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David ’76 and Carol Olson ’76 Birks

LTC Gregory Howard Jr. ’99

Jerry Dale Jr. ’96

85 – Paul Northey, Whitby, Canada, received the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Distinguished Merit Award on Nov. 30, 2023, as part of a regulatory licensing team working with the Port Hope Area Initiative.

96 – Jerry Dale Jr., Casper, Wyoming, was promoted Feb. 13, 2024, to lead the effort to rebuild relationships in the LGBTQ+ Community for the American Red Cross. Jerry is a co-founder of the Red Cross Pride Resource Group.

99 – LTC Gregory Howard Jr., El Paso, Texas, has been selected for promotion to Colonel (0-6). He has had a decorated career since enlisting in the United States Army in 1988 and graduating from Army Officer Candidate School in 2000. He is scheduled to attend the Army War College in summer 2024. Howard and his wife, Annette, have two daughters, Taylor (19) and Aaliyah (17).

20 – Travis Miyashiro, Mililani, Hawaii, completed the Field Artillery Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He has been assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 1-38th Field Artillery Regiment stationed in South Korea.

BIRTHS

09 – Brett and Carolyn Waite, Shawnee, Kansas, daughter Carmella Waite, April 8, 2023.

14 – Andrew and Kylie Perkins Adams, Kansas City, Missouri, daughter Berkely Adams, Aug. 31, 2023.

ANNIVERSARIES

48 – Ronald and Shirley Pratt Young, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 75 years, July 29, 2023.

49 – William and Doris McElroy, Lamoni, Iowa, 74 years, Nov. 12, 2023. Leonard and Eilene O’Dell ’59 Speer, Glendale, Arizona, 63 years, Dec. 24, 2023.

52 – Art and Dottie Fisher ’53 Burnham, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 70 years, Nov. 22, 2023.

63 – Lee and Nancy Chesworth Peters, Bradenton, Florida, 63 years, Dec. 30, 2023.

76 – David and Carol Olson Birks, Fort Collins, Colorado, 50 years, Jan. 5, 2024.

83 – Bernard “Bernie” and Mary Jean Newcomer, Beaumont, California, 35 years, Oct. 7, 2023.

DEATHS

Correction: The following alumni were added in error to the Deaths section in the Fall 2023 issue — Cyd Slayton, Marta Poore, Patricia Bacon, and Nancy Boyd Shaw. We extend our sincere apologies.

43 – Louise MacDonald Morden, Niagara Falls, New York, March 17, 2024.

45 – Betty Clason Brainerd, Bradenton, Florida, Jan. 7, 2023. Laura Wheeler Nelson, Temple, Texas, Feb. 21, 2011.

47 – Barbara Trowbridge Newcom, Blue Springs, Missouri, Dec. 10, 2023.

48 – Joan Gray Green, Lamoni, Iowa, Dec. 28, 2023. Marion Davis Kleinau, Carbondale, Illinois, March 7, 2024.

49 – Barbara Hands Bernauer, Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 28, 2023. William Knox, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Dec. 5, 2023. Cleora Williams Sargeant, Bow, Washington, Oct. 14, 2023.

50 – William Marsh, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 19, 2024. Donald Potts, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 3, 2024.

51 – Jacqueline Roberts Martin, Mobile, Alabama, Jan. 2, 2023.

52 – Jacquelyn Kelsey Chapman, Bradenton, Florida, Dec. 30, 2023. Bruce Graybill, Lamoni, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2023. Richard Hahn, Sandia Park, New Mexico, June 20, 2021. Lois Moser White, Blue Springs, Missouri, Dec. 18, 2021.

53 – Carl Levitt, Kalispell, Montana, June 4, 2023. Bruce Logeman, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 8, 2024.

54 – Franklin Hester, Grand Blanc, Michigan, Nov. 27, 2023. Katherine Frisby Owens, Detroit, Michigan, Oct. 3, 2023. Barbara Fears Tabor, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Jan. 13, 2024. Evelyn McKee Wands, Denver, Colorado, July 6, 2019.

55 – Barbara Plumb Burrow, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 14, 2022. Paul Cline, Duluth, Minnesota, May 11, 2022. Angela Roberts Crowell, Independence, Missouri, March 22, 2019. Hazlet Gann Edmonds, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jan. 7, 2007. Jack Fehrenbacher, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jan. 10, 2021. Charlene Snyder Fleming, Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 13, 2009. Frank Friend, Creighton, Missouri, Dec. 4, 2018. David Kent, Mount Prospect, Illinois, July 25, 2020. Carol Richard Lowrie, Port Orchard, Washington, Nov. 24, 2021. LouAnn Spence McCartney, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 28, 2024. Mary Lou Weaver Noble, Port Charlotte, Florida, Feb. 26, 2024. Marvin Sevy, Kansas City, Missouri, April 19, 2011. Shirley Arnold Smith, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Feb. 2, 2024. John Stageman, Pickford, Michigan, July 9, 2022. Marilyn Eidt Williams, Portland, Oregon, Jan. 8, 2022.

56 – Roger Acord, Caledonia, Wisconsin, July 5, 2019. Jack Ballinger, Canton, Georgia, Feb. 2, 2023. Clayton Barber Jr., Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 9, 2023. Walter Didriksen, Frisco, Texas, May 30, 2019. Jane Cook Fehrenbacher, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 2023. Edward Fuller, McMinnville, Oregon, March 14, 2023. Elaine Bartlett Gregg, Bradenton, Florida, Aug. 15, 2021. John Harkrader, Adel, Iowa, Oct. 9, 2019. Patsy Odom Helton, Cantonment, Florida, Oct. 24, 2018. Chester Johnson, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, May 21, 2013. Wanda Andersen Kauffman, Ida Grove, Iowa, Aug. 29, 2022. Ellen Henretty McGuire, Redcrest, California, May 4, 2014. Marshall McGuire, Redcrest, California, Sept. 9, 2023. Clois Carmack McRaven, Springfield, Missouri, March 1, 2020. Lawrence Propst, Council Bluff, Iowa, Oct. 17, 2012. Jeanette Smith Reyburn, Sun City, California, Dec. 26, 2020. Shirley Lay Sanders, Hot Springs, Arkansas, July 30, 2022. Carl Shakespeare, Independence, Missouri, Oct. 6, 2019. Gary Shears, Florence, New Jersey, Dec. 11, 2012. Karen Wickstrom, Moxee, Washington, April 13, 2019. John Wiley, Overland Park, Kansas, Feb. 14, 2024.

57 – Vernon Cline, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Nov. 25, 2009. Jack DeSelms, Independence, Missouri, Dec. 3, 2022. Marjorie Dixon Dunlap, Milton, Florida, Jan. 22, 2019. David Gaw, West Chester, Ohio, Sept. 30, 2015. Nancy Thompson Harlacher, Independence, Missouri, March 29, 2019. Frances Hara McNellis, Lenexa, Kansas, Nov. 3, 2020. Gloria Jezewski Minkler, Wellington, Ohio, Dec. 22, 2023. Barbara Bert Pamer, Raymore, Missouri, May 1, 2019. Larry Pool, Zephyrhills, Florida, Jan. 31, 2024. George Radmall, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Oct. 19, 2018. Alice Chapman Ruble, Independence, Missouri, Feb. 21, 2023. Gerald Sooter, Columbia, Missouri, April 21, 2015. Wanatta Chambers Wolf, Holland, Michigan, March 11, 2006.

58 – Amos Bradley, Westminster, Colorado, Jan. 29, 2015. Merilou Gilmore Hartwig, Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 9. 2023. Marilyn Corley Tolliver, Oak Grove, Missouri, Jan. 30, 2020.

59 – Ralph Bellinger, Syracuse, New York, May 27, 2022. Patricia Roberts Bjorland, Blue Springs, Missouri, June, 10, 2023. Cameron Doherty, Scotts Valley, California, Feb. 24, 2014. Patricia Treiber McDonald, The Villages, Florida, March 3, 2024. Mary Bavington Mitchell, North Bay, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 7, 2023. Nila Johnson Peel, Sandy, Oregon, Sept. 19, 2015.

62 – Sharon Dobson Hamilton, Spokane, Washington, Oct. 6, 2023. Margo Montgomery Elvin, Prior Lake, Minnesota, Nov. 25, 2023. Carol Bunting Landon, Ellicott City, Maryland, Jan. 8, 2024. James Rae, Rochester, Minnesota, Dec. 25, 2023.

63 – Louise Llewellyn Bagley, Kansas City, Missouri, April 27, 2022.

64 – Karen Walters Cook, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Feb. 21, 2021. Betty Doty Isenhauer, Atlanta, Michigan, March 27, 2015. Steven Minteer, Hagerstown, Maryland, Dec. 25, 2009.

65 – Barbee White Heiny, Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 5, 2023.

67 – Thomas “Tim” Jones, Thurman, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2023. Donald Wallis, Loveland. Colorado, Jan. 13, 2023.

68 – Sharon Smith Outhouse, Bella Vista, Arkansas, Oct. 24, 2023.

69 – Ann Lyman Amsberry, Stone Lake, Wisconsin, Nov. 22, 2023. Joan Wight Munter, Salem, Illinois, Dec. 28, 2023.

70 – Cheryl Akes Sjolin, Atlantic, Iowa, Dec. 9, 2023.

71 – Robert Revell, Omaha, Nebraska, Dec. 13, 2023. Rheta Sponsler, Humeston, Iowa, Dec. 28, 2023.

72 – John Koehler, Kansas City, Missouri, July 30, 2023.

73 – Michael Corrie, Carrollton, Missouri, Oct. 27, 2023.

74 – Daniel Barnes, Gardena, California, Nov. 11, 2023. Geraldine Grant Harraden, Annapolis, Maryland, Feb. 19, 2017. David Morgan, Lamoni, Iowa, Nov. 28, 2023.

76 – James Hitt, Woodburn, Iowa, Dec. 7, 2023.

78 – Alpha “Alphie” Fulton, Leon, Iowa, April 9, 2024. Samra Clark Magruder, Independence, Missouri, March 5, 2023.

79 – Karen Hakes-Brown, Colonial Beach, Virginia, Jan. 16, 2024.

80 – Harriette Keck Webster, Preston, Missouri, March 30, 2024.

81 – Elizabeth “Betty” Harfield, Independence, Missouri, Dec. 23, 2023.

86 – Robert Fredenberg, Independence, Missouri, Feb. 21, 2024. Kyla Boyt Hafeli, Marion, Illinois, April 4, 2024.

89 – Elizabeth Kubec Kemmerer, Lamoni, Iowa, March 21, 2014.

93 – Cindi Carrell, Benton City, Washington, Oct. 16, 2023.

94 – Judy Gray Crossnoe, Independence, Missouri, Nov. 2, 2023. Lillian Mlynarski, Champaign, Illinois, Feb. 12, 2018.

95 – Elizabeth Wheeler Kayadu, Houston, Texas, Sept. 24, 2023.

97 – George Kilpatrick, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, June 10, 2021.

99 – Patricia Culp Plumb, Woodward, Iowa, Aug. 29, 2023.

00 – Rukhmin Singh, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Dec. 25, 2023.

01 – Diane Robertson Carrillo, Del Rio, Texas, Feb. 22, 2024.

03 – Donna Gauthier Hertz, Auburn, Washington, Nov. 28, 2017.

07 – Janet Muehlenthaler Marcum, Grinnell, Iowa, March 20, 2024.