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75 – Mary Ellen Kimball, Osceola, Iowa, sponsored a Girls in Aviation contest in celebration of Girls Aviation Day. Girls between the ages of eight and 17 from Clarke County were encouraged to write a “Why I Want to Fly” essay of at least 50 words. The eight contest winners had the opportunity to be flown by Kimball in her Cessna 150 airplane. Kimball is a licensed private pilot, and member of Women in Aviation International (WAI), the 99s Women Pilots, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and Iowa Aviation Promotion Group (IAPG).

Jeff Douglas

84 – Jeff Douglas, Truro, Iowa, was inducted into the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) Hall of Fame class of 2023. He was one of seven total 2023 inductees on Jan. 21, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, and was one of only three coaches selected. Jeff has spent 23 years at Interstate 35 Schools and a combined 24 years of service to Graceland in various roles that included coaching football and softball.

94 – Troy Scheuermann, D.C., Keosauqua, Iowa, and his wife, Ralinda “Ro,” were commissioned Honorary Colonels of the Iowa State Militia by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in January 2023, for service to their community and the State of Iowa. The Scheuermann family built a gymnasium on their personal property in Van Buren County, out of the need for practice space for the area youth basketball teams, and have made it available for public use free of charge. Van Buren community youth use the gym for everything from holding basketball practice to a 4-H gathering, making it a multipurpose space.

Dr. Lawrence “Bo” Frank ’98

98 – Dr. Lawrence “Bo” Frank ’98, Honolulu, Hawaii, led the Radford High Cheer Team to their 15th national championship at the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) competition in Dallas, Texas, in January 2023. Frank has been the head coach since 2000, and his team (which includes his son, Saxoni) won the Advanced Small Varsity Co-Ed Division, beating out some of the best prep cheer teams in the country. The team also took home awards in co-ed excellence and superior showmanship. Frank teaches at Radford, and the team has won numerous Hawaii state titles as well as a couple of international titles, and he has been the state coach of the year nine times.

Flora Ferati-Sachsenmaier

06 – Flora Ferati-Sachsenmaier, an expert researcher on minority rights, visited Washington, D.C. with the Preshevo Valley political delegation Feb. 28 – March 2, 2023, to brief members of the U.S. Congress on the situation of minority rights in Serbia and promote democracy in the Balkans.

22 – Kayla Mountenay was hired as a Project Manager and Digital Strategist with WYSIWG Marketing, an industrial digital marketing company in Kansas City, Missouri, that focuses on website development and search engine optimization. Mountenay’s duties will have her working closely with fellow Gracelander Ryan Jennings ’99, the owner and founder of WYSIWG Marketing.

BIRTHS

09 – Jeffrey and Morgan Phillips Catalano, Lee’s Summit, Missouri; son, Pierce, and daughter, Scarlett, born July 14, 2019, son Maddox, born Oct. 14, 2020, and son, Roman, born May 14, 2022.

10 – Greg and Emily Phillips Irr, Blue Springs, Missouri, son, Everett, born Aug. 7, 2021.

14 – Andrew and Kylie Perkins Adams, Kansas City, Missouri, son, Wyatt, born May 2020.

16 – Justin and Allie Krabbenhoft Kaminski, Bentonville, Arkansas, daughter, Ember, born Dec. 14, 2022.

WEDDINGS

61 – Gary McLean and Merrilee Fryer, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2021.

07 – Rachel Luna and Cassie Luna-Eskridge, Hayward, California, Jan. 16, 2022.

Sean and Brickell Dotson O’Keefe

13 – Curtis and Callie Clow Mehrhoff, Corydon, Iowa, married June 4, 2022. Sean and Brickell Dotson O’Keefe, West Des Moines, Iowa, July 2022.

Andrew and Kylie Perkins Adams

14 – Andrew and Kylie Perkins Adams, Kansas City, Missouri, Sept. 21, 2019.

ANNIVERSARIES

52 – David and ’53 Henrietta Cachola Kaleikau, Independence, Missouri, 69 years, Dec. 19, 2022.

55 – Lowell and Fay Kohlman Davis, Chandler, Arizona, 65 years, Sept. 1, 2022.

DEATHS

37 – Lillian Gruver Frus, Boise, Idaho, May 22, 2004.

41 – Muriel Hughes Beebe, Columbia, Missouri, Dec. 11, 2022. Ellen Taylor Johnson, Austin, Texas, Dec. 17, 2013.

42 – Max Anderson, Glendale, Arizona, March 24, 2006. Madolyn Work Chandler, Packwood, Iowa, Nov. 21, 2022. Robert Young, Lenexa, Kansas, Aug. 16, 2022.

43 – Almeda Farris Sullivan, Sequim, Washington, Oct. 14, 2022.

44 – Lillian Flack Hardy, Madison, Ohio, Aug. 7, 2022. Lois Bailey Howe, Houghton Lake, Michigan, May 17, 2009.

47 – Edna Day Curtis, Cameron, Missouri, Oct. 25, 2022. Yvonne Walden Hynden, Lamoni, Iowa, Aug. 24, 2022. Robert Kuhnert, Centerville, Oct. 4, 2022.

48 – Peggy Hopkins Andriano, Lillian, Alabama, Feb. 25, 2017. Helen West Crews, Milton, Florida, June 17, 2016. Ruth Staley Crowther, Osborn, Missouri, Sept. 3, 2011. Lena Johnsen Dennis, Garden City, Idaho, February 2023. Margaret Maltas Eggart, Moses Lake, Washington, Dec. 1, 2018. Donna Larson Gaulter, Independence, Missouri, Aug. 30, 2020. Kenneth Graybill, Manly, Australia, Feb. 25, 2007. Mary Van Fleet Hall, Freeport, New York, July 12, 2022. Billie Harper, Lee’s Summit, March 25, 2023. Patricia Spargo Hield, Holland, Michigan, Sept. 10, 2017. Lois Hogue Mahi, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Aug. 21, 2013. Florice Watt McDonald, Pearland, Texas, Nov. 2, 2018. Gordon Mesley, Blue Springs, Missouri, Dec. 3, 2020. Winifred Nelson Negaard, Guilford, Missouri, April 2, 2023. Edna “Dolores” Glenn Packer, Gainesville, Florida, Sept. 7, 2021. Mary Cline Renfroe, Elk Grove, California, Sept. 1, 2022. Daniel Waite, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Sept. 19, 2022. Dallas Hunt Webb, Federal Way, Washington, Jan. 3, 2020. Emma Mitchell Weis, Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 10, 2022. Lauryce Hintzsche Weydert, DeKalb, Illinois, Aug. 6, 2022.

49 – Bernita Heath Bishop, Allen, Texas, Jan. 11, 2019. Alma Blair, Johnston, Iowa, April 7, 2023. Robert Brown, Oakdale, California, March 2, 2007. Donald Comer, Lacey, Washington, Aug. 29, 2012. Henry France, Westport, Massachusetts, March 5, 2019. Tressa Visser Griffin, Rockford, Michigan, Nov. 29, 2022. Marion White Heaviland, Independence, Missouri, April 24, 2015. Rose Oakes Hilker, Stover, Missouri, Sept. 23, 2020. James Hynden, Covington, Kentucky, Nov. 24, 2020. Jerry Jones, Huntsville, Utah, Aug. 10, 2015. Barbara Hartschen Killion, Lenexa, Kansas, Sept. 27, 2020. Virginia “Ginny” Plumb Kuchel, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, April 2, 2012. Larry Luing, Boca Raton, Florida, Nov. 17, 2016. Doris Winegar Neff, Jerome, Idaho, May 25, 2021. Charles Nixon, Dayton, Ohio, June 1, 2012. James Ross, Independence, Missouri, Dec. 31, 2020. Betty Wylie Swartz, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, June 18, 2010. Elma Samuelson Todd, Fredericksburg, Texas, Dec. 21, 2013. Jacque Vincent, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Aug. 28, 2006. Beverly Robinson Zimmerman, Port Charlotte, Florida, May 14, 2020.

50 – Doris Cropp Booker, Mobile, Alabama, March 3, 2020. Charles Church Jr., Orange Park, Florida, March 28, 2020. Richard DeLong, Irvine, California, Jan. 14, 2021. Richard “Vern” Elefson, River Falls, Wisconsin, Aug. 26, 2020. Thomas Emde, Bald Knob, Arkansas, Jan. 3, 2020. Gayle Brunson Foster, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, May 17, 2019. Mavis Kelley Gertz, Springfield, Missouri, July 21, 2010. Alene Briggs Gilchrist, University Place, Washington, Feb. 25, 2011. Roy “Gene” Hampton, Holts Summit, Missouri, Feb. 14, 2004. Arthur Hands, La Mesa, California, Dec. 7, 2016. Francis Harper, Woodbine, Iowa, Sept. 9, 2020. Madora Cain Kramer, Independence, Missouri, Dec. 6, 2022. Margaret Birrell Kuhn, San Clemente, California, May 13, 2018. Elsie Gurwell Nelms, Loveland, Colorado, April 1, 2022. Jack Stone, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, May 11, 2020.

51 – Anita Long Bailey, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Jan. 28, 2008. Viola “Lorean” Breeze Baker, Burlington, Iowa, July 16, 2020. Dorothy “Jane” Hynden Besco, Alpine, Texas, July 26, 2018. James Chapman, Bow, Washington, Sept. 4, 2022. Elbert Cole, Moundridge, Kansas, July 29, 2014. Myrtle Eggert Dillon, Odessa, Missouri, Dec. 9, 2018. Robert “Bob” Dixon, Vancouver, Washington, Feb. 21, 2016. Conrad Faulk, Grain Valley, Missouri, June 2, 2018. Reta Peck Fitch, El Prado, New Mexico, April 1, 2020. Jane Hansen Fucek, Saline, Michigan, May 12, 2019. Doris Bedwell Giltner, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Nov. 24, 2019. Kenneth Goodman, Canfield, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2018. Alberta Thomas Hitch, Independence, Missouri, May 21, 2013. Carol Dowdy Kinnaman, Blue Springs, Missouri, Sept. 19, 2013. Elsa Wildermuth Kominitsky, Bakersfield, California, April 23, 2022. Lavona Gardner Lorance, Maryville, Missouri, Feb. 4, 2018. Grace Jackson Moor, Port Lambton, Ontario, Canada, April 17, 2022. Kenneth Noland, May 16, 2021. LuWanna Langton Russell, Broomfield, Colorado, Aug. 29, 2018. Gordon Sears, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Nov. 22, 2017. Marion Kuenzi Simpkins, Shoreline, Washington, March 11, 2021. Thomas Speer, Casa Grande, Arizona, Dec. 31, 2007. Paul Swain, Glendale, Arizona, Aug. 27, 2022. Donna Stearns Swall, Torrance, California, April 3, 2016. Donald Swick, Charleston, West Virginia, Feb. 25, 2020. James “Jim” Tabor, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 9, 2023. Thelma Turpen Templin, Napa, California, Dec. 4, 2022. Shirley Closson Trowbridge, Independence, Missouri, Feb. 18, 2017. Kenneth “Ken” Walden, Watsonville, California, Jan. 5, 2021. Richard Weiss, Independence, Missouri, July 3, 2019. Shirley Slocum Wick, Seattle, Washington, May 15, 2003. Winfred Willis, Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 23, 2003. Howard Ziegenhorn, Fairway, Kansas, June 30, 2016.

52 – Freeman “Duane” Anderson, Yakima, Washington, June 30, 2012. Donald Ayers, July 21, 2008. Eva Smith Benson, Independence, Missouri, March 16, 2023. Donna Comfort, Independence, Missouri, April 4, 2017. Kenneth “Kyle” Conway, Independence, Missouri, Aug. 28, 2021. Paul Edwards, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 13, 2022. Neil Eliason, Bigfork, Montana, Aug. 25, 2022. Randall Ellis, Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 23, 2017. Kenneth Fernandes, Puyallup, Washington, Nov. 17, 2019. Edna White Flinn, Shawnee, Kansas, July 23, 2022. Alfred Frey, Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 20, 2009. Willa Langfield Frey, Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 29, 2012. Donald Graham, Warren, Michigan, Dec. 12, 2015. Frederick Howes, Raleigh, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2023. Darrell Huntley, Sarasota, Florida, Oct. 21, 2022. Melvin Johnson, Chipley, Florida, Feb. 24, 2020. Charles Kern, Maryville, Tennessee, May 9, 2021. Hazel Smith Landon, Lompoc, California, Nov. 17, 2021. Marjorie Godfrey LaRose, Anchorage, Alaska, March 28, 2019. Virgil Leibold, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 9, 2021. Margaret McKevit, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Sept. 30, 2022. Robert Mogan, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Feb. 23, 2012. Bonita Sands Morehead, Omaha, Nebraska, Dec. 31, 2016. Barbara Hunter Nixon, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2013. Richard Petre, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 29, 2016. Donald Poore, Kellerton, Iowa, Oct. 13, 2018. William Propst, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nov. 6, 2010. Nancy Sears Raveill, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 30, 2006. Geneva Hunker Richards, Cass City, Michigan, Sept. 19, 2015. Rebekah “Jeanne” Slasor, Collierville, Tennessee, Aug. 3, 2017. Carolyn “Sue” Younger Smart, Blue Eye, Missouri, June 19, 2008. Jacqueline Downing Snethen, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Nov. 14, 2022. Jack Stephens, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 15, 2018. Thomas Stribling, Palm Desert, California, Jan. 15, 2021. Paul Studtmann, Aurora, Illinois, Sept. 14, 2019. Barbara Johnson Tucker, Fair Oaks, California, May 9, 2021. Joseph Wellington, Edmond, Oklahoma, Jan. 2023. Erleta Covalt Woo-Sam, Buena Park, California, July 5, 2013.

53 – Barbara “Fay” Davis Andrews, Tallahassee, Florida, July 4, 2022. Edna Amundson Angove, Onawa, Iowa, June 2, 2012. Edward Boehm Jr., Johnstown, Colorado, April 3, 2020. Glen Bruch, South Ogden, Utah, Feb. 10, 2019. Harlen Chong, San Jose, California, Oct. 2, 2019. Alice Eastwood Davis, Irvine, California, Oct. 29, 2022. John “Ron” Davis, Skiatook, Oklahoma, Nov. 2, 2022. Polly Poe Easterhouse, Columbia, Missouri, March 18, 2022. Patricia Peters Fink, Bellevue, Nebraska, Dec. 25, 2017. Maxine Bowden Graham, Warren, Michigan, Feb. 17, 2021. Argel Gross, Kansas City, Missouri, Jan. 27, 2020. Janice Green Howard, Dixon, California, July 20, 2014. John Hufford, Pensacola, Florida, June 4, 2015. Patricia Jacobs, Bayview, Idaho, Oct. 29, 2005. Eugene Kozuki, West Des Moines, Iowa, May 9, 2021. Guy Kramer, Onaway, Michigan, Dec. 14, 2020. Ray Leamon, Independence, Missouri, June 14, 2020. Guy Maxfield, New York, New York, Aug. 19, 2020. Dahryl McClain, Clawson, Michigan, Aug. 21, 2017. Ray Persall, Vestaburg, Michigan, Aug. 30, 2021. Carole Smith Phillpott, Houston, Texas, Sept. 18, 2022. Viola Velt Presler, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 2, 2017. Floyd Riebold, Springfield, Missouri, March 26, 2020. Karen Chesnutt Rohm, Bettendorf, Iowa, April 27, 2009. Robert Russell, Berkeley, California, May 8, 2017. Jacob “Jake” Scherer, Independence, Missouri, April 17, 2023. Ward Serig, Pensacola, Florida, Aug. 4, 2022. Ronald Yager, Independence, Missouri, Sept. 6, 2022.

54 – Robert Anderson, Santa Barbara, California, April 18, 2022. Leslie Belrose, Bellingham, Washington, June 11, 2018. LaVerna Jeschke Cawley, St. Joseph, Missouri, April 21, 2017. Helen Busch Chamberlain, Virginia Beach, Virginia, March 19, 2013. Helen Propst Crow, Houston, Texas, May 13, 2021. Carolyn Essig Curtis, Kingsport, Tennessee, July 6, 2006. Raymond Daggett, Lakeport, Michigan, Feb. 7, 2023. Gretchen Edwards Eagan, Cameron, Missouri, June 3, 2009. Margaret Wagner Garfield, Sacramento, California, April 6, 2021. Dorothy Henderson Gundling, Port Royal, South Carolina, March 31, 2023. Ralph Gunn, Grasonville, Maryland, Sept. 9, 2021. Phillip Hada, Rosamond, California, Jan. 24, 2021. Gary Harsin, Loveland, Colorado, June 4, 2016. Joyce Smith Heath, Oak Grove, Missouri, July 26, 2019. Leonard Johnsen, Leawood, Kansas, Nov. 10, 2022. Marjorie Barr Johnson, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, April 11, 2016. James Jones Jr., Nevada, Missouri, Jan. 27, 2020. Fred Knapp, Buckner, Missouri, March 6, 2009. Jack Larson, Haslett, Michigan, Feb. 8, 2016. Lois Anderson Leary, Chula Vista, California, July 11, 2019. Richard Lorance, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 24, 2014. Sallye Hill Marsh, Troy, Kansas, Nov. 27, 2014. Harold Martens, Lynnwood, Washington, Dec. 11, 2018. Max Noe, Waco, Texas, July 29, 2015. John Northrup, Webster Groves, Missouri, Sept. 18, 2006. Richard Oehring, Beatrice, Nebraska, June 22, 2020. Sylvia Lenfestey Peabody, Madbury, New Hampshire, June 25, 2022. John Pennington, Bainbridge Island, Washington, July 9, 2022. Norma Gault Pomeroy, Howell, Michigan, Feb. 6, 2022. Kathryn Jones Precure, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 8, 2015. Irene Hackulich Riegle, Ankeny, Iowa, Aug. 1, 2022. Beverly Knight Sandison, Lutz, Florida, Dec. 28, 2015. Alta Purvis Sarnella, Warrenton, Virginia, Mar 22, 2020. Lucy Lesh Scherer, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 14, 2020. Robert Selberg, Bend, Oregon, Dec. 24, 2014. Rosemary Swenson Stark, Seattle, Washington, Nov. 26, 2014. Jacquelyn Peterman Stringer, Shelley, Idaho, March 10, 2022. Bettie Stephens Turner, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sept. 25, 2006. Carol White, London, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 10, 2022. Dorothy Niles Woodson, Camarillo, California, Sept. 16, 2022.

55 – Marigold Tousley Bernhardt, Rogersville, Missouri, Aug. 22, 2021. Charles Caywood, Eagon, Minnesota, Aug. 15, 2021. Ronald Freeze, Bates City, Missouri, Aug. 30, 2021. William Johnson, Henderson, Nevada, April 13, 2019. Darrel Kreglo, Sun Lakes, Arizona, Oct. 3, 2022. James McCartney, Papillion, Nebraska, Jan. 15, 2023. Gene Miller, Perry, Iowa, Oct. 4, 2022. Marilyn Sibilla O’Brien, San Juan Caistrano, California, Oct. 12, 2021. Edgar Patterson, Kingsville, Missouri, March 14, 2014. Marshall Rall, Independence, Missouri, July 24, 2020. Mary Higdon Seeley, Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 10, 2021. Beverly Wilson Serig, Independence, Missouri, March 29, 2023. Lee Shippy, Crystal Lake, Illinois, Aug. 24, 2020. Barbara Blair Tankersley, Waukee, Iowa, June 3, 2022. Marlene Powell Tisnado, Camas, Washington, Jan. 7, 2009. Roger Wilmot, Raymore, Missouri, Nov. 28, 2022.

56 – Lynda Nulph Arno, Boyne City, Michigan, Dec. 25, 2021. Joan Paul Bland, Independence, Missouri, March 30, 2023. Margaret “Peggy” Guthrie Clohessy, North Hollywood, California, Oct. 15, 2019. Gerald Greer, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2021. Horace “John” Kench Jr., Jacksonville, Florida, May 29, 2020. Karolyn Kyser, Orange Park, Florida, Jan. 20, 2023. Dennis Norman, Springfield, Missouri, March 4, 2021. Ellen “Jane” Velut Parton, Limon, Colorado, Oct. 18, 2022. Margo Irvine Peterson, Joplin, Missouri, Nov. 1, 2018. Gerald Riegle, Ankeny, Iowa, March 5, 2022. Mark Thoman, Tucson, Arizona, Sept. 15, 2022. James Wilder, Portland, Texas, July 25, 2014. Hazel Nelson Williams, Salinas, California, April 26, 2014.

57 – Robert Carroll, Apache Junction, Arizona, Nov. 2, 2007. Robert Chown, Lamoni, Iowa, Oct. 5, 2022. Eleanor Shippy Closson, Blue Springs, Missouri, Dec. 25, 2022. Dorothy Clow Davies, Vancouver, Washington, Oct. 11, 2022. Carolyn Johnson Donnelly, Rockport, Texas, Sept. 18, 2022. Annie “Kathy” Stricker Ellis, Topeka, Kansas, Oct. 10, 2012. Jack French, Auburn, Washington, April 26, 2022. Elbert Heath, Oak Grove, Missouri, Dec. 2, 2020. Anna Hale Hewitt, Chesterfield, Virginia, Oct. 30, 2020. William Nesbit, Crown Point, Indiana, Jan. 1, 2016. Alice Chapman Ruble, Independence, Missouri, Feb. 21, 2023. Dorothy Kniffin Vickers, San Jose, California, Nov. 15, 2012.

58 – Fred Cachola, Hawi, Hawaii, Feb. 20, 2023. Nicholas Hartwig, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 16, 2022. Nancy Lounsbery Holmes, Elsie, Michigan, June 12, 2022. Ramona Sharpe Johnson, Chipley, Florida, Jan. 7, 2015. Cornelis Laban, Bastian, Virginia, May 28, 2017. Lars Olsen, Missoula, Montana, Dec. 20, 2017. Betty MacNeil Owens, Wichita, Kansas, May 21, 2016. Donald Palmer, Midland, Texas, May 13, 2021. Gordon “Rex” Smith, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 2, 2022. Charlotte Wood Stellmach, Argyle, Texas, Sept. 29, 2022. James Swick, Surprise, Arizona, July 30, 2020. Carolyn Hansen Waldemer, Woodbine, Iowa, Jan. 4, 2023. Nancy Byrd White, Salem, Oregon, Sept. 17, 2022.

59 – Wilbert Cobb, Neosho, Missouri, April 13, 2021. John DeLong, Independence, Missouri, April 14, 2023. Helen Londrie Propst, Creston, Iowa, Feb. 20, 2016.

60 – Phyllis Preusch Bowen, Davidson, North Carolina, March 21, 2018. Vivienne Cummins Brown, Independence, Missouri, July 21, 2012. Sigrid Larson Festersen, Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 1, 2022. Bruce Wade, Colville, Washington, Jan. 13, 2023.

61 – Jeannette Davis Day, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 8, 2022. Robert Sinclair, Danville, California, Dec. 22, 2022.

62 – Vicki VanTuyl Geeding, Blue Grass, Iowa, Feb. 27, 2023. Franklin Methner, Coleman, Michigan, June 6, 2011.

63 – Elbert Derick, South Dennis, Maine, Jan. 9, 2011. Marilynn Jones Grutter, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 10, 2019. James Rishel, Zanesville, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2012. Bonita Korsell Spies, Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 22, 2022. Gayle Thislethwaite, DeKalb, Illinois, March 1, 2023. Nancy Vanderpool Thompson, Burns, Oregon, Dec. 31, 2007.

64 – Suzanne DeTray Barclay, Blue Springs, Missouri, Feb. 15, 2023. Kenneth Campbell, Gainesville, Florida, Feb. 22, 2023. Patricia Gabrielson Trachsel, Olathe, Kansas, Nov. 1, 2022.

65 – Charles Reed, Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 6, 2023.

66 – Vada Brayton, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 4, 2021. Bary Hartman, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, April 20, 2019. Judith Mohler, Jefferson, Iowa, Jan. 4, 2023. Derek Young, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 26, 2022.

68 – Elbert Brown, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 13, 2022. Betty Moore Johnson, Lamoni, Iowa, Jan. 20, 2023.

69 – Richard Greene, Lancaster, New York, June 17, 2014. Kathleen Maharry Harover, Saint Charles, Missouri, Aug. 5, 2022. Raymond Reid, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 25, 2022. Bonnie Milner Sudduth, Plano, Texas, Feb. 26, 2022.

70 – James Danielson, Lapeer, Michigan, Nov. 1, 2022. Tepurotu “Rina” Fauura DeBarthe, Overland Park, Kansas, Feb. 28, 2023. Richard Hawks, Okemos, Michigan, Jan. 8, 2023. Alvin Shanks, Robinson, Texas, March 15, 2017. Donna Turk Terry, Numa, Iowa, Jan. 27, 2019. Barbara Keller Walter, Mount Ayr, Iowa, May 8, 2019.

71 – Valena Kirkpatrick-Spragg, Osceola, Iowa, Oct. 8, 2015. Belinda “DeAun” Stearman Young, Buckner, Missouri, March 22, 2023.

72 – Marilyn Robinson Moberg, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 7, 2019. Leon Probasco, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 26, 2022.

73 – Shawnee Dippel Douglas, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Feb. 6, 2023. W. Scott Marshall, Greenfield, Iowa, July 20, 2022. Billie Politovich, Seymour, Tennessee, Oct. 14, 2014. Mary Ragland, Sun City, Arizona, Jan. 30, 2023. Robert Timmerman, Stockton, Iowa, May 11, 2005.

74 – Donella Drake, Mount Ayr, Iowa, Feb. 2, 2018. Marcia Sack Emslie, Albia, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2022. Terry Schlotman, Wellington, Missouri, Nov. 30, 2020. Donald Shriver, Shenandoah, Iowa, March 16, 2023. Dennis Young, Buckner, Missouri, March 22, 2023.

75 – Cynthia Knapp Franz, Bartlett, Illinois, Aug. 23, 2022. James “Jim” Gillaspey Jr., West Des Moines, Nov. 10, 2022.

76 – Martha Ruble Grosz, Pleasant Hill, Iowa, Oct. 8, 2022. Ruth Shotwell, Detroit, Michigan, Jan. 11, 2023.

77 – Kathy Fallon, Cecil Township, Pennsylvania, Nov. 23, 2022. Jean Jackson Massey, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Aug. 3, 2015.

78 – Klansee Clark, San Diego, California, Jan. 19, 2023. Yvonne Gray, Norwalk, Iowa, March 16, 2020. Jeffrey Moores, Naperville, Illinois, Nov.2, 2022.

79 – Glenda Brown Ganson, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 27, 2023. Ernest Williams, Saint Joseph, Missouri, Aug. 28, 2022.

80 – David Gillaspey, Bandon, Oregon, April 30, 2021.

82 – Marten Garn, Charlotte, Missouri, Nov. 16, 2021.

83 – Lisa Freberg, Independence, Missouri, Nov. 3, 2022. Tammy Wells Lynch, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Dec. 31, 2011. Tammy McFate Pesina, Tama, Iowa, April 3, 2023. James “Jim” Silsby, Lamoni, Iowa, Nov. 27, 2019. Renee Voltmann, Lantana, Florida, May 25, 2019.

84 – Janie Ourth, Fort Madison, Iowa, Feb. 13, 2023.

85 – Evelyn “Lorraine” Lungwitz Austin, Independence, Missouri, Sept. 20, 2014.

86 – Donna Skinner Hurd, Fall Creek, Wisconsin, Oct. 4, 2022. Richard Lindgren, Bradenton, Florida, Dec. 11, 2022. Helen Scott, Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014.

87 – Donnie Jones, Quincy, Illinois, Oct. 21, 2022.

92 – Josephine McAuliffe Fowler Cleveland, Fairport, New York, Nov. 28, 2022. Warrine McDoffie Harden, Wenatchee, Washington, Sept. 14, 2022. Stacie Nyberg Sparks, Silverthorne, Colorado, Nov. 25, 2016.

93 – Mattie Kincaid Christian, Clayton, Oklahoma, Dec. 23, 2007. Patricia Dowell Nichols, Chillicothe, Missouri, Sept. 29, 2013. Virginia Williams Scott, Tacoma, Washington, Nov. 29, 2015.

95 – Sherri Hoffman, Salisbury, Missouri, Oct. 22, 2022

96 – Eleanor Offer Greene, Glen Burnie, Maryland, Jan. 9, 2023.

97 – Joshua Davis, Saint Louis, Missouri, Nov. 6, 2022.

98 – Andria Meadors Allen, Chickasha, Oklahoma, Feb. 1, 2009. Lillian Hollinger, Akron, Ohio, April 27, 2008. Michael Lay, Rock Hill, Missouri, Oct. 31, 2017. Rhonda Young Martin, Vacaville, California, Jan. 9, 2023. Mary Knapp Michael, Liberty, Missouri, July 28, 2021. Odella Martin Sandoval, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28, 2015. Colby Vredenburg, Coral Springs, Florida, July 25, 2021.

99 – Shari Peterson Marr, New Hampton, Iowa, Feb. 4, 2023. Carolyn Meadows, Gulf Breeze, Florida, July 21, 2021. Lydia Scott Wideman, Enid, Oklahoma, Sept. 1, 2021.

00 – Carol Grant-Holmes, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Nov. 2, 2022. Frieda Guilford, Florence, South Carolina, Oct. 9, 2015. Andrew “Lee” Jones, Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 6, 2022.

01 – Judy Wallischeck Byrd, Tomball, Texas, Jan. 9, 2023. Robert Vericker, Bartonville, Illinois, July 15, 2022.

03 – Karon Dorr, Greenville, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30, 2017. Linda Hughes McWilliams, Modesto, California, March 21, 2006.

04 – Lori Chedester, Dallas Center, Iowa, March 18, 2023. Maryellen Linkey Colston, Colonial Beach, Virginia, April 6, 2018.

05 – Theresa Rogers, Flowery Branch, Georgia, Aug. 30, 2022.

06 – Marilyn Johnson Dunham, Oskaloosa, Iowa, March 1, 2023.

07 – Janet Schaat Anderson, East Moline, Illinois, Jan. 7, 2023. Sherri Oelker Burich, North Port, Florida, Sept. 4, 2022. Amanda Kula Meeker, Marion, Iowa, Sept. 8, 2022.

15 – Halamehi Vailea, Oakland, California, Jan. 3, 2023.

HONORARY ALUMNA

Nita Harder, Saint Charles, Missouri, Oct. 16, 2022.