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Received as of March 1, 2019
1952
Michas Ohnstad published his second book, Pilgrim in Process.
1956
Carol Rausch Albright and her husband, John Albright, edited a book, Interactive World, Interactive God, which examines parallel changes across the sciences, and their interaction with developments in theology. It was recently the subject of an all-day conference of the American Theological Society–Midwest, and currently is featured in The Clergy Letter Project, an online publication.
1957
Don Sundquist received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Japan-U.S. friendship in Tennessee. During his two terms as governor, Tennessee attracted 38 new investments and 280 expansions by Japanese companies, totaling more than $4.6 billion in investment.
Budd G. Webb wrote a book, Dreams, Wishes, and Fantasies of Common Folk.
1961
Stephen Benson retired from Morningstar Properties after 35 years.
1965
Richard Edwards retired as chancellor of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, after five years. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president for academic affairs and as a dean. He continues to teach at Rutgers as a University Distinguished Professor. He lives in New York City.
Mark Younggren was designated a Realtor Emeritus by the Capital Area Board of Realtors for more than 30 years of service.
1966
Judith Salmon Kaur received the Distinguished Alumni Award for “exceptional contributions in the field of medicine, including medical practice, research, education and administration,” by the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, on Oct. 8, 2018.
Marcia Anderson Wetzel was elected to a second term as president of the American Scandinavian Association at Augustana, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary.
1969
Jill Dragoo Ames served 21 years on the Coal City Public Library District Board of Trustees. Her granddaughter, Katelyn, will graduate from Augustana in May 2019, exactly 50 years after her own graduation.
Tom Johnson was named chair of the Centerstone Illinois Board of Directors. Centerstone is a national leader in behavioral health care.
Greg Petty was elected to the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research. He has taught six courses about the history, social influence and impact of analytics on major league baseball as part of the University of Denver Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
1972
Kurt Anderson retired, after 30 seasons as the men’s head soccer coach at St. Olaf. He started his career at Augustana, recording a 61-38-10 (.606) record with the Vikings.
Bruce Hamming retired from private practice and currently works at James Lovell Federal Health Care Center (a combined VA and Navy hospital) in North Chicago, Ill.
Jean Abrahamsen Kestner received the 2018 Physical Therapist of the Year Award from the Illinois Physical Therapy Association, a chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. As a member of the IPTA, Jean has served as chapter secretary; delegate to the APTA House of Delegates; district chairperson; state and federal key contact; and other positions.
1977
Rick Kestner, CMAA, retired as athletic director at Pekin Community High School in Pekin, Ill., in June 2018. He was honored by Pekin High School during its final home basketball game.
1978
Nancy Yost Laskaris retired on July 31, 2018, from the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office in Minneapolis, Minn., where she had been a lawyer for 33 years.
John Misner was elected executive vice president of external affairs at Charlotte SCORE, a national volunteer organization consisting of active, retired or semi-retired business executives and business owners.
Paul Renken is a commentator on mining and mineral markets for the BBC, Sky News and CNBC news. He is also chair of Board of Trustees for St. Anthony’s Lutheran Church, London.
1979
Sheri Russell Conover ran the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 8, 2018. She ran for the purpose of bringing clean water to Africa.
Kimberly Niziolek Eggert was chosen to help decorate the White House for Christmas in 2017.
Julie Markello Negley retired from Graham Hospital Laboratory after 38 years as a medical technologist.
Lowell Nelson is serving as senior pastor at American Lutheran Church in Sun City, Ariz.
Ron Seib is retired, after serving as the CFO and then COO of KleinBank in Chaska, Minn.
1980
Kathy Patterson received the Mountain View Whisman School District Teacher of the Year award and was honored at a ceremony with 31 other teachers in Santa Clara County at Heritage Theatre in Campbell, Calif.
1981
Erik “Rik” Baier was named the president of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates PC, in Albany, N.Y.
David Dahl summited Granite Peak in Montana; he has now been to the highest point in each of the lower 48 states.
1982
Julie Hamann married Ken Elliott on Dec. 1, 2018, in Omaha, Neb.
1984
David Nord is the city administrator in Lake Geneva, Wis.
Donald W. Pearson was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of InnerWorkings, Inc., which is headquartered in Chicago.
1985
Daniel Landbo married Lisa Kleya on June 23, 2018.
Tom Tallman’s orchestrations of music were performed by James Reese Europe and Reginald Robinson on Nov. 2, 2018, as part of the 25th anniversary of Chicago’s Symphony Center Presents Jazz series. Tallman plans to retire in June 2019 after 29 years as professor of music at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
1986
John Buric, in addition to practicing law and serving as a Superior Court Judge Pro Tem in Phoenix, Ariz., was elected as the executive director of the Thrivent Financial Member Network Board of Directors for the southwest region of the United States.
Kenneth Harris was re-elected to the Will County Board on Nov. 6, 2018.
1987
Darrin Good will become the 17th president of Nebraska Wesleyan University in July 2019. He currently is the vice president of academic affairs at Whittier College, a four-year private liberal arts college in California.
Mike Morkin was named Baker McKenzie’s Global Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group. He was elected secretary of the Board of Directors of World Business Chicago, and also serves on WBC’s Executive Committee and chairs its Legal Advisory Board.
Marty Olsen received the St. Borbala Outstanding Miner award from the Hungarian oil and gas minister, for his success in oil exploration. (Olsen notes that this award rarely is given to non-Hungarians.)
1988
Annie Oswald Leyden is ABF North America finance manager with ACH Food Companies. She is responsible for treasury and insurance functions between U.S. companies and their parent company in London.
Angie Hoppes Normoyle was elected to the Rock Island County Board in November 2018.
1992
Gautam Bhatia is running for the School Board of Indian Prairie School District 204, serving Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook and Plainfield, Ill.
Siobhan Malany, along with colleagues, successfully launched lab-on-a-chip (LOC) payload to contain human muscle cells to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman NG-10 rocket to study effects of microgravity on muscle biology. She is an associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida.
1993
Angela Birdsall Murray is the clinical director at Therapy Center of Acadiana, LLC, in Scott, La. She married Tom Murray on Nov. 24, 2018.
Erin Drankwalter Wyatt received the Association of Illinois School Library Educators School Librarian of the Year Award for 2018. She is the director of the Learning Center, Highland Middle School, Libertyville, Ill.
1994
Eric Schmitz is an academic advisor in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah.
Kajsa Voss married Mark Han on June 23, 2017.
1995
Matt Herlihy is executive director, strategy for The Office of Experience (OX), a Chicago-based design and digital innovation consultancy that helps organizations reinvent their businesses and create next-generation brands, products and communication strategies.
1997
Malik Khaliq is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo. He was ranked fourth in Iowa on the Forbes list of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors in February 2018.
Angela Bauer Williams received a fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry.
1998
Allison Quadhamer earned her diploma in neurology from the International Academy of Chiropractic Neurology in May 2018.
1999
Paul Allen had his second book, The Hopefuls: Chasing a Rock ’n’ Roll Dream in the Minnesota Music Scene, published by McFarland & Company.
Meghan Cooley is a freelance marketing, communication and social media specialist for colleges and universities around the country.
Sasha Fach Schrunk had a daughter, Sonya, on May 6, 2018.
2000
Luke Cooley is a project manager for Modern Woodmen of America in Rock Island, Ill.
Nate Nickel was promoted to business manager in the Public Works Department for the city of Bloomington, Ind.
Pamela Wehrheim Podolner teaches theatre at Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn, Ill.
2001
Matt Boland is a retirement plan administrator for NBT Bank in Norwich, N.Y. He and his wife, Stephanie, have four children: Anne (10), Brooks (8), Alice (7) and Samuel (5).
Nellie Berger Miller is the director of marketing at SupplyCore Inc. in Rockford, Ill.
Danielle Ricci Moran completed her Ed.S. in educational leadership with superintendent endorsement from Northern Illinois University in 2018. She is an elementary school principal in Community Unit School District 200, DuPage County, Ill.
Nathan Sondgeroth is the executive director of the Vera French Foundation and Vera French Community Mental Health Center in Davenport, Iowa.
2002
Maranda Meyer Amons had a son, Hayden Robert, on Dec. 1, 2017.
Philip and Lindsay Schrand Kiraly had a daughter, Katherine Grace, on July 31, 2018.
Lirim Neziroski is the dean of teaching and learning outcomes at The University of St. Francis, Joliet, Ill.
Holly Johnson Pettersson had a daughter, Hanna Linnea Pettersson, on Oct. 19, 2018 (Börje Jimmy Pettersson).
2003
Heather Slagell is the executive director of service and operations at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
2004
Robert Britton was elected to the partnership of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He is a partner in the bankruptcy and corporate reorganization department.
Matt Fanello had a son, Grant, in November 2018 (Mara; Charlie).
Stephanie Allewalt Hacker had a daughter, Marin Joy Allewalt Hacker, on Nov. 3, 2018 (Mike).
Justin Hansen was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to a circuit judge position in McHenry County, Ill.
Julia Selzer Nalewajka had a son, Owen, on Oct. 15, 2018 (Roger; Amelia, 7; Jude, 5; and Tessa, 4).
Kelly Thompson is the vice president of grantmaking and community initiative at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Andy and Sarah Cunningham Ziemer had a daughter, Elise Joy, on Feb. 8, 2018.
2005
Kristin Beil Cowgill had a daughter, Stella Corrine Cowgill, on May 30, 2018 (William, 2).
Rachel Easley is moving to Lima, Peru, to teach elementary at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt international school.
Eric Johnson was selected as a 2018 Illinois Rising Star by Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the nation’s largest mass torts firms.
2006
Sarah Nutt Moore received her Masters of Education, Adult Education–Student Personnel in December 2018.
Jacqueline Knowlto Oreskovich had a son, Michael James Oreskovich, on Aug. 19, 2018.
Brandon Wolber, CPA, has been named Partner at Legacy Professionals LLP. He provides audit services to employee benefit plans and labor organizations at the Westchester-based CPA firm. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society.
2007
Aaron Burns earned a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Iowa in 2015.
Megan Koepnick Clapp had a son, Milo Thomas Clapp, on Oct. 8, 2018 (Eric; Lillian, 4).
Rob Hanauer had a daughter, Emma Rose Hanauer, on Sept. 27, 2018, and started a new law firm on the same day. Emma joins brothers Matthew (5) and Ryan (3).
Morgan Wick Henning had a son, Winston Gerard, on Dec. 27, 2018 (Everett).
Kim Cieniawa Karwacki had a son, Wyatt John Karwacki, on April 11, 2018 (Jonathan).
Susan Heilig Shrieves had a son, Samuel Ryan, on July 17, 2018 (Alexander, 3).
2008
Meghan Carlson married Richard J. Havlik II on July 28, 2018.
Yvonne Lyden Drake had a son, Quinton Timothy, on July 19, 2018 (Lawrence, 5, and Theodore, 3).
Jessica Feinman had a daughter, Esther Hawk, on June 6, 2018 (Mitch).
Antoinette Golden married Harold Blake in November 2016. She is the associate program director for the emergency medicine residency at Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami, Fla.
Kate Lukowicz Houghton and Andrew Houghton ’06 had a son, Conor Kent Houghton, in February 2018.
Emily Johnson married Ian Cawley on Sept. 14, 2018.
Ryan Mackey began the M.Div. program at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, in September, and entered candidacy to become an ordained pastor in the ELCA.
Jen Windemiller, Augustana women’s basketball associate head coach, was named a representative to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
2009
Kyle Ekberg married Aleeza Monet Singh on Oct. 9, 2018, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Vallory Farrasso is the senior marketing manager at Portillo’s, which plans to open a new location in Davenport, Iowa, in 2019.
Kiley Peters Gilbert had a son, Joel Edward, on Oct. 26, 2018 (Chris).
Jackie Fox Klaisner had a son, James Alan Klaisner, in August 2018 (Kyle).
Ryan Landi is assistant chief of Patient Administration Service at the Veterans Health Administration Jesse Brown VA Hospital.
Kathryn McCarthy is an assistant professor of educational psychology in the Department of Learning Sciences at Georgia State University.
Joseph and Alyssa Nikides Papuga had a son, Layton Walter Papuga, in October 2018.
Melissa Flowers Pepper is president of Total Solutions in Davenport, Iowa. She had a son, Brooks, on Oct. 14, 2018 (Dan; Grayson, 4).
Danielle Oester Petersen and Max Petersen ’10 had a son, Everett James Petersen, in February 2018.
Bryan Schmid and Stephanie Dilling ’10 Schmid had a daughter, Marion Joy Schmid, on Sept. 18, 2018.
Ashley (A-Tay) Taylor is the director of marketing for EP!C, a non-profit in Peoria, Ill., that enriches the lives of adults with disabilities. In April 2018, she married Ryan Schreck.
Christine Louderman Young had a daughter, Katherine Rose, on March 2, 2018 (Scott; Emma, 3).
2010
Elise Croner married Andrew Kroll on Nov. 17, 2018.
Austin DePorter and Laura Simmons ’11 DePorter opened a dental practice in September 2018.
Kyle Roggenbuck Fiorelli wrote and published a children’s book, Simply Mae, featuring a young girl with cerebral palsy and a vivid imagination.
Megan Hoerner Irey is a band teacher (fifth and sixth grades) in West Des Moines Community Schools.
Max Petersen and Danielle Oester ’09 Petersen had a son, Everett James Petersen, in February 2018. Max graduated from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at Yale School of Medicine, and began his residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Austin and Megan Ferris Reynolds had a daughter, Millicent (Millie) Eileen Reynolds, in May 2018.
Stephanie Dilling Schmid and Bryan Schmid ’09 had a daughter, Marion Joy Schmid, on Sept. 18, 2018.
Chelsey Svela Stolte had a son, Oliver, in September 2018.
2011
Cassandra Baker and Jacob Gottlieb were married on Aug. 6, 2016. They had a son, Sylas, on May 8, 2018.
Laura Simmons DePorter and Austin DePorter ’10 opened a dental practice in September 2018.
James Hallene married Morgan Gale ’12 on Sept. 15, 2018.
Amanda Lindoo graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Ph.D. in geology/volcanology in 2017. She currently is conducting postdoctoral research at the Carnegie Institute for Science in Washington, D.C.
Anna Melgreen married Matt Chumley on Sept. 23, 2017. They had a daughter, Iyla Grace Chumley, on Nov. 14, 2018. Anna received her master’s of education, educational leadership in 2017. She is a teacher in the Jacksonville School District.
Kristy Klouda Smith graduated from nursing school at Ursuline College and is an ICU trauma nurse in Cleveland, Ohio.
Stephanie Vackicev married Bronson Kurek ’14 on July 29, 2016. She is a speech-language pathologist with The Northwestern Illinois Association, a special education cooperative serving those with special needs ages birth-21 years.
2012
Megan Butzke graduated from Rosalind Franklin University in June 2018 with a master’s in physician assistant studies.
Morgan Gale and James Hallene ’11 were married on Sept. 15, 2018.
Maggie Williams Nadeau had a son, Westley David Nadeau, on Feb. 8, 2018 (David).
Peter Schimeck and Krista Panko ’13 were married on Dec. 22, 2018.
Kathy Yep married Erik Andon in 2017.
2013
Asta Gustafson had a son, Roman Patrick Gustafson Reed, on Dec. 20, 2018.
April Kathe married David Steele on Oct. 20, 2018.
Samantha Lach received her unrestricted mental health counseling license, LCPC.
Krista Panko and Peter Schimeck ’12 were married on Dec. 22, 2018.
Gianna Pecora and Alex Lawson were married on Sept. 22, 2018.
Megan Vandersee married Stuart Bildner on July 27, 2018. She completed her master’s in science education from the University of Northern Iowa in December 2017.
2014
Michael Buric is a financial advisor for Thrivent Financial in Scottsdale, Ariz., and has attained the status of Pinnacle Advisor, Top 10 in the Fortune 300 company, and is a member of the Million Dollar Round Table.
Paul Kleinhans-Schulz is the assistant general manager of sales for the Fort Myers Miracle baseball team, Class A Advanced Affiliate and spring training home of the Minnesota Twins.
Bronson Kurek married Stephanie Vackicev ’11 on July 29, 2016.
Cameron Onumah is manager, public policy, with Amazon Studios in Los Angeles, Calif.
Kristin Ribando graduated with a doctorate in chiropractic medicine from National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Ill., and plans to open a practice in Palatine, Ill., with her husband, Zachary Serven.
Chaney Tambling received a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in May 2018 and started working as an associate veterinarian at the practice she plans to buy when the current owner retires.
2015
Michelle Bautista received her master’s in applied economics from Illinois State University.
Leslie Carranza completed two terms of service with Amate House in Chicago, and currently is the office manager/administrator for Taller de José, a community resource center on the southwest side of Chicago.
Jamie Lynn Conroy and Richard Arthur Benson III were married on Sept. 29, 2018. Among those participating in the ceremony were Mary Militello ’15, Alyssa Copeland ’15, Chloe Benson ’17, Arsal Schareef ’15, Michael Madden ’15, Michael Hanson ’15, Reed Kottke ’15 and Zeke Hartman ’15.
Elise Davis is a program assistant, infectious diseases, at Social Solutions International, Inc.
Rob McNeil’s feature screenplay “No Return” was selected at the 2018 Beverly Hills Film Festival and the 2018 Oaxaca Film Fest, in addition to being nominated for Best Thriller and Best Overall Script and winning the Grand Jury Award at the 2017 Cannes Screenplay Competition.
Adam Pfluger married Madison Mortenson ’18 on Nov. 24, 2018.
Samantha Turner received her master’s in museum studies from Western Illinois University in December 2016 and currently is the museum coordinator at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport, Iowa.
Lorraine Stamberger married Robert Foelske on Sept. 8, 2018. She completed her master’s in natural resources and environmental sciences from the University of Illinois in December 2018.
2016
Sarah Dantino graduated from Western Michigan University’s master’s program for industrial organizational behavior management in April 2018. She is a learning and development specialist with Orbus Exhibit and Display.
Alexander Gilmore is an associate neurophysiologist at NuVasive in Milwaukee, Wis.
Caroline McPherson and John Swiderski were married on Oct. 6, 2018, in Rock Island, Ill.
Grant Slater is a supply management specialist at John Deere Ottumwa Works.
2017
Taylor Gallagher is a first-year law student at the Charleston School of Law in Charleston, S.C.
Claire Kepner is in her second year of veterinary school with the University of Alaska Fairbanks/Colorado State University’s Collaborative DVM program.
Tyson Powers is a member of Augustana’s football coaching staff and pursuing a master’s in athletic administration at Concordia University.
2018
Gustav Benson is an analyst and graphics specialist with Bi-State Regional Commission in Rock Island.
Adam Buric is a chemist in the quality control department at Proctor and Gamble in Phoenix, Ariz.
Nicolette Geddeis is an associate regulatory submission specialist at Fresenius Kabi, a global health care company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition.
Madison Mortenson married Adam Pfluger ’15 on Nov. 24, 2018.
Jeffrey Swanson is a parcel maintenance specialist with the Supervisor of Assessments in Winnebago County, Ill.
Deaths
(received as of March 1, 2019)
Lucile Rohrig '36 Mason on Aug. 10, 2013.
Mildred Clauson '37 Meyer on Sept. 30, 2018.
Mary Bager '40 Glockhoff on Dec. 17, 2018. Survivors include Gary Glockhoff '73.
Helen Meyn '41 Allen on July 10, 2017.
Marlowe Tillberg '45 Nordlander on Feb. 26, 2019.
Catharine Nelson '46 Edlen on Nov. 2, 2018.
Marita Snell '46 Taber on Oct. 6, 2018.
Kerstin Hane '47 Forssell on Dec. 14, 2018.
Delores Petto '48 Knull on Dec. 23, 2018. Survivors include her husband, Stanley Knull.
Nelda Polson '48 Shawver on July 6, 2018.
June Johnson '48 Watt on April 6, 2015.
Maribeth Wilson '49 Carlson on March 19, 2012.
William Carlson '49 on Sept. 9, 2018.
Doris Aten '49 Pells on Feb. 20, 2019. Survivors include his son, Harry Pells '70, and daughter, Susan Pells '77 Walsh.
Everett Stevens '49 on Oct. 29, 2018.
Roger Carlson '50 on Dec. 26, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Lois Carlson.
Donald Devona '50 on Dec. 7, 2018. Survivors include his brother, Chris Devona '55.
Louis Dilulio '50 on Dec. 15, 2018.
John Erickson '50 on Dec. 14, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Davis '49 Erickson, and son, Mahlon Erickson '82.
Harry Peterson '50 on Oct. 15, 2018.
David Reinertsen '50 on Nov. 30, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Reinertsen, and brother, Raoul Reinertsen '58.
Richard Baird '51 on Nov. 25, 2018.
Jo Dreschler '51 on Feb. 13, 2019.
William Morris '51 on April 11, 2018.
Don Nebergall '51 on March 31, 2016.
Wilbur Nelson '51 on Dec. 15, 2107. Survivors include his wife, Renee Nelson.
Margaret McMaster '51 Ringenberg on Jan. 20, 2019.
Shirley Briere '51 Parker on Feb. 8, 2017.
Paul Swartz '51 on Sept. 24, 2014. Survivors include his wife, Brita Gejrot '51 Swartz, and son, Kim Swartz '76.
Arthur Whalen '51 on Nov. 9, 2018.
Duane Wilker '51 on Oct. 20, 2018.
Carl Beckman '52 on Nov. 30, 2018.
Herbert Carlmark '52 on Sept. 18, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Freed '55 Carlmark, and daughter, Nanette Carlmark '79 Dahlke.
Bessie Chickris '52 Dell on Feb. 6, 2019.
Marilyn Hallen '52 on May 5, 2018. Survivors include her daughter, Kathryn Hallen '79 Perry.
Milton Johnson '52 on Sept. 20, 2018.
Henry Pollner '52 on Feb. 25, 2019.
H. Delores Swanson '52 Polson on March 7, 2018.
Marlys Pierson '52 Strand on Aug. 10, 2018.
Harold Sundelius '52 on June 17, 2018. Survivors include his daughters, Karin Sundelius '79 and Kristine Sundelius '83 Lundine; granddaughters, Anna Lundine '13 and Elizabeth Lundine '15; grandsons, Andrew Pappas '07 and Mark Lundine '18; and sister, Lorian Sundelius '54 Swanson.
Janice L. Lundberg '52 Swana on Feb. 10, 2015. Survivors include her husband, John Swana.
Arnold Anderson '53 on Sept. 20, 2018. Survivors include Karin Martin '73.
Arleen Plambeck '53 Hedberg on Nov. 20, 2012. Survivors include her husband, Robert Hedberg.
John Paulson '53 on March 31, 2017.
William Posten '53 on Dec. 4, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Pauline Posten.
Phyllis Hult '54 on Nov. 20, 2018.
David Pearson '54 on Nov. 16, 2014. Survivors include his brother, Donald Pearson '61.
Audrey Johnson '54 Wilson on May 25, 2018. Survivors include his brother, Harland Johnson '52.
LaDonna Martin '55 Chalstrom on May 22, 2018. Survivors include her husband, Robert Chalstrom '52.
Edwin Gunlock '57 on Nov. 20, 2018.
Nils Hasselmo '57 on Jan. 23, 2019.
Carl Sorensen '57 on Nov. 1, 2016.
Miriam Johnson '58 Johnson on March 23, 2018.
Bette Olsen '58 Johnson on Jan. 8, 2019. Survivors include her husband, David Moore; brother, Dennis Olsen '62; and brother-in-law, Robert Johnson '62.
Bonnie Hogren '58 Townsend on Oct. 19, 2018. Survivors include her daughter, Ann Townsend '88 Miller, and sister, Pamela Hogren '65 Landon.
Ralph Brown '59 on Jan. 4, 2019.
Steven Darling '59 on April 25, 2017.
James Dittman '59 on Jan. 12, 2017.
Donald Kell '59 on Dec. 20, 2016.
Lois Wennerberg '59 Williams on Oct. 2, 2018. Survivors include her husband, Donald Williams '61.
W. Jack Anderson '60 on April 30, 2015.
Richard Thomas '60 on Dec. 28, 2018.
Mona Goranson '61 Carpenter on Oct. 23, 2018.
Jon Oakleaf '61 on Nov. 15, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Jane Oakleaf.
Ronald Dixon '62 on Feb. 13, 2019. Survivors include his sister, Joan Dixon '55 Lehmann.
Donald Isbell '62 on Dec. 30, 2018.
Vernon Johnson '62 on Oct. 1, 2018.
William Meyer '62 on Aug. 3, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Koeller '65 Meyer.
Barbara Benson '63 Lunde on Oct. 26, 2018. Survivors include her husband, Richard Lunde '64, and son, John Lunde '90.
Herbert Smith '63 on Feb. 16, 2019.
Ronald Taber '63 on Jan. 30, 2019.
Donnajean Jeppesen '64 Kabella on Sept. 26, 2018. Survivors include her husband, George Kabella '64.
Mary Enstrom '64 Ruhl on Oct. 18, 2018.
Clarence Wiser '64 on Nov. 10, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Berg '64 Wiser.
David Carlson '65 on Dec. 18, 2018.
Lawrence Dreschsler '65 on Aug. 15, 2018.
A. Pauline Smith '66 Blackmon on Feb. 27, 2019.
Richard Duncan '66 on Dec. 21, 2018.
Donald Pryber '67 on Nov. 6, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Camille Hatak '68 Pryber.
M. Donald McCrary '68 on Sept. 22, 2018. Survivors include his husband, Blasé Masini.
Victoria Pedersen '68 Stininger on Jan. 22, 2019.
Elizabeth Koehler '68 Sturgis on July 6, 2018.
Henry Tkachuk '70 on Sept. 13, 2018. Survivors include his daughter, Victoria Tkachuk '03.
James Bailor '71 on Nov. 28, 2018.
Russell Munch '71 on Nov. 15, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Munch.
Theresa Strandberg '71 on Aug. 14, 2016.
Kenneth Johnson '72 on Feb. 12, 2019.
Pamela Sharp '72 Robinson on Nov. 26, 2018.
Karen Kirchoefer '73 Taber on Nov. 17, 2018.
Mark Appleton '74 on Oct. 27, 2018. Survivors include his brother, Thomas Appleton '71.
Valerie Puntney '74 on Nov. 16, 2018.
Jerry Hanson '75 on March 1, 2019.
Robert Burgess '76 on Oct. 1, 2018.
James Weaver '76 on Dec. 15, 2018.
Michael Fore '78 on Feb. 11, 2019.
Vincent Henseler '79 on Jan. 24, 2019. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Titterington '78 Hensler.
Jill Lindstedt '81 Cox on Oct. 4, 2018. Survivors include her husband, Michael Cox '80.
Robert Widmayer '82 on Jan. 19, 2019.
Linda Nelson '85 on Jan. 10, 2019.
Troy Bex '86 on Sept. 30, 2018.
Daniel Ropa '86 on Oct. 9, 2018.
Thea Hansen '88 Bettis on Sept. 17, 2018. Survivors include her brothers, Richard '71, David '75 and Dennis Hansen '77; and sister, Gail Hansen '73 Gahn.
Melissa Egert '96 on Jan. 21, 2019. Survivors include her son, Zachary Johnson.
Rachael Floit '01 Bacon on Jan. 1, 2019. Survivors include her husband, Jeremy Bacon, and father, Gary Floit '76.
Neil Tunnicliff '11 on Jan. 15, 2019. Survivors include his wife, Anna Tunnicliff '13.
Honorary Alumnus
John Kindschuh on Feb. 15, 2019. Survivors include his wife, Delores Hall '69 Kindschuh; sons, Jack ’75 and Peter Kindschuh '76; and daughter, Kathleen Kindschuh '83 Wolf.
