OBITUARIES

The following obituaries were published in the Summer 2008 Miamian Magazine.

Ruth Hoock Auburn ’29, Westlake, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2008.

Marian Peet Cottrell ’29, Overland Park, Kan., Jan. 25, 2008.

Glenna Leifheit Corbin ’31, Fairfield, Ohio, April 17, 2008. Retired, teacher.

Stephen M. Reynolds ’31, Glenside, Pa., Oct. 18, 2007.

Lucile Roth Anderson ’34, Indianapolis, Ind., March 20, 2008. Retired, teacher.

Senta I. Pabst ’34, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 8, 2008. Retired, secretary, Dun and Bradstreet.

Ida Lettieri Fessler ’35, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 29, 2008.

Hugh “Brad” Bradner ’36, San Diego, Calif., May 5, 2008. Professor emeritus of physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; inventor of neoprene wet suit; one of first employees of Manhattan Project atomic bomb experiment.

Dorothy Brosey Schalk ’36, Hamilton, Ohio, March 27, 2008. Retired, elementary teacher, Hamilton City Schools.

Irene Snyder Barkdoll ’37, El Paso, Texas, Aug. 18, 2007. Retired, teacher.

Jeanne Hart Reimer ’37, Hamilton, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2007. Retired, caseworker, Family Service of Cincinnati; student counselor, Western College.

Margaret Early VanAusdall ’37, Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 15, 2006.

Vernon R. Fryburger Jr. ’39, Lake Bluff, Ill., Jan. 28, 2008. Professor emeritus of marketing and chairman of advertising department, Northwestern University.

Donna Wendell McCurdy ’39, Dundee, Fla., Feb. 15, 2008.

Mary Bissett O’Hara ’39, Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2008.

L. Gail Pratt Ireland ’40, Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 1, 2008. Retired, English and speech teacher.

Mildred McFarland ’40, Cleveland, Ohio, March 7, 2008. Retired, teacher, administrator, Shaker Heights Schools.

Donald J. Tendam ’40, West Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 17, 2008. Professor emeritus of physics, Purdue University. Worked on Manhattan Project.

James W. Brown IV ’41, Brevard, N.C., Dec. 26, 2007. Retired, Square D Co.

Betty Schiewetz Cromer ’41, Columbus, N.C., March 14, 2008. Wife of William ’38.

Arthur T. Evans ’41, Fort Myers, Fla., Nov. 9, 2005. Retired, professor of urology, University of Cincinnati. Husband of Jean Porter Evans ’41.

Helen Tallman Fisher ’41, Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 2008. Retired, Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

James B. Hall ’41, Portland, Ore., Feb. 28, 2008. Author; professor of literature, University of Oregon, University of California at Irvine and at Santa Cruz.

Guanda Carter Reynolds ’41, Chatsworth, Calif., Jan. 1, 2008.

Robert W. Bugie ’42, Fort Thomas, Ky., Aug. 19, 2007.

Thomas C. Page ’42, Plymouth, Mich., Dec. 29, 2007. Retired, executive and board member, Ford Motor Co.

Rollin T. White Jr. ’42, Mountainside, N.J., Jan. 24, 2008. Retired, N.J. Machine of New Jersey. Husband of Martha Hindman White ’41.

Robert Deaton ’43, Marysville, Ohio, Jan. 12, 2008. Former market research associate, Westreco.

Marjorie Mochel Musser ’44, Des Moines, Iowa, March 18, 2008.

Miriam Hochstettler Sowers ’44, Albuquerque, N.M., March 15, 2008. Artist; owner, Symbol Gallery of Art.

Joann Knoderer Lepola ’45, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2007. Retired, Akron Public Schools.

Mary Hill Folken ’46, Winter Park, Fla., Jan. 19, 2008. Bereavement counselor.

John N. Winters ’46, Naples, Fla., March 5, 2008. Retired, director of environmental health.

Marilou Coleman ’47, San Diego, Calif., Nov. 26, 2007.

Joanne B. Jensen ’47, Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2008. Owner, Above It All store. Wife of K. Donald ’49.

Mildred Pluchar Kostanski ’47, Palm Harbor, Fla., April 2, 2008. Wife of Ted ’48.

Robert H. Strauss ’47, Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2008. Husband of Susan Carrithers Strauss ’47.

Elisabeth L. Hetherington ’48, Loveland, Colo., Oct. 31, 2007. Retired, head of dance department, University of Michigan.

Thomas H. Mark ’48, Washington Court House, Ohio, Jan. 4, 2008. Retired, staff sergeant, Army; partner, Mark and Mustine Real Estate.

Billie Jean Leffler Morgan ’48, Torrance, Calif., Nov. 10, 2007.

Bentley B. Gilbert ’49, Mansfield, Ohio, April 5, 2008. Retired, history faculty, chairman of the history department, dean of the graduate college, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Alfred F. “Bob” Goodman ’49, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2008.

Clarence G. “Mickey” McDade ’49 MA ’51, Franklin, Ohio, April 17, 2008. Retired, principal, head basketball coach, Franklin City Schools; Miami Cradle of Coaches.

Joseph M. Newton ’49, Middletown, Ohio, April 15, 2007.

Stella Lovitt Brooks ’50, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2007. Retired, State Farm Agency. Wife of Leroy ’50.

Galen J. Hoggatt ’50, Foristell, Mo., Jan. 24, 2008. Retired, purchasing agent, Ford Motor Co.

Don G. Kear ’50, Chillicothe, Ohio, Dec. 12, 2007.

Lynn L. Neiswander ’50, Arlington, Va., Jan. 29, 2008. Former minister; retired, sales rep, Williams Steel. Husband of Nancy Cox Neiswander ’50.

Dale W. Smucker ’50, Westfield Center, Ohio, July 4, 2007. Retired, insurance agent, CEO/chairman, Westfield Cos. Husband of Virginia Jones Smucker ’52.

Myron R. Vanness Sr. ’50 MEd ’70, Oxford, Ohio, Jan. 31, 2008. Retired, teacher, principal, administrator, Talawanda Schools.

Richard H. Derr ’51, Hudson, Ohio, Feb. 22, 2008. Architect. Husband of Marjorie Bullock Derr ’49.

Glen Garrabrant Jr. ’51, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 21, 2008. Retired, cost accounting, Procter & Gamble. Husband of Eileen Springmyer Garrabrant ’51.

Richard B. Monroe MEd ’51, Middle-town, Ohio, Jan. 16, 2008. Retired, owner, Dick Monroe Insurance Agency.

Jeannine Hommel Orr ’51, Columbus, Ohio, April 13, 2008. Retired, community relations director, Westerville City Schools.

Richard H. Campbell ’52, Carson City, Nev., March 30, 2008. Retired, Presbyterian minister.

Mary Moore Donaldson ’52, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2007. Wife of Hale ’52.

Kathleen Magill Hesse ’52, Melbourne, Fla., March 28, 2008.

Robert S. Siegel ’52, Northbrook, Ill., April 7, 2008. Retired, financial vice president; CPA.

Maurice E. Boshart MA ’53, Englewood, Ohio, Oct. 10, 2007. Retired, music teacher.

Jack E. Lance ’53, Elyria, Ohio, Feb. 11, 2008.

Robert L. Larson ’53, Huntington Beach, Calif., Nov. 21, 2005. Retired, teacher and football coach.

Martha Kraus Sheley ’53, Centerville, Ohio, Jan. 23, 2008. Wife of Jacque ’54.

Douglas B. Stewart MS ’53, Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 25, 2006. Veteran.

Barbara Burns Walker ’53, Sylvania, Ohio, July 18, 2007.

C. Devon Adams ’54, Middletown, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2006.

David R. Ellis ’54, Morehead City, N.C., March 30, 2008. Retired, director of federal assistance division, IBM.

Janet Elliott Huwiler ’54, Osprey, Fla., Oct. 27, 2006.

Daniel A. Day ’55, Marion, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2008. Husband of Mary Hamor Day ’55.

Richard M. Jones Sr. ’55, Richmond, Va., April 18, 2008. Retired, research scientist and statistics analyst, Philip Morris. Husband of Joan Hundley Jones ’55.

Marion Mason ’55, Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 25, 2007.

Jeanne Mason McSurely ’55, Fairfield Glade, Tenn., Nov. 6, 2006.

Stanley Ronda Jr. ’55, Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2008. Retired, Toledo Lucas County Planning Commission.

Joseph M. Williams ’55 MA ’57,

Chicago, Ill., Feb. 22, 2008. Professor emeritus of English, University of Chicago.

Thomas H. Achauer ’56, Independence, Mo., Feb. 26, 2008.

Kenneth G. Ackroyd ’56, San Diego, Calif., May 24, 2007.

H. Eleanor E. Boswell ’56 MEd ’78, Franklin, Ohio, Jan. 5, 2008. Retired, teacher.

Kenneth D. McClelland ’56, Los Angeles, May 2, 2008. Retired, vice president, State Pipe and Supply. Husband of Anne Bernard McClelland ’56.

Mary Harris Stout ’56, Oxford, Ohio, April 23, 2008. Former secretary, Scripps Howard Foundation.

John P. Young MEd ’56, Fairfield, Ohio, March 24, 2008. Retired, teacher, school psychologist. Husband of Olive Murrell Young MEd ’56.

Donald J. Barr ’57, Trumansburg, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2008. Cornell professor emeritus in human ecology.

Roger L. Shafer ’57, Alexandria, Va., Oct. 20, 2007. Husband of Suzanne Caldwell Shafer ’58.

Richard L. Eastman ’58, Joplin, Mo., April 4, 2008. Retired, personnel director, Gulf States Paper.

Richard S. Godfrey ’58, Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 18, 2008.

Richard C. Koch ’58, Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 4, 2007. Retired, executive, American Express. Husband of Lois Rehm Koch ’57.

Jessie Dalton McCowan MEd ’58, Hamilton, Ohio, Dec. 29, 2007. Retired, teacher, Lincoln Elementary.

Kathleen Kazhal Miller ’58, Morris-town, N.J., May 23, 2005. Retired, teacher, Morris School District.

Shirley Williams Planitz ’58, Cortland, Ohio, March 3, 2008.

David L. Alter ’59, Hinsdale, Ill., Jan. 19, 2008. Retired, owner, printing business.

Curtis O. Holladay MA ’59, Fairview, N.C., April 28, 2007.

Walter G. Lock ’60, Yankton, S.D., March 25, 2008. Retired, president, Portec, construction equipment division.

C.F. “Gerry” Rawlings ’60, Freeland, Wash., Dec. 30, 2007. Retired, Stoneway Roofing.

Richard I. Shaw ’60, Seville, Ohio, March 20, 2008. Retired, math teacher, Parma City Schools.

William M. Stitt ’60, Findlay, Ohio, April 2, 2008. Retired, MD in Oxford.

Wanchul Lee ’61, Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2008. Architect, known for work on U.S. embassies.

Peter Simko ’61, Wooster, Ohio, March 23, 2008. Retired, American Greetings.

Nancy Thompson Hall ’62, Cedar Park, Texas, Feb. 5, 2008.

Linda R. Ullmayer ’62, San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 15, 2008. Advertising.

Albert L. Zimmer ’62, Saint Charles, Ill., Dec. 30, 2007. Retired, lawyer.

Marjorie Swihart Cobb ’63 MEd ’72, Eaton, Ohio, Jan. 11, 2008. Retired, teacher, Eaton City Schools.

Bettie Boesche Keating ’64, Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 2008.

Edward R. Chesser MAT ’65, Cambridge, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2008. Retired, teacher.

Ruth Gneuhs Durkot ’65, Hudson, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2007.

Henry L. Hyatt ’66, Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 29, 2008.

Suzanne H. “Sue” Summers ’66 MS ’71, Oxford, Ohio, March 21, 2008. Miami administrator emerita, finance and business services, 1981-98. First worked at Miami 1970-79 in student affairs, six years as director of freshman programs.

Margaret Henderson Martin MEd ’67, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 20, 2006.

Kenneth H. Finsness ’68, Hamilton, Bermuda, January 2008. Co-owner, The Island Shop.

Paul T. Hahn MBA ’68, Roselle, N.J., June 20, 2007.

Louis F. Przybylowicz ’68 MEd ’70, Centerville, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2007.

Charles E. Williams ’69, Cleveland, Ohio, June 27, 2007.

Michael E. Enzle ’70, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Sept. 26, 2007. Faculty member, psychology department, University of Alberta; director, University Human Research Protection Office.

Maxine Braham Theis Hussey ’70, Homosassa, Fla., Jan. 30, 2008. Retired, first-grade teacher.

Mary Morgan McIntyre ’71, Wilmington, N.C., Jan. 11, 2008.

Polly Erisman Loxley ’72, Eaton, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2008. Retired, teacher, Twin Valley Schools.

John R. Swallow ’72 MEd ’73, Wyoming, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2005. Teacher, entrepreneur. Husband of Cheryl Chatfield Swallow ’72.

Kenneth J. Weinberger ’72, Akron, Ohio, May 21, 2007.

Janice Kukucz Demming ’73, Solon, Ohio, July 16, 2007.

Harriet Dole Palmer ’73, Monroe, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2007. Retired, librarian, Schenck (Franklin) Elementary.

Charles G. Campbell ’74, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Dec. 24, 2007.

Katha Jean Maxwell Troxell ’74, Dayton, Ohio, March 5, 2008. Retired, kindergarten teacher, West Carrollton Schools. Wife of Jim ’58.

Everett W. “Butch” Redding ’75, Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 20, 2008. Architect.

Brian R. Robinson ’75, Sequim, Wash., March 3, 2008. Retired, Boeing Co.

Marcia L. House ’76, Camden, Ohio, Feb. 10, 2008. Retired, preschool teacher; taught continental cuisine at Miami.

Kirk W. Will ’76, Hudson, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2007. Systems sales manager, Diamond Phoenix Corp. Husband of Melanie Gauer Will ’77.

Dale M. Zivic ’76, Lorain, Ohio, March 8, 2008.

Nancy Normand Koscicki ’77, Stapleton, Ala., Oct. 17, 2007.

Susan Kaufman Shapiro ’77, St. Louis, Mo., March 3, 2008. Wife of Rand ’76.

Eleanor E. Boswell ’78, Westerville, Ohio, Jan. 5, 2008.

Gerard R. Lehn ’78, Lawrenceburg, Ind., Oct. 7, 2007.

Edward D. Tate ’78, Smyrna, Tenn., March 11, 2008. Business analyst, Willis of North America.

Christine Blanton Wells ’78, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 23, 2007.

Michael R. McKimmy ’81, Suwanee, Ga., Nov. 1, 2006. Husband of Jennifer Bond McKimmy ’81.

Patricia Legters Karnowski PhD ’85, Saint Paul, Minn., Nov. 12, 2007.

Thad C. Toothman ’85, Jupiter, Fla., March 26, 2008. Lawyer, private banking office, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Jennifer Griffith Beer ’87, Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 10, 2008. Wife of Marc ’87.

Keith R. Combs ’87, Mason, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2008. Employed at Cintas.

Brian D. Williams ’87, Middletown, Ohio, April 24, 2008.

Robert D. Gillogly ’89, Austin, Texas, April 6, 2008.

Amy T. Votteler ’89, Chicago, Ill., Dec. 30, 2007. Vice president of human resources, Spectra Marketing.

Mollie M. Driscoll ’90, Castro Valley, Calif., Dec. 28, 2007. Nurse midwife.

Karin Weekley Harrell ’91, Virginia Beach, Va., July 15, 2007. Former Navy officer; senior technical writer at Chugach T.W.

Carol A. Gellner-Dozier PhD ’92, St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 20, 2007. Retired, assistant superintendent, Montgomery Co. vocational schools.

Johanna W. Lindemann MTSC ’93, Yorktown, Va., April 16, 2008. Actress; director, national office, Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Amber M. Pester MA ’03, Bellevue, Ohio, Jan. 6, 2006. Speech therapist for p.t. services, St. Francis Hospital.

Meredith Holbert Rankin ’05, Indian-apolis, Ind., April 22, 2008.

Kevin C. Piskura ’06, Chicago, Ill., April 24, 2008.

Evan M. Tiernan ’11, Hamilton, Ohio, April 18, 2008. English literature major, political science minor.

Faculty, Staff, Friends

Juanita M. Anderson, Oxford, Ohio, April 28, 2008. Retired in 1992 after 30 years at Miami in faculty testing scoring office and then computer operations center.

James E. Bever, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2007. Miami professor emeritus of geology, 1958-84.

Raymond C. Carleton, Oxford, Ohio, April 8, 2008. Miami professor emeritus of educational psychology, 1970-93.

Ernest D. Davis, Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 2, 2008. Retired, MD; former nursing instructor, Miami Hamilton.

James A. Goldey, Oxford, Ohio, March 3, 2008. Retired, MD; chief of staff, McCullough-Hyde Hospital; team physician for Miami for 20 years.

Marcia L. House (see ’76).

Philip A. Macklin, Oxford, Ohio, March 29, 2008. Miami professor emeritus of physics, 1954-93, chairing the department 1972-85.

James J. Sheehan, Athens, Ohio, May 4, 2008. Associate professor of teacher education at Miami since 2003; a Senior Fulbright Scholar.

Robert F. Southard, Oxford, Ohio, Nov. 6, 2007. Professor of history and Jewish studies, Earlham College. Husband of Edna Southard, retired curator of collections/exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum.

Arleen M. Steen, Monroe, Ohio, April 7, 2008. Miami professor emerita of teacher education, 1970-2001; former kindergarten teacher, McGuffey Laboratory School.

Suzanne H. Summers (see ’66).

Ned Weinman, Collierville, Tenn., Feb. 2, 2008. Retired in 1978, office manager, Miami’s University Center.