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
June Richards Etzel ’51
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June Towersey Schmelzer ’52
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Carl J. Smith ’52
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Ernest William “Bill” Bauer ’53
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Clifford N. Cummings, Jr. ’53
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Shirley Adair Hale ’53
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Robert W. King ’53
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Marcia Risser Bolo ’54
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James W. Johnson ’54
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Peggy Jean Smith Stuckey ’54
Roger Vance ’54
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Edward M. Kinkema ’55
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Helen Joynt Stevens ’55
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Dennis E. Stolz ’55
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John C. Acton ’56
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Janice Pappin Williams ’56
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Paula Bare Acton ’57
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David K. Chapoton ’57
James E. Ford ’57
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Richard H. Schluckbier ’57
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Lotus Witham Young ’57
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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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Patricia Wilson Arrick ’59
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Doris Turnbull Aslyn ’59
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Sharon Beardsley Cobb ’59
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David K. Hogberg ’59
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William G. “Bill” Klenk ’59
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Frances Erickson Leonard ’59
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Frances Wight Meyer ’59
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Ronald C. Wilson, Sr. ’59
1960s
1960s
1960s
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Kay Patton Dahlgren ’60
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Mary McCall Howrey ’60
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Ronald McMenamin ’60
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Allen B. Stevens ’60
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Willard S. Wallgren ’60
Richard Colbry ’61
Robert N. Sawyer, Jr. ’61
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Robert T. Scott ’61
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Gayle Root Tanton ’61
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James A. White ’61
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William B. Dillon ’62
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Susan Beatty McCollister ’62
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Elizabeth Pasquina Nucc-O’Shea ’62
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Sandra Hall Rule ’62
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Neal Weaver ’62
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Bruce B. Brintnall ’63
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Willa Knapp Kersten ’63
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Harry Nicholie ’63
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Alexander A. Amstutz, Jr. ’64
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Gretchen Mantey Amstutz ’64
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John C. Fellows ’64
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Rexalee Westhauser Goecker ’64
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Laura Huyssen Kracke ’64
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Dwight E. Lowell ’64
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Raymond E. Moore ’64
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John W. Peace, Sr. ’64
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Donald Hugh Smith ’64
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Gloria McIntyre Zucker ’64
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J. Stephen Colladay ’65
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Lionel Burton Garrison, Jr. ’65
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Corwin C. Hale ’65
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Roger B. Kapp ’65
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James W. Martz ’65
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Linda Lieber McLaughlin ’65
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Janis Johnston Papineau ’65
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Janis Cash Raber ’65
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Janet Tucker Adams ’66
Cristin Niemetta Donovan ’66
Terry A. McKinnon ’66
David F. Blanden ’67
1970s
1970s
1970s
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Stanley M. Hunter ’70
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Caro Spendlove Mabbitt ’70
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Candace Mundt Myers ’70
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Olugbenga Soga Oredein ’70
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Linda Evans Deemie ’71
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Frederick V. Everleigh ’71
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Paul S. Jancha ’71
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Stephen G. Strickland ’71
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Susan Muir ’72
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David Merle Scarlett ’72
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Joseph H. Black ’73
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Lauri Holt Schwab ’73
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Thomas R. Cousineau ’74
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Karen Ricketts Gauthier ’74
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David E. Gillison ’74
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Lynnea Rabideau Matthews ’74
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Stephen J. Munsell ’74
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Ernest L. Yoder ’74
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Lynn D. MacDonald ’75
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Martha Pixley Mishler ’75
John Payne ’75
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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Shirley Ann Belisle (retired cook of many years)
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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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George Gazmararian (30 yrs, professor and business dept. chair; spouse of Ruth)
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Charles A. Gray (25+ yrs, former coach and athletic director; parent of Cheryl Gray Davis ’81 and David Gray ’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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Robert D. Marble (director of admissions, director of financial aid)
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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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Robert L. Rozier (32 yrs, professor of art 1983-2015)
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Douglas J. Scripps (symphony orchestra director 1985-2002; parent of Daniel Scripps ’98)
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Jean S. Simutis (asst prof mathematics, 1978-1989)
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Carol Slater (prof emeritus psychology, 90’s)
Debra Smith (faculty secretary, circa 1985)
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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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Mary van den Bergh (former library staff, circa 1990’s)
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Joseph Walser (36 years, professor of religion 1964-2000)
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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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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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Jerry L. Collier (spouse of Susan, parent of Jason Collier ’95)
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Jeffrey L. Cook
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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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Wayne J. Desjarlais (spouse of Nancy, parent of Melissa ’00 and Justin ’04)
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Mildred A. Dibble (parent of James Powers ’72)
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Renee Didocha (parent of Kristina Ahn ’98 and late Eric Didocha ’00)
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Bonnie Edgar (parent of Rosemary Edgar ’76 and Amy Wellington ’87)
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Edward D. Forsyth (parent of Kristofer Forsyth ’98)
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Dominick V. Gagliardi (parent of William ’80 and his spouse Lori ’82)
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Janice Marion Granger (parent of Glenn Granger ’83)
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Berniece L. Harper (spouse of Kenneth J. Harper ’59)
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Donna Howe
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Margaret Hutchinson (spouse of Dr. James Hutchinson)
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Michael Lamrock (parent of Megan Lamrock ’15)
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Larry Lippert, Sr. (spouse of Dorothy, parent to Larry Jr.)
Barbara L. Marble (spouse of Robert Marble)
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Shari McCallister
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Edward L. “Pete” McDonald (parent of Kay McDonald ’07)
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Helen J. McLaughlin (parent of Betsy Rueckert ’84)
Louise J. Newman
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Larry G. Ott (spouse of Kathryn Ott ’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.)
Delphine M. Sefcik
John W. Shroyer
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Mathias Skowronski (parent of Danette ’84 and her spouse Troy Taylor ’84)
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Barbara Snyder (parent of Mark ’89)
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Glen D. Thompson (spouse of Jennifer Varney Thompson ’83)
Phoebe Vance (spouse of late Roger Vance ’54)
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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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Virginia R. Weenink (parent of Jeff Weenink ’77, grandparent to Justyne ’18 and Jaime ’23)
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Annerose White
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Quintele Ray Woods