In Memoriam, winter and spring 2025

Alumni

• Joyce Ann Thomas, BS ‘48, MA ‘70, Nov. 8, 2024, Coloma, MI
• John Robert Milroy, BA ‘49, Jan. 10, 2025, Saginaw, MI
• Kenneth Earle Long, BA ‘50, Jan. 15, 2025, Kalamazoo, MI
• Guy Ralph Benson, BS ‘50, Oct. 21, 2024, Frankenmuth, MI
• Glenna Jean Boyer, BS ‘50, Oct. 28, 2024, Lansing, MI
• Mary K. (Brodie) Rice, BS ‘51, Oct. 18, 2024, Galesburg, MI
• Donald L. Sutton, BS ‘51, Oct. 8, 2024, Grand Rapids, MI
• Bernard Lee Oppenneer, BA ‘52, Oct. 9, 2024, Belmont, MI
• Marguerite Anne (LaDuke) Whitcomb, BS ‘52, Nov. 13, 2024, Portage, MI
• Phyllis Joan (Corlin) Penny, BA ‘53, Nov. 24, 2024, Grand Rapids, MI
• George E. F. Urch, BA ‘53, MA ‘59, Dec. 4, 2024, Hadley, MA
• Lawrence R. Latowski, BS ‘53, MA ‘58, Nov. 25, 2024, Battle Creek, MI
• Edward Sprik, BS ‘53, Nov. 28, 2024, Lake City, MI
• Barbara Joan (Parham) Hughey, BA ‘54, MA ‘81, Nov. 20, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Betty Mae (Anderson) Colombel, BS ‘54, MA ‘86, Nov. 10, 2024, South Haven, MI
• Marcia June (Lachmann) French, BS ‘54, Dec. 13, 2024, Dublin, OH
• Dale Elbert Steeby, BA ‘55, MA ‘59, Nov. 29, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Jayne L. (Milliman) Warner, SC ‘55, BS ‘57, Dec. 27, 2024, Grosse Pointe, MI
• Charles G. Donnelly, BA ‘56, MA ‘59, Nov. 7, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Douglas Robert DeWindt, BBA ‘56, Oct. 8, 2024, Frankfort, MI
• Elizabeth Jane (Haradine) Sarhatt, BS ‘56, Dec. 16, 2024, Three Rivers, MI
• Martha Dowling (Stannard) Lecuru, BA ‘57, Dec. 29, 2024, Grand Rapids, MI
• Richard C. Christy, BS ‘57, MA ‘64, Dec. 6, 2024, Spring Lake, MI
• Lewis D. Houseman, BS ‘57, MA ‘69, Oct. 30, 2024, Decatur, MI
• Janice Robinson Mick, BS ‘57, Jan. 9, 2025, Benzonia, MI
• Dorothy A. (Vogel) Buchler, CR ‘57, Oct. 17, 2024, South Haven, MI
• Charles Dean Miller, BBA ‘58, Dec. 18, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Jane Ann (Lindgren) Christy, BM ‘58, Oct. 9, 2024, Spring Lake, MI
• Gerald Duane Inman, BS ‘58, MA ‘65, Dec. 20, 2024, Richland, MI
• JoAnn (White) Eddy, BM ‘59, MSW ‘91, Nov. 1, 2024, Plainwell, MI
• Ronald Arthur Gibbs, BS ‘59, Jan. 18, 2025, Plant City, FL
• Edwin Todd Gustafson, BS ‘59, Dec. 30, 2024, Hartford, MI
• Margaret M. Shaw, BS ‘59, Jan. 8, 2025, Martinsville, VA
• Richard Carl Dreger, BBA ‘60, Dec. 29, 2024, Spring Lake, MI
• Sylvia Eleanor Ghainer, BS ‘60, Dec. 22, 2024, Lewiston, MI
• Richard Lee Groenheide, BS ‘60, CDD ‘58, MA ‘64, Nov. 28, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Henry Joseph Lettinga, BS ‘60, Oct. 1, 2024, Easley, SC
• Judy Carol (Fewell) Biener, BA ‘61, Jan. 20, 2025, Three Rivers, MI
• Norman Bruce Douglas, BA ‘61, Nov. 14, 2024, Battle Creek, MI
• William Allan Dammes, BBA ‘61, Dec. 19, 2024, Orlando, FL
• Frank William Albro, BS ‘61, Nov. 24, 2024, Clarkston, MI
• Richard Thomas Bezile, BS ‘61, MA ‘66, Dec. 3, 2024, Ada, MI
• Thomas Henry Kennedy, BS ‘61, MA ‘64, Dec. 4, 2024, Bay City, MI
• Daniel Edwin Engstrom, BA ‘62, Dec. 17, 2024, Moore, OK
• John S. King, BBA ‘62, Nov. 1, 2024, Carmel, IN
• Robert Blake Perrigo, BBA ‘62, Jan. 18, 2025, Midland, MI
• Thomas M. Sternal, BBA ‘62, Oct. 11, 2024, Ft. Wayne, IN
• Carl Christopher Worfel, BBA ‘62, Oct. 18, 2024, Miami, FL
• Patrick Kay Bidelman, BS ‘62, MA ‘64, Oct. 21, 2024, Nokomis, FL
• Ronald Richard Hall, BS ‘62, Jan. 7, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI
• Yvonne Sue Wyn, BS ‘62, Jan. 20, 2025, Norton Shores, MI
• Douglas Lee Bockstanz, BA ‘63, Oct. 22, 2024, Crossville, TN
• Timothy J. Lenderink, BBA ‘63, Nov. 16, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• John Siegwart Voss, BBA ‘63, Dec. 10, 2024, Holland, MI
• Richard C. Ackley, BS ‘63, Sept. 29, 2024, Columbia City, IN
• Sharon Kay (Yntema) Kniola, BS ‘63, Sept. 28, 2024, St. Joseph, MI
• Peggy Ann Norris, BS ‘63, Jan. 10, 2025, Marietta, GA
• Lynda Sue Wolff, BS ‘63, Jan. 6, 2025, Flint, MI
• Donald S. McClure, MA ‘63, Aug. 23, 2024, Novi, MI
• Barbara Jane (Chapman) VanWestrienen, MA ‘63, Nov. 1, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Sandra Jane (Stock) Sheppardson, BA ‘64, Nov. 30, 2024, Scottville, MI
• James Lester Brockwell, BBA ‘64, Oct. 10, 2024, Westport, CT
• Sven N. Ekman, BBA ‘64, Oct. 16, 2023, Louisville, KY
• Albert W. Laaksonen, BBA ‘64, MA ‘69, Dec. 10, 2024, Ludington, MI
• Donald Raymond Hoffmann, BS ‘64, Dec. 4, 2024, Dearborn, MI
• Marvin Michael Nolley, BA ‘65, Oct. 11, 2024, Tampa, FL
• Terry Lee Anderson, BS ‘65, Nov. 26, 2024, Schoolcraft, MI
• Douglas Henry Howe, BS ‘65, MS ‘71, Nov. 23, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Janet Marie Ockaskis, BS ‘65, MA ‘70, Dec. 5, 2024, Lowell, MI
• Walter Louis Purigroski, BS ‘65, CT ‘65, Oct. 25, 2024, Vassar, MI
• William P. Renaud, BS ‘65, Oct. 20, 2024, Zanesville, OH
• Robert Michael Rudzinski, BS ‘65, Nov. 11, 2024, Bowling Green, KY
• Victor Andrew Suppes, BS ‘65, Nov. 22, 2024, The Villages, FL
• Wayne Delwyn Westenbroek, MA ‘65, Oct. 22, 2024, Holland, MI
• Bert Roelof Hybels, MBA ‘65, Nov. 2, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• John Dennis Raddatz, BA ‘66, Dec. 23, 2024, Frankenmuth, MI
• Larry Dale VandeVrede, BA ‘66, Oct. 17, 2024, Macomb, MI
• Herbert C. Driver Jr., BBA ‘66, Nov. 17, 2024, Muskegon, MI
• Darrel C. Eyster, BBA ‘66, MBA ‘67, Dec. 6, 2024, Clermont, FL
• Louis Orban Jr., BS ‘66, Nov. 13, 2024, Sarasota, FL
• Joel M. VanDyke, BS ‘66, Oct. 18, 2024, Grandville, MI
• Janice Marie Agard, BA ‘67, MA ‘75, Nov. 14, 2024, Muskegon, MI
• Elaine Betty Eisner, BA ‘67, Nov. 7, 2024, Benicia, CA
• Susan Charlotte Parcheta, BA ‘67, Nov. 19, 2024, Palm Harbor, FL
• Gerald Charles LaFaive, BBA ‘67, Oct. 10, 2024, Milford, MI
• Steven Harold Newhouse, BBA ‘67, MBA ‘68, Jan. 13, 2025, Charlotte, NC
• Daniel Patrick Rutledge, BBA ‘67, MA ‘69, Oct. 12, 2024, Royal Oak, MI
• Edward Achtyes Jr., BS ‘67, MA ‘70, MA ‘89, Nov. 10, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Donald John Bont, BS ‘67, Oct. 9, 2024, Green Valley, AZ
• Joseph M. Wessinger III, BS ‘67, Oct. 16, 2024, Milford, MI
• Larry J. Dykstra, MA ‘67, Jan. 17, 2025, Holland, MI
• Elaine Patricia Kluska, BA ‘68, Dec. 13, 2024, Novi, MI
• Juliana E. (Doggett) Northrop, BA ‘68, MA ‘77, MA ‘87, Oct. 11, 2024, Portage, MI
• Susan Elizabeth Sprik, BA ‘68, Nov. 25, 2024, Hudsonville, MI
• Joseph E. Rurode, BBA ‘68, Dec. 26, 2024, Valparaiso, IN
• Glenn B. Shaffer Jr., BBA ‘68, Nov. 10, 2024, Louisville, KY
• Carol-Anne Thomas Clausen, BM ‘68, MM ‘70, Dec. 30, 2024, South Haven, MI
• Kristin Emma (Blomberg) Horton, BM ‘68, Jan. 5, 2025, Petoskey, MI
• Ingrid Maritha Haeusler, BS ‘68, Oct. 25, 2024, Farmington, MI
• James Robert Nelson, BS ‘68, Oct. 29, 2024, Lansing, MI
• Martha R. Kessler, MA ‘68, Dec. 4, 2024, Washington, MI
• Larry Joe Robison, MBA ‘68, Dec. 26, 2024, Central Lake, MI
• Barbara Jean (Tucker) Buscher, BA ‘69, Nov. 21, 2024, Winter Garden, FL
• Linda Marie (Armstead) Carlson, BA ‘69, Nov. 22, 2024, Cadillac, MI
• Priscilla Anne Licht, BA ‘69, Nov. 10, 2024, Denver, CO
• Elaine Ruth Martin, BA ‘69, Nov. 23, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Robert Peter Rice, BA ‘69, Jan. 17, 2025, Sarasota, FL
• Linda Joan (Oudman) Viviani, BA ‘69, Nov. 28, 2024, Holland, MI
• Laurence John Zaremba, BA ‘69, Oct. 14, 2024, Muskegon, MI
• Robert Maxwell Hoag, BBA ‘69, Dec. 16, 2024, Bluffton, SC
• Charles T. Nolan III, BBA ‘69, Jan. 3, 2025, St. Louis, MO
• Walter Erich Wanagat, BBA ‘69, Oct. 4, 2024, Pell City, AL
• Ted Rual Graves, BS ‘69, MSW ‘71, Dec. 21, 2024, Clarksville, TN
• Jane Marie (Sommers) Krueger, BS ‘69, CT ‘69, MA ‘73, Jan. 15, 2025, Bridgeman, MI
• James Allen Leonard, BS ‘69, Jan. 16, 2025, St. Joseph, MI
• Judith Ann (Zasadny) Phillip, BS ‘69, Dec. 6, 2024, Moneta, VA
• Lloyd Joseph Plantier, BS ‘69, Dec. 15, 2024, Oshtemo, MI
• Dale Eugene VanVorst, BS ‘69, Nov. 3, 2024, Ionia, MI
• Karlene Ann (Todd) Werner, BS ‘69, Jan. 2, 2025, Northville, MI
• Roger Jay Becksvoort, MA ‘69, Dec. 1, 2024, Holland, MI
• Lois Elayne Peterson Ellis, MA ‘69, Feb. 11, 2025, Brighton, MI
• John Wesley Zull, MA ‘69, Feb. 10, 2025, Portage, MI
• Tom Robert Finazzi, BA ‘70, Nov. 1, 2024, Ada, MI
• David Steven Kraft, BA ‘70, Jan. 9, 2025, Sterling Heights, MI
• David Edmund Canfield, BBA ‘70, Dec. 16, 2024, Portage, MI
• William Mangold, BS ‘70, Nov. 10, 2024, South Bend, IN
• Eric Jon Schalge, BS ‘70, Nov. 9, 2024, St. Louis, MO
• Darlene Ellen (Williams) Erickson, MA ‘70, Jan. 15, 2025, New Albany, OH
• Ronald Lee Taylor, MA ‘70, Nov. 28, 2024, Flushing, MI
• Robert Dennis Bois, BA ‘71, Oct. 7, 2024, Flint, MI
• David Ziegler Messner, BA ‘71, Oct. 6, 2024, Jensen Beach, FL
• Edward G. Pulse Jr., BA ‘71, MA ‘76, Oct. 23, 2024, Cass City, MI
• Linda Ann Quain, BA ‘71, Oct. 19, 2024, Ann Arbor, MI
• Dorothy Margaret (Houseman) Nelson, BS ‘71, MA ‘75, Oct. 2, 2024, Battle Creek, MI
• Ronald Michael Uzarski, BS ‘71, Dec. 3, 2024, Ada, MI
• Lois Marie (Kusmack) Bates, BA ‘72, Dec. 17, 2024, Plainwell, MI
• Kay Ann Genther, BA ‘72, MA ‘78, Oct. 14, 2024, Caledonia, MI
• Susanne Marie Gibson, BA ‘72, Jan. 4, 2025, Kalamazoo, MI
• Richard Alan Kurlandsky, BA ‘72, Dec. 28, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Edward Eugene Wasiura, BA ‘72, Dec. 24, 2024, Norton Shores, MI
• Janine Deane Pierson, BBA ‘78, MBA ‘99, Dec. 26, 2024, Los Angeles, CA 

Emeriti

• Joseph T. Buckley, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, Jan. 9, 2025,
  Kalamazoo, MI
• Charles G. (Bud) Donnelly, associate dean emeritus of students, Nov. 7, 2024, Portage,
  MI
• Darrell G. Jones, professor emeritus of business information systems, Nov. 13, 2024,
  Castle Pines, CO
• Johannes A. Kissel, associate professor emeritus of foreign languages and literatures,
  Nov. 9, 2024, Henderson, NV
• Edward Pawlak, professor emeritus of social work, Oct. 10, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
• Morton O. Wagenfeld, professor emeritus of sociology and community health services,
  Feb. 2, 2025, Fort Wayne, IN