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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 died over the last year. 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
Helen Elizabeth “Betty” Roberts Alley ’39

 

1940s
Prudence Taylor ’45
Amy Middleton Caverne ’46
Betty Jane Richter ’46
Althea Helen Dewey Mulloy ’48
Orthella “Red” Swalla ’48
Betty Jean Snow Allen ’49
Maxine Miller McLeod ’49
William H. Moore ’49
Ethelyn McArtor Shavrnoch ’49

 

1950s
Ralph W. Appell ’50
Susan Brede Binder ’50
Robert M. Christenson ’50
Ella Orr Moore ’50
Dorothy Michael Piedt ’50
Charles E. Schoenhals ’50
Patricia Miner Van Amberg ’50
R. James Colter, Jr. ’51
Keith Van Duzen ’51
James R. Fowler ’51
Ruth Lines ’51 
Rex P. Richards ’51
William G. Williams ’51
Donald H. Tacia ’52
William H. Arbury ’53
Donald H. Gordon, Jr. ’53
George B. Lawrence ’53 
Walter J. Roman, II ’53
Ruth Morse Silbert ’53
Richard A. Stuckey ’53
John R. Koschara ’54
Margaret Lomas Love ’54
Gail Donaldson Ruff ’54
Elizabeth “Sandy” Smith Shaw ’54
Laurence G. Stevens ’54
Gerald Duncanson ’55
John T. Schubel ’55
Philip J. Chisholm ’56
Thomas M. Fraser ’56
Sherra Nugent Fritch ’56 
Raymond J. Shamberger ’56
Cleo Rae Johnson Williams ’56
Marcia Lou Johnson ’57
Gordon C. Smith ’57
Karen Homan Stadler ’57
George R. Arrick, Jr ’58
Robert E. Atkins ’58
Phyllis Dresbach Hedberg ’58
John P. Hobart ’58
Carol Blanck Hummel ’58
Arthur C. Dittenber ’59
Shirley Pond Hosmer ’59
William T. Jones ’59
William G. “Bill” Klenk ’59
Carl C. Large ’59
Charles M. Lewis ’59
Lloyd E. Sutherland ’59
William E. York ’59

 

1960s
Charles H. Gable ’60
C. William Rankin ’60
Lawrence H. Thompson ’60
Donna Schwartz Wallace ’60
Roy T. Abbott ’61
David L. Ebert ’61
James Gillig ’61
Leonard H. Krueger ’61
Ronald A. MacKenzie ’61
David L. Proctor ’61
Donna Sweeney Rowland ’61
Terry Robert Strong ’61
Thell M. Woods ’61
Robert S. Colladay ’62
Stephen F. Engel ’62
Joe Neal Harris ’62
F. Curtis Roemer ’62
Victor Scully ’62
Gerald R. Tiemann ’62
Ovonah Blanchard Warner ’62
Gary J. Zdun ’62
Gary Burkhardt ’63
Patricia Jo Wellard Mack ’63
Barbara A. Mansfield ’63
Judith Noreen Pierce Fountain Newberry ’63
Jody R. Riddick ’63
Judith Geisler Watts ’63
Lola Marie Wells ’63
Charles R. “Bud” Acton ’64
Lorraine Jessop Davis ’64
Randy R. Mason ’64
John T. Sala ’64
Rodger C. Blair ’65 
Marion W. Mansfield ’65
Philip Granville “Gran” Mitchell ’65
John F. O’Dell ’65
Janis Cash Raber ’65
Katherine Johnson South ’65
John W. Braidwood ’67
Vickie Giesken Everson ’67
Janice L. Shanahan ’67
V. Arthur Bova ’68
Nancy Slattery Chesterton ’68
George J. Cottay, Jr ’68
Yvonne Oliver Hooker ’68
Jay Howard Davies ’69
Richard S. Gibson ’69
Gordon Hetrick ’69
C. Richard Mills ’69

 

1970s
Roger J. Bullard ’70
Michael B. Cornelius ’70
Stephen G. Goodell ’70
Bruce A. Landino ’70
Floydene “Dean” Luke Mitchell ’70
Gwynne Olson Mitchell ’70
W. Neil Spink ’70
Joan Westgate Leffler ’71
Karen Lovett Smith ’71 
Caroline Ann Cohoon Weller ’71
Michael J. Hughes ’72
Jeffrey L. Johnson ’72
William B. Spencer ’72
Peter Tazelaar ’72
Ann Miner Thomas ’72
Connie VanSchelven ’72
Gail Krueger DeMint ’73
Kathleen Ann Kupsky Martz ’73
Elaine Hoeppner Buckley ’74
Patrick C. Goggin ’74
Bonnie Snyder Hollern ’75
Mary Lynn Angove Swanson ’75
James L. Warner ’75
Judith Kan Meleski ’77
Mark C. Miser ’77
Pamela Jane Heck-Smith ’78
Pamela S. Backes ’79

 

1980s
Steven J. Hoffman ’80
Joanne Barbour “Joey” Walker ’80 
Jean Carol Ropp ’81
Leo Rosencrants ’81
William J. Parkhurst ’83
Michael P. Conway ’86
Susan J. Gibson ’86
Renee Scramlin Perry ’86
Van Russell Bensett ’88
Amanda Still Yannes ’88

 

1990s
Joseph A. Joseph ’91
Kelly Ann Arnold Boon ’92
Jonathan Paul Gilbert ’92
Greg S. Stepke ’92
David W. Felicelli ’93
Meghan Mary White ’95

 

2000s

 

 

2010s
Karen E. Maxfield ’14
Tyler E. Edwards ’16

 

Former Faculty and Staff
Denise Bakker (news services and publications staff)
Janet Gates Beetley (45 yrs, custodial services)
Beverly Hall Boggs (head resident advisor, Bruske Hall ’70s)
Ray L. Boggs (former professor of education)
Gloria Boodt (faculty circa 90’s) 
Connie Eichorn (26 yrs, dining supervisor)
Rosemary Fisher (40 years, accounting and payroll, 1961-2000)
Jennifer Gotaas (custodian 2016-2019, parent Elizabeth ’22 and parent of current students Cornelia, Julia and Victoria) 
Jon K. Groteluschen (15+ years, vice president business and finance) 
Sedley Hall (25 yrs, professor and education dept. chair; parent of Mary Hall ’78, and Mark Hall ’83)
Ruth G. Spencer (33 years, food services and event manager) 
June M. Teverbaugh (secretary to vice president of development)
Armin “Paul” Tober (professor of German, 1962-1964)
Philip A. Warsop (25+ yrs in IT dept; parent of Randy ’88 and his spouse Mary Tuomi ’81)
Mary Ann Wenzel (25+ years, food services)
Michael J. Yavenditti (38 years, professor and history dept. chair)

 

Friends of the College
Richard J. “Dick” Allen (spouse of JoAnn Wright Allen ’63)
Thomas K. Andison (trustee emeritus)
Warren F. Boos (trustee emeritus)
William A. Buschle (former trustee)
James B. Conant (spouse of Kathryn Bailey Conant ’71)
Margaret Gilman Creed (grandmother of McKenzie Creed ’19)
Spencer J. Drake (spouse of Brandy Lowe ’02) 
Richard J. Ebert
John Richard Evans (parent of Lynn Evans Haiducek ’75)
Dean M. Gettemy (parent of Nancy Broomell ’73)
Jake W. Goffnett (parent of coach Charles Goffnett, grandparent of Kathryn Goffnett ’12)
Janet Treischmann Greenlees (spouse of late James Greenlees ’62)
Donald G. Hall (spouse of Alice Immer Hall ’58)
Janet Hintz 
Mary Anita Vanatten Hoxie
Timothy V. Hudecz parent of Falynne ’18)
Beatrice A. Idema 
Jerrold M. Jung
Nancy Larner (parent of Bruce ’77, his spouse Debra ’78, Maureen ’80, and Thomas ’83)
Ruth Marie Lowe (grandparent of Brandy Lowe ’02) 
James B. Mackie
Mary Ryan Munisteri (parent of faculty member Ben Munisteri) 
Martha Lee Muska
Charles L. Paige (spouse of Nancy Brookfield Paige ’71)
Wendell E. Parker (spouse of Mary Menovske Parker ’53)
Miki Peace (spouse of John Peace ’64)
Jane Rhoades (spouse of Dale Rhoades)
William K. Shimamura (parent of Lori Strickler ’93, her spouse Cary ’93)
Diane Postler-Slattery and Donald Slattery (trustee and spouse)
Betty Jean Switzer (grandmother of Katie Crombe ’11)
Barbara Ramsey (spouse of Mark Ramsey ’74)
Barbara J. Randall (parent of Ann Randall-Kendrick ’78)
Frank Rosengren (spouse of Joanne Sturner Rosengren ’58)
Jonieta Stone (spouse of 11th Alma College president late Alan J. Stone)
Dorothy Swanson (spouse of 9th Alma College president late Robert Swanson)
Yvonne “Bonnie” Sweeney (spouse of late Michael Sweeney, former coach)
Sarah Simons Thorndike (spouse of late Samuel Thorndike, former math faculty; parent of Jonathon ’83 and his wife Claudia Thorndike ’83)
Thomas A. Turner (parent of Mark ’77 and his wife Catharine McCloskey-Turner ’77) 
Janis Ann Collard VanEvery (spouse of Robert VanEvery ’64)
James Warthman
Ruth E. Watson (spouse of late Robert Watson ’59)
Fletcher J. Wright, III (partner of James Hogan)