Obituaries

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The following obituaries were published in the Spring 2009 Miamian.

Hazel Yelton Antrobus ’28, Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 29, 2008.

Anna Duvall Lyons ’32, Monroe, Ohio, Dec. 10, 2008.

Alice Truesdell Miller ’35, Oxford, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2008. Wife of Frank ’34.

H. Burl Shook ’36, Liberty, Ind., Dec. 29, 2008.

Virginia Taylor Brown ’38, Monroe, Ohio, Nov. 25, 2008. Miami professor emeritus, head librarian 1965-78.

Betty White Jones ’38, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2008. Former teacher, Greenville.

Josephine Corso Schierberg ’38, Crittenden, Ky., Oct. 5, 2008.

Donald C. Smith ’38, Pahrump, Nev., Nov. 27, 2008. Retired, senior scientist, Hughes Aircraft.

Howard A. Davis Sr. ’39, Hilton Head Island, S.C., Nov. 11, 2008. Retired, major general, assistant chief of staff, Air Force.

Gladys Jache Heald ’39, Gaithersburg, Md., Nov. 27, 2008.

Mary Jane McLean Rhees ’39, Monroe, Ohio, Sept. 3, 2008.

Howard F. Gieringer ’40, Miamitown, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2008. Retired, vice president, Cincinnati Time Recorder Co.

John A. Johnson ’40, Mechanicsburg, Pa., Oct. 9, 2008. Retired, educator.

Mary Ellen Strahm Kemper ’40, Columbus, Ohio, July 28, 2008.

Olive Sorenson Jones ’41, Atlantic Beach, Fla., Nov. 29, 2008.

Richard H. Morris ’41, Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 7, 2008. Retired, lawyer.

Edward M. Ryan ’41, Grand Junction, Colo., Sept. 20, 2008. Retired, professor of geology, Stephens College.

Florence Maxey Wellman ’41 MEd ’70, Fairfield, Ohio, June 16, 2007.

Howard E. Bayless ’42, Centerville, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2008. Retired, corporate accounting, Mead Corp. Husband of Martha Waggoner Bayless ’43.

Harley P. Brown ’42 MA ’42, Norman, Okla., June 6, 2008. Professor emeritus of zoology, University of Oklahoma.

Isabelle White Mount ’42, Middletown, Ohio, Nov. 3, 2008. Wife of Arthur ’42.

Irma Von Der Porten Sandage ’42 MA ’44, Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 16, 2008. Retired, executive director, Family Service of Butler County.

Ted E. Aldrich ’43, Madison, Ohio, Nov. 14, 2008. Retired, business manager, Rowley Publications newspapers.

Barbara DeLaney Kinner ’43, Ithaca, N.Y., July 21, 2008. Retired, vocal music teacher.

Arthur E. Klemme ’43, Westminster, Colo., Aug. 27, 2008. Retired, doctor of obstetrics, Boulder Medical Center.

Esther Shaffer Winch ’43, Elko, Nev., Jan. 19, 2009. Wife of George ’43.

Jeanne Tomlinson Morrisset ’45, Oxnard, Calif., Jan. 23, 2009. Retired, real estate broker. Wife of Wendell ’46.

Edmund J. Kamasky ’46 MA ’47, King, Wis., Dec. 10, 2008. Retired, CPA.

John G. Kowal ’46, Medina, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2008. Husband of Louane Williams Kowal ’46.

Beverly Malafa Beach ’47, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2008.

Nina L. Fleming ’47, Madison, Wis., Jan. 15, 2009. Retired, payroll and accounting, Dane County.

Robert J. Hahn ’47, Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 22, 2008. Retired, professor, Western Michigan University.

Patricia Herbert Lannigan ’47, Asheville, N.C., Aug. 12, 2008. Wife of Edward ’49.

George T. McCaskie ’47, San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 20, 2008. Retired, Goodyear. Husband of Helen Lodge McCaskie ’47.

Loris Miller Davidson ’48, Logan, Ohio, Nov. 28, 2008.

Robert A. Falk ’48, University Heights, Ohio, Jan. 5, 2009. Commercial real estate.

Ronald A. Guinn ’48 MEd ’50, Marietta, Ohio, Nov. 28, 2008. Retired, educator, coach, and athletic director, Marietta H.S.

Alexander V. Naumoff ’48, Orrville, Ohio, Jan. 2, 2009. Retired, lawyer.

Lowell E. Smith ’48, Hudson, Ohio, Aug. 11, 2008. Watercolor artist. Husband of Mary Ann Craig Smith ’47.

Richard S. Aldrich ’49 MA 51, Edgewater, Md., Sept. 18, 2008. Retired, educational fundraising. Husband of Kathryn Bailey Aldrich ’47 MA ’49.

Max H. Bresher ’49 MEd ’76, Richmond, Ind., June 22, 2008. Retired, teacher, Lewisburg School.

Howard F. Bultman ’49, New Philadelphia, Ohio, Nov. 14, 2008. Retired, field examiner, state of Indiana.

Andrew W. Caldwell ’49, Palm Harbor, Fla., March 23, 2008.

Paul Dellerba ’49, Auburn Hills, Mich., Nov. 14, 2008. Retired, teacher, coach.

Jack T. Faulkner ’49, Orange, Calif., Sept. 28, 2008. Retired, executive, St. Louis Rams.

Lois Ann Shank Gerhard ’49, Punta Gorda, Fla., Oct. 20, 2008.

John G. Hazlett ’49, Newark, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2008. Retired, deputy auditor, city of Newark.

Charles E. Moulton ’49, Center Square, Pa., Jan. 18, 2009. Retired, math professor, Arcadia University.

Martha Ann Cruea Routsong ’49, Springboro, Ohio, July 12, 2008. Co-owner, Routsong Funeral Home.

Robert W. Seaward ’49, Littleton, Mass., Oct. 25, 2008. Owner, Nashoba camps.

Eldon L. Wiley ’49 MA ’52, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2008. Miami professor emeritus, educational leadership, 1966-91.

William J. Brown ’50, Wyoming, Ohio, Nov. 16, 2008. Registered architect. Husband of Patricia Grooms Brown ’50.

Richard E. Daugherty ’50, Findlay, Ohio, Oct. 11, 2008. Radio personality.

Robert E. Fryman ’50, Oxford, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2009. Retired, lawyer.

Eugene O. Ronshagen ’50, Manchester, N.H., Jan. 18, 2009. Former vice president, Dictaphone and A.B. Dick.

Dale E. Baughman ’51, West Alexandria, Ohio, Oct. 26, 2008. Former teacher, administrator, insurance broker.

Mary Virginia Phillips Bauman ’51, Mount Dora, Fla., Dec. 19, 2008.

Fred J. Bruner Sr. ’51, Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 28, 2006. Retired, executive, American Electric Power.

Daniel L. LaMarche Jr. ’51, La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 14, 2008. Founder, Integrated Marketing and Insurance Services.

Mattie Ingram Lyle ’51, Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 2, 2008.

Earl A. McGovern ’51, Lima, Ohio, Jan. 5, 2009. Retired, superintendent, Lima City Schools.

Ronald J. Thain ’51, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 21, 2008. Retired, salesman, W.B. Saunders Co., Schering Plaugh Corp.

William H. Alexander ’52, Townville, S.C., March 8, 2007.

Jean Powell Floridis ’52, Dayton, Ohio, July 27, 2008.

Schuyler V. Mellen ’52, Allegan, Mich., Aug. 23, 2007. Retired, International Paper – Hamilton.

Robert F. Rowntree ’52, Fairfield, Iowa, Oct. 17, 2008. Retired, weapons researcher, Department of the Navy.

James R. Sallee ’52, Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 13, 2008. Retired, pharmaceutical representative, Schering Plough. Husband of Dorothy Christan Sallee ’51.

Gertrude Nelson Black ’53, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 4, 2008. Former teacher and missionary.

Dorothy Harris Paulick ’53, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 12, 2008.

Allan C. Schinagle Sr. ’53, Russell, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2008. Retired, insurance agent; founded own company in Chagrin Falls.

Joan Moeller Deyoe ’55, Olympia, Wash., Dec. 29, 2008. Retired, teacher, administrator, personnel director, Olympia Schools. Wife of Richard ’56.

Marcus J. Harshbarger ’55, Palmetto, Fla., Dec. 8, 2007. Retired, systems analyst, General Motors.

Eleanor Maughiman Massarelli ’55, Poland, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2008. Wife of Stanley ’55.

Charles H. Thompson III ’55, Hermitage, Tenn., Jan. 1, 2009. Retired, data processing manager. Husband of Sally Owens Thompson ’59.

Sandra J. Smathers Tirnauer ’55, Bethesda, Md., Oct. 21, 2008. Retired, speech pathologist.

George W. Atherton ’56, Sun City West, Ariz., Jan. 23, 2008. Retired, Ford Motor Co.; former professional baseball player. Husband of Carolyn Marsteller Atherton ’56.

Albert V. Nori ’56, Middletown, Ohio, Jan. 3, 2009. Professional musician, playing trumpet with Blue Wisp Big Band; retired from production planning, Armco Steel.

Katrina Van Tassel Peters ’56, Old Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 31, 2008. Former teacher of children with disabilities, Greenwich High School.

Nancy Perry Burr ’57, Savannah, Ga., Oct. 17, 2008. Wife of David ’57.

Thomas J. Mannino ’57, White Plains, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2008. Architect.

David R. Walker ’57, Stockton, Calif., Oct. 26, 2008. Retired, Navy captain; industrial salesman. Husband of Sharon Shea Walker ’58.

Harry J. Rigdon ’58, Bryan, Ohio, Nov. 24, 2008. Retired, judge, Williams County Probate and Juvenile Court. Husband of Bonnie Smith Rigdon ’59.

Robert H. Schwinn MBA ’58, Penney Farms, Fla., March 15, 2008. Retired, assistant to president of Hubbell/Ohio Brass.

W. Clark Dickerman MBA ’59, Pasadena, Texas, Nov. 13, 2008. Retired, Champion International.

Doris Sikes Moore ’59, New Carlisle, Ohio, Jan. 1, 2008.

David G. Rea ’59, Durham, N.C., Sept. 5, 2008. Husband of Joyce Hodge Rea ’59.

Burton A. Roeth ’59, Greeley, Colo., Sept. 6, 2008. Architect.

George V.R. Smith ’59, Savannah, Ga., June 17, 2008. Navy officer; former editor/columnist; teacher at Georgia State University.

Charles P. Allison Jr. ’60, Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 16, 2008. Retired, general counsel, Gulf States Paper Corp. Husband of Sharryl Hafemeister Allison ’61.

C. Michael Downey ’62, Upper Arlington, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2008. Retired, MD; former faculty member, Ohio State University and Mount Carmel West.

Lynda Hofelich Voss ’62, Richardson, Texas, Sept. 15, 2008. Former teacher and florist. Wife of Paul ’62.

Barbara Guy Gebhart ’63, Hilliard, Ohio, Oct. 11, 2008.

Lewis D. Goldhammer ’63, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 11, 2008. Retired, architect.

Ellen “Lou” Brown Aulds MA ’64, Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 5, 2009. Miami’s head instructional materials librarian 1964-87.

John P. Bishop ’64, Georgetown, Mass., Dec. 30, 2008. Retired, Bangor Publishing.

Melody Haida Edington ’66, Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2008. Former teacher; owner, Spaghetti’s Ristorante Italia in Oxford.

William R. Schleicher III ’66, Evanston, Ill., Nov. 6, 2008. Retired, regional manager, Lucent Technologies. Husband of Renee Sherer Schleicher ’67.

Josephine Peters Straight ’66, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 5, 2008. Retired, teacher, Columbus Public Schools.

Chris P. Deevers ’67, Streetsboro, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2008. Retired, high-school math and electronics teacher; owner/operator, Woodside Lake Park.

Richard G. Lapp ’68, St. Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 25, 2008. Retired, teacher of talented and gifted students, Fairfield (Ohio) Middle School. Husband of Susan Bolster Lapp ’67 MEd ’69.

Ann Hazelwood Regina MAT ’68, Annapolis, Md., Jan. 17, 2009. Retired, teacher, American government and law, North County High School.

Richard H. Reifert ’68 MBA’70, Sylva, N.C., Sept. 27, 2008. Retired, manager, Ohio Bell Ameritech.

Nancy Paxton Bumgarner ’69, Waynesville, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2007. Former reference librarian; secretary, First Presbyterian Church, Marion, Ohio. Wife of Harry ’68.

David Rampe ’70, New York, N.Y., Dec. 24, 2008. Editor, foreign desk, New York Times.

Lloyd D. Turner Jr. ’70, Versailles, Ohio, Jan. 17, 2009. Retired, junior high social studies teacher, in Versailles.

James A. Ehlers ’71, Winamac, Ind., Nov. 17, 2008. Lawyer; former insurance regulator, state of Indiana.

Fred J. Eisert II MEd ’72, Monroe, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2009. Retired, lieutenant colonel, Air Force; retired, teacher.

Bruce L. Chapin MBA ’74, Norwalk, Ohio, Nov. 30, 2008. With family’s Heavy & Highway Construction Co. Chapin and Chapin and Ajax Paving Industries.

Leslie J. Cornett ’74 MEd 76, North Ridgeville, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2008. Teacher. Husband of Nancy King Cornett ’74.

Roberta Ertel Fitzstephens ’74, Liberty Township, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2008. Spanish teacher, head of foreign language department, Hamilton High School.

Sueann Dapore Godsey ’74, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 28, 2008. Retired, owner/president, Title Pointe Agency.

Helen Manson Shrider ’74, Oxford, Ohio, Jan. 3, 2009. Retired, registration supervisor, Miami’s registrar office 1970-88.

Clifford L. Callen ’75, Hamilton, Ohio, Nov. 30, 2007. Retired, GM Fisher Body. Husband of Barbara Walker Callen ’72.

Lawrence H. Hayes III ’75, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 15, 2007.

Christopher C. Pazder ’75, Helena, Mont., Aug. 9, 2008. In private practice, Family Psychotherapy Center.

Gary M. Cairns ’76, Tipp City, Ohio, July 8, 2008. Director, intellectual property, Standard Register; co-owner, Cairns Toys.

Patricia Borowicz Lane ’77, Cutler, Ohio, March 8, 2008. Wife of David ’75.

John H. Waldeck ’77, Hummelstown, Pa., Sept. 19, 2008. Sales representative for Hoerbiger Corp.; real estate agent. Husband of Jane Reid Waldeck ’78.

Timothy J. Holeman ’79, Denver, Colo., Jan. 19, 2008.

Brian J. Mullen ’79, Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 3, 2008. Engineer, state of Indiana; financial adviser, Edward Jones.

Steven R. Treick ’81, Safety Harbor, Fla., Ohio, Oct. 29, 2008. Safe Harbor Design.

Daniel F. McCafferty ’83, Bay Village, Ohio, Dec. 25, 2008. Husband of Linda Santiago McCafferty ’83.

James J. Whitford Jr. ’84, Berea, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2009. Health care consultant, Thom Enterprises.

Susan Kramer Batton ’87, Unionville, Conn., June 25, 2008. Wife of Gregory ’85 MBA ’86.

Robert E. Dizney MEd ’87, Fairfield, Ohio, Oct. 14, 2008. Retired, teacher, McGregor School, Antioch University.

Carol A. McNeal ’87, Liberty Township, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2007.

Carol Sundal Valker ’88, Omaha, Neb., Sept. 23, 2008.

Eileen Redmond O’Connor ’90, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2008. Employee with Priceline. Wife of Pat ’90.

Lisa L. Wills ’90, Middletown, Ohio, Oct. 3, 2008.

Joan Hartkemeyer Rich ’92, Middletown, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2009. Secretary, Holy Family Parish.

Kapra M. Quain ’93, Black River, N.Y., June 23, 2008. Staff sergeant, West Point.

Trenton S. Haack ’94, Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2008. Director, qualitative services, Burke Marketing.

James A. Scott MA ’94, Chicago, Ill., Jan. 19, 2009. Spanish teacher, Sullivan High School. Husband of Dianne McKenna Scott ’94.

Jay C. Tight ’94, Oldsmar, Fla., Dec. 26, 2008. Husband of Debbie Ungerleider Tight ’94.

Patrick S. Cox ’95, Trenton, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2008. ICU nurse, Middletown Regional Hospital.

Vanessa Burkart Thompson ’95, Hamilton, Ohio, Dec. 17, 2008. Employee, Lane Public Library.

Anthony J. Anderson ’97, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2008. Former special ed teacher at Talawanda Middle School; home remodeler. Husband of Deborah Kempton Anderson ’98.

Raymond L. Candage III ’99, Maywood, Ill., Dec. 21, 2008. Chief surgical resident, Loyola University Medical Center.

Michael J. Kramer ’01, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2008.

Jessica L. Hawk ’02, New Orleans, La., Aug. 10, 2008.

Lesley Black Parker ’05, Springfield, Mo., Aug. 16, 2008. Finishing an internship for a doctorate in child psychology at KidsPeace.

Jill Marie Hungler Schlotman ’05, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2008. Worked with developmentally challenged.

Andrew R. Thomas ’10, Thornville, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2009. Marketing major.

Robert “Andrew” Buse ’12, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 13, 2008. Business economics major.

Faculty, Staff, Friends

Ellen “Lou” Brown Aulds (see ’64).

Natalie Marie Bales, Liberty, Ind., Sept. 29, 2008. At Miami in IT services, 1998-2006.

Cornelius Betten Jr., Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2008. Retired, chemical engineer, Champion Paper; taught paper technology at Miami, 1976-81.

Robert C. Bresnan Hon. ’92, Long Beach, Calif., Jan. 17, 2009. Husband of Linda Crumb Bresnan ’57.

Virginia Taylor Brown (see ’38).

Joseph S. Cantrell, Pearl River, La., Jan. 6, 2009. Miami professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, 1965-2002.

Donna Jenice Sleet Churchman Hon. ’90, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 3, 2008. Retired, cook, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity House; former employee, Miami Marcum Conference Center.

Harry L. Connor, Groton, Conn., Nov. 15, 2008. Miami’s director, public information 1979-81; also taught journalism.

Kay Jackson Day, Venice, Fla., July 18, 2008. Former secretary, Miami’s music department.

Claire Goble D’Ianni, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2008. Miami dietitian emerita, 1947-87, a lecturer at Miami 1947-52 and 1962-76.

Myron F. Greene, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 18, 2008. Retired, Miami instructor, systems analysis 1977-83.

Richard A. Johnson, Oxford, Ohio, Nov. 21, 2008. Retired, Miami’s internal auditor of student affairs.

F. Stanley Lusby, Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 29, 2008. Chair of Miami’s religion department 1962-70.

Bruce H. Olson, Oxford, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2008. Miami professor emeritus of finance, 1967-2004. Husband of Joann Olson, Miami administrator emeritus, University Libraries, 1968-99.

Helen Manson Shrider (see ’74).

Charles L. Spencer, Camden, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2008. Retired from Air Force, Harrison Radiator, and Miami.

Eldon L. Wiley (see ’49).

Barbara S. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2008. Retired, administrative associate.

Edgar Ben Yager, Georgetown, Texas, Nov. 13, 2008. Miami professor emeritus of accountancy, 1955-89, department chair 1966-70.