 90.

Mary (Nelson) Eidson, '30, of Lansdale, PA, formerly of Alexandria, VA and Scarsdale, NY, Dec. 12, 1995, age 87.

Edward K. Ellsworth, '30 of East Lansing, Dec. 24, 1995, age 86.

Adam F. Schuch, '30, M.S. '31, of Albuquerque, NM, formerly of Santa Fe, NM, Dec. 30, 1995, age 88.

Lloyd L. Arnold, '31, of Lakewood, CO, Oct. 29, 1995, age 88.

Aaron 'Russ' Button, '31, of Novi, Dec. 2, 1995, age 86.

Marian (McDonagh) Day, '31, of Thomas Township, Dec. 9, 1995, age 88.

George H. Mathews, A.T. '31, of Union City, Nove. 20, 1995, age 84.

Donalda (MacMurchy) McMath, '32, of Traverse City, Jan. 15, age 85.

Arlene (Parmenter) Strawsine, '32, of Corunna and Oscoda, Dec. 12, 1995, age 85.

Leonard C. Aldrich, '33, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of the Houghton- Hancock area, Nov. 23, 1995, age 84.

Elizabeth (Lee) Cribbs, '33, of Laingsburg, Dec. 31, 1995, age 84.

Jane (Stabler) Kraft, '33, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, formerly of Lansing, Nov. 28, 1995, age 84.

Douglas E. Linder, '33, of Traverse City, Oct. 24, 1995, age 86.

William P. Fuller, '35, of East Lansing, Dec. 26, 1995, age 86.

George A. Nahstoll, '35, of Northville, formerly of Farmington Hills, Dec. 6, 1995, age 82.

Marie (Danville) Sjoberg, '35, of Cadillac, Jan. 5, age 82.

David C. Baird, '36, of Midland, Dec. 22, 1995, age 81.

Ada (Button) Blakeslee, '36, of Canton, OH, formerly of Ann Arbor, Oct. 19, 1995, age 81.

Stanley R. Dayton, '36, of Chelsea, Nov. 23, 1995, age 84.

Henry J. Mattson, '36, of Three Rivers, Dec. 30, 1995, age 84.

William E. Uckele Sr., '36, of Blissfield, Oct. 8, 1995, age 82.

Richard A. Edwards, '37, of Kailua, HI, formerly of Harrisville and Long Beach, CA, Oct. 26, 1995, age 81.

Hope (Carr) Nahstoll, '37, of Northville, formerly of Farmington Hills, Dec. 8, 1995, age 82.

Geraldine (Huntington) Pickard, A.T. '37, of Lansing, Jan. 31, age 83.

Alan H. Brightman, '38, of Clearwater, FL, Nov. 28, 1995, age 81.

George J. Fohey, D.V.M. '38, of Flint, Jan. 11, age 87.

Nancy (Farley) Gaines, '38, of Kalamazoo, formerly of South Haven, Oct. 6, 1995, age 78.

Mary Jane (Conway) Rasmusson, '38, of Lansing, Jan. 24, age 78.

Louise (Williamson ) Roe, '38, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Grayling, Nov. 28, 1995, age 79.

Porter F. Samples, A.T. '38, of Roanoke, VA, Dec. 20, 1995, age 82.

Edwin E. Stein, '38, of Concord, NH, and Green Valley, AZ, Sept. 27, 1995 age 80.

Robert W. Carlton, '39, of Indianapolis, IN, Jan. 8, age 77.

Franklin Idle, M.A. '39, of Charlotte, Dec. 15, 1995, age 100.

William B. Otto, '39, of Fort Myers, FL, formerly of Charlotte, Oct. 6, 1995, age 77.

Dorothy (Schriber) Wieden(hoeft), '39, of Niceville, FL, formerly of the Detroit area, Dec. 3, 1995, age 78.

Robert L. Garrison, '40, of Bloomfield Township, Nov. 15, 1995, age 77.

David H. Schulert, '40, M.A. '50, Ph.D. '65, of Grand Ledge, Jan. 26, age 81.

Carl D. Ackley, '42, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Eaton Rapids, Nov. 4, 1995, age 77.

William S. Dickey, '42, of Salem, SC, formerly of Franklin, Dec. 9, 1995, age 75.

William H. McGraw, Jr., '42, of Grosse Pointe Farms and Longboat Key, FL, Nov. 8, 1995, age 74.

Ernest R. Meyers, A.T. '42, of Ocala, FL, formerly of Farmington Hills, Dec. 21, 1995, age 75.

David R. Moulton, '42, of Lake Forest, IL, Fall, 1995, age 76.

Robert G. Stevenson, '42, of DeWitt Township, formerly of Wakefield, Nov. 20, 1995, age 77.

Richard A. Cresswell, D.V.M. '43, of St. Louis, Nov. 18, 1995, age 77.

Sidney E. Deming, '44, of Kankakee, IL, foramerly of Buchanan, Dec. 30, 1995, age 75.

Gloria (MacNeven) Frymire, '44, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Grayling, Nov. 23, 1995, age 72.

Nancy (Moore) Merzlak, A.T. '44, B.A. '65, of Mount Clemens, Oct. 27, 1995, age 73.

Chester W. Anderson, '46, of Grand Haven, Dec. 12, 1995, age 79.

Roy F. Pleiness, A.T. '46, of Scottville, Nov. 16, 1995, age 85.

Richard H. Snook, '46, of Rochester, NY, formerly of East Lansing and Grosse Pointe Woods, Oct. 2, 1995.

Wilbur L. Alles, '47, of Battle Creek, Oct. 2, 1995, age 72.

Merle C. Probst, '47, of Grand Rapids, Jan. 1, age 73.

Robert M. Platt, '48, of Williamston, Nov. 7, 1995, age 75.

Morris E. Tubbs, '48, of Monroe and Pickerel Lake, Dec. 10, 1995, age 69.

Joseph T. Wooster, '48, of Birmingham, Oct. 27, 1995, age 74.

Thomas H. Black, '49, of Midland, Jan. 11, age 74.

Barbara (Walters) Bloor, D.V.M. '49, of Meadowbrook, PA, Jan. 5, age 70.

Havey 'Al' Burgess, '49, M.A. '67, of Grand Haven, Dec. 6, 1995, age 72.

Henry T. Millington, 'D.V.M. '49, of Millington, Nov. 24, 1995, age 78.

William E. Gaylord, '49, of Fountain, Dec. 8, 1995, age 73.

Robert B. McCloy, '49, of Vernon, Nov. 19, 1995, age 70.

Lloyd E. Thompson, '49, of Burton, Fall, 1995, age 71.

Charlene (Whittum) Wright, '49, Eden Prairie, MN, July 24, 1995, age 67.

John F. Chandler, '50, of Colorado Springs, CO, Nov. 4, 1995, age 69.

Joseph E. Eckert, '50, of Farmington Hills, Jan. 12, age 68.

Richard J. North, '50, of Port Arthur, TX, Jan. 6, age 69.

David L. Reath, '50, D.V.M. '52, of Vulcan, Dec. 21, 1995, age 68.

Lee V. Richardson, Jr., M.A. '50, of Lansing, Nov. 6, 1995, age 68.

G. Richard Traver, '50, of Williamston, Jan. 18, age 69.

C. Wayne Dennis, '51, Ph.D. '77, of Rochester Hills, Nov. 5, 1995, age 67.

Arlene (Koehler) Hansen, '51, of Kentwood, Dec. 10, 1995, age 66.

Joseph P. McCormick, '51, of Newport Beach, CA, Jan. 11, age 69.

Marilyn (Oldershaw) Milster, '51, of Bay City, Dec. 22, 1995, age 65.

Edward J. Nehls, '51, of Traverse City, KSept. 28, 1995.

Gordon L. Verity, '51, of Gull Lake, formerly of San Diego and Fresno, CA, Dec. 1, 1995, age 66.

Rudolph F. Vogelreuter, '51, of Marshall, Nov. 15, 1995, age 66.

Edwin E. Whedon, '51, of Mount Clemens, Nov. 24, 1995, age 68.

Norma (Giess) Kowitz, M.A. '52, of Denton, TX, formerly of Norman, OK and East Lansing, Jan. 12, age 72.

Frank J. Orszag, '52, of Lansing, Jan. 29, age 79.

Leslie E. Russell, Sr., '52, of Kalkaska, Dec. 20, 1995, age 69.

Raymond P. White, '52, of Bloomfield Township, formerly of Tecumseh, Jan. 4, age 66.

Angeline Buckwick, '53, M.A. '58, of Lansing, Feb. 12, 1995, age 67.

Alex G. Laggis, '53, of East Lansing, formerly of Traverse City, Jackson and Grand Rapids, Nov. 9, 1995, age 65.

Sara Jane Venable, M.A. '53, of Lansing, Oct. 27, 1995, age 85.

Donna Jean Diamond, '54, M.A. '55, of Mason, Nov. 11, 1995, age 63.

Donald J. Fields, M.A. '54, of Charlotte, Dec. 6, 1995, age 72.

George D. Harris, '54, D.V.M. '58, of Dansville, Dec. 9, 1995, age 64.

Charles R. Kapnick, '54, of Britton, Dec. 23, 1995, age 63.

Richard R. Martin, '54, of Northville, Nov. 3, 1995, age 63.

Mirza J. Shustary, '54, of Traverse City, Dec. 25, 1995, age 67.

George G. Young, '54, of Ubly, formerly of Northville, Oct. 31, 1995, age 66.

Robert D. Cox, '55, of Mattawan, Nov. 17, 1995, age 63.

C. Eileen (Rogers) Heath, A.T. '55, B.A. '81, of East lansing, formerly of Hastings, Oct. 8, 1995, age 62.

Peter 'Steve' Ponas, '55, of Oklahoma City, OK, Nov. 13, 1995, age 74.

John R. Shaw, '55, of Traverse City, Oct. 19, 1995, age 62.

Helen (Laberteaux) Brown, '56, of Howell, Nov. 10, 1995, age 60.

Keith M. Bunce, '56, of Lansing, Jan. 5, age 66.

Carol D. Jones, '56, of Battle Creek, formerly of East lansing, Dec. 26, 1995 age 69.

Ozelma (Rumsey) Lockwood, M.A. '56, of East Lansing, Jan. 19, age 91.

Bonnie (Lancaster) Replogle, '56, of Battle Creek, Jan. 2, age 61.

Richard A. Rosen, Sr., '56, of Laingsburg, Dec. 26, 1995, age 72.

Nellie (Roberts) Graves, '57, of Jonesville, Nov. 19, 1995, age 60.

Jerry D. Helmer, '57, of Noblesville, IN, formerly of Coldwater, Dec. 12, 1995, age 60.

Dale D. Landon, '57, of Traverse City, formerly of Tawas City, Oct. 9, 1995, age 67.

June (Turner) Switken, '57, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, formerly of Farmington, Aug. 22, 1995, age 60.

Frank T. Hlavacek, Jr., '59, of Midland-Auburn, Oct. 4, 1995, age 58.

Carol (Martyn) Myles, '59, of Monroe, Sept. 30, 1995, age 60.

Park F. Baker, '60, of Grand Ledge, Nov. 20, 1995, age 57.

Walter K. Conley, Sr., '60, D.V.M. '62, of Remus, Nov. 10, 1995, age 63.

Catherine 'Kitty' Jones, '60, of Albuquerque, NM, formerly of East Lansing, Jan. 8 age 73.

Harold 'Hal' Lucas, W'60, of Detroit, Feb. 1, age 51.

Kathryn (Higgins) Shanks, '60, of Battle Creek, Jan. 9, age 57.

James D. Nesbitt, M.A. '61, of Cadillac, formerly of Bay City, Dec. 2, 1995, age 75.

William L. Lowery, '62, '64, of Eaton Rapids, Oct. 30, 1995, age 56.

Wallis S. Pallas, '62, '66, of Hendersonville, NC, Oct. 31, 1995, age 60.

Alexander J. McInnes, '63, of Royal Oak, Nov. 19, 1995, age 55.

Ruth (Jeffery) Zook, M.A. '63, of Jackson, formerly of Mount Clemens and Jonesville, Nov. 13, 1995, age 92.

Leonhard Klimenko, '64, M.A. '66, of Williamston, Nov. 27, 1995, age 59.

Harry E. Lansing, '64, of East Lansing, Nov. 12, 1995, age 77.

Ruth (Belopolsky) Soffer Marquis, M.A. '64, of Ann Arbor, Nov. 25, 1995, age 78.

Lee D. O'Brien, '64, of Carterville, IL, Nov. 9, 1995, age 59.

Jon T. Warren, '64, of Ovid, Dec. 12, 1995, age 53.

Elaine (Brown) Costa, '65, of Lake Wales, Jan. 7, age 78.

Kenneth A. Price, '65, M.B.A. '71, of DeWitt, Nov. 13, 1995, age 58.

Robert W. Perkins, Jr., '66, of San Francisco, CA, Sept. 18, 1995, age 51.

Pamela (Paden) Roeder, '66, of Saginaw, Nov. 21, 1995, age 52.

David K. Bachmann, '67, of Elkhart, IN, formerly of the Manistee area, Sept. 30, 1995, age 50.

Shirley M. Jackson-Holmes, '68, M.A. '74, Ph.D. '88, of Saginaw, Oct. 6, 1995, age 51.

Helen (Wiersma) Hoppe, M.A. '69, of Grand Ledge, Jan. 1, age 62.

Linda (Herbert) Schaub, '69, of Muskegon, Nov. 1, 1995, age 48.

Richard J. Dunning, '70, of Davison, Nov. 19, 1995, age 48.

Diana (Hetherington) Guarniere, '70, of St. Joseph and Orlando, FL, Dec. 30, 1995 age 48.

Mary (Lutz) Jones, '70, of Arcadia, CA, Nov. 30, 1995, age 47.

Gale F. Olney, A.T. '70, of Girard, Nov. 14, age 45.

George Henderson, '71, of Lansing, Nov. 7, 1995, age 67.

John K. Bunce, '72, of Midland, Nov. 9, 1995, age 47.

Mark R. Decker, '72, of Flint and San Angelo, TX, Dec. 31, 1995, age 49.

Beverly A. Gibson, M.A. '72, of Rochester Hills, Dec. 5, 1995, age 63.

Lucille G. Adair, Ph.D. '73, of Dallas, TX, Jan. 7, age 76.

Paul F. Brusher, M.B.A. '73, of Charlotte, NC, formerly of Ann Arbor, Dec. 11, 1995, age 47.

Bertha 'Jane' (Coughlen) Hicks, '73, of Jackson, formerly of Holt, Jan. 3, age 69.

Christopher W. Thor, '73, of Los Angeles, CA, formerly of Plainwell, Oct. 17, 1995 age 44.

Linda (McCulloch) Mitchell, '74, of Newport, RI, formerly of Muskegon, Sept. 29, 1995, age 47.

Jack I. Slater, Jr., M.B.A. '76, of Bloomfield Hills, Jan. 1, age 63.

Michael A. Imhoff, '78, of Brooksville, FL, murdered on Jan. 12, age 40.

Marjorie 'Lee' (Cornell) Maupin, M.A. '78, of Interlochen, Oct. 27, 1995, age 68.

Bonnie Haedtler Robinson, M.A. '78, of Niles, Dec. 13, 1995, age 74.

Dalia 'Dale' (Petravicius) Roden, '78, of Pinckney, Oct. 16, 1995, of heart failure, age 41.

Chandra Sharma, '80, of Ann Arbor, suddenly on July 1, 1995, age 36.

Shelley (Olson) Ziebarth, M.A. '80, of Madison, WI, April 27, 1995, age 38.

David C. Courtney, '85, of Clinton Township, Dec. 6, 1995, age 31.

Joyce (Hennings) Maire, '85, of Williamston, Jan. 21, age 55.

Rodney R. Renshaw, M.A. '86, of Kincheloe, Dec. 30, 1995, age 63.

Lulu M. Ervast, Ph.D. '87, of Marquette, June 18, 1995, age 63.

Patricia (Hanf) Shotwell, '92, of Holt, Oct. 23, 1995, after a three year battle with brain cancer, age 27.

Ruth (Belopolsky) Soffer Marquis, M.A. '64, of Ann Arbor, Nov. 25, 1995, age 78.

FACULTY OBITS Nixola F. Bayle, '38, specialist emeritus of human environment and design, for 22 years an instructor in the College of Human Ecology, of Okemos, Nov. 19, 1995, age 78.

Owen d. Brainaard, professor emeritus of art, teaching in the College of Arts and Letters for 30 years, and well-known painter and jazz musician, of Traverse City, Dec. 28, 1995.

Stanley E. Bryan, professor emeritus of management in The Eli Broad College of Business where he taught from 1956-1982, of Golden, CO, Oct. 19, 1995, age 83.

Elliott 'Al' Ballard, '58, M.B.A. '60, serving as assistant to MSU presidents and as secretary to the MSU Board of Trustees from 1968-1980, of Tucson, AZ, Jan. 1996, age 62.

Herbert E. Hendry, '58, M.A. '59, Ph.D. '66, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Letters since 1960, of Okemos, formerly of Monroe, Nov. 9, 1995, age 59.

C. Raymond Hoglund, professor emeritus of agriculture economics in the College of Agriculuture and Natural Resources who retired in 1974, of Kalamazoo, formerly of the East Lansing area, Dec. 22, 1995, age 89.

Mark O. Kistler, professor emeritus of linguistics and language in the the College of Arts and Letters who taught German language and literature at MSU for forty year, retiring in 1989, of East Lansing, Nov. 6, 1995, age 77.

Harry S. May, retired professor of history and religious studies in the College of Arts and Letters, of Williamston, Dec. 12, 1995, age 83.

Donald 'DJ' Montgomery, professor emeritus of research physics and materials science in the College of Natural Science retiring in the late 80's, of Okemos, Jan. 19, age 78.

Doris L. Scarlett, M.A. '76, program coordinator for MSU's Center for Advanced Study of International Development and then associate director of the Center for International Business Education and Research in The Eli Broad College of Business, of Haslett, Dec. 24, 1995, age 51.

Virginia K. Stimson, an art instructor in the College of Arts and Letters in the late 30s and early 40s, of Dimondale, formerly of East Lansing, Jan. 18, age 100.

Ronald W. Wilson, Ph.D. '65, professor of botany and plant pathology and Center for Integrative Studies in the College of Natural Science for 28 years, of Okemos, Jan. 16, age 56.

Elizabeth S. Yamashita, professor and chair of the School of Journalism from 1980-1982, of Honolulu, HI, July 19, 1994, age 67.

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