Remembering our classmates, colleagues, faculty, and friends
Friday, September 5, 2025

Following are deaths of alumni shared with the University of Iowa Center for Advancement from the past year.

1940s

Fernando Tapia (BA ’43)

1950s

Jay R. Storey (BA ’50)

Betty J. Humphry (MA ’51, PhD ’54)

Phyllis M. Jessen (BA ’52)

Janet L. Knorr (BA ’52)

Ann Lehmann (BA ’52)

Duane F. Pansegrau (BA ’52)

Wendel E. Coon (BA ’53)

Richard O. B. Bottolfson (BA ’54)

Hildegard R. Kuse (MA ’54)

Joelle W. Keizer (BA ’55)

Nancy J. Thompson (BA ’55)

Audrey J. Eklund (BA ’56)

Raymond J. Finn Jr. (BA ’56)

Shirley A. Gordon (BA ’56)

John G. Hazen (BA ’56)

Margaret Ann Johnson (BA ’56)

Jean T. McBride (BA ’56)

Florence J. Phillips (BA ’56)

Guerin K. Thompson (MA ‘56, PhD ’70)

Patricia M. Waters (MA ’56)

C. Larry Wright (BA ’56)

Carol S. De Bruyn (BA ’57)

William D. Kramer (MA ’57)

Allyn L. Mark (BA ’57)

John M. McCammond (BA ’57)

Earl H. Smith Jr. (BA ’57)

Donald J. Soll (BA ’57)

Jerome I. Bookin (BA ’58)

Donald L. Borcherding (BA ’58)

Audrey E. Krusick (BA ’58)

Jo Ann Miller (BA ’58)

Jerry D. Overton (BA ’58)

Audrey W. Putney (BA ’58)

Mary Ann Sahs (BA ’58)

Charles A. Skaugstad (BA ’58)

Burton E. Voss (PhD ’58)

Jerome L. Bettag (BA ’59)

Ronald D. Brandt (MA ’59)

Theresa O. Crocker (BA ’59)

Janice L. Jimenez (BA ’59)

Robert Kuba (BA ’59, MA ’62)

James R. Scott (BA ’59)

Roxanna L. Spencer (BA ’59)

Paul M. Strathman (MA ’59)

1960s

William H. DeKock (BA ’60)

Camilla N. Ewing (BA ’60)

Everett J. Hidlebaugh (MA ’60)

V. Carol Hurt (BA ’60)

Mary J. Lanscioni (BA ’60)

Shirley White Pearl (MA ‘60, PhD ’65)

Donald M. Skog (BA ’60)

Gretchen L. Wirtz (MA ’60)  

Barbara J. Wollam (BA ’60)

Rupert Caballero (MA ’61)

Margaret Dingle (BA ’61)

Margaret Barnes Hearson (BA ’61)

George W. House (BA ’61)

Dale W. Langbehn (BA ’61)

Diane S. Miller (BA ’61)

Carol A. Netser (MA ’61)

Virginia D. Orendorf (BA ’61)

Dorothy A. Dayton (MA ’62)

Richard L. Faas (MS ’62)

Robert W. Keck (BA ’62)

Marcia Kierscht (MA ’62)

Janice R. Mather (BA ’62)

James L. Mitchell (MA ’62)

Angela K. Strand (BA ’62)

Russell D. Werning (MA ’62)

Colby C. Withers (MA ’62)

Faye J. Kallal (BA ’63)

Lawrence A. Meister (MA ‘63, ’76)

John D. Sperry (BA ’63)

Robert R. Stessman (BS ‘63, MA ’71)

Sylvia A. Berger (BA ’64)

Thomas E. Jessen (BS ’64)

Donald K. Overland (MA ’64, EDS ’72)

Janalyn F. White (BA ’64)

Kenneth P. Carlson (BA ’65)

Lowell T. Hockett (MA ’65, EDS ’66)

Mary Lou Johns (BA ‘65, MA ’68)

William G. O'Hara (BS ’65)

Sally A. Parker (BA ’65)

James J. Rhatigan (PhD ’65)

Duane R. Rinderknecht (BA ‘65, MA ’69)

Philip H. Speidel (MA ’65)

Glen D. Anderson (MA ’66)

Rosemary Burken (MA ’66)

Phillip R. Grant (MA ’66)

John C. McLane (BS ’66)

L. Joann O'Hagan (BS ’66)

Suzanne S. Peters (BA ‘66, MA ’81)

Katherine D. Racht (MAT ’66)

Richard H. Schultz (MA ’66)

Jack T. Swanson (BA ’66)

Ruth Dyas Wirtz (BA ’66)

William H. Blessing (BA/SE ’67)

Daniel P. Brookhart (SE ’67)

Sheila S. Dalton (BA ’67)

Kay B. Gobalet (BA ’67)

Judie A. Horka (BA ’67)

Martha A. Huffman (BA ’67)

Sara C. Mitchell (BS/SE ’67)

David A. Rutherford (BS ’67)

Sue Schumacher (SE ’67)

James A. Stehbens (PhD ’67)

Solomon C. Stinson (MA ‘67, PhD ‘75)

Vicky A. Book (BA ’68)

Barbara J. Busch (BA ’68)

Ronald B. Cole (MA ’68)

Ruth A. Coleman (BA ’68)

Robert W. Fox (BS ’68)

Raymond L. Heimbuch (BS/SE ’68, MS ’71)

Diane P. Hertel (BA ’68)

Peggy A. Lowe (BA ’68)

Janet L. McRoberts (SE ’68)

James L. Olson (BS ’68)

Margery J. Reid (SE ‘68, MAT ’71)

Richard L. Strakbein (MS ’68)

Ronald C. Tenold (BA ’68)

Clark C. Wallace (BS ’68)

Danny D. Anderson (SE ’69)

Richard J. Azinger (MA ’69)

Theresa A. Griggs (SE ’69)

Neal J. McDermott (SE ’69)

Edwin D. Miller (MA ’69)

Jan K. Papstein (SE ’69)

Lynn Doolen Worrell (BA/BA ‘69, MA ’70)

1970s

Don K. Black (MA ’70)

Richard J. Blazek (SE ’70)

Margaret F. Carrothers (BA/BA ’70)

Ernest R. Goeres (MA ’70, PhD ’72)

Harold L. Henderson (PhD ’70)

Rose E. Kann (BA ’70)

Rachel Haverkamp MacKay (BA ’70)

F. Roger Murray (BS ’70)

Paul L. Pinney (MA ’70)

Richard K. Reams (BS ’70)

Linda L. Rhea (BS ’70)

Edward A. Rich (MA ’70)

Julene H. Stoik (BA ’70)

John N. Sullivan (MS ’70)

Judith G. Verlinden (BA ’70)

William R. Hertel (BS ’71)

Dennis V. Koch (MA ’71)

Anthony E. Kuznik (PhD ’71)

Mary Keough Lyman (SE ’71)

David M. McGhee (MA ’71)

Thea J. Miller (SE ’71)

Martha A. Purchis (BA ’71)

Ruth E. Strackbein (BS ’71)

Helen M. Bucher (MAT/SE ’72)

James R. Carnahan (SE ’72)

Sue C. Clark (MA ’72)

Stephen J. Dailey (SE ’72)

Donald J. Dutton (MA ’72)

Robert L. Hoehle II (MA ’72)

Helen R. Mak (MA ’72)

Dan A. Rohde (SE ‘72, MA ’77)

Dianne R. Rule (PhD ’72)

Mandy Sargent (BA ’72)

Carol E. Stellwagen (PhD ’72)

Janet A. Strader (BA ’72)

James S. Tazzioli (SE ’72)

Charles W. Thompson (BS ’72)

Mark W. Towers (SE ‘72, MA ’77)

Darvin E. Yoder (MAT/SE ’72)

Victoria D. Arnold (SE ’73)

C. Michael Beetner (BA ’73)

Alice Conrad (BS ’73)

Cathy J. Durkop (BA ’73)

Joann Gray (BS/BS ’73)

Barbara A. Holden (SE ’73)

Diane L. Knitter (BA ’73)

A. Ann McCaw (MA ’73)

Drexel M. Nixon (BS ’73)

Eleanor M. Roberts (MA ’73)

Harold C. Schulte Jr. (SE ’73)

William D. Tate (SE ’73)

Genevieve A. Zimmerman (BS ‘73, MA ’81)

David E. Bell (SE ’74)

Randy E. Brown (SE ’74)

Vera J. Fornander (BA ’74)

Roger J. Jerrick (SE ’74)

Barbara K. Mackey (SE ’74)

Valarie A. Rodgers (BS ’74)

Mark W. Dalton (SE ’75, MA ’01)

Christopher R. Edginton (PhD ’75)

Helane C. Golden (MA ’75)

Herbert L. Notch (PhD ’75)

Nancy L. Ritter (BA ‘75, MA ’81)

Roosevelt L. Wilson (PhD ’75)

Janet S. Burns (MA ’76)

Betsy L. Davenport (BA/SE ’76, MA ’78)

James L. Doud (PhD ’76)

J. Mike Duytschaver (BS ’76)

Randolph B. Freese (BS ’76)

Dan L. Hasty (BS ’76)

Lanny V. Kampfe (MA ’76)

Carole J. Reesink (PhD ’76)

Tom Rios (SE ’76)

Mary M. Vincent (BS/BS ’76)

Sylvia A. Forsyth (MA ’77, SE ’90, PhD ’96)

Franklin G. Frostestad (EDS ’77, MA ’97)

Robert A. McCleeary (BS ’77)

Maurine S. Roberts (BA ’77)

John N. Ryal (MA ’77)

Phyllis G. Braverman (MA ’78)

Ev Ford (BS/BS, ’78)

Leslie Byers Gonyea (MA, ‘78)

Rosemary M. Penningroth (BS ’78)

Carol Alexander Phillips (PhD ’78)

Douglas J. Paul (MA ‘79, PhD ’81)

Jeffrey Westercamp (BS ’79)

1980s

Debra A. Dorman (BS ’80)

Frieda F. Schmitz (MA ’80)

Nylene A. Awbrey (MA ’81)

Elaine L. Kresse (MA ’81)

Scott S. Parker (PhD ’81)

Diane E. Ashby (MA ’82)

Robyn A. Bowling (BS ’82)

Patrick A. Grady (PhD ’82)

Rita A. Hartness (BA ’82)

Mike Kaprich (MA ’82)

John A. Krumbholz (MA ’82)

Jean A. Lakin (PhD ’82)

Timothy R. Ruppert (MA ’82, PhD ’90)

Patricia L. Walter (EDS ’82)

Martha S. Nelson (MA ’83)

Kimberly H. Witte (BS ’83)

Ronald C. Young (MA ’83)

Fern G. Bishop (MA ’84)

Glenn M. Jacobsen (PhD ’84)

Robert C. Pearce (MA ’85)

John D. Carlson (MA ’86)

Laurene A. Lanich (MA ’86)

Alfred F. Pogge (PhD ’86)

Stephen C. Renk (PhD ’86)

Paul E. Eggerman (PhD ’87)

Bonita K. Hansen (MA ’87)

Kimm L. Stastny (EDS ’87)

Marian I. Miller (MA ’88)

Jane E. Emeis (BA/SE ’89)

Doris E. H. Matthews (PhD ’89)

1990s

Kerry L. Burt (MA ’90)

Thomas J. Osweiler (MA ’90)

Lori A. Poock-Goerdt (SE ‘90, MAT ’91)

Marsha G. Rea (MA ’90)

Lee W. Van Donselaar (PhD ’93)

Thomas M. Klaver (BM ’94)

Terry J. Kile (MA ’95)

James F. Franta Jr. (BA ’96)

Tom C. Lanes (PhD ’96)

Jeff L. Boyes (MS ’98)

Teri J. King (MA ’98)

Nicole S. Kubesova (BA ’98)

2000s

Jamie L. Cavey Lang (BA ’07, MA ’13)

2010s

Faye L. Bartram (CER ’16)

Read more from the 2024-2025 Annual Report.