1920s
Clarence E. Clifford, BA '22, of Madison, Fla., May 3, 1999; Isabelle J. Cotterman, '24, of Columbus, Nov. 4; Kathryn Franz Strohmeyer, KP '24, of Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 5; Mabel F. Wilcox, '24, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Nov. 16; Emma L. Blythe, AB '25, of Piketon, Ohio, June 15; William H. Herbert, ABC '25, of Gainsville, Fla., Nov. 20, 1998; Margaret Y. Nockengost, '25, of Akron, Ohio, Oct. 21; Edna O. Kaltenbach, BSED '26, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, Jan. 15; Betty M. Rose, AB '26, of Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 15; Martha A. Beshalske, AB '28, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, Nov. 26; Dollard J. Howard, BSED '29, of Distant, Pa., Nov. 10, 1998.
1930s
J. Kenner Agnew, AB '30, MA '32, of Tustin, Calif., March 24, 1999; Naomi Algeo, '30, of Athens, Aug 31; Lucille V. Penn, AB '30, of Wooster, Ohio, Oct. 2; Helen Josephine Roberts, BSED '30, of Columbus, July 11; Helen Y. Cassell, AB '31, of Frankfort, Ind., Oct. 1; Gena Philson, KP '31, BSED '57, of Syracuse, Ohio, May 28, 1999; Robert L. Weston, ABC '31, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 3, 1999; William H. Williams, AB '31, of Vermillion, Ohio, Jan. 11; Clarence P. Bryan, AB '32, MA '33, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Aug. 25; Harold Howard Figley, BSED '32, MED '37, of Winter Haven, Fla., May 26, 1999; Elden L. Hauck, ABC '32, of Springfield, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1999; Norma Holland, BSED '32, of Melbourne, Fla., July 19; R. P. Weakley, AB '32, of Baltimore, Ohio, Nov. 13; Irene M. Boyd, COED '33, of Nashville, Jan. 21, 1999; John W. Brokaw, COED '33, of Freeport, Ohio, Jan. 7; Paul Gilman, BSCHE '33, of Bellevue, Ohio, Nov. 14; Angela Hamilton, AB '33, of Uniontown, Ohio, April 4, 1999; Jean Laird Wallace, ELED '33, of Coshocton, Ohio, Dec. 21; Raymond C. Davis, AB '34, of Susquehanna, Pa., Aug. 30; Janet A. Grinnell, AB '34, of San Diego, Feb. 20, 1999; Rena L. Krumhansl, AB '34, of Pittsburgh, June 13; Walter F. Thompson, ABC '34, of Newville, Pa., June 7; Betty H. Chrisman, BSED '35, of San Marcos, Calif., Jan. 6; Frank C. Hoffman, BSCE '35, of New Lexington, Ohio, Dec. 16; Anna V. McDole, BSED '35, of Wellsville, Ohio, July 4; Carol C. Wells, BSS '35, of Lake Jackson, Texas, Sept. 19; Nathan D. Belinky, AB '36, of Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 5; Eleanor Haudenschield, BSED '36, of Orchard Park, N.Y., Aug. 28; Eithel M. Kinneer, BSED '36, of Mineral City, Ohio, March 13, 1999; Charles W. Lusher, AB '36, of Crown City, Ohio, July 4; Helen L. Raney, BSED '36, of Marietta, Ohio, Sept. 23; Earl S. Haller Jr., BSCE '37, of Lancaster, Ohio, July 6; Eveleth Harshman, BSED '37, of Atlanta, Aug. 28; Robert H. McMaster, AB '38, of Cincinnati, May 10, 1999; Edward W. Lewis, BSED '38, MA '41, of Henniker, N.H., Oct. 11; Ruth E. Boerstler, BSED '39, of Amanda, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1999; Fred E. Bush, '39, of Columbus, March 23, 1999; Leon T. Heinlein, BSED '39, MED '46, of London, Ohio, Dec. 22; Henry Pattison, AB '39, of New Bern, N.C., Nov. 22; Ruth Ann Picard, AB '39, of Athens, Dec. 21; Kenneth F. Robbins, BSCE '39, of Charleston, W.Va., Aug. 4, 1998; Edgar L. Van Horn, BSED '39, of Newark, Ohio, Oct 3.
1940s
William S. Jasper Sr., AB '41, of Medina, Ohio, Oct. 22; William J. Kursel, BSJ '41, of Brookfield, Wis., Oct. 13; Ruth A. McWhorter, BSCOM '41, of Indianapolis, Sept. 9; Ruth L. Patterson, BSS '41, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Oct. 29; Wayne M. Ketner, BSCOM '42, of Williamsburg, Va., July 17; Norman C. Krieger, BS '42, of Tiffin, Ohio, Aug. 6; Robert N. Kinney, BSCOM '42, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, March 1, 1997; David M. Sanger, BSEE '42, of Toms River, N.J., Jan. 8; David Fergus, BS '43, of Taylors, S.C., Jan. 26, 1999; Victor D. Pariano, AB '43, of Mentor on the Lake, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1999; Ulah A. Peppones, BSHE '43, of Brier, Wash., Feb 28, 1997; H. Edwin Umbarger, BS '43, MS '44, of West Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 15; George P. Volenik Jr., AB '43, of Salisbury, Md., Nov. 14, 1998; Lucille Banasik Young, AB '43, of Cleveland, Sept. 9; Marjorie Elaine Kochheiser, BFA '44, of Mansfield, Ohio, Aug. 20; E. Jean Morgan, BSED '44, of Phoenix, Oct. 23; Frank Valicenti, BS '44, of Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1999; Grace E. McConnaughey, BSED '45, of Goldsboro, N.C., June 16; M.L. Watson, BS '45, of Flat Rock, N.C., July 22; Olga Yeranian, BSCHE '45, of Sarasota, Fla., April 28, 1999; S. G. Bennett, MSHEC '47, of Hudson, Mass., Jan. 21, 1999; Marjorie A. Byrd, BSED '47, of Alexandria, Ohio, June 3; Richard McConkey, BFA '48, of Kirkland, Wash., May 27, 1999; Audrey M. Vaccaro, BSJ '48, of Hilton Head, S.C., July 5; James G. White, BSED '48, of Tippecanoe, Ohio, March 23, 1999; Carl C. Frederick, BSCOM '49, of Westlake, Ohio, Oct. 28; Mary E. Hoover, BSED '49, of Lancaster, Ohio, June 22; Richard L. Munn, '49, of Lake Park, Ga., July 1; Eugene F. Nehls, BSCOM '49, of Cadiz, Ohio, June 27; Harvey E. Springborn, BSEE '49, of Maumee, Ohio, Oct. 26.
1950s
Donald Davis, BSIE '50, of Marble, N.C., May 28, 1998; Richard E. Eberta, BSED '50, MED '54, of New Straitsville, Ohio, Sept. 14; Earl D. Kelch, BSED '50, of Cape Coral, Fla., May 19, 1999; Burton S. Nelson Jr., AB '50, of Port Clinton, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1998; Sheldon R. Olswang, BSCOM '50, of Peabody, Mass., June 19, 1998; Dolores L. Steebner, BSHEC '50, of Littleton, Colo., Dec. 1; William Stein, BSIE '50, of Sun City Center, Fla., Aug. 7; Carolyn J. Wallace, BSED '50, of Westlake, Ohio, Oct. 19; Clyde C. Hardesty, BSED '51, MED '60, of Strasburg, N.D., July 10; Charles E. Hawkins II, AB '51, of Venice, Fla., Aug. 16; Edward William Kahelin, BSME '51, of Huntington Beach, Calif., July 26; Henry E. Williams, BSJ '51, of Suffern, N.Y., Nov. 12; Paul E. Clendenin, BSCOM '52, of Richmond, Va., Oct. 31; Donald McElwain, BFA '52, MFA '53, of Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 16; Richard Strain, BFA '52, of Vienna, Va., Sept. 25; Robert N. Trivison, BSCOM '52, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., May 19, 1999; Joan Emerick, BFA '53, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., Aug. 7; Ruth M. Fisher, BSED '53, of Parma, Ohio, Oct 23; Clarence R. Oberdoerster, BSCOM '53, of Lyndurst, Ohio, Oct. 27; Richard Clapp, BFA '54, of Lake Orion, Mich., April 18, 1999; Clyde T. Ingraham Jr., BS '55, of Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 26; David C. Bilsing, BSCOM '55, of Evergreen, Colo., Oct. 31; Robert G. McChesney, BSCOM '55, of Lexington, Ohio, July 18; Ann Whitaker DePiore, AB '56, of Youngstown, Ohio, May 19, 1999; Richard F. Fishbaugh, BSED '56, of Westerville, Ohio, Aug. 16; Barbara R. Bratton, BSED '57, of Cleveland, Aug. 7; Philip Buchsbaum, BSCOM '57, of Cincinnati, June 13; Roger Pendell, BSCOM '57, of Celina, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1998; Richard A. Evans, BSED '46, MED '58, of Lowell, Ohio, Sept. 30; Lowell G. Kizzee, BSCOM '58, of Germantown, Tenn., May 13, 1999; Chester E. May, BSED '58, of Waverly, Ohio, Sept. 17; Eugene L. Norris, BSCOM '58, of Lancaster, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1999; Robert Pack, BSED '58, MED '65, of Orrville, Ohio, Oct. 6; David M. Fassnacht, BSJ '59, of Cleveland, Nov. 22; Bernard Zarnick, BFA '59, of Rocky River, Ohio, Aug. 24.
1960s
Norman A. Rockwell, BSED '60, of New Lexington, Ohio, Oct. 29; Kenneth E. Skeels, BSIT '60, of Wakeman, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1998; Ronald E. Bell, BS '61, MS '63, of Seattle, Dec. 2; Gary E. Crissy, AB '61, of Wilton, Conn., Oct. 13; Florence M. McGhee, BSED '61, of Washington Court House, Ohio, Oct. 25; D. Ruth Ackerman, BSHE '63, of Newark, Ohio, Jan. 12; Viola M. Coakley, BSED '63, of Logan, Ohio, Oct. 31; William P. Gibbs, BSED '65, of Middletown, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1998; Larry Joseph Myers, BSJ '65, of Dallas, Aug. 27; Barbara D. Kappler, BSED '66, of Bellaire, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1998; Susan C. Conn, BSCHE '67, of Avon Lake, Ohio, July 9; Deborah Dudding, MA '67, of Dayton, Ohio, April 13, 1999; David K. Watkins, BS '67, of Niles, Ohio, July 5; Charlotte Agnone, BSED '69, of Athens, July 14; Harlan Dean Mills, MA '69, of Hillsboro, Ohio, Oct. 14; Shari R. Ohringer, BSHSS '69, of Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1998.
1970s
Jorgen Nielsen-Mayer, BA '70, of Cleveland, July 4; Gary L. Thomas, BBA '70, of Wooster, Ohio, March 4, 1999; Robert H. Fine, MS '71, of Cary, N.C., Oct. 25; Michael Q. Ford, BSJ '71, of Laguna Beach, Calif., Sept. 23; Steven A. Silver, BSIS '71, of Dix Hills, N.Y., Oct. 12; Mary M. Muth, AB '73, of Minster, Ohio, June 29; Shirley A. D'Auria, MA '74, of Cos Cob, Conn., Aug. 31; Robert W. Holland, PHD '75, of Winthrop, N.Y., Oct. 19; Betty Ayers, BSED '79, of Baltimore, Ohio, May 15, 1999.
1980s
Timothy C. Barnhart, BGS '80, of Chillicothe, Ohio, Sept. 27; Dorothy L. Matthews, MED '81, of Jackson, Ohio, Sept. 9; Linda S. Zumbro, AAS '81, of Marietta, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1998; Eugene C. Jones, BGS '83, of Ironton, Ohio, Nov. 11; Virginia Ruchti, MED '85, PHD '90, of Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 8; Ronald D. Thompson, BGS '85, of Columbus, Jan. 9; Arentha W. Yonker, AAS '86, BSN '88, of Coshocton, Ohio, Sept. 8; Kathy Lynn Blaker, BSHS '87, MAHS '92, of Vincent, Ohio, June 13; Carlos Sandoval, AA '88, of Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 30.
1990s
Steve Nathan Black, BSEE '92, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, March 15, 1999; Robert Bruce Ziglar, AB '92, MA '94, of The Plains, Ohio, Oct. 31; Kay A. Martin Blackburn, BBA '93, of The Plains, Ohio, Jan. 20; Duane Larry Edgington, BSED '95, of Chillicothe, Ohio, Nov. 21; Rodney Thomas McDowell, AS '95, of Orrville, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1999; Kitwana M. Eshe Hankins, BSED '97, of Wilmington, Del., Nov. 21; Shannon Hayes Berry, MA '98, DO '98, of Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1998; Samuel Boykin Hunter, MA '98, of Richmond, April 29, 1998; Jennifer Rebecca Whitlatch, BSED '98, Wilmington, Ohio, Dec. 11.
Faculty and staff
Lurene C. Brown, AB '32, MA '36, of Gahanna, Ohio, died Oct. 1. She was a professor emeritus of English.
Gerald Faverman, 64, of Lansing, Mich., died Jan. 18. He was the founding dean of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, serving from 1975 to 1977.
Viola P. Widdoes, HON '71, of Lake Worth, Fla., died Aug. 14. She was the wife of the late Carroll C. Widdoes, who coached Ohio University football and was athletic director from 1949 to 1970.
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In Memoriam was compiled by Sarah Quick, BSJ '02, with assistance from Alumni Information
Services.