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The following obituaries were published in the Summer 2018 Miamian. Names with * did not run in print version.

 

1930s

Phyllis Coppock Bryant ’35, St. Petersburg, Fla., March 14, 2018.

Isabelle Longley Burleigh ’37, Santa Barbara, Calif., Dec. 12, 2017.

Virginia Beck Siders ’39, Wilmington, Ohio, March 22, 2018.

 

1940s

*Maxine Snell Allen ’41, Lancaster, Pa., April 3, 2018.

Elizabeth “Betty” Rogers Cobb ’41, White Bear Lake, Minn., April 30, 2018.

Robert D. “Dale” Nash ’41, Dayton, Ohio, March 22, 2018.

Allan A. “Andy” Wasmuth ’41, Oxford, Ohio, April 12, 2018.

*Jane Coburn Mercer ’42, Jacksonville, Fla., March 4, 2018.

*Robert M. Hunter ’44, Troy, Ohio, May 6, 2018.

Marion George Martin ’44, Sylvania, Ohio, Jan. 31, 2018.

Laurence F. “Jake” Neubert ’44, Austin, Minn., March 8, 2018.

Foster W. “Bill” Swope ’44, Elizabethtown, Ky., Feb. 18, 2018.

*Beatrice Blim Conley ’45, Morris, Ill., March 21, 2018.

Dorothy Bergman Rowe ’45, Elyria, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2018.

*Barbara Friedman Rothschild Allen Wedel ’45, Austin, Texas, Dec. 28, 2017.

Carroll W. Anstaett ’46, Olean, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2018.

*Charlotte Hershberger Beck ’47, Willoughby, Ohio, Jan. 15, 2018.

*Rosa Lee Emerson Newkirk ’47, Morton, Ill., March 11, 2018.

Paul A. Skelton ’47, Tallahassee, Fla., May 20, 2018.

*Margaret Page Brooker ’48, Medina, Ohio, March 25, 2018.

Mary Lou Jackson DeMar ’49, Madeira, Ohio, March 28, 2018.

Kenneth T. Eiler ’49, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 8, 2018.

Vincent A. Fulmer ’49, Arlington, Mass., May 21, 2018.

Barbara Merrick Graeff ’49, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2018.

George W. Kilkenny Jr. ’49, Creston, Ohio, Feb. 10, 2018.

James E. Myers ’49, Newtown, Pa., Nov. 9, 2017.

Allen J. Wiant ’49, Austin, Texas, Feb. 21, 2018.

 

1950s

Martha Baker Andrews ’50, Middletown, Ohio, March 19, 2018.

Edwin B. “Burns” Apfeld ’50, Black Wolf, Wis., March 16, 2018.

John W. Beaton ’50, Oxford, Ohio, May 9, 2018.

*Nancy Miller Bliven ’50, Louisville, Ky., May 10, 2018.

*Marty Ewing Brininstool ’50, Billings, Mont., March 12, 2018.

*Michael C. Clemente ’50, Struthers, Ohio, Feb. 20, 2018.

*Joseph A. Davis ’50, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 23, 2018.

Marilyn Jacoby Edwards ’50, Oxford, Ohio, June 10, 2018.

Richard “Kess” Kessler ’50, Kirtland Hills, Ohio, March 8, 2018.

*Joanne Thomas Bennett ’51, Columbus, Ohio, March 6, 2018.

*Joan Williams Clark ’51, Canton, Ohio, Jan. 29, 2018.

*Joan Foster Koenig ’51, Casa Grande, Ariz., Feb. 16, 2018.

*Thomas V. Pribish ’51, Hinckley, Ohio, April 24, 2018.

*Richard E. Ryan ’51, Grand Rapids, Mich., March 5, 2018.

*Marlan L. Shepard ’51 MS ’52, Los Alamos, N.M., May 19, 2018.

Hugh Thompson Jr. ’51, Vero Beach, Fla., April 25, 2018.

*James T. White ’51, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 4, 2018.

Dorothy Anderson Daniel ’52, Doylestown, Ohio, March 30, 2018.

Jack W. Hallberg ’52, Hendersonville, N.C., April 20, 2018.

James J. Harris ’52 MS ’54, West Chester, Pa., March 23, 2018.

Trois Williams Hays ’52, Noblesville, Ind., April 5, 2018.

Peggy Mollenkopf Mellish ’52, Elkhart, Ind., May 24, 2018.

*Philip M. Nygaard ’52, Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 15, 2018.

*George C. Revelos ’52, Middletown, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2018.

Eugenia “Genie” Lechner Sansone ’52, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2018.

*Blair D. Zimmerman ’52, North Canton, Ohio, April 29, 2018.

*Ralph R. “Pat” Carruthers ’53, Hamilton, Ohio, June 10, 2018.

Alice McKibben Frantom ’53 MEd ’61, Cape Coral, Fla., Feb. 1, 2018.

Victor F. Hauberg ’53 MEd ’58, Brookville, Ind., April 8, 2018.

*William M. Herlihy ’53, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, Feb. 15, 2018.

Kenneth H. Klein ’53 MBA ’57, Palm City, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018.

Phyllis Ball Maurer ’53, New Philadelphia, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2018.

*Janet L. Evans ’54, Waynesville, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2017.

David H. Marshall ’54, Decatur, Ill., April 17, 2018.

Edward J. Mitroff ’54, Avon Lake, Ohio, March 6, 2018.

Jeanne Graham Rhein ’54, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Feb. 11, 2018.

*Beula Beverley “Bev” Roamer ’54, Coronado, Calif., Feb. 19, 2018.

*Marjorie Sands Smith ’54, Lawrenceburg, Ind., April 8, 2018.

*Joan Hundley Jones ’55, Richmond, Va., March 18, 2018.

James W. Noel Jr. ’55 MEd ’60, Worthington, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2018.

Lawrence R. Senger ’55, Lake Elmo, Minn., April 1, 2018.

*Harry R. Sonnedecker ’55, Albany, Ga., March 6, 2018.

Robert R. Taylor ’55, Beaufort, S.C., May 16, 2018.

David R. Winiker ’55, Virginia Beach, Va., March 30, 2018.

Jo Ann Harris Beamer ’56, Union Township, Ohio, July 3, 2018.

David A. Bergstrom ’56, Southern Pines, N.C., April 8, 2018.

John W. Gatwood ’56, Dublin, Ohio, April 12, 2018.

*Carolyn “Lyn” Reese Kiehl ’56, Pinehurst, N.C., May 20, 2018.

Patricia Harbison Kress ’56, Marion, Iowa, May 3, 2018.

Dorothy Fitzgerald Millikin ’56, Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 17, 2018.

*Ronald W. Schmidt ’56, Chesterland, Ohio, May 24, 2018.

Roy L. Schnackenberg ’56, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 16, 2018.

*David E. Wilson ’56, Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 5, 2018.

Gale Emerich Zucker ’56, Williamsburg, Va., March 3, 2018.

Robert O. Bowman ’57, Miamisburg, Ohio, April 20, 2018.

*William A. Curry ’57, Amsterdam, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2018.

*Robert F. Doll ’57, Portsmouth, Ohio, April 8, 2018.

Wendell V. Gabier ’57, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 9, 2017.

William R. Grate ’57, Ellenton, Fla., May 3, 2018.

John P. Knapp ’57 MA ’59, Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 11, 2018.

Thomas I. McGreevy ’57, Oxford, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2018.

James E. Moyse ’57, Avon Lake, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2018.

Alice Lantz Perkins ’57, Cupertino, Calif., Feb. 17, 2018.

*Delbert R. Simon ’57, Pekin, Ill., April 3, 2018.

Robert T. Stone ’57, Akron, Ohio, May 7, 2018.

Paul R. Weikert ’57, Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 27, 2018.

*Joan Martin Erion ’58, Miamisburg, Ohio, June 11, 2018.

Amy Bricker Harris ’58, Phoenix, Ariz., April 2, 2018.

Kenneth E. Harris ’58, Las Vegas, Nev., March 7, 2018.

Edward R. Hurley ’58 MArch ’62, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2018.

*Donald L. Jones ’58, Marietta, Ohio, March 8, 2018.

*Sandra Burke Kohring ’58, Toledo, Ohio, May 4, 2018.

*Arthur L. Maple Jr. ’58, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 6, 2017.

Oma J. “Jean” Baker Moore MEd ’58, Dayton, Ohio, March 20, 2018.

Mark H. Wagner ’58, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Feb. 20, 2018.

Gary L. Bowyer ’59, Mason, Ohio, Feb. 27, 2018.

Phyllis Koepke DiStaola ’59, Hamilton, Ohio, June 16, 2018.

*Edward S. Golub MS ’59, Altadena, Calif., March 31, 2018.

*Charles N. “Neil” Hand ’59, Hamilton, Ohio, Jan. 11, 2018.

*Carolyn Schroeder High ’59, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 28, 2018.

Carol F. Large ’59, Big Rapids, Mich., April 18, 2018.

Jon A. Rhoades ’59, Van Wert, Ohio, Jan. 16, 2018.

*John W. Ryan ’59, New York, N.Y., Dec. 27, 2017.

Elva Schomburg Troth MEd ’59, Greensboro, N.C., April 20, 2018.

 

1960s

*Jean Daly Booker MA ’60, Dayton, Ohio, March 3, 2018.

*Marcia M. “Marci” Freer ’60, Johnston, Iowa, Feb. 15, 2018.

David K. Hackley ’60, Minneapolis, Minn., April 6, 2018.

Raymond J. Jaminet Sr. ’60, Youngstown, Ohio, March 30, 2018.

Mary Haupt Jordan ’60, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1, 2018.

*Earl L. “Sonny” Knight Jr. ’60, Xenia, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2017.

Ethel “Rita” McIntosh Puckett ’60, Ahwatukee, Ariz., Jan. 29, 2018.

*William G. Corkins ’61, Ventura, Calif., April 1, 2018.

*David A. Harcum MA ’61, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2018.

Paul R. McGhee ’61 MEd ’62, Santa Maria, Calif., March 21, 2018.

Robert L. Snyder ’61, Lebanon, Ohio, June 17, 2018.

Sheldon L. Braverman ’62, Shaker Heights, Ohio, March 24, 2018.

*Harry D. Pratt MBA ’62, Middletown, Ohio, Feb. 14, 2018.

*Marianne Yano Seehafer MEd ’62, Pittsford, N.Y., April 24, 2018.

David W. Stowell ’62, Naples, Fla., Feb. 16, 2018.

*Virginia “Ginny” Adams Varner MEd ’62, Westerville, Ohio, Dec. 26, 2017.

Jane Thomson Enyeart ’63, Milford, Mich., March 28, 2018.

*Lyle S. Fox MEd ’63, Waynesville, Ohio, March 12, 2018.

*David R. Hannah ’63, Decatur, Ill., March 2, 2018.

Teresa Clark Jordan ’63, Henderson, Nev., June 3, 2018.

Aredis V. Kojoyian ’63, Newton Corner, Mass., Feb. 17, 2018.

*Alice Roell McDonough ’63, Rutland, Vt., Jan. 12, 2018.

Jane Paetow Ritter ’63 MA ’72, Hamilton, Ohio, May 3, 2018.

Kenneth G. Angel ’64, Miamisburg, Ohio, June 30, 2018.

Thomas E. Daoust ’64, Glendale, Ariz., March 5, 2018.

John F. Walland ’64, Bluffton, S.C., March 18, 2018.

*Thomas E. Gibson ’65, Troy, Ohio, Jan. 22, 2018.

*Robert M. Gregory MBA ’65, Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 17, 2017.

*Patricia Scott Meyer ’65, Willoughby, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2018.

*Donna R. Renner ’65, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, May 10, 2018.

Nancy Roberts Bagshaw ’66, Madison, Ohio, Feb. 10, 2018.

James M. Carr ’66, Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 22, 2018.

James A. Dunham ’66, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., April 27, 2018.

David R. Finkam MM ’66, Noblesville, Ind., Feb. 17, 2018.

Nancy Navratil Morton ’66, Leesburg, Va., March 14, 2018.

Pamela Appenzeller Minnick ’67, Mashpee, Mass., April 7, 2018.

Susan Taggart Morgan ’67, Columbus, Ohio, April 2, 2018.

Jerry N. Shambaugh MEd ’67, Urbana, Ohio, March 16, 2018.

George V. “Van” Whaler ’67, Riverdale, Ga., Jan. 6, 2018.

David G. Carter Sr. MEd ’68, Mesa, Ariz., March 17, 2018.

*William H. Densford MEd ’68 MEd ’81, Lebanon, Ohio, Jan. 29, 2018.

William G. Fessler ’68, Maplewood, Minn., April 5, 2018.

John S. Gardner ’68, Powell, Ohio, April 26, 2018.

Betty Weldon Hadley ’68 MEd ’69, Monroe, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2018.

*Jeanne Hudson Johnson ’68, Grafton, Mass., Feb. 1, 2018.

Ronald L. Jones ’68, Portsmouth, Ohio, May 14, 2018.

*Anna O’Reilly Koester MEd ’68, Shalimar, Fla., April 18, 2018.

*Kenneth E. McWhorter ’68 MEd ’72, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2017.

Terry D. Meddock ’68, New Hope, Pa., April 25, 2018.

*John C. Patterson ’68, Jackson, Ohio, April 8, 2018.

John R. Schaumburg ’68, Chesterfield, Mo., March 15, 2018.

Donald W. Stoner ’68, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 13, 2018.

*Esther Kruckeberg Heft ’69 MEd ’71, Versailles, Ohio, March 14, 2018.

John F. Milholland ’69, Brookville, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2018.

Donna Maranchik Salmon ’69, Grand Junction, Colo., June 23, 2018.

Melissa Krafft Zunis ’69, Springfield, Ohio, May 19, 2018.

 

1970s

Pamela Hodapp Hollenbeck MFA ’70, Toledo, Ohio, March 23, 2018.

Richard A. Kuhl ’70, Hamilton, Ohio, March 11, 2018.

Cynthia Hermanson Roemer ’70, Paramus, N.J., April 12, 2018.

William C. Morel ’71 MAT ’73, Gillette, Wyo., March 23, 2018.

Joseph E. Sexton Jr. ’71, New London, Ohio, Jan. 20, 2018.

Mary Revelos Skalkos ’71, Hamilton, Ohio, March 1, 2018.

*Joyce Crim Ballard ’72, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., April 27, 2018.

*Gail McDowell Boggs ’72, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2018.

Carol A. Cartwright ’72, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 21, 2017.

*Kathleen Keho Chafetz ’72, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, April 12, 2018.

*Bernard F. Gesing ’72, Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 16, 2017.

Robert J. Johnson ’72, Rockport, Texas, Feb. 13, 2018.

*Robert A. Olekson ’72, Parma, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2018.

Tim J. Raybuck ’72 MEd ’74, Fairfield, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2017.

*Donald P. Schwier MA ’72, West Harrison, Ind., April 19, 2018.

*Richard A. Shelley MEd ’72, Falmouth, Ky., Oct. 3, 2017.

*Charles T. Carroll MBA ’73, Huron, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2018.

Alex E. Cockman III ’73, Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 6, 2018.

*Virginia Gattermeyer Brozowzki MEd ’74, Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 13, 2018.

Thomas P. Flynn ’74 MA ’76, Bradenton, Fla., Feb. 18, 2018.

Richard D. Hense ’74, Houston, Texas, Feb. 9, 2018.

*Ronald W. Kash ’74, Prescott Valley, Ariz., Feb. 10, 2018.

John M. “Mack” Dickson ’75, Fayette, Ohio, May 7, 2018.

Rosemarie Elefante ’75, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20, 2018.

Steven D. Fletcher ’75, Ocala, Fla., March 10, 2018.

John R. “Jack” Schulte ’75, Dayton, Ohio, March 26, 2018.

Timothy L. Williams ’75, Oregon, Ohio, April 3, 2018.

Leanne Heinselman Foley ’76, Centerville, Ohio, March 1, 2018.

*John J. Klimek PhD ’76, Cleveland, Ohio, April 28, 2018.

*Randall B. Parsons ’76 MEd ’78, Miami Township, Ohio, April 8, 2017.

Peggy Palen Schilling ’76, Columbus, Ohio, May 1, 2018.

Deborah Kitchen Sellers ’76, Springfield, Ohio, April 2, 2018.

Richard S. Grunewald ’77, Centerville, Ohio, Jan. 8, 2018.

Forrest T. Houlette ’77 MA ’79, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 19, 2017.

“Pepper” Nadine Mendelson McGowan ’77, Valrico, Fla., June 29, 2018.

*Susan M. Metcalf ’77, Sylva, N.C., Jan. 1, 2018.

Daniel L. Simmons ’77, Ashley, Ohio, May 26, 2018.

Donna Gruenschlaeger Genninger ’79, Lutz, Fla., April 9, 2018.

*Juanita Nolty Hornsby ’79, Everton, Ind., Jan. 25, 2018.

 

1980s

Patricia Odioso Barta ’80, Brecksville, Ohio, March 13, 2018.

Thomas C. Horn ’80, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11, 2018.

Freddie J. Johnson ’80, Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 17, 2018.

Melissa G. Keller ’80, Bloomington, Ind., April 14, 2018.

Keith R. Laux ’80, Upper Arlington, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2018.

Philip E. Snider ’80, Troy, Ohio, April 18, 2018.

Kathryn Duff Hardie ’81, Potomac, Md., May 5, 2018.

Betty Edwards Enz ’82, Middletown, Ohio, March 17, 2018.

Coleen Pence Sizelove MA ’83, Oxford, Ohio, March 15, 2018.

Brian S. Soucek ’83, Gainesville, Fla., April 4, 2018.

Charles H. “Chip” Christman ’85, Eaton, Ohio, April 29, 2018.

Kevin J. McDonald ’85, Cleveland, Ohio, May 4, 2018.

Carol Hess Williams ’86, Wilkinson, Ind., April 21, 2018.

 

1990s

Murray W. Grace Jr. MEd ’90, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 7, 2018.

Michael S. Griffo ’90, Lakewood, Ohio, May 3, 2018.

John T. Kalbouridis ’90, Lakewood, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2018.

Kelly Stapleton Siedling ’90, Oakwood, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2018.

David A. Steedman ’90, Evansville, Ind., May 20, 2018.

Nicole N. Owens ’91 MA ’93, Crofton, Md., April 11, 2018.

Kristin Lymburner Cruset ’92, Anna, Ohio, March 24, 2018.

Reba D. Deal ’93, Livingston, Mont., March 7, 2018.

Damon B. Hickey ’95, Hamilton, Ohio, April 18, 2018.

Laura Rowe Voorhis MEd ’97, Washington Court House, Ohio, March 28, 2018.

Richard T. Cook ’98, Toledo, Ohio, March 27, 2018.

 

2000s

James C. “Jake” Judkins ’03, Toledo, Ohio, March 28, 2018.

*Jillian S. Savage ’04, Lincoln, Neb., May 4, 2018.

Nathaniel C. Averyt ’05, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 3, 2018.

Rocky L. Breedlove ’14 MEd ’17, Trenton, Ohio, May 25, 2018.

Mitchell G. Monte ’18, Akron, Ohio, March 17, 2018.

 

Faculty, Staff, and friends

Sandra K. Blaylock, Camden, Ohio, May 5, 2018. Retired from Miami’s Rec Center, 1999–2009.

Daniel L. Garber, Milford, Ohio, May 15, 2018. Horticulturist for Miami, 2007–2017.

Lawrence J. Gray, Fairfield Township, Ohio, May 5, 2018. Taught classes in Miami’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) from the history of bread to the American car culture.

Burns “Derrell” Hart MS ’64, Oxford, Ohio, June 5, 2018. Associate vice president emeritus for student affairs and dean of students at Miami, 1968–1993.

Louise Wall Heidler, Vista, Calif., June 7, 2018. Miami administrator emerita, head regional campus librarian, 1962–1987.

Theresa L. Lawson ’14, New Paris, Ohio, May 22, 2018. At Miami for several years as a building supervisor and chef.

William G. Mallory ’57, Bloomington, Ind., May 25, 2018. Winningest football coach in Indiana University history, began his head coaching career in 1969 at Miami. He went 39–12 at Miami, including an 11–0 MAC championship team in 1973.

Elmer D. “Demar” Rucker, Dayton, Ohio, April 29, 2018. Former member of Miami’s basketball team.

Marian C. Winner, Charleston, S.C., April 5, 2018. Miami administrator emerita, director of science library, 1966–1991.